The first two chords just say "Everything's going to be alright". Then you listen to the whole song and think "With beauty like this in the world you're probably right".
The beautiful, misty, romantic haze of the seventies in one gorgeous, timeless song. Privileged to have seen this live with this very lineup. Unforgettable.
The only time I saw this band do a live performance was on public broadcast TV in the United States but have been listening to them since their Inception Bill Booth Bruce Buford and Chris Squire totally unbeatable John Anderson and Steve Howe my 70s Heroes always wanted to be in that band as a bass player rest their souls and long live yes
Jon Anderson's voice reaches an astral plane in this wonderful song. And along with the incredible musicianship of the band, this one will stay at the very top for me.
I saw YES in 1979 and it was one of the most memorable performances that I have ever seen. Rick Wakeman was dressed in silver and looked like a mad wizard. Steve Howe was absolutely masterful, Chris Squire was equally masterful and dwarfed his bass, and Jon Anderson broke my heart that night - me being female, I was mesmerized by his voice and the fact that he didn't leap about and cavort as did so many singers of that era. Anderson connected with his audience and gave his voice to them - each of them - as an ethereal and spiritual gift. I fell hopelessly in love and I've loved him ever since. RIP Peter, Chris, and Alan........
@@rustyknyffe88 Beautifully expressed. I remember that silver wizard outfit. Was that during the same 'Going For The One' Tour? I "fell in Love" with Chris Squire that night. Totally mesmerized by him. One of the Best Concerts of a lifetime. But, THIS song...Ohhh💔🥲
It was an August morning in 1977. I just left work as a dishwasher in a Diner. I was 16 years old.. It was about 7 a.m. I was cutting through the woods with my portable radio with the weather band. I recalled in my cigarette pack was a Toe Tapper. Sitting on a log in the forrest early in the morning getting high and I first heard this song. Remember it well 44 years later!
I've got a dishwasher in my kitchen. It only smokes if I overload it. These days you'd be called a Crockery Refurbishment Executive and paid half as much. All the same, I have this image of you sitting there all those years ago. Hope you've quit smoking since....
I love YES because they always conjure up fantastic scenes and amazing places in my imagination...and Roger Dean just helps it along the way! Pure musical heaven....
His voice is amazing even today! This whole melody is absolutely gorgeous as is the beautiful floating keyboard solo! Watching these guys do what they do best is why they've always been my favorite prog band!
A trip back in time, I was 11 in 1977 and went to Gordon Boys School boarding in Woking where I was basically a fetch and carry for the Head of Gravesend House. He was a decent human and in his room I heard this for the first time. His room was covered in Yes posters which were all fantasy landscapes. I had not heard this for years but fml life what beautiful harmonies......
Magic,that just isn't heard nowadays in 2023, Thank goodness I'm old enough to appreciate this,and still enjoy listening to these beautifully created tunes 👌🙏
I'm 64. Saw Yes in early 70s once in MSG in NYC. The other was JFK stadium in Philly with Pink Floyd and Frampton. Yes closed the show, light show was epic.
I cried when i heard this again after a very long time. My life has gone and slipped away....just living my daily life and this brought back my youth, my childhood and my remembrances of my family. Alas.
Hi I feel like that too. Kids today have no idea about music. I am 57 and I wonder the same...I guess the only thing we can be grateful for us knowing this music.
@@paperchain1239 It is true. Kids know nothing about the REAL music at all. I´m 59 and we LIVED with this music by our hearts. When I was 17 and listened Yes song called Soon from their album Relayer, I ´ve cried as a child.
Their voices are irreplaceable. The combination of Anderson and Squire singing together is one of the greatest things the twentieth century ever produced.
I lost my best friend to suicide in 1993 and Yes was her all time favorite band. Whenever I hear this song, I think of my friend and miss her dearly. She was A Wondrous Story and she is forever missed as well as forever young. Listening to Yes will always remind me of her.
As long as you tell her wondrous stories and speak her name she will never die. Someone told me when I lost by 27 year old son they told me that he will truly die when his name is no longer said. Don’t do that to your dear friend.
Musicians nowadays care even more about their craft. Just look at King Gizzard, the guys behind the potential future of music, period (thanks, microtones).
Just clicked on this and tears came to my eyes. I was thrown back to a great time in my life, my teenage years when I was discovering so much wonderful music, because so much wonderful music was being made at that time.
I think I was 14 also. My 2 older brothers listened to Tull, Floyd, Genesis, Supertramp but Yes were my obsession for a while. Feel so blessed to grow up in that period.
Yes simply created the most melodic imaginative music of all time. They'll be spoken of 200 years from now as we speak of Beethoven, Bach and Mozart today.
My very first concert was Yes. I was 8. My parents were fans and I think I was the only kid at that show. This was also my moms favourite song and she played it often. It’s strange having listened to this music so young. It’s ingrained in my soul and hearing it now it’s so loaded with emotion and memories. I’m so glad my parents introduced me to great music.
@@finalflowerchild I would like to add Kansas to that list. They have always captured me and brought me to a place that's both from the past and future at the same time. They have a certain grandeur and regal nature to many of their lyrics and arrangements. Yes is not one up or below them but beautiful altogether. Blessings to you Victoria!
Yes drama was my first lift into the stratophere, even though Jon wasn’t there it opened a new world. And then to see him with yes in the round at msg, his melodic voice, Chris, Steve and Rick blew me away stil yo this day. I don’t try and explain it, you weren’t there. Long live yed
I literally got chills watching Wakeman's fingers tickle the ivories with such virtuosity. To say Yes is loaded with talent is beyond an understatement!
Born in 1945 can say that this track must take its place as one of the finest pieces of popular music ever written or performed. Know we all hear things differently but this is magic.
Although you are 19 years older than me, I was the youngest of 4, and my oldest brother was born in 56. I grew up listening to 60's and 70's music, and thankfully YES was one of the amazing bands I was exposed to. Still love hearing stories from my friends older siblings and cousins who attended Woodstock, as I grew up about a 2 hour ride from there. Ah, memories!!!
@@lauriefuda Oh my goodness! I could have written that myself! Your story exactly mirrors mine. Well, from one youngest Yes-loving sibling to another, cheers!
One of the most beautiful, deeply meaningful tracks ever made. Those amazing teenage years come flooding back. So fortunate to be around then to have enjoyed the freedom before the nanny-state emerged
I was fortunate to see Yes in concert many years ago. Best show i have ever seen. It's sad the youth of today will never experience such magical sounds.
On the contrary Russ, they just finished a tour through the US, Europe and Israel. I think it was so successful and so many waves of love, I can't imagine they wouldn't want to do it again. They are as good as ever.... Sad without Chris Squire, but when I saw them Jon mentioned his name and Chris got a 5 minute standing ovation. It was lovely.
I bid to return to hearing this wonderous song.. hearing hearing hearing hearing hearing.. returning to hear this wonderous song !!! Returning constantly returning... returning..hearing hearing hearing........hearing.......here
RIP the three members of Yes Peter Banks (July 15, 1947 - March 7, 2013), aged 65 Chris Squire (March 4, 1948 - June 27, 2015), aged 67 Alan White (June 14, 1949 - May 26, 2022), aged 72 You will be remembered as legends
See Wakeman if you can. He is still astonishing! Ever grateful these super humans found each other and created so much beauty! RIP Peter Chris and Alan.
OH NO! Why? Due to the fact the band Genesis with lead vocalist Phil Collins had a levitation story at a certain concert in London I believe? What happened at this concert? He had the entire stadium do a "levitation" exercise. All these musicians get levitated to other planets for concerts elsewhere. Pretty cool, eh?
This song means a lot to me.. it was the reassurance I needed to hear, that everything was going to be okay, during a time when everything...wasn't. What makes me happy about this, is that people a hundred, two hundred years from now are still going to be able to listen to this, have a connection with it, and still marvel at it. This is our Bach, our Mozart. It's beyond timeless, it's transcendant.
I was not born in the wrong generation. I am proud of being born in the generation that i am born in and being able to access songs like this and many other timeless classics with a flick of the finger.
Each generation enjoys music differently. I love the easy access now I'm older... but for me nothing beat going round to a friends house when they had just bought a new album, enjoying the music together and pouring over the amazing album designs. Records were expensive back in the 70's... sharing and enjoying in a group was a really happy memory of mine. I just think it's great this music is being listened to by younger people and stands the test of time.
seeing Chris so happy and in his prime here..and knowing that he's gone now.. way too soon.. it's a tearful, bittersweet feeling .. we'll always remember that bass guitar master and badass choirboy .. what a genuine, original genius of progressive music !! The genius lives on, even though the body does not.
+Dan Moser Lovely words my friend, even someone is no longer with us they are never truly gone if they are remembered. Thats immortality in its realist form!!!
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I listened to this song on the day of my grandfather's funeral, needless to say I cried like a little kid remembering him telling his wonderous stories. I'll miss you forever grandpa but you'll always be part of me.
@@Jeffrey.Seelman yes is one of the best groups. Their music will live on in my heart forever. Will never happens like that again. What a time it was to go out with bands like that. Especially yes
Not many song can give me goose bumps, and tear up my eyes..This song does..Every part, instruments, vocals Harmonizing..Perfect..Not to mention my mind wandering into a mystic magical universe.
You will never see a band like Yes again . The Classical music of Rock featuring very talented musicians . So pleased that I have seen them live many times since the early 70s. Always a great uplifting experience .
The best of the best. Only band at the time who's music sounded better than recorded. Saw them 6 times at the old Spectrum in Philadelphia. Met Jon and Steve outside of a radio station WMMR in Philly, I still have there autographs .They did 3 show's when they visited we were at the second show.
Never missed a YES concert in Florida back in the 70's -Stood in front of Chris at the stage every time, Just to watch him play.RIP my friend -My favorite group of all time.
A beautiful hymn for the 20th century, for sure. Highly spiritual, ethereal and oh so........UPLIFTING.......!! Thank you Jon.......and Yes..........🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Anyone listening in 2024?
Hiya 👋 Yes ❤
YES Lol
I was listening to it in 2024 - even though it was only 1977. .. mind blowing pushing vinyl through the cans of the time. No whacky backy required.
Always
Chris Squire what a voice on backing vocals.
Great band from the fantastic 70's , a great era never to repeat .
I am thankful that in my time on the Earth I got to experience the 60s & 70s.
The best music ever was.
I feel privileged.
Especially YES.
I second that emotion.
Me too!!!!!
It is exactly what i think.
Me too. Hoje 31/08/2033
😁😁😁😁😁
Words cannot describe how beautiful this song resonates with me, a timeless classic
The melody , chords , Jon's voice!!
Spot on.
Sure ...thumbs up to Beat-Club for not wiping their tapes like the BBC has done so senselessly .Which doesn't make this less ridiculous.....👍😂
The first two chords just say "Everything's going to be alright". Then you listen to the whole song and think "With beauty like this in the world you're probably right".
Have been listening hto Yes since the 70`s
ROCK ON!
There is absolutely no way to thank these guys enough for the beauty they gave the world!!!
You are SO right, as cryptonized as you are. Close to the edge is forever my mantra.
@@onetrueslave It really is the perfect album, isn't it.
Yes...........
If this song doesn't touch you on some deep level, then you have no soul.
My ears were really happy with this song.
100% Agree6
This and "Turn of the Century"
Absolutely 💯😄
this song to me best describes my encounters with Jesus and the almighty in prayer
need a break from the BS
@@miaprettiWhat do you mean?
No veo que tenga que ver ésta gran tema de YES con Jesús y "el Todo Poderoso"
YES! SO YOU KNOW HIM THE HOLY SPIRIT THE GREATEST Teacher of the universe ! I feel remorse for those who could but won't believe.
@@mikereno9305 Yes, the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth, leading us to the one who is, the way, the truth and the life.
The best 2 days of my life...... Jethro Tull one night, and Yes the second night in concert oh, I was there!
This is quite simply one of the most beautiful songs ever. For me anyhow. 🎶
I'd almost forgotten how beautiful this song is, I haven't listened in years.
You arent alone my friend!
Yes was my favourite band of that time. 👍🎶
I agree. Simply exquisite.
I think you are right it is incredible
Shivers down the spine since 1977
The message that voice. A hope for all
I'm 72, still love the YES
I’m 105…who gives a freak
i am 72 aswell , 70's were great times !
63. Love it!❤
Just Yes. No 'The ' involved my friend
I am 54 and my hubby 71…we seen Yes live twice we will never forget that joy 🫶
RIP greatest bassist of all time. Mr. Chris Squire
The beautiful, misty, romantic haze of the seventies in one gorgeous, timeless song. Privileged to have seen this live with this very lineup. Unforgettable.
The only time I saw this band do a live performance was on public broadcast TV in the United States but have been listening to them since their Inception Bill Booth Bruce Buford and Chris Squire totally unbeatable John Anderson and Steve Howe my 70s Heroes always wanted to be in that band as a bass player rest their souls and long live yes
You are absoulutley correct.
You speak with eloquence. I was 16 when I first heard this song and now I’m 60 and still adore it.
Yes, and you describe it perfectly. Thankyou ❤️☮️👍🏽
I stood in awe at the live versions of this music. How did they do this magic?
What a voice. No effort at all. The whole band is class.
I am going to go out on a limb and bet Steve Howe is an extremely smart person. Can anyone verify that?
Jon Anderson's voice reaches an astral plane in this wonderful song. And along with the incredible musicianship of the band, this one will stay at the very top for me.
You're never alone music lover.
I saw YES in 1979 and it was one of the most memorable performances that I have ever seen. Rick Wakeman was dressed in silver and looked like a mad wizard. Steve Howe was absolutely masterful, Chris Squire was equally masterful and dwarfed his bass, and Jon Anderson broke my heart that night - me being female, I was mesmerized by his voice and the fact that he didn't leap about and cavort as did so many singers of that era. Anderson connected with his audience and gave his voice to them - each of them - as an ethereal and spiritual gift. I fell hopelessly in love and I've loved him ever since. RIP Peter, Chris, and Alan........
Well, that was eloquently said
@@davidhefner2010 thank you.
@@rustyknyffe88 Beautifully expressed. I remember that silver wizard outfit. Was that during the same 'Going For The One' Tour?
I "fell in Love" with Chris Squire that night. Totally mesmerized by him.
One of the Best Concerts of a lifetime.
But, THIS song...Ohhh💔🥲
It was an August morning in 1977. I just left work as a dishwasher in a Diner. I was 16 years old.. It was about 7 a.m. I was cutting through the woods with my portable radio with the weather band. I recalled in my cigarette pack was a Toe Tapper. Sitting on a log in the forrest early in the morning getting high and I first heard this song. Remember it well 44 years later!
What the hells a toe tapper?
That's awesome.
Oh yeah dude. A new Yes album was like an event to celebrate! Almost sacred, the way we just sat and listened all the way through.
@@ragsduds2012 he got high, so could only mean one thing 😂
I've got a dishwasher in my kitchen. It only smokes if I overload it. These days you'd be called a Crockery Refurbishment Executive and paid half as much. All the same, I have this image of you sitting there all those years ago. Hope you've quit smoking since....
One of the greatest songs of all time.
I think so
Uhh, yup.
Exactly
man..if only the radio played this genre...every day would suddenly be brighter...
Back in the day, WMMR in Philly played YES tunes like Close to the Edge, gone are the days
Some of the best years of our lives, 50s 60s 70s 80s music we will not replicate, I cherish these videos😊
Amen to that...
How well I remember WMMR
Who need the radio?
Who’s here because they still love Jon Anderson? Oh just me then, 40 years of sheer bliss
No, just read a story on the incredible life and the many ups and downs of the eccentric genius that is Rick Wakeman.
I love YES because they always conjure up fantastic scenes and amazing places in my imagination...and Roger Dean just helps it along the way! Pure musical heaven....
Will love him always 💕
His voice is amazing even today! This whole melody is absolutely gorgeous as is the beautiful floating keyboard solo! Watching these guys do what they do best is why they've always been my favorite prog band!
Seen Yes 8 times..Without Chris and Jon's voice there will never be Yes..
A trip back in time, I was 11 in 1977 and went to Gordon Boys School boarding in Woking where I was basically a fetch and carry for the Head of Gravesend House. He was a decent human and in his room I heard this for the first time. His room was covered in Yes posters which were all fantasy landscapes. I had not heard this for years but fml life what beautiful harmonies......
Absolutely one of the most gorgeous pieces of music ever made
'Turn of the Century ' even better.
@@stevenashford8029 I find WS to be more melodic and immediately accessible.
Your not wrong Mike simply beautiful for the ears.
I can’t argue with that, but we both appreciate the same thing
Motzart would be jealous ;)
Magic,that just isn't heard nowadays in 2023,
Thank goodness I'm old enough to appreciate this,and still enjoy listening to these beautifully created tunes 👌🙏
Anderson's vocals are simply angelic in this masterpiece. Wakeman is an absolute genius.
was lucky enough to see them twice in Paris
other similarly relevant bits: water is wet, planets are round and gravity pulls downwards 🤪
Wake man is a gueinus
@@britshop1 He and Keith Emerson were the keyboard kings.
Always loved this record
Jon Anderson has the voice of an angel.
Buen grupo para un buen cantante
💫🕊💛I think he is one💛🕊💫
When I was young I thought hé was an alien, a wonderful voice
I agree He still sounds like an angel after a few decades.
They tried, but he is irreplaceable!
unbelievable..never gonna hear music like this again ever
😪😪
Yes it's so sad
remenber this on top of the pops in 1977 fab
Real music real muscians
I'm 64. Saw Yes in early 70s once in MSG in NYC. The other was JFK stadium in Philly with Pink Floyd and Frampton. Yes closed the show, light show was epic.
Going for the one is the last truly brilliant Yes Albums in my honest opinion. This sound is great.
Close to the edge of the,for me
I cried when i heard this again after a very long time. My life has gone and slipped away....just living my daily life and this brought back my youth, my childhood and my remembrances of my family. Alas.
Agree on everything but the family part.
Matt Hedges Jon Anderson what a marvellous voice!
Hi I feel like that too. Kids today have no idea about music. I am 57 and I wonder the same...I guess the only thing we can be grateful for us knowing this music.
@@paperchain1239 It is true. Kids know nothing about the REAL music at all. I´m 59 and we LIVED with this music by our hearts. When I was 17 and listened Yes song called Soon from their album Relayer, I ´ve cried as a child.
@@reine71658 yea that part I want to forget!
Yes, I'm old. But seeing and hearing this, I'm young again. Still a favorite.💕
67 today and still 17
41 today.
Well said, feel the same
same here
And me
His voice is irreplacable.
Their voices are irreplaceable. The combination of Anderson and Squire singing together is one of the greatest things the twentieth century ever produced.
Biblical beautiful and still play most days. With LORD IS IT MINE . supertramp
That voice!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I lost my best friend to suicide in 1993 and Yes was her all time favorite band. Whenever I hear this song, I think of my friend and miss her dearly. She was A Wondrous Story and she is forever missed as well as forever young. Listening to Yes will always remind me of her.
So sorry for your loss and yet you're blessed to find peace in this music
My father passed 5 days ago
This song comforts me
As long as you tell her wondrous stories and speak her name she will never die. Someone told me when I lost by 27 year old son they told me that he will truly die when his name is no longer said. Don’t do that to your dear friend.
Sorry for your loss.
My wife took her own life 6 years ago. This was her favorite Yes tune.
Nice one well said my friend
R.I.P to your friend. I know it's late but still I feel for your loss.
Man this just gets better with time lol.
This is such a beautiful, uplifting song. A true golden age of musicians who cared about their craft.
so true x
True
Musicians nowadays care even more about their craft. Just look at King Gizzard, the guys behind the potential future of music, period (thanks, microtones).
Well said that man! or woman!
Simply beautiful......
Just clicked on this and tears came to my eyes. I was thrown back to a great time in my life, my teenage years when I was discovering so much wonderful music, because so much wonderful music was being made at that time.
l was 14
I think I was 14 also. My 2 older brothers listened to Tull, Floyd, Genesis, Supertramp but Yes were my obsession for a while. Feel so blessed to grow up in that period.
It Was A Time . When Word and Music means something. YES . Forever
Played this recently at my brother’s funeral…..such a beautiful song, so spiritual!!…he loved your music!! 😢🥰
Wonderous TROLL Stories
@@Oh_I_Will……..???
These guys were always a favorite.
Yes simply created the most melodic imaginative music of all time. They'll be spoken of 200 years from now as we speak of Beethoven, Bach and Mozart today.
Bet?
Hundreds? 1000👋 years
Yes!
That’s true!
Love it
Jon Anderson’s voice is ethereal ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
WONDEROUS INDEED, brings me to tears and I'm a 64 year old man!
almost a mummy
We get softer as we get older
Me too and me too! And I will continue to watch until i can no longer click on RUclips!
Ime with you on that
54 and my heart 💜 still beats for Jon... high school crushes fade slow
Once is not enough, I'll have to play it again!
HA! Me too!
46 years on and still sounds wondrous. The glorious voice of Jon Anderson,the swirling keys of Rick Wakeman and the fabulous bassline of Chris Squier.
My very first concert was Yes. I was 8. My parents were fans and I think I was the only kid at that show.
This was also my moms favourite song and she played it often.
It’s strange having listened to this music so young. It’s ingrained in my soul and hearing it now it’s so loaded with emotion and memories. I’m so glad my parents introduced me to great music.
Chris Squire's bass playing is mesmerising
One of the best bass player of all time.
This was when music was craftsmanship.
Totally agree i dont normally notice the bass but it makes this song
Nobody had his touch on the instrument... magical.
His "melodic" bass lines, (along with every single other member), makes this song a"genius" piece of art.
YES WAS AND IS all these years so satisfying !
So mythical and magical.
Feel like being in a another time of existence when hear this song.
When I first saw YES it was like watching something that was futuristic and ancient at the same time.
Me too. Saw this tour live when I was 17 years old. WOW.....
From Circus of Heaven: “the world seemed only just another moment in time”
@@finalflowerchild I would like to add Kansas to that list. They have always captured me and brought me to a place that's both from the past and future at the same time. They have a certain grandeur and regal nature to many of their lyrics and arrangements. Yes is not one up or below them but beautiful altogether. Blessings to you Victoria!
Yes drama was my first lift into the stratophere, even though Jon wasn’t there it opened a new world. And then to see him with yes in the round at msg, his melodic voice, Chris, Steve and Rick blew me away stil yo this day. I don’t try and explain it, you weren’t there. Long live yed
I literally got chills watching Wakeman's fingers tickle the ivories with such virtuosity. To say Yes is loaded with talent is beyond an understatement!
I've got to hear this at least two or three times a week ! So peaceful!😎😎✌✌
Real musicians
& not ever did his fingers leave his hands (though at times it looked like they did)!
It's like from another world. Just incredible
Too bad the vid of his hands and the audio weren't better synched
Born in 1945 can say that this track must take its place as one of the finest pieces of popular music ever written or performed. Know we all hear things differently but this is magic.
Yes, I was born in '45, didn't we have a great time in the 60's ?
Although you are 19 years older than me, I was the youngest of 4, and my oldest brother was born in 56. I grew up listening to 60's and 70's music, and thankfully YES was one of the amazing bands I was exposed to. Still love hearing stories from my friends older siblings and cousins who attended Woodstock, as I grew up about a 2 hour ride from there. Ah, memories!!!
Doesn't matter what age a all time great hit.
@@lauriefuda Oh my goodness! I could have written that myself! Your story exactly mirrors mine. Well, from one youngest Yes-loving sibling to another, cheers!
Absolutely wonderful. Wow.
What a band!! Never another before or after like Yes!!❤
Hearing his voice immediately takes me back to my teen days and hanging with my life long friends from High School.
One of the most beautiful, deeply meaningful tracks ever made. Those amazing teenage years come flooding back. So fortunate to be around then to have enjoyed the freedom before the nanny-state emerged
❤☮️👍🏽true
💯
Big business and new technology is what is killing music and expression of this quality.
Pure magic! Never will there be music like this again.
NEVER, SADLY
Thank God for their creativity!
I was fortunate to see Yes in concert many years ago. Best show i have ever seen. It's sad the youth of today will never experience such magical sounds.
One of my all time favourites
On the contrary Russ, they just finished a tour through the US, Europe and Israel. I think it was so successful and so many waves of love, I can't imagine they wouldn't want to do it again. They are as good as ever.... Sad without Chris Squire, but when I saw them Jon mentioned his name and Chris got a 5 minute standing ovation. It was lovely.
I bid to return to hearing this wonderous song.. hearing hearing hearing hearing hearing.. returning to hear this wonderous song !!! Returning constantly returning... returning..hearing hearing hearing........hearing.......here
I love this song because of the bass and the keyboards and the lyrics, but mainly because I meet myself when I had lots of hope for life.
It has to resonate to the core, I so agree
RIP the three members of Yes
Peter Banks (July 15, 1947 - March 7, 2013), aged 65
Chris Squire (March 4, 1948 - June 27, 2015), aged 67
Alan White (June 14, 1949 - May 26, 2022), aged 72
You will be remembered as legends
Condoléances à tous.
So much talent gone now!~
See Wakeman if you can. He is still astonishing! Ever grateful these super humans found each other and created so much beauty! RIP Peter Chris and Alan.
OH NO! Why? Due to the fact the band Genesis with lead vocalist Phil Collins had a levitation story at a certain concert in London I believe? What happened at this concert? He had the entire stadium do a "levitation" exercise. All these musicians get levitated to other planets for concerts elsewhere. Pretty cool, eh?
@@marlachristensen2076 Very astute...cool yes.
This song means a lot to me.. it was the reassurance I needed to hear, that everything was going to be okay, during a time when everything...wasn't. What makes me happy about this, is that people a hundred, two hundred years from now are still going to be able to listen to this, have a connection with it, and still marvel at it. This is our Bach, our Mozart. It's beyond timeless, it's transcendant.
Huge Yes fan since I was a little kid in '73.
I was not born in the wrong generation. I am proud of being born in the generation that i am born in and being able to access songs like this and many other timeless classics with a flick of the finger.
Is this really you? I grew up with Yes!
@@frankfurter63 Saw them 7 times. In the 70's they used to play the Philly Spectrum in the Round all the time.
Bill is that really you
@@welshhibby I am sorry to crush your dreams but no it is not
Each generation enjoys music differently.
I love the easy access now I'm older... but for me nothing beat going round to a friends house when they had just bought a new album, enjoying the music together and pouring over the amazing album designs.
Records were expensive back in the 70's... sharing and enjoying in a group was a really happy memory of mine.
I just think it's great this music is being listened to by younger people and stands the test of time.
May 2023. Sending 💕 hugs to everyone loving this 💕
seeing Chris so happy and in his prime here..and knowing that he's gone now.. way too soon.. it's a tearful, bittersweet feeling .. we'll always remember that bass guitar master and badass choirboy .. what a genuine, original genius of progressive music !! The genius lives on, even though the body does not.
+Dan Moser Lovely words my friend, even someone is no longer with us they are never truly gone if they are remembered. Thats immortality in its realist form!!!
Dan Moser love this comment xx
me too
I love this song! Still listening for 50 years! Never gets old! Love Jon Anderson!
This is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. Such immense talent.
Nobody, but nobody could write a song like that today, we were so lucky to be alive at the time.
So true
Absolutely.
Amen to that
Indeed...
Are man I'll dodo
One of the greatest rock voices of all time. Signature song.
THE greatest rock voice of all time .
One of me all time favourite songs ❤❤❤❤❤❤
One of the few 'perfect songs' ever written.
Why is Jon’s voice so sweet it’s almost magical
It’s because music of this calibre is magic, this is magic.
because he was born and raised in Accrington Lancashire. My home town
@@steandlindaI used to live in Accrington but since then, nearby in Rishton.
there will never be another band like this ever.
Why would anyone want there to be….F-Idiot
I agree! Been a Yes fan since the beginning and now. No one can come to them.❤❤❤
I'd say Radiohead were the nearest any contemporary band came. But in truth it's a wasteland out there now.
Voice and harmony of the angels.
The best upside of this timeless art is all of our children generations later are now in awe for a time we mostly took for granted
So true
Saw them in MSG in 1978, awesome show. Remembering the rotating stage, what a beautiful time to be alive.
I was sitting in the second row at that show and took photos at the foot of the stage ! My view and pictures where EXACTLY as you see in this video !
so eternal
so tender
so emotional
so positive
so Yes...
so wonderous
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Always takes me back to autumn 77, brilliant.
Simply,One of the most beautiful songs ever written and recorded.A classic.
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Martin Evans Amen for that
Yes (I Am Still As Long As I’m Alive) My Favorite Band Of All Time ❤❤❤
I listened to this song on the day of my grandfather's funeral, needless to say I cried like a little kid remembering him telling his wonderous stories. I'll miss you forever grandpa but you'll always be part of me.
If any song took me away into a place of magicians and incredible lands, this is it.
This is the most beautiful music I have ever heard !
Roy C Horton Yes. Yes it is. You, have the ear.
Really?
if he is not at yes so is possible. let him go up and realy enter in YES WORLD
You have excellent taste in Music.
@@Jeffrey.Seelman yes is one of the best groups. Their music will live on in my heart forever. Will never happens like that again. What a time it was to go out with bands like that. Especially yes
I remember all the long nights listening Yes, with friends, with lovers, now with my sons... what a marvellous gift of life...
BEAUTIFUL, WONDERFUL MUSIC ALWAYS FLOWS THROUGH TIME...THROUGH GENERATIONS...THROUGH ETERNITY...
Still here in 2021, still wonderful music!!
0:44 Ohhh the bass !!!
Not many song can give me goose bumps, and tear up my eyes..This song does..Every part, instruments, vocals Harmonizing..Perfect..Not to mention my mind wandering into a mystic magical universe.
Your not alone...
Still WONDEROUS in 2023🌞
Anderson voice was so under appreciated,Truly Wonderous
5657331 plus views ... How in the world could this be interpreted as him being underappreciated ?
How silly
wasn't a true fan of Yes back in the day but Jon Anderson's hypnotic voice glued me
A mystical experience put in words and music. They take me to another dimension. AMAZING!!!!
You will never see a band like Yes again . The Classical music of Rock featuring very talented musicians . So pleased that I have seen them live many times since the early 70s. Always a great uplifting experience .
The best of the best. Only band at the time who's music sounded better than recorded. Saw them 6 times at the old Spectrum in Philadelphia. Met Jon and Steve outside of a radio station WMMR in Philly, I still have there autographs .They did 3 show's when they visited we were at the second show.
A superb song of this great band.
This takes me right back to I'm 16 years old and in a record shop in Glasgow 🙏🙏
Magical their music has been all these years, feels me with wonder.
Sept 1977, the beginning of the happiest years of my life, just magical!
Never missed a YES concert in Florida back in the 70's -Stood in front of Chris at the stage every time, Just to watch him play.RIP my friend -My favorite group of all time.
@Greg Schleitwiler
YES and ELP, the all-time titans of progressive, beautiful, thoughtful rock.
Squeak in Jethro Tull...
@@0patience4flz I will, I love them. Always have.
The good wizards of rock . they could play circles around most other rock bands .
A beautiful hymn for the 20th century, for sure. Highly spiritual, ethereal and oh so........UPLIFTING.......!! Thank you Jon.......and Yes..........🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
❤thankyou☮️
Friday & Saturday nights down the pub, i always put this to play on the duke box as soon as i walked in the bar.❤❤❤
absolutly impecable, formidable and unforgetable performance