thank you Trevor Rabin for giving Yes the shot of adrenalin they needed for their 80's comeback.. this is the best song off of 90125, musically and lyrically
The intro is totally deceiving. They start off with something that you would have heard Yes do back in the 70's, but the main part of the song just flat out ROCKS. Just pure genius.
A friend of mine once told me that this wasn’t too difficult of a song to play because it’s in 4/4 time. The problem is you have to get through the odd meter at the beginning. Plus your timing and execution have to be dead on accurate. He was an idiot!😂
Few bands in music history go through such a major personnel change and come out smelling like a rose. YES was one of the few. Trevor Rabin brought a unique energy to the music with his gritty guitar and smooth vocals; a perfect foil to Jon Anderson's avian vocal range. YES has never disappointed.
Great band, great comeback for the modern era with 90125. Quality album. Great musicians, well-crafted songs. This is one of them. "Capitalise on this good fortune"
Rabin is a fine musician and an amazing high speed precision shredder, 'Yes' wasn't the right band for him though, in my opinion ... Each of us have to grab our opportunities as they come I guess. He hasn't done too badly out of it though, underrated or not.
Wakeman got all the accolades and ive SEEN both and tony is right up THERE very polished musician!! Kansas and Yes DOESN'T get much BETTER 2 very underrated bands!!!
Tony was a solid keyboardist and fit perfectly what Yes was doing in the 80's and early 90's, but let's not fool ourselves here. He detested playing the Moog synthesizer and did not have nearly the improvisational and soloing chops Rik Wakeman did and still has. That said, he was the better option of the two in their comeback years, as his and Trevor's styles blended impeccably.
One of the most technically masterful songs whose execution into a listenable song is also just as perfect. The rhythms and polytones are like magic to my untrained ears. Every re-listen I can find a new layer of melody. THAT'S how you write a song!
Qué buen análisis !!! A mí también me ocurre con las OBRAS de YES. Siempre le encuentro algo nuevo cada vez que las escucho nuevamente!!! Coincido plenamente!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I was 20 and in the army from 1984-85. Bought the album when "Owner of a lonely heart" climbed on the charts. Lots of great songs, the whole album really.
Trevor Rabin is the man! A great technical guitarist with kick ass songwriting ability.These were great years for Yes. Some of their best songs and live performances that absolutely kicked ass.
Sorry, disagree. Whereas I really liked this album it was not the classic Yes sound and the followup Big Generator was awful. Give me the classic Yes of the 1970s any day. They were Yes' best period and most progressive by a long way.
The Radio Stations use to play only a handful of songs. It took Me around 30 yrs to appreciate YES. Most Definitely Inspirational, If Ya Need A Journey From 2Day. Listen To YES, (The STARSHIP TROOPER & YOU&I) True Journey.
Amazing to see how Trevor Rabin grew from the start of his career to when he joined Yes. His material and talent fit the new Yes like a glove! And none of it was planned to happen the way it did so thank god it worked out so incredible.
For me this was when YES really came alive. I couldn't get enough of them when this came out and I still count this song from this album as the best. And the surprising thing is that once this came out it opened me up to their earlier stuff. Love 'em.
Frank Zappa would have loved the the start. Trevor Rabin has some serious classical music theory/training and was able to take off time riffs and mix some standard times and pop/rock hooks that have been hard to match since...
@1:35... "Just a Castaway.. an Island lost at Sea-o.." Love the nod to Message in a Bottle there. Ah the 80's.. some truly earnest music back then. Reading the Wiki on 90215: Best selling "YES"/"Cinema" album of all-time. Highest grossing YES tour. Tony Kaye bailed before its release, then came back in. Personally, I loved having Trevor AND Jon as singers during this period. Peace..
When you see the perfection in this performance, you're left to realize, that there is NO hope for today's music ! Thank God this music here, has been preserved. I saw this tour in May of '84 at the Capital Centre in MD. It was amazing !
My all time favorite Yes song and one of the greatest songs ever produced period. RIP Chris Squire and your wonderful music you created with this legendary band will live on forever.
Rabin is a fantastic musician, a "maestro" that is now composing in Hollywood. Howe is a purist. an unique guitar player who probably we will never see again how to mix classic to rock like him. Rabin plays more than 10 instruments. Howe is a guitar player. Rabin is fantastic, but Howe composed "The Clap"and "Masquerade", outstanding inspired pieces.
For my money, pound for pound the best all around musician of that time- Trevor Rabin. Writing, Musicianship, Tone, Technical ability... No weakness anywhere.. The guy was the entire package..soup to nuts.
@@carvetop Not to take anything away from Lukather, monster player/musician but- Toto had 3 hits- Hold the line Rosanna Africa Lukather didn't write any of em'. Rabin completely resurrected Yes with an entire albums worth if hits..90210 Yes was practically his backing band.
I saw the tour in Philly. I was just checking in with my memory - and although I'm a Jon fan until the end - Trevor was excellent and a powerful force. Great performance - and a more remarkable showing from Trevor that I remembered. Thanks for the post!!!
I always loved this song and the live rendition is truly magic. Rabin is a very talented musician and gave Yes a new musical dimension. Class, melody and poetry.
I love all the incarnations of Yes. This (90125) album is awesome. Saw them on tour in SLC, Ut after this album came out. Love it all. The 'old stuff' too. I can't get Starship Trooper out of my head.
You gotta love how the cameramen of early music concerts had no idea about focusing on the drummer during a particular fill, same for the guitars, etc. - the focus was always on nonsense during the best parts of a song.
@@Denilson-Carreiro He was SA's version of Donny Osmond in the mid-70's with hordes of teenage girls following his every move. He could have ordered anything he wanted off the menu in those days. LOL!
I bought 3 of that album and cassettes this song ULTIMATELY SHOWS HOW A TRUE BAND OF MUSICIANS WORK AND THE SOUNDS THEY MAKE WERE ONLY AS GOOD AS THEY WANTED THEM TO BE OUTSTANDING!!!
That album opened my mind up to real music. Complicated yet simple in emotion. It doesn’t get better than this as far as I’m concerned. There’s more talent in this band than people realize. Sure they have fans but deserve so much more recognition.
I bought this album, and loved the whole thing. Took a lot of flak from friends because they said, that's not Yes. I told them to get over it. Great album!
