Time to hit some more YES!! You guys demanded this was the one we checked out next from them, and here we are!!! Hope you all had a great weekend!! What’s next?!?! 🙌🏻🔥
I'm 18 years old, I heard this song when i turned 16 while i was on my bus on my way to school. I had been drumming a bit by that time but still had room to grow. I can honestly say that my whole way of how i looked at music changed when I first heard this song. Every single thing about this song made me feel emotions that i never felt before. It is absolutely my favorite song and always will be.
As a 60yr now, I 1st heard Yes as a 12yr & was blown away. It's great to hear you describe how I felt 40 odd years. Great music is timeless. Keep enjoying & making great music.
Bruford completely changed my perspective of playing drums. Simple 4/4 playing never fulfilled my style after Bruford. The crazy thing is I had never heard this song until seeing them perform it live in 1972. The next several months I listened to only Yes, desperately trying to imbed Brufords playing in my head. There was 8 of us who traveled 5 hours to see the concert, and everyone of us can say even to this day that it changed our lives. That sounds so juvenile, but it’s true. For me, I never heard music the same ever again. I don’t know how it impacted others, except my older brother. He was a guitarist and Steve Howe affected him the way Bruford affected me. The biggest embarrassment for me was it was Alan White playing when I saw them, but didn’t know until Yessongs was released about 10 months later. I can be excused for that as I knew nothing about Yes when we went to see them. I had heard Roundabout on the radio, but only on the radio and was unaware of the great musicians. I saw them when I was 16, will be 65 this year. I focus on playing Jazz now, well, for the past 40+ years.
I may be in the minority, but I like the band better with Alan White. I also like Bill Bruford in King Crimson a whole lot better. It seems almost like he was in the wrong band from the start. That's certainly not a comment on his skills, because as a drummer, I have stolen the shit out of his licks. But Alan White brought this Bonham/Paice-type swing and swagger, and I think it elevated the band. Bruford could get a little too cute in Yes sometimes for my taste. And strangely, when he gets just as cute next to Robert Fripp in King Crimson, I love it.
He has said in interviews that his signature snare sound is really the result of him originally compensating for weak left hand strikes by hitting rimshots to make his snare playing sound louder.
@@joeday4293 I still prefer the Bruford-era Yes, but I totally get what you're saying about him getting too cute at times. It wouldn't be a surprise if much of that was out of frustration. He even admits to never considering himself a rock drummer. Although most of hs success was attriibuted to being in rock bands. lol I agree Alan White is amazing though.Always in the pocket.
I am convinced that Chris Squire and Bill Bruford are the best rhythm section in the history of rock music. They are so skilled and so creative it is sick.
Possibly followed immediately by "I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People", my personal 2nd fav of theirs after 'Roundabout', but "Long Distance Runaround" is third, for sure.
Please note - if you play listen to "Long Distance Runaround", that song fades into "The Fish" - bassist Chris Squire's mostly instrumental 2 1/2 minutes.
I've been a drummer my whole life, and loved Yes for practically my whole life. The drumming Bill Bruford does beginning at 1:21 is simply the coolest, most original drumming I've ever heard. Every time I hear it, I get chills. It's wicked-good. That he did this when he was in his twenties is even more amazing.
South Side of The Sky is even more epic than this one - although comparisons are really futile! I remember when I first got this album, I listened to it while laying on the carpet with the 15 inch speakers on the floor on either side of my head. Although every song blew me away, "South Side of The Sky" stands out in my memory of that first listen.
@@jeffschielka7845 Yes, I am the cliche' of the Grandma who tells the same stories over and over and over!!!!! Perhaps it was on the stream of Yes on the Prog Rock Dock channel. Or perhaps it was on a reaction to any other song from "Fragile"! It could have even been on a reaction to "Awaken", or anything from "Going for The One"!. Those two albums are the strongest memories for me, regarding lying on the floor listening! However, I did a LOT of "lying on the floor" listening in my youth! Sorry if I repeat myself. I am, after all, 67 years old!!!! ;)
Imagine seeing them live, and hearing them sound exactly like their record, but louder, in a large arena, full of special smoke. This band was like that. They were like craftsmen on stage. And at one time their stage was round, in the middle of the arena and it slowly spun around. And the concert went on for over 2 solid hours. I was there, a few times, seeing them live.
Several times, lots of special smoke... just as tight and definitely louder. Squire’s bass seemed to attack every bone in my body during each concert, and Anderson’s angelic voice was a perfect counterpoint. And I loved it!
Both Roundabout and Heart of the Sunrise were written on the first day that Rick Wakeman the keyboardist joined the band. They did both in one afternoon! PHENOMENAL!!!
On the original album, when the track ended, a door opens and there’s a “We Have Heaven” reprise. IMO, it should be included on this video. It was so cool for the time.
Not to mention, one of the greatest backup singers in rock history. A lot of their vocal arrangements were his. Take years and years in church choir, add one part Paul McCartney and one part John Entwistle, and you have one Chris Squire.
Gives me chills almost FIFTY years after I first heard it on headphones when my brother bought the album in 1971. Technical virtuosity and musicianship.
“And You and I” is the next Yes song you need to react to. In my humble opinion, the best of all elements of Yes. Vocals...ridiculous. Keys...phenomenal. Bass...Chris Squire...what more can be said.
It never ceases to amaze me, that after nearly 49 YEARS, this song (and so, so many other songs by Yes) can still give me intense goosebumps all up and down my body, and cause the tears to come streaming down my face!!!!!!! Fantastic reaction, guys! Really enjoyed it!!!! Thank you!!!
My first acid trip was to this song, it will always be my favorite YES song. What an intro to this music! And it is a powerful piece that leads you on an emotional journey.
I know what you mean. After years away from Yes they got me all over again. The band is brilliant but it's Anderson's voice, the voice of an angel, that gets me regardless of whatever it is he's singlng about.
@@ianhewitson2738 Thanks for your comments today! I had to watch the reaction all over again! And yes, Anderson's voice was definitely angelic! I agree with Alex that this might be his best vocal performance! Hard to pick a favorite, but this is WAY up there! Merry Christmas!
When A&A say Roundabout is their favorite I always think of And You and I from Close to the Edge. Close to the Edge is such a great follow up album to Fragile.
I couldn't have said that better! It's cool that you guys are still poking around 'fragile' before you leave it a must hear is...Long Distance Runaround. Then move back to 'close to the edge' and hear...And You And I...one of the most classic songs. Then onward to 'relayer' and hear the truly epic and grandest of their fullside compositions The Gates Of Delerium. I'm having the best fun watching you guys!!! Thx
Re: the lyrics. I think Bill Bruford once said that he likes the way the music makes the lyrics make sense. That's about it. It's poetry. Fits with the music perfectly. Both the music and the lyrics make each other make sense.
Since Bill Bruford is such a badass drummer, here’s an interesting bird fact. Unlike most birds that sing, a woodpecker will drum its beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming. Much like identifying Bill Bruford’s snare drum with his identifiable “boing”.
Jon Anderson, the singer of Yes, says the song is about being lost in the city. He has also said it is about the power and energy of the sunrise and in a more general sense, love.
That fits with my sense. It feels like they are giving you the feelings of someone alone with lots of anxiety. But moments of calm happen, I guess love, I always thought the heart of the sunrise was more religious peace. But a song with a lot of anxiety with respites of peace.
I heard someone describe his lyrics once as word jazz. They're like an impressionist abstract painting where you can't quite make out what the image is, if there even is one, but it sure is beautiful to look at. And you just keep staring hoping that you get it eventually.
Gotta do the live version from "Yessongs." Call me a heathen, but I actually prefer Alan White's drums on that one. Plus, it has a better intro than the studio version.
Lol. They are really metaphysical. A lifelong search for even greater explorations of the human condition. A need fir nature, love and spiritual sojourn.
Matt, could not agree more profoundly!!! "And You and I" !!! Hit it!!! I was waiting through this whole reaction to see if the word "beautiful" would come up -- and it did, from Alex! Anyone touched by the beauty of "how can the wind with its arms all around me" will also love "And You And I" -- in which Yes challenged themselves to take the beautiful in "Heart of the Sunrise" to the next level. Warning: more fade-outs! haha
Is that it? Is the song over? LMMFAO YES songs are never truly over. Imagine being 11 with YES. PINK FLIYD. ELP with Queen RUSH and ELO on the way. What a life!!!!
I’ll take this over ROUNDABOUT any day ! Don’t feel bad about Yes Lyrics ... they invoke FEELING and not necessarily sense ... Can you tell YES is my favorite band ? I have seen them 16 times
I’m with you, I’ve seen almost every lineup of Yes. I didn’t see Peter Banks in Yes because I was too young. (Lousy excuse Ma and Pa! You should’ve known I was going to be a Yes fan!!) I was too Jon Anderson snobby to see them live without him. I wish I did because I did like the Drama album.
@@strings53notlob50 "Drama" may be my favorite Yes record. It certainly has at least three of my favorite Yes songs on it: "Machine Messiah," "Tempus Fugit," and "Does It Really Happen." That last one should have been a pop hit.
Two things: 1) Yes, Chris Squire is a GOD, rest in peace. James Jamerson led to Paul McCartney, McCartney and John Entwistle led to Chris Squire, and Chris Squire led to damn near every hard rock bassist since, notably Geddy Lee. As if that weren't enough, he was also responsible for most of the amazing vocal harmonies you hear in Yes - he and singer Jon Anderson met as choirboys as kids. 2) I once heard someone refer to John Anderson's lyrics as "word jazz" - very pretty lyrics that don't even necessarily have anything tangible to say, but often just move the music along. They could almost just as easily be pure scat singing, which they do to great effect in other awesome moments such as the end of "Siberian Khatru" - just be sure you react to the live version from "Yessongs," because the studio version fades out!
I love the word jazz description. Having said that, I always felt that his lyrics are the weakest part of Yes. Not in the imagery, but in the repetition. To be fair, the music is sometimes repetitive, so it fits. At the time, I couldn't understand why punks hated prog rock, but looking back, it was a bit pretentious. Great musicians who got too showoffy.
I think Jon often chose a word for it's sound rather than it's meaning. I want to say I read an interview with him where he said that, but I might be confused on that point.
The lyrics sound goos whatever it means. jon have already said that that his pieces are chosen words wich sound good with the others and with the instrumental. He was great. There’s always as meaning as you want in such songs. Most notable at Tales of topographic ocean
This song bears repeated listening. It gets better and better every time you listen to it. The more you hear it and start to assimilate how the parts fit together so you can groove on the feel, the better it gets. You may prefer other bands for other reasons, but the level of PURE MUSICIANSHIP in Yes' classic lineup has never been bettered by ANY other Rock band (IMO), and probably never will. Every one of them is among the very best to ever play their instrument. They were a HUGE influence on Rush. Jon Anderson's lyrics are very avant-garde and abstract. He's largely leaving it to YOU to interpret whatever meaning they have (Robert Plant does this frequently as well). Given that, Anderson conveys a hell of a lot of emotion with his (very unique) voice and delivery.
Very late to this party but the intro is amazing. This was Rick Wakeman’s 1st album and he suggested the repeating structure (forget what it’s called musically). But you have the bass and drums smashing constantly in the off beat is just this chaotic jazz like mess that sounds brilliant. Love these guys.
Rick Wakeman's introductory album with Yes. That is some whole-grain Mellotron goodness, there, and some tasty synth treats. You can see how he took them to the next level, compositionally, too.
Funny you mentioned deathbed. My father passed away a few months ago. A few days later you reacted to Starship Trooper. Somehow got me to deal with the grieving process.
Please check out The Moody Blues. "Nights in White Satin," or "Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling," or "Ride My See-Saw," or "Legend of a Mind," or "Voices in the Sky," for starters. The Moodies released the first Progressive Rock album, Days of Future Past. Theirs is a much more melodic music, than this stuff from Yes, a real treat for the ears and very deep in the sauce.
I agree. However, I strongly feel Days of Future Passed and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (as well as others) really should be done as full album listens.
@@IllumeEltanin Agreed, the same for In Search of the Lost Chord, Threshold of a Dream, To Out Children's Children's Children, and Question of Balance, but they don't do very many full albums. I'm just trying to get them into the starting gate. So far they haven't shown much interest, which is a damn shame.
@@WMalven :ayeup: I've suggested Nights and Progession, as well as Legends of a Mind several times. I even told them to make sure Nights is the album cut, and not the radio edit. As I told them the saying goes: If you don't hear the gong You haven't heard the song That said, they are considering full album listens for each decade hit of subscribers. If Days of Future Passed, or other Moody Blues albums are in consideration for those, I'll happily wait.
What I love about this song is the guitar-bass interplay where Howe will sometimes be climbing a scale and sometimes descending while Squire is also doing those runs -- sometimes they are in unison and sometimes in opposition. I LOVE how they do that so smoothly and brilliantly and then incorporate keyboards into it. As to lyrics, Jon Anderson is more about the sound than actual meanings in his lyrics. Wakeman (who is a great comedian) often jokes about Jon having visited other planets and stuff like that.
Not yet. A few more songs, and then they can tackle that. We all told them to react to Close to the Edge. That was a mistake too. You need to hear and get who YES is before you listen to their epics. Same with any band, which is why I said don't react to Karn Evil 9 yet, but they're definitely ready now for Cygnus X-1.
@@SciPunk215 Yep. They tried to go more commercial and it paid off and made them a lot of money. King Crimson tried it in the 80s. Did it pay off? Not so much :-P
I saw Yes in concert in the early 1990s in VA (right after they reunited). Eight of the band members (not the usual five or so) were playing there. They took turns on certain songs. Jon Anderson (the singer) said before starting the song that "Heart of the Sunrise" was the only song that all eight members insisted on playing so all eight of them went at it. It was great!
One of the best covers...ever. Yes has a few more with Every Little Thing She Does by the Beatles with a tasty homage guitar lick in the intro and Richie Havens' No Opportunity Neccesary, No Experience Needed. All exceptional experimentation to find their groove. Fragile is my fav lineup. RIP Chris. Funny story, last time I saw them was the year before Chris passed. I was sitting on the right, in front of Chris, he's screaming at the sound crew during Yours is No Disgrace to turn it up louder, to 11 no doubt 🤣.
Wow. Brings back memories. Sadly, AOR Radio (Album Oriented Rock) died a long time ago, but from the late 1960's to mid 1980's, AOR radio was the only place you could hear great music like this. Grew up in the NYC area, so I listened to WNEW-FM (102.7), one of the BEST ever AOR stations. Other greats AOR stations include WMMS (Cleveland), KMET (LA), WMMR (Philadelphia), WRAT (Point Pleasant, NJ), WRIF (Detroit), WBCN (Boston). Feel sorry for you guys to not understand the importance of GREAT FM radio stations, which brought great music to the world. Today, we just have Pop, Rap, or Classic Rock. Few stations today will experiments with different genres or alternative music.
I listened to NEW too! Summer of 76, ( If I remember correctly) they broadcast a Yes concert live! I was going into my sr year of HS, music was so much better with the NEW crew playing all the album cuts we loved.
a lot of Jon's lyrics When you listen to like Southside of the sky and a whole lot more deal with the environment John's a borderline hippie back in the day when you really delve into a lot of yes's lyrics there's a lot of flower power stuff that went on those early Yes albums along with ecology...
Yes. This is the last song on the B side, which is followed by a surprise meant for the person heading for the turntable, thinking the album is really over. The boys missed that.
my immediate reaction to your comment was "does it really make a difference tho?" and then I remembered how I insist for peoples first time listen of pink floyd songs of dark side of the moon or the wall to be in order and without breaks because everything else would take away from the experience
Great pick gents! The while album is fantastic. Another one from this album is “South Side Of The Sky”, which is a definitely worth a listen. Cheers! 🍻✌️🤟
I remember buying this album not having a clue what yes sounded like. I was so captivated by the cover art I bought it just to see what was inside. That's Bill Bruford on drums, he's pretty great with King Crimson as well.
Fun fact: the opening riff to this song was based on "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson, who would later seduce away drummer Bill Bruford with their jazzy, improvisational siren song...
@@stevemd6488 Maybe lyrically ("What's a Siberian Khatru? " But he also thought that CTTE was Yes's pinnacle, musically, and could not be topped. As someone who preferred to challenge himself, he saw KC as the place to spread his wings...
You guys should check out “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush. She wrote it at 17 and under the mentor ship of David Gilmour it became a massive hit! It’s such a weird and unique song. Kate Bush has influenced all sorts of artists, from Björk to Madonna. Listen to more cool ladies pleaaasee I would love it!!! ❤️
Here, here. Running Up that Hill is also a great song. I also nominate Precious or Private Life by Pretenders. Birthday by Sugarcubes (Bjork's 1st band),
The vocals of either Kate Bush or Bjork will be unlike anything heard on this channel before. A&A may already know Bjork, but Sugarcubes are completely different than her recent sounds. And Chrissie Hynde from Pretenders? Well, she could kick the ass of any of the men on this channel. She's awesome.
Kate Bush,please!If you took a prog rocker,and gave them 200 doses of estrogen,you'd get Kate Bush. Wuthering Heights(the original vocals on The Kick Inside) Cloudbusting Babushka This Woman's Work The Man With The Child In His Eyes
You very much need to start delving into 70's Genesis: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth, The Musical Box, In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers, Supper's Ready, Squonk
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My brother is a huge Yes fan. I found a Fragile album in a pawn shop with the original insert that had pictures of the band. I bought and gave it to him.
How come when this kind of music is played by Yes, King Crimson, Rush, ELP, etc. It's called "prog rock" but when it's played by guitarists like McLaughlin, Holdsworth, etc it's called "jazz"?
Have to agree - Holdsworth is labeled by many as progressive jazz or jazz fusion . Put him in the short lived super group U.K. and suddenly his stylings are progressive rock - lol . Guess it really depends if he's lead on the project or considered a supporting contributor .
This occurred to me, too. Listen closely. All that stuff from Holdsworth and McLaughlin et al. sounds like it originates in jazz. With Yes and Rush et al., however, you can hear the roots coming from rock. It's subtle, but it's there in each instance
The bass lines and percussion, indeed the whole piece, the keyboards, the guitars, and the vocals, still hit me in a soft spot after 50 years. They shine like a supernova. The composition is breathtaking. They do things and insert little snippets that are totally unexpected. Superb musicianship and delightful music.
Yes at their best, all members at the top of their game, a Prog masterpiece with epic Chris Squire tone and licks ❤️ One of the first LPs I ever bought, back in 1972.
Gotta love Chris Squire playing a bass like a lead guitar. Bruford is something on this. South side of the sky. Yours is no disgrace Another comment. You guys do realize that the lyrics are meaningless? Jon Anderson selected lyrics for the sound of the word, not the meaning. It was about the note, the sound and the flow. Any meaning in them you derive yourself. And I love the end. They do this a lot.
There are two types of people in this world: 1) those who have seen Chris Squire play this song live, and 2) those who haven't. I was fortunate to have witnessed that several times and it is an awesome experience. You should check out some videos of Yes playing this live before he died. And yeah, Bill Bruford was a monster drummer. Steve Howe said of him, "Bill made Yes sound bigger by playing less." Man, the lyrics? Yeah, they are just painting a picture about being in the city versus being in a less crowded space. Not too much to think about, really, other than your own application of it. Next YES song should be "Yours Is No Disgrace". One day you'll be ready for the "Relayer" album, which is Geddy Lee's favorite YES album.
Hey A&A. As you guys get deeper into Yes, an album you might overlook, but SHOULD NOT, is the spectacular live album from just after the release of Close To The Edge: Yessongs. It captures the remarkable skills of each band member to faithfully reproduce the songs from their studio versions but also the energy and the confidence that they possessed in their individual skills and their collective ability to deliver very powerful music. REALLY! Since you are learning about how skilled this band was, Yessongs should not be missed.
"Right Down the Line" and/or "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty "Spooky" and/or "So Into You" and/or "Homesick" by Atlanta Rhythm Section "Ballroom Blitz" and/or "Love Is Like Oxygen" by Sweet "Shock the Monkey" and/or "Big Time" and/or "Sledgehammer" and/or "Steam" by Peter Gabriel "Life's Been Good" and/or "Life of Illusion" and/or "All Night Long" by Joe Walsh "Gypsy Road" and/or "Long Cold Winter" and/or "Somebody Save Me" by Cinderella "Taking Care of Business" and/or "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and/or "Let It Ride" by BTO(Bachman Turner Overdrive) "Baby I Love Your Way" and/or "Show Me the Way" (both live from Frampton Comes Alive) and/or "I'm In You" by Peter Frampton "Free Ride" and/or "Dying To Live" by The Edgar Winter Group
Two tickets to parade or Shakin’ by Eddy Money Is she really going out with him by Joe Jackson Girl U Love or Gates of Steel by Devo Bringing it back from Mexico by Kansas or Mexico by James Taylor Or…my guilty pleasure: No deposit No return by Wrathchild America 😂😂😂. Seriously, how frikkin fun is this song.
Hey guys! I had the fortunate experience of seeing YES in concert in 1974 (yes I am an ancient Hippie) and the cherry on top is they played this song exactly as it sounded on their studio recordings. To this day this was the best concert I ever attended, and I saw them ALL, as far as musicianship goes and their stuff is not that easy to play! Not many YES cover bands around. Long Distance Runaround, I've seen all Good People will do for a start.
I’ll say it again, Jon Anderson has the voice of an angel. Hearing it strong echoing in a stadium gives you whole body goosebumps. It’s a shame you can’t see them live with Chris Squire (RIP) A buddy of mine’s uncle did sound for them in the 80’s. My friend got around with him backstage and all. Squire was almost late because he was supposedly searching for coke in Philly. His demons obviously caught up with him. He was the harmonizing singer behind Anderson crucial to the writing of the music of Yes. Add that with Steve Howes at times alien guitar ability, Bill Buford or Allan Whites drumming, Tony Kaye, (a founding member) Rick Wakeman, (Fragile being his first album with Yes) Patrick Moraz (also with the Moody Blues after Yes) or Geoff Downes on keyboards and you are just left in awe. Check out the album Drama which had a departure of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. Trevor Horn did the vocals and Geoff Downes did the keyboards. These two were the duo of the band called The Buggles who had the very first video shown on MTV. Yes has always been one of my favorites.
YES..."And You and I"...it will become your favorite YES song! I am loving being able to see a new generation react to these songs as I did the first time. They perform this stuff live practically flawlessly also.
Bill Bruford is one of my favorite drummers! He has solo albums too. Chris Squire and he work great together! Like all great bands, that back rhythm makes a lead that much better.
Great song! Love Yes... Check out "All Good People" and "And You and I".... BTW Bill Bruford drummed on the Fragile and Close To The Edge albums... one of the top 3 drummers in rock. He left Yes is 1972 to join King Crimson.
Country boy who is love sick, home sick, on tour in the big city? "Sharp! Distance! How can the wind with its arms all around me? I feel lost in the city." Love that verse. Did the song get cut too soon? I think there was a little more.
Gentlemen this definitely on of my favorites! That being said you must do Gates of Delerium off the Relayer album! If you love Jon Anderson voice in this song you must do Gates! Also there are some great songs on Going for the One Album! Awaken and Turn of the Century and Wonderous Stories! Looking forward to you guys doing more a Yes down the road!
To many Yes fans, the band peaked during the 18-month period in 1971-72 when Yes released "The Yes Album," "Fragile," and "Close to the Edge." Arguably, the definitive Yes lineup consisting of Jon Anderson (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine), Bill Bruford (percussion), Steve Howe (electric, acoustic and slide guitars, backing vocals), Chris Squire (bass, backing vocals) and the incomparable Rick Wakeman (various keyboards, piano, cape!). I am a Yes fan and have been since 1974! Because of Yes, I became a fan of the bass and was fortunate enough to meet Chris Squire 40 years later a few months before his untimely death in 2015. RIP.... I also named my son after Jon Anderson!!
Time to hit some more YES!! You guys demanded this was the one we checked out next from them, and here we are!!! Hope you all had a great weekend!! What’s next?!?! 🙌🏻🔥
Have you guys done Yours Is No Disgrace? Great song!
How about reacting to something different? Carly Simon's "You're So Vain", Bryan Ferry's "Slave to Love", Linda Ronstadt's "Blue Bayou"? 😃 💓
Grateful Dead, Sugar Magnolia!
Peter Quinones Definitely agree! Great one!
Next - Siberian Khatru
Gentlemen, you must understand that “Yes” is not subject to your laws.
Silverburst 61 They created their own laws and then every group tried to follow!
They are a law unto themselves.
Nor anyone’s laws.
They knew all the laws very well and learned how to break them all...very well...
Yes is just an amazing band. i have no favorite album, I wish I could combine like 20 of their songs into one single album lmao
I'm 18 years old, I heard this song when i turned 16 while i was on my bus on my way to school. I had been drumming a bit by that time but still had room to grow. I can honestly say that my whole way of how i looked at music changed when I first heard this song. Every single thing about this song made me feel emotions that i never felt before. It is absolutely my favorite song and always will be.
I really hope your drumming has much more room to grow than only the last two years.
Bill Bruford is in a world of his own. He takes rock drumming to a new level
As a 60yr now, I 1st heard Yes as a 12yr & was blown away. It's great to hear you describe how I felt 40 odd years. Great music is timeless. Keep enjoying & making great music.
Yeah I’m 17 atm and seriously, this band along with rush and genesis had inspired my drumming style so much over the past few years
Bruford completely changed my perspective of playing drums. Simple 4/4 playing never fulfilled my style after Bruford. The crazy thing is I had never heard this song until seeing them perform it live in 1972. The next several months I listened to only Yes, desperately trying to imbed Brufords playing in my head. There was 8 of us who traveled 5 hours to see the concert, and everyone of us can say even to this day that it changed our lives. That sounds so juvenile, but it’s true. For me, I never heard music the same ever again. I don’t know how it impacted others, except my older brother. He was a guitarist and Steve Howe affected him the way Bruford affected me. The biggest embarrassment for me was it was Alan White playing when I saw them, but didn’t know until Yessongs was released about 10 months later. I can be excused for that as I knew nothing about Yes when we went to see them. I had heard Roundabout on the radio, but only on the radio and was unaware of the great musicians. I saw them when I was 16, will be 65 this year. I focus on playing Jazz now, well, for the past 40+ years.
Bill Bruford's drumming almost 50 years later still sounds like he has 3 hands
I may be in the minority, but I like the band better with Alan White. I also like Bill Bruford in King Crimson a whole lot better. It seems almost like he was in the wrong band from the start. That's certainly not a comment on his skills, because as a drummer, I have stolen the shit out of his licks. But Alan White brought this Bonham/Paice-type swing and swagger, and I think it elevated the band. Bruford could get a little too cute in Yes sometimes for my taste. And strangely, when he gets just as cute next to Robert Fripp in King Crimson, I love it.
He has said in interviews that his signature snare sound is really the result of him originally compensating for weak left hand strikes by hitting rimshots to make his snare playing sound louder.
The next drummer who will be as good as Bruford will be Yoyoka
His note placement is flawless. He builds so much tension against Squire's bass part at the beginning
@@joeday4293 I still prefer the Bruford-era Yes, but I totally get what you're saying about him getting too cute at times. It wouldn't be a surprise if much of that was out of frustration. He even admits to never considering himself a rock drummer. Although most of hs success was attriibuted to being in rock bands. lol
I agree Alan White is amazing though.Always in the pocket.
I am convinced that Chris Squire and Bill Bruford are the best rhythm section in the history of rock music. They are so skilled and so creative it is sick.
There is no other drumming performance like this. And yeah, this is one of the finest rhythm sections ever, rock music or otherwise.
And the musicians back then interchangeable constantly 😊
RIP Chris, Keith, Greg many more. Obviously music is not the same nowadays.
Always love how Chris Squire could turn the bass guitar into a lead instrument.
"Fragile" is one of the greatest rock albums of all time.
I bought it while in college many years ago... along with "Not Fragile" by BTO. That was a fun trip to the record store. :-)
As well as The Yes Album, and Close to the Edge. Just amazing music all the way through
@@goldenostrichman plus about 10 other Yes Albums... HAHAAH !!
I keep listening to South Side of the Sky to hear Howe's guitar work.
@@Andrew-wv7qp That song almost brings tears to my eyes 😥
Don’t miss out on the LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND
Possibly followed immediately by "I've Seen All Good People: a. Your Move, b. All Good People", my personal 2nd fav of theirs after 'Roundabout', but "Long Distance Runaround" is third, for sure.
I would couple this with the live version of The Fish from the Yessongs album: czcams.com/video/CPC7NEW-1B8/video.html
Please note - if you play listen to "Long Distance Runaround", that song fades into "The Fish" - bassist Chris Squire's mostly instrumental 2 1/2 minutes.
Yup - "Long Distance Runaround" and "The Fish" are another of my (favorite!) "multiple-song songs"; you gotta listen to 'em both together. :)
If you’re gonna do long distance runaround and the fish you should just go ahead and throw five per cent for nothing at the beginning of those fr
I've been a drummer my whole life, and loved Yes for practically my whole life. The drumming Bill Bruford does beginning at 1:21 is simply the coolest, most original drumming I've ever heard. Every time I hear it, I get chills. It's wicked-good. That he did this when he was in his twenties is even more amazing.
"South Side Of The Sky" is a pretty amazing track on this album. Hope to see you guys react to it some time.
Seconded. A very visual song that inspired many wintery Dungeons & Dragons scenarios in my youth!
Live version from 35th anniversary dvd is AWESOME. The duel between Howe and Wakeman is EPIC!
South Side of The Sky is even more epic than this one - although comparisons are really futile! I remember when I first got this album, I listened to it while laying on the carpet with the 15 inch speakers on the floor on either side of my head. Although every song blew me away, "South Side of The Sky" stands out in my memory of that first listen.
@@MissAstorDancer I remember you made this same comment somewhere else. Maybe on a live chat? Very well said!
@@jeffschielka7845 Yes, I am the cliche' of the Grandma who tells the same stories over and over and over!!!!!
Perhaps it was on the stream of Yes on the Prog Rock Dock channel. Or perhaps it was on a reaction to any other song from "Fragile"! It could have even been on a reaction to "Awaken", or anything from "Going for The One"!.
Those two albums are the strongest memories for me, regarding lying on the floor listening!
However, I did a LOT of "lying on the floor" listening in my youth!
Sorry if I repeat myself. I am, after all, 67 years old!!!!
;)
Imagine seeing them live, and hearing them sound exactly like their record, but louder, in a large arena, full of special smoke. This band was like that. They were like craftsmen on stage. And at one time their stage was round, in the middle of the arena and it slowly spun around. And the concert went on for over 2 solid hours. I was there, a few times, seeing them live.
YES In The Round!
Several times, lots of special smoke... just as tight and definitely louder. Squire’s bass seemed to attack every bone in my body during each concert, and Anderson’s angelic voice was a perfect counterpoint. And I loved it!
Saw them in Frankfurt Germany 1978. Was a wonderful show in the 'round'.
@Magyar Deutsche I saw them on on the tour with Donovan also. Boston Garden!
@@harriotteworthington3147 I forgot to mention that; watching them live you don't just hear them, you feel the music -- every bone, every cell.
Both Roundabout and Heart of the Sunrise were written on the first day that Rick Wakeman the keyboardist joined the band. They did both in one afternoon! PHENOMENAL!!!
On the original album, when the track ended, a door opens and there’s a “We Have Heaven” reprise. IMO, it should be included on this video. It was so cool for the time.
Chis Squire was the man on bass. The man. Great pick.
Not to mention, one of the greatest backup singers in rock history. A lot of their vocal arrangements were his. Take years and years in church choir, add one part Paul McCartney and one part John Entwistle, and you have one Chris Squire.
I believe Geddy Lee’s biggest influence when it came to his bass playing.
Great Pic too...Since he ALWAYS uses a plectrum to play bass...:)
fat Fat FAT PHATTTT bass tone!
Gives me chills almost FIFTY years after I first heard it on headphones when my brother bought the album in 1971. Technical virtuosity and musicianship.
Chris Squire's isolated bass track is on CZcams. Insane.
Chris one of the best bassists ever. Died too soon.
Chris Squire, period.
"Machine Messiah." That is all I have to say about that.
I think he's as good as anyone ever. Listening to him makes my fingers hurt. Love it!
“And You and I” is the next Yes song you need to react to. In my humble opinion, the best of all elements of Yes. Vocals...ridiculous. Keys...phenomenal. Bass...Chris Squire...what more can be said.
It never ceases to amaze me, that after nearly 49 YEARS, this song (and so, so many other songs by Yes) can still give me intense goosebumps all up and down my body, and cause the tears to come streaming down my face!!!!!!!
Fantastic reaction, guys! Really enjoyed it!!!! Thank you!!!
My first acid trip was to this song, it will always be my favorite YES song. What an intro to this music! And it is a powerful piece that leads you on an emotional journey.
I know what you mean. After years away from Yes they got me all over again. The band is brilliant but it's Anderson's voice, the voice of an angel, that gets me regardless of whatever it is he's singlng about.
@@ianhewitson2738 Thanks for your comments today! I had to watch the reaction all over again!
And yes, Anderson's voice was definitely angelic! I agree with Alex that this might be his best vocal performance! Hard to pick a favorite, but this is WAY up there!
Merry Christmas!
Yeah, this is a big part of the soundtrack to high school for me too!
I was feeling the same way while watching this video review. First heard this song in 1979 and it still sounds as fresh and exciting as it always has.
How many people who listened to the end of the song went right into thinking "Yes! Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare..." ?
We have heaven.... yep!!! Still have the vinyl....
Of course! I wore this album out!
Can’t unhear it 😂
I've never click one of your videos faster! Heart of the Sunrise is one of Yes' best. Next should be "And You and I"!!
YoungsterIan me too
When A&A say Roundabout is their favorite I always think of And You and I from Close to the Edge. Close to the Edge is such a great follow up album to Fragile.
And You And I & Siberian Khatru, both are a must
The live version of And You And I is the best. It got better over the years as they stretched out with it all the more.
I couldn't have said that better! It's cool that you guys are still poking around 'fragile' before you leave it a must hear is...Long Distance Runaround. Then move back to 'close to the edge' and hear...And You And I...one of the most classic songs. Then onward to 'relayer' and hear the truly epic and grandest of their fullside compositions The Gates Of Delerium.
I'm having the best fun watching you guys!!! Thx
Re: the lyrics. I think Bill Bruford once said that he likes the way the music makes the lyrics make sense. That's about it. It's poetry. Fits with the music perfectly. Both the music and the lyrics make each other make sense.
They had the perfect band name ever. Any time I hear someone say they're going to play some Yes, I reply YESSSSS!
Since Bill Bruford is such a badass drummer, here’s an interesting bird fact. Unlike most birds that sing, a woodpecker will drum its beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming. Much like identifying Bill Bruford’s snare drum with his identifiable “boing”.
Jon Anderson, the singer of Yes, says the song is about being lost in the city. He has also said it is about the power and energy of the sunrise and in a more general sense, love.
That absolutely sounds like Jon
That fits with my sense. It feels like they are giving you the feelings of someone alone with lots of anxiety. But moments of calm happen, I guess love, I always thought the heart of the sunrise was more religious peace. But a song with a lot of anxiety with respites of peace.
It was written along with Roundabout on the first day that Wakeman joined the band. Not bad for your first day at work!!
Jon Anderson THE VOICE. THE MASTER. FOREVER YES!!!🎤🎤🎤
I heard someone describe his lyrics once as word jazz. They're like an impressionist abstract painting where you can't quite make out what the image is, if there even is one, but it sure is beautiful to look at. And you just keep staring hoping that you get it eventually.
Awaken from the album “Going for the One”
I love that song
“And You And I” is a must. Also, no one really knows what Jon Anderson’s lyrics are about
True. Not even Jon himself really knows.
Gotta do the live version from "Yessongs." Call me a heathen, but I actually prefer Alan White's drums on that one. Plus, it has a better intro than the studio version.
Lol. They are really metaphysical. A lifelong search for even greater explorations of the human condition. A need fir nature, love and spiritual sojourn.
Joe Day
OK, you’re a heathen
Matt, could not agree more profoundly!!! "And You and I" !!! Hit it!!! I was waiting through this whole reaction to see if the word "beautiful" would come up -- and it did, from Alex! Anyone touched by the beauty of "how can the wind with its arms all around me" will also love "And You And I" -- in which Yes challenged themselves to take the beautiful in "Heart of the Sunrise" to the next level. Warning: more fade-outs! haha
This is what you get when a have a group of artists who can play anything. Can't label it other than to call it a work of art.
Chris Squire's bass playing and tone is simply incredible!
Bodhi Satvva Fantastic bass as always by Chris, though Bill’s drumming even exceded his playing!
The Rickenbacker bass has a beautiful tone...
Is that it? Is the song over?
LMMFAO
YES songs are never truly over.
Imagine being 11 with YES. PINK FLIYD. ELP with Queen RUSH and ELO on the way.
What a life!!!!
I was 14 in NY in early 70's saw all live. Best time of life.
Around 10, living in Montreal which was the hotbed entryway of prog rock in North America!
What I wouldn’t give to be hearing this music for the first time again!
We really didn't appreciate how lucky we were back then.
I’ll take this over ROUNDABOUT any day !
Don’t feel bad about Yes Lyrics ... they invoke FEELING and not necessarily sense ... Can you tell YES is my favorite band ? I have seen them 16 times
I’m with you, I’ve seen almost every lineup of Yes. I didn’t see Peter Banks in Yes because I was too young. (Lousy excuse Ma and Pa! You should’ve known I was going to be a Yes fan!!) I was too Jon Anderson snobby to see them live without him. I wish I did because I did like the Drama album.
The real pro move is to prefer "And You And I."
@@strings53notlob50 "Drama" may be my favorite Yes record. It certainly has at least three of my favorite Yes songs on it: "Machine Messiah," "Tempus Fugit," and "Does It Really Happen." That last one should have been a pop hit.
jprph1 Absolutely back then in their classic days!
Joe Day Tempus Fugit is great! The bass is just sick!
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway! Peter Gabriel-era. Awesome!
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is an excellent choice but maybe kinda hard for these young lads to digest with a first listening.
"And You and I" is a song to get lost in!
especially if your high
So glad you guys did this song. It's a masterpiece and definitely "Yours is no disgrace" should be the next to follow. Excellent choice gentlemen.
Two things:
1) Yes, Chris Squire is a GOD, rest in peace. James Jamerson led to Paul McCartney, McCartney and John Entwistle led to Chris Squire, and Chris Squire led to damn near every hard rock bassist since, notably Geddy Lee. As if that weren't enough, he was also responsible for most of the amazing vocal harmonies you hear in Yes - he and singer Jon Anderson met as choirboys as kids.
2) I once heard someone refer to John Anderson's lyrics as "word jazz" - very pretty lyrics that don't even necessarily have anything tangible to say, but often just move the music along. They could almost just as easily be pure scat singing, which they do to great effect in other awesome moments such as the end of "Siberian Khatru" - just be sure you react to the live version from "Yessongs," because the studio version fades out!
I love the word jazz description. Having said that, I always felt that his lyrics are the weakest part of Yes. Not in the imagery, but in the repetition. To be fair, the music is sometimes repetitive, so it fits. At the time, I couldn't understand why punks hated prog rock, but looking back, it was a bit pretentious. Great musicians who got too showoffy.
Squire is God and Geddy Lee is his prophet
I think Jon often chose a word for it's sound rather than it's meaning. I want to say I read an interview with him where he said that, but I might be confused on that point.
@@buddystewart2020 "You often pick words for sound rather than meaning," is a quote from Hitchcock's film Rope.
The lyrics sound goos whatever it means. jon have already said that that his pieces are chosen words wich sound good with the others and with the instrumental. He was great. There’s always as meaning as you want in such songs. Most notable at Tales of topographic ocean
Bill Bruford's drumming, "You still feel the impact, from nothing!"
Another classic quote.
This is the first time I have ever heard this song. His voice is so beautiful. Definitely A
This song bears repeated listening. It gets better and better every time you listen to it. The more you hear it and start to assimilate how the parts fit together so you can groove on the feel, the better it gets. You may prefer other bands for other reasons, but the level of PURE MUSICIANSHIP in Yes' classic lineup has never been bettered by ANY other Rock band (IMO), and probably never will. Every one of them is among the very best to ever play their instrument. They were a HUGE influence on Rush.
Jon Anderson's lyrics are very avant-garde and abstract. He's largely leaving it to YOU to interpret whatever meaning they have (Robert Plant does this frequently as well). Given that, Anderson conveys a hell of a lot of emotion with his (very unique) voice and delivery.
Glad to see you got back to Yes, next "Yours is no disgrace " "South side of the sky" Siberian katru" I've seen all good people and the Clap
I second Siberian Khatru. Love Steve Howe's energetic guitar work - Especially the Yessongs version!
The Beat Club video of a live performance of “Yours is No Disgrace “ is amazing!
Very late to this party but the intro is amazing. This was Rick Wakeman’s 1st album and he suggested the repeating structure (forget what it’s called musically). But you have the bass and drums smashing constantly in the off beat is just this chaotic jazz like mess that sounds brilliant. Love these guys.
lol just coming back to this vid after their newest one, wish they could've done this one nowadays :)
"South Side of the Sky" should be the next song you listen to by them. It's off this same album.
Were we ever colder on that day?
@@jonathansmith3742 A million miles away, we seemed from all of eternity (yeah!). The piano interlude takes me somewhere I can't even define.
Love the bass tone on that!
South Side of the Sky is at least the second best song on this album--It should have been the second song that A&A listened to. A must...now!
Absolutely!!!
Another vote for a review/reaction to “I’ve Seen All Good People!”
Please give, “I’ve Seen All Good People” a listen.
Absolutely a must listen!!
Agreed!
all we are saying is give peace a chance
Beant, different song lol
Yes was never my taste but you just named one of the 2 songs that I actually liked from them. For me, this is their best song by far.
Probably my favorite Yes song. I absolutely love Chris Squire's bass playing on this track!
With YES, the whole album must be listened to.
👌❤💕THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO BE LISTENED TO AS A WHOLE ALBUM! MY FAVE!👏👏👏👏S TIER ALL THE WAY!😁😊
Think of Jon Anderson's voice as an instrument and don't sweat the lyrics.
Yes' lyrics are just sounds to create a particular tonal-rhythmic effect.
Rick Wakeman's introductory album with Yes. That is some whole-grain Mellotron goodness, there, and some tasty synth treats. You can see how he took them to the next level, compositionally, too.
Funny you mentioned deathbed. My father passed away a few months ago. A few days later you reacted to Starship Trooper. Somehow got me to deal with the grieving process.
Hey A&A! Now you're back on with Fragile.. Pump "Southside Of The Sky" .. that's the tune! Be well.Peace!
You want groundbreaking Bass.
Sly and the Family Stone "Thank You".
Bassist Larry Grahm invented the Slap Bass.
Please check out The Moody Blues. "Nights in White Satin," or "Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling," or "Ride My See-Saw," or "Legend of a Mind," or "Voices in the Sky," for starters.
The Moodies released the first Progressive Rock album, Days of Future Past. Theirs is a much more melodic music, than this stuff from Yes, a real treat for the ears and very deep in the sauce.
Yes!!
I agree.
However, I strongly feel Days of Future Passed and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (as well as others) really should be done as full album listens.
@@IllumeEltanin Agreed, the same for In Search of the Lost Chord, Threshold of a Dream, To Out Children's Children's Children, and Question of Balance, but they don't do very many full albums. I'm just trying to get them into the starting gate. So far they haven't shown much interest, which is a damn shame.
@@WMalven
:ayeup:
I've suggested Nights and Progession, as well as Legends of a Mind several times. I even told them to make sure Nights is the album cut, and not the radio edit. As I told them the saying goes:
If you don't hear the gong
You haven't heard the song
That said, they are considering full album listens for each decade hit of subscribers. If Days of Future Passed, or other Moody Blues albums are in consideration for those, I'll happily wait.
“Than this STUFF from Yes”......get outa here now. And I have every Moodies album.
Chris Squire's solo album "Fish Out of Water" Amazing!
It is one of my favorite albums of all time. Amazing to me that so many self-professed Yes fans have never even heard it.
Fantastic album!
Zero guitar on that album is an amazing feat
A brilliant album. Had my vinyl copy since 1976.
Silently Falling! :-)
What I love about this song is the guitar-bass interplay where Howe will sometimes be climbing a scale and sometimes descending while Squire is also doing those runs -- sometimes they are in unison and sometimes in opposition. I LOVE how they do that so smoothly and brilliantly and then incorporate keyboards into it. As to lyrics, Jon Anderson is more about the sound than actual meanings in his lyrics. Wakeman (who is a great comedian) often jokes about Jon having visited other planets and stuff like that.
Can you see now how so many fans were not so into "Owner of a Lonely Heart" ?
"Gates of Delirium" next !
Not yet. A few more songs, and then they can tackle that. We all told them to react to Close to the Edge. That was a mistake too. You need to hear and get who YES is before you listen to their epics. Same with any band, which is why I said don't react to Karn Evil 9 yet, but they're definitely ready now for Cygnus X-1.
Speak for yourself. 90125 was very popular when it came out (their best selling album AND their only Grammy). There's some great songs on that album.
I didn't say it wasn't popular. I said many of their fans were not so into it. It was a dramatic change in direction for the band.
@@SciPunk215 Yep. They tried to go more commercial and it paid off and made them a lot of money. King Crimson tried it in the 80s. Did it pay off? Not so much :-P
It's almost a little draining, isn't it? You literally feel like you just listened to an epic.
I saw Yes in concert in the early 1990s in VA (right after they reunited). Eight of the band members (not the usual five or so) were playing there. They took turns on certain songs. Jon Anderson (the singer) said before starting the song that "Heart of the Sunrise" was the only song that all eight members insisted on playing so all eight of them went at it. It was great!
Yes’ cover of America by Simon and Garfunkel is a must. They took a 2 min 30 second song and created a 10 minute monster
Agreed, that is a monster.
It's crazy what they did with that song
@@Lightmane 😃
Absolutely right! America by Yes is a wonderful rocking display of pure musicianship by the worlds best.
One of the best covers...ever. Yes has a few more with Every Little Thing She Does by the Beatles with a tasty homage guitar lick in the intro and Richie Havens' No Opportunity Neccesary, No Experience Needed. All exceptional experimentation to find their groove. Fragile is my fav lineup. RIP Chris. Funny story, last time I saw them was the year before Chris passed. I was sitting on the right, in front of Chris, he's screaming at the sound crew during Yours is No Disgrace to turn it up louder, to 11 no doubt 🤣.
Wow. Brings back memories. Sadly, AOR Radio (Album Oriented Rock) died a long time ago, but from the late 1960's to mid 1980's, AOR radio was the only place you could hear great music like this. Grew up in the NYC area, so I listened to WNEW-FM (102.7), one of the BEST ever AOR stations. Other greats AOR stations include WMMS (Cleveland), KMET (LA), WMMR (Philadelphia), WRAT (Point Pleasant, NJ), WRIF (Detroit), WBCN (Boston).
Feel sorry for you guys to not understand the importance of GREAT FM radio stations, which brought great music to the world. Today, we just have Pop, Rap, or Classic Rock. Few stations today will experiments with different genres or alternative music.
I listened to NEW too! Summer of 76, ( If I remember correctly) they broadcast a Yes concert live! I was going into my sr year of HS, music was so much better with the NEW crew playing all the album cuts we loved.
I grew up listening to WBCN, and college radio. There was a lot more creativity and experimentation.
Nobody knows what Jon’s lyrics are about. Do Yours is No Disgrace next
Jon's lyrics are akin to an Impressionist painting, where form is forgone in preference to making the audience feel emotion.
I concur. Really moves along, a tour de force of energy and virtuosity
a lot of Jon's lyrics When you listen to like Southside of the sky and a whole lot more deal with the environment John's a borderline hippie back in the day when you really delve into a lot of yes's lyrics there's a lot of flower power stuff that went on those early Yes albums along with ecology...
His lyrics are about the Word and faith in Christ. Both he and Rick Wakeman are devout believers!!!
I know what Jon's lyrics are about.
How about a comparison reaction? The song “America”, Simon and Garfunkel and Yes’s rendition.
I was just thinking the same thing. Simon and Garfunkel, then Yes's version. That would be the sh*t.
At this point you really need to do the entire Fragile album in a single session. It was meant to be listened to that way.
Yes. This is the last song on the B side, which is followed by a surprise meant for the person heading for the turntable, thinking the album is really over. The boys missed that.
Gosh yes, it's best as the full concept album imo?
my immediate reaction to your comment was "does it really make a difference tho?" and then I remembered how I insist for peoples first time listen of pink floyd songs of dark side of the moon or the wall to be in order and without breaks because everything else would take away from the experience
Guys! I applaud you, as members of your generation, for having the attention span for music like this.
Great pick gents! The while album is fantastic. Another one from this album is “South Side Of The Sky”, which is a definitely worth a listen. Cheers! 🍻✌️🤟
I remember buying this album not having a clue what yes sounded like. I was so captivated by the cover art I bought it just to see what was inside. That's Bill Bruford on drums, he's pretty great with King Crimson as well.
Fun fact: the opening riff to this song was based on "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson, who would later seduce away drummer Bill Bruford with their jazzy, improvisational siren song...
I always thought of this song as highly influenced by Robert Fripp, whether it was or not.
I thought Bruford left cause CTTE was so self indulgent overblown. Might be wrong.
@@avlisk Not
@@stevemd6488 Wrong
@@stevemd6488 Maybe lyrically ("What's a Siberian Khatru? " But he also thought that CTTE was Yes's pinnacle, musically, and could not be topped. As someone who preferred to challenge himself, he saw KC as the place to spread his wings...
About time you all did some early Genesis - Firth of Fifth, The Musical Box, In The Cage or the epic Supper's Ready.
At last, more Yes, I can't wait to listen to this ❤️
Jon’s voice is still great today !!!
You guys should check out “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush. She wrote it at 17 and under the mentor ship of David Gilmour it became a massive hit! It’s such a weird and unique song. Kate Bush has influenced all sorts of artists, from Björk to Madonna. Listen to more cool ladies pleaaasee I would love it!!! ❤️
Here, here. Running Up that Hill is also a great song. I also nominate Precious or Private Life by Pretenders. Birthday by Sugarcubes (Bjork's 1st band),
I've always loved Kate Bush's song "Wow"..her vocal range in that one gives me goosebumps!
The vocals of either Kate Bush or Bjork will be unlike anything heard on this channel before. A&A may already know Bjork, but Sugarcubes are completely different than her recent sounds. And Chrissie Hynde from Pretenders? Well, she could kick the ass of any of the men on this channel. She's awesome.
Kate Bush,please!If you took a prog rocker,and gave them 200 doses of estrogen,you'd get Kate Bush.
Wuthering Heights(the original vocals on The Kick Inside)
Cloudbusting
Babushka
This Woman's Work
The Man With The Child In His Eyes
Arguably the most important female artist of her generation. OK there are others, but she must be up there.
The song title and the line “I feel lost in the city,” says it all.
You very much need to start delving into 70's Genesis: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth, The Musical Box, In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers, Supper's Ready, Squonk
Yes, I keep forgetting they haven't done Genesis yet. Suppers Ready, or Dance on a Volcano.
I'm also trying to get them to review Mike Oldfield.
They reacted to That's All on Patreon. Definitely not a good place to start. Firth of Fifth would be a good one.
Agreed on the delving, can't believe they haven't done any early Genesis.
"Return Of The Giant Hogweed"!
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By the way a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance
"fly pelican fly"👍💯🦅🦅
Thank you ! Chris Squire’s Bass masterpiece ! Cheers to you !
I have "Fragile' on vinyl. Bought in 1971. I went and dug it out and started playing it. Thanks for the reminder.
My brother is a huge Yes fan. I found a Fragile album in a pawn shop with the original insert that had pictures of the band. I bought and gave it to him.
@@JohnWilliams-zu8wg I'm sure you made his day.
How come when this kind of music is played by Yes, King Crimson, Rush, ELP, etc. It's called "prog rock" but when it's played by guitarists like McLaughlin, Holdsworth, etc it's called "jazz"?
Truly. Prog rock=fusion. Not always, of course, but I see lots of similarities. Let's hear some Weather Report!
Have to agree - Holdsworth is labeled by many as progressive jazz or jazz fusion . Put him in the short lived super group U.K. and suddenly his stylings are progressive rock - lol . Guess it really depends if he's lead on the project or considered a supporting contributor .
@@burmajones803 Tough sell here, not mainstream enough. Would like to see the friendly hosts reaction to Jaco.
@@jerrypetrillo2903 Holdsworth with Gary Husband on drums makes some of this stuff sound like children
This occurred to me, too. Listen closely. All that stuff from Holdsworth and McLaughlin et al. sounds like it originates in jazz. With Yes and Rush et al., however, you can hear the roots coming from rock. It's subtle, but it's there in each instance
The bass lines and percussion, indeed the whole piece, the keyboards, the guitars, and the vocals, still hit me in a soft spot after 50 years. They shine like a supernova. The composition is breathtaking. They do things and insert little snippets that are totally unexpected. Superb musicianship and delightful music.
Yes at their best, all members at the top of their game, a Prog masterpiece with epic Chris Squire tone and licks ❤️ One of the first LPs I ever bought, back in 1972.
First album with the classic Yes lineup:
Jon Anderson: vocals
Steve Howe: guitar
Chris Squire: bass
Rick Wakeman: keyboards
Bill Bruford: drums
'SCHOOL' - SUPERTRAMP
My bros: I do not know how I would make it through this pandemic without your videos. I think a lot of us feel this way!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!
Gotta love Chris Squire playing a bass like a lead guitar. Bruford is something on this.
South side of the sky. Yours is no disgrace
Another comment. You guys do realize that the lyrics are meaningless? Jon Anderson selected lyrics for the sound of the word, not the meaning. It was about the note, the sound and the flow. Any meaning in them you derive yourself.
And I love the end. They do this a lot.
Live, this was always Chris’s time to shine...the beginning of the song, and throughout
It's time to get back to the Allman Brothers. It's been way too long. I suggest Jessica or One Way Out next.
Thanks guys!
Darren S Great Songs !
Anything from that Fillmore East Concert would be amazing.
Jessica is the theme song for Top Gear, which is the most popular TV show in the world.
Jessica is pure bottled happiness. Anytime I need a pick-me-up, I put that track on.
Great reaction video! Good job guys🤘
There are two types of people in this world: 1) those who have seen Chris Squire play this song live, and 2) those who haven't. I was fortunate to have witnessed that several times and it is an awesome experience. You should check out some videos of Yes playing this live before he died.
And yeah, Bill Bruford was a monster drummer. Steve Howe said of him, "Bill made Yes sound bigger by playing less."
Man, the lyrics? Yeah, they are just painting a picture about being in the city versus being in a less crowded space. Not too much to think about, really, other than your own application of it.
Next YES song should be "Yours Is No Disgrace". One day you'll be ready for the "Relayer" album, which is Geddy Lee's favorite YES album.
I dig your honesty. You’re critiquing keeps me on this site even if I’m not into every band you critique. Rock on!✌🏼
One of the greatest albums of all time! One of the greatest prog rock pioneer bands of all time. Listen to Cris Squire’s bass line.
Roger Dean’s artwork is an eye catcher. Imagine being an 18 y.o. and seeing this album in the record store for the 1st time lol.
Hey A&A. As you guys get deeper into Yes, an album you might overlook, but SHOULD NOT, is the spectacular live album from just after the release of Close To The Edge: Yessongs. It captures the remarkable skills of each band member to faithfully reproduce the songs from their studio versions but also the energy and the confidence that they possessed in their individual skills and their collective ability to deliver very powerful music. REALLY! Since you are learning about how skilled this band was, Yessongs should not be missed.
I guess that Mr. Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High would be the best Byrds’ tunes to react to.
Guys - skip ahead 23 years to the Yes album Talk and listen to the 3 part song Endless Dream. Amazing song and their best in a long time.
"Right Down the Line" and/or "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
"Spooky" and/or "So Into You" and/or "Homesick" by Atlanta Rhythm Section
"Ballroom Blitz" and/or "Love Is Like Oxygen" by Sweet
"Shock the Monkey" and/or "Big Time" and/or "Sledgehammer" and/or "Steam" by Peter Gabriel
"Life's Been Good" and/or "Life of Illusion" and/or "All Night Long" by Joe Walsh
"Gypsy Road" and/or "Long Cold Winter" and/or "Somebody Save Me" by Cinderella
"Taking Care of Business" and/or "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and/or "Let It Ride" by BTO(Bachman Turner Overdrive)
"Baby I Love Your Way" and/or "Show Me the Way" (both live from Frampton Comes Alive) and/or "I'm In You" by Peter Frampton
"Free Ride" and/or "Dying To Live" by The Edgar Winter Group
Two tickets to parade or Shakin’ by Eddy Money
Is she really going out with him by Joe Jackson
Girl U Love or Gates of Steel by Devo
Bringing it back from Mexico by Kansas or Mexico by James Taylor
Or…my guilty pleasure: No deposit No return by Wrathchild America 😂😂😂. Seriously, how frikkin fun is this song.
Hey guys! I had the fortunate experience of seeing YES in concert in 1974 (yes I am an ancient Hippie) and the cherry on top is they played this song exactly as it sounded on their studio recordings. To this day this was the best concert I ever attended, and I saw them ALL, as far as musicianship goes and their stuff is not that easy to play! Not many YES cover bands around. Long Distance Runaround, I've seen all Good People will do for a start.
I’ll say it again, Jon Anderson has the voice of an angel. Hearing it strong echoing in a stadium gives you whole body goosebumps. It’s a shame you can’t see them live with Chris Squire (RIP) A buddy of mine’s uncle did sound for them in the 80’s. My friend got around with him backstage and all. Squire was almost late because he was supposedly searching for coke in Philly. His demons obviously caught up with him. He was the harmonizing singer behind Anderson crucial to the writing of the music of Yes. Add that with Steve Howes at times alien guitar ability, Bill Buford or Allan Whites drumming, Tony Kaye, (a founding member) Rick Wakeman, (Fragile being his first album with Yes) Patrick Moraz (also with the Moody Blues after Yes) or Geoff Downes on keyboards and you are just left in awe. Check out the album Drama which had a departure of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. Trevor Horn did the vocals and Geoff Downes did the keyboards. These two were the duo of the band called The Buggles who had the very first video shown on MTV. Yes has always been one of my favorites.
YES..."And You and I"...it will become your favorite YES song! I am loving being able to see a new generation react to these songs as I did the first time. They perform this stuff live practically flawlessly also.
💯 Facts about birds.... they fly roundabout at the heart of the sunrise. Next Yes song has to be “Awaken”. You guys are ready!
Bill Bruford is one of my favorite drummers! He has solo albums too. Chris
Squire and he work great together! Like all great bands, that back rhythm makes a lead that much better.
Great song! Love Yes... Check out "All Good People" and "And You and I".... BTW Bill Bruford drummed on the Fragile and Close To The Edge albums... one of the top 3 drummers in rock. He left Yes is 1972 to join King Crimson.
I got to see them in concert in the 90's. Played in the round. Great concert.
Country boy who is love sick, home sick, on tour in the big city? "Sharp! Distance! How can the wind with its arms all around me? I feel lost in the city." Love that verse. Did the song get cut too soon? I think there was a little more.
Gentlemen this definitely on of my favorites! That being said you must do Gates of Delerium off the Relayer album! If you love Jon Anderson voice in this song you must do Gates! Also there are some great songs on Going for the One Album! Awaken and Turn of the Century and Wonderous Stories! Looking forward to you guys doing more a Yes down the road!
To many Yes fans, the band peaked during the 18-month period in 1971-72 when Yes released "The Yes Album," "Fragile," and "Close to the Edge." Arguably, the definitive Yes lineup consisting of Jon Anderson (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine), Bill Bruford (percussion), Steve Howe (electric, acoustic and slide guitars, backing vocals), Chris Squire (bass, backing vocals) and the incomparable Rick Wakeman (various keyboards, piano, cape!). I am a Yes fan and have been since 1974! Because of Yes, I became a fan of the bass and was fortunate enough to meet Chris Squire 40 years later a few months before his untimely death in 2015. RIP....
I also named my son after Jon Anderson!!