Bill Bruford On How “Fragile” from Yes Changed Everything
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August 10, 2019 - Bill Bruford was with the band Yes for their first five albums. Many consider their classic era. He says there was a defining moment with the Fragile album that changed everything.
Bill Bruford has just released his new 20 CD/4DVD box set from his former band Earthworks an acoustic/electronic Jazz fusion band. I asked him what the criteria was in forming the band in the '80s.
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Keep in mind last year we talked to Bruford's replacement in Yes Alan White. We will put links to that collection in the description of this video. - by John Beaudin
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After Buddy Rich, Bill Bruford was my next and greatest inspiration as a drummer. He is one of a kind. Yeah, I said it.
Love Yes, Love the years Bruford was their drummer...
Me, too. And Fragile changed everything for me: I was 13 and my brother said: "listen to this". I thought: "What?! What is this! This is amazing". And a whole new world opened to me...
Well Alan began to play for Yes............ But Never replaced Bill if you get me here !
Totally different style of Drummer, much more Basic !! Bill was an Innovator !! : D
Alan was more of a rock drummer which worked for yes better i thought Bill definitely more jazz oriented
Close to the edge is my favourite BB composition.
Hi John,
Love these incredibly candid and informative interviews with Bill Bruford. So interesting.
God bless and keep them coming,
Tino
Love it! Thank you John for great questions.
My favorite album fragile. Got the new 180 g vinyl last year and it is so cool inside with all kinds of pictures and anecdotes about the band. Great interviews with Bill bruford.
Very informative and precise, please keep on doing your thing. 😎
Another great interview. So candid, how he described the comparison of money between the "Yes" type world and the Jazz world.
Oh YES Bill Bruford so very interesting,Thank you John.🎶
Love your channel John and always love Bruford.
Yes! A great band from which some of rock's greatest musicians emerged! Thanks!!!👍
Playing on Yes's 'Big Three' (Yes Album, Fragile & Close To Edge'), and being a founding member of Prog Rock's first breakout band, Buford carved his niche. Then to jump to King Crimson, didn't hurt his rep.
Well done.
All the great Progressive Rock drummers Bill is my favourite alongside Terence Sullivan of Renaissance. An interview with Terence needs to be done, soon!!!!
John, love your Bruford interviews. FYI, I keep seeing the Genesis Three Sides Live cover in the intros as part of his discography, however on the US release the live tracks are all with Chester Thompson on drums, and the studio recorded 4th side contains tracks, "Paperlate", "You Might Recall", and "Me and Virgil" and two B-sides recorded during the sessions for Duke - "Open Door" and "Evidence of Autumn", sadly none with Bruford. He only appears on the UK release for one track, "it/Watcher of the Skies" medley recorded live in 1976.
True but it's still in his discography. He says very interesting about Phil and Genesis in a future episode.
@@RockHistoryMusic Yep, agreed. Just a factoid comment. Love the channel!
When you purchase the Genesis live box set - you get 3SL with the Buford tracks.
In my opinion Fragil is the best album of YES.
In your opinion...
Yes lost their edge when Bill left.
I agree completely. It was like shutting a switch.
Yet without Bruford AND Wakeman, they put out one of their best albums in Relayer.
Except Relayer and Going For The One exist, so...
But then he gave King Crimson some edge for about 25 years.
Though TFTO was very beautiful in many parts. But Alan White did sound as if he was drumming on a biscuit tin.
Hi John. I don't think Bill was still in the band when Genesis recorded the shows for the Three Sides Live album. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that Chester played alongside Phil back then. Bill was in the band when Second's Out was released.
He played drums on "it."/"Watcher of the Skies"
Hi again. I mean no disrespect to you but Watcher of the skies was featured on Genesis Live when Peter was still in the band and Phil handled all drumming duties himself.
Oh dear I just found out that there was also an international edition of Three sides live. Yes, on side 4 Watcher of the skies is there and Bill played on it. Apologies for that, I had no idea.
You should probably do an image for Seconds Out because he was on there.
@@RockHistoryMusic Bill played on only one Genesis tour in 1976, and there is a film of here ua-cam.com/video/yNEtOpvelEI/v-deo.html. In my opinion just from seeing this at the theater in the 70s, and now after having seen Genesis many times, and Bill with ABWH, Yes reunion, and twice with dick tator King Fripp. Bill is a good drummer. Phil and Chester are great drummers.
I always wished Billy Cobham would have replaced Bill Buford in Yes after Bill left.
They should have gone with no drummer. Imagine how spacey their music could have sounded had they gone in that direction.
Benjamin Meltzer Now I want a remix of their songs with the drums removed.
Phil Collins, Jon Hiseman, Pierre Moelen, would have been my choice if I owned YES :)
It all worked out in the end. Alan White’s work with Yes is often undervalued.
So... People could make money as a musician back then?
He's said many times that he's lucky to have come up in music when he did.
love this series but cant stand the constant advertisements for the boxsets
Why did he leave the band?
Hmm
Bill always came off as arrogant to me, but he seems so down to earth and cool in these interviews.
He was such a joy. The interview was supposed to be no longer than 20 minutes but he gave me much more. Thanks for watching....John
He can and does but it's more his attitude of not suffering fools lightly. Plus he has no filter and people mistake his lack of candor for arrogance.
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Alan White is the Defining "YES" Drummer. His Contribution to "YESSONGS" is Wonderful and his 1st Album "Tales" and Seeing him do it Live, I was Overwhelmed by his Playing. Maybe it's a Good Thing that Bill Moved on. I Think "YES" was a better Band for the Move!! Just one "YES" Fan's Opinion!
Bill was an innovator, a unique stylist and a major influence on a generation of musicians. Alan White is a solid Rock and Roll drummer.
Many will disagree, but I agree. Bill had barely been in Yes before he wished he was in King Crimson. Alan wanted to be there, and it showed. He not only contributed solid but often unusual drumming with a soulful feel, but also plenty of classic Yes chord sequences (messing around on keys or guitar while waiting for Squire to show up to rehearsals!).
@@alexhicks5889 In hindsight Bill had barely been in Yes before wishing for KC, but at the time 5 albums was an absolutely amazing accomplishment (yeah, I know there were some long lived bands even at the time, but they weren't the norm). The original Yes lineup (and specifically Anderson) have alluded to not even conceiving of being in a band for 20, 30, 40 or 50 years). So yeah, at the time of his yearning for Crimson, Bruford, by the conventions of the time, *had* been in Yes a musical lifetime...
I prefer Bill's accents and subtle sense of near-funk at times, but Alan's a fine drummer, especially on Relayer and The Ladder.
check out 3 songs on yessongs , Bruford played in 3 songs of yessongs , check it out . the only song that had any success after bill leaving was owner of a lonely heart , I still love squier's basslines , howe is a master of every string instrument in the world .
Problem was too much money? Maybe probably Rick Wakeman was the bigger problem for Bill?
Bill is a genius, Alan is basic.