Yessongs 40 Years after.

[@kennethbruce6807]

I have been a Yes fan since they came out with their first album,seen them in concert about 10 times,have all of their music. They were so talented ,Steve with his different runs on the string instruments,Jon with his incredible voice,Chris played the bass like someone would play the guitar,Rick with his different key instruments ,the harmonize vocals ,I will always love yes and the music and joy they have given us to this day . Ken Bruce .

[@quintbromley2112]

'Yessongs' is the best live album of all time. I've been listening to it since 1978 and I still hear things on it as if for the first time. I still get the chills during some of Steve's solos and Jon's angelic singing. The energy, composition, artwork and musicianship are timeless.

[@nbt3663]

Yessongs has some of the greatest versions of their greatest songs. Marvelous stuff.

[@quintbromley2112]

@@nbt3663 100% agreed. 🍻

[@nbt3663]

It's funny, but I was in 8th or maybe seventh grade when I heard I See No Good People (I See All Good People a. Your Move b. All Good People.) I bought the Yessongs album and heard the finale of the Firebird ... that changed my thoughts about music forever. And You And I and Close to the Edge made most 3 minute songs seem like jingles to me. I miss those days.

[@quintbromley2112]

@@nbt3663 Lol. Yes! I saw them live in 1978. Maybe the best show I've ever seen. Rush in 81 was up there, and a few others. But, like you, it was life changing hearing songs like Close to the Edge, And You and I, Starship Trooper, etc. It's music that will resonate across time.

[@nbt3663]

@Quint Bromley very cool talking with you. Kids have no patience for it today. There is no adventure in the hearts of kids at all, just the here and now.

[@marleenryngaert8399]

Been a fan since I was 14, now , at 61, this music still takes me back to the essentials of life: what touches you never loses its power....

[@Atom-56]

marleen ryngaert You are a kindred spirit, I was 14 when I first saw them in 1971, and now at 62 they are still very much a part of life's journey, a spiritual one.

[@garygarber9310]

Will you marry me

[@jsbrown51]

Same here!

[@aviduser1961]

Great to see Chris in a documentary I haven't seen. He lives on in our hearts and on You Tube!

[@beejayca]

Yes Songs was the greatest accomplishment of Yes. Every song is the definitive version, brought to gleaming life by the live setting. I don't think they ever soared higher than this. Magnificent, and still a milestone in rock history. I agreed with Bill Bruford. They weren't going to get any better than this, and IMO they didn't. Great work.

[@yatz57]

I owe Roger Dean a great debt. In 1975 I was 18, about to go into the army for years, and was visiting London. I of course went to the HMO record store - I knew the Beatles and Clapton, but not much else, and was just browsing, picking up stuff pretty much at random. I came upon this one album, by a band I've never heard of before in my life, that had a cover that just knocked my socks off. I bought it just because of that amazing cover, but than I got back home, and listned to it... I was hooked from the first, sustained note of "Roundabout"; Fragile was the beginning of a life-long love for Yes (and Roger's art). Thank you!!

[@gerardopaulviacavabreiding2873]

that's cool Yitzhak thanks for telling the story... I've been hooked as well with every single theme :-S

[@ENB1968]

For me it was "The Yes Album" - the first few bars of "Yours is No Disgrace" with its sweeping chords and driving melody. Shortly thereafter I discovered Yessongs...and the rest was history.

[@timothycannon5512]

thats neat, I first found yes by accident the yes album was at a home and the album was out as with keyboards and after listening, I went to town on the keyboard,, it was Fragile also, my older brother had, that I really then knew who they were..

[@charleswahlstrom3154]

Yitzhak Shtarker ..Yes album art and music was so perfectly matched, Right? That combo colored my perception of what became of my Life for decades. It still does. I listen to all of this newly discovered Yes music on you tube more than anything else. I was sixteen when Relayer came out and i backtracked through the Yes albums from then till now without ever getting jaded on how amazing it is despite the (relative) saturation. Still being blown away, don't ever want it to fade or diminish the sense of wonder... Saw Yessongs at a midnight matinee, brought weed but got so contact high I never broke into the lid till after at 2am with a couple chicks until the sun came up on us in my buddy's parents '72 Dodge Dart. Epic! Yes had been the one constant sound in my head for 45 years and I'm the better man for it!

[@seaofmadness2622]

I love Roger Deans artwork! Hes one of my favorites along with Peter Max that illustrated for the Beatles.. Picasso..Monet and Van Gogh. Id love to visit his original artwork someday!

[@PS987654321PS]

My God, Jon Anderson's voice is extraordinary.

[@RommelEGH]

I know but please don't refer to me as your god, obviously I am, a little redundant don't you think?

[@lisamoroney3036]

00 00 still is ......

[@LyndaHill]

Heaven.

[@x00p3]

@@RommelEGH He/she wasn't talking to you.

[@LaMarcGasoldridge]

@@x00p3 yes they were

[@joestandard125]

Steve Howe one of the greatest guitarist of all time....

[@migs6455]

I could listen to him play or talk all day.

[@Mattos51]

..

[@jameskeyes1131]

VERY underrated in the rock world. Amazing talented player. One of the best. Deserves much more recognition.

[@robertm4757]

One of?

[@svdd10]

Indeed he is! I saw this same performance in Dallas Tx. 1973!

[@johneffinger6977]

Seeing this on October 23, 2024... i am SO HAPPY that this found me! The music and the art are the BEST EVER! I still listen and love everything about YES ... totally including the art. It is the best of the of the best!

[@howiewarhurst1058]

Lucky enough to see Yessongs tour in 72 at Manchester Hardrock when i was 15 ,magical experience seeing your musical heroes live as a teenager .YES were on fire 🔥!! Still my favourite live album at 66....

[@bobbeland9220]

I first saw Yes in 1973 @ Winterland in S.F. They were easily the most extraordinary group of rock musicians that I had ever heard and that’s saying something considering all the great music that was coming out around that time and in the late 60s. All of them are masters of their respective instrument and their music is unlike no other rock band that I can think of. Unparalleled. ✌️😎🎶

[@Midnightbluesproject]

A band from my youth. I love this band in all its forms over the years. All of the band are genius musicians

[@kenm.3512]

They were loud back in the day. Very loud! They had energy and a visceral edge to their live performances. As the years went by their live performances became refined. Some folks are commenting on Steve's teeth and how old he looks. His playing and mind are as sharp as ever. He's not nearly as vain as many others in the business. My heart went out to Steve when I learned of his son Virgil's passing. God bless Steve and Yes!

[@sydspoak6754]

Yessongs was my very first exposure to the band... summer of '76, and cousin Dave brought the album to my graduation party, and I was captivated... first by the sheer weight of holding 3 records all wrapped in such wonderful artwork, and then of course, the music contained within. We played one LP at a time with my new condenser mic-equipped boombox perched right in front of one side of my dad's console system, and I recorded the entire thing on cassette (so Dave could take his album back home, LOL).Over time... while listening to Yessongs literally hundreds of times... I came to understand how unique the arrangements were, as I became more familiar with all of the studio albums, which for me just added another layer to the mystique and grandeur of Yes. Yes has been my favorite band since then, and Yessongs my favorite album.

[@serbiesnow]

You sir... made my life so much gooder-er with your music.. Thank you!!.. (PS,... Born in 1964!!)

[@1mespud]

Thanks Chris Squire for doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family. Everyone be carful out there..

[@TurnFullCircle]

Superb…..i cannot imagine a world without Yes….cheers

[@saundrahillinger1951]

And Steve Howe... I love you from the depths of my heart. I will never forget the personal attention you gave me when you played a solo show in the 90's in Holywood and I had won tickets from the Jim Ladd show and was ever so grateful for it. You even played one of my favorite songs from Beginnings.

[@burgesmate]

Roger Dean is such a wise man; when I left my secondary school at the age of 14 (in 1976) I was given a copy of Yessongs by my classmates and I still treasure the object, the music and the artwork. Chris Squire - we miss you.

[@ETericET]

I miss Chris so much.

[@charleswahlstrom3154]

ETericET Bass player of the year for pretty much the entire seventies and rightfully so, no?

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

No doubt......no matter what, Chris seemed to the main, solid, continual force in Yes.....

[@eggman1978]

great band so much talent and such explorers of sound. one of my favourite bands. Steve howes guitar skills are amazing.

[@Penekamp11]

I saw Yes 13 times back in the ‘70s starting in 1971. Incredible band. Twice with the Eagles on the undercard in Denver and Louisville. The Eagles were nearly booed off the stage.

[@DS8379]

Love all of you so much- grew up in the 80s and all I ever knew was a hit song from the mid 80s but it was in High School, 1995 - around the time I was discovering Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, many others- a friend lent me Yessongs and said it would blow my mind. I plugged in my headphones and played some Super Nintendo and listened to what would become my favorite album for the first time

[@paulsimmons5726]

Now in 2021, I've been listening to this album since highschool in the 70's... I still marvel at how spontaneous it sounds and yet everything is virtually perfect. What a beautiful time that was!

[@sanddab]

Thank God someone captured them at that time on film.

[@damiamagic6233]

Yes is one of the most ingenious bands ever!!🤗❤️✋🇦🇺

[@T.B0ne]

Absolutely the best recorded Live Show Performance!! I lived on that LP when it came out. What a Band...

[@Aspartamebraintumor]

It's fantastic but Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool live album is certainly a contender

[@dougmphilly]

steve's solo work deserves your attention.

[@ENB1968]

I absolutely love Yessongs for two words: RAW POWER. They showed you could take these very somewhat delicate, dainty songs and turn them into hard rocking power numbers and not lose any of the meaning or spirit. Very few bands of that era could be so adept - The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd - great bands all, but could not bring that type of sharp focus and hard edge live. I would argue the live renditions of "Heart of the Sunrise", "All Good People", and "Roundabout" came off better on this live set than they did on the studio version.

[@glennsvoboda6602]

Blown away in the 70s, Yes songs. Now have it on CD always in my deck in my car.

[@pellehanden857]

Pure magic, music from heaven

[@micknordstrom2591]

Lets appreciate the amazing vocals of Chris and Steve as well! They often are forgotten for their amazing harmonies!

[@michaelhilldingh4438]

I have only one word when it comes to yes and their music; Love. They have been such a huge part of my life and my musical experience. Always..... M

[@d.w.5144]

one of my first albums that time. it changed my live. thank you so much. miss you Chris.

[@BrainPolice5]

The performances are so incredibly sharp on Yessongs. Every song is better, smoother, more fluid, and harder rocking than the studio albums. Therefore, this album, coupled with Yesshows, is my favorite. Steve's playing is so detailed as if he lived and breathed the music. Alan is playing like his life depends on it. He threatens to run completely off the rails at times. Jon's voice got better over time, but here he sounds like a raw rock star.

[@sulatlalaki]

Excellent review, brother.

[@seananderson8275]

Spot on in every way :)

[@billmadden802]

Bill bruford no?

[@seananderson8275]

Bill Bruford will always be "the" YES connoisseurs drummer...simply amazing!

[@paulsimmons5726]

Chris and Rick were way in front of where other bassists and keyboard players were. That Rickenbacker through 12" speakers and the stacked keyboards... wow!

[@bennettskb555]

Wonderful band, thanks for sharing the film.

[@waynecollins3088]

Jon Anderson the Heart and Soul of YES - His is No Disgrace - Happy birthday Jon

[@blazingday8596]

What a strange and wonderfully odd hodge-podge of a documentary this is....much like YES actually. I really love listening to Steve Howe - he really is just all about the music........and I miss Chris Squire......I really miss Chris Squire........

[@IDigAPony]

When I grow up (and I'm close to 60) I want to be Steve Howe. Imagine - a musician being all about the music (something that seems to be a bit lacking these days) Chris Squire was a one of a kind. His approach to music was wonderful and unique. It's funny with Yes - it's one of those bands where each of the musicians ends up being a musical superstar in their own right. With the exception of Jon (who I love) no real ego cases either. Example - I like Neil Pert but his ego :(

[@bertmorenstein3000]

I think you have it wrong. Steve Howe has a huge ego, and has alientated almost every past member of Yes, including Rick Wakeman. What he did to Peter Banks was petty and unforgivable, when he nixed him sitting in on a song at a concert.

[@handyhanks]

I miss Squire the most as he was a pioneer into the 20 minutes songs after years of three minute pop one hit wonders..

[@gmas8589]

whatever...I tolerate it from the best rock guitarist ever!

[@tomkitchar8527]

Grew up with Ed Sullivan's Beatles & Stones, then the British Invasion... and then one day heard this strange but wonderful single on the AM stations.... "I've seen all good people..." . YES has been my #1 band ever since, NEVER grows old. Saw them 4 times in concert.... wish it was 400! They take me places no band has gone before!

[@arthouston7361]

Fortunately, when Yessongs was released, we still had large movie theaters that had large sound systems, and interiors that dated back decades to the days when the stage was used as often as the screen. It was almost like being at a concert venue seeing Yes live, with the added features that draw you in closer to the action.

[@bropous4265]

The fact that the Mighty Chris Squire said that this group on Yessongs was "in a developmental stage and you know, just learning the ropes, really" blows me away. I saw Yes twice live, in the early 90s, one of THE best and tightest bands ever to tour, and I put them right up there with Frank Zappa's incarnations and King Crimson's incarnations. What a phenomenal gift to this world that this band presented. Chris, RIP, Sir. Alan and Jon, PLEASE get back together and give us a little bit more. Please. Just for ol' bro.

[@FrancisMaxino]

So good to mention Zappa here in a time when the effects of commercialism and MTV have watered down and restricted the artisitic scope of general industry patronised musical expression.

[@juancastillo8948]

Yessongs best live album ever!!

[@TheCream14]

Yessongs - one of the best albums ever. Yes has so many talented guys. Steve Howe - the best!

[@griiseknoen]

As a listener I would like to thank YES for daring to make music with such a scope. (and actually PULLING IT OFF! ) There is so much variation. The complexity is sometimes baffling. I'm never bored listening to early YES! God knows how they managed to memorize it all...

[@joestandard125]

Seeing "YES" at the Spectrum in Philly many times, I remember those times like it was yesterday...Very great evenings of sounds!! Great Musicians. A Different experience altogether.

[@bradg8664]

Great memories of YES at the Spectrum

[@hulkjelly6876]

Saw them in the round at the Spectrum in 78 or 79. 12th row from the stage.

[@LoneLee2022]

Yeah, those always played the Philly Spectrum a couple times a year. Good devoted crowd of fans. Those concerts were special. You really appreciated their talent even more seeing them live.

[@Existmusiccloud]

Awesomeness and greatness, saw movie in theater many times, midnight showing!

[@progx8679]

Those were Great days in Prog & Rock 1973/73' I'm so glad I grew up in this era and saw most of the great bands many times from 1971 to 1978. Remember seeing Yessongs at the theatre with our friends but we wish it was longer it was shorter than Yes's concerts !

[@starshiptrooper7670]

After all these years Yessongs is still very close to my heart.

[@MHowell1978]

Bless Eddie and the band for taking the care they did to mix the Yessongs album. It's one of my most favorite live albums. I got to see the band play once in '97, but I'll always be envious of those who were able to go see them in the early days. So guess I should be grateful that this film was made!

[@carmenlamontagne4948]

My favorite since 1970. I saw them in 75 in Montreal and another time in 02. Saw Rick Wakeman also in 75 while he was touring with his solo album. I sang all the songs word for word. Everyday after school lol. My favorite is Close to The Edge. Just love these guys.❤

[@richardhines8622]

My first Yes concert was the second leg of the Relayer Tour with the CrabNebula stage. I am forever spoiled !!

[@blues-extrarockband]

So was mine! Southampton 1975

[@kevinpitt2203]

The first Yes gig I saw was the Relayer tour, at QPR, Loftus Road, in which there is a film of it on KZbin. I was just to the right of the tower. I saw them later that year as they were a last minute book at the Reading Rock Festival. Right at the front there, in the pouring rain. They were certainly different. Except for Genesis, most rock stages in those days was pretty rudimentary. They were next on tour in the UK in 1977. In those days you sent your cheque in a SAE to the venue. Earlier that year I had seen Pink Floyd, with the Animals Tour. I was literally at the back of Wembley Arena. Horrible time. When I sent off for my tickets for the Yes concert in October, I included a letter moaning about my shitty seats at Pink Floyd, and asked for some good ones this time. Sadly. a couple of weeks before the show, I had to go to Germany for a year, and gave my tickets to my brother, who went with his girlfriend at the time. Asked if the seats were any good he said brilliant. He was right next to the mixing desk. The band were in the centre of the arena, instead of one end. Grrrrrr

[@captnodge]

Never saw yes live.booh But relayer one of my all time favourite albums. Right up there

[@grottonisred6541]

So was mine , Manchester , England...the second night. A guy at school got a cracking black and white photo from the night before, it's still tucked away in my programme..

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

richard Hines mine too, Cardiff 1975. Fucking incredible night. Loudest audience I've ever heard.

[@starshiptrooper7670]

My fav Yes album & dvd. Love this band!

[@jperryfan]

2020 Still listening to Yes in Lockdown. Whatever Get's You Through. And Yes certainly does and always has

[@doogie812]

You got it just rite. You gave us a gift. The YesSongs package was norther than a great gift to us YES fans.

[@craigfazekas3923]

I wish they'd have filmed the previous tour- Fragile- with Bill Bruford. In addition to or instead of ? Yes, definitely !! 🚬😎👍

[@BluesLicks101]

I know he's a curmudgeon, I know about ARW, but I am a guitarist who still has a tremendous love and respect for Steve Howe. He's one of the all time top 5 guitarists in Rock.

[@greysonwilson4164]

ARW?

[@234cheech]

hes not a rock guitar player hes a guitar player

[@harrisgoodman1564]

@@greysonwilson4164 “Anderson Rabin Wakeman.” ✌🏻

[@larrypeterson7992]

A profound influence on my life!

[@antonyjohnson4489]

What great guys and supreme talents, lovely to hear such candid and honest accounts of this nascant but incredibly productive period in Yes's career.

[@vanhouten64]

Greatest live album by any band

[@ksanClain]

My friend lent me their cd copy of Yessongs a year ago and I haven’t looked back since. Shortly thereafter I purchased the dvd too. Lots to listen to and explore with Yes for sure ❤️

[@samwa3986]

Few live albums are good. Yessongs is my favorite. Live at Leeds is good. Yes sounds live, closer to their studio records, than any other band. Yes is the most skilled, of any band.

[@mikew8552]

Second album I ever bought and I still have it. First Yes concert was TOTO in 1974. Saw ARW last week and the music is still great.

[@mikew8552]

Sorry, TFTO tour in '74

[@herbhill7591]

Yessongs was, is, and forever will be my favourite album.

[@michaelanzelino5068]

'Yes' was my obsession back in the years of 1973-1977. As an aspiring guitarist, Steve Howe was the be all /end all guitarist's for me. When I bought the YESSONGS album, I must have played it night and day. It wasn't until 1975 that I first seen YESSONGS the film at a movie theater in Times Square New York City. I was over the moon. I cut school and went to the matinee show and stayed on until 10:pm that night ! One thing I would like to point out. Yours is no disgrace on the LP/album/CD is from a differnt show then the one in the film. And yet Steve and Chris never mention it. I wonder if they even knew ?

[@kevinmckeown7972]

Remember watching this (for the only time!) in the Odeon Cinema in Cheltenham in (I think) 1977/78. A Wednesday afternoon when you had the afternoon off from Tech College to play sport. This was MUCH better!

[@kevinmyles6369]

Yes, one of the very best of all time!

[@stevesmith3990]

Thanks for uploading this.

[@bobm549]

Mesmerizing documentary, What treat, From long ago yesterday. Yes has been around for 50 years of my music listening life.

[@jacquescarrier9713]

merci from Québec, Canada

[@paulhcan]

The first album I ever "really" listened to. Every day while growing up. Takes me back whenever I hear any of it.

[@snowdawgg]

I'm happy that I got to see THIS lineup a few times in my past. The REAL YES

[@chroniclerisiah5536]

An amazing documentary.

[@GriffMJ]

Artist Roger Dean was fantastic...... his work took you into some great worlds.

[@giantessmaria]

thank you Michael, that was magical!

[@vaneipontes3279]

Band Perfect 🎵🎼🎶🎹🎤🎸😎👊 Greats Musicians 🎵🎼🎶🎹🎤🎸😎👊 Roger "Gênio " Dean 👏👏👏😎👊 Álbum Masterpiece 🎵🎼🎶🎹🎤🎸😎👊

[@coyotecreekband236]

When this album came out, I only really knew the song Roundabout, so the idea of buying an expensive record for one song, seemed outrageous. I was 16 at the time. I finally had enough money (under $10) to buy the record. I remember opening the album, putting on the first record which starts with Firebird Suite, then into Siberian Khatru. Between the outstanding artwork, as well as this other-worldy music, I was hooked and have been a rabid fan ever since. I was most fortunate to have seen them live 5 times, and even got to meet Jon Anderson years ago. I have teenage kids, and made sure they listened to this great music too.

[@grillsandaxlegrease3578]

Loved to hear Steve's nice words towards Patrick Moraz.

[@ybrix101]

Yes doesn't forget their alumni. Even if they were kicked out.

[@yesman2755]

Patrick is a very underrated musician who never really got his just rewards. Gave Yes one of their greatest albums with his jazz influences and revived / saved the Moody Blues as a touring entity in the 80’s. Graeme Edge has the audacity to say that he was a “sideman”. Unbelievable !

[@Coolnesski]

Patrick’s influence overflowed to the music on Going For The One. Read his interview in “Hard Rock” mag. April 1978.

[@pevalno2458]

Yes, yes, yes forever.

[@OsoMarcol]

When I listened to this masterpiece for the very first time back in 1984, it was like a new world was opened up for me

[@Lightmane]

I need to figure out how to time travel. I want to go back to the 70s and go to all their concerts. Oh well. At least we have KZbin.

[@markmattia3478]

Saved up to buy the album as a 16 or 17 year old. I had seen the close to the edge tour and just thought the live album was just beyond everything else i had heard to date.

[@davidgarione2206]

I can see Chris younger before this video in 1975 presenting Fish Out of Water at Grey Old Whistle Test. A complete different man, more vivid and happier. Even his voice has changed so remarkably. My God, it seems another person in 2012. Not to mention Steve. Time.

[@saundrahillinger1951]

You were very fond of and so very kind to anyone in there who was really there to listen to you, and I was the fortunate one that sat right in front of you during your show. I was feeling like, is this real? Am I really sitting this close to you insuch an intimate setting and we exchanged conversation and you were so awesome? The best! I will never forget!

[@derail14]

the good old days are gone.

[@steveblair6765]

I enjoyed this album so much that I purchased it three times. I just wore the tapes out. And the vinyl was less portable. Still have that one.

[@tereasia]

Me, age 11, headphones, mindblown. I feel lucky ❤

[@RandymanB]

The soundtrack of my early teen years!

[@eda396]

It was great to have been young and lived through all that cool stuff. I knew it (the music) was going to be iconic back then even. I thought there would be more iconic stuff after that but it never happened.

[@nancyroysden1633]

I have loved you guys for almost a half century. I was fortunate to catch you in the early 70's at Cincinnatti Gardens. Kids here's a flashback. Not only did viewers have to endure stagnant scenes, but the sound could be incredibly terrible. Concrete wall venues sucked. The best way to view concerts was to go alone. Then, you can walk about and worm your way to the stage. And guys, I'm so very glad your finally inducted into R&R HOF!

[@josedealbuquerquejr.941]

Yes at that time was a sum up of 4 very gifted musicians and an angelical voice. All of them with great talent for composition. This chemistry was responsible to originate, at this particular era, the most consistent band of all time

[@brianquinn989]

Close to the Edge Tour was my first Yes Concert. I never heard a louder Band in My life. Its sad to hear about Bands getting screwed out of whats owed them.

[@Aspartamebraintumor]

I would have loved to hear those mellotrons

[@cynthiafradelizi4288]

I tried to say that John Wettton only had to open his mouth, and a beautiful sound came out. WHAT A GREAT VOICE! Sincerely CF.

[@YAMISOOLD2009]

Thanks so much for posting this. I learned more about some of my musical heroes!

[@ReneAlexisPenalozaMunoz]

They were part of my youth on the late 70s thanks to a college friend. I got the chance to meet them in the 90’s backstage after a Royal Albert Hall concert. I can’t remember if Rabin or Howe were playing at the time or if it was a reunion kind of thing with the original members (post Banks and Kaye). I still have the ticket stub. Amazing show.

[@handyhanks]

I miss Squire the most as he was a pioneer into the 20 minutes songs after years of three minute pop one hit wonders..

[@snacklofter]

Enjoyed that thank you.

[@seekingwisdom8]

I attended a show during this tour in Minneapolis in Sept 72. Contrary to the comment Roger Dean made about seeing their faces, I was at the foot of the stage. They had no wall between the stage and the audience so we could get right up to the stage. Though I would agree to a point their music isn't the same live as on record, that show was a magical event in my life. There were 7 of us and each of us say the same thing, that concert changed our lives. Sounds silly at the age of 61 now, but as a 16 year old drummer, Yes opened up an entire world of music and rhythm for my. I was not familiar with them previous to the concert other than Roundabout, didn't know who any of the members were so I went home assuming I had watched Bill Bruford play, when it was actually Alan White. Alan is an amazing drummer, but the recorded work of Bruford on the early Yes albums changed how I approached playing. To this day, when I hear songs from that tour it transports me back to that fall evening in 1972.

[@seaofmadness2622]

Sounded like a good evening. Yes has been a great influence on my brother too as he plays guitar bass and piano for 42 years. I as his little sister have always loved Yes along with my Bro too. We him and i went to see Yes 2 times i couldn't get enough of them and i never tire of their music. Take care abd thanks for sharing!

[@nov20five]

The one band I wish I had seen in their glory days...during this era of Yes!

[@FlyGuy457]

Enjoy, don't over analyze just enjoy because there is no one group like them. Living, breathing music.

[@steverodgers8425]

Saw the movie when it opened at the Inwood Theater in Dallas. They set up a stereo system for audio it was wonderfully loud. When we walked out of the movie the line was all the down the alley and circled the parking lot. Seemed everyone was token' it up for the show. Rock concerts were rare on the movie theater screens in those days.