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What really pulls me into the song is how the intro sounds are all blown out and the reverb is big, washy... then the full band kicks in and the mix dries up, super tight and crisp. Def Leppard gives way to Supertramp. Heavy contrasts everywhere. Unafraid, genius.

I could listen to him all day! I love Trevor!!

Very interesting. It went on to be the biggest hit of the band. They needed fresh, refresh… and this was the air that launched them again. YES , with modern feel. And still absolutely brilliant music.

Wow! From using a Stewart Copeland sound on the snare to shooting the eagle in the sky, what a great & insightful interview this was. Much Thanx!

Trevor Horn is an absolute musical genius. An accomplished musician AND producer.

I am so glad Trevor’s ideas prevailed. To me, This album still is one of the tightest and most enjoyable sonic mixes ever. I used to use this song, and ‘Oh Yeah’ by Yello, to make my mid level stereo system - sound phenomenal - as everything just seemed to jump to life. When this album hit the airwaves, it demonstrated that Yes was back in big way… and not afraid to take chances, which really is what they were always known for. I was so happy they were back too. A Great vid here. I really enjoyed this. Cheers.

One of the most innovative songs at the time. The synths. Like he said the Synclavier was a very expensive unit. Way before laptop shit. Like a $100,000 machine. The samples of an orchestra which could be triggered with one note. Great editing great mix and very different from what YES did previously which was more prof rock. This was pop but intelligent kudos!!

Very interesting interview. Trevor Horn was obviously the driving force behind “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”. Good thing they had him on board.

It's difficult to fathom that one of the most perfect rock/pop songs of all time was fraught with so much acrimony in its creation. And despite the tremendous success that YES enjoyed in the late 60s and much of the 70s, OWNER OF A LONELY HEART would eclipse everything that came before it. Go figure. I was a diehard YES fan in the 70s but every time I hear OOALHeart my brain is flooded with dopamine. It's just that good.

Ha! Jon told Rick Beato the “move yourself” sparse lyrics were his idea - It sounds like there was a lot of ego clashes going on. The band really fought over 90125, but the album stands alone as a masterpiece in my book.

OWNER is an amazing tune. I was 14 when I bought 90125 (to have that particular song) and had no idea Yes was first a prog rock band. After hearing Chris Squire I decided I wanted to play bass like him. But honestly...that mix! Mr. Horn, I’m glad you saw this diamond in the rough and did your job above and beyond as this song opened up the doors and created a new generation of yes fans. Bravo sir!

Still sounds amazing as does everything he touched in the early part of the 80's.

The more I hear about the Trevor Rabin era of Yes the more impossible it seems that it ever happened. An incredible series of accidents.

I love the honesty. Besides all the creative differences, when something simply works out, it is the most amazing thing ever. Like this song. And the album. Let's not forget the album!

What a great story. Trevor makes epic albums.

brillant guy, and his amreican rock mockeries are priceless - it is delightful to see someone talking freely and totally undiplomatic )

Wow, I didn't know Trevor was such a great interview! Great story-teller

Trevor Horn, producer legend!!

Chris Squire what a Master.

i love how the interviewer knows to just let this genius talk. that is often an underrated skill.

Funny that you heard this song during a bio-break because I heard Trevor Rabin say he came up with the main riff in the bathroom.

The thing that I always like about Trevor Horn’s production was that he embraces technology without becoming a slave to it.

Priceless knowledge... Thank you.

90125 is one of their best albums. They managed to put pop and prog together hiding the prog part quite well. Asia with Steve Howe did the same thing and also a great album.

THIS was The SHIT in DETROIT in the 80's on Black radio!

Totally awesome. Have been a fan since that era when I was a wee one, never heard this story. I always wondered how all of that worked out with the member changes from Drama into 90125 and particularly how so many of those sounds on Owner were accomplished. I'm both Prog and Pop Yes fan; their prog stuff is amazing, but their pop era remains way under appreciated; 90125 was excellent and Big Generator was effin spectacular. Every single song on both albums.

15 percent of the publishing for owner of a lonely heart? Not Bad. Well worth it and great job.

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" was one of the earliest Pop songs to use sampling. The intro drums is originally from "Kool Is Back" by Indianapolis, Indiana based band Funk Inc.

If he walked right by me on the street, I would never recognize him ....he's forever etched in my mind as the guy with the funny goggle/glasses in Buggles , singing 'Video Killed The Radio Star' ....... the glory days of MTV ...... those were such kick ass times ...

This is seriously great sh!t for Yes fans. I need this whole interview along with an accompanying live performance of each song they talk about on a DVD now!!

One of the best producers of all time, would love to have a beer or two with that man

What a great interview. Such a timeless song. Recently I saw a clip showing the isolated cowbell track. It’s hard to hear in the mix, but now that I know that there is cowbell, I can’t not hear it. I wonder if Trevor Horn said to the band,“I gotta have more cowbell!”

Thanks to this insight I have a newfound appreciation for Yes most overplayed song, Horn one-upping Anderson's rebuke & pompous lyrics by "Shooting the white eagle in the sky", I never got the reference until now, that's a different level of genius 👌

Trevor is really talented..I love his stuff..

Trevor Horn is a genius, no comment...but despite his humour, the other Trevor, Rabin, finally became a higher genius, in production skills...check it on Talk from Yes, by linking a bunch of macs...The calling, Walls or Endless Dream are much higher works than this, and what to say about his last work, Jacaranda...a masterwork.

thanks for the last truly magical Christmas i remember, this song was in that sound track.

I've never thought of the term manly to describe that riff.

I never knew that bit about them "shooting" the eagle in the sky. Epic!

Good thing Trevor didn't listen to his wife! He produced the best selling Yes album in their career, fuck yes! 90125 is a masterpiece!

The two Trevors together are a force to be reckoned with. I wish that they could make an album or two together. Not necessarily as a YES album.

Love it!

Fascinating insight.

And I thought the album revealed a different side to Yes but it clearly wasn't the case, they wanted a more traditional familiar sound, it's a great track though and largely thanks to Trevor Horn's determination.

Awesome !! He obviously was correct, since Owner was their only hit single. Love the part about the Eagle in the sky, had me in stitches !

Horn was great in Yes, and great for Yes as their producer on this album.

....and I was horrified when I heard Trevor Horn was collaborating with Yes. I thought Yes would turn into a version of The Buggles. Wow was I wrong!

Well in the end both Rabin and Horn got their way, their are parts (like in the intro) with HUGE drum sounds (in fact comically huge) and then the it settles down to a simple beat.

Trevor Horn is to me close to god as a producer. And he is obviously a nice person, who can tell great stories with fascinating details. I just wonder why almost everyone he worked with sued him afterwards.

Trev, you're a marvellous laugh!!!!!!!! :-D Fantastic Rabin impersonation!!!!!! Aye!!!!! Looooooooooooove!!!! "Ya don't wanna go dancin', ya won't even answer the phone" is just MAGIC!!!!! How on earth did you create that in your mind while doing 'a Trevor Rabin'??? You're a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!! To the other Trev: aye, you WERE too American-ish indeed, come on laddie........ ;-)

Luv!!!

brilliant

And always thinking that they used the Fairlight CMI and now i learn it was the Synclavier for the samples. Poor me.

Great story.

Frankie goes to Hollywood owes this man their career basically.

One of my favorite songs.

that is the funniest sequence..lol.... surprised any record got finished.

The 1st track I heard from the newly reformed YES was on the radio, 93.3 WMMR (Philadelphia), and it was "Our Song" from 90125. Which is strange given the success of Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Never heard this many details! Some of these are pretty funny too!

Thanks a lot for sharing but it's CUT right in the middle of his vivid description of it. Is there a part 2?!

The interviewer seems bitter and charm free. Trevor Horn is FUCKING AMAZING.

Funny how Anderson, Horn, and Rabin all tell this story just a bit differently. Great piece of Yes history!

It's interesting how Yes, of all bands, made 2 decade defining songs in entirely different styles.

I’ve always loved Owner of a Lonely Heart not as a Yes song but as a game changer in modern music, for better or for worse. It really shows the difference between band composition and producer composition. The programming and pasting of all the instruments was very new for the time. Nowadays it’s child’s play. Did Trevor Horn create the sound of the future? Yes. For the better? Debatable.

Couldn't they get the poor guy a lav mic?

Fascinating, thanks.

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everytime i think Trevor horn I think The Art of Noise

WHERE IS THE REST!?

He also was the lead singer of yes

Odd that Horn had a problem with an eagle, there was an eagle mentioned twice in Make It Easy.

This man is a great great producer. It’s a pity he didn’t produce the first Propaganda album (A Secret Wish). I know I know, he was producing Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Still, a great album.

...the mind buggles!

Growing up in the 70s with an older brother, I grew to love Relayer, Tales From Topographic Oceans and Close to the Edge. So in high school when 90125 came out, I hated it. The music seemed so boring and commercial. Now in my 50s I have grown to appreciate the album and realized I was wrong for judging the "Changes" Yes made, pardon the pun. (Also, Tormato, Drama and Going for the One were records that I loved.)

So who produced Friends of Mr Cairo?

Shouldn't somebody bring up a certain Tito Puente composition at some point? The guitar riff from Owner did not come out of thin air!

Very funny!

Owner of Exchange and Mart.

Eagle in the sky gunshot, worth the listen

Mr. Red Bull sure seems to be having trouble with his sleeves

From the neck down, I would swear it was my Dad...

Where’s the rest?

3:11...michael rutherford?

6:20 he keeps repeating the name "Mutt Langer". He really doesn't know his name is Mutt Lange?

I love Trevor Horn but has he ever heard of Peter Hook? I'm referring to his comment 3:12 nobody has come close to playing melodic bass.

3:04 Somewhere out there Peter Hook from New Order spit out his soup when this was said.

Drama needs a follow up!! ...,,.....please!?!?!?

Did he almost refer to Iron Maiden as an example of "big American rock"?

Video really did kill the radio star back in the day. MTV really made a lot of bands, no question.

The original demo is "sooo" bad. But like Trevor said, it had a great riff.

www.sodajerker.com/episode-131-trevor-horn/

And I knew they were influenced by Police then.

Gotta disagree about Chris Squire being the only bass player to melodic parts. He's a brilliant bass player and Trevor is right about him. However, Mike Porcaro of Toto, was also a brilliant Bass player who could play melodic bass. Sadly both Chris and Mike have passed away.

I am a Camera

Mutt Langer?

Subtitles, please! :'(

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Mutt Lange(R) .... really?

Why does Jon Anderson hate Trevor Horn & The Art Of Noise bandmates so much? 90125 is a masterpiece & for me Leave It & Hearts are the best songs, on the L.P. I mean Leave It is on par with Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody for godsakes. Horn is not kidding when he said he’s the Hot Producer during 1982/83, he produced 90125 - Yes, Duck Rock - Malcolm McLaren, Who’s Afraid Of The Art Of Noise - Art Of Noise, Lexicon Of Love - ABC & Welcome To a the Pleasuredome- Frankie Goes To Hollywood, my god, all 5 of these acts all have there own sound, Horn was producer of the year in 83’, just astounding.....just saying with that resume, I would think Anderson would love to have worked with him, maybe because Horn is so heavy in studio trickery & yes very prog & musicianship over technology that Horn & Anderson collided in the studio also maybe because Horn sang lead on the Drama album & Anderson has issues with that, not sure....I think Trevor would do wonders producing a solo LP for Anderson but that will never happen I’m sure🥲

It's a nice insight to a song that certainly has created and divided Yes fans for 30 years. As far as the low blow Horn made about Anderson? I can believe how JA would be prone to want to add lyrics. He's singing the fucking song, no? Horn is a little bit underhanded.