Drummer reacts to "Homeworld (The Ladder)" by Yes

[@L33Reacts]

If you have any suggestions for future Yes videos, leave it here! I'm polling the audience. And as always, thank you for watching another Yessaturday. Paul, you rock for this one!

[@gzaq]

would love to see your reaction to this one, a really powerful version.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIG8q4prlKudracsi=0r4aGV1OJHgZItsN

[@paulehney4581]

Lighting Strikes and Face to Face.

[@dhfenske]

Thank you so much, Paul, for supporting L33!

[@russellfillis6864]

Saw this tour in anaheim CA , 2nd row 😮😮😅😂😊❤

[@mikesisto]

Such an underrated album. Lot's of great tunes on this!

[@L33Reacts]

i'm down to continue with it! this was a great intro...

[@mstewart109]

Loved this song. I grew up during Yes and their vinyl albums. I only had one album of theirs. Just too many others to spread out and enjoy..

[@franciscodiaz183]

Without a doubt, it is an album that deserves much greater attention.

[@corawheeler9355]

I suggest you continue with this album ... if this is track one ... let's hear more

[@L33Reacts]

right? what an opening track lol

[@mikesisto]

Yes Live from the House Of Blues has the only recorded version of this band supporting The Ladder. They nail this song live!

[@L33Reacts]

someone else mentioned that in the live chat, i might just do it! sounds great.

[@dhfenske]

All the tracks on The Ladder are great. I wish you would just go straight through them sequentially. The Jon Anderson song you did the day before this one reminds me of Lightning Strikes, the 3rd song on The Ladder. Please do this whole album! You'll be the first, I believe, to react to them on KZbin!

[@waynecox3958]

I thought you'd be on SHINE ON today. Yes' new studio single featuring Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks. It is simply WOW.

[@thruppence-ys9zp]

Got no suggestions of my own, I come here for my remedial Yes experience

[@L33Reacts]

class dismissed. don't forget that your paper on "Siberian Khatru" will be due by next Yessaturday.

[@nancymjohnson]

This song is so f’ing amazing! Thank you for playing this. Billy Sherwood is my friend. Steve always took lead, Billy backed up guitar and vocals. ☮️❤️🎼 Play live LIFT ME UP” from Union tour.

[@Vader1138]

Loved this when it came out. It was made for a video game after the makers who were YES fans asked them to make a song for them. They agreed. The sound effects came from it. I feel like it was their last really epic song with Jon A. Where to next... Off of this album listen to at least "Lightening Strikes" which is a short fun one where Chris kills it. "The Messenger" & "Nine Voices" which is a good Jon and Steve feature. Other albums.. "Magnification" if you haven't yet, The first album "Beyond & Before," "Harold Land," or "Survival." For non-Jon, listent to "Fly From Here Part 1,2, &3" with Benoit David on vocals. Non-YES YES listen to Steve's work on "Sketches in the Sun" or "When the Heart Rules the Mind" from the 80's supergroup GTR. Alan White's solo funk rock, "Ramshackled" full album is still a must. Still a lot of YES out there!

[@andrewwallace4481]

Sprit of Survival from the album Magnification loved your take on Homeworld :-)

[@poptart4260]

It’s great watching the song grab you like it did my first time

[@L33Reacts]

i'm glad you enjoyed, my friend! this was a helluva intro track to the album lol

[@jpirard]

You also need to check out MIND DRIVE.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Nice track and commentary.

[@L33Reacts]

thank you hartlor, much appreciated.

[@anthonyblakely399]

This album "The Ladder" is a Masterpiece going into the 21st century! Certainly their Master piece in the 90's! I don't have it....but it is on my list to buy!!! I really love it!!!

[@normandaubry]

It’s an excellent album, and the band sound rejuvenated on it.

[@anthonyblakely399]

Thank you Lee for accepting my request!!! I appreciate you brother

[@surestrike4893]

This is one my favorite albums of the current iteration of Yes.

[@Bob.L.Shirley]

So glad you finally got to hear this, Lee! I love The Ladder and if I wasn't broke I would have requested this song for you months ago. The producer was really in sync with the band and they sound great - shame that story had such a sad ending. Hope you keep exploring this album and look into the House Of Blues DVD to see this version of the band live.

[@paulehney4581]

Definitely the Yes sound!

[@lesimprosdulezardvert1342]

Really one of my favorite song

[@TheReaperMan275]

Steve Howe plays lead guitar and Billy Sherwood plays rhythm. Igor Khoroshev was a great fit for Yes in the absence of Wakeman, though he lacked Wakeman's compositional skills, and he could perform all the big epics flawlessly live; "Awaken", "The Gates of Delirium", "The Revealing Science of God", etc. And Jon Anderson is simply a freak of nature, in the best possible sense. Still sounding great at the age of 79, with his new band, The Band Geeks. Kudos to Alan White as well. He was excellent on this album along with his battery mate, Chris Squire.

[@jpirard]

Actually Igor is a great composer

[@surestrike4893]

I really enjoyed the Video game that this song was featured on.

[@jamiecruze5208]

What a surprise for me when I completed Homeworld and this started playing! Great feeling

[@yes_head]

This is one of the few post-70's Yes songs that authentically recaptures the old magic. Working with a good producer was a huge bonus (Bruce Fairbairn, RIP), plus they had a keyboard player (briefly) who could deliver 70's keyboard sounds. It's not a perfect song (the ending is weak and anti-climactic IMO), but the way the vocal arrangement builds through the modulations toward the end and hits that peaks never fails to give me that old time dopamine rush. BTW, all of the upfront guitar is Steve. Billy just picked at an electric 12-string on this one, plus he lent backing vocals. He was mainly on board for this album because he had helped Yes get through the previous year or two, and he and Chris were buddies. But following this period of touring they parted ways, with Chris actually saying that Billy was 'surplus to requirements'. Ouch! 😟

[@JimboKM]

Yay!

[@PeregrineTravers]

I always thought Homeworld and Awaken would have made great soundtracks to spectacular Sci Fi movies. You could imagine fantastic starships on voyages to distant worlds with this stuff.

[@steve26553]

I've watched your reaction to Awaken. Have you done anything else from the "Going for the One" album? The title track, Parallels and Wonderous Stories are all worth a listen and reaction for us to enjoy.

[@jpirard]

You should check out From a Page, or Fly From Here, ( the whole Suite)

[@AlanWeisssaltz]

Igor was a great addition to Yes😊

[@j.jennings1722]

Great song! I either like or love every track on this album, except for the last two and even they are decent, listenable songs. This is a very upbeat album, and my favorite is a Rocker called "Lightning Strikes." It's pretty hard. ❤😀✌

[@markhaus2830]

Lee........You do know Billy Sherwood is the current bass player for YES. It was Chris Squire's wish for Billy to take the bass duties after Chris was gone. They were also good friends. Billy is a muti-instrumentalist.

[@sydnoids1]

South Side of the Sky is special, from Fragile. So great. That could be a good choice

[@benjaminsanabria6021]

On this album, try New Languages or from keys to ascension Mind Drive. Bless YES Saturdays ❤

[@brucehenninger2662]

"Mind Drive" is a MUST. "New Language" is highly recommended too, but there's a lot of other great stuff on "The Ladder" as well.

[@L33Reacts]

I might just go in order and keep on with this one... this was really good!

[@markoliver630]

Yes it is very good. Approved 😁🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧

[@josephmartin1749]

Yes House of Blues live

[@YESFan1971]

YES-Saturdays are the best. Period.

[@gregjones861]

Lee: Looking at your Yes playlist, it looks like you still haven't reacted to The Calling, which is the opening track from their Talk album. That's my suggestion. This Homeworld was a great one to react to, as I consider it the last truly strong Yes composition that is filled with surprises that all serve the song. As for some more member's solo work reaction suggestions, try Statue Of Justice from Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record album. Alan and Chris are on it and absolutely SMOKE! Plus Trevor Rabin's song Can't Look Away is huge. Keep up the great work bro - I live for these Saturdays with Yes.

[@rodneygriffin7666]

I only wish that the Great Rick Wakeman was on this album. ✌️♥️

[@richardcashley5856]

You Need to listen to Awaken Todmobile and Jon Anderson

[@mstewart109]

Any ELP coming down the pike? Speaking of Keith Emerson ❤.

[@GES8215]

The last great yes album. Since going for the one.

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Ahem. Magnification

[@GES8215]

@@frankhoulihanfh4972 meh

[@meistergedanken4790]

Best song by far on the album - hints of past glory there. Most of the others are rather forgettable. "Can I?" and the closer "Nine Voices" are also pretty good but are all too short in duration. As far as future recommendations go, while the album "Open Your Eyes" is trash, some of the Keys to Ascension studio tracks from the mid-90's are definitely worth a listen.

[@L33Reacts]

well, i guess we will see. i might do some more from this album! i really enjoyed this one.

[@poptart4260]

Great album L33 , you have to spin it a few times just like the others

[@poptart4260]

Oh and what a tour

[@L33Reacts]

i've noticed a few repeat listens can go a long way with a song you struggle with to like at first. it could have been anything BUT the music that made you not like it sometimes. mood etc.... but then there are just stinkers that no amount of spins will fix lol.

[@L33Reacts]

i heard this tour was great! i might have to try and find some of it on here

[@susangonsalves9636]

@@L33Reacts "Live from the House of Blues." And I would just keep listening to "The Ladder," album. Throwing out another with a Yes connection, "Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face," by Mystery (studio version) with Benoit David. Mystery is a Canadian prog rock band.

[@anthonyblakely399]

I do not know what's going on between you and You Tube but for the past 3 months your Yes videos on Saturday are not being displayed on my You Tube page....I have to hunt for your reactions to Yes on Saturday....I have written a complaint to You Tube on their deliberate AI display of biases! My hope is they will correct this issue.

[@L33Reacts]

They don’t like me I’m guessing. It’s all good. I’m sorry that you have to hunt for them. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I’ve noticed the views drop off bad over the past week or two and other people have said things like you just said so who knows. Thank you for saying something to them though I appreciate that.

[@franciscodiaz183]

Probably the last "great classic" of Yes.

[@BarrySanchez]

YES’s The Ladder experience two tragedies when 1st) they’re producer Bruce Fairbairns died during the final mix (I believe) he didn’t show up to the studio & Jon went to his home & found him dead. 2nd) on the Friday night before the 9/11 terrorist attack they performed at Madison Sq. Garden & then The Ladder was released on 9/20/2001 a week after the attack, & both of those things worked against the release of another wonderful YES Album. YES IS BEST!!!

[@BarrySanchez]

That’s Steve