Soooooooo Sweet. UMMMMMM Yes!!!!! Isn't this opening so beautiful? WOW chills up my spine. A very fantastic work of art. NEVER grows old, just gets better and better each time you play it. Yummie!!!This is such a great vid. Thankyou for posting this for us. : -) Peace and Love!!
I agree. He looks like his water's about to break. He really gained a lot of weight. On top of that they butchered this song in a few places, especially at 5:31 - 5:44. Steve Howe looked lost and wasn't sure where to come in. I've been listening to YES for 33 years and this is the worst I've ever heard them. I can't believe people are going off about how great this was.
Great job on the video. I guess slapping the guy in front would be out of the question. I hated Drama when it came out 'cause it didn't have JON!!! I've learned to love it over the years and it was a treat to see Yes perform this June 09. The stuff really works all these years later. Yes does great, B. David is fantastic and Oliver Wakeman rocks too!
My favorite Yes song from my favorite album, Drama (I love all the classic ones but this is special). It's not so easy to play and to sing it live the right way.
saw them in mexico city a week ago, it was so incredibly, especialy the fact that they play songs from drama thing will never do with jon, but still I miss him
Thanks for posting. This is a great song and if it wasnt for the guy in front of you with the giant head blocking out Alan White, both videos would have been perfect. Yes used a revolving stage for the Drama tour, and Alan Whites drum riser rose above the rest of the band while rotating the opposite direction during Machine Messiah. A rig like that might not have been enough to make up for that giant freak head, but it could have helped. I hope they play this at San Francisco in March.
Wow, great recording - everything sounds beautiful, no peaks, a professional job except for the static camera view (but then a dolly probably would've been a bit obvious). Chris was in fine form on vocals, too. Is it me, though, or was Steve..."elsewhere" mentally? Didn't seem quite on the ball here, anyway. Thanks for posting, mate, cheers from Montreal.
Wow, Steve Howe was badly unfocused on this and David has to sing this live in the original key! At least when they toured with Trevor Horn they tuned down a whole step.
Agreed re: Howe (an off night, apparently). Yes did drop several Anderson songs down a step when they toured with Horn, but not the Drama material, which Horn sang originally on anyway and wouldn't have needed to tune down for. Plus, this song is in E and to my knowledge Yes never played with alternate tunings, not even standard D, which they'd have needed to do to drop this a step.
I was under the impression that Squire had insisted on playing the Anderson songs "as is" on the Drama tour and didn't do any adjustments. Horn could initially sing like Anderson, but eventually it caught up to him and he was almost unable to sing at all towards the end of the tour.
In a recent interview with Notes from the Edge, Benoit David commented that it was harder for him to sing like Trevor Horn than Jon Anderson's. You can hear him struggle a bit with the harmonies here, still a good job.
Cool!!! Some modern Drama live!!! I'm very impressed. Even with the new lineup.
Tormato and Drama,,, I'll take it !
gwdone 1 year ago
Soooooooo Sweet. UMMMMMM Yes!!!!! Isn't this opening so beautiful? WOW chills up my spine. A very fantastic work of art. NEVER grows old, just gets better and better each time you play it. Yummie!!!This is such a great vid. Thankyou for posting this for us. : -) Peace and Love!!
nancyl2 2 years ago
God Bless Squire and Howe-they had the vision to put out a DRAMA album-just one more example of the incredible versatality of this band.
Lewis1key 2 years ago
drama is my favorite yes album.
mattaki 2 years ago
Ironic than Jon Anderson always skated out of singing songs from this great album, but Steve Howe has to suffer through "Owner" every night.
And I love Chris Squire...but for godsakes being a vegetarian doesn't mean easting nothing but ice cream and pasta, man.
rubysueross 2 years ago 2
I agree. He looks like his water's about to break. He really gained a lot of weight. On top of that they butchered this song in a few places, especially at 5:31 - 5:44. Steve Howe looked lost and wasn't sure where to come in. I've been listening to YES for 33 years and this is the worst I've ever heard them. I can't believe people are going off about how great this was.
Helicon2112 2 years ago
wakeman didnt do the keyboard solo that good, downes is better
YES2832 2 years ago 3
Amazing.
latexxfree 2 years ago
My favourite Steve solo is in this track. Not his fastest by a long way but great feeling in it.
Culpano 2 years ago
Great job on the video. I guess slapping the guy in front would be out of the question. I hated Drama when it came out 'cause it didn't have JON!!! I've learned to love it over the years and it was a treat to see Yes perform this June 09. The stuff really works all these years later. Yes does great, B. David is fantastic and Oliver Wakeman rocks too!
MojaveMark 2 years ago
OMG !!!!! EXCELLEEEENT!!!
joncosm 2 years ago
My favorite Yes song from my favorite album, Drama (I love all the classic ones but this is special). It's not so easy to play and to sing it live the right way.
LeadSint 2 years ago 2
I love Jon Anderson, but Drama, is my favorite Yes album. Of course I love, all Yes albuns, but Drama is a gret album too....
kirwanb6 2 years ago
Hey...
Down in Front !!!
skiingrhino 2 years ago
Very good recording but could somebody slap that guy's coconut in front and tell him to get out of the way.
Music is great, sound is good, the performance is splendid, but the view is obstructed by that dude's huge pumpkin head.
I guess we found the great pumpkin Charlie Brown!
michael3493 2 years ago
adam wakeman on keys?
jeff99az 2 years ago
Oliver
yeshead 2 years ago
Mmmmmmm. :)
amtrakjackson 2 years ago
Steve's guitar always seems so subtle and quiet in modern concerts, I wish it could be LOUD!
cril1001001 2 years ago
DRAMA is very important one of the best YES albums to play but ..will never do with Jon, he never wants to sing it.
Thanks again from Mexico City for posting.
adriancem 2 years ago
Thanks for the posting. I love this band. Their music will always live on. By the way, what camera was used here? The sound is very good.
Thanks again.
Mrfourstring 3 years ago
saw them in mexico city a week ago, it was so incredibly, especialy the fact that they play songs from drama thing will never do with jon, but still I miss him
razorblade393 3 years ago 3
I hope they play this with Jon also..and make a dvd!!! This rocks!
miestenmies 3 years ago 2
Cool - Benoit sounds like Anderson AND Horne!
JackBlair2 3 years ago
Thanks for posting. This is a great song and if it wasnt for the guy in front of you with the giant head blocking out Alan White, both videos would have been perfect. Yes used a revolving stage for the Drama tour, and Alan Whites drum riser rose above the rest of the band while rotating the opposite direction during Machine Messiah. A rig like that might not have been enough to make up for that giant freak head, but it could have helped. I hope they play this at San Francisco in March.
rranswerman 3 years ago
saw them in philly fall of 80
what a memory!!!
frododarg 3 years ago
I'm just happy they're finally playing Drama material again.
BTW, I think Benoit and the junior Wakeman ae doing just fine.
threeby8887 3 years ago 5
Wow, great recording - everything sounds beautiful, no peaks, a professional job except for the static camera view (but then a dolly probably would've been a bit obvious). Chris was in fine form on vocals, too. Is it me, though, or was Steve..."elsewhere" mentally? Didn't seem quite on the ball here, anyway. Thanks for posting, mate, cheers from Montreal.
awaken1001 3 years ago
The bass on this song is SICK.
progkid 3 years ago 2
you bet!
miguelbass 3 years ago
Just got back from the Tampa show and was so surprised to hear this...wonderful
yesfangin 3 years ago
Bad execution! terrible "Train Wreck" at the 5:25
... and Oliver plays the track with SAMPLES? ¬¬ what a shame!
BrunoSamppa 3 years ago
When you heard samples ?
Patrickillian 3 years ago
It was not a sampler, buta SUSTAIN PEDAL
aureliosjc 3 years ago
Wow, Steve Howe was badly unfocused on this and David has to sing this live in the original key! At least when they toured with Trevor Horn they tuned down a whole step.
jmorrell22 3 years ago
Agreed re: Howe (an off night, apparently). Yes did drop several Anderson songs down a step when they toured with Horn, but not the Drama material, which Horn sang originally on anyway and wouldn't have needed to tune down for. Plus, this song is in E and to my knowledge Yes never played with alternate tunings, not even standard D, which they'd have needed to do to drop this a step.
awaken1001 3 years ago
I was under the impression that Squire had insisted on playing the Anderson songs "as is" on the Drama tour and didn't do any adjustments. Horn could initially sing like Anderson, but eventually it caught up to him and he was almost unable to sing at all towards the end of the tour.
hwyfan 3 years ago
You did pretty well on the filming, Justin.
2008AndAYes 3 years ago
Can't take credit for taping this one. Was another bootleg that I downloaded.
matic3060 3 years ago
In a recent interview with Notes from the Edge, Benoit David commented that it was harder for him to sing like Trevor Horn than Jon Anderson's. You can hear him struggle a bit with the harmonies here, still a good job.
hwyfan 3 years ago
How is that for irony. Maybe if they tour England, they'll boo him for not sounding like Trevor Horn? We've entered an alternate 1980!
StriderIsAragorn 3 years ago
LOL Too true, that.
awaken1001 3 years ago
I attended the concert in Atlanta. The crowd was on their feet when this started to play. Many were singing right along with it.
hwyfan 3 years ago