Jon Anderson the vocalist says "close to the edge, down by the river" is from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. When the Buddha stopped searching he laid down under a tree and was rejuvenated by the calming sounds of Nature.
@@alanbiggs9306 Totally agree - "Tales" takes a lot of listening as it's even more complex than Close to the Edge - especially being their first double album. So much to take in on the first listening - I am 64 and grew up on Yes and at age 17 had an "out of body" experience listening to the entire album on my own with my eyes closed, believe it or not!
I love the opening madness bc as soon as the first voice 'AAAAHHHH' comes in, you suddenly realize it's NOT chaos but a wonderfully crafted movement. Every inch of this song is a deeply emotional experience everytime I hear it & I saw it Live in 1972 at 16.
Hearing the studio version a year ago as a 21 year old blew my mind enough, can only imagine the impression it would make LIVE on a 16 year old me haha
@@neighborbruce Bruce, I bought CTTE as a 14-year-old in 1972. It was my first Yes record. I didn't get to see them until '75 which was their Relayer tour and so they didn't play anything from CTTE, sadly. But they always put on a great live show. Yes are the sort of band that will travel with you through your life journey, always positive and uplifting with always something new to hear in their music. Best wishes.
"No, how can it be over so soon?" That's Yes in a nutshell. Great reaction. As others have said. Awaken should definitely be on your list. And thank you for doing this.
@Matt Leppard Lucky you at least got to see two good incarnations with Tony Levin. I missed both those shows. Didn't see again until 96 with Igor on Keys after the 70's then with Rick back til 2004, last show with Jon A. My friend called it the sonic Vortex effect that the 5 ,members of YES created that lifted your soul up and out!
You really picked a challenging song to start with! This is widely considered to be the greatest masterpiece of progressive rock... legendary. The best part about this video is I get to experience the music again, almost like the first time, through your ears, and that is a precious gift, and I thank you, lovely lady! Tears in my eyes as I write this :)
@@Plasmariel Supper's Ready was my gateway into this kind of song, so I will always love it the most, for sure, but with time, distance and a pinch of objectivity, I truly think basically any one of the 'whole album side' YES epics are better, musically and technically.
Being at least three times your age, it's good to see that the musicI/we grew up with appeals to nowadays youngsters like yourself. I praise you for taking the time to broaden your horizon. For me it was so relaxing to see you enjoy music from the heart, not from the head. Thanks for the ride , I enjoyed it too :-)
@mk smith Thank you so much for the link. I checked it out and I must say: brilliant! Boy, did they had to practice on this one. One thing keeps me puzzled though, I like her vocals....better. Her voice has just more low-mid frequencies which makes it better fit into the music and gives more comfort. Again, thanks :-)
“Is this how music was back in the day?” Umm, yes...and your reaction brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for coming to Yes with such an open mind and reacting so positively!
Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer... they were classical composers playing with rock and jazz time signatures while incorporating blues and, honestly, anything that worked. It was a brilliant time to be in to music.
Your reaction is wonderful and is part of a shared human experience. This music is masterful, it takes us on a journey of the numinous, the transcendent - in common parlance it lifts us, intrigues us and fills us with something hard to describe but something that we all know and feel. Yes, It lifts us up and then takes us down only to lift us again. This music requires our attention, it isn't instant gratification, it is deferred pleasure, a joy, well worth waiting for.
YES has excelled in Progressive Rock with their instrumentation and stories involved with their songs! They capture moods and feelings and they are memorizing to watch and listen to!
I absolutely love your reactions. You really do enjoy what you’re listening to. It’s almost as if I’m hearing this song for the first time. Meanwhile I’ve listened to this song 1000’s of times.
"Guys, this beat's on a different level..." So true. The bass and drums in Yes music is a notch above. The crazy thing is that you can listen to their music for years, and notice something new each time...just so much content.
@@joelhoulette3244 Alan White was an excellent drummer. Just different styles. Bill encompassed jazz. Just enjoy what both brought. Alan had to learn all Bill's material in 4 days before his first show. Proved he could handle his own.
I really, really admire your sense of musical adventure. The first time I heard YES I had to learn “MOOD FOR A DAY”; that one would knock your socks off🎸🇨🇦
It might shock you a bit to know that it is not freeform at all but every single note is part of the arrangement, even that blistering intro!! It is a flawless orchestral arrangement!! But your comment was cool anyway.
@@markjohnson4217 Agree 100% Not only is it not freeform. Yes' music is executed with quasi-military planning and execution. I still have a recording of an episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test with interviews with Howe and Wakeman. Howe describes how Yes could have used loop tapes as a backing but refused to because they wouldn't be able to reproduce it live. And if it wasn't live they rejected it. Wakeman describes how he told a friend he was joining Yes. The friend asked him if he'd lost his mind. When Rick asked why, his friend said that joining Yes was like joining the army. Get a note wrong and it's firing squad time..... Glorious, immortal music. Old reel-to-reel - haven't got an old-fashioned tape recorder so can't listen to them.....
(I know why I love these reaction videos so much - because each time I watch one I can be that 10 year-old boy being handed a shoe-box of cassette tapes of music I’d never heard before.) I can remember being shocked and amazed when I heard this for the first time. It was nice to feel like that again. Thank you.
What a precious lady-- I just love how you react to all the little twists and turns as well as the major transitions in Yes's songs! Keep up the endearing work, and help save great music!!!!
I walk through a park from the waterfront up to about 250 feet. Beautiful trail (a gulch) with very tall trees on each side. At 9:25, I stop and stare at Nature.... Sun, rain, snow... it doesn't matter. Then I trek up the steep stairs and trails. Perfect length of song ! Makes me feel so good. (I'm 62 !) ;-)
I'll never get tired of this music, it changed my life for sure. So glad you liked it, I legit cried a couple times watching you experience this for the first time.
Saw them with an Orchestra accompanying them on the "Magnification" tour. They opened with this piece ( song is not a big enough word for what this is) - completely delirious for the rest of the show.
That’s why it’s called “classical” rock as opposed to “classic” rock, all the old rock. It’s progressive, it progresses from beautiful theme to beautiful theme, like classical music.
I can not believe after all of these years YES songs are finally get the recognition they truly deserve! I remember hooking school with my friends, dropping LSD and listening to Close to the Edge and watching the music pour from my speakers back in 73.. Or seeing YES for the first time on the Relayer tour, my god! Gates of Delirium back in 75... Or Returning from Japan were my ship was home-ported and going to see YES in the round Going For The One tour, 1979 and hearing Awaken live for the 1st time. Its about ********time.......
Your eye make up is really mesmerising but this dove tails very nicely with the vocals . ALL in ALL a very artistic reaction to one of YES best pieces THANKS for that and i do hope you try more. Many avoid these longer pieces , but WE ALL LUV IT !!1!!!!!!
The next several times you listen to Close To The Edge you'l enjoy it more and more and more as you'll hear so much with every listening that you didn't notice before, how each of the musicians contributed to the overall masterpiece. That's the thing about YES, they always packed so much into their epic creations that they always remained _fresh_ after repeated listenings. Enjoy your YES journey!
I highly recommend reacting to these long prog epics: "Supper's Ready" by Genesis, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, "Starless" by King Crimson, and "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. All are masterpieces in their own right!!
Powerful music like this that comes from a pure and honest place touches a special place in us all who are open to these frequencies. I will never forget discovering this beautiful piece of music, it’s occupies a special feeling for me that only exceptionally great music can touch...
It's fitting that you mentioned, "...I'm trying to even recover." The music of Yes is not just something you listen to...It's something you experience as well. Your emotion speaks volumes without so much as a word. Great review! "All in all, the journey takes you all the way."
Best song ever Ambrose! Went to a Yes concert in 1976! You have to listen to all the Yes music! You will love "Turn of the Century" on the "Going for the One" album! You're heart will feel it!
Thank you for sharing your reaction to this progressive rock masterpiece. I have loved Yes music since 1970 and am amazed at how well their virtuosity holds up after all these years.
Exactly! Musically, it is extremely complex. It took quite a while for the band and their sound engineer to create this in the studio. SHOCKINGLY, they played this live, almost note for note, many times while on tour! I heard them do it once. Mind. Blown. These guys say, now, that they were "just kids finding our way through the music business" at the time this was recorded. I have news for them... It's genius.
Many of Yes's songs are almost transcendent. Its like you can absorb the energy of the song, the heart and soul of the band, with each listen. Their songs give me chills all up and down by body and its energizing!
It’s interesting to see people from different parts of the world reach into other musical cultures. As an American who was introduced to this UK band in 1979 (unless you count ‘Roundabout’ from the ‘Fragile’ album which I was listening to on the radio when I was 15 and in high school) I was immediately entranced with the superb musicianship and the sheer ‘magic’ that it created.
What I love about these videos is that they vindicate the 18 years old me's musical taste but what took people so long to get it? At 66, it's very satisfying to see a new generation loving it. I always new it was the new classical music. Fabulous.
I was 9 when this came out. But I probably heard it when I was 13. I feel so lucky I grow up in the 70s. So much amazing music came out during my teens.
I have lost count of how many times I've watched people on RUclips react to this masterpiece, but it never gets old! NO one is ever really ready for Close To The Edge the first time!
That's incredible jumping straight into Yes with Close to the Edge and then getting caught up in it was incredible to see. This music is really unique so it's amazing to see people get it immediately, although it was a popular album when it was released. I highly recommend from Yes: Awaken, And You and I, Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories.
Your channel came to me quite unexpectedly, I clicked when I saw it was 'Close to the Edge' I have to say when I saw you and estimated your age I thought "This Beautiful Young Lady will hate this" I also saw this played live in 1972 and I was like Wendell Wiggins only 16. Musically it is a master class in Prog Rock. I was delighted to see the reaction on your face and to see the enjoyment you gained from this (brought a tear to my eye....OK maybe two). I will immediately subscribe and have liked. Thank you dear lady for sharing your thoughts. You have tapped into a goldmine period of the most amazing music......Have many more happy discoveries.
I just loved your reaction it made listening much more enjoyable to see u enjoying it. Such a great album by Yes and I hope u listen to it again. May it grow on u as it has so very many people before u. One of my favourites of all time.
It was absolutely lovely to watch you discover one of my all time favorite songs by one of my all time favorite artists. It's such a pleasure to see other people getting it, like you do!!! I sat where you are 34 years ago when I first heard this song, and nothing was the same after it. Since then I have easily listened to this song hundreds of times, seen it performed live many times, and believe me it only gets better the more you listen and get to know it. Different parts have meant different things at different times of my life, just like the book "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse, which inspired the lyrics of this song. Yes is a wonderful journey from jazz infused rock in the beginning (1968) to high end prog (70s) to punky and poppy prog (80s). In addition, be sure to also listen to the solo stuff, especially Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow," and Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water." All in all the journey takes you all the way...so welcome aboard and enjoy the ride!!!
I was 18 in 1972 when this came out- I was completely obsessed with it and spent days with the headphones on mesmerized. Reminded me of the way I felt after hearing “A Day in the Life” for the first time.
This has always been one of my favorite Yes songs and it brings back wonderful memories of when I was fortunate enough to see them live back in the early 70's...:) It was nice to see how much you enjoyed this as back then there was no auto tune just all talent...
This song is a masterpiece....one of the most ambitious and profound pieces of music to come out of my generation, for sure- but even the short little songs by Yes are likewise exquisite. Enjoy this song, and give it time to sink in.
In the very beginning (and ending) of the relaxing part of the song during the 'Live' performance I experienced, the band sent the sound out of one side of the stage speakers, around behind you…back into the stage speakers on the other side!
I have been to 10 Yes concerts and they have never bee topped..... I have been a fan since listening to Close to the Edge in 1973. They are truly masters of the art. We lost Chris Squire in 2015 he inspired Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Getty Lee of Rush, he was my all time favorite bassist and is missed
You and I just met on the crossroads of life. You are so lovely. You did very well listening. This song is the struggle of understanding life. Its chaotic and then peaceful. Its out of sync yet the completely harmonizing. You are a very patient listener. You got it!
Hi, wow, I'm amazed you had the courage to even try this old music (from our youth!). Beginning to realise how lucky we were... "Progressive" music has a lot to offer you. So nice to see your eyes following the sounds in your head, brought back fond memories, the way you got confused, relaxed, amazed, "What's going on?" with your giggles :) Then your body got it, a big smile. I guess you are now an explorer (of Topographic Oceans?)
I can recommend the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans - basically, it's 4 songs like this. A bunch of kids in their early 20s... Noone writes music like this anymore.
I just love to see people especially someone special like you sharing such a wonderful song it really doesn't get much better than close to the edge you know it's funny you were disappointed that it was ending so soon and yet the song is such a long song so they could just goes to show you how awesome this music is I actually saw them when I was a child just in junior high school probably about 12 years old and we went to the fabulous forum in Inglewood California and we saw this band with another band Heelys Black Sabbath and wild turkey but that was before they released this album close to the edge I think the album was fragile you know what's funny there's this one black group called Brothers Johnson and they did a song called Strawberry Letter number 23 and it's interesting that sound in that song it's just like the start of close to the edge they have this one synthesizer section I was surprised that it sounded so much like close to the edge and also there's this incredible guitar riff in that particular song it's these guitars doing harmonies I don't know I think there's either two or three of them and it's just so beautiful so you'll have to hear the Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter number 23 all right my beautiful awesome girl I'll check you on the next drop
I starts really manically, and then transforms into the celestial cadence that is the soul of their performance. This is just side one of Close to the Edge. It is the Yes album with the greatest continuity. I enjoyed your reaction video. I find that these help me to listen anew to music that I know so well. For more "water sounds" try "Take a Pebble" by Emerson Lake and Palmer. You would certainly love it too. (It is my favorite song of all). These are among the all time greats of 1970's Prog Rock and it is certainly among the best music ever IMO.
At 15 minutes, I knew it had you! It is a lovely piece of work! I hope BEYOND hope that you will explore more of the Yes catalogue!.: "And You and I" will make you melt to the ground if you have ever felt love! A great choice, I subscribed immediately!
Jon Anderson the vocalist says "close to the edge, down by the river" is from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. When the Buddha stopped searching he laid down under a tree and was rejuvenated by the calming sounds of Nature.
You picked one of the pearls in music history.
You got that right
Tales from topographic ... next then
@@The4over Just find time for *Gates of Delirium" first, "Topographic Oceans" needs to worked up to.
@@alanbiggs9306 Totally agree - "Tales" takes a lot of listening as it's even more complex than Close to the Edge - especially being their first double album. So much to take in on the first listening - I am 64 and grew up on Yes and at age 17 had an "out of body" experience listening to the entire album on my own with my eyes closed, believe it or not!
Just when diving.
I love the opening madness bc as soon as the first voice 'AAAAHHHH' comes in, you suddenly realize it's NOT chaos but a wonderfully crafted movement. Every inch of this song is a deeply emotional experience everytime I hear it & I saw it Live in 1972 at 16.
Order out of chaos. Light out of darkness. Good overcoming evil. That's typical of Yes.
Hearing the studio version a year ago as a 21 year old blew my mind enough, can only imagine the impression it would make LIVE on a 16 year old me haha
@@neighborbruce Bruce, I bought CTTE as a 14-year-old in 1972. It was my first Yes record. I didn't get to see them until '75 which was their Relayer tour and so they didn't play anything from CTTE, sadly. But they always put on a great live show. Yes are the sort of band that will travel with you through your life journey, always positive and uplifting with always something new to hear in their music. Best wishes.
"No, how can it be over so soon?"
That's Yes in a nutshell.
Great reaction. As others have said. Awaken should definitely be on your list. And thank you for doing this.
You may have heard this cliche before but that's the only bad thing about the song, it ends
Flip over the record !!! LOL
"Close To The Edge" is truly God's music
Sure is… never to be duplicated
@@joelhoulette3244 God Bless
@@joelhoulette3244 With The GOAT of bassists
Truly. Seen it live dozens,, Heard it thousands and can't help to cry throughout every single time. Pure God manifested.
@Matt Leppard Lucky you at least got to see two good incarnations with Tony Levin. I missed both those shows. Didn't see again until 96 with Igor on Keys after the 70's then with Rick back til 2004, last show with Jon A. My friend called it the sonic Vortex effect that the 5 ,members of YES created that lifted your soul up and out!
You really picked a challenging song to start with! This is widely considered to be the greatest masterpiece of progressive rock... legendary. The best part about this video is I get to experience the music again, almost like the first time, through your ears, and that is a precious gift, and I thank you, lovely lady! Tears in my eyes as I write this :)
🤗
Greatest alongside Supper's Ready
@@Plasmariel Supper's Ready was my gateway into this kind of song, so I will always love it the most, for sure, but with time, distance and a pinch of objectivity, I truly think basically any one of the 'whole album side' YES epics are better, musically and technically.
@@The1Herton Technically no doubt, but musically... eh
Me too
Asking “What is going on?” with a big smile on your face is the perfect reaction for this amazing song!
Being at least three times your age, it's good to see that the musicI/we grew up with appeals to nowadays youngsters like yourself. I praise you for taking the time to broaden your horizon.
For me it was so relaxing to see you enjoy music from the heart, not from the head. Thanks for the ride , I enjoyed it too :-)
@mk smith Thank you so much for the link. I checked it out and I must say: brilliant! Boy, did they had to practice on this one. One thing keeps me puzzled though, I like her vocals....better. Her voice has just more low-mid frequencies which makes it better fit into the music and gives more comfort. Again, thanks :-)
"Ending so soon!!" That was a great statement for one of the greatest epics of rock history!
it’s just 🤯 “i get UP i get DOWN”with the full cathedral organ top quality MUSIC and MUSICIANS!!!
“Is this how music was back in the day?” Umm, yes...and your reaction brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for coming to Yes with such an open mind and reacting so positively!
She made me tear up also!
YES......it's music....takes you to the end of the Universe....and YES it brings you back......!
Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer... they were classical composers playing with rock and jazz time signatures while incorporating blues and, honestly, anything that worked. It was a brilliant time to be in to music.
It is worth the price of admission just to watch your eyes follow your ears. Thanks for that!
I had the pleasure of seeing this done live back in the 70`s. Perfection!
Your reaction is wonderful and is part of a shared human experience. This music is masterful, it takes us on a journey of the numinous, the transcendent - in common parlance it lifts us, intrigues us and fills us with something hard to describe but something that we all know and feel. Yes, It lifts us up and then takes us down only to lift us again. This music requires our attention, it isn't instant gratification, it is deferred pleasure, a joy, well worth waiting for.
I will whisper the sound of the ocean for its into your ear and smile
YES has excelled in Progressive Rock with their instrumentation and stories involved with their songs! They capture moods and feelings and they are memorizing to watch and listen to!
In my very humble opinion this is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written... "Everything in one"... You said it there. 😊
Chris Squire, the genius, the master, the Ricky 4001. RIP great man
One of my favourite records btw You look so beautiful 😍
I was already in love with this Yes prog masterpiece. Now, after seeing your beautiful reaction, I am in love with you...
I'm an old man that grew up on this music. So refreshing to see this lovely young lady react to it.
ive heard this song a million times and it never ages
I absolutely love your reactions. You really do enjoy what you’re listening to. It’s almost as if I’m hearing this song for the first time. Meanwhile I’ve listened to this song 1000’s of times.
This was going to be my comment, thanks.
"Guys, this beat's on a different level..." So true. The bass and drums in Yes music is a notch above. The crazy thing is that you can listen to their music for years, and notice something new each time...just so much content.
@@joelhoulette3244 Alan White was an excellent drummer. Just different styles. Bill encompassed jazz. Just enjoy what both brought. Alan had to learn all Bill's material in 4 days before his first show. Proved he could handle his own.
I really, really admire your sense of musical adventure. The first time I heard YES I had to learn “MOOD FOR A DAY”; that one would knock your socks off🎸🇨🇦
I’ve been listening to YES for 50 years. They have always been in my top three favorite bands.
I'm so happy that you enjoyed this song! It is a bit abstract and freeform which many people do not like, but the people who like it LOVE this!!!
It might shock you a bit to know that it is not freeform at all but every single note is part of the arrangement, even that blistering intro!! It is a flawless orchestral arrangement!! But your comment was cool anyway.
@@markjohnson4217 Agree 100%
Not only is it not freeform. Yes' music is executed with quasi-military planning and execution.
I still have a recording of an episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test with interviews with Howe and Wakeman.
Howe describes how Yes could have used loop tapes as a backing but refused to because they wouldn't be able to reproduce it live. And if it wasn't live they rejected it.
Wakeman describes how he told a friend he was joining Yes. The friend asked him if he'd lost his mind.
When Rick asked why, his friend said that joining Yes was like joining the army. Get a note wrong and it's firing squad time.....
Glorious, immortal music.
Old reel-to-reel - haven't got an old-fashioned tape recorder so can't listen to them.....
People who love jazz get it.
Fan of over 50 years. Seen YES over 200 times! CTTE is a masterpiece.
(I know why I love these reaction videos so much - because each time I watch one I can be that 10 year-old boy being handed a shoe-box of cassette tapes of music I’d never heard before.) I can remember being shocked and amazed when I heard this for the first time. It was nice to feel like that again. Thank you.
The lady gets it 😊👍great reaction to one of YES finest masterpieces. AWAKEN live in Montreux is a must view.
I've listened this song many many times. Your reaction made me cry because it reminded me of when I first heard it. Thank you.
What a precious lady-- I just love how you react to all the little twists and turns as well as the major transitions in Yes's songs! Keep up the endearing work, and help save great music!!!!
I walk through a park from the waterfront up to about 250 feet.
Beautiful trail (a gulch) with very tall trees on each side.
At 9:25, I stop and stare at Nature.... Sun, rain, snow... it doesn't matter.
Then I trek up the steep stairs and trails. Perfect length of song ! Makes me feel so good. (I'm 62 !) ;-)
I'll never get tired of this music, it changed my life for sure. So glad you liked it, I legit cried a couple times watching you experience this for the first time.
You know it's true art when you need to 'recover' from it.
Well said, Yes has a tendency to render you Thunderstruck
Saw them live 3 times in the 70's and early 80's. This song entranced the audience every time.
Art comforts the disturbed, and disturbs the comfortable.
Saw them with an Orchestra accompanying them on the "Magnification" tour. They opened with this piece ( song is not a big enough word for what this is) - completely delirious for the rest of the show.
God bless Nigeria always. Cynthia Ambrose, you are a rare and perfect jewel. It was a joy to listen to music with you.
welcome to "the progressive rock society"; this is a kind of music that will be the classical music in the next century
I have expressed that myself on other threads.
Could that be because they are "classically trained".........
That’s why it’s called “classical” rock as opposed to “classic” rock, all the old rock. It’s progressive, it progresses from beautiful theme to beautiful theme, like classical music.
@@gregvoloshen3065 The only member of Yes that was classically trained is Patrick Moraz. The original core including Steve Howe was not.
@@tomrudderow5479 Makes perfect sense to me.
I can not believe after all of these years YES songs are finally get the recognition they truly deserve! I remember hooking school with my friends, dropping LSD and listening to Close to the Edge and watching the music pour from my speakers back in 73.. Or seeing YES for the first time on the Relayer tour, my god! Gates of Delirium back in 75... Or Returning from Japan were my ship was home-ported and going to see YES in the round Going For The One tour, 1979 and hearing Awaken live for the 1st time. Its about ********time.......
Beautiful to watch your reaction to this song. This is Yes when they were making their best music. The rest of this album is amazing as well.
Your eye make up is really mesmerising but this dove tails very nicely with the vocals . ALL in ALL a very artistic reaction to one of YES best pieces THANKS for that and i do hope you try more.
Many avoid these longer pieces , but WE ALL LUV IT !!1!!!!!!
Brilliant epic song done by geniuses!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🎹🎸🎤🎼☮️
The next several times you listen to Close To The Edge you'l enjoy it more and more and more as you'll hear so much with every listening that you didn't notice before, how each of the musicians contributed to the overall masterpiece. That's the thing about YES, they always packed so much into their epic creations that they always remained _fresh_ after repeated listenings. Enjoy your YES journey!
I highly recommend reacting to these long prog epics: "Supper's Ready" by Genesis, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, "Starless" by King Crimson, and "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. All are masterpieces in their own right!!
YES ,I LOVE THEM ALL !!! 💜🎶
Ever hear of Gentle Giant or, PFM? I definitely add them to that group of Super Exceptional Musicians............
Love to see her listen to Supper's Ready
@@dana_brooke_27 Or The Cinema Show.
@@johnbgood52 But of course...Can never go wrong with early Genesis. It's Classical Genius😉
Very bold of you, beautiful Lady.
Awaken!
Powerful music like this that comes from a pure and honest place touches a special place in us all who are open to these frequencies. I will never forget discovering this beautiful piece of music, it’s occupies a special feeling for me that only exceptionally great music can touch...
It's fitting that you mentioned, "...I'm trying to even recover." The music of Yes is not just something you listen to...It's something you experience as well. Your emotion speaks volumes without so much as a word. Great review! "All in all, the journey takes you all the way."
Girl you just witnessed a masterpiece, now you know how I felt the first time I listened to it, and it gets better every time.
Best song ever Ambrose! Went to a Yes concert in 1976! You have to listen to all the Yes music! You will love "Turn of the Century" on the "Going for the One" album! You're heart will feel it!
I first heard this as a teenager in the mid 1970's . When it had finished I was stunned . I had never heard anything like it and it changed my life.
Thank you for sharing your reaction to this progressive rock masterpiece. I have loved Yes music since 1970 and am amazed at how well their virtuosity holds up after all these years.
The first four minutes-beautifully executed chaos
*3 mins, then there's an order.
It's the sound of the universe being born, at least where I'm sitting.
Exactly! Musically, it is extremely complex. It took quite a while for the band and their sound engineer to create this in the studio. SHOCKINGLY, they played this live, almost note for note, many times while on tour! I heard them do it once. Mind. Blown. These guys say, now, that they were "just kids finding our way through the music business" at the time this was recorded. I have news for them... It's genius.
Many of Yes's songs are almost transcendent. Its like you can absorb the energy of the song, the heart and soul of the band, with each listen. Their songs give me chills all up and down by body and its energizing!
A musical deconstruction rebuilt into a true masterpiece! Incomparable!
Great song. I was a Yes fanatic in high school. Enjoy your channel.
Back again. The most perfect expression of the magic of the universe ❤❤
i saw them LIVE in 1978 Playing Close to the edge...AMEZING
It’s interesting to see people from different parts of the world reach into other musical cultures. As an American who was introduced to this UK band in 1979 (unless you count ‘Roundabout’ from the ‘Fragile’ album which I was listening to on the radio when I was 15 and in high school) I was immediately entranced with the superb musicianship and the sheer ‘magic’ that it created.
What I love about these videos is that they vindicate the 18 years old me's musical taste but what took people so long to get it? At 66, it's very satisfying to see a new generation loving it. I always new it was the new classical music. Fabulous.
Beautiful!! Yourself and the song! Caught this live at Hammersmith many years ago, wow!!!
Great job....your facial expressions said it all. Thanks.
Woww!! What a beautiful girl listenen to this master piece of my favorite band ever. 😍😍😍
I saw YES in 72 ,,,I was 16 yrs old Then again in 75.... They played all their songs note for note.... I listen to Yes to this day ..
50 plus year fan. I've seen YES over 200 times! Greatest band on THIS planet!
I was 9 when this came out. But I probably heard it when I was 13. I feel so lucky I grow up in the 70s. So much amazing music came out during my teens.
Welcome in to Progressive music. 45 years ago my first listening and i still listen to this music, clear example of hit and run music. 😊
I have lost count of how many times I've watched people on RUclips react to this masterpiece, but it never gets old! NO one is ever really ready for Close To The Edge the first time!
That's incredible jumping straight into Yes with Close to the Edge and then getting caught up in it was incredible to see. This music is really unique so it's amazing to see people get it immediately, although it was a popular album when it was released. I highly recommend from Yes: Awaken, And You and I, Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories.
Your channel came to me quite unexpectedly, I clicked when I saw it was 'Close to the Edge' I have to say when I saw you and estimated your age I thought "This Beautiful Young Lady will hate this" I also saw this played live in 1972 and I was like Wendell Wiggins only 16. Musically it is a master class in Prog Rock. I was delighted to see the reaction on your face and to see the enjoyment you gained from this (brought a tear to my eye....OK maybe two). I will immediately subscribe and have liked. Thank you dear lady for sharing your thoughts. You have tapped into a goldmine period of the most amazing music......Have many more happy discoveries.
Back again. Well it is Saturday night and the kids are tucked away. Tears of divine joy again. This was your first Yes song? Bless you again.
I just loved your reaction it made listening much more enjoyable to see u enjoying it. Such a great album by Yes and I hope u listen to it again. May it grow on u as it has so very many people before u. One of my favourites of all time.
It was absolutely lovely to watch you discover one of my all time favorite songs by one of my all time favorite artists. It's such a pleasure to see other people getting it, like you do!!! I sat where you are 34 years ago when I first heard this song, and nothing was the same after it. Since then I have easily listened to this song hundreds of times, seen it performed live many times, and believe me it only gets better the more you listen and get to know it. Different parts have meant different things at different times of my life, just like the book "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse, which inspired the lyrics of this song. Yes is a wonderful journey from jazz infused rock in the beginning (1968) to high end prog (70s) to punky and poppy prog (80s). In addition, be sure to also listen to the solo stuff, especially Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow," and Chris Squire's "Fish Out of Water." All in all the journey takes you all the way...so welcome aboard and enjoy the ride!!!
This magical music was conceived, written and recorded, purely so that we all could watch your beautiful soul reacting to it. How cool is that?
I was 18 in 1972 when this came out- I was completely obsessed with it and spent days with the headphones on mesmerized. Reminded me of the way I felt after hearing “A Day in the Life” for the first time.
I only wish you could have seen it preformed live. Yes is best, Welcome to the family
This has always been one of my favorite Yes songs and it brings back wonderful memories of when I was fortunate enough to see them live back in the early 70's...:) It was nice to see how much you enjoyed this as back then there was no auto tune just all talent...
This song is a masterpiece....one of the most ambitious and profound pieces of music to come out of my generation, for sure- but even the short little songs by Yes are likewise exquisite. Enjoy this song, and give it time to sink in.
Love it when you say you need to recover from listening. Even after uncountable time it still an intense experience. Enjoyed your reaction so much.
Bless you...lovely to see your reaction to a classic track I have known for forty years, and almost experience it again for the first time!
Beautiful. Thank you. Looking forward to more Yes reactions.
In the very beginning (and ending) of the relaxing part of the song during the 'Live' performance I experienced, the band sent the sound out of one side of the stage speakers, around behind you…back into the stage speakers on the other side!
I have been to 10 Yes concerts and they have never bee topped..... I have been a fan since listening to Close to the Edge in 1973. They are truly masters of the art. We lost Chris Squire in 2015 he inspired Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Getty Lee of Rush, he was my all time favorite bassist and is missed
You and I just met on the crossroads of life. You are so lovely. You did very well listening. This song is the struggle of understanding life. Its chaotic and then peaceful. Its out of sync yet the completely harmonizing. You are a very patient listener. You got it!
Thanks for letting it play through, most reactors step all over the music!!!
A gorgeous woman with an even more beautiful spirit! You get YES! Yahoo!! Spiritual and wonderful music. ☮️💜
Love this song, such a journey. Love it more when a beautiful woman discovery's it for the first time, good choice.
"What is going on?!"
Priceless, adorable, beautiful, relevant :)
Enjoyed your video and you made me listen to it as if I was hearing it for the first time. Some amazing moments. ☺️
Hi, wow, I'm amazed you had the courage to even try this old music (from our youth!).
Beginning to realise how lucky we were...
"Progressive" music has a lot to offer you.
So nice to see your eyes following the sounds in your head, brought back fond memories,
the way you got confused, relaxed, amazed, "What's going on?" with your giggles :)
Then your body got it, a big smile.
I guess you are now an explorer (of Topographic Oceans?)
I can recommend the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans - basically, it's 4 songs like this. A bunch of kids in their early 20s... Noone writes music like this anymore.
I just love to see people especially someone special like you sharing such a wonderful song it really doesn't get much better than close to the edge you know it's funny you were disappointed that it was ending so soon and yet the song is such a long song so they could just goes to show you how awesome this music is I actually saw them when I was a child just in junior high school probably about 12 years old and we went to the fabulous forum in Inglewood California and we saw this band with another band Heelys Black Sabbath and wild turkey but that was before they released this album close to the edge I think the album was fragile you know what's funny there's this one black group called Brothers Johnson and they did a song called Strawberry Letter number 23 and it's interesting that sound in that song it's just like the start of close to the edge they have this one synthesizer section I was surprised that it sounded so much like close to the edge and also there's this incredible guitar riff in that particular song it's these guitars doing harmonies I don't know I think there's either two or three of them and it's just so beautiful so you'll have to hear the Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter number 23 all right my beautiful awesome girl I'll check you on the next drop
That was beautifully moving going along for the ride. Thank you 🙏
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...now watch them perform this live in the early 70's...there are YT's...some of the most brilliant musicians ever.
And You And I and Heart of the Sunrise...you need to listen to those.
🙏, I cried with you so happy for you to enjoy YES😃
One of my top bands from when I was young lad here in England,a great reaction young lady and keep safe.
:smiles: As it happens I was listening to this just a week ago to celebrate my birthday :D
Absolutely beautiful thank you so much for this x
I starts really manically, and then transforms into the celestial cadence that is the soul of their performance. This is just side one of Close to the Edge. It is the Yes album with the greatest continuity. I enjoyed your reaction video. I find that these help me to listen anew to music that I know so well. For more "water sounds" try "Take a Pebble" by Emerson Lake and Palmer. You would certainly love it too. (It is my favorite song of all). These are among the all time greats of 1970's Prog Rock and it is certainly among the best music ever IMO.
At 15 minutes, I knew it had you! It is a lovely piece of work! I hope BEYOND hope that you will explore more of the Yes catalogue!.: "And You and I" will make you melt to the ground if you have ever felt love! A great choice, I subscribed immediately!
This lady is nothing but BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Ron!!!