Yes - The Gates of Delirium/Jam 1975 - A Celebration DVD set 1969-1979

[green3825]

No Wakeman....no Yes

[motomoog]

Thanks so much, This was my first time seeing YES in 1975 Portland OR. I had to

go back and see them 20 or 30 times. I was 15 and wanted to be just like Chris Squire.

[hermitcrabbot]

If someone from the current generation was to ask me 'who was the greatest instrumental band in rock 'n roll history?', I would give this song as the prime example.

Yes by a nose over Frank Zappa. I particularly like pulling next to some rapper at the stoplight and blasting this. Space alien music vs. barbrians with sticks. No mercy.

[GaryXGomes]

I like all the Yes periods, but must admit this was my favorite; I was a Moraz fan before he joined Yes and think he helped steer them into a more interesting direction. I had not seen this before; this is terrific.

[juliedog464]

Alan White in a ginnie T not Lycra?

The edit is at a bad place.... right wear the tune become cohesive and elevates

[juliedog464]

Alan White in a ginnie T not Lycra? 

[magdiel1958]

thanks for memories this very special rock straigth for the brain.....

[DesertEagle97531]

3:25-3:35 Anderson's going complete apeshit on those drums LOL

[grayngreen]

This was my first concert ..... with Gentle Giant opening .....The video by no ways captures the moment, but it's fun to reminisce ..... thanks for post a piece of my youth ~

[coolyhigh100]

I am glad that I was there in this time period....Love me some YESSONGS

[4001XBASS]

I got to see this tour 5 times in 1975. I'd have to say the of all the ones I saw, Boston, New Haven, Colt Park, and Providence, that Ohio had to be the best. I wish they had THAT one recorded. Chris was insane. They all are, of course, but Chris was particularly silly.

[favorsham]

This was the tour in 75 when I first saw Yes - awesome show. I've tried to watch all the Gates clips I can find, but I must say that Alan's drum break never comes off quite as dramatically as it does on the album.

[electronfun]

A total tour de force sonic experience.

[ChevKen]

THIS is the period of YES that I wish I could have witnessed live.I saw them for the first time in 1984, which in itself was amazing.At least I did get to see the "Union" tour of 1991 though.To see Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford was quite an experience.Or Trevor Rabin jamming along with Rick Wakeman for "Six Wives Of Henry VIII.A show that I will never forget.

[TheCheezMusic]

HOLY CHRIST ! what had these guys been smoking????? Is this the same band that came up with Owner of a lonely heart ???? LOL

[JimSVoit]

@TheCheezMusic I know, right?! This is why I love Yes! Not because of Owner, which is still a cool song. :D

[videocanone]

Neat concert ! never saw Anderson bang on percussion like that before !

[mrprogjazzgto]

Thank you again Tommygun.!! Super Video..!!

I saw Yes last night at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, FL.. An Excellent show..!

Benoit David did a great job belting out some very high notes... I envisioned Jon Anderson many times..!! Wakeman JR did a fine job on the keyboards..!

[capth00k]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

[Nikkodemis]

This is the type of creativity that todays artists can only dream of. Pop music may sell for a million + dollars to all the little boys and girls and all the perks that go with it, but those posers will never know what it means to be immortal in the eyes of music's history.

PURE creativity - PURE mood - PURE MUSIC

[bbgb2002]

This was the first concert I ever saw in Huntsville Alabama as a 16 year old still remeber Steve Howe, Patric Moraz, Alan White, Jon Anderson and Chris Squire, did I get it right?

[benjaminopie]

Seriously, did they even plug in Jon Anderson's guitar or mic his percussion?

[wingodom]

Five stars!

[javichuification]

if you like this song, you should listen to¨¨ sound chaser ¨¨ which is the second song in the relayer album . Bill Bruford or Alan White, Wakemann or Patrick it doesn´t matter . I guess to play in this band you just have to be a virtuous.

[javichuification]

thanks for this video great quality

[57Sammy]

Yes in full flight - not for the faint of heart!

[HildebrandJohnson]

So what years was this? Moraz was with the band through the 1976 "solo albums" tour. This stage is too small for the giant clam shells, but those glowing things on the stage could have been part of that.

[Tommygun1028]

1975

[GeorgiaDeLaSalle]

@Tommygun1028

I saw this great concert tour in LA at 16

[GeorgiaDeLaSalle]

@Tommygun1028 Please do you have or know where to find old concert footage of Yes' famous Tales of Topographic Oceans tour? I'm surprised I haven't been able to find any on YT. Thanks, gd.

[bbgb2002]

@HildebrandJohnson I think it was 76 they came through Huntsville Alabama and Moraz was with them looks like the same set up.

[bbgb2002]

@HildebrandJohnson I saw this set up in 76 in Huntsville Alabama! Moraz was playing the keyboards at that time. Excellent show!

[javichuification]

There are good progresive bands and songs along the way but this has to be the most berserk song ever written, really fucks your mind , just listen to it with a good pair of headphones

[Duncaneporter]

@javichuification Undoubtedly this tune comes from the farthest reaches of the creative influences way up above. I'm probably the biggest fan of this tune that has ever lived. I bought Relayer when it was first released many years ago. I think it might be their most creative work. And for a Band like Yes - that's saying a whole heck of a lot. Still blows me away everytime. The entire album.

[pryt86]

wait a second at 2:01 chris stops playing the bass but u can still hear the bass playing wat the fuck is that about

[akgalo]

He stop..but this sound is the Jon's guitar. See he in 2:24 and 2:26 when he stop playing. Hear it attencion with good headphone you will hear bass sound different to guitar....sory my english....lol

[thcbass420]

he didn't stop playing, he just sustained the note.

[johnni37]

He's playing, He's sustaining the B with the left hand and doesn't pick again until the neck is away from you. Same as on the Studio version.

[david684]

Most excellent video!!!! thank you for posting it!

[go2illa]

this is tooooo cool

[go2illa]

this reminds me of the original sonic the hedgehog for sega especially at :44

[wolf1340]

This extract is from the best album that YES ever made The band is at his best, even without Wakeman

[rorshakks]

Prog rules: Yes, KC, Rush, Floyd, Genesis,etc

[funkyfitter]

Yes was the first concert i ever attended. They opened for Jethro Tull around 1970 or 71 in Wildwood NJ. My older cousin ,\, along with a friend was forced to take me & my cousin Mike, his little brother. They have been a part of my life ever since. Steve Howe is the man. What a band.

[wigginsdesign]

THEY WILL NEVER PLAY and SMOKE like this again sadly to say... Time marches on. This was an increcible tour and album. One of the greatest of my lifetime.. Thank GAWD I was young, trippin and there to experience it.

[jazzpsalti]

@wigginsdesign yeah man you were super lucky

[Tarabos1]

Relayer(s) most complex YES album! Difficult to play these pieces....

[HBOkidofThe80s]

Back in the70's before "Thursday"...Wow!

[nignog87]

YES. Simply the Greatest Live Band, Ever.

[hope2prosper]

wow. never saw this. crazy sick sweet brutal

[javichuification]

every time I hear this song with headphones full blast before I go to sleep not only I TRIP but I sleep like a baby after. I just can`t believe such a complex progresive song, I mean NO WRITTEN NOTES????? UNREAL WHOWW what a masterpiece. This song switches your brain from left to wright . I dare anybody to listen to it with some ,well you know " BOOOST "

[Vaughnrush]

YES RULES

[jazzpsalti]

steve howe is such a motherfucker!

[genesisrock43]

I'd let him fuck my mum if he'd agree to play for me

[jazzpsalti]

@SeattleLA lol, no idea what you're referring to

[SeattleLA]

@jazzpsalti Hi. I never write sharp responses, my comments are usually very serious studies in music. But the term used to describe Steve Howe, well, unless the meaning has changed, is extremely derogatory. If, in youth culture, or otherwise, it no longer means someone bad, it seems that, for the sake of non-native English speakers, or others, another word should be used. Anyone I know, if they read that, would be grieved, because Steve Howe, in my opinion, is the finest guitarist in history.

[jazzpsalti]

@SeattleLA LOL CHILL

[eennymo]

This is one of their best songs. I saw them do it live in 2000 on the Masterworks tour (was it 2000?) and it was even better than this! Awesome performance!

[bigwo56]

SMOKIN for a live performance ! ! !

[foppa123]

studio version is better

[Glasshouse27]

I beg to differ!

[PrZemek44]

Studio versions are usually better, esp. when you play such complex music, but Yes always does a great job on stage. This is a great example.

Long live prog rock!

[dwemmy]

That's a ridiculous comment. Patrick Moraz does 24 keyboard changes in the first 36 bars on the studio release. You expect him to do that live? This version smokes! Yes couldn't tour in '08 because Anderson's voice was recovering from surgery. Anyone know if there's a tour for '09 or '10? (God, I can't believe I'm even asking that- 2010!!)

[foppa123]

I just saw Yes/Asia at the Tower Theater 2 weeks ago, and it was great. They seem to love playing in Philly.

[vivelavidarocka]

No way dude. This song is like was made to be played live. My opinion.

[bogota46]

A true masterpiece. My all time favourite. As for Moraz, he left Refuge for Yes, as they needed to replace Wakeman. Unfortunately for Moraz, Wakeman decided to rejoin two years later. I learned Moraz was very bitter for how teh guys of Yes treated him. I think he went on to Moody Blues. With this, anyhow, he took part of making musical history.

[JimSVoit]

@bogota46 How did the guys in Yes treat Moraz? I've always wanted to know the story behind it.

[bogota46]

@JimSVoit When Moraz was picked from Refuge Yes said they wanted him to replace Rick Wakeman, and the word has it, that if Yes said they wanted someone to fill their line-up, there wasn´t any choice. You simply didn´t turn them down. The reason for Moraz´s bitterness is that he was fired because Wakeman decided he wanted to rejoin which happened after the 1976 tour. I think no one is overly happy being dumped that way since it wasn´t due to Moraz´s incompetence, right?

[sinfoneura]

the line bass is tetric perfect.

[isanchezcoll]

The band's experimental and avant-garde Rock

[ColganBryan]

The way Pat Moraz stepped in and stepped up after the very popular Wakeman left was inspirational. I loved this album on its own merit and I find is such a waste to compare it to other yes albums. The chemistry on Relayer was every bit as powerful as the chemistry on any other Yes albums and to have a single band like Yes experience so much chemistry with all of their different lineups is a miracle in itself.

[tibretty]

Kobe Bryant? No, ColganBryan.

[mtypeggy]

Patrick Moraz is good but too "electronic" sound... i like Rick Wakeman better!

[HOUSEOFFOURDOORS]

Moraz's finest hour while with Yes..

[audiophile55]

I'm in shock. Someone please help me pry my jaw of the floor! This is the absolute BEST!

[thomasbcool]

Should have been there. I've always said my greatest experience in a live performance was the peak of this break. Chris Squire had a winged, sleeved outfit, they were in the round, when it hit the peak he leaped into the air with wings flying. Truly memorable. A musical orgasm.

[HelpfulFriend]

A three guitar concaphany!

Prog Rock at its finest.

[otteaux]

This song is SUCH A JAM! Love Moraz's playing on Relayer better than any other Yes album, and Chris Squire is laying down some SICK bass lines. Rock out at 3:20 is my favorite bit. Thx for uploading, man!

[SilentLexter16]

Not of this Earth! Amazing... the best footage and sound I have seen from this tour!

[MysteryClown000]

I hope yes is one of those bands that people appreciate more and more as time goes on. they deserve everything they can get.

[aenema22]

You all might find this music weird, but this complexity behind it is absolutely astounding. I'm amazed a song like this can even be reproduced live.

[SolarTiger]

Can you imagine being drunk/hungover/ etc. for a show like this? The party must have come later...maybe a litte herb before but stupid heroin/'lude acts could never pull this off...and people sure hate anything prog around my town...why are half of my fav bands proggy (Yes/ Rush/ Genesis/ Floyd/ELP/Dream Theatre/ Starcastle et al???) must be the quality!

[Ashboy909]

Aww... it was getting to my favorite part at4:51

[krang07]

pretty strange direction musically

even for yes. but it sounds like moraz

wrote all the basic tracks and just had yes

to back him up. i like it though for all its weirdness

[MysteryClown000]

from what Ive heard, Moraz actually came in to the picture while this album was almost complete. Jon Anderson wrote most of this masterpiece by himself I believe.

[godwhyisthistaken]

yes made weird stuff like genesis pink floyd.

[hubert1klimt]

godwhyisthistaken don't worry honey.

if you don't like music is not a problem;

[fishnsticks]

Pink Floyd was probably the least "wierd"

since their music appeals to so many different people who don't like the rest of the Progressive Rock genre that PInk Floyd were are apart of.

[bergerdrum]

The meter on this tune screwed me up for YEARS thanks to Alan White's genius beat displacement. I used to listen to this endlessly on "Yesshows" when I was a kid still in high school. How profoundly influential. :D

[HOUSEOFFOURDOORS]

Moraz best work

[panzerkw]

Fantastic..I was at this gig, saw it on Old Grey Whistle a few months later and was really disappointed with the sound. You guys have done a fantasic job.

[pantherius]

What's wrong with Jon Anderson?

[51664155z]

se me pone la carne de gallina cada vez que escucho esta parte. los mejores de todos los tiempos

[julyvalls]

los mejores , como dijiste , la verdad son increibles , a me olvidaba Aguante Steve! jejejejejeje

[heimdallhinfrode]

I saw them in Oslo in 2001 with TOM BRISLIN on keys, plus the symphony orchestra, and they played this. It was absolutely brilliant. They had dropped it from the concert in Helsinki the night before because their equipment got held up at the border from Russia. The Finns were furious, which is never a pleasant sight.

[jlancon]

Best. Yes. Piece. Ever.

[TarkusLV]

Best. Piece. Ever.

[GabrielsNob]

Yes - in no way disappearing up its own arse at this point in their career...

[floygus1]

Steve switches over to his Telecaster on this song. I have the same guitar- 1972, natural finish. Only difference is mine has 2 humbuckers. Sounds and plays great!

[perromanchado]

Great riff at 3:20. The whole composition is a masterpiece.

[aeropilot]

Incredible ... Yes simultaneously playing at their most "funky" and progressive ... despite all the haters out there, hindsight will reveal an most talented, forward thinking, and adventurous band ... thanks for this, and get well soon Jon!

[pantherius]

Absolutely right. When I first heard this piece, I thought, "What Is This??? This is not like 'Tales...'

It's better."

[scyen]

Moraz was great...for the songs on Relayer.

Not a big fan of his versions of Roundabout or Close to the Edge.

[dgcirkus]

True brilliance!  It was one thing to do this in the studio...but to do it on stage...zoiks!!!

[Watsonsboy]

Damn....

[shaggy816]

thank you so much for posting this...one of their greatest songs.....epic....this rules!

[mbonnar]

Arguably my favourite Yes song.

[fr0zenbear]

epic...truly epic.

[cookaboorra]

The more I re-listen to YES music, the more I believe they were not playing, they were making love, and creating ART.

That "mastery" (italian: MAESTRIA) was a flowing, -powerful flowing- of peculiar talent, age-synchronization, fairplay and a light playing with extraterrestrial vibes.

IT'S FOR SURE !

[Tommygun1028]

now THAT's a positive review - whoa!

[neptown]

Your comment is not far wrong. I play guitar a little myself and I love Yes Led Zep Rush etc. at there best these bands were in touch with a higher level of sycronicity! I sound mad but im not.?

Time slows down for a boxer in a fight and time slows down for a lead guitarist full of addrenalin enableing them to perform great feats in small spaces of time.

[NilezII]

I went to see them on this tour, and I thought Yes had a rather "heavier" sound, almost like ELP.

[twinsmm1]

'cant tell you how many times i got stoned listening to this!

[vivelavidarocka]

Of course not...you were stoned!! lol..

[redscarf1212]

They did Gates at the Binghamton, NY show in June 1976. It was a totally mindblowing involving experience that is hard to relate to anyone who hasn't been to one of the old Yes shows. You just had to be there. Something about the live experience totally overcomes any of the flaws that are picked out in the tapings. I guess it's just the magic of live music.

[TLBKRB]

I watch the animation classic fantasia to the relayer album

[MadJohnEscapes]

do they sync up? or at least come close?

[sigkil]

I find the album version of this song more intense and engaging than the live renditions I've heard. Specially in this middle part. The variations they made are mostly for worse. Howe underachieves. See for example the segment around 1:10-1:20 and compare to the album version.

[oS2006DE]

The only live version I've seen that outdid the record (the remaster from '03 is good btw) was when i went to see them in '01 with the SF symphony orchestra. They had this young dude on the keys. He could pull off both Wakeman and Moraz. 'Nuff said. :D

[persear]

Dude, I think you're undermining the fact that these guys were just players, that this music likely came first from live jam expression, then arranged. They're people. Let them play around and be alive with the music...

[persear]

Granted, I do feel that part of what makes Yes, Yes, is the arrangement and musical weaving, intentionally placed sonic expression, etc. I get why you might measure the album as the more expansive experience, something to be achieved. I once walked away from one of their live shows feeling I liked the album better. I then realized that was because of my own mental limitations that I had put on my experience, via holding an expectation. I missed the entire musical celebration that they put on.

[persear]

So, again, just enjoy the music these guys played all their lives... and above all, let it be alive... for you and for them.

[sigkil]

I understand players can't be always 110 or 100 % on stage. But for example, I have (since making my prev comment) listening to bootlegs of the infamous TFTO (search yesshows blogspot), and for example, I find The Ancient infinitely better (mainly, because on the LP I don't like it at all) live. Howe shines there. Something similar happens between Sound Chaser studio vs live...

[sigkil]

... It's a litte bit too bad that TGoD, being one of the best songs on Yes catalog didn't improve live, in my opinion, as far as I've listened. YouTube please prove me wrong :D

[ssDaNss]

If you can find it online buy Yes Symphonic Live it has a killer version of Gates on there! Tom Breslin sits in as a session player and does a fantastic job.

[zappatx]

In-cre-de-blea!! Squire at his best. Shame on the cameras for not capturing those bass lines but Patrick is awesome on the Hammond. And how about Jon?

[hamwinkie]

Yikes, these kids do not get it. Patrick was awesome. I love the family tree of YES!

[sonicstep]

There is something about the synthesiser that doesn't seem to age well. While I appreciate the complexity of this track it just comes across as too much of mish mash of experimentalism to be acceptable for my...

02:20 Hmmnn...interesting bass line, perhaps I judged too soon...?

Neah, I'm still not comfortable with it.

[dseawarrior]

I must agree that the studio version is better, but amazing amazing amazing that they pulled this off live --- so many time changes -- not easy to play at all!!! Yeah Squire has some really cool bass lines too... Nice to see Jon wacking away at the guitar for this show, too! Amazing all...

[hippisteve]

Wicked Footage Brah!

[drix63]

NICE VIDEO

[memalley]

I often think about putting YES onto soundtracks.. but I think TARKUS' first section ERUPTION would make the best "chase scene" score.

[Veralucy]

this YES piece could be a very good soundtrack for a movie or internet game isn't it Tommy?

[Tommygun1028]

Yes it could - for a chase scene maybe?