Yes - Going For The One live in 1977

[@bluetickgamer]

What an amazing performance! Everyone always mentions Chris Squire’s outstanding bass lines but he was also an incredible vocalist. The way he harmonizes with Jon is a big part of the Yes sound!

[@Magnetron33]

Huge part He was the best harmony singing bass player I have ever seen. Probably why I went over 40 times

[@luckycomb]

Squire was a church choir boy before becoming a rock god.

[@Magnetron33]

@@luckycomb Indeed! And brought a ton of music theory with him

[@aschule5684]

SO true, Chris's vocals were such a huge part of their sound, he was every bit as important vocally as anything else, "FISH OUT OF WATER" really showcase's his vocal talents and is a musical masterpiece and evidence of the huge importance of his role in this band!

[@iliketowatch.]

Chris Squire really made "Fragile" the classic that it is (especially heard on "Roundabout").

[@teresakoslosky3053]

I saw this preformed in Seattle in 77! Met my true love there and we had a little girl and now she is grown and I have taken her to hear these guys for herself!!

[@stargate1555]

The "Going for the One" studio sessions on KZbin crack me up. What a wonderful band. These guys really did it right.

[@mdengler61]

So sad we will never see this line up again, they were perfection.

[@Magnetron33]

I am incredibly glad to have seen this lineup first in 72 and then many times after that. Now, it all seems like an amazing dream, as if it was so great it couldn't have been from this world. They were a live spiritual journey back then...every time!

[@chwthomas09]

Especially since both Chris Squire and Alan White both died. No original Yes members are in Yes right now.

[@royisstr]

the last time properly was the jazz festival in 2004. an amazing concert. hopefully AI can make this lineup come back again thats are only hope.

[@aeropilot4419]

@@royisstr The 35th anniversary tour was great (2004) but you could tell they were all fading fast … glad I saw it too 👏🏼❤️‍🔥

[@danielmata6512]

Much of the energy they discuss is thanks to the wonderful performance of the great Alan White

[@sfpdonblem3200]

Jon sounds like a little kid on this one, his vocals are just out of this world god damn!

[@ezcast4003]

Give some love to Steve Howe too!!! That steel pedal is unparalleled in rock music!!!

[@davehebert1006]

There never has been another bassist quite like Chris Squire - amazing how much he produces live on one instrument.

[@oo88oo]

Best bass guitar song ever: On the Silent Wings of Freedom, off the Tormato album.

[@RayEY1962]

I've been a Yes fan since grade school!! Squire has ALWAYS been one of my most favorite bassists!! A true innovator!!

[@yaelrar.4460]

@@oo88oo Wow! Agree!!

[@yaelrar.4460]

Well said.

[@jonathansmith3742]

As much as I like CSquire and his ability and voice, I have a picture of me shaking John Entwistles hand. John knew how to do it too.

[@tonymich291]

These guys are the greatest musicians of all time!

[@jdpbuilder1787]

..and all these tunes run crazy time signatures. Chris Squire playing those nasty bass lines while singing.. they all sole their souls to get here. I’m sure of it

[@billseely991]

On video?..;)

[@morbidmanmusic]

Not so much. If I can play this, they ain't the greatest google morbid man covers close to the edge SoundCloud

[@daveg5340]

Along with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd...

[@cliveedwards2958]

I was a punk back in 77 but I just loved this album and the title track is superb!! I really dont think music will ever be as brilliant as this ever again

[@erlinhld8745]

The late 70´s were a great phase in rock music........YES had developed so much....concerning sound and harmonies........I love that album! They were on the brink of 80´s pop, but better. The 80´s never reached that level, not in rock, not in pop music.

[@onnionfrance1227]

The slide guitar blows the back of my skull off.Especially after about 3:50 where you can't even tell what the hell he's doing to it. It's a visitor from another planet at that point ! These guys : )

[@pleasedontfeedtheai2341]

Anderson blows my brain!!!

[@pleasedontfeedtheai2341]

Just like on the Album!!😎

[@VioletRene]

Right ON!

[@onesixfive]

im a bit embarassed to admit that for years i had no idea this was a slide guitar. worse yet, i have played guitar for many years. i just couldn't understand what the hell was making that noise. i guess i knew it was a guitar or some kind of stringed instrument but i think ive only known it was a slide for about a year. at the end it literally soars like a bird and almost makes me cry.

[@kimberlyblood46]

Dig it dude. YES rules❣

[@bitchnguy]

Yes was such a great live band back in the day, so happy I grew up in the 70's and got to see ALL the best bands. Never will there be another era like that.

[@saleconomos473]

Amen to that.

[@joelplutchak]

Amen, dude. Saw them twice in the late 70's, and AWBH in the 90's. Great music and musicians.

[@tobortine]

So true. the 70s were the best time ever to be a teenager.

[@davidgarione2206]

At that time, I remember that Going for the One and Tormato were underestimated by Yes fans in Argentina. Today both are real classics from Yes discography. Time changes everything and puts things on its real place.

[@ricardocagnoni]

Going for the one, nunca fue subestimado por los seguidores de YES en Argentina. Tenia canciones que eran un continuación de las obras maestras de CTTE, como Turn of Century, Awaken y Going for the One. Tormato fue un gran cambio, dificil de entender...la mezcla fue muy criticada por todos... y fue el ultimo disco antes del real quiebre de la banda...

[@Magnetron33]

Saw Jon and the Geeks last night in Chicago! Excellent show! 2 songs off the forthcoming new album Good stuff! Jon is still the singing magician

[@ianvsykes]

Worked at Wembley Arena (as it was called then) in 1977. These guys turned up and I was blown away. Loved them ever since.

[@xsited1]

This was the song that hooked me on Yes. I was young and heard this on the radio and was blown away.

[@kimberlyblood46]

Yup me too❣

[@CommeSpock]

Idem for me !

[@baco82]

Me too in 1997.

[@majcpw]

It’s the opposite for me. I grew up on the early hits all on Yessongs and just discovered this one after 50 years of being a Yes fan. Go figure!

[@fmoyano]

@@baco82 me too in 1997 !!

[@frankiebats4thebronx]

I seen them in concert in 1977 JCNJ Roosevelt stadium. It was the most awesome concert. And sadly the last year of concerts due to a stabbing death at the concert. The band was totally totally awesome. My god bring me back

[@perrybarton]

Man, this just kills! I bought the album when it came out, and it's still one of my top three Yes LPs. All of these guys were great, and for my money, Squire was drivin' that train. 😎

[@wavelength3278]

Saw this concert in Munich, 1977. I was attending boarding school in Salzburg. Anyone else out there from SIPS?🙏👍

[@timmy42425]

40 years later, still just damn good

[@garyrossington2143]

Really gets the blood flowing!

[@yaelrar.4460]

They were virtuosos.

[@Wolfman1987]

One of the best YES songs ever

[@keithkoenig5320]

For me, it's PARALLELS from the same album.

[@kimberlyblood46]

This song envelopes the meaning of the 70's. I wanna go back there and hop in my little black Datsun 240z with the orange pinstripe that I practically washed and waxed right off of it and just drive listening to YES!

[@thefool2007]

Absolutely stellar. This music insanely excellent in every way. I miss Chris.

[@ftwins2000]

The 2 Most Talented Bands EVER…. Zeppelin & Yes Great Guitarist, Great Drummers, Great Bass Players(Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer) & Superb Drummers

[@kimberlyblood46]

YES = the epitomy of pure musical perfection. " Listen to life."

[@Min-xm8tp]

Back when Bands could really play and sound engineers could really Erm...sound engineer! And I'm an old farty Punk who's not supposed to like this sort of stuff!!...Brilliant!

[@alexhicks5889]

Glad you're not a cookie cutter punk snob like those in my area!

[@christianwilesguitar]

Amazing ... the best live version I have ever heard.

[@SrimanJohn1]

They always gave flawless live performances. Like no other.

[@travkatz]

Pure love. Every moment, perfect. Lightning in a bottle.

[@tramlad2]

I saw them in 77 at the Glasgow Apollo...fantastic concert...time flies...one of the greatest live bands of all time.

[@j.hardie7906]

THIS ... is the song , that had me hooked on YES . Way back ... when I was 11year old kid . It was a supreme Sound Masterpiece to my ears -- still is .....

[@greasedog]

They had me with Close to the Edge years before. I’d never heard a single piece laid out like that and played so brilliantly.

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

What a way to start the morning. Brilliant. I can listen to this 10 times in a row.

[@kevinthomas6328]

This didn't leave my turntable when I was a young kid in the late seventies. Then Rush's 2112 and All The World's A Stage. Damn, I've always loved Wakeman's synth break in this song and Chris Squire ... This almost beings a tear to my eye... Remembering better days. RIP Neil Peart.

[@learn_live]

This bassline brings me to tears every single time

[@thomasdittemer8648]

Chris Squire is amazing, I'm glad I got to see show in New Haven Coliseum in 1977 Sept. Tickets only $ 8.00 back then for a decent seat..! T.D.

[@billrebsamen1810]

Flawless performance of this great Yes tune... this song always puts me in a good mood!

[@greasedog]

I remember this so well! My friend Willie and I attended the St. Louis stop for the Going for the One tour. My last of 4 other live performances of my favorite Prog Rock band of all time. I saw them all. Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Moody Blues, ELO, Star Castle. Yes was the only band I saw in concert 5 times.

[@stuartryan610]

I was 5 when this came out. I woke to this tune every school day as we had a cassette radio alarm. So 7am this blasted out. I would not get out of bed untill turn of the century started. Loved it then. Love it now. The best Yes album of all.

[@codacorta]

uno più bravo dell'altro! Nel '77 tenevano ancora alto il buon rock. Unici

[@jimusgrimus]

I will always remember Chris Squires suit on this tour.

[@designerlarry]

And he wore it again for the Union tour.

[@jimusgrimus]

I will miss Yes. Alan White has some family in the town I live in, and a bloke I used to work with had a son who was supposed to be a drumming prodigy. They both met the band back stage at Bingley Hall Stafford on the Going for the One tour, in 1977.

[@Magnetron33]

Tormato was the last "thin Chris" tour. Not sure why he went from tailored suits and styled hair to at the end just didn't give a crap what he looked like. The tights or sweatpants were not a good look for him. I think he was just worn out from over 40 years of endless touring.I always loved him no matter what, but in the early years he had a very regal appearance.

[@TheSouthernfried45]

I always hesitate to claim that YES is my favorite band ever. Not sure why.

[@RaspySquares]

Watched this straight off my iPhone speakers in the middle of a parking lot at like 1:30 am. Blew my fucking brain. So badass. Chris squire rules.

[@RaspySquares]

Rocking...Rolling!

[@gregorykingsley6179]

This is massively great. Who plays like this? Only Yes

[@littlebuddyd]

I was in Texas at the time and saw them in Austin...Houstin...and Dallas all the same year 1977. The first time I heard Awaken my head exploded!!!

[@MaxPlaid]

Great job! What amazing energy they had in those days.

[@AndreySimachev]

This is the most beautiful hit of all rock music that I have ever heard! The best in the world!

[@sturoc0]

This is the album that brought us Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories and the legendary classic Awaken.

[@stuartryan610]

Awaken is the best prog tune ever.

[@pajasa62]

I remember in a 5 or 6 week period, living in New York City and seeing Yes, Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac (I can't remember the order of the concerts)...and nowadays there's ZERO. I feel sorry for this generation of kids.

[@gregorypekar]

pajasa62 Bowie in May. Zeppelin in June. ELP in July Then, Pink Floyd also in July. And YES in August. I saw them all. Missed Fleetwood Mac though...

[@lazycalm41]

I am totally with you on that Pajasa62, it was the same here in the UK during that time period. I remember in 78 seeing Yes, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Camel, Santana & Genesis all in the same 6 month period! memories that are un matchable for todays generation!

[@pajasa62]

We're lucky to be alive for that...no doubt!...and I was SOOOO close for Led Zeppelin too!

[@starshiptrooper7670]

Oh yeah! The summer of 77' Yes came to Nashville. Then in Nov., same year, in a one week period Chicago, Robin Trower and Crosby, Stills & Nash hit the area. So glad to have been alive then!!

[@Pulsonar]

... Yep youth of that vintage were on a rollercoaster to heaven... Not much going for the kindle spirited youth of today...

[@deanwolfechannel]

Man what a band. Amazing song and performance.

[@geneleonard4368]

This was my favorite time & tour of theres at MSG/ NYC they opened up with Parallels

[@hedgilboavideos]

Check out the full show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXnEY3VtbbSYg9k

[@kathylynnlyons2844]

Yes Songs blew me away, with their masterful sounds the year I graduated, and their reunion tour a few years back was a tribute to the true Chamin Masters they have grown into!!! Thank Godness for music, for without it, what a monotonous World this would be!!! ❣God bless all!!!

[@ericmccreadie4173]

Saw this same concert at Skydome Toronto in 1977 The highlight of the night was when Yes played Awaken

[@gregsawka201]

+Eric McCreadie "Saw this same concert at Skydome Toronto in 1977 ..." Quite a trick, seeing as how Skydome didn't even open until 1989!! CNE Stadium, perhaps? Or MLG? But you're right about "Awaken"! Saw the same tour in Vancouver (17 sept '77) and that song definitely was the highlight!!!

[@starshiptrooper7670]

Eric, I saw the show in Nashville. During Awaken wasn't Jon playing a full sized harp? As tall as he is. Or am I dreaming? Thx.

[@JunkYour925]

Awaken is a KICK ASS song.

[@Magnetron33]

@@JunkYour925 Up there with And You and I and The Remembering

[@tangerinedream7211]

Yes had many and varied line ups,all been good,all been different,didn't like the mid seventies stuff at the time ,but grew to appreciate them later. Must say 90125 is my fave though. RIP Chris Squire.

[@arnebroxleirnes418]

Fantastic performance! A splendid time is guaranteed for all...

[@davidwatson2816]

Just utterly fabulous. I was so lucky to grow up with this. This is real music.

[@treesloth9]

Yes Shows was the soundtrack of my early teen years

[@novadhd]

Love the time changes, very Rush like

[@hartinone]

I just can’t think of another band that could bring so much energy to a song. Going for the one is a strange song but oh my. They squeezed the juice out of it like no others

[@witchy4471]

As Mr. HOWE has said "bravo the 70's"

[@ladyblackstardust390]

SSaw this concert in 9/77 in Oakland, Ca. Stunning! Well done video. Thank you for the music Chris. You will be remembered. 6/28/15.

[@surfallday6583]

Lady BlackstarDust I was there too. Great time to grow up in the bay area.

[@hafstrat]

The most musical gig I have ever seen. Fabulous.

[@thepaulmacfarlane]

Music in perfection. CS bass and harmonies - is there anything better?

[@Theweeze100]

The 1101 Experiment Nope...

[@JoeDeanPedro]

Many things as good, but nothing better. I love Fish Out Of Water as much as any Yes record, and a much more than a lot of them.

[@francoisc16]

No nothing

[@francisbroka9471]

'Fish...' is really an extraordinary record... So ambitious and beautiful!

[@stevedady6560]

pitch perfect ending..brilliant

[@barbarabrooks-szeliga9709]

I remember back in 1977 when Yes was in Philly at the now Defunct JFK Stadium with headliners like Fleetwood Mac, Gary Wright, and of course Yes, but, I can't remember the other bands! Please fill in the gaps, Thanks Very Much!!

[@2wentpostal]

The opening acts were Pouset Dart Band and the Mummers, no kidding. Do you remember the moon rising above the bleachers as Yes took the stage? One of the many times I saw Yes in Philly.

[@ranatlas]

My fave Yes song... and with Hebrew subtitles. It doesn't get any better than this.

[@anthonydimattei6997]

Discovered by a Turkish Muslim

[@Zappsteetoot]

This might have been the best slide guitar performance ever. Howe at the very top of artistery.

[@phoenixjim0527]

This must be a Steve Howe song. He delightfully riffs on and on. I realize it’s lap steel, but he’s creating a sonic experience as captivating as the best of Beck, Derek & Dominos, or Derek Trucks. (I realize there’s some country players on pedal steel in the same stratosphere.) Anyhow, so captivating and brilliant!😮

[@simonbarrowuk]

Great job. I first saw Yes on this tour, at the Empire Pool Wembley. Thanks for stirring those fabulous memories.

[@raquelgarcia2369]

WOOW!! ... PARA QUIENES NOS GUSTA LO ALTERNATIVO ESTE GRUPO FUE ICONO DE ESTE GENERO, ELEVO EL "PROGRESIVO" AL CIELO.... ............... ¡¡¡ SENSACIONAL !!!

[@anunez20]

un clásico del rock progresivo, les recomiendo la canción roundabout......

[@raquelgarcia2369]

aldo núñez... oohh si !!! ... excelente recomendación!!! ... vaya que nos gusta lo bueno!!! ... el progresivo/alternativo ha evoluciónado mucho llegando a grupos como el extinto "Dream Theather" que fue buenisimo!!! ... queda todo ese material para el recuerdo.... Saludos Aldo y gracias!!! ... =} .

[@pecanpie100]

Gotta love Chris playing that 8-string Rickenbacker bass! RIP Chris!

[@Sadowsky1965]

This is probably one of the last shows where CS played the 8 string Rick. In the same tour the luthier Eric Ranney gave him his 8 string builted with chris' specs and from that time I always saw squire with that bass.

[@pecanpie100]

@@Sadowsky1965 Yeah, Chris preferred the Ranney 8-stringer over the Ric because the Ranney allowed for individual intonation settings for each of the 8 strings. The Ric didn't have that capability with the stock bridge. So the Ric 8-stringer was either in tune down low on the neck or up high, but not both.

[@lindahuff8976]

Saw this tour live in front of the biggest speakers I have ever seen before or since.

[@BrendaChristensen]

❤ Chris ❤

[@jtownshend]

Yes first comeback! Unforgettable! Thanks for sharing.

[@MikeReaney]

What a bang-on live version of such a great song ....

[@pytski4345]

Sick performance… tighter and hotter than the studio version! Fucking blisters!

[@jameshall7632]

Flawless psychedelic pedal steel with the baddest of bad ass bass players. The rest is icing on the cake.

[@sandroferreira1403]

Sincronização impecável de todos integrantes me dá arrepios e tristeza pois nunca mais haverá uma banda tão impecável como essa mas fico feliz de ter vivido para ver essa perfeição musical.

[@OliverDayGuitar]

This is absolutely brilliant! Well done! I have always appreciated the work you have done with Yes footage.

[@mikecoles6602]

WOW! To play this song live & to get it basically spot on with the studio version..forget about it! Thesed guys are beyond Amazing. Not many bands in any era of music had this much talent. Not to mention Jon's vocals. Had to be hard as shit to sing this song live. YES forever!!!!

[@Magnetron33]

It is reallly high

[@Jellybeantiger]

Amazing performance.

[@yaelrar.4460]

I saw them in the round at Nassau Coliseum on Long Is land. It was insanely good. They were 100% giving their A game. Left a lifelong impression on me....

[@Jake1067]

Nicely done, love Chris Squires backgammon suit.

[@designerlarry]

That's so bizarre ! I was just about to reply to a comment saying the same thing !

[@Theweeze100]

Jake T Saw them on this tour '77. Ruined my world. Nothing else really compared after that...Will never forget CS and the suit.

[@Jake1067]

Frank Huizar What an experience it must've been to have seen them at that time. I just wish they would've put whatever differences they had aside and had done one more tour with Jon Anderson.

[@Jojoseahorse]

As opposed to Jon Anderson's pants, which look really goofy. Great performance by all of them though :)

[@VioletRene]

YES!!!!!! Thank You For This Live Treat!!!!!

[@hedgilboavideos]

Thank you! Please check out the full show on my channel, as well as other surprises

[@VioletRene]

@@hedgilboavideos Oh goody! I will! Thanks! 💋

[@parzooman]

Great energy in this performance.

[@derail14]

great song and album,the good old days,when bands made music

[@rober287zambrano4]

Cualquier comentario se queda corto. En esta versión y , a pesar de ser antigua, cada instrumento se escucha hasta mas claro que en el estudio. El bajo es increible, suena una maravilla, muy nitido. La slide es simplemente tremenda y tocada con una maestría y seguridad colosal, la bateria, el acompañamiento en teclado cumple una base que no deja espacios por rellenar y....por supuesto....la voz de jon , el alma final de esta sensacional banda, con esa voz fuera de serie sin la cual Yes pierde su identidad de inmediato

[@yaelrar.4460]

These lyrics are no joke to remember...yikes! I know Jon wrote them but still...you gotta really concentrate to not get lost in it. Well done, Jon!

[@Magnetron33]

I saw them get out of sink a few times on this and 90125 stuff. Sometimes Anderson would forget or transpose the words, but well oh well That's what live is for. Artistry in motion.

[@Toothmother]

Great live band.

[@thedolphin5428]

After listening to this over 100 times I just realised there are other instruments playing there as well as the bass.

[@Roj0Merlin]

Maravilla de canción. Es lo mas perfecto que he escuchado en mi vida, técnica, composición, interpretación...son demasiadas cosas para expresarlas en un comentario. No me da miedo repetirme, maravilla e canción.

[@thedolphin5428]

I could listen to that final chorus section 3:18 - 4:40 continuing for an HOUR. Every instrument just brilliant.

[@pepitacrowcosmos7232]

Yes, it's a B flat major and a A minor Chord. A half not distance but a universe too. If you have the ability to swing.....

[@Existmusiccloud]

Awesomeness🍄Had the album in '77

[@misterjag]

Caught this live at Boston Garden in 1977. Highly enjoyable concert!

[@DANDALLAROCHA]

Certainly the best rock band of all time. All the components are great instrumentalists. Jon Anderson is his 'angelic melodies' are like a pillar of the compositions.

[@jimilove7773]

Amazing thanks!

[@hedgilboavideos]

Thank you!

[@stewartquark1661]

Maestros..........

[@kevinmcnamara2082]

This just made my night❤️ love you YES

[@KurtI2525]

My favorite version of this band. I like the warmer, less brittle drums of Alan, who looks like he’s having fun.

[@СергейКузнецов-ц6с]

Любимая песня 1977 года ❤🎸🎹

[@thomasgunther18]

All what is, is going to the one.Ich begrüßte diesen Song uch wenn Rick wakeman vermißt wurde.Wer ist, geht zum Einen.Damit folgte ich zu jener Zeit auch diesem damals noch neuen Musikwerk.Wie Awaken.alles großartig bis heute.

[@bandhada]

Chris the best amazing sound