This music is a half CENTURY old. Let that sink in. It does my heart sooo much good to see yet another generation exposed to the brilliance of this music. Enjoy! You'll be blown away again and again with YES.
Yes, Thank You,I do not need to be reminded while sitting here @ 5.22am in London where I first saw Yes perform this 47 years ago at QPR Football Ground in 1975. So where did the last 47 years go to ? :)
You, gentlemen, have stumbled upon the greatness of Yes. As a progressive rock fan, we're usually labeled as nerds. Nope, we just know what great music is. So glad I grew up in the 70's and got to experience these bands in their heyday!! Dive deeper into Prog Rock and enjoy the ride!!
I bought this album in 1971 when I was 15 years old. Back then it sounded like magical music from the future....it still does...and I still have the vinyl album over 50 years on. It is wonderful to see young people enjoying it so much today.
Me too. I have most of their albums and still play them. They are timeless. Their music has everything from the driving bass to acoustic to the amazing keyboards. I saw them live in 1973 on their world tour promoting Close to the Edge. What you get on record is what you get on stage. To have seen Rick Wakeman lost in his multiple setup of keyboards was worth the admission. Oh the sound!!!! I still love Yessongs though.
The Yes band is progressive rock (prog rock). These musicians are usually formally trained and well established in their understanding of music theory with appreciation of classical music such as Bach and Beethoven. Bands like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis, Dream Theater, and Kansas are all brilliant musicians who understand the depths of music theory and can transform that understanding into soulful creative compositions. It’s never sloppy or whimsical or just thrown together. It’s melodic and inviting and pleasant to the ear. It’s the exercise of a God given gift of creativity combined with the hard work of the study of their craft. The original Yes drummer, Alan White just passed away last week on May 26th 2022 at age 72.
The only formally trained Yes men were the keyboardists, until Trevor Rabin. But they all loved classical music and were determined to figure out how to be a rock orchestra.
The point was that they had an appreciation for music theory and I doubt that Rick Wakeman would be interested in playing with someone who didn’t have that appreciation or had no clue of the difference between Dorian and mixolydian.
@@Kenny-ty6ts Bill played on CTTE and left at the beginning of the tour to support the album. He plays on three of the tracks of Yessongs. When Alan White joined, he had three days to learn the music. I'd say he did a remarkable job, considering he spent the next 50 years with the band! Sadly, he passed away on my birthday. Bittersweet to the extreme.
Both Chris Squire on Bass-guitar, and Jon Anderson on Vocals had NO FORMAL MUSICAL TRAINING. They were both self-taught. Such God-given talent is exceedingly rare! They both formed YES in London in 1968, when I was in the 2nd grade!
This song has so many change ups - Genius. It has held up, just as fresh as when it first came out. It's an experience, physically, emotionally & mentally, works you hard. Sooo good.
Anyone who grew up in the 70’s could pretty much recommend ANY band to you from that era, put all those names on a giant dart board, blindfold you and have you throw a dart, and you will hit a song that was probably great. In the mid-70s, this was our reality. There were basically 4 supergroups, and then loads of amazing bands below them: 1) Led Zeppelin 2) …about a mile lower down on the mountain top below Zep, but still standing miles above the 3rd band was.. Pink Floyd 3) YES 4) Jethro Tull A couple of American Elite bands were: Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers When real musicians get off work, they listen to Steely Dan.
I wish I wasn't 68 years old in London now but my health is very good and I did get to enjoy the halcyon days of them all from 1971 when I was 17 years old. I actually saw Pink Floyd in 1973 debut DSOM with 18,000 others and saw Led Zep at Empire Pool, Wembley in North West London and Deep Purple and the following week Creedence Clearwater Revival with 5,000 others at The Royal Albert Hall in West London and the total cost of those 4 London Concerts in major arenas was.......... ....£2.25 ot $3 THREE Dollars......LOL
Zay & Zel, your appreciation for YES's artistry makes me so happy!!! You mentioned that you'd been receiving a lot of requests for a YES reaction video. That's probably because two days before you premiered this video YES's long-time drummer, Alan White, passed away. Alan lived near me. I had the pleasure of speaking with him on many occasions about his appreciation for artists from many different musical genres. He was a big supporter of young musicians. I wish Alan could have seen your reaction video, he would have been absolutely tickled by your comments. Alan was one of the sweetest men I've ever known. I am comforted by the notion that Alan's spirit is enjoying a pint of Stella and collaborating with his best friend, YES bassist Chris Squire, who passed away in 2015. As previous commenters noted, Alan was not YES's original drummer. He replaced Bill Bruford in July 1972 and it's Bill you hear playing on "Roundabout" (1971). YES is one of the greatest progressive rock bands of the 1970s. They enjoyed additional success in the 1980s with a more commercial & pop-oriented sound on their "90125" and "Big Generator" albums, which came out when I was a teenager. You seem to enjoy the YES sound, so I hope you gentlemen will give some of YES's other works a listen. You will not be disappointed, I promise.
YES: "Heart Of The Sunrise" "Wondrous Stories" "And You And I" "Close To The Edge" "Fragile" "Perpetual Change" "Your's Is No Disgrace" 80’s Pop YES: "Lift Me Up" "Leave It" "Changes" "The Rhythm Of Love" "Love Will Find A Way" "Hold On" "It Can Happen" "Owner Of A Broken Heart"
@@johndardi1334 I gave another channel a song suggestions from FOREIGNER & LOU GRAMM. Autocorrect changed it to Grammy, I changed it back, or so I thought. Someone else corrected me saying, "it's Gramm." When I checked it was posted as Graham. I just left it too. Ha! Peace!
Yes...im an old lady from Philly who hitchhiked to almost every concert in the country...retired...but still smoking! Had a blast! Woohoo...love watching you guys enjoy my shit!
This album is mothers milk to me. Almost literally, since it was surely playing when I was on the teet. But that track is what I remember from my very young childhood. I remember lying in the dark with my head in my Dad’s armpit and listening. The glow of the display lamp from his turntable barely lighting the room. Being engrossed in the story. We moved from that house when I was three. My favorite song ever. Especially after recreating the scene with my two boys. We live decades for those moments.
Interesting how this always seems to be the era of Yes that gets recommended. Rightly, IMO. This was where the real vision and energy was. Great to see people getting into it 50 years later!
As a 57 yo digital film and media teacher, it makes me smile to see two cool guys enjoy the music I grew up with. I play multiple instruments becausae of these Prog-Rock geniuses... and my kid is named after the lead singer and lead guitarist! Loved the video
I’m so jealous of you guys hearing this for the first time. I remember my first time…I made some of the same facial expressions and head moves. It’s truly one of the worlds greatest epic songs. Thanks for posting this! We’ll done!
Oh man, when the band kicks in with that groove, your faces were PRICELESS! Ha! This is definitely their best groove song, although "South Side Of The Sky" and "Heart Of The Sunrise" (from the same album) have some great stuff too. The drummer Bill Bruford, he just had a great sound, he knew how to hit the drums! (he left Yes to join King Crimson after their next album). Yes could disappear up it's own ass sometimes, but the "Fragile" album is pretty perfect. (I much prefer it to the one that came after, which everyone is recommending to you, lol)
@cec He's just as incredible on "Starless & Bible Black" and "Larks' Tongue In Aspic". (Red is actually my least favorite of the three, but he wails on all three, definitely).
Yes is one of the best bands in the world. I'm really happy someone turned you on to them. This music can change the way you look at live. Long live progressive jazz Rock. Can you dig it I knew you could.
This band played this live ( with a little help from RUSH'S bassist Geddy Lee) at their induction ceremony into the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony, Also their songs , Changes, Owners of a lonely heart, Starship Trooper, and Leave it. Are also great.
It's so good to know that guys your age are listening to the music I listened to back in the 70's. Yes is progressive rock band. Check out the song, Tempus Fugit (Time Flies) by Yes, studio recording. That song is amazing!
Two of the best all around Rock shows I ever saw were both yes concerts back when this album came out. Hands down one of the best laser light shows I've ever seen in my life and then we got to listen to them play this album while the light show went on
Yes is a band full of top notch virtuosos. They are all at the top of their game on their individual instruments and managed to combine their talents to create some of the most amazing progressive rock ever recorded. Enjoy!
I love this video! You guys reacted exactly like I did when I heard this as a kid when it came out. We were so spoiled in the 70s with deep talent and creativity. The Beatles started the ball rolling with experimentation in the late 60s and many other, mostly British, bands ran with it in the early 70s. It was the most exciting time for rock music, as there was still so much new ground to break and the genre of progressive rock was spawned. If you guys want to be blown away again by a 70s band, check out Magnum Opus, The Pinnacle or the Wall, all by Kansas or Jose, Black Cow or The Royal Scam by Steely Dan. You’ll thank me, no doubt. ✌🏼
My Young Brothers, you should have seen them live. I'm 64 I saw them in Baltimore, the Fragile tour in 1972 and and the Close To The Edge tour. It's good to see some young brothers like yourselves discovering what it was like when I was your age, and when guys where writing tune so deep lyrical as well as musical. Listen to All their shit!!!!! I'm a Bassist and if you really wanna hear some incredible music check out the group - Return To Forever from the 1972 - 1976 their album Romantic Warrior is a masterpeice and the title cut Romantic Warrior listen to the drummer, his drumw sing, or the opening track from the same album Medievil Overture or the Sorceress. They're a 4 piece band that will blow your mind. Then check out theirother albums. They were on the other side of Yes were!
This is back before Protools and Quantizing and Pitch Correction and Cut and Paste and Over Compression. Absolute masterpiece. South Side of the Sky is still my all time favorite Yes song. Fight me!!
If you did not know, Yes, also does an acoustic version of Roundabout. Fun to watch your reactions to music I grew up with, I was a freshman in high school when the album Yes Fragile came out. Also back during this time, you should check out an incredible live album by Johnny Winter. His band was called Johnny Winter And, the album is called Johnny Winter And Live. Check out the song called ":MeanTown Blues". Johnny Winter is an amazing blues guitarist and in this song he goes back and forth on dueling guitars with another amazing guitarist named Rick Derringer. This song is incredibly intense. Keep on enjoying!
Yes were one of the top prog rock bands (other prog rock groups include Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, early Genesis, and - biggest of the lot - Pink Floyd). Some more Yes songs to investigate: "Starship Trooper", "Yours is No Disgrace", "And You & I", "Close to the Edge", and a personal favourite often overlooked because it came after Yes's peak, "Lift Me Up".
Steve Howe who did the acoustic guitar intro is and was a master of anything with strings. Yes sound was so different than any band of the time. I'm 60 years old but Yessongs still pull at my heart.....enjoy.AL B.
I'm so thankful that my father as a musician showed me this kind of music. He plays the bass guitar and has always told me how insanely good this bassist is. This is the most underappreciated band of all time in my opinion.
The first concert I went to (age 16) was at the LA Coliseum where YES was playing. Absolute heaven to watch you and enjoying one of the songs which had me believing in music.
I've been listening to Yes since I was in junior high, and I still love their stuff. And hey, Zay & Zel, it was just as much fun watching you enjoying a first-time listen to "Roundabout" as it was for me to listen to it for the umpteen millionth time! Are there more bands like this? Try Emerson, Lake and Palmer, for one. (They get really wild with their instrumentation, especially their keyboardist, Keith Emerson.) For a more gentle sound, but just as much complexity, you can't go wrong with the Moody Blues. (But it can be hard to isolate a single track, since many of their albums cross-fade from one song to another.) And of course, there's Jethro Tull, featuring Ian Anderson, the world's most energetic flautist! Thanks for a great reaction. Subscribed!
@@zayzel2670 For shorter songs, try: Still...You Turn Me On; Lucky Man; A Time And A Place; From The Beginning; Hoedown (a rock rendition of an Aaron Copland classical piece); and for a bit of fun, Are You Ready Eddie? (written for their sound engineer)! And for longer pieces--warning, there are a lot of them!--try Fanfare For The Common Man (another Copland cover - be sure you get the full 9 minute album version); Trilogy; Tarkus (it takes up an entire album side, but there's not a dull measure to be found); Karn Evil 9 (part of one side, all of another--the version from the boxed set _Return Of The Manticore_ leaves the 1st Impression in one piece, rather than splitting it between album sides); Take A Pebble (I prefer the studio version, but the live track from _Welcome Back My Friends..._ has some fun surprises on it); The Endless Enigma; and Pirates (this is an actual rock-musical epic story about pirates; you may not like it as much). This is probably way more than you wanted to know, but happy hunting. I would definitely sample a couple of the shorter songs before diving into the longer "deep end" of ELP!
So cool to see you two listening to some great progressive stuff., Check out a band called Starcastle. They were dubbed the American version of Yes. They are an original band with their own music and lyrics!!!! You'll love that as much as you loved Yes. Much love and respect to you both for broadining your horizons.
Peter Gabriel is highly recommend as well - he was the original lead singer of Genesis, eventually replaced by their drummer, Phil Collins. Anything from Peter Gabriel’s ‘Security’ album or his first two solo albums as well as anything from ‘So’ are great examples of the evolution of the kind of music that Yes, Genesis and others spawned in the 70s.
The 70's was the decade of what was known as Progressive or Prog Rock bands. Prog rock was characterized by these sudden shifts or "change-ups" in the music and tempos within the same song but somehow it all works together. This song was prog rock on steroids! I would highly recommend Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. Everything about it is first rate!
House parties high back in the day... yep.. we had the best music back in the 60s, 70's and early 80's (not too much so after about 85, tho I do love NF)... we're still a good time.. LOL.. going to go subscribe now... like what I'm seeing... and hearing...
I enjoyed seeing your reactions to this awesome tune, guys... Three more Yes tunes to try: I've Seen All Good People, Owner of a Lonely Heart, & Long-Distance Runaround. On top of that, check out Yes doing this song (Roundabout) at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017 induction ceremony right here on You Tube... BTW, that was 46 years after the original Roundabout was released...
Now imagine that all of this was done before the digital age and that everything you here is played by a musician and not programmed. All recorded onto tape. Not only that but they can do this live, no backing tapes, all played live on stage.
Oh guys I forgot to tell you there's another Big Hit song from Led Zeppelin called "Black Dog"! Durprised noone recommended it. And I'm Mike Carter from Clarksville Va.. the comment before this one is from me too. I remembered Black Dog after I'd just recommended George Michael and Elton John's Live Performance at Wembly! Youll be amazed with that one. It's EPIC !!!
So true guys! Trust your followers again, check out old 80’s southern rock band 38 special song “hold on loosely”, and “rock into the night”! Trust me!😉👍
If you had told me, in the 1970s, that, around a half-century later, I would be watching a "video" of two young black guys sitting in a car listening to "Roundabout", I would have asked you to give me a little of the wonderful hallucinogenic substance that you were obviously enjoying.
I don't know why but it pleases us old folks so much when we see young folks like y'all loving "our" music. I'll recommend Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead
Great job guys. Yes were leaders in the prog rock genre and you seemed to enjoy what you heard. May I suggest you delve into early Genesis? One of my favorite tunes from Genesis has always been "The Musical Box", off of Nursey Cryme but you can just as easily go to "Watcher of the Skies" from Foxtrot or ""Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" from Selling England By The Pound. These are complicated yet accessible compositions that I think the two of you would appreciate.
Thanks for making me smile! This song is the ringtone on my phone. How can I not smile when I hear it? 😊 I would recommend I’ve Seen All Good People , Leave It, or Changes next. Close to the Edge is a bit much for just diving into them.
I really enjoy when young people get exposed to and enjoy the Prog Rock that I have loved for over 50 years now. Great video it makes me feel good just watching it and we all need a lot more of that right now,Thanks you guys and check out Grand Larceny by Sea Level you won’t believe your ears.
You two brothers need to watch.....4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song. “TIME HAS COME TODAY“- The Chambers Brothers - Album Long version, then Live. PLEASE and Thank You. 1,595,589 views so far. YOU will like it too
The entirety of progressive rock so out shines regular rock in musianship and concept as to be another art form altogether. If Yes is new to you then start in 1967 with psychedelic music and play nearly everything that came after. You will be amazed.
This has been a fun jam with you guys, love these bands and songs but old-heads heard them so much is great to groove with people just discovering some new yet classic music, have a good Summer, stay hydrated haha
Bill Bruford on drums. The1st drummer who made me chase all over. This was a game changer. No longer could we just play 4 all night. This made you dissect. This is musical surgery.
You guys may become '70s prog rock geeks. I highly recommend one of the craziest prog rock songs - Hocus Pocus by Focus. It will blow you away with it's weirdness and amazing musicianship.
This music is a half CENTURY old. Let that sink in. It does my heart sooo much good to see yet another generation exposed to the brilliance of this music. Enjoy! You'll be blown away again and again with YES.
Yes, Thank You,I do not need to be reminded while sitting here @ 5.22am in London where I first saw Yes perform this 47 years ago at QPR Football Ground in 1975.
So where did the last 47 years go to ? :)
@@Isleofskye 1:35am here in Toronto where I saw Yes perform in 1971. Omg I'm old!
@@CharCanuck14 Join The Club,My Friend:)
I get a kick out of seeing reactors who don’t know what’s about to happen at the beginning of this song and then that bass kicks in and it’s on.
I was just thinking the same thing. Tech in recording that is half century old and holds up beautifully.
You, gentlemen, have stumbled upon the greatness of Yes.
As a progressive rock fan, we're usually labeled as nerds. Nope, we just know what great music is. So glad I grew up in the 70's and got to experience these bands in their heyday!! Dive deeper into Prog Rock and enjoy the ride!!
I bought this album in 1971 when I was 15 years old. Back then it sounded like magical music from the future....it still does...and I still have the vinyl album over 50 years on. It is wonderful to see young people enjoying it so much today.
Me too. I have most of their albums and still play them. They are timeless. Their music has everything from the driving bass to acoustic to the amazing keyboards. I saw them live in 1973 on their world tour promoting Close to the Edge. What you get on record is what you get on stage. To have seen Rick Wakeman lost in his multiple setup of keyboards was worth the admission. Oh the sound!!!! I still love Yessongs though.
Lol I bought the 45 because I was just 11 and couldn't afford the album.
The Yes band is progressive rock (prog rock). These musicians are usually formally trained and well established in their understanding of music theory with appreciation of classical music such as Bach and Beethoven. Bands like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis, Dream Theater, and Kansas are all brilliant musicians who understand the depths of music theory and can transform that understanding into soulful creative compositions. It’s never sloppy or whimsical or just thrown together. It’s melodic and inviting and pleasant to the ear. It’s the exercise of a God given gift of creativity combined with the hard work of the study of their craft. The original Yes drummer, Alan White just passed away last week on May 26th 2022 at age 72.
Nice comment but Bill Bruford was Yes’s drummer up until close to the edge
The only formally trained Yes men were the keyboardists, until Trevor Rabin. But they all loved classical music and were determined to figure out how to be a rock orchestra.
The point was that they had an appreciation for music theory and I doubt that Rick Wakeman would be interested in playing with someone who didn’t have that appreciation or had no clue of the difference between Dorian and mixolydian.
@@Kenny-ty6ts Bill played on CTTE and left at the beginning of the tour to support the album. He plays on three of the tracks of Yessongs. When Alan White joined, he had three days to learn the music. I'd say he did a remarkable job, considering he spent the next 50 years with the band! Sadly, he passed away on my birthday. Bittersweet to the extreme.
Both Chris Squire on Bass-guitar, and Jon Anderson on Vocals had NO FORMAL MUSICAL TRAINING. They were both self-taught. Such God-given talent is exceedingly rare! They both formed YES in London in 1968, when I was in the 2nd grade!
MUST HEAR Progressive (Prog) Rock Classics,, Yes "I've Seen All Good People"...Also,,
Emerson,, Lake & Palmer (ELP) "From The Beginning"
Always warms my heart to see young guys lose their SHIT to us older guys music!
This song has so many change ups - Genius. It has held up, just as fresh as when it first came out. It's an experience, physically, emotionally & mentally, works you hard. Sooo good.
Anyone who grew up in the 70’s could pretty much recommend ANY band to you from that era, put all those names on a giant dart board, blindfold you and have you throw a dart, and you will hit a song that was probably great.
In the mid-70s, this was our reality. There were basically 4 supergroups, and then loads of amazing bands below them:
1) Led Zeppelin
2) …about a mile lower down on the mountain top below Zep, but still standing miles above the 3rd band was..
Pink Floyd
3) YES
4) Jethro Tull
A couple of American Elite bands were: Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers
When real musicians get off work, they listen to Steely Dan.
I wish I wasn't 68 years old in London now but my health is very good and I did get to enjoy the halcyon days of them all from 1971 when I was 17 years old.
I actually saw Pink Floyd in 1973 debut DSOM with 18,000 others and saw Led Zep at Empire Pool, Wembley in North West London and Deep Purple and the following week Creedence Clearwater Revival with 5,000 others at The Royal Albert Hall in West London and the total cost of those 4 London Concerts in major arenas was..........
....£2.25 ot $3 THREE Dollars......LOL
Zay & Zel, your appreciation for YES's artistry makes me so happy!!! You mentioned that you'd been receiving a lot of requests for a YES reaction video. That's probably because two days before you premiered this video YES's long-time drummer, Alan White, passed away. Alan lived near me. I had the pleasure of speaking with him on many occasions about his appreciation for artists from many different musical genres. He was a big supporter of young musicians. I wish Alan could have seen your reaction video, he would have been absolutely tickled by your comments. Alan was one of the sweetest men I've ever known. I am comforted by the notion that Alan's spirit is enjoying a pint of Stella and collaborating with his best friend, YES bassist Chris Squire, who passed away in 2015.
As previous commenters noted, Alan was not YES's original drummer. He replaced Bill Bruford in July 1972 and it's Bill you hear playing on "Roundabout" (1971). YES is one of the greatest progressive rock bands of the 1970s. They enjoyed additional success in the 1980s with a more commercial & pop-oriented sound on their "90125" and "Big Generator" albums, which came out when I was a teenager. You seem to enjoy the YES sound, so I hope you gentlemen will give some of YES's other works a listen. You will not be disappointed, I promise.
They were totally awesome live!!!! Love your reactions!!
Chris Squire, the Bassist, is legendary! Truly one of the greats! As is their guitarist Steve Howe.
YES:
"Heart Of The Sunrise"
"Wondrous Stories"
"And You And I"
"Close To The Edge"
"Fragile"
"Perpetual Change"
"Your's Is No Disgrace"
80’s Pop YES:
"Lift Me Up"
"Leave It"
"Changes"
"The Rhythm Of Love"
"Love Will Find A Way"
"Hold On"
"It Can Happen"
"Owner Of A Broken Heart"
Lonely heart ❤️ It’s Owner of a Lonely Heart. Peace ✌️
@@johndardi1334 autocorrect changed it. Ha! I'm leaving it.
@@rsw1227 I knew something was up because there’s no way you could rattle off all those songs perfectly then get their biggest hit ever wrong lol
@@johndardi1334 I gave another channel a song suggestions from FOREIGNER & LOU GRAMM. Autocorrect changed it to Grammy, I changed it back, or so I thought.
Someone else corrected me saying, "it's Gramm." When I checked it was posted as Graham. I just left it too. Ha! Peace!
@@rsw1227 Hahaha it’ll drive fans crazy
Yes...im an old lady from Philly who hitchhiked to almost every concert in the country...retired...but still smoking! Had a blast! Woohoo...love watching you guys enjoy my shit!
“South Side of the Sky” is my favorite off this album. “Fragile” is such a great album. R.I.P Chris Squire (Bass)
This album is mothers milk to me. Almost literally, since it was surely playing when I was on the teet. But that track is what I remember from my very young childhood. I remember lying in the dark with my head in my Dad’s armpit and listening. The glow of the display lamp from his turntable barely lighting the room. Being engrossed in the story. We moved from that house when I was three. My favorite song ever. Especially after recreating the scene with my two boys. We live decades for those moments.
@@AlphanumericCharacters It's also from a true story about an artic expedition that ended in tragedy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Side_of_the_Sky
Interesting how this always seems to be the era of Yes that gets recommended. Rightly, IMO. This was where the real vision and energy was. Great to see people getting into it 50 years later!
Lmao, I have a pretty pericular taste in classic rock, but I stumbled onto this channel and they’re reacting to some of my favorite songs. Love it
As a 57 yo digital film and media teacher, it makes me smile to see two cool guys enjoy the music I grew up with. I play multiple instruments becausae of these Prog-Rock geniuses... and my kid is named after the lead singer and lead guitarist! Loved the video
Happy to see and hear you discovering music that has meant so much to me over my 55 years. Music is the universal language.
I wish I could hear this again for the first time! Love your reactions and your appreciation for this Generation of music!
I’m so jealous of you guys hearing this for the first time. I remember my first time…I made some of the same facial expressions and head moves.
It’s truly one of the worlds greatest epic songs.
Thanks for posting this!
We’ll done!
Starship Trooper, Wondrous Stories, I’ve seen all good People, close to the edge!!! Amazing music and musicians!!!!
Oh man, when the band kicks in with that groove, your faces were PRICELESS! Ha! This is definitely their best groove song, although "South Side Of The Sky" and "Heart Of The Sunrise" (from the same album) have some great stuff too. The drummer Bill Bruford, he just had a great sound, he knew how to hit the drums! (he left Yes to join King Crimson after their next album). Yes could disappear up it's own ass sometimes, but the "Fragile" album is pretty perfect. (I much prefer it to the one that came after, which everyone is recommending to you, lol)
@cec He's just as incredible on "Starless & Bible Black" and "Larks' Tongue In Aspic". (Red is actually my least favorite of the three, but he wails on all three, definitely).
I agree that Fragile should be listened to before CTTE. And the Yes Album should be listened to first. Those 3 are the classic Yes era.
Yes is one of the best bands in the world. I'm really happy someone turned you on to them. This music can change the way you look at live. Long live progressive jazz Rock. Can you dig it I knew you could.
Zel, "I'm gonna be judging this"
Everyone, "One simply does not judge YES. One experiences YES"
Glad u liked it ur buddy needs a bigger seat fr dancing there are so many listen to ur fans we know u guys are great
Roundabout is often the "gateway drug" into Yes and prog rock in general.
Guys, thanks for checking out Yes! I grew up with this band and they are my all time fave! Good job! 👍👏
Thanks David!
Rush, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Jethro Tull - so many great rabbit holes to explore. Enjoyed the video guys!
My children scoff at me when I say I grew up during the best and most inventive time for music... there you have it :)
This band played this live ( with a little help from RUSH'S bassist Geddy Lee) at their induction ceremony into the rock and roll hall of fame ceremony, Also their songs , Changes, Owners of a lonely heart, Starship Trooper, and Leave it. Are also great.
Love seeing you guys jamming to Chris Squire's unreal skills on the bass guitar! Great reaction!
It's so good to know that guys your age are listening to the music I listened to back in the 70's. Yes is progressive rock band. Check out the song, Tempus Fugit (Time Flies) by Yes, studio recording. That song is amazing!
Two of the best all around Rock shows I ever saw were both yes concerts back when this album came out. Hands down one of the best laser light shows I've ever seen in my life and then we got to listen to them play this album while the light show went on
So cool to see you diggin it. There were so many great bands back in the day but YES was just brilliant.
Your generation has been starved of master musicianship and composition. This shit it good for your soul!
Spot on. It shows modern music for what it is and I don't have a wheelie bin big enough to dump it in. The days when production values existed.
Let that bass , expertly handled by the late Chris Squire, resonate through your entire being 👍🏴
I LOVE your reactions. It’s so great that you guys are interested in trying out different kinds of music.
back in my time all these bands Led Zeppelin, pink Floyd,Yes. The Who were our music
Yes is a band full of top notch virtuosos. They are all at the top of their game on their individual instruments and managed to combine their talents to create some of the most amazing progressive rock ever recorded. Enjoy!
Loved your reaction so much!!!!
I was so happy to see you two being happy as you listened. Subbed!
Music and math surpass all boundaries.
Fantastic band! Nearly everything they did is solid gold :) Just really amazing, impressive, and great fun to listen to!
I love this video! You guys reacted exactly like I did when I heard this as a kid when it came out. We were so spoiled in the 70s with deep talent and creativity. The Beatles started the ball rolling with experimentation in the late 60s and many other, mostly British, bands ran with it in the early 70s. It was the most exciting time for rock music, as there was still so much new ground to break and the genre of progressive rock was spawned. If you guys want to be blown away again by a 70s band, check out Magnum Opus, The Pinnacle or the Wall, all by Kansas or Jose, Black Cow or The Royal Scam by Steely Dan. You’ll thank me, no doubt. ✌🏼
My Young Brothers, you should have seen them live. I'm 64 I saw them in Baltimore, the Fragile tour in 1972 and and the Close To The Edge tour. It's good to see some young brothers like yourselves discovering what it was like when I was your age, and when guys where writing tune so deep lyrical as well as musical. Listen to All their shit!!!!! I'm a Bassist and if you really wanna hear some incredible music check out the group - Return To Forever from the 1972 - 1976 their album Romantic Warrior is a masterpeice and the title cut Romantic Warrior listen to the drummer, his drumw sing, or the opening track from the same album Medievil Overture or the Sorceress. They're a 4 piece band that will blow your mind. Then check out theirother albums. They were on the other side of Yes were!
This is back before Protools and Quantizing and Pitch Correction and Cut and Paste and Over Compression. Absolute masterpiece.
South Side of the Sky is still my all time favorite Yes song. Fight me!!
Prog rock meets funk. The band shifted a couple of times but was always characterized by amazing musicians. Fire reaction! 🔥
If you did not know, Yes, also does an acoustic version of Roundabout. Fun to watch your reactions to music I grew up with, I was a freshman in high school when the album Yes Fragile came out. Also back during this time, you should check out an incredible live album by Johnny Winter. His band was called Johnny Winter And, the album is called Johnny Winter And Live. Check out the song called ":MeanTown Blues". Johnny Winter is an amazing blues guitarist and in this song he goes back and forth on dueling guitars with another amazing guitarist named Rick Derringer. This song is incredibly intense. Keep on enjoying!
I love this tune, it's nice to see that it holds up. glad to see you guys enjoying it.
Love watchin folks get introduced to YES. Fiya.
Your 1st time listening to Yes! You poor deprived underprivileged young men. Break free and live with Yes.
Yes were one of the top prog rock bands (other prog rock groups include Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, early Genesis, and - biggest of the lot - Pink Floyd). Some more Yes songs to investigate: "Starship Trooper", "Yours is No Disgrace", "And You & I", "Close to the Edge", and a personal favourite often overlooked because it came after Yes's peak, "Lift Me Up".
Just sitting here watching the intro waiting for the bass to kick in… … … Yep. There it is!
Omg their reaction had me in tears of joy.
Steve Howe who did the acoustic guitar intro is and was a master of anything with strings. Yes sound was so different than any band of the time. I'm 60 years old but Yessongs still pull at my heart.....enjoy.AL B.
I'm so thankful that my father as a musician showed me this kind of music. He plays the bass guitar and has always told me how insanely good this bassist is. This is the most underappreciated band of all time in my opinion.
This is fun, seeing you two finding the treasures we grew up with. Suggestion, Black Betty by RamJam. Short but leaves you wanting more.
The first concert I went to (age 16) was at the LA Coliseum where YES was playing. Absolute heaven to watch you and enjoying one of the songs which had me believing in music.
I've been listening to Yes since I was in junior high, and I still love their stuff. And hey, Zay & Zel, it was just as much fun watching you enjoying a first-time listen to "Roundabout" as it was for me to listen to it for the umpteen millionth time!
Are there more bands like this? Try Emerson, Lake and Palmer, for one. (They get really wild with their instrumentation, especially their keyboardist, Keith Emerson.) For a more gentle sound, but just as much complexity, you can't go wrong with the Moody Blues. (But it can be hard to isolate a single track, since many of their albums cross-fade from one song to another.) And of course, there's Jethro Tull, featuring Ian Anderson, the world's most energetic flautist!
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Thanks so much Lisa! What other songs by Emerson, lake and Palmer?
@@zayzel2670 For shorter songs, try: Still...You Turn Me On; Lucky Man; A Time And A Place; From The Beginning; Hoedown (a rock rendition of an Aaron Copland classical piece); and for a bit of fun, Are You Ready Eddie? (written for their sound engineer)!
And for longer pieces--warning, there are a lot of them!--try Fanfare For The Common Man (another Copland cover - be sure you get the full 9 minute album version); Trilogy; Tarkus (it takes up an entire album side, but there's not a dull measure to be found); Karn Evil 9 (part of one side, all of another--the version from the boxed set _Return Of The Manticore_ leaves the 1st Impression in one piece, rather than splitting it between album sides); Take A Pebble (I prefer the studio version, but the live track from _Welcome Back My Friends..._ has some fun surprises on it); The Endless Enigma; and Pirates (this is an actual rock-musical epic story about pirates; you may not like it as much).
This is probably way more than you wanted to know, but happy hunting. I would definitely sample a couple of the shorter songs before diving into the longer "deep end" of ELP!
So cool to see you two listening to some great progressive stuff., Check out a band called Starcastle. They were dubbed the American version of Yes. They are an original band with their own music and lyrics!!!! You'll love that as much as you loved Yes. Much love and respect to you both for broadining your horizons.
love this reaction! a really great song thanks guys
I saw them at Winterland, S.F., Ca in 75. Great show!
Seen em 3 years straight in 79 80 81 amazing at least what I remember
Saw this earlier... one of best reactions ewer....
Peter Gabriel is highly recommend as well - he was the original lead singer of Genesis, eventually replaced by their drummer, Phil Collins. Anything from Peter Gabriel’s ‘Security’ album or his first two solo albums as well as anything from ‘So’ are great examples of the evolution of the kind of music that Yes, Genesis and others spawned in the 70s.
The 70's was the decade of what was known as Progressive or Prog Rock bands. Prog rock was characterized by these sudden shifts or "change-ups" in the music and tempos within the same song but somehow it all works together. This song was prog rock on steroids! I would highly recommend Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. Everything about it is first rate!
"Spectacular" and "astonished". Exactly! (And thanks for not saying the overused word, "awesome".)
House parties high back in the day... yep.. we had the best music back in the 60s, 70's and early 80's (not too much so after about 85, tho I do love NF)... we're still a good time.. LOL.. going to go subscribe now... like what I'm seeing... and hearing...
I enjoyed seeing your reactions to this awesome tune, guys... Three more Yes tunes to try: I've Seen All Good People, Owner of a Lonely Heart, & Long-Distance Runaround. On top of that, check out Yes doing this song (Roundabout) at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017 induction ceremony right here on You Tube... BTW, that was 46 years after the original Roundabout was released...
Now imagine that all of this was done before the digital age and that everything you here is played by a musician and not programmed. All recorded onto tape. Not only that but they can do this live, no backing tapes, all played live on stage.
Oh guys I forgot to tell you there's another Big Hit song from Led Zeppelin called "Black Dog"! Durprised noone recommended it. And I'm Mike Carter from Clarksville Va.. the comment before this one is from me too. I remembered Black Dog after I'd just recommended George Michael and Elton John's Live Performance at Wembly! Youll be amazed with that one. It's EPIC !!!
I love watching your reactions!!! Lol
I’m so envious.
I wish I could hear this for first time again.
So true guys! Trust your followers again, check out old 80’s southern rock band 38 special song “hold on loosely”, and “rock into the night”! Trust me!😉👍
You guys are my new fave reaction channel!!
Every lover of music should listen to this song at least once, just to experience it. Yes to Yes, indeed!
If you had told me, in the 1970s, that, around a half-century later, I would be watching a "video" of two young black guys sitting in a car listening to "Roundabout", I would have asked you to give me a little of the wonderful hallucinogenic substance that you were obviously enjoying.
I don't know why but it pleases us old folks so much when we see young folks like y'all loving "our" music. I'll recommend Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead
Your reaction brought a new energy to the song.
We appreciate you Ralph! 💛
Yes. Long distance runaround. Awesome song.
Triumph, Lay It On The Line, no disappointments with this one. Thanks
These cats were classy when they first burst upon the scene.
A little fancy for the hard core rockers but liked and respected. They're great!
Great job guys. Yes were leaders in the prog rock genre and you seemed to enjoy what you heard. May I suggest you delve into early Genesis? One of my favorite tunes from Genesis has always been "The Musical Box", off of Nursey Cryme but you can just as easily go to "Watcher of the Skies" from Foxtrot or ""Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" from Selling England By The Pound. These are complicated yet accessible compositions that I think the two of you would appreciate.
Hell Yes! Great reaction to a great song.
Thanks for making me smile! This song is the ringtone on my phone. How can I not smile when I hear it? 😊 I would recommend I’ve Seen All Good People , Leave It, or Changes next. Close to the Edge is a bit much for just diving into them.
Even though you have ear devices the car was always the best place to listen to music
I really enjoy when young people get exposed to and enjoy the Prog Rock that I have loved for over 50 years now. Great video it makes me feel good just watching it and we all need a lot more of that right now,Thanks you guys and check out Grand Larceny by Sea Level you won’t believe your ears.
You two brothers need to watch.....4 black brothers with a white drummer created this ICONIC Masterpiece from the 60’s Psychedelic Era Trust me…. You do not want your life to end without hearing this song.
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I I just don't forget every play the song when you get like there's going to be a cliffhanger and after Universe gets reset
Also check out 70's Genesis(before they became a pop band in the 80's) and 70's Rush
"Roundabout" is not just a song. It's an experience.
The entirety of progressive rock so out shines regular rock in musianship and concept as to be another art form altogether. If Yes is new to you then start in 1967 with psychedelic music and play nearly everything that came after. You will be amazed.
You guys should check out Deep Purple "Highway Star," "Space Trucking," and "Lazy" original studio versions.
This has been a fun jam with you guys, love these bands and songs but old-heads heard them so much is great to groove with people just discovering some new yet classic music, have a good Summer, stay hydrated haha
Guys, Yes is a rabbit hole of great music!
CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Go for it 😎
Welcome to progressive rock! Please explore more Yes, The Moody Blues and Emerson, Lake and Palmer - especially their song From the Beginning.
Gentlemen - welcome to the 70's! You're about to embark on a trip...
Bill Bruford on drums. The1st drummer who made me chase all over.
This was a game changer. No longer could we just play 4 all night. This made you dissect.
This is musical surgery.
You guys may become '70s prog rock geeks. I highly recommend one of the craziest prog rock songs - Hocus Pocus by Focus. It will blow you away with it's weirdness and amazing musicianship.
Starship Troopers from the Yes Album. You're not ready for Close To The Edge yet. 😊