Nurkostam / Yes - Heart of the Sunrise

Excerpt of a Nurkostam performance of Heart of the Sunrise.

Toni Nurmi - vocal, guitar
Janne Tamminen - bass
Tero Koski - Hammond organ
Tomi Hyttinen - drums


Sorry, we did not own a Mellotron then...

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• Nurkostam
• progressive
• art
• rock
• King
• Crimson
• Genesis
• Pink
• Floyd
• Yes

[Lucon1976]

Excellent. Could put version of Starless?

[Nurkostam]

@Lucon1976 We had Starless here, but some one wanted it to be removed.

[HamsterTabbyGirl]

this is my favorite song by yes.its so pyscdelic! love it.can anyone tell me what year it came out? i was thinking 1969? am i right?

[Nurkostam]

Song appears on Fragile album which was released in 1971.

[memalley]

considering the drummer is reading music.. i think "funking" this line up is out of the question

[Nurkostam]

The drummer has his own reason to play way he does. Anyone who has this "power of funking(?)" is welcomed to perform the particular part or any part if one will.

Easier said than done, if you think about it for a moment.

[morellllo]

@tubedudeT2000 agee. drummer doesn't get it.

[GaryNull]

Alan White is a fantastic drummer.

[capriboy2o]

@GaryNull Alan White never did it justice either.....No Big Deal.

[capriboy2o]

@awaken1001

Its cool man, least they tried it. Lots won't for fear of criticism! I'm a huge Yesfan and refused to go to the last tour as they are their own tribute band now...as much as i hate to say. Alan White can't play this song so its no real problem for the drummer. Like you say, its good but not perfect.....but will amyone ever do it justice other than 5 english chaps in 1971?

[tonusaitis]

This is good effort and the organ sounds great, but it's too mechanical overall.  Virtually everything is copied exactly note for note from the studio version. It would be better if the band put more of their own ideas into the licks and fills around the main ideas/riffs. Yes themselves never played this piece live the same way twice, they "felt" the song and went from there.

[tubedudeT2000]

the drummer is being lazy

[yesnut1]

Great job!

Most guitarist make the mistake of over distorting their guitar when playing this song - But this guitarist keeps a cleaner tone, and it works much better.

Not an easy vocal either.

[awaken1001]

Very nice, guys, as a unit you sound awesome. I think once your drummer can "feel" the song and not have to read, the rhythm section is gonna be much improved - sounded a bit mechanical in parts, to be truthful. And you should get a lead singer, someone who can really do Anderson justice (no offense to gtr player), while your guitarist can focus on guitar and add backing vocals along with your bassist for a richer vocal sound so crucial to Yes (tho not so much in this song). Cheers from Canada.