"You've got to have the blues to sing the blues" Jon once said in some old interview... and so he just sits all the while painting. Wonder if it's the calligraphy version of Awaken lyrics?.. that ended up on some tour program, iirc ...kind'a looked like maybe, at one point, I could make out the word Awaken at the top. -Don't bogart that J!
--You can notice in that bluesy jam part the tendency Steve seems to have of not liking to just play chords.
@curiousted Jon is probably sketching...he paints as well as does music. Recall the interview on that dvd where Alan White recalls Jon painting and singing a different song than the band was playing during the failed Paris sessions in 1979.
this stuff just shows that they r complete fuckin ninjas of improv. coltrane couldnt shine there speakers. and miles davis would not be even let int the studio unless he was cleanin the toilets.
@bklyncosanostra Okay, I'm a huge Yes, fan. I call my self Yesspaz, after all. But that's just a retarded thing to say. If Miles and Coltrane were sitting in here they'd blend right in like camo.
@bklyncosanostra I think if Miles and Trane were there they'd be pretty bored, I mean they were doing that stuff 10 years before LOL. But I agree, Yes are absolutely incredible, they can improvise counterpoint. That's a symbiotic band
Yes should have been in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame years ago. There's no credibility to the Hall of Fame when they have inducted so many crap 50's doo-wop bands and pseudo-rock like Patti Smith and ignored a ground-breaking, innovative band like Yes.
@scifiwriter98 I can't agree more! They are such an incredible band...in all of their different lineups...but their peak had to be around this time and until 1979! Amazing!
@scifiwriter98 ...and Todd Rundgren, fer Chrissakes!!! I mean, who really gives a shit, anyway?? What the fuck does it mean, you don't know you're good unless they tell you you are??
"You've got to have the blues to sing the blues" Jon once said in some old interview... and so he just sits all the while painting. Wonder if it's the calligraphy version of Awaken lyrics?.. that ended up on some tour program, iirc ...kind'a looked like maybe, at one point, I could make out the word Awaken at the top. -Don't bogart that J!
--You can notice in that bluesy jam part the tendency Steve seems to have of not liking to just play chords.
marmas58ink 2 weeks ago
First part of this video is some nice funky variations on the middle section of America. Way cool.
favorsham 1 month ago
What is Jon scribbling?
curiousted 8 months ago
@curiousted Jon is probably sketching...he paints as well as does music. Recall the interview on that dvd where Alan White recalls Jon painting and singing a different song than the band was playing during the failed Paris sessions in 1979.
jsmfyneartz 7 months ago
The members of Yes (past and present) are not your typical musicians.
hld4018 9 months ago
Rick almost sounds Patrick here
nedmarc 11 months ago
So great to see these jam sessions, thanks for uploading these rare gems!
BggProductions 1 year ago
Steve lighting up a fat "J" at 08.00!
Skraboing649 1 year ago
this stuff just shows that they r complete fuckin ninjas of improv. coltrane couldnt shine there speakers. and miles davis would not be even let int the studio unless he was cleanin the toilets.
bklyncosanostra 1 year ago
@bklyncosanostra Okay, I'm a huge Yes, fan. I call my self Yesspaz, after all. But that's just a retarded thing to say. If Miles and Coltrane were sitting in here they'd blend right in like camo.
yesspaz 10 months ago
@bklyncosanostra I think if Miles and Trane were there they'd be pretty bored, I mean they were doing that stuff 10 years before LOL. But I agree, Yes are absolutely incredible, they can improvise counterpoint. That's a symbiotic band
jazzpsalti 8 months ago
AHHHH somebody please play that Harp !!!!!!!
GothFaery65 1 year ago
The electric piano groove Rick is laying down is so classic. I'd love to find a patch that comes close to that sound.
edburns00 1 year ago
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DvnWood 1 year ago
Yes should have been in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame years ago. There's no credibility to the Hall of Fame when they have inducted so many crap 50's doo-wop bands and pseudo-rock like Patti Smith and ignored a ground-breaking, innovative band like Yes.
scifiwriter98 1 year ago 19
@scifiwriter98 I can't agree more! They are such an incredible band...in all of their different lineups...but their peak had to be around this time and until 1979! Amazing!
jocovo84 1 year ago
@scifiwriter98 AMEN! and what about Alan Parsons Project, and Peter Frampton>
kathyuk28 1 year ago
@scifiwriter98 . I AGREE WITH YOU!!!
mg63gomez 1 year ago
@scifiwriter98 ...and Todd Rundgren, fer Chrissakes!!! I mean, who really gives a shit, anyway?? What the fuck does it mean, you don't know you're good unless they tell you you are??
cathoderoy 4 months ago
Interesting to hear this song it its formative stages...
epseja 1 year ago
Way historic footage. Thanx!
skydogz1 2 years ago 2
Great stuff. Not your typical Yes music, that's for sure.
scifiwriter98 2 years ago 6
@scifiwriter98 .No,..But I LOVE your typical YEs music,and that's for sure!!!!:D
carrietide 1 year ago
rare find
SteveSparx 2 years ago
♥
1nessism 2 years ago