Incredible. Seminal. Original. Breathtaking! My only complaint - the camera is almost universally on the wrong band member …or that ridiculous microscopic drop of water.
Oh, I see your point, but I prefer the studio versions of any album because that's the first version you hear, so anything after that sounds strange, at least to me.
As much as I love early Bruford Alan White is also epic. I saw an early video of Bruford and some evil man was speaking and trying to disregard the lyrics that make sense over time.
@@snowroom1 nah, this is 4 hundred times better than anything bach or beethoven put out, it takes like 10 instruments to play but only like 5 people to play, plus I've never met anyone who actually dislikes this song. Whereas nobody on planet earth listens to classical music for any reason beyond fitting in or the supposed boost it gives to your synapses which honestly seems like pseudoscience
My father died in May of 2015. Regretfully weren't close. I found this album in his car and I remembered his favorite band was YES. This is my third time watching today. I so wish we could have watched this together.
Charlee, how are you doing?. I was never close to my old Man but I miss him so much. He died in 1984 a huge classical fan and great guitarist and loved Steve Howe. Hope you are well.
+anthony eagle I've been doing fine, thanks ! People keep saying time heals the pain. A crock of shit in my opinion. The one year was a few weekends ago so it was pretty hard. I guess we'll see. Sorry you lost your father as well. My Dad's name was David J Haffner
Steve Howe.. what an underrated guitarist.. he is playing like 5 guitars in this song.. he is one of the best... and Chris’s bass playing is mind blowing!
Starting at 14:37, Rick Wakeman takes over this song and nails a perfect repeat of the studio version of his solo. The speed of his fingers to hit the notes without mistakes is super-human talent. What a performance! RIP Chris Squire and Alan White. 🙏
I'm of the age that I remember when this album was released. Rick Wakeman dominated the entire album. Curious if anyone remembers Journey to the center of the earth or the wives of Henry the eight?
I saw Jon and the band geeks play this last week and it hit me like a ton of bricks . How he has maintained his voice and enthusiasm over 50 years after Yessongs is a testament to positivity and true love for mankind . I wish I could click the thumbs up a 100 times .
Just saw them in Massachusetts a few days ago. Absolutely stellar! His voice is amazing, his energy was inspiring, the Band Geeks are astonishingly great musicians. 🤘🎉❤️
I agree BUT what happened to YES they got SOoo messed up, slow and LACK REAL LOVE ! I have YET to see Jon with the Geeks I look forward to that ! I live in the Bay Area California, and would Love to see them ,somewhere lol,
People talk about Bohemian Rhapsody been a classic song which is right but this is a MASTERPIECE of unbelievable music, Jon Anderson's voice is majestic I find it a very spiritual song that takes you on a journey. It is without a doubt the GREATEST Prog Rock song ever made.
White was an exceptional drummer, yes. (pun intended) but Bruford is unrivaled in his abilities, creativity, and diversity. From Yes to King Crimson, UK to ABWH, Genesis, Gong, and solo work, Bill Bruford long ago established himself as the premier progressive rock, jazz, avant garde percussionist, holding that throne through the better part of FIVE DECADES.
I have listened to this 100's of times and probably will continue to till I leave this earth. There are several Yes songs that are so beyond this planet that I never tire of them. It is the only music I never take a break from.
Rafael Augusto LARA PALMEROS there's no one that phrase like steve howe and no other bass player embraced counterpoint like chris squire, inimitable beauty!
There is no sense in debate --- I may change my mind day to day, year to year -- CTTE & SR (and those are just some of the 20ish minute ones) There are too many - love 'em all. That's the idear ( as Jon A. might say) :-) Music - love it or leave.
It's also so amazing that they all sing like a bird. Intricate melodies, counter melodies with completely different words yet they mesh with Anderson's lyrics so perfectly. And then add the fact that Steve Howe is a freak from another planet!!! lol
When i first heard yes and this particular song, it opened a whole new world of music to my young mind and to the rest of world. To this day ive always said if you put five exeptionally great musicians, you just cant miss. Sadly the original members are leaving us, but the great music they created will live beyond our time also. Thank you mr. squire and all the rest.
Someone gave my brother two tickets to see Yes at the Cow Palace in 1975. I was 15 and this was my very first concert. I had never heard Yes before. I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say, I have been a fan for life. What an amazing experience that I will always treasure.
I was there, too - 15 with my little brother! Dad drove us down.... what a wind blowing experince! Was thinking bout that day while watching video. Changed my life.....
I saw Yes in MSG just after Rick Wakeman came back. I don't remember much (too much smoke blowing around) but Yes was one of the two best concerts in my life. ELP the other one.
This show is like a painting in motion. And Steve Howe ripping that ES-345 is a huge reason why I got mine. Legendary precision and phrasing when he plays that thing, intrinsic understanding between man and instrument. Steve got the right guitar at the right time to record the right compositions for the right album. Great timing.
I take that back all members of yes are some of best at their job Steve Howe one of the best guitarists ever Rick Wakeman one of the best keyboardists ever Chris squire one of the best bassists ever and Jon Anderson one of the best Front man ever. Yes is one of the best bands ever.
The best rock song (masterpiece) ever composed in history period!! Everyone of these men are professional geniuses. No one since can touch these guy’s talent. The live versions are much better than the studio version.
Gunna miss Chris Squire..... His monumental, complex bass work had the perfect partner in Howe's guitar..... His vocals were important to the band, too.... I agree with what's been said - Close to the Edge is one of the great rock albums of all time. It's just one of Chris' great achievements in collaboration with the most astonishing bands in the world.
@Peter Stevens I agree... the band's background vocals are essential to their sound and required a lot of musicianship on the part of Howe and Squire to perform every night simultaneous with the very demanding guitar parts. Just an epic musicality going into those records and performances.
I have seen about every band from the 70s excluding Led Zep and Pink Floyd. Yes was my far the best concert I ever saw. They were the only band that did not have a warm up band to start. They were also the only band that had reserved seating. A different kind of concert. Much more sophisticated and professional then the rest. Close to the edge is one song I could never get tired of listening to. A masterpiece.
I was fortunate enough to witness this tour, saw Them at the Providence Civic Center. One of the top three concerts I have ever attended. And I have close to 60 or 70 under my belt
It's so great to hear and see what technology has done for these old videos. It was pretty rough when it came out, and theater's sound systems at the time weren't really up to it.
i'd like to tell the story of a 13 y.o. kid who, casually, during a summer internet-journey opens this video and his mind is totally blown away by the majesty of the initial solo and the rest of this musical trip. It was 2008 and today i'm 29. This was my biggest influence in starting to research the music i listen to, to like the thought behind the music and to start play an instrument. Thank you Yes, this song changed my life.
I heard Rick’s cape was his girlfriend’s idea, and when Chris saw it he wanted something like it too, hence the butterfly wings. Now that you mention it, I can’t think where I’ve put my cape, I’m sure it’s around here somewhere.
This film was the first time I had ever seen them playing. A local PBS station aired it. I had already been knocked out by their music but to see them playing it - it was like an altered state of consciousness. Just great!
As complex as yes's songs were compared to their contemporaries, keith emerson could still play circles around any of the prog keyboardists...elp along with floyd are my least favorite prog groups of the 70s, but even i can admit keith was the most technically gifted.
Incredible piece of music and incredible to see anyone pull this off live. While Bruford's my favourite Yes drummer, I'm astounded at how fast Alan White picked up the set to step in for this tour - it's not exactly simple stuff.
Maravilhoso. Eu aqui em São Paulo, Brazil, curtia todos os Yes. Desde o Fragile quando tinha meus 14 anos. Hoje tenho 60 e não me canso de ouvir. Viva o Yes.
This is great, but to have seen this live as I did twice is another thing totally. Never be anything like this again. Glad I was there to see and hear this live.
With the exception of Alan White (a solid drummer for sure) replacing Bill Bruford, this is the greatest collection of creative musical genius ever assembled in one band.
Yes never gets old. Close to the Edge tour in Sept of 72 in New Orleans. My first Yes experience. I was 16 and slightly enlightened that magical evening , saw them every tour of the 70's. Each show was amazing. They could reproduce on stage what they did in recording the albums , but live they were an amazing band. Number one on my list
Takes my breath away everytime I hear it-YES were a force of nature, combined with diligence and discipline-no matter how gifted you are, you don't reach this level of virtuosity without a lot of bleeding fingers and time spent in discipline and practice. A lot of bands claimed to be there for the music, but very few could say it with complete sincerity.
+clear661 Just because he has a con flag as his pic, that doesn't mean he's a white nationalist. I hate how symbols get stereotyped for all the wrong reasons. The con flag is a symbol of people who were proud of their own independence and fought for it. Just like how the swastika was originally face counterclockwise and used by ancient Buddhists and Hindus. Both left and right facing versions have been used by numerous civilizations prior to it's use in Nazi Germany. Stop acting triggered, grow up, acclimate yourself to some knowledge, and enjoy the music.
mark korhin 1 second ago when I was around four years old a few members of yes came to our house. Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, bill buford, chris squire, They were looking for ideas for songs and I remember all of us placing our hands together as we were in a circle, a way to signify the forming of the band or should I say new band as steve was the new guitarist for the album. Jon was indeed a sound chaser and we had an old piano that had one low note that would only play if you hit the key real hard. listen to the cresndo of the piano at the end of and you and I and you will hear the note added in. our upstairs sink had a unique drip sound but only when you could get a drop of water to go straight down the drain to plop into the water at the bottom. you can hear this on close to the edge during the water dripping part towards the middle of the song. we had a microscope and my dad told us to go get a drop of water from outside in the bushes. jon and I got a dew drop which is mentioned in close to the edge, anyway a dew drop from a spiders web provided interesting viewing under the microscope clips of which are on the yessongs video live version of close to the edge towards the beginning. I pieced this together many years after but my dad put some of his seed as jon put it on one of the slides to look at under the microscope. It can be seen also on live video of close to the edge yessongs version. They look as if they are deformed sperm but are in fact almost 100 percent testosterone with the story being that you can see forms of every animal on earth in the sperm. thus jon called them the seeds of life on and you and I. we talked a lot about different topics such as the color of the sky mentioned on close to the edge. It was a summer evening as the sun set and I called it a magenta color sky. I wasn't even in grade school at the time in Michigan but remember mentioning the distinct seasons in Michigan. this is a subtitle on close to the edge: seasons of man. I was asked what I do with myself and in my bedroom I said here is where I get up in the morning and where I lay down at night. jon changed it to I get up I get down for the album. being the sound chaser jon searched for sounds to put on tape and I said well the birds sing. so on tape they went to start close to the edge. later my cousin had an annoying flute like thing he recorded that ended up on the beginning of sound chaser on the relayer album. my cousin said it would be difficult to put the annoying flute noise to music but it fits in nicely. many more stories to tell of this time period. you see I am the Man jon sings about on and you and I although I was only a boy at the time jon said I was a man or male gender I think he meant. but jons sings about me throughout the song and I am indeed now the man maturing in his eyes. my dads friend at the time was mr clay forget his first name now but he lent 2000 dollars to them to get the Yes album under way and my name was mentioned on the origal green sleeve of the close to the edge album. It simply gave thanks to mark dressler and jon bates my friend at the time whose family had a Hammond organ in their basement we used to fool around on and made music like the chords played while jon sings I get up I get down during the middle of close to the edge. Bill left some brushes some drummers use and my neighbor ray ended up with the brushes. my mom had the Styrofoam head that held wigs and that is on the back album cover of the yes album. too much to say to put here
I read that someone said Rick Wakeman ruin the band . Tony Kaye was a great keyboardist, but Rick Wakeman was epic to this band, and Steve Howe is just the greatest one of the greatest guitarist of all time
the press at the time did,rick got singled out because he drank beer and ate meat,which the rest of the band didn't do,the rest of the guys were vegetarians
Simply amazing. I'm at a loss for words. I've been a huge fan of Yes for years, and a musician (bass player) myself, and assumed, quite incorrectly, that they could never pull this off live. Well, I've never been so glad to be proven wrong. Stunning.
Take yourself back to when you first heard this (or actually came to appreciate it). You're too young (or in the wrong country) to have gone to a concert where they played it. Then in 2014 (albeit with the new Jon) they do the whole album (and Fragile). They open the show with this, you know how the track goes, you think it's not going to be possible to have it sound good live. It's great, it keeps getting better, and yet you still can't believe they will be able to hit all the high points. Yet they do. You can't believe your lucky stars. Chris dies the next year, and you truly realise, just how lucky you were to have gone to the show.
One of the greatest pieces of music ever produced. YES was like a celestial event - a once in a lifetime collection of the most incredible talent on the planet. They are without peer. Simply put a masterpiece.
I can imagine that the band would be so emotionally and physically drained after playing this that it would be difficult to play a tune after this piece.
Three of us sitting in a small room upstairs in Woods Hole, Cape Cod, making jewelry for the tourists, playing Yes albums. Hard to concentrate when there's so much to listen to! Always amazed when I'd mention the band to friends who said they didn't like them. Were they listening? The penultimate of musicians. So glad I decided to listen again, and found these unbelievable live works.
Close to Edge was so magnificent over 50 years ago it was actually repeated in 2023 with 2 versions of the band both with original members. I was fortunate enough to see them perform this while studying at the University of Georgia. Truly unforgettable!
I have seen them 6 times. This song still gives me goosebumps. Love seeing the 70s hair, outfits and everything - perfect. Howe and Squire are still there, but cool to see Wakeman, Alan White, and of course Anderson. Great song, great band!
Met the guys backstage once in early 90's. Everyone was around Jon. Wakeman was drinking a beer in a t shirt. Treated us like his next door neighbor. Class act all the way.
This is before my time. I listened to this for the first time 2 days ago and was slightly underwhelmed. But something drew me back to listen again... and again... now this is hands down my favorite Yes song. It’s amazing how once your brain finally deciphers what’s going on, it can start to begin to appreciate complex masterpieces like this.
Definitely the best version of this song. The guitar line in this is better than the original studio version.
Incredible. Seminal. Original. Breathtaking! My only complaint - the camera is almost universally on the wrong band member …or that ridiculous microscopic drop of water.
Oh, I see your point, but I prefer the studio versions of any album because that's the first version you hear, so anything after that sounds strange, at least to me.
I think all three tunes from the CTTE album excel in the live versions over the studio takes....
The real miracle here is that the stage didn't collapse under the extraordinary weight of all that talent compressed into one space.
For sure. Every guy in YES was very skilled at each of their talents
Yes. And then more... Yes. 🕊🕊🌹🌹🌹😥❤💘💘
I was honored to witness this tour
What a brilliant comment.
There was more talent on that stage than there was at the last supper.
To think that Alan White learned the then Yes repertoire all the way to Close to the edge in a weekend is groundbreaking. Absolute monster
and he looks so happy to be there 🥺
As much as I love early Bruford Alan White is also epic. I saw an early video of Bruford and some evil man was speaking and trying to disregard the lyrics that make sense over time.
wow really??!!
@@jennamichelle1090 in their prime in their prime!!
It is not overstating that this is one of the greatest compositions, not just of the 20th century but in all of human history.
Completely agree!
It kind of is ...
@@snowroom1 nah, this is 4 hundred times better than anything bach or beethoven put out, it takes like 10 instruments to play but only like 5 people to play, plus I've never met anyone who actually dislikes this song. Whereas nobody on planet earth listens to classical music for any reason beyond fitting in or the supposed boost it gives to your synapses which honestly seems like pseudoscience
@@2visiondigital um just a little! LOL
@@StankFrengus I'm prog rock fanatic and honestly think that The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky beats this.
50 years later still magnificent
! You got that right 👍
My father died in May of 2015. Regretfully weren't close. I found this album in his car and I remembered his favorite band was YES. This is my third time watching today. I so wish we could have watched this together.
+Charlee Haffner I first this in 1973 at school. Its the best. Sorry about your old Dad son. He was clearly a man of taste
+anthony eagle Way cool, and thanks
Charlee, how are you doing?. I was never close to my old Man but I miss him so much. He died in 1984 a huge classical fan and great guitarist and loved Steve Howe. Hope you are well.
Charlee, what was your old dads name? My old fella was Ken. A maverick in every sense
+anthony eagle I've been doing fine, thanks ! People keep saying time heals the pain. A crock of shit in my opinion. The one year was a few weekends ago so it was pretty hard. I guess we'll see. Sorry you lost your father as well. My Dad's name was David J Haffner
The shortest 18 minutes on earth
For real!
You live in Fukui?
Just maybe the greatest prog Rock song of all time. The closest to my heart for sure.
Evan Rice is your heart the edge??? Lol I’ll go home now
Yes😄
Evan Rice don’t use that term. It was underground music.
Ya lo creo que si
@@suginami123 Actually, it was progressive rock. It's the term that was used then. I saw Yes 3 times in the 70s.
I believe that Mozart, Beethoven and Bach all listen to this and love it.
Beethoven yes, mozart mmm idk maybe, but bach i dont think so hahahaha
@@ValentinoTorresi lol
😆🙌
@@ValentinoTorresi Devil' s music to Bach I guess.
But what about Paganini?
Agree. Feels like Mozart, in particular, would have loved this
Steve Howe.. what an underrated guitarist.. he is playing like 5 guitars in this song.. he is one of the best... and Chris’s bass playing is mind blowing!
steve howe is the master of guitar work.
I could not agree more.
You are all assholes ..where do you get underated..he is widely known as one of the best guitarists ever..
Bext your going to say Wakeman was underrated also..putz
Steve is very highly rated
Starting at 14:37, Rick Wakeman takes over this song and nails a perfect repeat of the studio version of his solo. The speed of his fingers to hit the notes without mistakes is super-human talent. What a performance! RIP Chris Squire and Alan White. 🙏
Totally agree. And Squire's bass lines during that solo are so perfectly timed
I'm of the age that I remember when this album was released. Rick Wakeman dominated the entire album. Curious if anyone remembers Journey to the center of the earth or the wives of Henry the eight?
@@brianschindlbeck2807 Owned both on vinyl… unfortunately lost in a storage unit flood many moons ago. 😞
Es un genio de los teclados !!
I saw Jon and the band geeks play this last week and it hit me like a ton of bricks . How he has maintained his voice and enthusiasm over 50 years after Yessongs is a testament to positivity and true love for mankind . I wish I could click the thumbs up a 100 times .
Ditto on Jon w Band Geeks. Stunning (I saw 2023 in Chicago).
Just saw them in Massachusetts a few days ago. Absolutely stellar! His voice is amazing, his energy was inspiring, the Band Geeks are astonishingly great musicians. 🤘🎉❤️
It was almost a religious experience. Saw them in June and will see them with Carl Palmer in September
I agree BUT what happened to YES they got SOoo messed up, slow and LACK REAL LOVE ! I have YET to see Jon with the Geeks I look forward to that ! I live in the Bay Area California, and would Love to see them ,somewhere lol,
Wish they'd come to Seattle!!
If this doesn’t transport you back, I don’t know what will
I remember feeling very nostalgic for a period I had not lived watching this for the first time in 2006 as an 18 year old
People talk about Bohemian Rhapsody been a classic song which is right but this is a MASTERPIECE of unbelievable music, Jon Anderson's voice is majestic I find it a very spiritual song that takes you on a journey. It is without a doubt the GREATEST Prog Rock song ever made.
RIP Alan White. What a job he did on this tour, learning the setlist in a matter of days after Bruford left.
White is much better than Bruford.
@John Wallace OK, but ... I've been listening to both of them for over half a century and it seems to me that this is an objective opinion :)
P.S. Of course, I mean his playing in the band Yes
White was an exceptional drummer, yes. (pun intended) but Bruford is unrivaled in his abilities, creativity, and diversity. From Yes to King Crimson, UK to ABWH, Genesis, Gong, and solo work, Bill Bruford long ago established himself as the premier progressive rock, jazz, avant garde percussionist, holding that throne through the better part of FIVE DECADES.
according to legend, he learned the whole Yes catalog in 3 days before the tour . A real hero!
I have listened to this 100's of times and probably will continue to till I leave this earth. There are several Yes songs that are so beyond this planet that I never tire of them. It is the only music I never take a break from.
The most wonderful song of Progressive Rock
For me is Supper's Ready (Genesis)
Rafael Augusto LARA PALMEROS there's no one that phrase like steve howe and no other bass player embraced counterpoint like chris squire, inimitable beauty!
There is no sense in debate --- I may change my mind day to day, year to year -- CTTE & SR (and those are just some of
the 20ish minute ones) There are too many - love 'em all. That's the idear ( as Jon A. might say) :-) Music - love it or leave.
And 2112, and villa la strangiato, and others I missed.
Yours is no disgrace
These young men were the MASTERS of Music!
So much talent in one band
It is amazing that every member is a total Virtuoso,
It's also so amazing that they all sing like a bird. Intricate melodies, counter melodies with completely different words yet they mesh with Anderson's lyrics so perfectly. And then add the fact that Steve Howe is a freak from another planet!!! lol
Agusti Soler you have right
ellisd2u exactly
ellisd2u he’s the best
I was at this show. still blown away nearly 43 yrs later.
Rainbow Theatre December 1972 I was there. Amazing.
I can attest to that; it’s still raises the hair on the back of my neck. I still have the original three disc vinyl with decal intact😊
So lucky! I wish I could see them live in person. I love Yes dearly, one of my favorite bands.. Just waaay before my time haha
Chanceux!
I miss bands who could play BETTER than the album!
When i first heard yes and this particular song, it opened a whole new world of music to my young mind and to the rest of world. To this day ive always said if you put five exeptionally great musicians, you just cant miss. Sadly the original members are leaving us, but the great music they created will live beyond our time also. Thank you mr. squire and all the rest.
This is glorious, otherworldly music. A miracle happened here...
THE greatest song that was composed, written,played and sung of all time! Thank you YES for all you guys have done. R.I.P Squire.
To think they were doing this 50 years ago. It's a lost art. Rip Alan.😢
Yeah it blows my mind that this is half a century ago.
I can't think of any other Rock Group in history who would be able to play such a complex piece of music so effortlessly. True masters.
Yes is incredible. Their technique never overshadows the emotion
yeah!! :)
exactly technique was the means to the end-Inspiration.
The best comment here
@@amgere2195 The Robert Evvers and Gerry Berry comments tie for number one.
I think Gerry might have a slight edge
This is the greatest composition of all time
ACDC7369 For me is Supper's Ready (Genesis)
Igor Maxwel Ok, that as well Igor :)
Igor Maxwel Same here
+ACDC7369 YES!!! Your're right.... it's awesome!!!
Ronie Aquije Nothing beats Supper's Ready!
Anderson's vocals is one of the most hypnotic tones!
It's mind blowing how close to the studio recording this sounds but at the exact same time how many subtle differences I can catch because it's live.
Someone gave my brother two tickets to see Yes at the Cow Palace in 1975. I was 15 and this was my very first concert. I had never heard Yes before. I didn't know what to expect. Needless to say, I have been a fan for life. What an amazing experience that I will always treasure.
I've seen Yes 4 or 5 times over the years great experience each time ,one of the great bands.
I saw them at the cow palace in 1979,
I was there, too - 15 with my little brother! Dad drove us down.... what a wind blowing experince! Was thinking bout that day while watching video. Changed my life.....
No Wakeman
I saw Yes in MSG just after Rick Wakeman came back. I don't remember much (too much smoke blowing around) but Yes was one of the two best concerts in my life. ELP the other one.
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth..
This show is like a painting in motion.
And Steve Howe ripping that ES-345 is a huge reason why I got mine. Legendary precision and phrasing when he plays that thing, intrinsic understanding between man and instrument. Steve got the right guitar at the right time to record the right compositions for the right album. Great timing.
Through many glorious hours of continuous play & replay over the years I believe this song has become fused to my DNA. ;)
We evolved!
I join...)) and yet "Soon"..... certainly in my blood...
thanks for saying it best.
Hrolgrim Perfection !
Hrolgrim .....beyond perfection... beyond bliss...beyond sublime...beyond the edge...Pure Jon Pure Zen Pure Yes!
8:08 to 13:43: one of the greatest passages in all of progressive rock - and in the history of live music.
I love that you notist the same passages as i do!
Thanks for the magic moment I was reading your comment at that exact moment.
The thing that amazes me most about watching all these old Yes live pieces is how Jon never misses a note. His tuning is spot on.
he really struggled with that one part in And You And I just before this
Steve Howe is easily one of the best guitarists ever
I take that back all members of yes are some of best at their job
Steve Howe one of the best guitarists ever
Rick Wakeman one of the best keyboardists ever
Chris squire one of the best bassists ever
and Jon Anderson one of the best Front man ever. Yes is one of the best bands ever.
+Jake Reber oops. Forgot Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford was in King Crimson by the time this concert was recorded. That's Alan White on Drums here.
At one point I think the singer looked a little scared. lol
+Matthew Davey oh yeah forgot about that
The best rock song (masterpiece) ever composed in history period!! Everyone of these men are professional geniuses. No one since can touch these guy’s talent. The live versions are much better than the studio version.
First time I’ve ever heard of this band or this song. It’s amazing.
check out their album Fragile!
Gunna miss Chris Squire..... His monumental, complex bass work had the perfect partner in Howe's guitar..... His vocals were important to the band, too.... I agree with what's been said - Close to the Edge is one of the great rock albums of all time. It's just one of Chris' great achievements in collaboration with the most astonishing bands in the world.
+Nathan Birnbaum chris was a musical god in a human body,may he rest in peace,a great man
Allan White. Embodied. their. music
Nathan Birnbaum It’s in my top-25 of all-time pop/rock albums.
@Peter Stevens I agree... the band's background vocals are essential to their sound and required a lot of musicianship on the part of Howe and Squire to perform every night simultaneous with the very demanding guitar parts. Just an epic musicality going into those records and performances.
@@richardshansky3040 What are the others??
I have seen about every band from the 70s excluding Led Zep and Pink Floyd. Yes was my far the best concert I ever saw. They were the only band that did not have a warm up band to start. They were also the only band that had reserved seating. A different kind of concert. Much more sophisticated and professional then the rest. Close to the edge is one song I could never get tired of listening to. A masterpiece.
You had 4 years to edit "ping" floyd and yet you didn't....you didn't.....😥
Maybe he is one of the sultans of ping.
I remember Ping Floyd, he was a Chinese kid I knew back in school.
Thank you for your comment. YES was different from all other bands. They were masters of their art in every way.
@@LifeofCharlie19 WHERE'S ME JUMPER? 😅
No one. No one understands the musical genius of this group of musical geniuses.
No one.
@@lostinstrumentalsproject7343 Guess again.
Prétentieux, moi?
Yes I do been listening to them since74
google morbid man covers close to the edge soundcloud . just one person. also Gates of delirium.
Ah, could you please step aside and let the next gentleman hit the bell, sir?
I was fortunate enough to witness this tour, saw Them at the Providence Civic Center. One of the top three concerts I have ever attended. And I have close to 60 or 70 under my belt
what a band! what a song! what a time! it was truly magical.
The song that forever changed my musical life ☮️
This live version sound so clean and good that evene sounds like a studio version.
This is the Yessongs (album) version...
@@davidseres3030 still not a studio version
@@joaomicto Of course, Yessongs is a live album.
what is wrong with the microphone tho?
THE BEST LIVE VERSION OF CLOSE TO THE EDGE !!!
Rest in Peace Alan White. You were such a great drummer
It's so great to hear and see what technology has done for these old videos. It was pretty rough when it came out, and theater's sound systems at the time weren't really up to it.
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... Yes is Yes ... Forever and Ever.
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This is a smoking, joyful performance. The look of exuberance on Alan whites face is worth it alone.
i'd like to tell the story of a 13 y.o. kid who, casually, during a summer internet-journey opens this video and his mind is totally blown away by the majesty of the initial solo and the rest of this musical trip. It was 2008 and today i'm 29. This was my biggest influence in starting to research the music i listen to, to like the thought behind the music and to start play an instrument.
Thank you Yes, this song changed my life.
Still mind blowing to watch all these years later....the feel / timing is amazing....everything is....and LIVE performance and mix, wow
Jeezus what a great band !!
And Alan White always looks like he's having so much fun.
Little man with a huge voice!!! Best of all time.
The reason CAPES are so popular and EVERYONE wears them today is because of THESE guys.
THANK you.
John Rick Steve Allen Chris!
I heard Rick’s cape was his girlfriend’s idea, and when Chris saw it he wanted something like it too, hence the butterfly wings.
Now that you mention it, I can’t think where I’ve put my cape, I’m sure it’s around here somewhere.
Close to the edge is, by my view, Yes's masterpiece ! And Steve Howe is such a great guitarist and musician too... I Love the 70s dress code :D
steve was grunge,before grunge got accepted by the main steam media in the 90's,collective soul,nirvana,and pearl jam.
This film was the first time I had ever seen them playing. A local PBS station aired it. I had already been knocked out by their music but to see them playing it - it was like an altered state of consciousness. Just great!
Yep,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Seeing this when I was a kid like 16 just blew me away
Yes in their prime going crazy. This was on in the 70's as a late night movie at theaters. It was SO good.
Magical.
One of the THE BEST performances ever, so technical, and they're rocking it like they're from another planet.
2:31 What a joy to see that.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music, ever written. This whole album
By FAR the most musically talented rock band ever. NO ONE could touch Rick Wakeman. A GENIUS!!
As complex as yes's songs were compared to their contemporaries, keith emerson could still play circles around any of the prog keyboardists...elp along with floyd are my least favorite prog groups of the 70s, but even i can admit keith was the most technically gifted.
Stan Danly Love Rick Wakeman, but Keith was the best.
Emerson is by far the best of the genre
the only thing that makes me forget about her is this masterpiece song.
I hear you, bro I hear you
This harmonisation in 16:43 is a kind of beauty...to cry
72 I was 13, loved Yes then, LOVE YES now more than ever!
R.I.P. Chris, I'll definatly meet you when...
Me too, same age saw them live 2X
wow, what did i just watch??? never heard this before... Jon being interviewed by Rick Beato brought me here... absolutely EPIC!!!!!
Wow. The react videos brought me here honestly. Never ever would have heard of this masterpiece other way! Bravo!
Incredible piece of music and incredible to see anyone pull this off live. While Bruford's my favourite Yes drummer, I'm astounded at how fast Alan White picked up the set to step in for this tour - it's not exactly simple stuff.
Valois Yes Bruford is my favorite drummer of any genre, but Alan White is a superb rock drummer.
Being John Lennon's drummer in Plastic Ono and playing on Harrison's All Things Must Pass, kind of prepped him for it.
Maravilhoso. Eu aqui em São Paulo, Brazil, curtia todos os Yes. Desde o Fragile quando tinha meus 14 anos. Hoje tenho 60 e não me canso de ouvir. Viva o Yes.
que viejos estamos,yo tambien!
Tenho 55, escutei o YES pela primeira vez aos 11 anos e me transformou! Esse álbum e uma obra de arte! Sempre escuto
Viva o Yes Irmao do Brasil! Abraço de otro Fa da melhor banda do mundo, desde Buenos Aires.
@@damiananglada4685 ¡Escribes bién el portugués! Al inicio de los 70 conocí "SUI GENERIS" y me encantó
¡Saludos Corinthiano!
E toda vez parece a PRIMEIRA! Sempre me emociona esse LP perfeito ,lado A e B como nunca ví até hoje!
Favourite song from Yes, especially live
This is great, but to have seen this live as I did twice is another thing totally. Never be anything like this again. Glad I was there to see and hear this live.
With the exception of Alan White (a solid drummer for sure) replacing Bill Bruford, this is the greatest collection of creative musical genius ever assembled in one band.
Having songs stuck in my head usually annoys me a lot, but I've have this stuck in my head for about a week and I like it
I wish I was an adult in the 70s so I could have enjoyed bands like this first hand. I was born in 71.
i LOVE how Jon has absolutely no idea what to do with his hands
Fifty years later this still gives me goosebumps.
Yes never gets old. Close to the Edge tour in Sept of 72 in New Orleans. My first Yes experience. I was 16 and slightly enlightened that magical evening , saw them every tour of the 70's. Each show was amazing. They could reproduce on stage what they did in recording the albums , but live they were an amazing band. Number one on my list
ahhhh this is music!!!!!!!!!
Takes my breath away everytime I hear it-YES were a force of nature, combined with diligence and discipline-no matter how gifted you are, you don't reach this level of virtuosity without a lot of bleeding fingers and time spent in discipline and practice. A lot of bands claimed to be there for the music, but very few could say it with complete sincerity.
+Melanie Felsher i agree, i feel lucky that they found each other, because my life, in the moment, is a little bit richer....
And yet you're a white nationalist
+clear661 Just because he has a con flag as his pic, that doesn't mean he's a white nationalist. I hate how symbols get stereotyped for all the wrong reasons. The con flag is a symbol of people who were proud of their own independence and fought for it. Just like how the swastika was originally face counterclockwise and used by ancient Buddhists and Hindus. Both left and right facing versions have been used by numerous civilizations prior to it's use in Nazi Germany.
Stop acting triggered, grow up, acclimate yourself to some knowledge, and enjoy the music.
not a british sympathiser!
mark korhin
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when I was around four years old a few members of yes came to our house. Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, bill buford, chris squire, They were looking for ideas for songs and I remember all of us placing our hands together as we were in a circle, a way to signify the forming of the band or should I say new band as steve was the new guitarist for the album. Jon was indeed a sound chaser and we had an old piano that had one low note that would only play if you hit the key real hard. listen to the cresndo of the piano at the end of and you and I and you will hear the note added in. our upstairs sink had a unique drip sound but only when you could get a drop of water to go straight down the drain to plop into the water at the bottom. you can hear this on close to the edge during the water dripping part towards the middle of the song. we had a microscope and my dad told us to go get a drop of water from outside in the bushes. jon and I got a dew drop which is mentioned in close to the edge, anyway a dew drop from a spiders web provided interesting viewing under the microscope clips of which are on the yessongs video live version of close to the edge towards the beginning. I pieced this together many years after but my dad put some of his seed as jon put it on one of the slides to look at under the microscope. It can be seen also on live video of close to the edge yessongs version. They look as if they are deformed sperm but are in fact almost 100 percent testosterone with the story being that you can see forms of every animal on earth in the sperm. thus jon called them the seeds of life on and you and I. we talked a lot about different topics such as the color of the sky mentioned on close to the edge. It was a summer evening as the sun set and I called it a magenta color sky. I wasn't even in grade school at the time in Michigan but remember mentioning the distinct seasons in Michigan. this is a subtitle on close to the edge: seasons of man. I was asked what I do with myself and in my bedroom I said here is where I get up in the morning and where I lay down at night. jon changed it to I get up I get down for the album. being the sound chaser jon searched for sounds to put on tape and I said well the birds sing. so on tape they went to start close to the edge. later my cousin had an annoying flute like thing he recorded that ended up on the beginning of sound chaser on the relayer album. my cousin said it would be difficult to put the annoying flute noise to music but it fits in nicely. many more stories to tell of this time period. you see I am the Man jon sings about on and you and I although I was only a boy at the time jon said I was a man or male gender I think he meant. but jons sings about me throughout the song and I am indeed now the man maturing in his eyes. my dads friend at the time was mr clay forget his first name now but he lent 2000 dollars to them to get the Yes album under way and my name was mentioned on the origal green sleeve of the close to the edge album. It simply gave thanks to mark dressler and jon bates my friend at the time whose family had a Hammond organ in their basement we used to fool around on and made music like the chords played while jon sings I get up I get down during the middle of close to the edge. Bill left some brushes some drummers use and my neighbor ray ended up with the brushes. my mom had the Styrofoam head that held wigs and that is on the back album cover of the yes album. too much to say to put here
Rip Chris Squire...great bass
He is a God sequined pot leaves n all I saw yes wow n wow n wow forever
I read that someone said Rick Wakeman ruin the band . Tony Kaye was a great keyboardist, but Rick Wakeman was epic to this band, and Steve Howe is just the greatest one of the greatest guitarist of all time
the press at the time did,rick got singled out because he drank beer and ate meat,which the rest of the band didn't do,the rest of the guys were vegetarians
@john m how dare someone not eat meat, amirite
Patrick Moraz did a great job when I saw em in mid 70s
Rick Wakeman was the best thing happened to this band. Just consider his amazing contribute to this masterpiece.
And the hair!
Remember, seasons will pass you by...you get up, you get down.
Yes, is my favorate band since I was 17 year , it was in the year 1972. Time flies to fast. Enjoy life!
17 for me too. Jr in high school. Marvelous then and now.
The epitome of progressive rock music bless everyone and thank you for sharing
Simply amazing. I'm at a loss for words. I've been a huge fan of Yes for years, and a musician (bass player) myself, and assumed, quite incorrectly, that they could never pull this off live. Well, I've never been so glad to be proven wrong. Stunning.
the name yes says it all,nothing's impossable
Take yourself back to when you first heard this (or actually came to appreciate it).
You're too young (or in the wrong country) to have gone to a concert where they played it.
Then in 2014 (albeit with the new Jon) they do the whole album (and Fragile).
They open the show with this, you know how the track goes, you think it's not going to be possible to have it sound good live. It's great, it keeps getting better, and yet you still can't believe they will be able to hit all the high points.
Yet they do. You can't believe your lucky stars.
Chris dies the next year, and you truly realise, just how lucky you were to have gone to the show.
One of the greatest pieces of music ever produced. YES was like a celestial event - a once in a lifetime collection of the most incredible talent on the planet. They are without peer. Simply put a masterpiece.
They were so young then. I guess I'm getting old. I love these guys. Incredible.
I think this CTTE recording was done in December '72...if so, then Jon was 28, Chris was 24, Steve was 25, Rick and Alan were 23...
Close To The Edge,perfection in an album.
I can imagine that the band would be so emotionally and physically drained after playing this that it would be difficult to play a tune after this piece.
incredible how precisely they play every details of this musical “fresque“ live...incredible musicianship
I really Love Those Guys very beautiful and Profesional Masters!
one of the greatest things ever made by mankind
Totally agree!
It Was A Time. When Music and Lyrics Means So Much. YES . FOREVER. YESSONGS . The Ultimate YES. JON, ALAN, CHRIS, STEVE, RICK
Three of us sitting in a small room upstairs in Woods Hole, Cape Cod, making jewelry for the tourists, playing Yes albums. Hard to concentrate when there's so much to listen to! Always amazed when I'd mention the band to friends who said they didn't like them. Were they listening? The penultimate of musicians. So glad I decided to listen again, and found these unbelievable live works.
Steve Howe's face at 2:20, priceless. Love this band so much, R.I.P. Chris.
Close to Edge was so magnificent over 50 years ago it was actually repeated in 2023 with 2 versions of the band both with original members. I was fortunate enough to see them perform this while studying at the University of Georgia. Truly unforgettable!
I have seen them 6 times. This song still gives me goosebumps. Love seeing the 70s hair, outfits and everything - perfect. Howe and Squire are still there, but cool to see Wakeman, Alan White, and of course Anderson. Great song, great band!
Met the guys backstage once in early 90's. Everyone was around Jon. Wakeman was drinking a beer in a t shirt. Treated us like his next door neighbor. Class act all the way.
This is before my time. I listened to this for the first time 2 days ago and was slightly underwhelmed. But something drew me back to listen again... and again... now this is hands down my favorite Yes song. It’s amazing how once your brain finally deciphers what’s going on, it can start to begin to appreciate complex masterpieces like this.