Yes - Then - A Celebration, 1969 - 1979 2DVD set

[esr243]

Looks like this was filmed at the end of a waterbreak (brise-lame in French and golfbreker in Dutch), typical of the Belgian coast along the North Sea.

Hmmm ... those were the days, both in musical terms and location; when Belgium and its people better invested their resources and inspiration. Great quality recording. Thanks much for sharing.

[Big77Jim]

Killer vintage Yes.I wonder if they knew then that they would become the greatest rock band in history?

[grayngreen]

"Chris Squire........ not really playing the keyboard...... not even plugged in......... no electricity for the Squirenator"

[fucheduck]

@grayngreen 0:20 Steve Howe doesn't play the bass either, I think that's Scotty in sick bay and I suppose Dr. McCoy is in engineering now.

[ralfschulz]

...yes!

[dylanw26]

Steve didn't seem to be having much fun in the cold wind.

[Mitch66420]

wow! bill bruford looks like a kid!

[Jotalopez88]

chris squire on hammond key???

tony kaye on the bass???

¬¬'

good song

[SpiritDrive]

I know!! Steve Howe wasn't even in the band when yet this song came out nor did he play on the album.

[GBJPhotoWorks]

It looks like they're having a little fun with the producer, who probably doesn't even know which of these kids really plays which instrument. Squire and Kaye's "acting" isn't even all that convincing.

[vigilantviewy]

Young geniuses

[elviss]

YES, Time and a word blows my mind and heart, 1969 to '74 are the best.

[deepsussex]

Tony kaye is playing bass-looks weird

[ogrebattle22763]

None can deny that Early Yes was the best!

Not that their later albums sucked it's just when you listen to their earlier music it was just so much better.........

[afrainee]

I think this song is best of yes

[julyvalls]

Have you listen Yours No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Close To The Edge, And You And I, Etc ??

I think there all better!

[afrainee]

of course i did , Hey friend,

I think you've been misunderstood my comment don't you think? don't you know

music is always subjective ?

if someone likes A , other likes B

OK?

[afrainee]

of course i did

but Hey friend,

I think you've been misunderstood my comment don't you know

music is always subjective ?

if someone likes A , other likes B

OK? not everybody likes A

[janderson2000]

Hate is the root of cancer

[PrZemek44]

If you hate ugly people even God will forgive you. LOL. I just never liked pretentious people. Do you?

[brunoleot]

I think he was just "singing"...

"Love is the only answer, hate is the root of cancer then"

[PrZemek44]

And THIS is the beginning of the best rock ever... PROG-rock! Where the Beatles wanted to go went Syd Barrett with his Pink Floyd. But THIS is going faaar beyond even his genious...

Kido.

[janderson2000]

I wouldn't say the Beatles wanted to go this way...nor Syd. It's brilliant fucking music though. And certainly more was to come. Funny how Steve Howe is in the video, though.

[PrZemek44]

Sorry, I was probably in rush (or drunk). No, the Beatles didn't try to 'go the progrock way', just to go beyond the simple pop and rock (adding choirs, orchestra, elements of Hindu music), but one of them (don't remember who) was supposed to say that Pink Floyd went "where they tried to go, but failed". In Syd's music (and lyrics) there are quite obvious references to the Beatles songs.

[PrZemek44]

I really admire guys your age who 'get' progrock and Syd. We had so much more time back... in my time, and (as you know)you have to be really patient and listen a lot to get this wonderful music. All best.

[imbolcday]

what i call a perfect pop song!

[PrZemek44]

pop?

[imbolcday]

well, for me it's pure pop (listen to this chorus!), and it could have been a standard with a slightly different production (and, i admit, without the superfluous keyboard solo).

[PrZemek44]

Well... last I heard, Michael Jackson was considered being the 'king of pop', and that's... a bit different (it's called progressive rock) But I think your eloquent comment illuminated all of us. Generally, I don't care about all those labels but... sorry bro, I hate pretentious people.

[PutItAway101]

Pop's not just Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, there can be intelligent, well crafted and sophisticated pop as well. The Beatles come to mind. And this.

[nikobil]

Did you mean that jacson was prog-rock? or yes?

[camerasintetica]

great song

[teclados60s]

Tony Kaye plays a great organ part...for example, pay attention from 02:54 to 03:19.

He's an excellent musician.

[redscarf1212]

Anyone notice that Chris is "playing" the keyboards in the video and Tony Kaye is "playing" bass in this video? Hilarious switcheroo boys..lol

[48819]

i just watch yours passes,its for all life.(yes genesis fan from 1973(7yrs old)).respect to all yes-genes fans!

[ledwardl]

I don't think Steve actually plays on this cut for this album. Peter Banks was the guitarist then. This video must've been made just after he split. Love Bill's drums here.

[Tommygun1028]

you are right

[lee5458]

NO-One is like Steve ???

[brainlock162]

I don't know about you, but I backed into Yes' music. "The Yes Album" and "Fragile" were really the first things we were heavily exposed to here in this area of the Southeastern United States. I did my homework and went to the record store and special-ordered (that's right kids, you had to pay up front and wait about 30 to 45 days for the order to come in) the earlier L.P.'s....WOW! It blew me away! Like fishing in a quiet stream, you pull out a couple of whoppers! Thanks for posting...

[oldprogrocker]

I know what you mean.I had to order almost all of my lp's to.I once looked in the window of a dept. store as i walked by and there in the bargain bin was a genesis live lp! the first one.Had to beat up my buddy to get it first!Had to be around 1976

[pkmmo]

YES it´s bono !!!! LOL

[1963alexandre]

why is Tony Kaye playing the bass and Chris Squire playing the keyboards?

[GaryNull]

You forgot:

Why is Steve Howe playing the guitar?

[Holdenon3]

Oh, cheap shot!!!

But funny. :)

[vjjunk]

There´s an interview about this episode. They´ve decided to swap the instruments only to film this. At the time, the weather was freezing, and they got to roll the film as fast as possible. I´ve trying to get the entire "Belgium TV" film with excelent quality (the same as we saw in the YESYEARS documentary, that put bits of "Astral Traveller and No Opportunity.."). Great prog band of all time.

[pattyheno]

do you have any idea where this was filmed..

I would say Brugges from the other videos but others have mentioned it was filmed in France...

[davezxc9011]

yeah its wierd: They had gotten rid of Peter Banks whoplayed the guitar in the recording. I think they switched Chris and Tony (with almost no closeups of Tony ) because they were thinking of getting rid of him (Tony) at this point and didn't want him too visible. When he did leave, 2 albums later,

Rick Wakeman replaced him. I don't think it was a pleasant leavetaking. from the YesYears video I think Jon wanted Banks and Kaye out, because they didn't fit his "vision" of what the band should be.

[Bluesmen88]

From what I've read, Kaye was a very traditional organ player and didn't really want to go in the direction of synthesizers the band wanted to.

[YesRushELP]

@Bluesmen88 You are correct, part of the reason Kaye left was the rest of the band wanted him to use synthesizers on Fragile (especially Heart of the Sunrise), and he was loyal to his Hammond organ, so Rick Wakeman came in and re-recorded some of Kaye's parts, (especially Heart of The Sunrise).

[THeMaskedBlogCritic]

Well the switching was most likely just an "in-joke" that the band decided to play and nothing more. There are actually quite a few shots of Tony on bass in this video. Tony and Peter were the "rock stars" of the band, they would go out and get drunk and grab chicks while the others were more serious at the time. Banks and Kaye were not so much fired as they were replaced. Jon saw Steve play and they knew Rick from his studio work. Kaye has stated he had no problem playing synth back then.

[pinamar13]

como puedes decir que es Bono ???? !!! Debes ser muy joben y no conoces a John Anderson , ademas nada que ver !

[xsited1]

What's Bono doing singing for Yes? lol

[BALCACER]

We have here excelent bass and vocals !

[wigginsdesign]

'Get a clue' was in response to the 'Genesis is better' comment.

[wigginsdesign]

I love seeing them in the late 60's. Jon's got his spirituial hippie vibe intacted

[TommyD23]

They were very cold that day

[twostikks1]

Randy, as well as your favorite YES CD's, don't forget about Chris Squire's "Fish Out Of Water", which has been re-released in the UK/Europe with a DVD that has promo video of two of the songs from THAT one! Enjoy!

[Stratman78]

The greatest album that Yes never made! I put "Fish Out Of Water" in my Top 10 of Favourite albums.

[twostikks1]

yeah, Stratman, that album is a PERFECT Progressive Rock accomplishment. From the writing, the combination of playing by Squire/Moraz/Bruford -- it really IS the best album Yes never made!

[ladybluerose]

these guys are amazing live.

like holy crap.

I love how happy they look throu out this video

[ALFONSODUDE]

Yes...Yes....Yes, Yes,Yes.... Thats all!

[volendos2]

.Genesis is much better

[wigginsdesign]

Get a clue

[zagyex]

no, yes is better

[HarlequinTheatre]

Don't worry about them. I prefer Genesis over Yes also, but I do love Yes' music. Genesis are better writers than musicians, whereas Yes are better musicians than writers. Just my opinion.

[funk7000]

When Bill Bruford joined Genesis for their 1976 tour, they really wanted him to stick around for the long-term. Phil Collins and Bill Bruford were and still are big fans of each other's drumming. Chester Thompson did andd still is doing a great job.

[pattyheno]

pre 1975 I think the music of Genesis stood up as good a the lyrics..

I also prefer Genesis. Yes are different but I wouldn't say they were any better musically.

Banks , and Rutherford produced some great music 1970-1975

[leemcuk1]

All a matter of taste I suppose. I prefer Yes to Genesis as I've always thought they rocked a lot more. Genesis sounded a bit...stately.

[TheLurMan1]

Which Genesis are you refering to? Gabriel or Collins?

[twelve34siobhan]

I love the fact that Chris and Tony chose to switch instruments for this video. I guess they didn't really care how real it looked.

[ePhilosopher]

far cry from the pier we expected, i the jury. when lighning strikes, once in the air....

[Tommygun1028]

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil has to be lead

[kgordon855]

anyone know why steve howe is in all these early yes vids although he wasn't the player on the albums?

[rorshakks]

Perhaps they made the videos after he joined the band.

[Yesfan90125]

I believe Banks quit the band shortly after Time was finished because the band fired their original producer. If anyone can back this up let me know.

[xXamnesiac81Xx]

Depends on who you listen to, Banks was either 'fired' or 'quit.' This was mainly over his dissatisfaction of the final mix of Time. Plus, the sessions were rather heated as him and producer Tony Colton didn't get on too well. Eddie Offord was only the sound engineer, moving to the co producer's seat for The Yes Album. Steve Howe soon joined in order for YES to continue promoting Time.

[johnni37]

wrong, he was on all the albums from The Yes Album forward.

[hamwinkie]

There is an old Melody Maker interview that discussed this. It was their way of making fun of the miming process altogether. They wanted to do new material they were working on too with Steve. So they lost and won in a a way.

[Tommygun1028]

The 'Ham' is back!

[hamwinkie]

Yeah, there are three of us. My son who is the most heard, me and my nephew. We share a comp. I am the old peace monger!

[johnni37]

especially when you consider they aren't even playing their own instruments!! Chris is laughing the whole time about it.

[wigginsdesign]

They were just goofing. Chris & Tony aren't really even playing. Underneath the cool sweet vocals this song really cooks. This is a classic great Yessong

[sunbeam11]

the bass sound is that of a rickenbacker, Squire's preferred bass, but looks like kaye has a fender. No doubt they were just having fun

[johnni37]

It is his Rick. Chris doesn't even own a Fender Tele bass. Closest he has is a Jazz that he uses on Astral Traveler video though in the studio he again, uses his trusty 'ol Rick.

[kristallin]

Speaking of video fun: That's not Chris Squire "playing" bass in this clip - it's organist Tony Kaye. Squire can be seen "playing" organ!

[moribund14]

Didn't notice until I read your comment, but it's true - and neither seems to be faking it!

[petsounds75]

Oh no, not at all. Squire only hangs around top octave the whole time, even during the low notes.

[johnni37]

they are both faking it though Chris is doing a better job.

[Scottybntg]

Uhhhmmm, Nope. I have no idea WTF you are even thinking.

[brotherofmine]

Are you saying that you are going to 'officially' re-release 'Live At QPR'?

[Tommygun1028]

kind of