Yes - Yessongs
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Movie Reviews of Yes - Yessongs
Movie Review: a little dissappionted
Summary: 4 Stars
I was a little dissappionted.
Since I had never been to a Yes Concert, I have no base to judge a performance, except the Yes Albums,
and having seen them for one or two song TV Concerts. Well rehearsed and very tight as a Band.
This is of the Full Band with Rick Wakeman.
the Band look's animated (Coked up) except for Jon Anderson.
The video is better than I expected, the audio sounds like a VHS tape transferred to digital, and not mixed quite right
the recording captures the Band at that moment in time.
(you can never tell what internal conflicts are going on with in the Band at that time)
All the Music and each Note is in there, But the Band is not Tight.
A Yes Lover should have this. There may be a better Video of Yes in Concert.
I am looking for it.
This is a piece of History. 1972 and Andersons performance Saved this DVD for me
Movie Review: The Music is STELLAR, but....
Summary: 4 Stars
If you're a fan of the music or the album, the DVD is worthwhile.Unfortunately, the photography and the editing look like they were done by a drunken high school student.
When Steve Howe is flying through Yours is No Disgrace, we get to see Chris Squire's boots. Also featured are several close-ups of Rick Wakeman's sequins. Not to mention the overdone, smeared out effects which produce spiffy colours and little else.
Hard to tell that Alan White was part of the band from the movie.
One can only hope (pray, actually) that the original film is in a locker somewhere, waiting to be re-edited by someone who understands the usefulness of split-screen when presenting a band of virtuosos.
Mr. Howe??? Please protect your legacy. Arrange for a proper edit of this wonderful concert. I'd buy it again, if I could actually watch you play.
Movie Review: Classic, brilliant Yes (Quality is off, though)
Summary: 4 Stars
This is Yes in 1972, young, hungry and forming their progressive rock legacy. Like all the other elite English bands like ELP, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, & Led Zep, Yes is maturing, improving their stage presence and really coming into their own as a band. Each member of the band is incredibly talented, the music is brilliant prog. rock, and the energy level is amazing. I have been a huge Yes since 1975 & Yessongs was the first album I ever bought.(I wish I had a dollar for every time I played it.) Yessongs was originally shown as a movie in theaters and I can remember it like yesterday watching it at the midnight show. Sure,the weird images they show during close to the edge suck, The sound of this dvd is off and the picture is far from brilliant, but it is Yes during an amazing time in their career and a must have for a hardcore Yes fan.Movie Review: A Trip Down Memory Lane
Summary: 4 Stars
For those of us who are (ahem) over 25 this DVD is a great bit of nostalgia. They don't make bands or music like that anymore. They don't do shows like that anymore, just mikes, amps and a few lights. Rick Wakeman's keyboard rig is hilarious by today's standards.
I don't mind the grainy film quality, that adds to the overall feel of the film. I do wish someone would take the time to work on the soundtrack however. It sounds as though someone stuck a mike at the back of the auditorium, a high quality bootleg type of sound. That could be seen as a positive or negative.
Yessongs is a great look at one of the 70's great bands when they were young and hungry. "Classic" rockers, music history students, even archeologists perhaps will enjoy this trip down memory lane.
Movie Review: I'd take the DVD over the VHS version
Summary: 4 Stars
I've read some mixed reviews of the DVD vs. the VHS. So I popped both in and sync'd them up. After flipping back and forth, there's no discernable difference between the two - in regards to both sound quality and picture quality - and certainly, the DVD is no worse than the VHS. Both were taken from film reels as the originals are probably long lost. Edge goes to the DVD since it offers track selection and the trailers (not that they're much of anything though), and chances are your DVD player is wired to your stereo system. This is a very young looking Yes filmed in their prime at London's Rainbow theatre in late 1972. Not many chances of seeing this classic concert. So until a way-back machine is invented, settle for the DVD.