I had Bill Bruford as a substitute teacher once in Jr. High School before he was a professional drummer. He was wearing that same jacket. The first thing he did was establish dominance with the unruly class by singling out the biggest kid (Ned Rosenblatz) and picking him up launching him violently into a free standing blackboard. It made a sound I'll never forget and instantly brought the class to order. He then ripped a large piece of lumber from what was the frame of the blackboard, wielded it as a club and held it over Ned's head and shouted "Anyone even looks at me funny get's the stick!!! You rotten little bitches understand?" I was thoroughly impressed.
@@Slammo That's a scream! He's older than I thought!! ;) I understood old Bill has given up the kit and lectures to undergrads about the music business. Don't suppose he lets on about your rather Dickensian experience? If he had tried that in my school, well, Yes might have had another contralto vocalist!
@@howardquinn5911 I'd be careful. It's not well known but Bruford once fought a pool of 14 men outside a Crimson gig, sending 5 to hospital with the other 9 ruining away cowering in fear. Fripp and his publicist had to spend countless hours and a massive amount of money to quash it all in the press. From what I understand the real reason he gave up drums is the result of an injury he got attempting to pull a city bus with his teeth on a dare.
@@Slammo I hung with some fairly tough characters, but by no means mixed it up as much they did. I can't remember any teacher then throwing stuff or raising a hand to threaten bodily harm. There were the odd stories from parochial schools. Had anything happened like that in schools where I taught from 1980-2015, an adult would have been run out on a rail and likely faced assault charges. Peace
I actually saw this when it aired! I was working some temp job and I was in a back room and had a t.v. turned on under the desk, so I could watch them-haha! I remember Bill looking like he wished he was a thousand miles away, and Steve doing his best to be sincere and look at Regis and Kathie!
I read where Steve didn't want to be on the album cover of "Time and a Word" since it was Peter Banks playing guitar and not him. He made up for that by playing rhythm guitar on "Gates of Delirium" a few years later.....................................
It was nice of them to acknowledge Peter Banks; I think Pete (R.I.P) often got overlooked in Yes history. Regis sounds clueless when he sounds surprised and asks Bill what he did for 18 years. I know talk show hosts are busy, but man do your homework. It's not like Bill was drunk or lazy; he had King Crimson and many other projects which make for an impressive resume.
+Trobtwillis This was a strange period in the early '90s, when some of the prog-rock bands were making appearances on the show, as ELP and Jethro Tull did. Despite Kathie Lee making claims that they were her favorite bands back in the day, it still comes off as fake and contrived, while Regis--as ever--is clueless and slightly slack (as Bruford would put it!)
+Trobtwillis Touche'. I remember when Phil Collins sang one of his pop songs (Against All Odds), and Johnny Carson, called did a call out for his guitarist--Darryl Stuermer----accompanying him by name. He really did his homework.
+Trobtwillis Regis actually played the triangle on a couple of tracks on King Crimson's Lizard LP. Lot of jealousy between him and Bruford. Few people know.
Obviously an interview conducted by vacuous nongs with no idea. How embarrassing for Bruford and Howe to have to peddle their wares to the clueless? That said, despite the titles/overlays Howe was NOT an original member of Yes, and the somewhat begrudgingly and awkwardly mentioned name-giver of the band, the sadly late Peter Banks, was. Howe is massively talented. Banks was likely no lesser a talent - I personally love his fluid, jazzy, slightly angular and risk-taking playing on the very first yes album - the one I think he also designed the logo for? - but fell fell victim of the inherent band politics - musical differences, perhaps? but the man could play - of angry young men. Let's not actively rewrite history more than it's already inadvertently being rewritten...
Regis was a fucking boob. What an embarassment that he became a famous talk show host here in the states. The only reason the show made it- was because Kathie Lee was actually funny and quick- and yet I remember there were times when even she looked at Regis like he was a fucking idiot! He once had Michael McDonald of the DoobieBrothers on and he asked him- where he got the name "doobie" from! McDonald laughed at him and said "oh that's just something we all put on our cornflakes back in the '60s!"
This is harder to watch than the mighty Van Halen on Ellen. These geniuses follow a cooking segment about cabbage. Gotta be hard on the old ego. There was a rumour that Kathie Lee wanted to touch Bill's "drumstick" backstage. Watch that go viral!
Actually, both Steve and Bill were both still in Yes at the time. The Union lineup didn't officially break up until 1994, it just had split into East / West factions. Symphonic Music of Yes was a YesEast project.
This is incorrect. Both were *not* in Yes at the time, which supposedly got an actual member of Yes (I'm guessing Squire) very mad when this first appeared and Steve & Bill were being introduced as Yes. I also read years ago that Jon Anderson was supposed to sing on more of The Symphonic Music of Yes, but again, b/c he was a member of Yes and this project was not authorized by Yes -- issues popped up. There was never an official announcement that the Union line up had broken up, rather, Anderson & Squire decided to go with Phil Carson and Victory Records were offering -- an album deal for the 90125 line-up along with Rick Wakeman. Howe & Bruford were considered 'superfluous' and not needed. The whole thing basically disintegrated as opposed to an official announcement. The general public seemed surprised when all of a sudden in 1994 -- there was a new Yes album, but Howe, Bruford, and Wakeman were not on it. Almost as if the ABWH/Union years had never happened.
But that's my point, things were still up in the air in 1993 and the Union lineup hadn't officially broken up yet. Bruford, Wakeman and Howe hadn't been kicked out of the band yet. Wakeman was even working with Rabin on new music at the time for what would be the next Union lineup album, but, like you said, the record company wound up going with just the YesWest lineup and in 1994 Bruford/Wakeman/Howe were out of Yes. The music Rabin was working on, which was originally planned to be a collaborative effort, wound up becoming a mostly solo effort when Talk was recorded.
From a technical standpoint though, I do not believe Howe & Bruford had any claim to the name Yes. They did not have it in 1989 for ABWH, and when Union came about, I don't think all of a sudden Wakeman, Bruford and Howe received full member rights. That 8 man lineup really wasn't an "official" band in the sense that each member now were equal partners/owners of the name. Howe recalls that he seemed to be the only one that was thinking of ways to make an 8 man lineup viable moving forward (different configurations coming up with different songs), but that no one else really shared this interest. And now that I'm remembering, I actually met Howe at a CD signing for The Grand Scheme of Things in the fall of '93 -- several months after this pefromance -- and I asked him if he was going to be working with Yes again and he told me that he & Bruford were not officially in the band at the moment.
And I remember reading an interview where Howe said he was very unhappy with that situation, which is one of the reasons he, Bruford and Anderson were doing projects like this "Symphonic music of Yes" precisely because he didn't want the record company to squeeze him out of Yes again (I think, deep down, Howe always felt betrayed that the band reformed without him in 1983). Bruford probably didn't really care if they kicked him out, honestly. He was against ABWH joining Yes from the start and preferred keeping it a separate band. And despite enjoying the tour, both he and Wakeman hated the Union album and were really just along for the Yes-ride at this point. Wakeman liked the prospect of working with Rabin on a new album, but was signed to another record label and had other obligations so I doubt if he cared all that much if the record company kicked him out either. And Anderson wasn't going to get kicked out either way being the lead singer for both YesWest and YesEast. But Howe did care a great deal if they kicked him out. He invested and contributed a lot to Yes's success in the 70s and I don't think he ever wanted to leave the band, even in 1981 when everyone quit but he and Geoff Downes. So when it was announced, in 1994, that the Talk lineup was just going to be YesWest he said in an interview that it was ridiculous that the band wasn't going to include him, Bruford or Wakeman and that they hadn't even asked their permission. This project was in 1993, before that announcement. You may be right that he said that he knew that he wasn't going to be involved in Talk before that announcement, but I'm pretty sure he was fighting it tooth and nail even then, which is one of the reasons he won't let go of the Yes name to this day.
@Satanic Panic Fun and Games Not according to Howe. In the liner notes for yesyears and in some other interviews he states that he and Downes were the last two members left in Yes after everyone else quit in 1981. They considered finding new members and continuing as Yes, but decided instead to form a new band with Carl Palmer and John Wetton. It's true that by the time Cinema became Yes, Howe and Downes were already touring with Asia, but he felt betrayed that Cinema had started calling themselves Yes without his blessing, especially since he and Downes never actually quit Yes, they were just the only two members left and didn't think it was appropriate to keep calling themselves Yes. And then Cinema does just that 2 years later without him. I have a feeling this, and the 1993 union breakup are why Howe is so reluctant to give up the Yes name now.
In reality Steve Howe is not an 'original member' - He replaced original guitarist Pete Banks. He was a very different, yet fine player - more in a Jim Hall/Jazz bag.
Unfortunately, there is an inverse relationship between how hot a female is and how much they like progressive rock. In fact I saw King Crimson in Chicago (Park West) in 2000 and the only women there were the wait staff.
Although I'd never have considered Kathy Lee "hot," you're still 100% correct. The closest the genre comes to getting hotties would be Rush. I've been to plenty of Yes concerts and the female turn out seems to be only the girlfriends of guys that are into it, and only a tiny percentage at that. BUT: if you can find a lady that digs it, they're great, intelligent women. I've known a couple and they were those rare great finds.
Someone must have given Steve and bill the heads-up that their interviewers were going to be absolutely clueless about who they are and what they achieved, in and out of Yes. Both are known for their sarcasm (and Bill in particular for his..."haughtiness"?) in interviews, but here they conducted themselves as gentlemen on a PR gig.
Everyone knows Steve Howe isn't an original member of Yes. They showed poor Peter Banks the door. Mr. Howe does think of Yes as his baby. There was a video posted on You Tube where someone gave him Yes's 90210 album while he was in Asia. He jokingly told the story but there was probably some truth in him throwing a tantrum when he found out they went on without him.
+MandrakeMoorglade I think maybe you give the ego too much credit! :) It's probably true that for most Western musicians the ego gets much involved in their musical development. ... But there's certainly nothing intrinsically ego-based about fingers moving on a fretboard, etc. You can as easily land in sky as a place on a champion-round chess-board when you think about the music you've created. Jon Anderson (1977 or so) on writing music: "It's in the air, you see, all you've got to do is reach up and get hold of it." -(So... Move on back two squares.)
DJ Promo stickers on 2 Lp's ; Regis' own collection ?! If they are Mono white label, they could be worth some $ ! This is kind of weird, I do not remember this at all ! GREAT to hear PETER BANKS getting some respect as coming up with "YES" !
"The Symphonic Music Of Yes" was one in a series of orchestral albums that David (Dee) Palmer did in the 1980's & 1990's, that also featured some of the band members playing their parts. "Objects Of Fantasy" (Pink Floyd), "A Classic Case" (Jethro Tull) & "We Know What We Like" (Genesis) were also explored in this series. Despite some nice playing from Steve, Bill & Earthworks bassist Tim Harries, it was sadly one of the weaker ones. The Tull & Genesis ones were pretty good.
If they aren't Sinatra or Mel Torme albums, you can bet that they don't belong to Regis. He is of a different generation, and swing and tin pan alley pop is his bag. I am pretty certain he wouldn't know Yes from Pink Floyd from Santana from Neil Young.
Regis incorrectly said they were original members. Steve Howe is Yes's 2nd guitarist after Peter Banks. And such a stilted interview. these guys are acting corporate, which I'd never thought I'd see.
I see a lot of idiots are posting comments making sure that everyone knows that STEVE HOWE is not an original member of the group YES... Well,that certainly is TRUE,BUT95% of the songs that YES is famous for were written by Steve Howe and played by Steve Howe,so to say emphatically that he is not an original member may be true,but it's kind of like saying
Peter Banks?? Trevor Rabin had more input in yes then That Bloke.Sorry there's only 1 (one)Guitarist in Yes in my book and its Steve Howe!!!! I have spoken.
Peter Banks played a very big role in defining the early sound of Yes. He was a much heavier player than Steve though, inspired by the likes of Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix.
***** They got RUSH inducted yet there would have never been a RUSH without a YES. Rolling Stone Magazine and all of that RRHOF crowd never had a kind word for them.
Rafael Carrasquillo Not sure if I would go as far as to say there would never have been a Rush, without Yes . Yes were one of many bands that influenced Rush. But I get your point,as far as Rush being inducted into the RRHOF before Yes. The RRHOF is a bunch of crap ,anyway.
Rafael Carrasquillo Not to take anything away from Yes, but both bands were formed in the same year, 1968, so I think you're giving them too much credit by saying "there would have never been a RUSH without a YES". I would agree that perhaps Rush's sound might have evolved differently had Yes not existed.
+Rafael Carrasquillo You are right Yes is Rush´s greatest influence, at the beginning it was zeppelin but from 1975 on when they developed the sound that made them famous Yes is by far their greatest influence. I always argue this with Rush fans and many deny. I guess it is because they haven´t heard Yes and classic progressive rock in general. They can´t understand that Rush is like a 3rd derivative of Prog (leaving in the 2nd derivative things like Camel). The fact that both bands formed in 1968 does not change the influence direction because Yes by 1970 had already established its sound which is part of the classic prog rock, in Rush´s case they only developed their sound after 1975 as a blend of hard rock and prog rock (of the yes variety over all), I have heard Rush from 1974 and sounds almost like a Led Zeppelin cover band very different from their classic sound.
This and part 2 of this video constitute the absolute low point in Yes history. It's a complete embarrassment. The only enjoyable part is Bill's chuckle at their ignorant questions.
It is ironic how terribly bad of a speaker Regis is. He so often misrepresents subjects or information and mispronounces words or simply can not even attempt to pronounce them. That is the entirety of his job and he is terrible at it, yet incredibly rich because of it.
It's such a shame that Bill and Chris couldn't get along. One of the best rhythm sections in the history of rock.
I love how Howe & Bruford always give a nod to their peers and influences.. like Emerson and the Nice. Too cool
I had Bill Bruford as a substitute teacher once in Jr. High School before he was a professional drummer. He was wearing that same jacket. The first thing he did was establish dominance with the unruly class by singling out the biggest kid (Ned Rosenblatz) and picking him up launching him violently into a free standing blackboard. It made a sound I'll never forget and instantly brought the class to order. He then ripped a large piece of lumber from what was the frame of the blackboard, wielded it as a club and held it over Ned's head and shouted "Anyone even looks at me funny get's the stick!!! You rotten little bitches understand?" I was thoroughly impressed.
Where and what year was this? Britain 1967?
@@howardquinn5911 It was Feb 8 1968 on a Thursday Afternoon at 1:45 PM in North London - precisely 51.5086° N, 0.0702° W
@@Slammo That's a scream! He's older than I thought!! ;) I understood old Bill has given up the kit and lectures to undergrads about the music business. Don't suppose he lets on about your rather Dickensian experience? If he had tried that in my school, well, Yes might have had another contralto vocalist!
@@howardquinn5911 I'd be careful. It's not well known but Bruford once fought a pool of 14 men outside a Crimson gig, sending 5 to hospital with the other 9 ruining away cowering in fear. Fripp and his publicist had to spend countless hours and a massive amount of money to quash it all in the press. From what I understand the real reason he gave up drums is the result of an injury he got attempting to pull a city bus with his teeth on a dare.
@@Slammo I hung with some fairly tough characters, but by no means mixed it up as much they did. I can't remember any teacher then throwing stuff or raising a hand to threaten bodily harm. There were the odd stories from parochial schools. Had anything happened like that in schools where I taught from 1980-2015, an adult would have been run out on a rail and likely faced assault charges. Peace
Wow...Regis holding up "Close To The Edge"...something I don't think I expected...
This band had a lot of influence on me and my playing. I love these guys and how creative they were. Their music will live forever
Holy short. I had no idea Regis and Kathy lee were so tiny. I met Steve in 1991 and he's lucky to be 5'6...
I actually saw this when it aired! I was working some temp job and I was in a back room and had a t.v. turned on under the desk, so I could watch them-haha!
I remember Bill looking like he wished he was a thousand miles away, and Steve doing his best to be sincere and look at Regis and Kathie!
They have a hard time registering that Steve was not an original member of Yes. They even put on the screen "Original member of Yes"
Steve Howe is not an "original" member. Peter Banks was the guitarist before Steve joined the band.
Right, it was not fair of him to say that, it´s like he is saying Peter was a nobody and Yes had no guitarrist before him
He does say that he joined the band in 1970, but it gets drowned out...
I read where Steve didn't want to be on the album cover of "Time and a Word" since it was Peter Banks playing guitar and not him.
He made up for that by playing rhythm guitar on "Gates of Delirium" a few years later.....................................
You can tell neither Regis nor Kelly had the first clue. Lol.
The show's producer, Michael Gelman is the Yes/ELP fan. Maybe, they're his copies.
It was nice of them to acknowledge Peter Banks; I think Pete (R.I.P) often got overlooked in Yes history. Regis sounds clueless when he sounds surprised and asks Bill what he did for 18 years. I know talk show hosts are busy, but man do your homework. It's not like Bill was drunk or lazy; he had King Crimson and many other projects which make for an impressive resume.
+Trobtwillis This was a strange period in the early '90s, when some of the prog-rock bands were making appearances on the show, as ELP and Jethro Tull did. Despite Kathie Lee making claims that they were her favorite bands back in the day, it still comes off as fake and contrived, while Regis--as ever--is clueless and slightly slack (as Bruford would put it!)
+Trobtwillis Touche'. I remember when Phil Collins sang one of his pop songs (Against All Odds), and Johnny Carson, called did a call out for his guitarist--Darryl Stuermer----accompanying him by name. He really did his homework.
+Trobtwillis Regis actually played the triangle on a couple of tracks on King Crimson's Lizard LP. Lot of jealousy between him and Bruford. Few people know.
Obviously an interview conducted by vacuous nongs with no idea. How embarrassing for Bruford and Howe to have to peddle their wares to the clueless? That said, despite the titles/overlays Howe was NOT an original member of Yes, and the somewhat begrudgingly and awkwardly mentioned name-giver of the band, the sadly late Peter Banks, was. Howe is massively talented. Banks was likely no lesser a talent - I personally love his fluid, jazzy, slightly angular and risk-taking playing on the very first yes album - the one I think he also designed the logo for? - but fell fell victim of the inherent band politics - musical differences, perhaps? but the man could play - of angry young men. Let's not actively rewrite history more than it's already inadvertently being rewritten...
Regis was a fucking boob. What an embarassment that he became a famous talk show host here in the states. The only reason the show made it- was because Kathie Lee was actually funny and quick- and yet I remember there were times when even she looked at Regis like he was a fucking idiot!
He once had Michael McDonald of the DoobieBrothers on and he asked him-
where he got the name "doobie" from! McDonald laughed at him and said
"oh that's just something we all put on our cornflakes back in the '60s!"
True....Peter Banks was the first Yes guitar player (RIP Peter)
WHOA!!!!....Steve Howe actually shaking hands???????
I know! I was shocked too. From what I understand, he normally does NOT shake hands.
"Nice" mention of The Nice and The Who.
It's obvious that Regis has absolutely no idea who he's talking to!!!
Exactly!
Regis On Fragile: "Is this the first one???" oh he's stupid.
Yeah - is a scrap of preparation too much to ask?
Really? Does Regis look like he grew up listening to Led Zep, Deep Purple and Yes? Damn, you're a dolt.
@@funkster007 Regis was more into death metal
This is harder to watch than the mighty Van Halen on Ellen. These geniuses follow a cooking segment about cabbage. Gotta be hard on the old ego. There was a rumour that Kathie Lee wanted to touch Bill's "drumstick" backstage. Watch that go viral!
Stormbringer Coming - Bill did WHAT backstage??
Bruf is a chad so I can imagine that
Actually, both Steve and Bill were both still in Yes at the time. The Union lineup didn't officially break up until 1994, it just had split into East / West factions. Symphonic Music of Yes was a YesEast project.
This is incorrect. Both were *not* in Yes at the time, which supposedly got an actual member of Yes (I'm guessing Squire) very mad when this first appeared and Steve & Bill were being introduced as Yes. I also read years ago that Jon Anderson was supposed to sing on more of The Symphonic Music of Yes, but again, b/c he was a member of Yes and this project was not authorized by Yes -- issues popped up. There was never an official announcement that the Union line up had broken up, rather, Anderson & Squire decided to go with Phil Carson and Victory Records were offering -- an album deal for the 90125 line-up along with Rick Wakeman. Howe & Bruford were considered 'superfluous' and not needed. The whole thing basically disintegrated as opposed to an official announcement. The general public seemed surprised when all of a sudden in 1994 -- there was a new Yes album, but Howe, Bruford, and Wakeman were not on it. Almost as if the ABWH/Union years had never happened.
But that's my point, things were still up in the air in 1993 and the Union lineup hadn't officially broken up yet. Bruford, Wakeman and Howe hadn't been kicked out of the band yet. Wakeman was even working with Rabin on new music at the time for what would be the next Union lineup album, but, like you said, the record company wound up going with just the YesWest lineup and in 1994 Bruford/Wakeman/Howe were out of Yes. The music Rabin was working on, which was originally planned to be a collaborative effort, wound up becoming a mostly solo effort when Talk was recorded.
From a technical standpoint though, I do not believe Howe & Bruford had any claim to the name Yes. They did not have it in 1989 for ABWH, and when Union came about, I don't think all of a sudden Wakeman, Bruford and Howe received full member rights. That 8 man lineup really wasn't an "official" band in the sense that each member now were equal partners/owners of the name. Howe recalls that he seemed to be the only one that was thinking of ways to make an 8 man lineup viable moving forward (different configurations coming up with different songs), but that no one else really shared this interest.
And now that I'm remembering, I actually met Howe at a CD signing for The Grand Scheme of Things in the fall of '93 -- several months after this pefromance -- and I asked him if he was going to be working with Yes again and he told me that he & Bruford were not officially in the band at the moment.
And I remember reading an interview where Howe said he was very unhappy with that situation, which is one of the reasons he, Bruford and Anderson were doing projects like this "Symphonic music of Yes" precisely because he didn't want the record company to squeeze him out of Yes again (I think, deep down, Howe always felt betrayed that the band reformed without him in 1983). Bruford probably didn't really care if they kicked him out, honestly. He was against ABWH joining Yes from the start and preferred keeping it a separate band. And despite enjoying the tour, both he and Wakeman hated the Union album and were really just along for the Yes-ride at this point. Wakeman liked the prospect of working with Rabin on a new album, but was signed to another record label and had other obligations so I doubt if he cared all that much if the record company kicked him out either. And Anderson wasn't going to get kicked out either way being the lead singer for both YesWest and YesEast.
But Howe did care a great deal if they kicked him out. He invested and contributed a lot to Yes's success in the 70s and I don't think he ever wanted to leave the band, even in 1981 when everyone quit but he and Geoff Downes. So when it was announced, in 1994, that the Talk lineup was just going to be YesWest he said in an interview that it was ridiculous that the band wasn't going to include him, Bruford or Wakeman and that they hadn't even asked their permission. This project was in 1993, before that announcement. You may be right that he said that he knew that he wasn't going to be involved in Talk before that announcement, but I'm pretty sure he was fighting it tooth and nail even then, which is one of the reasons he won't let go of the Yes name to this day.
@Satanic Panic Fun and Games Not according to Howe. In the liner notes for yesyears and in some other interviews he states that he and Downes were the last two members left in Yes after everyone else quit in 1981. They considered finding new members and continuing as Yes, but decided instead to form a new band with Carl Palmer and John Wetton. It's true that by the time Cinema became Yes, Howe and Downes were already touring with Asia, but he felt betrayed that Cinema had started calling themselves Yes without his blessing, especially since he and Downes never actually quit Yes, they were just the only two members left and didn't think it was appropriate to keep calling themselves Yes. And then Cinema does just that 2 years later without him. I have a feeling this, and the 1993 union breakup are why Howe is so reluctant to give up the Yes name now.
i didnt know they didnt get along, bill said he left is because he thought close to the edge couldnt be topped as well as wanting to try new things
Steve howe is NOT an original member of yes
Yes was going nowhere until Steve joined them. For all intents and purposes he is the original and only guitar player that mattered
In reality Steve Howe is not an 'original member' - He replaced original guitarist Pete Banks. He was a very different, yet fine player - more in a Jim Hall/Jazz bag.
Unfortunately, there is an inverse relationship between how hot a female is and how much they like progressive rock. In fact I saw King Crimson in Chicago (Park West) in 2000 and the only women there were the wait staff.
+Dave Wendt Like most of the 13 Rush concerts I went to. Chick quotient was abysmal. But for 2 hours, that was okay !
I can see Yes drawing hot chicks in the 70's but not King Crimson
Although I'd never have considered Kathy Lee "hot," you're still 100% correct. The closest the genre comes to getting hotties would be Rush. I've been to plenty of Yes concerts and the female turn out seems to be only the girlfriends of guys that are into it, and only a tiny percentage at that. BUT: if you can find a lady that digs it, they're great, intelligent women. I've known a couple and they were those rare great finds.
Someone must have given Steve and bill the heads-up that their interviewers were going to be absolutely clueless about who they are and what they achieved, in and out of Yes. Both are known for their sarcasm (and Bill in particular for his..."haughtiness"?) in interviews, but here they conducted themselves as gentlemen on a PR gig.
Howe was not an original member
Everyone knows Steve Howe isn't an original member of Yes. They showed poor Peter Banks the door. Mr. Howe does think of Yes as his baby. There was a video posted on You Tube where someone gave him Yes's 90210 album while he was in Asia. He jokingly told the story but there was probably some truth in him throwing a tantrum when he found out they went on without him.
Steve is a very original player.He feels he is the shit.The ego of a player like him has no bounds.
TheGravygun Steve is the shit though. One of the best guitar players of all time IMO. You don't get as good as he is without a big ego though.
+MandrakeMoorglade I think maybe you give the ego too much credit! :) It's probably true that for most Western musicians the ego gets much involved in their musical development. ... But there's certainly nothing intrinsically ego-based about fingers moving on a fretboard, etc.
You can as easily land in sky as a place on a champion-round chess-board when you think about the music you've created.
Jon Anderson (1977 or so) on writing music: "It's in the air, you see, all you've got to do is reach up and get hold of it."
-(So... Move on back two squares.)
I do hear Steve & Bill are still friends.
Howe was not an original member 🤔
The interview is cool, but Roundabout is scary!
DJ Promo stickers on 2 Lp's ; Regis' own collection ?! If they are Mono white label, they could be worth some $ ! This is kind of weird, I do not remember this at all ! GREAT to hear PETER BANKS getting some respect as coming up with "YES" !
RIP Regis Philbin
"The Symphonic Music Of Yes" was one in a series of orchestral albums that David (Dee) Palmer did in the 1980's & 1990's, that also featured some of the band members playing their parts. "Objects Of Fantasy" (Pink Floyd), "A Classic Case" (Jethro Tull) & "We Know What We Like" (Genesis) were also explored in this series. Despite some nice playing from Steve, Bill & Earthworks bassist Tim Harries, it was sadly one of the weaker ones. The Tull & Genesis ones were pretty good.
Who here watched this video because of the thumbnail? 😂
RIP
That just earned him some cool points with me.
ummm what the fuck, steve howe is not an original member. peter banks was the original guitarist.
If they aren't Sinatra or Mel Torme albums, you can bet that they don't belong to Regis. He is of a different generation, and swing and tin pan alley pop is his bag. I am pretty certain he wouldn't know Yes from Pink Floyd from Santana from Neil Young.
Regis incorrectly said they were original members. Steve Howe is Yes's 2nd guitarist after Peter Banks. And such a stilted interview. these guys are acting corporate, which I'd never thought I'd see.
"one of the most famous brands" amazing freudian slip there!! :D
jon and rick would of been a more fun interview for regis & kathy, bruford & steve should be w/ dan rather
I thought Steve did very well thank you
Regis and Kathy Lee don't have a clue. lol. no big surprise, there.
I see a lot of idiots are posting comments making sure that everyone knows that STEVE HOWE is not an original member of the group YES... Well,that certainly is TRUE,BUT95% of the songs that YES is famous for were written by Steve Howe and played by Steve Howe,so to say emphatically that he is not an original member may be true,but it's kind of like saying
Howe-ever (ha ha) Steve Howe is not an ORIGINAL member of Yes. Only idiots think that he is.
@@porflepopnecker4376 Yes, he is great but him saying here emphatically that he is an original Yes member is plain wrong, an unfair lie
Peter Banks?? Trevor Rabin had more input in yes then That Bloke.Sorry there's only 1 (one)Guitarist in Yes in my book and its Steve Howe!!!! I have spoken.
Peter Banks actually gave the band their name Yes. The first two Yes albums were fine with Peter Banks.
Peter Banks played a very big role in defining the early sound of Yes. He was a much heavier player than Steve though, inspired by the likes of Pete Townshend and Jimi Hendrix.
Peter Banks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rabinowitz
This is bizarre...
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They got RUSH inducted yet there would have never been a RUSH without a YES. Rolling Stone Magazine and all of that RRHOF crowd never had a kind word for them.
Rafael Carrasquillo Not sure if I would go as far as to say there would never have been a Rush, without Yes . Yes were one of many bands that influenced Rush. But I get your point,as far as Rush being inducted into the RRHOF before Yes. The RRHOF is a bunch of crap ,anyway.
Rafael Carrasquillo Not to take anything away from Yes, but both bands were formed in the same year, 1968, so I think you're giving them too much credit by saying "there would have never been a RUSH without a YES". I would agree that perhaps Rush's sound might have evolved differently had Yes not existed.
+Rafael Carrasquillo You are right Yes is Rush´s greatest influence, at the beginning it was zeppelin but from 1975 on when they developed the sound that made them famous Yes is by far their greatest influence. I always argue this with Rush fans and many deny. I guess it is because they haven´t heard Yes and classic progressive rock in general. They can´t understand that Rush is like a 3rd derivative of Prog (leaving in the 2nd derivative things like Camel). The fact that both bands formed in 1968 does not change the influence direction because Yes by 1970 had already established its sound which is part of the classic prog rock, in Rush´s case they only developed their sound after 1975 as a blend of hard rock and prog rock (of the yes variety over all), I have heard Rush from 1974 and sounds almost like a Led Zeppelin cover band very different from their classic sound.
This and part 2 of this video constitute the absolute low point in Yes history. It's a complete embarrassment. The only enjoyable part is Bill's chuckle at their ignorant questions.
Then it wasn't Yes
As in Yes did not exist
Painful to watch. Prog Rock in Daytime TV. A Pun if there was ever one.
Howe needs a haircut
wtf
It is ironic how terribly bad of a speaker Regis is. He so often misrepresents subjects or information and mispronounces words or simply can not even attempt to pronounce them. That is the entirety of his job and he is terrible at it, yet incredibly rich because of it.