A truly amazing musician, life is better with people like this , I wonder sometimes if they ever think how they shaped and affected the lives of people that grew up with their music .Thank you
.... my goodness I grew up listening this genius´albums .... he was such a young gifted/talented artist & unique in style & looks....I loved him so much ....
Wow! Early Rick Wakeman interview! Really enjoyed watching all these Bob Harris interviews with YES members from the 70s! What a gem! Thanks for posting!
Quite the time capsule, this was recorded BEFORE Yes recorded their shows at the Rainbow in London, which were the basis for the Yessongs album released in 1973.
Wakey looks like he's about _eighteen_ here! l'm glad he talked about the musicians he used on the album! l always wondered about all the peeps involved in that AMAZING venture!
Fascinating how characters evolve over time. Here he is in his early twenties, just starting out, all hesitant and introspective; now watch his acceptance speech as Yes were inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame 45 years later (how did I take that long!?!)
This is a great example of videotape recordings changing/fading colors: Rick's eyes are actually blue, but if you didn't know that and watched this, you'd swear they were brown.
Wow, he was talking about the gigs at the Rainbow that were going to be filmed...which became the Yessongs movie. By far the coolest , friendliest, funniest and most interesting member of the 1970s Yes line up.in my opinion....did I mention funniest?
I actually bought the album back in the day, according to wicki it was released in 73. I was 19, already getting fed up with progs conceits, the album was fucking terrible, though I played it a lot and tried to act sophisticated. Listening to these two now, it's a bit like Derek and Clive, I keep waiting for one of them to use the C word.
@@AmericasChoice On the plus side, he applied for Bankruptcy shortly after, being guilty of pissing away a small fortune on baubles and booze. At the time, a friend told me they had seen him playing in a small pub in North London. The Punk movement were right about prog rock super bands, I never jumped on that bandwagon, but I appreciated what they said. How the mighty fall.
@@petrosros I liked some of it, a lot. But some of it was pretentious twaddle. Not a fan of Punk, but liked some of the Post Punk - Television, The Dogs, Comsat Angels, The Sound, early Cure, The Church etc
@@AmericasChoice And old age, like me. Funny, he lived in the same part of North London that I grew up in, and still live. I saw him play live with Yes once, I think they epitomized prog rock's dilemma, it was a fact that post punk they could not play in the UK. I actually bought Tales of Topographic Oceans, what a waste of money, a triple album and the longest drum solo in prog rock history (Alan White, died recently).
A truly amazing musician, life is better with people like this , I wonder sometimes if they ever think how they shaped and affected the lives of people that grew up with their music .Thank you
Incredible Rick Wakeman was just 23 years old here....
Rick seemed quite shy then, now he's totally hilarious and a national treasure 😊
40 plus years later and he's still a kick ass keyboard player!! Dig it!
Watch his interview with Rick Beato!
Brilliant Interview as well with Rick Beato!
.... my goodness I grew up listening this genius´albums .... he was such a young gifted/talented artist & unique in style & looks....I loved him so much ....
Young rick is so damn cool.
Fantastic and how articulate this GENIUS is such a gifted gift !!! Thank you !!!
Wow! Early Rick Wakeman interview! Really enjoyed watching all these Bob Harris interviews with YES members from the 70s! What a gem! Thanks for posting!
Amazing to see this interviews with such great musicians.
"I got a different feeling from each of the wives..."
Lol
Quite the time capsule, this was recorded BEFORE Yes recorded their shows at the Rainbow in London, which were the basis for the Yessongs album released in 1973.
Wakey looks like he's about _eighteen_ here! l'm glad he talked about the musicians he used on the album! l always wondered about all the peeps involved in that AMAZING venture!
Rick now looks like Bob did back then
but with better teeth
And Bob now resembles an aged Ginger Baker..
Rick talks about the upcoming Rainbow gig that ended up as the Yessongs film and parts of the triple live album.
Fascinating how characters evolve over time. Here he is in his early twenties, just starting out, all hesitant and introspective; now watch his acceptance speech as Yes were inducted into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame 45 years later (how did I take that long!?!)
Excellent interview and tremendous insight into Rick’s mind. Too short.
I bought that album when it was released on a week in London, along with a pair of hippie sandals. Always loved it (the album that is)
That was a terrific interview... Thank you
5:23 his hands are huge! such an advantage when playing keyboards.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing !
This is a great example of videotape recordings changing/fading colors: Rick's eyes are actually blue, but if you didn't know that and watched this, you'd swear they were brown.
In those days they were probably red lol
Nice little history lesson! Cool to see!!
Wow, he was talking about the gigs at the Rainbow that were going to be filmed...which became the Yessongs movie.
By far the coolest , friendliest, funniest and most interesting member of the 1970s Yes line up.in my opinion....did I mention funniest?
"That's pony - throw it away!" :-D
Jane Seymour is my favourite on the album
Blimey was Rick ever that young, I’m too young to remember lol
Rick's book made this interview sound a whole lot worse than it is. Then again, he did say they did some edits.
That’s what brought me here . It not as bad as he said it was in the book
@ 3:07 Henry VIII was in the renaissance era not in the baroque, Rick.
You weren't entirely sober at this interview were you Mr Wakeman? Still, a great post which chokes me with nostalgia. Thank you for posting.
In 1972 !
There is a story about this..."Rat assed" was his description. ua-cam.com/video/YoKJQ9L8G-g/v-deo.html
He openly states at the start that he'd been drinking
Who WASN'T high in 1972? It would be a shorter list
Beautiful
Is this the guy who created and played that amazing piano part on Cat Stevens' Morning Has Broken recording?
Yes
also wrote space oddity and life on mars for bowie
Good old England..........
SPEAK UP MAN!
Speak up Bob! Cheese and rice! Rick but a lad perhaps even a likely lad or Jack the Lad! Well my lad runneth over! Funny then and now😂
Keyboard king 🎹
I think you made a mistake this is Rick Wakeman being interviewed not Keith Emerson
two months later yessongs was filmed...why didn't they bring Old Gray Whistle tests' cameras? It would have looked 100 times better
I just watched the RWT spoof of OGWT before this. Not much difference.
I actually bought the album back in the day, according to wicki it was released in 73. I was 19, already getting fed up with progs conceits, the album was fucking terrible, though I played it a lot and tried to act sophisticated. Listening to these two now, it's a bit like Derek and Clive, I keep waiting for one of them to use the C word.
I was forced to listen to that album at the end of a long party when all I wanted to do was crash...horrible.
@@AmericasChoice On the plus side, he applied for Bankruptcy shortly after, being guilty of pissing away a small fortune on baubles and booze. At the time, a friend told me they had seen him playing in a small pub in North London.
The Punk movement were right about prog rock super bands, I never jumped on that bandwagon, but I appreciated what they said.
How the mighty fall.
@@petrosros I liked some of it, a lot. But some of it was pretentious twaddle. Not a fan of Punk, but liked some of the Post Punk - Television, The Dogs, Comsat Angels, The Sound, early Cure, The Church etc
@@petrosros He has issues with ex wives...
@@AmericasChoice And old age, like me. Funny, he lived in the same part of North London that I grew up in, and still live. I saw him play live with Yes once, I think they epitomized prog rock's dilemma, it was a fact that post punk they could not play in the UK. I actually bought Tales of Topographic Oceans, what a waste of money, a triple album and the longest drum solo in prog rock history (Alan White, died recently).