Yes Interviews: 1983 - Eddie Jobson - Night Flight Interview

[@jonesy2111]

One of the greatest musical geniuses in rock music

[@morbidmanmusic]

way overstating it,...

[@oshawaxpress]

@@morbidmanmusic one of the greatest virtuoso musicians in rock for sure

[@musicprofessor1]

@@morbidmanmusic Probably not overstating it. You clearly haven't heard his lectures, his amazing choral arrangements or his film scoring. He was composing orchestral music when he was 12. Sidekick to Zappa at 20.

[@veryfriendlyok]

One of the best prog keyboardist, probably the best! in pair with Emerson and Wakeman etc, very fast, very creative and also complex harmonies and beautiful melodies, rock/jazz/classical improvisation, simply WOW!!!!

[@MrStrat01]

Oh, how you're right 👍

[@StratsRUs]

One of those musicians that are beyond.

[@FundamentalsUK]

He remained so cool with aggressive interviewer!! My 2nd fav keyboard player after Emerson

[@AndrewColyerMusic]

YEAH DUDE! Eddie is RIGHT THERE with Keith Emerson.

[@tonusaitis]

This interviewer was a complete douchebag. He barely let Jobson speak before repeatedly cutting him off.

[@johnace130]

One of the best keyboardists live ever. Seen him onstage with several bands

[@rickygervais3603]

101% right - seen Eddie with Roxy Music in 1974 and 1975 and with the first incarnation of UK.

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Eddie is sooo talented.And his violin at the end of Out of the Blue. So incredibly awesome.

[@pauljaeb4579]

Jobsons playing can bring tears to my eyes

[@paulcastro352]

The interviewer does not give a chance to Jobson, in order to answer questions.

[@littlelamb6804]

Probably crunched for time... but yeah, he butted in too much.

[@yupitsmejohn]

I'm a big fan of Mr. Jobson! I just wish his very short stint with Yes would've been longer. He's an amazing keyboardist, violinist and vocalist, and he would've brought an incredible dynamic to Yes. It gives me chills thinking of what could've been - he and Trevor Rabin would've made jaw-dropping counterparts. He deserved better treatment than what he received from the band. What a shame!

[@sogggyyy]

A talented musician at the right place at the right time.

[@GeoffSimpsonCreative]

I had pleasure of meeting Eddie when I was 17 after a sound check for Roxy Music Siren Tour 10 October 1975…. really down to earth.

[@christophermiles6778]

What gracious responses Eddie musters. Pretty damn cool.

[@mawel1955]

He had a very brief stint with Yes after Tony Kaye left during the recording of 90125. Evidently, Kaye was having too much trouble with producer Trevor Horn and couldn't take the aggravation so he left to tour with Badfinger. It was then, after completing 90125 with Trevor Rabin playing most of the keyboards that Yes hired Jobson to do the tour. Chris Squire, however, insisted that Kaye return which he did after finishing his tour with Badfinger. But what to do now with Jobson? Squire decided the best thing was for both Kaye and Jobson to share the keyboards. Jobson, however, didn't think much of the idea, and, figuring he'd be nothing more than an unnecessary part, bid the band goodbye. And it was during Jobson's brief tenure with Yes, that the band filmed the first video for "Owner of a Lonely Heart" but, with Jobson's departure, it was decided to edit him out as much as possible and we are left only with some very brief glimpses of the now departed Eddie.

[@artrock5741]

Lesser known fact is that Jobson was their first choice for 90125, but had turned down recording the album before Kaye was first brought in. When they started, the band was called "Cinema" and it was meant to be Squire, Jobson, Rabin and White.

[@johnwitt583]

Thank you so much for sharing this

[@joshs4594]

One of my favorite musicians. I saw him four times, three with U.K. and once with Jethro Tull.

[@robroyce6845]

UK with EJ was bomb

[@glenmurschel5939]

A great guy and musician. What a loss for Yes when he didn't accept. UK is totally underrated also.

[@WolfhandsYouTube]

Huh? Didn’t accept? I’d research the history of Jobson’s very short stint with Yes… he was subject to some rather undesirable treatment, by all accounts.

[@littlelamb6804]

A gifted musician. 😊

[@robinwatson4282]

Cool guy. Friend of mine met him the other night at a bar in Tokyo. Had a few pints and chatted. Very down to earth guy - and it comes across here.

[@DrTomoculus]

Just let the guy answer your questions!!!!!!! (okay, the video is 30+ years old, the interviewer is possibly long gone by now, but damn. He doesn't even let Jobson get a chance to answer what he's asking)

[@artrock5741]

2019 Inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

[@jonesy2111]

They should have let him jam...really disappointing

[@olafsrensen9578]

Eddie is out of the ordinary, a ginous musicians.!

[@morbidmanmusic]

"ginous" try again. based on that, you can not be trusted to decide who the genius is!

[@WarhawkBeyond2040]

5:43 - 6:48 a very interesting insight into the story of Robert Fripp's intital involvement in the early stage of U.K, the official formation of the band's first line up with Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford, the introduction of the second trio lineup with Terry Bozzio

[@crnel]

Oh I love that Green album! I wish he continued with the next colour - the Pink Album like the lyrics to Listen to Reason indicate. Waah!

[@pajamasflannel]

Eric Idle plays this so dry that I almost believe that it’s EJ!

[@apollomemories7399]

That first UK album knocked me for six. Still does.

[@Steven-hk2wb]

Early 1980's. Oakland Colosseum. U.K. opening for Jethro Tull. My friend ran behind security to get close up shots of Eddie next to the stage. I still have those 8"x10"'s.

[@richardmarshall6751]

Loved that original UK band, with Holdsworth. Interesting to hear it was meant to be Fripp, that would have been, well, interesting. Heard UK once, in NYC, Dr. Pepper or Schaefer Music Festival, can't remember.

[@rembeadgc]

Love Fripp, but glad that didn't happen!

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

Great interviewing technique. Get a guest on, ask him some questions and don’t let him finish the answer.

[@davidwright8371]

Uk was just a great band both incarnations.

[@littlelamb6804]

Yep!!

[@frankgradus9474]

amazing

[@scottreeve5716]

Jobson, Ian Anderson... what could have been. A was a great album and they could have done more!

[@joselares9031]

Stunning review...¡¡¡ YEAH...

[@rembeadgc]

The interviewer is trying to keep the interview in the lane of being the typical, sensational, hyped rock and roll interview where the subject matter doesn't get too deep and thoughtful. I imagine he's under some degree of pressure (internal and/or external) to do that. He knows he's interviewing a prog rock prodigy who's music many people have never heard of. It's not like you or I sitting down with our favorite artist and getting to know them. This is largely about money and ratings. But, I used to love Night Flight because they were off the beaten path. After all they are interviewing Eddie Jobson. MTV probably wouldn't touch it.

[@johnwitt583]

Such a great musician Emerson Wakeman and Jobson top 3 world greatest keyboard player’s to me

[@jimdartouzos2127]

Yes....those are three great ones....no argument there.

[@morbidmanmusic]

certainly the ones you can name...

[@hdrake1000]

I love UK!!! Nothing like them, they blasted!!! Asia was a more commercial, little less progressive than UK. I had never heard of Eddie or Alan Holdsworth before then. What a band. They had Eddie all set to be a member of Yes they had even done a video together and somehow it didn't work out.

[@johneargle6004]

Interesting. I never knew that Zinc had been started prior to his stint with Tull or that Mark Craney had been the first Zinc drummer or that Eddie brought him along to record with Ian Anderson. This interview must've been right before Eddie joined Yes.

[@9Universe757]

The interviewer likes to interrupt and talk over him before he can even answer.

[@marguskiis7711]

interviewer is very aggressive

[@Chryslerdude]

I'd go a bit further, and say ANNOYING.. ;-)

[@isdochere]

He seemed to push his values on Eddie.

[@roccotool]

Think the interviewer had WAY too much coffee that day.

[@roddywishart4613]

He's on meth, he's fidgeting and scratching his face

[@AndrewColyerMusic]

This interviewer is really obnoxious. Eddie barely has a chance to answer the question before the guy interrupts him again. Let him talk!

[@grayeagle1000]

The interviewer interrupts him too much instead of allowing him to answer. Gotta get every little questin to look like a good interviewer. He should listen instead of going off a script throughout.

[@fedecasares]

And Yes kicked this guy out of the band because of... Tony Kaye? Well, who am I to criticize that move, right?

[@courtcomposer]

Genius

[@justgivemethetruth]

Interview should have slowed down. I want to hear what Jobbo has to say about Tullo?

[@lionelalias4561]

Also Butterfly Ball violin solo.

[@pablomalaga4676]

Many rockers are very cryptic and sarcastic when interviewed (example Lou Reed). The opposite with Eddie, straight forward, no divo or prima donna pose, much better to listen to. I believe he is much more genious than many considered like that by main stream

[@krisscanlon4051]

Eddie due to his style and his age and his Keyboard prowess literally bridge the gap between progressive rock and New Wave Rock seamlessly. I would say is more realistic than Brian Eno

[@DiverBand]

What about Geoffrey Downes? Buggles New Wave Synth Pop to Prog with Yes, and then Prog Pop with Asia!

[@danielscott1749]

Got to See Eddie playing with UK and Jethro Tull on the same night on the Heavy Weather Tour. He was in both bands at the same time.

[@ThePhR75]

He joined Jethro Tull in 1980 after UK disbanded. He did not play with them on "Heavy Horses" tour.

[@lionelalias4561]

What a joke !

[@JimGeigerMusic]

Danger Money is one if the best keyboard albums ever.

[@stevemeese9799]

He didn't mention yes once

[@dgcmusi]

One of the few real living Masters….Bach,Handel, Scriabin have their eyes on him….

[@JohnDoe-ym5ly]

Eddie Jobson, such a key part of the Yes sound in that era. His amazing studio recordings and his numerous live performances in Yes prove that. LOL

[@boblob2003]

Jobson in 1983: "I'm 28 now" Me: "I've done nothing with my lfe"

[@123612100]

To be fair he started doing stuff at 17.

[@youngchool]

My favorite Keyboardist! BTW who was the interviewer? Don't like him :(

[@laltromondoyoutubechannel6537]

I was happy to see Tony Kaye again on keyboards.

[@robroyce6845]

#Zinc:Green JethroTull:A

[@Jpeterson7]

Love Eddie. He should have been in Yes. Huge brainfart that he wasn't.

[@artrock5741]

He turned them down three times, then finally joined them in '83 and they treated him terribly. He quit after only two months calling it "a great band, but too hedonistic and chaotic for my taste."

[@dumpygoodness4086]

@@artrock5741 3 times?!! damn! when were those times?

[@artrock5741]

@@dumpygoodness4086 I believe he turned them down in '74 when Wakeman first left; then as they were starting the 90125 album in '82?, still called Cinema at the time; then before the 90125 tour after two months of rehearsal when they asked him to let Tony Kaye back in the band to share keyboard duties so they could use the Yes name (having three original members). Maybe other times as well, he's always been the obvious choice musically. It was never a good match though, for one thing EJ's not a druggie.

[@Maerklin56]

TOP

[@oblomurg]

Eddie must have disliked Allan so much he fails to acknowledge his presence in the first UK lineup.

[@artrock5741]

Jobson and Holdsworth were actually good friends for 45 years. It is an internet myth that EJ fired AH, it was Wetton.

[@simonbrenner1258]

@@artrock5741 Thought Holdsworth left of his own accord because the bands music was too structured for him. He is essentially a jazz musician

[@artrock5741]

@@simonbrenner1258 No, that was the spin. Holdsworth was fired basically because he was unreliable, both onstage and off.

[@NicleT]

That interviewer always cut when Jobson is talking. It's stressing and very annoying.

[@uncleambient]

Good musician but I didn't like him when he joined Jethro Tull as a 'special guest', like he was doing Tull a favour or something.

[@JimGeigerMusic]

That album started off as an Ian Anderson solo album. The music was very different from Tull and Anderson wanted to use different musicians. Jobson being one of them. Ed and UK opened a lot of shows for Tull the year before. The record label balked at releasing the songs as a solo album. So Anderson had Jobson and his Zinc drummer Mark Craney onboard, then Ian got Dave Pegg and Martin Barre from Tull to finish the album after Jobson and Craney laid down their tracks. The label said they would only release it as a Tull album. Tull went out on tour in that incarnation. Jobson wanted to remain a sideman to avoid a band member contract, because he could get paid more, as a sideman, as a result.

[@JimGeigerMusic]

@@YesSource thanks for rehashing what I already said, weeks ago.

[@artrock5741]

He WAS doing Ian a favor. Jobson put his own solo album (Green/Zinc) on hold to collaborate on Ian's solo album! It was Eddie's incredible work that made the record company insist that the album help transition Tull into the '80s. Jobson was never a Tull member.

[@RockbertoRocks]

He actually said in this interview that he didn't want to give the impression he had quit UK. Unfortunately UK did disband at the same time

[@normalizedaudio2481]

Pretty boy has nothing to say on keys.

[@GusFogle]

He has extremely good chops. His vocabulary is somewhat derived from Keith Emerson, as can be heard on the organ solo on Carrying No Cross. I think his playing on things like Presto Vivace is pretty impressive, but overall his playing leaves me a little cold.

[@artrock5741]

@@GusFogle Listen to his piano improvisations, full of warmth and sensitivity.

[@cheezruff]

I'm sure Zappa and UK asked you to play in their bands.

[@danielwang7793]

Absurd comment.

[@GeoffSimpsonCreative]

Dumb uneducated comment 🤡

[@VaraLaFey]

Love Jobson. But 40 years later, this is a lesson in _Interviewer Needs To STFU_.