Yes - Würm excerpt from Starship Trooper

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  • @thomaskaba5600
    @thomaskaba5600 10 років тому +123

    This moment could last 20 minutes or longer. It would not get boring. Never get tired of listening to it. One of the greatest moment in Yes music. The guitar melody... the groove! The Moog. timeless! Goosebumps! Best regards from germany

    • @Schwertfisch13
      @Schwertfisch13 7 років тому +3

      Du sagst es. Besser als fliegen.

    • @egbertkohl9096
      @egbertkohl9096 5 років тому +2

      Ist echt so. Gerade das Solo von Steve Howe. Unglaublich! Hab noch nie sowas gutes gehört.

    • @IwshIcldstrtover
      @IwshIcldstrtover 3 роки тому +1

      HEAR, HEAR Thomas Kaba!!!!!

    • @andrews127
      @andrews127 2 роки тому +1

      I totally get what you are saying 👍

    • @lectrichobo6478
      @lectrichobo6478 2 роки тому

      @ Thomas Kaba: Someone gets it!

  • @rolandrodriguez3854
    @rolandrodriguez3854 2 роки тому +18

    When I first heard this on headphones 🎧 in '71 my mind was officially blown! ! !

  • @mharrop42
    @mharrop42 8 років тому +49

    He's not playing a guitar, he's playing his fucking soul.

  • @williamlangan5902
    @williamlangan5902 5 місяців тому +7

    As a teen, I would put this on whenever there was a full moon, turn up the volume and watch the moon from outside the window!

  • @jj-xr2ph
    @jj-xr2ph 5 років тому +36

    One of my favorite pieces of music of all time. There is not one single time that it doesn't give me the chills.

  • @minkworks6143
    @minkworks6143 2 роки тому +19

    So good. Been listening to this for 16 years now. Still not tired of it even a bit.

  • @terrys3753
    @terrys3753 5 років тому +34

    This is THE definitive version in my humble opinion. What a performance!!!

    • @flannigan7956
      @flannigan7956 2 роки тому

      Yes, completely set aside either way

    • @flannigan7956
      @flannigan7956 2 роки тому

      The 79 chicagoes? I won't exactly throw Badgers Tony Kaye in the trash either; I rile up pretty bad across di fferent buzz/orgasm but the Yessongs is seriously set-aside indeed

    • @flannigan7956
      @flannigan7956 2 роки тому

      Pre-Topo Rick Man is pretty important

    • @minkworks6143
      @minkworks6143 2 роки тому

      so good.

  • @nickdesocio3515
    @nickdesocio3515 2 роки тому +12

    One of my favorite YES tunes.Way ahead of its time

  • @Bruce_144
    @Bruce_144 8 років тому +45

    Best chord progression I ever heard

    • @glyph68
      @glyph68 7 років тому +11

      Haunting. Lingering. Permanent. The album's orgasm.

    • @analogsynthplayer
      @analogsynthplayer 5 років тому +4

      James Bruce Parallel chord structures on the guitar . Simple and perfect. Just what needed to be there. Rick’s minimoog d solo and ominous string synth. OMG

    • @MarcDymock
      @MarcDymock 4 роки тому +2

      I agree

    • @stacyscott2720
      @stacyscott2720 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, it’s magic.

    • @brianjlevine
      @brianjlevine 3 роки тому +4

      Steve wrote it back in the Bodast days.

  • @gregorflea
    @gregorflea 12 років тому +27

    Yes really should have released this as a single. One of the most amazing pieces of live music I've heard during my 52 years on this planet. Elements are found in so many other songs, most recently listen to the new Jeep commercial now airing on TV the last couple of measures of this song are right from this piece music. I'm sure we can find were YES got the inspiration for this piece searching through Classical music archives!

  • @analogsynthplayer
    @analogsynthplayer 5 років тому +22

    Back in the day i painstakingly, with a cassette player, start, record, stop, rewind etc made a 20 minute version. Thank you Yes for the memories

    • @danielebambara4264
      @danielebambara4264 4 роки тому

      Cosa dire? Epitaffio del Rocco Barocco (mia personale opinione)Dopo non c'è stato Nulla di meglio.Stewe Howe prima di DIO.

  • @markmichalko3913
    @markmichalko3913 5 років тому +18

    This Still is The BEST LIVE version I have ever heard or Witnessed!!

    • @eileenfinnan4842
      @eileenfinnan4842 3 роки тому +1

      Oh Wow!!!! Witnessed?! What a memory you will share with ya kids then!!! Blessed.

    • @markmichalko3913
      @markmichalko3913 3 роки тому +1

      @@eileenfinnan4842 Did X 10 YES Shows and heard TROOPER x 5 Live. Closed x 3 of my Shows. Still my # 1 YES Show was there TALES/CTTE Show on 2/16/74 @ the Spectrum PHILLY PA. Music Memories due last forever!!

  • @dennisjohndreher7258
    @dennisjohndreher7258 5 років тому +18

    Greatest ending of all time. Wakeman and Howe nail it. There's even a vocal harmony doubling the feedback at the very end. Who does that, oh yeah, YES!!!

    • @TheArpomni2
      @TheArpomni2 4 роки тому +2

      I love that too, when Jon carrys on the Mellotrons 8 Choir in perfect key

  • @travisrlel2
    @travisrlel2 9 років тому +27

    this is my favorite part of Yessongs, although I love it mostly for Chris Squire's epic bassline. RIP, Chris

    • @Nezzer57
      @Nezzer57 Рік тому

      Chris Squire is amazing on Wurm!

  • @julianozain
    @julianozain 14 років тому +10

    I got down when I heard Wurm on Yessongs..(around16 y.o.on1974) And believe me as a Yes fan, I was expecting something like that but the magistral and respectful way in wich Wakeman overcame Kaye on the keyboards solo, was really out of this world..Thanks for the memories.. Friendly greetings

  • @MegaJohnhammond
    @MegaJohnhammond 2 роки тому +5

    possibly the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. I can't believe it's been 50 years, and I still listen to it almost every day.

  • @julianozain
    @julianozain 14 років тому +8

    I got down when I heard Wurm on Yessongs..(around16 y.o. on1973) And believe me as a Yes fan, I was expecting something like that, but never the magistral and respectful way Rick Wakeman overcame Kaye on the keyboards solo; It was really out of this world..Thanks for the memories.. Friendly greetings

  • @Nezzer57
    @Nezzer57 Рік тому +2

    Perfection...

  • @danfionte3367
    @danfionte3367 5 років тому +9

    And this was the moment Yes invented what would later account for all of grunge.

  • @mnchipster
    @mnchipster  7 років тому +21

    wow - never expected to get nearly 100,00 views on this. all I can say is you all obviously have good taste in music!

    • @ethandudash1073
      @ethandudash1073 4 роки тому

      Yes brother!!! Happy holiday eve!! Thanks for the post on this :)

  • @jesusreyes1927
    @jesusreyes1927 3 роки тому +5

    My first concert ,I still remember that moment when I heard this song as if it happened yesterday,one of the most memorable moments in my life

  • @elderlypoodle9181
    @elderlypoodle9181 7 років тому +7

    I always go to this when a younger person asks me what to listen to. I was dating a musician in high school when I heard this. Many years later still love this.

  • @chasedspleen
    @chasedspleen 9 років тому +7

    Rolling down the A1(M) with my wonderful fiancee listening to this music. Years ago. Blew her out. What a permanent wonderful memory of mind blowing music.

  • @Tommysuper01
    @Tommysuper01 14 років тому +7

    All members of Yes show his magic in Wurm. Maybe there is no any other band to make similar. The greatest band.

  • @michaeleldridge4694
    @michaeleldridge4694 Рік тому +2

    Beautiful

  • @tomtrana3449
    @tomtrana3449 Рік тому +2

    Best Outro in progrock. Epic!

  • @brianjlevine
    @brianjlevine 3 роки тому +7

    The greatest 20 bars in synthesizer history.

  • @321gates
    @321gates 22 дні тому

    Thank you Mr. Howe for holding onto this masterpiece. How the band he played for prior to Yes couldn't find a place for this is beyond me. Regardless, it all worked out in the end.

  • @debiion
    @debiion 10 років тому +10

    I bought an LP which had this song on it about a year ago, but only 2 weeks ago I listened to the last song on it. this song. When I heard this part I.. I nearly cried of joy.. somehow it feels like Tame Impala but with a 70's feel mixed into it.

  • @andrewdkussmaul
    @andrewdkussmaul 6 років тому +7

    basically the greatest song of all time

    • @danielebambara4264
      @danielebambara4264 4 роки тому +1

      YES. AFTER.....NOTHING!NOT NIGHT ......NOTHING BETTER

  • @DeathToNewbie
    @DeathToNewbie 11 років тому +6

    Masterpiece! Can't get enough of Wakeman and Howe geniuses! Truly an essence of 70s progressive rock!

  • @StealthKiller123
    @StealthKiller123 12 років тому +7

    Man, the addition of the mellotron in this version just seems so refreshing.

  • @spookedhorse
    @spookedhorse 3 роки тому +5

    Studio version or live version....doesn't matter....when Howe goes into his solo, it literally snags the breath right outta me. Chills. Has done so, for decades.
    I always think of warriors, fighting to save their existence from some dark evil force and this part of the song is when the underdog comes back to strike a final blow that obliterates the bad guys.

  • @josephmurray730
    @josephmurray730 8 років тому +11

    When I heard this on FM radio, in Long Beach, CA, I bought the album.

    • @zoey9764
      @zoey9764 3 роки тому

      That Be K-NAC ..... LOL Me Too

    • @Surfinmars
      @Surfinmars 3 роки тому

      Long Beach Arena 1974 - first time I saw Yes in concert. It changed my life.

  • @bobshultz5421
    @bobshultz5421 8 років тому +10

    First concert. Can you fucken imagine? I'd never heard anything like it, and haven't since "Tales of Topographic Oceans". A bomb after the masterful Yessongs era stuff. Their concert approach was to highlight each skilled musician throughout the show!

  • @Braddds
    @Braddds 2 роки тому +2

    One of Steve's best performance! An absolutely sublime guitar solo that drops my jaw everytime i hear it!

  • @brianpage100
    @brianpage100 13 років тому +6

    "My God, it's full of stars" was my reaction upon first hearing this masterpiece.

  • @robnee3313
    @robnee3313 3 роки тому +4

    Best cut of this song ever! Thanks

  • @stephentindall5360
    @stephentindall5360 7 років тому +6

    still hits the spot

  • @stevenkaplan9725
    @stevenkaplan9725 2 роки тому +3

    Echoing many of the comments below. The one piece on this album I always make sure to listen to. Howe, Wakeman, yes, of course. But that mellotron (is it Anderson playing that?). And finally, Alan White - incredible groove and fills. They were never better than right here.

  • @paulpapetti1094
    @paulpapetti1094 9 років тому +8

    this classic yes...........all the original members.........sadly you will never hear it like that again

  • @tomzorak
    @tomzorak 10 років тому +6

    I remember the first time I heard this song (NAS Memphis 1974). I saw them twice, but they never played it. I guess I'm glad, my head would probably have exploded.

  • @sideeffectsrocks
    @sideeffectsrocks 14 років тому +3

    I get goose bumps everytime I listen to this amazing song...

  • @johncase2408
    @johncase2408 3 роки тому +3

    My God that is the best tuning of the moog ever. It always amazes how Wakeman can make adjustments on the fly. The most epic ending to any song...

  • @astraltraveler257
    @astraltraveler257 6 місяців тому +1

    brilliant then. brilliant now. nothing like it. thanks for posting.

  • @thecumscrubber
    @thecumscrubber 15 років тому +8

    why does this vid not have like a trillion views?

    • @sgt.purp1e
      @sgt.purp1e 4 роки тому

      Because that's impossible, only 7 billion people exist on earth.

  • @bobshultz5421
    @bobshultz5421 Рік тому +1

    I saw their show in Long Beach in 73’ and witnessed the incredible performance of “Wurm” with Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe’s call and respond with guitar and synthesizer. They closed the show with this perfect and rousing piece that completely blew my fucken head apart and sprayed the people in front and around me with brain matter and glop that glowed in the dark. It didn’t leave a stain.

  • @FloydYESterZep
    @FloydYESterZep 12 років тому +3

    Whoever it was that applied the word shred to the guitar must of been at this show. Howe is right there, dragging at one moment catching right up the next. This is the epitome of a guitar solo. And by god, don't forget Wakeman's little addition that wasn't in the studio version.

  • @Jwaffler
    @Jwaffler 14 років тому +2

    It's interesting that this riff is originally featured on a song called "Nether Street" by one of Steve Howe's pre-Yes bands, Bodast. It makes up the bulk of the tune with added chord progressions and lyrics. A nice song and gives another perspective on the "Wurm" riff.

  • @rickcortes4912
    @rickcortes4912 7 місяців тому +1

    I can see planet Earth off in the distance...

  • @gregorflea
    @gregorflea 11 років тому +3

    This is simply amazing... Yes nailed it on Yessongs and this is one of the finest examples from this album. I don't know why they never released "The wurm" as a single. surely could recreate this note for note in the studio. Rick's keyboards are off the charts!

  • @aaf-ccexecutivedirector9876
    @aaf-ccexecutivedirector9876 11 років тому +4

    tastiest jam you could ever put on toast or in my ears!

  • @kennymcgonigle3026
    @kennymcgonigle3026 10 років тому +8

    This is second only to the solo in their version of "America"...

  • @manonthemoog
    @manonthemoog 9 років тому +14

    This is probably the best Moog solo Rick Wakeman has ever played.

    • @TheGreatTomdini
      @TheGreatTomdini 9 років тому +2

      +manonthemoog I love the Keys to Ascension Würm solo. I consider it his best recorded Moog solo. I really like the rich tone and use of tremolo and glide, and the gentle shift from a groovy blues scale to searing scales and impeccable arpeggios. It's also longer. But I enjoy the modulation and vintage tone in the Yessongs rendition which you don't always hear out of Wakeman's Moog sounds. It's a really cool patch and solo.

    • @manonthemoog
      @manonthemoog 9 років тому

      I had vague memories of the version you mention as being a bit weaker than the Yessongs version. So I just went and had a listen. My memories served me correctly, although yeah, it was interesting to hear the bluesy touches he added. The Yessongs version is perfectly composed and its coupled with one of the most unique minimoog solo sounds I've heard.
      PS - longer solos are not automatically better, which my long-winded solos prove all too well.

    • @TheGreatTomdini
      @TheGreatTomdini 9 років тому +1

      After listening quite a bit more, I gotta say I really prefer this solo after all. The Moog patch, the performance (always replete with Wakeman's trademark flourishes and style), the shifting scale types and the unique modulation all put it in a class of its own. I feel you on the long-winded solos, hahaha. I now find myself playing Würm in a manner closer to this lead. Gotta reprogram my sound to get some of those liquidy envelopes and modulation going. This solo says a lot more in a lot less time than the KtA version. There's a potent energy in the performance that isn't quite there thirty years later, even if the production is higher grade.

    • @bartnixon5878
      @bartnixon5878 9 років тому +1

      +Tom Dini YES! Most of all, it has the KILLER beginning

    • @bartnixon5878
      @bartnixon5878 9 років тому

      +Tom Dini I don't know the sound details since I never played a Moog myself, but - although I agree that the KTA solo could be shorter, it develops perfectly, not with a full arpeggi assault but with very tasteful minimal, memorable melodies

  • @andrews127
    @andrews127 2 роки тому +2

    The fucking drummer is insane as well...

  • @ineffablemars
    @ineffablemars 6 років тому +2

    That mini mood solo gives me life 😍😭

  • @dennisjohndreher7258
    @dennisjohndreher7258 5 років тому +3

    Greatest musical piece in history.

  • @sdri6985
    @sdri6985 5 років тому +2

    Love Steve Howe's tone and attack, and have always loved the little riff at 3.10, it's wild !

  • @kurtiserikson7334
    @kurtiserikson7334 10 років тому +8

    This Jamb would defeat an alien invasion from space. That's why it's called Starship Trooper.

  • @foreverpinkf.7603
    @foreverpinkf.7603 4 роки тому +1

    Incredible good and timeless.

  • @snoopzone6934
    @snoopzone6934 9 місяців тому +1

    Chord progression: imagine a c-minor chord upside down - g-e♭-c - and build major chords above theese three notes: G E♭ C.

  • @FloydYESterZep
    @FloydYESterZep 14 років тому +4

    This Rick Wakeman MiniMoog solo just about takes the cake. Next to R. Wright, I would have to say hands down, nobody has mastered the "synthesizer" in this time period the way Wakeman has. ELP... Eat your heart out... Yes takes it. Oh, and don't forget that guitar solo either. What a perfect combo. YESSONG Rules!!!! Especially Starship Trooper!!!!!

    • @thomasdittemer8648
      @thomasdittemer8648 5 років тому +1

      Perfection to the highest degree by any band out there, saw identical version of starship trooper live in Sept. 77 at New Haven Coliseum... just as good as Yessongs era.

  • @nhguitar97
    @nhguitar97 11 років тому +6

    i love wurm, but this live version is even more awesomer :D

  • @jimdartouzos2127
    @jimdartouzos2127 3 роки тому +2

    Totally and Absolutely Fucking Awesome

  • @Tommysuper01
    @Tommysuper01 13 років тому +3

    Fantastic music. Nobody no doing similar. If you can join in live it you can be sure it's one of the best song everytime.

  • @amtreble
    @amtreble 16 років тому +1

    one of my all time favorites as well. great choice

  • @cbj4sc1
    @cbj4sc1 6 років тому +3

    Someone NEEDS to make this chord progression a backing track for guitar. Nothing beats this, period

  • @appazvf
    @appazvf 14 років тому +1

    when I was about 12 i bought my first two albums. I didn't even have my stereo yet but I knew I was getting one. LED Zep 4 and yessongs. Love comes to you and you follow... what can I say Yes forever changed my life or shaped it rather.

  • @bobbyggare8364
    @bobbyggare8364 2 роки тому

    that Mellotron quier is wonderful!!

  • @thecumscrubber
    @thecumscrubber 13 років тому +4

    Best synth solo ever? Yes.

  • @michaelyork4554
    @michaelyork4554 7 років тому +3

    Make sure you got at least a couple Good speakers and a really nice amp in an appropriate space, you could go to 11 on volume
    But you may not survive the experience. This is how I first listened to this song when the album hit the shelves,
    I survived, and am here to tell you that yes, this is the Greatest Guitar Lead/Outro ever, I would have to give
    the solo in Yours is no Disgrace from Yessongs or Siberian Khatru from Yessongs the title of Greatest Guitar Ever I just cannot choose between them, SO I CHOOSE BOTH!

  • @terrys3753
    @terrys3753 4 роки тому +1

    This, to me, is the definite version of this piece. Awesome all the way!

  • @zoey9764
    @zoey9764 4 роки тому

    Rocking out, Love this tune.. Thanks. !!!

  • @Tommysuper01
    @Tommysuper01 13 років тому +1

    ONE OF THE BEST FOREVER

  • @mcourtney805
    @mcourtney805 11 років тому +1

    What a great song.

  • @jimdartouzos2127
    @jimdartouzos2127 4 роки тому +1

    This defines Awesomeness

  • @IwshIcldstrtover
    @IwshIcldstrtover 7 років тому +3

    At 1:17 the goose bumps take control!

  • @ggman946
    @ggman946 4 роки тому +1

    In every live version i've heard of this song, the stupid crown starts clapping stiffly on every beat like its a polka. For crying out loud! Groove the back beat!

  • @northwest8634
    @northwest8634 11 років тому

    ...and the memories of great friends and people I have known come flooding back. YES!

  • @member805639
    @member805639 15 років тому

    Amazing creativity

  • @KGinMan36
    @KGinMan36 14 років тому

    The best music you listen to with or without a joint.....

  • @Jhensy2012
    @Jhensy2012 12 років тому +1

    LOVE Wakeman's solo too!!!

  • @KGinMan36
    @KGinMan36 14 років тому +1

    You would have had to have watched this at a viewing of Yessongs at a movie theater with all the available sound equipment at the time....it was memorable...

  • @WillyO
    @WillyO 12 років тому

    Los mejores solos de guitarra que he oido en años!!! me encanta!! YES!!!

  • @TheSchlager1
    @TheSchlager1 12 років тому +2

    DEAR GOD!!!!!!!!

  • @glyph68
    @glyph68 15 років тому

    A friend turned me onto this after a joint. I was floored.

  • @ubertrooper6300
    @ubertrooper6300 13 років тому +4

    The solo sent chills down my spine. All I can say is...Yes.

  • @terrys3753
    @terrys3753 2 роки тому +2

    I've seen and heard a lot of covers of Wurm. The biggest thing I see missed is bass players being way to busy and not playing the big, long HEAVY notes like Mr. Squire does here. The typical schooled bridge pickup sound and lots of notes DOESN'T work! I won't name names, but, some heavyweight studio/touring bassists I admire did NOT do this piece any justice what-so-ever! Huge bass sound...not notey, cutesy, wanky chops...is the key to making this beauty move! Yes, Chris could be notey, but, he also knew when to hold back and fill it up with big sound!

  • @markmichalko3913
    @markmichalko3913 5 років тому +3

    PS: "STARSHIP TROOPER" Should have always close there Shows, not "Roundabout". My Opinion!!!

  • @jknyt
    @jknyt 15 років тому +1

    this song its just amazing
    i don't understand how new music is so basic if in the 70's there was bands like yes, king crimson and genesis...

  • @yaybestos
    @yaybestos 13 років тому +1

    I dont know about the guitar but Wakemans solo nearly broke my back when it came in.

  • @danielebambara4264
    @danielebambara4264 4 роки тому

    WURM é la versione rock del Bolero di Ravel.E' stata forse la colonna sonora della mia vita.Perso il conto di quante volte ho visto Yessongs superato solo da quante volte ho ascoltato LP.... tutto 👍🙏👍!

  • @Enigma758
    @Enigma758 15 років тому

    Darn, I thought I had this on LP (in the process of converting vinyl to digital).
    got:
    - Close to the Edge
    - The Yes Album
    - Fragile
    But for some reason, never picked up Yessongs. Oh well thank goodness we now live in the age of youtube!

  • @rickcortes4912
    @rickcortes4912 6 місяців тому

    This gets my vote for official theme song of the 2024 SOLAR ECLIPSE

  • @charlyfreedomdammit
    @charlyfreedomdammit 3 роки тому +1

    01:48 30 seconds of pure Glory.

  • @chasdaigle
    @chasdaigle 13 років тому

    Just saw a Cadillac commercial that sounded amazing similar to Würm.

  • @Ratama
    @Ratama 12 років тому +2

    i found this song (starship trooper) a while ago, randomly (good lord if I can recall), while out of my mind. and this part blew my mind. it was perfect, it was like a rocket taking off, it was like ejaculation all in one.

  • @wolfkarel
    @wolfkarel 13 років тому +1

    THE SONIC CASCADES OF SQUIRE!

  • @iiiSean
    @iiiSean 13 років тому +2

    I'm this is so simple to play but It sounds KICK ASS!!!

  • @glyph68
    @glyph68 15 років тому

    We call that "Soulgasm." :) Cheers! I Know exactly what you're saying. It's truly a blessing to be affected by music like that. So impossibly perfect it's laughable.