As an 80's kid this was my first introduction to Yes. I didn't get around to the 70's prog genius of Yes until much later. Still love this song and album.
@@murdockreviews by the way, du 80er Kind 😉... ich warte noch auf deinen Kommentar zu meinen Von Hertzen Brothers - Peace Patrol ... ein Song, der zumindest zur Hälfte 80er ist ...😆🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 völlig drüber weggekommen. Jetzt hab ich es geschafft. Bei den ersten zwei Minuten hab ich mir ehrlich gesagt schon gedacht, hoffentl geht das nicht über die ganzen 10 Minuten so weiter. Irgendwie so ein Arena-Powerrock-Stil, der nicht unbedingt mein Ding ist. Der Track wurde dann aber immer besser. Saxophon-und Gitatrensolo in der zweiten Hälfte waren top!!
@@murdockreviews Dankeee 😄 und das Album ist sehr abwechslungsreich, aber man muss sich echt reinhören, ab dem 3. Mal bleiben die ersten Stücke hängen und es wird immer besser ... aber .. es gibt einfach zu viel Musik und zu wenig Zeit.... im Moment habe ich das Gefühl, ich "verzettele" mich .... der Kanal, andere Kanäle, meine eigene Musik und dann all die Kuriositäten, die youtube ausspuckt ... eigentlich toll, aber wie gesadt ... wie soll man das als Vollzeitarbeitender bewältigen ... ich will meine Kneipe und spiele den ganzen Tag meine Musik, auch wenn ich nur 5 Gäste habe 🤣🤣 hier hat die Tage wieder einer 27 Mio im Lotto gewonnen, da könnte man doch schon mal 2 - 3 Jahre "Kneipe spielen" und Geld verbrennen
I was a bit shocked by the sound of this song, when it was first released; but, as a huge Yes fan since '72, I quickly warmed up to it. Guys, there are at least 4 other great songs on this album, 3 of which got considerable airtime, and the 4th won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental, the only Grammy the band ever won. The songs are: Changes; It Can Happen; Leave It; and the Grammy winner, Cinema. If you two react to any songs on the album, those four should be the ones. ❤✌
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
One of my favorite cuts on this album is "Changes". Although it's more poppish than Yes of the past, it's still a good album and introduced people of a younger generation to Yes.
@@mvunit3 I'm with you on that! Pop music even today is far worse and gets even worse as time goes by but I wish there were more Prog bands out there doing what Yes did in the 80's!
@@mr.mojorisin1616 - That maybe bands like "Saga", "It Bites", "Kino", "Rush" (mid-80's into the 90's), "Dream Theater" (Falling Into Infinity, album), "Asia", "GTR", mid/late years of "Magnum". Yeah . . . _most_ 80's thru now, Top 40 muzak just gets worse and worse. FEW exceptions but I just gave-up on radio in 1997, even AOR FM stations were a let down.
Same. I was a four year old kid when this song came out and the video played on MTV. Been a fan of this song and Yes since then. Call it nostalgia. I call it damn good music.
Honestly, Rabin was what Yes needed as a kick into the 80's, and attracting a new fan base. I've always thought of this song as "gateway prog" - it brings a pop sensibility on the surface, but underneath the actual structure is very prog rock, with multiple distinct sections and themes. Stealth prog, if you like that better. Also put it into 1983 context - the use of the Fairlight was cutting edge and these sounds were all new! Those drum breaks were solid production gold at the time.
@@relativeparadox9567 Again, damning with faint praise. It's an excellent song, brilliantly written and sung, innovative it its arrangement and featuring The Voice. "Better than average" is pretty insulting, where Yes is concerned.
I fell in love with this album when it came out in the 80's and then worked my way back through their entire catalogue. If it weren't for "Owner of a Lonely Heart", it probably would have taken me longer to discover "Close to the Edge", "Relayer" and "Fragile" etc.. Love you two, the sweetest couple on UA-cam. Personally I prefer the way Nick pronounces "Duran Duran", lol.
Heh, same story for me (that Owner of a Lonely Heart introduced me to Yes and then I found all their previous music) only if I hadn't heard it, I'm not certain I'd ever have found those other albums.
@@philplasma There's some irony there, because the Prog Yes was the first band (besides the Beatles, of course) to fill stadiums. I suggest you look up Yessongs; it was their live album, extraordinarily well produced (you can hear *everything*) and featured all their most beloved songs from the early '70's. LIVE. For a band with only one hit (Roundabout), they were a very big deal.
@@aprilstewart5929 I had the Yessongs double album back in the day and listened to it whenever I could. Now I have the Yes discography on my mobile device.
Born in 1959 I was a connoisseur of all the early yes records. And Yes has always and forever been in my playlist. When I first heard Owner of A Lonely Heart I turned the car stereo to 11. Chris Squire’s bass is immediately recognizable as is Jon Anderson’s vocals. I still and forever will turn it up to 11 popish or not. Thanks for revisiting this song. It always good in the car. 🚙😃😃😃
Steve Howe was at this time (1983) member of the highly succesful band Asia, with Geoff Downes (ex-Yes, ex-The Buggles), Carl Palmer (ex-ELP) and John Wetton (ex-King Crimson, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-UK). The first two Asia albums, Asia (1982) and Alpha (1983), divided Yes fans as much as did 90125. Not Symphonic prog, rather more like radio friendly AOR pop though with prog embellishments. Howe left Asia in 1984, after doing a classic Tokyo live concert with Greg Lake on the lead vocals, briefly replacing Wetton, (which recently was released on cd) and formed the band GTR with Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), which was also radio friendly music. Three years later he rejoined Jon Anderson, who had left Yes again, in ABWH, with Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe in 1989,made us Yes fans regain hope as the music, though not quite similar to 70's Yes, was more progressive and less commercial. They only did one album though, before rejoining the other Yes and doing Union album and tour in 1991. Howe then left Yes again in 1992 and rejoined in 1996 for Keys To Ascension, when Trevor Rabin had left the band.
This band wasn't YES in the beginning. Squire teamed up with White and Kaye and Trevor Rabin and formed a group called Cinema, but when Jon Anderson joined, they had to call it YES. Trevor Rabin wrote Owner of a Lonely Heart while in his bathroom. He wrote it for someone else, but their producer Trevor Horn (who sang on the Drama album) convinced Rabin that this was a hit chorus and that YES could perform it. It was the last song added to the album. Interesting how things work out, isn't it.
This was actually a Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire project dubbed "Cinema", but somehow the name was already in use. Also, given that Jon Anderson was asked to sit in for vocals, they settled on calling it Yes. Rabin, formerly of the South African band Rabbit, brought the 80s pop vibe to the album. A succesful album was the result, despite lack of critical acclaim from Yes fans. As a parallel, look what happened to another prog giant, Genesis in the 80s! The album 90125 used a relatively new technique called sampling throughout. It's Pop Yes!
Just goes to show how a larger context can influence your perception of an instance. Keep that in mind when, someday, after listening to more Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, you will go back to individual songs on Benefit and recognize what Steven Wilson saw in it to want to remaster it. Much love to you both! 💛🔥
This is so 80s ! When I first heard it, I thought, WOW, great song. I bought the album, but the more I listened to it, the less I liked it and nowaydays I switch radio stations, when it's played. This song is for me the confirmation of my theory : in the 70s musicians composed and played the music, they personally liked and hoped, the fans would like it too. In the 80s this turned around and they composed and produced music to be successful ... Owner ... sounds to me "constructed" 😒 another example of this theory is Dire Straits Money for nothing. So 90125 is in my collection, but it's "cryin'", because it doesn't get no more attention 🤣🤣🤣
Rudi! Take it out again and listen to tracks like Cinema/Leave It, Changes, City of Love and Hearts. Those are really solid songs, and take them apart in "Headphones" and hear how brilliantly they are put together (imo).
After Tormato I lost touch with what was happening with Yes (remember thos was pre-internet days.) I rember asking someone at a party on 1980 if they knew what happened to Yes? They told me Rick and Jpn left and Buggles (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes) had joined. I couldn't believe it, I'd heard one Buggles song "Video killed the radio star" which I hated with a passion. I resisted listening to Drama for some time because of the Buggles input. When a friend actually played the album to me musically I really liked it but I couldn't stand Trevor Horn's voice. Then in 1983, one of my rare occasions to listening to the radio, and hearing this song. Yes? On the radio? It was poppy the first shock and sounded nothing like the Yes from the 70s. However I did like the driving guitar riff. I listened to 90125 and liked it. Very different to 70s Yes, This was pop rock but what made it different was the same Yes attention to detail, precision and timing which made stand apart from other pop rock of the era.
Similar experience here. I had moved onto to new wave and alternative in the 80's (yes was a favorite from the 70's). But there's no denying this is a really good song and the album is overall pretty damn good. 90's and early 2000's yes had some really good tracks as well. And Jon continues to amaze!
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Man you guys stay busy with the content... Good stuff. When I say your videos I'm trying to figure out all of the albums and records in the background. Dark side of the Moon always catches my eye
Like the song, but walking out of a Yes concert in the early 2000s overheard someone call the song, "Owner of a lonely fart" and continue to think of it that way.
I was a teenager when this came out and today it's a bit forgotten, how influential Trevor Rabin became through this album on young Rock guitarist in those days. 90125 was also setting a high bar for production design and became one of those records bought for the sound, since this was also the era when people invested into big loudspeakers and hifi towers
I grew up with 90125 as my first exposure to Yes. I absolutely love the album…it is without a doubt one of my favorite 1980’s albums. I find it so amazing that this band could reinvent themselves for a new decade of music. Trevor Rabin was largely responsible for this. Trevor Horn producing this masterpiece was genius. The combination of everything including Squire and White putting the Yes stamp on the music makes for greatness. Jon Anderson being brought in toward the end of recording was the icing on the cake. I’m always happy and truly enjoy listening to 90125. Thx for the reaction, I can’t wait for you guys to explore more off the album 😎
This was my gateway drug to Yes. As a 13-year-old I had a high-pitched voice and I could not find any music I liked, sung with such a voice. Of course, there were Earth, Wind & Fire, and the BeeGees, but I hated their music. Then, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" became a hit: I instantly loved it. The album has a few Prog masterpieces like "Changes" and the very short instrumental "Cinema", and it took me on a journey. Nowadays my voice is much lower and I learned to appreciate Earth, Wind & Fire, and the BeeGees. But my love for Yes only grew.
I've owned the 90125 album for a long time. I still play it periodically and it still sounds fresh to me. Yes' new guitarist at this point, Trevor Rabin, is an extremely gifted guitarist/musician in his own right. If you listen to more of this album and the follow up album, Big Generator you'll be in for a pleasant surprise. It's a different Yes, a bit more commercial for sure, but still musically adventurous
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
As a kid, this was the first Yes song I ever heard, then bought the album. After that, I went backwards and bought them all. When producer Trevor Horn heard Trevor Rabin's demo for this song he gave it a whole new life which resurrected Yes in the 80s with a more modern sound. This lineup features 3 original members (Anderson, Squire, Kaye). Tony Kaye hadn't been in Yes since The Yes Album. Without this #1 hit, who knows what would have happened with Yes in the 80s. Great reaction!
The most Prog song on this album is "Hearts" which is a great song that you have to hear. I'm a huge fan of 70's Yes, that was their golden period, but 90125 is a great album that I enjoy listening to. It was a super huge album when it came out and the sounds and production on it were so new and influential that it really shaped the sound of 80's pop for the rest of the decade. Those sampled orchestral hits were first heard on this song and soon it could be heard EVERYWHERE on 80's pop songs.
It was my third album that I bought by them, my first was Close to the Edge, then the Yes album, then 90125, then Time and a Word, and so on, thus I was exposed very early to all Yes’s iterations and since then they are my all time favorite band. Thx 👍👍💪💪
This album is really pretty good. Not the Older Yes Epics but still relevant for todays listeners. I don’t understand the haters. Either your a Yes fan or not. It’s a different project from a Ever revolving band! Changes is amazing!!! Keep going!!! You won’t be sorry!❤
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I remember when this record came out, although it was big departure from their earlier "prog" oriented music, I feel it is an important and very successful evolution for the band. The song "Cinema" is a 2 minute prog/rock masterpiece that transitions into "Leave It" - the entire album really holds up. I love every single track and reminds me of Genesis and their change in music. 90125 is one my favorites of that era- Trevor Rabin's guitar playing is monstrous along with his signing. This version of the band was truly incredible :)
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I was 16 when this song came out. 90125 was the first Yes album I ever bought. This song always comes across better live I think. It is definitely a product of its time.
I've always liked this song. Sure not as much as their 70's stuff, still really good. What really surprised me was about 5 or 6 years ago at least, I decided to give the entire 90125 album a listen and found some gems. Songs like Hold On, It Can Happen, Changes, Cinema, and Leave It are all really good.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
This is 3 years after the Drama Album when Jon Anderson and Original Keyboardist Tony Kaye returned to Yes. You guys would love the song "Changes" from this same album. Please react to that song. I think you'll love it. The whole album is great! Guitarist Trevor Rabin brought more of a rock edge to Yes.
Nothing wrong with 80s Yes, just different. Like you, I prefer 70s stuff but you should check out the rest of this album because there are quite a few good tracks and you can listen to Trevor Rabin/Jon Anderson singing and the guitar work.. Heck, there's some stuff on "Talk,'' Album which I think was 90s you might like--Endless Dream, Mind Drive, etc. I'm a huge Yes fan and have given all the different eras a chance and went to the concerts which were amazing..
The b side of the 45 single which was released 2 weeks in advance of 90125 is Our Song which is much more like Prog Yes. So if you want to know what songs I like the most: It Can Happen Changes Cinema/Leave It Our Song City Of Love Hearts In the remaster there is Make It Easy which is very good and should have been included on the original release. Hold On is my least favorite tune but it’s not a bad song.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Lol 😳🤭😆🤣 We all make mistakes !! 😉 But the 1980s Yes was different and the music of the era changed sadly and Yes need to go along with it for a time to please the crappy industry !!! 🤔 But as the 80s goes it was some of the Best music !! But I Always chose Classic Prog era Yes at their best in the 70s 👍🎼🎶
Hey Nick and Lex, matching in maroon, I like it. Both of you are looking good and healthy. The bass line in this song is amazing. This is more of a mainstream side of Yes, but it's such a catchy song I listen each time it comes on the radio.
I grew up on earlier Yes, so when I first heard this song, it was jarring, to say the least - but not in a bad way. I gotta say that I’m with the great Russ Kunkel on this one (he talked about this album in an interview many years ago). I think this track is just so brilliant - the writing, the arrangement, all of the crazy things they did sonically. A bold leap for them. Feel the same way about “Changes.” An absolute masterpiece. Both songs still sound very modern to me.
There is always this discussion when bands change their style. Happend to Yes, Genesis, Opeth and many others. There are the fans that hate the new stuff instantly and for all times and there those who say " ok, it's different, but let's listen to it and maybe I like it too'. I personally love the progressive Yes more, but I think that OOALH is a really good song and that the whole album is worth listening. P.s. The guitar always reminded me of Andy Summers of The Police P.p.s. Liked your reaction very much
Hi Nick and Lex. I LOVE your channel. i have a couple of comments… 1. Tony Kaye was an original member of Yes. Wakeman is actually their second keyboardist. 2. The 90125 record has an interesting story. Yes had disbanded and reformed with Trevor Rabin (ray-bin) as singer/guitarist and was set to be called “Drama”. Anderson returned to the project midway through development and added his signature voice to the songs the Drama guys had put together. Since there were four Yes members they decided to call the band Yes again. 3. Rabin brought the fresh sound and songwriting vibe that many bands at the time were trying. In the early 80’s many of the 70’s prog bands were remaking themselves due to new pressure from a changing musical landscape. New Wave music ruled. Only a few bands successfully made a shift to the “80’s sound”…along with Genesis, Rush,The Who, et.al. 4. Steve Howe was, at this time, in a band called Asia. Asia was another prog-to-pop experiment. Howe would eventually come back to Yes along with Rabin, and they share the stage up to the current day.
Sometimes its best to listen to the songs and albums in chronological order like we had to, then you can appreciate the natural progression of the bands growth and maturity....
This album came largely as a result of two things - first, the ongoing interpersonal drama (pardon the pun!) within the band, this being the third significantly different lineup in three albums. Second, the changing music market: Albums like "Fragile", "Close to the Edge", or "Relayer" just didn't sell, which had led to the disbanding of Yes after "Drama". This lineup, originally not intended to be a reformation of Yes, but a separate band (called "Cinema") had brought in Trevor Rabin ("Raw-bean") on guitar and vocals, then Jon Anderson was invited to join "Cinema", and next thin anyone knew, the band realized how much of a discernable evolution from "Drama" the music they were writing was - and thus it became a new generation of Yes! This is probably the most "commercial" song on the album - perhaps the least "Yes-like", but still a great song. Definitely give the rest of the album a listen: "Changes" and "Leave It" are my favorites, but the whole album is quite good, even if a bit more "radio-friendly" than the earlier 15-20 minute epics!
Tony Kaye was an original member, along with Squire, Anderson and long time member Alan White. Bruford had left during the touring of “Close to the Edge” LP, but was in a few tracks of “Yessongs”, their live Double LP. This was to be a group with Trevor Rabin on guitar, with Trevor Horn producing (also the lead singer for the “Drama” LP), less John Anderson, called Cinema. That was changed once Anderson was asked to do the lead vocals and his request to keep the Yes name alive.
Interesting that you mentioned Rush, when I first heard them in the early seventies I thought they were a prog parody band because they sounded like a mashup of several other bands, mind you I still do. They are one of those muched loved bands/ artists that I just never got. I've tried as I have 5 of their albums on vinyl that I picked up at a charity shop (thrift store), played through twice, then gave up.
I feel exactly the same way. I can't work out why Rush leaves me cold. I can hear the musicianship, it just doesn't connect with me in any way. I'm happy to be on a channel with others who feel as I do. thought I was on my own!
It's OK guys. I thank you because the more of you there were, it improved my chances of getting better seats to the 40 Rush shows I attended. But I hear what you're saying. There were popular artists I couldn't get into as well. Along the theme of this listen, I became a Rush fan during the 80's, in their synth phase, and then worked my way backward. As for Yes, I was a fan from the beginning. But Rush is my favorite. What I can say about both is, their musicianship never declined with age. They never seamed bored and just going through the motions on stage. Cheers
There are many phenomenal tracks on this album. Also wish you could be exposed to more Yes from the 80s and 90s. Soooooo much amazing work. Also a one-off album Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe. If you wanted to check out phenomenal Genesis that you haven't heard before, try the albums And Then There Were Three, and Duke. The first time I saw Yes and Genesis were in the 70s, and many times throughout the years. The last time i heard this live was in 2016 in Austin, and that was Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman and their band with an evening of Yes. There is so much more recent work to check out!!!
It certainly was a different Yes with this album, but it was nice to have them back recording. I enjoyed this album and the subsequent Big Generator. In concert they played old and new. Thanks guys!!
I can remember where I was when I 1st heard this song. I can also remember where I was and what I was doing when I 1st heard Rush, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull , and Genesis.
I was a huge fan of Yes from the beginning. 90125 was a change from their earlier sound, for sure. Essentially, the introduction of Trevor Rabin made a significant change to their sound and it took awhile to get used to this. But in time, I came to realize that this record, while quite different, was still a very good record.
Trevor Rabin was the major influence that breathed new life and altered Yes. Owner of a Lonely Heart was basically one of his songs and there are others of his on the album. You should listen to his underrated solo album "Can't look away".
@@mvunit3 Sounds like a good idea. Maybe tracks from solo albums of artists from various groups? Another great solo album I think is underrated Is Mike Rutherford's "Smallcreeps Day".
@@bohem5568 Yeah, I have some "Sets" in mind but, I also have to consider the rules to N&L "Requests" ;). It may take till "January" to hear them. There are many requesters that are waiting in line.
@@mvunit3 Sounds like you have a handle on things. Huge amounts of great stuff to choose from. Good luck. Will look forward to seeing selections and future reactions.
This is a stunningly precision crafted song, that they probably spent 1000 hours on. It is still etched in my musical psyche, because as you said, Jon's "voice" its like a river flowing along, with such an accentuated staccato percussive layering, it is almost like "Sound Chaser" re=packaged for the 80's. Yes is perfectionism, that is infectious to me.
Back when MTV played videos, that's where I started getting into music and I got a lot of my love for prog seeing a video like this and exploring the albums they (and others) put out
Interesting to hear the "Reverse Order" introduction to Yes! I was 12, and it was the first time I was ever home alone, for any length of time. My Parents went on some cruise, and my older brother was out for the day, but his Yamaha CR 2020 Receiver, and Turntable, and EQ, going to 4 Bose 301's was right down the hall. I'm going though the crate with all his albums and Fragile, The Yes Album, and Close To The Edge were together there, so unlike every other cover art in the 100+ albums in the crate. I started with Fragile and then The Yes Album, and When I had gone through the lyrics of CTTE, I dropped the needle down, knowing what these 5 were capable of, my auditory system was exploded, IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. My neighbors never complained, and I'm sure the house/speaker could be heard by quite a few. So Tales From Topographic Oceans is like swimming in YES.. I saw them in 1977 with the earth and running man on the screen, then on the Tormato Tour in the round, and Damien Anderson made everyone cry. I would not be faithful to YES, if I did not inform you that Yours Is No Disgrace", "Starship Trooper", and "Siberian Khatru" from YESSONGS triple live Album are SUBLIME.
It is a song that is a product of its time - and it was ahead of its time. I think "classic" Yes songs have a more timeless quality, but 90125, Big Generator and Talk have some enduring moments. I just treated this as a different band, and appreciated it for what it was.
YES, they disappeared for a few years, then hit us in the '80s with this stuff and we were blown away by their new sound. That Prog 'fantasy' music suddenly became dated.
I'm a big fan of Yes and my favorite is And You And I. You can see a live version from the Yessongs tour on DVD. My first concert I went to was was Yes Toramato in 1978. They had a round stage in the middle of the arena that rotated. We sat 6 rows back from the stage. So check out both Yessongs and Toramato.
I had front row for this concert tour, and even though I was an old school YES fan, I was so happy that YES was touring that I didn’t seem to care…I thought I’d never get to see them at all. The concert was postponed due to an injury to Trever. Berlin was to open before it was postponed so as it was, they showed a Bugs Bunny cartoon instead of an opening band. It was an outstanding show as I remember. I had time to get used to the new stuff but loved hearing the old stuff more. I’m in a minority of YES fans who liked all of it (minus TALK which I got at midnight the day of release but never really liked it) Luckily the classics players got back together and toured a bunch… so I got to see my favorite lineup eventually several times. I saw 1 show without Jon and then stopped following the band.
My favorite version of this is in a live medley with "Time & a Word". A favorite from their early period. They go together remarkably well. And while you are diving forward and backward into these bands, also check out Genesis' first album, "From Genesis to Revelation", especially their very first song: "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet". A beautiful song and message. You can sense from the song that they know they are going to be around for a while. They were like 19. Also from Jon's solo albums, these gems: "Days" about the beauty of days, "Take Your Time" when you're running too fast, "Song of Seven", "Animation" about the miracle of birth, "Boundaries" about how we treat our neighbors. "Lady of Dreams" Jon did with Kitaro is also one for the heart. Feel free to do more repeat performances, even re-listening to your own videos. Could be very meta. Peace and love. db
After the "Drama" tour, it was obvious to all involved that Yes was done. South African singer/guitarist Trevor Rabin hooked up with the remains of Yes, Chris and Alan, and Yes' original keyboard player Tony Kaye. Their band was called "Cinema". The first track on 90125(which is the catalog number from Atco Records)is called Cinema. The band then asked Jon Anderson if he would like to contribute his vocals to the project. He accepted, and after a short while, was asked to join the new group. Management then said, if you don't call this Yes, you're leaving a lot on the table. The rest is history. 90125 actually has quite a few good tracks, my favorite sleeper track is "Hearts". I wasn't too shocked by the new Yes sound, after all they were dead and buried, and any new Yes music was fine by me. I encourage you to continue to explore Yes music chronologically. There are still many more great tracks to come, including one my favorites the 16 minute "Endless Dream", from the 1994 album "Talk". So take your time Look round and see The most in time is where you're meant to be For you are light Inside your dreams For you will find that it's something That touches me
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I'll tell you what Yes song you really need to check out - "Going For The One." It predates this song. It's super catchy and was kind of a radio hit, but a lot of hard core fans dismissed it. In retrospect it was a great song that everyone seems to overlook. Totally worth a listen!
Trevor Rabin brought them this song and many other very catchy Tunes. He also helped to modernize their sound. On the 1994 Talk tour Trevor Rabin got them to do a 5.1 surround sound show. It was fantastic! their final Encore was Purple Haze✌️☮️
This album was my introduction to Yes. I’d heard their earlier prog genius but didn’t really understand stand it. This is when I fell in love with the band . I saw them on the 90125 Tour in Vancouver and it was mind blowing… the opening act were Bugs Bunny cartoons on a big screen at concert level sound! After that I made a deep dive into their earlier recordings and became a huge fan.
Yes!!! Nick is correct!!! New Generation in the 80's like it very much and the song went to No.1 on the Billboard Chart!!!! Yes grab a new generation with this song and album!!!! "Leave It" and "Changes" on the Album should be your next songs to react to on this album!!!!
It's funny you said you thought this might be a "one hit wonder" after your first listen, considering this album had multiple hits. You'll see more of their old school prog roots if you listen to Leave It, off the album. Love you guys!!
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
The success of this album resurrected Yes. They were done. Primarily Trevor Rabin's compositions, Chris Squire asked Jon to get involved and they eventually decided to make it a Yes project. The new commercially successful sound, while objected to by progressive Yes fans of the 70's, resulted in thousands of new Yes fans, and years of great Yes music of various styles into the 90's & 2000's, with various lineups of Yes, and offshoots like Anderson, Burford, Wakeman, Howe and even recently AWR, Anderson, Wakeman, Rabin. If for nothing else, we owe a great deal of thanks to Trevor Rabin. Btw, Rabin became of composer of music for movies.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Hi Nick&Lex, I'm a Musician and this is a Great song. The Director of this video once wanted to do my bands video, that unfortunately never was made, and we sat down with him and did a story board but alas it was not to be. But if you haven't seen the 2017 Hall Of Fame induction of YES you can hear this and Roundabout Live😎
Not much mention in the comments of Trevor Horn's influence on this album. A long time Yes fan - he was called in to produce and you can clearly hear 'Art of Noise' in particular. Now there's an immense rabbit hole to dive into.... This album, of course, plus Seal; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Buggles; Art of Noise; Pet Shop Boys; Grace Jones; ABC etc. all produced by him and delivering hit after hit. It was a pop sing but I think Trevor Horn's involvement is why this song was a commercial hit as much as anything.
There's a fabulous song from this album which is one of the 3 or 4 great tracks. It's called "It Can Happen". It's definitely an 80's Yes mind blower! You do NOT want to miss it!!
I really liked this album, and this general iteration of Yes. My father was a fan of the Wakeman era, and ridiculed my tastes. But I find this music uplifting and spiritually freeing. I'm not a great musical scholar, in any way -- what I know about musical theory couldn't fill a thimble, at least not formally. But this music had heart and a heartbeat. It was perfect frisbee music on my bookbox. Changes is especially wonderful to me, from this same album. As pop it was fully accessible, as rock it was motivating, and lyrically it spoke to something fresh. Much other Yes is very psychedelic, disembodying, space rock, music for sitting still and listening. This is dance music, music for moving. It spoke to my time in life well. Union was another interesting turn of sound for them.
It's was new blood, breathing life back into an old band. Trevor Rabin wrote all those tunes with the original Yes members contributing if I remember correctly. There's is an unplugged version of these tunes where Trevor purposed the ideas for the album to Yes. Worth a listen. You might also want to listen to his solo album "I can't look away". There's a wicked guitar instrumental on there called "Sludge" you would like. He uses a lot of guitar synth.
More continuity here than you might think. First, as has been mentioned, Tony Kaye on keyboards IS an original member, and also the album was produced by Trever Horn, the singer on their previous album "Drama". Going forward, guitarist Trevor Rabin has become a successful composer of film music.
Lex mentioned Space Jam, and that featured Seal's version of "Fly Like An Eagle" produced by Trevor Horn who produced Yes' 90125 and sang on their prior Drama album.
Chris Squire was not only a top-tier God bass player, but his harmonies with Jon were always sublime. For DECADES. This was just one variant. And regardless of other band changes the triad of Anderson/Squire/White still shines through. That freakin' bass line. Chris and Jon singing. We're so lucky to have this music. Blessings.
Hi Nick and Lex. If I remember rightly 90125 was originally a collaboration between Trevor Rabin Alan White and Chris Squire, the music being fundamentally Trevor Rabin's work. Then Jon got involved and they decided to call the band Yes. Tony Kaye was also involved, - he was the keyboard player on The Yes Album . To see how much influence Rabin had, watch Gone in 60 seconds (Nicholas Cage) - he also did the theme music to that ( as well as many other films _ or as you Americans say Movies). Please look at early Yes stuff. There's so much good stuff to listen to on "Yes" and "Time and a Word". If you want to see yes how crazy Yes were watch the video for "No opportunity necessary - no experience needed" - completely bonkers! Going back to Owner of a Lonely Heart I like it, but I like most Yes stuff because of the positivity of their music. Still loads to listen to - Check out The Ladder and also Mind Drive more recently.. Finally Seasons Greetings from England and have a great New Year...
Sometimes it's good to revisit music from the past, tastes change over time. As an aside the album title is the catalogue number. Trevor Rabin's CD release of 90124, cleverly titled after Yes' #1 album, 90125, is a treasure trove of demos, rarities, and songs he penned and recorded before they were ultimately used (and changed) by Yes. Any Trevor Rabin or Yes fan will enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to hear these songs as originally conceived by Rabin, spanning the years from 1981 until approximately 1994. The CD also contains a short version of "Promenade" by Mussorgsky that is absolutely stunning. I highly recommend this collection of Rabin gems.
Trevor Horn said he had to crawl on hands and knees begging the band to record the song. Genius producer.
As an 80's kid this was my first introduction to Yes. I didn't get around to the 70's prog genius of Yes until much later. Still love this song and album.
Tony Kaye was the original keyboard player for Yes. He was on their first three albums, Yes, Time and a Word, and The Yes Album.
I keep forgetting this about him; thanks for posting this.
It took me 2 decades to realize how avant garde, well structured...how good this song actually is. A huge piece of music that always sounds fresh.
I've always loved "Owner of a lonely heart", and my opinion won't change. This is an excellent track.
cause you are a child of the eighties 🤣
@@rudolfbecker4313 😉
@@murdockreviews by the way, du 80er Kind 😉... ich warte noch auf deinen Kommentar zu meinen Von Hertzen Brothers - Peace Patrol ... ein Song, der zumindest zur Hälfte 80er ist ...😆🤘
@@rudolfbecker4313 völlig drüber weggekommen. Jetzt hab ich es geschafft. Bei den ersten zwei Minuten hab ich mir ehrlich gesagt schon gedacht, hoffentl geht das nicht über die ganzen 10 Minuten so weiter. Irgendwie so ein Arena-Powerrock-Stil, der nicht unbedingt mein Ding ist. Der Track wurde dann aber immer besser. Saxophon-und Gitatrensolo in der zweiten Hälfte waren top!!
@@murdockreviews Dankeee 😄 und das Album ist sehr abwechslungsreich, aber man muss sich echt reinhören, ab dem 3. Mal bleiben die ersten Stücke hängen und es wird immer besser ... aber .. es gibt einfach zu viel Musik und zu wenig Zeit.... im Moment habe ich das Gefühl, ich "verzettele" mich .... der Kanal, andere Kanäle, meine eigene Musik und dann all die Kuriositäten, die youtube ausspuckt ... eigentlich toll, aber wie gesadt ... wie soll man das als Vollzeitarbeitender bewältigen ... ich will meine Kneipe und spiele den ganzen Tag meine Musik, auch wenn ich nur 5 Gäste habe 🤣🤣 hier hat die Tage wieder einer 27 Mio im Lotto gewonnen, da könnte man doch schon mal 2 - 3 Jahre "Kneipe spielen" und Geld verbrennen
I was a bit shocked by the sound of this song, when it was first released; but, as a huge Yes fan since '72, I quickly warmed up to it.
Guys, there are at least 4 other great songs on this album, 3 of which got considerable airtime, and the 4th won the Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental, the only Grammy the band ever won. The songs are: Changes; It Can Happen; Leave It; and the Grammy winner, Cinema.
If you two react to any songs on the album, those four should be the ones. ❤✌
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Cinema is a short 2 minute instrumental and it runs into Leave It, so if you decide to do it I suggest listening to both pieces together.
Hearts is the closest to classic Yes meets the ‘80s, and an absolutely fantastic song. Frankly, I don’t think there’s a bad song on the album.
One of my favorite cuts on this album is "Changes". Although it's more poppish than Yes of the past, it's still a good album and introduced people of a younger generation to Yes.
80's "Pop" but with a VERY Prog twist! If this is _Pop_ . . . I'll take it in spades! :D
@@mvunit3 I'm with you on that! Pop music even today is far worse and gets even worse as time goes by but I wish there were more Prog bands out there doing what Yes did in the 80's!
@@mr.mojorisin1616 - That maybe bands like "Saga", "It Bites", "Kino", "Rush" (mid-80's into the 90's), "Dream Theater" (Falling Into Infinity, album), "Asia", "GTR", mid/late years of "Magnum".
Yeah . . . _most_ 80's thru now, Top 40 muzak just gets worse and worse. FEW exceptions but I just gave-up on radio in 1997, even AOR FM stations were a let down.
This album was the "gateway drug" for many born just a shade late for prog.
I was in college in '83 and blasted the cassette in my car every day on my way home from classes. Never got tired of it.
I don't care what anyone says about this album! When it came out, I loved it and embraced it. And still do 🎶🐱
Same. I was a four year old kid when this song came out and the video played on MTV. Been a fan of this song and Yes since then. Call it nostalgia. I call it damn good music.
Honestly, Rabin was what Yes needed as a kick into the 80's, and attracting a new fan base. I've always thought of this song as "gateway prog" - it brings a pop sensibility on the surface, but underneath the actual structure is very prog rock, with multiple distinct sections and themes. Stealth prog, if you like that better. Also put it into 1983 context - the use of the Fairlight was cutting edge and these sounds were all new! Those drum breaks were solid production gold at the time.
Compared to the radio music of nowadays, this song is a masterpiece.
Damning with faint praise. How charming. This song is exceptional by *any* standards.
How True your statement is.
I'd say it was better than most pop of it's time.
@@relativeparadox9567 I'd say it's incomparably better, but I'm biased. Besides....Tears for Fears.....Mister Mister.....Missing Persons.....
@@relativeparadox9567 Again, damning with faint praise. It's an excellent song, brilliantly written and sung, innovative it its arrangement and featuring The Voice. "Better than average" is pretty insulting, where Yes is concerned.
What a beautiful way to start my day by seeing my two favorite people cover a band I love. Have a great weekend!
This song helped define 80's music. It all makes much more sense if you watched the original video. You're wrong if you don't like it.
I fell in love with this album when it came out in the 80's and then worked my way back through their entire catalogue.
If it weren't for "Owner of a Lonely Heart", it probably would have taken me longer to discover "Close to the Edge", "Relayer" and "Fragile" etc..
Love you two, the sweetest couple on UA-cam.
Personally I prefer the way Nick pronounces "Duran Duran", lol.
Me too; it sounds so cultured!
Heh, same story for me (that Owner of a Lonely Heart introduced me to Yes and then I found all their previous music) only if I hadn't heard it, I'm not certain I'd ever have found those other albums.
@@philplasma There's some irony there, because the Prog Yes was the first band (besides the Beatles, of course) to fill stadiums. I suggest you look up Yessongs; it was their live album, extraordinarily well produced (you can hear *everything*) and featured all their most beloved songs from the early '70's. LIVE. For a band with only one hit (Roundabout), they were a very big deal.
@@aprilstewart5929 I had the Yessongs double album back in the day and listened to it whenever I could. Now I have the Yes discography on my mobile device.
@@philplasma I gotta ask: are you in the UK? That electrical outlet....
Born in 1959 I was a connoisseur of all the early yes records. And Yes has always and forever been in my playlist. When I first heard Owner of A Lonely Heart I turned the car stereo to 11. Chris Squire’s bass is immediately recognizable as is Jon Anderson’s vocals. I still and forever will turn it up to 11 popish or not. Thanks for revisiting this song. It always good in the car. 🚙😃😃😃
Born '72 and I share your sentiment 100%
Steve Howe was at this time (1983) member of the highly succesful band Asia, with Geoff Downes (ex-Yes, ex-The Buggles), Carl Palmer (ex-ELP) and John Wetton (ex-King Crimson, ex-Uriah Heep, ex-UK). The first two Asia albums, Asia (1982) and Alpha (1983), divided Yes fans as much as did 90125.
Not Symphonic prog, rather more like radio friendly AOR pop though with prog embellishments. Howe left Asia in 1984, after doing a classic Tokyo live concert with Greg Lake on the lead vocals, briefly replacing Wetton, (which recently was released on cd) and formed the band GTR with Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis), which was also radio friendly music.
Three years later he rejoined Jon Anderson, who had left Yes again, in ABWH, with Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe in 1989,made us Yes fans regain hope as the music, though not quite similar to 70's Yes, was more progressive and less commercial. They only did one album though, before rejoining the other Yes and doing Union album and tour in 1991.
Howe then left Yes again in 1992 and rejoined in 1996 for Keys To Ascension, when Trevor Rabin had left the band.
This band wasn't YES in the beginning. Squire teamed up with White and Kaye and Trevor Rabin and formed a group called Cinema, but when Jon Anderson joined, they had to call it YES. Trevor Rabin wrote Owner of a Lonely Heart while in his bathroom. He wrote it for someone else, but their producer Trevor Horn (who sang on the Drama album) convinced Rabin that this was a hit chorus and that YES could perform it. It was the last song added to the album. Interesting how things work out, isn't it.
Another super entertaining reaction from Nick and Alexia. Good stuff!
I actually like this song a lot 😆 I've always liked Jon's vocals and the extra sounds. It's a pleasant groove to chill to.
This was actually a Trevor Rabin and Chris Squire project dubbed "Cinema", but somehow the name was already in use. Also, given that Jon Anderson was asked to sit in for vocals, they settled on calling it Yes. Rabin, formerly of the South African band Rabbit, brought the 80s pop vibe to the album. A succesful album was the result, despite lack of critical acclaim from Yes fans. As a parallel, look what happened to another prog giant, Genesis in the 80s! The album 90125 used a relatively new technique called sampling throughout. It's Pop Yes!
"Leave It" is another great hit from this album, very danceable 🕺
Just goes to show how a larger context can influence your perception of an instance. Keep that in mind when, someday, after listening to more Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull, you will go back to individual songs on Benefit and recognize what Steven Wilson saw in it to want to remaster it. Much love to you both! 💛🔥
Alan continues to be such an underrated drummer, especially for someone whose body of work is so monumental.
This is so 80s ! When I first heard it, I thought, WOW, great song. I bought the album, but the more I listened to it, the less I liked it and nowaydays I switch radio stations, when it's played.
This song is for me the confirmation of my theory : in the 70s musicians composed and played the music, they personally liked and hoped, the fans would like it too. In the 80s this turned around and they composed and produced music to be successful ... Owner ... sounds to me "constructed" 😒 another example of this theory is Dire Straits Money for nothing. So 90125 is in my collection, but it's "cryin'", because it doesn't get no more attention 🤣🤣🤣
Rudi! Take it out again and listen to tracks like Cinema/Leave It, Changes, City of Love and Hearts. Those are really solid songs, and take them apart in "Headphones" and hear how brilliantly they are put together (imo).
Fantastic. The guitarplayer comes from south africa.
After Tormato I lost touch with what was happening with Yes (remember thos was pre-internet days.) I rember asking someone at a party on 1980 if they knew what happened to Yes? They told me Rick and Jpn left and Buggles (Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes) had joined. I couldn't believe it, I'd heard one Buggles song "Video killed the radio star" which I hated with a passion. I resisted listening to Drama for some time because of the Buggles input. When a friend actually played the album to me musically I really liked it but I couldn't stand Trevor Horn's voice.
Then in 1983, one of my rare occasions to listening to the radio, and hearing this song. Yes? On the radio? It was poppy the first shock and sounded nothing like the Yes from the 70s. However I did like the driving guitar riff. I listened to 90125 and liked it. Very different to 70s Yes, This was pop rock but what made it different was the same Yes attention to detail, precision and timing which made stand apart from other pop rock of the era.
Similar experience here. I had moved onto to new wave and alternative in the 80's (yes was a favorite from the 70's). But there's no denying this is a really good song and the album is overall pretty damn good. 90's and early 2000's yes had some really good tracks as well. And Jon continues to amaze!
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Man you guys stay busy with the content... Good stuff. When I say your videos I'm trying to figure out all of the albums and records in the background. Dark side of the Moon always catches my eye
Tony Kaye is yes's original keyboardist. Including credit on the The Yes Album.
Like the song, but walking out of a Yes concert in the early 2000s overheard someone call the song, "Owner of a lonely fart" and continue to think of it that way.
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I was a teenager when this came out and today it's a bit forgotten, how influential Trevor Rabin became through this album on young Rock guitarist in those days. 90125 was also setting a high bar for production design and became one of those records bought for the sound, since this was also the era when people invested into big loudspeakers and hifi towers
I grew up with 90125 as my first exposure to Yes. I absolutely love the album…it is without a doubt one of my favorite 1980’s albums. I find it so amazing that this band could reinvent themselves for a new decade of music. Trevor Rabin was largely responsible for this. Trevor Horn producing this masterpiece was genius. The combination of everything including Squire and White putting the Yes stamp on the music makes for greatness. Jon Anderson being brought in toward the end of recording was the icing on the cake. I’m always happy and truly enjoy listening to 90125. Thx for the reaction, I can’t wait for you guys to explore more off the album 😎
This was my gateway drug to Yes. As a 13-year-old I had a high-pitched voice and I could not find any music I liked, sung with such a voice. Of course, there were Earth, Wind & Fire, and the BeeGees, but I hated their music. Then, "Owner of a Lonely Heart" became a hit: I instantly loved it. The album has a few Prog masterpieces like "Changes" and the very short instrumental "Cinema", and it took me on a journey. Nowadays my voice is much lower and I learned to appreciate Earth, Wind & Fire, and the BeeGees. But my love for Yes only grew.
I've owned the 90125 album for a long time. I still play it periodically and it still sounds fresh to me. Yes' new guitarist at this point, Trevor Rabin, is an extremely gifted guitarist/musician in his own right. If you listen to more of this album and the follow up album, Big Generator you'll be in for a pleasant surprise. It's a different Yes, a bit more commercial for sure, but still musically adventurous
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I think this era of Yes definitely hit its peak on Talk. Loved Rabin and Anderson there!
As a kid, this was the first Yes song I ever heard, then bought the album. After that, I went backwards and bought them all. When producer Trevor Horn heard Trevor Rabin's demo for this song he gave it a whole new life which resurrected Yes in the 80s with a more modern sound. This lineup features 3 original members (Anderson, Squire, Kaye). Tony Kaye hadn't been in Yes since The Yes Album. Without this #1 hit, who knows what would have happened with Yes in the 80s. Great reaction!
The most Prog song on this album is "Hearts" which is a great song that you have to hear. I'm a huge fan of 70's Yes, that was their golden period, but 90125 is a great album that I enjoy listening to. It was a super huge album when it came out and the sounds and production on it were so new and influential that it really shaped the sound of 80's pop for the rest of the decade. Those sampled orchestral hits were first heard on this song and soon it could be heard EVERYWHERE on 80's pop songs.
HEARTS is 'the' song off this record!
@@thomasrudy6132 For sure.
It was my third album that I bought by them, my first was Close to the Edge, then the Yes album, then 90125, then Time and a Word, and so on, thus I was exposed very early to all Yes’s iterations and since then they are my all time favorite band. Thx 👍👍💪💪
They did a tour when he was 72! And the live performance was incredible because He still....Sounded this Good LIVE at 72!
This is a GREAT vibe song and it will always bee.
This album is really pretty good. Not the Older Yes Epics but still relevant for todays listeners. I don’t understand the haters. Either your a Yes fan or not. It’s a different project from a Ever revolving band! Changes is amazing!!! Keep going!!! You won’t be sorry!❤
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I remember when this record came out, although it was big departure from their earlier "prog" oriented music, I feel it is an important and very successful evolution for the band. The song "Cinema" is a 2 minute prog/rock masterpiece that transitions into "Leave It" - the entire album really holds up. I love every single track and reminds me of Genesis and their change in music. 90125 is one my favorites of that era- Trevor Rabin's guitar playing is monstrous along with his signing. This version of the band was truly incredible :)
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Different look for traditional Yes, but I still think this was a solid effort. “Hold On” is another good one. Also “Changes” is excellent proggy good.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
@@dhfenske I also think Hearts is a very underrated ballad
I was 16 when this song came out. 90125 was the first Yes album I ever bought. This song always comes across better live I think. It is definitely a product of its time.
I've always liked this song. Sure not as much as their 70's stuff, still really good. What really surprised me was about 5 or 6 years ago at least, I decided to give the entire 90125 album a listen and found some gems. Songs like Hold On, It Can Happen, Changes, Cinema, and Leave It are all really good.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
This is 3 years after the Drama Album when Jon Anderson and Original Keyboardist Tony Kaye returned to Yes. You guys would love the song "Changes" from this same album. Please react to that song. I think you'll love it. The whole album is great! Guitarist Trevor Rabin brought more of a rock edge to Yes.
Nothing wrong with 80s Yes, just different. Like you, I prefer 70s stuff but you should check out the rest of this album because there are quite a few good tracks and you can listen to Trevor Rabin/Jon Anderson singing and the guitar work.. Heck, there's some stuff on "Talk,'' Album which I think was 90s you might like--Endless Dream, Mind Drive, etc. I'm a huge Yes fan and have given all the different eras a chance and went to the concerts which were amazing..
The b side of the 45 single which was released 2 weeks in advance of 90125 is Our Song which is much more like Prog Yes.
So if you want to know what songs I like the most:
It Can Happen
Changes
Cinema/Leave It
Our Song
City Of Love
Hearts
In the remaster there is Make It Easy which is very good and should have been included on the original release.
Hold On is my least favorite tune but it’s not a bad song.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Lol 😳🤭😆🤣 We all make mistakes !! 😉
But the 1980s Yes was different and the music of the era changed sadly and Yes need to go along with it for a time to please the crappy industry !!! 🤔
But as the 80s goes it was some of the Best music !! But I Always chose Classic Prog era Yes at their best in the 70s 👍🎼🎶
Hey Nick and Lex, matching in maroon, I like it. Both of you are looking good and healthy.
The bass line in this song is amazing. This is more of a mainstream side of Yes, but it's such a catchy song I listen each time it comes on the radio.
I grew up on earlier Yes, so when I first heard this song, it was jarring, to say the least - but not in a bad way. I gotta say that I’m with the great Russ Kunkel on this one (he talked about this album in an interview many years ago). I think this track is just so brilliant - the writing, the arrangement, all of the crazy things they did sonically. A bold leap for them. Feel the same way about “Changes.” An absolute masterpiece. Both songs still sound very modern to me.
I recommend digging for Trevor Rabin solo work. He's a guitar virtuoso and outstand musical composer as well.
There is always this discussion when bands change their style. Happend to Yes, Genesis, Opeth and many others. There are the fans that hate the new stuff instantly and for all times and there those who say " ok, it's different, but let's listen to it and maybe I like it too'.
I personally love the progressive Yes more, but I think that OOALH is a really good song and that the whole album is worth listening.
P.s. The guitar always reminded me of Andy Summers of The Police
P.p.s. Liked your reaction very much
Yes won a Grammy for the instrumental "Cinema" on this same album.
This is actually quite a good album. Tony Kaye played on the first three Yes albums.
I've always loved this song since it came out. Just a sucker for John Anderson's voice❤️
The production was something that always stood out to me when listening to this album. This song even got plays in nightclubs when it came out.
Hi Nick and Lex. I LOVE your channel.
i have a couple of comments…
1. Tony Kaye was an original member of Yes. Wakeman is actually their second keyboardist.
2. The 90125 record has an interesting story. Yes had disbanded and reformed with Trevor Rabin (ray-bin) as singer/guitarist and was set to be called “Drama”. Anderson returned to the project midway through development and added his signature voice to the songs the Drama guys had put together. Since there were four Yes members they decided to call the band Yes again.
3. Rabin brought the fresh sound and songwriting vibe that many bands at the time were trying. In the early 80’s many of the 70’s prog bands were remaking themselves due to new pressure from a changing musical landscape. New Wave music ruled. Only a few bands successfully made a shift to the “80’s sound”…along with Genesis, Rush,The Who, et.al.
4. Steve Howe was, at this time, in a band called Asia. Asia was another prog-to-pop experiment. Howe would eventually come back to Yes along with Rabin, and they share the stage up to the current day.
Sometimes its best to listen to the songs and albums in chronological order like we had to, then you can appreciate the natural progression of the bands growth and maturity....
This album came largely as a result of two things - first, the ongoing interpersonal drama (pardon the pun!) within the band, this being the third significantly different lineup in three albums. Second, the changing music market: Albums like "Fragile", "Close to the Edge", or "Relayer" just didn't sell, which had led to the disbanding of Yes after "Drama". This lineup, originally not intended to be a reformation of Yes, but a separate band (called "Cinema") had brought in Trevor Rabin ("Raw-bean") on guitar and vocals, then Jon Anderson was invited to join "Cinema", and next thin anyone knew, the band realized how much of a discernable evolution from "Drama" the music they were writing was - and thus it became a new generation of Yes!
This is probably the most "commercial" song on the album - perhaps the least "Yes-like", but still a great song. Definitely give the rest of the album a listen: "Changes" and "Leave It" are my favorites, but the whole album is quite good, even if a bit more "radio-friendly" than the earlier 15-20 minute epics!
Love the whole album, still listen to it about once a year! Like both 70’s and 80’s Yes😊
Tony Kaye was an original member, along with Squire, Anderson and long time member Alan White. Bruford had left during the touring of “Close to the Edge” LP, but was in a few tracks of “Yessongs”, their live Double LP.
This was to be a group with Trevor Rabin on guitar, with Trevor Horn producing (also the lead singer for the “Drama” LP), less John Anderson, called Cinema. That was changed once Anderson was asked to do the lead vocals and his request to keep the Yes name alive.
Interesting that you mentioned Rush, when I first heard them in the early seventies I thought they were a prog parody band because they sounded like a mashup of several other bands, mind you I still do. They are one of those muched loved bands/ artists that I just never got. I've tried as I have 5 of their albums on vinyl that I picked up at a charity shop (thrift store), played through twice, then gave up.
And I thought I was the only one who didn't like Rush back then, and still doesn't like them now, and never will like them.
I feel exactly the same way. I can't work out why Rush leaves me cold. I can hear the musicianship, it just doesn't connect with me in any way. I'm happy to be on a channel with others who feel as I do. thought I was on my own!
It's OK guys. I thank you because the more of you there were, it improved my chances of getting better seats to the 40 Rush shows I attended. But I hear what you're saying. There were popular artists I couldn't get into as well. Along the theme of this listen, I became a Rush fan during the 80's, in their synth phase, and then worked my way backward. As for Yes, I was a fan from the beginning. But Rush is my favorite. What I can say about both is, their musicianship never declined with age. They never seamed bored and just going through the motions on stage. Cheers
@@stevet7487 That's Ok we're generous like that 😁
There are many phenomenal tracks on this album. Also wish you could be exposed to more Yes from the 80s and 90s. Soooooo much amazing work. Also a one-off album Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe. If you wanted to check out phenomenal Genesis that you haven't heard before, try the albums And Then There Were Three, and Duke. The first time I saw Yes and Genesis were in the 70s, and many times throughout the years. The last time i heard this live was in 2016 in Austin, and that was Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman and their band with an evening of Yes. There is so much more recent work to check out!!!
It certainly was a different Yes with this album, but it was nice to have them back recording. I enjoyed this album and the subsequent Big Generator. In concert they played old and new. Thanks guys!!
I can remember where I was when I 1st heard this song. I can also remember where I was and what I was doing when I 1st heard Rush, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull , and Genesis.
I have always loved this song! I especially love the way it opens up.
Actually Tony Kaye is the original keyboardist, not Rick Wakeman. And Steve Howe was also not original. Peter Banks was the original guitarist.
I was a huge fan of Yes from the beginning. 90125 was a change from their earlier sound, for sure. Essentially, the introduction of Trevor Rabin made a significant change to their sound and it took awhile to get used to this. But in time, I came to realize that this record, while quite different, was still a very good record.
Trevor Rabin was the major influence that breathed new life and altered Yes. Owner of a Lonely Heart was basically one of his songs and there are others of his on the album. You should listen to his underrated solo album "Can't look away".
Very much so, with some South African flavours on a couple of the tracks. Nice!
Bought N&L "Can't Look Away" last year :D. One of my all time fave albums. Will have to put together a Marathon with one of the tracks :).
@@mvunit3 Sounds like a good idea. Maybe tracks from solo albums of artists from various groups? Another great solo album I think is underrated Is Mike Rutherford's "Smallcreeps Day".
@@bohem5568 Yeah, I have some "Sets" in mind but, I also have to consider the rules to N&L "Requests" ;). It may take till "January" to hear them. There are many requesters that are waiting in line.
@@mvunit3 Sounds like you have a handle on things. Huge amounts of great stuff to choose from. Good luck. Will look forward to seeing selections and future reactions.
This is a stunningly precision crafted song, that they probably spent 1000 hours on. It is still etched in my musical psyche, because as you said, Jon's "voice" its like a river flowing
along, with such an accentuated staccato percussive layering, it is almost like "Sound Chaser" re=packaged for the 80's. Yes is perfectionism, that is infectious to me.
Back when MTV played videos, that's where I started getting into music and I got a lot of my love for prog seeing a video like this and exploring the albums they (and others) put out
Interesting to hear the "Reverse Order" introduction to Yes! I was 12, and it was the first time I was ever home alone, for any length of time. My Parents went on some cruise,
and my older brother was out for the day, but his Yamaha CR 2020 Receiver, and Turntable, and EQ, going to 4 Bose 301's was right down the hall. I'm going though the crate
with all his albums and Fragile, The Yes Album, and Close To The Edge were together there, so unlike every other cover art in the 100+ albums in the crate. I started with Fragile
and then The Yes Album, and When I had gone through the lyrics of CTTE, I dropped the needle down, knowing what these 5 were capable of, my auditory system was exploded,
IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. My neighbors never complained, and I'm sure the house/speaker could be heard by quite a few. So Tales From Topographic Oceans is like
swimming in YES.. I saw them in 1977 with the earth and running man on the screen, then on the Tormato Tour in the round, and Damien Anderson made everyone cry.
I would not be faithful to YES, if I did not inform you that Yours Is No Disgrace", "Starship Trooper", and "Siberian Khatru" from YESSONGS triple live Album are SUBLIME.
I once heard Steve Say:
70's Yes was all about melody, 80's Yes was all about rhythm.
It is a song that is a product of its time - and it was ahead of its time. I think "classic" Yes songs have a more timeless quality, but 90125, Big Generator and Talk have some enduring moments. I just treated this as a different band, and appreciated it for what it was.
This albums recording quality is outstanding! It’s one of my go to albums when I’m testing a new car or home system.
YES, they disappeared for a few years, then hit us in the '80s with this stuff and we were blown away by their new sound. That Prog 'fantasy' music suddenly became dated.
I'm a big fan of Yes and my favorite is And You And I. You can see a live version from the Yessongs tour on DVD. My first concert I went to was was Yes Toramato in 1978. They had a round stage in the middle of the arena that rotated. We sat 6 rows back from the stage. So check out both Yessongs and Toramato.
I had front row for this concert tour, and even though I was an old school YES fan, I was so happy that YES was touring that I didn’t seem to care…I thought I’d never get to see them at all. The concert was postponed due to an injury to Trever. Berlin was to open before it was postponed so as it was, they showed a Bugs Bunny cartoon instead of an opening band. It was an outstanding show as I remember. I had time to get used to the new stuff but loved hearing the old stuff more. I’m in a minority of YES fans who liked all of it (minus TALK which I got at midnight the day of release but never really liked it) Luckily the classics players got back together and toured a bunch… so I got to see my favorite lineup eventually several times. I saw 1 show without Jon and then stopped following the band.
My favorite version of this is in a live medley with "Time & a Word". A favorite from their early period. They go together remarkably well. And while you are diving forward and backward into these bands, also check out Genesis' first album, "From Genesis to Revelation", especially their very first song: "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet". A beautiful song and message. You can sense from the song that they know they are going to be around for a while. They were like 19. Also from Jon's solo albums, these gems: "Days" about the beauty of days, "Take Your Time" when you're running too fast, "Song of Seven", "Animation" about the miracle of birth, "Boundaries" about how we treat our neighbors. "Lady of Dreams" Jon did with Kitaro is also one for the heart. Feel free to do more repeat performances, even re-listening to your own videos. Could be very meta. Peace and love. db
After the "Drama" tour, it was obvious to all involved that Yes was done. South African singer/guitarist Trevor Rabin hooked up with the remains of Yes, Chris and Alan, and Yes' original keyboard player Tony Kaye. Their band was called "Cinema". The first track on 90125(which is the catalog number from Atco Records)is called Cinema. The band then asked Jon Anderson if he would like to contribute his vocals to the project. He accepted, and after a short while, was asked to join the new group. Management then said, if you don't call this Yes, you're leaving a lot on the table. The rest is history. 90125 actually has quite a few good tracks, my favorite sleeper track is "Hearts". I wasn't too shocked by the new Yes sound, after all they were dead and buried, and any new Yes music was fine by me.
I encourage you to continue to explore Yes music chronologically. There are still many more great tracks to come, including one my favorites the 16 minute "Endless Dream", from the 1994 album "Talk".
So take your time
Look round and see
The most in time is where you're meant to be
For you are light
Inside your dreams
For you will find that it's something
That touches me
The song Changes from this album has a bit more of the progressive rock firepower of Yes's 70s output.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
I'll tell you what Yes song you really need to check out - "Going For The One." It predates this song. It's super catchy and was kind of a radio hit, but a lot of hard core fans dismissed it. In retrospect it was a great song that everyone seems to overlook. Totally worth a listen!
Trevor Rabin brought them this song and many other very catchy Tunes. He also helped to modernize their sound. On the 1994 Talk tour Trevor Rabin got them to do a 5.1 surround sound show. It was fantastic! their final Encore was Purple Haze✌️☮️
This album was my introduction to Yes. I’d heard their earlier prog genius but didn’t really understand stand it. This is when I fell in love with the band . I saw them on the 90125 Tour in Vancouver and it was mind blowing… the opening act were Bugs Bunny cartoons on a big screen at concert level sound! After that I made a deep dive into their earlier recordings and became a huge fan.
Yes!!! Nick is correct!!! New Generation in the 80's like it very much and the song went to No.1 on the Billboard Chart!!!! Yes grab a new generation with this song and album!!!! "Leave It" and "Changes" on the Album should be your next songs to react to on this album!!!!
I saw them live back in the days 🎸👌👌. Great bass player !!
It's funny you said you thought this might be a "one hit wonder" after your first listen, considering this album had multiple hits. You'll see more of their old school prog roots if you listen to Leave It, off the album. Love you guys!!
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
The success of this album resurrected Yes. They were done. Primarily Trevor Rabin's compositions, Chris Squire asked Jon to get involved and they eventually decided to make it a Yes project. The new commercially successful sound, while objected to by progressive Yes fans of the 70's, resulted in thousands of new Yes fans, and years of great Yes music of various styles into the 90's & 2000's, with various lineups of Yes, and offshoots like Anderson, Burford, Wakeman, Howe and even recently AWR, Anderson, Wakeman, Rabin. If for nothing else, we owe a great deal of thanks to Trevor Rabin. Btw, Rabin became of composer of music for movies.
Like a few others have said - this whole album is great; my favourite song is City of Love but really, they're all great.
NicknLex, please just work your way through this whole album. I feel sure that you'll enjoy it all, as much as you like Yes. All the songs are very similar to this one, especially compared to Yes' earlier style. When you get to Cinema and Leave It, they really go together like a pair. Just let Cinema segue right into Leave It. There is a pause for dramatic effect, but it works really well!
Awesome song of the day and still stands
Hi Nick&Lex, I'm a Musician and this is a Great song. The Director of this video once wanted to do my bands video, that unfortunately never was made, and we sat down with him and did a story board but alas it was not to be. But if you haven't seen the 2017 Hall Of Fame induction of YES you can hear this and Roundabout Live😎
Not much mention in the comments of Trevor Horn's influence on this album. A long time Yes fan - he was called in to produce and you can clearly hear 'Art of Noise' in particular. Now there's an immense rabbit hole to dive into.... This album, of course, plus Seal; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Buggles; Art of Noise; Pet Shop Boys; Grace Jones; ABC etc. all produced by him and delivering hit after hit. It was a pop sing but I think Trevor Horn's involvement is why this song was a commercial hit as much as anything.
Their best 80’s Album throughout… of the Modern Yes! Every song is perfect!
There's a fabulous song from this album which is one of the 3 or 4 great tracks. It's called "It Can Happen". It's definitely an 80's Yes mind blower! You do NOT want to miss it!!
I really liked this album, and this general iteration of Yes. My father was a fan of the Wakeman era, and ridiculed my tastes. But I find this music uplifting and spiritually freeing. I'm not a great musical scholar, in any way -- what I know about musical theory couldn't fill a thimble, at least not formally. But this music had heart and a heartbeat. It was perfect frisbee music on my bookbox. Changes is especially wonderful to me, from this same album. As pop it was fully accessible, as rock it was motivating, and lyrically it spoke to something fresh. Much other Yes is very psychedelic, disembodying, space rock, music for sitting still and listening. This is dance music, music for moving. It spoke to my time in life well.
Union was another interesting turn of sound for them.
90125 was a fantastic album. And it has Prog elements. But most importantly, it has Chris Squire. Good enough for me!!!
Seriously, Nick, Lex must listen to and REACT INTO the LENS from Drama. It's next level. As close to Fusion as Yes recorded.
It's was new blood, breathing life back into an old band. Trevor Rabin wrote all those tunes with the original Yes members contributing if I remember correctly. There's is an unplugged version of these tunes where Trevor purposed the ideas for the album to Yes. Worth a listen. You might also want to listen to his solo album "I can't look away". There's a wicked guitar instrumental on there called "Sludge" you would like. He uses a lot of guitar synth.
More continuity here than you might think. First, as has been mentioned, Tony Kaye on keyboards IS an original member, and also the album was produced by Trever Horn, the singer on their previous album "Drama". Going forward, guitarist Trevor Rabin has become a successful composer of film music.
Lex mentioned Space Jam, and that featured Seal's version of "Fly Like An Eagle" produced by Trevor Horn who produced Yes' 90125 and sang on their prior Drama album.
Chris Squire was not only a top-tier God bass player, but his harmonies with Jon were always sublime. For DECADES. This was just one variant. And regardless of other band changes the triad of Anderson/Squire/White still shines through. That freakin' bass line. Chris and Jon singing.
We're so lucky to have this music.
Blessings.
Hi Nick and Lex. If I remember rightly 90125 was originally a collaboration between Trevor Rabin Alan White and Chris Squire, the music being fundamentally Trevor Rabin's work. Then Jon got involved and they decided to call the band Yes. Tony Kaye was also involved, - he was the keyboard player on The Yes Album . To see how much influence Rabin had, watch Gone in 60 seconds (Nicholas Cage) - he also did the theme music to that ( as well as many other films _ or as you Americans say Movies). Please look at early Yes stuff. There's so much good stuff to listen to on "Yes" and "Time and a Word". If you want to see yes how crazy Yes were watch the video for "No opportunity necessary - no experience needed" - completely bonkers! Going back to Owner of a Lonely Heart I like it, but I like most Yes stuff because of the positivity of their music. Still loads to listen to - Check out The Ladder and also Mind Drive more recently.. Finally Seasons Greetings from England and have a great New Year...
Sometimes it's good to revisit music from the past, tastes change over time. As an aside the album title is the catalogue number. Trevor Rabin's CD release of 90124, cleverly titled after Yes' #1 album, 90125, is a treasure trove of demos, rarities, and songs he penned and recorded before they were ultimately used (and changed) by Yes. Any Trevor Rabin or Yes fan will enjoy and appreciate the opportunity to hear these songs as originally conceived by Rabin, spanning the years from 1981 until approximately 1994. The CD also contains a short version of "Promenade" by Mussorgsky that is absolutely stunning. I highly recommend this collection of Rabin gems.