Jon Anderson

[Muteswan]

Vocalist with Yes. 80 years old today. Happy Birthday.

 

[MajorR]

Loved this song back in the day.

 

[Darran]

I saw him once,he was superb but I couldn’t get over how small he was.

 

[monmouth]

I saw him once,he was superb but I couldn’t get over how small he was.

He’s a right bossy bugger too. Small man syndrome.

Superb singer. Not really a lot around like him and they’ve had no one of his quality imitating him. Ditto Howe, Squire, Wakeman, Bruford. Shame they ended up getting on each others musical tits after close to the edge, and then tfto.

 

[Robbie]

As with Pink Floyd and Yes another musical journey I never got myself , other did .
Did have Dark side of the Moon in my collection once , think everybody had that LP once .

Back then it was Led Zep , Sabbath and Deep Purple on my 33 rpm turntable .

Rick Wakeman on the clips I have seen of him still puts on a good show and entertains , nice one .

Steve Howe was part ot the Supergroup culture of the 80s ASIA with Carl Palmer in the mix .
That all went wrong over musical differences and he left that project .

Jon Anderson celebrating his 80th birhday is great news to some of us oldies .

 

[Squarebear]

As I age I'm perhaps becoming more tolerant of his ethereal vocals, though in my youth I regarded him as the weak link in that band. I felt his voice was at least an octave too high to be a rock singer. Plus his near-constant waving at the audience was bewilderingly cheesy.

Eighty, though? Sheesh. That'll put an end to any stage-diving ambitions he might've been harbouring.

 

[Pegojack]

One of my all time musical heroes, his voice has been the sound track to my life in some respects.
I'm currently getting a bit of a kick from watching U Tube and the younger people who run channels where they listen to for the first time, and react to, classic rock music. Particularly an American couple in their mid twenties called Nick'nLex really getting into and becoming huge fans of Yes. Watching their first time reactions and comments to the Holy Trinity of Yes albums (The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge) gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Twenty somethings acknowledging and being moved by the sheer greatness of fifty year old albums which have been my constant companions for all that time.
Superbien, as we say in Spain.

 

[Muteswan]

As I age I'm perhaps becoming more tolerant of his ethereal vocals, though in my youth I regarded him as the weak link in that band. I felt his voice was at least an octave too high to be a rock singer. Plus his near-constant waving at the audience was bewilderingly cheesy.

Eighty, though? Sheesh. That'll put an end to any stage-diving ambitions he might've been harbouring.

I have a similar ongoing issue with Geddy Lee of Rush. I just can’t take to his voice. The music is fine, but…

 

[Muteswan]

One of my all time musical heroes, his voice has been the sound track to my life in some respects.
I'm currently getting a bit of a kick from watching U Tube and the younger people who run channels where they listen to for the first time, and react to, classic rock music. Particularly an American couple in their mid twenties called Nick'nLex really getting into and becoming huge fans of Yes. Watching their first time reactions and comments to the Holy Trinity of Yes albums (The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge) gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Twenty somethings acknowledging and being moved by the sheer greatness of fifty year old albums which have been my constant companions for all that time.
Superbien, as we say in Spain.

A similar journey to me. Yes are still on my main playlist when driving, I grew up with them from their first album and through my years of listening to all very diverse genres always come back to Yes.

 

[J_B]

A similar journey to me. Yes are still on my main playlist when driving, I grew up with them from their first album and through my years of listening to all very diverse genres always come back to Yes.

And me.
Incidentally, I saw Steve Hackett a couple of weeks ago. Playing a lot of The Lamb and Selling England. It was simply magnificent.

 

[monmouth]

A similar journey to me. Yes are still on my main playlist when driving, I grew up with them from their first album and through my years of listening to all very diverse genres always come back to Yes.

I’ll be listening to ABWH doing an evening of Yes music and their own ‘brother of mine’ (what a track) on the first 10 miles of the Stroud half marathon tomorrow. The last three miles will be the Jam to try and speed me up a bit.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I don't get all this music stuff, its not that I don't enjoy some of the stuff I hear, I like watching the Glastonbury weekends etc, but to actually sit down with with headphones on listening to stuff is not for me, I have done it on occasions over the years and I do listen to the odd track on YouTube, but that's about it.

 

[Robbie]

I’ll be listening to ABWH doing an evening of Yes music and their own ‘brother of mine’ (what a track) on the first 10 miles of the Stroud half marathon tomorrow. The last three miles will be the Jam to try and speed me up a bit.

The Jam in their pomp through their music could kick butt .
Weller in his next career stage I thought went a bit dour and boring sadly .

Keep on Running by Spencer Davis Group got me across the Swansea 10k finishing line .

Good luck with your efforts in the half too .

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I’ve always found Yes and their various offshoots to be indescribably tedious. Maybe if they could extricate themselves from their own backsides they’d be ok. Owner of a lonely heart is a decent little ditty. Each to their own though.

 

[Epaul]

Yes are a big No for me just can't do it, althought I do love all the old classic rock, you name em I love em