Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2003)

[@billwalbek1911]

Rest in peace Alan and Chris . This music will go on forever!

[@MrFalconfan]

Yes, rest in peace brothers…

[@kevinwaters5872]

I don’t think of Yes as “prog rock” this is cosmic music. I just love it. Forever.

[@scoutdogfsr]

Cosmic indeed! Like the sound of the sunrise that is within all of our souls.

[@unknownyt209]

They are about as Prog as it gets! 😀

[@maryweller]

@@unknownyt209 very cool

[@MarcusVinicius-we2pg]

YES is PROG ROCK !!!!!

[@pedrocosmepena3602]

Sera porque Anderson canta como un angel...

[@youmayknowmeas2an]

i've never seen someone play a guitar so delicately and thoughtfully. It's like he's not even touching the strings.

[@garygunson9626]

People don't pay Steve Howe enough credit. I think he is the GOAT.

[@otisspunkmeyer9339]

Check out his fingers weird long designed to play the guitar Eric Johnson’s fingers are the same

[@Al-po2oh]

There is no place to hide in this band. Every member a virtuoso. There are no holes in their songs.

[@paulc80]

You’re Right! No holes!

[@smyffmawzz]

I'm gonna mention JOn Anderson's voice cos no one else seems to have ..Bloody hell !! He's the key . And thankfully for us YES fans . His voice is spot on ,in-spite of his advancing years.

[@johnsantostefano3373]

the most unique yet eerie voice in rock perfect for this band

[@flyer5347]

Even 19 years later, he can still sing very well, about 85-90% as well as this recording

[@neilgordon8145]

If you think this is good, look for Todmobile with Jon Anderson performing « Awaken ». His best ever.

[@neilgordon8145]

Musicianship of Todmobile off the scale ton!

[@johndillard9204]

So tight and precise it could be studio, but fresh and alive as the first time that I heard it 🌄

[@michaelanthony9068]

I love any line-up of musicians Jon shows up with but there’s nothing like this one. The iconic real YES !

[@bibby5000]

it is the one and only line up

[@miguel.angel.lugo21]

Do you know the best band in the world ? - Yes

[@wmhhealth2018]

No less an authority then Paul McCartney thinks so as well.

[@jeff-bg2fn]

Maybie Genesis or Pink floyd. But i like very much Yes

[@javierllerena5756]

I know what is the best progressive rock band: the name is Jethro Tull, then Yes then Pink Floyd and then Genesis up to Hackett left the band .

[@joaomarcelo__]

YES, yes haha...

[@gelubatir9794]

@@joaomarcelo__ haha. absolutely incredible!!

[@rickandrew6397]

Steve Howe plays such complex chord & note phrasing without missing a note, super high skills, underrated guitarist 👍

[@waltercasteel3698]

From Walt in NJ I fell in love with two bands, when I was 14/15 yrs. Old...1st was YES; the Seçond was Led Zeppelin. My 3rd favorite was Pink Floyd at age 15.

[@rickandrew6397]

@@waltercasteel3698 3 excellent ones to fall for, cannot dispute your choices 👌👏

[@LaurinaHawks]

Steve Howe was never ever underrated. He is infact one of the most important guitarists of the prog era.

[@craigmacfarlane6372]

Just the opposite Rick. He is overrated. Everyone knows he's the best. Just not a showy guy.

[@ftroop8462]

He's correctly rated

[@GlennHallLivingWater]

When you don't listen to Yes for awhile you forget... they were probably the best band... ever.

[@TheMouko]

the trio ELP was better than Yes I like both band....

[@humbukkerz]

If we're talking trios nobody beats Rush.

[@wandamundy1759]

When he was asked what it felt like to be a member of the best R&R band of all time, Paul McCartney said he didn't know - he wasn't a member of 'Yes.'

[@eddyvideostar]

@@wandamundy1759: I appreciate your banter, but this would be enigmatic since YES is progressive rock.

[@sherryfentiman3998]

For sure

[@SibylleLeon]

There's no other band quite like Yes. There's nobody like Chris Squire. My all-time favourite band will never be the same... So very sad.

[@Leonhavenify]

and Yes without Jon Anderson is not Yes.

[@micasaveiro]

last time it was call ASIA

[@TuxmanXP]

Then again, Chris also made "Heaven & Earth" and "Open Your Eyes"...

[@nqobizwenyide7436]

Reminds me of a Turk sailor who introduced me to Yes sound in 1971 and was taken in so well.

[@ofdrumsandchords]

This tune makes me think of Return to forever, a very exciting jazz-rock band with Chick Corea, Al Dimeola, Lenny White and Stanley Clarke. A lot of similarities, big suites, odd time signatures... RTF was a little more complicated as they were jazzmen (two were ex Miles Davis' musicians), but I love the spirit of this era, very written music with place for improvisation. nothing in common with shit like Nirvana or Artic monkeys.

[@loriallenbaugh35]

Friends of mine were inspired by this kind of “classical rock” in the 70’s and formed a band named Osiris and in turn inspired me to love Yes. Saw them twice in concert in So Cal. Anaheim stadium and the Forum. Some of the best times and music of my life.

[@HopeCreekConnemara]

I remember seeing them at the Fabulous Forum several times, totally incredible!!!

[@Agent-kb3zb]

RIP Chris Squire. The absolute best at what you did.

[@paulc80]

Nobody ever played the Bass guitar like Chris Squire did! Nobody!

[@lesterhill6827]

I’m a 70yr old retired bass player. Saw yes in the 70’s. 5th row. That night Chris Squire became my idol next to God . Played in local bands for 50yrs. Even bought a black and white Rick. Never could play like Chris. What a God given talent in a great great band. Miss him 😞

[@Oh_I_Will]

I’m 105 and I’ve probably seen them more times by the time I was 50, then you did, Little Sprout

[@josephcalitri5710]

Even better than god we actually have proof Chris existed

[@philthedogg]

Possibly the greatest bass guitarist in the modern era and most people had never heard of him except the fans. Sadly missed

[@ricklewis5804]

Chris Paul I don’t know about being better than Geddy but on the same level but remember Geddy was also singing lead and working pedals and occasionally keyboards.

[@ricklewis5804]

Chris Paul I never understood why Peart was considered to be so great. But that’s just my opinion like yours is an opinion. They spread the work around and the profits equally. One part percussion and lyrics, one part bass and vocals and one part guitar. I never listened carefully to Rush until just around a year ago when I watched several videos of interviews and concerts.

[@ciliaris2]

@@ricklewis5804 Geddy said he would not of played bass, if not hearing Chris

[@TheBent139]

@Chris Paul Nobody at that level is "better" than anyone else. Just appreciate the genius and the music they leave behind.

[@charlienorton2337]

@Chris Paul Sorry but there’s no way bruford was better than peart

[@kathif17]

❤ there us only one YES this band original members only. RIP Chris and I agree with who said Jon Anderson vocals are the glue.❤

[@donaldwarnick3412]

Even my wife who knows nothing about Yes knows this song because I’ve played it a thousand times throughout the years. It’s just a masterpiece.

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

Forget about the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Montreux was the real induction to the hall of good music for this band.

[@oskarvikstrom229]

Yes!

[@hellriser8955]

Honestly dude, I discovered this song while sober and knew instantly it would be a psychedelic blast! Gave me closed eye hallucinations like no other.

[@thomaslewandowski2504]

Got to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written.. I have loved the band since the early 70's.. Seen them in three countries on two separate continents.

[@angelobrattoli4663]

The fact that they were made to wait so long to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was a travesty.

[@jcdaniel3015]

They had to wait till after Chris passed 😢😢

[@champys4847]

Chris Squire and Steve Howe.. What a perfect duo !

[@MrStrat01]

Jon, Chris, Rick, Steve and Alan...what a perfect quintet !!! ;-))

[@hlamart1]

Agreed. I think Steve Howe is light years ahead of any other guitarist up to this very day, this moment, he is without equal.

[@JH-rt4fx]

This was the best lineup of the band! Everyone is a genius in their craft. A band with a unique style and sound. It is a shame it took so long for them to get into Hall of Fame.

[@philburn8168]

These guys & others from the same period didn't just write 'songs', they composed suites & symphonies..so many incredibly gifted musicians, demonstrating their genius. Remember the limitations of technology 40 & 50 years ago...these legends wrote & played such amazing music. Never seen since!!

[@lorraine6848]

So correct ! YES. Emerson Lake and Palmer. Pink Floyd. Genesis All great 60's -80's who were at their best Rest in peace Chris Squire Keith Emerson Greg Lake Alan White 😇🎸🎶🥁🎸🎹

[@webb3201]

This is what “classical” music became with the introduction of electric instruments

[@susanbeck3668]

YES AND ELP put on each song that we won't ever hear again!!!! This is what music was meant to sound like!!!!!!

[@scotstevens5263]

God bless Chris Squire

[@josephcarino5829]

Raised on YES

[@hlamart1]

Steve Howe is one of if not the greatest prog rock - rock guitarist ever, he is in the top five of greatest guitarists overall to me and other Yes fans. As it was with ELP and Genesis, .every single musician was at the top of the highest echelon of musicians. We were all so fortunate to grow up on this music,. to be able to have seen ELP on every tour from Tarkus (when Yes was their opening act) up to but not including Love Beach for ELP, and for Yes anything after Relayer was not interesting to me. I have tried, but those early incarnations, and the way that Alan White was able to slide into the drum set and get pretty close to the perfect Bill Bruford. Yes had troubles with keyboardists but that middle period is unmatched by any measure.

[@RJs_CC]

indeed. I sometimes think that Steve Howe was the engine that drove this band. But then at other times ....

[@verntoews5954]

Yes

[@johnmartino2691]

@@RJs_CC Yes

[@johnmartino2691]

@@RJs_CC YES... YES..

[@bobshultz5421]

hlamart I saw them live in LB CA during the Yessongs tour. Gasp! Each was a complete virtuoso at their game. And they showed the light on each. Indeed, as talented as each individual was, they were greater than the sum of their parts in a magical way! Never again! Their musicianship was on an incredible scale!

[@ToddMason]

Greatest rhythm section ever!

[@JuanIparraguirre]

The fathers and grandfathers of Rush, Dream Theater, Spiral Architect, Cynic, Pestilence (Spheres era)...BTW what a rhythm section has Heaven now as Neil Peart passed away, with Chris Squire, two of the most talented musicians ever born, RIP Goat and Fish!

[@xsited1]

This sounds better than the original recording and the live recordings from the 70s. RIP Chris. The world has lost a great one today.

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

This is my favorite Yes piece, I love the most the Yes of the Sixties. Indeed, better than the original!

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

Better rehearsed, older musicians long leaving behind their huge ego trips. The very best of Yes in what I am concerned.

[@rickgrimes2056]

xsited1 I agree except Bill’s drumming was better on the original recording

[@gfriedman99]

Rick Grimes I’m not bashing Alan White as his style is rock not jazz but the original recording with Bruford is light years better than this. Bill’s style fit in perfectly with this style music

[@MrFy2013]

Better than live 1978 Wembley Arena recording? No, I don't think so.

[@Farweasel]

Jesus and *that* was 18 years ago. I remember seeing them in the late 70s!

[@mikenumbs4023]

1977 great year for rock

[@T.B0ne]

Rest in Peace Alan White...

[@eniocontreras6110]

Chris wherever you are we miss you

[@r8chlletters]

Nothing like a live performance. Gorgeous! YES shows them they will always rock ⚡️

[@calogeromonistero4803]

I am so sad about Chris Squire... i can't believe he is gone. The YES will always be the band of my life.

[@aschule5684]

YES is what "MAGIC" sounds like 🌛🌝🌜🌟✨💫

[@mangegve]

Yes: Their music is simply fantastic

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

Here after three decades of playing together, their best, great ensemble playing.

[@johnmartino2691]

So TRUE.. YES

[@Raed911]

Could humanity ever be more artistically accomplished than this?! I reckon "NO"

[@anonymusum]

I guess you should listen to classical composers.

[@jsphillip60]

@@anonymusum You've got a point. But I guess we'll never get to see the great classical masters play live, will we?

[@anonymusum]

@@jsphillip60 Hmmm .... still wondering if that was a good joke ....

[@yetivanmarshall1473]

@@anonymusum This is well beyond mere classical compositions.

[@anonymusum]

@@yetivanmarshall1473 Hahahahahahaha .... your "opinion" is called sheer ignorance but thanks for that joke.

[@davefitzgerald5334]

I LOVE Steve's beautiful phrasing. Such wonderful melodies. And nothing cliched. No excessive boring string- bending. Pure original style. My favourite guitarist of all time ! Vivaldi, classical influence

[@timallbritton7329]

And THAT, kids, is what good music was like before corporate entities and algorithms killed it - when musicians wrote, arranged and played creatively. I feel sorry your generation missed out on it.

[@peteanderson17]

It's one of my favourite Yes tracks and until this I hadn't realised how utterly Chris Squire runs the show...

[@jzac5248]

Tim Allbritton Don’t feel sorry. It’s all out there for every generation to enjoy, if they want to.

[@mts7389]

Tales from topographic Oceans was the ultimate Record of Yes, ever made. „In my mind“ 😎😋😀

[@mts7389]

And i also remember „Gates of Delirium“. Phantastic! and also the Cover of the Record „Relayer“ was great and mystic.

[@yvanlajeunesse7676]

Tim Allbritton indeed!

[@josephparin9573]

Never gets old. Forever music.

[@bradhart1557]

Couldn't get enough of this and the Fragile album my first Yes album....played it over and over in 74.

[@darylwilliams7886]

I saw this lineup in Melbourne, Australia. By far the best concert I've been to in my 66 years and the finest group of musicians I've seen. Chris is the reason I own a 1978 Mapleglo Rickenbacker. I only wish I could play like him. RIP Chris and Alan.

[@fortuner123]

Brilliant

[@richardchorley1593]

The dream team at the top of their game . Just stunning and soulful with it

[@timwatson3254]

No Jon no yes the voice is the band, always has and always will be, and the geeks have proved it 110%

[@guytero8812]

Talent like this is sooooo rare these days. These are REAL musicians. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@mitchellpettenger2192]

I saw YES in 1974. One of the best bands of all time. Chris will be missed. rip

[@joesphmayette8406]

My sister and I saw them in 72 at Dylan field Hartford CT

[@vincentdzitko2025]

1971 in Asbury Park NJ they Open for J Tull

[@dutchcanuck7550]

Musically, 2003 Yes is the best touring Yes. The classic line-up, all members at the peak of their musical skills, full of positive energy and working well together, and (finally) the touring gear (amps, microphones, monitors, mixing desks etc.) is up to the challenge, way better than the road equipment of the '70s/'80s. And the Casino is a fine venue acoustically for amplified rock bands. And You And I from this same concert is EPIC. Better than the LP. Brings a tear to my eye. If you don't already have this concert on DVD or Blu-Ray I highly recommend it.

[@williamoppenheim5323]

Just amazing!!!

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

When Chris Squire comes in at the beginning you know you're in for a ride.....what an amazing talent.

[@russellfillis6864]

There ...times gone bye are the fans...😮 i saw eleven + times , a hard worked goal .. I love yes. ❤❤11111❤❤❤❤❤

[@jonanderson8211]

Such wonderful comments, so refreshing to see such positivity. Chris Squire, that's a huge topic from band member to listener, absolutely missed by all. Yes has definitely become fragmented, notwithstanding still out there with some variables on both camps.

[@kennethduval6769]

This is absolutely incredible!! ❤

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

This song alone makes Yes legends. A monster tune. A journey.

[@Caveat952]

This one, Future Times, Siberian Khatru, Gates of Delirium, Long Distance Run Around, Your Move-All Good People, Close to the Edge, Parallels, South Side of the Sky.....!!! They were the DEFINITION OF MAGIC!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[@santosgarlato565]

For all the praise heaped upon Clapton, Beck, Page and Hendrix and so forth we shouldn't forget Steve Howe and Robert Tripp of Yes and King Crimson

[@kevinstott296]

And Steve Hackett

[@jefffriedmann1482]

And Alvin Lee

[@peterresetz1960]

I believe Yes were so great and the type of music they composed was that they grew up in era where European classical music was still prevalent. I am sure this had a strong influence on them. My first introduction to Yes was the Fragile album, then I became enamored with The Yes album. The Tales Of Topographical Oceans was an LP, a vinyl record, two actually, that I literally wore out. Close To The Edge, and Relayer were more incredible albums, then they started to sing about Don’t Kill The Whales and Yes lost me at that point. Latter on the members of Yes realize that it was the second through fifth albums is what core fans wanted to hear, and that is what they played when they rejoined to tour again. I will say that Chris Squire, may he rest in peace, though along with Stanly Clarke (a different genre) made me decide to give up the guitar for bass guitar. I even bought a Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar strung with Rotosound medium gauge bass strings just to get Chris Squire sound. I feel I was fortunate to had seen Yes live five times, that in high school I made friends with a group of Yes Heads, and more important was Yes was the only band my father would let me play their albums on are home stereo through the speakers. Yes is a progressive rock band that composed music for intellectuals not for the likes of ACDC fans.

[@albertounited]

RIP Chris Squire. Thanks for everything.

[@khalillachheb5195]

Classic rock jazz amazing

[@chrisjenkins3067]

I really y miss Yes . They will always be my favourite . God bless Chris Squire 🙏

[@RyanBarnes-v8s]

Gentle peaceful of the heavenly fathers children 😮

[@artysanmobile]

I never tire of watching Steve Howe play on stage. Competence, confidence, both to the max, but most importantly, a really soulful player. A rare combination. I saw Yes in 1973 with elbows on the stage, and it was a huge influence on my playing and writing. They occasionally played as an orchestra of electric instruments and my young mind was opened wide by that. I wasn’t then, and am still not, thrilled by virtuosity for its own sake which they were certainly ‘guilty’ of, but they were a real band making beautiful art of rock. They grooved, which was kinda the point and always will be.

[@Josh_James76]

OH! So this is when music had music!

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

I like some current bands, such as Epica. But, for instance, their keyboard work is not as passionate as here. I would argue that this is very passionate music.

[@arthurdeth7646]

I wish Chris was still alive so there could be a re-union of the best ever lineup. A choirboy, showman, but we all still loved him. RIP Chris.

[@victormanuelravanalpizarro5616]

if the beatles had played progressive rock they would be Yes, a cathedral of modern music, thanks for the music and the intensity

[@victormanuelravanalpizarro5616]

gracias por tu comentario,me has hecho gracia,tu candidez supina hace falta en este mundo

[@234cheech]

thares only one yes and one beatles btw srgt pepper is prog dafty

[@andrewpatuasic9738]

Exactly

[@paiopone]

Lyrics : Love comes to you and you follow Lose one on to the heart of the sunrise Sharp distance How can the wind with its arms All around me Lost on a wave and then after Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise Sharp distance How can the wind with so many around me Lost in the city Lost in their eyes as you hurry by Counting the broken ties they decide Love comes to you and then after Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise Lost on a wave that you're dreaming Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise Sharp distance How can the wind with its arms all around me Sharp distance How can the wind with so many around me I feel lost in the city Lost in their eyes as you hurry by Counting the broken ties they decided Straight light moving and removing Sharpness of the color sun shine Straight light searching all the meanings of the song Long last treatment of the telling that Relates to all the words sung Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you Love comes to you and then after Dream on on to the heart of the sunrise Sharp distance How can the wind with its arms all around me Sharp distance How can the wind with so many around me I feel lost in the city

[@lamecasuelas2]

RIP fish, you'll be forever missed

[@cition]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you dear Chris. RIP

[@RyanBarnes-v8s]

Really fantastic right vibe. Feel that.

[@ianseymour4066]

Never realized how much Chris dwarfs his Rickenbacker lmao, man is huge

[@RyanBarnes-v8s]

Taking you away frome a reality nightmare? I like this also.

[@carlosvega7639]

Vi a Yes cuántas veces vinieron a Buenos Aires, recuerdo especialmente, el primero de ellos en el estadio Vélez Sarsfield ,en febrero de 1985. Inolvidable show, el final con Starship Trooper fue apotéotico. Larga vida a Yes,no puedo dejar de emocionarme cuando aún hoy escucho "The Gates of Delirium" o "Yours is no Disgrace" o "And You And I" o "Heart of The Sunrise" o "Parallels" y tantas otras genialidades compuesta por tan tremenda banda. Saludos desde Argentina.

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

Sí, flaco, pero a Yes le tocó la pálida de ser el primer grupo británico que tocó en Argentina luego de la guerra de 1982, tuvieron problemas con “la pesada” en Rosario, tal como The Cure los tuvo en 1987. Muy mal mezclar politica con arte.

[@gustavoritterstein4644]

Yo tambien estuve ahi! Los vi cada vez que fueron a Argentina.🤗

[@johnrogers5309]

The answer to Life , the meaning , and everything (apart from being 42) is "GIVING".... These guys gave their all!!.. And the magic they created , makes this a better world to live in ......

[@jonathanharootunian297]

42!!.... great reference John!!!!👍

[@TheMoot1]

one of their best performances of this ever - shows how integral Chris was to everything!

[@roxanaromano7149]

The Classic Music of the future

[@waldemarguimaraes]

Just genius on stage. All of them

[@rodneystumphf9296]

Amen! I will never go to hear them again! Without Chris and Jon the band isn't as great and unique!

[@nadiatrolong8418]

Yes groupe mythique et genial tes compos hors pairs musiciens du top

[@wouterudo7285]

It doesn't get any better,it never will,Jon,Chris,Steve,Rick and Alan at their best

[@jamesgilbey4162]

YES at the top of their game. It just doesn't get any better than this.

[@mynamismudd4883]

This is so amazing. The sound quality. The performances. The camera work. The song itself.

[@FernandoPina-ry4bq]

P

[@SOOLEMIO]

This music is heaven, so are the musicians.

[@curtreus6065]

Still BEAUTIFUL after all these many years (maybe one of the few reasons I still want to go on); THANK YOU - Jon, Steve, Rick & RIP Chris & Alan - from an old fan of these supremely talented musicians (lose one onto to the Heart of the Sunrise")

[@ggaggagga4]

There will never be another band as magical as this one has been for oh so many years of our collective childhoods. Well done, gentlemen. A special thanks to Chris for his role in all the magic.

[@kylacaspersen]

O...M...G. One of my favorite songs. I remember hearing it for the first time in the movie Buffalo 66 and I knew I had to look it up and buy the album. Greatness.

[@mazmoslash4049]

Wanna hear genius? This is it. I am 72, my favorite band since 1970.

[@sherryfentiman3998]

Great to see Chris squire. R I P

[@jean-francoislixon8072]

Yes is one of my 5 fabs. I want "Soon" to be played at my funeral (long long long time from now !). But to me Yes is Anderson and Anderson is Yes... No further discussion !

[@LifetimeWW]

Absolutely beautiful ... Yes made such amazing music together... amazing....❤

[@Tracey..H]

Im a guitarist and let me tell YOU...my fingers and hand would be wrecked playing this. Hats off

[@Oh_I_Will]

I’m an Air Guitarist and mine are wrecked

[@robertpatterson3406]

I really don’t know what to say about this song, it is so on another level that it’s not even funny, these guys were at the top of their game and there were few that could even come close to their skill and perfection they were truly a phenomenon among musicians.

[@Thedudewiththings]

My all time favorite song before 1990. I wish more people my age appreciated this kind of music.

[@ETericET]

I first heard YES when the Close To The Edge album came out. I was 15. First live concert I attended was at the Montreal Forum when they did the Edge / Tales concert. Yes never has become old for me. In a way they ruined my music career. I was good ... but I somehow knew .. I could never top this. These guys touch my soul like nothing else has ever done.

[@coco33024]

You are right

[@patrickgrant109]

this is as close to musical perfection as it gets !!! So glad it's on film. The best at every position. Bravo 😎✌

[@soldtobediers]

It Is So! Close To The Edge album, & it's very title, had a deep meaning when it first came out.... while I was coming out of the many doors of a 150 mph. C-130. -U.S. Paratrooper Sgt. Gilpin, 82nd Abn. Div. 1/504... 47 yrs. ago, & way back in '74. ''There are artists who'll wrest us up, & place us into themselves, & into their very works. These are the (One's Who'll Continue) wresting us up... far, & beyond their appointed rests in peace. Seek to absorb the many works of these (One's Who'll Continue). Seek to absorb even more, The Very Author of Them All.'' ~William Gilpin 9921

[@warptek]

The voice of Jon Anderson is incredible. Why they replaced him is beyond me.

[@tonyanderton3521]

Jon took ill and they replaced him "temporarily" with Benoit David but they never called Jon back. Jon's voice seemed to get better with age.

[@andrerone8208]

They replaced him with a new singer he does a good job but he's not John Anderson the original voice of yes.

[@tonyanderton3521]

@@andrerone8208 I think you're right, Andre, I agree. No one could touch Jon Anderson.

[@Caveat952]

@@tonyanderton3521 I remember their first tour when Anderson couldn't sing anymore... I had no idea... It was a daytime concert in WPB Florida... I started to hear rumors in the crowd about Jon Anderson not being in the line up... I was DEVASTATED!! I tried to get my money back at the gate, but they wouldn't refund my money... So I went in to watch the show... I was really surprised at how much David sounded like Anderson... The show was far better than I expected after the let down of finding out about Jon's voice. I went back to see them two more times, but once Chris Squire died, that was it for me... It just isn't Yes anymore... I never saw them again after that... I'll NEVER FORGET the beautiful concerts they brought to us... Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Alan White, Chris Squire, and Jon Anderson!!! Those times were like a childhood dream!!!!!!!

[@tonyanderton3521]

@@Caveat952 That's an amazing recollection and I appreciate your comments. Hi from across the pond. I'm glad that you were still able to enjoy the WPB (West Palm Beach?) gig despite Jon's non-appearance and that it's still given you great memories. Prior to last year, I'd only ever seen the band on the Relayer tour. Beautiful memories, indeed. Still great with Moraz on keyboards (a bit of more jazz influence than Wakeman, perhaps). I mean, yes, I did get the views that the band is now just a pale imitation. And so it was with some trepidation that I went to see them at York (near to where I live), since you could call only Steve Howe a survivor of the classic '70s line-up. Of course, it was the 50th anniversary tour of CTTE and they played the whole of that album and a bunch of other classics. And, you know, friend, it was a fantastic show. In fact, I got quite emotional, thinking of the passing of 47 years since I last saw them.

[@Fuzzybeanerizer]

One of my sisters used to listen to The Yes Album and Fragile and Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven all the time in the early to mid 1970's. When we went on vacation to Upper Michigan she had this horrid monophonic cassette player always going, but I had no idea then how bad it was. Even now when I hear this stuff it still brings me back to my childhood and those summer days in and around Huron Bay... gives me a weird melancholy feeling as if the music was actually echoing down all those years.

[@edithgray918]

I'm so fortunate to have seen them in concert ❤ great ❤️

[@DMKisinger]

Yes! RIP...Chris....great Bass Man!

[@TheBEALMusic]

***** Onde of the world's greatest bass player of all time. Great man, RIP.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Bruno Siebra composer/ singer too!

[@TheBEALMusic]

Yeah, a very true artist!

[@joelgros6354]

Awesome

[@ninuzzufloridia8928]

One of the most important group progressive rock on the world. Congratulations also who the first time come inside on Yes sound!

[@dancha1593]

Chris Squire was YES! Rest in forever peace CS.

[@garycampbell7846]

Fragile was the first album I bought. Still one of my favorites!

[@terryparson9421]

Gary Campbell “ TheYesAlbum” was mine, been fan ever since!

[@garycampbell7846]

Terry Parson I can listen to Close to the Edge again and again, still!

[@trysometenderness7466]

Master musicians right there.

[@michaelfederoff3417]

I remember a girlfriend having the close to the edge album when I was 18 in Dallas, TX. im 63 and have been a fan ever since. I now find it inspiring and a wonderful source of truth that I have experienced in my life.

[@marieblue]

“Heart of the Sunrise” (1971) was co-authored by Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and Chris Squire. It clocks in at 10:34‼️ Jon Anderson singled it out as one of his favorite Yes compositions and explained how it was conceived for live performance : “‘Heart of the Sunrise’ is a great piece. One of the things that was always important for Yes was to create music for the stage to perform, not to make a record. We were lucky to go in the studio and make records, but our main game was to put on a show and entertain the audience, and in doing so we put that into the record. So by ‘71, ‘72, we were stretching our wings to do longer-form pieces on stage. I got into this whole thing about doing a 20-minute piece, because in those days you could only have 20 minutes on each side of an album. If it had been 30 minutes, it would have been a 30-minute piece.” This complex composition with various time signatures and a classical influence shows off Yes’ virtuosity. Jon Anderson stated : “I’d been listening a lot to Stravinsky at that time, who was quite an amazing composer, and the band were fans of modern music at that time. Weather Report and bands like that were doing far reaching jazz-rock influenced music. So we were jumping into different structural composition.” Interestingly, the vocals don’t come in until about 3:40 in, giving “Heart of the Sunrise” one of the longest intros in rock history‼️ 💙🌅💜