Please we're into December.....Jon Anderson has a beautiful Xmas cd called three ships......a must listen if not a reaction.......love you folks again !!!!!
All right guys so glad you're back to Tales! Some critics including even Rick Wakeman groused about this album but it still stands as an epic Prog masterpiece. I was fortunate enough to see this early in the tour when they were doing all four sides of the album. The show was part one Close to the edge ( entire album) part two Tales From topographic oceans. It was performed in quadraphonic. I was 17 years old it changed my life. It is thrilling for me to see young music fans like yourselves experiencing this wonderful era of music.✌️😎☮️
Your so correct about that wonderful line & Jon nailed because it’s so true, the love we give is the love we get, it’s amazing how Jon said the same thing so many wonderful ways.
Oh yeah, to add some historic context when I saw the show I realized it was 10 years to the day after the Beatles performed for the first time on Ed Sullivan. What an amazing evolution music went through in that decade going from I Want to Hold Your Hand to the Revealing Science of God!!
Nick & Lex - another wonderful reaction video. Revealing Science is right up there with Awaken and Close To the Edge. What a great way to start the new year. thanks for being as wonderful as you always are. Ken
I had a bootleg of "Tales From Topographic Oceans" at Madison Square Garden. I lucked into getting the CD. I was in a P/T facility for an extended period following surgery and found out that while I was laid up someone had ransacked my house, taking all of my CDs (over 1,500!) , my stereo equipment, and many other things. I'll never be able to find another "TFTO" live recording...unless they release an "official" tecirding. Rick Wakeman was absolutely great on it...even tho he disliked "TFTO."
As you both pointed out. It’s amazing how the band can remember all the parts. I’ve been fortunate to see them play this and Ritual live on several occasions and it’s astonishing how they perform them. Incredible band!!!
Vangelis auditioned for Yes when they were gearing up to make the Relayer album. They showed him how the songs went but he could never play them the same way twice. Everytime they did a run through of a song he would play it completely different than he did the time before. Finally they brought in Moraz (who actually auditioned on Vangelis's keyboards) and he came up with good parts immediately. Yes was never a jam band. Their songs had composed parts. Suposedly one of the reasons Bruford left was because he wanted to be able to stretch out and improvise.
If you both like this music so much now then all I can say is hold on to your hats. Tales only ever grows and grows on you year after year. When this Album came out CTTE was my favorite Yes album and CTTE remained my favorite album for some time. But this album has special Yes magic. It gets better and better and over the years it becomes a complete masterpiece. This song is so great so wonderful and such a great ride. The reason this is my favorite Yes album is because here Yes has time and space to really develop a wonderland of sound unlike any other. CTTE was over too quick but now you can take a real ride in the Yes time machine. How was this done in 1973? The only answer we had was that this band was from another time and planet! This album if you take some time will grow into soul and leave in wonder forever. Great reaction and great comments. RIP Alan White and Chris Squire two greats from the greatest band ever! Your music in this song lives.
The greatest opening to a Yes track. Monumental musicianship and vision plus execution. Imagine being this talented at such a young age to produce this, I have loved this for almost 50 years. The best keyboard solo ever, Steve won an award for his sustain work, Alan's first album track, and Chris is epic throughout. What vocals and harmonies, it is genius and all should be hugely proud at making it.
An amazing and underrated album, for sure. Another amazing and underrated album is ABWH - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe. I would love for you guys to do a reaction video of Quartet. This is Yes, minus Chris Squire, and their only album with this lineup. (Tony Levin is on stick bass). Thank you, guys, and be well.
Mellotron Magic in this Track. ❤ I once stood in a room staring at the master tapes used to make the Mellotron racks for all of Yes’ 80’s records. I touched a few. 😊😂🤌🏼😬
It’s the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece this year . It was the bands’ attempt to portray musically the 4 basic Hindu shastric scriptures. Nailed it !
Rick’s MiniMoog work is amazing, as usual, but man! That Mellotron! Such a broad, full sound, in the foreground but never overpowering or competing with the other instruments. Eddie Offord was the 6th musical genius in the band.
WOW Yall waited all your live's for this moment ..Finally made it to the spiritual retreat of bliss that opens TALES. I saw all 4 sides Live in 73 and CRIED the entire time but of course we were on Ellis D. I still cry. RSOG is pure bliss. Jon's words are an instrument first but dismiss the lyrics. It takes time to interpret. I can translate YES lyrics into English. I have always understood through their abstraction and simple complexity . The opening chant is all about the first dawn, the beginnings and evolution of life. The rest is simply the experience of life and the magical things that keeps reminding you why existence is so incredible. We just have to trust, listen & cherish all the signs and take nothing for granted even another daybreak 🌅.... "they move fast to tell me but I just can't believe they really mean to".... this is the time of Stars whose purpose is to create life..."Starlight, movement, reasons Release forward tallest rainbow Sun shower seasons, life, flower reasons". I was blessed to meet and work with Jon briefly 10 years ago and just recently talked with him at an event in LA.. He and his wife looked great & asked me to stay in touch. As a teen Jon was my music Guru & Messen-jah. I cherish his artistic gift immensely. 70s YES were that rare Star & there will never be another.
Jon A. favorite singer for 40 years and unique voice. Can't imagine why someone would criticize--just ignore and move on. Too much negativity. Yes music is uplifting and positive. I've enjoyed this song live several times as well. I wish everyone could have seen them live in concert to hear everything come together.
When I first heard this album in 1973, I remember wondering if it would hold up decades later. 50 years later, to me it's just as fresh creatively, instrumentally, and just as complex and interesting today as it was back then!
Hi, Nick & Lex. Another masterpiece from Yes. Have you done a reaction video for The Ancient, Giants Under the Sun? It is unlike anything else that they have done and yes another masterpiece.
For over twenty years I have a poster of the cover of this album on my wall. I love the Roger Dean artwork and I love the music.And as Tom Maher mentioned, Ritual at Symphonic Yes was great, I was at the concert in Amsterdam way back. Doug Helvering of the Daily Doug has reacted on RUclips on all four sides of Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Jon uses words like a poetic musical instrument. Words appear and have a feel of their own. They also draw on deep feelings inexplicable to the listener. Well, most listeners. On Tales Jon is more deliberate as the album liner notes explains. This album when listened to in solitude instills revererence and awe. It's a deeply spiritual album.
My first Yes concert was supposed to be the Tales tour but my God mother passed. So Relayer tour was my first. I was so impressed I saw Squire and his band 35 more times until shortly before he passed.
Jon is no way boring! He is exact in his singing! It fits totally with the music! He is a pro singer because that’s who he is! This just shows how observant you guys are! I appreciate you!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This in concert in Glasgow was near damn perfect note for note. High school the next day was filled with students talking about the concert. I hadn't realised there were so many Yes fans around me. You really should play this through speakers at high volume and to hell with the neighbours.
It's just a great Yes tune. That's probably my favorite Wakeman minimoog solo too. I've seen him play that live, and he would rip that moog solo apart it was so wild.
Two oceans down, two to go! So glad to see you dip back into TFTO, guys. Hope you get to experience the remaining two in order, finishing up with Ritual, but either way I think you're going to love them both. The Ancient may surprise you by how percussive it is, but like others are saying, after you've heard the studio versions, you should really seek out live footage of all 4 songs. They really take on a different life in concert. Still amazes me that this was Alan's first studio work with the guys! Like he didn't get thrown in the deep end enough having to learn everything for the Yessongs tour when replacing Bill at the last minute. Then following that up with this complex work. Great reaction and so glad to see you enjoying one of my top Yes albums. Be looking for something Yes-y in your next unboxing, too. I think it just arrived today. 😉👍💗
Lex! You decked out for this reaction and look amazing, and Nick as always, rocking a great Dan t-shirt. Prior to listening, I have to say, “I must have waited all my life for this, moment moment… moment”. I know in advance I’m going to love this. The music is in my soul…. The concept for the album, as you may know, was inspired by Jon’s reading of some Indian spiritual texts. The lyrics are not nonsense, but necessarily are the best signposts to what was in Jon’s head and speak to our spirit, not our intellect. Magic! Now that the song has ended and I know how much you both loved it… well, it was worth the wait.
Fantastic song this is! I love this album. Wakeman blows me away. His solos are epic, yes, but it's his sculpting of sounds that perfectly complement the song, just these little nuggets of immaculate inspiration, that really gets me. Lex was really taken with this song. I'm glad to watch you two get into this. Wonderful.
Must admit hadn't heard this for a very long time! Good to reconnect with the masters of prog.............Nick love the Walter Becker T-shirt. Lexi- quite an assemblage of necklace n earrings! This album was way out there when it first appeared, you might even say 'avant-garde' and appears better with age.
First off - Lex! Earrings...! ,,,,NECKLACE!!! Nick asked how they did it. Basically, while on the Close To The Edge tour of the US, Steve and Jon in hotel rooms after the gigs, marathon weed-smoking sessions.
What a great way to start the weekend with one of my all time favorite bands. I also get to say I was there when Lex won the Olympic gold medal for the best necklace/earring combination ever. You go girl! 🔥
The more you listen to this song and the entire album, you will love it. This has become my favorite album over the years. Wait until you hear The Ancient and Ritual. Watching them play Ritual during the 2001 Symphoic live concert is a must; Squire and White are amazing.
I saw the classic lineup play Ritual on the 35th Anniversary tour, I think it was the following year. It was perhaps the highlight of what was a superb show. Even my wife, who is no prog fan, thought it was fantastic.
@Tom Maher Totally agree. My favorite album and this, my favorite song. I saw them do the whole album live at Madison Square Garden the year it was released. Every time I hear this, I hear things I had never heard before.
Of course you will have to play side 2 again, then 3 and finish with side 4, it will all make sense. To see this done live is something else. There is only one YES. Great stuff guys. x
Amazing song, amazing reaction...this is a masterpiece ppl... Topographic is a deep ,dreamy, mystical ride...that I still can't get enough of tbh guys ♥️♥️♥️. Love you guys .what a fab surprise on my Saturday morning.. awesome choice..🫶🫶🫶🎤🎸. In my umble opinion..Jon as never sounded better vocally... Such beauty And emotional genius 🫶🫶🎤🎤♥️
So to help you out with Yes listening, Jon used his lyrics often, as you stated, as an instrument. However, in TFTO there is a definitive theme and message if you read the album liner notes. Also, Yes were hugely influenced by as well as enamored with the music of Stravinsky. Stravinsky utilized a style where there were often three distinct and independent themes going on at the same time culminated in a synergy of sound to form wonderfully sonic concepts. So you will often hear the keys playing one theme, the guitar something else, and the bass yet another theme! Think back to Close to the Edge as an example. For many years, Yes opened their live shows with the Finale from Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky. Simply fantastic,
One of the great games when listening to Yes is focussing on different instrumental parts for a while and hearing how it works in counterpoint to everything else. You were doing that with the bass line at one point and trying to predict where the beats and notes fall 😉. And yet for all its complexity, the music as a whole flows and ebbs and describes one great musically narrative arc. This is a piece you listen to again and again (for 50 years and more) and still find new nuances and renewed pleasure.There are quite a few other reactions to it out there by the way. I think people who understand music and are prepared to listen to things beyond surface appeal do get it, no matter what their cultural or musical background.
One of my favorite Wakeman solo's of all time. Back in the day we didn't get this opening they couldn't squeeze it on a vinyl record so it started right where it starts where Jon starts.
This has been my favourite Yes album since I bought it in 1975 as a 17 year old. Side 3 is challenging on first listen but you’ll love all 4 songs without too much effort!
Hi Guys ... Wooooooo !!! My favourite track on the album ! I remember buying the double vinyl album in the 70's and playing it all in one night. What an experience ! ... I bought the remastered cd only last year and played this track only a few weeks ago. Sooo ... I got me coffee ... I'm going to really enjoy this ... byeee Jim X
Another Yes request! So glad you brought Lex in for this!😀. I bought this vinyl recently. Such a great album from start to finish! Truly epic song! Loved watching you both react to it! Love you! Thanks dave btw! Great request!!
A lot has been said and written about what Wakeman thought about the Tales album. My understanding is that yes, he was critical of the album and found that there was a lot of padding (filler) there, but his playing is still fantastic, his keyboard parts are sublime, and his contributions are excellent, as usual.
Brilliant reaction to my favourite Yes song. You were spot on regarding CTTE, as it mirrors it in lots of ways, such as the water sounds at the start, the epic keyboard solo near the end, the big vocal anthem at the end, the effortless shifting from serenity to thundering chaos, but all on a much grander scale, which makes me like it more. My favourite passage of Yes music ever is the "old fighters past" section, it's so beautiful and simple. Thanks for doing this, and now please listen to the rest of this glorious album.
Now that you guys have been introduced to The revealing... You must hear the best live version of it, which can be found on their double live album "Keys To Ascension". It is mind blowing. Also, the first published live version of Awaken is on there. You guys will enjoy it.
When Jon sings “We move fast, we need love” it’s so heartfelt and genuine that oftentimes tears will come to my eyes. Jon, I think, is the real deal, his air of calmness and being at peace isn’t something he puts on and takes off.
Thank you for your reaction , I always love watching the joy you express as you listen to YES. I echo the others who suggest you watch a live concert version., amazing!
Not only does Anderson write a lot of the lyrics, but he writes the melodies of those lyrics, which makes him a great songwriter. There for he knows about music to a point.
The best Track on The Album....Superb. Bought this Album in Glasgow, in 1976. One of My first purchased Records. Keep Rockin'🎸 Enjoy Your Reactions. Love Your enthusiasm. RONNIE 🙂 Scotland 🏴🎸📀🎹 PS..I love RUSH and GENESIS as well. And, Pink Floyd.
Absolutely one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums. If you listen to the lyrics they match the soul of the piece. TFTO is such a great album! It just takes more and more listens and it gets better every time!!
I read many sci-if fantasy novels with this album on in the background. If I had a spell caster in D&D it was lyrics from this album that made up any verbal components needed for the spells. It is nerdtronic, nerdtastic, nerdigiastic.
The live version on Keys to Ascension is worth a listen if only to show that they could reproduce it in concert. Glad you enjoyed it and I liked your reaction.
YES had some of the most evocative lyrics. Whether Jon meant anything with them or not is irrelevant. It is a piece of art. What do the lyrics mean to you? There are no wrong answers. Blessings.
What always gets me about Yes is the incredible interplay between Squire and Howe. It's simply on another level of musicianship. It's a shame that Rick Wakeman didn't care for 'Tales' since he was fabulous on it...
Rick thought there was "too much filler" as he puts it and says that if it had been released in the CD age, the amount of materiel they had would have fit perfectly. He thought there was not enough there for 2 vinyl records, so they had to pad it out some. But I think he's softened his stance somewhat on _Tales_ in later years.
My friend and I bought this album the day it came out. We were freshman high school students. We each bought a copy and went back to listen to the entire album at my friends house. We thought it was the best thing we had ever heard. I had to laugh when Lex said that she did not understand the lyrics, because neither did we. But we were still trying to analyze the album before this: Close to the Edge. We just figured that YES "probably" knew what it was about and we would figure it out later after many listens. Well, after all these years I am still trying to figure it out. Like most YES songs, their lyrics mean different things to different people or each listener and even that can change over the years with each listen. This is my favorite album and I am now 63 years old. The Revealing Science Of God and The Remembering are my favorite songs off the album. You both are reacting very much the same way we did so many years ago. Rock on and thanks for the great reaction. Jeffrey.
TFTO seems to have been a very polarizing album.. you either loved it or hated it, even some of the band didn’t particular care for it. I absolutely love this album and think it is genius. Thanks for your reaction and please keep going with sides 3 and 4.
My favourite side of Yes Music, just pips Close to the edge for me but it really is a close run thing. When Nick says listening to yes is like being high he is spot on, I am convinced that my love of progressive rock and YES in particular kept me off drugs in the late 70s as it gave me all the highs I needed and was always capable of lifting my mood.
I thought I hated this album for three decades then heard it again through a reactor’s ears. And it turns out I loved it all along. I was spoiled by Close to the Edge etc. This is more subtle ❤
Absolutely true! When I first got it (vinyl) I thought though it had breathtakingly beautiful passages, overall, it seemed kinda weird and disjointed. But I was 21 years old and didn't know anything. But, like you, I revisited it years later, being disappointed with Yes in the 80's on. It took that long to be able to appreciate what they created, and now, TRSOG is my favorite Yes song of all time. An incredible, moving journey. ✌️
In high school, in the mid 1970s, I checked the cassette, “Tales Of The Topographic Oceans” out of the library. I played it three times and thought it was long, boring and it meandered. About 10 years ago, online I would run into people who thought this album is a classic. I purchased the Compact Disc version of the album. I played it and now love it,
This is one of my absolute favorite Yes albums. I would love to sit in with you when you listen to the rest of the album!!! You guys are my favorite reactors!! Keep it up!!!
You both are awesome. Again another EPIC by the GOAT “YES”. I guess I was 17 when this came out and saw them do it in concert. Great your sincere reactions to this incredible music. Thank You
that old video of San Francisco is amazing indeed. I come back to it regularly and it still amazes me. I open two windows, one with the 1902 video and google maps on the right and compare the two. Especially towards the building at the T intersection.
Nick, I think Alexia liked this! I sit here with a tear in my eye, listening to your reaction. I often felt over the years that when I played this album I was the only person who liked it, such was the backlash to prog in the day and especially 'Tales...'. But in the last few years real Yes fans have made a stand, and its reputation has risen, and good reaction channels (Dr. Doug, Jim) have showered it with praise. But you are the guys that matter most to me, and to hear you enjoy it so much makes me feel so good. Honestly, every time I listen to 'Tales..' I hear something new or different and I love it so much. Incidentally, the opening with the water and everything only appeared on the later remasters. On my original 1973 vinyl it fades in with Jon's vocal chants. Absolutely graet reaction guys, Yes are the best, you are the best xx
This has always been one of my favorite YES songs. The part where Jon sings "getting over overhanging trees, let them rape the forest" always sends chills down my spine for some reason. I just love this album side. Thanks, this made my night!
Woot! Tales!! Dam this tour was great!!!❤ Tales & Relayer at first listen your Trying to catch all that is going on musically…maybe even 2nd & 3rd listen…at this point your loving the music and can hear the lyrics- and realize the story behind Gates and the TOTO ! Such a journey that is moving and Stays with You…unless.. you can’t or don’t get it! there are a few young Rappers that have reacted to Yes!!! Check’m out
All your other Yes reactions have led you to enjoy this truly magical music. So glad to hear it on your channel its an amazing journey 💕 Jon Anderson is a True Believer 🙏
Same as me, Ritual has always been my Favorite. I used to listen to this whole Album on Quadrophonic Systems, at Home and in my Mom's 75' Ford Galaxy 500. I was a Young Musician at this Time, in School Symphonic and Jazz Bands. These Guy's Music were and are, of Pinnacle Heart, Head and Body Unitive Experiences. Of Joys Everlasting.
Everyone has a different favorite, and all 4 are someone's favorite. The Ancient is mine, though it's the least favorite of the 4, but maybe that's why it's my favorite 😱😱😎😎😛😛🙂🙂
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I love you two....thanks for doing YES REVEALING
Please we're into December.....Jon Anderson has a beautiful Xmas cd called three ships......a must listen if not a reaction.......love you folks again !!!!!
All right guys so glad you're back to Tales! Some critics including even Rick Wakeman groused about this album but it still stands as an epic Prog masterpiece. I was fortunate enough to see this early in the tour when they were doing all four sides of the album. The show was part one Close to the edge ( entire album) part two Tales From topographic oceans. It was performed in quadraphonic. I was 17 years old it changed my life. It is thrilling for me to see young music fans like yourselves experiencing this wonderful era of music.✌️😎☮️
Still the best concert I went to.
Despite it’s complexity, this music breathes.
Still brings tears after 50yrs.
🙏🍁
Great music never dates or becomes irrelevant
I love the ending. One of the greatest endings to a Yes song. "We move fast. We need love. A part we offer, is our only freedom".
Your so correct about that wonderful line & Jon nailed because it’s so true, the love we give is the love we get, it’s amazing how Jon said the same thing so many wonderful ways.
Oh yeah, to add some historic context when I saw the show I realized it was 10 years to the day after the Beatles performed for the first time on Ed Sullivan. What an amazing evolution music went through in that decade going from I Want to Hold Your Hand to the Revealing Science of God!!
Nick & Lex - another wonderful reaction video. Revealing Science is right up there with Awaken and Close To the Edge. What a great way to start the new year. thanks for being as wonderful as you always are.
Ken
Top 3 yes songs there my friend!
Tales was my first Yes concert in ‘74. They played all of Close to the Edge, took a little break then came back and played all 4 sides of Tales. Wow.
The very same in Glasgow almost 4 hours finishing with ' Roundabout.
I was fortunate in experiencing TALES as my first YES concert....and I was lucky to attend the first show of the tour in Cincinnati
Me too -- Cobo Hall, Detroit. 1974.
Not to mention the wild moving stage set!
I had a bootleg of "Tales From Topographic Oceans" at Madison Square Garden. I lucked into getting the CD.
I was in a P/T facility for an extended period following surgery and found out that while I was laid up someone had ransacked my house, taking all of my CDs (over 1,500!) , my stereo equipment, and many other things. I'll never be able to find another "TFTO" live recording...unless they release an "official" tecirding.
Rick Wakeman was absolutely great on it...even tho he disliked "TFTO."
A vastly underrated album.
As you both pointed out. It’s amazing how the band can remember all the parts. I’ve been fortunate to see them play this and Ritual live on several occasions and it’s astonishing how they perform them. Incredible band!!!
Vangelis auditioned for Yes when they were gearing up to make the Relayer album. They showed him how the songs went but he could never play them the same way twice. Everytime they did a run through of a song he would play it completely different than he did the time before. Finally they brought in Moraz (who actually auditioned on Vangelis's keyboards) and he came up with good parts immediately. Yes was never a jam band. Their songs had composed parts. Suposedly one of the reasons Bruford left was because he wanted to be able to stretch out and improvise.
If you both like this music so much now then all I can say is hold on to your hats. Tales only ever grows and grows on you year after year. When this Album came out CTTE was my favorite Yes album and CTTE remained my favorite album for some time. But this album has special Yes magic. It gets better and better and over the years it becomes a complete masterpiece. This song is so great so wonderful and such a great ride. The reason this is my favorite Yes album is because here Yes has time and space to really develop a wonderland of sound unlike any other. CTTE was over too quick but now you can take a real ride in the Yes time machine. How was this done in 1973? The only answer we had was that this band was from another time and planet! This album if you take some time will grow into soul and leave in wonder forever. Great reaction and great comments. RIP Alan White and Chris Squire two greats from the greatest band ever! Your music in this song lives.
Love to start my day with YES! Thanks you guys!❤❤❤❤❤
The greatest opening to a Yes track. Monumental musicianship and vision plus execution. Imagine being this talented at such a young age to produce this, I have loved this for almost 50 years. The best keyboard solo ever, Steve won an award for his sustain work, Alan's first album track, and Chris is epic throughout. What vocals and harmonies, it is genius and all should be hugely proud at making it.
This is my, if I could only have one album, album.
Hooray-Thank You-Tales is the best Brian Birch
An amazing and underrated album, for sure. Another amazing and underrated album is ABWH - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe. I would love for you guys to do a reaction video of Quartet. This is Yes, minus Chris Squire, and their only album with this lineup. (Tony Levin is on stick bass). Thank you, guys, and be well.
Mellotron Magic in this Track. ❤ I once stood in a room staring at the master tapes used to make the Mellotron racks for all of Yes’ 80’s records.
I touched a few. 😊😂🤌🏼😬
Wow. As a huge Mellotron fanatic, I think that is so cool and envy you.
It’s the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece this year . It was the bands’ attempt to portray musically the 4 basic Hindu shastric scriptures. Nailed it !
Rick’s MiniMoog work is amazing, as usual, but man! That Mellotron! Such a broad, full sound, in the foreground but never overpowering or competing with the other instruments. Eddie Offord was the 6th musical genius in the band.
WOW Yall waited all your live's for this moment ..Finally made it to the spiritual retreat of bliss that opens TALES. I saw all 4 sides Live in 73 and CRIED the entire time but of course we were on Ellis D. I still cry. RSOG is pure bliss. Jon's words are an instrument first but dismiss the lyrics. It takes time to interpret. I can translate YES lyrics into English. I have always understood through their abstraction and simple complexity . The opening chant is all about the first dawn, the beginnings and evolution of life. The rest is simply the experience of life and the magical things that keeps reminding you why existence is so incredible. We just have to trust, listen & cherish all the signs and take nothing for granted even another daybreak 🌅.... "they move fast to tell me but I just can't believe they really mean to".... this is the time of Stars whose purpose is to create life..."Starlight, movement, reasons
Release forward tallest rainbow
Sun shower seasons, life, flower reasons". I was blessed to meet and work with Jon briefly 10 years ago and just recently talked with him at an event in LA.. He and his wife looked great & asked me to stay in touch. As a teen Jon was my music Guru & Messen-jah. I cherish his artistic gift immensely. 70s YES were that rare Star & there will never be another.
Wow is right!! Great comment, and it's so wonderful that you got to spend time and talk to Jon. I bet more than a few of us are jealous!❤️❤️
I played this this morning and I am posting this comment before I watch you. I know I am going to watch you loving this side one x
Jon A. favorite singer for 40 years and unique voice. Can't imagine why someone would criticize--just ignore and move on. Too much negativity. Yes music is uplifting and positive. I've enjoyed this song live several times as well. I wish everyone could have seen them live in concert to hear everything come together.
When I first heard this album in 1973, I remember wondering if it would hold up decades later. 50 years later, to me it's just as fresh creatively, instrumentally, and just as complex and interesting today as it was back then!
Hi, Nick & Lex. Another masterpiece from Yes. Have you done a reaction video for The Ancient,
Giants Under the Sun? It is unlike anything else that they have done and yes another masterpiece.
My favorite album of all time!!!! All four sides are perfect. Thank you, guys. You’re the best. ❤️❤️👍👍
I see you must love Larks’ Tongues in Aspic also.
I hate when people criticize this album, and they do A LOT. It's their finest album, and a top ten all time album by anyone. ❤
I think it's my favorite too, although other albums from other bands are close. But it's amongst my top 5.
I believe that Ritual will blow your mind. My favourite song on this fantastic masterpiece album
For over twenty years I have a poster of the cover of this album on my wall. I love the Roger Dean artwork and I love the music.And as Tom Maher mentioned, Ritual at Symphonic Yes was great, I was at the concert in Amsterdam way back. Doug Helvering of the Daily Doug has reacted on RUclips on all four sides of Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Woo Hoo!
This was traditionally my favorite Yes song!
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After revisiting these Yes songs with you 2, I’ve opened up the competition again!
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Jon uses words like a poetic musical instrument. Words appear and have a feel of their own.
They also draw on deep feelings inexplicable to the listener. Well, most listeners. On Tales Jon is more deliberate as the album liner notes explains.
This album when listened to in solitude instills revererence and awe. It's a deeply spiritual album.
When you guys are done with the album look for it in concert , they use to do all 4 songs to perfection, 1974-75 era. Blessings to you guys.🙏🏻
My first Yes concert was supposed to be the Tales tour but my God mother passed. So Relayer tour was my first. I was so impressed I saw Squire and his band 35 more times until shortly before he passed.
Jon is no way boring! He is exact in his singing! It fits totally with the music! He is a pro singer because that’s who he is! This just shows how observant you guys are! I appreciate you!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This in concert in Glasgow was near damn perfect note for note. High school the next day was filled with students talking about the concert. I hadn't realised there were so many Yes fans around me. You really should play this through speakers at high volume and to hell with the neighbours.
I saw this tour at Birmingham Hippodrome which is a tiny theatre,. Still my favourite gig. I was 13 at the time.
It's just a great Yes tune. That's probably my favorite Wakeman minimoog solo too. I've seen him play that live, and he would rip that moog solo apart it was so wild.
I really like the much simpler one near the end of “The Preacher The Teacher” movement of “And You And I” as well.
Jon’s lyrics are impressionist art…set to music…you guys nailed it. They convey notions and emotion.
Two oceans down, two to go! So glad to see you dip back into TFTO, guys. Hope you get to experience the remaining two in order, finishing up with Ritual, but either way I think you're going to love them both. The Ancient may surprise you by how percussive it is, but like others are saying, after you've heard the studio versions, you should really seek out live footage of all 4 songs. They really take on a different life in concert. Still amazes me that this was Alan's first studio work with the guys! Like he didn't get thrown in the deep end enough having to learn everything for the Yessongs tour when replacing Bill at the last minute. Then following that up with this complex work. Great reaction and so glad to see you enjoying one of my top Yes albums. Be looking for something Yes-y in your next unboxing, too. I think it just arrived today. 😉👍💗
The remastered version you're listening to has the long intro. The original release started with the vocals.
Long intro sets the mood so well.
Lex! You decked out for this reaction and look amazing, and Nick as always, rocking a great Dan t-shirt. Prior to listening, I have to say, “I must have waited all my life for this, moment moment… moment”. I know in advance I’m going to love this. The music is in my soul…. The concept for the album, as you may know, was inspired by Jon’s reading of some Indian spiritual texts. The lyrics are not nonsense, but necessarily are the best signposts to what was in Jon’s head and speak to our spirit, not our intellect. Magic!
Now that the song has ended and I know how much you both loved it… well, it was worth the wait.
Fantastic song this is! I love this album. Wakeman blows me away. His solos are epic, yes, but it's his sculpting of sounds that perfectly complement the song, just these little nuggets of immaculate inspiration, that really gets me. Lex was really taken with this song. I'm glad to watch you two get into this. Wonderful.
Must admit hadn't heard this for a very long time! Good to reconnect with the masters of prog.............Nick love the Walter Becker T-shirt. Lexi- quite an assemblage of necklace n earrings! This album was way out there when it first appeared, you might even say 'avant-garde' and appears better with age.
First off - Lex! Earrings...! ,,,,NECKLACE!!!
Nick asked how they did it. Basically, while on the Close To The Edge tour of the US, Steve and Jon in hotel rooms after the gigs, marathon weed-smoking sessions.
What a great way to start the weekend with one of my all time favorite bands. I also get to say I was there when Lex won the Olympic gold medal for the best necklace/earring combination ever. You go girl! 🔥
One of the best songs by my favorite prog band!
LETS GOOOOOOOO! Can’t wait for you guys to listen to the rest of the album
I'm sooooooo glad you guys like it!!!! NICE!!!!! 🎸🎵🎻🎶🥁🎼♥♥♥
The more you listen to this song and the entire album, you will love it. This has become my favorite album over the years. Wait until you hear The Ancient and Ritual. Watching them play Ritual during the 2001 Symphoic live concert is a must; Squire and White are amazing.
I saw the classic lineup play Ritual on the 35th Anniversary tour, I think it was the following year. It was perhaps the highlight of what was a superb show. Even my wife, who is no prog fan, thought it was fantastic.
Thank you for mentioning the Symphonic tour because I highly recommend watching/hearing that live version of Ritual!
"Watching them play Ritual during the 2001 Symphoic live concert is a must."
@Tom Maher Totally agree. My favorite album and this, my favorite song. I saw them do the whole album live at Madison Square Garden the year it was released. Every time I hear this, I hear things I had never heard before.
OH MY GOD, I've been asking for this for a while! Now to listen! Woohoo!
Of course you will have to play side 2 again, then 3 and finish with side 4, it will all make sense.
To see this done live is something else.
There is only one YES.
Great stuff guys. x
I burst into tears on the last note every time.😢😂❤
Amazing song, amazing reaction...this is a masterpiece ppl... Topographic is a deep ,dreamy, mystical ride...that I still can't get enough of tbh guys ♥️♥️♥️. Love you guys .what a fab surprise on my Saturday morning.. awesome choice..🫶🫶🫶🎤🎸.
In my umble opinion..Jon as never sounded better vocally...
Such beauty
And emotional genius 🫶🫶🎤🎤♥️
Revealing Science is an epic piece from Tales.
Love it !!!!
So to help you out with Yes listening, Jon used his lyrics often, as you stated, as an instrument. However, in TFTO there is a definitive theme and message if you read the album liner notes. Also, Yes were hugely influenced by as well as enamored with the music of Stravinsky. Stravinsky utilized a style where there were often three distinct and independent themes going on at the same time culminated in a synergy of sound to form wonderfully sonic concepts. So you will often hear the keys playing one theme, the guitar something else, and the bass yet another theme! Think back to Close to the Edge as an example. For many years, Yes opened their live shows with the Finale from Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky. Simply fantastic,
Love the necklace!
Oh and the earrings too!
One of the great games when listening to Yes is focussing on different instrumental parts for a while and hearing how it works in counterpoint to everything else. You were doing that with the bass line at one point and trying to predict where the beats and notes fall 😉. And yet for all its complexity, the music as a whole flows and ebbs and describes one great musically narrative arc. This is a piece you listen to again and again (for 50 years and more) and still find new nuances and renewed pleasure.There are quite a few other reactions to it out there by the way. I think people who understand music and are prepared to listen to things beyond surface appeal do get it, no matter what their cultural or musical background.
One of my favorite Wakeman solo's of all time. Back in the day we didn't get this opening they couldn't squeeze it on a vinyl record so it started right where it starts where Jon starts.
Put this on, close your eyes and really listen. It transports you.
❤❤❤❤❤❤ I was only 17 when I heard and saw this Live! 😮 SMH, WTF ....BLESSED. It's like a DREAM. I hope you've obsorbed a sense of the lyrics by now
Glad you're playing the longer version. The album version took out the first 2 minutes.
The first bit would not fit on the vinyl side and so had to be cropped. Think this maybe the Wilson remaster?
@@scifimonkey3 I don't see why it wouldn't fit. Longer pieces are on album sides
This has been my favourite Yes album since I bought it in 1975 as a 17 year old. Side 3 is challenging on first listen but you’ll love all 4 songs without too much effort!
I'm glad you both loved that beautiful song.
Hi Guys ... Wooooooo !!! My favourite track on the album ! I remember buying the double vinyl album in the 70's and playing it all in one night. What an experience ! ... I bought the remastered cd only last year and played this track only a few weeks ago. Sooo ... I got me coffee ... I'm going to really enjoy this ... byeee Jim X
Another Yes request! So glad you brought Lex in for this!😀. I bought this vinyl recently. Such a great album from start to finish! Truly epic song! Loved watching you both react to it! Love you! Thanks dave btw! Great request!!
I was at the 2nd-ever live performance of Tales in 1973 and loved this immediately!
A lot has been said and written about what Wakeman thought about the Tales album. My understanding is that yes, he was critical of the album and found that there was a lot of padding (filler) there, but his playing is still fantastic, his keyboard parts are sublime, and his contributions are excellent, as usual.
Another one of my deep cut favorites!
Brilliant reaction to my favourite Yes song.
You were spot on regarding CTTE, as it mirrors it in lots of ways, such as the water sounds at the start, the epic keyboard solo near the end, the big vocal anthem at the end, the effortless shifting from serenity to thundering chaos, but all on a much grander scale, which makes me like it more.
My favourite passage of Yes music ever is the "old fighters past" section, it's so beautiful and simple.
Thanks for doing this, and now please listen to the rest of this glorious album.
Now that you guys have been introduced to The revealing... You must hear the best live version of it, which can be found on their double live album "Keys To Ascension". It is mind blowing. Also, the first published live version of Awaken is on there. You guys will enjoy it.
When Jon sings “We move fast, we need love” it’s so heartfelt and genuine that oftentimes tears will come to my eyes. Jon, I think, is the real deal, his air of calmness and being at peace isn’t something he puts on and takes off.
I too tear up when I hear this part!
@@OliverHanmer55 And I've been listening to it for 50 years! It doesn't get old! And I LOVE watching young folk listen and be all amazed.
I love Jon. Never met the man, seen from pretty close...😊 His words and music have played such a beautiful leading role in my life.
The 2nd part that lyrics says it all, “We move fast we need love, a part we offer is our only freedom. YES IS BEST!!!
@@ryanr5319I’ve met him once & he was everything you would hope Jon to be, he & Jane at Variety Playhouse in Little 5 Points in Atlanta.
Thank you for your reaction , I always love watching the joy you express as you listen to YES. I echo the others who suggest you watch a live concert version., amazing!
Excellent 🥳
Year after year I still find their music astonishing.
It causes such emotions. Beautiful.
Agree.. guitar work..was beyond
Not only does Anderson write a lot of the lyrics, but he writes the melodies of those lyrics, which makes him a great songwriter. There for he knows about music to a point.
The best Track on The Album....Superb.
Bought this Album in Glasgow, in 1976.
One of My first purchased Records.
Keep Rockin'🎸
Enjoy Your Reactions.
Love Your enthusiasm.
RONNIE 🙂
Scotland 🏴🎸📀🎹
PS..I love RUSH and GENESIS as well.
And, Pink Floyd.
Absolutely one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums. If you listen to the lyrics they match the soul of the piece. TFTO is such a great album! It just takes more and more listens and it gets better every time!!
Love you guys. Please explain this is one composition divided in 4 parts and the philosiphy
Thaks..yes one the greatest bands..ever
I read many sci-if fantasy novels with this album on in the background.
If I had a spell caster in D&D it was lyrics from this album that made up any verbal components needed for the spells.
It is nerdtronic, nerdtastic, nerdigiastic.
The live version on Keys to Ascension is worth a listen if only to show that they could reproduce it in concert. Glad you enjoyed it and I liked your reaction.
Keep up Alex..almost there
YES had some of the most evocative lyrics. Whether Jon meant anything with them or not is irrelevant. It is a piece of art. What do the lyrics mean to you? There are no wrong answers. Blessings.
this album is amazing.....
What always gets me about Yes is the incredible interplay between Squire and Howe. It's simply on another level of musicianship. It's a shame that Rick Wakeman didn't care for 'Tales' since he was fabulous on it...
Rick thought there was "too much filler" as he puts it and says that if it had been released in the CD age, the amount of materiel they had would have fit perfectly. He thought there was not enough there for 2 vinyl records, so they had to pad it out some. But I think he's softened his stance somewhat on _Tales_ in later years.
just like John Petrucci and John Myung in all the years
My friend and I bought this album the day it came out. We were freshman high school students. We each bought a copy and went back to listen to the entire album at my friends house. We thought it was the best thing we had ever heard. I had to laugh when Lex said that she did not understand the lyrics, because neither did we. But we were still trying to analyze the album before this: Close to the Edge. We just figured that YES "probably" knew what it was about and we would figure it out later after many listens. Well, after all these years I am still trying to figure it out. Like most YES songs, their lyrics mean different things to different people or each listener and even that can change over the years with each listen. This is my favorite album and I am now 63 years old. The Revealing Science Of God and The Remembering are my favorite songs off the album. You both are reacting very much the same way we did so many years ago. Rock on and thanks for the great reaction. Jeffrey.
I saw that San Francisco shootage : it was amazing, i couldn't leave my eyes from it.
TFTO seems to have been a very polarizing album.. you either loved it or hated it, even some of the band didn’t particular care for it. I absolutely love this album and think it is genius. Thanks for your reaction and please keep going with sides 3 and 4.
My favourite side of Yes Music, just pips Close to the edge for me but it really is a close run thing. When Nick says listening to yes is like being high he is spot on, I am convinced that my love of progressive rock and YES in particular kept me off drugs in the late 70s as it gave me all the highs I needed and was always capable of lifting my mood.
The Keys to Ascension 2 version is amazing!
I bought that album and had high hopes for the future but that was soon shattered. I love their albums up to Going for the One.
I thought I hated this album for three decades then heard it again through a reactor’s ears. And it turns out I loved it all along. I was spoiled by Close to the Edge etc. This is more subtle ❤
Absolutely true! When I first got it (vinyl) I thought though it had breathtakingly beautiful passages, overall, it seemed kinda weird and disjointed. But I was 21 years old and didn't know anything. But, like you, I revisited it years later, being disappointed with Yes in the 80's on. It took that long to be able to appreciate what they created, and now, TRSOG is my favorite Yes song of all time. An incredible, moving journey. ✌️
In high school, in the mid 1970s, I checked the cassette, “Tales Of The Topographic Oceans” out of the library. I played it three times and thought it was long, boring and it meandered.
About 10 years ago, online I would run into people who thought this album is a classic. I purchased the Compact Disc version of the album. I played it and now love it,
This is one of my absolute favorite Yes albums. I would love to sit in with you when you listen to the rest of the album!!! You guys are my favorite reactors!! Keep it up!!!
Alan White's work is wonderful.
You both are awesome. Again another EPIC by the GOAT “YES”. I guess I was 17 when this came out and saw them do it in concert. Great your sincere reactions to this incredible music. Thank You
that old video of San Francisco is amazing indeed. I come back to it regularly and it still amazes me. I open two windows, one with the 1902 video and google maps on the right and compare the two. Especially towards the building at the T intersection.
50 years old - it's timeless.
Nick, I think Alexia liked this! I sit here with a tear in my eye, listening to your reaction. I often felt over the years that when I played this album I was the only person who liked it, such was the backlash to prog in the day and especially 'Tales...'. But in the last few years real Yes fans have made a stand, and its reputation has risen, and good reaction channels (Dr. Doug, Jim) have showered it with praise. But you are the guys that matter most to me, and to hear you enjoy it so much makes me feel so good. Honestly, every time I listen to 'Tales..' I hear something new or different and I love it so much. Incidentally, the opening with the water and everything only appeared on the later remasters. On my original 1973 vinyl it fades in with Jon's vocal chants. Absolutely graet reaction guys, Yes are the best, you are the best xx
and Anderson\s lyrics DO make sense. Except that each person will make their own sense of it. That's what great poetry is all about. 🙂
This has always been one of my favorite YES songs. The part where Jon sings "getting over overhanging trees, let them rape the forest" always sends chills down my spine for some reason. I just love this album side. Thanks, this made my night!
No me canso de decirlo ,es la mejor banda de la historia, saludos desde Buenos Aires.
Si no hubiera existido Genesis... si
@@bigjapi1 son gustos amigo , conozco a la perfección cada álbum de los dos y me quedo con yes.
Woot! Tales!! Dam this tour was great!!!❤
Tales & Relayer at first listen your Trying to catch all that is going on musically…maybe even 2nd & 3rd listen…at this point your loving the music and can hear the lyrics- and realize the story behind Gates and the TOTO ! Such a journey that is moving and Stays with You…unless.. you can’t or don’t get it!
there are a few young Rappers that have reacted to Yes!!! Check’m out
All your other Yes reactions have led you to enjoy this truly magical music.
So glad to hear it on your channel its an amazing journey 💕
Jon Anderson is a True Believer 🙏
This is the second best song on the album. The best is the final side. Can’t wait until you get to it.
Same as me, Ritual has always been my Favorite. I used to listen to this whole Album on Quadrophonic Systems, at Home and in my Mom's 75' Ford Galaxy 500. I was a Young Musician at this Time, in School Symphonic and Jazz Bands. These Guy's Music were and are, of Pinnacle Heart, Head and Body Unitive Experiences. Of Joys Everlasting.
Agreed
Absolutely
Everyone has a different favorite, and all 4 are someone's favorite. The Ancient is mine, though it's the least favorite of the 4, but maybe that's why it's my favorite 😱😱😎😎😛😛🙂🙂
@@Lightmane I like it as well. It’s different and challenging, but that’s what prog should be.