This was one of the first songs that used digital sampled sounds (those orchestra hits) as an instrument (on the synthesizer). It was new back then and caught us all by surprise just like it did for you today 😁
Check out Art of Noise - their producer also produced this Yes album, which was much a great & also a big departure for Yes after decades of great progressive music. Art of Noise made huge use of sampled "hits" and has additional random connections to Buggles, Asia & Hans Zimmer.
Yeah, it was considered ultra cheesy and was not used for long. Sigh. Trevor Rabin. The guitar solo on this song is also on a lot of "worst of" lists for guitar solos.
it's a game - overlaid, interlaid.... you know something is coming but not what! Best description of prog ever! Yes, it's a fun game! :) Great reaction! Lex nails it again!
Why do I get the feeling that Lex is simply the most fun in a, er , romantic context? Waiting in excitement & anticipation for all those little thrills & chills ... Lovely lady!
Yes is one of only a few bands whose live performances sound as good as their studio recordings. Their musicianship has remained impeccable, even through the passing of time.
One of my fav bands of all time! I have all their albums to this day! Seen them live 3 times back in the 70's and they were fantastic 2 hours of music.
Yes has been around forever and have a ton of hits. I saw them in concert about 20 years ago and every song they played had been a hit on the radio. They also have some live concerts on UA-cam that are amazing.
I've seen Yes twice in my life. Once at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago for their Union Tour. That's when they had all of the former band members touring with the new lineup. It was an awesome show, there were two drummers and the stage was in the center of the audience! They jammed this song.
14 times here, from their 1974-1975 "Relayer" tour until they replaced Jon Anderson in 2008. I know of 1 guy on UA-cam that has seem them 102 times. Now THAT is a fan.
Lex is so lovable and funny. She knows quite a bit about music, more than she let's on IMO. She has so much energy and passion in her soul. Brad is one lucky man. He has a gorgeous, funny, and intelligent woman as a wife. Lex=🔥🔥🔥
I used to be one of those Yes fans who dismissed this album as a selling-out of the once-great band. But it's grown on me a LOT over the years. The prog touches are definitely lessened and more subtle...but they're absolutely there and elevate 90125 well above most of the standard 80s pop that it otherwise superficially resembled. And the mastering is top notch - a VERY well crafted album. By the by, Lex's enthusiasm and giggle are ridiculously contagious. :)
I have to agree. There are so many discussion and forum posts about how this was the yes "sellout" album, how this isn't "true" yes, that Trevor Rabin ruined the band with this album... and I can't disagree with them more. 70's era prog-rock had run its course at the time this album came out. The 80s were about innovation in instrumentation, production techniques, melding wildly varying musical influences into something new and, in many cases, absolutely breathtaking. It's popular now to disregard 80s music as plastic and sterile when the spirit was everything but that. This album, in particular, was a breath of fresh air for a 70s prog powerhouse that was adrift and floundering as the new decade began. The production is top tier, the songwriting is interesting, the performances are flawless. There is so much nuance and playfulness, and watching Lex react with surprise and joy to the various changes just cements for me how timeless music really is, regardless of the ebb and flow of contemporary sensibilities.
Everybody "SOLD OUT" in the 80s. BUT, it was a different time. Prog would not have survived in the 80s. Rabin kept this band going until they could get back to their prog roots. Endless Dream ended the Yes West lineup and it was a perfect progression back.
@@KurtI2525 Horn liked the chorus and BEGGED the band to record the song. He hated Rabin's lyrics, which were just standard pop cliches. When Jon came in, he did his usual magic by changing the lyrics, although Horn still didn't like Jon's lyrics. He hated the line about the "eagle in the sky," but Jon wouldn't change it. So right after the line there's a gunshot. Horn says, "That's me shooting down Jon's eagle."
Yes is one of my all time favorite bands! This is later music from them, but their earlier work was as good or better. Through all the various iterations of the band, they were always one of the most complex and artistic and talented bands ever. I was lucky to see then live twice, including this tour. Lex nailed it, about the layers and complexity! Loved it!
First heard this one afternoon over the sound system in a coctail bar on the Fulham Road in London back in 1983. Had to go buy the album. Bought my first Yes album in Newcastle, Australia in late 1972... Close to the Edge...
What I learned after my wife-soulmate died in 2018 a broken heart and a lonely heart is the samething.. We was together since 1980 she stood behind me through all the hard times in the early days of the wild music biz. Never complained even with all my wild partying lifestyle. Hard to find a partner like that..
I distinctly remember when this song came out in 1983 listening to it on my Pioneer sound system in my car. I blew up two sets of 6x9 speakers before I found some speakers by Bose that could handle the bass.
I remember watching the video premiered on MTV (back when we got music instead of manure in that channel). I feel fortunate to see them for The Big Generator tour in a Meadowlands skybox
This complete album is of highest quality, pick any song ... to suggest next one: "Changes" a backbeat fest where everyone interact, give n take, duelling, meet up, hold up... short: it make you bounce between the walls. Patterns, expected or not is what good music is about, and it comes with all these progressive oldschool bands in some way ♥
Check out the actual music video. There are three versions of the music video, all featuring the surrealistic storyline about an abducted man (played by actor Danny Webb) who eventually transforms into an eagle. The longer version opens with the band playing the song before changing to a storyline (after a non-musical and silent passage). The shorter version omits the footage of the band performing. There's also a shorter version (4min27sec, in some promotional copies listed as "Chris Squire's Version") released in November 1983, which alternates more between the band and the storyline.
I've always thought this song was intended to be paired with another song from the same album ("90125") - "Changes". The two take different ways of looking at the same event. And if you think this one is complex with its "sprinkles" of musical decoration - the intro to "Changes" will send you into the stratosphere! ua-cam.com/video/omhNnvX3Sx0/v-deo.html Also from this album - the vocals on "Leave It" are complicated and fun! ua-cam.com/video/8-hJFoSgXfM/v-deo.html
1:23 "... Say you don't wanna chance it, You've been hurt so before ..." In-other-words, the lonely heart is step two after the broken, and that's why we know lonely is better than broken.
A lot of the little flourishes (including the drum parts in the opening and the middle) were done using a Fairlight computer, which was really popular back in the early-mid 80s (Def Leppard used it a LOT).
It always makes me happy when people get prog music, some people struggle with all the changes in tempo and melodies but if you give yourself over to the song and just allow it to take you on a ride it all makes perfect sense.
Those “random sounds” are thanks to the production genius known as Trevor Horn. He practically created the 80s sound and his songs are always a treat with the headphones.
90125 such a great album; flows so well. This album was "my first CD introduced to my boombox" haha. I'd say it's YES...but a different flavor of YES. Many liked it . And there are those who thought it strayed too far from their roots. I like it all personally. Check the song "Changes".
Lex you are such a seventies girl! Seems like you always vibe to early to mid seventies. The only thing you are missing is the elephant bell bottoms, halter top and platform shoes lol. Love watching you both. Rock on!!
they were one of the early bands to utilize sampling in their music, pretty sure they were using an australian made fairlight cmi synth with sampling capabilities
Sonically, this was _cutting edge,_ in 1983. Digital sound was in its infancy, and the effects it gave us was _freaking out_ all our ears. Today it can sound a bit over done, but at the time it was all brand spankin' new; so we were, like, Bring it _ONNN._ Musicians would buy the latest $$ electronic box, and almost any button they pushed would give a sound no one had ever heard before. :^> We were giddy on it for almost a decade, until Nirvana came along and told us it was time to chill with all the sound effects.
I was so incredibly lucky to see Yes support this fantastic album. Chris Squire was unbelievable as well as the rest of the band...total professionals.
I don't know why I never thought about this before. But, there's actually another song on this album simply called Hearts (plural) and in it, there's a line that says, "Two hearts are better than one." So, if you're willing to risk the broken heart, you can end up better off than a lonely heart. I'd recommend checking out that song. It's full of musical twists and turns (which symbolize the twists and turns of a life-long relationship) but, like all good Yes songs, it's amazingly cohesive. The official music video for Owner of a Lonely Heart is freaky. Dude gets hauled in by a couple of guys that look like they're from the CIA and he starts spazzing when he begins to have these scary split second visions of snakes, spiders, lizards, and scorpions that start to drive him toward a nervous breakdown.
This is way different than their progressive area in the 70s. Roundabout came out in 1971 while this song came out in 1983. yours is no disgrace and heat of the sunrise are some good songs to check out by yes.
Yep. When they added Trevor Rabin on guitar and vocals the band went more mainstream. While catchy, I prefer the old "out there" stuff like "Siberian Khatru" and "Sound Chaser".
@@ronaldmorgan7632 I remember as a kid going into a private wholesale record store when this album came out. The little album cover sized mini posters were everywhere...then I saw the cover of Fragile and the rest in the stacks, and correctly divined the album title's origin as the catalog number...I wondered why they went from awesome fantasy to boring grey numbers.
@@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 yeah i agree their older album covers were super cool, owner of a lonely heart is no where close to their 70s stuff but still has a catchy hook
Yes is a musical journey through many landscapes. This (the whole of 90125) is one amazing part, but Starship Trooper from m The Yes Album is the the one I feel most at home in.
Lex will love Yes forever as they always have treats and surprises! God bless you both. Makes me feel younger at 52 to see others love what meant so much to us.
Ah, Yes' 80s resurgence. They are one of the few 60s/70s rock bands that got a new audience in the 80s. There were others like Aerosmith and Jefferson Starship (before known as Jefferson Airplane) but Yes had more hits on the charts than some of them I think. Cool band, I loved their album art too. Whenever my Dad would put on his LPs I would check out the album art. Don't see much of that in the digital world now.
I've watched a lot of your videos and I just realized how Brad focuses on the lyrics (left brain) and Lex focuses on the music( right brain). You two really do complement each other.
When you get to "Close to the Edge" we'll see how well you guys appreciate a masterpiece of progressive rock. Then "The Gates of Delirium", "Awaken" and lots more.
Car stereo contests were a common thing when this song came out, and this song was used all the time. It really tested the quality of your sound system... especially the speakers.
This is one of my favorite "later" Yessongs along with "Does It Really Happen" and "Lift Me Up". Yes totally reinvented their sound in the 80s when they added Trevor Rabin.
You two have such a great yin/yang chemistry for reactions. Brad more towards the lyrical meaning, and Lex more towards the pure musical vibe...Yet both appreciating the end result - the complete package. 👍 *Also - Correct answer is, indeed: Broken heart. As you said - At least that means you had some great times/great memories. *Speaking from experience / multiple heart-breaking "events". ;)
This era of Yes produced some really great tunes... Hold On, Leave It, Changes, Owner of a Lonely Heart. The whole 90125 album is worth listening to from start to finish.
Never looked at the lyrics this deep but I think it’s about someone who had a broken heart so many times or maybe 1 really bad one and they feel like they should just stop trying. Also it’s them saying that you should actually keep trying because yes lonely is better than broken but a full heart will always be better than both.
Yes is such an amazing band! They have a forever catalog of hits. Big Generator is a good one! I now understand for sure that LEX would LOVE to have good Beck songs in her life. They are CHOCK FULL of surprises of goodness!
This bassist, and maybe the 'Who' Bassist were the best Bass Guitarists of the era... in fact, the Bass for Rush, Geddy Lee, played bass for the induction of Yes into the hall of fame... and yes.. Geddy Lee should be in that group of 3
Yes is a very long lived Progressive Rock band. I dare you to dive deep into their music and react to the live version of "And You And I" from their Yessongs album.
Literally like listening to the influence on one of the greatest Prog Rock groups of all time by Trevor Horn of the "Art of Noise", and their treats and surprises as Lex describes it. Might be worth you delving into their back catalogue for some more treats and surprises?!
"Full of little treats and surprises ." Yes, for a listener as sophisticated as Lex.
Lex's exuberance is so infectious. Love her reactions. This song was a smash when it came out. I couldn't believe it was Yes.
Rather different with Trevor Horn involved.
This was one of the first songs that used digital sampled sounds (those orchestra hits) as an instrument (on the synthesizer). It was new back then and caught us all by surprise just like it did for you today 😁
Check out Art of Noise - their producer also produced this Yes album, which was much a great & also a big departure for Yes after decades of great progressive music. Art of Noise made huge use of sampled "hits" and has additional random connections to Buggles, Asia & Hans Zimmer.
I had no idea.. thank you.
Both comments I didn't know.
Yeah, it was considered ultra cheesy and was not used for long. Sigh. Trevor Rabin. The guitar solo on this song is also on a lot of "worst of" lists for guitar solos.
it's a game - overlaid, interlaid.... you know something is coming but not what! Best description of prog ever! Yes, it's a fun game! :) Great reaction! Lex nails it again!
Waiting for reaction of Zappa or Gentle Giants!
Why do I get the feeling that Lex is simply the most fun in a, er , romantic context? Waiting in excitement & anticipation for all those little thrills & chills ... Lovely lady!
Overlaid and Interlaid is better than Underlaid!
Agreed
Lex always gets it, & Brad, well, just doesn't... 😂
Love, love, love this song. Awesome band all around. A lonely heart is just a lonely heart. But a broken heart is both.
changes is also a good song by them
@@Joshuadgog, yeah, that's on the same album. That whole album is great: "90125".
“‘Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all”.
@brianwilson49 You beat me to it.
Owner of a broken heart is much better than an owner of a lonely heart is how the lyric goes.
Lex's expressions looked like she totally approved of every note and the musical arrangement, almost like a musicgasm for her...LOL .
Yes is one of only a few bands whose live performances sound as good as their studio recordings. Their musicianship has remained impeccable, even through the passing of time.
Lonely is much better than a broken heart. Just anyone with a bunch of experience.
Brad said, “ they both suck”.
True that.
The third option is you have both at the same time... that really sucks!
One of my fav bands of all time! I have all their albums to this day! Seen them live 3 times back in the 70's and they were fantastic 2 hours of music.
Yes has been around forever and have a ton of hits. I saw them in concert about 20 years ago and every song they played had been a hit on the radio. They also have some live concerts on UA-cam that are amazing.
There are many phases of yes they've adapted to every era for over 40 years and their musicianship is top notch hopefully we hear more
I've seen Yes twice in my life. Once at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago for their Union Tour. That's when they had all of the former band members touring with the new lineup. It was an awesome show, there were two drummers and the stage was in the center of the audience! They jammed this song.
14 times here, from their 1974-1975 "Relayer" tour until they replaced Jon Anderson in 2008.
I know of 1 guy on UA-cam that has seem them 102 times.
Now THAT is a fan.
So, of course, King Crimson had to top that with 3 drummers for their last show.
Lex has to be a genius on some level for all the great things that come out of her
She would be an award winning producer. Great ear for music. She was born at the wrong time.
Agreed!! Love our lil Lex- and Brad too-😁
legit, called out manson as being industrial real quick too, smart!
Lex could be first class composer…or, Chief…or, anything with amount of talent and genuine joyousness.
her takes are always on spot. and fast.
Lex is so lovable and funny. She knows quite a bit about music, more than she let's on IMO. She has so much energy and passion in her soul. Brad is one lucky man. He has a gorgeous, funny, and intelligent woman as a wife.
Lex=🔥🔥🔥
I used to be one of those Yes fans who dismissed this album as a selling-out of the once-great band. But it's grown on me a LOT over the years. The prog touches are definitely lessened and more subtle...but they're absolutely there and elevate 90125 well above most of the standard 80s pop that it otherwise superficially resembled. And the mastering is top notch - a VERY well crafted album.
By the by, Lex's enthusiasm and giggle are ridiculously contagious. :)
I have to agree. There are so many discussion and forum posts about how this was the yes "sellout" album, how this isn't "true" yes, that Trevor Rabin ruined the band with this album... and I can't disagree with them more. 70's era prog-rock had run its course at the time this album came out. The 80s were about innovation in instrumentation, production techniques, melding wildly varying musical influences into something new and, in many cases, absolutely breathtaking. It's popular now to disregard 80s music as plastic and sterile when the spirit was everything but that. This album, in particular, was a breath of fresh air for a 70s prog powerhouse that was adrift and floundering as the new decade began. The production is top tier, the songwriting is interesting, the performances are flawless. There is so much nuance and playfulness, and watching Lex react with surprise and joy to the various changes just cements for me how timeless music really is, regardless of the ebb and flow of contemporary sensibilities.
Everybody "SOLD OUT" in the 80s. BUT, it was a different time. Prog would not have survived in the 80s. Rabin kept this band going until they could get back to their prog roots. Endless Dream ended the Yes West lineup and it was a perfect progression back.
When South African guitarist Trevor Rabin joined Yes this was his first record with them. Basically took them over. He wrote and produced this gem.
Trevor Horn produced it and made key contributions.
@@KurtI2525 Horn liked the chorus and BEGGED the band to record the song. He hated Rabin's lyrics, which were just standard pop cliches. When Jon came in, he did his usual magic by changing the lyrics, although Horn still didn't like Jon's lyrics. He hated the line about the "eagle in the sky," but Jon wouldn't change it. So right after the line there's a gunshot. Horn says, "That's me shooting down Jon's eagle."
@billrowan734 It is well documented that Trevor Horn produced this song as well as the entire 90125 record.
Yes is one of my all time favorite bands! This is later music from them, but their earlier work was as good or better. Through all the various iterations of the band, they were always one of the most complex and artistic and talented bands ever. I was lucky to see then live twice, including this tour. Lex nailed it, about the layers and complexity! Loved it!
First heard this one afternoon over the sound system in a coctail bar on the Fulham Road in London back in 1983. Had to go buy the album. Bought my first Yes album in Newcastle, Australia in late 1972... Close to the Edge...
What I learned after my wife-soulmate died in 2018 a broken heart and a lonely heart is the samething.. We was together since 1980 she stood behind me through all the hard times in the early days of the wild music biz. Never complained even with all my wild partying lifestyle. Hard to find a partner like that..
I distinctly remember when this song came out in 1983 listening to it on my Pioneer sound system in my car. I blew up two sets of 6x9 speakers before I found some speakers by Bose that could handle the bass.
I remember watching the video premiered on MTV (back when we got music instead of manure in that channel). I feel fortunate to see them for The Big Generator tour in a Meadowlands skybox
This whole album is killer.
A masterpiece from start to finish.
This complete album is of highest quality, pick any song ... to suggest next one: "Changes"
a backbeat fest where everyone interact, give n take, duelling, meet up, hold up... short: it make you bounce between the walls.
Patterns, expected or not is what good music is about, and it comes with all these progressive oldschool bands in some way ♥
The patterns on the new Porcupine Tree single, Harridan, are oretty good
"Leave It" is BY FAR the most unique Yes song... That's REALLY saying something for such a unique band.
That was a disappointing follow up to Owner of a Lonely Heart.
@@brianezell5790 that's your opinion. I always think of "leave it"
It does something for me.
@@rohe4077 not just my opinion but the public’s at the time. It was nowhere near the hit that “Owner of a Lonely Heart” was.
@@brianezell5790
Yes. A public opinion of shepherded thoughts.
In short, sheep thoughts.
@@brianezell5790
To me, it was something I never heard before. It was exciting. It still is.
Saw yes at MSG back in 1980, when they came out with this album. They used to have a round stage, that rotated around. Everyone had a good seat.
This album came out in 1983.
1980 was Drama - the album before this one.
The round stage was 1978-79
@@frankmarsh1159 ok, thanks. I'm 62, so 78-79 is sort of like 80 for me. haha
@@ptrlxc Thanks
Check out the actual music video. There are three versions of the music video, all featuring the surrealistic storyline about an abducted man (played by actor Danny Webb) who eventually transforms into an eagle. The longer version opens with the band playing the song before changing to a storyline (after a non-musical and silent passage). The shorter version omits the footage of the band performing. There's also a shorter version (4min27sec, in some promotional copies listed as "Chris Squire's Version") released in November 1983, which alternates more between the band and the storyline.
The vibes of OG Terrain vibes from Starcraft in this song. Fills my heart with 2001 joy.
I love this album. I was just thinking J Geils and Yes were some of the best rock bands at adapting to new wave.
I do really enjoy you guys reactions' can see the happiness you both have for each other.
I've always thought this song was intended to be paired with another song from the same album ("90125") - "Changes". The two take different ways of looking at the same event. And if you think this one is complex with its "sprinkles" of musical decoration - the intro to "Changes" will send you into the stratosphere!
ua-cam.com/video/omhNnvX3Sx0/v-deo.html
Also from this album - the vocals on "Leave It" are complicated and fun!
ua-cam.com/video/8-hJFoSgXfM/v-deo.html
one of the most iconic power chord riffs of the last 50 years...
Excellent song. Great reaction by Lex as per usual. 'musically wild' by Brad spot on.
listen to the bass line. When you have a solid bass line the other instruments can do all kinds of things and the song will still hold together.
Facts!!
SO hypnotic... first thing I fell in love with
We who have heard this wait to see her eyes ears nose shoulders and her pretty smile when it hits that place in your soul!
You just know something is coming (but is doesn't always come) but when it does.....BAM! You love it. It juices it up. This swings.
I remember when this song came out in 83' I was in Waikiki, Hawaii doing the tourist thing and hitting the clubs at night. Ah memories 😎
“Gary! On the kick drum! Come come! On the kick drum! Tony!”
Steve Howe is a long time guitar virtuoso from back in the day. I remember him from Close to the Edge back in 1971.
You are very lucky my dude,that woman is a rare and precious gem!👌👌👌👍👍👍
The iconic Eventide H3000 harmonizer on that guitar solo. Almost obnoxious, but used perfectly on this song.
I remember the song from my high school days in the 80s. Nice to listen in stereo.
Fascinating how into-it Lex gets anticipating something musical coming. Fun to see.
1:23 "... Say you don't wanna chance it, You've been hurt so before ..." In-other-words, the lonely heart is step two after the broken, and that's why we know lonely is better than broken.
god I love her vibe, she just wanna have fun, I love her
When I was a DJ always played this LOUD. Got most people up dancing. And air guitar.
A lot of the little flourishes (including the drum parts in the opening and the middle) were done using a Fairlight computer, which was really popular back in the early-mid 80s (Def Leppard used it a LOT).
It always makes me happy when people get prog music, some people struggle with all the changes in tempo and melodies but if you give yourself over to the song and just allow it to take you on a ride it all makes perfect sense.
Those “random sounds” are thanks to the production genius known as Trevor Horn. He practically created the 80s sound and his songs are always a treat with the headphones.
90125 such a great album; flows so well.
This album was "my first CD introduced to my boombox" haha. I'd say it's YES...but a different flavor of YES. Many liked it . And there are those who thought it strayed too far from their roots. I like it all personally. Check the song "Changes".
Lex you are such a seventies girl! Seems like you always vibe to early to mid seventies. The only thing you are missing is the elephant bell bottoms, halter top and platform shoes lol. Love watching you both. Rock on!!
they were one of the early bands to utilize sampling in their music, pretty sure they were using an australian made fairlight cmi synth with sampling capabilities
I loved dancing to Yes. This song is so brilliantly dynamic it just pushes energy into your body.
Sonically, this was _cutting edge,_ in 1983. Digital sound was in its infancy, and the effects it gave us was _freaking out_ all our ears. Today it can sound a bit over done, but at the time it was all brand spankin' new; so we were, like, Bring it _ONNN._ Musicians would buy the latest $$ electronic box, and almost any button they pushed would give a sound no one had ever heard before. :^> We were giddy on it for almost a decade, until Nirvana came along and told us it was time to chill with all the sound effects.
She is so so special in a good way
I was so incredibly lucky to see Yes support this fantastic album. Chris Squire was unbelievable as well as the rest of the band...total professionals.
I don't know why I never thought about this before. But, there's actually another song on this album simply called Hearts (plural) and in it, there's a line that says, "Two hearts are better than one." So, if you're willing to risk the broken heart, you can end up better off than a lonely heart. I'd recommend checking out that song. It's full of musical twists and turns (which symbolize the twists and turns of a life-long relationship) but, like all good Yes songs, it's amazingly cohesive. The official music video for Owner of a Lonely Heart is freaky. Dude gets hauled in by a couple of guys that look like they're from the CIA and he starts spazzing when he begins to have these scary split second visions of snakes, spiders, lizards, and scorpions that start to drive him toward a nervous breakdown.
This is way different than their progressive area in the 70s. Roundabout came out in 1971 while this song came out in 1983. yours is no disgrace and heat of the sunrise are some good songs to check out by yes.
Yep. When they added Trevor Rabin on guitar and vocals the band went more mainstream. While catchy, I prefer the old "out there" stuff like "Siberian Khatru" and "Sound Chaser".
@@ronaldmorgan7632 I remember as a kid going into a private wholesale record store when this album came out. The little album cover sized mini posters were everywhere...then I saw the cover of Fragile and the rest in the stacks, and correctly divined the album title's origin as the catalog number...I wondered why they went from awesome fantasy to boring grey numbers.
@@preciousroihomeshoppingnet7908 yeah i agree their older album covers were super cool, owner of a lonely heart is no where close to their 70s stuff but still has a catchy hook
@@Joshuadgog As an 10-11-year old kid who had been reading Tolkein for about a year prior obsessively...the 70s covers were like visual crack.
Yes is a musical journey through many landscapes. This (the whole of 90125) is one amazing part, but Starship Trooper from m The Yes Album is the the one I feel most at home in.
The members of Rush grew up listening to Yes, Cream, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hindrix, and Genesis among other. All great stuff to check out. : ]
Lex will love Yes forever as they always have treats and surprises! God bless you both. Makes me feel younger at 52 to see others love what meant so much to us.
Ah, Yes' 80s resurgence. They are one of the few 60s/70s rock bands that got a new audience in the 80s. There were others like Aerosmith and Jefferson Starship (before known as Jefferson Airplane) but Yes had more hits on the charts than some of them I think. Cool band, I loved their album art too. Whenever my Dad would put on his LPs I would check out the album art. Don't see much of that in the digital world now.
I've watched a lot of your videos and I just realized how Brad focuses on the lyrics (left brain) and Lex focuses on the music( right brain). You two really do complement each other.
There's something so amazing about watching people you really like, really enjoy music that you love.
1983-84 was my sophomore year in high school. We carried the big boxes & played this song a lot.
Having heard this song hundreds if not thousands of times including live when it was new, this is so funny watching you two.
Love Lex. She's willing to just listen to a song for the sake of just being open to it and taking it in for fun's sake.
Lex! So much positive crazy energy! Brad! You are a lucky man!
Lead singer (John Anderson) also had a band called Tangerine dream.
This is the same, consistent reaction, to your first reaction to “Roundabout”. The very definition of great music/musicians.
The whole 90125 album is really an under-rated album. Way more prog than people give it credit for.
.........under rated by whom??
@@classic-kool People that rank Yes albums on youtube. Not by me i might add.
@@classic-kool Mostly by Yes fans that dismiss it as just 80s pop and not "real" Yes.
Yeah a lot of people dismiss it but it is top three IMO
@@Zundfolge That are the everything was better in the 70s guys. So annoying ...BTW there was a lot of trash pop in the 70s.
When you get to "Close to the Edge" we'll see how well you guys appreciate a masterpiece of progressive rock. Then "The Gates of Delirium", "Awaken" and lots more.
I love 'Close to the Edge' . There is a lot of Yes material that might be a challenge for a modern audience.
Car stereo contests were a common thing when this song came out, and this song was used all the time. It really tested the quality of your sound system... especially the speakers.
I'm so glad I became an adult in the 80s. We had so much fun and freedom it was insane
Lex, you are PRICELESS !!!! You are a living, breathing VIBE !!!!!!!!
'The Philosophy of Lex' ... that's a book I'd buy!!
I was in Germany when I heard this cut ...I heard alot of overseas music back in 87 .
80s mind blower!!!!!; )
"It's better to have love and lost than to have never loved at all."
"It is better to have Loved, and Lost, than Never have Loved at All".....Tennyson.
It's better to have loved & lost than never to have loved at all
This is one of my favorite "later" Yessongs along with "Does It Really Happen" and "Lift Me Up". Yes totally reinvented their sound in the 80s when they added Trevor Rabin.
You two have such a great yin/yang chemistry for reactions. Brad more towards the lyrical meaning, and Lex more towards the pure musical vibe...Yet both appreciating the end result - the complete package. 👍
*Also - Correct answer is, indeed:
Broken heart.
As you said - At least that means you had some great times/great memories.
*Speaking from experience / multiple heart-breaking "events". ;)
absolute classic of the era
Lex's instincts are almost always so good. Brad is the complementary yin-yang to her yang-yin ...
YES was one of the bands from the 60'+70's that didn't hit the 80's and crash, they heard it and and destroyed it :) great players
This era of Yes produced some really great tunes... Hold On, Leave It, Changes, Owner of a Lonely Heart. The whole 90125 album is worth listening to from start to finish.
The entire 90125 album is awesome
Saw the tour in 1984 in Berlin Germany
Lex thinks like a musician, it makes them so much more enjoyable than any other reaction channel for me. Rock on
Never looked at the lyrics this deep but I think it’s about someone who had a broken heart so many times or maybe 1 really bad one and they feel like they should just stop trying. Also it’s them saying that you should actually keep trying because yes lonely is better than broken but a full heart will always be better than both.
"Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all." Alfred Lord Tennyson.
I grew up with Yes! I was a teen in the 70s and saw them in concert! Blew my mind! They put on a hell of a show!
Enjoy the whole heart while you have it… love it mate,,,😃
80's magic ✨
Yes is such an amazing band! They have a forever catalog of hits. Big Generator is a good one! I now understand for sure that LEX would LOVE to have good Beck songs in her life. They are CHOCK FULL of surprises of goodness!
Love is overvalued. So is life.
This bassist, and maybe the 'Who' Bassist were the best Bass Guitarists of the era... in fact, the Bass for Rush, Geddy Lee, played bass for the induction of Yes into the hall of fame... and yes.. Geddy Lee should be in that group of 3
A band I still listen most every week.
Yes is a very long lived Progressive Rock band. I dare you to dive deep into their music and react to the live version of "And You And I" from their Yessongs album.
Literally like listening to the influence on one of the greatest Prog Rock groups of all time by Trevor Horn of the "Art of Noise", and their treats and surprises as Lex describes it. Might be worth you delving into their back catalogue for some more treats and surprises?!
Yes Live 2009 - Machine Messiah ... You wont regret reacting to this masterly performance.