'ROUNDABOUT' from the DVD 'YES - UNION LIVE'

[GaryMartin000]

seen this tour great.....

[Putaspellonyou]

is tony kaye "hard?"

[drewper73]

I was fortunate enough to see this show in Atlanta, GA on July 9th 1991. It was the summer after high school graduation & before going off to college. It was amazing! I was and still am a huge YES fan!

[starbearry]

I remember at this concert the Fire Marshall told organizers that there were too many people congregated in one area and that they had to be dispersed...immediatly! Organizers reluctantly agreed but as they started to move the audience back from the dance floor, the Fire Marshall came running back in and said No! No! No! I meant up on the stage! True story...I swear.

[DrawingBoredBand]

Trevor Rabin is great, and becoming a part of Yes was very beneficial, but as far as who's who. Steve Howe wrote "Roundabout" and other Yes classics. Rabin wrote "Owner of a lonely heart"...... 

[beeflin]

Yes don't really need Tony Kaye or Trevor Rabin to play this song do they? But it's nice to hear Bill Bruford's sharp attack again.

[ahoog69]

I was fortunate enough to see this tour pass through three different venues. Great performances!

[BAMAMARV]

Trevor Rabin was far & above the best musician of this bunch --- great guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist & songwriter. Without his input, Yes would have been a forgotten 70's band like Kansas, both of which I love, but Kansas doesn't headline USA amphitheaters. What I hate the most is that Jon has to sing harmony a lot because the other guys can't hit the harmony notes. Having said this, I would give my left arm to be at this concert live via Star Trek teleportation - YES RULES!!!

[arweiss100]

@BAMAMARV Beam us up Scottie! I second that emotion! :D

[fbhogg1234]

I remember Rick Wakeman saying that Yes would probably still exist long after he's dead and buried. Given that Yes has just turfed out Oliver Wakeman and Jon Anderson...he's probably right. How much Yes will actually be left by that point (considering the actual Yes band are almost a touring covers band now, and the last traditional progressive rock album they made was Going for the One), remains to be seen.

[sparkymachine]

@fbhogg1234 think of not what Rick said too literaly, like everything music moves on over the years thank goodness. The stuff we like right now or in the past is just that, stuck, and it will be judged on merit in the future rightly or wrongly. The spirit of Yes and their music may well live on far beyond the original band - nuff said?

[XDramat1cR0mance]

This song is a killer, every time I hear it!!!! The BEST seriously!! <3

[ultrabass]

You could have any of a half dozen guitarists in this band and make it work...Switch BASS PLAYERS...NOT!!!! Would NEVER work...Chris Squire Is YES...It's HIS band, He is the one who originally put it together in the mid/late 60's.

[DarksideOFcollages]

i need this dvd

[DJMADZACK]

Thank you for the greatly improved audio. The DVD looks & sounds great.

[cep32101]

I saw this concert in April 1991 and really wasn't a big fan of Yes until I saw this show. Wow! Is all I can say.

[perynewswebtv]

MARAVILHA

[lakemichigan100]

This is one awesome band! I love the changes they go through in line up and sound. It is why they keep selling records, they keep getting new audiences. They find an audience that is more open minded to longer, involved pieces with intricate playing.

[MrJesseG123]

8:48 Bill Bruford is sitting there watiting and thinking to himself, "this is such dumb shit"

[afsartori]

For me, Yes was never a great band but it had some big highlights, like the albums Fragile, Relayer and 90125. I think some of their material is overrated by the prog. rock community, but that's only my opinion. If I had to define the sound of Yes, than that would be Squire, definitely.

[lamecasuelas2]

holy shit!!!!!!!!

[Cerebralcinema]

I love Yes. They're my favorite band and they always will be. This performance is great, but I still miss the day when their sound had a bit more edge and bite to it. Rick's solo sounds a bit light. I miss the sound of the Hammond organ. Steve's guitar is more "tinny" sounding. Chris bass doesn't have that heavy thud it used to. But their performance is spot on as usual. I'm not disappointed at all really.

[psychodelicrock12]

@Cerebralcinema There is also the lack of the mellotron and grand piano.

[3953871]

@stolendolin no one "saved" YES--YES died before the "Drama' album--I do like "Tempis Fugit"--but I don't consider it "YES"--Anderson,Bruford,Wakema­n,Howe,Squire--that's YES--Rabin is great and "YES" went on--but the 70's was YES--the 80's was "MTV" YES--not the same chemistry and not the same band

[afsartori]

@3953871 Why can't you people accept that sometimes a band isn't just one thing? Miles Davis changed jazz several times and nobody says the one and only Miles Davis was the one from 1950's. All this arguing is pointless, Yes is what it is and was what it was. Same thing for the same old Pink Floyd discussion, or the Gilmour vs. Waters thing. Each band formation had its highlights. So, really, enjoy what you like and don't waste time discussing things that won't change anything.

[Cerebralcinema]

@stolendolin Hmmm. I don't think I'd credit Trevor for "saving" Yes although he was instrumental in it's revival. If Trevor hadn't been around I'm sure that Yes would have cropped up in some incarnation or another. That's the nature of Yes. Nobody would be willing to let the band just die off.

[MsJimizeppelin]

@stolendolin LOVE TREVOR

[GabrielDhalaman2]

PATRICK MORAZ,not tony crap kaye,i dont know how chris could call him again to the band,even rabin played keys better than him!

[mathmss]

That other Union gig remixed by Travor Rabin is much better than this one.

[JohnCola9393]

It is December, when is this DVD coming out? If it's in 5.1 it will be amazing. What are they waiting for?

[joed1966]

yes is jon anderson...the other guy should go home for xmas and stay there...the band screwed jon..not cool!!!!

[marmas58ink]

I already have a good boot of this on videotape, but will buy the dvd when released. Sounds the same as I remember. A BIG sound, at times fantastic. Still a lot of good playing is buried in the mix/ a part of the penumbra, the vast overall. You'd think Yes would have recorded a few shows on multi-track.

If this original WERE multi-tracked, as it should have been, think how a good remix could sound in 5.1! A careful remix could have made it one of the best around.

[vieneareinar]

PLEASE CHRIST S. DONT MAKES MISTAKES..........YES ARE......AW...SH....CS....RW & MR. JON ANDERSON.........NOT REPLACEMENT..........PLEASE...­.......ITS BIG MISTAKE......IS SOMETHIN LIKE BEATLES WITHOUT JOHN......PM GH AND RS WERE INTELIGENT.....NOT TO REJOINT WITHOUT THE GENIUS OF JL.......SORRY CHRIS MANY OF US ARE NOT AGREE WITH YOUR FATAL EXPERIMENT....

[superssjdan1]

Anything is better than what this so called YE$ is doing now.Howe has been phenomenal during touring with the current lineup,but aside from that,there is no feeling coming from the band.Having been to many shows over the years,i can honestly say that the band as it is currently constituted lacks feeling and seems to just be going through the motions and any YES fan that thinks otherwise is in serious denial.Some nights have been pretty good,others horrendous.Hoping for something next year

[bluejfk]

For all of you Benoit haters. He does a better job thatn Jon did on the night this video was shot.

[RICHARDTRICHMOND]

@bluejfk

THIS WAS THE END OF THE AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DATES.

THE MANS VOICE IS GOING TO SUFFER.

I SAW BENOIT AFTER HIS 11 OR 12TH SHOW, PLEASE.

I DO NOT CARE IF JON SINGS IN A WISPER.

IF ITS JON , ITS YES, IF NOT , ITS NO!!!!

[Doctorbeermaker]

@bluejfk can I give some support to Mon. David. He really is growing into the job. Sure, he has big boots to fill, but he's doing fine. At least he remembers the words; when I saw Wakeman and Anderson Jon was singing from sheets of paper. And what he was singing wasn't hugely wonderful. (The Living Tre tour)

[Dantallionx]

@Darkeningskies1: Here Here! Couldn't agree more.

[mickeyprog]

i am pretty sure this is going to be another Voiceprint dissapointment, neither improved audio nor picture. The positive issue is that fans finally can get this concert at affordable price. This was released on tape and on dvd in japan years ago and it was a little expensive. This time also, you can buy only the cd audios separetely. I think Yes needs to retire in a decent way, i do not know what Squire is thinking, Yes always will be Yes!!

[jsb779]

Looks good! No round stage here, looks pretty good and sound well mixed!

[Bryan8329]

Love the synths taking the place of the reverse piano.

[PhilistineTheArtLuvr]

The Union tour means a lot to me. It was the first time I ever saw YES. I moved to CA from WI after I went bankrupt. I was in the Mojave desert when I met this Mexican at a 7/11 near the apartment I moved in who told me he's a Jethro Tull fanatic. Then, when he paused to catch his breath, I said, "That's how I feel about YES." "Really? They're playing in LA next week." Despite all the Sold Out signs I managed to get a 6th row ticket. Finally, I was able to see and feel and listen to heaven.

[thor19b]

I saw this tour in Seattle. It was great!

[dayz99]

Sounds great. Visuals courtesy of Short Attention Span Theater.

[douglasdg1999]

I'd rather see YES with Trevor Rabin than the current line-up. How about Rabin, Anderson and Wakeman (and/or Kaye!) getting together?! Squire and White should come to their senses and join them. Leave Howe in Asia for the moment.

There are many jewels which haven't been played live for many years: Endless Dream, Changes, Lift Me Up, Hold On, etc

If Howe wants to join them later on and do a reunion tour again, fine. But right now many people would like to see a tour with Trevor Rabin!!

[donutcookiepie]

@douglasdg1999 You would like a new band called "Yoso". Its Sherwood and Kaye, plus Bobby Kimball from Toto (and two other really great guys on gtr and drums). But, u should google them and look into them, if u havent already. They just released an album and are on tour. I think u would like them. They do Changes and Hold On live in their set..plus Owner, of course..and lots of other Yes and Toto stuff. You wont be disappointed.

[hieronomy]

@douglasdg1999

Nothing against Rabin , but Steve Howe is YES

[GabrielDhalaman2]

@hieronomy Man,that guy rabin must try to undesrtand how the fuck he got to a band called yes,lame as a guitarrist,(his style ,"van halen style" was being good represented by steve vai,paul gilbert,malsteen,van halen,macalpine,jason becker,eeeetc)good pop composer,cute voice...butyes,yes ,yes,what was yes?Too great for understanding

[stolendolin]

@GabrielDhalaman2 Get the facts before you stick your head so far up there you'll need a hole to see where your walkin. The facts are he objected to even call the new record a Yes album use your brain to read and you may learn their project was called Cinema the record company insisted on using the Yes name which is why it was called 90125 ....Moron....... I guess I will never understand why people comment without reading .... you do remember reading from elementry school ? don't you Gabe ?

[TheKeithMendez]

@GabrielDhalaman2

Stupid comment is stupid.

[thekitchenfreak]

@hieronomy I'd rather Chris Squire is Yes!

[Lightfromsirius]

@thekitchenfreak

Squire is the owner of the name. But, listen a band is a band. And a band is never one person.

[hieronomy]

@thekitchenfreak

Well , YES ! Yes was all 5 . All creative and all true virtuosos within the context of the group . the group

was the thing .

[MrDunkJunk]

@hieronomy Rabin saved Yes from the downfall so I don't think Howe deserves so much credit at all!!!

''Trevor is way too commercial blablabla'' ''Trevor stole Steve's spotlight'' «« and that's exactly what saved Yes and made them known to a whole new generation.

Steve Howe is a great guy and a great guitarist but he's old, boring and selfish.. Yes was in need of Trevor Rabin!

[arweiss100]

@MrDunkJunk Indubitably!

[stevezane]

@hieronomy Why is Steve Howe Yes..he's not even the original guitar player of Yes..lol

[ChordCluster]

RAH!  still great!

Thanks for posting this.

[faxman526]

AGREED...this looks like it was filmed by the same asshole director that destroyed keys to ascension - the denver show IS much better.......PASS

[scitsalcoryp]

@faxman526 I agree..the bastard asshole director who took his so-called creative license to fuck up " keys "  needs to die a slow agonizing death . I remember the " keys " DVD came out some time after the cd..by then I' d had " keys " memorized..then after so much anticipation , put on the disc and half the music was great interspliced by unwarranted conceptual bullshit . Just show the group willya ? And be an artistic phag at home....bastard .

[aks8]

Just realised I saw thsi in the round , and most of the gigs were like that , were this from . When Bill and Allen done their drum battle at the start of the second half of the show they were opposite each other wizzing around the arena .

[aks8]

AT Last !!!! Waited for years as I saw this at Wembly London> Jon said it was being recorded that night . Cant wait .

[jayankeney]

My gosh!! In this YouTube clip Jon's voice is missing the notes. Worst I've ever heard him.

[89naturegirl]

@jayankeney I've definately heard Jon worse than this! Check out some of the shows from the 70's...back when he was smoking pot. His voice was very rough, often cracking, and not in the right key. This performance sounds fine in comparison to those shows.

[progrockwannabe]

This is definitely the last show of the tour at the Shoreline in Mountain View. Had a copy of the DVD that I found on Ebay, but it's all scratched up so I'm relieved to see it officially released. I agree that the Denver show was better -- I'll be interested to see how they edit some of the hiccups from this show -- Rabin's guitar solo on Saving My Heart was totally fudged due to technical problems. Shock and Lift Me Up were not included, either.

[sonoilluminati666]

This sucks!!!!! There's MUCH better footage from the Denver show in the round (the same one use for the YesYears documentary) and they had to use this crappy show. Not gonna waste my money in it.

[RushTrader]

@sonoilluminati666 Yes, you're right. If you had to pick a show from the Union tour to release on DVD, the Shoreline date would not be one of them. Denver is better by a mile.

[PhilistineTheArtLuvr]

Great sound! And with all eight members contributing there are so many things going on! That's what I always loved about YES music.

With the way things are going with YES another Union tour is what they need. How about it?

[RushTrader]

This looks like the final date of the Union tour at the Shoreline in CA. It was actually officially released on VHS in Japan about 10 years ago. Since it's the final date of the tour, the show is a bit looser than other dates. Wakeman pinches Rabin's ass during "I've Seen All Good People", Tony Kaye repeatedly plays what sounds like a child yelling during that same song. During "Saving My Love" there's more yucks.

[tuktuktok]

Rabin sucks!

[rockahead]

All the band are onboard with this release and will be receiving recompense!

[YESSHOWS7]

THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SHOW FROM JAPAN ,AS IT SEEMS TO BE ON A NORMAL STAGE AND NOT IN THE ROUND, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT HEY WHAT A SHOW

[dasdrums]

is this the Boston or CA show?

[tonymenown]

About damn time. I hope Anderson, Rabin, and Bruford get all the proceeds since they were not done right by the band over the years.

[deconstructionist67]

@tonymenown

It's time for Anderson Bruford Wakeman Rabin.

[loc463]

@deconstructionist67 I would rather it be Howe. And why there at it get Squire.. Thats the lineup....

[deconstructionist67]

@loc463 I agree, but Steve and Chris aren't playing well with Jon these days. Maybe Jon and Rick will figure out how to do a studio album after their next tour. And hopefully Jon will finish Son of Olias some year soon.

[RICHARDTRICHMOND]

@deconstructionist67

YES IT IS!!!!!

[DarkeningSkies1]

@deconstructionist67 Nice dream; never gonna happen. Bill is retired, retired, retired. I'd be happy to have Rabin producing/writing/playing with Yes on a new album, as long as Jon sang it and not Benoit.

[RICHARDTRICHMOND]

@DarkeningSkies1

WORD IS THAT JON, RICK AND TREVOR WILL DO SOMETHING NEXT YEAR.

ALSO, ALTHOUGH HE HAS SAID NO OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BILL IS THE 4TH MAN. AFTER HE SAID NO, BOTH RICK AND JON STATED YES, IT IS BILL.

JON SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THAT BILL LIKES THE IDEA, BUT IS NOT SURE ABOUT TOURING. THAT IS WHAT BILL HAS SAID, "I HAVE RETIRED FROM PUBLIC PERFORANCES", BUT HE SAID NOTHING ABOUT RECORDING.

JON, TREVOR, RICK AND WHOEVER ELSE IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE COVER BAND OUT THERE NOW!

[DarkeningSkies1]

@RICHARDTRICHMOND I hope you are correct, it sounds like an awesome project, but I highly doubt Bill will be involved.

[DarkeningSkies1]

@RICHARDTRICHMOND Oh, and by the by.. I would nominate Tony Levin or Jeff Berlin to play Bass if the material were to be "rock-y" in any way, because as much talent as I know Rabin has, there is no way I want to hear him plunking basslines for an hour! ;)

[beatlesdylanyes]

@RICHARDTRICHMOND They should change Rabin and bring back Howe... the new ABWH.

[Arthriticprince]

Outstanding!!!!!! Can't wait to buy it!!!