@@guitarslim56well i wouldn't mind more live footage of Chris instead, so why not. I know that he's been always present in the band, but still, hardly anyone bothered to record more of his live presence from 1969 to 1976, most live versions of his iconic solo from "the fish" are either from the 90s or the early 2000s, when he wasn't as pretty as he used to be back in the 70s, i know that as long as the sound works well it's still a legit sample to enjoy, but I geniunly belive that his beauty was just as important and as unique as his sound, i can't separate these two components, they're as important as they can be, equally. In conclusion, Chris is my favourite bass player, and also the most beautiful man i've ever laid my eyes upon, end of discussion.
Dang! I wish there was more of this to see cause that was very nice. The cameraman was throwing shadows onto Bill 😃 but Bill stayed right with the groove. Very focused. He was loving the improv, the old jazzer.
What was Bruford here; 20 or 21? Think about how much time he had already invested in his craft to be this proficient. Good lesson for you youngsters. Practice, practice, practice.
Yikes. More rare footage! Must have been Steve's first tour with the band, when they still had to fill time with spacey jams like this. Chris had a solo based on "It's Love" that went on for about a half hour. But once they had The Yes Album in the bag all this stuff went buh bye. But it's a treat to see footage of that short-lived period after Banks was ousted but before that era of the group came along. This is obviously an edited snippet. Surely the whole thing must exist somewhere?
The bass at the beginning sounds like what you hear in the album version of I See You. It could be a jam during that number, which is a particularly jazzy song for Yes. Could also be a jam during Every Little Thing. What is the source of this footage?
Looking carefully you can see the visuals do not appear to match the audio from Bill Bruford's drumming most obviously. Very strange thing to do but I guess the original film was poor but could be salvaged using software whereas the original audio must be just unusable. Clearly the Yes album group audio but who knows who was on stage other than Anderson Bruford and Squire who are clearly seen. The visual might pre date Steve Howe but he is clearly on the audio track with Kaye.
He wasn't crying, he was sweating so much because of how hot the spotlights are. They were probably high as well, as any musician is, so the incessive sweating came from that as well.
Compared to many other pioneers of prog, Yes had a much "catchier" approach to their songwriting, focusing a lot more on the power of harmonies, rather than strictly caring about the instrumetal. IMO, the singing in Yes is just as important as their songwriting, making the band usually easier for prog beginners to get into. During the 80s, many of these british prog bands of the first wawe had involved themselves in the pop scene due to its conveniece, recording such long and techinical tracks like these for almost a whole decade requires way too much commitment, time, effort and cost, especially for them, who valued quality over quantity. But also for them, switching to pop was way easier, due to their prior and already well established catchy sound. The exact opposite happened with many classic rock bands, which instead of writing catchy tunes like they did in their early times, they embarked a more experimental/psychedelic route, including pink floyd themselves. In my opinion, even tho the band sounds quite different, they didn't loose their cheery personality, making their transition not as unberable as other bands of their kind, such as what happened with ELP or 90s Genesis. I don't agree with the people that claims that Yes had died because the 80s pop scene happened, because prog didn't die, and it will never die due to how timeless the sound of the scene is. Just to be clear, i'm not a musician, and also not as familiar with the band's discography from "going for the one" onwards, but from what i've heard so far, it's way better that many other typical 80s pop music.
