Yes - Purple Haze 1994

[TangleF50]

My only Yes show. I remember it well as they closed with Puple H. for a heated climax. The entire concert was very upbeat & fun. Yes performed "very well indeed" (as a brit would say).

[joeyrsl]

i never knew yes covered this! this is amazing! love it! not at all what i would expect them to play, like ever!

[timthehippie]

@joeyrsl Jon anderson's vocals take purple haze 2 a new place!

Timothy

:o)

[nigeldaddyo]

trevor vs. howe? apples and oranges, boys. they're both great in their own way. howe can't do what trevor can, and vice-versa. get a clue.

[brianjlevine]

Chris Squire has a great story about his days with The Syn. He came into the Marquee club to set up and there are these three guys on stage rehearsing, and the bass player is struggling in vain to learn a riff. Frustrated, Chris goes off to ask the club manager who the band is. The guy comes back and says "They're the headlining act". Chris asks "What, these guys who can't learn 7 notes?" Turns out to be Hendix's first UK show, and all of London was there that night.

[cranie4]

@brianjlevine Just saw that interview clip on YouTube. Great story to hear Chris tell it.

[samuelgueiros]

Trevor Rabin brings to yes a metallic approach (like Van Halen) out of the "classic prog style" - thats the reason a lot of people despise him; but with him, Yes was the first band to return (90125) after the "dinossaur" period; so, Trevor Rabin was responsible to the progressive rock revival, including the return of Howe and Wakeman. Howe can not repeat the Lift me Up solo - a real masterpiece (later conceived in metal progressive).

[seanseventy]

i despise the trev rabin yes period

[funkyjones]

Trevor Rabin is an excellent guitarist, producer and writer and brought Yes to a new level of popularity. But it's true that he pales in comparison to Howe in uniqueness and sheer talent. Rabin's a slick LA cat and Howe is pure genius.

[foolsgoldmarc72]

what a load of sh*t. Embarrasing !!!

I love this band but what were they thinking. Trevor Rabin is no Steve Howe replacement and this is testament to that

[ray123ification]

bit slow aint it. seems to drag.

[sgbr76]

I agree!!

[twinoak170]

Why?

[hmsdisraeli]

Esto fue en la Estación Mapocho en Santiago de Chile en el Talk Tour.

Y yo estuve ahi¡¡¡¡

[tiomariotiomario]

Yo tambien!

Echando de menos a Steve Howie eso si...

[hmsdisraeli]

Si pero a Howe lo vimos después en el tour de Open Your Eyes...y yo estuve en el palco de honor con mi señora en esos días...jajaja

[stalrunner]

Trevor is also a good classical pianist.

[weedhopperps51]

I have always followed the band and gone to the shows no matter what the lineup was however I was not a big fan of the Trevor Rabin era. Don't even embarrass yourself by trying to compare him with Steve Howe.

[deepsussex]

Trevor Rabin saved Yes from extinction and is The Most Underrrated guitarist in his genre .

[neechee5150]

As good as a player as Steve Howe is, he would never attempt this song, and I dont think I would even want to hear a Steve Howe version of this song. This is an example of Trevor Rabin and Billy Sherwood influence upon YES

[mlouiseh1]

ok, so not so great footage- and then? still very cool and i like the treatment they give it. i appreciate the upload, i came back to youtube to find all my faves froma while back and here they are. brill

[freitasnetuno]

awful footage =/

[wigginsdesign]

How they just wanted to have some fun and the guitar player wanted to rockout and exploit his own image and the fact that he wasn't Stewe Howe

[derangedband]

wsow! this is so wierd hearing the song like this. pretty intresting! i love YES!

I never would have imagined jon singing it ever to be honest before hearing this short extract XD

[ProgEars2006]

Pretty cheesy.

[Jaime439]

Well, Jimi was American. You can see the difference. Yes were always boring after the 1970s when they couldn't produce good songs. You can cut the cheese with a knife.

[MrNiceGuy1390]

There is nothing more badass then Yes playing Jimi Hendrix. Awesome

[yesqpr]

me...thank the lord for pete banks.he set the ball rolling with jon an chris"ALL THOSE MANY YEARS  AGO ...IM SURE WE KNOW.." check his guitar on Harold land,I see you et all..

[nono4rio]

Anyone have anything to say about the forgotten original guitarist Peter Bank who were the first member who left the group after the second album ?

[dyhanendra]

i've learned some of Banks' licks and arrangements...very challenging...angular, avant-gard...

the man was no slouch, esp considering how young he was when he played some that stuff! astral traveller is fun...don't count it, just play it!

he was kinda bitter after his leaving, as i would have been, i guess. then a reunion mix-up dissed him further...just a sad thing. i like him and his playing.

[diomanUK]

thanks for posting this mate, while you're at it, why don't you give me a paper cut and then pour lemon juice into it. Yes never came to the UK on the talk tour. It's a wound that has never healed for me.

[UnklRudi]

They did this at the Greek in Hollywood too. It was fun but a less than spirited show. Think they were tired.

I am a Howe fan too but he plays like it's still 1975. If not for Rabin Yes would have vanished into the annals of prog history. He saved the group and brought them to the next generation and made some great music too. Talk is an excellent album. Kudos to everyone who has been a part of this group.

[stonedpimpdaddy]

Howe is doing great with Deep Purple!

[sweetjaneb]

Prefer Howe, he's YES, NOT Trevor. When Trevor 'came in' , YES was lost to me. sounded like another group. I sank into a deep depression and died. 'the day, the music died' hehe

[dyhanendra]

i agree that YES was a different band under Trevor, but it still YES, due to the complexity and daring attitude of the music. YES is bigger than any one person..with the exception of Chris Squire!!

[DomWeasel]

I'll side wtih that view.

[LeoHareMusic]

ditto.

[cranie4]

I give Trevor Rabin all due respect for giving the band a shot of freshness and really giving them a rebirth and second act IMHO. Without him who knows if they would have continued.

[dyhanendra]

every member had some life to give to the Ship...and we are grateful to each one. there are few yessongs that i don't just love ( except Open Your eyes album...some of that stuff don't quite cut it...)

[MOSKII58]

@cranie4 yes he is brilliant and the polor opposite of Howe...

just watch them try & cover each others parts/songs you can see its strange..

[rodcrippler]

@cranie4 tho I don't approve the then new direction Rabin got Yes into, I agree it's thanks to him that Yes became bigger for a while again, I probably wouldn't have heard of them, or prog rock at all, had it not been for Rabin's pop rock influences

[hmsdisraeli]

Jajaja I was there

[vjjunk]

Yes again suprises me. I love this band, Fragile, Close to the edge and so on.

But, YES and Rabin doesn´t work anymore. Prefer Howe. Oh, about the Purple Haze, I prefer the Hendrix version. Laugh!

[dyhanendra]

i remember reading an interview w/ Chris that he endured Redding's repeated attempts at some bass lick in rehearsals in some London venue...that Chris finally went up and showed Noel how to play the lick...--Redding was a guitarist more than a bass player...

so sad that YES had to cancel their 2008 tour. hope Jon recovers soon.

[sonidos]

Right, Yes in santiago, Chile, september 1994...

I have de original video...Y was, but in Viña del Mar in same Tour (Talk Tour)

[KaitlynAndRiku4ever]

Definitely different for Yes. Even Anderson loosened up a little. Fun to watch.

My favorite Yes group was with Moraz with Howe on a Telecaster. Sad they only made one album.

[RustySacks]

What the... I thought they were going for an instrumental thing and Jon Anderson's vocals jarred me... see he sings in falsetto while Jimi Hendrix... does not.

[sweetjaneb]

He sings like Jon Anderson. DUH

[RustySacks]

True! And it STILL sounds awesome!

[sweetjaneb]

lol, yep. ♥

[musicfromhell]

Jon Anderson never sings in falsetto. He's actually hitting the notes without falsetto. He's just singing it an octave above what Hendrix always did.

[RustySacks]

Are you sure about that one?

[musicfromhell]

Absolutely positive

[RustySacks]

thats pretty cool

his voice is AMAZING!

thx

[ertyqwer]

what's the difference from falsetto then?

[musicfromhell]

The muscles used in your throat. Chest voice, head voice, and falsetto use muscles in different areas.

[JDChicago]

Billy Sherwood

Trevor just a different style guitarist.

Very good at his style...good writer/arranger/singer.

Steve Howe more original...more diverse.

[mbh64]

Trevor Rabin was no Steve Howe.

[DesertPowerCat]

This is actually a clip from the very end of Roundabout. Several times during the Talk tour the band would transition into doing a portion of Purple Haze to finish their encore. This particular version does seem a bit dark, but it is Billy Sherwood helping out on some of the guitar work. The full recording of this concert has Jon Anderson introduce him during one section.

[Garphio]

This video is in Chile, september of 1994, i was in this show

[yoursisnodisgrace]

trevor rabin is amazing! whos the other guitarist with him? its too dark i cant see, but im pretty sure its not howe

[yesmuseum]

I think it was Billy Sherwood, eventual Yesman (for a while) and friend of Chris Squire. Chris, Trevor, and Billy were all living in the same area in L.A. around this time, if I recall correctly.

[glishgloshzzxx]

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[wigginsdesign]

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