Yes - Close To The Edge Live 1975 (HD) - A Celebration 2DVD set
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Close to the Edge performed live at Queen's Park Ranger's stadium in May of 1975. Available on Yes, A Celebration 1969-1979 2DVD set
You can view the mini-movie/trailer for Yes, A Celebration 2-DVD set at my Dailymotion account here:
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it runs about 4 1/2 minutes
Check out these CDs from my favorite Yes era: Yes - 1969 Time and a Word - 1970 The Yes Album - 1971 Fragile - 1971 Close to the Edge - 1972 Tales from Topographic Oceans - 1973 Relayer - 1974 Going for the One - 1977 Tormato - 1978
Chris Squire is my favorite bass hero. Got to meet him at a hotel bar after a show...super nice fellow and very down to earth. RIP Chris.
THE FISH!!
A very underrated bass guitarist!!!!!!
Mine too!!! Best rock bassist in history.
They did a show in the Round in Indianapolis in 1977 . I got to Shake Chris Squires hand before he made it up to the stage. Now that its over and done. Never to be seen the same again!
Which is a shame because he changed the Bass in the way Hendrix changed guitar, and Keith Emerson changed keyboards / synthesisers. They were all game changers, no one saw the nstruments the same way again after they played them. He is literally one of the few pioneers in Rock 'N' Roll. @@apexjoe4769
One of my favs in the 70’s and I’m 69 now and we grew up with the best music EVER❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼
El #2 después de Hendrix
Amen. I'm 67. What a time to be alive back then
I’m currently 21 and this is truly one of my favorite albums, this keeps getting better every time I listen to it, it is simply amazing, really wish I had been there…
I was. My favorite group ... pretty much of all time!
CTTE is alive
I understand - I discovered this around 1980 and even then I was "late to the party". I would come home from school around the age of 17 and listen to this alone on my parent's stereo in the living room daily for about a month. I just couldn't believe it.
This is like Brubeck, Coltrane, a Prokofiev ballet, Rachmaninov.
Yes was my very first concert at the age of 15, now I,m 64 and still in awe of the talent that I grew up with!!
I'm truly blessed!! ❤ ❤❤
¡Que envidia!.
Mine also. July '75. 16 years old. Incredible.
Not my first but one of the earliest ones, probably 1975 and 14 years old. Yes has shaped my musical tastes very deeply. One of the greatest bands out there
You are lucky that you saw them live on stage. Unfortunately, I was a little too young and missed it.
@@WesserBessi That's too bad. Such brilliance Their music still sounds fresh
They were selling out stadiums in the 70's playing this music. Impossible 50 years later. Among the best bands of all time.
Well.other .hugely popular. bands were performing there as well so yes and no.
Yes! 😊
Pre Covid 2918 . Yes played a Small under 10k space capacity NC Amphitheatre that wasn't sold out. A fantastic retrospective ! There's still nobody like them
Not sure if I would like listening to this in such a giant stadium. The largest space I have seen them was at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and was great. Love this version (Relayer) of the band nonetheless.
True!
Two years appart we lost
Chris Squire
John Wetton
Greg Lake
3 bass players we won't forget.
RIP.
I know, how very sad 😢. 3 of the very finest too, all irreplaceable! YES and ELP and the many bands John graced
Jhon uk
@@ALBERTO-v6i John, UK, URIAH HEEP, ASIA
@@ALBERTO-v6i John, UK, URIAH HEEP, ASIA
@@ALBERTO-v6i John was in UK, Uriah Heep and ASIA
1965-1975 a decade of music that will probably never be surpassed.
Yes! Something I always say as well. Maybe '66 to '76 or '67 to '77, something like that. By the time Eric Clapton got a perm it seemed like the End Times. Then in came Disco and Flock of Seagulls and the like. Thank God for UA-cam being here as a repository for this great music.
yo diría desde 1962 hasta 1977; 15 años maravillosos y que nunca más se reprodujeron en grupos de semejante calidad
Totally. Never more....!!! golden years!!!
¿¿¡¡Probably!!??..., I guess you were trying to say "CERTAINLY", ¿right?
@@61hink if that’s the only era you listen to you’re very narrow minded in your music choices.
Isn't this music just incredible. I seen them when I was 14. I am now 58. Still love them. Probably been to 6-7 shows. Genesis, Yes Jethro Tull Moodie Blues. Seen them all plus more. This music was so complex, so intense. It had life. What happened. You'll NEVER outdo this generation of music. I was blessed to be born in the 60s. Thanks mom and dad.
Lucky you are having seen them in 1979. I am 57 and only saw them in 1990 on the Union tour in Cologne, Germany. Definitely not the same...
I have nothing to say, except for one word: GOOSEBUMPS.
1975: when Yes could legitimately lay claim to being one of the very best live musical groups on the planet.
What made Yes stand out is that they were one of the few bands that could actually reproduce their recorded music to onstage performances. So many bands I loved at that time couldn't sound exactly like their records when they played live.
them and floyd are still to this day unmatched by any other band in a live setting
@@chugnuts4208 Too bad no one patched a cam corder to any Floyd gigs.
Would agree 72, 75 Wakeman was gone
@@bradcondon6632 I find Moraz a much more interesting improviser, though he didn't have the stage presence of Wakeman.
This tour was my first blessing of Yes live, July 19 1975. It was Yes's 83rd stop on a 88 city tour. They were so impressive I saw Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth 35 more times over the next forty yrs.
did they really sell a stadium this large alone?
@janpierzchala2004 in the 70s Yes sold out Wembley Stadium twice. Madison Square Gardens 3 nights in a row, Philadelphia Soectrum 2 nights in a row and every show Yes did for 7yrs straight all over the world. So ya Yes sold out a few shows. There's vid of said shows
I saw them at Wembley Arena in 1989 only. Madison is not a stadium size but if you say Wambley Stadium twice I am more than surprised - just because this is really ambitious music @@lesblatnyak5947
Saw this in July '75 also. Kansas opened. Awesome.
@@jameshammer1616l get choked up about it
I saw this tour at Roosevelt Stadium, NJ. Incredible!!!!
Chris Squire's SO impressive with the backup vocals + intense bass parts! What a talent! R.I.P.
Chris was great...
His voice is the main reason Drama is so awesome, and his lightning fast fingers.
@@scottsharp3356 I love how present he is on that album! I always thought that Chris was a great singer and his voice meshed very well with Jon’s (and Trevor’s on Drama).
Shine on Chris 🌹😌♥️
I think he went to a vocal college in England .
Truly magnificent Jon Anderon is remarkable. This is pure genius I'm 74 and dont think this will ever be surpassed even at Glastonbury 2024..such humility
To whom All is left to this amazing band, may God Bless You All. Thank You🥰🫶🏼❣️
Incredibly sophisticated, yet beautifully simple on the ears. I'm not sure we fully understood the talent that was Yes during this period. Only with time can we have the perspective to truly appreciate the music that they made. So glad to grow up listening to Fragile and Close to the Edge. Amazing.
Well said. They were an extremely talented band.
Oh yes, we did understand the complex-simplicity of Yes. They were and ARE awesome!
We didn't because there were so many great bands then. We thought it would go on forever.
I know. I listen to it regularly still more than 50 years after I first heard Yes. It is my favorite of many bands that became popular in the early 1970s.
His 'Friends of Mr. Cairo', with Vangelis (RIP) is priceless...
These guys were absolute alchemists of tone, rhythm and lyrics. In other words Musicians.
Alchemists of space and time!! You could dance, get lost and be mesmerized in each part of the song, knowing that it was a whole story with a plot, conflict, and resolution. When you knew that THAT resolution was going to come sometime you could just enjoy every other thing that could happen in-between. Now, when instant retribution is the norm, people don't enjoy those moments anymore.
Yeah, pity that the dynamics totally got screwed by whatever perpetrator.
Close To The Edge is a Masterpiece ! I saw this at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia June 12th 1976 ..... unforgettable ....
FJS Music - Frank James Staneck I listened to that show live on the radio
@@toothbrush5190 I still often think of that concert. It was a wonderful time for music. I can still picture a green laser shooting out over the river during the dreamy part of "Close To The Edge". I'm glad that you got to experience it on the radio
I was there, it was my 5th Yes concert and I just turned 18
I was there too. First concert I ever went to. Been to many concerts since then,but that remains one of the very best.
As did I. What an era.
The thing most younger people will never realize about Steve Howe is that he won Best Overall Guitarist like 7 or 8 years in a row, back when Guitar Player Magazine mattered and that title actually meant something. Yet somehow, he got left off of Rolling Stone's 100 most influential guitarists list (along with Eric Johnson and Neal Schon, among others). Nice job Rolling Stone. You are truly a rag and always were. Thanks for the video. Sweet stuff!
Guitar World also did a top 100 Guitarists list (best not most influential)..But it was like a knockout tournament format where a guitarist was paired /matched against another and the fans voted for the winner of that match. The winners carry on to the next round until there was only two left.
As you can imagine - it came up with some strange results.... but Howe at ;least got up to No. 61
The winner was Eddie Van Halen, 2nd was Brian May, 3rd Alex Lifeson 4th Hendix 5th Joe Satriani 6th Jimmy Page 7th Tony Iommi 8th Stevie Ray Vaughan 9th Dimebag Darrel 10th Steve Vai
Actually I can kind of see some logic in not having Howe in the "most influential" top 100. Howe has two things going against him.
1. The stuff he plays is so technically difficult that it's not really possible for anyone other than an already very accomplished guitarists to play. So you don't get many young guitarists that are still learning, throwing in Steve Howe scale runs into their practice routines or their own compositions.
2. He plays so many different styles that you can't really pick one as a distinctive Steve Howe style. Guitarists with distinct styles tend to be more influential - even though they may well be far less able players.
Somebody like the Edge from U2 (who is 20+ levels below Howe in terms of technical ability) will no doubt be regarded as influential because he only really has one style and it's easy for even intermediate level guitarists to play.
In a bizarre kind of way you could argue that the things that made Howe the Best Overall Guitarist in the eyes of Guitar Player magazine - were the same things that made him less influential in the eyes of Rolling Stone magazine.
TheSmithDorian
You know, I rarely read or reply to people who reply to my comments. Largely because I don't usually revisit the same pages much. However, in this case I decided to make an exception.
I just wanted to thank you for a very calm, well thought out reply to my rant. You actually made a point which I hadn't really thought of. It's refreshing to have somebody with intelligence come back with a comment that adds further insight to the subject, rather than just disagreeing and swearing at me (as is usually the case). :)
The last thing I would say in rebuttal to your statements is that while you are right about Howe's inaccessibility to novice players due to his technical ability, that is just a "playing" thing. You don't have to be able to play something to be profoundly inspired by it. I couldn't play hardly any of his stuff when I was in my teens, but these days I find myself playing more and more of it. The point being that Steve Howe, among other lesser appreciated guitarists who shall be nameless, were directly responsible for inspiring me to become the accomplished player that I am these days.
I still maintain that RS is a soggy rag though. Hehe!
yeah great guitarist... but what a self-centered bitch at times...!!!!
I'm in my mid 30's and I can assure you, I've been over the rainbow and back again with Rolling Stone. And they are NOT a noteworthy publication. They are a conveyor for advertisements and the opinions of sadly lost high-ons. It's one thing to get stoned and still be able to write -- it's entirely another to be a high-on.
And with Jann Wenner (No Progressive Rock or Yes fan!) at the helm of both the magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, Steve and the band get NO love!
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Jon Anderson's voice sounds similar to the record version? His voice is really one of a kind.
I think because it's not falsetto.
Anderson every time sounds the same... The same boring. He's gifted, but boring. Unlike the music.
Nobody like him...one of the greatest rock voices EVER!
@@maciejkrasuski Boring? He’s been consistently great over 50 years.
@@Clearanceman2 what do you mean
“Thank you. Hope you’re enjoying yourself, Yes?!” Jon says at the conclusion of CTTE while he straps on a guitar and gets ready for the next masterpiece. Yes, Jon, we are still enjoying ourselves listening and watching YES from many years ago. Thank all of you in the many incarnations of YES for creating such fabulous music that will last forever and ever. 🙏💕
Así es.
Jon Anderson's vocals never seem to falter, even to this day. What a miraculous voice
Imagine learning and performing a piece of music like that from memory.. stunning to hear it again after being a huge YES fan in my teens.
It's almost impossible that any band today could have an audience that big playing a 20 minute long song.
frankly I'm always seriously impressed they could play their whole album list live, with all the incredible cross-rhythmic and moving-part structure of their songs
Practice man, practice man !!!
Practice man, practice man !!!
I've seen them many times. The version of this song on Yesongs is the best I've heard.
I loved Yes from many years ago. I listened to Close to the Edge when l got a severe case of hepatitus, for many months and l listened to this album every day. I had no earphones so my parents had to bear it. I really believe it helped me so much get through the awful sickness, and the later depression that came after. It was the best choice of music for me in that time. Always the best and l never saw them live. Would have killed for that!
70' best time in my life.
I've listened to this album thousands of times over the years
Still makes my spine tingle
Thanks to the entire Yes crew for providing so much pleasure for so many people over so many years
+jon se What is your favorite part of Close to the Edge? I have two. The first is when they change cadence from the first vocal part to the second, where there is that guitar lick that seamlessly transforms into a bass lick. both tasty! Right before the line "Crossed a line around the changes of the summer..."
The second is when they return to the motif of the first vocal part and Squire plays that staccato Bass part whose timing I STILL cannot get down. Right before the line "My eyes convinced eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love..."
Going to have to go listen again.
"I get up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get downnnn! That chills my spine every single time I hear it, knowing the keyboards are next just makes it better. But it all stands together as a musical composition that will outlive us all
Just 100% kick ass class!!
I saw them in the round at the Detroit Olympia in 79 my God I was never the same!!!
Saw this band 5 times in the round, and thru their break ups and various rebrands, then their reunion tour. Still enjoying on UA-cam (what tha actual f, i didn't have to scalp tickets?) in 2021.
What's fascinating about Howe's playing is that he gives the impression of always being "on the edge". A feeling of emergency. A matter of life and death.
Intense player for sure!
Exactly! What I learned from this version in particular was that Howe’s parts, which I had always thought completely improvisational were, in fact, totally reproducible, composed parts!!!!!
He is loose like Jimmy Page
Bruford once observed that it was interesting how all the members of Yes played so aggressively and intensely, and wrote such complex and abrasive sounding music, despite trying to play themselves off as a bunch of spiritual hippies. He called it one of the great ironies of Yes.
I was 14 and completely mesmerized by Jon Anderson’s voice and the epic instrumentals of Yes. 🤤❤️
TRULY AMAZING VIDEO, BUT WHAT A FANTASTIC MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. YES BLOODY LOVE IT, AND STILL LISTENING 🎶 🙌. ARE YOU 😊😅😊
This show, or the San Francisco Performance of this tour, was the very first rock concert I attended in my life. I was 12 years old at the time. I knew Close To The Edge by Heart at that point because my older sister had the album from when it was first released and we both listened to it every single day for what must have been two years. But of the rest of YES I knew almost nothing. I attended the show with my cousin and his mother, my Aunt. She was given the tickets by friends who could not use them. So she took my cousin, 13 at the time, and me. I was the one who begged to go when I heard the tickets wee available. The show was at at the Cow Palace & the opening act was Ace. I remember standing in the parking lot when security personnel opened a gap in the line. A limousine sped across the parking lot, through the gap in the line right in front of us, and quickly disappeared into a tunnel. We caught a glimpse of several guys with long hair in the back seat. My aunt remarked "Gee, they look just as scrawny and unkempt as the rest of these kids here." My closest encounter with YES and that remark from my Aunt are forever etched into my memory as a rather poorly matched set.
When YES came on, they opened with Close to the Edge. There was a huge crystal ball above the stage that rotated. spotlights around the perimeter of the arena shone into it as it spun through the opening sequence, which filled the arena with fragments of dancing light. I was enthralled, but my cousin & Aunt thought it was just noise! Reluctantly I allowed then to yank me out about halfway through the show. I am to this day both disappointed I did not get to see the entire show and grateful for what I did see.
For several years, more than I care to admit, I was baffled. The keyboard player had dark hair. How could that be? Rick Wakeman was easily identified by his long blonde hair. I couldn't figure it out because I had my years mixed up. I thought we had gone to the show in 74. It was not for many years that my cousin mentioned it was 75, not74 that we saw Yes.. Then it all clicked into place. I witnessed the Relayer Tour. Patrick Moraz would have been at the keyboard. Funny the things a kids mind turns into memories in a 50 some year old man over the years.
I subsequently saw the band perform numerous times and with numerous line-ups. But what stayed with me from the early show was not so much the shredding that Steve Howe invented right there on stage & for which he gets little credit. What stayed with e was the imposing figure in the boots. I knew that was the man who made the bass sound unlike anything else I had ever heard, but with those boots and that Rick, he was much larger than life up there on that stage while I was down on the floor below. He was almost frightening. He looked so serious. I will never forget the moment I saw him walk on stage and begin ascending the scale up the neck while on stage right, Howe was shredding away.
Many decades and many Yes Shows came and went and came around again, more than I can remember. That imposing figure in the boots was omnipresent, regardless of whoever else may have been on the stage. But he became a gentle giant in my mind. As a player, he was always my idol, and when I went to the concerts, he was the one I watched the most. And it was about 30 years and untold many shows later that I realized when he was onstage, He had a huge smile that rarely left his face. Even while performing the same songs, over and over again (think about how many times he must have played "Yours is No Disgrace) it became apparent to me every time he performed, he was having the time of his life. He never missed a single one. And he was the best at what he did. Thank You Yes, for a lifetime of music. And in particular, thank you Chris Squire for being the absolute best &always being there with a smile that told the audience you were there completely for them. Every time without fail for 40 years. We love you and will miss you.
I hope you enjoyed this reminiscence and tribute to an icon. If you did, I am glad. If you did not, how come you read it all the way to the end? :-)
+Paul Anderson Thank you for that tribute, it brings tears to my eyes. You're right, his playing was simply astounding, it was magical, he sang like an angel, and the way he dressed and carried himself was so visually striking onstage. Being something like 6'4'' didn't hurt either! But that smile, his happiness at being there, you nailed it, he was having the time of his life and that joy in the moment is so apparent. He gave us a great and rare gift and there will never be another like him.
+rosalindm59 Thank You Rosalind for your kind words. It is gratifying to know that someone read & was touched by what I wrote. I started in on another technical Diatribe about how Great Chris Squire is in this video, but stopped & wiped it. Some other time.
He was my musical hero. He made a joyful noise. 68 years was not enough. I loved him and was affected by his death in a way that few celebrity deaths do because he has been a part of my life literally for 44 of my 52 years!
So thanks. I am glad my words made a difference to someone else. I have many more stories about Yes, their music, & Chris, but I will spare you.
As an excellent counterpoint to this though, I suggest looking up the video of "Yes Unplugged" from 2004. It is a mature band celebrating, reminiscing, & having fun playing together.
Once again, I love you Chris. Thank You for all the great times & inspirations you have given me over a lifetime, and for the legacy you left us. But Man, I just wish...One more time...
+Paul Anderson I wish there was space here to hear those stories. You and i have been fans for the same length of time so maybe it's not surprising we have similar feelings on Chris. It's surprising to me how much I've been affected by his passing, but you're right, being inspired by him ever since Roundabout is a long long time. Thanks for the Unplugged recommendation, I've seen it but it's been years and I need to watch it again. Best to you.
+Paul Anderson A great comment to a great guy man! I hope you are a writer. If you're not, you missed your calling. I saw them in 75 also, & believe it or not, it was my first concert to. Went with a high school friend. His dad took us & we hid from him so we could enjoy the show a bit better. He wanted to leave as soon as they started hahaha. Just like your experience!....Steve
+Paul Anderson Oh Paul.......I was at the Cow Palace for the Relayer tour as well, and I remember it differently. Maybe they had more than one show? I do not remember a disco ball. I remember this was the tour with the snakes heads above the band. There were lights in the snakes heads and during the end tunes the snakes heads began bobbing up and down. I remember calling Steve Howe a "madman!" as he shredded the guitar.
And yes, Mr. Squire had his great presence. Miss that guy's incredible creativity and soul.
The most technically brilliant guitarist of all time
Easy there, Tiger.
@@epipen1033Steve Howe is the GOAT, Pussycat.
😂 lol 😂
😂
It. is. ON.
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That angular sense of melody, that firey and dynamic picking attack just about to go off the rails, but always miraculously stays on, and that overdrive bell-chime tone delivered with a frenzy of talent. Steve Howe is truly a maestro.
The absolute greatest rock band of all time.
This is real music.
I saw Yes summers of '75 and '76 both times at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City. Phenomenal! I was at front of stage right, Howe was RIGHT. THERE. Amazing. 🎵
Close to the Edge is musical perfection
Yeah
Tommy Haynes True Tommy. It is a masterpiece, A shame about the terrible mix in this recording though.
Tommy Haynes Too bad we do not see Rick Wakeman on the keys but Patrick Moraz, but this was my favourite music in the 70's
I kind of like it, it highlights things you don't typically hear.
philippe Steingueldoir: Moraz just doesn't play with the same finesse that Wakeman had. But then again White is no Bill Bruford either.
Welcome all you youngsters ....to the absolute masters of prog rock.Welcome.!!!
49 years ago ❤
on étaient jeune !!!
Seasons will pass you by. They always have and they always will. RIP CHRIS SQUIRE. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC AND YOUR GENIUS. YOU TRANSFORMED MY LIFE AND MY HEART.
Chris Diamond KILLER Bass sound, Also the Bass player for Magma, The Stranglers
[J.J Burnel], The Bass players from RUINS & The Bass player from GODFLESH.
John Luzi Jah Wobble,
+John Luzi Peter Hook, Simon Gallup...
Chris Diamond mine too. and I play bass
Chris Diamond l/
I saw them in Rosavelt stadium in jersey city new jersey in the summer of 75. it was the last show on the American tour and it was held over twice because of rain. it was an experience of a life time.
Imagine being 16 in a room with blacklight posters of trippy scenes, having a little smoke with your friends and listening to this. I am fortunate to not have to imagine; only remember.
and a Lava Lamp and velvet poster of Jimi !! I remember it well maybe..... haha
Me too mate.
Don’t have to Imagine either, except it was a lot of blue smoke
Seen them numerous times in the 70's. No band compared with there style of play. And being a teen in the 70's.....nothing compares to that either.
Close to the Edge, Larks Tongue in Aspic, Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Genesis, Tull, Floyd, and so many more. Hours spent with some good friends and smoke, surrounded by black light posters and $10 disco light. Such good times...
A band with this level of creative genius only comes around once in a lifetime. We'll never see these types of musicians again.
What get's me, it's the fact that all musicians was top of the line. All together, what's the odds? incredible
Check out Marillion for your modern prog. Maybe not as good. PF were the heavy weights of this stuff in 75, and maybe Genesis too. Yes got stuck in a groove whilst the others moved on. Probably their best piece of work though
What about Genesis in the PG era?
Yes all of those guys were well educated musicians. Their vocals with a driving rhythm that propelled a very unique sound. Dam we all had a blast in those days. Things have changed drastically, you didn’t have to think , just enjoy. Oh well that generation , is one that for the most part we all have fond joyous memories.
Saw this tour in 1975 in philly at jfk stadium. 105,000 people there. Still get chills thinking about it. Thank you to all the rock gods of that time.
I mean 76
Do you remember who the backup bands were ? I'm pretty sure I was at that show that's when they started doing those amazing laser light shows @bobsol8522
Yes! 76 and I was there, too. Yes, Frampton, Gary Wright, and Pusette Dart Band. Hot AF and no shade, girls in front of us shared their hash. Man, those were the days. I think it was 110,000 people. STILL can't believe my old fashioned dad drove me in and out of the place. Malvern represent!
@@TREASONHUNTERyes, Frampton, Gary Wright, Pusette Dart Band. Quite a show.
@@jkro30a it really was a great show and it was also a great time for all of us I miss those days
45 years later...this tune still gives me chills. Imagine that this was in juke boxes in the 1970s...yes, it was. I tells "these kids today" that...and they I;m on acid...no, I was on acid then...
Which juke boxes played 18 minute songs?
@@halweiss8671 There actually were jukeboxes with CDs from which you could select the track on the CD you wanted to hear. I can recall once being in a pizza parlor with a jukebox like that. That night the place had tables full of teenyboppers who were playing and singing along to upbeat top 40 hits. I got the urge to shake things up. So I went to check out the list of CDs in the jukebox, noticed the first Doors album was in there, and played "The End" from that album. That thoroughly depressing 12-minute song definitely quieted the place down, well worth the quarter I spent to play it, ho ho...
@@zanti4132 Such utter bullshit. First CD's were released to the public in Japan in October 1982. The first commercial CD player, the Sony CDP-101, was also released in Japan that month. The format became popular worldwide in 1983-84. Zanti's jukebox CD's in the 70's is utter bullshit.
@@cmerton I never said that night in the pizza parlor happened in the 1970s. Thinking back to the folks I was with, it would have been the early 1990s. You can stop gagging on your own vitriol.
I saw them in Philadelphia in 1970. They whew just like this. Fantastic. It was the first rock concert I ever attended.
Epic performance though sound engineer was probably stoned.
Very. Very close to the edge him or her self.
Why wouldnt he be??
Howe is definitely WAY heavy in this board mix. Such a shame it’s so far from balanced. But priceless footage, nonetheless.
Everyone within earshot was probably stoned....
Also Moraz really blew it.
One of the best progressive tunes ever..
I saw them on this tour, an outdoor concert at Rynerson Stadium, Ypsilanti Michigan in July of 1975. A band called ACE was the opener, then Peter Frampton, riding the wave of his Frampton Comes Alive album, and Yes was the headliner. I still remember scenes of that day in my mind, what a great time to be a teenager.
Masterpiece then.....masterpiece now. Songs are rarely this epic in any era.
I get the feeling that Wakeman is more strict with his timings than the more jazz-oriented Moraz. When you already have one player who is very "liberal" with his timings (Howe), that can be damaging to the overall groove. The same piece on Yessongs is much tighter, IMO
Moraz unfortunately just isn't the same as Wakeman, and it shows in performances like this.
Wakeman was so much better. Even in his stupid cape 🤣
Yessongs is remarkable! Nothing tops that album. Nothing...says this Beatles freak!
Wakeman was dialed-in.
Moraz was dialed-near; working it, not surreal enough.
True, but glad they still produced music without Wakeman, instead of just stopping the whole band over the artistic differences. The Relayer Album while maybe not the best Yes album, is better than no more new Yes material. And having a concert to go to of Yes with Moraz was better than not having any concerts. The band Yes with Moraz is still better than most bands.
Back in '72. 19 y/o and I used to get 'Close to the Edge' with good weed, good 'shrooms, alcohol, and YES. 50 yrs later the 'shrooms and alcohol are history, but I still have this album and my weed...till death do we part.
SO far ahead of their time....and Steve Howe, Mother-of-God! that first 3 and half minutes! other-worldly level of playing.
Anyone go to show in Jersey City (Roosevelt Stadium)?
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In one hundred years in the future Yes will be remember along side Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi and the Hand of Five as masterful musicians.
Imagine, live your 20's in the 70's....what a time to be alive
I remember buying Close to the Edge, on the day it came out. And haven't stopped playing it sense. Yes they were brilliant days the 70's
stagflation, energy crisis, political terrorism throughout the west, threat of nuclear war, half of europe under occupation... no thanks
Pretty much like today then? Except also 70% of the natural world has gone too.
I am from 66´s and 70´s was the very good etape in my live who i remember with better music and as you say a much time to be alive.pedrodelmoralcastro66@gmail.com.Periko,Granada {España}
Pim Commandeur I did and it was and I'm glad I did
This is the best version I’ve ever heard of Close to the edge live I have ever heard Long live YES
Greatest live song ever,Moraz was awesome for Yes.RIP Chris
When "Yes appeared with Black Sabbath" at a concert in March of 1972, I was mainly there to see the headliners which was Black Sabbath. After Sabbath finished their set of songs the encore chants we're for more Yes. My friends and I agreed...that Yes stole the show in every way. They were phenomenal!
Sabbath was boring live. They also had many bad shows due to Ozzy and his problems.
Rick Wakeman did British TV interview show and one of the best was him interviewing Tony Iommi about this very tour!
Wish I was there.
Both bands require two different vibes and moods for appreciation. I like nothing when I am in the Sabbath mood, likewise won't like Sabbath when I am in Yes or DP mood.
Good to hear.
Had front row Centre seats 2 times for Yes back in the 70's, saw them "in the round"...
Leaving all the changes far from far behind❤️ to this day that line hangs on my shoulders. I love you Yes
Steve Howe is a guitar God.
throw our guitars out...
Beautiful precise times. What trip. The Suite Close To The Edge
Whenever I listen to this, I feel like this is the quintessential prog rock masterpiece.
Unbelievable performance to play that technical song live and boy is that a great version of it!!!!!!!!!
someone watching in 2023?? So much awesome memories........
6/13/24
Jon Anderson an instrument in himself .
William Fenton Spot on mate, transcendent....
I thought exactly the same thing
I think he chose lyrics for what they sounded like. Not so much about meaning. Many yes lyrics are jibberish. So awesome.
Woohoo! You go Dude!
Love that singer what a great voice, loved them for 40 years
First Yes track I heard was Close to the Edge - NEVER tired of listening to it. My life with YES - never ending!!
I grew up listening to Yes. THE most brilliant band in the universe as far as I am concerned even to this day. NO ONE has ever come close to the song writing and musicianship they possessed. When you listen to them they take you away to another place, its hard to explain.
It's weird.
Early Genesis, easy. Way better imo
Im 69 and still getting goose bumps to some of their music...and full body rushes - its not hard to explain to someone who "gets" it
Agreed. Beginning to end, they were it. Everyone else had their moments in time, but Yes was always something different.
Simply the most accomplished band of musicians...complex songs expertly played...quite stunning...
Just so dynamic... a song of epic proportions...... if there was a song that truly defines Yes it is definitely "Close To The Edge"....
Close to the edge of greatness
You have something special even if it doesn't sell right away, you must stay the course because you know that what you are producing is real , true and from the heart. YES, there's only one and never again will this music come this way so enjoy it any way you can because it's fucking awesome !
My first Yes concert was 77 with the Going for the One tour. Was always a big fan and finally got to see them. These guys and Genesis are 2 of the best prog of all time. One of the best songs I've ever heard live. RIP Chris. Now you are a fish out of water.
Bill bruford kept a good beat in yes but he became a drummer in king crimson
Nada tenía que hacer con Alan.
I had just graduated high school in '75. What an amazing time to live, musically!
Estonteante!!! Sensacional, hipnotizante!
Thx for posting this relic.
i shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place .......
Damn...Howe is seriously in peak form on this.
I'm 63 I've been listening to yes since I was a junior in high school blah blah blah I'm old. But yes songs was so far ahead of its time. I'm so old I can't not remember the year I saw them in the round in LA but it was brilliant I do remember that.
Is, was, and always will be the best progressive rock group and song on the planet. Thank you for sharing and bless everyone
Steve Howe’s opening volley of this song is just mesmerizing! He OWNS the entire neck of this guitar. Most guitarists would never venture that many frets up the neck yet Howe spend minutes there and is very comfortable.
He was never the tidiest player though, was he? Got away with a lot of fluffs cos he was, well, Steve Howe. 😊
I don't think you spend much time listening to/ watching other guitarists. Cheers!
weird fact: this BEGINS lethargic like they all smoked too much pot...but quickly gets on fire as you describe!
watch the 1972 "YESSONGS" version, holy smokes. I just saw that version for the first time....and they are nearly punk-noise-rock on that version! WOW!!
@@kasimsultonfan give me a break! a lot of fluffs? haha let's hear your rendition big dog
So well put Mia!
As a 12 year old child I always felt a strong connection with this fantastic album that I'd bought soon after it was released ( there was a second hand record shop at the end of my road )
My musical tastes changed and I lost touch with it for a decade then re visited it . . For the masterpiece it is . .
Almost a decade ago I'd just got out of my car in a wooded area and was about to walk to my canal boat when a songbird in a tree above me distinctly sang the riff I recognised from Close to the Edge 3:32 to 3:42 mins in this live vid - da-da-da da-da-da da-da-da Da-da !
I was astounded and thought " fuck me that bird just sang a riff from Close to the Edge ! "
Later that day I heard on the radio that Chris Squire had died in the States at around the time this happened to me in Wiltshire about 15 miles North of Stonehenge . .
Yes, the best progressive rock band of all times, is my opinion...........................................
+Geraldino Lopez Can't rule out Jethro Tull though. Each with its own unique style, I've always considered them both the greatest progressive rock bands of all time.
Tie Genesis and YES.
+Leonel Cantú de Llano Amen!!!
Actually, you CAN "rule out" and "forget" those other bands. Yes is the best prog group of all time.
Most of Yes is crap.. almost 4 minutes in and only noise, then a bit of MUSIC, then more noise, and the shrieking vocals are awful
Simply amazing!!!! The origins of prog rock!!!! Thank you Chris Squire for your contributions to YES and for inSQUIRing so many iconic bass players in our day!! May you rest in peace and my condolences to your family and the legions of fans!!
I’m happy to say that I got to experience every early lineup of YES, Rick Wakeman,Bill Buford,Allen White
I'm 63 and still loving it my yes prog friends ❤😊
Me too.
Better days for sure. I’m glad I was there in those times. No cell phones, no computers.
It’s 2023 now. If I was in my 20’s today I’d want my money back.
possibly the greatest guitar in a song live ever.
A band that showed how rock music could go far to the ultimate.
One of the all time great bands of progressive rock
My friend at work got me into YES and it has taken a wee while to appreciate their music but what an epiphany - this particular video (up to now) is my favourite, I haven't stopped playing it!! I keep discovering new nuances from it - What a Performance! Woweee
WTF?!? The intro by Steve Howe and the rhythm (bass & drums!) are out of these world in this version! Love how Howe re-works all the tiny details of the gt never playing exactly as the record yet never straying away too far either. Excellent guitar playing.
It is amazing to see the level of musicianship by Yes and other bands of this era. Is there any groups creating music on this level today? Deep jazz influences, symphonic qualities, complex compositions. Wow.
Saw them open for Jethro Tull in 71, then Black Sabbath in 72. After that, summer of 72 with Edgar Winter opening for them, 74 and 77 as headliners! They played a lot!
I'm a huge fan of Yes but let's also appreciate Roger Dean, the artist behind the albums and the sculptures for this concert.
Some say the planet Pandora in the movie AVATAR was inspired by Dean's work. Dean even took it to court but lost because they just borrowed the concept and not his actual artworks. John Cameron was directly asked about it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
“Where did Cameron get the idea for the floating mountains? Was that from a Yes album cover?
‘It might have been,’ the director says with a laugh. ‘Back in my pot-smoking days.’”
"Nuf sed.
They fit like a hand and glove
One goes with the other for sure! Don't forget the black light!
Comencé a dibujar viendo las portadas de Yes con el maestro Roger Dean. Saludos desde Chile.
Roger Dean influenced my life so much I took a degree course in Information Illustration at Blackpool College ( UK)
First saw YES in 1972 . I'm 70 now and YES is still one of my all time favorites.i can Remember telling a friend of mine at the time that YES WAS the tightest band I had ever heard
CTTE#1 OF ALL-TIME FROM YES! THE G.O.A.T
I don't care what anyone else thinks: This song is hands down the Signature Masterpiece of YES. Awaken, while superb, is a far second in my book.
Agreeeee!
Both are Steve Masterpieces... enjoy them both.
There’s so my superb epics that it’s hard to choose a favorite. Gates of Delirium, Awaken, Close to the Edge, Ritual, The Revealing Science of God…it’s goes on and on. As much as I love Close to the Edge and think it’s incredible, The Gates of Delirium is definitely my favorite Yes epic. I will say though that Close to the Edge was the first long scale epic I had ever heard.
This one.. SOON, Wondrous Stories, And You And I, Starship Trooper,
I think Gates is a close second.
Can anyone imagine today a crowd like this of 150.000 people or more listening so peacefully to any kind of music like these people do?
Great comment. Sad what we've become.
They listen peacefully because the song is downright boring. That's until the singing starts, at which point with these ultra-high pitch voices it becomes annoying.
@@gdevelek lol! Never a fan of this era Yes...but it is interesting to see crowd respect the band. If you watch "Woodstock" movie, you'll notice crowd gives Hendrix same devoted attention. And he wasn't "..boring"!✌
@619 OG That is pure torture!!! start w/ Eminem first. lol
Before you get too carried away this is Queens Park Rangers football club Loftus Road ground. It had a capacity of about 20,000 and its record attendance was about 35,000. Yes fans are spread out across the ground and mostly towards the stage.