My Dad made me a double sided mix tape as a 16 year old of Yes and a little bit of Olias and I nearly wore the ribbon out. My love (for the original line ups) has never waned since then!
Welcome to the 70’s Yes world, and their wonderful work from that era…Yes, in my books, are the most influential progressive rock band that this planet has ever seen.
This IS progressive rock. This is a classic Yes piece. I heard this for the 1st time in 1972 when I was 12. Yes put me on the path to my love for progressive rock. On a side note; you are very easy on the ears. 😊
This and ELP's Brain Salad Surgery were the stoner go-to albums in the 70s when I was in school. Pure musicianship. Great to see younger generations digging it.
My favourite track on Fragile, followed by Roundabout and then South Side of the Sky. What an amazing progressive album from when I was a 15 year old (1971). But a year later, their masterpiece was released - Close to the Edge. CTTE is my all time favourite piece of music; it's perfectly complete.
One of the greatest song in one of the greatest albums in Prog Rock History!...the intensity, the preciseness...the dynamics....I have no words to utter....it surprises me everytime I listen to it.
I was 21 in 1971 when that song came out. Our reaction to it was just exactly the same as yours! It is so cool to see a young person your age loving the music that we loved and being amazed! A new subscriber.
Total classic, one of many they seemed to effortlessly roll out from the period around 1971-1977. Here, love the build-up at the beginning with the bass and drums, the strings mellotron floating in, intensity building, building…then bam! And Jon Anderson’s vocals by the end of the song really evoke this sense of passion and spirituality.
All of Yes is progressive to some degree or another. This particular combination of talent meshed and worked the greatest advance and influence for progressive rock/fusion bands. This album brought Yes to American and wider audiences. Their next album is IMHO the pinnacle of Progrock, the platonic ideal. So happy to see you appreciation of something I've loved most of my life.
The genius of Yes and it was better live. Love your reaction. Enjoy the Yes journey I'm sure you are going to love it. South Side Of The Sky should be next, live version from Songs From Tsongas 35th Anniversary Tour is my favorite, I've seen Yes 36 times.
The first Yes record,.bought it after seeing them play " Long distance runaround" on British TV, another track on this album. From 1972 till about 1978 Yes were the masters of Prog rock, then, for me, went off the boil with various personnel changes. There's some great albums to listen to from this era. The Yes Album, the previous one to this is also great.
My favorite song by a band with dozens of gems in their catalogue. A perfect showcase for my favorite bassist, Chris Squire, RIP, and favorite drummer, Bill Bruford (you really need to listen to some of his work with King Crimson sometime, another prog essential). The rest of the members of Yes aren’t too shabby either. 😜 Keep up the great reactions. 🤘
Such a great band , especially live. I think you will really enjoy them more and more. Very diverse catalogue;, progressive ,jazz-rock fusion , rock , some folk rock mixed in , classical, etc.Thanks for reacting to them and other great bands . There is so much great music from the 60,s to the mid 90’s.
You'll like a short little song called Wonderous Stories off the Going For the One album. This album and the Yes Album before it don't have one bad song on them. The next album Close to the Edge usually wins Prog polls as being the best Prog album of all time. My two favorites are Relayer and Drama. Great reaction!!
Chris Squire (bass) tells a pretty funny story of the night he met Jimi Hendrix at the Marquee Club in London. He was playing bass in a band called "The Syn" and they were scheduled to play the opening slot that night: January 24th, 1967. It's here on YT.
Love everything about this band and their entire back catalogue of beautifully crafted songs. This is one of their best and takes you on a musical masterclass journey. Great reaction. Enjoy Yes
This Yes lineup is easily my favorite. And Bruford was in Genesis, not as a writing member, but rather as a member for Genesis live during a tour until Chester Thompson would fill that position while Bruford would get busier with King Crimson.
Great reaction! The drummer 🥁 Bill Bruford was Phil Collins first choice for the touring drummer for Genesis after he took over as vocalist after Peter Gabriel. Search RUclips for Genesis live 1976 for live footage. Bruford was a founding member of Yes and then left in 1972 for King Crimson. Another album to check out with Bruford is Yes bassist Chris Squire’s 1975 solo album Fish Out Of Water. Bruford and Squire are my favorite rhythm 🥁 section ever! Also check out the 1978 debut album from the band UK with Bruford and King Crimson bassist John Wetton. And yes this is definitely progressive rock. 😎
Oh, yes, not just "considered" progressive rock, but one of its defining exemplars by one of the genre's earliest and best exponents. And it's now 51 years "old", but still timeless.
Bill Bruford was with Yes for the first 5 albums. Then he moved to King Crimson. Played on the 1976 Genesis Tour when Phil Collins took over the lead vocals. Nothing Else to do with Genesis. But he has a fantastic career with his fusion band Bruford and his jazz group Earthworks.
Well you dove into Floyd and Genesis and so it was only a matter of time before you got to the third leg of the 70s prog rock stool YES. I think that you are going to be here for a while!! Enjoy, there is so much innovative music in their locker.
Yes, I think they acknowledged that the main riff of this song is influenced by King Crimson “21st Century Schizoid Man” (think of the middle section riff of that song).
Like reading a book .telling a story switching tempos, beat. Textures all over the place and ending up back to where it starts .you just took a journey through time and space and now it's in your head for life... now we just have stuff that goes in one ear and out the other ear
New sub off YT's algorithm rec. Great reaction! While the song was going, it looked like you pointed to your left ear about the guitar being panned there and I thought "Oh no! She's got her headset the wrong way 'round!" Haha. But then thought "or maybe her camera's reversed . . ." You cleared that up at 14:59, thanks!
Yes our aliens because I don't see any other band ever being able to do what they did ever again and the band Rush will probably even tell you that too.
Bill Bruford was not a member of Genesis, but performed with them on tour after Phil Collins took over the front-man duties. Chester Thompson filled that touring drummer role, later.
One of the top five progressive rock bands, along with Pink Floyd, early Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson. A wonderful track. Some more amazing Yes: "Starship Trooper", "Close to the Edge", "And You & I", and the deeper cut "Lift Me Up". If you want to explore more prog, try "Take a Pebble" and "From the Beginning" by Emerson Lake & Palmer, and "Fallen Angel" and "Elephant Talk" by King Crimson.
Check out a band called UK, Bill Bruford on drums, John Wetton on bass & vocals, Eddie Jobson on keyboards & violin and Allan Holdsworth on guitars. In The Dead Of Night blows away the cobwebs.
Played this Loud! After a YES concert… 42nd Street Times Square NYC… people danced and chanted for entire song! Bunch of pedestrians joining and Yessing!
I love your reaction to this song. This is one of several great classic songs from the Fragile album which happens to be my favorite Yes album and it includes my favorite line-up of musicians that Yes has had (out of many).
Yes, this is a classic prog jam. Multiple musical themes and time signatures woven together with outstanding musicianship by everyone. I did a lot of distance running years ago. This was absolutely on the playlist.
For us in the 70s Yes opened the door to another planet of music. Those soundscapes were totally different and from the future. 1970s Yes will redefine music for you as they did even for the young people who became Rush. Yes are the definition of prog rock. Enjoy and dream.
This is what happens when you have a LOT of talent, a LOT of creativity, a lot of time, and a lot of drugs. Those albums from this classic lineup are arguably the best rock music ever made. Definitely it's progressive rock. These days, when progressive mostly only exists in its metallic form, a lot of young folks might not associate this with prog. In particular, the drumming on this one is exceptional. Bill Bruford was a frighteningly good drummer in general, but this one stands out even for him. And of course Chris Squire on bass here is doing some of his best work also, and that's saying a lot.
It’s so great seeing somebody hear and appreciate this for the first time. Yes, Yes are the epitome of Progressive Rock music, and have been in the driving seat since the late 60s. I was lucky enough to see them live many years ago; to witness such musicianship in person is a very special and rare thing. Keep listening, and broaden your horizons; there’s so much great music to discover.
I'm 56 yo. My brother is almost 8 older than me. He bought this album when I was a little kid. Believe me when say that I pressed my ear to the speaker to listen.
Great reaction to this classic!! You should check out a recent live version of this with Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman live from The Apollo. It's from 2016 and it's amazing!! There is a live DVD from that performance.
Glad you enjoy the music we grew up on ! I was 15 when that came out ! Everytime a Rock album was coming to the store i was there at opening hour to make sure i get one ! back in my room i would get myself comfy, then close the lights and open the blacklight neons ! my room was full of blacklight posters ! Can we still bye that somewhere ? i wonder ! Well it was magical !
Fifty years on, we all still get chills listening to this.
Absolutely!
My Dad made me a double sided mix tape as a 16 year old of Yes and a little bit of Olias and I nearly wore the ribbon out. My love (for the original line ups) has never waned since then!
Me too
Same.
THE Very Best Progressive Rock allowed by Nature! YES...
Bruford and Squire, perhaps the greatest rhythm section in rock........ever
Anderson…Bruford…Howe….Squire….Wakeman….it don’t get any better than that Laurie ❤️
Outstanding song, perhaps the best Yes ever did. Bruford was from another planet. About 50 years ago and I am still listening to it.
Another amazing Yes song, I'd also recommend South Side Of The Sky from this same album.
ABSOLUTELY!!!
Yep, I think it doesn't get enough attention. My favorite from Fragile.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Genesis too!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the 70’s Yes world, and their wonderful work from that era…Yes, in my books, are the most influential progressive rock band that this planet has ever seen.
This IS progressive rock. This is a classic Yes piece. I heard this for the 1st time in 1972 when I was 12. Yes put me on the path to my love for progressive rock. On a side note; you are very easy on the ears. 😊
This and ELP's Brain Salad Surgery were the stoner go-to albums in the 70s when I was in school. Pure musicianship. Great to see younger generations digging it.
My favourite track on Fragile, followed by Roundabout and then South Side of the Sky. What an amazing progressive album from when I was a 15 year old (1971).
But a year later, their masterpiece was released - Close to the Edge. CTTE is my all time favourite piece of music; it's perfectly complete.
One of the greatest song in one of the greatest albums in Prog Rock History!...the intensity, the preciseness...the dynamics....I have no words to utter....it surprises me everytime I listen to it.
Maybe one of their 5 greatest songs… I just love it, can't get enough of it…
I was 21 in 1971 when that song came out. Our reaction to it was just exactly the same as yours! It is so cool to see a young person your age loving the music that we loved and being amazed! A new subscriber.
I saw YES in 71 U was 16... Changed my music knowledge. Still gives me goose bumps.
Oh yeah, this is most definitely prog rock. Bill Bruford's drum phrasing is so tasty, I dropped the guitar and dedicated myself to drums.
“ sounds like 2 or 3 songs in one “ Yep thats progressive rock for ya 😃
Yes are the best. Thx. 👍💪
It never gets old.
My favorite song ever by my favorite band ever!!!
Hey Scot! I miss Chris SO much. Now Alan too.😭😎
HOTS was my favorite song yesterday. Today it's Ritual. Tomorrow? 😎
One of my favorite prog bands! And a masterpiece of a song! 👌
Total classic, one of many they seemed to effortlessly roll out from the period around 1971-1977. Here, love the build-up at the beginning with the bass and drums, the strings mellotron floating in, intensity building, building…then bam! And Jon Anderson’s vocals by the end of the song really evoke this sense of passion and spirituality.
All of Yes is progressive to some degree or another. This particular combination of talent meshed and worked the greatest advance and influence for progressive rock/fusion bands. This album brought Yes to American and wider audiences. Their next album is IMHO the pinnacle of Progrock, the platonic ideal. So happy to see you appreciation of something I've loved most of my life.
The genius of Yes and it was better live. Love your reaction. Enjoy the Yes journey I'm sure you are going to love it. South Side Of The Sky should be next, live version from Songs From Tsongas 35th Anniversary Tour is my favorite, I've seen Yes 36 times.
Only 36? You rookie! Lol. I guess it's a start. Lol!😎
@@jeffschielka7845 FYI childhood bud has seen Yes in the States, twice in Hungary, Germany and about 20 times in Canada
@@lesblatnyak5947 So? Lol!!!!!!😎
The first Yes record,.bought it after seeing them play " Long distance runaround" on British TV, another track on this album. From 1972 till about 1978 Yes were the masters of Prog rock, then, for me, went off the boil with various personnel changes. There's some great albums to listen to from this era. The Yes Album, the previous one to this is also great.
Great song as are all Yes songs, My favorit being Wonderous Stories... Like to see your reaction to this song Laurie.x
My favorite song by a band with dozens of gems in their catalogue. A perfect showcase for my favorite bassist, Chris Squire, RIP, and favorite drummer, Bill Bruford (you really need to listen to some of his work with King Crimson sometime, another prog essential). The rest of the members of Yes aren’t too shabby either. 😜 Keep up the great reactions. 🤘
Such a great band , especially live. I think you will really enjoy them more and more. Very diverse catalogue;, progressive ,jazz-rock fusion , rock , some folk rock mixed in , classical, etc.Thanks for reacting to them and other great bands . There is so much great music from the 60,s to the mid 90’s.
Songs like this rewire the brain for music.
I'm glad you're feeling better and back to reacting!
You should to a blind reaction to the Yes song "Sound Chaser". If you like this song, you should like/LOVE it.
this the all-time highmark of progressive rock. PROG ON!
I have only had 30 or so years getting to know YES. Not 50+ like many commentors... I wonder how many younger fans of YES watch these reactions...
You'll like a short little song called Wonderous Stories off the Going For the One album. This album and the Yes Album before it don't have one bad song on them. The next album Close to the Edge usually wins Prog polls as being the best Prog album of all time. My two favorites are Relayer and Drama. Great reaction!!
Bruford and Squier sure got into some heavy sh*t together. These are the godfathers of prog.
Chris Squire (bass) tells a pretty funny story of the night he met Jimi Hendrix at the Marquee Club in London. He was playing bass in a band called "The Syn" and they were scheduled to play the opening slot that night: January 24th, 1967. It's here on YT.
If Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky formed a rock band it would be yes.
Love everything about this band and their entire back catalogue of beautifully crafted songs. This is one of their best and takes you on a musical masterclass journey. Great reaction. Enjoy Yes
This is my Fav Band Anderson Wakeman Bruford (White) Howe Squire
Wonderful. Great choice. The musical grandiloquence of a prodigious band. Congratulations!
This Yes lineup is easily my favorite. And Bruford was in Genesis, not as a writing member, but rather as a member for Genesis live during a tour until Chester Thompson would fill that position while Bruford would get busier with King Crimson.
Yes, music for heart and soul. Fragil, Going for the One, Close to the Edge, Relayer, Tormato, 90125 and Yessongs ❤❤❤ 😊
Really enjoy your enthusiasm for this song/band and in music in general. Three classic Yes albums are The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge.
Great reaction! The drummer 🥁 Bill Bruford was Phil Collins first choice for the touring drummer for Genesis after he took over as vocalist after Peter Gabriel. Search RUclips for Genesis live 1976 for live footage. Bruford was a founding member of Yes and then left in 1972 for King Crimson. Another album to check out with Bruford is Yes bassist Chris Squire’s 1975 solo album Fish Out Of Water. Bruford and Squire are my favorite rhythm 🥁 section ever! Also check out the 1978 debut album from the band UK with Bruford and King Crimson bassist John Wetton. And yes this is definitely progressive rock. 😎
Phil Collins was a Big fan of Bill Bruford before he joined Genesis.
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From The Yes album try Yours is no Disgrace and Starship Trooper and I've Seen All Good People.
Oh, yes, not just "considered" progressive rock, but one of its defining exemplars by one of the genre's earliest and best exponents. And it's now 51 years "old", but still timeless.
I am 65 and started with Yes back in 1972. It is still remains music from the future and a different planet.
MASTERPIECE 💫❤️☝️
'oooh that bass' everyone on every yes song ^w^
Came out when I was a senior in high school…. Still listening today.
Yes Aficionado. Welcome to the club.
Nice review of a great song!
Bill Bruford was with Yes for the first 5 albums. Then he moved to King Crimson. Played on the 1976 Genesis Tour when Phil Collins took over the lead vocals. Nothing Else to do with Genesis. But he has a fantastic career with his fusion band Bruford and his jazz group Earthworks.
And UFO
Well you dove into Floyd and Genesis and so it was only a matter of time before you got to the third leg of the 70s prog rock stool YES. I think that you are going to be here for a while!! Enjoy, there is so much innovative music in their locker.
Still needs ELP...
Thank you for reacting to this track, very awesome album!🙂
I think its Prog, or just Yes being Yes
I haven't heard this for SO LONG!
Always reminds me of King Crimson too
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou
Yes, I think they acknowledged that the main riff of this song is influenced by King Crimson “21st Century Schizoid Man” (think of the middle section riff of that song).
I love to see a young person get it, really get it. Yes is a deep dive, go for it!
As an old geezer.. I am very happy you discovered this music from my youth.
As an Englishman... I find your accent adorable!
Like reading a book .telling a story switching tempos, beat. Textures all over the place and ending up back to where it starts .you just took a journey through time and space and now it's in your head for life...
now we just have stuff that goes in one ear and out the other ear
Good choice !! Good luck on your rock n roll journey !! 😎
New sub off YT's algorithm rec. Great reaction! While the song was going, it looked like you pointed to your left ear about the guitar being panned there and I thought "Oh no! She's got her headset the wrong way 'round!" Haha. But then thought "or maybe her camera's reversed . . ." You cleared that up at 14:59, thanks!
I knew and love Heart of Sunrise since 80's but realize how cool Bill Bruford drum works in this song in 2000's.
Squire was an extremely influential bass player to everyone who came after.
What an amazing track. Great reaction.
What an excellent reaction.
Nothing will compare to hearing this song played live. Once heard, never forgotten.
Starship trooper, you should take a listen
Keep listening to Yes....
Finally someone who actually listens to this song.
This song is a rollercoaster ride! To answer your question: is this prog rock? YES.
Yes!! Progressive rock at it's best!! Nice to see a younger person appreciate the genius of this amazing band!!
Yes our aliens because I don't see any other band ever being able to do what they did ever again and the band Rush will probably even tell you that too.
Bill Bruford was not a member of Genesis, but performed with them on tour after Phil Collins took over the front-man duties. Chester Thompson filled that touring drummer role, later.
I like how this song was incorporated in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66".
I did not know Bill B was in Genesis or toured with them. Thanks !
Love your videos . . .
Definitely progressive rock! Going hard through the 70's with ELP, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and others. It was a great time to be young!
The Masters from the golden age of rock and roll. Stands the test of time.
How can the wind with its arms all around me?
One of the top five progressive rock bands, along with Pink Floyd, early Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson. A wonderful track. Some more amazing Yes: "Starship Trooper", "Close to the Edge", "And You & I", and the deeper cut "Lift Me Up". If you want to explore more prog, try "Take a Pebble" and "From the Beginning" by Emerson Lake & Palmer, and "Fallen Angel" and "Elephant Talk" by King Crimson.
Check out a band called UK, Bill Bruford on drums, John Wetton on bass & vocals, Eddie Jobson on keyboards & violin and Allan Holdsworth on guitars. In The Dead Of Night blows away the cobwebs.
Masterpiece.
Played this Loud! After a YES concert… 42nd Street Times Square NYC… people danced and chanted for entire song! Bunch of pedestrians joining and Yessing!
Son monstruos del progresivo!!
I love your reaction to this song. This is one of several great classic songs from the Fragile album which happens to be my favorite Yes album and it includes my favorite line-up of musicians that Yes has had (out of many).
Watching you feel better listening to my all time Rush/Yes etc. makes me feel better. No kidding. A tear to my eye :)
everything in life is yes music lol
Yes, this is a classic prog jam. Multiple musical themes and time signatures woven together with outstanding musicianship by everyone. I did a lot of distance running years ago. This was absolutely on the playlist.
For us in the 70s Yes opened the door to another planet of music. Those soundscapes were totally different and from the future. 1970s Yes will redefine music for you as they did even for the young people who became Rush. Yes are the definition of prog rock. Enjoy and dream.
Bill really made his reputation on this album.
And sadly we have lost Chris Squire and Alan White,The "Yessongs" live version of "heart of sunrise" is the best.A great album!
When it comes to YES, the musical sounds are just...different.
You need to listen to the whole Album!
This is what happens when you have a LOT of talent, a LOT of creativity, a lot of time, and a lot of drugs. Those albums from this classic lineup are arguably the best rock music ever made. Definitely it's progressive rock. These days, when progressive mostly only exists in its metallic form, a lot of young folks might not associate this with prog.
In particular, the drumming on this one is exceptional. Bill Bruford was a frighteningly good drummer in general, but this one stands out even for him. And of course Chris Squire on bass here is doing some of his best work also, and that's saying a lot.
Master class for a off beat lesson by Bill Bufford... Love this song and is construction.
It’s so great seeing somebody hear and appreciate this for the first time. Yes, Yes are the epitome of Progressive Rock music, and have been in the driving seat since the late 60s.
I was lucky enough to see them live many years ago; to witness such musicianship in person is a very special and rare thing.
Keep listening, and broaden your horizons; there’s so much great music to discover.
You grabbed one of my alltime favourite songs. 👍 YES is THE progressive rock band. And this is - 1971 - !
I'm 56 yo. My brother is almost 8 older than me. He bought this album when I was a little kid. Believe me when say that I pressed my ear to the speaker to listen.
Great reaction to this classic!! You should check out a recent live version of this with Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman live from The Apollo. It's from 2016 and it's amazing!! There is a live DVD from that performance.
Really great review of one of my all time favorite songs. Seen this song played live by Yes more than a few times.
The magical journey of YES.😎R.I.P. Chris and Alan. Now you are together again jamming on The Ultimate Stage. ⚘⚘⚘
Glad you enjoy the music we grew up on ! I was 15 when that came out ! Everytime a Rock album was coming to the store i was there at opening hour to make sure i get one ! back in my room i would get myself comfy, then close the lights and open the blacklight neons ! my room was full of blacklight posters ! Can we still bye that somewhere ? i wonder ! Well it was magical !