Between 1972 and 1978, Yes had six top ten albums in the US alone. Jon Anderson is one of rock history’s all time great vocalists. He’s rocking those RayBan Aviators in this video. Steve Howe and Chris Squire, two London lads, tearing it up on guitar and bass like a boss. Rick Wakeman with his mastery on the keys and Alan White with perfect tempo, timing and pace on the drums.
An underrated song with a great message. I love at 2:07 when it shifts up into Rick Wakeman's otherwordly keyboard solo and the eerie "whalesong" effect toward the end.
When this song was released one of my uncle's was in prison. He was an ecology professor and we were living under a dictatorship. I was a kid going to the penitentiary with my parents. It was surreal!
So unbelievably underrated. Should've been on a different album, tormato isn't one of their best. It would have gotten more respect. Great message it has too!!
Still? In music one does not necessarily lose their abilities until much later on. This is not like a pro or Olympic sport where it is nearly impossible to still play at a top level after age 35 or 40. Some guys play well at age 80 or 90.
@@maxg.-musician02 Yeah, classic 60s/70s miming music vid--Rick's playing the Birotron briefly in the video but on the record I think he's playing the polymoog at that moment.
that's absolutely insane seeing it in action like that!! it sounds incredible! it's so surreal and kind of unsettling to see something with so much mystique just _there._ it's like seeing footage of a long-since passed away man in his prime from a century ago. i wonder where that particular synth is now. i doubt it's functional anymore...
A message that must continue to be sent out world wide until the atrocities against all marine and land animals stops ! And there is no better way than a message in song -:) Thank you Yes !
Though this is shot on PAL analog color videotape, an HD upscale and new audio transfer would really benefit this always-interest gin track form an unusual album form the band, one of their most mixed and unusual, but no less ambitious than their usual excellent output.
Me recuerda más Bee Gees o Andy Gibby en la Disco Music. Es un trabajo muy diferente de los anteriores no muy inspirado, pero me encanta el timbre y ritimica de la guitarra.
I agree that there should not be ANY WHALING at all! These animals are already endangered and critical to food chain and future generations to see them!
Memories of early 80s when the world called for commercial whaling to stop, I believed this was the beginning of conservation of animals. We haven't saved much.
Have to wonder what Roger Dean would have come up with. I'm happy with the dark and muted color palette by Hipgnosis but Dean is another thing entirely
Between 1972 and 1978, Yes had six top ten albums in the US alone. Jon Anderson is one of rock history’s all time great vocalists. He’s rocking those RayBan Aviators in this video. Steve Howe and Chris Squire, two London lads, tearing it up on guitar and bass like a boss. Rick Wakeman with his mastery on the keys and Alan White with perfect tempo, timing and pace on the drums.
Quite right!
Yes
Perfectly said!
AGREE! AGREE! AGREE!
Rip Squire
Another great song written by Chris Squire.
One of the very few Yes songs with comprehendible lyrics.
Protest Song needs clear message
Anderson has stated that he chose words for the sound they make rather than their meaning.
2:22 Wakeman played the Birotron - the instrument he involved in design
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth
An underrated song with a great message. I love at 2:07 when it shifts up into Rick Wakeman's otherwordly keyboard solo and the eerie "whalesong" effect toward the end.
Verdade essa é minha parte favorita da música
Unbelievably underrated, like Holy Lamb. I think if these songs were on any other album it would have garnered a lot more respect.
Saw them “in the round” circa ‘78 or ‘79. Great show!
The guitarsolos are fantastic
Yes! This and on the live album. 🎸⚡️🎶
Chris Squire doing a John "Thunderfingers" Entwistle impression on the bass.
John copied Chris. Let's not forget that.
Lol huh?
@@maccafan10 Squire was probably the best bass player ever. The guitar became part of his body........
A short song, which makes an important point. I love how Squire, Howe and Wakeman mimic underwater sounds and evoke whale song.
When this song was released one of my uncle's was in prison. He was an ecology professor and we were living under a dictatorship. I was a kid going to the penitentiary with my parents. It was surreal!
This is a really underrated song with beautiful lyrics
So unbelievably underrated. Should've been on a different album, tormato isn't one of their best. It would have gotten more respect. Great message it has too!!
@@thomasalbers208 I agree 👌. It was one off the songs which made me dig Yes
Yes were way ahead of their time! I love yes!
Que banda más maravillosa,mi escuela, gracias por existir Yes
Truly a wonderous song !
Killer guitar. So unique.
I love this song! ❤️
El single de esta canción lo compré en el otoño de 1978.Ya ha llovido desde entonces.
I love this track from Yes...
#Yes, #ProgRock,
Me: I promise I won't get political.
Also me after one drink:
after neil peart emerges from alan white
wow billy Sherwood played with foreigner, why put that on one's resume? smh
forrest shelly snarky
They were still phenomenal in 2013. I saw them in Jackson, Mississippi, that year, and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen.
Still? In music one does not necessarily lose their abilities until much later on. This is not like a pro or Olympic sport where it is nearly impossible to still play at a top level after age 35 or 40. Some guys play well at age 80 or 90.
@@michaelcraig9449, yep.
Saw them in the round....77?
Only video I can find where a Birotron is used.
Unfortunately, it's deep down in the mix.
@@maxg.-musician02 Yeah, classic 60s/70s miming music vid--Rick's playing the Birotron briefly in the video but on the record I think he's playing the polymoog at that moment.
Birotron was invented by Dave Biro at 70's in a project financed by Rick Wakeman.
Another beautiful eye opening song!✌
Dig it! Dig it!
Thanks for bringing me here, Quentin.
Still listening in 2022 and got tears !!!
2:20 And there is the rarest instrument in existence.
Was back in the 1970s, but now it's the most common instrument today
He's talking about the Birotron not the synthetizers in general.
that's absolutely insane seeing it in action like that!! it sounds incredible! it's so surreal and kind of unsettling to see something with so much mystique just _there._ it's like seeing footage of a long-since passed away man in his prime from a century ago. i wonder where that particular synth is now. i doubt it's functional anymore...
Love the bass in this song
A message that must continue to be sent out world wide until the atrocities against all marine and land animals stops ! And there is no better way than a message in song -:) Thank you Yes !
I still have the single I bought way back in 78'
superb LP, bought it when i was 13 in 1978
This is fantastic
Steve Howe nagrał chyba wtedy swoją najlepszą yesowską solówkę.
The best songs are always too short.
A lot of people view Tormato as a crap album-but this song is just too catchy!
while i dont like it as much as TFTO CTTE Or Relayer it has its Merits
This is far from the worst song off the album. It may actually be the best.
Tormato is a brilliant album, I think the weakest point of it is actually the production and/or recording which I feel could have been much better.
gradually going tormado
There are a couple of songs I really like off the album
Yes is universal progressive rock ... Manaus Amazonas Brasil. .
The entire album is worth a listen..dig it!dig it!
Always dug thus bit
All YES is great ...seen them three times 1978 in the Round Greensboro coliseum 1984 & 1988 Charlotte 😎
I saw them play it live at the first show on the Tormato Tour... fantastic!
Only Wakeman could make his keyboard sound like whales crying! DON'T KILL THE WHALE! ! !
He actually used a special instrument for this song. The only time he ever used it.
@@sportster16301 is it a Birotron?
@@HeraldOD a BirotronB90
@@HeraldOD yep, this is the only music video where a birotron is shown
Cyrus(from 1979's The Warriors film) : "Can you dig it ?"
Jon Anderson in 1978 : "Dig it, dig it..."
i feel like the Birotron is mixed MUCH louder in this version compared to the album mix.
I saw you in Lima Peru in South American tour 2012!
Wow, never even knew they did a video for this back in the day. That's cool!
Edotter - Ditto & this is 3 years later.😄
Ihadthetape
79
@@kenday4958 78
Really dig this song from Yes also like starcastle try that too
Howe's enchanting guitar
2:13 suena parecido a la cumbia xD
Quentin has done a beautiful tribute to this song :)
One of my favorite... Yes Albums...
This is someone of my favorite Yes songs, but I think that my "number 1" favorite is "Starship Trooper".
rick did an amazing job!
Wow first song played followed by 3 adverts killed the album
IMO their best song
QUENTIN BROUGHT ME HERE!!!!!
He's a piece of garbage
De las mejores bandas sicodelicas
This is really a kick a** video for the time thanks for posting it
Quentin Smirhes Smashed this !
The only Yes song’s where the lyrics make fucking sense
Still trying to work out Tales, read somewhere Rick Wakeman even asked the question, what the f..k is it all about?
😂😂😂😂
Obviously you're not listening. Too bad. You don't know what you're missing.
Owner of a lonely heart. Much better than the owner of a broken heart.
@@kurtdodge6248 *Trevor wrote it..
何ともあまりカッコよくないビデオと楽曲ですが何故だか好きなのです😘
Excelente!
2:07 epic Birotron solo :3
I believe you are correct.
Though this is shot on PAL analog color videotape, an HD upscale and new audio transfer would really benefit this always-interest gin track form an unusual album form the band, one of their most mixed and unusual, but no less ambitious than their usual excellent output.
Me recuerda más Bee Gees o Andy Gibby en la Disco Music. Es un trabajo muy diferente de los anteriores no muy inspirado, pero me encanta el timbre y ritimica de la guitarra.
非常棒抠图，爱来自互联网💕💕💕💗💗💗💓（大家都很可爱）（醒男的鲸鱼叫声很好听）（不是说他叫的）
Eles ja eram mega esquisitos jovens...velhos então..
I agree that there should not be ANY WHALING at all! These animals are already endangered and critical to food chain and future generations to see them!
Now tell that to the Japanese.
@@reaganl.5113 release...release! the submarines...and "put a tin-fish in their belly!"
@@reaganl.5113it’s not a coincidence that the Pacific right whale and the grey whale are critically endangered there
👍♥️👍
Beautiful!
dig it!..
Dig it, dig it!
Hello, ont Sans lasse pas 👍🤘⚡🔥
Dig it!
Awesome isn’t strong enough.
this is the 1st time, video or live, I've ever seen where he plays w/ his fingers and not a pick
Howe guitar is spellbinding
Six top 5 albums in the US between 1972-1978. They only had nine US top 40 hits though.
Tormato is the only LP certified platinum between Close to the Edge and 90125. Too bad that potential fans don't hear for themselves...
They didn't need hits. They had a cult following.
Always an album band more than a singles band, that was one way we measured greatness in music back in the day
Great song with amessage
I always sang it as "Don't kill Dan Quayle"
This is rock and roll
Memories of early 80s when the world called for commercial whaling to stop, I believed this was the beginning of conservation of animals.
We haven't saved much.
I really like it
2023
Yes's funkiest track ever
2:10 keyboard sounds like whale song
о чём поют я не понимаю, но музыка просто супер!!!
With Yes, you almost never know what they’re talking about
I still think this song is about that time a beached whale got blown up by the DMV
Chris squire plays his underwater wahl bass under water.
Yes are the monsters of progressive rock
It was right then and it is still right today.
Have to wonder what Roger Dean would have come up with. I'm happy with the dark and muted color palette by Hipgnosis but Dean is another thing entirely
He should've done something with Walter Becker!! RIP to both.❤
It's amazing that they didn't get electrocuted making this video.
Japan unfortunately is back at it again......
I have to get out my Tormato LP & let the Sound of Rick's Whale echo through the Room
After all these years, can't we get a version of this that has the Dolby noise reduction corrected?
Jäklar va bra!
"Take It, Take It".....................
Dig it! Dig it!
More topical and urgent than ever.
I have this on vinyl
best video ever
It took a little while for this song to grow on me. I think the clincher was Steve’s playing.
Iceland are stopping whaling cause its hurting tourism industry. Took a while for Yes’ reputation advice to be heeded.
The guy who made the 1st whale song recordings 55 years ago died those recordings stopped the mass industrial hunting of whales