The Video Age

Yes and promotional clips were always uneasy bedfellows. But in 1983, with MTV all-important, the band had no choice but to embrace the video revolution, with varying results…

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Yes filmed four videos to promote the singles from 90125. For Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis was selected to direct. Teasing us with a live performance of the first verse and chorus, we are then plunged into an expansive dystopian thriller featuring British character actor Danny Webb. The band, including a guest appearance from Eddie Jobson, are involved, transforming into animals. It’s wildly expensive and pretentious as hell, but even so, it’s been viewed 47 million times on YouTube. With Kaye back, a second video for the song was filmed on the cheap; this time the band performed in a studio desert set. With the budget stretching only to four stuffed parrots, this version seems to have been disowned by everyone, with good reason. With the…

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