OK. Howe is an excellent player, but he's getting closer to 80 and your stamina or dexterity is not the same as when you were younger (for this kind of music and longer shows). Jay is quite a good drummer, but he will always be compared to White (as nobody can compare to Bruford). Downes is a correct keyboard player, but not better than Wakeman or Khoroshev. Some parts are beyond his reach. Davison is not a bad singer per se, but being in the shadow of the unique Jon anderson is a tough job. He does what he can and he tries to make the songs his, which I think is correct for him but I'm not so sure about the fans. I prefer Horn to him (listen to the version of Owner of a lonely heart with The Buggles in the 2024 tour with Seal). But, even if he is filling the big shoes of late Chris Squire, I think that Billy Sherwood is an outstanding bass player (and guitar player) and he really loves and understand the meaning of Yes. On the other hand, I prefer listening to the four sides in its entirety (Yes did so in a leg of the 74 tour and they had to drop one of the sides). The arrangement is not that good and the choice of the chunks is not the same I would have made. I also understand what one of the people here says: You can't trust your judgement through the use of a phone recording. Live music sounds muuuuuuch better than this. Oh, and the Band Geeks rule! And the girl (Anne Marie, I think) who sings Close to the edge in the videos gives a superior deliverance. Better than Jon's.
@chris-qw4xbАй бұрын
Sounding very tired a propped up Yes with no originality and poor lead singer Show them how to do it Jon and band geeks Jon Anderson is YES
@wfamdaxj2 ай бұрын
Awfull
@Lat2652 ай бұрын
Laughing all the way to the bank because idiots will pay the high ticket prices, these people are fake, off stage they do not mix with working class people!
@eagleitalia2 ай бұрын
I adore AC/DC, bur Brian Johnson can't sing anymore. A T̶o̶u̶c̶h̶ Tour Too Much.
@kumisshishido63282 ай бұрын
Sorry I choose geeks 😢 I love Howe though
@louise_roseАй бұрын
Yes indeed, Howe is a consummate genius and "The Ancient" is one of his greatest triumphs ever (or really for the band, but I suspect he wrote much of it and he is certainly the lead player). Absolutely groundbreaking piece with stunning guitar playing, and the last-third of it, with the solo he is playing some of here and the "Leaves of Green" song is plainly one of the most beautiful stretches of acoustic guitar in 20th century music. It's a piece that's always been very meaningful to me both on a musical and an emotional plane.
@zfhGhh2 ай бұрын
This sucks ass
@semyachkinalexandr2 ай бұрын
AC DC FOREVER!!!
@fenixfp402 ай бұрын
Jon and the band geeks make a better Yes imo.
@erichjung41922 ай бұрын
Yes rules !! This isn't Yes though .
@richardcyrka66822 ай бұрын
Chris and Alan....if your watching.... switch your heavenly TV on and watch the Simpsons instead
@Jeffrey.Seelman2 ай бұрын
This is just a response to some very negative comments about my favorite band. I started listening to Yes in 1970 when I was a kid. I liked them right away. I started buying their albums in 1972 when I was 13 years old. I started going to their shows when I was 15 years old in 1975. By then they had already gone through several personal changes and I couldn't have cared less. I just love the music and I love their attitude of positivity. It had an effect upon me. It still does. Since then there have been many personal changes as we all know. I couldn't care less. I am not their band manager. I still go to all their shows that I can. I buy all of their albums, Steve Howe stuff, Jon Anderson stuff, to me it's all great. I have been collecting their soundboard recordings for decades. It's all great. I've seen them in many countries. I feel very fortunate. I never thought for a second that any of these people would still be touring and playing this wonderful music when I was 64 years old as I am now. I would still feel this way if there were 20 different incarnations of Yes playing this timeless music. It's kind of like the soundtrack to my life. Lucky me. I have nothing negative to say about any of these people.😀. Thank you for posting this excellent video. They sound great.
@davidlittlewood7622 ай бұрын
@@Jeffrey.Seelman I’m 64 too! First saw them on the Relayer tour with Patrick Moraz. Like you I’ve seen various incarnations; in the last year I’ve seen 3 different versions of Yes music… Jon Anderson with the Paul Green Rock Academy, Rick Wakeman’s opening set with his Rock Ensemble with Mollie Marriott on vocals and of course the current version of Yes. All very enjoyable evenings!!
@johnmorrellАй бұрын
I agree with you completely, Jeffrey. Some of the comments on here sound as if they are coming out of the mouths of 60+ years olds who have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old. For those who have real gratitude for all that Yes have given us, we know how fortunate we are to have this music still being played live for us, in all its incarnations.
@Jeffrey.SeelmanАй бұрын
@@davidlittlewood762 There is just no stopping them. Whatever band they are playing with and whoever is in these bands they are playing excellent yes music which is all I could ask for. Happy that you have seen so many great concerts David. I have been collecting yes music for a long time besides going to their shows. I feel very fortunate.
@Jeffrey.SeelmanАй бұрын
@@johnmorrell This war of words started after Jon Anderson and Yes parted ways the second time. Sometimes I feel as though so many people were not even listening to the words from the songs that were all very positive. Nobody from the band management ever called me to ask who should be in the band? Bands sometimes get divorced like people do. But they still keep on playing and I feel very happy about it. For the people that have negative things to say, nobody is making them go to the concerts or buying the albums. You are so completely correct John.
@eojeda13752 ай бұрын
I guess this would be one of the rare recent occasions that I hear Steve Howe play very close to the tempo (BPMs) of the original song. Most of the times he is too slow !!!
@donaldtaylor71682 ай бұрын
The power of this band does not come across on a phone video even on 1080 HD. Outstanding performance.
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
Davison doesn't even appear to understand what he is singing. Anderson departs meaning beautifully.
@donaldtaylor71682 ай бұрын
Outstanding. I attended 8 shows in the US and UK on this tour. Glasgow and RAH the best overall. The encores in Glasgow match anything in intensity from the Apollo in 1977.
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
LOL
@christ73182 ай бұрын
I've seen the classic Yes line up but wouldn't pay to see this version unfortunately. As someone else has commented this is more like a tribute band which lacks the energy of the original line up and the Rabin era. Time to call it a day.
@martynproctor15762 ай бұрын
JD's voice is attracting all the local dogs
@jimstephanidis38472 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this excerpted version. They pulled it off very well to be able to shift to different parts of the original score and hold it together.
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
Steve Howe ist nur noch eine furchtbare Kopie 😢😢😢😢
@1melkkoe12 ай бұрын
The singer is singing layback , thats why is sounds so poor and out of tune.
@fabioligeiro20102 ай бұрын
amazing
@johnfrehley38872 ай бұрын
Jon Anderson is YES
@otisspunkmeyer9339Ай бұрын
No he is not. He is the voice of yes
@nested_King2 ай бұрын
Bad arrangement, poorly executed
@curly4372 ай бұрын
Jon is a really good singer. A little too soft vocally. However I prefer Anderson, whose sounds fantastic for his age. Perhaps a little help from AI a bit but I don't care.
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
He is incapable of departing the meaning of the songs he sings, something Jon Anderson does extremely well. A "little too soft"? He has no dynamic at all.
@bevmacdonald90082 ай бұрын
I love his voice. In this mix, however I find the mix on his vocals is a bit muddy and buried imho
@bevmacdonald90082 ай бұрын
@@yeswolf1 I think you mean " imparting", if you meant incapable of conveying meaning. And I respectfully disagree. I think often when hearing him sing lyrics, one may need a large vocabulary for understanding to come quickly or easily to a listener.
@lesimprosdulezardvert13422 ай бұрын
It sounds weird this "cut" version of Tales. It doesn't seem to fit well together, but it's a nice try
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
It's not a nice try. I doesn't go together well at all.
@wjm4elementsАй бұрын
what happened to this song we once knew so well?
@lesimprosdulezardvert1342Ай бұрын
@@wjm4elements excellent ! Yes, indeed !
@ivc51502 ай бұрын
That voice is just awful on the ears, regardless of how average the musicianship is.
@mjuza71143 ай бұрын
Steve Howe and backing musicians...tribute Yes band
@lagpressure3 ай бұрын
The Revealing Science of God is a piece that should be played in it's entirety. It should not be butched up like this. I would probably have walked out of this show.
@captainsouth44602 ай бұрын
And no one would care if you did lol😂
@5qob2 ай бұрын
This is nothing more than butchering great music
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
@@captainsouth4460Er hat absolut Recht das hat mit YES nichts mehr zu tun 😢😢😢😢
@lagpressure3 ай бұрын
Jon and Band of Geeks is the real YES at this point. Jon Anderson is actually the only original member still playing under any kind of YES platform.
@Pete901253 ай бұрын
Jon and Band Geeks will be releasing a studio album in August 👍
@Jeffrey.Seelman3 ай бұрын
This is great.
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
Das ist unterirdisch 😢😢😢
@Jeffrey.Seelman2 ай бұрын
@@jobstludwig6197 There is never enough YES. All is good.
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
This is a joke
@RonBaldino3 ай бұрын
Steve and Billy are good, rest of the band very meh. Listen to Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks playing Ritual if you want to hear something from Tales played well.
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
Steve ist nicht gut, er ist nur noch peinlich 😢😢😢
@barrye53763 ай бұрын
Steve is a Blessing - Indescribable and much loved!!
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
Steve ist eine sehr schwierige Person und kein guter Gitarrist mehr 😢😢😢😢
@bevmacdonald90083 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! So Beautiful! The sound is absolutely gorgeous! Love love love ! You are blessed to have been able to be there. What a lovely experience, thank you for sharing. Count me in on that standing O.
@jobstludwig61972 ай бұрын
Sorry, das ist nur noch noch furchtbar 😢😢😢😢
@yeswolf12 ай бұрын
They are butchering this once incredible music. Had you seen/heard them playing when it was knew, you'd know the difference.
@bevmacdonald90082 ай бұрын
@@yeswolf1 I enjoyed this performance, regardless of any previous concert's exceptional excellence. I know what the studio version sounds like, but I certainly don't expect live music to sound just like the recording nor for it to sound identical each time; they are human beings, not a juke-box. Btw, knocking others down does not increase your stature. One should always keep in mind, confidence is attractive but arrogance is repellant.
@bevmacdonald90082 ай бұрын
@@yeswolf1 while I think there is room for improvement in how the sound is engineered here, in my humble opinion, the band of musicians are still playing excellently. Btw, you know not what I know now nor what I knew then, when it was new. Maybe you never knew, maybe this news is new to you but "new" that begins with a "k" is a past tense conjugation of the verb 'to know', not an adjective synonymous with fresh.
@oleheggen94533 ай бұрын
Always such a treat to hear and see these two performing together.
@saveriofiorentino26203 ай бұрын
Thank,s Suzanne...thi s Song Is very significtaly in ...the Moment in my Life...i love you thank you so much❤
@robbruce94285 ай бұрын
Saw SM play at sandstone point in Brisbane Australia just a few weeks before this - they are as amazing as ever and Charisse bring so much energy.
@chrisl24665 ай бұрын
Her British Drum company drums sound amazing.
@twistedspecies7 ай бұрын
It does my heart good to see this. Thank you!
@milansavic28038 ай бұрын
What a crap
@MrMjp589 ай бұрын
I think this is the perfect live expression of prog style music, in the current era. Talented and enthusiastic young musicians, with a legendary old hand to guide them and provide the necessary gravitas. Jon is rather uniquely brilliant and his back catalogue is outstanding.
@kierandoylemusic13009 ай бұрын
The amazing Suzanne Vega looking and sounding awesome. We saw her at the York Barbican in Feb too
@maschaxx10 ай бұрын
It’s my city 💔
@kevridge792311 ай бұрын
I was there....going again next yr.....one if the best live bands....still after all this time
@davidlittlewood76211 ай бұрын
Me too!
@briangerrard2552 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome from jon & the young academy.
@alansmith8195 Жыл бұрын
I saw one of the London shows of this tour, one of the most refreshing gigs I've ever seen.
@johnwitt583 Жыл бұрын
Back up singers sound terrible sorry Jon
@davidlittlewood762 Жыл бұрын
Still rewatching the videos and making your point? I guess others will continue to offer an alternative viewpoint like myself…
@johnwitt583 Жыл бұрын
Would much rather see Jon just himself on stage the woman are beautiful but there vocals are terrible Anderson has more talent in one finger than all these musicians combined not a fan of surrounding musicians 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@davidlittlewood762 Жыл бұрын
I’m guessing you’re a motivational coach in real life…
@davidperry71288 ай бұрын
Your spelling isn't up to much, did you mean 'their' vocals? Punctuation seems to be lacking.
@josejavierreymiralles7085 Жыл бұрын
El futuro, si les dejan... Gracias, Anderson, Maestro.