Tales From Topographic Oceans (excerpts), Yes; Birmingham Symphony Hall, 1 June 2024

[@lagpressure]

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.

[@Pete90125]

Jon and Band Geeks will be releasing a studio album in August 👍

[@martynproctor1576]

JD's voice is attracting all the local dogs

[@johnfrehley3887]

Jon Anderson is YES

[@otisspunkmeyer9339]

No he is not. He is the voice of yes

[@mjuza7114]

Steve Howe and backing musicians...tribute Yes band

[@christ7318]

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.

[@RonBaldino]

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.

[@jobstludwig6197]

Steve ist nicht gut, er ist nur noch peinlich 😢😢😢

[@jimstephanidis3847]

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.

[@erichjung4192]

Yes rules !! This isn't Yes though .

[@fenixfp40]

Jon and the band geeks make a better Yes imo.

[@lesimprosdulezardvert1342]

It sounds weird this "cut" version of Tales. It doesn't seem to fit well together, but it's a nice try

[@yeswolf1]

It's not a nice try. I doesn't go together well at all.

[@wjm4elements]

what happened to this song we once knew so well?

[@lesimprosdulezardvert1342]

@@wjm4elements excellent ! Yes, indeed !

[@richardcyrka6682]

Chris and Alan....if your watching.... switch your heavenly TV on and watch the Simpsons instead

[@bevmacdonald9008]

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.

[@jobstludwig6197]

Sorry, das ist nur noch noch furchtbar 😢😢😢😢

[@yeswolf1]

They are butchering this once incredible music. Had you seen/heard them playing when it was knew, you'd know the difference.

[@bevmacdonald9008]

@@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.

[@bevmacdonald9008]

@@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.

[@kumisshishido6328]

Sorry I choose geeks 😢 I love Howe though

[@eojeda1375]

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 !!!

[@barrye5376]

Steve is a Blessing - Indescribable and much loved!!

[@jobstludwig6197]

Steve ist eine sehr schwierige Person und kein guter Gitarrist mehr 😢😢😢😢

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

This is great.

[@jobstludwig6197]

Das ist unterirdisch 😢😢😢

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

@@jobstludwig6197 There is never enough YES. All is good.

[@yeswolf1]

This is a joke

[@ivc5150]

That voice is just awful on the ears, regardless of how average the musicianship is.

[@nested_King]

Bad arrangement, poorly executed

[@Jeffrey.Seelman]

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.

[@davidlittlewood762]

@@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!!

[@johnmorrell]

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.Seelman]

@@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.Seelman]

@@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.

[@donaldtaylor7168]

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.

[@yeswolf1]

LOL

[@lagpressure]

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.

[@captainsouth4460]

And no one would care if you did lol😂

[@5qob]

This is nothing more than butchering great music

[@jobstludwig6197]

​@@captainsouth4460Er hat absolut Recht das hat mit YES nichts mehr zu tun 😢😢😢😢

[@donaldtaylor7168]

The power of this band does not come across on a phone video even on 1080 HD. Outstanding performance.

[@yeswolf1]

Davison doesn't even appear to understand what he is singing. Anderson departs meaning beautifully.

[@elprofe360]

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.

[@1melkkoe1]

The singer is singing layback , thats why is sounds so poor and out of tune.

[@curly437]

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.

[@yeswolf1]

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.

[@bevmacdonald9008]

I love his voice. In this mix, however I find the mix on his vocals is a bit muddy and buried imho

[@bevmacdonald9008]

@@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.

[@wfamdaxj]

Awfull

[@Lookup2Wakeup]

Yawn.....

[@chris-qw4xb]

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

[@fabioligeiro2010]

amazing