The people who likes Yes is actually very educated people , I've seen them five times live and everybody was so nice , passing joints to everyone , lo, the girls are beautiful , I meant, there's nothing no to like going to a YES concert , feel a lot of nostalgia and regrets for the passing of time and knowing that I will never be able to see this special line up of Yes ever again , Jon, Steve, Chris, Rick and Bill , the greatest assemble of music genius ever to play together , yes sir.
You can feel nostalgia, of course you can. What I feel is sadness ´cos I´ve never seen them, and I hear Yes since 1974; even today, with this "first reaction" sites, is like hear them for the first time with new friends. It´s hard to understand I was contemporary and seen the wave passed near me and I couldn´t touch it. So my friend, don´t feel nostalgia, "rejoice" is the word
@@alejandrok2891 , you were probably into another kind of music, I can understand that, I started backwards, heard "Owner of a Lonely heart" and got tickets for their concert, but I already had buy. "Close the Edge" the album, and "kind" of like it, thanks to my friend for recommending it, after that I my ears had orgasms 😀😜😁
This song is right up there with my favorite songs OF ALL TIME..... BRO! Lyrics and meaning.... Jon may have said that he writes them just for the way they sound but..... all you need to know is he is a mystic. He is always pointing others to the ultimate truth, however he can. Do not, do NOT try to take them literally. He wants your interpretation to count just as much as his own. What a joy to watch you experience this song. Gives me goosebumps. Keep on keepin’ on!
The instrument is an actual harpsichord if I recall correctly. He does have meaning in his lyrics, but they are not ALWAYS meant to have a strng message. SOMETIMES they are for sound. People take that too far and assume there is nothing behind them. For instance, Khatru means "As you wish." From a Yemeni dialect in Arabic. And yes, this album has an overarching vision of reaching for enlightenment (more in an eastern philosophy sense). And Howe even plays an electric sitar solo in this song.
I always just sang the lyrics... dont think too much .. they match the brilliant music... but well done for given the whole album a listen.. still stands up nearly 50 years on
Would love to see you try to decipher The Revealing Science of God off of Tales From Topographic Oceans. A double album, four song venture by Yes. You might need a rest half way through, but one of my favorites.
What you hear on their studio albums, is equalled and sometime surpassed live, yessongs live album contains some of the greatest live performance ever, esp "perpetual change"
I always liked the intro guitar bit - not typical Steve, but great. The bass tone on this song rules. The keyboard instrument that you loved was a harpsichord - Rick Wakeman was noted for this instrument. Fun review - thanks.
This song live from Yessongs is ultra magnificent, along with the opening intro from Firebird Suite, and the treatment they give it live and the guitar work at the end takes this already great song, and steps it up another 7 notches. Yours Is No Disgrace from Yessongs is the same, but I would suggest listening to the recorded version first then live from Yessongs. All of the live Yessongs versions take the already great Masterworks and enhance them even further. Starship Trooper outro Wurm is one of the greatest outro guitar parts EVER.
Sing bird of prey = guardian angel. That’s according to Jon Anderson, that was in an interview. River is a peaceful place and also about the changing process of things in life.
One of my and many other's favorite albums of all time too and I've been listening for decades and keep up with music right up to current releases and it has stood the test of time. I would recommend going back to 'The Yes Album' and 'Fragile' for your next Yes listens before moving forward to newer stuff. In particular, "South Side of the Sky" and "Heart of the Sunrise" off of 'Fragile' are great songs and sound a more like the songs from 'Close to the Edge'. Almost every song on 'The Yes Album' is great, though a little more basic without Rick Wakeman's keyboard wizardry, but my personal favorite is "I've Seen All Good People". BTW, your question "What's that instrument?" was Rick Wakeman playing a harpsichord, a piano like instrument that actually predates the piano by ~200 years, in which the sound is made by 'plucking' the strings with a quill, instead of striking them with a felt hammer as in a piano. Those three songs are all that was on the original vinyl release, but later digital releases included a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's 'America' which was really good, nothing like the original, and they totally rocked. It was included on their first anthology, 'Yesterdays', although a different edit was used. Be well, stay safe and thanks for listening to this awesome music. Peace from SF
On their 1972 tour, Yes would open with a tape of an excerpt of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, followed immediately by Siberian Khatru. Check out this version from their live album called Progeny. ruclips.net/video/Xny9mtsOpgA/видео.html
Brother, love watching you react. You are one of the few 16 year-olds on the planet ready for Dream Theater. Rush, Yes, and Tool are legendary, but DT will truly blow your mind. A good start would be Breaking All Illusions. You won't regret it.
Daniel... I was looking at your video list and the songs you've been listening to... You were born 40 years too late! The Who's Next and Quadrophenia albums were also done the same years as the Yes/ Tull albums youve been listening to. Being you like to play guitar you should listen to the Allman Brothers Filmore East album from 1972- probably the best live album ever made... Duane Allman and Dickie Betts inspired a whole generation of guitar players... You should check out Steve Howe's 'Mood for a Day' off Yes Fragile and work it out on your acoustic guitar...Its a real fun piece to play... If your interested in Chet Atkins style finger picking then Steve Howe's 'Clap' off the Yes album will keep you busy for another couple of years.
I believe Rick played a Thomas Goff harpsichord. Possibly the same one as on Madrigal. Anyways, it's time now to react to Awaken followed by Soundchaser. 🤗
I saw them a few times when I was in high school a very long time ago and they had a really cool stage setup....it was “in the round” and the stage rotated very slowly throughout the show. This was always the song they started with! Also, imagine hearing/seeing “Close to the Edge” in the round. So awesome!
One of my favorites is "Awaken". There's a great Live version with Rick Wakeman that I like even better than the studio version which is on the Going for the One Album. Another great one on the same album is "Turn of the Century" which. Both have lyrics that have meanings you can react to that are not just random.
I always felt that Anderson’s lyrics made sense to me on a level I couldn’t articulate. It’s like poetry evokes different responses from different readers and that is part of the meaning; I do know that his words reach my spirit every time. Since 1970.
I knew you'd dig Yes with how much you like Rush. Of all the music out there, Yes has the most similarities, including another of my favorite bassists. I love that punchy, perfectly compressed tone Squire has. There are so many good Yes songs, including their later albums, e.g., 90125 and Big Generator. I really would like you to check out a song called South Side of the Sky off of Fragile. It's an often overlooked song that all Yes fans will go, "Oh yeah, I love that song!" when you bring it up. Howe's guitar work is driving. The song is about climbing a mountain, metaphorically of course.
Remember --- Siberia during Communist Soviet Russia was an outpost where the state sent prisoners, dissidents, intelligentsia who spoke out against "The Party". Cold and miserable, once you went there, you rarely, if ever came back. The studio version is great (And drummer Bill Bruford is a god!) but you should look at live versions of this song. With the evolution of sound recording equipment and instrumentals, especially with Yes...you'll find live performances often sound better than the studio cuts. Keys to Ascension has a great version of this! Recommendations: Heart of the Sunrise, Sound Chaser, Going for the One, Endless Dream, The Messenger, Tempus Fugit. Some old Yes (pre-Steve Howe) Survival, Time and a Word, Sweet Dreams.
Yesworld.com/2012/12/jon-anderson-talks-yes-close-to-the-edge-track-by-track/ This link has Anderson discussing each song, I think you’ll love his take on it
The instrument you loved played by Rick Wakeman on the solo is an RMI electric piano on the 'harpsichord' setting. I had one myself back in the day. And Anderson didn't write lyrics just because of how they sounded. They all mean something.
Gained a new subscriber here. And if you'll indulge my (pompous, long-winded) bit here on Jon, and Yes' music, I think of it as (at least) two languages being spoken: One, a sort of "Hippy Trail Wallace-Stevens" type of poetry on Jon's part (You didn't know this comment would come with a Summer Reading List, did you? I didn't.) where each line is a sort of word sketch, adding part of a picture. The difference being that while Stevens was preoccupied with what would replace institutions like *The Church* which were seen as fractured in the War to End All Wars (and drunkenly brawling with other prominent poets), Jon's work is more focused on a direct personal spiritual experience with *The Beloved* (and being quite pushy with his bandmates regarding his beliefs and whims [which I can nearly vouch for]). Two, the language of music itself, a language of emotional colour. But also, classic Yes is kind of like 5 soloists all saying their piece at the same time, which in that era would normally would be a shambolic nightmare, it somehow worked (like good NOLA Jazz). So maybe it's the six languages being uttered at once and not just being noise that creates the magic of the classic period? That formula came at the price of fraught interpersonal conflicts over the years, and periods of revolving-door membership, and it's safe to say most fans of classic Yes feel like the quality of their output suffered without it. So it's a wonder that despite all that, Yes have persisted as a touring band throughout these decades.
I found yes when I was 14 years old and fell in love since now. Close to the edge came out when I was 1 year old. Now I'm 47 and to see such reactions on my favorite band of all time makes me feel back again in the late 80`s,when me and my friends listen to the records, enjoying this perfect arrangements.... If you want to hear another experience of music, then listen to the solo album of Jon Anderson "Olias of Sunhillow" A masterpiece in my opinion and it takes you in another atmosphere.... Would like to see your reaction on it Greetings from Germany
I bought this album when it first came out back in 1972 , and I still love it. And still play play it. Meditation will help you understand it all. Then your eyes will be opened, as with the window and a new dawn.
To me, most of early Yes is best, and INSPIRES many listens! No matter how many times I hear this early stuff, I never get tired of hearing it, and still get chills and tears welling up!
Yes has been my favorite since 1971. They have an album that a lot of people panned, but I love, and that is the album Tormato. There are 2 songs that I think you would like. "Release, Release", and "Dont Kill the Whales ".
One of the 23 times I've seen them I jumped the wall when the lights went out. Was on my knees trying to get closer and " The Ladies came out " and said "we are going backstage, Do you want these seats...Heck Yeah! Lovely people! Front row to Yes in the Round
This is one of Yes's true gems. This 1972 lineup might be peak Yes. All the members shine: Chris Squires bass, Rick Wakeman's keyboards, Jon Anderson's lyrics, Steve Howe's guitar and Brufford's drums (he left after the album was in the can).
In high school in 1975, I named my cat Luther from this song. He was such a great cat. He'd take walks in the field across the street from our house and stick with me just like a dog. I hope he'll be at the Rainbow Bridge someday.
When you listen to Yessongs you'll see how they opened their shows throughout the last half of the 70's. Before the band comes on stage the PA is playing excerpts from Firebird Suite by Stravinsky, which merges seamlessly into the guitar intro to this song. Just an amazing way to set the stage for an evening with these guys. Also as a pre-teen and then teen-ager throughout the 70's I had zero luck finding out what "khatru" is or means, despite literally hours in the library (and learning Latin and Greek in high school - no help whatsoever on this particular problem). Without the internet the struggle was real my young friend!
So. In this slightly more private space, I'll tell you this. When I was 19, I had a job as inventory manager and salesman in what was called a Head Shop. We sold music and paraphenalia for smoking pot, and art. I was familiar with one Yes album that my older brother had brought home with him from the Navy, and really liked it. One of the albums I bought and brought home that first week in the Head Shop was this one. The same day I chose those, my new boss gave me some psilocybin mushrooms and suggested I listen to this and couple of other albums while experiencing the mushroom trip. I wish there was some way I could possibly tell you how incredible it was to hear this album for the first time under the effects of hallucinegens....
As a Tool fan I highly recommend "Red" and "One More Red Nightmare" by King Crimson off the album Red featuring this drummer, Bill Buford. Warning: It most likely will be blocked but still mandatory for a Tool fan checking prog and their biggest influences.
KC has been blocked already, but it's been posted to my Patreon. I plan to react to more KC in the future, but again, as you say, it will be taken down and I will put it into patreon. Thanks for watching!
Nice thing about this song is that I have been listening to this it for 35 years, and because the lyrics are so weird and basically unpredictable and cryptic I never get tired of them. With songs like this, you can't say that the lyrics are clichéd! You don't need an AB AB CD CD rhyme scheme to have a good song, although there is rhyme at the end. One of the better reactions I've seen.
2003, they did a tremendous performance in Montreux Festival, Switzerland...opening with this trailblazer, at full gas and range...Anderson was at his peak then as a frontman.
First of all, you're doing it right. You must use headphones to truly appreciate Yes. I got hooked on them at 15 when someone slapped a pair of headphones on my head and made me listen to all of Close to the Edge. Listen to the people who voted for Yours is No Disgrace - totally rockin. My favorite is Perpetual Change. The lyrics seem to be written about my life.
The trick to deciphering the lyric is in line one. Sing bird of prey, beauty begins at the foot of you. It’s all a matter of perspective. And this is why some people feel that some of the words were written directly to them.
hahahahaha your face made me laugh trying to figure out what the letter says! They are random words without any meaning, Steve Howe and Jon Anderson say that they were inspired by I am the walrus by The Beatles when they composed it, another interesting thing is that the song has a very funky rhythm in a time where funky had not been made up 🤓
It's a harpsichord...popular in the eighteenth century...if you watch any period drama, from that era, chances are you will hear the harpsichord...the forerunner to the Hammond organ...which was very popular with prog rock from the late sixties and seventies ..
Oh Daniel. Went back and did this reaction again. This song is still a mindful. If you dare.....Tales from Topographic Oceans is a double album, that followed this one, and has only 4 songs, one song per album side. Like I said. Only if you dare. Think of it as the RIVER leading to the OCEAN.
Now that you are well acquainted with YES may I suggest listening to Relayer, especially Gates Of Delirium. It is a total blast but not for the uninitiated as it is their most uncompromisingly experimental piece.
Just a humble opinion of an old Guy(54) : YES is one of the Very few bands that LIVE versions are even better... YESSONGS is a great example. ☺️👍 I like a lot your Channel.👍
It is required that you hear the live "Yessongs" version of this. That version has a fantastic hard ending, preceded by a more ripping guitar solo, and Alan White, the drummer on that, treats it with a "rockier" feel than this version with Bill Bruford(Bill Bruford is great, too). Also, Rick Wakeman uses the human voice track on the Mellotron to add some very interesting backing vocals.
This was their 5th studio album. Then Bill Bruford quit the band and joined King Crimson. They replaced Bill with Alan White. Then they made Tales from Topographic Oceans. Then Rick quit, and they replaced him with Patrick Moraz. Then they made Relayer. You've heard The Gates of Delirium. There's only 2 other pieces on the album; 'Sound Chaser' and 'To Be Over'. The album was constructed in the same style of Close to the Edge, but they flipped the last 2 songs, choosing to end with the softer song 'To Be Over', which seemed fitting, considering the title. I believe YES was attempting to prove that they could put out an album as great as Close to the Edge, and in my opinion they absolutely succeeded. Just the fact that some say Relayer is better is all the proof one needs, but for me Close to the Edge is the best, with Relayer coming in second or third behind Fragile, followed by The Yes Album and Going for the One. Tales for me is 6th best, but everyone's list is different. I've yet to listen to all of their later music, though I've heard some. The last album of theirs that I bought was 90125. You will absolutely love Sound Chaser and To Be Over, as well as the 3 pieces you've yet to hear from Tales. I feel that Sound Chaser is the most crazy piece of music they ever created. It's really mind blowing. When they brought in Patrick Moraz, this is what he said: “They played me just a part of the song, what they had of Sound Chaser, not the introduction, just a part of the song. They blew my mind. I was in the middle, and they started to do this riff, and Alan crashing with his drums and so on... It was absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - I could say that was the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener. I was not in the middle of any keyboards at the time; I was just in the middle of the band. And they were playing for me, alone, the portion of Sound Chaser they had already come up with. And that was absolutely unbelievable. I was totally overwhelmed, because they played so fast and so precisely and so well. The swing was there. I had never heard such original music, except for what Mahavishnu Orchestra was doing at the time”. I tried to include a link to the article where Patrick is quoted, but it didn't load. Just google "The Story behind the album Relayer by YES". It's a great read.
The lyrics create an impression, not quite an image. I've always found them to be opaque and it's fine, they leave a positive feeling generally, like their name: Yes. It's sad that Bill Bruford (drummer) left the band after making this album but he did some fine work with King Crimson and his replacement was worthy.
Just curious, have you ever heard of PACO DE LUCIA ( a flamenco guitar master ) I have a feeling you world really love his music and dexterity. "Entre dos aguas" is a good place to start if you havent already.
This is just an old jam-out session. Glad you appreciate it. Recently subscribed. Would love for you to analyze "Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd if you haven't already.
Please also listen to the version from the YESSONGS live album. To me this version sounds a lot more powerful and more mature (and a bit less fragile): ruclips.net/video/1Q9XPS1plR4/видео.html
In reality Relayer is the true follow up to CTTE. Makes more sense to me to think of it like that. TFTO is a stunning one-off that is not a follow up to anything, and has no sequel.
Whomever says Jon and Steve write the lyrics because lyrics match, they are wrong. You have it right. There are deep meanings in these lyrics. Jon and Steve are spiritual geniuses. Think about it. YES = positive.
So many rabbit holes, so much time required to create the reaction videos! I've seen you do this a few times on various videos - so I thought I'd ask... At times, you'll put your hands on both sides of the headphones. Are you doing this to keep them from moving/falling off as you gyrate to the song or are you pushing them closer to your ears to get a more complete, deeper, bass sound? I think it's the second one but need confirmation.
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Two more bangers : "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Yours is no Disgrace" !
So great to see this song pass on to at least ONE enthusiast teenager who really feels the genius of Yes!🤟🏻🤓
The people who likes Yes is actually very educated people , I've seen them five times live and everybody was so nice , passing joints to everyone , lo, the girls are beautiful , I meant, there's nothing no to like going to a YES concert , feel a lot of nostalgia and regrets for the passing of time and knowing that I will never be able to see this special line up of Yes ever again , Jon, Steve, Chris, Rick and Bill , the greatest assemble of music genius ever to play together , yes sir.
I agree, the audience knows what they're listening to and deeply enjoys it...... and yes very nice people
You can feel nostalgia, of course you can. What I feel is sadness ´cos I´ve never seen them, and I hear Yes since 1974; even today, with this "first reaction" sites, is like hear them for the first time with new friends. It´s hard to understand I was contemporary and seen the wave passed near me and I couldn´t touch it. So my friend, don´t feel nostalgia, "rejoice" is the word
@@alejandrok2891 , you were probably into another kind of music, I can understand that, I started backwards, heard "Owner of a Lonely heart" and got tickets for their concert, but I already had buy. "Close the Edge" the album, and "kind" of like it, thanks to my friend for recommending it, after that I my ears had orgasms 😀😜😁
This song is right up there with my favorite songs OF ALL TIME..... BRO! Lyrics and meaning.... Jon may have said that he writes them just for the way they sound but..... all you need to know is he is a mystic. He is always pointing others to the ultimate truth, however he can. Do not, do NOT try to take them literally. He wants your interpretation to count just as much as his own. What a joy to watch you experience this song. Gives me goosebumps. Keep on keepin’ on!
Two other great, classic Yes song are 1971' s 'Yours Is No Disgrace' and 1972's 'Heart of the Sunrise'. I highly recommend them.
Heart of the Sunrise is actually from 1971, and yes it's my favorite song.
The instrument is an actual harpsichord if I recall correctly. He does have meaning in his lyrics, but they are not ALWAYS meant to have a strng message. SOMETIMES they are for sound. People take that too far and assume there is nothing behind them. For instance, Khatru means "As you wish." From a Yemeni dialect in Arabic. And yes, this album has an overarching vision of reaching for enlightenment (more in an eastern philosophy sense). And Howe even plays an electric sitar solo in this song.
I always just sang the lyrics... dont think too much .. they match the brilliant music... but well done for given the whole album a listen.. still stands up nearly 50 years on
Doesn't just stand up... I believe it's flying high above the majority of today's music:)
Thanks for watching!
Out of all the first reactors out there, your the first to make me hit the subscribe button. You my friend, are an old soul!
This track is a total gem imo. Tacked onto the end of such a masterpiece album it can get overlooked. They were absolutely flying on this.
Congratulations! You have now finished my favorite album of all time!
Yes bass is always killing it but then again everyone in Yes is a master musician!!!! Songs are so mfing complex.... how do they even remember them
Rehearse and rehearse and then rehearse
They are serious muscians thats howe
Michael Hogan you mean like Howe god are they lol
And then squire
Would love to see you try to decipher The Revealing Science of God off of Tales From Topographic Oceans. A double album, four song venture by Yes. You might need a rest half way through, but one of my favorites.
What you hear on their studio albums, is equalled and sometime surpassed live, yessongs live album contains some of the greatest live performance ever, esp "perpetual change"
It always sounded sloppy to me. Much prefer Yesshows, with a great version of Gates of Delirium.
Thank God i saw them in
Hartford 1972 what a show
Tickets were 5 bucks
I always liked the intro guitar bit - not typical Steve, but great. The bass tone on this song rules. The keyboard instrument that you loved was a harpsichord - Rick Wakeman was noted for this instrument. Fun review - thanks.
Next back to the Fragile album for Heart of the Sunrise.
Yes definitely
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That song contains nearly everything that’s good about Yes.
I was about to type Heart of the Sunrise.
A brilliant song among one of the most brilliant albums you will ever here!👍🏻❤️☮️
This song live from Yessongs is ultra magnificent, along with the opening intro from Firebird Suite, and the treatment they give it live and the guitar work at the end takes this already
great song, and steps it up another 7 notches. Yours Is No Disgrace from Yessongs is the same, but I would suggest listening to the recorded version first then live from Yessongs.
All of the live Yessongs versions take the already great Masterworks and enhance them even further. Starship Trooper outro Wurm is one of the greatest outro guitar parts EVER.
The live version is very energetic
Brilliant rendition. Great guitar solo and I love the one chord melloton ending!
You just summerised my favorite album/songs as well.
Sing bird of prey = guardian angel. That’s according to Jon Anderson, that was in an interview. River is a peaceful place and also about the changing process of things in life.
One of my and many other's favorite albums of all time too and I've been listening for decades and keep up with music right up to current releases and it has stood the test of time. I would recommend going back to 'The Yes Album' and 'Fragile' for your next Yes listens before moving forward to newer stuff. In particular, "South Side of the Sky" and "Heart of the Sunrise" off of 'Fragile' are great songs and sound a more like the songs from 'Close to the Edge'. Almost every song on 'The Yes Album' is great, though a little more basic without Rick Wakeman's keyboard wizardry, but my personal favorite is "I've Seen All Good People". BTW, your question "What's that instrument?" was Rick Wakeman playing a harpsichord, a piano like instrument that actually predates the piano by ~200 years, in which the sound is made by 'plucking' the strings with a quill, instead of striking them with a felt hammer as in a piano. Those three songs are all that was on the original vinyl release, but later digital releases included a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's 'America' which was really good, nothing like the original, and they totally rocked. It was included on their first anthology, 'Yesterdays', although a different edit was used. Be well, stay safe and thanks for listening to this awesome music.
Peace from SF
On their 1972 tour, Yes would open with a tape of an excerpt of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, followed immediately by Siberian Khatru. Check out this version from their live album called Progeny.
ruclips.net/video/Xny9mtsOpgA/видео.html
Brother, love watching you react. You are one of the few 16 year-olds on the planet ready for Dream Theater. Rush, Yes, and Tool are legendary, but DT will truly blow your mind. A good start would be Breaking All Illusions. You won't regret it.
This is possibly their greatest Rock song “Even Siberian close to emotion”
Daniel... I was looking at your video list and the songs you've been listening to... You were born 40 years too late!
The Who's Next and Quadrophenia albums were also done the same years as the Yes/ Tull albums youve been listening to.
Being you like to play guitar you should listen to the Allman Brothers Filmore East album from 1972- probably the best live album ever made... Duane Allman and Dickie Betts inspired a whole generation of guitar players...
You should check out Steve Howe's 'Mood for a Day' off Yes Fragile and work it out on your acoustic guitar...Its a real fun piece to play... If your interested in Chet Atkins style finger picking then Steve Howe's 'Clap' off the Yes album will keep you busy for another couple of years.
I believe Rick played a Thomas Goff harpsichord. Possibly the same one as on Madrigal. Anyways, it's time now to react to Awaken followed by Soundchaser. 🤗
Rick said he bumped into Goff at a social and met the Queen. Goff invited him over the next day where he gave Rick one.
Traditionally the opening song of a Yes Concert.
I saw them a few times when I was in high school a very long time ago and they had a really cool stage setup....it was “in the round” and the stage rotated very slowly throughout the show. This was always the song they started with! Also, imagine hearing/seeing “Close to the Edge” in the round. So awesome!
Most importantly it's how does it make you feel! Cryptic yet one of their most exhilarating, intense and funkiest works ever!
Glad you recognizes the best bassist in the biz. RIP Chris Squire.
That instrument sounds like a simulated harpsichord on one of Rick Wakeman's half dozen keyboards. If he had another hand it would be an even dozen.
It was a real Harpsichord
@@djimaging2 Even better then! 😁
Love this song about 45 years ago.... that’s a crazy thought lol
One of my favorites is "Awaken". There's a great Live version with Rick Wakeman that I like even better than the studio version which is on the Going for the One Album. Another great one on the same album is "Turn of the Century" which. Both have lyrics that have meanings you can react to that are not just random.
I always felt that Anderson’s lyrics made sense to me on a level I couldn’t articulate. It’s like poetry evokes different responses from different readers and that is part of the meaning; I do know that his words reach my spirit every time. Since 1970.
I knew you'd dig Yes with how much you like Rush. Of all the music out there, Yes has the most similarities, including another of my favorite bassists. I love that punchy, perfectly compressed tone Squire has. There are so many good Yes songs, including their later albums, e.g., 90125 and Big Generator. I really would like you to check out a song called South Side of the Sky off of Fragile. It's an often overlooked song that all Yes fans will go, "Oh yeah, I love that song!" when you bring it up. Howe's guitar work is driving. The song is about climbing a mountain, metaphorically of course.
Remember --- Siberia during Communist Soviet Russia was an outpost where the state sent prisoners, dissidents, intelligentsia who spoke out against "The Party". Cold and miserable, once you went there, you rarely, if ever came back.
The studio version is great (And drummer Bill Bruford is a god!) but you should look at live versions of this song. With the evolution of sound recording equipment and instrumentals, especially with Yes...you'll find live performances often sound better than the studio cuts. Keys to Ascension has a great version of this!
Recommendations: Heart of the Sunrise, Sound Chaser, Going for the One, Endless Dream, The Messenger, Tempus Fugit. Some old Yes (pre-Steve Howe) Survival, Time and a Word, Sweet Dreams.
Lol, when did you read this propagandistic crap? Why do you treat history like some cheap comic book?
@@nicksm7980 Why are you an ignorant, unread moron?
Chris Squire was playing a heavily modified 1965 Rose Morris RM1999 bass (the UK importer's name for the Rickenbacker 4001S).
It’s been a while but my recollection was that the version off of “yessongs” was better. But it’s a beautiful song. More yes!
Yesworld.com/2012/12/jon-anderson-talks-yes-close-to-the-edge-track-by-track/ This link has Anderson discussing each song, I think you’ll love his take on it
The instrument you loved played by Rick Wakeman on the solo is an RMI electric piano on the 'harpsichord' setting. I had one myself back in the day. And Anderson didn't write lyrics just because of how they sounded. They all mean something.
Gained a new subscriber here. And if you'll indulge my (pompous, long-winded) bit here on Jon, and Yes' music, I think of it as (at least) two languages being spoken:
One, a sort of "Hippy Trail Wallace-Stevens" type of poetry on Jon's part (You didn't know this comment would come with a Summer Reading List, did you? I didn't.) where each line is a sort of word sketch, adding part of a picture. The difference being that while Stevens was preoccupied with what would replace institutions like *The Church* which were seen as fractured in the War to End All Wars (and drunkenly brawling with other prominent poets), Jon's work is more focused on a direct personal spiritual experience with *The Beloved* (and being quite pushy with his bandmates regarding his beliefs and whims [which I can nearly vouch for]).
Two, the language of music itself, a language of emotional colour. But also, classic Yes is kind of like 5 soloists all saying their piece at the same time, which in that era would normally would be a shambolic nightmare, it somehow worked (like good NOLA Jazz). So maybe it's the six languages being uttered at once and not just being noise that creates the magic of the classic period?
That formula came at the price of fraught interpersonal conflicts over the years, and periods of revolving-door membership, and it's safe to say most fans of classic Yes feel like the quality of their output suffered without it. So it's a wonder that despite all that, Yes have persisted as a touring band throughout these decades.
When i saw them “In the round” a few times in the late 70s they always started with this song
I found yes when I was 14 years old and fell in love since now.
Close to the edge came out when I was 1 year old. Now I'm 47 and to see such reactions on my favorite band of all time makes me feel back again in the late 80`s,when me and my friends listen to the records, enjoying this perfect arrangements....
If you want to hear another experience of music, then listen to the solo album of Jon Anderson "Olias of Sunhillow"
A masterpiece in my opinion and it takes you in another atmosphere.... Would like to see your reaction on it
Greetings from Germany
I bought this album when it first came out back in 1972 , and I still love it. And still play play it. Meditation will help you understand it all. Then your eyes will be opened, as with the window and a new dawn.
Most yes songs require many listens
'Tis not a hardship.
To me, most of early Yes is best, and INSPIRES many listens! No matter how many times I hear this early stuff, I never get tired of hearing it, and still get chills and tears welling up!
Yes has been my favorite since 1971. They have an album that a lot of people panned, but I love, and that is the album Tormato. There are 2 songs that I think you would like. "Release, Release", and "Dont Kill the Whales ".
I always loved Chris Squire's bass in their songs. But in this masterpiece he just killed it.
Although it was very different than anything I had ever heard before in 1971, Yes' music always made sense to me.
One of the 23 times I've seen them I jumped the wall when the lights went out. Was on my knees trying to get closer and " The Ladies came out " and said "we are going backstage, Do you want these seats...Heck Yeah! Lovely people! Front row to Yes in the Round
This is one of Yes's true gems. This 1972 lineup might be peak Yes. All the members shine: Chris Squires bass, Rick Wakeman's keyboards, Jon Anderson's lyrics, Steve Howe's guitar and Brufford's drums (he left after the album was in the can).
Starship Trooper off of the Yes album should be your next listen
I've seen Yes open several concerts with Siberian Katru, including as late as the Classic Yes Tour in 2002.
THe River iis often a metaphor or symbol for LIFE
glad you love it. search for the actual original mix and give it a listen as well. You'll hear a bit more in it :) Cheers
In high school in 1975, I named my cat Luther from this song. He was such a great cat. He'd take walks in the field across the street from our house and stick with me just like a dog. I hope he'll be at the Rainbow Bridge someday.
Jon would just allow his inner spirit to take over and creat.
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All I can say is transitions within transitions. Amazing!
Enjoyed yer reaction.
When you listen to Yessongs you'll see how they opened their shows throughout the last half of the 70's. Before the band comes on stage the PA is playing excerpts from Firebird Suite by Stravinsky, which merges seamlessly into the guitar intro to this song. Just an amazing way to set the stage for an evening with these guys. Also as a pre-teen and then teen-ager throughout the 70's I had zero luck finding out what "khatru" is or means, despite literally hours in the library (and learning Latin and Greek in high school - no help whatsoever on this particular problem). Without the internet the struggle was real my young friend!
I used to get so high to this song lol
Enlightenment. Yes. You've hit it square. Nail-head-Bang!
So. In this slightly more private space, I'll tell you this. When I was 19, I had a job as inventory manager and salesman in what was called a Head Shop. We sold music and paraphenalia for smoking pot, and art. I was familiar with one Yes album that my older brother had brought home with him from the Navy, and really liked it. One of the albums I bought and brought home that first week in the Head Shop was this one. The same day I chose those, my new boss gave me some psilocybin mushrooms and suggested I listen to this and couple of other albums while experiencing the mushroom trip.
I wish there was some way I could possibly tell you how incredible it was to hear this album for the first time under the effects of hallucinegens....
That instrument you asked about is a keyboard called Harpsichord.
I envy you listening to this album for the first time. My reaction was exactly the same, fifty years ago.
As a Tool fan I highly recommend "Red" and "One More Red Nightmare" by King Crimson off the album Red featuring this drummer, Bill Buford. Warning: It most likely will be blocked but still mandatory for a Tool fan checking prog and their biggest influences.
KC has been blocked already, but it's been posted to my Patreon. I plan to react to more KC in the future, but again, as you say, it will be taken down and I will put it into patreon. Thanks for watching!
Khatru....."as you wish" in Arabic ( Yemeni)
That keyboard sound you like is essentially a harpsichord sound.
Indeed it is. However, in 1972, that *IS* a harpsichord 😎
My #1 favorite YES song of all time !
Siberian Khatru (cot true) means As You Are.
Yes is so intricate, almost organic
Nice thing about this song is that I have been listening to this it for 35 years, and because the lyrics are so weird and basically unpredictable and cryptic I never get tired of them. With songs like this, you can't say that the lyrics are clichéd! You don't need an AB AB CD CD rhyme scheme to have a good song, although there is rhyme at the end. One of the better reactions I've seen.
2003, they did a tremendous performance in Montreux Festival, Switzerland...opening with this trailblazer, at full gas and range...Anderson was at his peak then as a frontman.
Your labour here is very good, man. Keep on, the music is vast, and absolutely necessary in our lives.
First of all, you're doing it right. You must use headphones to truly appreciate Yes. I got hooked on them at 15 when someone slapped a pair of headphones on my head and made me listen to all of Close to the Edge. Listen to the people who voted for Yours is No Disgrace - totally rockin. My favorite is Perpetual Change. The lyrics seem to be written about my life.
Steve Howe is a guitar God. Overlooked
The trick to deciphering the lyric is in line one. Sing bird of prey, beauty begins at the foot of you. It’s all a matter of perspective. And this is why some people feel that some of the words were written directly to them.
Siberian khatru is a bird of prey.
Heart of the Sunrise!
There is a dragonfly named after this song, it has a blue tail.\
That's so cool!
Close to the Edge and Dark Side of the Moon are often considered the best prog albums of all time.
Khatru means “as you wish” in Yemen !
Around the same time (1972) Yes recorded an Epic cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song "America". Have you heard it?
Very hypnotic
Next you must do The Going for the One Album! That's the statement that's it!
One of the best of the best
hahahahaha your face made me laugh trying to figure out what the letter says! They are random words without any meaning, Steve Howe and Jon Anderson say that they were inspired by I am the walrus by The Beatles when they composed it, another interesting thing is that the song has a very funky rhythm in a time where funky had not been made up 🤓
It's a harpsichord...popular in the eighteenth century...if you watch any period drama, from that era, chances are you will hear the harpsichord...the forerunner to the Hammond organ...which was very popular with prog rock from the late sixties and seventies
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Oh Daniel. Went back and did this reaction again. This song is still a mindful. If you dare.....Tales from Topographic Oceans is a double album, that followed this one, and has only 4 songs, one song per album side. Like I said. Only if you dare. Think of it as the RIVER leading to the OCEAN.
Now that you are well acquainted with YES may I suggest listening to Relayer, especially Gates Of Delirium. It is a total blast but not for the uninitiated as it is their most uncompromisingly experimental piece.
Just a humble opinion of an old Guy(54) : YES is one of the Very few bands that LIVE versions are even better... YESSONGS is a great example. ☺️👍 I like a lot your Channel.👍
Whether there is a Yemeni language or not, some have previously noted on here
that it's Yemeni for
"as you will" or "as you wish".
Tales from Topographic oceans is my favorite Yes album by far
Those Siberian Khatru sure know how to play.
What's a Khatru?
No clue.
jon thought it sounded cool
It is required that you hear the live "Yessongs" version of this. That version has a fantastic hard ending, preceded by a more ripping guitar solo, and Alan White, the drummer on that, treats it with a "rockier" feel than this version with Bill Bruford(Bill Bruford is great, too). Also, Rick Wakeman uses the human voice track on the Mellotron to add some very interesting backing vocals.
This was their 5th studio album. Then Bill Bruford quit the band and joined King Crimson. They replaced Bill with Alan White. Then they made Tales from Topographic Oceans. Then Rick quit, and they replaced him with Patrick Moraz. Then they made Relayer. You've heard The Gates of Delirium. There's only 2 other pieces on the album; 'Sound Chaser' and 'To Be Over'. The album was constructed in the same style of Close to the Edge, but they flipped the last 2 songs, choosing to end with the softer song 'To Be Over', which seemed fitting, considering the title. I believe YES was attempting to prove that they could put out an album as great as Close to the Edge, and in my opinion they absolutely succeeded. Just the fact that some say Relayer is better is all the proof one needs, but for me Close to the Edge is the best, with Relayer coming in second or third behind Fragile, followed by The Yes Album and Going for the One. Tales for me is 6th best, but everyone's list is different. I've yet to listen to all of their later music, though I've heard some. The last album of theirs that I bought was 90125.
You will absolutely love Sound Chaser and To Be Over, as well as the 3 pieces you've yet to hear from Tales.
I feel that Sound Chaser is the most crazy piece of music they ever created. It's really mind blowing. When they brought in Patrick Moraz, this is what he said: “They played me just a part of the song, what they had of Sound Chaser, not the introduction, just a part of the song. They blew my mind. I was in the middle, and they started to do this riff, and Alan crashing with his drums and so on... It was absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - I could say that was the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener. I was not in the middle of any keyboards at the time; I was just in the middle of the band. And they were playing for me, alone, the portion of Sound Chaser they had already come up with. And that was absolutely unbelievable. I was totally overwhelmed, because they played so fast and so precisely and so well. The swing was there. I had never heard such original music, except for what Mahavishnu Orchestra was doing at the time”.
I tried to include a link to the article where Patrick is quoted, but it didn't load. Just google "The Story behind the album Relayer by YES". It's a great read.
Please react to Larks' Tongues in Aspic by King Crimson
No point, Fripp will take it down pretty quickly.
@@psbarrow Yeah, but some parts can be cut, because most of his reaction ultimately is not done while the video is playing
My favorite Yes song
The lyrics create an impression, not quite an image. I've always found them to be opaque and it's fine, they leave a positive feeling generally, like their name: Yes.
It's sad that Bill Bruford (drummer) left the band after making this album but he did some fine work with King Crimson and his replacement was worthy.
For years they opened with this song. I think you can probably see why.
Just curious, have you ever heard of PACO DE LUCIA ( a flamenco guitar master ) I have a feeling you world really love his music and dexterity. "Entre dos aguas" is a good place to start if you havent already.
This is just an old jam-out session. Glad you appreciate it. Recently subscribed. Would love for you to analyze "Great Gig in the Sky" by Pink Floyd if you haven't already.
I did the Full Dark Side album, and the Meddle album. But they are both on my patreon page (where I have put all my full album reviews/reactions).
Please also listen to the version from the YESSONGS live album. To me this version sounds a lot more powerful and more mature (and a bit less fragile): ruclips.net/video/1Q9XPS1plR4/видео.html
"Relayer".should be next....3 epic tunes just like Close to the Edge
released in 1974
In reality Relayer is the true follow up to CTTE. Makes more sense to me to think of it like that. TFTO is a stunning one-off that is not a follow up to anything, and has no sequel.
Whomever says Jon and Steve write the lyrics because lyrics match, they are wrong. You have it right. There are deep meanings in these lyrics. Jon and Steve are spiritual geniuses. Think about it. YES = positive.
So many rabbit holes, so much time required to create the reaction videos!
I've seen you do this a few times on various videos - so I thought I'd ask...
At times, you'll put your hands on both sides of the headphones. Are you doing this to keep them from moving/falling off as you gyrate to the song or are you pushing them closer to your ears to get a more complete, deeper, bass sound? I think it's the second one but need confirmation.
It will depend, but most often the second option:)
This is song they start off their concerts.
Nothing from the "Fragile" or the "Yes" album yet? I see you've done "Gates...". Sound Chaser is a hoot as well on the other side.