OUR FIRST REACTION TO Yes - Close to the Edge | COUPLE REACTION (BMC Request)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2021
- See how Nick (🇩🇪) and Lex (🇺🇸/🇲🇽) listen to this long-awaited song by a band they should be more familiar with, but their parents never introduced them to this heavy-prog! Thank you for guiding us down this amazing rabbit-hole!
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This is one of, if not the greatest prog/rock album ever recorded.
Rick Wakeman once wrote, Jon Anderson wanted to change the planet whilst living on another one...
As chaotic and jam-session like the opening to Close to the Edge sounds, after you've heard the song many hundreds of times, the chaos disappears and you really begin to feel that every note was perfectly planned and executed. Truly Yes's masterpiece that sets the bar for all of prog rock!
Two possibly scary things about bassist Chris Squire's playing on this album: He was only 23 when this got recorded, and, even in that passage after the pipe organ section, where he is absolutely DESTROYING the bass line, he was playing that with a plectrum (he did not do finger picking on the bass).
This is not a song. This is a work of Art that operates and many levels.I believe they changed the world . I know they changed mine!
Steve Howe came on the scene and immediately won Guitar Player Magazine's "Best Overall Guitarist" award the next 5 years in a row, which then retired him from future contention in tribute.
CHRIS SQUIRE plays the bass and is the reason why you have heard of Geedy Lee because without Yes, there is no Rush...
Yes. Very good. Now listen to them again. Full album. In their entirety. No pauses. No distractions. Like we did. Back in the day. In your room. Lights off. In our cars. Cruisin. Jammin. Sometimes high. Sometimes trippin. It only gets better with time.
As a Bach fan, I was so happy to see you recognize the chord progressions influenced by his Toccata and Fugue. You know your stuff.
Us old folks are so grateful you find "our" music pleasing, it truly is rare.
The other side of the album is outstanding too...it has two masterpieces: 'Siberian Khatru' and 'And You and I'. Both songs are alittle more straight-forward songs. They used Siberian Khatru to open their live shows for a long time--it really rocks. Also, I have to also mention the song 'Awaken' like a lot of people are suggesting in these comments. I believe some of the band members have said it may be the ultimate Yes song....i would say they are right....
The birds 🐦 at the beginning!!! The green lights at the concert, YES on a rotating round stage at Madison Square Garden , NYC! WOW!!!!
Always cracks me up to see Nick do his "bass face" while he mimes plucking the bass strings with his fingers! Chris Squire plays bass with a pick, Nick! ;)
I know this is a year old video, but I double dipped and I have to say this is my favorite track from YES, the title track, Close to the edge. I think of it as a classical format, with various movements in the piece. The main melodic themes are restated over again in slightly different forms. It's basically variations on a theme. The musicianship is outstanding. The execution is exceptional. The creativity is over the top. You can spend a lifetime exploring the depth of this song, and not reach the bottom of the well, and yet, it wouldn't be a life wasted. I can't listen to this without crying.
What's mind boggling is that they performed this entire piece night after night live
Bill Bruford the drummer joined King Crimson after this album.. he's an incredible drummer!!
I'm 64 years old. I first heard this in the fall of 1972 when I was 14. It has been my all time favorite song ever since. I still get emotional every time I hear it. This truly was their magnum opus. They came close to it a few times but never quite reached this peak again. Closest they came to it was "Gates Of Delirium" from their 1974 album "Relayer." Thanks for sharing your reaction to this music.
An absolute MASTERPIECE!!! Their finest moment of MANY.......an incredible band......
You're not alone. I'm a 61 year old man and I still get emotional during I Get Up 45 years after hearing it the first time
"And You and I" Yes's most ethereal and beautiful song of their entire catalog. Do it.