SO COOL!| FIRST TIME HEARING Yes - Leave It REACTION

[@tbjfsu]

Who remembers that the band released 18 different versions of this video on MTV back in the day?

[@zorak1704]

April Fools Day 1984

[@brandonwilliford526]

I don't think Godley and Creme get enough recognition in today's world for the work they did on videos back in the 80s. Lor of it groundbreaking or envelope pushing that rippled through the decades.

[@rodb9275]

Interesting. I wasn't into YES back then. As a grown man in my 50's I appreciate SO many more sounds than I did back then. I liked this sort of thing too, back then though. So I'm not sure why I wasn't into YES

[@kentnottingham9635]

Yep! We actually turned our tv upside down to watch it correctly on one version!

[@cjk5115]

I remember that very well. Great, fun stuff.

[@Pait728]

The entire "90125" album is fire!

[@DanielOrion74]

It highlights just how GOOD this band is. That they could move effortlessly from deep Prog to pop songs and not miss a beat. This entire album is incredible and it dominated the airwaves when it was released.

[@monkeysuncle2816]

My Prog buddies hate this album lol

[@nathancrawley4149]

Totally agree

[@fosymraz]

Owner of a Lonely Heart is their most commercial hit and the most progressive #1 ever.

[@nathancrawley4149]

@fosymraz not the best song of that album though

[@craigparker9744]

It's one of my favorite Yes songs. Very underrated songs.

[@danielmankowski922]

Agree this and Changes are very underrated!

[@NavvyMom]

Amen to both of you! Every time I hear Leave It I feel like I hear yet another voice, layer in the mix. It's such a "busy" song. It may be my fave Yes song, if forced to choose a fave. LOVE the xylophone(?) at the beginning of Changes . . . and all that follows!

[@AngloAm]

Highly.

[@brandonwilliford526]

The album this is off of, 1983's 90125, is, for me, one of the best albums of the 80s. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" (which you all have done already); ""It Can Happen" (one of my personal all-tome favourite tracks); the instrumental "Cinema" (which is what this version of the band was going to be called before Jon Anderson came back. Just a fantastic album.

[@brianmcmaster5112]

It Can Happen is the one they should do next.

[@shyman99]

It is their very best album of all.

[@thorfinsky1427]

90125 was the first CD I bought in 1989, ended up with about 650 before streaming finally took over. Still have them all though, my records are another story. : (

[@DmMass-m7n]

@@brianmcmaster5112 Plus Changes and Our Song. The whole damn album is just great. Saw them in Memphis then and like 89 or 90 also. Amphitheater on MS River Sat nite. The nite before was Jackson Brown. What a weekend.

[@HeavyTopspin]

Definitely the most approachable of all Yes albums. I consider myself a fan, but still there are countless songs on their earlier album that take progressiveness to insane levels and are a little beyond the average listener's ability to enjoy, but on 90125 every track is a great listen.

[@leeslate2179]

The A capella version of this song is one of my favorites.

[@lorriredmon8212]

IT'S THE BEST!!!!!

[@timwhiteside9971]

me too .

[@Buffbino]

“Leave It” was an unusual song for a band that excelled in unusual and unique songs. Yes was amazing!

[@TonyM1961]

Yes was incredible as well as highly influential across the industry. I miss the days when music was actually performed by skilled musicians with a message

[@raymondohlsen5054]

Yes will always surprise you. They sound like no one else.

[@thomascroft5076]

I love Yes - but this sounds like Gentle Giant!

[@thane9]

@@thomascroft5076 Great take. I think there's a lot in common with the British prog rock bands of that era though. Definitely my favorite genre. Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, great sounds that sometimes feel like they cross over one another.

[@kennethbale9680]

Ill saayyy😏

[@keithbk]

This was THE song that got me into Yes. I had heard songs like "Seen all Good People," "Roundabout," and "Long Distance Runaround" on the radio, but they didn't really do much for me. Then I heard "Owner of a Lonely Heart," and it was okay. But then I heard this one... and now I own EVERY Yes album, Jon Anderson and Jon & Vangelis solo album, Steve Howe and Trevor Rabin album, and more than 50 Rick Wakeman albums... Greatest band with a fantastic catalog.

[@benjaminrupe5930]

Chris Squire's solo album "Fish Out of Water" is, what I would call, a must have. It's truly exceptional.

[@samuraiwarriorsunite]

The fact that lead singer Jon Anderson, at 80, can still hit those high notes is amazing.

[@astraltimewarrior5129]

Changes is one of the best from this album.

[@jimschroeder1176]

The best from this album.

[@richardtaylor8595]

LOVE YES. Yours is No Disgrace is another gem.

[@magneto7930]

Or any Yes song from that era.

[@lesknight5416]

Agree for me it's starship trooper still part of the encore when I saw them this year

[@Guildofarcanelore]

I’m glad to hear you are feeling better today! Jay at 75% is still better than most of KZbin at 100%!

[@LearningJeff]

‘82- ‘85 MTV really was “I want my MTV.” Connecting with musical groups with visuals. 👍

[@klipkultur3680]

This album, this sound, these voices... ageless.

[@Sec998]

So glad you got to hear this song. It's one of my favorites. This was the follow up to "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from their 1983 classic album "90125", which is an excellent album.

[@payleighsteele1540]

One of my favorite Yes songs!!!

[@ortizmo]

The 90125 album is iconic. Everything on it sonically perfect. Enjoy the journey.

[@andyleclerc3600]

Awesome song, and the special effects were amazing for 1984

[@Jude_196]

Oh, MAN!! Hope you're feeling WAY BETTER, TOMORROW!!! LOVE YES!!! THANKS for THIS ONE!!! HUGS, YA'LL!!!

[@revgurley]

My favorite YES song. Love it!

[@springfieldprogressive8951]

So glad your feeling better Jay. Missed you guys.

[@jeffreylauzon7630]

Great harmonics in this song.

[@JeffCappelletti-e6l]

Yes actually used a Linn Drum drum machine in this song. The Acapella parts were sampled into the Fairlight C.M.I. IIx that was used extensively on the whole album. The paned snare drum sound was also the Fairlight C.M.I. Godley and Cream from 10 CC did the video

[@stevethomas8536]

If I remember correctly, they released this song on April Fools Day and MTVs April Fools was to "World Premier" it over and over with about 18 versions of the video, each slightly different. There is a whole rabbit hole you can go down on the internet about that April Fools Day event.

[@joetoth2564]

"Love will find a way" is a good one too. Feel better! Leave it is from the same album as "Owner of a lonely heart"

[@nathans3241]

I saw Yes in concert about 40 years ago in Los Angeles and I still have the program. Another great song by Yes is Tempus Fugit (Time Flies). I promise you'll like it.

[@ryanr5319]

Thanks so much for reaction!! Yes is amazing. This is their 80's incarnation. 70's Yes is longer songs and movements.

[@francisseidel8014]

Trevor Rabin brought such a unique change to Yes, while Howe was off with Asia and GTR.

[@TheAngryPacifist05]

This IS my favorite Yes song.

[@kristophermyers2255]

I've always loved this song... My fav Yes song.

[@carlroza102]

This was the sound of the 80’s! Everyone was using synthesizer and beats!😍

[@todvball]

I highly recommend the 90125 album !!! It opened a new sound of rock n roll . Fresh... positive.. deep... and fun . It's "new school Yes" ....a new chapter of Yes .

[@Jessica_Roth]

Yep, this is the 1980s Yes, with Trevor Rabin on guitar. (Steve Howe had moved onto Asia in the period when Yes was broken up; Howe almost always features acoustic guitars in his songs with Yes, but Rabin generally disdains them.) A very clever and cool song, from the same album as "Owner of a Lonely Heart". I'm a bit ashamed I haven't recommended it as yet. Also from this album are "It Can Happen", "Hold On", and "Changes". And if you want to hear some 1990s yes, take a listen to "I Would Have Waited Forever", the best part of the misbegotten "Union" album. Going back to the classic period, you still need to hit "Starship Trooper", "Perpetual Change",, "Siberian Khatru" and "To Be Over". And then there's the unique "Drama" album, with "Machine Messiah" and Chris Squire's masterwork, "Tempus Fugit". And don't forget the love songs, like "Sweetness" and "Onward". And maybe, just maybe, you'll forget your time limit and play my favorite of all time, "And You And I". Maybe someday…

[@dougtheeliminator1077]

Yes rocks!!!!

[@anthonyblakely399]

The lyrics Yes keeps repeating in the chorus, is, "Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye Bad......Hello. hello Heaven" And a great positive lyric to be in your head. Great reaction. the song, "Leave It" is from the album, "90125" by YES, released in 1983. Most YES fans hate this album....I really like this album. The album is still today their most successful album, selling 3 million copies in the US and the album is a triple-platinum album.

[@TB6791]

😮 this a different incarnation of YES 😮 with Trevor Rabin playing guitar 🎸 Trevor used my co-workers Guitar when the new Eastwood soundstage opened on a soundtrack 😮

[@TonyShepps]

It's Chris Squire singing the low "Dum"s here, and you can hear the same Dums on the song "Close (To The Edit)" by Art of Noise. Trevor Horn produced "Leave It", and was a member of Art of Noise, and he re-used the Dums.

[@VictorPM1550]

Yes 🙂 I always considered this track as part of "The Art Of Noise in the making".

[@bravesirrobin1793]

I love Yes, seen them many times in concert, soooo good.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

YES the greatest show on earth ✨️🎶✨️

[@ndlouder]

Amber has the best comments! Great song, AMAZING album 90125.

[@thefinerthingsinlife4557]

90125 is the album. It's full of hits. "Changes" (my favorite), "Owner of a lonely Heart"...So good.

[@andrewp7509]

Great cut from this band !

[@kentnottingham9635]

All of 90125 and Big Generator and GREAT! I love old yes too but these albums brought them to the mainstream and more accessible.

[@marktubbs8033]

One of my favorite songs by Yes.

[@davidreed1096]

Chris Squire and that bass!

[@robbbutterfield1256]

This and "owner of a lonely heart" and "City of Love" are my favorite yes songs.

[@txheadshots]

The a cappella version is even more 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@countygraybeal6901]

This is just making me sing out loud!! ❤

[@beverlysbrookes8247]

I haven't heard this in ages. Great track, I also recommend owner of a lonely heart is also a great record from yes.

[@tedd8055]

Love that syncopated bass line and vocals.

[@shanadellos6034]

So fun to see you two grooving and getting into this pop funk vibe from Yes!! Keep digging in!

[@TheCkent100]

You really should listen to the acapella version of this song. You can really hear the incredible harmonies that way.

[@agneskurzaj]

"Yes" is one of my favorites. Can't explain their expertise. Glad they are finally in the Rock hall of Fame. Masters. Canadian Grandma Lori. C.

[@BreannaMae]

YES!! One of my all-time favorites from them! Everything from the harmonies to the high tech music video made this so magical! If you're old enough to remember the MTV days (when they actually played music videos and not reality tv), you'd know how insanely popular this song was. There were so many variations of the video, too. While I was in high school the guys in my choir class did a rendition of Leave it lol.

[@lisaalexander9541]

Another excellent YES song... Tempus Fugit.

[@tylerhackner9731]

One of my favorite yes songs

[@ArturoHernandez-zo6di]

Such a great song. From a great album 90125! Every song so good

[@kayakuprising5914]

I just got this vinyl album and OMG on my system it sounds AMAZING! Sure it sounds cool with headphones, but nothing beats some big loudspeakers.

[@amandafaber9983]

This was such an amazing album front to back. Other songs from it were more radio popular. But this is my all-time favorite track. So fun to see you two react to it!😊

[@hellokimmy68]

This was the early 80s, so it did have the "80s sound" for sure. I'm so glad you did the video. I've seen other reactors who do just a studio version with no video, and even though it's a great song on its own, I think the video makes it even more interesting.

[@allenlocke1935]

This was so 80's but every song on it is worth the listen.Yes!

[@meganstarling390]

Haven't heard this song in YEARS!! ❤🎵

[@stevehamilton8824]

We missed you yesterday but you cannot be here everyday! Glad you could be here today! This is an amazing tune! Such art!

[@randall5076]

Here's a song by the band Yes that you guys might want to check out, "Love Will Find A Way"

[@oceanbluebandflorida]

They opened up with this song at the April 18, 1984 concert in Lakeland FL -and i was front row center standing up Amazing concert Great album!!!

[@flairfan4life1]

Been following you guys for a long time. Love this song. Saw YES Live. Just great. Thank you for playing this. Try YES- TEMPUS FUGIT, next...

[@surlechapeau]

Jay &Amber, You'll love their song "Yours Is No Disgrace" and "Close To The Edge!!!

[@countygraybeal6901]

Great song!!

[@theodoreritola7641]

Are they 70s Yes ?

[@breese4425]

Try “hold on@ and changes from Yex in this same 90125 album

[@scottstevens7639]

The album ‘90125’ was the early ‘80’s ‘rebirth’ of Yes, aka the return of Jon Anderson to the fold. The reason it sounds so ‘80’s is because it was produced by Trevor Horn, who helped define the sound of that era. He brought the world such bands as ‘Frankie Goes to Hollywood’ and ‘ABC’ amongst others. You’ve done interviews with musicians and producers before. If you could score an interview with Mr. Horn, you would rule the Reactorverse🤘

[@arclight2012]

Ha this song came out when I was like 10 years old and I almost completely forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!

[@Deborahtunes]

This is from the 1983 album "90125". The entire Lp is fantastic. Two others you should listen to from here is "Changes" & "City Of Love," which has a harder edge to it...

[@brianmcmaster5112]

IT CAN HAPPEN?? That is an awesome song with a fun video.

[@Deborahtunes]

@brianmcmaster5112 ~ I liked "It Can Happen," but it wasn't a favorite from the Lp...

[@nordeguzman]

This is my favorite YES song. It was one of the earliest cassette tapes i ever bought

[@thefinerthingsinlife4557]

So glad you guys are discovering all my favorite songs and bands. I love to watch you guys rock out.

[@lillitaluciferis205]

Thank you. I had forgotten about this song, even though it used to be a favorite.

[@williamgagnon1986]

Awesome!!!! One of my favorites by YES 👍 I have the album in my closet 💯🔥💯

[@peterhadfield9840]

Under rated song, one of my favorite Yes tunes!

[@AntMain-l3b]

Seeing Yes in the round was amazing.

[@thane9]

I'm here for ANY Yes you react to. They're a terrific band with a super deep catalogue.

[@RobC-z9v]

Incredible band!!! Again I love you guys💙 I love rediscovering bands that I adore through your virgin ears, absolutely love it!!!🤘💙

[@donalddixoninlou]

Another good Yes song I liked as soon as I heard it!

[@seanswinton6242]

Great song from 90125! This video had several different versions as did their single sleeve covers. React to YES classic "Heart Of Sunrise."

[@1111nolanc]

This album was released in '83, we listened to it non stop as HS seniors in '87-'88.

[@karlsmith2570]

6:32 Hey Jay, in reference to the album this song appears on, that album is titled "90125" That album also includes the songs "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" and "Changes"

[@chicagocubs71]

Rip Chris Spier (Bass Player) n founding member of Yes!!!

[@SheptonDavies]

Chris Squire

[@francisseidel8014]

There are no founding members of Yes touring with them anymore. Jon Anderson and Chris Squire had an agreement on the use of them name yes. The band, just recently sued for copyright infringement (twice) on their recent material, has no connections to the sole remaining person, who should own the name YES, and that is Jon Anderson. Howe, who wasn't on their first two albums, should not be using the Yes name. IMHO

[@discount8508]

this song holds the record of having the most film clips ever

[@owenbb505]

Jay, the album this song is from is called "90125", released back in 1983. It was a commercial comeback for the group and "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" is from that album as well! Hope you're feeling better btw, I'm just getting over a head cold that's been battling me this past week! Just something going round, I think.

[@jimmysmith-xb7vm]

YES!! No pun intended😊 I’m happy you did some 80’s Yes. This one and Changes are my favorites

[@84greenbear]

Earworms! Music that gets stuck in your head. Sometimes a good thing, sometimes not so much. GOOD VIDEO!

[@danjmcs]

The 90125 album is just brilliant, start to finish... great deep track off this record and it just sounds amazing. Yes has gone through so many lineup changes and Trevor Rabins influence certainly took them a bit of a different direction, but I love it all.

[@magnificentfailure2390]

Blast from the past! I saw them in concert back on the tour for this album. My date cancelled at the last minute, so I took my sister, who just passed away this year, right before my birthday. It was a great show. The opening act cancelled, too. They showed a Bugs Bunny cartoon instead. That was a hoot and a holler.

[@JH-rt4fx]

Sorry about your sister. When they played in the 80's they had a round stage that spun. No opening act, just Bugs Bunny cartoons. I thought it was awesome.

[@jamesanthony5257]

This is the "New Wave" addition of a few of The Buggles with Yes less a few players.

[@mattleppard1970]

Oh Yes. From prog to rock to pop! This is fire - up there with many of their prog songs for me. Different, of course. 😊 The magic of producer (and ex-Yes member Trevor Horn) is what gives this so much 80s sparkle.

[@One_Proud_Papa]

Yes has always been amazingly harmonic. As a choir nerd, I love the vocal only version of this. Check it out. It'll blow your mind.

[@NavvyMom]

Yes!!! LOVE all the harmonic layers, and the a capella is a feast for the ears!

[@kaspinet]

I've always loved Jon Anderson's voice. He sings two of my favorite songs I'll Find My Way Home and State of Independence.

[@ravensmadhouse75]

"90125" was not supposed to be a "YES" album, but rather a side project by a band called "Cinema". Bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and Trevor Rabin (guitarist, singer, songwriter) formed Cinema, and began recording an album with original "YES" keyboardist Tony Kaye, who had been fired in 1971. They adopted a more commercial and pop-oriented musical direction as the result of their new material, much of which derived from Rabin's demos. During the mixing stage, former Yes singer Jon Anderson, who had left in 1980, accepted an invitation to return and record the co-lead vocals, and subsequently the band decided to stop calling themselves Cinema and declared themselves the new "YES" Lineup, and "90125" became one of the band's best known albums. Trevor Horn, formerly of YES & The Buggles, served as the album's producer and provided backing vocals. The album's name, "90125", was the album's original official Catalog Number for Atco Records (A subsidiary imprint of Atlantic Records). Here is an idea. Jon Anderson left the group in the late 1980s and formed another YES style group with three more former members, Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman, & Steve Howe as "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" in 1988 and they recorded a self-titled album for Arista records with a lead single, "Brother of Mine", in an attempt to recapture the sound of "YES" in the 1970s from albums such as "Fragile" & "The Yes Album" & "Tales from Topographical Oceans". Reserve that song for one of your reactions and let me know what you think. url: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2mqpJSBfK2Yj5o (Video version as the original recording is 10+ minutes long).

[@eightiesflashback]

The whole album is amazing! 90125 every song is great

[@chrishackett554]

Saw the 90125 tour live in Rochester, NY and many other variations of the band including Anderson, Wakeman, Bruford and Howe.

[@krisdoggett483]

Yes in the 70s played progressive rock. In the 80s they played progressive pop. This track was on the 1983 90125 album along with Owner of A Lonely Heart, which y'all have heard already. You're on your third Yes track. Seventies Yes is my preferred era though I like the 80s stuff well enough. Y'all should check out "Starship Trooper" next from 1971. Also, check out Chris Squire's song "Lucky Seven" from his 1975 solo album Fish Out of Water. He was the bass player and co-founding member of Yes until he sadly passed away in 2015. Some nice saxophone on there.

[@AdrianDeVore]

Love will find a way - Yes

[@joetabor539]

This was the first video I ever saw on MTV. So trippy