Jon Anderson at The Old Grey Whistle Test

[lamecasuelas2]

man,i would give one of my testicles for that voice

[visog]

That voice!

[fredzbassist]

As a fan of YES and having worn out my copy of Olias I bought this album. To be honest I was shocked at first and dissapointed. This was not what I expected at all. Soon grew to love it though. Used to listen to it on my old cassette walkman while marking out the rugby pitches at my dads sports club. Made those cold autumn mornings fly by.

[faithlessaaa]

Dick, the saxofonist, never liked playing rock, but he liked Jon so much as a person that he really took work with Jons music seriously, even if it wasnt really his preferred style. Jon has a rep for being a really nice guy

[smithpm81]

remember seeing this when it was originally broadcast.... great stuff

[MrKayley10]

Wow! Got anymore from this?

[arweiss100]

Jon doing his very cool, jazz cat meets dance & calypso thang...Outstanding!

[Patty1228]

love it. Love the Calypso feel. Nice ditty.

[marmas58ink]

Wonder if the original tape of this still exists. Jon should 'hire a man' to track down this and other such forgotten nuggets... put them out on a dvd.

I bet hearing these songs and seeing the style of his clothes as well really freaked a few JA fans when this originally aired. I know these 2 songs in particular were a shock to me in 1981 when I got the album!

[livedesignsco]

FYI: this is from Jon's solo album "Song of Seven"

[yea78861]

this guy is just to much

what a true talent

there will never be anyone close

[yesmuseum]

Yes!

[SoyMcbert]

a very beautiful song, I love you Jon

[guerreiropatrick]

Maravilhoso jon sobe aproveitar bem seu sucesso e sua voz em todos momentos de sua carreira!!!!

[IYAMNI]

Excellent. Some entrepreneur needs to compile all the OGWT video and make a DVD series.

[JAYROX1969]

@IYAMNI There are 3 volumes out, which were released a few years ago, check ebay or amazon.

[IYAMNI]

Cool. Thanks for the response.

[FreemanKeys]

Excellent! Thanks for posting. I know who the sax player is. Who else is playing here? Does anyone know the other musicians?

[FreemanKeys]

Oh, Ok. Sorry. They mention it at the top.

[randolphmantoothdeca]

this is the beginning of the kinds of trite, strident, cliche melodies that Jon would incessantly sing for the next 25 years and counting..

a long way from Olias...

it is funny to see jon playing with some "cats"..

ah, the big budgets they threw away in the 80's.

good to be Jon!

and did he say "as long as we can get inside the backseat of your car"?????

awaken, gentle mass TOUCH!

[lovemusicsomuch]

OMIGOSH, I saw this vid like a year ago and didn't notice the name of it and never found it again. now I see it was at OGWT, so great. I enjoyed these 2 tunes when I first heard them, so glad I could find this again. THANK YOU for uploading this sweet gem. cute outfit there, Jon :D that bit at the end is so cute.

[yottikyawa]

Im very grad to see this vidio!!

fantastic!!!!

is the saxplayer jhon sarman?

[yottikyawa]

DICK MORRISSEY

[eennymo]

This is great! Jon was fond of pink shirts in those days?

[genesis90125]

great footage never knew he was ever on OGWT thanks

[silverheart70]

Good gracious, when was this? In America so much of this kind of music just wasn't "out there". MTV did well for what it was, but I am glad to find the stuff you never see here. Amazing, thanks!

[chris124xyz]

Jon Anderson will gain. Ahead he was of the times. Alot of musicians were. I recognize the (sax?) player as one on his later (Van Vangelis) vids.

Sorry I don't have it all right.

[faithlessaaa]

Yeah, Dick, my step dad. I think he was on every J&V recording. It wasn't his favorite music, but he liked Jon a lot, who actually babysat my siblings during rehearsal.

[winterafternoon]

Loved it. Great songs. So cool.

Love that bit at the very end where Jon pretends to fall backwards. Classic.

[aureliosjc]

What song is that?

[2008AndAYes]

I know it's a song from the Song of Seven tour.

[banlatbulldog]

They were called ' Don't forget' and 'Heart of the Matter' from his FANTASTIC solo album 'Song of Seven.'

[rhaibrazil]

que fofo!!!

[TheGatesofDelirium]

Very charming indeed : )

[sorayalis]

Thank you so much for post this video...