This song was a MONSTER live. I saw it in 1977. At the end of the song Steve Howe had his pedal steel on wheels and would roll it around the stage. Chris Squire used to play a triple neck bass for the song Awaken on this Tour.
Steve Howes use of the pedal steel is so unique. I've been a Yes fan since the 70's. I was always enamored with guitar playing. I guess your ears mature with age. Fantastic!
I think you mean steel guitar, not slide (2 different animals). To my knowledge, he does not play blues slide but rips it up on steel. He credits Tenn Ernie Ford's steel player for sparking his interest in the instrument. It is featured on And You and I and Siberian Khatru. He also played an electric sitar but not on this album. What a creative mind! Love your reactions. Please keep it up!
Man I need to tell you something I have this CD in my car and I play it every Friday when I'm off work and goin home, this song that is. Phenomenal. Joyous is a good way of putting it.
Wow! I'm glad to see you reacting to more Yes. And _Going for the One_ is one of their best. The album hit #1 on the U.K. album charts during the height of the punk movement. Which is pretty astonishing! This L.P. contains one of their all time masterworks, "Awaken", which is cited by many Yes heads to be their best song, including one Jon Anderson. I look forward to the rest of your reactions, Justin. I'm all in when it comes to Yes.
Me too. Yes made great music prior to this obviously but in my opinion this album is the sweet spot as is Permanent Waves for Rush. There are upbeat cool songs and just downright beautiful songs. Awaken and Turn Of The Century are incredible in my opinion...
Thanks so much for posting this, and hopefully introducing a newer generation to this incredible piece of music from the iconic band Yes..... Even more amazing was how well they were able to perform it Live when I saw them in New Haven CT when they toured the Going for the One album..
Good job, Kenneth! 👍 It WAS better for Yes to have Wakeman back, although he returned mainly cuz he was broke. Manager Brian Lane was an underhanded snake, but he did get deals done. 😉 Also, the reason they recorded in Switzerland was for tax reasons. A lot of UK musicians were doing the same thing at the time. Yeah, the slide guitar is definitely not an instrument commonly seen as a solo instrument in rock bands! Steve basically shreds wallpaper with the thing, IMO (just wait to see what he does with a 12-string electric on "Awaken".) The bass part is one of Chris' patented McCartney-esque walking things (here's Miguel Falcao doing a nice cover of it: ruclips.net/video/GkERbSXIpAQ/видео.html). Re: 8-string basses, Chris' 8-string Rickenbacker features on this and the next album. They were sort of in vogue at the time. I know Stanley Clark, John Paul Jones and Greg Lake were all playing them in the mid-late 70s, but then they sort of went out of fashion. They *did* take up a ton of space in the mix. Oh, one other thing: This bass part isn't necessarily Chris' trickiest, but it's still full of twists and turns. But what amazes me (again) is how Chris could sing a vocal counterpoint that is almost diametrically opposed to the main melody. While playing his bass part. 😳
Very cool information. With the exception of TFTO(which I have). I love and have all of their 70's output and even a boatload of their solo stuff, mostly Wakeman of course. I even enjoy Tormato. Quirky but cool in my opinion. In the late 70's when I was in high school and blasting my music in my room my mom hated most of it but some YES and Wakeman solo stuff. She was a pianist and organist all her life and appreciated it. Cheers. I'm looking forward to Justin's opinion of Turn Of The Century and Awaken. Absolutely beautiful songs. Parallels is actually my favorite for some strange reason...
"back in the day" ,as they say, there were albums that focused your attention on a band, even if they'd been around for years. to me, for led zeppelin it was "presence", for pink floyd it was "animals" and for yes it was "going for the one". i still remember sitting in my neighbors bedroom late at night,smoking weed and listening to side two of this album over and over. there are two songs on side two. she like "wonderous stories" and i liked "awaken". the mid 1970s were some of the best times of my life,largely because of the music i discovered back then.
This album was a big influence on my musical tastes, I recall seeing it a lot in people's music collections and Wonderous Stories was a big tune on the radio when I was about 8 or 9 years old ... I always felt it was incredibly muddy though... the production is very busy and the sounds very midrange.. you can barely hear Jon's lyrics at all... I heard some of the demos from this album and they had better production to me especially the drum sound... looking forward to hearing Awaken as that is something else and one of the greatest pieces of music period.
Skip ahead to the song? Shit, i got the cd for that. I’m here to see what you think/say about my all tome favorite Yes album. I almost made Turn of the Century a paid request, glad i picked UK instead! 😎 Yeah, i predict you’re going to like every song on this record. Thanks JP, much appreciated! 👍❤️
I have been bugging him but not being a pain in the ass to do this one for months. I asked for Parallels specifically but he is obviously kind enough to do all of it. I love all 70's YES but this album to me is their Permanent Waves. Awaken and Turn Of The Century should be interesting reactions. I just think they are beautiful pieces of music...
Glad you’re doing the whole album. It’s my second favorite Yes album after Close to the Edge. I like Going for the One though it’s not among my favorites on the album.
Wow many thanx to the donator for the whole album! Nice choice - Relayer, Topographic, and even sometimes Close to the Edge I feel are above my Prog-IQ lol... but not Going for the One - looking forward to this.
@@kennethmckinney2532 it's the favorite album of Kevin Mulryne of the Yes Music Podcast since 2011. He did a book talking about Tormato. But i'm from Ken Golden of Laser's Edge opinion : " Wakeman keyboards sound like shit on Tormato " ! He said it more than once in the Sea of Tranquillity You Tube channel ! Even Jon Anderson didn't like the album ! lol !
Having been an avid Yes fan so many years, I'm rediscovering them as I wore the albums out and moved on the other stuff. Most people call Close to tllhe Edge the height of prog rock. I'm beginning to think Going for the One may be my favorite.
Thanks so much for doing the whole album. I didn't expect it but looking forward to your opinion. I have hundreds of 70's and early 80's albums. If I could only take one to the deserted island this would definitely be in my final 3. Rush and Yes just have always been my favorites since high school and they both put out really good stuff till the mid 80's at least in my opinion. Thanks again 👍😎
I really need to do a deep dive into Yes...I have a couple of albums and have heard a bunch of other songs on classic rock radio but just never took the time to check out most of the albums in entirety. I'm a prog fan and a big fan of Rush and Genesis and Pink Floyd as well as "younger" prog bands like Porcupine Tree and Tool but I also like other genres and there's just so much music out there, LOL
When I first heard this song I didn’t like it. It’s so “un-Yes.” Over the years it’s grown and become one of my favorites because it’s so different. Make sure you do the album before this, “Relayer” ❤
Jon Anderson made fun of himself and his lyrics...."....go and write a punchline.. But their so hard to find in my cosmic mind, so i think I'll go and take a look outside the window."
I think I recall hearing Geddy Lee say this was one of his favorite albums of influence. Hearing this song though I think there's too much going on making it a little convoluted, like the saloon-style piano and the slide guitar is a bit much. I agree with you on the bass, I feel it should have been up more in the mix.
Against my better judgement, I'm just going to comment... It's not hard to see Tormato following this album, so as a fan of HYF and Tormato... alot of what you like in this album is still in Tormato... jus' sayin'... I need more time to connect Power Window to HYF, stay tuned lol... But anyone hating on Tormato - it's really not to far off this album in hindsight, right? 😗
I have everything Yes put out in the 70's including lots of their solo work. Tales I never liked but Tormato I always enjoyed. Obviously since I chose this one it's my favorite by them. Their sweetspot in my opinion...
@robshaw2639 absolutely have seen them. The music I love I typically watch them at least 3 or 4 times each lol. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom was a shocker when I saw it pop up back then. I enjoy Tormato but would have picked Future Times/Rejoice. Lol Circus Of Heaven would have been a fun one lol...
@@kennethmckinney2532 It was in the context of Tormato not being well received by the fans (although, like yourself, I think it's a great album) - there were alot of replies (in Tempus Fugit, where I asked about Tormato) to the effect "Silent Wings of Freedom is the only good song....", so I went with it for the Tormato request.
@robshaw2639 I remember all of that. I have been on here daily since just before Justin started the Rush discography. Tormato was the last Yes album I ever bought. I slowed down my album purchasing around 1980 when marriage and life started getting in the way. I have quite the collection. My kids will be fighting over all my albums when I leave this life. I brought them up to enjoy the 70's music and they both attended Rush with me which was such a joy for me...
I love this record but not the title track. I like more melody. Awaken is one of the greatest tracks ever recorded. Turn of the Century is wonderful as is Wondrous Stories.
Great tune...perhaps just a tad overdo with the slide at the end. The intro always reminds me of "Traveling Riverside Blues" covered by Zep., circa 69' (orig. a Robert Johnson tune from the 30's...).
Actually one of my least favorite Yes songs ever. The musical equivalent of throwing spaghetti on the wall and calling it "art." There's plenty of good stuff on this album, this just isn't one of them.
Sonically unmatched 🤯 now watch it live Steve Howe is an utter genius 🎸
What a brilliant song. Works both as rock'n'roll and as prog rock, equally.
Fantastic!!!!!! My favorite band.❤❤❤
This song was a MONSTER live. I saw it in 1977. At the end of the song Steve Howe had his pedal steel on wheels and would roll it around the stage. Chris Squire used to play a triple neck bass for the song Awaken on this Tour.
Awesome!!! My favorite Yes song of many. Still listen to this song at least once a month! Great reaction!
Steve Howes use of the pedal steel is so unique. I've been a Yes fan since the 70's. I was always enamored with guitar playing. I guess your ears mature with age. Fantastic!
Having heard the yes songs that they played on the Radio. This was my first Yes Album and I played the Hell out of it.
I think you mean steel guitar, not slide (2 different animals). To my knowledge, he does not play blues slide but rips it up on steel. He credits Tenn Ernie Ford's steel player for sparking his interest in the instrument. It is featured on And You and I and Siberian Khatru. He also played an electric sitar but not on this album. What a creative mind! Love your reactions. Please keep it up!
This is an amazing record, so glad you are checking this out!
Man I need to tell you something I have this CD in my car and I play it every Friday when I'm off work and goin home, this song that is. Phenomenal. Joyous is a good way of putting it.
Wow! I'm glad to see you reacting to more Yes. And _Going for the One_ is one of their best. The album hit #1 on the U.K. album charts during the height of the punk movement. Which is pretty astonishing! This L.P. contains one of their all time masterworks, "Awaken", which is cited by many Yes heads to be their best song, including one Jon Anderson. I look forward to the rest of your reactions, Justin. I'm all in when it comes to Yes.
YES! Nobody does it better than the greatest band there ever was or will ever be!🤩
My first concert of YES I was to young when I started listening to YES 1973 been to almost every concert they did after. thanks for reacting
Excellent tune to listen to when cruising in your car!!!
This album has a sense of connection and joy. Reminds me of Rush's Permanent Waves in that respect.
Me too. Yes made great music prior to this obviously but in my opinion this album is the sweet spot as is Permanent Waves for Rush. There are upbeat cool songs and just downright beautiful songs. Awaken and Turn Of The Century are incredible in my opinion...
Great song. One of my all time favorites from Yes.
Loved your huge smile reaction! Can't wait to see your reaction to the rest...
Thanks so much for posting this, and hopefully introducing a newer generation to this incredible piece of music from the iconic band Yes..... Even more amazing was how well they were able to perform it Live when I saw them in New Haven CT when they toured the Going for the One album..
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Nice observation. Got three quick "ya cool" from you. 🙏🍁
YES! 😊
My fav Yes song .
It's a rocker and live it was amazing
Good job, Kenneth! 👍 It WAS better for Yes to have Wakeman back, although he returned mainly cuz he was broke. Manager Brian Lane was an underhanded snake, but he did get deals done. 😉 Also, the reason they recorded in Switzerland was for tax reasons. A lot of UK musicians were doing the same thing at the time. Yeah, the slide guitar is definitely not an instrument commonly seen as a solo instrument in rock bands! Steve basically shreds wallpaper with the thing, IMO (just wait to see what he does with a 12-string electric on "Awaken".) The bass part is one of Chris' patented McCartney-esque walking things (here's Miguel Falcao doing a nice cover of it: ruclips.net/video/GkERbSXIpAQ/видео.html). Re: 8-string basses, Chris' 8-string Rickenbacker features on this and the next album. They were sort of in vogue at the time. I know Stanley Clark, John Paul Jones and Greg Lake were all playing them in the mid-late 70s, but then they sort of went out of fashion. They *did* take up a ton of space in the mix.
Oh, one other thing: This bass part isn't necessarily Chris' trickiest, but it's still full of twists and turns. But what amazes me (again) is how Chris could sing a vocal counterpoint that is almost diametrically opposed to the main melody. While playing his bass part. 😳
Very cool information. With the exception of TFTO(which I have). I love and have all of their 70's output and even a boatload of their solo stuff, mostly Wakeman of course. I even enjoy Tormato. Quirky but cool in my opinion. In the late 70's when I was in high school and blasting my music in my room my mom hated most of it but some YES and Wakeman solo stuff. She was a pianist and organist all her life and appreciated it. Cheers. I'm looking forward to Justin's opinion of Turn Of The Century and Awaken. Absolutely beautiful songs. Parallels is actually my favorite for some strange reason...
Yes? YES!!!!
"back in the day" ,as they say, there were albums that focused your attention on a band, even if they'd been around for years. to me, for led zeppelin it was "presence", for pink floyd it was "animals" and for yes it was "going for the one". i still remember sitting in my neighbors bedroom late at night,smoking weed and listening to side two of this album over and over. there are two songs on side two. she like "wonderous stories" and i liked "awaken". the mid 1970s were some of the best times of my life,largely because of the music i discovered back then.
This album was a big influence on my musical tastes, I recall seeing it a lot in people's music collections and Wonderous Stories was a big tune on the radio when I was about 8 or 9 years old ... I always felt it was incredibly muddy though... the production is very busy and the sounds very midrange.. you can barely hear Jon's lyrics at all... I heard some of the demos from this album and they had better production to me especially the drum sound... looking forward to hearing Awaken as that is something else and one of the greatest pieces of music period.
Great opening of the album and a good reaction from you, great🤘🙏
This is probably the nearest Yes ever gets to rock 'n' roll.
Skip ahead to the song? Shit, i got the cd for that. I’m here to see what you think/say about my all tome favorite Yes album. I almost made Turn of the Century a paid request, glad i picked UK instead! 😎 Yeah, i predict you’re going to like every song on this record. Thanks JP, much appreciated! 👍❤️
I have been bugging him but not being a pain in the ass to do this one for months. I asked for Parallels specifically but he is obviously kind enough to do all of it. I love all 70's YES but this album to me is their Permanent Waves. Awaken and Turn Of The Century should be interesting reactions. I just think they are beautiful pieces of music...
Glad you’re doing the whole album. It’s my second favorite Yes album after Close to the Edge. I like Going for the One though it’s not among my favorites on the album.
Wow many thanx to the donator for the whole album! Nice choice - Relayer, Topographic, and even sometimes Close to the Edge I feel are above my Prog-IQ lol... but not Going for the One - looking forward to this.
I really like this album ! Their last great album of the 70's !
I still enjoy Tormato. I realize it's a polarizing album but I always liked it...
@@kennethmckinney2532 it's the favorite album of Kevin Mulryne of the Yes Music Podcast since 2011. He did a book talking about Tormato. But i'm from Ken Golden of Laser's Edge opinion : " Wakeman keyboards sound like shit on Tormato " ! He said it more than once in the Sea of Tranquillity You Tube channel ! Even Jon Anderson didn't like the album ! lol !
Having been an avid Yes fan so many years, I'm rediscovering them as I wore the albums out and moved on the other stuff. Most people call Close to tllhe Edge the height of prog rock. I'm beginning to think Going for the One may be my favorite.
I got see Yes at Roosevelt Stadium 1976. NJ Feels yesterday
Thanks so much for doing the whole album. I didn't expect it but looking forward to your opinion. I have hundreds of 70's and early 80's albums. If I could only take one to the deserted island this would definitely be in my final 3. Rush and Yes just have always been my favorites since high school and they both put out really good stuff till the mid 80's at least in my opinion. Thanks again 👍😎
I really need to do a deep dive into Yes...I have a couple of albums and have heard a bunch of other songs on classic rock radio but just never took the time to check out most of the albums in entirety. I'm a prog fan and a big fan of Rush and Genesis and Pink Floyd as well as "younger" prog bands like Porcupine Tree and Tool but I also like other genres and there's just so much music out there, LOL
When I first heard this song I didn’t like it. It’s so “un-Yes.” Over the years it’s grown and become one of my favorites because it’s so different.
Make sure you do the album before this, “Relayer” ❤
Geddy Lee is going to be on CBS news this morning 😂
No doubt promoting his memoir. 🤓
and his new tv show Are Bass Players People Too?
@@uncletom618 it's Are n bass players human to
Unique 🙂
Jon Anderson made fun of himself and his lyrics...."....go and write a punchline..
But their so hard to find in my cosmic mind, so i think I'll go and take a look outside the window."
I wish Eddie Offord had been at the board for this album.
Love this song. Now, can someone tell me why the Zak Brown Band has not covered this song?
Wakeman’s return reenergized the band.
Dam 😂 a album dam
I think I recall hearing Geddy Lee say this was one of his favorite albums of influence. Hearing this song though I think there's too much going on making it a little convoluted, like the saloon-style piano and the slide guitar is a bit much. I agree with you on the bass, I feel it should have been up more in the mix.
About as country/blues as you are going to get from Yes... with the slide and honky tonk piano, pretty close...
Against my better judgement, I'm just going to comment... It's not hard to see Tormato following this album, so as a fan of HYF and Tormato... alot of what you like in this album is still in Tormato... jus' sayin'... I need more time to connect Power Window to HYF, stay tuned lol... But anyone hating on Tormato - it's really not to far off this album in hindsight, right? 😗
I have everything Yes put out in the 70's including lots of their solo work. Tales I never liked but Tormato I always enjoyed. Obviously since I chose this one it's my favorite by them. Their sweetspot in my opinion...
@@kennethmckinney2532 thanx for the request! Have you seen my requests for Tempus Fugit and Silent Wings of Freedom?
@robshaw2639 absolutely have seen them. The music I love I typically watch them at least 3 or 4 times each lol. On The Silent Wings Of Freedom was a shocker when I saw it pop up back then. I enjoy Tormato but would have picked Future Times/Rejoice. Lol Circus Of Heaven would have been a fun one lol...
@@kennethmckinney2532 It was in the context of Tormato not being well received by the fans (although, like yourself, I think it's a great album) - there were alot of replies (in Tempus Fugit, where I asked about Tormato) to the effect "Silent Wings of Freedom is the only good song....", so I went with it for the Tormato request.
@robshaw2639 I remember all of that. I have been on here daily since just before Justin started the Rush discography. Tormato was the last Yes album I ever bought. I slowed down my album purchasing around 1980 when marriage and life started getting in the way. I have quite the collection. My kids will be fighting over all my albums when I leave this life. I brought them up to enjoy the 70's music and they both attended Rush with me which was such a joy for me...
Wakeman!!
I love this record but not the title track. I like more melody. Awaken is one of the greatest tracks ever recorded. Turn of the Century is wonderful as is Wondrous Stories.
As great a song as this is it was always a bit "tinny" to me. It needed a bit of Chris's CTTE bass.
Great tune...perhaps just a tad overdo with the slide at the end. The intro always reminds me of "Traveling Riverside Blues" covered by Zep., circa 69' (orig. a Robert Johnson tune from the 30's...).
Steel guitar, not slide. Beg your ppardon.
Actually one of my least favorite Yes songs ever. The musical equivalent of throwing spaghetti on the wall and calling it "art." There's plenty of good stuff on this album, this just isn't one of them.