This is one of my most treasured DVD's. Not only does it have "Close to the Edge" but it also has "Ritual" and "The Gates of Delirium." All of the big epics were performed at that concert. All I can say is this is Yes magic at its finest.
I saw this tour at the Hollywood Bowl. It was magical. The performance of Ritual with the way the audience reacted to it was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had at a concert. And You And I was also a highlight because that song especially seems composed for an orchestra.
Happy to say I was in the audience that night in Amsterdam. Absolute brilliant performance. You gotta see the rendition of Ritual from this concert. It’s absolutely gorgeous!
Wow!!! What a magnificent treat that must have been! And I agree, the performance of "Ritual" was out of this world. Chris Squire really shined on the bass and he was quite the showman! 😊😎
Thank you ! I think this Symphonic Live 2001 is one of the best gigs for YES! Especially the performance of the big songs is tremendous. You should hear "Ritual" and "the Gates of Derilium"! And you and I", "Magnification", and "Don't Go" are also great! As an added bonus, Steve played the second movement of Vivaldi's Lute Concerto as a solo in this show, so please listen to that as well!
Dear Doug, you can react a thousand times to my favorite song. I will watch the video with the same excitement each time ❤ Thank you for really appreciating this masterpiece!!!
I don't mind having listened to "Close..." more than 500 times. I don't care that most critics consider it the best prog album of all time. I don't care that most people know this. I want to hear one more version, like this one with a Symphony. A gift to mankind!!!!
Complexity and majesty. Hands down. I view Pink Floyd and Yes as the dark and light sides of the prog coin. Many also consider Dark Side of the Moon to be the best prog album of all time. Spending an unparalleled 735 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 albums list indicates that many agree with that. CTE and DSOTM clearly stand at the top of the many great achievements of progressive rock. I'm so thankful that it exists.
On the day the album was released, a friend asked me to his place and sat me down and then played Close to the Edge. WOW!! We were both exhausted and in another place by the end. A truly fabulous song and Album that still blows me away today
The opening that you are hearing is an excerpt of Give Love Each Day, from Magnification. There is some excellent music to be heard from this time period of Yes. The Ladder, Magnification, Keys to Ascension, etc! Do It!
opening is from Magnification LP. Experiencing this at the Hollywood Bowl under a full moon was absolutely HEARTBLOWING. Think I was in tears of ecstasy most of it. The Orchestra was so HUGE and Emotionally overwhelming. One of their all time best tours along side their youthful highly energized 70s performances
Beautifully done! I get what you're saying, Doug about the tempo and having more space. I personally am not fond of this slower tempo, but it does make the more chaotic parts of the song more listenable to my ear. The part where they sing "In her white lace..." at 18:13 seems like the normal tempo (unless it's just me) through the "I get up I get down" portion and then seems to go back to the slower tempo. Anybody else feel that way?
I closed my eyes while listening to your reaction. At 11:14 in, I opened my eyes to see you gesturing exactly like me. It’s such a pleasure watching your Yes videos. I’ve been a fan since I was 13, which was many moons ago.
Saw them play this at the Hollywood Bowl in 2001, with the L.A. Philharmonic, on my 40th birthday. On the exact day! And my great friend who works in ticketing got me a front row box seat right in front of Chris. If you know anything about the Bowl, those are damn near impossible tickets to get. One of the best nights of my life.
I first saw YES in 72, I was 16. Absolutely the best live show I have seen. And I have seen a lot of great concerts. I still listen to Yes almost daily. They will put your head in a different place, a beautiful place.
Hey Doug! This is an awesome DVD of the greatest band on this or any other planet. The highlight is And You And I. The band and orchestra come together as one! Nice surprise for YES at the end of the show! Enjoy!!!😎
Here’s a few Yes songs you need to hear different versions of!: - Yours is no Disgrace from Yessongs - Machine Massiah (studio version) - Starship Trooper from Yessongs - Original version of The Revealing Science of God (without the cut intro) - Ritual Symphonic version - Gates of Delirium (Live Yesshows version) Just a few 😂😂😂
I could not agree more. As a general rule of thumb, I try not to listen to the live versions first, although I did hear YesSongs before the CTTE album. Naturally, because of that, I find the live version of "And You & I" far superior to the studio version. I guess it just depends on when and where you hear it first, as those tend to stick with you, good versions or not.
This DVD was my introduction to the Yes classics, like Close to the Edge, Gates of Delirium, Starship Trooper and Roundabout. I basically only knew the 80s Yes West Stuff from around 90125. This opened a whole new world for me. Enjoy this epic recording, Doug! It's awesome!
@@cindydahl9635 Sure. I just turned 40. So I'm the same age as Yes' 90125. But I got two way older brothers who totally influenced my taste in music. :-D
As others have pointed out, the intro music is from Magnification with Larry Groupe as the orchestrator/composer. “In the Presence of” from that album would make a great first listen video.
What has got to be a blessing. Is knowing hundreds of years from now their music will be played and replicated. Just like the classics of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart etc.
I saw this tour twice with orchestras. You'll love watching the entire DVD--some great versions of classics. Tom Brislin was a good fit with them for a brief time.
Hey Doug, thanks again for this upload. (I like watching your first reaction to Close to the Edge, the part with the church organ is worth an Oscar. 😂) I was there in the HMH, great concert and the second time I saw Yes perform live. The first time was in 1977 in Antwerp, I was very young and that concert blew me off my feet. Close To The Edge remains a masterpiece. Keep up the good work, greetings from Amsterdam!
@@wideawakeinotown yeah, Keys... is a great live album. My favorite on that is Awaken. Pretty good considering 2006 was long after the original versions.😊
@@wideawakeinotown Indeed, live versions of And You And I were beast in the hands of Yes. I saw the White Wakeman Howe Squire Anderson band go through the roof more than once on this song. The early 2000’s tours were so brilliant at times!
Thanks Doug, such thoughtful words about a most thoughtful performance of a sublime piece of music, they played their asses off, and the orchestra was used so well, were so into it, and made this very special!
I love this recording because you can so clearly hear the individual instruments, especially Chris's bass each note is played with subtle delicate touch or grit, it adds such dynamics.
As usual, Doug, a masterful analysis!! I remember hearing this piece, in its entirety, on WNEW FM NYC in 1972. It blew me away!! As soon as I could scrape together the money, I went and purchased the album. It has not lost its magic over fifty years later. In fact, the addition of the orchestra set off my empathic/synesthetic sense and brought me to tears. I was so taken with your enthusiasm that I finally subscribed to your channel, something I rarely do. Looking forward to more, please. Chuck in Northern New England
It was a memorable concert that started with CTTE. I was late getting in, and the middle zen part with the guys rigidly at attention singing the I Get Up harmonies... the most magical moment I've seen! That was in Montreal in November '02
I saw three of the UK shows in December 2001. It was awesome! Good to hang out with Jon, Chris and Steve before the Sheffield show for a while. Miss Chris and Alan, rest easy guys. It's great when all the orchestra join the band down the front for Roundabout, and just boogie. Chris enjoys himself hugely!
I saw Bill bruford play this live with Yes in 1972. as a drummer myself for 50 years I appreciate both Bill and Alan White but there is just something about Brufords attack on CTTE that can't be topped. for me it makes the whole piece.
The original studio version will always be my favorite, but this is a close second - the slower tempo gives just the space needed for the orchestra to blend in perfectly! Jon had a couple of places (early in the recording) where I thought he wasn't up to his usual stratospheric standard, yet the harmonies with Chris are even tighter than the original - perhaps also a result of the slower tempo. Absolutely mind-blowing music in all of its iterations!
Wow Doug. Not only was that an amazing performance of Close to the Edge, but I was absolutely blown away by your critique! You have this incredible ability to articulate so clearly what we cannot adequately express, but feel deeply.
@The_Doug_Helvering- Hey Doug. Great to hear from you. I never win anything! Always enjoy your channel. I was hoping maybe you’d have been at Jon’s show in Newark in April. Amazing!
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@@Doug.HelveringThe "Overture" starting the DVD is music from Magnification, my 2nd favorite Yes album. It's from the song Give Love Each Day, a phenomenal Yes song. There isn't a bad song on Magnification and I wish you would get to it on a masterpiece Friday soon. It's Anderson's last Yes album.
I first saw Yes when I was 14 years old on April 12th, 1984 in Indy. It was my very first concert. They were scheduled to play in Indy again on January 31st, 1988 and my best friend and I had front row seats. The show was canceled due to Trevor Rabin being sick. In November 2022 I saw the current version of Yes nearly 35 years later playing this on the 50th anniversary tour of Close To The Edge, with the same best friend. Even though the only original member was Steve Howe I was completely blown away. I’m a musician and I love your analysis of it, of all music really, and just thank you for the special take you bring to your reactions. Thanks, Doug!
first time replyer, long time subscriber :)...wait till you see/hear the drum circle on Ritual and as amazing as Close is, Gates of Delirium and And You and I are phenomenal...and my award for better live than the studio version is In the Presence of...thanks for "discovering" this great music i've been a huge fan of since the late 70's
Doug, that was brilliant! Thank you for your informed analysis which was spot-on. The slower tempo really aided the piece and the young orchestra clearly loved performing it. The orchestra helped make this performance the best version of this classic song/tune. Jon has said that he was inspired by Sibelius at this time and I can sense some of his music in this together with the fact that it has movements and recurring themes as in great symphonies. I really think that this is one of the most important pieces of music (in any genre) of the last 100 years or so.
I saw them LIVE playin this... 5 times!!! With Squire of course...!! but my FAV still is "Awaken" (Live) you need to react the REUNION TOUR in Denver: "Heart of the Sunrise" with the 2 drums, 2 guitars and 2 keyboards!! (And ONE only Chris Squire)
And The Gates of Delirium, and Magnification...and Roundabout at the end with all the young musicians up front dancing. I'd say the whole show is pretty amazing?
@@frankhoulihanfh4972 The album/Relayer recording of Gates was too harsh for me when I first went through Yes's catalogue. The version from this concert film made more sense to me right away, and eventually got me to go back and listen to Relayer in full. A lot of the more dramatic Yes pieces seem to benefit from a more deliberate tempo to introduce and to build, and the orchestra in this concert complements that approach beautifully.
It's an amazing DVD 📀, and I suggest the performance of Starship Trooper in this concert! Coz' contains a fantastic performance of Steve Howe on guitar! Steve's guitar + orchestra = emotional joyful journey ❤
Next piece should be either awaken (unfortunately never performed with an orchestra by Yes) or ritual! The orchestra version is a good one as well as the songs from Tsongas version
I burned through 3 vinyl copies, Roger Dean's Art took me away to places I've never seen before. Live @ the Rainbow 1972, Released 1973. It's a start to finish LP. MASTERPIECE Doug🔥🖤🎸
One day i was in my high school class …1978 or 79 … a classmate approached me after having heard that i was into Rock and Roll.. he said i have and album i want to sell . I said : by who? He said Yes! I said i never heard of them but ok bring it . The next day he brought Yesssong . Triple live album. I went : Wow! How much? He said 75 colones! (El Salvador’s currency back then) A chunk of money for me but i bought it . I’ve been a big fan since !!!
Super thoughts and reaction once again, Doug! Thank you! I LOVE this album, and the DVD even more. I know "The Gates of Delirium" was not your favourite of the Yes songs you have reviewed, but the live version on this album is IMO just amazing. Most especially because of watching the young orchestra's superb interpretation. And "roundabout" at the end, where all the young musicians join the band up front joyfully dancing to the song, is just SO uplifting.
I was 14 when I saw them live on this tour, in Katowice, Poland. The absolute greatest concert I've been to (and I've been to many). Astonishing. First time I've heard Gates (still my fav version). And You And I was particularly - just beyond words
I concord with most of the comments here. This concert in Amsterdam is the best they did in their entire career. I enjoyed this DVD soooo much! This one and Genesis the way we walk DVD, are my two favorites of all time.
Just a brilliant reaction to their best ever live performance in this DVD. Thanks Doug and please listen to Ritual from the same recording. Chris Squire is just outstanding.
congratulations on almost 300k subs ... i hope you get a million !!!! also thank you soooo much for deciding way back in 2021 to give close to the edge a spin obviously you did not regret it and i commend your decision to the house ♥
The opening is the song magnification then to a little bit of firebird suite then to Close to the edge. Your correct, a little slower tempo same key. I agree, I love the slower tempo, a lot less frantic and more coherent. This song always deserved an orchrestra, as do a lot of their songs. This is one of my fave Yes albums.
Doug, this tour was absolutely glorious. I got to see it three times - Vancouver BC, Woodinville, WA (Seattle suburb), and Atlanta, GA. Just incredible to witness live. The band were tight, happy, and just had it all together.
Hey! I was also at the Woodinville concert with you! Outdoors at the Ste. Michelle Winery...it is my favorite concert by anyone that I've ever been to.
First saw YES 'Close to the Edge' tour in Sydney 1973. Wandering around, tripping, got to sit at the FOH desk. Guess the sound guy thought I was kinda "lost" pointed at a seat next to him and dump headphones in my lap as he continued. Figured the socked marked "phones" would be right. Jacked in and listened amazed for a while and ... I forget after that.😆🤩 Wouldn't happen these days.😂
Close To The Edge is an incredible composition only possibly bettered by Supper's Ready by Genesis which is off the charts. Both are the epitome of 70s classic progressive rock. Timeless masterpieces. Great reaction and analysis again Doug so glad you did this epic track.
Supper's Ready isn't even in the same zip code as CTTE. I've never understood this comp and it comes up often enough, but I don't see how or why. Suppers Ready feels like 4 or 5 things glued together, it's quirky and inefficient. CTTE is the fastest 15 min in music and is totally cohesive.
@@colinburroughs9871 A matter of opinion. I would be in the other camp but I take your point. You could of course says Supper's Ready is glued together, but same could be said of CTTE. I love both but think Supper's Ready is a brilliant composition.
You’re entitled to that view, but I can’t agree. I also love Genesis, but have never considered Supper’s Ready to be one of their best. Give me Firth of Fifth, Watcher of the Skies, or even Dance on a Volcano any day. But we love what we love, eh? No one’s taste is better than anyone else’s 👍
What I love about this performance is that the parts that were originally played by Rick on Mellotron are now being played by actual strings. Even though the Mellotron tries to sound like other instruments, it never quite does fully and it gives it a truly unique sound that real strings will never capture. But I do love real strings as well.
While you’re revisiting things, I recall you did a live version of Machine Messiah from like 2008. The original Drama album definitely deserves a listen.
You hit the nail on the head on this one, Doug: This IS as good--as valid--as any Classical cantata, with updated instrumentation. The great aspect of this fact is that at sometime in the distant future, an orchestra/band WILL be playing this music live for audiences, just as we get to hear great symphony orchestras play the works of the past masters (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, et al) today. This cannot be said of much of today's music (TayTay anyone ?), if at all. Yes' music is forever.
I love the two-shots of Jon Anderson with Alan White right behind him. You have the ethereal sound of Jon's vocals with the earthy sound of Alan's drums making an incredible contrast.
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@@Doug.Helvering Now I've been educated! Thanks for that! I hope you enjoyed your time at the Jackson Browne concert in my hometown of Louisville! And yes, I'll keep listening!
Close to the Edge was released when I was in high school. It quickly became my favourite Yes album with Relayer a close second. “Awaken” on Going for the One is also a masterpiece in my opinion.
Another astonishing piece of work by YES playing live 👏👏👏👏. They play STARSHIP TROOPER Exceptionally done with an amazing solo from Chris Squire on this symphonic tour as well. Maybe you can share that song with us all too. I'm sure everyone would enjoy that piece to
I like it a bit faster and with a bit more grit in Steve's guitar tone. I saw this tour outdoors in CT as a full moon rose behind the stage. At one point, a flock of swans flew over head. Yes fans too, I guess!
I saw this concert live with the Vancouver symphony orchestra. They opened upmthe concert with this song. And I ran into Jon Anderson across the street having supper. I said hi, shook his hand and told him I was going to the show.
I was sitting, with my brother en 4 friends, in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on November 22, 2001, when this recording was made. Was a great concert. Ritual in particular was breathtakingly beautiful. I still remember a hippie concert-goer, dancing on his own in the aisles. Of course I have the DVD here in the cupboard.
You might imagine that after half a century and more formats that have come and gone than I care to remember, I might have tired of this musical work. I still play it regularly. More than casual "pop" or this week's best selling disks off Billboard or Cashbox, this has endured. It is especially gratifying to me to hear someone of your bona fides appreciate it. It's not beyond my imagination to think that 200 years from now students of classical music will be studying Close To The Edge. And I hope Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Moody Blues, IQ, Pendragon, Marillion et all.
Hi Doug you mentioned a second guitar being used possibly to change keys. Steve Howe's main guitar on this song is the Gibson ES-345. The second guitar he uses, which is mounted on a stand, is the Danelectro/Coral Electric Sitar. This guitar was used by Steve for decades but in recent years has been replaced by the Variax Line 6. The very actions of modeling guitar, which can emulate different guitars and string instruments. One of the string instruments it can emulate is the Indian sitar. And that is a sound that you hear coming from Steve Howe. The Variax can model 6 and 12 string accoustic Martins, which comes handy for some of the Yes songs. Bottom Line is Steve can travel on the road with less guitars. Look up Line 6 Variax on RUclips for demonstrations of different sounds and tunings. This is an amazing guitar which I bought myself for a birthday present several years ago and I love it.
I attended the Symphonic tour (Nottingham UK 2001). At the end of the opener CTTE my instant thought was, 'Well, that alone was worth the entrance fee'. It was like a whole concert in itself. Standing ovation and the same audience feeling you get at the very end of a truly great concert.
The slower tempo in the symphonic performance takes some of the oomph our of the piece for me. I saw the symphonic show at the Hollywood Bowl in 2002 (I think) and it felt like the the orchestra was weighing the music down. Of course, by this point I'd been listening to Close to the Edge for 30 years - since it was released in 1972. Doug's explanation, that this was likely a necessary adjustment to allow the orchestra to sync with the band, makes perfect sense though. I first saw Yes live on the Relayer tour at the Preston Guild Hall in the UK in 1975. Absolutely blew me away at age 18, having first been introduced to their music a few years earlier. Close To The Edge live that night was spectacular! Bonus was that because I'm from the same town as Jon Anderson my friends and I got to go backstage and meet the band where we watched a football match on TV!
Saw this tour.One night was in Brighton UK and I believe it was the day after George Harrison had sadly passed away..The band done a impromptu version of George's "Here comes the sun"..A truly magical night.
So many bands play everything a little faster in concert. Except Yes. I've been lucky enough to see them live a number of times, each one a unique experience. This includes the infamous Masterworks tour (2000), where Steve Howe immediately left the stage every time Trevor Rabin came on. I think my favorite comes out of '71: Your Move/All Good People. Still got that one down word-for-word.. Lovely reaction to an awesome arrangement of an amazing song.
Was a wonderful experience to be there for the Symphonic tour (Nottingham, UK). CTTE is loosely based on the novel Sidartha by Hermann Hesse. Regarding Jon's lyrics. In the 70s the only access to entertainment was the living room which I obviously shared with my parents. Myv parents were watching TV and the stereogram was in the same room. So I had to flip on a record with the headphones on with my eyes closed. By doing that I was able to visulise the lyrics and they make alot more sense visually than trying to understand them cognitively.
Never heard this version before... a masterpiece... especially done at a slower tempo... the original always felt a little rushed. Still give me chills.
Hey Doug, the opening overture contained pieces from the album Magnification.....another great album...Yes has been my favorite group for years, I share your enthusiasm.....love your vids!
This is one of my most treasured DVD's. Not only does it have "Close to the Edge" but it also has "Ritual" and "The Gates of Delirium." All of the big epics were performed at that concert. All I can say is this is Yes magic at its finest.
Gates from these concerts is spellbinding ❤
I saw this tour at the Hollywood Bowl. It was magical. The performance of Ritual with the way the audience reacted to it was one of the greatest experiences I've ever had at a concert. And You And I was also a highlight because that song especially seems composed for an orchestra.
Agree
The most powerful, beautiful concert DVDs I am privileged to have.
the absolute joy this DVD brings cannot be described. Miss those guys more and more.
This will never come back like that. But I am glad to be alive in the times to experience it, live or recorded.
@The_Doug_Helvering- signaled
Yes this ranks up with the AWBH & Tsongas DVDs
i am with you mate, been a fan since the mid 70s... the classic line up is missed so much every day
So true
Watching Doug's reaction is just as much fun as listening to this masterpiece is! I love it! Love it! Love it!
Happy to say I was in the audience that night in Amsterdam. Absolute brilliant performance. You gotta see the rendition of Ritual from this concert. It’s absolutely gorgeous!
I'm sure it was just as good as the time I saw them in 1972...ahhhh memories...
Wow!!! What a magnificent treat that must have been! And I agree, the performance of "Ritual" was out of this world. Chris Squire really shined on the bass and he was quite the showman! 😊😎
Wow...I'm jealous. This was one of their finest ever concerts. Lucky Lucky Lucky....you will never forget that night!
Thank you !
I think this Symphonic Live 2001 is one of the best gigs for YES!
Especially the performance of the big songs is tremendous.
You should hear "Ritual" and "the Gates of Derilium"!
And you and I", "Magnification", and "Don't Go" are also great!
As an added bonus, Steve played the second movement of Vivaldi's Lute Concerto as a solo in this show, so please listen to that as well!
Dear Doug, you can react a thousand times to my favorite song. I will watch the video with the same excitement each time ❤ Thank you for really appreciating this masterpiece!!!
I don't mind having listened to "Close..." more than 500 times. I don't care that most critics consider it the best prog album of all time. I don't care that most people know this. I want to hear one more version, like this one with a Symphony. A gift to mankind!!!!
Complexity and majesty. Hands down. I view Pink Floyd and Yes as the dark and light sides of the prog coin. Many also consider Dark Side of the Moon to be the best prog album of all time. Spending an unparalleled 735 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 albums list indicates that many agree with that. CTE and DSOTM clearly stand at the top of the many great achievements of progressive rock. I'm so thankful that it exists.
On the day the album was released, a friend asked me to his place and sat me down and then played Close to the Edge. WOW!! We were both exhausted and in another place by the end. A truly fabulous song and Album that still blows me away today
The one and only YES. If only Steve would just pick up the phone, call Jon, and bring him back to where he belongs. The heart and soul of YES
I was there in Amsterdam, in the Heineken Music Hall (now called AFAS Live). A concert to remember, I loved the orchestra swinging to Roundabout.
Wow
This is beautiful.
The opening that you are hearing is an excerpt of Give Love Each Day, from Magnification. There is some excellent music to be heard from this time period of Yes. The Ladder, Magnification, Keys to Ascension, etc! Do It!
Doug, you must listen to Give Love Each Day from Magnification.
I agree this was a slew of great music by an awesome band, YES IS BEST!!!
In The Presence Of...!!
opening is from Magnification LP. Experiencing this at the Hollywood Bowl under a full moon was absolutely HEARTBLOWING. Think I was in tears of ecstasy most of it. The Orchestra was so HUGE and Emotionally overwhelming. One of their all time best tours along side their youthful highly energized 70s performances
Beautifully done! I get what you're saying, Doug about the tempo and having more space. I personally am not fond of this slower tempo, but it does make the more chaotic parts of the song more listenable to my ear. The part where they sing "In her white lace..." at 18:13 seems like the normal tempo (unless it's just me) through the "I get up I get down" portion and then seems to go back to the slower tempo. Anybody else feel that way?
I closed my eyes while listening to your reaction. At 11:14 in, I opened my eyes to see you gesturing exactly like me. It’s such a pleasure watching your Yes videos. I’ve been a fan since I was 13, which was many moons ago.
Saw them play this at the Hollywood Bowl in 2001, with the L.A. Philharmonic, on my 40th birthday. On the exact day! And my great friend who works in ticketing got me a front row box seat right in front of Chris. If you know anything about the Bowl, those are damn near impossible tickets to get. One of the best nights of my life.
I first saw YES in 72, I was 16. Absolutely the best live show I have seen. And I have seen a lot of great concerts. I still listen to Yes almost daily. They will put your head in a different place, a beautiful place.
My favorite version of my favorite song! Thank you so much for sharing!
Hey Doug! This is an awesome DVD of the greatest band on this or any other planet. The highlight is And You And I. The band and orchestra come together as one! Nice surprise for YES at the end of the show! Enjoy!!!😎
Here’s a few Yes songs you need to hear different versions of!:
- Yours is no Disgrace from Yessongs
- Machine Massiah (studio version)
- Starship Trooper from Yessongs
- Original version of The Revealing Science of God (without the cut intro)
- Ritual Symphonic version
- Gates of Delirium (Live Yesshows version)
Just a few 😂😂😂
Also love Ritual from Yesshows.
I could not agree more. As a general rule of thumb, I try not to listen to the live versions first, although I did hear YesSongs before the CTTE album. Naturally, because of that, I find the live version of "And You & I" far superior to the studio version. I guess it just depends on when and where you hear it first, as those tend to stick with you, good versions or not.
Affirmative !!
Yesssongs, top to bottom.
Machine Messiah is outclassed here imo.
This DVD was my introduction to the Yes classics, like Close to the Edge, Gates of Delirium, Starship Trooper and Roundabout. I basically only knew the 80s Yes West Stuff from around 90125. This opened a whole new world for me. Enjoy this epic recording, Doug! It's awesome!
Mine too!
I'm interested to know your age
@@cindydahl9635 Sure. I just turned 40. So I'm the same age as Yes' 90125. But I got two way older brothers who totally influenced my taste in music. :-D
Wow, what an intro to classic 70s Yes!
@@allisonrich5061 if you don't mind me asking how old and how are you only familiar with perhaps 80's and 90's yes
As others have pointed out, the intro music is from Magnification with Larry Groupe as the orchestrator/composer.
“In the Presence of” from that album would make a great first listen video.
What has got to be a blessing. Is knowing hundreds of years from now their music will be played and replicated. Just like the classics of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart etc.
I saw this tour twice with orchestras. You'll love watching the entire DVD--some great versions of classics. Tom Brislin was a good fit with them for a brief time.
I saw this orchestra concert at a YES festival at Knocti Harbor, California.....
And attended the festival....very well attended
Yes on Tom Breslin! Challenging gig for anyone. He nailed it!
Tom Breslin was unbelievable. Wakeman as great as he is, was not missed.
I have been to see Yes many times since the 70's always a joy and uplifting experience.
Hey Doug, thanks again for this upload. (I like watching your first reaction to Close to the Edge, the part with the church organ is worth an Oscar. 😂) I was there in the HMH, great concert and the second time I saw Yes perform live. The first time was in 1977 in Antwerp, I was very young and that concert blew me off my feet. Close To The Edge remains a masterpiece.
Keep up the good work, greetings from Amsterdam!
Their performance of “And You and I” on this album is sublime.
Also live versions through the years!
so many live versions of AYAI that i like better than the studio...keys to ascension for example
@@wideawakeinotown yeah, Keys... is a great live album. My favorite on that is Awaken. Pretty good considering 2006 was long after the original versions.😊
@@wideawakeinotown
Indeed, live versions of And You And I were beast in the hands of Yes. I saw the White Wakeman Howe Squire Anderson band go through the roof more than once on this song. The early 2000’s tours were so brilliant at times!
It's one of my all-time favorites albums. I saw them twice in Las Vegas in the mid 70s. They were great.
Thanks Doug, such thoughtful words about a most thoughtful performance of a sublime piece of music, they played their asses off, and the orchestra was used so well, were so into it, and made this very special!
Jon’s lyrics are poems….thats what makes them so beautiful with the musical sphere of Close to the Edge (and other other Yes songs..)
The future will regard him as one of our era’s most gifted poets.
I think of Jon’s lyrics as impressionistic poetry. Some literal meaning but a good deal of mood creation and transmission of emotion.
I love this recording because you can so clearly hear the individual instruments, especially Chris's bass each note is played with subtle delicate touch or grit, it adds such dynamics.
As usual, Doug, a masterful analysis!! I remember hearing this piece, in its entirety, on WNEW FM NYC in 1972. It blew me away!! As soon as I could scrape together the money, I went and purchased the album. It has not lost its magic over fifty years later. In fact, the addition of the orchestra set off my empathic/synesthetic sense and brought me to tears. I was so taken with your enthusiasm that I finally subscribed to your channel, something I rarely do. Looking forward to more, please.
Chuck in Northern New England
It was a memorable concert that started with CTTE. I was late getting in, and the middle zen part with the guys rigidly at attention singing the I Get Up harmonies... the most magical moment I've seen! That was in Montreal in November '02
I saw three of the UK shows in December 2001. It was awesome! Good to hang out with Jon, Chris and Steve before the Sheffield show for a while. Miss Chris and Alan, rest easy guys.
It's great when all the orchestra join the band down the front for Roundabout, and just boogie. Chris enjoys himself hugely!
The Overture quotes one of rhe songs from Magnification. Check it out Doug - it's a really good album with occasional moments of great beauty
The intro music is from their Magnification release..which was with a symphony..
Amazing album really
Really cool version, must say though the drum work of Bill Buford from the album version is from another world
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I saw Bill bruford play this live with Yes in 1972. as a drummer myself for 50 years I appreciate both Bill and Alan White but there is just something about Brufords attack on CTTE that can't be topped. for me it makes the whole piece.
Bill didnt played in the CTTE tour@@robincarlysle-vo7pi
The original studio version will always be my favorite, but this is a close second - the slower tempo gives just the space needed for the orchestra to blend in perfectly! Jon had a couple of places (early in the recording) where I thought he wasn't up to his usual stratospheric standard, yet the harmonies with Chris are even tighter than the original - perhaps also a result of the slower tempo. Absolutely mind-blowing music in all of its iterations!
Wow Doug. Not only was that an amazing performance of Close to the Edge, but I was absolutely blown away by your critique! You have this incredible ability to articulate so clearly what we cannot adequately express, but feel deeply.
@The_Doug_Helvering- Hey Doug. Great to hear from you. I never win anything! Always enjoy your channel. I was hoping maybe you’d have been at Jon’s show in Newark in April. Amazing!
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@@Doug.HelveringThe "Overture" starting the DVD is music from Magnification, my 2nd favorite Yes album. It's from the song Give Love Each Day, a phenomenal Yes song. There isn't a bad song on Magnification and I wish you would get to it on a masterpiece Friday soon. It's Anderson's last Yes album.
Love the way they take the time to approach things differently and add new stuff. Always interesting for us love there way of doing things.
I first saw Yes when I was 14 years old on April 12th, 1984 in Indy. It was my very first concert. They were scheduled to play in Indy again on January 31st, 1988 and my best friend and I had front row seats. The show was canceled due to Trevor Rabin being sick. In November 2022 I saw the current version of Yes nearly 35 years later playing this on the 50th anniversary tour of Close To The Edge, with the same best friend. Even though the only original member was Steve Howe I was completely blown away. I’m a musician and I love your analysis of it, of all music really, and just thank you for the special take you bring to your reactions. Thanks, Doug!
first time replyer, long time subscriber :)...wait till you see/hear the drum circle on Ritual and as amazing as Close is, Gates of Delirium and And You and I are phenomenal...and my award for better live than the studio version is In the Presence of...thanks for "discovering" this great music i've been a huge fan of since the late 70's
With the orchestra and the slower temp it allowed the piece to expand and breathe
Doug, that was brilliant! Thank you for your informed analysis which was spot-on. The slower tempo really aided the piece and the young orchestra clearly loved performing it. The orchestra helped make this performance the best version of this classic song/tune. Jon has said that he was inspired by Sibelius at this time and I can sense some of his music in this together with the fact that it has movements and recurring themes as in great symphonies. I really think that this is one of the most important pieces of music (in any genre) of the last 100 years or so.
What a start to a gig! Saw them on this and they were awesome. The orchestra really gave these older songs a new dimension!
I saw them LIVE playin this... 5 times!!! With Squire of course...!! but my FAV still is "Awaken" (Live) you need to react the REUNION TOUR in Denver: "Heart of the Sunrise" with the 2 drums, 2 guitars and 2 keyboards!! (And ONE only Chris Squire)
Ritual is amazing also from this show
And The Gates of Delirium, and Magnification...and Roundabout at the end with all the young musicians up front dancing. I'd say the whole show is pretty amazing?
Yeah the rendition of Ritual is truly awesome! You’ll be happy to go back to this epic and this symphonic version. Steve’s end guitar solo is superb!
This gives me goosebumps every time
Yes forever 🫶🏼
Magnification is a great album. "In The Presence Of" is epic.
Somewhere in the depths of recorded history, there's a symphonic version of "Gates of Delirium".......
.....it's phenomenal.
witnessed such at Knocti Harbor, California!
It’s right here on the Yessymphonic Live DVD. And a pretty fair version it is, too.❤
@@frankhoulihanfh4972 The album/Relayer recording of Gates was too harsh for me when I first went through Yes's catalogue. The version from this concert film made more sense to me right away, and eventually got me to go back and listen to Relayer in full.
A lot of the more dramatic Yes pieces seem to benefit from a more deliberate tempo to introduce and to build, and the orchestra in this concert complements that approach beautifully.
It's an amazing DVD 📀, and I suggest the performance of Starship Trooper in this concert! Coz' contains a fantastic performance of Steve Howe on guitar! Steve's guitar + orchestra = emotional joyful journey ❤
Doug you’re getting it!! Yes is a live band that makes exceptional studio albums and then makes the songs even better in a live context!
Next piece should be either awaken (unfortunately never performed with an orchestra by Yes) or ritual! The orchestra version is a good one as well as the songs from Tsongas version
Great to hear you recognise Steve’s great playing. Xx
The Genius of Howe!!
CTTE was the first CD I played on my first CD player, back in the 80s. Coincidence?
Sublime.
YESSONGS CAN'T BE BEAT, MY FAVORITE ALBUM. OF ALL TIME. ❤
I burned through 3 vinyl copies, Roger Dean's Art took me away to places I've never seen before. Live @ the Rainbow 1972, Released 1973. It's a start to finish LP. MASTERPIECE Doug🔥🖤🎸
One day i was in my high school class …1978 or 79 … a classmate approached me after having heard that i was into Rock and Roll.. he said i have and album i want to sell . I said : by who? He said Yes! I said i never heard of them but ok bring it . The next day he brought Yesssong . Triple live album. I went : Wow! How much? He said 75 colones! (El Salvador’s currency back then) A chunk of money for me but i bought it . I’ve been a big fan since !!!
Super thoughts and reaction once again, Doug! Thank you! I LOVE this album, and the DVD even more. I know "The Gates of Delirium" was not your favourite of the Yes songs you have reviewed, but the live version on this album is IMO just amazing. Most especially because of watching the young orchestra's superb interpretation. And "roundabout" at the end, where all the young musicians join the band up front joyfully dancing to the song, is just SO uplifting.
I was at the symphonic show. In Manchester uk. Absolutely fantastic.
I love this concert because Alan’s drum sound is kicked up to 12. Plus they play Gates and Ritual as well.
I've just decided to buy this DVD.
I was 14 when I saw them live on this tour, in Katowice, Poland. The absolute greatest concert I've been to (and I've been to many). Astonishing. First time I've heard Gates (still my fav version). And You And I was particularly - just beyond words
I concord with most of the comments here. This concert in Amsterdam is the best they did in their entire career. I enjoyed this DVD soooo much! This one and Genesis the way we walk DVD, are my two favorites of all time.
Just a brilliant reaction to their best ever live performance in this DVD. Thanks Doug and please listen to Ritual from the same recording. Chris Squire is just outstanding.
congratulations on almost 300k subs ... i hope you get a million !!!!
also thank you soooo much for deciding way back in 2021 to give close to the edge a spin
obviously you did not regret it and i commend your decision to the house
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I never heard that before. I dug it! But I think I dug it more due to your enthusiasm!
The opening is the song magnification then to a little bit of firebird suite then to Close to the edge. Your correct, a little slower tempo same key. I agree, I love the slower tempo, a lot less frantic and more coherent. This song always deserved an orchrestra, as do a lot of their songs. This is one of my fave Yes albums.
Doug, this tour was absolutely glorious. I got to see it three times - Vancouver BC, Woodinville, WA (Seattle suburb), and Atlanta, GA. Just incredible to witness live. The band were tight, happy, and just had it all together.
Hey! I was also at the Woodinville concert with you! Outdoors at the Ste. Michelle Winery...it is my favorite concert by anyone that I've ever been to.
@@dhfenske Yeah, it was so great.
Great YES.
Thanks so much for share, blessings. 💯
First saw YES 'Close to the Edge' tour in Sydney 1973. Wandering around, tripping, got to sit at the FOH desk. Guess the sound guy thought I was kinda "lost" pointed at a seat next to him and dump headphones in my lap as he continued. Figured the socked marked "phones" would be right. Jacked in and listened amazed for a while and ... I forget after that.😆🤩 Wouldn't happen these days.😂
"Symphonic Tribute to YES" - Full Concert |
Arkady Shilkloper (Horn & Elephant-horn) & Tomsk Academic Symphony Orchestra | Conductor - Mikhail Granovsky | June 10, 2021
Setlist:
00:11 Igor Stravinsky - "The Firebird" (Finale)
03:28 Yes - Onward («Tormato», 1978)
07:58 Yes - Сhanges («90125», 1983)
14:43 Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98, Part Three
21:05 ABWH - The Meeting («Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe», 1989) Piano solo - Mikhail Granovsky
26:28 Yes - Long Distance Runaround («Fragile», 1991)
30:59 Yes - Time and a Word («Time and a Word», 1970)
37:11 Jean Sibelius - Finlandia, Op. 26
45:02 Yes - Roundabout («Fragile», 1971)
50:49 Yes - Soon («Relayer», 1974)
59:17 Yes - The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus) («Fragile», 1971)
01:04:52 Yes - Without Hope You Cannot Start the Day («Union», 1991)
01:08:17 Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart («90125», 1983)
In The Presence Of is an essential from Symphonic Live 2001. Highly recommended.
Singing together.... Being in a huge crowd all singing the same song at the top of your lungs is transcendent....
Close To The Edge is an incredible composition only possibly bettered by Supper's Ready by Genesis which is off the charts. Both are the epitome of 70s classic progressive rock. Timeless masterpieces. Great reaction and analysis again Doug so glad you did this epic track.
Supper's Ready isn't even in the same zip code as CTTE. I've never understood this comp and it comes up often enough, but I don't see how or why. Suppers Ready feels like 4 or 5 things glued together, it's quirky and inefficient. CTTE is the fastest 15 min in music and is totally cohesive.
@@colinburroughs9871 A matter of opinion. I would be in the other camp but I take your point. You could of course says Supper's Ready is glued together, but same could be said of CTTE. I love both but think Supper's Ready is a brilliant composition.
Both CTTE and Supper's ready have me tearing up by the end - that's my link between them.
Both of those compositions are the highlights of my two desert island albums. This DVD set is my next purchase.
You’re entitled to that view, but I can’t agree. I also love Genesis, but have never considered Supper’s Ready to be one of their best. Give me Firth of Fifth, Watcher of the Skies, or even Dance on a Volcano any day. But we love what we love, eh? No one’s taste is better than anyone else’s 👍
What I love about this performance is that the parts that were originally played by Rick on Mellotron are now being played by actual strings. Even though the Mellotron tries to sound like other instruments, it never quite does fully and it gives it a truly unique sound that real strings will never capture. But I do love real strings as well.
While you’re revisiting things, I recall you did a live version of Machine Messiah from like 2008. The original Drama album definitely deserves a listen.
Drama is a great album even with a different line up with out Jon.
I was fortunate to see a show in Quebec City during that tour…really awesome !
You hit the nail on the head on this one, Doug: This IS as good--as valid--as any Classical cantata, with updated instrumentation. The great aspect of this fact is that at sometime in the distant future, an orchestra/band WILL be playing this music live for audiences, just as we get to hear great symphony orchestras play the works of the past masters (Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, et al) today. This cannot be said of much of today's music (TayTay anyone ?), if at all. Yes' music is forever.
Honestly, this version brings chills. Bravo!
The orchestral ouverture gave me "Days of Future Passed" echoes.
I love the two-shots of Jon Anderson with Alan White right behind him. You have the ethereal sound of Jon's vocals with the earthy sound of Alan's drums making an incredible contrast.
@Doug_Helvering-_- I appreciated this version of your reaction at least as much as the earlier ones.
Hey @davecreek3875, the account you responded to previously is a scammer, I'll never ask to chat anywhere outside of RUclips. You can also tell when it is really me by the checkmark next to my name. Many thanks for watching!
@@Doug.Helvering Now I've been educated! Thanks for that! I hope you enjoyed your time at the Jackson Browne concert in my hometown of Louisville! And yes, I'll keep listening!
@@Doug.Helvering Insightful breakdowns are meticulous, educated, and got darn humorous. 😎
Close to the Edge was released when I was in high school. It quickly became my favourite Yes album with Relayer a close second. “Awaken” on Going for the One is also a masterpiece in my opinion.
Perfect Trifecta: The Yes Album Fragile Close To The Edge - and that's all she wrote!
Another astonishing piece of work by YES playing live 👏👏👏👏. They play STARSHIP TROOPER Exceptionally done with an amazing solo from Chris Squire on this symphonic tour as well. Maybe you can share that song with us all too. I'm sure everyone would enjoy that piece to
I like it a bit faster and with a bit more grit in Steve's guitar tone. I saw this tour outdoors in CT as a full moon rose behind the stage. At one point, a flock of swans flew over head. Yes fans too, I guess!
I saw this concert live with the Vancouver symphony orchestra. They opened upmthe concert with this song. And I ran into Jon Anderson across the street having supper. I said hi, shook his hand and told him I was going to the show.
I was sitting, with my brother en 4 friends, in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam on November 22, 2001, when this recording was made. Was a great concert. Ritual in particular was breathtakingly beautiful. I still remember a hippie concert-goer, dancing on his own in the aisles. Of course I have the DVD here in the cupboard.
You can see that hippie dancing on the DVD!
I consider this one of the best YES live performances ever..... just missed Wakeman
Tom Brislin did a fantastic job on keyboards that tour. Great guy as well.
I love every YES DVD !!!
I even have the show of first time I saw them in ‘79 on DVD !!!
You might imagine that after half a century and more formats that have come and gone than I care to remember, I might have tired of this musical work. I still play it regularly. More than casual "pop" or this week's best selling disks off Billboard or Cashbox, this has endured. It is especially gratifying to me to hear someone of your bona fides appreciate it. It's not beyond my imagination to think that 200 years from now students of classical music will be studying Close To The Edge. And I hope Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Moody Blues, IQ, Pendragon, Marillion et all.
Hi Doug you mentioned a second guitar being used possibly to change keys.
Steve Howe's main guitar on this song is the Gibson ES-345. The second guitar he uses, which is mounted on a stand, is the Danelectro/Coral Electric Sitar. This guitar was used by Steve for decades but in recent years has been replaced by the Variax Line 6.
The very actions of modeling guitar, which can emulate different guitars and string instruments. One of the string instruments it can emulate is the Indian sitar. And that is a sound that you hear coming from Steve Howe.
The Variax can model 6 and 12 string accoustic Martins, which comes handy for some of the Yes songs. Bottom Line is Steve can travel on the road with less guitars.
Look up Line 6 Variax on RUclips for demonstrations of different sounds and tunings.
This is an amazing guitar which I bought myself for a birthday present several years ago and I love it.
This is the music which transcends time, will be loved into the distant future, magnificent perfection🥰
I attended the Symphonic tour (Nottingham UK 2001). At the end of the opener CTTE my instant thought was, 'Well, that alone was worth the entrance fee'. It was like a whole concert in itself. Standing ovation and the same audience feeling you get at the very end of a truly great concert.
please watch video of YES Symphonic doing Gates of Delirium.
The slower tempo in the symphonic performance takes some of the oomph our of the piece for me. I saw the symphonic show at the Hollywood Bowl in 2002 (I think) and it felt like the the orchestra was weighing the music down. Of course, by this point I'd been listening to Close to the Edge for 30 years - since it was released in 1972. Doug's explanation, that this was likely a necessary adjustment to allow the orchestra to sync with the band, makes perfect sense though. I first saw Yes live on the Relayer tour at the Preston Guild Hall in the UK in 1975. Absolutely blew me away at age 18, having first been introduced to their music a few years earlier. Close To The Edge live that night was spectacular! Bonus was that because I'm from the same town as Jon Anderson my friends and I got to go backstage and meet the band where we watched a football match on TV!
The most beautiful song on the earth♥️♥️♥️🙂
They should make a movie around this piece of music.
My favourite gig was seeing Yes at Reading festival way back in the ‘70’s. It p*ssed down but loved every minute.
Saw this tour.One night was in Brighton UK and I believe it was the day after George Harrison had sadly passed away..The band done a impromptu version of George's "Here comes the sun"..A truly magical night.
So many bands play everything a little faster in concert. Except Yes. I've been lucky enough to see them live a number of times, each one a unique experience. This includes the infamous Masterworks tour (2000), where Steve Howe immediately left the stage every time Trevor Rabin came on. I think my favorite comes out of '71: Your Move/All Good People. Still got that one down word-for-word.. Lovely reaction to an awesome arrangement of an amazing song.
Was a wonderful experience to be there for the Symphonic tour (Nottingham, UK). CTTE is loosely based on the novel Sidartha by Hermann Hesse. Regarding Jon's lyrics. In the 70s the only access to entertainment was the living room which I obviously shared with my parents. Myv parents were watching TV and the stereogram was in the same room. So I had to flip on a record with the headphones on with my eyes closed. By doing that I was able to visulise the lyrics and they make alot more sense visually than trying to understand them cognitively.
Never heard this version before... a masterpiece... especially done at a slower tempo... the original always felt a little rushed. Still give me chills.
Hey Doug, the opening overture contained pieces from the album Magnification.....another great album...Yes has been my favorite group for years, I share your enthusiasm.....love your vids!
Wonderful reaction, Doug. Thank you.