Yes - Awaken (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2003)

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  • Yes are one of the most innovative and successful rock bands of all time with a career that now spans five decades. In 2003 the band made their first appearance at the Montreux Festival, despite having a long association with the town itself (they recorded there frequently in the seventies). It was a triumphant night and is regarded by both the band members and fans as probably the finest Yes gig ever to be filmed.
    2003 Montreux Sounds
    Montreux Sounds: www.montreuxsounds.com
    Mercury Studios: www.mercurystudios.co/distrib... (if applicable)
    LIVE AT MONTREUX - MONTREUX JAZZ ARCHIVES
    This performance is part of the unique Claude Nobs Foundation audio-visual collection, included since 2013 in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. From Aretha Franklin or Miles Davis to David Bowie or Prince, more than 5’000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both in audio and video since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 by Claude Nobs.
    MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN
    The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, drawing 250,000 music lovers to the shores of Lake Geneva. Since 1967, the Festival has celebrated all genres of music and generated countless legendary performances. Artists who have graced the stage of Montreux include Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and many more.
    Official Websites:
    www.claudenobsfoundation.com
    www.montreuxsounds.com
    www.montreuxjazzfestival.com
    #MJF
    #montreuxsounds
    #claudenobsfoundation
    #montreuxdigitalproject
    #MontreuxJazzFestival
    #MontreuxJazz
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  • @torybrown7730
    @torybrown7730 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I'm 62 & I had seen Yes do this live with Jon Anderson. It was absolutely AMAZING. Anderson & Yes are one of the very few bands that are truly PERFECT live. Never a mistake. Absolutely PERFECT!!

  • @OVTraveller
    @OVTraveller 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I won't labour the point but these guys stand next to the 18/19 century classical composers as sublime musicians, whose music will still be enjoyed for Millenia to come.

  • @cmichaelanthonyimages2197
    @cmichaelanthonyimages2197 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    A lineup we will never see again, hear again live, to enjoy the talent that created this and so many wonderful compositions, which thankfully transends time. For those of us who have been lucky to see and hear them perform, videos such as this, brings back all the majical memories that these particular 4 Men have gifted us with.

  • @teddybear9029
    @teddybear9029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I’m shore my mum was greeted by this masterpiece as she entered heaven!

  • @loffe9
    @loffe9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1956

    I'm nearly 72, a year or two older than these fantastic guys, whom I have followed since they started. I think this track is one of the finest they ever did and epitomises the band really, with the outright emotion it produces. It still makes the hairs on my arms stand up every time I hear it

    • @tokaicarl
      @tokaicarl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      +Philip Hodkinson too right phillip no other song makes me so fucking emotional-excuse my language but words cant do this piece of music justice

    • @loffe9
      @loffe9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +tokaicarl Glad you like em too. Actually many tracks of real prog rock induce many emotions. My top band King Crimson can produce anything from tears to elation and downright threatening fear. Just love it.

    • @progrock21
      @progrock21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The part from 7.30 onwards is triumphant, what other group would write stuff like this.

    • @loffe9
      @loffe9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Ally Mac Look them up. There are many more excellent tracks, try out tales from topographic oceans, going for the one.......
      For real prog drama check out fraktured, dangerous curves and level 5 by King Crimson

    • @neilchadwick15
      @neilchadwick15 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      this piece of music came directly from heaven

  • @bayponds
    @bayponds 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    The most wonderful, moving and truly magnificent spine-tingling piece of prog music ever written. Thank you so much, Jon, Chris, Steve, Rick and Alan.

  • @LeftBrain481
    @LeftBrain481 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    What I love about many Yes performances is after 7 minutes you think , wow that was genius! Then it continues and gets progressively better for 15 more minutes. Really the absolute Mozart perfectionists of rock music, and I mean it. i wish I had seen them live.

  • @bradleydayton5906
    @bradleydayton5906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +699

    This song is probably the most beautiful, complex, emotionally moving piece of progressive rock ever written. It brings tears to my eyes. RIP Mr. Squire.

    • @Daneel56
      @Daneel56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Fully agreed.

    • @hvollesen
      @hvollesen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Have to agree!

    • @lukameira7769
      @lukameira7769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@hvollesen holly fucking shit, man... most beaultiful words... the best band of the world...

    • @carvcom1
      @carvcom1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Totally agree!

    • @gottliebamadeus1347
      @gottliebamadeus1347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Bradley Dayton : I duly agree, hearing YES since I was 14, now 56, "Going for the One" was recorded at the Mountain (Rock) Recording Studio in Montreux, Switzerland, the same where QUEEN, GENESIS, DEEP PURPLE, etc, also performed and recorded, with Rick Wakeman playing the Church Organ of Saint-Martin, Vevey, also recorded at the "Les Planches Church", Montreux. AWAKEN is the Best piece of Progressive Rock Ever Composed. R.I.P. Chris.

  • @doughigley9669
    @doughigley9669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Like the time I ran away...turned around and you were standing close to me." (Eyes water.)

  • @stevebranney8937
    @stevebranney8937 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    So brilliant. I wish I was 21... sometimes.. But am also glad I'm 63. Because i had this in my time and still after all these years it fills my heart.

  • @ricktvedt1920
    @ricktvedt1920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The ultimate merging of spirituality and music. Brings tears every time.

  • @Hodenkat
    @Hodenkat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    A band of this dimension will never come again. Their music will continue to blow minds for another century.

    • @cmichaelanthonyimages2197
      @cmichaelanthonyimages2197 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...make that centuries!

    • @cristiansalfate9779
      @cristiansalfate9779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Música celestial, belleza sublime, gloria de Jehová, talismán cosmico

    • @ChuckWortman
      @ChuckWortman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well at least they left us with a lot to listen to until that time!

    • @JamesSmith-vz8yr
      @JamesSmith-vz8yr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'd like to think that, but the way Africa is being imported into Europe they will be listening to rap at best and probably the sound of unrythmic jungle bongos at best.

    • @graemem111
      @graemem111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well to at least the 'Turn of the century'!!

  • @jstlouis1315
    @jstlouis1315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    In 2004, when I was 21, I paid for my whole family (10 tickets) to see Yes at a local fairgrounds here in Vermont. My parents had been big fans since the 1970s, and I was raised on Yes in the '80s and '90s. We all thought we knew what to expect. But when they played Awaken - a song that wasn't often played at home for whatever reason - we all broke down into tears. The piece is so incredibly moving, even visually. I will love this band and these musicians forever.

    • @Brad2meetU
      @Brad2meetU ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You have brilliant parents & it has obviously brushed off on you.
      My favourite Yes track.

    • @rigelmoon9030
      @rigelmoon9030 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Champlain Fairgrounds has given us an amazing variety of very cool musicians/bands. I forget the year, but that's where I saw Metallica.

    • @rickdeckard1075
      @rickdeckard1075 ปีที่แล้ว

      none of that ever happened.

    • @Kenneth_Fishing
      @Kenneth_Fishing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish I could have seen them. I was born too late

    • @e.lectrochef295
      @e.lectrochef295 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch the Todmobile version with Jon singing from 10 years ago. Mind-blowing good Justin!

  • @robertcowart1
    @robertcowart1 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I first saw Yes on the "Going for the one" tour when Rick Wakeman returned to the band around '77. I was front row center in front of Jon and Chris. They did "Close to the Edge" and later "Awaken", two glorious long tunes. Chris had his triple neck and Taurus bass pedals. Rick had a portable pipe organ and his Birotrons. Steve had his slide guitar and Fender twins. Alan and his croatails, Jon and his harp. Truly magnificent. Shortly after this night my beautiful cousin MaryJane lost her life and this song "Awaken" i played over and over to ease the grief. Past a mortal as we...

  • @johnjohn1922
    @johnjohn1922 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Christmas eve 2023, an almost full moon to the east, and the Sun is setting, "like the time I ran away turned around and you were standing close to me" love has no boundaries. So beautiful so beautiful! Many thanks always and in all ways!

  • @melodiemaker86
    @melodiemaker86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    One of the finest and best compositions ever written in prog rock history

  • @mikeb.7589
    @mikeb.7589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I was 16 in 1972. There has never been, nor will there be another band like them. Always have enjoyed their music through the decades. Under the stars, around the campfire, desert or mountains, always a perfect fit.

  • @robmaas3428
    @robmaas3428 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Their magnum opus, GOOSEBUMPS every time I hear this.... so perfect it becomes scary

  • @jonathanb8765
    @jonathanb8765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I lay on my back on the carpet of my brother’s room to listen to this in the summer of 1978 and I experienced an epiphany that has never been surpassed. I go to see Yes when they visit the UK and I am I lifelong believer. Yes! Be free!

  • @alanweissaltz1882
    @alanweissaltz1882 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One becomes an astral traveler when listening to this wonderful beautiful wonderous anthem

  • @chrisv.siarmalis4784
    @chrisv.siarmalis4784 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This absolute masterpiece should be 19 hours and 52 minutes....... !

  • @cubes6012
    @cubes6012 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Absolutely genius. Progressive and ethereal in the same song. Rick and Jon together are magical. Steve’s three guitars in one song. Omg. If this song doesn’t give you goose bumps you aren’t breathing.
    Met Jon a few years ago and had a great conversation. Such a lively man

    • @carolblake7356
      @carolblake7356 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Absolute masterpiece

    • @mamabear2277
      @mamabear2277 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You can feel his energies for sure.

    • @barrylevine590
      @barrylevine590 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Few groups make me cry at the beauty of their music. Yes is definitely #1.

    • @JoseCarlosLuz
      @JoseCarlosLuz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'm South Brazilian and we have a constant relationship with the Platinian Countries.
      Between Brazil and Argentina there is a playful fight about "PELÉ" and "MARADONA".
      Until 2022, there was a journalist in Argentina called Mauro Viale, a very close friend of "MARADONA" and one of the greatest experts on the legacy and history of "PELÉ".
      In Argentina, until the '70s, PELÉ was affectionately called "EL NEGRO".
      One day Viale was asked who is the better MARADONA or PELÉ, and he replied: "Of course, the best is MARADONA, but EL NEGRO, EL NEGRO is the PELÉ".
      The same goes for RICK and JON, they belong to a category above of all.

    • @cubes6012
      @cubes6012 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JoseCarlosLuz Amen. Well said Jose

  • @dellblackman4565
    @dellblackman4565 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    May Yes be blessed as they've blessed us all throughout the years!

  • @cynthiafradelizi4288
    @cynthiafradelizi4288 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is still the most Fantastic song ever written!

  • @michael_mouse
    @michael_mouse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ... Spectacular... Amazing... Fantastic... Beautiful... even when 'Yes' have all turned to dust, this song will last forever...

  • @andreinavonschmeling6900
    @andreinavonschmeling6900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is certainly the piece of art that shows the outstanding talents of all Yes members most impressively. Not only the virtuosity in handling their instruments but their emotionality of composing and interpretating as a band. An honour to have the opportunity to whatch this - half a lifetime beyond the hype. It makes me feel blessed and grateful.

  • @major9991
    @major9991 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When it comes to YES, with all the key players who created masterpieces such as Awaken, there will never be another time like it. Music that was developed, explored and experienced. An era slowly passing us by, But relived and appreciated with all the audio recordings and especially the videos and DVD's. Like a fine wine, its good when first tasted, but even better when its aged. Yes stands on their own merits, one of a kind.

    • @paulduggan5323
      @paulduggan5323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice comment 👌

    • @yetivanmarshall1473
      @yetivanmarshall1473 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go see Jon and the Band Geeks if they're around. They're tearing up the Northeast!

    • @otwer22
      @otwer22 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very well said. Every-time I listen to this I have a sense of euphoria, get goose bumps , it an amazing feeling.

  • @billhealey2060
    @billhealey2060 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This song, this performance, by this band transcends time and space. It is musicianship at it's finest. Whatever happened to make these guys come together and create this band had to be bigger than a coincidence. Thank you YES for giving us such great performances like this over so many years.

  • @richardthomas9597
    @richardthomas9597 2 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    As a YES fan of nearly 50 years, I have only one word. Sublime. Thank you Jon, Chris, Steve, Rick and Alan. Thank you.

    • @robertsimpson9403
      @robertsimpson9403 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What about Bill Bruford?
      Lol
      I love Genesis, but the Yes album is Eternal

    • @richardthomas9597
      @richardthomas9597 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@robertsimpson9403 I agree, and don't forget Bill's playing with King Crimson as well! However I meant my original comment to refer to this performance, not the 50 years of Yes.

    • @josbruls
      @josbruls ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertsimpson9403 it is!

    • @allanmacbadger5692
      @allanmacbadger5692 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​@@robertsimpson9403What about bill bruford? Alan White' rock is far more suited to the musical style of Yes than bruford's jazz ever was

    • @terencechaulk6464
      @terencechaulk6464 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen Richard...

  • @FrancisMaxino
    @FrancisMaxino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Chris Squire is always regarded as the amazing bass player from Yes but few make any reference to his incredible supporting vocal harmonies underneath Jon, he was also an excellent harmoniser, RIP Chris

    • @samepstein6163
      @samepstein6163 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      not me, i always say that this band was a great vocal harmony group...beyong amazing

    • @Golfstar17
      @Golfstar17 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yeah yeah. But why doesn't anyone ever talk about Steve Howe? He's light years ahead of other guitarists.

    • @mcouzijn
      @mcouzijn ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've been a chorister for almost 40 years. I know a good voice when I hear one. Chris had a fine voice, and I always picked him out - as much as I love Jon's voice, like we all do!
      So happy to learn that when he lived in Switzerland, Chris formed 'Chris Squire's Swiss Choir'! :-)

    • @katherinevanderbogart490
      @katherinevanderbogart490 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes. Perfection in their ease at using every chord, every descant, each beat, keys and harmony. Just.. YES! 9:51

    • @maryeckel9682
      @maryeckel9682 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Chris was always bang on with his vocal harmonies, and his voice blended well with Jon's. A total musician.

  • @julianward5511
    @julianward5511 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Modern classical music .........i have been listening for decades now and it never leaves me that YES feeling...........

  • @towneast9194
    @towneast9194 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I've always liked yes everything they create is gold to me

  • @banco2227
    @banco2227 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I loved Yes from the 1st time I heard them in 1970, a few years later Awaken came out and has been my hidden favorite since. This live version shows how great of a Band they are.

  • @brianseyler880
    @brianseyler880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I can’t remember my life without Yes . At age 12 I bought my very first record . Close To The Edge

    • @robertocrudo1967
      @robertocrudo1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yessongs for me, aged 10 in 1977, asked it as Xmas present to my uncle under an advise of an older friend who taught me Mood for a day The Ancient and The Clap in that period

    • @paul-iv1bs
      @paul-iv1bs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i guess we werent the only ones 👐🤲👍✊👏🖐🖖✌👌🤘🤙

  • @srb-ef3zs
    @srb-ef3zs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Can you imagine being one of the lucky 3 camera operators front and center capturing this gem? Not a bad job!

  • @martinebourdeau8353
    @martinebourdeau8353 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    So beautiful. I listened to Yes with a wonderful freind and lover and I love them as much now that I am 70 years old. They have a spirit!

  • @franciscoelicer7826
    @franciscoelicer7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is a monument to the music. It is an historic song for the next generations

  • @RicardoRodriguez-ut4kg
    @RicardoRodriguez-ut4kg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The voice of Jon is magnificent* .
    This group is the "eight marvelous" of the world...
    YES IS FOREVER.

  • @johnnytightwad3784
    @johnnytightwad3784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saw yes 10 yimes, best 10 days of my life.

  • @aldonapolitano5979
    @aldonapolitano5979 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm 71. I've been a musician > 65 of those years, 60 on the guitar. I have so much respect for all of these guys.

  • @jaredi6221
    @jaredi6221 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I keep listening to this again and again

  • @guytero8812
    @guytero8812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Nice to see REAL musicians. Absolutely brilliant. Technically a masterpiece. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @karenstitchygirl
    @karenstitchygirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This epic masterpiece is so beautiful and emotional. I saw them perform this at The House of Blues in Hollywood and there were many of us crying by the end, including Jon. It was an intimate venue. I will never forget it. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Rest in peace Mr. Squire, may your memory be a blessing….

  • @paulduggan5323
    @paulduggan5323 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    The last great epic from the definitive Yes line up. This performance transported me right back to the Empire Pool, Wembley in 1977, the only time I got to hear Yes play this masterwork. The communion between musicians and audience is captured perfectly here. Seeing these guys so completely and utterly lost in this harmonic meditation makes you wonder why this line up just didn’t go on and on and on. If anyone wants to know why I so deeply, deeply love this band then just watch this stellar performance and Awaken to all its wonders. Rick, Steve, Jon, Alan and Chris, wherever you may be … thank you.

  • @awaken77
    @awaken77 9 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    If Yes wrote the only one song "Awaken" for whole life, they'd deserve place in music history

    • @gregagnello7828
      @gregagnello7828 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I consider myself to be tough as nails but Awaken and To be over bring tears to my eyes almost everytime. My wife if she survives me will play both songs at my burial.
      Peace.

    • @shastaman57
      @shastaman57 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      awaken77 I truly agree. One of my favorite songs of all time. A masterpiece!

    • @mattdude58
      @mattdude58 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      greg agnello but they did more love them

    • @tykiedog
      @tykiedog 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree with Greg. The music and lyrics are so beautiful I always end up blubbing.

    • @williamjackson1819
      @williamjackson1819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What amazes me about this piece of heavenly music is how its' concept was communicated between the musicians to produce a masterpiece in soaring and ever soaring emotions.

  • @timweatherill3738
    @timweatherill3738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    possibly the most spiritually important pieces of rock music ever composed. It is glorious.

    • @michaelward5670
      @michaelward5670 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice !

    • @gjj2360
      @gjj2360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Followed the band since the beginning. Every time I listen I am still in awe!

    • @andymath89
      @andymath89 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whenever I feel too stressed or unbalanced, I listen to this song. That is my meditation: I stop doing anything and just LISTEN AND FEEL this masterpiece. It's healing.

  • @johnjohn1922
    @johnjohn1922 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    If i were to be granted a wish it would be to see these 5 musicians playing one more time. Life and purpose. How truly blessed we were by Yes.

  • @gracesmith3914
    @gracesmith3914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    What a piece of music..marvellous, beautiful..no words can do it justice.

  • @tomgaylord1601
    @tomgaylord1601 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    A stage full of pure musical genius.

  • @angleaturner2460
    @angleaturner2460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    When I was 13 I played this every night before I went to sleep so amazing takes you to another world. Now 56 and still love it thank you xx

  • @cynthiafradelizi4288
    @cynthiafradelizi4288 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The masterpiece. Always the best.

  • @williamrowand1163
    @williamrowand1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm 59and I've seen Yes a dozen or more times I love them so much and always have, God bless you Chris

  • @tychomonolith9998
    @tychomonolith9998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    The planets aligned when Yes composed this piece of aural magnificence

  • @franciscoelicer7826
    @franciscoelicer7826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Probably the best piece of progressive rock music ever produced by the human race

  • @patrickgrant109
    @patrickgrant109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Seeing this, it's hard to argue you'll find guitar, bass, keyboard better anywhere!! We All got lucky, what a group of pure musicians.. Thank You YES!!😎✌

  • @georgeratkovich7161
    @georgeratkovich7161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Yes was (is) much more than just a rock band, they were an invention. They invented something original, an invention of sight and sound that we never experienced before, and never will again. Unique into itself, there are no imitators, or sound a likes. And they reinvented themselves over 5 decades, always with a new look, a new sound.. always intriguing and exciting. Their theme based albums centered on our own self-discovery, the trials of mankind, and how we all fit together, and of course the awakening of the human sprit epitomized in this song. They are a gift to the world.

    • @maryweller
      @maryweller ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And Yes was is much more than just a rock band they were an invention they invented something original an invention of sight and sound that we never experienced before and never will again

  • @dinocamella8607
    @dinocamella8607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm 60 and this my favorite band playing my favorite song, that I have been listening to over 40 years, and this is the first time seeing this video, Rick Wakeman is a freaking genius, and the rest of them

  • @nickjones6470
    @nickjones6470 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I lost my brother on Tuesday. This was his favourite piece of music. It's perfection, in every way.

    • @zenlandzipline
      @zenlandzipline ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry for your loss:(
      Check out “Brother of Mine” from AWBH if you’ve never heard it.
      It’s sort of like this song.

    • @sammyvh11
      @sammyvh11 ปีที่แล้ว

      May his memory be a blessing

    • @nicolasrondon213
      @nicolasrondon213 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now he's experimenting the high vibration going on ♥
      Sorry for yout loss

    • @teddybar66
      @teddybar66 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm just visiting. Someday we'll all meet. I hope there's beer there...

    • @loffe9
      @loffe9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry for your loss man. This track would have been great at the funeral.

  • @090nj2
    @090nj2 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    it’s crazy how this group at the the ages they are at
    can play these amazing epics without any faults in one go, live in front of hundreds

  • @ScottDeBerg
    @ScottDeBerg 10 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Amazing that human beings can play these instruments like this. In awe.

    • @billskis
      @billskis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And still work together after all these decades.

    • @billnyc6658
      @billnyc6658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Musically, I think YES song that best exhibits their virtuosity is "Siberian Kahtru"..

    • @ActivateMission2ThisTimeline
      @ActivateMission2ThisTimeline 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The keyboards blow me away, with his eyes closed!

    • @justjeph6927
      @justjeph6927 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hours of work, mate

  • @OsoMarcol
    @OsoMarcol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    A true masterpiece. Thank you YES

  • @JulianChown
    @JulianChown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The most amazing performance and wish I had been there. Just heard the sad news of Alan White's passing away today - may he keep inspiring in his incredible work he did and continue to - never to rest but to rock! xXx

  • @greywolferhm
    @greywolferhm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Tell me you have never once ran away, away from every thing and every one, and then stopped and felt someone standing close to you, someone watching over you, someone waiting for you. Awaken is exactly this - and it is timeless.

  • @banlatbulldog
    @banlatbulldog 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I watched open mouthed, occasionally shaking my head in awe. What a fantastic live performance of a great song.

  • @jszabo1000
    @jszabo1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    RIP CHRIS SQUIRE........52 YEARS PLAYING BASS FOR YES.

    • @Atom-56
      @Atom-56 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it was their 50th Aniversary, in 2018……..and Chris died in 2015, that makes him 47 years, playing bass with Yes. 👍

  • @Enad700
    @Enad700 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I wish Steve Howe is really proud for the work he did in it. He got such nice melodies in it and in many other pieces of Yes. In Aweken the last solo on the steel guitar with an air that gently hovers above the other instruments is for me moving and therefore beautiful. Touché.

  • @beadgala
    @beadgala ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing!!!! It even takes my breath away and gives me goosebumps!!!!
    I`m YES fan since 1979 .

  • @ralphstalnecker2449
    @ralphstalnecker2449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    20 mins of the most beautiful progressive rock ever written!

    • @alexanderbleeser9784
      @alexanderbleeser9784 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Behind ' Shine on ' from Pink Floyd

    • @benvanzanten379
      @benvanzanten379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexanderbleeser9784 you mean " The great gig in the sky".

    • @craigprice7957
      @craigprice7957 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@benvanzanten379 first thing I said to myself but they look down on us..
      So I dont look up to them

    • @josephromano2115
      @josephromano2115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@craigprice7957 will miss Allen White and Chris squire

    • @josephromano2115
      @josephromano2115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ellen White with a croatoes, and John Anderson with the harp

  • @chrisferguson900
    @chrisferguson900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    I can't get through this song without crying. Jon's proud of this song & he should be. I'm always tapping to Alan's bells from the bridge. I'm so grateful I grew up in this period of music, mainly the 60's & 70's when music was it's most creative. I hear what's out today & would prefer hearing someone snoring. After all today's music puts me to sleep as it's so boring. I thank my late oldest brother, Steve, for turning me on to YES in 1972. These gentlemen should receive an honorary Grammy for their work which far exceeds anything awarded today.

    • @justjeph6927
      @justjeph6927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thankful, too, for AM radio bringing the (abbreviated version) of Roundabout to us!

    • @sabrinafinkel92
      @sabrinafinkel92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      First heard this when I was 15, now 54, still makes me cry too. Beautiful MUSIC. Not prog etc etc, MUSIC. All that is good, true, wild and magic in humanity. The positives. Glorious.

    • @jeremyruygrok9700
      @jeremyruygrok9700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Only do National Anthems and the night of the proms Edinburgh Tattoo Cardiff Arms Park for tears but know where you are coming from

    • @nonsensely
      @nonsensely 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was just thinking about adding this to my "crying time" playlist...

    • @ismailmohammad2579
      @ismailmohammad2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then you have the Kanye West and Bieber types

  • @creativelearning8318
    @creativelearning8318 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This song is like being in Heaven and translates me to another realm. I close my eyes and see the most spectacular expressions of dancing, loving and joy! Unspeakable beauty and amazement ~ WOW!

  • @westwal1
    @westwal1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Montreux Concert is one of their best ...remember this is a live recording i hope whiteout afterdubbing.Miss this kind of music these days.

  • @paulturzio1472
    @paulturzio1472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Back a year later and still mesmerized by these guys.
    Who makes music of this quality anymore? LIVE!

    • @jeremyruygrok9700
      @jeremyruygrok9700 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had a few beers listened to Osibisa made a comment a young kid replied said he just got into music from that era Heat breaking that I can't reply and that his generation might produce and it was not just music it was Art Literature Fashion ect Toss Up 1984 or Brave New World 🗿

    • @Auntkekebaby
      @Auntkekebaby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The answer is NOBODY!

    • @ismailmohammad2579
      @ismailmohammad2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never heard of Justin Bieber...???

  • @edgreen8140
    @edgreen8140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Wakeman pulls it off geniusly, Jons vocals are perfect! What a band! Steve Howe = perfection.

    • @simonesbarigia2595
      @simonesbarigia2595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When Yes are in shape there is nobody like them.
      Squire nr 1 always
      All the band is perfectly aligned
      This is perfection
      This is paradise of music

    • @lesblatnyak5947
      @lesblatnyak5947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And the triple neck bass

    • @joaoroberto2853
      @joaoroberto2853 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      na minha opinião o Rick Wakeman e o melhor da Banda.... com todo respeito aos outros musicos

    • @danielethier2015
      @danielethier2015 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joaoroberto2853 Steve Howe was presented "best guitarist" 5 years in a row and had to be"declined" for him receiving this prestigious award the 6th time due to award limits..
      Along with Keith Emerson, Wakeman is definitely top tier when it comes to being a master of his instruments, however, the sound of yes..particularly this lineup(giving Bill Bruford no less of credit) merritts the highest of respect from top musicians in the highest of standards!!

    • @user-um1mb3hg7f
      @user-um1mb3hg7f ปีที่แล้ว

      Они все красавцы!!! Браво!!!

  • @myfrequencies1912
    @myfrequencies1912 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Transcendent. This song is from another dimension.

  • @richarda701
    @richarda701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think if all the best musicians in the world sat down with a blank page to invent a musical inspirationation such as ' Awaken' , nothing would come close to the brilliance of this classic offering...timeless and amazing ... and I feel humbled that I was part of the generation that received this in the beginning. YES ...thank you soo much for this 👍

  • @rogerk55
    @rogerk55 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My favorite live performance of my favorite song by my favorite band featuring my favorite lineup for this band. YES, indeed.

  • @bomaveety3408
    @bomaveety3408 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    A friend has worked with Jon Anderson on a project, and visited with Jon and the band after a concert. She asked Jon what was his favorite lyric. He proceeded to say, "Master of images, songs cast a light on You." This album was released months after a sudden, horrific loss of my mother, and it entered into the fabric of my life as part of my recovery. A song of loss, "Turn of the Century", new beginning, "Parallels", joy, "Wondrous Stories", and finally, what I consider an ode to the one true God, "Awaken". "...Like the time I ran away, turned around and You were standing close to me..." Finally, thank you for posting this wonderfully well made video. A subtle highlight is Chris Squire as whirling dervish to punctuate a moment in the song.

  • @jancorsten1903
    @jancorsten1903 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes, yes, yes !! The most wonderful, moving and truly magnificent spine-tingling piece of prog. music ever written. Thank you so much, Jon, Chris, Steve, Rick and Alan.

  • @bello1000
    @bello1000 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It’s a masterpiece of pure art. A transcendent spiritual experience revealed by the magic of music. True artists, true beauty, true music. Highlights to the absolute amazing performance of the one and only “Merlin the Magician” on the keyboards. Sublime !!!

  • @beadgala
    @beadgala ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This music is a drug. I've been listening to it for 40 years and I don't stop trudging - it's PERFECT MUSIC-it's DIVINE MUSIC. If there is life after death, and our souls go to some other world, I would like to fly in the music of "Yes"-this music is Paradise.

  • @geraldpriest635
    @geraldpriest635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    I still think this has to be one of the best songs written and played by YES.

    • @jvandoren69
      @jvandoren69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is

    • @garyworden5014
      @garyworden5014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      This is one of the most complete songs, period. Ever

    • @ewarynek5604
      @ewarynek5604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My best song

    • @chuck6433
      @chuck6433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love this live version of Awaken

    • @alienz8917
      @alienz8917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonderous stories "is better.

  • @VIRGONOMICS
    @VIRGONOMICS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    John Anderson is one of the finest voices to ever grace the stage. .

    • @leofender909
      @leofender909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JON anderson is one of my favorite singers for sure.

    • @abdurrahmanzulfikry9202
      @abdurrahmanzulfikry9202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@leofender909 both are correct anyway. Jon's birth name was John Roy Anderson

    • @rogerwilmoth1917
      @rogerwilmoth1917 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roger 👏👏👏👏👏🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆

    • @rogerwilmoth1917
      @rogerwilmoth1917 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abdurrahmanzulfikry9202m

  • @AristoteDeLaSar
    @AristoteDeLaSar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was there in Montreux - A wonderful Story - to remember

  • @a.b.4317
    @a.b.4317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I listen to this beyond-this-world-masterpiece regularly. Sometimes once a week, sometime more often, sometimes less. Since years, years over years.

  • @ramongarcia482
    @ramongarcia482 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's always amazed me how the most complex of all Yes songs is also one of the most beautiful and uplifting they ever made.

  • @lindazee
    @lindazee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Rest in peace, sweet, dear Alan White. Deeply missing you and the magnificent Chris Squire. Watching this beautiful performance reminded me how truly special Yes have been. 💔🎶🎵

  • @mahavishnubradrabke8979
    @mahavishnubradrabke8979 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was at this show. Flew from Canada to see it. I had a first row balcony seat beside, as I found out later from watching the Yesspeak DVD, Chris Squire's parents. It was a dream come true to see "Awaken" performed just down the road from where it was created.

  • @musighitta
    @musighitta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Absolute masterpiece, the most mystic piece in rock music I have ever heard

  • @nickyw4669
    @nickyw4669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This brought me to tears. I've seen them in concert 7 times and never cease to amaze

  • @marcanglin7127
    @marcanglin7127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    I have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing "Awaken" performed live on six occasions in my lifetime, and I can truthfully say that it is a religious experience.

    • @gospeltruthtv
      @gospeltruthtv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The first time I heard Awaken was live in 1979. They were in the round, I was on the 5th row…my mouth was open & I was wondering what the heck just happened!

    • @lesblatnyak5947
      @lesblatnyak5947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Amen

    • @ismailmohammad2579
      @ismailmohammad2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen to that

    • @michaelvallance3795
      @michaelvallance3795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Religious. Yes. Absolutely

    • @rigocomunicacao4769
      @rigocomunicacao4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      congrats. love it.

  • @davidhankins7776
    @davidhankins7776 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Forgive me. I can't resist one more comment this evening. This song is so beautiful and powerful. I think this is the greatest version of Awaken Yes ever played.

  • @Dave_B33
    @Dave_B33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have had the pleasure of hearing this performed live, and it is hard to articulate how just incredibly magical it is experiencing it live

  • @cruznthebeach
    @cruznthebeach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    100 years from now Yes music will be as revered as Bach and Beethoven

  • @texastornado7725
    @texastornado7725 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have seen Yes more than 40 times in my life and they amaze every time I see them. Different configurations of the band have different attributes but they are all amazing musicians and there will never be a band like them again. I am lucky enough to have met several of the band members throughout the years and they were all very nice and sincere people. Thanks guys for being a huge part of my life you rock.

  • @2wayplebney
    @2wayplebney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jon has the voice of an angel.

  • @angelawheller2053
    @angelawheller2053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Always one of my favourite Yes songs and they still make it magical as ever, Rock on Yes legends in their own lives

  • @danellwein8679
    @danellwein8679 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    its amazing how Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe can be in their own world at each end of the stage … and somehow … their music comes together and blends … at moments Jon and Chris and Alan are just there … that's how powerful Rick and Steve are … they are strong individuals that somehow meet and blend …

  • @dinocamella8607
    @dinocamella8607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I feel so old and I am only 60 but this music is me, the talent, the angel voice, the master keyboard and vocals bass and drums, does not get any better

    • @andrebonvallat3343
      @andrebonvallat3343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi Dino, I'm 61 now and I can only share your mind 🤗coz it's also my own opinion

    • @bonniehodgkins6879
      @bonniehodgkins6879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes Dino.....I'm 66 and Yes has been in my Soul since I saw them in concert for the first time in 1971. This is hands down, my most favorite Yes song. With tears streaming, remembering Alan and Chris....RIP

    • @Magnetron33
      @Magnetron33 ปีที่แล้ว

      No and it never will in our lifetimes

    • @Atom-56
      @Atom-56 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can’t believe you didn’t mention the contribution from Steve.

  • @wanda3004
    @wanda3004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    His voice is so spiritual and pure💫💫💫💫 angelus

  • @timmccarthy3034
    @timmccarthy3034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    brings tears to my eyes.....OMFG.........I CANNOT GET OVER HOW FANTASTIC THESE GUYS ARE...........What an inspiration to all us artists...to go way beyond the bounds we set for ourselves....to exceed our limits....WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR MINDS TO DO.....THANK YOU YES.....

    • @marktwaine9344
      @marktwaine9344 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      limits are for those that have them...