the young guy on keys was with the orchestra. He played all the keys for these orchestral shows in 2001/2002. Rick Wakeman later rejoined the band the following year and yes were had an amazing 2 years of extensive touring for most of 2003 and 2004. It also coincided with their 35th anniversary. They were doing a lot of really kick ass old tunes at these shows too, stuff from Tales from Topographic Oceans, Close to the Edge, etc. Was sick. I actually got to see a show in 2003 down in Palm Beach Florida. These were the Final Days of the core Yes line-up too. Jon came down with an upper respiratory infection in early 2005 and had to take time off. Chris Squire did not want to wait for him to recover and replaced him with a Canadian singer Benoit David and then in 2012 came Jon Davison who is still with them to this day. And Jon Anderson has not been with Yes now for 20 years.
Hahaha! Good form right out of the gate today Justin! GREAT reaction as usual. The Bass at the end is an ultra rare Electra (x 60 or something). Squire played it a lot on Drama and 90125. The Bass featured a modular plug in system for on board effects.
Steve plays a vachalia which is also called a 12 string Portuguese guitar. The orchestra adds a lot to the 'new' songs since they were recorded with minimal keys and a real orchestra. Some older songs benefit but not this one.
It's one of those Yes myths really. Jon called it a Vachalia, but Steve subsequently said it wasn't, but the differences between the two instruments are subtle and I think Steve eventually said he didn't know what it was called. Of course Jon also famously introduced Clap as 'The Clap,; forever tarring that tune with the idea that it was about a sexually transmitted disease when in fact it was a celebration of the birth of Steve's son! You can't always rely on member of Yes for Yes history!!!
I saw this same tour a few months earlier, in Manhattan, a couple of nights before 9/11 when the gates of delirium crashed into the city, rendering the nation paralyzed. Jon and Yes emboldened our spirits to withstand the onslaught. It was an actual transmission of love and baraka. They played their long classics, and we were all having a great night, including the orchestra. Jon has long been a bit of an avatar, which would not strike us as strange lived we in India. Civilian clothes, dress suits, nor the clothes of the roadies would suffice, nor would anyone care.
This is great. Live in Montreaux is better! And stop making fun of old people lol! I’m the coolest 66 year old you could know HAHAHA! You’ll be older one day, and hopefully realize age is merely a number. To me, music - rock, metal, grunge, prog all of it, whatever you like, can keep your soul young, fun and happy! In the past month, I’ve been to see live: Deep Purple, Yes, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Ministry, Candlebox, Jerry Cantrell, Live, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and a killer new band, southern metal LOWSIDE. Keeps me happy! ☮️❤️🎼😎
You need to watch Ritual from the same concert. One of the best renditions where all bar Howe play drums at one point. Brislin is a brilliant substitute for Wakeman. You even get to see someone dancing to the music 😂
I think that thing is called a 'mandola'?! Lifeson played one on some later Rush songs, too 🙂 And your joking-around cracked me up 😄👍 The bass at the end is an Electra with a couple of built-in, exchangeable effects cartridges. You heard it with a Flanger effect on 'Tempus Fugit' recently and also on 'Cinema' from '90125' a while ago 🙂
This would have been sometime after the Magnification album. They were touring with an orchestra. I think it’s Tom Brislin on keyboards. Rick Wakeman would come back briefly in 2004 for their 35th anniversary tour.
GREAT TOUR! They used different local orchestras for each location! Tom Brislon played keys on this tour. I don't get your weird obsession with Jon's attire. It's cute that you found it humorous, though he's dressed way more Hippie in the 70s, but his voice is absolutely immaculate. Chris was always the more outlandish dresser. This particular last song didn't need as much orchestration, but it was absolutely essential and incredibly grand on the epic tracks. The only problem with us YES farts getting older is watching people sitting on their asses the entire show. Whites rarely dance anyway but it was pathetic during Jon's recent show with the Band Geeks 😅
Well this is a surprise. Donation request, or did you just decide you needed to give the senior citizen version of Yes a try? Re: Jon's stage garb, at least he wasn't wearing all white, which he did from about 1978 until the late 90s. For me, some color and patterns were actually a welcome relief after so many years of flouncy white outfits. Besides, most old Yes fans are (or were) also hippies, so Jon is actually dressed very appropriately for his crowd. 😉 Re: the use of the orchestra, Yes were promoting their 2001 release 'Magnification' for this tour and video ('Symphonic Live'). Rick had been in the band since 1995 but couldn't come to terms to take part in 'Magnification', so rather than replace him (his previous replacement was a disaster) they decided to go the 'rock band plus orchestra' route, which was trendy at the time (remember how many times The Moody Blues were showing up on PBS pledge drives?) It definitely works better on some songs than other (I agree they basically phone it in here), but overall Yes did a respectable job of integrating the orchestra into their music, new and old. The missed opportunity on this tour was not playing anything from 'Time and a Word'. That 'young guy' is Tom Brislin who is a great keyboard player and all around nice guy. He's now playing with Kansas. Many Yes fans (me included) hoped he would be drafted into the band as full-time member, but it was not to be. 'What is that bass?' That's the Electra 620 MPC with built-in phaser that Chris used on 'Drama' and '90125'.
Hey! Quit picking on poor Jon! I take umbrage with that! 🤣🤣🤣I wasn't too enthused with that outfit, either. I preferred the way he dressed on stage during the 70s, all in white, like some biblical prophet. As for the orchestra, I don't feel they add much to this song but they add quite a bit to some of the more heavier epics, like "Ritual" and "Close to the Edge". As for the young man on keys, this is Tom Brislin, who played with them for only this tour. The album they were supporting, _Magnification_ (2001), was recorded with an orchestra in lieu of keys. Mr. Brislin was brought in to play keyboards on the older tracks, not recorded with an orchestra and he did a damn fine job.
Apparently Steve plays a Portuguese guitar on this song. Clapping and inane waving during songs at concerts should be banned by law though. Nobody likes it and people only join in because of peer pressure. Clap at the end, it's more than enough! Seriously though, the Symphonic Tour was fantastic, but for most shows they had a different orchestra each night so I guess they didn't have a lot of rehearsal time. You're right, you had to be there.
I think you need a new series for fashion critique. I still remember the first Haken video with Toto/weird al and the outfits. Or the Greta van fleet reaction. I think people need to find some gems for you to critique. Pretty much any official Rush video would count as well. Lol.
Yes... im literally joking around. Because what do you want me to say about the music. That I haven't already said. Nothing specifically happened in the music that was different. They are great, we know that right. right.
the young guy on keys was with the orchestra. He played all the keys for these orchestral shows in 2001/2002. Rick Wakeman later rejoined the band the following year and yes were had an amazing 2 years of extensive touring for most of 2003 and 2004. It also coincided with their 35th anniversary. They were doing a lot of really kick ass old tunes at these shows too, stuff from Tales from Topographic Oceans, Close to the Edge, etc. Was sick. I actually got to see a show in 2003 down in Palm Beach Florida. These were the Final Days of the core Yes line-up too. Jon came down with an upper respiratory infection in early 2005 and had to take time off. Chris Squire did not want to wait for him to recover and replaced him with a Canadian singer Benoit David and then in 2012 came Jon Davison who is still with them to this day. And Jon Anderson has not been with Yes now for 20 years.
It was Tom Brislin - he wasn't with the orchestra. He toured with them in Europe & North America.
@@briandraper2051Correct.👍🎹🎹🎹😎
Tom Brislin on keys and vocals. Saw him with Renaissance in '10. Great player. Currently a member of Kansas.
He gets around, played with Camel for a bit too.
Also played keyboards and piano as a guest on the Band Geek UA-cam video of South Side of The Sky.
Tom Breslin's band did a cover of Sound Chaser. It's mind-blowingly accurate.
Hey Justin! You need to check out the Awaken version by Jon Anderson and Todmobile. Mind blowing
It is indeed
Hahaha! Good form right out of the gate today Justin! GREAT reaction as usual. The Bass at the end is an ultra rare Electra (x 60 or something). Squire played it a lot on Drama and 90125. The Bass featured a modular plug in system for on board effects.
Including 'Tempus Fugit', which Justin had reacted to only recently 🙂
Steve plays a vachalia which is also called a 12 string Portuguese guitar. The orchestra adds a lot to the 'new' songs since they were recorded with minimal keys and a real orchestra. Some older songs benefit but not this one.
Steve played a vachalia on the original still version!
Oh! So it's NOT a mandola then!
It's one of those Yes myths really. Jon called it a Vachalia, but Steve subsequently said it wasn't, but the differences between the two instruments are subtle and I think Steve eventually said he didn't know what it was called. Of course Jon also famously introduced Clap as 'The Clap,; forever tarring that tune with the idea that it was about a sexually transmitted disease when in fact it was a celebration of the birth of Steve's son! You can't always rely on member of Yes for Yes history!!!
One of the best songs from this show is And You And I. The band and orchestra blend together as one. Simply PHENOMENAL!!!!!!!👍😎
That bass in the encore was a bass made specifically for old dudes. It would fit you like a glove. 😁
Who would have thought at 68 still watching yes
69 for me😅😅😅
Keyboard is Tom Breslin from Kansas
Hippie Sheik/Chic, No Jon, we said "D" tuning, not "D tunic." Hard to believe Jon is still performing at 79! Great performance.
Turns 80 in October ❤
@@lesblatnyak5947 Rocktober!
I saw this same tour a few months earlier, in Manhattan, a couple of nights before 9/11 when the gates of delirium crashed into the city, rendering the nation paralyzed. Jon and Yes emboldened our spirits to withstand the onslaught. It was an actual transmission of love and baraka. They played their long classics, and we were all having a great night, including the orchestra. Jon has long been a bit of an avatar, which would not strike us as strange lived we in India. Civilian clothes, dress suits, nor the clothes of the roadies would suffice, nor would anyone care.
This is great. Live in Montreaux is better! And stop making fun of old people lol! I’m the coolest 66 year old you could know HAHAHA! You’ll be older one day, and hopefully realize age is merely a number. To me, music - rock, metal, grunge, prog all of it, whatever you like, can keep your soul young, fun and happy! In the past month, I’ve been to see live:
Deep Purple, Yes, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Ministry, Candlebox, Jerry Cantrell, Live, Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and a killer new band, southern metal LOWSIDE. Keeps me happy! ☮️❤️🎼😎
There's no "a" in "Montreux" (from a 64-year-old).
Nice to see Cowboy Steve in action
Somebody get Justin a Earthtone Tunic
Just remember.. those OLD people in that crowd once again FEEL like they are 18 again... just for a while. Let it be...
Took an orchestra to replace Wakeman. 😊
YES! 😊
Fantastic tour!!!👍😎
the whole of the symphonic live show was awesome, the orchestra had a ball as can be seen, the encore "roundabout" is well worth watching
"Ritual" from this concert is stellar.
This whole symphonic Yes concert is epic. You really need to check out more songs from this video.
You need to watch Ritual from the same concert. One of the best renditions where all bar Howe play drums at one point. Brislin is a brilliant substitute for Wakeman. You even get to see someone dancing to the music 😂
I think that thing is called a 'mandola'?! Lifeson played one on some later Rush songs, too 🙂
And your joking-around cracked me up 😄👍
The bass at the end is an Electra with a couple of built-in, exchangeable effects cartridges. You heard it with a Flanger effect on 'Tempus Fugit' recently and also on 'Cinema' from '90125' a while ago 🙂
This would have been sometime after the Magnification album. They were touring with an orchestra. I think it’s Tom Brislin on keyboards. Rick Wakeman would come back briefly in 2004 for their 35th anniversary tour.
Chris Squire usually played a Rickenbacher bass
Steve, Alan and Chris sounded great. The old people were hilariously corny. But I really loved the magic carpet Jon was wearing lol.
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GREAT TOUR! They used different local orchestras for each location! Tom Brislon played keys on this tour. I don't get your weird obsession with Jon's attire. It's cute that you found it humorous, though he's dressed way more Hippie in the 70s, but his voice is absolutely immaculate. Chris was always the more outlandish dresser. This particular last song didn't need as much orchestration, but it was absolutely essential and incredibly grand on the epic tracks. The only problem with us YES farts getting older is watching people sitting on their asses the entire show. Whites rarely dance anyway but it was pathetic during Jon's recent show with the Band Geeks 😅
Well this is a surprise. Donation request, or did you just decide you needed to give the senior citizen version of Yes a try? Re: Jon's stage garb, at least he wasn't wearing all white, which he did from about 1978 until the late 90s. For me, some color and patterns were actually a welcome relief after so many years of flouncy white outfits. Besides, most old Yes fans are (or were) also hippies, so Jon is actually dressed very appropriately for his crowd. 😉
Re: the use of the orchestra, Yes were promoting their 2001 release 'Magnification' for this tour and video ('Symphonic Live'). Rick had been in the band since 1995 but couldn't come to terms to take part in 'Magnification', so rather than replace him (his previous replacement was a disaster) they decided to go the 'rock band plus orchestra' route, which was trendy at the time (remember how many times The Moody Blues were showing up on PBS pledge drives?) It definitely works better on some songs than other (I agree they basically phone it in here), but overall Yes did a respectable job of integrating the orchestra into their music, new and old. The missed opportunity on this tour was not playing anything from 'Time and a Word'.
That 'young guy' is Tom Brislin who is a great keyboard player and all around nice guy. He's now playing with Kansas. Many Yes fans (me included) hoped he would be drafted into the band as full-time member, but it was not to be. 'What is that bass?' That's the Electra 620 MPC with built-in phaser that Chris used on 'Drama' and '90125'.
As always Justin 🤪🤪
Hey! Quit picking on poor Jon! I take umbrage with that! 🤣🤣🤣I wasn't too enthused with that outfit, either. I preferred the way he dressed on stage during the 70s, all in white, like some biblical prophet. As for the orchestra, I don't feel they add much to this song but they add quite a bit to some of the more heavier epics, like "Ritual" and "Close to the Edge". As for the young man on keys, this is Tom Brislin, who played with them for only this tour. The album they were supporting, _Magnification_ (2001), was recorded with an orchestra in lieu of keys. Mr. Brislin was brought in to play keyboards on the older tracks, not recorded with an orchestra and he did a damn fine job.
Apparently Steve plays a Portuguese guitar on this song. Clapping and inane waving during songs at concerts should be banned by law though. Nobody likes it and people only join in because of peer pressure. Clap at the end, it's more than enough! Seriously though, the Symphonic Tour was fantastic, but for most shows they had a different orchestra each night so I guess they didn't have a lot of rehearsal time. You're right, you had to be there.
That keyboardist was only on this tour. He is currently in the band KANSAS. You have critiqued Yes but will never have LIVED it.
i've lived my own. I don't need someone elses.
I think you need a new series for fashion critique. I still remember the first Haken video with Toto/weird al and the outfits. Or the Greta van fleet reaction. I think people need to find some gems for you to critique. Pretty much any official Rush video would count as well. Lol.
Don't laugh 😒 you'll be there sooner than you think 😅
And Jon actually does look quite a bit younger here than today, too! It's been 22 years! "2002" doesn't sound _that_ long ago! 😅
Hey Teach, what is that BASS
So you’re saying you’re glad I went with U2 instead of Jon & Vangelis? lol
The return of "Negative J. Pan"! Lay off the music and critique the wardrobe! 😂
Quit making me feel like I'm a boomer. lol
So Jon is like British Jesus or something, you said Biblical, LOL. Far out, man.
I know you are a yes, lover, but 50% of your reaction was about his outfit?
Calm down. Geez, his attire is your issue?
what do you want me to say about the music? really...
Earth tones🤮😂
I don't get your reaction to this. Laughing at it as if it was a joke? You kill me.
Yes... im literally joking around. Because what do you want me to say about the music. That I haven't already said. Nothing specifically happened in the music that was different. They are great, we know that right. right.