Drummer reacts to "Sound Chaser" by Yes
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It's Patrick Moraz on keys, and the opening you hear on the electric piano was, essentially, what he created for them for his actual audition for the band.
I saw them on this tour here in Nashville in 1975. Very artistic stage set that lit up and moved around.
@@bobcorbin3294It was the 1976 tour that had the moving "crab nebula" lighting rig. The greatest stage design of all time IMO. It was designed by Roger Dean. There are some good photos floating around on the Internet but unfortunately very little actual footage of that tour... Don't know why they didn't film it.
We would have a completely different album were Rick to play keyboards. Rick has such an amazing freestyle jazz style that made this album what it is.
Granted, the 70s were a different time. It's a shame progressive isn't as epic any more, because it is still epic.
I do miss OG yes, this makes me pine for the days. They were one of the best ever live.
This gets overshadowed by "The Gates of Delirium," but "Sound Chaser" is a masterpiece in its own right. Add the perfect album closer in "To Be Over," and you have one of the greatest albums ever!
Yep. "To Be Over" is a great song to catch your breath from all of the madness that surrounds it.
I agree. I have a large and diverse album collection and this has been one of my favs for a long time. It's a shame that they were at their peak and the record company wanted them to take time off to do the solo album thing, I think they could have done a few more stellar discs like this when they were hot before prog died. I know I am alone in this, but I think Tormato is the last great prog record from the '70's, then it was never the same.
It is my go to when I need a fix!
It has what I think is one of the best, if not the best guitar part!!
I saw this tour and watching them perform this album was like watching musicians running a twenty mile marathon!
Crab nebula 😊😊😊😅
RELAYER! Maybe the greatest album ever created!! Allen White at the top of his game. and the whole band killing it.
Good luck to you man!
I don't know if anyone said this in the comments, but here's what Patrick Moraz said about this piece:
“they played me just a part of the song, what they had of Sound Chaser, not the introduction, just a part of the song. They blew my mind. I was in the middle, and they started to do this riff, and Alan crashing with his drums and so on. They had just probably worked on this three-part harmony there - vocals. It was absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - I could say that was the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener. I was not in the middle of any keyboards at the time; I was just in the middle of the band. And they were playing for me, alone, the portion of Sound Chaser they had already come up with. And that was absolutely unbelievable. So Jon and Chris said, “We need an introduction to this. Can you come up with something?”
Vangelis left his keyboards in the barn to be picked up later. Moraz found a couple of Moogs, an electric piano, an organ, and a Fender Rhodes with some uneven keys. Buying time to come up with that intro to Sound Chaser, he started tuning the synths while feverishly thinking of a suitable opening to that maddening piece he just heard. Moraz continues: “They all came around the keyboards and they were watching me play. I said “How about this?” and I came up with what was to become the introduction of Sound Chaser. I composed it on the spot, it was actually recorded there and then and it was used on Relayer. I explained it to Chris and Alan, and they worked on their parts. The whole thing was recorded there in the next 30 minutes and that’s what came out on the record.”
This tune showed me how good Alan White was!! (rip)
He is a fucking animal back there! This track was nuts
To his peers he was recognized as a great drummer, but you Google best drummers and he will be way down the list, as will bill bruford.
During their '74 tour they opened the show with this. I can't even imagine having to hit the stage with something this complex and difficult!
Yes they did and in Toronto the tune that followed was Close To The Edge. 😊
That gig is on UA-cam of course
Saw that tour! Outstanding!
I saw one of these shows in Lakeland, FL in November 1974, just before the album came out. I do remember Chris playing the tympani during Sound Chaser!
The crowd was totally flummoxed when Yes opened with Sound Chaser. But when it was over the whole place went ape shit!
I did meet Alan White and have his autograph triple times . For one on my Lennon album Imagine.
The talent on display is rarely if ever matched.
Yes would Open the Show with "Sound Chaser". They would Earn 1 of Several Standing Ovations. Patrick Moraz was The Keyboard Player.
My greatest memory yes in 75 opening with Soundchaser in Manchester blew me away totally WOW❤
Had mentioned on previous Yes reax that as a drummer you needed to listen to Sound Chaser. Alan White keeps this all together despite everyone basically playing separate congruent leads throughout. The intro drumming is insane. This is the only album with Patrick Moraz on keys, and he made Yes edgier with his presence. The intro keys was his audition for the band. Anderson said on this song the band was just trying to achieve a sound they envisioned. Some insanely talented brains! 🙂 To Be Over, the last track on this album, is the "come down" from the chaos of Gates and Sound Chaser, the Howe pedal steel transition to guitar lead a thing of beauty.
Patrick transitioned the band to fusion jazz. They really admired Chick and Mahavishnu
Awesome track from this fabulous Album.
Genius. 🎶❤️🎶
Rick Wakeman was doing his solo tour " Journey to the center of Earth " yes found Patrick Moraz as an awesome replacement. Was the very first song Patrick recorded with Yes with solid contribution. Amazing part of this song is Chris Squire playing faster than Steve Howe with his bass guitar 🎸. God rest his soul , Chris was the best bass player I've ever heard. And true Alan Whites blend if drumming is incredible 👏
it is very heartening to see new generations of music lovers appreciating this seminal prog work. Relayer is my favorite all-time prog rock album. I am 64 now and I think I was about 15 when I first heard it in about 1975. This album would never have come to fruition if Yes hadn't switched drummers from Bill Bruford to Alan White and from Rick Wakeman to Patrick Moraz on keys. The tempo change on Sound Chaser is sublime! No other prog album, even Close to the Edge, my second favorite prog work is as extraordinary!
And now for To Be Over to finish the album. As crazy and frenetic as this track is, TBO is a tranquil, mellow trip down a calming stream.
Yes always delivers the goods.
They are consistently amazing. It's kinda scary lol
a great showcase for Chris Squire, on balance one of my favorite elements of Yes (there are many) and Alan White (who played drums on Lennon's "Imagine"). small world.
Any time I’ve asked a hater why they don’t like YES the answer is always some form of, “it’s to busy. To much going on all the time”. Which exactly why I like them. Although I will say it takes me a few listens until I can hear all the instruments, I have to concentrate on one at a time.
YES❗️❗️❗️😎
What's up Jeff : )
@@Lightmane Same old.😎
Ha ha! It’s mental isn’t it. This was me back in 74 when I heard it first time 😮Loved this reaction. Grinning from ear to ear.
Yeah this was Patrick Moraz on keyboards who provided Yes with a brilliant Jazz/Fusion vibe which inspired all 3 great tracks and my favourite all time Yes album. I always love Rick but it was a shame Yes dropped Patrick they way they did . Then again we wouldn’t have had “ Going For The One “ and “Awaken “ had they not … but I love Relayer
it was a good decision to drop moraz
I strongly recommend To Be Over, the third song of the album. It’s totally different from The Gates and Soundchaser, but it’s incredibly beautiful and emotional. Turn of the Century on Going for the One is also incredibly beautiful.
So glad you finally got to this, and glad you reacted to it the way you did. Keep on your Yes journey, they will not let you down. After Tales of Topographic Oceans, Rick Wakeman wanted to do a couple solo projects. Vangelis, who Jon Anderson did some solo work with, almost joined Yes at this time, but it didn't work out, so Patrick Moraz, from the Moody Blues, joined Yes for this amazing album, bringing a jazz fusion vibe to Yes, and they made one of their best albums. Side one was Gates, side two started with Sound Chaser and closed with To Be Over, another amazing song.
Note.. Moraz had yet to join the Moodies, he had quit his 3 piece band REFUGEE to join YES
I lost my freakin mind in 74 when first hearing this song and album at 18! YES ON STERIODS. sadly the only album with Pat Moraz on Keys. His solo album a year later is a MUST!!!! Each member is FIRE here! Jon's voice is so rich but he can often be aggressive which is often overlooked bc of his sweetness. Alan & Chris doing their best playing AGAIN here! Steve killing it with such finesse. Everything YES had ever done was packed into this one album, but bigger, badder, more daring & different than before !!!!! PURE GENIUS. YES at their most Prog-gressiveness !!!!! The next song, TO BE OVER is the perfect opposite side of the coin from this. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fact that Moraz was stuck in the Moody Blues for a decade is a genuine tragedy. (And I _like_ the Moody Blues, but damn... what a waste!)
👍👋Yeah, their different keyboardists definitely bring a different sound. One of my favorite "latter day" Yes Songs is "Homeworld" with Igor Koroshev on keys and has both Steve Howe and Billy Sherwood on guitars. Billy Sherwood was hand picked by Squire to replace him on bass and really shapes the sound of modern Yes along with Downes on keys. They're always changing.
The keyboard player here, Patrick Moraz, was also the long time keyboard player for the Moody Blues.
Loved your reaction. This album is like no other. Liked and subscribed.
When you listen to Howe's solo, he plays the lyrics "First time I reached out I felt a sound.."
Patrick Moraz is the icing on the "Yes" cake...I still wonder how these "out-of-all-what-is-possible" ambiances could have emmerged from these so brillants musical minds. Sure these moments are one of the best of Alan White in Yes. Perfect juicy Trip :p !
Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater does a phenomenal cover of this song on one of his solo albums.
I saw this tour right before the album was released. The opening song was Sound Chaser. Total mind F!✌️😎
Hahahaha holy shit I bet that blew EVERYONES MINDS 😳 😆😆
On this Album the Keyboardplayer is Patrick Moraz, a swiss man, a more Jazz & Fusion Oriented Musican. His Playing on this Album was superb, as the Performance of the whole Band. Sound Chaser is, in my opinion, perhaps the complexed Piece of Music the Band ever done. The Album was Released in November 1974 and it was the only Studioalbum they made with the phenomenal Patrick Moraz. Relayer was 15 Years bevor Dream Theater and other Prog-Metal Bands and you can hear that 'Relayer' of Yes was the big Inspiration for Bands like Dream Theater and many others who came later. 😀Kind regards Heinz/Munich.
Best keys Yes ever had. Wish he'd stayed.
glad he didnt, , going for the one heralded the return of Rick and the and the return to quality @@davidmorgan6896
Fifty years ago next year!!
Best band ever ¡¡¡¡
Drummer Alan White is amazing on this song.
When I saw the tour for this album they opened with this. Was BLOWN AWAY because listen to the guitar when the vocals start and realize Steve is singing while he's playing the guitar you are listening to. Now, I realize he's not playing and singing at the same time on the album. But live, he freaking pulled it off and my head exploded. The "vitamins" I took an hour before the show didn't hurt either. But seriously, go back and listen to it a couple of times to really appreciate it.
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This song is the second song on the album, "Relayer" by Yes and the first song on the second side of the vinyl album.....this song is going to blow his mind...with it progressive Jazz fusion....okay....I got my smokes.....my Margarita Beer....and I am ready to see his reaction.
Alan totally upped his game from Tales, which shows here (plus it sounds like a totally different kit). But I'm pretty sure "Sound Chaser" is mainly Chris's song with Steve contributing the solo cadenza and Jon providing the softer bridge. Jon might also have come up with the "cha-cha-cha's", although Patrick had proven himself a fan of Brazilian music by this time). It's Patrick's funky solo section toward the end (plus as others have mentioned that opening fusion bit was part of his audition piece.)
The tom rolls in that intro were eye opening. Won a bunch of naysayers over to Alan's corner back in the day. Personally, I am now eager to hear you react to Tales From Topographic Oceans. But the one remaining Relayer track, To Be Over, will surprise you, too. Steve Howe said he listened to it after many years of not hearing it and found himself saying, "Who IS this band?"
Sound chaser features - to my ears anyway, one of the greatest guitar solos ever in popular recorded music history. The rest of the band is amazing enough, but Steve Howes flourishing multi styled amazing guitar solo smashes all conventions and, is unsurpassed. 'Jesus christ' and 'OMG' you said, and yes you are quite right.😊 such fun watching you experience this stuff for the first time. Ps Patrick Moraz on keys (deserved more time with Yes)
Welcome to the world of Yes, dear boy.
Not Rick Wakeman, but Patrick Moraz, the guy who turned Yes into a Jazz-Rock group for this album.
Relayer is probably my favorite Yes album. Although they have a huge catalog of incredible music they do have some clunkers, though they’re still incredibly performed. Their absolute worst is better than most bands’ best. Sound Chaser is indeed the guys having fun and effortlessly proving they could do anything. Anything.
My old band mates and I figured out that if there is a song on a Yes album you don't really like, just listen to it live, and it's awesome!
Finish it. "To Be Over" is an incredible album closer. Your heart will soar. Blessings.
Thank you my friend I truly appreciate it 🙏 I will be doing that one eventually! Sounds awesome :)
Dude, really great review - especially since you listened to it all the way through without pausing it to make your comments. Really good to enjoy my favourite track again through your reactions
When this was released, it wasn't universally well received by Yes fans, some of whom felt it was too different to what had gone before, too unusual. Somewhat like Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, it took a while to be seen or heard as the masterwork that it is. Relayer is breathtaking, full of tension, drama, serenity, and release. Glad you can appreciate it.
The first time one hears Sound Chaser….you “catch” what you can… cuz ya there is a lot to hear…the more you know Yes and each member…and listen to the songs a Few times….you can hear It All… Gates and Sound Chaser have become 2 of my favs!
Those tempo changes are frikn amaizing and live😮 .
The boys had been listening to a lot of John McLaughlin around this time.
If you like this tune, you might like "Majestic Dance" by Return to Forever. Ya, Yes is crushing it here.
YES!!!!!!! I have this album hanging on my wall. : )
So do I, signed by the band.😎
I want one too :( lol
@@L33Reacts 👍😎
WoW!!
Yes!!!!!!
"I've only listened to two tracks . . . " Dude, that's three quarters of this album! 😆
Well I think he LIKES IT!!! lol...that was Excellent!!!
I have loved Relayer since the first time I heard it, like 1978 or so. Unbelievable album and definitely one of a kind, just like you, Lee.
Keep your chin up, mate. I love your reactions and you always bring my spirits up.
Gates of Delirium is side one from the album Relayer and is one of their top 5 songs, then on side 2 you have Sound Chaser which is Yes Fusion music and the mellower To Be Over. That is the album and is my favorite Yes album. Patrick Moraz came in for this album on keyboards and Rick was back on the next one. Thanks for your enthusiasm for the music as you go through some tough life altering changes right now. Keep your head up, you have a bunch of people behind you and routing for your success. Now just go get it. : )
* I would help you out but financially not much better off right now.
Gates was side 1 of the vinyl with Chaser leading off side 2. You just need to hit To Be Over to finish Relayer, L33! Love the reaction as always and look forward to more Yes, especially when you dip into Topographic Oceans.👍🏼
YES! To Be Over is so sublime!! Best to ya, Bob~
My 5k special will be the revealing science of God. That is next Saturday:) thank you so much for watching. I will add to be over to the list as well.
@@L33ReactsActually I suggest the live version from Keys to Ascension. In this case, live before studio. Trust me.😎
Ok Jeff I am trusting you buddy 👍 I know you wouldn't steer me wrong
@@jeffschielka7845 Hi Jeff! Great suggestion!
Ah and not to forget "To Be Over" third song on this Album. YES really plays with the time signatures on this song ( Sound Chaser) sometimes even with in a bar measure. Glad you're Doing the YES journey.
Great reactions!!! And now your next reaction can finish the entire alum with "To Be Over" which is a tear jerker....Be prepared!!!
Thanks - Thought you'd like it. Kudos. One of my favorite pieces by Yes.
That's the only Yes album on which a Swiss keyboard player, Patrick Moraz, plays. Wakeman didn't re-join the band for a studio album until Going For the One in 1977.
Dream Theater's keyboard player, Jordan Rudess, did a great cover of Sound Chaser on one of his albums. You should check it out.
This was sh fender album.
1953 tele and fender steel guitar
You're over 5 thousand! congratulations ❣️
Patrick Moraz, Rick had a hissy fit after Topographic Oceans and left plus his solo career was in full flight too. Patrick only lasted the 1 studio album though.
Another YES Masterpiece!!!🤩
love sound chaser
Alan white on drums!
So many people say Neal pert was the greatest drummer, I say just a cause you have more drums on stage than other drummers doesn’t make one the greatest.
It’s the guitar part that really love! It just keeps going all the way through the song.
Allot of what you might thing is keyboards is actually Howe’s guitar work;)
I think Sound Chaser is exactly right for this song, it’s one sound chasing another all the way through the song!!
That's not Rick on keyboards. Patrick Moraz played keys on this album.
God Bless you and keep on keeping on....
I've been listening to Yes for 50 years now, I mean I really need to thank my folks for their timing for putting me on this planet. Altough this is Alan best work, but would love to know what Bill Bruford would have made out of it
PAT-Rick
As for one of their great ballads: "Turn of The Century." Not to miss.
I have to say, even though Rick Wakeman isn't on this album (and i'm a big fan of Rick Wakeman era Yes).. This is one of my favourite Yes Albums... In fact I would go so far as to say that if I have to choose only one.. It would be this one.... Loveing your reactions Lee... Keep on Rocking man..
Just found your channel with your Spocks Beard Video. Love you enthusiasm. Update - o man. Didnt know about your life woes. Keep your head up.
When Chris Squire was alive, he was possibly the absolute best bassist to ever play that musical instrument. As for Steve Howe, although you aren't able to say that about him, he has quite a sound with that Gibson semi hollow body guitar. Oh, it's a single cut away ES 175. Here's an interesting fact for you; he only plays it in the States and on the Yes album. My absolute favorite guitar is from the same company as it, which is an ES 345 TDN. Why? It's because of all the different sounds it's capable of producing. Another absolutely incredible guitar is from a lady up here in Canada by the name of Linda Manzer. She crafted only two of them, which she called the Picasso, from the artist Pablo Picasso. This acoustics guitar has 42 string.
It's not Rick on keys. He quit Yes after Tales From Topographic Oceans. Patrick Moraz plays on this album. He literally got the gig by composing the intro to Sound Chaser on the spot during his audition.
Oh yeah I'm very aware now lol this video is really old! I've listened to soooo much more Yes since this video. Moraz was killer on this album.
Patrick Moraz joined them for keyboards on this one.
IMHO the best guitar solo ever. And then all the rest of the band !!! Patrick Moraz is so crazy on the keys. I would have liked 2-3 more albums with him. With the return of Wakeman they stopped being inventive, although I like Rick a lot too…
Used to used this and King Crimson Red to scare metal heads, LoL. Great Reaction, and hope things look up for you soon (oh Soon) Cheers!
Excellent choices…
Ty!@@tonymusolino2369 and Hi!
Thank you my friend! I hope so too. I really need it to! Lol
Thanks!
Thank you so much Jeff! You have no idea how much that helps thank you 🙏
To be over, finally.
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth.
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FYI- Rick wasn’t on this record. A guy named Patrick Moraz played on this one. Then Rick wanted to come back and poor Patrick was seriously heartbroken.
They never rocked harder. And Rick wasn't there.
Patrick Moraz on keys. Only YES album he played on.
I know a drummer who doesn't think Alan White had much talent. This track says otherwise
There are no bad YES songs. I agree to do "To Be Over" and finish the album. Also checkout "Turn of the Century".
Lost in trance of dancers.
Not classic Yes but one hell of an album !
@6:20... opposite sides, dude! Gates is over 20 minutes, an entire 33rpm LP side. ;)
Oh the guitar part goes on forever!
Do a best guitarist google search, good luck finding Stevie’s name on the list, unless it’s a top 100, and he’s still like 75!! Pisses me off, everybody has a favorite, I have a few, but none I’d put above how.
Guitar world magazine, back in the day, I’m 68 this summer, did a best guitarist pole, Howe won in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980.
In 1981 that opened an HOF, with Howe as the first inductee. Which made him ineligible for the best pole;)
They do the HOF thing to give the other guitarists a shot at the title.
A lot of what you put on a keyboard is actually Stevie’s guitar.
Patrick Moraz is the Keyboard player on Relayer.
Patrick moraz was the keyboardist for this lp only
Hey Lee! So you want to do TRSOG for your 5K. Cool. May i suggest you do the live version from Keys to Ascension. In this case live before studio is 100 percent better! Trust me!! I know everyone will agree with me. Thanks!!!😎
I concur.
@@chriso6719 👍😎
Patrick moraz keyboards from switzerland
Don’t blame ya for it being Patrick Moraz and not Rick. Yes has had so many personnel changes. It is so interesting though, to see how the sound changes with the more Jazz fusion leanings of Moraz. However Relayer is definitely a Steve Howe dominated album.
They produced the most complex progressive rock compositions of all time.
Sound Chaser had some really cool parts, but my problem with it is said parts don't form a cohesive piece of music..it's like several disparate pieces of music were kind of thrown together. Again, some of those pieces were VERY cool, and the playing was flat out sick. To me it just doesn't come together well.
PS: You now have another subscriber... It's been too long in coming.
Well, a hard track to be ambivalent about! I hope you like it. I’ll likely do my usual of multiple comments but what a ride this will be ❤🎉😂