I'm so glad you listened to And You And I _before_ listening to Close To The Edge. I really hope you'll listen to Siberian Khatru next before CTTE for you will then be fully prepared for the Magnum Opus that is CTTE. Generally speaking, if you take on the CTTE album from the beginning, you are dazed by the title track, then you get And You And I, confirming your perception of greatness, but then it finishes with Siberian Khatru which blows your mind all over again. The 2nd best way to listen to the album is doing it the way you're now experiencing it, listening to the second side of the album first & then finishing with the pinnacle. Enjoy!
YES were an Existential Eclectic Experience & an unforgettable Adventure. I still feel so blessed to have been born in the generation that was the original beneficiaries of this new kind of groundbreaking imaginative music. Welcome to YesWorld
Just "Close your eyes and listen." As most of us Yes fans well know, Yes music requires the listener to immerse themselves, with repeated listenings, and within the privacy of one's own head; therefore to allow the music to carry you on a journey within one's own soul. I trust you will well enjoy the journey! With Peace and Love to all! (Michael)
21y/o here! I was raised on classic rock having an older father who is a classically trained pianist. Yes is my all time favorite band and its not even close. They are so intentional with the way their music sounds and especially how they want you to feel. They created emotional masterpieces. I subbed after seeing your start to the Yes rabbit hole. I know you said you would have to find the time to do Close to the Edge but just know myself and plenty of others are excited to see your reaction! This happens to be one of my favorites from them too. Be well and take care 😌
There is no more music like that today, how lucky I feel to have lived this period of my youth, when I hear the scrap that the music industry imposes on the new generation I cry almost for them .
Finally!!! This may sound silly or it may sound familiar but I used to take a really nice little boombox with two albums. "Close to to the Edge" & "Meddle". I would hike to my favorite mountain meadow in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona. This meadow had millions of wildflowers, butterfly's seemingly dancing in slow motion, deer grazing, a crystal clear Creek through the middle and I would light up and turn on "Echoes" then "And You And I" back to back! MAGICAL memories! Pink Floyd is & probably will always be my favorite but "Yes" as I've said is from the same galaxy as Floyd and it's not the Milky Way!!! GREAT REACTION to my favorite song from the brilliant magical YES!!!!! The look on your face, the look of absolute satisfaction with your eyes closed listening to this song is the same thing we did the first time we heard this brilliant work of art!!!!!
Great reaction! Yes is my favorite band, and CTTE my favorite all time album. And You and I is my 2nd favorite on this album. CTTE, the title track, is a spiritual expereince. Block aside 18+ minutes for the studio version. It is awesome and still my fav 50 years later.
You must hear Birthright by Yes this is a phenomenal group lyrically and musically and his voice us always awesome they you everything in the music there is to give
Right? I'm glad you hear what I was trying to say about them and Elven music. Now, the only one left on the album is the title tune. I'm kinda rubbing my hands together and smiling to myself in anticipation. Once you've heard it, imagine the experience of sitting down in front of a great stereo system and listening to the three songs of this album in order, Close to the Edge - And You And I - Siberian Khatru in one sitting. That first time was pure magic, accentuated by chemical assist. 😏
I actually haven't done Siberian Khatru yet 😅 but man, Yes is an experience. Great sounds all the time, and I love how it's literally a musical journey, doesn't feel like 1 solid beat through the entire song
I have found a new appreciation for music listening through headphone s, but YES, growing up we listened with friends around great hi-fi's, rolling and smoking joints in peace. R.I.P. to my great friend Michael who just passed last week - we listened to Yes together many, many times and in truth by the end I think we did mature in our eyes..
It's great to see you come alive every time you listen to a new YES song. I was in my teen years in the 60's and in my twenties in the 70's. Watching you allows me to reexperience my reactions upon hearing every new YES song for the first time. Thanks! Michael
It's great that you're enjoying your journey through the "Yes classics" so much (I find many of these songs even better in the live version on the Yessongs album, but that's a matter of taste). Songs that I also count among the "classics" and that are often overlooked are Looking Around and Survival (1969); Time And A Word and Then (1970) and America (long version) (1972). The song "America" is based on the song of the same name by Simon and Garfunkel. I don't want to interrupt your journey through the classics, but if you have time in between, I would like to draw attention to a song by Yes that I have grown very fond of. "Mirror to the Sky" from the 2023 album of the same name. Many say this band isn't "Yes" anymore, neither in the line-up nor in the spirit, but I love this song.
Back in the day when this came out I had the Album and 8 track for the car I had only this 8 track in the car for months. My friends would ask where's my music selection I would answer this is all you need. I still listen to this album and 50 years later its still fresh and new to me. Love all things YES. Thanks for reacting to it.
I love your reactions to this amazing music, and I would suggest sticking to the studio versions of the seventies classics before you venture into their live recordings, which in some ways surpass their recorded work. The two main live recordings are Yessongs and Yesshows, which perfectly capture the fire that the band brought to their songs in the seventies. The best live videos are Yessongs and the Keys to Ascension Live in San Luis Obispo, CA 1996. There are also some good concerts with an orchestra from 2003, and a Live at Montreux video with their second classic line up, although they have lost some of that sventies fire due to age.
This album their fifth is one of my favorites of all time. Fragile their third is next, well actually perhaps the Yes Album is, hard call! Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Moody Blues and Chicago Transit Authority are the roots of progressive music.
The climax of this song used to be my ring tone and the acoustic single notes at the very beginning was my notifications. Great song and favorite band.
Absolute Masterpiece. Genius. I bought this Album on the day it was released, aged 16. You said it. Wow! Wow! Wow! And you haven’t done the Title Track from this Album yet! Wow! 🎶❤️🎶
Not a bad choice for your fav. It may change, just as you said, CTTE and Gates are still out there, along with the other masterpieces, enjoy the journey and emotional rides that await.
I thought this might be my favorite Yes song, but then I think of so many more! If you think you are ready, listen to Siberian Khatru and then Close to the Edge. Talk about layers!!
This is "Heavenly Music" or "Angelic Music" and you can play this to your wife...."And You and I"......My next request for you to react to is "Turn of The Century" by Yes.....a beautiful masterpiece like this song of superb masterful guitar and mandolin playing be Steve Howe and Jon Anderson's "angelic" voice! You will Love it!!! Next request is>>>> Siberian Khatru the last song on the Close To The Edge album and then you would completed the whole album!!!!
Once you work your way through the recordings, you may want to check out videos from "Symphonic Live," with an orchestra from 2001 and "Songs from Tsongas" from 2004--esp. "South Side of the Sky," on that one. Personally have seen about 50-60 concerts over three decades and think they are better live. If you can believe that.
I'm so glad you listened to And You And I _before_ listening to Close To The Edge. I really hope you'll listen to Siberian Khatru next before CTTE for you will then be fully prepared for the Magnum Opus that is CTTE. Generally speaking, if you take on the CTTE album from the beginning, you are dazed by the title track, then you get And You And I, confirming your perception of greatness, but then it finishes with Siberian Khatru which blows your mind all over again. The 2nd best way to listen to the album is doing it the way you're now experiencing it, listening to the second side of the album first & then finishing with the pinnacle. Enjoy!
so beautiful that we can cry
YES were an Existential Eclectic Experience & an unforgettable Adventure. I still feel so blessed to have been born in the generation that was the original beneficiaries of this new kind of groundbreaking imaginative music. Welcome to YesWorld
Just "Close your eyes and listen." As most of us Yes fans well know, Yes music requires the listener to immerse themselves, with repeated listenings, and within the privacy of one's own head; therefore to allow the music to carry you on a journey within one's own soul. I trust you will well enjoy the journey! With Peace and Love to all! (Michael)
"Yours is no Disgrace"
close to the edge is the great work of YES
always positive music with yes
Hence the name😊
21y/o here! I was raised on classic rock having an older father who is a classically trained pianist. Yes is my all time favorite band and its not even close. They are so intentional with the way their music sounds and especially how they want you to feel. They created emotional masterpieces. I subbed after seeing your start to the Yes rabbit hole. I know you said you would have to find the time to do Close to the Edge but just know myself and plenty of others are excited to see your reaction! This happens to be one of my favorites from them too. Be well and take care 😌
It won't be long before you're claiming that YES is your favorite band. They're the greatest to do it, ever!🤩
YES❗️The greatest band on this or any other planet❗️214 shows. R.I.P. Chris and Alan, my brothers, you are SO missed❗️😎
You got that right Jeff!🤩
@@TigerMtnKing 👍😎
Tremendous one of my favourite Yes tracks alongside Awaken
Neal UK
There is no more music like that today, how lucky I feel to have lived this period of my youth, when I hear the scrap that the music industry imposes on the new generation I cry almost for them .
I feel the same way! ❤
Finally!!! This may sound silly or it may sound familiar but I used to take a really nice little boombox with two albums. "Close to to the Edge" & "Meddle". I would hike to my favorite mountain meadow in the White Mountains in eastern Arizona. This meadow had millions of wildflowers, butterfly's seemingly dancing in slow motion, deer grazing, a crystal clear Creek through the middle and I would light up and turn on "Echoes" then "And You And I" back to back! MAGICAL memories!
Pink Floyd is & probably will always be my favorite but "Yes" as I've said is from the same galaxy as Floyd and it's not the Milky Way!!!
GREAT REACTION to my favorite song from the brilliant magical YES!!!!!
The look on your face, the look of absolute satisfaction with your eyes closed listening to this song is the same thing we did the first time we heard this brilliant work of art!!!!!
My favorite song on my favorite Yes album.
One of their most beautiful songs. Thank you for all the Yes classics! Keep ‘em coming. They’re just as good live if not better.
There are some songs which are Beautifully Angelic songs in my Life. This is one of them. The most beautiful song EVER!!!
If you havent done the title track....you need to!!...their greatest work!
Great reaction! Yes is my favorite band, and CTTE my favorite all time album. And You and I is my 2nd favorite on this album. CTTE, the title track, is a spiritual expereince. Block aside 18+ minutes for the studio version. It is awesome and still my fav 50 years later.
You must hear Birthright by Yes this is a phenomenal group lyrically and musically and his voice us always awesome they you everything in the music there is to give
Right? I'm glad you hear what I was trying to say about them and Elven music. Now, the only one left on the album is the title tune. I'm kinda rubbing my hands together and smiling to myself in anticipation. Once you've heard it, imagine the experience of sitting down in front of a great stereo system and listening to the three songs of this album in order, Close to the Edge - And You And I - Siberian Khatru in one sitting. That first time was pure magic, accentuated by chemical assist. 😏
I actually haven't done Siberian Khatru yet 😅 but man, Yes is an experience. Great sounds all the time, and I love how it's literally a musical journey, doesn't feel like 1 solid beat through the entire song
I have found a new appreciation for music listening through headphone s, but YES, growing up we listened with friends around great hi-fi's, rolling and smoking joints in peace. R.I.P. to my great friend Michael who just passed last week - we listened to Yes together many, many times and in truth by the end I think we did mature in our eyes..
Glorious😢😮
This entire album is nothing short of magnificent.
"Heart of the Sunrise"
As much as I love Close to the Edge, this is one of the two most beautiful Yes songs (along with Heart of the Sunrise) - just my opinion.
Throw Turn Of The Century in there as well.
@@paultrouskie1825 with you on that one
It's great to see you come alive every time you listen to a new YES song. I was in my teen years in the 60's and in my twenties in the 70's. Watching you allows me to reexperience my reactions upon hearing every new YES song for the first time. Thanks!
Michael
Amazing group that really should have more exposure with my generation! Can't believe I hadn't ever heard of them before
It's great that you're enjoying your journey through the "Yes classics" so much (I find many of these songs even better in the live version on the Yessongs album, but that's a matter of taste). Songs that I also count among the "classics" and that are often overlooked are Looking Around and Survival (1969); Time And A Word and Then (1970) and America (long version) (1972). The song "America" is based on the song of the same name by Simon and Garfunkel.
I don't want to interrupt your journey through the classics, but if you have time in between, I would like to draw attention to a song by Yes that I have grown very fond of. "Mirror to the Sky" from the 2023 album of the same name. Many say this band isn't "Yes" anymore, neither in the line-up nor in the spirit, but I love this song.
This was a great reaction. Thank you! I loved your comparing Yes music to a feather gently falling. Perfectly stated
A couple of Relay album I love are Soon, and To be over. Great, transporting tunes.
Perfection... There is nothing you could change to make it better.
@JonAnderson can never be replaced.
Timeless and beautiful love song. Bought it fresh from the oven, and have loved it since. Always moves me. Sweetness and light. We need more of it.
Love your visceral emotional reactions to the music and thoughtful analysis of them weaving within and between sections.
You looked a bit glum at the start of the song, so it was good to see your mood lighten as the majesty of this piece unfolded.
Back in the day when this came out I had the Album and 8 track for the car I had only this 8 track in the car for months. My friends would ask where's my music selection I would answer this is all you need. I still listen to this album and 50 years later its still fresh and new to me. Love all things YES. Thanks for reacting to it.
I know...right? I'm 65 and still find their songs/music just as fresh, if not better, with each listen.
I love your reactions to this amazing music, and I would suggest sticking to the studio versions of the seventies classics before you venture into their live recordings, which in some ways surpass their recorded work.
The two main live recordings are Yessongs and Yesshows, which perfectly capture the fire that the band brought to their songs in the seventies.
The best live videos are Yessongs and the Keys to Ascension Live in San Luis Obispo, CA 1996.
There are also some good concerts with an orchestra from 2003, and a Live at Montreux video with their second classic line up, although they have lost some of that sventies fire due to age.
… and Yes. Thx 👍✌️👌💪
This album their fifth is one of my favorites of all time. Fragile their third is next, well actually perhaps the Yes Album is, hard call!
Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Moody Blues and Chicago Transit Authority are the roots of progressive music.
The climax of this song used to be my ring tone and the acoustic single notes at the very beginning was my notifications. Great song and favorite band.
A few classic suggestions : Lom Distance Runaround/Fish, South Side of the Sky, Heart of the Sunrise, Yours is No Discrace.
I actually bought this album for this song, and not the more "legendary" Close to the Edge track. But they are both great of course. What an album!
And song 3 is a great dance track 😊
Such a unique sound from beginning to end. A gently moving love song by Jon Anderson for his lady.
Absolute Masterpiece. Genius.
I bought this Album on the day it was released, aged 16.
You said it. Wow! Wow! Wow!
And you haven’t done the Title Track from this Album yet!
Wow! 🎶❤️🎶
Forever a favorite!! ❤️🎶
Ask and you shall receive! Just guitar and Jon together, well you have to listen to Turn Of The Century. Nicely done
36😎
My suggestion is Turn of the Century off the Going for the One Album! It's one of Yes's greatest hidden gems!
check out video of Yes live Montreux 2003 do these songs live with the classic line up. just the best!!
Renaissance Rock! Yes, Jethro Tull, Rush, Fleet Foxes. Who else gang?
1 out of four not bad
@@martinreed5964Did that make you feel good?
I love this song!!
Nice reaction true reaction. Wow is right they were unreal
Not a bad choice for your fav. It may change, just as you said, CTTE and Gates are still out there, along with the other masterpieces, enjoy the journey and emotional rides that await.
I thought this might be my favorite Yes song, but then I think of so many more! If you think you are ready, listen to Siberian Khatru and then Close to the Edge. Talk about layers!!
This is "Heavenly Music" or "Angelic Music" and you can play this to your wife...."And You and I"......My next request for you to react to is "Turn of The Century" by Yes.....a beautiful masterpiece like this song of superb masterful guitar and mandolin playing be Steve Howe and Jon Anderson's "angelic" voice! You will Love it!!! Next request is>>>> Siberian Khatru the last song on the Close To The Edge album and then you would completed the whole album!!!!
Once you work your way through the recordings, you may want to check out videos from "Symphonic Live," with an orchestra from 2001 and "Songs from Tsongas" from 2004--esp. "South Side of the Sky," on that one. Personally have seen about 50-60 concerts over three decades and think they are better live. If you can believe that.
I see that you've only reacted to two ("Awaken" and "CTTE") of the big three. "The Gates of Delirium" is going to blow your mind!
Some off these yes songs, you need to re watch certain live versions.
Experiments should be done to see if this song can cure diseases. lol
how do you turn off the stupid subtitles?
I almost didn't recognize you without your hat on.