Jon is STILL incredible, LONG after many singers of the unmatched 70s progressive era could no longer sing, or had faded away. Yes has ALWAYS been, and will ALWAYS be my favorite band of all time. RIP Chris Squire, and may his wish for Yes to continue for ALL time come true.
I myself am not primarily a bass guitar player, nor would I ever presume to replace Chris Squire, but I would not mind if I had the opportunity to try.
It's called the cult of Yes.They are sort of like the comic books, science fiction or fantasy of rock n roll. How many other bands have had conventions and festivals involving them? Some but not many.
It's cause he's a true natural tenor. Robert Plant was actually a baritone with a ripping high register who damaged his voice trying to imitate Steve Marriott. Jon Anderson, on the other hand, was a magical elf with a true tenor voice. He almost never uses a falsetto on lead vocals which is just insane with the notes he can still hit live. When Yes performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he hit notes that were higher than the original recording of Roundabout🤯
I saw him at his Pittsburgh date for this tour and got to meet him beforehand, and I do not exaggerate when I say that Jon is one of the kindest, gentlest people whose presence I have ever been in. I was so nervous, but as soon as he said hello and hugged me I felt more calm than I had in ages. He listened to me babble on, he was appreciative of my thanking him for his work, and he even signed my copy of Olias! I will never, ever forget that magical moment.
Jon's story of his first 'physical' meeting with his wife is much like how the love of my life and I met. I 'saw' her in a waking vision a year before we met. And she and I connected so intensely with the Ladder (If only you knew, etc. ) and Magnification. My sweet Pamela passed this past November from cancer. I believe it was Jon (and the rest of the guys) who made it possible for us to meet. Jon is a beautiful soul, thanks Jon, for everything.
Just saw him. He's timeless. His voice soared effortlessly. In the end, Jon Anderson IS Yes. Whatever he does, THAT is the sound we all love to hear. Wonderful!!
"I hear that Geddy Lee is available..." nice touch. As a long time fan of both Yes and Rush, to see Geddy Lee join Yes at the Hall of Fame ceremony was really the moment of a lifetime for me.
It would have been nice if Squire's wishes had been carried out tho, don't you think? Maybe a man's deathbed wishes for his own life long band are a bit more important than thrilling Rush fans?? And his wishes were for Yes to carry on and to do so with Billy Sherwood (and not Geddy Lee) on bass. So a one off for the HOF gig is fine. But Sherwood should have been allowed to play on Owner at least. But Anderson and Wakeman didnt allow it. And that tells me a lot about how they are as human beings.
@@donutcookiepie They wanted Geddy Lee, and who wouldn't? Deathbed wishes shouldn't actually mean much of anything, but go look at their current lineup-which includes Billy Sherwood on bass. So your judging Anderson and Wakeman as human beings because they'd rather play with Geddy Lee than Billy Sherwood at the Hall of fame?
Like many of us who have dodged the reapers bullets, he is happy to be alive as many of us are in our 70's.... and his creative cup is just overflowing. I hope you get the call, Jon, you and Steve are brothers of a different mother. Happy to see you so open minded to a reunion again. It could be epic.
Jon Anderson just broke up another Yes (featuring anderson Wakeman and Rabin), why are people so eager to get him back into Yes, so they can, in his model, make one more "great" album (they didn't like the last batch of songs he submitted when he was last in the band), do a final great tour and wrap it up? I have seen Yes 3 times with Anderson, and 3 times with Davison. I'm going to see Yes with Davison again this year. I've somehow managed to avoid all of Anderson's other projects, and I don't feel like I've missed a thing. Yes is great as they are, don't let Anderson back in to mess everything up again!
@@mattlove1 good points all. I think YES will be a band in the 22nd century and certainly all will be replaced as we all will. But there is a timelessness to some of their music IMO, Close, Topographic and parts of other albums. Very unique, melodic and lasting music. I might be biased by having seen them many times since 1971-2 and in a mental state that transfixed my mind at the time. Now from a mature perspective I often treat their music like I do classical, for extended listening periods or long drives without the rapture of my youth, more appreciating the special creativity of their work and the unique timeless quality of the melodies and arrangements. I have the last album with Jon Davidson and it is a worthy effort that might presage a new creative period but I think Anderson/Stolt was a better album altho excessively Anderson dominated.... with it were more Stolt but that is a personal preference. Yes in any configuration is worth a listen.
@@mattlove1 Good points. I like all the versions of YES... just think it is cool when old friends bury the hatchet. Wish Pink Floyd would....one more time. I think there might be more than Anderson in that Wakeman has been struggling with health issues too.... still a studio album would have been a nice goal for them. I like both bands and I suspect YES will be around for a long time in one incarnation or another.
@@donutcookiepie Did you know that Jon Anderson created yes with Chris Squire and Jon can put anybody he wants in yes but Jon want everyone who played in yes to do a tour.
@@snowman8235 How can Jon put anybody he wants in Yes when Jon is not himself in Yes? Billy Sherwood is a wonderful musician, singer and songwriter, and seems like an extremely nice guy. Yes has always had the chops; now they have the good personalities too. Have you seen this: ua-cam.com/video/J8xkonlAu8Y/v-deo.html ? Who needs Geddy Lee?
Snow Man in his last dying days, Chris Squire passed the torch on to brilliant bassplayer/ multi-instrumentalist , producer & his dear friend Billy Sherwood ~ to keep the legacy of Yes alive. Billy is Yes (Official’s) bassplayer.
Looking forward to a time when the living principals of YES (Jon, and Steve) are reunited and are composing new music. "Iron sharpens Iron" and these two consistently brought out the best in each other. Geddy joining YES would be amazing. Hoping it happens soon!
I went to see Yes with Robin in Boston last year.. when he started to sing I became very emotional and started crying ... just to be in the same room with Jon.
Fair play to you Mr. Anderson! Keep going as long as you want and keep on doing what you do as long as you want. Remember, you don’t get a chance to come back and do it all again, so go for it now!
I wish I could take my 13 year daughter to the concert in Detroit. I had seen Yes when I was in high school. It would take a miracle for us to go. We are to poor. But we love Jon Anderson. ^^
@@ClassicRockArchive That is very kind of you. 🙇♀️🤗 Thank you. It would be something very special to share with my daughter. We live on the other side of the state. If it is meant to be, we will find a way. Thank you so much for offering to help. 🙇♀️❤ We really do appreciate it. We will find a way to go some how.☺
Jon Anderson at the heart of Yes for roughly five decades, and making great music still. I really hope we get a chance after the virus to see Jon and/or Yes play live again.
I saw Jon with Trevor and Rick on tour a couple of years ago and it was great. I hope that they can finally get that studio album finished. I'd love to hear what it sounds like, as I'm a big fan of the Trevor Rabin era of Yes.
@@mattlove1 What do you mean, pulled the plug? Like, it hadn't run its course and everyone was still ready to rock and roll but then he just canceled it?
@@reshpeck I accept the idea that there was a lot of Brownian motion, they didn't know what they were going to do next... but he said that "he couldn't breath" (dramatic words from a guy who apparently nearly perished from a respiratory problem) and so he proposed something they wouldn't be able to go along with... "I'm going out on tour by myself!" Breathing problem solved. In the other Yes, he either made offers they couldn't fail to refuse ("I want 50% of the pay") or went off by himself on more than one occasion... I think they got fed up with it.
I love the fact about the success of Paul Simon and Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys and Don Henley from the Eagles as solo artists and Jon Anderson is right up there with them as the best of all time with Sir Paul McCartney of course!!
Great music and wonderful story about his wife I had forgotten. The biggest surprise that was glossed over was that he 'had Steve to play on the last track'! That would be interesting.
Sir Lancelot aka Jon Anderson produces totally inspiring music + videos that are both very highly enriching to the 7 senses and also visually stimulating!! Totally love Jon's harmonies that are very pleasing as well to mass market across all mediums and very radio friendly!!
Having seen the ARW version of Yes twice in recent years, I was amazed and delighted to find that Jon could still sing so superbly with a band full pelt behind him. This is a very interesting interview - a shame the music in the background is slightly too loud?
We are eternity's light travelling through space Knowing that we are forever alive to music and sound Repeating the endless story of becoming infinite and possible Secure in each other's entrancing gaze of love As we unfold the flowers of our potential in endless sunlight On waves of emotion, reaching out towards the stars etc. etc. etc.
They announced a tour stop in Wichita and I went and got tickets for the show and was so looking forward to the gig. I had scored 4th row and was just so excited but not many people were aware of the gig so it got canceled. What a sad day it was for me. Naturally tool announced their show and again I got great seats about row 12 and covid destroyed that gig. Jon is just such a joy to see as a person. It has become very clear that Howe and Jon will never be in the same stage again and it is sad.
The loss of Chris Squiers is such a huge loss to the music community. Such an incredibly talented bass player, so vibrant and funny. He was like a brother to Jon. It's really sad.😥
Sweet story about Jane. Would love to hear Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Lee do something. That would be truly epic. Also hope to hear Olias of Sunhillow part two some day, with only Jon just like the first album.
@@robbieclark7828 ok, guess Mr Bruford's retirement is well earned... but if I were the queen I'd look for some kind a conscription into national service clause
All these masterful musicians are now in the their 70's, and if they were to play one last time, they should do it soon; Steve Howe need's to come to sense's and realize the musical mortality of Yes has been rearing it's ugly head ever since Chris Squire passed away in 2015, and with that, they should give the fan's what they really want. And having an underemployed Geddy Lee playing bass, which he most certainly would, could make one last tour very special.
The idea of Geddy playing with Steve and Jon is extremely intriguing. I remember being like 15 and thinking to myself, "it would be so awesome if Rush and Yes formed one band."
I was very surprised to hear that Steve Howe's contribution to Jon's album was more recent. I would have thought it was from sessions that began many years ago when Jon was still in Yes. Maybe there is hope for a proper Yes reunion, I mean as proper as it can get without Chris.
@@alex.username I am not kidding. Let him show a humble and contrite spirit. He broke up the Anderson Ponty band, AWR, and Yes more than once. Now he wants to rejoin Yes to do one final tour, then drive the last nail in their coffin? They are doing just fine as they are, why should they let him disrupt them again? Davison has a nicer voice. If Anderson wants to be on the Yes team, he should find a place where he fits without disrupting, As the badly treated but big-hearted Tony Kaye did last year.
It would be amazing, and a good way to bookend their career as Yes. As we see our rock stars aging (like us), going on tour takes so much energy. Are they all up to it? And now with the pandemic, the future of rock concerts remains to be seen. Maybe that's the idea - do a virtual concert with all of them either in the same room or in their perspective locations. It would be historic. And they could pave the way to How To Do a virtual concert. If any group could do it, it's Yes.
Jon said (long ago) he would write an autobiography at some point, would really love that, hoping he goes into detail on the deep spiritual stuff that he wont go into when interviewed.
@@ClassicRockArchive Its nice, I like most of his music regardless. But I am hungering for more if his deeply creative, "adventurous" (as he'd call it, instead of"prog") once again. When he gets really out there with his ideas, it's almost always awesome. That has always been the material I've liked most from him.
@@ClassicRockArchive Welp, as far as solo stuff, Olias of Sunhillow was a masterpiece. As to Yes material that he was the primary writer for, the albums Close to the Edge, Going for the One, and the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album. Among others tho fer sure. It's all among the best music I've ever heard.
I suggested to Ray Bennett's wife Sherry that he get in touch with Jon about playing bass in this latest Yes configuration. She told me that Ray wouldn't be interested and that he prefers playing his own material. Considering Ray's work in Peter Banks' band 'Flash', he would be the only one who could come close to Chris Squire in terms of ability. Ray is an incredible bass player. His work on the Flash tune 'Lifetime' is second to none. Ray also happens to be a good friend of Bill Bruford's.
I’m tempted to get a copy of this album, even though I have not yet procured a record by any of the individual Yes members. Chris Squire actually saw a future in which the Yes name would go on when all the original members were gone. The hope is, they won’t just stay in a time like playing nothing but those songs, that the music will continue to grow and evolve.
Jon please bring back ABWH. this changing yes that plays without you or Steve or Rick is hard to accept and truthfully upsetting No Jon no yes. My first show was saw Long Beach sports arena 19777 and retuned for year 10thr TEN TRUE SUMMERS LONG”anniversary. And yen the message you where beaming was Surender to the wane of love energy and joy through magic in music I told You that you I are my musical angel one time I met you backstage in pas Vegas 2002 original members tour. An absolute miracle I said to you are my musical angel in I them said my favorite line in all yes history which I love studied seem live and adore every one. I said to your Jon my very most favorite line in all yes lyrical history is without compare “Like the time I ran away, tuned around and you where standing close to me” With deep look into my eyes. On my third eye And said to my amazement “ that’s my favorite lines too I love you Jon Reveler of light destroyed of darkness In this difficult time so such misunderstanding and death. We need ANWH. with Tony Levin Everyone is still here. Diluted yes with ever changing line ups without you or Steve or tick those key members is like visiting one parent of a Devore. It’s not powerful and pure majesty without you is sad and I know how you feel about them playing without you I will never see yes without you. Too sad too far from the crushing miraculous iconic musical treasures Please get ABWH back please no you are so very appreciated. So grateful as gratitude is the grist for the kill of our energy within and without. My beautiful Jon
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Jon is STILL incredible, LONG after many singers of the unmatched 70s progressive era could no longer sing, or had faded away. Yes has ALWAYS been, and will ALWAYS be my favorite band of all time. RIP Chris Squire, and may his wish for Yes to continue for ALL time come true.
I myself am not primarily a bass guitar player, nor would I ever presume to replace Chris Squire, but I would not mind if I had the opportunity to try.
It's called the cult of Yes.They are sort of like the comic books, science fiction or fantasy of rock n roll. How many other bands have had conventions and festivals involving them? Some but not many.
It's cause he's a true natural tenor.
Robert Plant was actually a baritone with a ripping high register who damaged his voice trying to imitate Steve Marriott.
Jon Anderson, on the other hand, was a magical elf with a true tenor voice. He almost never uses a falsetto on lead vocals which is just insane with the notes he can still hit live.
When Yes performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he hit notes that were higher than the original recording of Roundabout🤯
The most beautiful man with the most beautiful voice, love him dearly!.
I will always love Jon for his music and his voice, he has been my lifeline to music since l was very young!!! ❤🤗
How do you like his new solo album? I love it!
I saw him at his Pittsburgh date for this tour and got to meet him beforehand, and I do not exaggerate when I say that Jon is one of the kindest, gentlest people whose presence I have ever been in. I was so nervous, but as soon as he said hello and hugged me I felt more calm than I had in ages. He listened to me babble on, he was appreciative of my thanking him for his work, and he even signed my copy of Olias! I will never, ever forget that magical moment.
Wow....thanks for sharing this experience. He was that way with me, too. -Cyndy Drue
Jon's story of his first 'physical' meeting with his wife is much like how the love of my life and I met. I 'saw' her in a waking vision a year before we met. And she and I connected so intensely with the Ladder (If only you knew, etc. ) and Magnification. My sweet Pamela passed this past November from cancer. I believe it was Jon (and the rest of the guys) who made it possible for us to meet. Jon is a beautiful soul, thanks Jon, for everything.
A beautiful post and I’m sorry for your loss. I hope Yes music continues to remind you of good times.
I'm your fan! Beautiful music and lyrics! Congratulations for your success!
All the negativity in the world, Jon has enough positivity for the universe.
I love Jon, he is such a light spirit!
Makes me happy 😁
Just saw him. He's timeless. His voice soared effortlessly. In the end, Jon Anderson IS Yes. Whatever he does, THAT is the sound we all love to hear. Wonderful!!
love your comment!
"I hear that Geddy Lee is available..." nice touch. As a long time fan of both Yes and Rush, to see Geddy Lee join Yes at the Hall of Fame ceremony was really the moment of a lifetime for me.
It would have been nice if Squire's wishes had been carried out tho, don't you think? Maybe a man's deathbed wishes for his own life long band are a bit more important than thrilling Rush fans?? And his wishes were for Yes to carry on and to do so with Billy Sherwood (and not Geddy Lee) on bass. So a one off for the HOF gig is fine. But Sherwood should have been allowed to play on Owner at least. But Anderson and Wakeman didnt allow it. And that tells me a lot about how they are as human beings.
For me too 👍
Geddy and Billy Cobham! Man, I'd love to hear that groove!
#metoo!
@@donutcookiepie They wanted Geddy Lee, and who wouldn't? Deathbed wishes shouldn't actually mean much of anything, but go look at their current lineup-which includes Billy Sherwood on bass. So your judging Anderson and Wakeman as human beings because they'd rather play with Geddy Lee than Billy Sherwood at the Hall of fame?
Like many of us who have dodged the reapers bullets, he is happy to be alive as many of us are in our 70's.... and his creative cup is just overflowing. I hope you get the call, Jon, you and Steve are brothers of a different mother. Happy to see you so open minded to a reunion again. It could be epic.
Jon Anderson just broke up another Yes (featuring anderson Wakeman and Rabin), why are people so eager to get him back into Yes, so they can, in his model, make one more "great" album (they didn't like the last batch of songs he submitted when he was last in the band), do a final great tour and wrap it up? I have seen Yes 3 times with Anderson, and 3 times with Davison. I'm going to see Yes with Davison again this year. I've somehow managed to avoid all of Anderson's other projects, and I don't feel like I've missed a thing. Yes is great as they are, don't let Anderson back in to mess everything up again!
@@mattlove1 good points all. I think YES will be a band in the 22nd century and certainly all will be replaced as we all will. But there is a timelessness to some of their music IMO, Close, Topographic and parts of other albums. Very unique, melodic and lasting music. I might be biased by having seen them many times since 1971-2 and in a mental state that transfixed my mind at the time. Now from a mature perspective I often treat their music like I do classical, for extended listening periods or long drives without the rapture of my youth, more appreciating the special creativity of their work and the unique timeless quality of the melodies and arrangements. I have the last album with Jon Davidson and it is a worthy effort that might presage a new creative period but I think Anderson/Stolt was a better album altho excessively Anderson dominated.... with it were more Stolt but that is a personal preference. Yes in any configuration is worth a listen.
@@mattlove1 Good points. I like all the versions of YES... just think it is cool when old friends bury the hatchet. Wish Pink Floyd would....one more time. I think there might be more than Anderson in that Wakeman has been struggling with health issues too.... still a studio album would have been a nice goal for them. I like both bands and I suspect YES will be around for a long time in one incarnation or another.
I'm just disappointed Bill Bruford retired. I would've paid to see that man drum along with fart noises.
Beautiful voice Jonh and music ! I love it! ❤️ Congratulations for your success!
His voice is still incredible!! Wow!!
It’s astounding how he has kept his amazing voice. He has not faded like other vocalists.
Love to see Geddy Lee playing with Yes on a world tour.
It's not gonna happen. Yes already has a bassist...one which was installed into the position by CHRIS SQUIRE. Are you not aware of that?
@@donutcookiepie Did you know that Jon Anderson created yes with Chris Squire and Jon can put anybody he wants in yes but Jon want everyone who played in yes to do a tour.
@@snowman8235 How can Jon put anybody he wants in Yes when Jon is not himself in Yes? Billy Sherwood is a wonderful musician, singer and songwriter, and seems like an extremely nice guy. Yes has always had the chops; now they have the good personalities too. Have you seen this: ua-cam.com/video/J8xkonlAu8Y/v-deo.html ? Who needs Geddy Lee?
Snow Man in his last dying days, Chris Squire passed the torch on to brilliant bassplayer/ multi-instrumentalist , producer & his dear friend Billy Sherwood ~ to keep the legacy of Yes alive. Billy is Yes (Official’s) bassplayer.
@@pallasonair6443 Billy also asked by John Wetton to replace him in Asia before Wetton passed away.
Looking forward to a time when the living principals of YES (Jon, and Steve) are reunited and are composing new music. "Iron sharpens Iron" and these two consistently brought out the best in each other. Geddy joining YES would be amazing. Hoping it happens soon!
well said, and here's hoping!
It sounds so John Anderson-ey, sort of like Olias Of Sunhillow. The unique voice comes awake, again. Thanks.
"Billy Cobham... my favorite drummer of all time." Bill Bruford be like, "say what?"
How about Alan White??
@@yaelrar.4460 alan say whate ??
@@yaelrar.4460Even in his younger year's, Alan White is NOT in the same category as Billy Cobham.
@@johnflanagan9153 That's not the point. Jon and Alan were in the same band for decades.
John Flanagan and neither is BB
Jon is just a great spirit. Hope he's like another Willie Nelson playing & singing in his mid to late 80s
I want him to work with Willie.
Well he's 78 and going out on tour in 2023.
he still has a great an incomparable voice!
He does
I'm glad I got to see him in my hometown. His spirit on stage is priceless.
So true!
I went to see Yes with Robin in Boston last year.. when he started to sing I became very emotional and started crying ... just to be in the same room with Jon.
I understand!
Jon Anderson makes me happy.
Fair play to you Mr. Anderson! Keep going as long as you want and keep on doing what you do as long as you want. Remember, you don’t get a chance to come back and do it all again, so go for it now!
His voice is as strong and clear as ever. Very happy for him and wish he'd come to northern California on his tour.
Jon Anderson THE VOICE. THE MASTER. FOREVER YES!!!🎤🎤🎤
Yes music rivals and in many cases surpasses that of classical composers...150 years from now you will still here Yes classics in some form..
I like your optimism. I believe it will live on.
@@ClassicRockArchive There will be some form of YES 100 years from now. We can only say that about a handful of bands. I won't name the others.
@@jeffschielka7845 I agree Jeff!
Lovely interview. Want to see John perform live again. Hopefully he will pkay the UK with the Geeks. They sound excellent.
YES Jon in 2020 .
I'll be there with you.....
da da da da da da da.....
I wish I could take my 13 year daughter to the concert in Detroit. I had seen Yes when I was in high school. It would take a miracle for us to go. We are to poor. But we love Jon Anderson. ^^
I'm sorry to hear that. Live music is worth it. You'll cherish that moment forever. How can I help?
Cyndy Drue
@@ClassicRockArchive That is very kind of you. 🙇♀️🤗 Thank you. It would be something very special to share with my daughter. We live on the other side of the state. If it is meant to be, we will find a way. Thank you so much for offering to help. 🙇♀️❤ We really do appreciate it. We will find a way to go some how.☺
Man, this voice man !!! Incredible singer !!!
he is a wonderful man
Agreed!
Anderson, Howe & Geddy Lee - wow, hope someone makes that call !
Jon Anderson at the heart of Yes for roughly five decades, and making great music still. I really hope we get a chance after the virus to see Jon and/or Yes play live again.
I love your music, Jon. Be happy, and be well.
I saw Jon with Trevor and Rick on tour a couple of years ago and it was great. I hope that they can finally get that studio album finished. I'd love to hear what it sounds like, as I'm a big fan of the Trevor Rabin era of Yes.
Saw them last year. Jon can still sing like when he was my age.
@@reshpeck yes, he sang just as good as when I saw Yes in the round on the Union tour back in 1991.
You hadn't heard? He pulled the plug on that outfit, just as he will on the real Yes if given the chance.
@@mattlove1 What do you mean, pulled the plug? Like, it hadn't run its course and everyone was still ready to rock and roll but then he just canceled it?
@@reshpeck I accept the idea that there was a lot of Brownian motion, they didn't know what they were going to do next... but he said that "he couldn't breath" (dramatic words from a guy who apparently nearly perished from a respiratory problem) and so he proposed something they wouldn't be able to go along with... "I'm going out on tour by myself!" Breathing problem solved. In the other Yes, he either made offers they couldn't fail to refuse ("I want 50% of the pay") or went off by himself on more than one occasion... I think they got fed up with it.
god bless Jon Andersen & Yes!!
Wonder what "god" he believes in. Love his life long contribution to music but I hope he honors the right GOD
Thank you Jon for all your beautiful songs. A fan since 73.
Jon Anderson is amazing🎶🎙🙏
And delightful, too!
@@ClassicRockArchive agree🙏
I love the fact about the success of Paul Simon and Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys and Don Henley from the Eagles as solo artists and Jon Anderson is right up there with them as the best of all time with Sir Paul McCartney of course!!
John you are very inspiring. Thank you for all your kindness . it SHINES
Such a great tour.
Mr. Jon, thanks a lot for "Deborah". Thanks a lot! I really looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove that song! Divine!
Love it too Roberto! ~ Cyndy Drue
Great music and wonderful story about his wife I had forgotten. The biggest surprise that was glossed over was that he 'had Steve to play on the last track'! That would be interesting.
Great music on his album.
Yes! Very uplifting music.
Thank you Cyndy. ❤️🎶🎵
You're welcome! 😅 oh wrong Cyndi!! Lol
Sir Lancelot aka Jon Anderson produces totally inspiring music + videos that are both very highly enriching to the 7 senses and also visually stimulating!! Totally love Jon's harmonies that are very pleasing as well to mass market across all mediums and very radio friendly!!
Great comment, Carl. Thanks for visiting my channel. Cyndy Drue
Come to Hong Kong!!! I met you in Dallas in 1996 I believe after you wrote your book
Having seen the ARW version of Yes twice in recent years, I was amazed and delighted to find that Jon could still sing so superbly with a band full pelt behind him. This is a very interesting interview - a shame the music in the background is slightly too loud?
We are eternity's light travelling through space
Knowing that we are forever alive to music and sound
Repeating the endless story of becoming infinite and possible
Secure in each other's entrancing gaze of love
As we unfold the flowers of our potential in endless sunlight
On waves of emotion, reaching out towards the stars
etc. etc. etc.
Love Jon Anderson!
Cyndy, This is fun to see and well done by way of interview and editing. Thnx for sharing it with us all. -Steve
They announced a tour stop in Wichita and I went and got tickets for the show and was so looking forward to the gig. I had scored 4th row and was just so excited but not many people were aware of the gig so it got canceled. What a sad day it was for me. Naturally tool announced their show and again I got great seats about row 12 and covid destroyed that gig. Jon is just such a joy to see as a person. It has become very clear that Howe and Jon will never be in the same stage again and it is sad.
I would love to see another collaboration with Vangelis, now that would be really special.
Me too, l love those two together!!! 😁
yes!!!
Absolutely yes .. Jon and Van !
Thanks for this marvellous interviewing Cindy! Jon is undoubtedly of the music genious of this era!
That was a great interview! And who doesn't like a good love story?
I consider Yes to be one of the legends of progressive, heavy rock!
Minha banda predileta nesta pandemia! Love this sound so much!
Jon is een zoals wij allen een autonoom energy*. Super mooi bericht.......Hold On To Love. Er is niets meer........toch?
Mere words alone could not describe Jon Anderson's singing.
This is a great concert if you can see it. He has a great band backing him and they all sound terrific.
Totally agree! I loved the show.
Thanks Cyndy.
The loss of Chris Squiers is such a huge loss to the music community. Such an incredibly talented bass player, so vibrant and funny. He was like a brother to Jon. It's really sad.😥
The word yes is the answer to all problems! I had a dream! Every problem could be solved! Yes!
Good interview, always great to hear Jon Anderson.
Thanks! He's something else!
The voice is still pristine.
What a joy! Jon Anderson is YES! xxx
No, he most certainly is not. (Not a joy and DAMN SURE is not Yes.)
Awesome. Thank you
Sweet story about Jane. Would love to hear Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe and Lee do something. That would be truly epic. Also hope to hear Olias of Sunhillow part two some day, with only Jon just like the first album.
Leave Bill Bruford alone
@@robbieclark7828 ok, guess Mr Bruford's retirement is well earned... but if I were the queen I'd look for some kind a conscription into national service clause
Great interview
Thanks Fred Reissig!
Dear mr. Anderson! The quickest way to become self realized in the age of kali-yuga! Bhakti yoga! Lord chaithanya maha Prabhu!
It would be great to see you get together again. Love your music
The solo album sounds really good. It's a fantasy world however though that Yes will continue after they're all dead. I mean honestly
All these masterful musicians are now in the their 70's, and if they were to play one last time, they should do it soon; Steve Howe need's to come to sense's and realize the musical mortality of Yes has been rearing it's ugly head ever since Chris Squire passed away in 2015, and with that, they should give the fan's what they really want. And having an underemployed Geddy Lee playing bass, which he most certainly would, could make one last tour very special.
Jon looks like a guy who is in a good place in his life, looks very happy. Sad about Wakeman's ups and downs, but it is part of aging
John Ehmer especially if your diet and other things you put in your body are the sort that Rick indulged in.
Missed autograph from jon. He went out of the opposite door of his tour bus. One day i hope to get to meet him! Best band YES!
he's the nicest guy! Hope you get to see for yourself! Thanks for checking out the interview.
The idea of Geddy playing with Steve and Jon is extremely intriguing. I remember being like 15 and thinking to myself, "it would be so awesome if Rush and Yes formed one band."
You were ahead of your time!
Thanks for your comment, Cyndy Drue
@@ClassicRockArchive Mind you this was in the early 90's.
YESH!
Jon Anderson Der größte!!
I was very surprised to hear that Steve Howe's contribution to Jon's album was more recent. I would have thought it was from sessions that began many years ago when Jon was still in Yes. Maybe there is hope for a proper Yes reunion, I mean as proper as it can get without Chris.
I think Anderson should be allowed to sing back up for Davison. That could sound real nice
@@mattlove1 you are kidding, right?
@@alex.username I am not kidding. Let him show a humble and contrite spirit. He broke up the Anderson Ponty band, AWR, and Yes more than once. Now he wants to rejoin Yes to do one final tour, then drive the last nail in their coffin? They are doing just fine as they are, why should they let him disrupt them again? Davison has a nicer voice. If Anderson wants to be on the Yes team, he should find a place where he fits without disrupting, As the badly treated but big-hearted Tony Kaye did last year.
Bless Mr Anderson, and I have been a fan of Yes since I was a kid, but at times he can come across as bit .. hows you say.. nutty ;)
At least one of Jon Anderson's parents was an elf.
So, his real name should be Elrond? ;) ;)
slide4180 : Well, they were Irish, so they could have been leprechauns!
Jon's aged horribly. Saw Yes in 1991 and he looks like a different person now and not in a good way!
@@robertlarson7538 I'd say he looks a pretty healthy 74. And better than many who've barely reached 47....
He looks pretty damn good considering he almost died twice about a decade ago...
Great...thanks for share
I've loved you all my life so whatever you do I'll follow you
Very nice! Thanks for sharing.
Am I the only one that caught the Jetsons reference in the title? :-)
Nice catch. I missed it until you brought it up. LOL
and he is Astro
I caught it.
No, but you can have the credit! :-)
Would love see a Yes reunion: Anderson, Howe, Wakeman and White...with Geddy Lee on bass, if he’s interested 😎
It would be amazing, and a good way to bookend their career as Yes. As we see our rock stars aging (like us), going on tour takes so much energy. Are they all up to it? And now with the pandemic, the future of rock concerts remains to be seen. Maybe that's the idea - do a virtual concert with all of them either in the same room or in their perspective locations. It would be historic. And they could pave the way to How To Do a virtual concert. If any group could do it, it's Yes.
Mini-shows in Orlando were great! Can't wait for the album, and for the first Jon solo show here in a few years!
Disney only allows mini shows
Jon said (long ago) he would write an autobiography at some point, would really love that, hoping he goes into detail on the deep spiritual stuff that he wont go into when interviewed.
Yes! I'd want to hear that. How do you like Ramalama? I'm into it! #cyndy_drue
@@ClassicRockArchive Its nice, I like most of his music regardless. But I am hungering for more if his deeply creative, "adventurous" (as he'd call it, instead of"prog") once again. When he gets really out there with his ideas, it's almost always awesome. That has always been the material I've liked most from him.
@@smartfart9003 give me an example - what album, etc?
@@ClassicRockArchive Welp, as far as solo stuff, Olias of Sunhillow was a masterpiece. As to Yes material that he was the primary writer for, the albums Close to the Edge, Going for the One, and the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album. Among others tho fer sure. It's all among the best music I've ever heard.
He'd have to tell about his gay lover Carl Palmer but that's a secret
Can you imagine how much of a privilege it would be to have him in your life?
Amazing voice.
I hope I get to meet 'Olias' of Sun Hillow at the show......
Still great voice!!!!
Sometimes it's not easy to see him as human. Elf would be an accurate description,
I THOUGHT DIO WAS ELF ... KEEP HEARING JON AS PIXIE....
Elf, Pixie WTF precisely! He's a HOBBIT!!!
Lol😆
Whoa....the background music is meant to be in the background...so we can hear Jon Anderson! :)
Incredible voice
If Jon says he saw her , her saw her.
I suggested to Ray Bennett's wife Sherry that he get in touch with Jon about playing bass in this latest Yes configuration. She told me that Ray wouldn't be interested and that he prefers playing his own material. Considering Ray's work in Peter Banks' band 'Flash', he would be the only one who could come close to Chris Squire in terms of ability. Ray is an incredible bass player. His work on the Flash tune 'Lifetime' is second to none. Ray also happens to be a good friend of Bill Bruford's.
Cool idea! Sorry to hear Ray isn't interested but maybe he'd change his mind. Thanks for your comment.
This is not Jon Anderson. It's my aunt Ruthie, who lives in Brooklyn.
Yes
I’m tempted to get a copy of this album, even though I have not yet procured a record by any of the individual Yes members.
Chris Squire actually saw a future in which the Yes name would go on when all the original members were gone. The hope is, they won’t just stay in a time like playing nothing but those songs, that the music will continue to grow and evolve.
they kind ofkilled that idea when they hired a jon anderson soundalike and stopped producing new music
Aw man!
It is a joke he is not in the band but then again I personally thought YES died with Chris Squire. Huge fan of their music, too.
John Anderson and yes are perfect
that says it all
Jon please bring back ABWH. this changing yes that plays without you or Steve or Rick is hard to accept and truthfully upsetting
No Jon no yes. My first show was saw Long Beach sports arena 19777 and retuned for year 10thr TEN TRUE SUMMERS LONG”anniversary. And yen the message you where beaming was Surender to the wane of love energy and joy through magic in music
I told You that you I are my musical angel one time I met you backstage in pas Vegas 2002 original members tour. An absolute miracle
I said to you are my musical angel in I them said my favorite line in all yes history which I love studied seem live and adore every one. I said to your Jon my very most favorite line in all yes lyrical history is without compare
“Like the time I ran away, tuned around and you where standing close to me”
With deep look into my eyes. On my third eye
And said to my amazement “ that’s my favorite lines too
I love you Jon
Reveler of light destroyed of darkness
In this difficult time so such misunderstanding and death. We need ANWH. with Tony Levin
Everyone is still here. Diluted yes with ever changing line ups without you or Steve or tick those key members is like visiting one parent of a Devore. It’s not powerful and pure majesty without you is sad and I know how you feel about them playing without you I will never see yes without you. Too sad too far from the crushing miraculous iconic musical treasures
Please get ABWH back please no you are so very appreciated. So grateful as gratitude is the grist for the kill of our energy within and without. My beautiful Jon