Yep. This is right. Listen for the rest of your life. It gets better every time you listen. The whole album is like this. Just gets better every time. ❤
"And you and I", once you have listened to it a couple of times, happens to have repeating motives and melodic and rhythmic hooks enough to keep you involved and able to appreciate the changes and the games they are playing Friends of mine who are not musicians enjoyed that one quite easily after the right medication. It's astonishing, the rate of commercial success this album achieved, in the short run and in the long run as well
Ultimate Classic Rock's Top 50 Progressive Rock Albums: 1. 'Close to the Edge' "To this day it seems to have the perfect form," Bill Bruford wrote of 'Close to the Edge' in his 2009 autobiography. "And form is everything." The physical structure of Yes' fifth album is indeed a marvel, with the 18-minute title track occupying the entire first side. But any band can slap a bunch of riffs together - every second of "Close to the Edge" is crucial to the experience. Seasons will pass you by during its voyage through dizzying counterpoint and new age ambience. Section I, "The Solid Time of Change," opens with tranquil birdsong before a breakneck shift into Steve Howe's fusion-y guitar tantrums - and that dynamic extreme carries through the song, with every member of the quintet (Howe, singer Jon Anderson, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bill Bruford) adding career-highlight performances. Somehow the second side is equally perfect: Prog has never been more emotionally devastating than the middle section of "And You and I," during the transition from Anderson's cascading waterfall vocal into Wakeman's sky-parting mellotron. Bruford called the LP a "classic of the genre." He's correct, of course. But 'Close to the Edge' also transcends genre. - UCR
uDiscover Music's 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums: 1. 'Close to the Edge' Excerpt from GuitarPlayer: “Siberian Khatru” features a riff that’s pretty much the basis for the song. How did that come about? Howe: "Well, there’s two riffs, really. There’s the part [he sings] that I play for probably half of the song. I’m playing that with some different approaches, sometimes with a Leslie guitar, sometimes moving octaves around. Basically, that was one of Bill’s gems. He brought that in. "It was a knockout to have that riff. I adopted it, I loved it, I played it. It’s a fundamental part of the song. But the other riff - sometimes Bill would do this if he wasn’t sure how to finish a line: He’d just mouth something, like a scat singer. That happened on several occasions on those first three albums. Bill was remarkable like that. I don’t think he realizes how much he contributed. But in the spirit of the arranging of Yes, it was the giving and taking of ideas, and we were really fluid with that."
Igor Stravinsky?....It's Yes, after all. One of the coolest harpsichord segments I've heard. Howe playing a different cadence within a time signature....The ending bass lines and overall segment groove (one of my favorite things about Close to the Edge...the bass lines). Great explanation J. I agree that the cohesive segments engage a greater segment of listeners. I used to love "Beyond Jazz" on Sirius XM, but most of the tunes required an attentive ear and repeated listens. What do you get when you play New Age music backwards? New Age music!
Would have to say that of all the shows I have seen SK has opened the majority of them. Great rocker that immediately gets the crowd going❗️FOREVER YES❣️❣️❣️👍😎
@@TigerMtnKing Yep. Another Yessong that only improves with time, during the course of years. Decades. Always loved the song but still felt it was slightly the weak sister on the album. Thousands of listens later I find it the equal of the other two songs on Close To The Edge. It also has the added poignancy of being the last song, as it fades off back into time, at least as the tracks were presented then, recorded by the most prominent lineup the band ever had, or would ever have again. Although I’ve grown very, very fond of the next lineup, which Steve Howe once called Yes’ “most durable”, with the great Alan White on drums. That lineup would reunite again in the early 2000’s for some extremely memorable concerts. The 2002 & 2004 tours through the US provided 4 of the best concerts I have ever seen. ❤️ (2000 & and then 2001 with half a symphony orchestra were pretty remarkable also.)
@@frankhoulihanfh4972 Well said Frank! I'll tell you this... I've listed to SK at least a thousand times and to this day sometimes when I'm working on the computer, I'll put on the headphones and loop it over and over again. What other band can create music like that?🤩
You've probably already recorded your reaction to "America" so this suggestion won't really mean much, but if it isn't the 10 minute version of the song, you'll be missing out on a lot of excellent jamming and fantastic guitar solos from Mr. Steve Howe. "America" is a prime example of Yes making a song their own. In many ways, it sounds like a completely different song to the original. It is the process of "Yessification". 😉😎
Love the way the guys in Rush worked out credits and profit. "There's three of us, we'll divide everything by a third each, and never have to have this discussion again." Lets face it, a group isn't just one guy, especially at that level.
It’s kind of funny how two bands that are forever linked musically and stylistically, have the exact opposite situation as far as personal relationships within the band.
@@pwethman1 In the 70's YES and RUSH were NEVER linked. YES were considered far ahead of and in a higher league than the clearly Hardrock far less innovative RUSH.
@@wendellwiggins3776 I didn’t say anything about the 70s. You’d be surprised how many Yes fans are ALSO Rush fans. My comment was about the difference in their interpersonal relationships.
"It's way more straight forward than the others..." A second listen definitely helps! That said, "Siberian Khatru" IS the most direct song, aided by a driving rock vibe. As some others have suggested it would be great to have you hear each of these tracks maybe 4-5 times, and then give us a recap. Re: the Bill's royalties thing, part of this was Brian Lane's management style. Remember, this is the guy who manipulated 'The Yes Album' sales numbers to get it into the charts, and in 1977 he leaked the news that Rick Wakeman was rejoining Yes before Rick signed the papers. He's a real piece of work. But part of it was the band were genuinely caught off guard, and feelings were hurt and egos were bruised. Musicians are also human beings. It was nice that Alan later agreed to return the royalties.
I REPEAT, NOWHERE proves that KHATRU means "As You Wish", in Yemenite language & I've never read where JON actually said that!. MORE FOLKLORE! Upon research, I think It was Jon's response to a question where he was simply saying that listeners can interpret that word's meaning "as they wish to". AGAIN with EACH member using overlapping rhythmic interplay, Siberian Khatru" was another quintessential iconic YES song, containing ALL the BEST ELEMENTS of what YES had to offer plus it's the FUNKIEST and their most non-translatable tune that you can actually GROOVE to where each member SHINES!!! . When it reaches the "River running right on over and out of my head" lyric is when I ASCEND))))))))))) the Wes Montgomery jazzy style guitar solo by Steve at the end is so tasty! !LOL! Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe & Jon Anderson wrote the song.
I think one of the things you found taxing with this record is that you're such a skillful musician that when you listen, you quickly learn the song's harmonic structures, and this album didn't allow you to do that quite so quickly. From a pure listening experience, I always found And You and I to be a relaxing and blissful listen. I agree with you 100% on the business stuff!
A magnificent album that is the top of Mt. Rushmore as far as progressive rock goes to go along Fragile and The YES album!Many YES fans do feel that Siberian Khatru is their best song though I prefer And You And I and Perpetual Change from an earlier album!
The album is a lot. But it does reward continued listens. I'm glad Close to Edge is as challenging to the ear as it is. I continually find new sounds and elements and it never fails to to delight after 40 years of loving it. Keep coming back to it. I think it will continue to grow on you.
Great song ! Steve Howe kills it on the live version on "Yesssongs".....I know that you're tired of reading that of me ! Lol ! We've just listen to the best prog rock album of all time ! "Taxing for the listeners".....watch out for the next two studio albums : "Tales....." and "Relayer" !!! But listen to some songs on Yessongs first ! ;-) Great work on your video ! Thank You !
You need to give the other two tracks more listens. They are just as thematic in bringing back the same melodies back throughout the pieces. Close To The Edge overal is one of the most cohesive prog albums of all time.
You bring a different perspective to the reviews. I have never heard anyone talk about writing credits before in such depth. It does seem like Bill got taken for a ride. To the song, I always really liked the intro guitar riff.
When you read about the record deals that some of these artists signed, it sounds like to me that many of them were either were just so dumb or ill advised (or high on drugs) when they entered into these agreements. Also, the record industry was notorious for its overreach, graft and corruption as it related to how record companies literally stole from these artists. Many artists literally signed away their rights to record companies to own the music that they wrote and played. Only in subsequent years has some of this been redressed through legal action by the artists.
Brother, believe me, I think you are going to LOVE America. It's amazing, but as always your mileage may vary. It's great and works for what they're trying to do which of course is Rock it up a lot more. I still love the S & G original.
If you plan on continuing your journey through the Yes catalogue. Be aware of the next album. If you thought CTTE was difficult to listen to. Wait until your hear Tales From Topographic Oceans. It's the album that made Rick Wakeman leave the band, although he did rejoin several years later. Picture a double album with only 4 tracks on it. The next album, Relayer has only 3, like CTTE. Don't get me wrong. The albums are full of interesting music, but they are a bit overwhelming. They, like this one will require multiple listens to fully appreciate.
Unlike "Close to the Edge" and "And You and I", I've never had any problems with "Siberian Khatru", which I like for its more direct approach, which is why I generally prefer it when Yes don't take tortuous paths to build their songs. Great track! Why complicate things when you can simplify them and get to the point? Yep, the story of Yes, its members and their management is really quite devious (although, after all, it's commonplace in this business!).
I find CTTE and AYAI more interesting than Siberian Khatru. I love Siberian Khatru but, compared to the others, it produces tinges of boredom in me. Especially after listening to it 50 times over several decades. So, we all have different tastes. And the artists want to make various points in their body of work. I love the variety of music that Yes has produced!
@@dhfenske Obviously, it depends on the expectations of each individual. All this is purely subjective, and on a personal level it's very unusual for me to adhere to the entire work of an artist or a band. The older I get, the more selective I am about what I really like, and that suits me!
I've been thinking about your comment that the songs can be "taxing" on the listener. I wonder if it's because you have had formal musical training an d so you intellectually know different parts should recur at this point in the song, or this section should resolve into that section, and you are anticipating what "should" come next. And then they don't do that. I've seen a lot of people in the comments section (like me) who do not have musical training, and who sort of grew up listening to this who do not think it is taxing. Makes me think there is some correlation between a lack of musical training or education and the ability to just let go and let the song take you where it is taking you. That said, I remember my first time hearing these songs and I definitely listened to them a lot more times before I was ready to say whether I liked one song better than the others, or this album better than Fragile or The Yes Album. I think I've said before in the comments section that I usually listened to each song 6 times on first listen. I would play the entire song (album really) so I had an overview, and then I would listen to each song by itself five more times in a row, each time focusing my ear on different musicians. One time would be to just follow Howe's guitar the entire song. then reset the needle, play it again and just listen to what Squire was doing through the song, and so on until I had spent one time through listening to each musician individually. So maybe that's just another way of saying what you said, you'll need to listen to them more to "get" them and my initial premise is just wrong?
He seems to like a more straight forward type of music, metal prog is probably more to his liking. If CTTE is taxing he'll never make it thru TFTO and Relayer. Some people are more 80's Yes.
First off, I knew less than nothing of music when I encountered this on 8-track... which just looped for about a month straight, lol😂 that got its magic hooks into me and I never looked back or felt taxed. My prediction (if anyone cares) I think Tales is gonna be a big challenge for Justin, as it was for most people. But Relayer? That's gonna make Justin happy from the get go.
Stramge that Brian Lane wanted 10k for nothing. Reminded me of Allen Klein, the Beatles manager. And Lennon said even Epstein put his own interests first. So I took a quick look. Lane's origonal name was Harvey Freed. Jack Nicklaus also got into trouble when he failed to read the small print.
O My Lord! These UA-cam commercials are so fucking intrusive and annoying!! Twice! Twice during this one! Please don't misunderstand me. As a fan of your channel, I am absolutely sure that you have no controll over the placement of them. Otherwise it would not be happening. I know it's not your fault Justin it's just...Damn! ...What's the one thing I really need to enhance the experience of critically listening to a song by Yes...O that's it! ..Commercials!!! I guess I'm being a bit of a Karen but it just got under my skin today for some reason. Have you tried to talk to those Jackballs at UA-cam about it? It occurs A LOT more frequently as of late. Like,.. all the time. Anyway, just venting a bit. Really enjoying your reactions to YES and stellar work as usual Justin. Congrats on your family's new digs!
Siberian Khatru can only be considered "straight-forward" when compared to other Yes songs. I'm telling you, Tales from Topographic Oceans is going to be a slog.
Listen to it 1000 more times, it never gets old!🤩
Exactly❗️❗️❗️👍😎
Yep. This is right. Listen for the rest of your life. It gets better every time you listen. The whole album is like this. Just gets better every time. ❤
It only gets better!
This is a Fever Dream Of Composition. Gushing Eternally. This is the crux of progressive music at the time...
The fast-paced song they opened many YES concerts with. Couldn't have done better.
Saw them live for Union tour in 1991. Loved this band since I was just a small kid and I sing along to all their songs ❤
"And you and I", once you have listened to it a couple of times, happens to have repeating motives and melodic and rhythmic hooks enough to keep you involved and able to appreciate the changes and the games they are playing
Friends of mine who are not musicians enjoyed that one quite easily after the right medication.
It's astonishing, the rate of commercial success this album achieved, in the short run and in the long run as well
It's musical magic 🎉
The whole album still sounds really good after hundreds of times listening. Definitely gets better after just a few listens
Ultimate Classic Rock's Top 50 Progressive Rock Albums:
1. 'Close to the Edge'
"To this day it seems to have the perfect form," Bill Bruford wrote of 'Close to the Edge' in his 2009 autobiography. "And form is everything." The physical structure of Yes' fifth album is indeed a marvel, with the 18-minute title track occupying the entire first side. But any band can slap a bunch of riffs together - every second of "Close to the Edge" is crucial to the experience. Seasons will pass you by during its voyage through dizzying counterpoint and new age ambience. Section I, "The Solid Time of Change," opens with tranquil birdsong before a breakneck shift into Steve Howe's fusion-y guitar tantrums - and that dynamic extreme carries through the song, with every member of the quintet (Howe, singer Jon Anderson, keyboardist Rick Wakeman, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Bill Bruford) adding career-highlight performances. Somehow the second side is equally perfect: Prog has never been more emotionally devastating than the middle section of "And You and I," during the transition from Anderson's cascading waterfall vocal into Wakeman's sky-parting mellotron. Bruford called the LP a "classic of the genre." He's correct, of course. But 'Close to the Edge' also transcends genre. - UCR
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I think you mean top 1 or 2 all time prog. Rock album to go along with Fragile and The YES album!
@@joelliebler5690 Fragile made UCR's top 10 too. If it were my list, so would TYA and Topographic Oceans.
@@bookhouseboy280 For me Top is further down the list. It needed editing and more crescendo though at times it did cure my insomnia!
@@joelliebler5690bs 🙄
uDiscover Music's 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums: 1. 'Close to the Edge'
Excerpt from GuitarPlayer: “Siberian Khatru” features a riff that’s pretty much the basis for the song. How did that come about?
Howe: "Well, there’s two riffs, really. There’s the part [he sings] that I play for probably half of the song. I’m playing that with some different approaches, sometimes with a Leslie guitar, sometimes moving octaves around. Basically, that was one of Bill’s gems. He brought that in.
"It was a knockout to have that riff. I adopted it, I loved it, I played it. It’s a fundamental part of the song. But the other riff - sometimes Bill would do this if he wasn’t sure how to finish a line: He’d just mouth something, like a scat singer. That happened on several occasions on those first three albums. Bill was remarkable like that. I don’t think he realizes how much he contributed. But in the spirit of the arranging of Yes, it was the giving and taking of ideas, and we were really fluid with that."
@7:35 that flutey keyboard part sends chills up my spine
Igor Stravinsky?....It's Yes, after all. One of the coolest harpsichord segments I've heard. Howe playing a different cadence within a time signature....The ending bass lines and overall segment groove (one of my favorite things about Close to the Edge...the bass lines). Great explanation J. I agree that the cohesive segments engage a greater segment of listeners. I used to love "Beyond Jazz" on Sirius XM, but most of the tunes required an attentive ear and repeated listens. What do you get when you play New Age music backwards? New Age music!
You really need to react to yessongs. It is one of the greatest live albums ever made.
Yes, ELP and the Moody Blues gave me the mental fertilizer so I could grow my love of classical music. Strange metaphor, I know.
Would have to say that of all the shows I have seen SK has opened the majority of them. Great rocker that immediately gets the crowd going❗️FOREVER YES❣️❣️❣️👍😎
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Them opening with SK at their shows might be the reason it's in my top 5 favorite YES songs.🤩
@@TigerMtnKing 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️😎
@@TigerMtnKing
Yep. Another Yessong that only improves with time, during the course of years. Decades.
Always loved the song but still felt it was slightly the weak sister on the album. Thousands of listens later I find it the equal of the other two songs on Close To The Edge. It also has the added poignancy of being the last song, as it fades off back into time, at least as the tracks were presented then, recorded by the most prominent lineup the band ever had, or would ever have again.
Although I’ve grown very, very fond of the next lineup, which Steve Howe once called Yes’ “most durable”, with the great Alan White on drums.
That lineup would reunite again in the early 2000’s for some extremely memorable concerts. The 2002 & 2004 tours through the US provided 4 of the best concerts I have ever seen. ❤️
(2000 & and then 2001 with half a symphony orchestra were pretty remarkable also.)
@@frankhoulihanfh4972 Well said Frank! I'll tell you this... I've listed to SK at least a thousand times and to this day sometimes when I'm working on the computer, I'll put on the headphones and loop it over and over again. What other band can create music like that?🤩
YES, the greatest show on earth. Your gonna love the next album. A double album with 4 tracks. Over/under on you saying taxing is 42. ✨️🎶✨️
I'll take the over!!!👍😎
UA-cam interrupted the song TWICE for a commercial break. That kind of c.rap is why people use ad blockers.
Cool video bro.
Justin, I get the feeling you have never said "closing out this album with track three" in any previous reaction.
Lol!👍😎
YES! 😊 Definitely one of their greatest songs!
A fitting finale to this amazing album !
You've probably already recorded your reaction to "America" so this suggestion won't really mean much, but if it isn't the 10 minute version of the song, you'll be missing out on a lot of excellent jamming and fantastic guitar solos from Mr. Steve Howe. "America" is a prime example of Yes making a song their own. In many ways, it sounds like a completely different song to the original. It is the process of "Yessification". 😉😎
Agree!!!👍😎
Keys To Ascension live version is a must
@@jeffschielka7845 I know I'm preaching to the choir with you, Jeff! 😏I just wanted to get our host on board with the idea! 😆😎
A great version by YES!
Love the way the guys in Rush worked out credits and profit. "There's three of us, we'll divide everything by a third each, and never have to have this discussion again." Lets face it, a group isn't just one guy, especially at that level.
what does Rush have to do with the GREAT YES except for Geddy being another fanboy like most people
It’s kind of funny how two bands that are forever linked musically and stylistically, have the exact opposite situation as far as personal relationships within the band.
@@pwethman1 In the 70's YES and RUSH were NEVER linked. YES were considered far ahead of and in a higher league than the clearly Hardrock far less innovative RUSH.
@@wendellwiggins3776 I didn’t say anything about the 70s. You’d be surprised how many Yes fans are ALSO Rush fans. My comment was about the difference in their interpersonal relationships.
Thanks my friend . Pinnacle of prog
"It's way more straight forward than the others..." A second listen definitely helps! That said, "Siberian Khatru" IS the most direct song, aided by a driving rock vibe. As some others have suggested it would be great to have you hear each of these tracks maybe 4-5 times, and then give us a recap.
Re: the Bill's royalties thing, part of this was Brian Lane's management style. Remember, this is the guy who manipulated 'The Yes Album' sales numbers to get it into the charts, and in 1977 he leaked the news that Rick Wakeman was rejoining Yes before Rick signed the papers. He's a real piece of work. But part of it was the band were genuinely caught off guard, and feelings were hurt and egos were bruised. Musicians are also human beings. It was nice that Alan later agreed to return the royalties.
Listen to both closely....The guitar intro of Siberian Khatru, is repeated in a different timbre, at the close of 'Awaken' (1977)
I REPEAT, NOWHERE proves that KHATRU means "As You Wish", in Yemenite language & I've never read where JON actually said that!. MORE FOLKLORE! Upon research, I think It was Jon's response to a question where he was simply saying that listeners can interpret that word's meaning "as they wish to". AGAIN with EACH member using overlapping rhythmic interplay, Siberian Khatru" was another quintessential iconic YES song, containing ALL the BEST ELEMENTS of what YES had to offer plus it's the FUNKIEST and their most non-translatable tune that you can actually GROOVE to where each member SHINES!!! . When it reaches the "River running right on over and out of my head" lyric is when I ASCEND))))))))))) the Wes Montgomery jazzy style guitar solo by Steve at the end is so tasty! !LOL! Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe & Jon Anderson wrote the song.
Again saw classic line up performing it. Magnigicent
I'm jealous.
My favorite on this album.
Their finest moment.
I love Stanley Snail cover this song with other elements
Glorious😮
This whole album needs several listens to start really getting it all. Love it!
I think with the complexity of Close to the Edge then and you and I Siberian Khatru was the perfect easy listening track to end on. Brilliant album .
I think one of the things you found taxing with this record is that you're such a skillful musician that when you listen, you quickly learn the song's harmonic structures, and this album didn't allow you to do that quite so quickly. From a pure listening experience, I always found And You and I to be a relaxing and blissful listen. I agree with you 100% on the business stuff!
A magnificent album that is the top of Mt. Rushmore as far as progressive rock goes to go along Fragile and The YES album!Many YES fans do feel that Siberian Khatru is their best song though I prefer And You And I and Perpetual Change from an earlier album!
Hey Justin! One day you will realize that CTTE is a complete masterpiece❗️❗️❗️👍😎
Do you think he'll make it through Tales 🙏
@@lesblatnyak5947 He will but probably have several complaints about it. Lol!!!!👍😎
The album is a lot. But it does reward continued listens. I'm glad Close to Edge is as challenging to the ear as it is. I continually find new sounds and elements and it never fails to to delight after 40 years of loving it. Keep coming back to it. I think it will continue to grow on you.
How did SHowe _not_ get a writing credit on this? Shocking!
Great song ! Steve Howe kills it on the live version on "Yesssongs".....I know that you're tired of reading that of me ! Lol ! We've just listen to the best prog rock album of all time !
"Taxing for the listeners".....watch out for the next two studio albums : "Tales....." and "Relayer" !!! But listen to some songs on Yessongs first ! ;-) Great work on your video ! Thank You !
You need to give the other two tracks more listens. They are just as thematic in bringing back the same melodies back throughout the pieces. Close To The Edge overal is one of the most cohesive prog albums of all time.
If you think this music is taxing say "i think this music is taxing", don't invent an imaginary listener to say it.
Bruford and White had to share royalties? It is BONKERS!
You bring a different perspective to the reviews. I have never heard anyone talk about writing credits before in such depth. It does seem like Bill got taken for a ride. To the song, I always really liked the intro guitar riff.
When you read about the record deals that some of these artists signed, it sounds like to me that many of them were either were just so dumb or ill advised (or high on drugs) when they entered into these agreements. Also, the record industry was notorious for its overreach, graft and corruption as it related to how record companies literally stole from these artists. Many artists literally signed away their rights to record companies to own the music that they wrote and played. Only in subsequent years has some of this been redressed through legal action by the artists.
I sure wish Jon and Steve could get back together for one more real Yes album!
I'll never understand how Howe didn't get a writing credit on this
Brother, believe me, I think you are going to LOVE America. It's amazing, but as always your mileage may vary. It's great and works for what they're trying to do which of course is Rock it up a lot more. I still love the S & G original.
Not if he plays the edit crap.😎
@@jeffschielka7845 OK so what's the length of the full play version?
@@scottzappa9314 Give or take 10 minutes. 👍😎
What Jeff said.
Thank you❗️❗️❗️👍👍
Do the long version of "America". There's a good live one on The Keys to Ascension album.
If you plan on continuing your journey through the Yes catalogue. Be aware of the next album. If you thought CTTE was difficult to listen to. Wait until your hear Tales From Topographic Oceans. It's the album that made Rick Wakeman leave the band, although he did rejoin several years later. Picture a double album with only 4 tracks on it. The next album, Relayer has only 3, like CTTE. Don't get me wrong. The albums are full of interesting music, but they are a bit overwhelming. They, like this one will require multiple listens to fully appreciate.
Wakeman had skaters on ice so his musical decisions are not the best. And his solo work never did anything for me.
Good reaction for the 2nd time, sometimes you have to go deep to taste the difference!
White was probably like I’ve got to learn these songs? Better pay me.$$$$
Unlike "Close to the Edge" and "And You and I", I've never had any problems with "Siberian Khatru", which I like for its more direct approach, which is why I generally prefer it when Yes don't take tortuous paths to build their songs. Great track! Why complicate things when you can simplify them and get to the point?
Yep, the story of Yes, its members and their management is really quite devious (although, after all, it's commonplace in this business!).
Yep, 56 years of bulls***.👍😎
I find CTTE and AYAI more interesting than Siberian Khatru. I love Siberian Khatru but, compared to the others, it produces tinges of boredom in me. Especially after listening to it 50 times over several decades. So, we all have different tastes. And the artists want to make various points in their body of work. I love the variety of music that Yes has produced!
@@dhfenske Obviously, it depends on the expectations of each individual. All this is purely subjective, and on a personal level it's very unusual for me to adhere to the entire work of an artist or a band. The older I get, the more selective I am about what I really like, and that suits me!
I've always found Siberian a little boring and simple for Yes, it's a Going For The One type of song.
@@a.k.1740 Yep, I'm the same as you on those points. Yes is my favorite band but there's a little bit of their stuff that doesn't do anything for me.
I've been thinking about your comment that the songs can be "taxing" on the listener. I wonder if it's because you have had formal musical training an d so you intellectually know different parts should recur at this point in the song, or this section should resolve into that section, and you are anticipating what "should" come next. And then they don't do that. I've seen a lot of people in the comments section (like me) who do not have musical training, and who sort of grew up listening to this who do not think it is taxing. Makes me think there is some correlation between a lack of musical training or education and the ability to just let go and let the song take you where it is taking you.
That said, I remember my first time hearing these songs and I definitely listened to them a lot more times before I was ready to say whether I liked one song better than the others, or this album better than Fragile or The Yes Album.
I think I've said before in the comments section that I usually listened to each song 6 times on first listen. I would play the entire song (album really) so I had an overview, and then I would listen to each song by itself five more times in a row, each time focusing my ear on different musicians. One time would be to just follow Howe's guitar the entire song. then reset the needle, play it again and just listen to what Squire was doing through the song, and so on until I had spent one time through listening to each musician individually.
So maybe that's just another way of saying what you said, you'll need to listen to them more to "get" them and my initial premise is just wrong?
He seems to like a more straight forward type of music, metal prog is probably more to his liking.
If CTTE is taxing he'll never make it thru TFTO and Relayer. Some people are more 80's Yes.
First off, I knew less than nothing of music when I encountered this on 8-track... which just looped for about a month straight, lol😂 that got its magic hooks into me and I never looked back or felt taxed.
My prediction (if anyone cares)
I think Tales is gonna be a big challenge for Justin, as it was for most people. But Relayer? That's gonna make Justin happy from the get go.
Stramge that Brian Lane wanted 10k for nothing. Reminded me of Allen Klein, the Beatles manager. And Lennon said even Epstein put his own interests first. So I took a quick look. Lane's origonal name was Harvey Freed. Jack Nicklaus also got into trouble when he failed to read the small print.
Geddy Lee said there would be no Rush without Yes. Great musisions but Yes, they were disfuncional and Close to the Edge business-wise.
Alan White isn't fit to hold bill's sticks for him.
O My Lord!
These UA-cam commercials are so fucking intrusive and annoying!! Twice! Twice during this one! Please don't misunderstand me. As a fan of your channel, I am absolutely sure that you have no controll over the placement of them. Otherwise it would not be happening. I know it's not your fault Justin it's just...Damn! ...What's the one thing I really need to enhance the experience of critically listening to a song by Yes...O that's it! ..Commercials!!! I guess I'm being a bit of a Karen but it just got under my skin today for some reason. Have you tried to talk to those Jackballs at UA-cam about it? It occurs A LOT more frequently as of late. Like,.. all the time. Anyway, just venting a bit. Really enjoying your reactions to YES and stellar work as usual Justin. Congrats on your family's new digs!
I sucked up and got UA-cam premium for that reason alone. Try an Ad blocker.
Siberian Khatru can only be considered "straight-forward" when compared to other Yes songs. I'm telling you, Tales from Topographic Oceans is going to be a slog.
This era was probably the worst as far as Yes’ politics. It has always been crazy between these guys. All 25 of them.
Yes is not for everyone. You are middle of the road at best a liker. That is no problem.