This song is from "The Yes Album." The whole record is terrific. It's one of those albums that's designed to listen from start to finish. There's not a wasted moment on it.
Great reaction; I agree that a lot of Yes music is timeless. Before getting to CTTE or Gates I would recommend you do Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, Siberian Khatru and And you and I.
At 4.40 you can see lead guitarist Steve Howe singing harmony along with Anderson and Squire. He held down the low end of the three-part harmonies that were an essential part of Yes music. People normally only mention Squire and Anderson as the vocalists due to their very similar high voices being in the forefront. Howe's arrival kicked off the huge success of this fine band. His guitar skills and versatility are unmatched. He sings while he plays. He, along with Anderson, were also the main composers of most of the band's highly acclaimed songs. Howe is the only remaining classic member of Yes still touring with the band.
In this lineup of Yes is one of the two main drummers in all of the band's existence: Bill Bruford. He's even regarded as one of the greatest drummers in progressive rock, if not all of rock. Besides this group, he's also known as the most well-known drummer of King Crimson, and did one tour with the group Genesis in 1976 when Phil Collins started to be the group's lead singer after Peter Gabriel left the band. He's since retired from playing and is a prominent musicologist in the UK. Speaking of King Crimson, you need to do a reaction to a video they made in 1973 of a live performance of their out there instrumental "Larks Tongues in Aspic", from the album of the same name.
Chris Squire was a huge influence on me and so many others like Geddy Lee of Rush. I met Chris many years ago for about 5 minutes, when he shook my hand I couldn’t believe how gigantic his hands were. I met John Entwistle from The Who at the Rainbow on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood and we hung out for about an hour just him and I. I’m 2 out of 4 of meeting my top four favorite bass players. Now that I’m a retired musician the chance of running into Geddy or JPJ of Led Zeppelin here in L.A. is very slim but you never know. I’ve met and played with some amazing players over the years and I’m still friends with many that are still active in the biz. Sorry I almost never talk about this, just thinking out loud today I guess. Great Reaction.
Squire and Greg Lake were my two influences. Apparently, they were flatmates in London when they were starting out. That's why Lake learned to play bass with a pick.
@@TheRKae. Thanks Man That’s really cool information. I never knew that. 👍 Kieth, Greg and Carl of E. L. P each dripped with so much talent they probably left puddles on the stage.
Yes indeed ❤ You won’t find any other band like this. Their career is marked with changes, but the thread is still there in more than 50 years of music. This is off their third album but considered a classic ❤ They were as good live as you can see - I saw them several times.
The addition of Rick Wakeman at this point really boosted the musical knowledge of the group, but I do remember hearing this for the first time and thinking I was hearing keyboard when it was actually Steve Howe on guitar. I mean, it's a meticulous form of music that I think they all recognized as being a new unifier for their sound at that point. And I think it's still one of their best compositions.
Steve Howe has always been my favourite guitarist because of the unique sounds he gets out of his instruments. Colours that I'd never heard before, and so different from the pop rock guitars one heard all the time.
Howe has YT vids, explaining his playing, plus he has teaching CDs. Wakeman also has a channel - liked one with him and Squire very much. Waiting for her reaction to Wakeman & 6+ keyboards plus Moog & melotron.
YES and the Moody Blues were my gateway as an 11 year old when this album was first released Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, ELO and Renaissance followed and from sound worlds of wonder at the start of my journey still resonate as I am beginning to reach the end.
I really appreciate your reactions to Yes's music, when I was your age I didn't appreciate it or rather I wasn't in tune with the YES vibe. Nowadays I'm a fan of this band!
There was no-one like Yes at the time and no-one since. They have one corner of the progressive rock genre solely reserved for them. Question is, do you feel ready to strap in for 20mins and listen to ‘Close to the edge’ which is generally accepted as their magnum opus. Will be here to listen if you do. People always refer to the use of substances to enjoy progressive rock. I always maintain that it was listening to progressive rock that gave me the dopamine hit that kept me off those substances!
Welcome To The World Of Splendid British Progressive Rock...Thats My 2nd Favorite Track From That Record...StarShip Trooper Is My Top Favorite Track From That Record...
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and YES, the greatest show on earth. 53 years I've been boogie-ing to that masterpiece. Must listen to the studio versions first always to hear what the band envisioned. ✨️🎶⚘️🎶✨️
Your commentary is very insightful regarding how youth today are re-discovering this music. For people my age who were teens when this music was released experience great joy vicariously watching young people listening for the first time. It's a very cool phenomenon bridging generations, and you are contributing to that.
YES, was my very first concert in 1975. Absolutely incredible!! I highly suggest you listen to the studio version of "To Be Over" from them. I'll be watching! :D
There is a live version of this song on the Yessongs album. It takes some getting into, in part because of the less-than-stellar sound quality but also because it's LIVE & that's when this band pulls out all the stops and goes no holds barred to the point of going right over the top at times. On Yessongs they stretch this piece to almost 15 minutes of pure rock heaven and it is very loud. But most of all: very good.
These bands yes Genesis ELP they are quite simply genius every one of these bands all did timeless music and the time signatures are expertly done i fell in love with prog rock music back in 1973 and i can safely say in my opinion the best music ever i applaud you yes masterpiece wow
This has to be one of my best record purchases ever. I bought it, unheard, on the strength of the surreal cover and have never regretted spending the money fifty years ago.
I remember seeing this video a long time ago, but didn't get into as much as I did this time. I actually like this alternate version better than the hit studio version. Even with the sound kind of coming in waves with this sound quality. I especially like Howe's guitar solos.
First album guitarist Steve Howe joined Yes. He added most spectacular lead guitar sounds plus background vocals. He brought best possible moments to there music. Tony Kaye was still organ player , he refused to add new synthesizer and melotron sounds to there genre ! Yes asked him to leave on next album Fragile. Rick Wakeman was added and brought the best additional background sounds to this most amazing group of musicians.
Yours Is No Disgrace - a kind of backhanded tribute to the role of the American Marines in the Vietnam War - and evidently it was one of Stuart Murdoch's favorites, even if he didn't know where the "1" was!
One of the most unique and mesmerizingly talented bands ever. I always took the meaning of this song to be about the aftermath of a nuclear war, even tho I'm pretty sure that's not what was intended. But "Crawling out of dsirty hole...their morals disappeared," and "If the summer changed to winter," "Battleships confide in me, and tell me where you are," etc. I like to think the "Yours is no disgrace" part was to us ordinary folks, who have no control at all over The End for All, which seems to grow closer by the day these days...
It's about the Vietnam War. Most of those who fought in the war were drafted and had no choice. "Yours is no Disgrace" refers to them or anyone else forced into a bad situation through no fault of their own.
Ah, Chris' famous poodle boots. Not always the most fashion-forward guy, although by the late 70's he got his act together. What you're watching here is Yes' first really successful long-form song (which was always pretty good live). It's basically a rock song with an instrumental jam inserted into the middle. They repeated this formula for their most successful early 70's song, "Roundabout". The German TV studio that filmed this had been in the business of producing promos for rock bands for many years, so by this point they had a pretty good crew (despite lapses into whatever was the latest trend in psychedelic video effects!)
I AGREE, there was NO BAND LIKE 70s YES! But there were many other unique, underappreciated & lesser known GREAT Progbands. It was a very diverse & fantastic genre ❤ NEXT YES > Perpetual Change, Starship Trooper, > And You & I, Siberian Khatru, then you'll be ready for CLOSE TO THE EDGE, TALES, & RELAYER...😊
YES made music like no other band. They constantly experimented with layering & displays of musicianship, but they always emphasized melody & vocal harmonies in all of their masterpieces. Jon Anderson's lead vocals really stood out as another 'unusual' element of the band's sound. I've described his raspy tenor as "the most fragile-sounding lead singer voice in the rock genre." Many fans have described it as "angelic" I heard you say that this isn't the best YES song you've heard, but I suspect you might change your mind if you were to listen to the _studio version_ of Yours Is No Disgrace. They took full advantage of studio effects to wow headphone listeners that you just don't hear on the live recordings. Your visual curiosity should now be somewhat satisfied, so you might as well listen to their studio creations during this Uber Classical Period if sound quality is important to you.
Queue up "Yessongs, "Tales" and "Relayer" (Optional) before you go to sleep some night. Doesn't have to be loud. I guarantee you'll wake up refreshed! I do this often. Alternate: Old Genesis w. Gabriel & King Crimson Red Album this works as well.
Yes were one of those bands that had a unique sound but so did many bands of that time as a 15-year-old when this came out you would here a track and nine times out of ten be able to pick the band all the bands then naturally developed their own genre a sum of the members of the band many were like this YES, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Moody Blues. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and of course the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and the Animals to name a few
YES. Best...band...ever. Thanks!!! for the reaction. You have much to look forward to as they have gobs of music that is "crazy" good. YES has 23 studio albums.
So many anti-war songs in that era. Either you liked Yes and their Progressive Rock, or you didn't. They defined the genre (along with a few others in the 'British Invasion' period, which so many of are still popular today. Nice to see Tony Kaye in this clip - I hadn't seen this one in Years!
I love Yes live! Seen them over a 100 times, nobody better as far as I'm concerned. But I think to fully appreciate this song you should have listen to the studio album. You can really hear all the intricacies of those amazing musicians. Same goes for Heart of the Sunrise. That's why you like Roundabout the best, it's clean and you can really hear each instrument. Check out something from Close to the Edge next. 😊
This is a wild video, and the music is pretty well played for a complicated live version. I hope you react to the EPIC YES song called “close to the edge”. It’s their masterpiece. Thanks!
I'd urge you to listen to the studio recording for a cleaner sound. Yes is very much about composition and the nuances are so worth hearing. Also on the Yes album is a classic of theirs, "Starship Trooper," that takes you on a voyage of exploration to the distant reaches of space. What an amazing band.
The point about Yes (which got them into some trouble in the latter part of the decade) was that they didn't recognize a musical boundary between rock and other forms of music. Rock and Roll was supposed to supplant everything and I think it's largely due to the decline of rock in the modern age that their sound is being more widely accepted amongst an uninitiated audience.
One of my all time favorite Yes song but there are better recordings of this one, Also if you haven't yet you should check out "Heart of the Sunrise". A cool tidbit about Yes is they were known for playing "In the Round" meaning a circular stage that turned slowly during the entire concert'. I've seen Yes twice live and the fist time in 77 was also my first ever concert and the first time trying LSD. Needless to say I was blown away. The downfall from this experience was I just assumed all concerts would be this good, boy was I ever disappointed . Keep up the great work Steph, Love ya.
I have seen YES 3 times live and have every Album they ever put out. And believe it or not these guys weren't drug users. Try the song Close to the Edge.
Great band and song! You should do the Close to the Edge album, it is their crowning achievement, do the title track when you can and listen in absolute wonder. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶🔥
With Yes you really loose a lot of the nuances in their complex musical style and the wonderful harmonies that the studio versions have. On top of this is that most video recordings of this band are substandard in sound quality. So I would really recommend the studio versions especially for first time listens. Then you would really appreciate how unique this band really was.
@@kentclark6420 if you compare this to what's on The Yes Album you can see that this is not the studio version. And this wasn't a promo video - they were featured on this German TV program.
This is supposed to be something you see well into your Yes journey (like I did) and feel just what you said about the technology of the time, when we weren't being drowned in music videos. But only after you've listened to the studio version 15 or 20 times 😒
Music was the first place that I heard the term "Progressive". The term was stolen by others. As musicians we simply called it "Prog". Yes were the first and best at prog in my opinion.
Yes are my favorite band ever, so by extension I consider them the best (to me) prog band of all time. That said, the Beatles are the reason prog exists, in the sense that they made experimentation in rock music not only acceptable, but accessible, desirable, and marketable. It is a slight disservice to a lot of bands including the Beatles who laid the groundwork for what we now consider the ‘first wave’ of prog rock to call any particular band the “first” prog band. I think Yes perfected a recipe that a lot of other cooks experimented with before them.
React musics Europe band please...: " Rock the Night"; " Never Say Die "; " Lights and Shadows"; " Let the good times rock "; " Open your Heart "; "Tower's Callin' "; "Tomorrow"; "Sign of the times "; " Just the Beginning"; " Supertitious"; " More Than Meets The Eye"; "Scream of Anger"; "Treated Bad Again"; "Stormwind"; "Wasted Time"; "Dreamer"; "Dance The Night Away"; "Seventh Sing", "Bad Blood"; "Little Bit Of Lovin'; " Halfway To Heaven"; "Homeland"; " Got Your Mind In The Gutter"; "Til My Heart Beats Down Your Door"; "Girl From Libanon"; "All Or Nothing"; "Danger On The Track"; "Ninja"; "Cherokee "; "Time Has Come"; "Heart of Stone"; " On The Loose", "Love Chaser"; "Momeries"; "Seven Doors Hotel"; "Farewell"; " In The Future To Come"; "The King Will Return"; "Words Of Wisdow"; "Children Of This Time"; "Paradaze Bay"; "Sweet Love Child"; "On Broken Wings"; "Ready Or Not"; "A Long Time Comin' " Wings Of Tomorrow "; "Aphasia"... and John Norum and Joey Tempest sing clip : "We Will Be Strong
so pleased you've discovered Yes, the 2cnd live band I saw wen I was 16 . . . I'm 70 now, they blew my mind! showed me what heights music could reach . . . . . but quite honestly I could happily watch u react to u a dripping tap . . ur beyond gorgeous! and in my mind have achieved minor Goddess status . . . can I worship you? shall I sacrifice goats or virgins? your wish is my command
The performance was amazing but too bad the sound quality and mix was poor (sounded like Mono, or very compressed). Howe and Bruford were crazy together during that break. Bruford looked so young, and that hair cracked me up! You should also listen to the studio version as well as Perpetual Change, Starship Troopers and I've Seen All Good People from the same album.
WHY? Why does anyone watch reaction videos of people just moving their head saying, 'Oh, cool,' adding absolutely NOTHING. I can understand watching a musician or vocalist react by giving technical kudos, but someone just nodding along? What the actual F**K, people. Are you so starved for entertainment you'd watch water coming to a boil? Wait, that would actually be more interesting, at least you could learn some physics. SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO SOCIETY?????!!!!!!!
I didn't love this video, too distracting and the sound quality could be better. Rolling the credits over the performance and that intro?? Why? The studio version is much preferred IMHO. And there are likely better live videos of this song on YT.
This song is from "The Yes Album." The whole record is terrific. It's one of those albums that's designed to listen from start to finish. There's not a wasted moment on it.
You like ''Clap'' ?
@@sarunasjuonys4220 Clap is nice. The weakest link on the album is probably a venture but even that one isn't too bad.
Greatest side 1 of a debut album , possibly ever . I'd have to think about it. And yeah, Clap rocks.
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Great reaction; I agree that a lot of Yes music is timeless. Before getting to CTTE or Gates I would recommend you do Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, Siberian Khatru and And you and I.
This is from a German television show (ARD) from 1971. The show was called "Beat-Club".
First time I've seen this clip. Sounds good. But you may also want to listen to the studio version for greater clarity.
Horrible version
At 4.40 you can see lead guitarist Steve Howe singing harmony along with Anderson and Squire. He held down the low end of the three-part harmonies that were an essential part of Yes music. People normally only mention Squire and Anderson as the vocalists due to their very similar high voices being in the forefront. Howe's arrival kicked off the huge success of this fine band. His guitar skills and versatility are unmatched. He sings while he plays. He, along with Anderson, were also the main composers of most of the band's highly acclaimed songs. Howe is the only remaining classic member of Yes still touring with the band.
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@@sarunasjuonys4220 Apologies, try 4:40, instead.
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Intentionally very low in the mix. An amazing guitarist. NOT a vocalist.
In this lineup of Yes is one of the two main drummers in all of the band's existence: Bill Bruford. He's even regarded as one of the greatest drummers in progressive rock, if not all of rock. Besides this group, he's also known as the most well-known drummer of King Crimson, and did one tour with the group Genesis in 1976 when Phil Collins started to be the group's lead singer after Peter Gabriel left the band. He's since retired from playing and is a prominent musicologist in the UK.
Speaking of King Crimson, you need to do a reaction to a video they made in 1973 of a live performance of their out there instrumental "Larks Tongues in Aspic", from the album of the same name.
Bill is also a very highly regarded Jazz drummer, heard him many times live playing Jazz.
Chris Squire was a huge influence on me and so many others like Geddy Lee of Rush. I met Chris many years ago for about 5 minutes, when he shook my hand I couldn’t believe how gigantic his hands were. I met John Entwistle from The Who at the Rainbow on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood and we hung out for about an hour just him and I. I’m 2 out of 4 of meeting my top four favorite bass players. Now that I’m a retired musician the chance of running into Geddy or JPJ of Led Zeppelin here in L.A. is very slim but you never know. I’ve met and played with some amazing players over the years and I’m still friends with many that are still active in the biz. Sorry I almost never talk about this, just thinking out loud today I guess. Great Reaction.
Cool stories. I wanna shake YOUR hand! 😉
Squire and Greg Lake were my two influences. Apparently, they were flatmates in London when they were starting out. That's why Lake learned to play bass with a pick.
@@TheRKae. Thanks Man That’s really cool information. I never knew that. 👍 Kieth, Greg and Carl of E. L. P each dripped with so much talent they probably left puddles on the stage.
Yes indeed ❤
You won’t find any other band like this. Their career is marked with changes, but the thread is still there in more than 50 years of music. This is off their third album but considered a classic ❤
They were as good live as you can see - I saw them several times.
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My Favorite all time guitarist. Steve HOWE!! One the the greatest! I am a guitarist and he was my idol since I was very young.
i looked after his guitars when i was a roadie in glasgow and they came there...met peter gabriel too and he smiled and said hello
The addition of Rick Wakeman at this point really boosted the musical knowledge of the group, but I do remember hearing this for the first time and thinking I was hearing keyboard when it was actually Steve Howe on guitar. I mean, it's a meticulous form of music that I think they all recognized as being a new unifier for their sound at that point. And I think it's still one of their best compositions.
Steve Howe has always been my favourite guitarist because of the unique sounds he gets out of his instruments.
Colours that I'd never heard before, and so different from the pop rock guitars one heard all the time.
That's Tony Kaye on keyboards, Rick replaced Tony a little after this.
Howe has YT vids, explaining his playing, plus he has teaching CDs. Wakeman also has a channel - liked one with him and Squire very much.
Waiting for her reaction to Wakeman & 6+ keyboards plus Moog & melotron.
YES and the Moody Blues were my gateway as an 11 year old when this album was first released
Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, ELO and Renaissance followed and from sound worlds of wonder at the start of my journey still resonate as I am beginning to reach the end.
This whole album is crazy, beautifully crazy. You should listen to the studio version though
They are excellent!! Master musicians.
I really appreciate your reactions to Yes's music, when I was your age I didn't appreciate it or rather I wasn't in tune with the YES vibe. Nowadays I'm a fan of this band!
What a blast from the past. Another classic song Great reaction
Great album. They were nice enough to come to town in '72 and again a year or two later.
There was no-one like Yes at the time and no-one since. They have one corner of the progressive rock genre solely reserved for them. Question is, do you feel ready to strap in for 20mins and listen to ‘Close to the edge’ which is generally accepted as their magnum opus. Will be here to listen if you do. People always refer to the use of substances to enjoy progressive rock. I always maintain that it was listening to progressive rock that gave me the dopamine hit that kept me off those substances!
You forgot about Starcastle. Not Yes, but very much like Yes.
Welcome To The World Of Splendid British Progressive Rock...Thats My 2nd Favorite Track From That Record...StarShip Trooper Is My Top Favorite Track From That Record...
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and YES, the greatest show on earth. 53 years I've been boogie-ing to that masterpiece. Must listen to the studio versions first always to hear what the band envisioned.
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Your commentary is very insightful regarding how youth today are re-discovering this music. For people my age who were teens when this music was released experience great joy vicariously watching young people listening for the first time. It's a very cool phenomenon bridging generations, and you are contributing to that.
YES, was my very first concert in 1975. Absolutely incredible!! I highly suggest you listen to the studio version of "To Be Over" from them. I'll be watching! :D
There is a live version of this song on the Yessongs album. It takes some getting into, in part because of the less-than-stellar sound quality but also because it's LIVE & that's when this band pulls out all the stops and goes no holds barred to the point of going right over the top at times. On Yessongs they stretch this piece to almost 15 minutes of pure rock heaven and it is very loud. But most of all: very good.
This version is OK, check out the studio versions first for all YES songs First
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These bands yes Genesis ELP they are quite simply genius every one of these bands all did timeless music and the time signatures are expertly done i fell in love with prog rock music back in 1973 and i can safely say in my opinion the best music ever i applaud you yes masterpiece wow
This has to be one of my best record purchases ever. I bought it, unheard, on the strength of the surreal cover and have never regretted spending the money fifty years ago.
I remember seeing this video a long time ago, but didn't get into as much as I did this time. I actually like this alternate version better than the hit studio version. Even with the sound kind of coming in waves with this sound quality. I especially like Howe's guitar solos.
First album guitarist Steve Howe joined Yes. He added most spectacular lead guitar sounds plus background vocals. He brought best possible moments to there music. Tony Kaye was still organ player , he refused to add new synthesizer and melotron sounds to there genre ! Yes asked him to leave on next album Fragile. Rick Wakeman was added and brought the best additional background sounds to this most amazing group of musicians.
Yours Is No Disgrace - a kind of backhanded tribute to the role of the American Marines in the Vietnam War - and evidently it was one of Stuart Murdoch's favorites, even if he didn't know where the "1" was!
Actually my teenagers do love Yes!
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One of the most unique and mesmerizingly talented bands ever. I always took the meaning of this song to be about the aftermath of a nuclear war, even tho I'm pretty sure that's not what was intended. But "Crawling out of dsirty hole...their morals disappeared," and "If the summer changed to winter," "Battleships confide in me, and tell me where you are," etc. I like to think the "Yours is no disgrace" part was to us ordinary folks, who have no control at all over The End for All, which seems to grow closer by the day these days...
It's about the Vietnam War. Most of those who fought in the war were drafted and had no choice. "Yours is no Disgrace" refers to them or anyone else forced into a bad situation through no fault of their own.
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Great song from a great album!
Over the Target , with this Group .
Deeper Dive Required (DDR) !
Ah, Chris' famous poodle boots. Not always the most fashion-forward guy, although by the late 70's he got his act together. What you're watching here is Yes' first really successful long-form song (which was always pretty good live). It's basically a rock song with an instrumental jam inserted into the middle. They repeated this formula for their most successful early 70's song, "Roundabout". The German TV studio that filmed this had been in the business of producing promos for rock bands for many years, so by this point they had a pretty good crew (despite lapses into whatever was the latest trend in psychedelic video effects!)
Pure talent.
I AGREE, there was NO BAND LIKE 70s YES! But there were many other unique, underappreciated & lesser known GREAT Progbands. It was a very diverse & fantastic genre ❤ NEXT YES > Perpetual Change, Starship Trooper, > And You & I, Siberian Khatru, then you'll be ready for CLOSE TO THE EDGE, TALES, & RELAYER...😊
i have listened to this song endless times and have never seen this video. Yes anthologies and never this video. thank you.
YES made music like no other band. They constantly experimented with layering & displays of musicianship, but they always emphasized melody & vocal harmonies in all of their masterpieces. Jon Anderson's lead vocals really stood out as another 'unusual' element of the band's sound. I've described his raspy tenor as "the most fragile-sounding lead singer voice in the rock genre." Many fans have described it as "angelic"
I heard you say that this isn't the best YES song you've heard, but I suspect you might change your mind if you were to listen to the _studio version_ of Yours Is No Disgrace. They took full advantage of studio effects to wow headphone listeners that you just don't hear on the live recordings. Your visual curiosity should now be somewhat satisfied, so you might as well listen to their studio creations during this Uber Classical Period if sound quality is important to you.
Queue up "Yessongs, "Tales" and "Relayer" (Optional) before you go to sleep some night. Doesn't have to be loud. I guarantee you'll wake up refreshed! I do this often. Alternate: Old Genesis w. Gabriel & King Crimson Red Album this works as well.
Yes were one of those bands that had a unique sound but so did many bands of that time as a 15-year-old when this came out you would here a track and nine times out of ten be able to pick the band all the bands then naturally developed their own genre a sum of the members of the band many were like this YES, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Moody Blues. Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and of course the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and the Animals to name a few
OMG I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS VIDEO TY!!!!
Regarded by many to be the greatest prog rock band ever. I just call them the greatest ever 💚
YES. Best...band...ever. Thanks!!! for the reaction. You have much to look forward to as they have gobs of music that is "crazy" good. YES has 23 studio albums.
Memories flooding back of surfing 🏄♂️ and skateboarding Australia 🇦🇺
So many anti-war songs in that era. Either you liked Yes and their Progressive Rock, or you didn't. They defined the genre (along with a few others in the 'British Invasion' period, which so many of are still popular today. Nice to see Tony Kaye in this clip - I hadn't seen this one in Years!
It’s a brilliant song to get lost into.
I love Yes live! Seen them over a 100 times, nobody better as far as I'm concerned. But I think to fully appreciate this song you should have listen to the studio album. You can really hear all the intricacies of those amazing musicians. Same goes for Heart of the Sunrise. That's why you like Roundabout the best, it's clean and you can really hear each instrument. Check out something from Close to the Edge next. 😊
Best band ever!!!❤❤❤
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the end of song always make me tear up.
Steph, keep the YES journey going with the song Awaken from their Going For The One album. Fun to see your reactions to an amazing band.
They have many great songs over the years. One of my favorites is “Owner of a Lonely Heart” from the 80’s
Hello steph I love your take on this music especially the legendary Led Zeppelin
Proge music...YES
This is a wild video, and the music is pretty well played for a complicated live version.
I hope you react to the EPIC YES song called “close to the edge”. It’s their masterpiece.
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Incredible version ❤
My first time seeing your channel. Great. I like you and your personality. Lovely comments. I like how you do this.
I think you should always go with the studio version first.
Great Video ! Rock on Steph
Great live version in tv show.
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This is a super early video. Well done. They get became WAY better.
I'd urge you to listen to the studio recording for a cleaner sound. Yes is very much about composition and the nuances are so worth hearing. Also on the Yes album is a classic of theirs, "Starship Trooper," that takes you on a voyage of exploration to the distant reaches of space. What an amazing band.
The point about Yes (which got them into some trouble in the latter part of the decade) was that they didn't recognize a musical boundary between rock and other forms of music. Rock and Roll was supposed to supplant everything and I think it's largely due to the decline of rock in the modern age that their sound is being more widely accepted amongst an uninitiated audience.
You really need to listen to the studio versions of their songs first as there are a lot of bad recordings out there, like this one.
One of my all time favorite Yes song but there are better recordings of this one, Also if you haven't yet you should check out "Heart of the Sunrise". A cool tidbit about Yes is they were known for playing "In the Round" meaning a circular stage that turned slowly during the entire concert'. I've seen Yes twice live and the fist time in 77 was also my first ever concert and the first time trying LSD. Needless to say I was blown away. The downfall from this experience was I just assumed all concerts would be this good, boy was I ever disappointed . Keep up the great work Steph, Love ya.
I have seen YES 3 times live and have every Album they ever put out. And believe it or not these guys weren't drug users. Try the song Close to the Edge.
@@roydavis5222 they are overrated lol
Poor Rickenbacker 4001, getting the crap played out of it by the inimitable Sir Chris Squire.
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Check out the Live triple Album Yessongs. Yesshows too.
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Check out sohyang singing angel from last month. Most moving performance ever. P.s. you are the sohyang of reactors :)
The song is the first song on the Yes album. You got to listen to the recorded version. It's mixed 100 times better.
Not even a version, since it's the original, but yes (no pun intended), way better.
Great band and song! You should do the Close to the Edge album, it is their crowning achievement, do the title track when you can and listen in absolute wonder. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶🔥
With Yes you really loose a lot of the nuances in their complex musical style and the wonderful harmonies that the studio versions have. On top of this is that most video recordings of this band are substandard in sound quality. So I would really recommend the studio versions especially for first time listens. Then you would really appreciate how unique this band really was.
I believe this is a studio version, in the sense that it's a promo video taped in a studio.
@@kentclark6420 if you compare this to what's on The Yes Album you can see that this is not the studio version. And this wasn't a promo video - they were featured on this German TV program.
This is supposed to be something you see well into your Yes journey (like I did) and feel just what you said about the technology of the time, when we weren't being drowned in music videos. But only after you've listened to the studio version 15 or 20 times 😒
Just my opinion - Yes was the most progressive band at the time when prog rock was in it's heyday.
Music was the first place that I heard the term "Progressive". The term was stolen by others. As musicians we simply called it "Prog". Yes were the first and best at prog in my opinion.
Yes are my favorite band ever, so by extension I consider them the best (to me) prog band of all time. That said, the Beatles are the reason prog exists, in the sense that they made experimentation in rock music not only acceptable, but accessible, desirable, and marketable. It is a slight disservice to a lot of bands including the Beatles who laid the groundwork for what we now consider the ‘first wave’ of prog rock to call any particular band the “first” prog band. I think Yes perfected a recipe that a lot of other cooks experimented with before them.
Try King Crimson🤣👍👍❤️
Epitaph!
I suggest you Long Distance Runaround the fish.Sure you gonna like it.But the Going for the One album is a journey.
Led Zeppelin and Yes... you have great taste! Make videos for MAGMA and Can!
Same as Ahmed Ertegun of Atlantic thought, as he signed the two Brand New acts to Atlantic Records
React musics Europe band please...: " Rock the Night"; " Never Say Die "; " Lights and Shadows"; " Let the good times rock "; " Open your Heart "; "Tower's Callin' "; "Tomorrow"; "Sign of the times "; " Just the Beginning"; " Supertitious"; " More Than Meets The Eye"; "Scream of Anger"; "Treated Bad Again"; "Stormwind"; "Wasted Time"; "Dreamer"; "Dance The Night Away"; "Seventh Sing", "Bad Blood"; "Little Bit Of Lovin'; " Halfway To Heaven"; "Homeland"; " Got Your Mind In The Gutter"; "Til My Heart Beats Down Your Door"; "Girl From Libanon"; "All Or Nothing"; "Danger On The Track"; "Ninja"; "Cherokee "; "Time Has Come"; "Heart of Stone"; " On The Loose", "Love Chaser"; "Momeries"; "Seven Doors Hotel"; "Farewell"; " In The Future To Come"; "The King Will Return"; "Words Of Wisdow"; "Children Of This Time"; "Paradaze Bay"; "Sweet Love Child"; "On Broken Wings"; "Ready Or Not"; "A Long Time Comin' " Wings Of Tomorrow "; "Aphasia"... and
John Norum and Joey Tempest sing clip : "We Will Be Strong
Yes - Close to the edge. Please react to it.
so pleased you've discovered Yes, the 2cnd live band I saw wen I was 16 . . . I'm 70 now, they blew my mind! showed me what heights music could reach . . . . . but quite honestly I could happily watch u react to u a dripping tap . . ur beyond gorgeous! and in my mind have achieved minor Goddess status . . . can I worship you? shall I sacrifice goats or virgins? your wish is my command
What's with the sound on this video?
The performance was amazing but too bad the sound quality and mix was poor (sounded like Mono, or very compressed). Howe and Bruford were crazy together during that break. Bruford looked so young, and that hair cracked me up! You should also listen to the studio version as well as Perpetual Change, Starship Troopers and I've Seen All Good People from the same album.
Excellent 👌👌 in the world of Pro rock I think you need check Genesis song supper's ready
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The video makes me dizzy!
It's good, yet I've never heard it like this?
Not a good video. The plain studio version is a better first listen to this song, in my opinion.
こんばんは、お疲れ様です。っていうか、この頃のイエス、頭おかしいやろ！w
hey react to unravel by ado and deathbed by powfu too
The video is not original. It was applied later by a 3rd party not affiliated with the band.
This is a Whole Album. I hope you've listened to it completely, and only reacted to this little piece. Otherwise, you are cheating yourself.
WHY? Why does anyone watch reaction videos of people just moving their head saying, 'Oh, cool,' adding absolutely NOTHING.
I can understand watching a musician or vocalist react by giving technical kudos, but someone just nodding along?
What the actual F**K, people. Are you so starved for entertainment you'd watch water coming to a boil? Wait, that would actually be more interesting, at least you could learn some physics.
SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO SOCIETY?????!!!!!!!
Aside from that, she didn't even do the studio original audio, lmao.
I didn't love this video, too distracting and the sound quality could be better. Rolling the credits over the performance and that intro?? Why? The studio version is much preferred IMHO. And there are likely better live videos of this song on YT.
Totally agree, studio versions first, ALWAYS with YES!
Aw, it's a shame, this is a song where the studio version is much superior and preferred, I think
It is, it's the definitive recording
If you like this one if you have got to check out Siberian Khartu. Catalog that I like more than this one
Love this song, but this version was a mess
Yes, she shoulda did the audio and then watched the Beat Club video
Should've did the studio audio first 👎
There are definitely better videos of this song.