Yes, heart of the sunrise (1991 Union tour)

[sturoc0]

A Rick with dot markers just isn't the same .

[brett3442]

I wish they would get more into it and move around a little bit when their playing... They need more stage presence. But otherwise I just found my new favorite song

[Yogurt2345]

it's divine

[green3825]

How could anyone criticize this masterful piece of musicality? Ears please.

[VallinSFAS]

Chris and Bill go so King Crimson with the bass solo!

[TheShinobi32]

This and four more of there songs come to rock band 3 tue but owner of a lonely heart is the best one.

[lorenic95]

is it taken from a dvd? i want this full video

[pollaris18]

Y

E

S

!

[RICHARDTRICHMOND]

How many Yes-Lite fans miss Jon now???? go A.W.R. Yes for 2012!!!!

[viktorcavero]

Qué versión enriquecida con distintos matices de interpretación. Como en The Yes Album (sonando por dos canales distintos dos estructuras musicales distintas pero unidas) dos Yes en un solo Yes. Prodigioso. Duplicaciones de talentos, y en especial tener a los dos bateristas, el genio de Bruford y la espectacularidad de White. Un tema pastoral. Y esa introducción gloriosa de Squire con los golpes maestros de Bruford y el riff tan poderoso de Chris. Gracias por el video

[Mike182Jones]

If i could play this on bass...i would die

[zybraman]

RUSH IS INCREDIBLE, BUT THEY ARE ONE OF YES'S BIGEST FANS!

SO LET IT ROLLL! THEY BOTH HAVE THEIR PLACE IN RR!

[sndchsr]

Bill and Chris locked together like it was 1971. Best rhythm section there is!

[billntammy]

Thanks Rodrum !!!!!! I saw this tour in Atl. Ga. On a weeknight......Damn near lost my job over it.....It would have been worth it !!!!!

[TheNucleusAlbum1968]

and YET imagine.there are legions of devoted worshipers(blind as WELL as deaf) that believe deep conviction that Rush is the greatest band in the world AND of all time ( and these are actual QUOTES).LOL.IMAGINE?beyond belief!That Geddy the Tucan has the greatest voice in music and that peart is( and i quote) the greatest drummer in the world and a "god"!NOexagerations!And think that REAL bands like YES,GENESIS,PFM etc are NO comparison to this boring"all girl trio"that is so LAME.

[Peatman]

@TheNucleusAlbum1968 And that's why people have different opinions. We've all heard your opinion before too.

[MrDodstink]

Total mass retain: Yes fuckin´rules!!

[ApostlesoYahwehUnite]

Yes rocks!  I love Jesus.

[Colddeed]

This performance is 20 years old. At the time the song was already 20 years old(now it's 40). Time flies by.

[fishellb]

Most awesome Yes anthem ever. Can't beat Eddie Offord's studio mix, though.

[TheAntman1265]

Chris`s Rick bass sounds great here.

[dwilmer7]

Nigel Tufnel did a solo in this tune.

[jaxmikey59]

I saw this tour twice--Orlando, in the round and Atlanta on the flat stage. I took my Mom to see them in Atlanta! I could see the look in her face when it struck her--she finally got it!! i've seen Yes on every tour since 77--this one is by far my favourite--pure excitement!!

[SnowyOwl1959]

erm..still pissed off with rabbit in this..hate his posing...spinal tap or what..

[SnowyOwl1959]

erm..still pissed off with rabbit in this

[cruzero95]

They're the best ..

[RickenbackerBass1021]

i love these guys

[gonzasabbath]

Wakeman is a beast.

[Hrci04]

I can't wait this dvd to come out...best lineup...I was born in '91 wish I was there

[arwen54]

saw Yes in 1976 in Vancouver. They blew me away. This song is one of my all-time faves!

[MrJeffyh]

I had the pleasure of seeing Yes for the union tour in Chicago and Loved it!!! Seeing All of those GIFTED musicians on stage at the same time. Fabuloso!!!

[gbdave55]

@MrJeffyh - I can't agree more.  I saw the tour in Miami. It was, by far, my favorite Yes concert.

[rna1dna]

@gbdave55 - I was at the Miami show... dragging a friend that was into metal music who thought he would hate it. Right before the intermission Yes played "Heart of Sunrise". After the lights came on, my friend was sitting there, staring straight ahead with his jaw literally hanging open in a Yes coma. When he finally came to, he turned to me and said simply, "That was f&@!ng AWESOME!" He was a Yes convert from that day forth. ;-)

[Joeltaa347]

I'm gonna have to say that I dislike this interpretation of the song, even though Bill Bruford was in the band, the best part for me the first 2 minutes are the worst I have heard from Yes, Its those minutes that captured my initial attention, to bad.

[JeremyNasmith]

The first time I saw Yes live was during this Union tour in Toronto at the Sky Dome. What an amazing concert! I since saw them at Massey hall, Exhibition Place, and at the Air Canada Center all in Toronto. They never ceased to inspire and amaze.

Join my Facebook group: Nominate YES for the Nobel Peace Prize!

[gannonb4u]

I grew up in the 60's & 70's and there is no other band that comes close to YES on stage in concert. I think that Heart Of The Sunrise really defines Yes & set the stage for what YES was to create in Close To The Edge. I like the Fragile Album because each individual musician was able to showcase what they would bring to YES music and they all come together to create this masterpiece as the last song on the album. Love & Peace! Miss you Jon.

[boibad12]

bruford and squire is thebest rhythm section ever

[OZRIC1985]

Another absolute masterpiece by prog rock Gods! I love this song! :-)

[PIASANOBRI]

Sometimes..... You just go back in time.....

Magical. DEEP______

[LittleDrummerBoy234]

Go Bill, he is so good on this one...

[thewildwizard]

Saw Them In "The Round" Oakland, CA. ...Was An EPIC Experience xD

Love And Happiness,

[[[[ Wild Wizard ]]]]

Thanx For Posting xD !

[LAwoman1956]

Glad I saw the Union tour in L.A., a Yes fan dream.

[mieke331]

on a salingship to nowhere, magnificent!

[sriggs19]

Chris Squire is the best electric bass player to ever pick up the instrument. Period.

[payinattention225]

@sriggs19 ehh, john entwhistle is the best, but chris is definitely up there

[streetservant]

One of the best live versions of this song

[Eclipsemty]

Los papás de muchos progresivos

[LowRider1500]

gods .

[capewood]

I saw this show in Philadelphia. It was fantastic.

[Steve3657]

Has there been a band in the past 10 to 20 years that can produce music like this? If so I have not heard them. This song still gives me shivers up my spine it's so F'in good.

[Steve3657]

Awesome

[Roroysuke]

Who is the other bass player?

Great song, one of my favs.

[boibad12]

@Roroysuke i only see one bass player, and thats chris squire

[gbdave55]

@boibad12

You're absolutely correct. Squire played on all the "non-solo" songs plus some.

They deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. I guess the HOF is now only a popularity contest.

[DrewAnthonyNeurocide]

Two eras of Yes sharing the same stage together? Too awesome for words!

[Amebixfan]

Wow, these keyboard sound fucking awful. Bring back the Moog!

[paelekk]

Superskupina.Úžasná,nadčasová a zřejmě nepřekonatelná hudba jako vše od Yes sedmdesátých let. Nádhera. Yes 4ever.

[scottishale]

I just can't play this song loud enough ! I heard it over 20 years ago in a friend's Toyota after a couple of tokes ......... it still gives me a buzz .

[iloverush123]

7:06-7:08 Sweet little bass run.

[human20freedom]

nionionionionionionionionionio­nionionioinonio

[skyline076]

easy to be a critic. I would like to hear you play the drums putapellonyou LOL

[Putaspellonyou]

tony kaye is HARD!

[Putaspellonyou]

tony kaye is HARD!

[imacomputer1]

Amazing song. Yes is the best!

[xlapj001]

@imacomputer1 ... one of the best, dont forget that Universe is really really big!!!:)

[EragonFiresword]

Wakeman is and always will be my favourite YES keyboardist by far. No offense to the guy, but when I see Rick with his huge array of synths, and then Kaye with his single keyboard, Kaye just seems a tiny bit pathetic.

[neil73]

I know what you mean. Sometimes less is more though, its down to the players. Consider Jordan Rudess.

Eitherway, Wakeman is my favorite Keyz man and has been for nigh on all my life now.

[drums2bass18]

@EragonFiresword

Kaye always had just one keyboard and it worked great on the yes album. I think Wakemen's setup looks a little over the top. Less is more sometimes

[stereoroid]

@EragonFiresword That single master keyboard was controlling racks of synths, though - it wasn't just one synth! The modern master of this method is Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, though his master keyboard is also a powerful synth (Korg OASYS).

[baseballfurie31]

CHANGES!!

[ProtoDewd]

Two versions of the Union concert exist...perhaps 3 now. This particular clip was taken from the Japanese (only?) DVD that was released there, but never released in the U.S. This was filmed in Mountain View, California on August 8, 1991 and was not 'in the round'. The other one was filmed in Denver and WAS in the round but had an absolutely horrible audio track - it sounded like it was a straight feed from the sound board, but someone has posted clips here with a remastered track by Trevor.

[psychodelicrock12]

Can you please post any more songs from this footage in California? I like the stage set up at this concert better than the circle stage in Denver.

[bruford55]

@ProtoDewd actually yes in the round came years before and doesnt have bruford it has only alan white its the tormato tour i have the maSTER tape and this is almost a decade after in the round

[ProtoDewd]

@bruford55 You're right. That was the first tour they did in the round, They followed that a year later with their 10th Anniversary Tour, also in the round. The year after that the Drama tour was in the round as well.  When they reformed as YesWest and went on the 90125 tour, the rumor was that that concert was goiing to be in the round too, but it turned out to be just a "round" stage.

Master tape, eh? You talking audio feed off the sound board? Nice.

[lothianpoipoi]

at 8:40 rickie wraps his foot in the wires. lol

[PROTENON]

BRUFORD 4 LIFE!

[fegic]

this is a greatest song ever...

[Shortstacklover]

I love this song but the intro bass line here is so sloppy it's a shame...

[superindalecio]

wtf are you talking about, do you know what is an rallentando????

of course you dont´!, shut the fuck up noob, in you fucking life your gonna play like Chris, so, shut the fuck up!

sloppy??? sloppy your mom´s ass

[Shortstacklover]

I studied music as a matter of fact but we'll talk picardi's thirds another time. The bass line on the original recording is way tighter if you ask me that's all, don't go all mad over your boyfriend Chris now...

[superindalecio]

original recording??? lololololololololol then play the record again and again and again, your mind is so fucking squared, picardi´s thirds is just an eufism lololololololololololololololo­lol, the music es alive no just an record lolololololololololol your mom´s ass is so strong then??

lolololololol

what a loser, not well recognized musican, then, speak shit, get a life....if you can, loooooooser

[Shortstacklover]

You're really young aren't you ? look kiddo, I love this song, just like you so, just stop wasting everyone's time with second grade insults.

[superindalecio]

@Shortstacklover lol, and what´s the name of your famous band???......lolololololololol

sloppy....h4h4h4h4h4h4h4 what a loser.

[mobyboy]

I can hear this masterpeace 24 hrs a day

[yourhereimthere]

WGAF peak voice

[RobWatsonMusic]

What in the world is Anderson wearing?

[mobyboy]

yes. bad choice :)

looks like eurovision of 1985

[mattaki]

i love rabin's wifebeater.

[janmadytay]

I caught this tour in Toronto, Anderson;s voice was crisp clean. and went right  through you.

[Ziggyztarz]

I said Hello to Chris Squires at John Henry's Studios, wonder if he'd remember me?

[10dudes]

No Mellotron? Could have been a nice bonus.

[vtripaldi]

hate trevor loved bill

[tigercubii]

TOTALLY INCREDIBLE!!!!

[mattaki]

sadly, chris kinda blew it - unless he was going for jazz.

[Hopspop]

Have to agree, maybe he grew bored of the riff...in any case he did not improve it. Long lapses and then vamping on one note don't do much, Chris

[Iracord]

Takes 2 to lift a Mellotron (small white) and Heart has NO Heart without the Mellotron! There ARE good samples or keys that get close, but Rick does not have them....so sad!

Without the mighty Mellotron by Rick-great voice leading!-Heart sounds like scale playing...

[MrUpshotKnothole]

Various factors, dude. Contracts by keyboard companies that literally give people like Wakeman thousands and thousands of dollars worth of shit to use live. Convenient and lightweight to set up/break down by roadies. And also know the mid 80's to early 90's was the birth of the whole "complete digital keyboard" era, which made them sound more fitting to the music of the time. Now, it just sounds dated and shitty. Since then, Wakeman has returned to Moogs and Mellotron knockoffs.

[jcel48]

masters

[RailcarFerrostaal]

Well, now that I see, I think Rick could have used a real mellotron + Hammond organ, because those keyboards sound like a fuckin clown-circus thriller from the 80's.

Besides in 8:42 their keyboards seem to be disconnected from the rest.

[stevezane]

@RailcarFerrostaal I agree...

[RailcarFerrostaal]

"Union" is a superb union, deffinitely hard to see nowadays all the members together, something to remember forever, quite nice!

[TheMindfulOne]

This was my very 1st concert!! My Dad sure picked a great one! 6th ROW!!!

[Iracord]

Where is the fucking Mellotron!? C'mon, Rick!!!

[titchbek]

As brilliant as those instruments were, it took 4 roadies to lift them! I guess it was easier to leave them out.

[davetl]

This is by far my favorite song off Fragile.  I think it's a tribute to all of them as musicians to agree to an album, much less a tour.

[funds450]

It just doesn't get any better than this...wow.

[Maddolis]

The thing I love about a lot of Yes songs (Prog Rock songs, but Yes in particular) is that they feel like an adventure, with the different sections. I can only imagine this piece would be fun as all hell to perform.

[elipper]

@Maddolis I just tried this song with 3 friends after loving it for so long - we were exhausted after the first run through! Feeling the parts coming up, catching hits together, and messing up most of it! ....Then we tried it again!

[Langealot]

My band covers this song, i love it so much.

[ShelbyAmelia]

haha

we are playing this as a part of our half time show

for band

:D

[Tengent]

TAPE IT. That's badass.

[ShelbyAmelia]

ahahah.

i will

:D

[Joker133706]

yes, yes, yes, yes,the best musicien aux mondes

[nevesciueps]

chris squire looks so cool *_* zomg i want start to play bass XD

[008klm]

The Andersons are musical geniuses: Jon, Ian, Joni (aka Mitchell), et al.

[lambliesdown]

God I love the ending of this masterpiece!! Must have been in the "Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you" when I gave away Bill's and Alan's drumsticks....I'm going to hunt them down!! Thanks for this remarkable video.

[1968barry]

I love hearing them all together, especially with Bruford on the beat

[ciochigno]

Yeah ! Yeah ! They're my best band !!!!!

[xdhilrdx]

I was at the Denver show May '91. Incredible. Read Bruford's autobiography!

[vivafra87]

what happened?

[osunvid]

Get those guys some Hammonds!

[DOConROCK1]

Chris, Stevie, Jon, Rick, Bill, Alan, Trevor, Tony, in-the-round?

I was there.... Seattle, WA

Un-fucking-believeable----

This is a fucking great ...VID!!!!!!

Thanx

[sproutmom]

greatest vocals ever after 9.50 (tone, depth, timing) - but, sadly, 1990's edited for video. Just listen to JA at the very (very) end of the clip - 'whew.' - please, he just sang that song?

[buchanangenesis]

i think he says woa! and he has throat problems yap up

[godsofmagog]

I'm partial towards the line up of Anderson, Howe, White, Squire and Wakeman but this song sounds great with this line up.

[livegigvideo1]

Bruford smokes White every day of the week!!

[Putaspellonyou]

@livegigvideo1 yeah but bruford's tone in this period sucked big time...that snare sounded godawful even then. electronic drums were still in their infancy. and i saw them on this tour...twice. they played in the round, but this footage seems like its on a regular stage. anybody?

[ASeasonedWitch]

Squire's bass playing is so tasty. The band was pretty tight that evening.

[Galacticadude]

Saw Yes 3 times 1987, 1991, 1994(5?). Big Generator, Union and Talk. This was an AWESOME lineup!! With Bill & Rick not going on the road now this was my only to see them.

[analogpro7]

I was there for this tour. they seemed to have a good night when i was there, but i think the 'in the round' got them nauseous. =] it made me nauseous watching that thing spin for 3 hours!

[coleodin]

listen to that bass crunch! the sound of a rickey is so tuff... my favorite bass ever! (also dig the classic "P" )

[otteaux]

This tour gets a lot of negative comments from the band, but I was there and it was amazing!

[teaandtheatre]

This is the greatest group of musicians ever put together - ever.

Jon Anderson (Vocals)

Bill Bruford (Drums)

Steve Howe (Guitars)

Tony Kaye (Keyboards)

Trevor Rabin (Guitars)

Chris Squire (Bass)

Rick Wakeman (Keyboards)

Alan White (Drums)

[Tengent]

Woah. What a great line-up.

[travelingvegetarian]

Ahh, I was there!  Second row. Awesome show.

[ososatanico666]

damn you!

[vth42]

Great song, horrible 80's digital synth patches don't do it justice.

[TenaciousxT]

Wooh!

[ABRIGANTESSA]

yessssss fantasticcccccccccc

[Dream2112]

Does anybody have a copy of the DVD? I'll buy it. It is out of print! :-(

[admiraltwofour]

Absolutely the best YES tour ever! I was there. 8th Yes concert. More to come.

[bossanova3255]

There's two drummers,guitarists,& keyboard players(all exemplary!)...,but only ONE Jon Anderson and ONE Chris Squires! I just wished that Chris would've brought out his custom 3(!)necked bass! People don't believe me but its true! I've seen them 2x,and I would see them 20 more if possible!

[Frizzlefry2093]

its quite an intense bass guitar.

[nignog87]

Yes, He Plays that 3 neck Bass ONLY on Awaken.

[luckyvet]

Flawless live performance.

[davergny]

Who is flawless is Bill Bruford. I've seen him many times with Yes, King Crimson, and his jazz project Earthworks. He is a human machine. I met him in NYC too, and he's a nice guy with a sense of humor.

[sweetgeorgiajones]

Own mother's at birth! ROFLMAO! As one of those people, I can laugh.

[lucasdelarge]

fanno sembrare questa canzone uno scherzo

[ScooterGirl9988]

I'm not a huge fan of Yes but to say Jon Anderson isn't flawless is stretching it. Like the late, great Freddie Mercury he has a voice of unusual purity, range and power. One doesn't have to like the style to recognize the exceptional talent behind it.

[610920]

Pretty well said ScooterGirl, at least I couldn-t have said it any better.

[Firebird7478]

My favorite Yes tune of all time.

[swierszczyk5]

They're Gods of symphonic rock!

[verbod]

yup

[remoman]

funny... though compared to Howe, TR is a bit of a cock jocky though, you gotta admit.

[stevezane]

@remoman What...do you really understand anything about guitars? If yes you wouldn't say that.

[bossanova3255]

I can't believe some of these posts criticizing this legendary band..,have youse guys ever even SEEN this band live?? And on top of all of their virtuoso playing the voice of Jon Anderson soars above it all!

If you don't appreciate great music then go back to listening to yer solvent-huffing bands!

[woundedfreedom]

one of the best tunes ever!!!!

[wennykelly1]

i never cared for trevor rabin to be in yes..... sorry trevor

[stevezane]

@wennykelly1 You must be a boomer stuck in the 70's...lol

[cleomagoolando]

I absolutely love this song, but for some reason, I don't like the way Chris Squire plays live. His tone is so clangy and his improv licks are clumsy as hell (7:06 = yikes). His work in the 1970s was amazing, but he definitely plateaued at some point around 'Fish Out Of Water'

[rokarolla]

Alan White is a real earsore. He's like a bull in a china shop.

[livegigvideo1]

I agree, just saw Yes in Detroit and Alan sucked, seemed tired, bored. I always missed Bruford!

[yessman74]

i've been trying to think of a great YES line up for a tour. Why not another UNION where all previous members appear together. What a sound - every previous member played an important part. Bill Bruford has to make an appearance again - PLEASE. Heart of The Sunrise is one of their greatest ever and this video is absolute class - Thanks.

[Panthersfan2]

One problem with that is if you count all of their albulms, that would bee about twenty people.  However if you meen that only the major people, then that sounds like a great idea.

[ricappon]

just absolutely great ! . i dont like much of yes performances compared to their recordings , but this one is superb . love to see wakeman and bruford in the same stage .

[yesman90125]

Now if Trevor Got as close to Steve as Chris did I think there would be an electric fence around Steve at the next show.

[yesman90125]

if chris can use a pick then so can I

yeah I thought you weren't supposed to get into Steve's space

[lkern]

Hey, Squire and Howe got a little too close there, huh? :)