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ellyssianOne of my favorite Yes tunes is Owner Of A Lonely Heart
from 1983's 90125
. The video for that, ground breaking as it was, especially given the extended length of the original clip, doesn't seem to be found anywhere on YouTube. I'm sure the record company executives are thrilled that they put all that money into it, hooked people on it, and now won't let it be seen.
Of course, since I officially ended the Yes set yesterday, the video we're going to watch is a solo clip of Jon Anderson. Now, when most artists leave a group and go and do a solo album, there's generally 2-200 other musicians involved in that solo effort - Jon's no different, having released albums in a variety of formats from duets (billed as such) to rock bands with orchestral accompaniment. This performance here, however, really is a solo performance: Jon, a guitar, and a microphone. It's interesting to hear how this song sounds stripped down - minus all the synth effects, the textured guitars, the layers and layers of vocals.
from 1983's 90125. The video for that, ground breaking as it was, especially given the extended length of the original clip, doesn't seem to be found anywhere on YouTube. I'm sure the record company executives are thrilled that they put all that money into it, hooked people on it, and now won't let it be seen. Of course, since I officially ended the Yes set yesterday, the video we're going to watch is a solo clip of Jon Anderson. Now, when most artists leave a group and go and do a solo album, there's generally 2-200 other musicians involved in that solo effort - Jon's no different, having released albums in a variety of formats from duets (billed as such) to rock bands with orchestral accompaniment. This performance here, however, really is a solo performance: Jon, a guitar, and a microphone. It's interesting to hear how this song sounds stripped down - minus all the synth effects, the textured guitars, the layers and layers of vocals.
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Date: 2009-01-20 12:49 am (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4EHB67gVPE longer version. Better quality video, no karaoke, but also no audio.
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Date: 2009-01-20 02:20 am (UTC)On the second one: that's YouTube being proactive about the music industry not wanting to promote the bands and sell any albums. The more I see takedown notices and crippled video, the less I want to have anything to do with YouTube or anything produced by a record company that pulls this crap on promotional videos.
Some of the labels allow the stuff to be out there, but prevent embedding which is pretty much the same thing: you're stopping the video from being viewed, your preventing the artist from reaching the audience.