This is a much cleaner copy, too bad they didn't include this video when they released the Greatest Video Hits back in the 90's. Check out the discussion on Chris' bass sound on the Tormato album here: tinyurl.com/ygz...
chris ~ Yea! l love him TOO! All his notes, n chords are beautiful, and mostly happy! He may not be as much of a ''virtuoso'' as someone like Trevor Rabin (mid blowing!) ...but he was really something special, and he played with ''that group'' of musicians that switched around with each other in the prog world! Bravo Steve!
I got a chance to see the last great Yes tour, Very much influenced by both Chris and Steve. I have a song I just did that I think has some Yes in it, here's a link. Long live the great music, I know it will never die bc you and I are on top of it. We know and we turn others on to it. Rust never sleeps ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UE3yRdoT5eU.html
Did you see how he marked the slowed down tempo signature with his hand while singing during the instrumentally quiet part before returning to the normal tempo with an accelerato? This song is awesome and it would be a lot better if Wakeman was more into it. But Anderson, Howe and Squire managed to pull it out anyway.
@@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961 Jon Anderson was one of the greatest voices in rock history and still is. Not sure why you dislike Jon Anderson's voice but Alan White was a terrible drummer when he played it sounded like someone falling down the stairs. Just terrible.
I like a lot of bands, such as Yes, and Queen, Level 42, Eagles, ELO... but i can truly say that only Yes have changed my life, i actually cried because i liked Yes. I never cried over a band before, and honestly, i cannot live without Yes.
The internet has been such a wonderful thing giving us chances to see magical things like this, how else would you ever have a chance see YES in the studio during the making of TORMATO ........so cool, RIP CHRIS you will be forever missed and always be one of the very finest bass players progressive rock has or will ever know✌🏼️
This song has one of the few recorded examples of a Birotron Keyboard in use. The string sounds you hear at around 6:00 are the Birotron, not a Mellotron. This instrument was to be a replacement for the Mellotron. Only 4 are known to have been built. Wakeman had 2 of them. And there are none in good working order left. The keyboard used actual 8 track tapes to get the sounds. Those tapes only lasted for 100 hours. The company only producing 4 of these keyboards had few of the tapes manufactured. So they eventually deteriorated. Now none are left in good working order. There are only a few recorded examples of this keyboard, mostly on Tormato. The other crazy thing is that Birotron had over 1000 orders for these keyboards. Everyone from McCartney and Lennon to Led Zeppelin. Anyone who made a record was supposed to get one. None were delivered. Wakeman got his because he was funding the company. He pulled out. The company didn’t recover.
I read that the arrival of digital samplers was the main reason for the early flop of the Birotron. By 1978, the Fairlight was in the scene and the rest is history.
holy shit i was just reading this last night in The Tormato Story by Kevin Mulryne!!!!! I wish I could have had access to this stuff in the late 70's RU-vid has everything
they were really on to something otherworldly with this spacey gem,wonderful guitar effects, harmonized rick, great string synth use and that wondeful middle section with that intense steve howe crescendo. on the silent wings is a 7 minute masterpiece
Oh Mike here the genius who can say more with a stupid emoji than his butthole. I'm sure you're a musical genius beyond reproach who can play the drums, guitar, keys with your flapping butt cheeks. Genius mike!
His trademark 4001 re-plumbed thru Eventide DDL Harmoniser. Very unique sound indeed - love the way Squire makes it roar and growl. These Yes guys are old-school, but they know precisely how to create optimal dynamics - something lacking in today's anodyne world of MP3s & downloads etc. (which compress / destroy these dynamics as a matter of course.) At least the band had Gold Album awards (or two) kicking around for their efforts. AND you could hold them proudly!! What does the modern download world get - A gold MP3? A gold memory stick? That's right - nothing tangible whatsoever ! I know who my money's on... ...
@@relayer43 I don't know if it's a Mu-Tron or some other make of envelope filter, but yes, I feel like the main feature of the bass tone on this and several tracks on this albums isn't the Harmonizer but the envelope filter. It almost sounds like he must have heard a Bootsy Collins record and said "I should try using that sound".
The cassette of Tormato played in my friend's and my car all that summer of '79 - Then, to see them In the Round playing the songs live was a Teenage Dream come true.
‘Tormato’ is outstanding in every way. It has everything one could ever want in a mystic progressive rock Lp. And the album cut of this song is the absolute best cut OF this song. 70s Yes is the best Yes. Tell me I’m wrong.
I wonder if it was hard to put all this music together with so much talent. Every member is astounding in their own right. But this footage is so amazing. Glad we have YES...
Someone said in another copy of this video that this version is better than the "official". I believe the same. It's amazing how each guy can make different layers of music that sounds so powerful. This is an evergreen song of Yes.
Jackie Hamill Hey Jackie ... Love the music... and your new photo :-) YES is so amazing ... saw that TOMATO tour in FT Lauderdale in 1978 ... Squire was all-some in his stripped long coat!!!
David Blankenship No worries, I won't throw anything at you lol. Anyone can make a mistake or typo. I do have my copy of Tormato handy because I haven't pulled it out for many years. Still my least favorite Yes album, but listenable, and these cats were hands down, top drawer musicians. Impressive, no matter what they were doing. They no longer had to prove anything at this point. The run of fine LPs preceding this, sealed the group's legacy.
You had a good thing in high school then and you are lucky to see them 10x. Never saw them once, but I would like such a jacket and to shake Jon's hand to say thanks. Yes is part of my life blood the music is almost like religious experience and a teacher at once. I love these guys I really do
James Heliotis Me too, as soon as I heard that he had passed, I had to to play Silent Wings Of Freedom, just so appropriate. Dreamtime from Magnification has the same kind of vibe, Chris, Alan and Steve are amazing on it not to mention Jon singing.
INCREDIBLE. Was this the greatest band of all time or what? I mean, pound for pound, who could F with them? Not many. I think I had only heard this track perhaps once in my life. It changed my opinion that the older Yes stuff is just too old fashioned to today's ears.
Awaken brought me here. There was some comment about Awaken being the bands all time choice for their finest cut. I thought that too but then I thought what about this song, this is kind of Yes at their finest Jon and the others in their youth caught on camera what a trip.
Bill Sampson my sister gave me her tormato and fragile tapes the summer after 8th grade and thats all i listened to. i never listened to my foreigner, chicago tapes ever again. there's never been a band like yes. i loved elp too mind you, but yes was more earth grounded.
AAF-CC Executive Director My story is so similar to yours that it seems incredible!. Their music and concerts were without compare. I won't go on and on. The memories are etched in our brains, thankfully.
Cyan Blue "Don't Kill The Whale", "Release Release" are pretty bad.Then there are those cheesy sounding synthesizers on "Arriving UFO", and the end part of "On The Silent Wings Of Freedom".The album cover itself with splattered tomatoes thrown at it seems to indicate that the buyer should beware.
ignore the replys here they have maybe had one bad album and it was pretty good too. I won't name it because I leave it to you to what is bad. Best prog rock band ever...ever
A note here, a phrase there, a sustain or tempo shift, tuning an entire melody to what we got in the end...a song that could never have been otherwise.
This is so awesome! One of my favorite yessongs, and off of one of my favorite albums. I can't believe you came up with this rare footage. Thank you for sharing!
I appreciate White all the more for not trying to fill Bruford's shoes. I like Bill on Fragile and CttE especially but his touch was always too light. White is much more of a multi-textured John Bonham. Though I wish live he would stick to Bruford's parts a little more sometimes. He had his own style from the first notes on Tales on (or Yessongs). Man he is on fire on Relayer! And on Drama he found his signature sound. Very underrated drummer.
@@123agidee_2 One of my favorite White's drumming is found in "Instant Karma". The way he played the drums and Phil Spector's engineering gave another dimension to Lennon's sound.
I commented on Nancy Wilson's post that Chris Squire is my "hero/mentor" (I play bass), but Steve Fossen of Heart is also a MUCH-overlooked bassist of imaginative talent, also--and I would like to hear songs by Heart members that have the influence of Yes. To my surprise, Steve Fossen replied to me "Thank you Reńard. Alan White and I like to get together when we can, and play, for fun."
There's no other sound like the one that comes from a Ricky!! Such and under used instrument in today's music. Makes me wonder what producers and musicians place as their priorities now days??
What an incredible song and performance, out of this world for sure! I doubt if any other band could have played this or anything remotely like it, so unique and amazing.
yes is and still will be the number one band in my life they have give me soo mutch nice music and happy sounds until today and now on am 51 and still listening too those fabulus guys i do miss them i realy doo
Great! I love these vids that allow me to watch my favorite band engaged in their creative process. Virtuosic playing, and a continuous flow of innovations and themes all built with such energy and precision. Amazing. And they make it look so easy.
Paula Slade their music is so evocative and every 70's album has it's own unique feeling depicting so many things about life. there will never be another yes.
They made music when they were a lot younger than this footage. Check out some of the studio and live footage from 1970 to 1972. Incredible musicianship!
@devoutyesfan wrote: " i can truly say that only Yes have changed my life, i actually cried because i liked Yes. I never cried over a band before..." When Yes broke up... the first time, way back when, I didn't cry... but felt the loss in some disorienting 'existential' way. ...walked around mope-headed for days... As if the world had shifted on its axis , definitely if imperceptibly, and I alone had noticed.
I never liked the faster part of the song that much , but the long intro is insane ... no band could play this , before them or since . Rock on , guys !
What a delight and privilege to see this definitive line up of YES, perfecting a truly magnificent and in my opinion great studio rehearsal, of all that was enchanting and wonderful, about this era, in their musical history and progressive rock, to boot!
Yes I don't think they do. This track is absolutely brilliant. Squire's Onward is and absolutely beautiful song. Madrigal is magnificent, Future Times / Rejoice and Don't Kill The Whale are my first Yes songs to ever hear. They are what attracted me to the band.
After such a great run, Tormato is a disappointment. I was a massive fan of theirs but Tormato doesn't reach the standards they already set. It was no surprise founding member/vocalist Anderson left the band after this one and Wakeman left again. I find people who love Tormato were born in the early-mid 1960s and didn't get to experience the five classic albums they already released. I do love the cover by Hipgnosis and it's worth hanging on the wall.
The album is crap. Silent wings starts out great but then gets all silly. Its a shame coz it could have been one of their best songs but they never finished it properly. Some of Ricks keyboard sounds are cheesy as it gets and more saturday night variety show than prog. The fact they never play any of these songs live is telling.
Thank you very much from someone who saw Yes more than a dozen times possibly up to 16 times. Great piece of film about a song that possibly Yes's most flowing into, South Side Of The Sky is the most dramatic with Bill's vertical take of. Alas, after the intro it becomes something I can't be bothered listening to. Sort of Does It Really Happen To You in reverse. With the latter, it is the soul show fadeout that is the best bit.
What a great band !!! NOBODY could touch them! A lot of people did not like Tormato when it came out, in my circle of friend's anyway. But it stayed on my turntable for what seemed like year's! Must say, I like the original more than this, but it still kick's.
Still THE MOST IMAGINATIVE musical group in the world, preceded only by the great composers of "classical (symphonic) music," before recording was invented! I have deplored that ex-Beatle John Lennon never lived to hear some of the great music of the 80s & 90s, but think of great music he DID hear! In fact, Alan White was the drummer of John's "Plastic Nuclear Ono Band," before replacing Bill Bruford in Yes. I'm glad all The Beatles did live to witness the phenomenon called "Yes," and may have known them personally.
