Drummer reacts to "Starship Trooper" (Live Yessongs 1972) by Yes

The last four minutes of this song might be some of the best music I have ever heard. Just wonderful.
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[@ArtistryMusication]

from wikipedia : "Howe was voted "Best Overall Guitarist" in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row (1977-1981) and in 1981 was the first rock guitar player inducted into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame" There all quite accomplished musicians. Recently I learned Wakeman played piano on Cat Stevens Morning has broken!

[@mikeeckel2807]

Rick Wakeman also played on David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and the Black Sabbath album "Heaven and Hell." He's also played on at least one Al Stewart album, plus others. Before joining The Strawbs, and then YES Rick Wakeman was a very popular session musician. He was asked to leave whatever music university he attended because he was spending so much time in the recording studios.😊

[@robertelee63]

This has been one of those songs I love to show people. Steve Howe is so good. Jon and Chris are fine on vocals. This version has Rick Wakeman, the quintessential Yes keyboardist, not Tony Kaye who performed on the album. So this was the classic Yes lineup. Simply fantastic!

[@hoppers13]

My young friend, your posts have made me feel sixty years thrill ago, for which, infinite thanks.

[@L33Reacts]

I am honored I could do that for you my friend. This music I've been discovering is absolutely timeless and I feel lucky that I found it through all of you guys. A lot of people my age will never hear this stuff sadly. But it's so, so good. Way better then anything coming out today.

[@dougj7295]

In around 1974-76 - Yes Songs live album (2 hours) would play in movie theaters in NYC at midnight - and Yes, it was a tripfest.

[@johnpbh]

Oh come on... First I saw ELP, then I saw Jethro Tull and now Yes.... Amazing three songs to watch you reacting too...Didn't we have just the BEST music in the 70's...? Keep on Rocking.

[@L33Reacts]

You really did! I am eternally jealous of these days... such good music and good pot probably haha

[@johnpbh]

@@L33Reacts they were good...and you aren't worng.. It was good.. Love the reactions.

[@reneelyons6836]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way ahead of their time. So spacey and magical!!!! Love, love,love this!!

[@L33Reacts]

They are so good! I can't get enough! 😫 🤣

[@reneelyons6836]

@@L33Reacts Agreed 😃

[@michaelrogers7426]

Yes live was fantastic. I saw them on the Close to the Edge tour and it was amazing and mesmerizing. I wore out that concert T-shirt.

[@gwyles4550]

The end guitar part is genuine footage of song. One of my favourite songs ever.

[@L33Reacts]

It's absolutely epic! I am so glad I got to hear it. So great 👍

[@douglasgraham9045]

Try Yours is No Disgrace from YesSongs that video is them actually playing that song live. Great Steve Howe solo

[@paulehney4581]

Yep, Yes is up there for many! Them ELP, Moody Blues, Chicago, 10 CC, Rush, Led Zeppelin, and alike provided the soundtrack for my life, lol.

[@danacasey8543]

They are fantastic live! I've seen them 4 times over the years, from 1973 to the early 2000s. In 1973, I was right in front of Rick Wakeman, wearing that same cape! You pretty much float out of the arena after every performance!

[@glenndespres5317]

Thanks for reminding me of how awesome it was to be me and to see them just as you just saw them, live….many times!

[@L33Reacts]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I bet seeing them back in the day was an absolute experience and a half.

[@glenndespres5317]

@@L33Reacts I’m telling you… we were very used to seeing bands that put on a great show. But it wasn’t till seeing Yes live for the very first time that my jaw dropped to the floor. They not only put on an awesome show, but we’re almost note for note perfect in reproducing the studio version of the song. Most other bands couldn’t or chose not to stay so close to the recorded versions. I think almost every member had trained in some classical music so there was musical talent and musical intelligence. Shows back then built the sweetest tension leading up to the curtains being drawn or the members taking the stage, with the playing of The Firebird Suite by Stravinsky. That opening alone would put you high in the stratosphere where most Yes music lives!

[@lazarus550]

Again the greatest band on this and any other planet in the universe.

[@Steve-nf1tg]

Saw them with over 100,000 people at JFK stadium in Philly in the 70’s. Great show!!

[@FreonProductions69]

I recommend the YesSongs version of Yours is no Disgrace. The best guitar solo of all time.

[@anthonyblakely399]

And you should do the Live version 2003 concert of "And You and I" by Yes. Fire!!! And a lot of sauce!!! Just the most beautiful performance you will EVER witness!!!

[@L33Reacts]

Sounds like a plan. I have that song on my list so I will make sure to do that performance

[@youfools]

Hello Lee!! Back in 1975 when I had no idea who was who in music I attended my first World Series of Rock at old Cleveland Municiple Stadium. This band named Yes was headlining the event and I was sitting in the front row of the upper deck. They were probably playing most of what is on the Yessong set of lp's, however I did remember Starship Trooper. The stage was decorated with life-sized statues of the "land-berg" drawings from the Yessongs cover. I remember that they changed colors in concert with the stage lighting. Anyway I was fascinated with Chris Squire and his incredible bass playing. You know how your chest feels when standing in front of the PA. Those kind of super thick vibrations I was feeling about 150 to 200 feet away. Just an incredible musical and visual experience that sticks with me to this day at 65. One of these days I hope someone, somewhere remixes and re-releases this amazing record. Thank you for sticking your neck (double-neck anyone??) and giving Yessongs a shot.

[@silvertube52]

We all dressed that way in the 70's. Well, okay some of us did when we went to rock shows.

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Yessongs is one of the most important albums in my life as a music fan. I will never forget: it was around 1975..maybe..or 1974. My big brother had a band -- maybe it was 1976 -- and his Bass player (Ed Jaffe) was this incredible player and cool guy. He played a white Rickenbacker 4001 (a lot like Chris Squire's bass) and it was my birthday and he taped the Yessongs album on a TDK tape as a gift for my birthday. I couldn't believe that music. it took over my life. I love, LOVE that album! Lee, listen to "Your's is No Disgrace" from the Yessongs album!! It's a WALL OF SOUND dude!

[@rickstout5524]

Nope, this a collage, you should get the dvd, it shows them note for note. At the time we fans were hungry for a tour and this came out. We saw this at a midnight showing and boy howdy, it smelled like a live concert in the theater and they closed the doors and left us alone….

[@julieb.5860]

in the 70s i was always undecided, who was the better prog rock keyboardist? Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman.....finally, I realize, I don't need to choose. I love them both. But this song Starship Trooper, i never get tired of, and every live version is superlative. thank you!

[@YesTalk69]

Bill Brufford and Tony Kaye were on the Yes album. Rick Wakeman joined after that and recorded Fragile. Bill Bruford left to go play with King Krism on. They tried out drummers, Alan White got the call. The Yesongs tour was the 1st time Alan got to play the music live. Holy crap, I can't imagine. They have had extraordinary musicians throughout each incarnation. Glad you're going down the rabbit hole. There's a lot of us here.😂

[@luiselorza1261]

Yes is the most unique band ever.

[@deanmccartney5021]

I've seen Yes 23 times. Always mad me sad to hear Starship Trooper, it was always the last song of the show.

[@L33Reacts]

I am quite jealous of you sir! That is one hell of a time you had... I wish I could see the OG lineup live SO BAD

[@Bob.L.Shirley]

It’s a joy watching you continue to discover Yes, L33! You're getting a lot of good recommendations for other live cuts from Yessongs and other shows, but I'd suggest that you please think about sticking with the studio versions before the live stuff. I think your appreciation of how much the group played with their compositions live will be expanded if you've first become familiar with the original versions. Just a thought but regardless, man, keep it up - really enjoying your journey and I wish you could have been there back in the day. It was amazing.👍🏼

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you Bob! I appreciate it my friend. I am glad you are along to witness the ride. I did this because people kept encouraging me to do the yessongs version of something and of course I picked the wrong one lol. I will stick with the studios first from now on.

[@diverdown631]

I agree there's so much more to hear that doesn't come out live. Studio albums get the mix better.

[@swimszoots]

I generally agree that studio versions are better, especially for a first listen. But I would disagree with that on this song in particular; partly because I owned Yessongs before I heard The Yes Album and was therefore more familiar with it and partly because I think the ending is more intense and satisfying in this live version.

[@jeffschielka7845]

While you are at it watch Southside of the Sky from the 35th Anniversary dvd also! Don't know what you are missing!!!😎

[@L33Reacts]

I'll make it a patreon video or something because I try not to do the same song (studio and live) any time close to each other so I always give it time. I will definitely be watching it though :)

[@chriso6719]

I concur.

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@chriso6719 It's been 2 months, he still hasn't watched it. Thinking of unsubbing.😎

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@chriso6719 Chat has been down since 8am. Hour 6041!!!😎

[@chriso6719]

@@jeffschielka7845 He said in this he has more YES coming. We'll see what comes up.

[@samwatson2039]

Is Alan White on drums and Rick Wakeman as the Wizard on keyboards, there contribution to " Starship Trooper " makes this the best version ever. The studio version can't compare !!

[@smithpm81]

it is magical, your reaction are how i first heard Yes 50 years ago mate

[@silvertube52]

Oh, I think first listens should be the original studio recording. Live sometimes doesn't capture the original sound. The studio recording doesn't have the synth solo because Rick Wakeman wasn't in the band when they did the studio version. The studio version has a great trade off between the lead and bass guitar during the long build up to the finale.

[@slackdude1]

This movie was stupidly hard to find when I was a teenager. I saw a movie program for an arts cinema that informed me that it had shown one month previously. I nearly went crazy on the spot. Phew! Marbles still intact NOOOTTT!

[@bigua1428]

1972 ¡¡¡¡ My gosh ¡¡¡ Love this band since i have 13 yo, now im 63 ¡¡¡¡

[@cherylgalleran6602]

Same!!!

[@julieb.5860]

I subscribed to several rock publications in the 70s. After all, there was no music television... Rarely did we get to view our heroes, so we read. Most of them called Wakeman the wizard of 9 keyboards and Emerson the master of 13 keyboards. Since I was slightly more partial to ELP in the 70s, I would use that as ammunition when arguing with my friends about who was the best band, ELP or Yes. Ultimately we agreed that we were talking apples and oranges because they both bright fresh excitement into our young lives. Now the table has turned for me because I like vintage yes better then ELP. Yessongs was something I always had in my car especially when I was driving through majestic scenery. I remember putting it on when I was driving through the Rockies in the early morning and it was an awesome experience.

[@meistergedanken4790]

Can't wait until you do "Ritual". Some crazy percussion on that epic.

[@L33Reacts]

I'm always down for crazy percussion! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@ileanaospino126]

That 3rd album "The Yes Álbum" I like it from start to finish!! 👌🏻😍🎶 For this concert there was Rick Wakeman and Alan White, Bill and Tony had already left the band.

[@L33Reacts]

It's crazy how much of a revolving door these bands actually were but still retained the core sound but took in new directions. I love that adaptability and creativity so much

[@TheAmazingSpaghetti]

Steve Howe is da' man! Well, they all are, but talkin Steve now, he is a genius, so creative and original, he is simply the best all round rock guitarist, I don't care what anyone else says. There are people who play faster or more complex guitar, that's fun and cool to hear, but what really counts is how great the composition is, and how soulful and musical it is, can you listen to it a million times?.

[@gillwaugh7212]

Ha ha! Brilliant. It's like hearing it for the first time again watching your reaction. Yes it's rather good isn't it 😊

[@franciscodiaz183]

This song may seem nice and well done to the casual listener, but it is complex and requires true musicianship to be properly performed as Yes does. It's a true masterpiece.

[@chrisgrow]

Bill Bruford an amazing drummer this is the classic YES line up at its finest

[@topographic1973ify]

The end bit was originally a piece called The Ghost Of Netherstreet Steve Howe used in a piece with another band he had been in called Bodast I believe. There was another old band called Tomorrow he was in also. Of course this was a much better and rearranged version by Yes. All these guys were in other groups before Yes. They have quite a history you might be interested in following.

[@ewetoobblowzdogg8410]

All that instrumentation and not a cowbell in sight!

[@CapitaineK]

Your reactions are great, they come from the heart. the images of this vid though are just a compilation from other yessongs songs. Definately check out yours is no disgrace yessongs. That's actual hq live footage synced with the music. And so true what you say about dreams. Yes is one fo those bands that remind you to keep one's dreams alive.

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you my friend I appreciate the kind words 🙏 it means a lot to me. I love Yes. So so much I am so glad I discovered them. And I still have so much music to get to.

[@chrisshaw451]

I was one of the lucky ones to have grown uo through this time and see most of all these bands live, what a time, the memories. I love warching the young of today reacting to what we took as the norm back then. Do not bother with Yes now they are an empty shell of what they once was, just Yes in name only.

[@mark-be9mq]

Quantum Leap!! Great show, great show.

[@TheProgCorner]

Best band ever!!!!

[@jamesgodwin868]

In 1970,when I was 18,I decided to buy an album by a band I had never heard of. That band was YES and the album was Time and a Word. I was hooked immediately. Then in the early 70's,I saw them in concert twice,first without Rick Wakeman,keyboards, then with him. I was blown away each time. Then in 1972,using the same Idea,I bought an album by Blue Oyster Cult,self titled. I then saw them in concert not long after. My favorite song from it. Transmaniacon MC kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGHcf6GanraAjM0 (not a video) If you review it,I'll then suggest more. As a side note,in the early 70's,regular radio station would not play a song lasting more 3 minutes. So,I listened to FM stations,referred to as underground stations,to find out about groups who didn't conform. That's when I discovered David Bowie,America,Alice Cooper,Shawn Phillips,Wishbone Ash,Uriah Heep,and others. Their early music was surreal. I look forward to your next review.

[@JonQuist]

If you are sticking to Yessongs you really should do Perpetual Change, because it’s a nice “adjustment” to the studio recording. Most anything on Yessongs is a great performance, but the recording quality is lacking. There are a large number of other live recordings, many with superior sound engineering compared to Yessongs. The live recording of Yes at Montreux Jazz Festival has a version of Starship Trooper with dialing keyboard and guitar solos after an extended ass solo. Even if you don’t review it, you really should give that a watch/listen it’s a peak musical moment in history in my opinion.

[@JonQuist]

Dualing not dialing….Auto correct ! Stop Helping!!

[@amydavidval]

Ah at least you get the lead in with Wakeman's crazy synth before that sick solo from Steve on the live version! On the LP, it fades out and you're like wait noo!!!!

[@L33Reacts]

Oh man what a tease lol that would have killed me! It's so awesome!

[@sigil5772]

The video is just snippets from the film 'Yessongs' - though the album had Starship Trooper there was no video of it - and Steve didn't play the double-neck on this track but (I think) his trusty hollow-body Gibson ES175. But I was really moved by your comments at the end, and it's fascinating to me as a Yes fan of nearly 50 years that you are seeking or discovering a spirituality in this music which was, in many ways, the entire creative impetus behind it when it was created all that time ago. Ian Hartley has done a wonderful remaster of the Yessongs album, and Yours Is No Disgrace on his channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/imjQmnWYbZWfbdU is exceptionally full-on... better than the version on the Yessongs film (which is great, but cut for length) so do go check it out. Keep keeping on Lee!

[@jformal]

Showcases the greatest collection of musicians ever in a band.

[@mellotronin54]

It is so good to see young people appreciate the music of Yes . Never let this music die.

[@L33Reacts]

I promise I won't. Yes has lit a fire inside me that probably will never go out. And I will share everything I can.

[@mellotronin54]

@@L33Reacts They did the same to me the first time I heard them in 1975 the feeling has never left.

[@L33Reacts]

@@mellotronin54 it's a beautiful thing. I love the energy they bring. The mystery ... the talent... it's crazy how good they are lol

[@mellotronin54]

@@L33Reacts I saw them in the late 70's they were on fire it was exciting and visceral I have to say in recent years not so much but hey who can do that in their 70's ?

[@andylipiro3862]

Yes live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2003, classic lineup, Awaken, And you and I, Heart of The Sunrise, South Side of the Sky.......

[@flomalheur7467]

The Yessongs are my absolute favorite album, recorded during the "Close to the Edge Tour" (1972/73). For musical enjoyment, I recommend this album (3 LPs, a good 2 hours of music). If you want to see the musicians in action, there is a movie from the tour (released in 1975). However, it is only 1 1/4 hours long (not all songs), there are different recordings than those on the album, the sound quality is terrible and the picture management is adventurous. Here is a link to the film (in a revised version... sounds better): kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaDdc4CfjtR8pac

[@jpirard]

This footage comes from the ALBUM, there was no footage of this show released of this song. So whoever uploaded udes fottage from the show but which would have been form other songs.

[@bazeye]

The video you are going to react to is a fan made video where the song is from the Yessongs album, but the live video is taken from the Yessongs DVD, which does not contain Starship Trooper, so whoever made it just showed footage from other tracks over the live album version, which means the live playing does not sync with the soundtrack. I would not watch this as it's distracting, so it would be better to react to the Yessongs album version without the incorrect visuals.

[@L33Reacts]

Ugh seriously? Great 😆 thanks for the heads up. I will not do these ones in the future 🙏

[@L33Reacts]

I was wondering why it was so weird

[@bazeye]

@@L33Reacts Here is a link to the legit Yessongs DVD: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZWXYXyAp8mLabs&ab_channel=FlickVault-FullHDMoviesforFree The performances on this DVD are excellent apart from Yours is no Disgrace, which is a different version from the Yessongs album version, which has a much better guitar solo at the end. Also, Perpetual Change and The Fish from the Yessongs album are mind blowing compared to the studio versions.

[@ianlejeune6012]

@@bazeye Great, that link is to the real deal. Hope our erstwhile L33Reacts goes there to watch the lads in action - awesome. ~Thanks

[@akaFrits1]

Yessongs, the album, is great, despite the audio quality. The audio of the Yessongs movie has an even lower quality. So when reacting to Yessongs, my advise would be to use the album version without any visuals. Btw, in my opinion they were at the height of their musicianship back then. Fresh and energetic.

[@kevincorrigan7893]

This is a collage - most of the images and footage are from Close to the Edge, which you should also check out live from this performance!

[@markoliver630]

Yessongs is really great. Triple live album baby ! Some of the album artwork was in this patched together video.

[@bigua1428]

RIP Mr Alan White and Mr Chris Squire.

[@landiahillfarm6590]

You grandma and Grandpa knew how to ROCK! Music today SUCKS! LOL

[@stevenbingham859]

That was the final song in a nonstop 4hr concert. There's nothing in music to compare with this.

[@papacarl2002]

Hell yeah man. I know this version doesn’t hit as hard from the first note like the album (so ya gotta do it when ya can) - but it was worth it to see your face having so much joy & wonder seeing all these OG Prog MuthaFuckas playing live when they were just wee lads 🙂. So keep doing what your doing, but now I have to go get the *GOOD* headphones and blast off my day with the original LP recording 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼 -Edit: Fuck that I’m pulling out the Steven Wilson Remixes!!!

[@smithpm81]

love your reactions mate

[@gannon5409]

YES!❤

[@L33Reacts]

Yessss

[@jons3808]

This is my favorite version of this song… sooo good!!

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

Congrats! A member of both The Yes and The Warning armies! Don't know if you've done the other two songs off of Relayer, but they'll have you shaking your head like all the others. Things were just different back then. I was just a teenager who didn't know what he was listening to.

[@L33Reacts]

I've done gates of delirium and siberan khatru. Not the other ones just yet but I will get there:) thank you for watching my friend.

[@paultrouskie1825]

@@L33Reacts Siberian Khatru from Yessongs is another one where Steve Howe goes off on the outro. Give it a listen.

[@mattleppard1964]

Sound Chaser 🎶🎶🎶😎😎😎

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

@@mattleppard1964 Yep. "Cha cha cha, cha cha"

[@mattleppard1964]

@@ronaldmorgan7632 I’m amazed it doesn’t get more attention given how it shows just how talented the band is. I mean, they almost literally bend time with it.

[@edalisauskas7313]

Yep Told ya 😉🎵 UK is next Your digging and coming up with gold, brotha! Keep it going

[@L33Reacts]

Thank you my friend ❤️ I appreciate it. I will be doing UK soon!

[@edalisauskas7313]

@@L33Reacts The first 3 songs off the self titled debut album In the Dead of Nite/By the light of day/ presto vivace & reprise Trust me on this 😀🎵

[@papacarl2002]

@@edalisauskas7313Damn straight. 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼

[@papacarl2002]

Hell yeah man. I know this version doesn’t hit as hard from the first note like the album (so ya gotta do it when ya can) - but it was worth it to see your face having so much joy & wonder seeing all these OG Prog MuthaFuckas playing live when they were just wee lads 🙂. So keep doing what your doing, but now I have to go get the *GOOD* headphones and blast off my day with the original LP recording 🤘🏼🎧🤟🏼

[@brie_b]

Devo, short for devolution, another awesome band that saw this coming. Through consumerism and greed, we take ourselves down. But Quantum Leap (one of my favorites) and all this excellent music you're getting into (same for me) is heavy on emotion, spirituality, nature, and conceptual thinking. It's definitely raising my vibration and I hope it's doing the same for you. ❤

[@smithpm81]

best voice ever

[@jeffschielka7845]

Try the version from the 35th Anniversary dvd. Ten thousand times better!😎

[@L33Reacts]

I will for sure. The second half of this song was awesome 👌 I definitely want to hear a more clear version.

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@L33Reacts And 30 years newer! Lol!😎

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@L33Reacts 1972 vs 2004.😎

[@chriso6719]

@@jeffschielka7845 👀👀

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@chriso6719 😎

[@MtHockey]

As a kid of the early 70's, you could hear this on your local "progressive" rock radio stations, along with other great stuff. Listening to contemporary radio, you would think that we only listened to Zepplin and AC/DC. Modern commercial radio does such a poor job of covering the diversity and the creativity of this period of music. So, when I hear things now like Tool for example, my reaction is, that is pretty interesting, but it doesn't match up with the greats of the '70's.

[@L33Reacts]

They don't make em like they used too.

[@stanleymerritt4722]

😁😁 YES !!

[@jasonumphenour1962]

Lee. I want to say a few things. First off...I have enjoyed watching your " reaction" videos.. Maybe a better way to say it is enjoying the videos along with you. Yes is one of my favorite bands. More than that..without sounding too..I dunno...cheesy or something.. I feel like I know you somehow.. I lost a friend..recently..to " stuff"..bad stuff. I was trying to help him..he was staying with me. I had heard you comment on a few occurrences of the like. That all being said..I know for myself that life can be hard. For everyone....everywhere...on any given day..year..or years.. So now I'll wrap this up.. To you ..and everyone reading this.. Keep fighting.. Along with what we do to help and encourage..love each other..there is one above....who loves us and helps us too. .....Jesus.. Take care..I will surely enjoy listening to some more of your content here. Take care ..Lee

[@jasonumphenour1962]

Keep smiling..

[@MJM1309]

Best Version ever Drummer to drummer the 70's YES was the best. I saw YES around 70 times thru the years my fav band. The new lineup of yES not so good IMHO

[@meistergedanken4790]

Audio Ecstasy. (and one of the ultimate slow builds)

[@glennwisniewski9536]

I could be wrong but it appears that this is the Yessongs 3-LP set version of Starship Trooper loosely synched to a different video performance of the song from the same time period.

[@martinreed5964]

this is not the video of the performance, just a compilation, note the change of clothing and Steves guitars....2001 symphonic live are the ones to watch

[@BritIronRebel]

COPIOUS amounts of drugs were consumed listening to this double LP when it dropped......

[@FreonProductions69]

Brilliant.

[@wrmc13579]

the best yes song Yours Is No Disgrace

[@robertjantzen6545]

Look Steve Howes previous band Bodast. The ending is borrowed from one of their songs.

[@anthonyblakely399]

Gret reactions from you!!!

[@L33Reacts]

Thanks bro!! Thank you for watching 😁

[@robertjantzen6545]

There is no experience loke Yes live in their prime... period.

[@progperljungman8218]

All muddied up in this version... I do think the creativity is more than equal today, it's just that there's less groundbreaking stuff left to invent. People still do great and original new music though. What I mean to say is that there's MORE creativity on display nowadays, it's just that the wheel and the motor has already been invented and one can always say about a new vehicle: - It's got wheels and a motor, come up with something new! 😉

[@matto9734]

The video actually has been put together from different songs, not only from that one, or if so, only partly ;-)

[@franklinden3497]

I pissed off Steve Howe at Tower Records in 1989 for AWBF promotion for album..asked him 1 too many times his new solo album name.. couldn't understand his thick accent and he took my close to the edge album and magic markered the name ' Turbulence ' really hard and then shoved it back at me! Lol Great Story..I pissed Steve Howe off!

[@NVprods]

You mentioned that it was like an acid trip. That's the problem with YESONGS, the filmmakers seem like they were on an acid trip, and the recording and mix of the songs are not that good. The album is great, but not the film. You have to listen to the studio version of Starship Trooper, then watch other live videos of the song, all blow this one away. This version does not do the song or other live performances justice. Watch this one with the same lineup as Yessongs, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman and Alan White. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2THhZmjpcRpqpI

[@Relayer526-mi4wt]

Wonder how he'll react to Burford on Perpetual Change from the same album

[@normandaubry]

The performance on Yessongs are great, but the sound isn’t. Studio versions are preferable as an intro before watching the live versions. By the way this video is a collage of images from Yessongs by a fan, but isn’t part of the movie. For a drummer I would suggest Heart of the Sunrise (studio version) as a next step.

[@stcif]

Loved how the acoustic part is Steve playing Clap. Who made this?

[@TrevRockOne]

He's not playing Clap. That's how Starship Trooper goes. This was an official concert video release.

[@stcif]

@@TrevRockOne that was cut and paste from Clap

[@TrevRockOne]

@@stcif no, they're just both hybrid-picked country guitar. It's different music.

[@mattleppard1964]

Insane how the audio is in no way connected to the video 😢

[@mattleppard1964]

Extra credit for not calling it “The” Clap 😉

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

OK Other stuff. ABWH.... the Yes band had a falling out / tired of touring / long story and wandered apart for a bit. The Yes name was owned by one person (Chris Squire?) and he didn't want to cooperate (this was mid/late 1980s), so, Jon Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe continued playing Yes-like new material under the name of ABWH. Also Yes style changed radically from the late 70s and went into pop songs - this was trying to keep a distinct sound after prog fell heavily out of fashion in the UK (provoked the punk backlash; prog was music "written by dinosaurs" and regarded as overly complex, high-falutin bollocks (testies)). King of punk was the Sex Pistols; _Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols_ which was a colossus of an album and awesome at every level. Punk killed prog in the UK, but its slowly coming back. What else? Yes's Heart of the Sunrise is recommended. And a cover band - well, ish. This is Band Geek who have access to US band Blue Oyster Cult; Richi Castellano is the son / of a lead player and now in Blue Oyster. What does he do in his spare time? Gather some friends and play something... difficult. Like, Close to the Edge. At home, in the basement, with people who've been playing stuff like this for decades and (guessing... $30k of kit). Check out the comments section on Band Geeks KZbin CTTE recording (this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3iQqWSMl62FfMk ). And, their Heart of the Sunrise cover is recommended too. And, their Queen covers. Talking of Queen, very few reactions to Prophet's Song out there. This is an awesome track, plus anything by Queen will not lose you views! All good fun!

[@chrismatthews8717]

The video sems to be of a different song. Possibly, more than one. That said, this song blows away the cobwebs, doesn't it.

[@charlieknowlton7003]

When they talk about 70's music.THIS, along with the likes of EL&P and Jethro Tull and others come to mind. Progressive music was more at the fore in EARLY 70's. Later in the decade, the music, overall got boring in comparison.

[@douglasennis7291]

Howe is playing a double neck electric not an acoustic... Watch the YESSONGS version. This is the YESSONGS album version with a video added not the YESSONGS movie version. ijs 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻

[@user-ob7je4nc6c]

Not a good representation of YES "live". The audio is from their Yessongs, pieced together with video that doesn't match. Very frustrating to try and watch. But the album (set) IS great live versions of their early works. "Perpetual Change" is particularly impressive.

[@robertjantzen6545]

There are versions without the bs effects...as there is for 90125 live.

[@Relayer6a]

They must not have had video of the performance and just filled in with some random video.

[@skunkworksu7638]

😅 nice intro 😂

[@mikeb3365]

I read that in the early years, Jon was rather awkward on stage so they gave him a tambourine to play with. I've seen him with a guitar in his hands playing too but not very often. Maybe there is someone who knows more about this than I.I agree with others, there has to be a better video than this. I agree too, that the studio should always be the 1st listen ideally speaking.

[@L33Reacts]

Ahhhhh that makes a lot of sense! I am quite ADD so that is what I would need to be a lead singer too. A fidget spinner of sorts. Of the tambourine kind 😆

[@garyblackwell6774]

Jon Anderson is a multi instrumentalist, iirc he can play about 30 instruments. I've seen him play various acoustics, harps, percussion and many different keyboards....

[@mikeb3365]

Wow, that is a lot of instruments. The fact they didn't need him to play the reason he didn't play more?@@garyblackwell6774

[@pete3883]

2 capes ?

[@pete3883]

Party late at night.

[@diverdown631]

Try Yes Going for the one.