Final épico de la siempreverde secuencia final ("Würm" compuesta por Steve Howe) clásico de Yes con Brian May como invitado de lujo!!
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@marksweeney73279 ай бұрын
For Brian May to play this as enthusiastically as he does shows great respect for the song and YES and Steve Howe.
@lapdawg605 ай бұрын
Yeah, not too bad for a guy with a PhD in astrophysics (that was sarcasm- I love May's playing in both tone and style)!
@davep82214 ай бұрын
Queen liked him enough to invite him to play on _Innuendo_ Steve had nothing but praise for all of Queen. 1. Steve 2. Brian/Mike Oldfield My three faves by far.
@GR8GTRFAN4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how we critique a song. This is just some great musicians jamming out to a classic Yes tune. Nothing more and nothing less. No need to compare anything. They are having a great time playing it and I for one can appreciate this creation. It's not about May or Howe, or Rick or his son. Not even about rather Squire was better. Just enjoy instead of comparing. I'm sure their thoughts were soley aimed at just rockin away this song. Enjoy!!!!
@superslayerguy4 жыл бұрын
Well said
@myoldmate2 жыл бұрын
Yep, the purists will nay say, but this is really good isn't it.
@GR8GTRFAN2 жыл бұрын
@@myoldmate Yes, very good my friend.
@natestakely14782 жыл бұрын
If the idea from inception is to do Yes songs you have to get a thunderous bass. All else is great
@awickedtribe2 жыл бұрын
Right? Here's a tight band of excellent musicians doing what they do best... nothing matters except the eargasm.
@frankscassi496011 ай бұрын
Damn, Brian May's sound is HUGE here. The moment he walks on stage the whole band seems to put more energy in their performance. And that final solo from Rick is pure gold. I was thinking "Yeah, still amazing but you can hear he aged", which is true, BUT the moment the rhythm sections doubles the time feel he is on fire!
@nordvegfigg77462 жыл бұрын
That G - Eb - C (I - bVI - IV) chord sequence in WURM was the very first Yes music I ever learned at the tender age of 14 in 1971. Those three chords started me down the prog rock road. I'll be 65 next year and still play every day. I hope I'll have my 1981 Lado Solo I in my hands when I take my last breath.
@aldito75862 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman And Brian May. You really don't get better than this !!!
@eel908 Жыл бұрын
Brian May and Rick Wakeman bring a higher level of consciousness to the music .
@johnotis67644 жыл бұрын
I thought this would be yet another edition of "shredding to the oldies," then Brian May steps out of nowhere and delivers a stunning, powerful, and heartfelt solo with taste and nuanced sensibility comparable to Steve Howe at the height of his powers. It's not just an homage or a by-the-numbers crowd pleaser. May knows the song, loves the song, and adds an interpretive depth to the song while avoiding derivative playing or empty theatrics. It's the mark of a truly seasoned and gifted musician . I guess he's as good as everyone says he is--only better.
@jaysantiago96733 жыл бұрын
Cheers yo, but c'mon!!!!! I dare say let me hear you try to "shred to the oldies", and then I'll listen to your fine opinion. There was NOTHING wrong with this blissful cover of The Wurm.
@Glicksman12 жыл бұрын
@@davidharvey4059 Wrong.
@Glicksman12 жыл бұрын
Yes, Brian is capable of all that and more. He never shreds, the best guitarists don't. In every way (his way) Brian is equal to Steve Howe (Doubt it? Just listen to a Queen album). Music isn't a football game where we take sides. It's all good if the music is good. For those who care, the Wurm (German; Dutch: Worm) is a river in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany which rises in the Eifel mountains and flows for 57 kilometres before discharging into the Rur.
@lapdawg602 жыл бұрын
Just found this, and I thought the same. Plus, he has a doctorate in astrophysics, and his iconic guitar was built by him and his dad from scratch (everything -- including the pickups). Very smart guy. What makes it even more fun is he looks like Sir Isaac Newton.
@Glicksman12 жыл бұрын
@@lapdawg60 As for Brian's Red Special guitar, the pickups were and are slightly modified Burns Tri-Sonics which they bought and installed in the guitar.
@JayKlosinski2 жыл бұрын
The fantastic thing still about Rick Wakeman is the man still wears a cape. Even with a t shirt. Cape. I don’t have a cape. Rick Wakeman likely has giant road cases FULL of capes. Closets of capes. Capes of all colors and sizes. Capes for Christmas, vacations, family gatherings. CAPES. “Oh look, Ricky has his lovely Sparkly cape on today, he really dressed up for your 95th birthday pappy! He must think you’re very special!…” How many cape stores are left you ask? Can’t be more than 1 or 2 in the whole wide world (other than the cheap magician cape supply stores) but Rick Wakeman keeps those fine caperies in business. Only the best old capeists are still doing their work, crinkled hands from sewing new “drag bars” into torn up cape finery, renewing the glory of exquisite vintage capery, with an artistry almost gone. I don’t have a cape, you likely don’t either. But we want one. Or more. Imagine the sun streaming into your living area on a shiny autumn Sunday, padding around your home with comfy, warm fuzzy slippers, carrying a cup of hot chocolate or tea, gnawing on a sausage wrapped in a pancake, with a cape. Sounds appealing doesn’t it? Delightful even. Rick Wakeman knows. Oh yes. He knows.
@Hidyman2 жыл бұрын
Actually, I think he wears a cloak.
@scottwalton58882 жыл бұрын
Fuckin Hilarious.
@lauraarcher69962 жыл бұрын
😅😂👍 I used to know a batty old lady who used to go out and about in a cape!!
@d.w.51447 жыл бұрын
I am 55 now and then I see this old guys playing their music it boosted me up for live. thank you all.
@d.od.34637 жыл бұрын
Hey Diermar Winter; I'm almost 75 and seen them all. I must say that this one is right at the top with the best!
@acoronab7 жыл бұрын
God bless you
@d.w.51447 жыл бұрын
Hey David, you gave me hope for the next 20 years, think my ears get cracked .
@d.w.51447 жыл бұрын
thank you sir. God bless you too
@jackhamlin51983 жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman, 71 and still wearing a cape. How cool is that? LMAO
@meyerweinstock95673 жыл бұрын
freakin' UBER cool.... (Yes fan since '69)
@Hydrocorax3 жыл бұрын
But now he just wears an old T-shirt under it.
@TheRealist20223 жыл бұрын
I went to the "Grumpy Old Christmas Show" in Liverpool last year. He wore an old sweatshirt, jogging pants and trainers....under a frock coat...was very disappointed with it being christmas...
@brianwood74802 жыл бұрын
I'm 72.5 and this took me right back to my teens. Brian May is beyond description on his hand-made masterpiece. It's a perfectly beautiful sunny spring day here in S.Louisiana, and all's well. Please guys, knock off the negativity and your memories. Peace to y'all.
@brianwood74802 жыл бұрын
And ENJOY.
@Theytoldmetodoit13 жыл бұрын
I live very near to Brian May and he often visits the astronomy club I belong too. Glad to say we have spoken on a few occasions due to the fact I have a masters in astrophysics and am working towards PhD also a bonus is I also play guitar, although not to his standards and I am very much with him when it come to the protection of the environment and our native woodland creatures such as badgers. He really is a very down to earth and humble guy.
@halbos76373 жыл бұрын
Hey Man! That is great that you are also an astrophys guy. And you are a musician. Really cool man!
@PhillipLandmeier2 жыл бұрын
I envy you. Through my teen years my career path was astronomy until I switched to engineering in the middle of college. And a lifelong musician, classically trained on piano, pipe organ, violin. Also play guitar and sax. I'd love to have an opportunity to hang out with Brian May.
@siddjames50582 жыл бұрын
Bollocks
@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo2 жыл бұрын
The Positivists today are very careful to hide the fact that Isaak Newton was an avid student of astrology back then: In fact, Newton got some of his insights on gravitation from that forgotten medieval source of knowledge and wisdom, this is astrology.
@karmicselling42522 жыл бұрын
@@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo Ok! But could he play guitar?
@kasperkjrsgaard14472 жыл бұрын
I really don’t care who isn’t and who shouldn’t and who couldn’t. This is just a bloody great tune played by some of prog-rock’s finest ever 😊👌
@kernelpanic10095 жыл бұрын
These are some of the great elders of British music. May they play on forever.
@johngardner40963 ай бұрын
I am seeing a bunch of craftsmen having the time of their lives playing together - a pleasure to watch, and a joy to hear.
@karengarrison36669 ай бұрын
You know when you love something, cause you don't want it to end ~ and that is the cresendo to Starship Trooper. Brian May was brilliant, and of course Rick is on fire! 🔥
@bdtheqb6 жыл бұрын
Everything is going great.. so then you add an astrophysicist... and it becomes ...Stellar..
@BrigidFitch21122 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there, and appreciate it :)
@HabuBeemer2 жыл бұрын
Nice! and well said.
@arabianattitude2 жыл бұрын
Hell YEAH!!!!
@jabehauber2 жыл бұрын
As a teenager, we would gather in my friend's house - the one where no parents were home - and play those three chords of Wurm for like an hour, taking turns soloing over them, in complete awe and reverence, yet feeling the power of what they conveyed. The amps kept getting notched up "one more loud". At one point, and no one knows how, at the end of one of these sessions a living room arm chair wound up flipped on its side. To this day, we believe the sheer volume and power of Wurm did it.
@jimhanty8149 Жыл бұрын
I layed in my collage dorm room in 1971 listening to The Yes Album in the dark that was the last track on the album if I remember right… lowest bass line ever heard at that time…. .. what a wonderful time it was… 52 years ago and with a totaly different group of people playing that progression it is still exciting …..in a few years years no one from that time will be left to lend the same excitement to the performance… everyone here should be grateful that a few still are out there doing it…
@kandyno Жыл бұрын
My God...how amazing is Rick Wakeman?
@Marknorthway6 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful way to spend 11 minutes of your life - to watch something as good as this.
@andythomas7066 жыл бұрын
Marknorthway: Yes Mark, it was 'cliche' heaven wasn't it!
@RichWards-Wins11 ай бұрын
Brian comes in and makes the jam session into an EPIC jam session.
@mirrortime2 жыл бұрын
Brian May's solo is so perfect.
@manuj45075 жыл бұрын
Thanks magic Rick for this. Thanks Brian for your generosity and love for music. A tribute for us, all we fans of Yes over the world! Thanks for this gift!
@estebangranados25834 жыл бұрын
Let's consider ourselves lucky listening to this masterpiece!!
@geraldbasso1782Ай бұрын
Totally great here! Could listen to this all day long!
@marcelofernandoka54632 ай бұрын
TWO LEGENDS AND A SUPERLATIVE CREW!!!!!!! AMAZING, WONDERFULL, AWESOME SESSION!!!!!!
@smithc96982 жыл бұрын
Amazing what 3 beautiful chords can do in the hands of geniuses
@jimdartouzos21279 ай бұрын
At some point in May's Amazing solo...I could have sworn I seen sparks coming off of the fretboard. ...Fucking Excellent.
@norbertovelazquez7441 Жыл бұрын
Wow just wow!! Wakeman and Brian!! Epic
@PhillipLandmeier4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Fantastic. Wow. Wow. Steve Howe's composition is an invitation to tear it up, and they just tore it up! This is kickass music.
@davep82217 жыл бұрын
Brian May: CBE, Real PhD, Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, VP RSPCA, AIDS crusader. Fairly decent guitar player. What a slacker.
@jimrinaldo68867 жыл бұрын
dav ep no
@davep82217 жыл бұрын
I had hoped the irony would be obvious.
@StillAliveAndKicking_ Жыл бұрын
A brilliant jam session. I thought the first guitarist was excellent, May was excellent too.
@rickoursler25832 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely amazing. A stunning array of musicians jamming and having fun. No more no less.
@767driver42 жыл бұрын
How lucky we are to have grown up with this phenomenal talent!
@beekay59146 жыл бұрын
This song is practically sacred to me, I love it so much, so it must be treated with reverence. The guy on the blue guitar honored the song with his playing, Brian May was dazzling, brilliant, and Wakeman was scary good as usual. Wow.
@aviduser19617 жыл бұрын
As a long time fan of Yes, I have never seen another musician enter Rick's circle of keyboards. Thank goodness it was Brian May. That was great! I just hope that the people in the audience knew how special this was. Amazing! Thank you for posting!
@joefincham97592 жыл бұрын
Player/Composer Steve Howe is vastly underrated/unappreciated. Great jamming by the Wakeman kid and Les Paul guitarist...still the old school dudes were able to take the piece to another level. I put the Steve Howe voicing of the chords on my looper and could literally shred over it all night!
@alexmaiux3 жыл бұрын
Queen opened for Yes many times in the '70s... but wow!
@lifeson909 ай бұрын
is like this song was written.. for Brian May to eventually show how cool a guitarist he actually was
@longdark4ever6 жыл бұрын
LOL that drummer is like "I can't believe I am on stage with Brian May!"
@kiawra93 жыл бұрын
And Mr. Rick Wakeman still rocking a cape all these years later. Well done all.
@thecandlebombs Жыл бұрын
think I need a cigarette after this one fantastic! brilliant!!
@Chuckles..2 жыл бұрын
Steve must be pleased with this!.
@chrisdaviesguitar4 жыл бұрын
Brian May's sound will never, ever be superseded. Best and most unique sound I've heard.
@CoachingChaos4 жыл бұрын
He's unique - we say that a lot about artists, but it's so true with him. And that Red Special guitar - designed and built by May when he was a teenager - makes a big difference as well! R.I.P. Freddie, Peter, and Chris.
@robertwyman92022 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Wakeman is such a freak. I love him. Steve Howe is so underrated. Technically brilliant, and good ear for the melody. Throw in Brian May, and how have I not seen this before!!!
@beekay59142 жыл бұрын
Brilliant playing by Brian. I hope that Steve Howe saw this and liked it. I am a gigantic Yes fan, and I think that Wurm is one of their best compositions.
@markharwood75736 жыл бұрын
Three chords. And look what they did with them. Respect.
@reschtamas7 жыл бұрын
I'm a Queen and Yes fan. I'ts heavenly, thanks for the upload!
@esportswomen5 жыл бұрын
You complainers are on drugs! This is fab. Its not the original but its not trying to be. Its called PROG rock for a reason. Thanks kids :)
@spaghettioverlord32472 жыл бұрын
Of course I’m on drugs. Why else would I be here?
@patrickgrant1092 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get Old!! It gets better and better..... WOW!! Thanks for posting 😎✌👍
@TheBent1397 жыл бұрын
Amazing that no matter what video it is there are always those that look for the negative. Love the job Wakeman does toward the end. No one can play the MiniMoog like that. He just knows that piece of equipment like no one else. You won't be seeing this stuff forever. Enjoy it while it lasts!
@klummpskards5652Ай бұрын
Dr. Sir Brian May and a Fucking Wizard!!!!!!!!
@nz60653 жыл бұрын
Incredible ! Yes was my favorite Group in the seventies and Wurm was my favorite movement .
@merlinzipp4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest jams of all time.
@jamiepastman55942 жыл бұрын
you need to get out more
@davidm12524 жыл бұрын
Nothing short of an epic performance - absolutely brilliant and a powerful performance is an understatement . Great great musicians !! Long live rock !!
@keithmilburn4866 Жыл бұрын
Yes are one of my fav bands of all time, the ‘Yes Album ‘ a true masterpiece
@morbidmanmusic Жыл бұрын
To bad this isn't really yes... how do you feel about cover bands playing yes?
@michaelflowers57123 ай бұрын
That was great!
@aquilarossa51912 жыл бұрын
Rick at the end. So awesome. No wonder the crowd got to their feet. Stuff on keyboards we guitar players get envious of, especially we who lean on pentatonics a lot.
@davidfarrall3 жыл бұрын
Always liked the Wurm sequence. This is the best collaboration and version I’ve heard.
@billdavis10542 жыл бұрын
This is a great Jam, of a good Yes song. I saw Yes at least 15 times. This is a good version, and kudos to the musicians involved made it fun!
@kengodwin38792 жыл бұрын
Wow! The old guys kill it! Yeah, the first solo is technically very proficient, but Brian's has that undeniable soul and seasoning. Amazing
@GuitarBassCigar2 жыл бұрын
Its amazing to have the opportunity to see legends blend their styles. Musical imitation is "easy" but recreating a legendary song in your own style, and keeping the original feel, is not as easy. All the musicians here deserve the spotlight as everything was fantastic.
@earthtraderssaga2 жыл бұрын
My world was just rocked.
@bvovidz2 жыл бұрын
What an incredible jam. My first time hearing this song. Amazing.
@stevejenks9735 Жыл бұрын
still get tingles each time I watch it and May appears from back stage
@magneto79303 жыл бұрын
Huge Yes fan here, but I'm an admirer of BM as well. Saw Queen in concert with the legendary Freddie Mercury. Saw Yes quite a few times. I'm not going to judge this performance. All I can say is that if you were in the audience you would have loved it regardless. Brian was a guest having fun with the boys, it's what famous musicians do. Brian is not trying to be Steve Howe, he's just being himself. Lay off the judgment and just enjoy the jam!
@rupe532 жыл бұрын
Always interesting to hear one of the greats playing a tune from another great. It shows compassion and appreciation.
@mister_chaddy6 жыл бұрын
That was absolutey outstanding.
@mangolassi_.7 жыл бұрын
If yo got Brian May and Rick Wakeman together on a stage, it's absolutely okay to keep jammin over three chords for 10 minutes.
@piotrgold44577 жыл бұрын
You made my day hahah
@davidmuir7711 Жыл бұрын
A fine jam. A good time was had by all, and the song was done justice.
@julianash466310 ай бұрын
Incredible what a sound to behold
@VallinSFAS6 жыл бұрын
With the certified Starship Trooper himself, Dr. Brian May.
@VallinSFAS6 жыл бұрын
Ever notice how much he looks like Sir Isaac Newton?
@gregdedmanrocking4life549 Жыл бұрын
All my favorite superheroes wear capes.
@frack4oil16 Жыл бұрын
Damn. This is still perhaps the best improvised version they ever made.
@F21012013R4 жыл бұрын
I see a bunch off guys who are heaving a great time together on stage playing a Yessong!
@Brian_B5057 жыл бұрын
Am I dreaming? BM jamming with Wakeman on Starship Trooper?! Thank you for sharing this!
@d.od.34637 жыл бұрын
This needs to be released on disk so we all can play over and over...
@alanbruce86325 жыл бұрын
"Or Am I Dreaming?" was a song Wakeman played when he was with The Strawbs.
@aboy99844 жыл бұрын
Well he is an astrophysicist
@TheRealist20223 жыл бұрын
@@aboy9984 Ooohh!! He can read our horoscopes??? Cool!!!
@estebangranados25833 жыл бұрын
Not a dream!!!!
@junkiecosmonaut50506 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says, Steve Howe and Chris Squire are THE guitarist/bassists for Wurm!
@chipcheney81583 жыл бұрын
Blown away! Two of the greatest together.
@CHRISFREEMAY3 жыл бұрын
Brian May and his unique style of play guitar. I love the sound of the Red Special!!
@edwhite74754 жыл бұрын
if you wear a cape on stage you BETTER be a bad ass- ;-)
@rporta Жыл бұрын
Brain May playing Yes, that's awesome
@sammyvh113 жыл бұрын
Another decade or so and this music is gone. But so will I.........Bravo!
@mstewart1093 жыл бұрын
No.it has been around since it as start. But now on platforms like utube. I know - i was around during their beginning ..
@Johnno99893 жыл бұрын
Two of my favourite musicians performing together.
@bobzimmermann48506 жыл бұрын
Oh, hell Yes! Thank you Brian. God save the Queen!
@michaelmonfils26425 жыл бұрын
Brian May is one of the original guitar heroes. He has a unique instrument, idiom, and writing style which has become his own identifiable brand, and that is what makes him so special and admirable. He has carved a very deep niche into rock history in the service of one of the greatest bands of all time. That's the attraction. Eric Clapton or Jimmy Page would have met with the same criticism. (I would like to hear Michael Schenker jam with Rick Wakeman; that would be cool.)
@daveversion2.22 жыл бұрын
Just had to watch this again. Love Yes and this is one of my favs……but Brian May sets it afire!
@kevinkiso81434 жыл бұрын
I truly didn't know if Brian still had it in him to rip and improvise innovative guitar solos - and I'm happy to learn that I was wrong.
@nortski783 жыл бұрын
That's the best I've heard Brian play for a long time. Normally, in his later years, his playing has been so wooden but this was great.
@ruthierochesterNY4 жыл бұрын
Simply incredible! I know no words to express how great this clip was. WOW
@sbearly Жыл бұрын
A lot of talent on that stage. And Wurm is a great chord progression to play over.
@aldito7586 Жыл бұрын
Yeah! But what about Butch?
@bobshultz5421 Жыл бұрын
They closed their YESSONGS era (73-74) shows with “Wurm” an incredible call and respond between Rick and Steve that left you exhausted and in disbelief as you departed for you car. That was and is a special jam the top musicians love!
@mikeanglada7427 жыл бұрын
I just want to Reach the Level where I Can Wear a Cape with Complete Confidence!!! :D
@UKMikey7 жыл бұрын
A cape's just the thing if one wants to smuggle a curry up on stage to eat during the longer numbers.
@StefanoPapaleo-TS7 жыл бұрын
So... who's it gonna be? Rick or Batman?:)))
@fieldingmellish68567 жыл бұрын
Write and perform an iconic riff like @9:52 ... then you can suit up !
@carmenwillman41837 жыл бұрын
Takes many years Grasshopper.
@paulkcormier7 жыл бұрын
BRILLIANT COMMENT
@simongee2468 Жыл бұрын
Simply, epic...
@evanjazzista2 жыл бұрын
Brian kills it! Splendid solo.
@jibicusmaximus48272 жыл бұрын
Modern players need to take note, this is how you play guitar!
@billhart98322 жыл бұрын
Bravo! God bless the extravagance and virtuosity of Prog Rock!
@bradders566 жыл бұрын
Absolutely excellent.Still playing my original copy of 'The Yes album' on vinyl.Saw Joe Bonamassa and his band perform Starship Trooper at a gig many years ago and they nailed it too.
@kentmains77636 жыл бұрын
Joe does an outstanding job with it.
@youandwhosearmy6339 Жыл бұрын
Brian really rips in.. but then again, Queen were all big Yes fans.
@pcon82 жыл бұрын
Yes, these guys are massive stars. It's likely they are friends and friends do things they like together.
@ImDownWiddat Жыл бұрын
This clip blows my mind every time I come back to it. It's an 11 minute jam that carry's you off into the clouds. That first guitar solo, he was channeling Howe. Amazing.
@ziggy979 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your insightful words here. Yes was a progressive band extraordinaire. The musical works of the members were of epic proportions, unique in the rock world at that time. The cover album art was at par with what you were listening to. I had the luck of seeing Yes multiple times. Always came away as a elevated being. They are that good. Wakeman, Howe, Anderson, White, and Squire. This is the line up of the Gods. Bless Yes and bless all of us who still listen with that ear yearning for more music and more knowledge of a bigger world than we can see. Z.