Because you're thinking these Artist have had bigger hits w/ fans you can always phrase the question "It was your biggest Chart hit/success" to make that distinction. Side Note: Get Trevor Horn on the show to discuss his career. Amazing catalog
Hey Rick if you see this and don't know the Lemon Twigs yet, please, please listen to their 2023 album "Everything Harmony" incredible talent and incredible music is still around and MADE today, it's just so well hidden for some reason. This album is absolutely unbelievable.
AN odd thing to discuss with the guy who wrote all the lyrics on "The Yes Album" "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge." You could argue he set the lyrics standard for prog rock, but "Owner of a Lonely heart" ain't that.
I met Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman by chance twenty years ago at the Sheraton in Universal City. I was going up to my room and they walked right into the elevator. I was inches from losing my mind. I didn’t need to spend $200 dollars for the meet and greet pass. So as it turns out the night got more fortuitous as Steve Vai attended the show at the Gibson theater to watch Dream Theater and YES and my friends and I all got signatures! Aaaahh!
I just adore Jon Anderson. Rick does a fantastic job as an interviewer. No interruptions. Let everybody keep talking. That’s not easy, when you’re hungry for everything you want to know. Thank You 🙏
The guy is 79yo - he seems much younger. I have been listening to YES from the late 70ies and never stopped. He is a lovely personality and has that unique voice.
Yes! My friends and I once saw them in Lawrence Kansas on a Friday night, then in Kansas City the next night, then we drove 250 miles to see them the next night in Saint Louis Missouri! We were throwing a Frisbee in the parking lot and the band pulled up and got out to go in to do a sound check several hours before the show. We introduced ourselves and told them how much we loved their music and they invited us in and we hung out with them on the stage while they got everything dialed in! I will never forget drinking 🍻 a beer with Rick Wakeman while he got all his keyboards set up! Jon & all the guys, Chris, Steve, Allen were really genuine, humble down to earth guys. Memory I will never forget! I've seen them dozens of times and wore out a few of there albums! Great interview!!!
OMG! I'm so jealous. YES is my favorite band. I've seen them multiple times and I can't imagine what it would be like to be on stage with them during a sound check or even having a chance to meet them.
I saw him sing at a Vangelis gig at the Royal Festival Hall in London. He was anonymously seated to my right. Out of the blue he walked on stage and sang with the great Vangelis; an unforgettable evening with two masters...............
@@DrJ-hx7wv I saw YES in Miami, 1974 or '75. On the very first note of (I think it was) "Perpetual Change," they blew a major fuse and went silent. Patrick Moraz had replaced Rick Wakeman for the tour, and immediately leaped out of his seat at the keyboards, pulling his hair (and probably screaming).
@@karinhatzWell? I think that my all time favorite yes album has got to be " Fragile " that album had( has ) a lot of great songs on it like " Heart of the sun rise " and other great songs as well!
I agree with you. I always feel Trevor Rabin fits in Yes a lot better than Steve Howe. Please don't get it wrong, Steve Howe is a great guitarist but he just doesn't fit in any band.
I saw Yes "In the Round" tour w/ Rick Wakeman, I was a junior in high school, Yes was huge to us way before Owner of a Lonely Heart, we loved Fragile, Yes Songs, Close to the Edge...those were our favorites, long before the '80s came along.
Those album covers are amazing! Sitting and looking at those while listening to the album when I was a kid in middle school bordered on magical stuff. All the imagery and feeling. All while dying to have a guitar of my own, which eventually did happen. Sigh. Special times.
I saw that same tour in Miami, FL. The one and only time I was able to see them. And yes...I was a Yes fan from earlier in the 70's and was beyond excited when they came thru with that tour. Still in my Top 5 of live shows. They were fantastic.
Yes. The riff, the solo, all the guitaring on it made it outstanding. Of course the structure of the song itself was a heavy skeleton too. In effect it was Trevor Rabin that made me buy and get into Yes. I still think that whole album isn't dated, it's one that will always be one of the record history classics. So much cleverness going on there.
So great. Neither of my parents are musicians, but at 7 years old (‘94) I was so obsessed with ‘I’ll find my way home’ that they bought me this little casio keyboard. Sitting down and figuring out that song by ear is where the doors to music opened for me. Possibilities: endless. They brought the box of vinyls down from the attic, which held ‘The Friends of Mr. Cairo’ (along with gems like ‘The Last Waltz’, ‘Band on the Run’, ‘War of the Worlds’, heck… even the single of ‘Paranoid’). Life has never been the same. So, Jon Anderson is pretty much where music started for me… Thank you 🙏
Yeah, sitting on your own when you're very young with a musical instrument and experimenting with it is the best way to become an original musician (if that's what you want to be)
@@timflippance3040 It is. And that approach - to me at least - has never gone away: hearing something you resonate with - for some reason or the other - wanting to know how it works, why it works that way, and putting into your model of the musical universe. Seeing how you can create something that has the potential to resonate with others. Music is so good to have in your life.
Great segment! Jon is a personal idol of mine since the 70's. The thing about YES is; every incarnation of the band was magical. Never did they put out a bad production, and never once in the 6 dozen times i've seen them, did they put on anything less than an impeccable show!
I have been a fan since 1972 and I could not agree more. Never saw a bad concert and every album was more than acceptable, even after Jon left. He is still putting out lots of music and concerts and I go to every tour, even at 64 years of age. I figure if he can sing I can sit in the audience. He is doing the hard work. Always have been my favorite band and Jon has always been my favorite lead singer.
I was working for a national radio consultant and we inaugurated a new pair of Vandersteen speakers with this song. Cranked all the way up ... people were listening to it from far and near. It was magical. Transformative. A fabulous album!
Every time you hear this song, you get goosebumps on the first guitar chord. Doesn’t matter where you are, or what you’re doing, it just hits. Incredible song, with an awesome message. Sometimes I sing lead in my car, sometimes I’m singing the backup parts.
I live for the guitar "break" that happens around 3/4 through the song. It's such a beautiful and clean tone and when the bass comes in behind it.... woah! ❤🎸🎼🎶🎼
During the 90125 tour YES came to Edmonton Alberta to film their MTV concert for tv and video. They played Friday and Saturday nights to complete the footage for the video. One ticket got you in both nights! I can still see some friends in the front row in the concert video! It was an amazing show! Love YES!
Got to see the entire band (Steve and Trevor both on guitar) back in the early 90s at a nice winery out here in Washington in quad. And the opening act was Alan Parson's Project. Yep, it was a GLORIOUS concert.
Trevor Horn was amazing on this album as he would be several years later for Seal. Trevor Rabin’s creative guitar playing made me into a Yes fan with this song and “Love Will Find A Way”
Always fun to hear from Jon! (Rick, you gotta get McCartney on. I know he's been interviewed a million times. But I know you would give it a different angle.)
It’s so sad Jon couldn’t get back with Yes again before Chris died, and now Alan is gone too. I was lucky I saw the last “Real Yes” tour with Chris, Jon, Alan, Steve, and Rick. Even better, Dream Theater opened and played Machine Messiah because Jon won’t sing that song. Amazing night.
Jon's problem... and the Machine Messiah tune says it all, a grown man cry baby... interesting isn't it that Chris stayed with Steve till the end, says it all. I saw the "real Yes" 15 times from 74 through the end of the Tormato tour, that ended "real Yes" ..Jon was an amazing musician, songwriter and vocalist during that golden run... But the best tour was "Relayer" they were incredible and Wakeman was nowhere to be found...sometimes things go south amongst super groups and they did with Yes. Drama is an amazing record, Jon still has his knickers in a twist about it lol. And the Rabin "POP YES" don't care for it.
I wonder what a collaboration between Jon and Dream Theater would sound like a short single. You know tiny song like A change of seasons ... Hehe (Seriously, I'd love to hear what their combined powers would create)
Rick, this was my first CD that I bought that was recorded in digital, mixed digitally, and, of course mastered digitally. The DDD on the back was a very unique thing to see at the time and playing 90125 on my brand new stereo system in my first apartment was just a surreal experience in itself. The album is a masterpiece. I was lucky enough to see yes, in the round, in the memorial coliseum around this time. One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever attended. John Anderson has obviously a unique voice and is unquestionably what makes Yes, Yes.
I am so thankful for Rick interviewing the great musicians of the past 50 years - these videos are a chronicle of music history and are a treasure for future generations of musicians...
80 years young, unbelievable! I love this song, but Changes is the one I play three times when I put the CD on (YES, I do that). 1m40 before first vocals ;) Check out the BD remasters by Steve Wilson for the 'classic' albums from the 70s, they are amazing both in 5.1 and stereo.
I was so lucky being able to see Yes back in the early 1970’s when Fragile was released. I was lucky to have lived in the Tampa Bay Area in the 60’s trough74 and saw so many great bands,and Yes were one of my favorite bands to see on stage.
In May 2022, my band played “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” with Mr. Anderson at a Napa Valley Winery. Naturally, we were thrilled, and grateful to Mr. Anderson for trusting us. He left the winery before we could thank him; so I want to say big THANK YOU to Jon Anderson, for the experience.
Steve Howe was as well, first guitarist in the gallery of the greats in guitar player magazine...he was untouchable between 71-90...Steve and Chris together was magical.
Yes, was the first real concert I went to see as a kid. It was at the Oakland Coliseum in the round. That set it for me. Followed Yes through the decades. I happened to score some first row tickets when Yes played the San Jose Civic. This is where Chris at the end of one of his massive bass licks, turned his bass face up, and blessed the top of my head with a gentle tap...
I produced concerts in Denver back in the 80's. I was really jacked when I got to help produce the Yes concert for that tour with Owner of a Lonely Heart. Of course, it was in the round, with the rotating stage and the musicianship of this band is tough to match. Excellent musicians, excellent showmen. This was one of those concerts that you never forget.
Was able to meet Jon back in the 90s and give him a demo tape of the progressive rock project I was working on. Incredibly and unbelievably he called me back, but I wasn’t home so he left a message on my “answering machine“ remember those😂?? I still have the tape somewhere…
I think that it was ‘77 or ‘78. I was playing guitar and singing soft rock and folk covers with a singing bassist in the lounge of the Marriott Hotel in Springfield, MA. Yes was performing at the Springfield Civic Center ice hockey arena. We were both die hard Yes fans, and while glad to be working, disappointed that we couldn’t get to the show. During our last set, most of the band showed up at the hotel lounge. Chris Squire sent a couple of drinks up to us. We went on break and he invited us up to the 16th floor where the band was staying with the directive to “bring my guitar”. I spent well over an hour hanging out and jamming with him. Sweetheart of a guy! Not something that I will ever forget. RIP Chris.
Jon Anderson is not only an amazing singer and song writer, but he’s is an amazing, genuine soul who’s spirituality shines through every song, spoken word and action. An all around beautiful person ✌🏼💕
@@justincoleman2740 New York City! Madison Square Garden. They held the record for sold out nights there at one point in the seventies. They got quite the standing O after the final solo section of AY&I! Cheers!
Many fans of 90125 don’t know the Talk album. Listen to The Calling. Was so fortunate to see the Union tour. Whatever of their differences man they were outstanding
I unfortunately never had the opportunity to see Yes but the band and both Bruford and White had a huge influence on me. They were a gateway to other bands like Gentle Giant and King Crimson and so many others that really weren’t a part of rock radio in the south. Always will have a fondness for all incarnations of that band.
Great to see you chatting again with the great Jon Anderson. Yes, sometimes Jon has memory glitches or odd enhancements but so would I if I had experienced an incredibly varied life and been around so many people as Jon has. As it is I haven't had such a life and sometimes I can barely remember where I live.
All those many years ago. Meeting Jon and Chris in Lincoln Ne at Pershing auditorium (long since torn down). Seeing Chris Squires’ road case of Rick Basses and getting to chat a bit. They were so great!
Hands-down Jon your vocals has set you apart almost mystical the way you sing it really transports the listener to a whole Nother dimension that is a gift from God my friend all I can say is well done
Trevor Horn said the band (Yes) didn't want to play that track on the album. But Horn was producing them BECAUSE of this great track. Horn begged them to include the track on the record & finally they did it.
Such a delightful human being. Looking forward to a live extended interview, Rick. 90125 is a masterpiece from beginning to end. Every song has a buildup, crescendo and a “sky opening wide” moment that is unparalleled in rock history. Highly recommend experiencing the album on vinyl.
Started with Fragile, cassette tape. Think I still have it from 1979. 90125 was/is great. John’s YT concerts are fantastic. He hits the notes every time. True gentleman. Thank you.
The only concert I ever had 1st row was Yes tour, Going For The One , it was a round slow rotating stage , so every member was right in front of me slowly turning - I swear I made eye contact with every one of them , maybe not Alan, in the middle on a riser . Also saw Yes years earlier at Mississippi River Festival in Edwardsville , Ill on SIU campus. General admission lawn seating. What a privilege for me and any others . Thank you to all members of Yes , over all the years & albums for all the artful , progressive music .
Had the pleasure to meet Jon Anderson and the rest of the band while working the “Union” concert in the Meadowlands. YES! Jon Anderson’s voice was very distinctively high, and he was a pleasure to be around. He carries a very spiritual vibe.
What a treat... Love Yes from the 70s and was OK with "Owner" as a Yes purest and worried about the MTV phenomena. I was a cable guy 1979-88 and I always used MTV as the "it's working" channel. Oddly, Jan 15, 1984, 9:11pm, i was driving south to the tip of Baja, like 10 hours south of TJ, I flew off a cliff in a chevy luv 4x4 as that song, Owner of a lonely heart was playing on cassette. It was at the pause in the song .. screech through bushes then weightlessness until i counted 3 impacts rolling like in a clothes dryer, then black... I came too my buddy somehow alive, was telling me get out because the gas smell, truck on driver side, i got out through the back window... miriacle number 3 or 4 in my life... brutal, but i'm here typing so....
What a find, first time tune in because of Jon Anderson, love,love Yes and all their music. Style of interview has definitely got me subscribing.Still have this album and just passed on over 400 albums I had kept, to my daughter. The artistry of music in the 60s,70s & 80s will never be replicated. The best of times❤😊
One of my favourite singles of the 80s, such incredible production, from those classic "Orch5" Fairlight stabs to that wonderful pre-delay on the reverb.
So awesome to hear how "Owner.." and that album came together! I was Yes fan at a very early age- loved the classic Yes albums as a little kid in the late 70's, I wore out my cassettes I had. When I heard a new Yes album was coming out in the early 80's I couldn't believe it! When 90125 came out I was blown away! I love how that album has a unique sound of its own- it fit right in with the 80's, but it was still unquestionably Yes. Needless to say, (And I should add it still sounds fresh to this day,.) Jon Anderson is one of my musical heroes, so really cool to hear him elaborate on how this all came about.
Rick, even if you didn’t have Jon Anderson’s part of the video included, just being able to watch your face as you listened to him talking would be enough to convey the glory of the story that he tells of his creative processes. Thank you for all you do! 🍾❤️
Been singing for 38 years. Jon is my guy. I actually did an international collaboration of Owner of a Lonely Heart. Jon taught me a lot as far as vocal techniques with me using head voice to pull off his material. He doesn't use head voice but he's a totally unique one and only vocalist. Seen him on the Union tour also Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman and Howe with Tony Levin on Bass. Great shows. More great content Rick. I get psyched every time I see the new content you got.
Was a massive young Yes fan in 82 and saw tne 90125 tour at wembley arena. Blown away. The end of starsjip trooper the lighting rig sort of collapsed down. It was amazing.
Saw them in Edmonton 78/79 they played Northlands coliseum for over 2 hours on a revolving stage with no back up band, I will never forget it, it was epic
I can remember hearing the song for the first time- couldn't believe it was Yes... and yet there was Jon. No mistaking the voice, and the band roared back. We couldn't believe it. Still rocks.
It would be interesting to hear from Jon about his collaboration with Vangelis. “I Hear You Now”” what a beautiful song and a big UK hit and part of a great body of work.
I attended 90125 tour in Montreal in 1985: I knew of Rabin having his LPs, where he played all tracks, and prior his Rabbit band. He remains one of my greatest songwriting influences next to Brooker/Reid of Procol Harum.
For me it's an eternal love and I hear you now and I will find my way home...beautiful music for the soul in collaboration with Vangelis rest his soul ❤️
Original Video Here: ua-cam.com/video/mWib02yZmKc/v-deo.html
Because you're thinking these Artist have had bigger hits w/ fans you can always phrase the question "It was your biggest Chart hit/success" to make that distinction.
Side Note: Get Trevor Horn on the show to discuss his career. Amazing catalog
Keep a look out for Eddie Jobson in the video :-)
Hey Rick if you see this and don't know the Lemon Twigs yet, please, please listen to their 2023 album "Everything Harmony" incredible talent and incredible music is still around and MADE today, it's just so well hidden for some reason. This album is absolutely unbelievable.
Swinging
Seminole Wind
You looks better than money in the bank
Bend it til it breaks
AN odd thing to discuss with the guy who wrote all the lyrics on "The Yes Album" "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge." You could argue he set the lyrics standard for prog rock, but "Owner of a Lonely heart" ain't that.
I met Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman by chance twenty years ago at the Sheraton in Universal City. I was going up to my room and they walked right into the elevator. I was inches from losing my mind. I didn’t need to spend $200 dollars for the meet and greet pass. So as it turns out the night got more fortuitous as Steve Vai attended the show at the Gibson theater to watch Dream Theater and YES and my friends and I all got signatures! Aaaahh!
Jon Anderson is one of those singers whose speaking voice sounds just like his singing voice..
I had a client years ago who looked and sounded (speaking) like Jon. It’s was uncanny really.
True, it's usually very different 😊
It is a result of his singing. His "everyday speaking voice" was not exactly like this, before the 1980's.
Castrato like
@@proseforpoetsexactly!
I just adore Jon Anderson.
Rick does a fantastic job as an interviewer. No interruptions. Let everybody keep talking. That’s not easy, when you’re hungry for everything you want to know.
Thank You 🙏
D'accord. Agreed.
The guy is 79yo - he seems much younger. I have been listening to YES from the late 70ies and never stopped. He is a lovely personality and has that unique voice.
Yes! My friends and I once saw them in Lawrence Kansas on a Friday night, then in Kansas City the next night, then we drove 250 miles to see them the next night in Saint Louis Missouri! We were throwing a Frisbee in the parking lot and the band pulled up and got out to go in to do a sound check several hours before the show. We introduced ourselves and told them how much we loved their music and they invited us in and we hung out with them on the stage while they got everything dialed in! I will never forget drinking 🍻 a beer with Rick Wakeman while he got all his keyboards set up! Jon & all the guys, Chris, Steve, Allen were really genuine, humble down to earth guys. Memory I will never forget! I've seen them dozens of times and wore out a few of there albums! Great interview!!!
wow
The Humility and Artistry This man has demonstrated all these years is just.😊
Good story
OMG! I'm so jealous. YES is my favorite band. I've seen them multiple times and I can't imagine what it would be like to be on stage with them during a sound check or even having a chance to meet them.
Somehow, I would believe these guys would have been that cool. What a great story!
I’m so glad that Jon is still with us and able to talk about his work. We were so young then.
That whole album, 90125, is one of the great and rare perfect albums in the history of rock. Just a fabulous piece of work from start to finish.
Definitely. Everyone should take at least one listen to it.
I was really impressed how such a legendary band as Yes took up new instruments and techniques from the 80s to do something new.
papwithanhatche- Yes, 90125 was a very good album and in the very early days of yes, I thought that " Fragile " was( is ) a very good album too!
@@Kenneth-ct3rx Also a perfect album. Some bands and artists (The Beatles, Radiohead, U2, Peter Gabriel, etc) are blessed with more than one.
@@papwithanhatchet902 That's absolutely true! With bands( like the ones that you had mentioned) were blessed to have more than just one album!
What a legend Jon Anderson is. I hope I'm that lucid and enthusiastic about life when (and if) I'm nearly 80 years old!
He's looking for his age too
I saw him sing at a Vangelis gig at the Royal Festival Hall in London. He was anonymously seated to my right. Out of the blue he walked on stage and sang with the great Vangelis; an unforgettable evening with two masters...............
I saw Yes in concert 24 years ago, and it was a fantastic show.
I saw them under the ABWH name in 1988 or 89 in NJ.
@@DrJ-hx7wv I saw YES in Miami, 1974 or '75. On the very first note of (I think it was) "Perpetual Change," they blew a major fuse and went silent. Patrick Moraz had replaced Rick Wakeman for the tour, and immediately leaped out of his seat at the keyboards, pulling his hair (and probably screaming).
I love Jon Anderson and especially, early YES!
I remember when he broke out with that song "Swingin" . . . . OH. . . wait . . . That was the "John Anderson" with the "H". . . . . never mind.
lol
Early Yes were so inventive
chuckbouscaren3898- The first Yes album that I had ever bought was the Yes album " Fragile " which was a very excellent album( in my mind )
The Relayer album is my fav, especially the song Soon❤️
@@karinhatzWell? I think that my all time favorite yes album has got to be " Fragile " that album had( has ) a lot of great songs on it like " Heart of the sun rise " and other great songs as well!
You should interview Trevor Rabin! He wrote "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"! An amazing guitarist and composer!!
Also because Rabin’s new album, Rio, is a songwriting, production & performance tour de force.
I was thinking the same thing. Weird timing I just listened to 90125 and then Rabin’s can’t look away and it sounds so much like mid 80’s Yes.
YES!!!
Yes, a Trevor Rabin interview would be great.
I agree with you. I always feel Trevor Rabin fits in Yes a lot better than Steve Howe. Please don't get it wrong, Steve Howe is a great guitarist but he just doesn't fit in any band.
I saw Yes "In the Round" tour w/ Rick Wakeman, I was a junior in high school, Yes was huge to us way before Owner of a Lonely Heart, we loved Fragile, Yes Songs, Close to the Edge...those were our favorites, long before the '80s came along.
I saw that lineup in Philly, one of several over the years. Met Steve at a Martin guitar event releasing their Steve Howe model
Those album covers are amazing! Sitting and looking at those while listening to the album when I was a kid in middle school bordered on magical stuff. All the imagery and feeling. All while dying to have a guitar of my own, which eventually did happen. Sigh. Special times.
The Real Yes years....
I saw the In The Round concert in Vancouver, Canada. ❤
I saw that same tour in Miami, FL. The one and only time I was able to see them. And yes...I was a Yes fan from earlier in the 70's and was beyond excited when they came thru with that tour. Still in my Top 5 of live shows. They were fantastic.
Jon Anderson is certainly one of popular music’s great artists.
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is one of the best rock tracks I've ever heard...the crazy guitar sounds solo...the building tension....
Yes. The riff, the solo, all the guitaring on it made it outstanding.
Of course the structure of the song itself was a heavy skeleton too.
In effect it was Trevor Rabin that made me buy and get into Yes. I still think that whole album isn't dated, it's one that will always be one of the record history classics. So much cleverness going on there.
leave it blows it away. a masterpiece
Hard to call it rock imo. More like pop.
@@Quarrymen69 Well at least it rocks heavier than Bon Jovi 🙂 I used to call these pop rock, just like there is pop metal or pop punk.
If you’re talking this era, from the album 90215 you have to listen to Hearts.
So great.
Neither of my parents are musicians, but at 7 years old (‘94) I was so obsessed with ‘I’ll find my way home’ that they bought me this little casio keyboard. Sitting down and figuring out that song by ear is where the doors to music opened for me. Possibilities: endless.
They brought the box of vinyls down from the attic, which held ‘The Friends of Mr. Cairo’ (along with gems like ‘The Last Waltz’, ‘Band on the Run’, ‘War of the Worlds’, heck… even the single of ‘Paranoid’).
Life has never been the same. So, Jon Anderson is pretty much where music started for me… Thank you 🙏
Yeah, sitting on your own when you're very young with a musical instrument and experimenting with it is the best way to become an original musician (if that's what you want to be)
@@timflippance3040 It is. And that approach - to me at least - has never gone away: hearing something you resonate with - for some reason or the other - wanting to know how it works, why it works that way, and putting into your model of the musical universe. Seeing how you can create something that has the potential to resonate with others.
Music is so good to have in your life.
Great segment! Jon is a personal idol of mine since the 70's. The thing about YES is; every incarnation of the band was magical. Never did they put out a bad production, and never once in the 6 dozen times i've seen them, did they put on anything less than an impeccable show!
please thank trevor horn on our behalf for his kindness and dedication😀
Must not have listened closely to the _Union_ album, among others...
I have been a fan since 1972 and I could not agree more. Never saw a bad concert and every album was more than acceptable, even after Jon left. He is still putting out lots of music and concerts and I go to every tour, even at 64 years of age. I figure if he can sing I can sit in the audience. He is doing the hard work. Always have been my favorite band and Jon has always been my favorite lead singer.
That song was an effective weapon against the challenges of life back in the day. I can’t thank them enough!!
I was working for a national radio consultant and we inaugurated a new pair of Vandersteen speakers with this song. Cranked all the way up ... people were listening to it from far and near. It was magical. Transformative. A fabulous album!
That would have been awesome man! They got the bass Nd keys right on that era
I was blessed to experience Yes 90125 live in June, 1984 (Hamburg, Germany) - just amazing !
Rick is so star struck - it's so great to watch.
Every time you hear this song, you get goosebumps on the first guitar chord. Doesn’t matter where you are, or what you’re doing, it just hits. Incredible song, with an awesome message. Sometimes I sing lead in my car, sometimes I’m singing the backup parts.
I live for the guitar "break" that happens around 3/4 through the song. It's such a beautiful and clean tone and when the bass comes in behind it.... woah! ❤🎸🎼🎶🎼
During the 90125 tour YES came to Edmonton Alberta to film their MTV concert for tv and video. They played Friday and Saturday nights to complete the footage for the video. One ticket got you in both nights! I can still see some friends in the front row in the concert video! It was an amazing show! Love YES!
Got to see the entire band (Steve and Trevor both on guitar) back in the early 90s at a nice winery out here in Washington in quad. And the opening act was Alan Parson's Project. Yep, it was a GLORIOUS concert.
Great song, crisp clean guitar tones. It broke into that arpeggio picked "interlude." So good. Great vocals. It was a hit.
Trevor Horn was amazing on this album as he would be several years later for Seal. Trevor Rabin’s creative guitar playing made me into a Yes fan with this song and “Love Will Find A Way”
If you like Pop Yes
@@autkMany people like Pop Yes.
@@elizabethmcleod246 And many dont care for it..
Pop Yes is an Oxymoron
@@autk I’m 67 and I’ve loved Yes since the early 70’s. Sometimes dynamics change in a band that are beyond a fans control.
I'm a big fan of Trevor's and find his effortless natural ability on guitar jaw-dropping. But "creative" he ain't, I'm afraid....
Always fun to hear from Jon!
(Rick, you gotta get McCartney on. I know he's been interviewed a million times. But I know you would give it a different angle.)
Before that song I had heard lots of Yes songs but I didn’t really know their name. I still have my cassettes of “90125” and “Big Generator.”
I use a bunch of the tracks from both those albums as my running music.
Pop Yes
@@autkAnd?
It’s so sad Jon couldn’t get back with Yes again before Chris died, and now Alan is gone too. I was lucky I saw the last “Real Yes” tour with Chris, Jon, Alan, Steve, and Rick. Even better, Dream Theater opened and played Machine Messiah because Jon won’t sing that song. Amazing night.
We saw that same tour. Likewise
Jon's problem... and the Machine Messiah tune says it all, a grown man cry baby... interesting isn't it that Chris stayed with Steve till the end, says it all.
I saw the "real Yes" 15 times from 74 through the end of the Tormato tour, that ended "real Yes" ..Jon was an amazing musician, songwriter and vocalist during that golden run...
But the best tour was "Relayer" they were incredible and Wakeman was nowhere to be found...sometimes things go south amongst super groups and they did with Yes.
Drama is an amazing record, Jon still has his knickers in a twist about it lol.
And the Rabin "POP YES" don't care for it.
Relayer Tour was my first blessing of YES. I saw Squire and White 35 more times till shortly before Chris passed.
I wonder what a collaboration between Jon and Dream Theater would sound like a short single. You know tiny song like A change of seasons ... Hehe
(Seriously, I'd love to hear what their combined powers would create)
Drama was a good album, even without Jon, Tempus Fugit is one of their best songs, period.
90125 still sounds absolutely fantastic, and I've seen Yes & Jon Anderson well over 25 times and it's never not fun to hear "Owner" live
Rick, this was my first CD that I bought that was recorded in digital, mixed digitally, and, of course mastered digitally. The DDD on the back was a very unique thing to see at the time and playing 90125 on my brand new stereo system in my first apartment was just a surreal experience in itself. The album is a masterpiece.
I was lucky enough to see yes, in the round, in the memorial coliseum around this time. One of the greatest concerts I’ve ever attended. John Anderson has obviously a unique voice and is unquestionably what makes Yes, Yes.
I am so thankful for Rick interviewing the great musicians of the past 50 years - these videos are a chronicle of music history and are a treasure for future generations of musicians...
Agree!
Owner of a Lonely Heart is one of the greatest pop songs ever written. It's perfect.
80 years young, unbelievable!
I love this song, but Changes is the one I play three times when I put the CD on (YES, I do that). 1m40 before first vocals ;)
Check out the BD remasters by Steve Wilson for the 'classic' albums from the 70s, they are amazing both in 5.1 and stereo.
Great to see Jon still bright and active!!
'It can happen' is my favorite song off 90210.
'Does It Really Happen?' (off previous Yes album 'Drama') is even better.
That is a great song. The album although a huge departure from classic Yes in many ways was nevertheless great. I also loved Changes.
Changes is incredible
90210 was a ditzy show about Hollywood drama, but 90125 goes pretty well with that 😂
It’s called 90125
I was so lucky being able to see Yes back in the early 1970’s when Fragile was released. I was lucky to have lived in the Tampa Bay Area in the 60’s trough74 and saw so many great bands,and Yes were one of my favorite bands to see on stage.
This is one of the many biggest and best songs, I have ever heard... I listen to it every day in my playlists.
I've heard people say that this was their sellout album but it's my personal favorite. I love almost every song on it.
Well, you know - elitists, purists. Always resentful of change.
In May 2022, my band played “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” with Mr. Anderson at a Napa Valley Winery. Naturally, we were thrilled, and grateful to Mr. Anderson for trusting us. He left the winery before we could thank him; so I want to say big THANK YOU to Jon Anderson, for the experience.
90125 was in everyone’s tape deck.
The whole album is really good, and it was mastered so well that it makes you turn it up!
Always for me, the greatest Rock band ever. Chris Squire was a GOD to me.
Roundabout is as god as a bass line can get
Steve Howe was as well, first guitarist in the gallery of the greats in guitar player magazine...he was untouchable between 71-90...Steve and Chris together was magical.
Yes, was the first real concert I went to see as a kid. It was at the Oakland Coliseum in the round. That set it for me. Followed Yes through the decades. I happened to score some first row tickets when Yes played the San Jose Civic. This is where Chris at the end of one of his massive bass licks, turned his bass face up, and blessed the top of my head with a gentle tap...
I produced concerts in Denver back in the 80's. I was really jacked when I got to help produce the Yes concert for that tour with Owner of a Lonely Heart. Of course, it was in the round, with the rotating stage and the musicianship of this band is tough to match. Excellent musicians, excellent showmen. This was one of those concerts that you never forget.
Saw the Union tour at McNichol's Arena. Just 3+ hours of YES. It was magical. Music heaven. So, if that was still you, thank you!!!
Was able to meet Jon back in the 90s and give him a demo tape of the progressive rock project I was working on. Incredibly and unbelievably he called me back, but I wasn’t home so he left a message on my “answering machine“ remember those😂?? I still have the tape somewhere…
Thank you, Jon! Your singing still make my day…❤
What an honor to interview Jon Anderson. A lifelong favorite of mine ever since I was very young.
His Christmas album, “Three Ships” has always been one of my favorites.
Mine too ❤
Great singer. Great band. Absolutely amazing.
Yes was my first concert
MSG Aug 1977. I was 13 turning 14 a week later. Feels like yesterday
great first show
must of been quite the welcome to the world!!!!
I think that it was ‘77 or ‘78. I was playing guitar and singing soft rock and folk covers with a singing bassist in the lounge of the Marriott Hotel in Springfield, MA. Yes was performing at the Springfield Civic Center ice hockey arena. We were both die hard Yes fans, and while glad to be working, disappointed that we couldn’t get to the show. During our last set, most of the band showed up at the hotel lounge. Chris Squire sent a couple of drinks up to us. We went on break and he invited us up to the 16th floor where the band was staying with the directive to “bring my guitar”. I spent well over an hour hanging out and jamming with him. Sweetheart of a guy! Not something that I will ever forget. RIP Chris.
Was working at the Atlanta Video Music Channel when 90125 came out and we had a kid call in and request"Donor of A Lonely Heart." 😂😂😂
Jon is such a humble, truly caring person. Brilliant musician.
Jon Anderson is not only an amazing singer and song writer, but he’s is an amazing, genuine soul who’s spirituality shines through every song, spoken word and action. An all around beautiful person ✌🏼💕
35 year tour was unforgetable. In my top 5 show list for sure and I have seen many. Thank you Jon!
Absolutely fantastic tour!! The MSG show was bananas, especially And You and I! Best to you, Justin~
Thank you brother! Goodness to you. I saw the lads in Toronto. How about you?
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@@justincoleman2740 New York City! Madison Square Garden. They held the record for sold out nights there at one point in the seventies. They got quite the standing O after the final solo section of AY&I! Cheers!
Saw Yes in 2004 in Raleigh during their 35 year tour. Freaking amazing concert!
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Many fans of 90125 don’t know the Talk album. Listen to The Calling. Was so fortunate to see the Union tour. Whatever of their differences man they were outstanding
I unfortunately never had the opportunity to see Yes but the band and both Bruford and White had a huge influence on me. They were a gateway to other bands like Gentle Giant and King Crimson and so many others that really weren’t a part of rock radio in the south.
Always will have a fondness for all incarnations of that band.
I was literally listening to this song yesterday, observed and analyzed the unique production values... Sweet serendipity!
Yes is everywhere in this age! This guy is probably the best vocal singer ever
Great to see you chatting again with the great Jon Anderson. Yes, sometimes Jon has memory glitches or odd enhancements but so would I if I had experienced an incredibly varied life and been around so many people as Jon has. As it is I haven't had such a life and sometimes I can barely remember where I live.
I like Jon in an interview. He's usually in an up or happy mood in interviews that I have seen.
Yes, like a magical elf.
What an amazing man, looking and sounding tip top as well. Thank you for '90125'; this album has been a life long friend.
Excellent interview Rick YES music is timeless . Jon's voice is unforgettable.
What a fantastic album. One of my all time favs.
All those many years ago. Meeting Jon and Chris in Lincoln Ne at Pershing auditorium (long since torn down). Seeing Chris Squires’ road case of Rick Basses and getting to chat a bit. They were so great!
Jon Anderson is a unique soul and my favorite vocalist/song writer.
Such a unique vocalist, a wonderful voice and so distinctive you can never mistake Anderson for anyone else.
Hands-down Jon your vocals has set you apart almost mystical the way you sing it really transports the listener to a whole Nother dimension that is a gift from God my friend all I can say is well done
Trevor Horn said the band (Yes) didn't want to play that track on the album. But Horn was producing them BECAUSE of this great track. Horn begged them to include the track on the record & finally they did it.
so good Rick. What a gem Jon Anderson is....and you got to talk to him. Amazing!
Wow... my 1st concert was Yes. 1984... on the 90125 tour.
Love this!
Such a delightful human being. Looking forward to a live extended interview, Rick. 90125 is a masterpiece from beginning to end. Every song has a buildup, crescendo and a “sky opening wide” moment that is unparalleled in rock history. Highly recommend experiencing the album on vinyl.
Love your work Rick! Paora Howe from NZ - 76 and still rocking!!
My favorite Yes song hands down!!! Just amazing from the first time I heard it back in the early 80s. And that song still rocks today.
Started with Fragile, cassette tape. Think I still have it from 1979. 90125 was/is great. John’s YT concerts are fantastic. He hits the notes every time. True gentleman. Thank you.
The best concert ever I saw Rush & Yes together Wow! Awesome bands
Holy crap. How much was that tix back in the day?
Bro' I saw Kansas open for Yes in 75' in Indy!
that never happened
Idk. That was in the late 70’s early 80’s. But it wasn’t much more than 15- 20 bucks for the tickets
@@framundajohnson2186 what never happened?
The only concert I ever had 1st row was Yes tour, Going For The One , it was a round slow rotating stage , so every member was right in front of me slowly turning - I swear I made eye contact with every one of them , maybe not Alan, in the middle on a riser . Also saw Yes years earlier at Mississippi River Festival in Edwardsville , Ill on SIU campus. General admission lawn seating. What a privilege for me and any others . Thank you to all members of Yes , over all the years & albums for all the artful , progressive music .
Had the pleasure to meet Jon Anderson and the rest of the band while working the “Union” concert in the Meadowlands. YES! Jon Anderson’s voice was very distinctively high, and he was a pleasure to be around. He carries a very spiritual vibe.
Privileged to see yes many times and jon at the harmony festival in Santa Rosa . Wonderful spirit.
What a treat... Love Yes from the 70s and was OK with "Owner" as a Yes purest and worried about the MTV phenomena. I was a cable guy 1979-88 and I always used MTV as the "it's working" channel.
Oddly, Jan 15, 1984, 9:11pm, i was driving south to the tip of Baja, like 10 hours south of TJ, I flew off a cliff in a chevy luv 4x4 as that song, Owner of a lonely heart was playing on cassette. It was at the pause in the song .. screech through bushes then weightlessness until i counted 3 impacts rolling like in a clothes dryer, then black... I came too my buddy somehow alive, was telling me get out because the gas smell, truck on driver side, i got out through the back window... miriacle number 3 or 4 in my life... brutal, but i'm here typing so....
I saw Yes in college and was so impressed. One of my favorite shows ever! It was a long time ago, but I’m pretty sure they were touring 90215 .
Jon's voice and lyrics is the reason I fell in love with the band from first listen.
Loved the interview. Anderson and Yes was my first entry into knowing that music, rock music could be something completely different.
What a find, first time tune in because of Jon Anderson, love,love Yes and all their music. Style of interview has definitely got me subscribing.Still have this album and just passed on over 400 albums I had kept, to my daughter. The artistry of music in the 60s,70s & 80s will never be replicated. The best of times❤😊
One of my favourite singles of the 80s, such incredible production, from those classic "Orch5" Fairlight stabs to that wonderful pre-delay on the reverb.
So awesome to hear how "Owner.." and that album came together! I was Yes fan at a very early age- loved the classic Yes albums as a little kid in the late 70's, I wore out my cassettes I had. When I heard a new Yes album was coming out in the early 80's I couldn't believe it! When 90125 came out I was blown away! I love how that album has a unique sound of its own- it fit right in with the 80's, but it was still unquestionably Yes. Needless to say, (And I should add it still sounds fresh to this day,.) Jon Anderson is one of my musical heroes, so really cool to hear him elaborate on how this all came about.
Rick, even if you didn’t have Jon Anderson’s part of the video included, just being able to watch your face as you listened to him talking would be enough to convey the glory of the story that he tells of his creative processes. Thank you for all you do! 🍾❤️
Been singing for 38 years. Jon is my guy. I actually did an international collaboration of Owner of a Lonely Heart. Jon taught me a lot as far as vocal techniques with me using head voice to pull off his material. He doesn't use head voice but he's a totally unique one and only vocalist. Seen him on the Union tour also Anderson,Bruford,Wakeman and Howe with Tony Levin on Bass. Great shows. More great content Rick. I get psyched every time I see the new content you got.
I don't think I've ever seen Rick looking more awestruck/mesmorised/happy Cooool
Jon Anderson YES 90125, Big Generator, Legend Soundtrack Huge Fan
Was a massive young Yes fan in 82 and saw tne 90125 tour at wembley arena. Blown away. The end of starsjip trooper the lighting rig sort of collapsed down. It was amazing.
Saw them in Edmonton 78/79 they played Northlands coliseum for over 2 hours on a revolving stage with no back up band, I will never forget it, it was epic
It WAS epic.
I think they filmed those shows, no?
@@glengamble526 I’m not sure but I know within a couple weeks before or after that show I saw Jethro Tull also
@@glengamble526They filmed 2 shows, September 28 & 29, 1984 for 9012Live.
Tormato tour 79.
I can remember hearing the song for the first time- couldn't believe it was Yes... and yet there was Jon. No mistaking the voice, and the band roared back. We couldn't believe it. Still rocks.
Rick, thank you for asking questions and just letting people speak. Only asking what is necessary to keep the conversation going.
Rick’s face shows childlike amazement..so fun
It would be interesting to hear from Jon about his collaboration with Vangelis. “I Hear You Now”” what a beautiful song and a big UK hit and part of a great body of work.
great album, and great concert. Saw this tour in 1982, amazing show
I attended 90125 tour in Montreal in 1985: I knew of Rabin having his LPs, where he played all tracks, and prior his Rabbit band. He remains one of my greatest songwriting influences next to Brooker/Reid of Procol Harum.
I loved Jon's work with Vangelis - his voice and the instrumental work of Vangelis is amazing.
Jon was not only the primary vocalist for Yes during their heyday, but he wrote or co-wrote a majority of their best works. He's a living legend!
For me it's an eternal love and I hear you now and I will find my way home...beautiful music for the soul in collaboration with Vangelis rest his soul ❤️