I don't typically subscribe to reaction channels, cuz they keep getting fed to me anyway by my clicks/likes, but I'm getting tempted to subscribe to your's because I've so thoroughly enjoyed your reactions to YES songs. Watching you paying attention to the nuance is great, an essential instinct that attracts people to YES' output. I honestly don't want to miss any of your YES reviews! That attention to nuance is gonna be needed as you expose yourself to YES' collection of masterpieces, cuz they are filled with *_complexity,_* but dammit, those guys were masters of complexity, perfecting the mix at the sound board with extreme attention to detail. It's why YES' transitions were seamless and while every musician is contributing layers of melody & groove, it's never a muddle. I say you'd do well to stick with the The Yes Album & Fragile for a while, cuz there's so many amazing compositions on those two albums, which were recorded at the peak of their Classic Period inspirations. You definitely need to hear *Yours Is No Disgrace* and *Starship Trooper* off of The Yes Album and *Roundabout* and *South Side Of The Sky* off of the Fragile album before taking on the Magnificence of the *Close To The Edge* album (all 3 of the songs on that album are *_must listen_* ) Enjoy your YES Journey, friend!
Did you hear the “all we are saying is give peace a chance”? That’s a nod to Mr. Lennon. It’s right before the change from folk sound to harder rock. Love your reactions. Def do Roundabout next, it’s tasty.
I can't believe how many times I have heard this song -- and this is the first time I have distinctly heard the Lennon lines. Wow. It mixes in with the harmonies so well.
Guest musician Colin Goldring on recorders for Your Move. You can try but you’ll never catagorize YES. This was called The Yes Album because it was the first with Steve Howe on guitars. Rick Wakeman joined on KEYBOARDS galore on Fragile the very next album. That lineup is the one that produced the masterpice movements of yhe 70’s.
Relayer, with Patrick Moraz, has grown on me lately. Especially _Gates of Delirium_, which is now, unfortunately very reflective of current conditions. I hope we hear _Soon_ very, well, soon.
I like that you pull up "liner notes" for background information before you start the video it helps both You and your viewers ... Liner Notes is what we found Amazing about the vinyl generation, all sorts of cool info, lyrics, story lines, recording location, guest musicians ...etc Something that is SORELY Missed with todays music
Glad you covered this, you had me laughing! Because that was almost an identical reaction I had when I first heard this when it was released way back in the day. As far as time goes, ignore it! Do what you feel, frankly you could have gone on another ten minutes because your reaction is real!
Back in high school, in the early seventies, my record/8-Track collection consisted of a collection of prog rock bands. Had some Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
You’ve picked a truely sublime album from my fav group back in the 70’s. I have only Close To The Edge ahead of it. Never gets old, enjoy 👍❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The vocal harmonies are right up there with CSN. Anderson /Squire we're perfection. This was B4 auto tune digital hocus pocus . . . and they pulled this off live. Magic for sure and those of us who were alive when this first came out know we lived during a special time. Glad to see today's utes finding out what we already knew and you've only scratched the surface. Keep doing what your doing cause I'm finding things I missed in 1976.
There is no right or wrong when it comes to your, or anyones, taste in music. If it moves you, that’s all it takes. YES does that to me, and has for 50+ years. You might like Tull, Crosby Stills Nash and Young. I love prog, folk rock, grunge,nu metal, hair metal, all metal…southern rock, psychedelic, alternative, and a couple country artists. Since I was 6, music has done it for me. I’m 64 now, a dj, and can’t imagine a world without music. ☮️❤️😎
Spot on Nancy! I've listened to YES for most of the 50-odd years since a girlfriend lent me The Yes Album! The 1970 - 1878? YES is my favourite incarnation - Howe / Anderson / Squire with any brilliant drummer / keyboardist is the "sound" of YES to me. I like other incarnations, and i like their solo stuff from the same period - Patrick Moraz's "The Story of I" and Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water" being 2 of my all-time favourite albums. But - as regards other music - you're right...anything else goes...if it's good!
Absolutely! No such thing as "best" or "greatest," etc. Not even good or bad. Only *your* best, greatest, etc. You have to realize that everyone feels the same about their faves as you do about yours. Tongue in cheek, I say "everyone's entitled to their own opinion... no matter how wrong it is." ;->
Great Review! Folk Rock is well grounded. It gives a warm, centered feeling. Great to go back to again and again and again. Do not shorten at all, your insights are keen and musical.
Funny how many songs i suggested today only to find out an hour or two later you already did it lol. Enjoying these reviews this Saturday afternoon. About 5 hours now today. Thank You👍🏻👏🏻🎸🎼
Yessss... We like longer videos, dude. I like the folksy music too, even today. Love this Yes journey, I'm getting exposed to stuff right along with u :)
Your comments remind me of the "olden" days when me and my friends would sit in front of the stereo speakers with liner notes in hand. (Liner notes were all we had before Google.) All in all, I found your comments to be very interesting.
The flute sound is a wooden instrument called a Recorder. It’s mentioned in the little area below the main instrument list, because it’s a guest player.
I like the folksy beginning, too. I have enjoyed their music for most of my life. I had the 90125 album & would play it as background for a rainy day of reading when I was in my 20s.
What a great piece of music❤ You're right, it's a different type of rock. Isn't it great that there's so much good stuff that you can choose depending on your mood or what you're doing? You have, imo, the most variety I've seen on RUclips - love it.
Millionth & ONE and still a great listen. Yes is another band that is a part throughout my life..memories attached!!Legendary IS what rock n roll was. My life without it I just can't imagine..seriously. I'm 50..rock n roll..ALL rock n roll has always been in my life.
All this great music you are discovering and reacting to deserves a long and thoughtful discussion bc it's so well crafted and played. People will always bug out even if your reaction is 10 min long bc they have short attention spans. Love your reactions and questions. And love Yes. Maybe South Side of The Sky next?
Great reaction. Love how you feel the music and react to it with such joy and enthusiastically. Such a beautiful song the drumming in the first part is like a heart beat. No need to edit the length.
This takes me back to the days when the band started to play all the lights went out and everyone lit up. The air was so thick with smoke and incense that even if you weren't smoking you got high. Great memories thanks for taking me back to those days when I didn't have a care except for who was going to be the next band to come to town.
You are right.....Yes went to Folk Rock to a Country Southern Rock using Bluesy guitar riffs and Saloon style piano playing. Yes does this mixture of music genres. Love your reactions to Yes!!! I request you react to "Roundabout" by Yes! Fire!!!!
Psssst... I belong to a secret organization that believes folk rock is cool. There's a treasure of it in Dan Fogelberg (gone way too soon from cancer). Joe Walsh produced his "Souvineers" album. "Phoenix" is a bigger budget, high polish Fogelberg. "Netherlands" is his most chill album.
I remember taking the train to Glasgow with my cousins and some friends to see YES (I'm from Prestwick, Ayrshire about 35 or miles SW of Glasgow so it was less than an hour by train). Then after moving to America full time in the early 1970's I saw them again in Seattle. My best friend and I went together. We'd seen that Rush (with Max Webster and UFO opening) the night before and I just lucked into two tickets to see YES the following night (with Donovan opening). We still have a laugh about how I just showed up at his house and asked if he wanted to go with me. Great stuff.
I saw Steve Howe on a solo tour at The Cain’s Ballroom, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s an historic venue for country music. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys were the house band from 1935 to 1942. You should look it up. There is a museum of famous country musicians who have played there over the decades. Howe said all his heroes were there. The people whose music he had heard growing up, and who had influenced his guitar playing. You clearly heard that.
At 73 I am overjoyed that the awesome music I enjoyed on the way to being 'adult' is being enjoyed by younger enthusiasts today. 50 years ago this track blew me away, it still does. By the way, the refrains of "All we are saying is give peace a chance" can be heard before the Up-beat bit.
The "flute" sound you hear are recorders (probably alto and tenor)--not just your kids' instrument....they also use it in a bunch of other rock songs including "Stairway to Heaven"
Somewhere... can't recall where... I think I read the band decided early in their career to only do music that could be performed live... definitely an entertainer's attitude... it's made for performances... and it's great !
There is a definite folk element to "Your Move" and a more bluesy element to "All Good People" and, despite the deep "prog" movement of the band in the future the folk/blues flavors continue to show up. Classical and Jazz are also big influences. The "flutes" at the beginning is actually a 'recorder' which is an instrument popular in the renaissance, and the acoustic guitar at the beginning of "Your Move" was recorded using a Portuguese guitar, which is related to the lute, another ancient instrument. To get a more complete "view" of the song, check out the concert film live version from the film "Yessongs" - it's an eye opener. Keep your videos as long as you want. They're good. Also, two other Yes songs that might put a smile on your face: "Wondrous Stories" from the album Going for the One, and "To Be Over" on the Relayer album.
I like Jon Anderson's preference to the term "adventurous music" instead of progressive rock to describe Yes's approach to music. The industry tries to categorise & control art & immensely creative artists like Yes through their resistance to this produced the precious gems we all adore. A few more phenomenal tracks you need to listen to from this album: "Starship trooper", "Yours is no disgrace" & "Perpetual change" enjoy your Yes journey.
One of my favorite bands is the folk rock duo of the Indigo Girls. TIL even though I'm very familiar with this song and the "Instant Karma" reference, I had never noticed the background of "All we are saying. Is give peace a chance."
Glad you can 'admit' liking Folk Rock and Yes. DUDE, you NEED to go listen to early Genesis. Anything from the 70s you are guaranteed to love. Seriously. (prove me wrong, I'll be listening)
The flute tones came from the Hammond B-3. The B-3, and it's cousins, combined with a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet was a staple in most classic rock bands that had keys players. There are still bands that tour with them rather than using the digital alternative options that are available. A classic Hammond/Leslie combo starts at around $15k. Ones in immaculate condition can go as high as $50k or more for certain models from certain years. Hammond makes an updated version, the XK Legacy and you're still looking at $60k+ to get a full rig.
I like to say, my favorite Yes (Queen, Rush, Tull, Mike Oldfield, Dvorak, Rammstein, etc) song is the one I'm currently listening to. It great to see olde mvsik being revived and appreciated. Your reactions are priceless.
One of the best bands ever. Their 70s records are unparalleled. Maybe consider playing the Steve Wilson remixes for better fidelity. Keep going on this band. Maybe try “Starship Trooper”. Back in the day we called this Acid Rock. Thansk
Reaction vid length has to vary based on the song as some songs just call for longer discussion! If you're thinking of looking deeper into folky-proggy rock, the band _Jethro Tull_ is a necessary rabbit hole; consider their "Songs From the Wood," "Locomotive Breath," or "Aqualung."
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Don't cut down your reaction video times. I enjoy your comments and analysis throughout the video, and songs like these deserve much more than "Good song, I liked it".
Steve Howe is a world class Chet Atkins finger picker and with All Good People you can tell he was listening to the early 1950's rockabilly players. The Yes album is the first album wit Howe. The other members of the band were pretty smart in that they knew what they had in Howe and allowed him to showcase all his talents throughout the album.
I thought the flute sound was the mellotron but can't be so must be an organ setting as Tony Kaye was against using synths etc which is why he left the band as they wanted a wider palette of sounds.
YES,s folk rock is SHIMMERING! Probably the Bluesiest Rocky song from the early days with newly recruited virtuoso guitarist Steve Howe who took YES into high gear. This is the last album with the original Keys man before Rick the wizard Wakeman. Unlike the way some Reactor pause, I don't mind your way
I found you because you reacted to my favorite band, RUSH. If I had to pick four bands to be carved into my personal Mount Rockmore, Yes would be up there with RUSH, Pink Floyd and The Who.
The sound you are hearing that you think is a flute is probably the flute stops on a full organ... and then the player changes the stops to get the big organ sound... It's a fantastically varied instrument... Keep on Rocking
Steve Howe uses a Portuguese guitar and the flute you can't place is a recorder ... yes that instrument of torture from school ...played by Colin Goldring
Bud I like the puppy approach to your reactions but I sense a musical soul that has a lust for great music so just listen and get lost in Yes and then do all that reaction IMHO. 🙏🍁 YES the greatest show on earth. After you have listened to both halves a dozen times you'll realize that they are the same song done on opposite ends of the musical genre. Genius.
Fargo Season 5 premiered recently and the into ep had this song used brilliantly. I recommend watching it, if at least not he first few minutes where the song is featured. Each season is self-contained so you don't need to watch the first 4 seasons
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"Roundabout" would be a great Yes song to do next. It really shows off the mad skills of their bass player Chris Squire
Roundabout is imo one of the best, if not the best song they recorded.
I was just going to suggest that!
I don't typically subscribe to reaction channels, cuz they keep getting fed to me anyway by my clicks/likes, but I'm getting tempted to subscribe to your's because I've so thoroughly enjoyed your reactions to YES songs. Watching you paying attention to the nuance is great, an essential instinct that attracts people to YES' output. I honestly don't want to miss any of your YES reviews!
That attention to nuance is gonna be needed as you expose yourself to YES' collection of masterpieces, cuz they are filled with *_complexity,_* but dammit, those guys were masters of complexity, perfecting the mix at the sound board with extreme attention to detail. It's why YES' transitions were seamless and while every musician is contributing layers of melody & groove, it's never a muddle.
I say you'd do well to stick with the The Yes Album & Fragile for a while, cuz there's so many amazing compositions on those two albums, which were recorded at the peak of their Classic Period inspirations. You definitely need to hear *Yours Is No Disgrace* and *Starship Trooper* off of The Yes Album and *Roundabout* and *South Side Of The Sky* off of the Fragile album before taking on the Magnificence of the *Close To The Edge* album (all 3 of the songs on that album are *_must listen_* )
Enjoy your YES Journey, friend!
You need to check out Roundabout. The bass is sick. I love this band. Keep em coming.❤
Did you hear the “all we are saying is give peace a chance”? That’s a nod to Mr. Lennon. It’s right before the change from folk sound to harder rock. Love your reactions. Def do Roundabout next, it’s tasty.
I can't believe how many times I have heard this song -- and this is the first time I have distinctly heard the Lennon lines. Wow. It mixes in with the harmonies so well.
Exactly, there's also a nod to Simon and Garfunkel.
YES was mind-blowing back in the day! 1971 .....I was a freshman in high school
Guest musician Colin Goldring on recorders for Your Move. You can try but you’ll never catagorize YES. This was called The Yes Album because it was the first with Steve Howe on guitars. Rick Wakeman joined on KEYBOARDS galore on Fragile the very next album. That lineup is the one that produced the masterpice movements of yhe 70’s.
Relayer, with Patrick Moraz, has grown on me lately. Especially _Gates of Delirium_, which is now, unfortunately very reflective of current conditions.
I hope we hear _Soon_ very, well, soon.
You’re a joy to watch,eargasm after eargasm,facial expressions and you don’t even have to say anything.
I like that you pull up "liner notes" for background information before you start the video it helps both You and your viewers ... Liner Notes is what we found Amazing about the vinyl generation, all sorts of cool info, lyrics, story lines, recording location, guest musicians ...etc
Something that is SORELY Missed with todays music
Glad you covered this, you had me laughing! Because that was almost an identical reaction I had when I first heard this when it was released way back in the day.
As far as time goes, ignore it! Do what you feel, frankly you could have gone on another ten minutes because your reaction is real!
One of the greatest pop songs ever recoded, simply superb!
Dude we're cool with the long videos! Your analysis is refreshing to watch.
Back in high school, in the early seventies, my record/8-Track collection consisted of a collection of prog rock bands.
Had some Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull and Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Nobody wants you to cut down a reaction video to any Yes song. They’re long songs and they are beloved.
You’ve picked a truely sublime album from my fav group back in the 70’s. I have only Close To The Edge ahead of it. Never gets old, enjoy 👍❤️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I watched the whole thing and didn't realize 18 minutes had passed. lol You really seem to enjoy these old songs.
One of my favorite songs by any band. I like your commentaries and don't think that they are too long. I get quite a bit out of them
Millionth & ONE and still a great listen. Yes is another band that is a part throughout my life..memories attached!!
The vocal harmonies are right up there with CSN. Anderson /Squire we're perfection. This was B4 auto tune digital hocus pocus . . . and they pulled this off live. Magic for sure and those of us who were alive when this first came out know we lived during a special time. Glad to see today's utes finding out what we already knew and you've only scratched the surface. Keep doing what your doing cause I'm finding things I missed in 1976.
When I saw YES live, it was a pivotal moment for me. Absolutely intense and unforgettable. What a time it was to be a kid.........
One of my favorite YES songs. Don't surround yourself with yourself......
listened to this as a kid with my older brother and sister. the coolest. .
There is no right or wrong when it comes to your, or anyones, taste in music. If it moves you, that’s all it takes. YES does that to me, and has for 50+ years. You might like Tull, Crosby Stills Nash and Young. I love prog, folk rock, grunge,nu metal, hair metal, all metal…southern rock, psychedelic, alternative, and a couple country artists. Since I was 6, music has done it for me. I’m 64 now, a dj, and can’t imagine a world without music. ☮️❤️😎
Spot on Nancy! I've listened to YES for most of the 50-odd years since a girlfriend lent me The Yes Album! The 1970 - 1878? YES is my favourite incarnation - Howe / Anderson / Squire with any brilliant drummer / keyboardist is the "sound" of YES to me. I like other incarnations, and i like their solo stuff from the same period - Patrick Moraz's "The Story of I" and Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water" being 2 of my all-time favourite albums. But - as regards other music - you're right...anything else goes...if it's good!
Absolutely! No such thing as "best" or "greatest," etc. Not even good or bad. Only *your* best, greatest, etc.
You have to realize that everyone feels the same about their faves as you do about yours.
Tongue in cheek, I say "everyone's entitled to their own opinion... no matter how wrong it is." ;->
Great Review! Folk Rock is well grounded. It gives a warm, centered feeling. Great to go back to again and again and again. Do not shorten at all, your insights are keen and musical.
Yes are brilliant If your folk rock thirsty : Crosby Still Nash and Young....
Funny how many songs i suggested today only to find out an hour or two later you already did it lol. Enjoying these reviews this Saturday afternoon. About 5 hours now today. Thank You👍🏻👏🏻🎸🎼
Yessss...
We like longer videos, dude. I like the folksy music too, even today. Love this Yes journey, I'm getting exposed to stuff right along with u :)
I saw their first American tour outdoors in Hartford...... they blew the cities ears OFF.
I adore your reactions!!! So much to discover ❤
Your comments remind me of the "olden" days when me and my friends would sit in front of the stereo speakers with liner notes in hand. (Liner notes were all we had before Google.) All in all, I found your comments to be very interesting.
We never had the lyrics, it was so frustrating!
"Give Peace A Chance" is sung so quietly in the background. Sweet reference to the Beetles. Sweet.
The flute sound is a wooden instrument called a Recorder. It’s mentioned in the little area below the main instrument list, because it’s a guest player.
The instrument in the first half is a recorder. The musical style of the second half is rockabilly. A blending of country with rhythm and blues.
Steve Howe was a huge Chet Atkins fan.
I like the folksy beginning, too. I have enjoyed their music for most of my life. I had the 90125 album & would play it as background for a rainy day of reading when I was in my 20s.
What a great piece of music❤ You're right, it's a different type of rock. Isn't it great that there's so much good stuff that you can choose depending on your mood or what you're doing? You have, imo, the most variety I've seen on RUclips - love it.
Millionth & ONE and still a great listen. Yes is another band that is a part throughout my life..memories attached!!Legendary IS what rock n roll was. My life without it I just can't imagine..seriously. I'm 50..rock n roll..ALL rock n roll has always been in my life.
All this great music you are discovering and reacting to deserves a long and thoughtful discussion bc it's so well crafted and played. People will always bug out even if your reaction is 10 min long bc they have short attention spans. Love your reactions and questions. And love Yes. Maybe South Side of The Sky next?
Try checking out Yes, "Starship Trooper"! The instruments in it are amazing!
Great reaction. Love how you feel the music and react to it with such joy and enthusiastically. Such a beautiful song the drumming in the first part is like a heart beat. No need to edit the length.
The base and drums get overlooked a lot.
Prog Prog and yes all prog
This takes me back to the days when the band started to play all the lights went out and everyone lit up. The air was so thick with smoke and incense that even if you weren't smoking you got high. Great memories thanks for taking me back to those days when I didn't have a care except for who was going to be the next band to come to town.
takes me back. so freaking awesome
You are right.....Yes went to Folk Rock to a Country Southern Rock using Bluesy guitar riffs and Saloon style piano playing. Yes does this mixture of music genres. Love your reactions to Yes!!! I request you react to "Roundabout" by Yes! Fire!!!!
Thanks Sal, another great stroll down memory lane. Saw these guys at the Hollywood Bowl in the mid-seventies... epic!
That flute sound is likely from the Hammond organ. The B3 has many "voices" available and one is called flute.
Sorry I missed your livestream last night. Congratulations on hitting 20K
10:40 The flute-sounding chord passage is done on the organ, set to the flute sound setting.
Psssst... I belong to a secret organization that believes folk rock is cool. There's a treasure of it in Dan Fogelberg (gone way too soon from cancer). Joe Walsh produced his "Souvineers" album. "Phoenix" is a bigger budget, high polish Fogelberg. "Netherlands" is his most chill album.
I remember taking the train to Glasgow with my cousins and some friends to see YES (I'm from Prestwick, Ayrshire about 35 or miles SW of Glasgow so it was less than an hour by train). Then after moving to America full time in the early 1970's I saw them again in Seattle. My best friend and I went together. We'd seen that Rush (with Max Webster and UFO opening) the night before and I just lucked into two tickets to see YES the following night (with Donovan opening). We still have a laugh about how I just showed up at his house and asked if he wanted to go with me. Great stuff.
The flute sound is from a Mellotron synth. They produced the sounds of woodwind instruments i believe.
"Roundabout" is your next Yes song
YES to Yes! My favorite Yes song is called,And You And I!🎶👊
Greatest song ever written about the game of Chess
I saw Steve Howe on a solo tour at The Cain’s Ballroom, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s an historic venue for country music. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys were the house band from 1935 to 1942. You should look it up.
There is a museum of famous country musicians who have played there over the decades.
Howe said all his heroes were there. The people whose music he had heard growing up, and who had influenced his guitar playing.
You clearly heard that.
You haven’t heard anything yet. This is Yes getting warmed up. Almost a decade of increasingly great music follows.
Me watching this as your arrow hovers over "Guest Musician" on the Wiki page and going DUDE YOU'RE SO CLOSE!! 😂
I first saw Yes in 1971 and then numerous times since, often with very different line ups. Still one of the classiest bands ever.
The reason it is so good is that it was recorded in a real studio with real people with talents and gifts and 24 track tape recording only
You should listen to The Doors if you haven't already. Ray Manzareck is a very talented pianist.
The Doors demand to be reacted to! So many cool songs!
Riders on the Storm ~sigh~
Excellence at its finest!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
FYI there is a coffee table book of Steve Howes Guitar collection.
At 73 I am overjoyed that the awesome music I enjoyed on the way to being 'adult' is being enjoyed by younger enthusiasts today. 50 years ago this track blew me away, it still does.
By the way, the refrains of "All we are saying is give peace a chance" can be heard before the Up-beat bit.
The "flute" sound you hear are recorders (probably alto and tenor)--not just your kids' instrument....they also use it in a bunch of other rock songs including "Stairway to Heaven"
Somewhere... can't recall where... I think I read the band decided early in their career to only do music that could be performed live... definitely an entertainer's attitude... it's made for performances... and it's great !
There is a definite folk element to "Your Move" and a more bluesy element to "All Good People" and, despite the deep "prog" movement of the band in the future the folk/blues flavors continue to show up. Classical and Jazz are also big influences. The "flutes" at the beginning is actually a 'recorder' which is an instrument popular in the renaissance, and the acoustic guitar at the beginning of "Your Move" was recorded using a Portuguese guitar, which is related to the lute, another ancient instrument. To get a more complete "view" of the song, check out the concert film live version from the film "Yessongs" - it's an eye opener.
Keep your videos as long as you want. They're good. Also, two other Yes songs that might put a smile on your face: "Wondrous Stories" from the album Going for the One, and "To Be Over" on the Relayer album.
Masterpiece album.
The flute sound is either a recorder, like in the beginning of Stairway To Heaven, or keys with recorder sound.
It's a live-played recorder here, but I'm pretty sure they use a Mellotron on stage. That's what Zeppelin used to do for Stairway...
Kinda hard to decrease length if of Yes Reaction!! Most their songs are longer than typical 4 min hits!😃❤️
The "flutes" you bear are synth fx of a Mellotron, an analog device that used tape samples...
I like Jon Anderson's preference to the term "adventurous music" instead of progressive rock to describe Yes's approach to music. The industry tries to categorise & control art & immensely creative artists like Yes through their resistance to this produced the precious gems we all adore. A few more phenomenal tracks you need to listen to from this album: "Starship trooper", "Yours is no disgrace" & "Perpetual change" enjoy your Yes journey.
Love the shepherds chord at the end.
One of my favorite bands is the folk rock duo of the Indigo Girls.
TIL even though I'm very familiar with this song and the "Instant Karma" reference, I had never noticed the background of "All we are saying. Is give peace a chance."
MASTERPIECE!!!! I LOVE ALL ROCK!!!!
The first two YES albums were not released at first in the US so in a way you were right The YES Album was their first American release.
I think they used a Mellotron, electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It produces flute-like sounds
This song could be like a mini rock opera.
The flute might be an ocarina, it sounds similar, and the sort of folk instrument one might expect in this song.
This or Roundabout are what I think of when someone mentions Yes.
Glad you can 'admit' liking Folk Rock and Yes. DUDE, you NEED to go listen to early Genesis. Anything from the 70s you are guaranteed to love. Seriously. (prove me wrong, I'll be listening)
The flute tones came from the Hammond B-3. The B-3, and it's cousins, combined with a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet was a staple in most classic rock bands that had keys players. There are still bands that tour with them rather than using the digital alternative options that are available. A classic Hammond/Leslie combo starts at around $15k. Ones in immaculate condition can go as high as $50k or more for certain models from certain years. Hammond makes an updated version, the XK Legacy and you're still looking at $60k+ to get a full rig.
The harmonies in this song...
I love Jon Anderson and this song because of the harmonies they create.
Jon Anderson's voice is heavenly
I like to say, my favorite Yes (Queen, Rush, Tull, Mike Oldfield, Dvorak, Rammstein, etc) song is the one I'm currently listening to.
It great to see olde mvsik being revived and appreciated.
Your reactions are priceless.
Interesting your comments on folk rock. One group you might like to check out is Bellowhead, they're a folk group that rock!
One of the best bands ever. Their 70s records are unparalleled. Maybe consider playing the Steve Wilson remixes for better fidelity. Keep going on this band. Maybe try “Starship Trooper”. Back in the day we called this Acid Rock. Thansk
keep doing what you do...dont pander to those with a short attention span
Huh, what? 😂
Such a great track.
Reaction vid length has to vary based on the song as some songs just call for longer discussion! If you're thinking of looking deeper into folky-proggy rock, the band _Jethro Tull_ is a necessary rabbit hole; consider their "Songs From the Wood," "Locomotive Breath," or "Aqualung."
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Don't cut down your reaction video times. I enjoy your comments and analysis throughout the video, and songs like these deserve much more than "Good song, I liked it".
Now, check out the live album from 73, YESSONGS" the best live lp EVER !, I saw them in 72, they played each song note for note.
I too am a large folk rock fan, that’s why I love Zeppelin so much. The Eagles, Jackson Brown, Linda Ronstadt, John Denver, CSN, Joni Mitchell, etc.
Steve Howe is a world class Chet Atkins finger picker and with All Good People you can tell he was listening to the early 1950's rockabilly players. The Yes album is the first album wit Howe. The other members of the band were pretty smart in that they knew what they had in Howe and allowed him to showcase all his talents throughout the album.
I thought the flute sound was the mellotron but can't be so must be an organ setting as Tony Kaye was against using synths etc which is why he left the band as they wanted a wider palette of sounds.
YES,s folk rock is SHIMMERING! Probably the Bluesiest Rocky song from the early days with newly recruited virtuoso guitarist Steve Howe who took YES into high gear. This is the last album with the original Keys man before Rick the wizard Wakeman. Unlike the way some Reactor pause, I don't mind your way
I found you because you reacted to my favorite band, RUSH. If I had to pick four bands to be carved into my personal Mount Rockmore, Yes would be up there with RUSH, Pink Floyd and The Who.
The sound you are hearing that you think is a flute is probably the flute stops on a full organ... and then the player changes the stops to get the big organ sound... It's a fantastically varied instrument... Keep on Rocking
Steve Howe uses a Portuguese guitar
and the flute you can't place is a recorder ... yes that instrument of torture from school ...played by Colin Goldring
Bud I like the puppy approach to your reactions but I sense a musical soul that has a lust for great music so just listen and get lost in Yes and then do all that reaction IMHO. 🙏🍁
YES the greatest show on earth. After you have listened to both halves a dozen times you'll realize that they are the same song done on opposite ends of the musical genre. Genius.
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Fargo Season 5 premiered recently and the into ep had this song used brilliantly. I recommend watching it, if at least not he first few minutes where the song is featured. Each season is self-contained so you don't need to watch the first 4 seasons
Listen to Close to The Edge from Yes. That is the name of the album and also the first song.
"The Yes Album" is the first with Steve Howe
Theres a new band that started when they were 9 years old with a viral video (sandman) and they are rockin today (The Warning) evolve first video