Yes - Sounding Out 1971 Pt 1 - A Celebration 2DVD set

[skyofavalon]

This is fantastic Yes with Bruford rules !!!

[dogdrawer]

@ John pjm - That's a Vachalia - a portugese 12 string instrument which Steve tunes his own way....(insight on web in interviews)

[Johnpjm]

Btw, what is Steve playing at 1:43? Is it a baritone Mandolin?

[Johnpjm]

Yes has to be one of my favorite bands, despite only being born in 95'. It's one of those timeless bands that is good no matter what era you place them in.

Long live music that was played by MUSICIANS!

[pietrohd]

nice to meet you, mr. Chris SQUIRES

[Tamgeopose1988]

This is a great song, which kind of reminds me of a band I've heard a few days ago, Aperco. Hear the similarity at their channel apercoband

[lkjlkjlkjlkjlkjlkj6]

What is Jon playing at 5:58?

[coproencefalicoII]

Better times...Mellotron, Hammond, Rhodes, Clavinet, Moog, Coral Sitar, Vachalia, Fender amps, organic sounds;etc... Now, digital keyboards, virtual keyboards, Variax Line 6, emulated amps... :(

[coproencefalicoII]

Better times...Mellotron, Hammond, Rhodes, Clavinet, Moog, Coral Sitar, Vachalia, Fender amps;etc... Now, digital keyboards, virtual keyboards, Variax Line 6, emulated amps... :(

[HWYTXT]

Squire+Anderson+Brufford+Howe+­Wakeman = immortals

[tbuglio]

Amazing how good these guys were at such a young age.....

[davesantos]

Oh my god!!!!! Thank you for posting this man!!! Feeling amazed right now!!!! ♥

[Pighood]

GOD BLESS YA YER LANCASHIRE GIT!

[WintersWar]

40 some years. incredible. is that jon smoking a cigarette?

[dockie1964]

What a Beautiful Video..thanks man!

[RockHerbert72]

What is the piece of music that starts at 05:35 ?

[Tommygun1028]

@RockHerbert72 Perpetual Change

[elechliter]

@RockHerbert72: That's part of Perpetual Change (if you haven't already figured that out since you posted).

[RockHerbert72]

@elechliter Thanks, someone else told me in a reply before. To be honest I think I prefer this live version. =)

[1falconeye2]

Wow, don't make "Progressive Rock" like this anymore! ELP, Yes, Genesis

[TTIME55440]

Was this from a DVD? I noticed on the show I taped from vh1 some of bill bruford's interview was edited out (the part where he talked about vocal harmonies through a loop tape). Thanks for having the real version.

[ClassicRockDVD]

@TTIME55440 It's on Yes, A Celebration 1969-1979 2DVD set, info shown at beginning of this video, in video description, or check our channel

[TTIME55440]

Great music and I liked the interviews as well. How about the psychedelic lettering of "Sounding out"..Only in the 70's....:-)

[wolff1955]

Song-Smithing is a gift and when well done, will strike a chord in your soul. This is exactly what is done by Yes.

[rodiguru]

bbruf just great with them sticks >>> love their hairstyle overall

[rodiguru]

bbruf just great with them sticks

[iggyc61]

Opening titles refer to Chris "Squires" on bass.

[Andytheminstrel]

Thanks so much for posting this! This is great to see the band when they were young and to hear classics like Long Distance and I've Seen All Good People played live from '71.

[KillingLies1]

WHY BILL ? . WHY DID U LEAVE YES! WILL DIE !

[ambientgreg]

@KillingLies1 He got bored. Read his autobiography.

[KillingLies1]

@ambientgreg unbelievable, was he mad with someone in the group?

[ambientgreg]

@KillingLies1 No. He felt that the album "Closer to the Edge" was Yes' definitive statement ,and they weren't going to do it any better than tha t album,so it was time for him to move on. You should really get the book,though.

[Adamboms]

dont do it if it sounds inhuman, modern musicians could learn a thing or two from Bruford, one or two thousand

[juandhaltrich]

i still remember THE DREAM THERE!

[hicks727]

Studio band

[mrsaganscosmos]

@hicks727 your implying that this isnt good? i thought this was a pretty flawless live performance haha

[hicks727]

@mrsaganscosmos You're right, this is good. But they excelled in the studio. They were tech heads and virtuosos. Not an exciting live band like Zep or the Who...I should just shut the fuck up and enjoy.

[mrsaganscosmos]

@hicks727 ya i guess you have a point though, they werent really showmans like zep, we can agree they are amazing though haha

[TheReilly8]

@mrsaganscosmos yeh accept zep sound pretty shit live unlike yes

[AIKevorkian]

That's funny- Bass Guitar - Chris Squires

[vtyesfan]

This is an amazing rare YES documentary !  Thanks so much for posing it in such high quality !

[aussieangie]

YES continue to inspire and amaze me. I can never get enough. Thanks for all the great memories. Love you !!

Get well soon Jon. XX

[ramzahnY]

what an amazing live band they were in those early days.

[colininla]

Damn.... what a time it was. . . .

[starkcreative]

haha chris squires. That was great, I love YES!

[N0rmad]

What's the song at 6:25? Or is that just a jam?

[Tommygun1028]

It's called The Fish

[quadbravo]

thanks for posting. this music flooded our house as a kid. 1 of 5, I was born in 62. great stuff. funny how music triggers memories.

[weeeendog]

these guys are all jesus

[astraltravellerr]

lol

[PrisonTorture34]

is that a baby in the background?

[vveq]

0:22  Bass guitar - Chris Squires ....heh heh, typo

[Aliendear]

Yes is such a good band!!!

I was 12 in 1972 and listening to this.

[lifeseeker5]

I really don't know much about drums and percussion. Why is Bill so good? He doesn't seem to do anything spectacular. Or is the tai chi thing? I mean, the effortless sort of playing.

[keystop]

Touch and character

[bklyncosanostra]

he got mad fung shwei

[JackBlair2]

Because he put a bed sheet over one of the drums, then took it away.

[fetteshice]

Bruford!

[glimmer2158]

I be from America. Does anyone know which regional accent Jon Anderson has?

[progmod49]

Hi glimmer  Jon comes from Accrington in Lancashire hence his fantastic "twang" all the best...

[AldoMeyer]

Yess

i still remember...

wonder remembers.

[ASeasonedWitch]

I wonder if they remember this particular day?

[remoman]

good question.. I suppose they might if they saw the footage.. but with how ever many gigs under their belts who knows!

[chromeoverbrass]

Bruford was always the most interesting guy in the band.

[BehindFishEye]

I hope Jon gave up those nasty cigarettes! Bill Bruford: the most sensitive percussionist ever.

[ucutumia]

you don't joke:P

[hogweed89]

really great stuff!!!

where did you get it?? and listen to the baby! (bill bruford's son?) :D

Great band i love Yes!

[carl7waters]

Very nice great music great lyrics

taking thought to another level musicians today could learn a lot from them

[RICKOBEAR]

amen to that!! ;)

[connord12]

close to the edge lyrics dont make much sense though. for example "a seasoned witch can fall beyond the depths of your disgrace" lol whats that mean???

[RICKOBEAR]

haha!! ;) i'm not sure myself, man, but John says that sometimes he writes lyrics for the sound rather than the meaning. i think there were a few other bands at the time who may have operated under this same concept.

[connord12]

oh well, however they wrote lyrics it sure did work with the music!!!

[RICKOBEAR]

yeah, it did! ;) they were so ahead of their time!

[connord12]

yeah baby atleast 25 years if not more!!

[kirklott]

It's well known that, at least during that era, Jon chose words for their sounds, not meaning.

[horsepeepee]

A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace & rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace - maybe the seasoned witch = a healer. Rearranged liver = meds & herbs are filtered out by the liver & sent through the body (the liver was also long thought to be the seat of emotions). Restored mental grace? Healing the body often heals the mind (depression/anxiety) too. Of course knowing Yes, the medicine was probably hash. I joke. No, not really. ;)

Anyway, it works for me!

[connord12]

oh well it sounds like you got the idea. good job on thinking that, a nice creative mind you have

[ramzahnY]

@connord12 Don't you like your witch seasoned?

[ASeasonedWitch]

Fantastic! I;d never seen this, nor known about it.

Now one of my favorites. Thanks a bunch Tommygun.

[Tengent]

Hell, did you guys even watch the video? It's true.

[Tengent]

Proof that most of Jon's lyrics are a bunch of gibberish.

[woodie1964]

and how old did you say you were???

[Tengent]

15..

[ASeasonedWitch]

It's ok if you don't 'get it' - just enjoy the tunes.

"As proof is gathered you'll rearrange . . . inside out . . . outside in . . "

[lessmosquito]

Thanks Tommy you are the greatest poster! Keep up the good work and check out my work for a laugh!

[Tommygun1028]

thank you man! I will

[dapunkof1975]

Man I wish they put out a DVD of a concert from this period this was the greatest line up and greatest songwriting era.

[woodie1964]

try to get the DVD of Yessongs. that was around '72 -'73.

[unamacarana]

Thanks for Posting.

Amazing!

[lymph12]

sounds soooo much better than all of their concerts after 90125 came out. You'd think that at least the old rockers would stick to the method of recording that made their best albums and this live performance, tape, but NOOOOOO all their modern stuff is all digital too. How do they expect to sound good in this day and age if they cut corners

[balddanny72]

wow, I've never seen live Yes footage with the Fragile lineup. Bruford had left by the Close to the Edge tour. 5:48-always wondered how the heck they could have played "Perpetual Change" live-insanely complex!

[woodie1964]

right!!! ;) that's one of those split-brain songs! ha!!

[hojofan]

I love the way that Yes harmonizes! That's one of the things that they do sooooo well!!

[bryemycaz]

Jons Northern Accent was a bit more prominent back then :D

[woodie1964]

yeah! bordering on Scottish. he's from Accrington Lancashire.

[oxydized]

check a band call

hypnos 69

new old sounds

[TarkusNYC]

This is a pretty good sample of Fragile-era Yes. I give a Yes-fan thumbs up to this trio of videos.

Interesting that "The Nature of the Sea" had its origins back in the Fragile era.

[jmehl77]

it's hard to talk about muz w/o mentioning ELP

[codebabe]

great band. do you like queen at all?

[mlmr11]

There is no better drummer than Bill Bruford!

[lamecasuelas2]

@mlmr11 i totally agree!!!!

[jdu6]

@mlmr11 you said that right

[pinksmithfloyd]

I luv Yes

[konked]

The sound on these videos is imo better than on the Yessongs livealbum. It's great to see these live clips from their classic period :)

[Phtysio]

He he, Dave Mustaine looks like young Bruford!

[BenMolen]

What a treat!!!

[jmehl77]

Fantastic video footage, great vid for just zoning out, totally groovin'out, PEACE LOVE AND DRUGS

[vivelavidarocka]

.... But only the good drugs....

[jeandepaul]

.....and how would you describe a 'good drug'? personally i think they are all great. except for alcohol

[vivelavidarocka]

Coke is a "bad drug". Good drugs are the ones that enhance your awareness in a good way with out the paranoia.

[codebabe]

oh? and which ones actually enhance your awareness with no other negative side effects?

[vivelavidarocka]

Perhaps...Marihuana? Shouldn't even be categorize as a drug.

[codebabe]

not really, it does mask the pains of cancer and effects the state of your mind. i'd call that a drug its just nowhere near as dangerous as many of the rest.

[codebabe]

heroin? meth? coke? those are good drugs?

get an education for fuck sakes. pot is the only acceptable drug.

[vivelavidarocka]

You need a chill pill. There's a good drug for you!! LOL. Peace!!

[codebabe]

i'm not yelling.lol i'm just convicted.

thats one bad thing about the internet because you can't hear the volume dynamics or intonation of voice. i'm just saying that its rediculous to say all drugs are great when people have died from many of them. i know a girl who died from taking oxycontin, basically a legal pill form of heroin.

take care.

[jmehl77]

take a freakin'chill pill man, listen to Enya

[jmehl77]

talkin'prescriptions, what can I say!

[codebabe]

you're ignorant.

[vivelavidarocka]

What's wrong with you?, relax.

[jmehl77]

why do U think I'm so ignorant, may I ask

[codebabe]

i think i was speaking of someone else. sorry if the comment was below yours. take care.

[jmehl77]

Thanks for getting back to me anyway, you do the same and take care

[randallcraig]

Yes this is great! as always!!!!!

[lee5458]

OMG!! Very cool. Just got back from the bloody old sea? nothing but turning GREEN from ROUGH waters & High winds. I did bring 3 YES Cd's with me though, that saved all of us.This is really a fantastic video Tommy Thanks so much. Happy New Year!! Leexxxooo

[abdosly]

Happy Holidays! Yes.

[Veralucy]

Que maravilha de vídeo, Tommy!

Very clear!

Próspero Ano Novo para você!

[carlotta8]

merci beaucoup !

[drix63]

Thank Tommygun for the contribution to the culture and to make us arrive all these jewels from the progressive rock. I take advantage of for enviarte a video the band my son, doing covers of Charly Garci'a of its 2 more ambitious Bands as far as Argentine Progressive rock refire. A Drix63 hug

[flashbackfoley]

kick ass...thanks for posting...happy holiday