08 And You And I Part 1

[songcave]

This is their best song ever! The passion, that sublime intro, the movements, the dynamics - wow thank you! BTW This live version sounds heaps better with acoustic 12 string rather than the 12 string electric on Yesssongs methinks..

[arweiss100]

Utterly magnificent...

[arweiss100]

4:32-5:13 Just celestial..what radiant transcendent musicianship from Trevor...The most inspired performance & playing I've ever seen from Trevor, that also translates over to & from the band as well, making this my favorite live performance of this song and transforms it into such a suite of beauty.

[tonusaitis]

I can tell that Rabin mixed this considering Howe's slide guitar is lower in the mix than Rabin's Strat in many places. That's all wrong.

[arweiss100]

Trevor's inspired playing..just such amazing emotional splendor & depth of feeling, grace, beauty, and otherworldly artistry..

[arweiss100]

‎4:32-5:10! Trevor's, divine, majestic, & sublime guitar solo just elevates Yes's supreme classic song..‎5:48 to 6:08 Trevor's soaring end solo!‎ 4:50-5:10 Trevor just soars crafting his legendary, exquisite violin tones on the guitar..such grace, beauty, and artistry..that so elevate & transform this already transcendent song to utter magnificence.

[58icarus]

Steve Howe coaxing a steel guitar = esoteric & inspired. Trevor Rabin hammering away on a Stratocaster = mundane.

[yezman68]

An official DVD for this tour will soon be released. Check out yesworld.com

[LadyMoondancer]

this is the song that made me fall in love with Jon - the words, the music, his voice!

Rick's keyboards - Steve's guitar

In my opinion, this is their best song in all their 42 year history.

[zooropa2day]

Emotion revealed is the ocean made.......SOARING!!!!!

[jallendubya]

one of my favorite yes tunes ever. i get choked up tryin not to think of my gal when i sing this tune when i get a 12 string my fingers shall bleed from playin it so much

[Tullycast2010]

Watching all of the world...

[arweiss100]

One of the most eloquent, elegant, understated, sublime songs EVER, and one of my all time favorites by Yes..and this version just soars with wonder and joy...Jon and Steve and the entire band interpret and read this magnificently..divine...BTW, the round set here is especially stunning for the visuals...wish I'd made it to the Denver show...PLEASE RELEASE this!!!!

[jaxmikey59]

Trevor added something Steve has a problem with--EXCITEMENT

[WintersWar]

I love steve using the acoustic here for this song.

This is such a positive and talented band, you can see jon is just full of light karma.

[gareebee]

This is my favorite Yessong, but i must admit, I do miss the siren sound of the mellotron.

[jallendubya]

This particular tour was the Union tour. I was lucky enough to see them when they came to my town, Chi-town. They giged at what was then the Rosemont Horizon which is now the All State Arena. The show was done in the round which is how you see it here I believe. It was a bad ass show, the stage rotated so you could see every thing.

[bluestreakbuck]

The concert was 20 years ago but the album was almost 40 years ago these guys were light years ahead of their time, this stuff still sounds fresh

[cuulguy321]

My favorite Yes song. Gives me goosebumps every time.

[martinaxman]

What an outstanding concert this must have been!! Hard to believe it was almost 20 years ago. Five stars for this one.

[Johnnywr]

Trevor Rabin plays like a bull in a china shop on this song...kinda like if Slash from Guns and roses somehow found himself playing onstage with Beethoven. I know I know...Trevor Rabin is great and talented and one in a million....but his star shone in the 80`s (at least as a performer) but now he seems as dated as that guy who played onstage with Michael Jackson in the 80`s. T.R. knew he could outplay Mr. Howe but which YES is remembered most fondly? T.R.`s or Mr. Howe`s?

[gsbreath2]

lol yeah right, rabin can play fast pentatonic scales and power chords and thats about it

[blblake117]

3:53 gives me goosebumps its so amazing. i love this song so much!

[tinedov]

Poder verlos despues de 40 años y que los escuche hasta reventar en mi adolescencia es un privilegio..gracias

[wigginsdesign]

Beautifully shot & edited Great angles and each member is represented well. Also Jon once mentioned that a vocalist reaches their peak at this age and I believe he's right.

[wetzles]

Get Rabin off the stage!

[HOUSEOFFOURDOORS]

And You And I is the DNA of Yes.

[jamesnorthernva]

This is one of my top 5 Yes songs.  Awesome!

[busisanclaire]

and chis squire is an orc

[ecastillo90125]

To much talent for so little stage.

[beaverliqour]

Steve Howe is an Elf from the elven forest

[zacharywild]

awesome description. he was beautiful as a young man and turned into exactly what you said as a man............but still incredblt prolific

[csncsn00]

the beauty change with the years but this beauty became more......beautifull!

[CanPcess]

I agree, its Wonderfull!

Great music.

[redazul1]

i never see this version before oh my god what lineup fucking A

[dontforgetmyuser]

BEST VERSION EVER !

[LadyMoondancer]

@dontforgetmyuser

no wonder this version is good - you got Trevor and Tony along with the classic lineup.

[arkmay3]

@LadyMoondancer

well, Trevor anyway...too bad they didnt mute Tony's keys during the classic songs. He butchered Heart of the Sunrise

[kettlezone]

@arkmay3 No he didn't!

[WithNAngelWings]

THINGS GET BETTER WITH AGE!!!!:)

[oohyllab]

Maybe some things, but aging sucks all over the place.

[starshiptrooper59]

Truly one of the best, most musical bands ever to hit the stage in our music history! Where can I get a copy of this video concert from Denver?

[sohosystems99]

Everything you said!!! and where can I get this set of Videos, I will pay big $ for them?

[infiltratewithrock]

Oh my goodness excellent live version. Good sound quality. Usually I like the studio version better, because they usually change the sound theirselves, the audience drowns them or sometimes the sound is distorted. Great post, thanks. Memories of my youth.

[Johnnywr]

To those who think Rabin is better than Howe......it`s not what you play it`s what you write. I can`t think of one Rabin tune (without YES). Rabin IS the more technical guitarist...he is NOT the better guitarist. Time has revealed all. Pay attention!

[hapehaka]

Apples and oranges my friend, hard to compare...

[beaverliqour]

Johnny right...there are alot of Rabin chop hounds out there. Just look on You tube you'll see over 100 . Try to find really great guitarists who are great song writers and whos songs have held through decades. You won't find many

[taviona]

oh wow, he plays the into. Great.

[dapoetmaster]

Well in case U missed it, I said 'IMO'. U R welcome to Ur's. Since we're here, hell for that matter, I'd put Alvin Lee above any guitarist U'd care to name luckitz....

[beaverliqour]

...furthermore Steve Howe is far more unique than Trevor Rabin. Rabin can be lumped into the Satriani-esque Van halen chopp hounds. The thing about these speed demon technicians is that their music doens't stand out like this song does

[cholling]

Agreed. I once bought a Steve Vai CD, was impressed for about one song, and then got bored. Too many notes too quickly/too much to take in at once. A couple of opening chords from Howe at the start of this vid and I remember the tune instantly, whereas, with Vai, it all sounds the same. Van Halen's an exception though. At least that fucker, Eddie, came up with some great riffs.

[melongasket]

Luckitz, listen up.Open your ears.Rabin is a fine guitarist. But Steve Howe is all about melody.And as for speed...there is nobody like him.Just listen to Close To The Edge.I love the greats like Bach,Stravinsky,Coltrane,Pasto­rious,Hendrix and Steve Howe is right up there with them.When did Rabin ever write anything like "Beginnings"?You know it's arrogant to make such statements, as you can only base it in as much as you know about music.How much do you know about music?

[dapoetmaster]

Howe, hands down, best technical guitarist IMO.

[beaverliqour]

I have to agrree with melongasket: Howe is not about how many notes he can cram into a measure , he is about melodies. ask your self this while you watch this: Whos music has stood the test of time Rabins or Howe's ...why is the crowd freaking out over a 30+ year old song? hmmm

[SiberianMan2u]

You make a great point about the music. They are both great guitarists but I prefer Steve over Trevor. I read something Jon Anderson said about Steve when he saw Steve in another band before he joined Yes. He said he "stuffed a lot of notes into the song, nothing's wasted". Anyone reading these notes may want to watch Steve's playing on Yours Is No Disgrace from Yessongs. It's like wow, he plays the shit out of his guitar. It's almost as if he becomes one with the guitar.

[webtrekker]

YESSSSssssssss!

[rascabuches81]

And I make echo:

the greatest band of all time their music is timeless.

[cybeavertoo]

what a privilege it was for me at 14 to be part of the time when this music first hit earth and opened all the dimensions within. We almost got it for free. it must be wonderous for young people to find such music through all the mumblejumble that tries to embellish our present timeframe

[JahRoottz]

and talking about mumble jumble.. wat are you talking about?

[trekie01]

This is probably one of the best etereal and well composed yes track!!..I would gave everything to have been there saying the best yes' line ups together as one!!..Long Live to the Yes Music!!

[trekie01]

Hey don't bug this page with your childish comment!..don't you have respect 4 this 8 holy man palying such mystical song!!..go and hear some Robbie Williams or Paris Hilton stuff!!

[JahRoottz]

your an idiot

[Z3R0HER0]

When I First discovered Yes (about 5 years ago) I was only 12 years old. My only regret of being so young is that I have never seen the group in concert. Hopefully, they will make one last tour to North America.

[konked]

LOL, don't get me wrong...I remember bumping to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells at your age, Close to the Edge hit somewhere around 16 from the pile of borrowed hissing and cracking LP records, out of curiosity just to listen something else beside The Police.

[TrexImages]

This song is so beautiful... it bestills my heart, brings peace to my soul and reminds me of times long since passed. It is a ingenious mix of happiness and sadness to the extent that you don't know how to feel, but really good inside! :-)

[JBianchi52]

the greatest band of all time there music is timeless

[nouwenthen]

no wonder you younger 'kids' are now discovering this music - it stands the test of time - high artistry, indeed - first saw yes in '79, then '80, '84, and '04 - all great, but the first and last were the best - hope they'll come around one more time so my son can see them, too

[hoffmanbikes777]

yes is a great band their music is so complex and well composed and being only 18 i really respect this band and all their work

[kobick]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever made, and I can understand when people get bored with music of these days, Yes takes you to journeys never heard before, and amazing feelings and memories. So wonderful to see this song peformed on this tour.

[wigginsdesign]

The magic of YES music is hard to put into words. Truly. And this song is the ultimate in BLISSfullness.

Thank Gawd for YES...Thank YES for Gawd

[blizzeroz]

I think a band like Yes dont need two keyboarders^^

Rick Wakeman ist the ultimate one and mor you dont need^^

[petepeee]

True ..but I guess it makes it easier to reproduce the complex recorded sound on stage .....

[petepeee]

Ooops ... I was repling to a point about having two keyboard players ......

[carabell]

I'm so young (21) that I've only recently got into Yes. Getting bored with music and venturing elsewhere so bought The Ultimate Yes and I can't listen to anything else I love it so much. The videos sound amazing

[wigginsdesign]

I love hearing that. I've known Yes since 71 at 15. To hear them for the first time now would blow my mind. It must be more of a revelation than it was for me then during the birth of prog. Try some Gentle Giant next.

[daveg58]

saw this tour in birmingham uk brilliant

[nitrus747]

No, it's never been released - and that's a shame, this is one of the best Yes shows IMHO, albeit incomplete. (there is also a DVD of the whole show, but not by far with so good soundmix and camera angles)

[pazu7]

I saw this tour in Costa Mesa Ca. (at least I think it was Costa Mesa... could have been Irvine Meadows) What an amazing show! I've been following them since 73 and they never sounded so great as that night. Though I don;t recall Trevor stepping on Steve's slide solo so much. Is this from a commerically released DVD?