YES- ONWARD (with vocals) (Chris L and Brad G cover)

[yookooyoo]

OOOOOh I've never heard the voice that closely resembled Jon's voice. The performance of guitar is splendid,too.

[chris21125150]

@yookooyoo Thanks, yookooyoo!

[yookooyoo]

@chris21125150 I participate in this as a chorus(Chris Squire's part) here in Japan (^^)v Feeling sooo good! Thanks for posting...

[TheTimahawk]

Brilliant !! Nice work ! Shows how much you really love this song !

[chris21125150]

@TheTimahawk Thanks, TheTimahawk!

[trilingual]

nice job guys--well played with lots of heart!

[chris21125150]

@trilingual Thanks , trilingual!

[SibKat]

Great interpretation guys !!! :)

[chris21125150]

@SibKat Thanks, SibKat!

[vinnypimentel]

oh god, Brad really sounds like Jon, superb!

[uninoculated]

Soooo good. :) HAHA. Your guitar playing is wtf. Are you Steve Howe? What a powerful song. 

[chris21125150]

@uninoculated Thank you, uninoculated!

[placidian]

Beautiful version, guys!

[chris21125150]

@placidian thanks, placidian!

[paulvalletta01]

Yes..awsome recording, your both doing the song justice.

[chris21125150]

@paulvalletta01 Thanks, paulvalletta01!

[peskypesky]

one of the most gorgeous Yes songs ever! So under-rated. And you guys do a beautiful version. Thank you. :)

[chris21125150]

@peskypesky Thanks, peskypesky! Be sure to check out the version I did with Tim on this channel as well.

[TheWarrior74]

Loved it. can't copy a british accent but I think the diction on the word onward was alittle off. Everything else was spot on though. Great voice and great instramentals.

[TheWarrior74]

@TheWarrior74 instrumentals*

[hurrah613]

absohlutely f&%!ng great!

[markkens9]

Get off the stage Benoit! Shit man, get down there to San Luis Obispo and tell Jon just to work with you a little... I am amazed!

[markkens9]

Get off the stage Benoit!

[guitarsweetie13]

wow nice vocals

[martinroch1]

maestro

[carlitoparadise]

Unbelievable Tribute Sounds Fantastic and so Well Coordinated

Chris & Brad Match Perfect V

[umberto61]

3500 views

200 are mine

[grandelaza]

Parabéns. Ótima performance!

[dbuenconsejo]

Chris, and singer, you guys are amazing.

[thetribble]

You and Brad have made a beautiful version of a classic Yes song Chris, thanks.

Made the hairs on my neck stand up!

[gravelpitlady]

Wow..Chris..you are amazing

This is so beautiful

MG

[OurVirtualJourney]

You are one talented man my friend..... This is a great showing from you 2.

Dave.

[simplesojourner]

You've taken this song beyond what is was and redefined it! Incredible instrumentals and vocals! Thank you for infusing this song with even more of what it brings into everyone's heart when they listen to it.

[bubblabu]

Another one of my favorite yes tunes

(Yeah - I've got a lot of favorite yes tunes)

Thank you!

[lovemusicsomuch]

the end is great, you guys. wonderful :D very nice, love it :D

[chris21125150]

Thanks, lovemusicsomuch.

[andristic]

wow. i recently became a yes fan, never looking back

[lookingfortalent2007]

check out Jon Anderson's solo albums

Change we Must

and City of Angels

as well as Rick Wakeman's Return to the Center/Centre? of the Earth

[razorblade393]

return to the center of the earth

[lovemusicsomuch]

LOL, that's a fantastic way to put it. I became a Yes fan some years ago, never looking back either :D :D

[rickyrat78]

Very nice job on that song!  It's not the music that is hard to play, but it's the voice, a really hard song to sing, especially that high. YES is so hard to do vocally, their harmonies are awesome. I love YES, one of my all time favorites. You guys did them pretty well.

[chris21125150]

Thanks, rickyrat78.

[rodlees1]

Beautiful!! As close as yes as you can get! .

[chris21125150]

Thanks for your kind words, rodlees1.

[JonathanLivingstone7]

Great performance! Thank`you,Chris,Thank´you Brad!!The best Onward cover evertime!

[chris21125150]

Thanks for the compliment, JonathanLivingstone7.

[misa1952]

++++++++++++++++

[seka1952]

bravo....

[chris21125150]

thanks, seka1952.

[4001XBASS]

Wow, I cannot believe how great the vocals are. I like your voice better than the guy Yes picked up. Keep on singing!

[chris21125150]

thanks, 4001XBASS. I'll be sure to pass that on to Brad

[4001XBASS]

Thanks. You guys deserve it. I played in a Yes cover band "Fragile" that played the 1994 Yesfest in Manhatten. I got to meet almost all of my heroes. It was a fun weekend. Bravo to you guys. Where are you located?

[chris21125150]

We are located in Western Canada, Vancouver area.

[LennyBlew]

" BRIGHTENED " ........

[LennyBlew]

I started my Friday morning with this song and it just bightened my day. Thanks guys for a wonderful job with this YES song:

Contained in everything I do

There's a love, I feel for you

Proclaimed in everything I write

You're the light

Burning, brightly

Onward through the night

Onward through the night

Onward through the night of my life

[LennyBlew]

Displayed in all the things I see There's a love you show to me Portrayed in all the things you say You're the day Leading the way Onward through the night Onward through the night Onward through the night of my life Onward through the night Onward through the night Onward through the night of my life Lenny Blue

[WowNano]

Very Very Nice! Well orchestrated musically...... Voice nearly perfect one spot here and there however WoW!

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!

[chris21125150]

Thanks again, WowNano!

[laurianni]

well done!!!!!

[chris21125150]

Thanks, laurianni!

[oscar120153]

Great job Chris! I wish you were my neighbor so I could hear the beautiful music coming from your home!

[yesmuseum]

A beautiful tribute. Onward is perhaps my favorite YES song. I enjoyed seeing all of the parts on video. The GTR parts with a single pick? Great. The vocals are better than I could do! (though I cringed a little due to the stretch of the range). Anyway, very nice.

[curiousted]

The instrumentals are quite good, but the singer is clearly straining to do what Jon does so effortlessly. Falsetto doesn't cut it.

[fjcos]

Woah... When Brad comes in on the lyrics... Amazing. Just like Jon.

[chris21125150]

Doesn't he, though. :)

[pinamar13]

Chris, i dont have words!!!! excellent!!!!!

[chris21125150]

Thank you, pinamar, I'm happy you enjoyed it.

[Sofia123]

wow this is truley amazing

my favorite yes song and you hit it right on!

perhaps we could do this song together as well. I would enjoy singing it but i cannot find a backing track but i believe you played it brilliantly!

[foundjoe]

Awesome cover. Brad's an amazing singer - spot on Jon Anderson, wow! - and you did a great job on the nylon. Takes a lot of discipline to nail those riffs so cleanly!

[chris21125150]

thank you, foundjoe. Glad you liked it. :)

[addsyd]

You know it...that is...how beautiful this song is! I have to ask, how did you learn this...sound or sheet music? Any chance you have this transcribed & can share???...this would be a life long project to learn this.

[YesFanDon]

This is EXCELLENT! Thanks for sharing this with us. It sure put a smile on my face, and I'm sure it will for others.

[chris21125150]

Thanks, YesFanDon. I'm happy you enjoyed it. :)

[marmas58ink]

Quite nice... Found myself wishing the ambient keys were a little louder. And what's that added onto the end? Sounds almost like a gentle 'plea' written in light of the news of Yes' tour being canceled. Lovely.

[chris21125150]

Thanks, marmas58ink. The end is me playing the basic chords to Onward on acoustic guitar. Brad just kind of ad-libbed those lyrics on the spur of the moment. He's quite talented that way. When I heard him do that during the recording I thought it was some Jon Anderson song, but it was just out of his head at the moment.

[yesdad]

Awesome Chris! Your videos are a real treat...keep up the great work...Brad, maybe you can fill in for Jon and get Yes 40th going again...

[chris21125150]

thanks, yesdad. Beleive me, I've already suggested that to Brad. That would be fabulous, but imagine the fan reaction to someone that isn't Jon. :( :( But I would still love to see the rest, even though it's not the same without Jon. Please YES, Please!!!!! :) :)

[marmas58ink]

Oh, I see. So I guess that guitar had mostly been intended for while the credits roll. His vocal puts a nice little 'coda' onto the end, (which I personally believe is the best place for codas to be :-). I at least like *imagining* those improvised words are for Yes in light of their current situation...

[elwing30]

Wonderful chris ********** beautiful song

elle evoque pour moi un souvenir inoubliable et cette chanson restera toujours dans mon coeur .

Merci merci beaucoup.

[chris21125150]

thanks, elwing!

[julyvalls]

this song is beutiful specialy the guitar amazing as always chris!

[chris21125150]

thanks again, julyvalls

[1yesfan]

Chris, you already know how I feel about your work/love. Brad was/is a great addition. You put me in awe, yet once again. I needed to hear Onward ( the song I had played when my wife and I left our wedding) to add some yes back in to my soul after the disappointing news of the tour being canceled. Thanks!

[chris21125150]

Thanks, 1yesfan. Your words are appreciated.

[julyvalls]

Brad his vocal sound is very similar of jon anderson , very well

[KingXanadu]

chris, you never cease to amaze man! Loved the singer well!

[chris21125150]

Thanks, KingXanadu!

[Turtlegoyim]

Beautiful - thank you for sharing!

[yixiazi]

Will have to check out some of his work. This is well done. Hope you find opportunities to work together. I'd like to hear him sing to some of tghe more funky old stuff.

[chris21125150]

Thanks, yixiazi. We will be working a lot together from here on in, writing, recording, etc. Brad will be putting his vocals on a few more of the videos I've already made, and we have plans to do some more new YES tribute videos together as well. Thanks for watching!

[EvH920410]

haha he laughs at himself too

[EvH920410]

:o Wow that singer is good and ur ok too i guess ;)lol

[chris21125150]

Thanks, EVH! :^)

[gazzo45]

Chris, your musicianmanship on this beautiful Chris Squire song(if i remember correctly!) is outstanding. And great job on the vocals Brad - you sound more like Jon Anderson than Jon Anderson! Lovely stuff!

[chris21125150]

Yup, it's definitely one of The Fish's songs. :) Thanks for your kind words. I'll be sure to pass them on to Brad as well. :)

[cerealkiller2106]

Really nice! Got linked here from a facebook group, and I'm really enjoying all these covers.

[chris21125150]

thanks, cereal!