Jon Anderson
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Nov 2, 2026
Sean HallHOST
of many holiday favourite hits of the 70s in the UK.
Sean HallHOST
So, you know, this was their last album and it was basically written with some conflict going on between band members and the record company because, you know, they'd moved away from a sort of psychedelic pop type background to this sort of, well, basically trying to put the book of Revelation in the Bible to music, you know, shades of John Anderson there, you know.
Sean HallHOST
It's basically, it always reminds me of a counterculture version of Jesus Christ Superstar, this album.
Sean HallHOST
And it's meant to be, the theme of it is a circus show based on the apocalypse.
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Tim AppletonHOST
But, you know, also enormously intricate musical constructions.
Tim AppletonHOST
It doesn't matter how many times I always think, it doesn't matter how many times you hear this.
Tim AppletonHOST
uh how many times you hear each of these pieces they still creep up on you because of their complexity you know and the paradigm of course is the title track which is like a chinese box i think so yeah i think um you know to take a leaf out of john anderson's book i think this is this might be the closest progressive rock gets the god you know and
Sean HallHOST
on that bombshell
Gabe ScaloneGUEST
Yeah, he was a genius.
Gabe ScaloneGUEST
So I'm going to start off with Elias of Sun Hollow by John Anderson.
Ben EisenHOST
You familiar? I've heard the name.
Ben EisenHOST
I feel like I know Laurie Anderson.
Ben EisenHOST
I don't think I know John Anderson, actually.
Gabe ScaloneGUEST
Wait, Johnny Anderson was the lead singer of Yes.
Gabe ScaloneGUEST
Oh, that guy.
Gabe ScaloneGUEST
But, of course, our hero realizes that humans' inability to live together is the greatest danger, and through the power of music, he pacifies the tribes and settles them on a new planet.
Kevin MulryneHOST
A conversation with keyboard legend Oliver Wegman.
Jon AndersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hi, this is John Anderson.
Jon AndersonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You're listening to Yes Music Podcast.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Welcome to episode 743 of the Yes Music Podcast, two fans' exploration of the world's greatest progressive rock band.
Kevin MulryneHOST
A new Rick Wakeman concert video released from the Starmus 8 Festival, where his composition illustrating Stephen Hawking's words was performed for the one and only time, I
Oliver WakemanGUEST
believe.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Happy birthday to John Anderson.
Kevin MulryneHOST
82 this week.
David LloydGUEST
Now, the other, I mean, it's great for Bob that the other, the lad who I played football with, I played pontoon for haters with, and he delivered the milk on a horse and cart, was the lead singer of Yes.
David LloydGUEST
Okay, John Anderson.
David LloydGUEST
John Anderson lived just up the street from us.
David LloydGUEST
He lived next door to a fellow called Ike Morris.
David LloydGUEST
He mended hoovers.
MichaelHOST
I
BernieHOST
think that track, it's called Looking Around, is showed very early indications of their career path with the distinctive voice of John Anderson, the vocal harmonies, the strong reliance on keyboards.
BernieHOST
But...
BernieHOST
Relatively short, Michael.
BernieHOST
It's an interesting first album.
BernieHOST
They were really just working out their sound.
BernieHOST
And John Anderson, I think it must be the age of 80, is still going strong.
BernieHOST
He's hooked up with American musicians called The Band Geeks, right? And they're now doing world tours, just doing the Yes Classics from the 70s.
Lou GrammGUEST
But Capitol Records decided that they weren't going to do it, and they dropped us from the label.
Alec BaldwinHOST
I've had on my podcast, we've done Joe Jackson, John Anderson from Yes, Michael Stipe, Barry Gibb, Roger Daltrey.
Alec BaldwinHOST
I've had so many great singers.
Alec BaldwinHOST
And one of the things that comes back to with nearly all of them, actually, I was surprised, was performing or singing in a chorus when they were a child.
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course, Foreigner's smash hit, I Wanna Know What Love Is, from their 1984 album Agent Provocateur.
Alec BaldwinHOST
That same year, a band that built its name on prog rock reinvented itself and landed a surprising chart topper.
Alec BaldwinHOST
With John Anderson on lead vocals, Yes reached number one with Owner of a Lonely Heart.
Alec BaldwinHOST
Here's my 2017 conversation with the voice of Yes, John Anderson.
Alex IvyHOST
And he was so effective at navigating that specific sweet spot that legendary rock bands actually started bringing him in as a consultant.
Allison InvernessHOST
Yeah, he worked closely with the band Yes, dealing directly with Chris Squire and John Anderson.
Allison InvernessHOST
And the dynamic was fascinating because British management often had absolutely no clue who their American consumers were.
Allison InvernessHOST
They would look at market trends and say, oh, disco is exploding in the U.S. right now.
Tim AppletonHOST
I suppose we should also remind ourselves that this is Yes's classic line-up, according to most evaluations.
Tim AppletonHOST
We've got the singer, John Anderson, who wrote the track itself with the guitarist, Steve Howe.
Tim AppletonHOST
We've got Rick Wakeman on keyboards, Chris Squire on bass, and Bill Bruford on drums.
Tim AppletonHOST
I feel sure that they all contributed arrangement points.
Tim AppletonHOST
But I suppose there could be a dialectic here, right? So in other words, the essential contingency of life, the river, represents the fact that things go on forever.
Tim AppletonHOST
In other words, contingency is unchanging, right? It could also, I suppose, represent the divine source of life.
Tim AppletonHOST
I expect that's how John Anderson, the singer and main songwriter, interprets it.
Tim AppletonHOST
Personally speaking, what it represents to me is, I suppose, is the void, right? However one defines that, you know.
Jay FarrarHOST
That's right.
Jay FarrarHOST
With John Anderson from Yes.
Jay FarrarHOST
Yes, sir.
Jay FarrarHOST
And by the way, it's John Anderson's birthday today.
Jay FarrarHOST
Yes.
Jay FarrarHOST
Happy
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birthday to John.
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How old is he?
ChrisHOST
birthdays this week david i think we got a good amount take it away
DavidHOST
all right chad smith of the red hot chili peppers was born in 1962 on the 25th matthias jabs of the scorpions born 1955 and 25th glenn tipton of judas priest born in 1949 on the 25th john anderson of yes born in 1944 on the 25th kenneth kk downing of judas priest born in 51 on the 27th william reed of jesus and mary chain born in 58 on the 28th g stephen morris of new order born 57 of the 28th uh roger o'donnell of the cure born in 1955 on the 29th kevin dubrow Of Quiet Riot, born in 1955, also on the 29th.
DavidHOST
Gavin Rosdale of Bush, 1967, on the 30th.
DavidHOST
Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, born 1960, on the 30th.
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