Sadly, your favorite "funky boots", the bassist Chris Squire passed away from cancer just a few years back. He is widely regarded as one of the best bassists in rock music.
folks discovering Yes, and usually they wonder "how did they get the bass to sound like that?".....i love it!!! just happen to be Chris' sound, uniquely his and his alone.
One line in this song means so much “Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever”. Yes has taken me to beautiful places for 50 years now. I’ve hung out with them. Speechless around Jon Anderson. He knows it.
The singing is great here - check out the live take that closes the Yessongs album, too! Both Jon as a lead singer and the vocal trio in the middle part feel like beams of light, animating this entire suite of songs. That canon moment at "I can also show it, you and you ma-a-aaay - FOLLOOOOOW" with Steve's guitar lines backing it is such a high point, beautifully crafted!! (Jon and Chris both sang in local church choirs as boys and this is quite audible here)
it is so fun watching a new generation find this music, to bring their own interpretation to the experience, dozens, hopefully hundreds, of years from now there will be new generations enjoying this experience. Peace and Love, Sister.
Chris Squire's lead bass is a Yes trademark. "Roundabout" is a great example of how his groove anchors a song. On one of their albums he has a showcase called "The Fish". It's entirely composed of bass lines and bass-derived music.
I saw them live 40 years ago Still listen to them regularly. They were basically kids when they wrote their masterpieces. Even after 50 years of listening to them parts still give me cills and make my hair stand on end.
For nearly two decades I have throught that this specific live version of this song is the best introduction to Yes there is. It encapsulates what yes are about, it lets each member shine, and it’s not too complex for a beginner. You are the second RUclipsr in history to react to this version. Thank you. I loved it. The message of the song is a type of village mentality of “ignorance is bliss”. The narrating character is basically telling a traveler: “Please sail on by. Though you have seen the world, don’t come here and educate about it. We don’t want to know. We are happy with our blissful little world here and we don’t want that bliss disturbed with new knowledges ”. It reminds me of the hobbits and I always imagine the narrator being a hobbit in the shire, maybe one of the ‘Tooks by the water’.
couldn't agree more, I've always loved their lyrics... " I still remember, the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that knew the knowledge of the land....spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways..."
I seen them in concert when I was 15 and they did this song what a great show I can remember it like it was yesterday. So many great bands then so much better then what’s around now. I remember seeing Emerson Lake an Plamer after this show and then Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin wow I can go on and on. Wish I was younger again and back then. I’m 60 now and still love all this music. The memory’s are just incredible and this brings them back to life again.
Glad yo liked Chris Squire (the bassist). He was the one consistent member for all the various incarnations of Yes, up until his death. This song was actually pretty light work for him; he's one of the best bass players ever, and will blow you away if you listen to some of their other tracks. The band is truly amazing. And great background music for reading fantasy novels (Yes, Genesis and Led Zeppelin were the soundtrack for Lord of the Rings when I read it about 35 years ago).
I don't know if anyone has brought this up yet but... I love Yes, even in their older years. However you really won't see just how great Yes is, unless you check out their golden age from the 70s. If you liked this at all, you owe it to yourself to listen to their original masterpieces. (and of course with Wakeman included)
This is the best reaction channel. I went to see Yes in 1974. The only consolation to being old is that I have so many great musical memories. Your reaction videos take me back to my teens.
@@superstar999100 I love the first two Yes albums with Tony Kaye and Peter Banks, etc. When I mentioned the"golden age" of Yes, I was referring to all their early albums, through all their classic albums, up to Awaken, and even Tormato. In my own opinion, all those albums were special. Beyond that, they had some really great material, but not as great as before, in my own opinion. Although many will disagree.
The last great Yes album was Going for the One, everything after that was rubbish. And don’t get me started on the 80’s crap that was 90210 and that Owner of a Lonely Heart debacle which always gets radio airplay with the classic stuff ignored.
They are one of those bands that make you wonder how these guys got together you know? It’s like a perfect storm. So fucking impressive. England is NOT FAIR!! Ha Ha!
I started listening to _The Yes Album_ in 1971, when I was 13. The albums released in that year or that I first heard then changed my entire outlook on pop music. It's absolutely fantastic watching a young person listening to that music and getting such enjoyment out of it 50 years later.
Until his death in 2015 bass player Chris Squire was the only member in every incarnation of Yes. A year later an asteroid was name after him by the International Astronomical Union (90125) Chrissquire. In 2018 an was made by various artists called "A Life in Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute". His 1975 solo album "A Fish Out of Water" is very good.
Yes was one of the greatest bands of all time. Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans and Relayer: the ultimate progressive rock body of work.
@@martinhayward4466 And one or two from Tormato. But it all went downhill after (and including) Owner Of The Lonely Heart. Their earlier stuff was the best music of the modern era. The quintessential lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Cris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford was probably the best collection of progressive musicians ever.
Yes has been around for 50 years. Their one of the top rated Progressive Rock bands. This song is 50 years old. And it still sounds just as great as when it was released.
You need Yes to take you Close to the Edge…. The beginning of the song will be the sound of running water. You will love it especially don’t forget to do that special thing before hand Peace 🎸☮️❤️
RR, I'm so happy to see you've finally dipped your toe into the Yes ocean! This is a legendary band... THE progressive rock group of the early to mid 1970s that virtually invented the genre. Squire on bass, Howe on guitar, Wakeman on keyboards and Anderson on vocals are among the most gifted and respected rock musicians of all time. This is a fine live performance -- "Wurm" is particularly well done with the orchestral backing -- but like other commenters I do recommend checking out the studio version. I also urge you NOT to dive into the longer opus-type Yes compositions too soon! Their music is classically inspired and can be highly complex and their lyrics are usually somewhere between deep and impenetrable (translation: Yes can be an acquired taste) and so it's best to start with their early medium-length songs and get comfortable with the style and feel of their work. "Roundabout" is the band's best-known hit and definitely worthy of a reaction. If you like what you hear, then other great Yes songs to check out as you begin to immerse yourself include "Heart of the Sunrise", "And You And I", "I've Seen All Good People", "South Side of the Sky", "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Siberian Khatru", "Wondrous Stories", and (when you're in the mood to listen to something so sad, moving and beautiful that it makes you cry -- just be sure to check out the song meaning beforehand) "Turn of the Century". Then if you're completely hooked move on to the more epic works like "Close to the Edge", "Awaken" (with its memorable Wakeman organ solo recorded at a cathedral in Switzerland) and "The Gates of Delirium". Your definition of what constitutes rock and roll will never be the same. P.S. Later Yes albums, from 1978 onwards, featured different band lineups and were more commercially oriented; although they feature a few hit songs ("Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Leave It") that are worth a listen, I suggest you leave them for last if you get to them at all.
I got to see them during the 70s in concert 6 times. Sang along with every song. Clapping with them. I went to alot of concerts, saw lots of bands, but Yes was the best.
I saw Yes back in 1976 (the Patrick Moraz period). Incredible show. The stage setup was a Roger Dean design. It featured a three-headed hydra with moving heads and long necks, hovering above the stage, shooting out multi-color lasers at one point as the heads and necks stretched toward the audience; and a giant, reflective, spinning ball was let down from the ceiling throwing multi-colored light beams around the auditorium at the start and end of "Close to the Edge." The stage had a prehistoric theme, with rocks that looked like they came off a stegosaurus' back and lit from within; sometimes the lights pulsed. Never seen a stage like that before or since. I don't remember if "Starship Trooper" was part of the concert, but i surely enjoyed it.
I saw that tour as well - Usher Hall in Edinburgh - utterly magical. I was a sound engineer myself and the live sound was just magnificent. Close to the Edge was unbelieveable and Topographic Oceans seemed to wrap itself around you. Then the encore was a couple of really early tunes from the first album. I swear my feet didn't touch the ground walking home from the pure musical high.
Strangely enough it was ROGER DEANS album cover art that Got Me hooked. Lost track of how many Yes albums i had back in the 1970s. Gates of Delirium was my favorite along with Squires solo Album "Fish out of Water".😁😀
Yes were a great progressive rock band. So much good music. They formed in 1968 when vocaliston Jon Anderson met bass player Chris Squire. Please do more Yes. Just subscribed.
YES is a thing. A very different and separate thing. They are their own universe. One of the best bands that’s EVER existed. I’ve seen them live 6 times. With bands like YES and PINK FLOYD, their melodic and sometimes mellow sounding music is not exactly what you get at the live concert. Yes, the songs are what you expect, but the delivery is what catches you off guard. When you hear this music played live by the band at concert level volume with the entire stage show, it a hellava experience! The Both are surprisingly very powerful live. Stuff you would expect from a Harder Rock band. That comes with the territory you know? Like IRON MAIDEN, you know that’s going to be over the top strong. So when a band like YES comes across live with a shitload of power, it kind of takes you aback. Even if you’ve listened to them for years before you saw them live like me. It’s hard to describe, the sheer force of the live show. To say it was impressive is an understatement. Both of those bands I mentioned are excellent live. Some of the best concerts you will ever see. If you’re lucky.
In their heyday in the 1970s, Yes were the undisputed rulers of progressive rock. No one else came close. They were past their prime when this video was recorded, but still practically untouchable.
The one that continually astounds me is 'The Gates of Delirium' - there's a rather good video of that from around 1975 that shows them at their most technical.
Ten-four, good buddy. I have to own up that the sheer metallic shards of scree that Mr. Howe leans into continues to thrill. I've never, in all these years, followed along with the lyric, but I could say that about most Yes songs. :) The bold abrasion, the courageous sound-chasing and the ego-cleansing deep-chill are extraordinarily arty, jazzy and gorgeous, and much kudos for Patrick Moraz: a definite forward step, Yes was my first concert, 1976; magic mushrooms, outdoors, summer. (The band was touring with the same stage you see in the London video). The set list was also similar (astoundingly, the show was recorded for a radio broadcast and is available online-Roosevelt Stadium 1976). The scars etched in my brain from that evening are with me still, and that album, definitely not for novices, soothes those scars nicely!
A musicians band foSho! Could you imagine having to remember what you played in the studio and do it live? Their studio albums are so TIGHT! So much YES to fallooooooooooow!
This song will help you graduate to CTTE and GofD. 20 min masterpieces that people are still enjoying 50 years later. Best of the best musicians, vocal and writing. YES
The first big name band i ever saw live, during their Fragile tour. ..LOL at first i called it the Roundabout tour, as that is the song that made me go direct to the mall and buy it when i heard the song on the radio, then went and got tickets with my friends to see them way up in Philly.
63 yo guy here and I had seen YES live 3 times in the 70's and let me tell you everyone of them were great! every concert was around 2 hours and man it was beautiful! Thanks for posting this one brings back so many memories when I was a teenager!
I saw them twice back in the day - one time from a third-row seat at the Amphitheater in Chicago. It was the loudest show I've ever been to. My ears are still ringing ;-)
giggles...Ja, YES ist in their own space & time much different than any Rock band. Enjoy their rabbit hole. Not miss out on "Roundabout". Like your reactions much. Wish you well on your personal quest. Auf Wiedersehen aus Wiesbaden :-)
Yes almost always has a positive message accompanied by next level musicianship. What is there not to like! Jon Anderson has definitely visited other worlds, haha. He is also a Bob Marley fan, as I see you are. He wrote a song about him called The Messenger. I recommend the live version from the house of blues. There is nothing comparable to live Yes.
My favourite track from 1971's 'The Yes Album'. And actually quite short by the standards of what was to come. By '73 they were putting out double albums with just three songs on them!
To help you get where Jon Anderson's (the one with the voice) lyrics are coming from, one of the most famous quotes about him is from Rick Wakeman (Yes member / former member) : "Jon Anderson - the only guy I know who's trying to save the planet while living on another one!"
As you mentioned about not looking at the video. YES is always best listening to with your eyes closed. It opens up your senses for all the good things that are going on in the music.
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Yes is one of the most talented bands of all time. Always blown away by this band.
Sadly, your favorite "funky boots", the bassist Chris Squire passed away from cancer just a few years back. He is widely regarded as one of the best bassists in rock music.
TRU DAT!!!!!
baddest biggest bass sound in history
And the founder of YES
An unbelievable player....sadly missed...
folks discovering Yes, and usually they wonder "how did they get the bass to sound like that?".....i love it!!! just happen to be Chris' sound, uniquely his and his alone.
These old men were all wild boys when they first released this song in 1971. ;-)
Legendary . Chris Squire the man the myth the legend.
Mad? No darlin'. That's how you SHOULD listen to Yes. With your eyes closed and your spirit open.
One line in this song means so much “Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever”. Yes has taken me to beautiful places for 50 years now. I’ve hung out with them. Speechless around Jon Anderson. He knows it.
Chris Squire best bassist ever. Howe best guitarist. Jon what can I say. Alan on drums. = GOAT plus Wakeman
I agree Nancy! It's very touching...and seems to get overlooked, but a great line nevertheless. 👍
The singing is great here - check out the live take that closes the Yessongs album, too! Both Jon as a lead singer and the vocal trio in the middle part feel like beams of light, animating this entire suite of songs. That canon moment at "I can also show it, you and you ma-a-aaay - FOLLOOOOOW" with Steve's guitar lines backing it is such a high point, beautifully crafted!! (Jon and Chris both sang in local church choirs as boys and this is quite audible here)
The masters performing a symphony of perfection. Yes owns a piece of my heart.
Enjoy the voyage to a time of true transcendental music. It doesn't exist anymore.
Close to the Edge and Awaken are their masterpieces. One hundred years from now they will be remembered like the classical composers are today.
Agreed, those two are their best songs.
It’s been 50 already and thanks to these young people doing reaction videos they are getting a second life.
The Gates of Delirium a dangerously close third
I have listened to them since the 70s. Those are 2 great songs but so are many others. I am fond of Heart of the sunrise.
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There was nothing more chill than a yes show,,,,,was so lucky to have seen them many many times and speak fluent yes,,nice to see you kids diggin' it.
it is so fun watching a new generation find this music, to bring their own interpretation to the experience, dozens, hopefully hundreds, of years from now there will be new generations enjoying this experience. Peace and Love, Sister.
Yes, Moody Blues, early Genesis, ELO, ELP, Kansas…oh the songs!
you have to remember these guys are in their sixties here in this performance
Chris Squire's lead bass is a Yes trademark. "Roundabout" is a great example of how his groove anchors a song. On one of their albums he has a showcase called "The Fish". It's entirely composed of bass lines and bass-derived music.
I saw them live 40 years ago Still listen to them regularly. They were basically kids when they wrote their masterpieces. Even after 50 years of listening to them parts still give me cills and make my hair stand on end.
For nearly two decades I have throught that this specific live version of this song is the best introduction to Yes there is. It encapsulates what yes are about, it lets each member shine, and it’s not too complex for a beginner. You are the second RUclipsr in history to react to this version. Thank you. I loved it.
The message of the song is a type of village mentality of “ignorance is bliss”. The narrating character is basically telling a traveler: “Please sail on by. Though you have seen the world, don’t come here and educate about it. We don’t want to know. We are happy with our blissful little world here and we don’t want that bliss disturbed with new knowledges ”. It reminds me of the hobbits and I always imagine the narrator being a hobbit in the shire, maybe one of the ‘Tooks by the water’.
they did some of the most incredible, unique music in "rock" history.....
I’ve heard this song so many times but I have listened to it anew through you. Thank you!
couldn't agree more, I've always loved their lyrics...
" I still remember, the talks by the water, the proud sons and daughters that knew the knowledge of the land....spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways..."
I seen them in concert when I was 15 and they did this song what a great show I can remember it like it was yesterday. So many great bands then so much better then what’s around now. I remember seeing Emerson Lake an Plamer after this show and then Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin wow I can go on and on. Wish I was younger again and back then. I’m 60 now and still love all this music. The memory’s are just incredible and this brings them back to life again.
Glad yo liked Chris Squire (the bassist). He was the one consistent member for all the various incarnations of Yes, up until his death. This song was actually pretty light work for him; he's one of the best bass players ever, and will blow you away if you listen to some of their other tracks.
The band is truly amazing. And great background music for reading fantasy novels (Yes, Genesis and Led Zeppelin were the soundtrack for Lord of the Rings when I read it about 35 years ago).
Crazy them doing this so well so many years later. RIP Chris Squire
RIP drummer Alan White. Sorely missed.
In 96 I drove thru Switzerland, hit a lake amongst mountains while playing a cassette with "Roundabout". Apparently, I have not forgotten that.
I don't know if anyone has brought this up yet but... I love Yes, even in their older years. However you really won't see just how great Yes is, unless you check out their golden age from the 70s. If you liked this at all, you owe it to yourself to listen to their original masterpieces. (and of course with Wakeman included)
And Tony Kaye.
This is the best reaction channel. I went to see Yes in 1974. The only consolation to being old is that I have so many great musical memories. Your reaction videos take me back to my teens.
Wakeman didn’t play on the original version on the Yes Album, it was Tony Kaye
@@superstar999100 I love the first two Yes albums with Tony Kaye and Peter Banks, etc. When I mentioned the"golden age" of Yes, I was referring to all their early albums, through all their classic albums, up to Awaken, and even Tormato. In my own opinion, all those albums were special. Beyond that, they had some really great material, but not as great as before, in my own opinion. Although many will disagree.
The last great Yes album was Going for the One, everything after that was rubbish. And don’t get me started on the 80’s crap that was 90210 and that Owner of a Lonely Heart debacle which always gets radio airplay with the classic stuff ignored.
One of the most iconic progressive rock band from the last 60 years! Thank you! R.I.P. Chris Squire!
They are one of those bands that make you wonder how these guys got together you know? It’s like a perfect storm. So fucking impressive. England is NOT FAIR!! Ha Ha!
Perfect chill music. Like you said, they took us to space and landed us safely.
I saw ''Yes'' at Madison Square Garden in 1977. My ears are still ringing.
I saw them from the third row at the Chicago Amphitheater. The loudest show I've ever been to. My ears are also still ringing!
unlike today, old school had actual musicians.
I started listening to _The Yes Album_ in 1971, when I was 13. The albums released in that year or that I first heard then changed my entire outlook on pop music. It's absolutely fantastic watching a young person listening to that music and getting such enjoyment out of it 50 years later.
I’ve Seen All Good People is another great song by Yes with meaningful lyrics and unreal instrumentals.
Yup. Please do.
@@racebiketuner please do parallels
Until his death in 2015 bass player Chris Squire was the only member in every incarnation of Yes. A year later an asteroid was name after him by the International Astronomical Union (90125) Chrissquire. In 2018 an was made by various artists called "A Life in Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute". His 1975 solo album "A Fish Out of Water" is very good.
Get the YES AlBUM (1971) and it will be a great gift to yourself .
And Fragile.....and Close to the Edge....and Relayer.....and....and....and..... 😀
Yup. The Yes Album and Fragile are two of my favorites.
@@Pixelologist tales from topographic oceans.
Yes was one of the greatest bands of all time. Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans and Relayer: the ultimate progressive rock body of work.
+ Awaken from GFTO and a couple cuts of Drama.
@@martinhayward4466 And one or two from Tormato. But it all went downhill after (and including) Owner Of The Lonely Heart. Their earlier stuff was the best music of the modern era. The quintessential lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Cris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Bill Bruford was probably the best collection of progressive musicians ever.
@@martinhayward4466 + Turn of the Century, Onward, & Madrigal
Still going.
@@kurtschulten5369 Bruford was not there much.The quintessential drummer is Alan White.
Yes has been around for 50 years. Their one of the top rated Progressive Rock bands. This song is 50 years old. And it still sounds just as great as when it was released.
You need Yes to take you Close to the Edge…. The beginning of the song will be the sound of running water. You will love it especially don’t forget to do that special thing before hand Peace 🎸☮️❤️
I feel you feeling this.
Groovy hippy trippy indeed ✌🏼
You dont understand how much I cried
YES....................one of the GREAT progressive bands in rock history.
Simple magnificent! Great, great band, I’ve been listening Yes since I was a teenager, I’m 59 now and there is always delightful to see them on stage.
RR, I'm so happy to see you've finally dipped your toe into the Yes ocean! This is a legendary band... THE progressive rock group of the early to mid 1970s that virtually invented the genre. Squire on bass, Howe on guitar, Wakeman on keyboards and Anderson on vocals are among the most gifted and respected rock musicians of all time. This is a fine live performance -- "Wurm" is particularly well done with the orchestral backing -- but like other commenters I do recommend checking out the studio version. I also urge you NOT to dive into the longer opus-type Yes compositions too soon! Their music is classically inspired and can be highly complex and their lyrics are usually somewhere between deep and impenetrable (translation: Yes can be an acquired taste) and so it's best to start with their early medium-length songs and get comfortable with the style and feel of their work.
"Roundabout" is the band's best-known hit and definitely worthy of a reaction. If you like what you hear, then other great Yes songs to check out as you begin to immerse yourself include "Heart of the Sunrise", "And You And I", "I've Seen All Good People", "South Side of the Sky", "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Siberian Khatru", "Wondrous Stories", and (when you're in the mood to listen to something so sad, moving and beautiful that it makes you cry -- just be sure to check out the song meaning beforehand) "Turn of the Century". Then if you're completely hooked move on to the more epic works like "Close to the Edge", "Awaken" (with its memorable Wakeman organ solo recorded at a cathedral in Switzerland) and "The Gates of Delirium". Your definition of what constitutes rock and roll will never be the same.
P.S. Later Yes albums, from 1978 onwards, featured different band lineups and were more commercially oriented; although they feature a few hit songs ("Owner of a Lonely Heart", "Leave It") that are worth a listen, I suggest you leave them for last if you get to them at all.
Yup. What he said ;-)
100% all of this… and listen to it all in the dark with your headphones on!
The best recording of this is the 1978 live version on YT (audio only). Wakeman kicks a55.
I'd suggest she skip "Yes West" entirely, really.
Pure genius....nothing short of it.....they're all of their music and personalitys
You have a gift...You are able to hear things in older songs that I have heard numerous times before and bring new life to them for me. Thank you
I got to see them during the 70s in concert 6 times. Sang along with every song. Clapping with them. I went to alot of concerts, saw lots of bands, but Yes was the best.
Prog doesn't get much better than this! Such stellar musicians.
By the time this was recorded, these guys had been at it a very long time. This song was originally released in 1971.
I watched them play live at Maple Leaf Gardens 10/31/1972. I can't believe that was almost 50 years
Yes is crazy good....no one else does that...
I saw Yes back in 1976 (the Patrick Moraz period). Incredible show. The stage setup was a Roger Dean design. It featured a three-headed hydra with moving heads and long necks, hovering above the stage, shooting out multi-color lasers at one point as the heads and necks stretched toward the audience; and a giant, reflective, spinning ball was let down from the ceiling throwing multi-colored light beams around the auditorium at the start and end of "Close to the Edge." The stage had a prehistoric theme, with rocks that looked like they came off a stegosaurus' back and lit from within; sometimes the lights pulsed. Never seen a stage like that before or since. I don't remember if "Starship Trooper" was part of the concert, but i surely enjoyed it.
I saw that tour as well - Usher Hall in Edinburgh - utterly magical. I was a sound engineer myself and the live sound was just magnificent. Close to the Edge was unbelieveable and Topographic Oceans seemed to wrap itself around you. Then the encore was a couple of really early tunes from the first album. I swear my feet didn't touch the ground walking home from the pure musical high.
I saw YES in the ROUND , in Vancouver, were they added one song , just dedicated to Vancouver.
Strangely enough it was ROGER DEANS album cover art that Got Me hooked. Lost track of how many Yes albums i had back in the 1970s.
Gates of Delirium was my favorite along with Squires solo Album "Fish out of Water".😁😀
I am 60 and I am sooo glad you liked the song. Yes is my group and always will be. You made me smile.
I was so fortunate to see them in concert when they first started out
With a sound of their own, Yes is one of those recognizable bands that influenced many bands that followed.
seen em over 10 times , love them and thanks for posting!!!!
Yes were a great progressive rock band. So much good music. They formed in 1968 when vocaliston Jon Anderson met bass player Chris Squire. Please do more Yes. Just subscribed.
Yes - love them! - Please go down the Yes rabbit hole - I would love to follow your journey.
A Masterpiece !!! ...brought me back to my teenage years to the Mid 70's...lucky enough to see them live back then
YES is a thing. A very different and separate thing. They are their own universe. One of the best bands that’s EVER existed. I’ve seen them live 6 times. With bands like YES and PINK FLOYD, their melodic and sometimes mellow sounding music is not exactly what you get at the live concert. Yes, the songs are what you expect, but the delivery is what catches you off guard. When you hear this music played live by the band at concert level volume with the entire stage show, it a hellava experience! The Both are surprisingly very powerful live. Stuff you would expect from a Harder Rock band. That comes with the territory you know? Like IRON MAIDEN, you know that’s going to be over the top strong. So when a band like YES comes across live with a shitload of power, it kind of takes you aback. Even if you’ve listened to them for years before you saw them live like me. It’s hard to describe, the sheer force of the live show. To say it was impressive is an understatement. Both of those bands I mentioned are excellent live. Some of the best concerts you will ever see. If you’re lucky.
Oh my honey is now doing YES- I love you 😍
So nice to see a base solo!! These guys have it all Wow!!! Magnificent!!! 👍👍👍😊🌹
In their heyday in the 1970s, Yes were the undisputed rulers of progressive rock. No one else came close. They were past their prime when this video was recorded, but still practically untouchable.
One of the most recognizable voices in rock.
She is connected closely with her soul. Beautiful to see.
This is my favorite song of ALL TIME! THIS VIDEO, they were all old men and still got the magic. YES AND RUSH GREATEST LIVE BANDS EVER!
It was good to see that big, beaming smile, by the way - music should brighten up your life!
Fantastic!!!
Chris Squire "The Greatest" Prog Bassist there will ever be !!! R.I.P
Some call this prog rock, some call it space rock...the only accurate definition is to call it Yes.
No.
This may be space rock. ruclips.net/video/uU4gvRWS8ro/видео.html
nothing makes you feel that everything is ok and that you are in the right place and at the right time like a Yes song
You are correct. Yes is nearly perfect "dark room and headphones music."
Cool reaction! Thanks!
I've watched this hundreds of times over the years ... I STILL make those same faces. :)
The one that continually astounds me is 'The Gates of Delirium' - there's a rather good video of that from around 1975 that shows them at their most technical.
Ten-four, good buddy. I have to own up that the sheer metallic shards of scree that Mr. Howe leans into continues to thrill. I've never, in all these years, followed along with the lyric, but I could say that about most Yes songs. :) The bold abrasion, the courageous sound-chasing and the ego-cleansing deep-chill are extraordinarily arty, jazzy and gorgeous, and much kudos for Patrick Moraz: a definite forward step, Yes was my first concert, 1976; magic mushrooms, outdoors, summer. (The band was touring with the same stage you see in the London video). The set list was also similar (astoundingly, the show was recorded for a radio broadcast and is available online-Roosevelt Stadium 1976). The scars etched in my brain from that evening are with me still, and that album, definitely not for novices, soothes those scars nicely!
A musicians band foSho! Could you imagine having to remember what you played in the studio and do it live? Their studio albums are so TIGHT! So much YES to fallooooooooooow!
Yes continues to gain new fans because their music is timeless!
Great example of what these guys could do. Love it.
I saw them live in NYC and they were impressive musicians.
PLEASE do more from this concert, In the presence of, and you and I are to others that you will really love if you liked this one, God bless ❤
This song will help you graduate to CTTE and GofD. 20 min masterpieces that people are still enjoying 50 years later. Best of the best musicians, vocal and writing. YES
Some more great Yes songs just to name a few; Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Our Song, Love Will Find A Way
They are so awesome live.
Jefferson Starship - White Rabbit (Winterland - Nov 8, 1975) one of my all time fav !! You will love it!!
Drop dead gorgeous lady listening to the absolute best music on this planet.
I saw this performance LIVE in the front row...I couldn't believe my good fortune. Probably the most enjoyable two hours of my entire life.
The first big name band i ever saw live, during their Fragile tour. ..LOL at first i called it the Roundabout tour, as that is the song that made me go direct to the mall and buy it when i heard the song on the radio, then went and got tickets with my friends to see them way up in Philly.
63 yo guy here and I had seen YES live 3 times in the 70's and let me tell you everyone of them were great! every concert was around 2 hours and man it was beautiful! Thanks for posting this one brings back so many memories when I was a teenager!
I saw them twice back in the day - one time from a third-row seat at the Amphitheater in Chicago. It was the loudest show I've ever been to. My ears are still ringing ;-)
giggles...Ja, YES ist in their own space & time much different than any Rock band.
Enjoy their rabbit hole. Not miss out on "Roundabout". Like your reactions much.
Wish you well on your personal quest. Auf Wiedersehen aus Wiesbaden :-)
YES! I saw them several times live and every time they touched my soul!
see the brian may face melting version of this song done with wakeman. it blows this away!
This is an amazing bunch of very, very talented artists. Most of them are classically trained.
Still looking for the words that express the emotions that I have for this piece of brilliance
And listen to the studio version of this number. Mind blowing!
Yes almost always has a positive message accompanied by next level musicianship. What is there not to like! Jon Anderson has definitely visited other worlds, haha. He is also a Bob Marley fan, as I see you are. He wrote a song about him called The Messenger. I recommend the live version from the house of blues. There is nothing comparable to live Yes.
My favourite track from 1971's 'The Yes Album'. And actually quite short by the standards of what was to come. By '73 they were putting out double albums with just three songs on them!
To help you get where Jon Anderson's (the one with the voice) lyrics are coming from, one of the most famous quotes about him is from Rick Wakeman (Yes member / former member) : "Jon Anderson - the only guy I know who's trying to save the planet while living on another one!"
We were blessed to have YES in our lifetime
Saw this band back in 1969 for the first time. One that I have been hooked on since.
As you mentioned about not looking at the video. YES is always best listening to with your eyes closed. It opens up your senses for all the good things that are going on in the music.
Yes is one of the absolute best...so glad you found them!