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Movie Reviews of Yes 9012 Live
Movie Review: DVD Marks the Rabin songwriting era.
Summary: 3 Stars
The reality is, the fans that came to know YES formally through 90125, the album, did not stick around much after this period of Yes mainly because it was Pop Rock. Rabin wrote some simple rock songs during a period when Alan White and Chris Squire were without Wakeman, Anderson and Howe. Anderson re-joined to sing on top of the Rabin tunes and add very minimal ideas. It worked for a short time, but those who supported Yes and Know their earlier history see at this time period, a decline of longer thought out material. More emphasis seemed to be on rhythm rather than intricate melodies. Rabin was not a particularly good guitarist and some of those albums, including the last in the series called "Talk" are very very weak and do not hold up to the classic Yes Lineup and the "Talk" tour was actually cut short. Yes Music in the traditional sense represented battles of ideas and riffs, democracy of all musicians in the group. In saying this, the DVD is well produced and does include a director's cut minus the 50's embellishments. Also, the documentaries are excellent and you get a chance to hear a pretty in-depth look at how each of the members interpreted how Yes evolved. Also a very interesting look at Tony Kaye. He made some interesting comments including when he was originally fired from the band. Many people don't realize that Brian Lane, Yes's second manager bartered future royalities for a lump sum payment for members who were leaving and this was the case with Tony. This DVD is good for nostalgia but doesn't go to the soul of the band's fruitful music period. This DVD captures Yes at the height of the "Owner of a Lonely Heart" period.
When I was a teenager in the 80's, I first heard Yes from the Close to the Edge, and Going for the One Albums. I slowly went through their catalog up to that point. Yes music demanded time to listen and if your mind was open, you were taken on a journey of feeling. When Yes re-appeared back in 1982 with Rabin, I could feel immediately that this was not a band project and I began to feel a longing for Howe and Wakeman to re-appear.
Movie Review: Great Yes show - but DVD has annoying audio shortfalls
Summary: 3 Stars
It is indeed appalling that this DVD only offers only a choice of a rather phony sounding 5.1 surround or really unimpressive 2.0 (at least not 1.0) mono - because there was a truly superb stereo mix on the original HiFi VHS. The stereo soundtrack is what has made the VHS so enjoyable to watch time and again over the years.
Another big problem is that the 5.1 track is much too quiet when compared to the mono alternative - and that's just poor engineering on someone's part. I usually only adjust my PC surround system volume by using the PC's mixer, but for this DVD I had to manually crank up the master volume in order to get enough punch to feel impressed (and then remember to turn it back down to suit any other DVD with an average volume output).
An A-B comparison shows that the video quality of the DVD is a distinct improvement on the VHS - and it is good to have the optional version without the Charlex Digital video effects. Somehow, though, I feel that they added a positive kitsch appeal (being state of the art at the time) - and the powerful performance of the band is what shines through in any event.
The "Starship Trooper" finale is worth the purchase price on it's own - but has the best effect if you've travelled through the preceding tracks.
All round though I'd suggest that owners of the HiFi stereo VHS might be better off doing a transfer to DVD-R and saving their pennies for some other Yes DVD offering.
Movie Review: good dvd...but could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
The concert was a good one. Many Yes fans complain about the era, but I feel there was some good stuff put out at the time. A little more commercial...true...but still OK.
The big problem is what they did and did not include in the DVD. I can't stand the video "enhancements". Stick with the concert. It's so annoying that I'm tempted to fast forward the sections where they go off on those video tangents.
Also, some of the best performances, IMHO, were from the solos record. Totally underrated. Including those solos would have been awesome.
So...minus a star for the video crap and minus another star for not including the solos.
Movie Review: Great Video, Audio is Painful in 2.0
Summary: 3 Stars
I still have this on VHS and the audio is much better on VHS. I'm not a fan of watching DVD concerts in 5.1 since concerts are not 5.1 when you're there live. They could've done better on the audio.
Aside from that, I am still happy they finally released this on DVD as my VHS is getn thin.
I sill like the Trvor Rabin era of yes better as it is so much more progressive.
Movie Review: January 1, 2010? might as well be Jan 1, 90125!
Summary: 3 Stars
2010??
This isn't even released for 5 years? What's the point in listing it now?
Holy heck, it's a terrific concert, so why does it take so long to put out something that a lot of us are clammoring for?
What a terrible disservice to long time Yes fans.