The first time I heard YES I was 14 years old and was instantly hooked. As an adult and listening to them for 50 years now I love and appreciate them more than ever. YES were the greatest musicians and Close to the Edge was the greatest album ever written and recorded on this or any other planet, ever! In my ever so humble YES loving opinion. They have so many masterpieces, you should review one of their songs at least once a week, you won't regret it.🤩
I was most definitely a prog kid. Introduced to the genre by my 18 year-old cousin. I get what she means, but she's wrong. There are just some people who are ready to hear Yes, and they are most often kids.
Forever grateful to Richard Rees for lending me this album when we were fifteen. I introduced him to Rush in return. We were late to the party as it was 1978, but what can you do when the radio doesn't play cool music?
This classic Yes song really illustrates just how excellent Chris Squire was at bass guitar. We miss you, Chris! RIP Eddie Offord produced the album previous to this ('The Yes Album') and 'Close To The Edge'. Excellent mix.
Chris Squire's bass lines would often grab your soul & pull you along on a journey which featured everything the other guys had built on top of them. I can't adequately describe how much I appreciated Chris Squire domination of YES' sound in their Uber-Classical Period. It was wonderful...
The world was a different place back then. Musicianship was respected and expected by the public at large. Kids back then had musician heroes. And we were still in high school ! Everybody had a favorite guitar player and we debated who was the best. (Similar to sports heroes) We had posters of guitar players and keyboard players and drummers on our walls. I think it's kind of hard for people living into today's world to really grasp how much music meant to our generation. We didn't have the distractions that kids today have. We loved long songs and we appreciated the artistry that it took to make them and like I said we were in high school ! I mean Ed Sheridan and Taylor Swift have sold tons of records and sell out concerts but do their fans even think about the musicianship. Yes played to over 100,000 people in Philadelphia in 1976 and they opened with Gates of Delirium... And the crowd roared.
Chris Squire was the Engine of Yes. And this line-up was their best. I experienced Siberian Khatru live in 2002 with almost this line-up in a acoustically fantastic ball-shaped concert hall, and I felt Chris' bass in my stomach. Best live experience I ever enjoyed. They were amazing live.
I was SEVENTEEN when I first heard Roundabout, and from that first listen, I was hooked. So were quite a lot of my friends. Yes filled stadiums with kids. There is no age for Yes. It's all about what sinks in, and how.
Gawd! One of my favorite things in the reaction video world is watching people discover this album. This was another life-changer for me, at age 19, just like the early experiences with The Doors, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple had been in my younger years. I first heard this album within the same time frame as my first read of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and my first experiences with LSD, and my first "cool" job as manager of a headshop/record loft above an artist-owned imported goods store and art gallery. It was a wild time, and right in the middle of it all, my new boss, the artist just mentioned, gave me a tab of acid and this album as I walked out the door for a rare Saturday night off. He told me I should drop the album about 2 hours after dropping the tab. Wow. This album and a double handful of others are my shortlist of gotta have albums, to this day.
Hello you two. It's such a weird pleasure watching young folks rediscovering the music I grew up with in the 1970s. With that in mind, I would just like to point out that I was 11 when I first starting listening to Yes (almost religiously) every night before going to sleep. I don't think you have to be an adult to appreciate them but you do need an open mind and a good set of headphones. I suppose a good sense of rhythm helps too. Try the album 'Relayer' and, to save you time, don't bother listening to any Yes music after the 'Tomato' album. They changed in the 1980s and not for the better IMO. Cheers! 😘
Chris & Cynthia, I love the way you choose songs that are off the beaten trail! I was listening to this in '72 as a 14 year old teenager! Keep up the good work you two!
I was 16 and Yes was my first rock concert (1977). CTTE quickly became my favorite album, and the title piece is still my all time favorite musical piece. It is a spiritual experience. I hope you react to it!
We did Close To The Edge 5 months ago. We decided we didn't want to do 2 Yes songs too close together (we like to give at least a week before we repeat a band). I guess we got side tracked. 😅
Yes, when I first heard this album it was on a record, you could not skip forward and back. This is a lot of genius music thrown at you all at once, and even now when I listen to Yes I pick up on how they were trying to push the envelope of what was possible, and make you think outside the box. The never stopped doing it, as an adult I love their longer tracks, so full of emotive hooks. I truly hope you do some more Yes reviews, they deserve to be appreciated, I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. Thank you.
All you have to do, is love music to love YES. This was MINDBLOWING in early 1970's. Nobody was doing anything like this then, or since. An incredible band and incredible musicians. I was very skeptical that they could do this live, but the first time I saw them live...I was amazed! Some of their longer songs (Gates of Delerium, Awaken, The Reveling Science of God, Ritual) are absolute EPIC MASTERPIECES and I really hope that ya'll will be doing some of them. What you say? You wanna take a ride? I'll ride with ya.
So lovely to see you both enjoying this so much. The smile on Cynthia’s face is the way I always feel when listening to Yes. It always puts a smile on my face! 👍
This is a track that I didn't like when it first came out (yes I'm that old....) but I appreciate much more nowadays, it's a great rocking tune with some great musicianship as you say 🙂
Became a Yes fan in 73 when I was 17. One of the reasons was Yes played longer format songs. The 2 minute 30 format for radio always left my yearning. There would be a good hook in the music but you can't explore it in 2 minutes 30. Yes smashed right thru those barriers and explored those musical themes. Of course it helps the muscians are all first class. If you want something to expand your consciousness with long format music I suggest Mozart piano concertos. Since they are Mozart they have wonderful melodies and are easy for your brain to get your arms around. I would try the 21st piano concerto first. Look for Yeol Enum Son (I might have mispelled her name) playing the solo piano. Her interepertation of Mozart is top rate.
I was 12 in '74 listening on a very nice 4 speaker system at high volume level, and Chris' BASS line was mind blowing. They had my FULL attention. I had an older brother though, without whom I might have not heard this until much later. The kids my age had no appreciation for how magnificent this was, and still is. Yes has been my #1 band since that time. Steely Dan as well.
We were 12 and 13 year olds getting into Yes, Genesis Roxy Music Bowie. We got it totally, different times-we grew up with the Beatles, the Stones, Dylan. . Who do you think bought all those prgressive rock albums? it wasn't adults Kids were really clued in back then, we listened to quality music (and there was a lot of it) and read a lot more than your average 30 year old now. Prog rock was also the gateway to classica and jazz for many . Yeah, No video games, just 3 TV channels, you couldnt watch films at home until '78 unless you were really well off. Consequently music was a BIG thing, everything to many of us.
Among my first favorite Yes songs. I liked this before Close to the Edge. As a teen it was more predictable. As I aged beyond 50; the title track is a milestone in my life. But this is still majestic ❤❤
I have to confess that this was my first favorite song on the album. As a teenager back 30 years ago, the CTTE was too complicated and loud (the first section), and And You and I not rock-y enough. My opinions have changed; many say that this is the weakest song on the album. I don’t think so ❤
I would like to draw attention to a song by Yes that I have grown very fond of. "Mirror to the Sky" from the 2023 album of the same name. Many say this band isn't "Yes" anymore, neither in the line-up nor in the spirit, but I love this song.
Kids of my day did have the attention span that took to this music. I started loving Yes music when I was 15, as did every other music fan. Sounds like you still may not have that long an attention span as others. To say this is “adult music” is just silly. Dozens of young reactors love Yes. How could you not? ❤️☮️
I'm sure you could express your opinion without insulting the hosts. This is Yes music, after all. It's all about preserving the delicate seeds of love.
Yep ! Brill , but as you said Cynthia , as a teenager (,nicking my older Brothers Albums ), this band kind of got given "What is he listening to? ,he needs help , or stop taking mushrooms " only later in life you give stuff another go ! Great reaction ! If you like "Yes " try Jeff Waynes "War of the Worlds " and Rick Wakeman (Yes keyboards) "Journey to the Centre of the Earth " Splendifferous !! Cheers
You're "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" towards your final TRANSCENDENT DESTINATION. This song really grabbed me and has never let go. THIS IS ADULT ROCK!!! and YES at their Funkiest!!!! BTW Check out PRINCE'S VAULT on UA-cam esp. mid 80s stuff. It's psychedelic! I grew up with YES and saw them do this LIVE countless times and have NEVER grasp all that they do. THE MOST GIFTED Musicians of the 70s. "Close to the Edge" is going to BLOW YOUR MIND! ...and then what they did after.?......OMG
We've known Roundabout for a couple of years now, when we, ourselves, started watching reaction videos. In fact, that was one of the songs that got us into it.
if you're going to do another album I'd suggest Relayer. For singles checkout "Awaken", "The Gates of Delirium", Starship Trooper, "Turn of the Century" and every other YES song suggested here!
Check out some 72/73 Fleetwood Mac like Hypnotized and/or Sentimental Lady... Couple of songs I never see covered by reaction viewers on UA-cam. Most do the Peter Green or the Stevie Nicks eras and miss the inbetween version
I'd recommend for you some other Yes tracks from their 'Yes Album" next - Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Perpetual Change, I've Seen All Good People.
I was 15 when I was turned on to Yes. My favorite song back then was Perpetual Change. It was their exact complexity that drew me to the music. Not only did I understand it, I did everything to distort that by partaking in altered states of mind. Just like all my friends. What you said could go down as the most ignorant comment in the history of reactions. In the 70's there were several bands like Yes- ELP, Pink Floyd, King Crimson. We ate up this shit. Perhaps the advent of the tech age has had a significant affect on the attention span of the young. But if you talk to anyone who was around back then they'll tell you that these were the bands that were worth listening to as evinced by all the record and concert sales. Sorry to say this, but you really need to think before you speak.
(Noticing your RUSH shirt) I was a fan of RUSH as soon as I heard Tom Sawyer played on the radio. A talented threesome that nearly always gave me what I wanted to hear. But having said that, IMO RUSH never did anything that matched what YES brought to the table on Siberian Khatru. Just saying...
Was a huge YES fan from age 15, in 1970... LSD, weed, and live concerts were great aids, but never thought of their music was "adult" to this moment. In fact, in the era of "the generation gap," THAT would'a been a major turn off!
Great reaction to a fantastic song. To my ears it's the weakest of the three on this album. Your experience may differ. 😊 I agree, this IS grown up music. My ultimate early Yes experience is whichever song I'm hearing at the moment. Others you may like from the Going For the One album...Awaken, Wonderous Stories and Turn of the Century. Jon's most spiritual songs IMHO.
The first time I heard YES I was 14 years old and was instantly hooked. As an adult and listening to them for 50 years now I love and appreciate them more than ever. YES were the greatest musicians and Close to the Edge was the greatest album ever written and recorded on this or any other planet, ever! In my ever so humble YES loving opinion. They have so many masterpieces, you should review one of their songs at least once a week, you won't regret it.🤩
The late Chris Squires bass playing never ceases to amaze me ! Great job by Steve Howe on lead guitar also.😊
Forgot this one. Yes was one of the best. So interesting and unique. Saw them in the 70s. Still love them
As I said last night , this is my favourite " Prog " record.Yes at their peak. The late Chris Squire with amazing bass 🔊
"Adult music"?! Sorry, we were loving this, comprehending and delving into this when we were teens. It's complexity and brillance was not lost on us.
I was most definitely a prog kid. Introduced to the genre by my 18 year-old cousin. I get what she means, but she's wrong. There are just some people who are ready to hear Yes, and they are most often kids.
Forever grateful to Richard Rees for lending me this album when we were fifteen. I introduced him to Rush in return. We were late to the party as it was 1978, but what can you do when the radio doesn't play cool music?
This classic Yes song really illustrates just how excellent Chris Squire was at bass guitar. We miss you, Chris! RIP
Eddie Offord produced the album previous to this ('The Yes Album') and 'Close To The Edge'. Excellent mix.
Chris Squire's bass lines would often grab your soul & pull you along on a journey which featured everything the other guys had built on top of them. I can't adequately describe how much I appreciated Chris Squire domination of YES' sound in their Uber-Classical Period. It was wonderful...
The world was a different place back then. Musicianship was respected and expected by the public at large. Kids back then had musician heroes. And we were still in high school ! Everybody had a favorite guitar player and we debated who was the best. (Similar to sports heroes) We had posters of guitar players and keyboard players and drummers on our walls. I think it's kind of hard for people living into today's world to really grasp how much music meant to our generation. We didn't have the distractions that kids today have. We loved long songs and we appreciated the artistry that it took to make them and like I said we were in high school ! I mean Ed Sheridan and Taylor Swift have sold tons of records and sell out concerts but do their fans even think about the musicianship. Yes played to over 100,000 people in Philadelphia in 1976 and they opened with Gates of Delirium... And the crowd roared.
Ed Sheeran bro'.
I was at that show in Philly. Peter Frampton had the biggest selling album at the time and he played at the concert but Yes was the headliner
Chris Squire was the Engine of Yes. And this line-up was their best. I experienced Siberian Khatru live in 2002 with almost this line-up in a acoustically fantastic ball-shaped concert hall, and I felt Chris' bass in my stomach. Best live experience I ever enjoyed. They were amazing live.
Perfect I enjoy your reactions. If I may I would like to request Turn of the Century By YES
I second that ask
I was SEVENTEEN when I first heard Roundabout, and from that first listen, I was hooked. So were quite a lot of my friends. Yes filled stadiums with kids. There is no age for Yes. It's all about what sinks in, and how.
Just came back to watch it again. I hope you got to hear it many more time since! Hope you do another YES reaction when you're up for it.🤩
Re: enjoying as An adult, or a kid studying music in the 70’s 😊.
It’s 10x better 40 years later.
Gawd! One of my favorite things in the reaction video world is watching people discover this album. This was another life-changer for me, at age 19, just like the early experiences with The Doors, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple had been in my younger years. I first heard this album within the same time frame as my first read of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and my first experiences with LSD, and my first "cool" job as manager of a headshop/record loft above an artist-owned imported goods store and art gallery. It was a wild time, and right in the middle of it all, my new boss, the artist just mentioned, gave me a tab of acid and this album as I walked out the door for a rare Saturday night off. He told me I should drop the album about 2 hours after dropping the tab. Wow. This album and a double handful of others are my shortlist of gotta have albums, to this day.
Hello you two. It's such a weird pleasure watching young folks rediscovering the music I grew up with in the 1970s. With that in mind, I would just like to point out that I was 11 when I first starting listening to Yes (almost religiously) every night before going to sleep. I don't think you have to be an adult to appreciate them but you do need an open mind and a good set of headphones. I suppose a good sense of rhythm helps too. Try the album 'Relayer' and, to save you time, don't bother listening to any Yes music after the 'Tomato' album. They changed in the 1980s and not for the better IMO. Cheers! 😘
Chris & Cynthia, I love the way you choose songs that are off the beaten trail! I was listening to this in '72 as a 14 year old teenager! Keep up the good work you two!
Yes is always fantastic. Thx 👌✌️
Perfect timing. Just finished And You & I.
❤
This song is tied with Close to the Edge as my favorite Yes songs. ☺ Both songs are best live from Yessongs.
What can I say...Fantastic!!!
I was 16 and Yes was my first rock concert (1977). CTTE quickly became my favorite album, and the title piece is still my all time favorite musical piece. It is a spiritual experience. I hope you react to it!
We did Close To The Edge 5 months ago. We decided we didn't want to do 2 Yes songs too close together (we like to give at least a week before we repeat a band). I guess we got side tracked. 😅
I'll check it out! You did not mention reacting to it in either intro video. I thought you had only done Roundabout
Yes, when I first heard this album it was on a record, you could not skip forward and back. This is a lot of genius music thrown at you all at once, and even now when I listen to Yes I pick up on how they were trying to push the envelope of what was possible, and make you think outside the box. The never stopped doing it, as an adult I love their longer tracks, so full of emotive hooks. I truly hope you do some more Yes reviews, they deserve to be appreciated, I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. Thank you.
All you have to do, is love music to love YES. This was MINDBLOWING in early 1970's. Nobody was doing anything like this then, or since. An incredible band and incredible musicians. I was very skeptical that they could do this live, but the first time I saw them live...I was amazed! Some of their longer songs (Gates of Delerium, Awaken, The Reveling Science of God, Ritual) are absolute EPIC MASTERPIECES and I really hope that ya'll will be doing some of them. What you say? You wanna take a ride? I'll ride with ya.
So lovely to see you both enjoying this so much. The smile on Cynthia’s face is the way I always feel when listening to Yes. It always puts a smile on my face! 👍
Great band and song!!!!
Oh yes. What a beautiful song for a dreary Monday here in the UK ❤
This is a track that I didn't like when it first came out (yes I'm that old....) but I appreciate much more nowadays, it's a great rocking tune with some great musicianship as you say 🙂
Became a Yes fan in 73 when I was 17. One of the reasons was Yes played longer format songs. The 2 minute 30 format for radio always left my yearning. There would be a good hook in the music but you can't explore it in 2 minutes 30. Yes smashed right thru those barriers and explored those musical themes. Of course it helps the muscians are all first class. If you want something to expand your consciousness with long format music I suggest Mozart piano concertos. Since they are Mozart they have wonderful melodies and are easy for your brain to get your arms around. I would try the 21st piano concerto first. Look for Yeol Enum Son (I might have mispelled her name) playing the solo piano. Her interepertation of Mozart is top rate.
We've seen that one. She's brilliant!
I was 12 in '74 listening on a very nice 4 speaker system at high volume level, and Chris' BASS line was mind blowing. They had my FULL attention. I had an older brother though, without
whom I might have not heard this until much later. The kids my age had no appreciation for how magnificent this was, and still is. Yes has been my #1 band since that time. Steely Dan as well.
We were 12 and 13 year olds getting into Yes, Genesis Roxy Music Bowie. We got it totally, different times-we grew up with the Beatles, the Stones, Dylan. . Who do you think bought all those prgressive rock albums? it wasn't adults
Kids were really clued in back then, we listened to quality music (and there was a lot of it) and read a lot more than your average 30 year old now. Prog rock was also the gateway to classica and jazz for many . Yeah, No video games, just 3 TV channels, you couldnt watch films at home until '78 unless you were really well off. Consequently music was a BIG thing, everything to many of us.
Among my first favorite Yes songs. I liked this before Close to the Edge. As a teen it was more predictable. As I aged beyond 50; the title track is a milestone in my life. But this is still majestic ❤❤
I have to confess that this was my first favorite song on the album. As a teenager back 30 years ago, the CTTE was too complicated and loud (the first section), and And You and I not rock-y enough. My opinions have changed; many say that this is the weakest song on the album. I don’t think so ❤
It was the funk that caught my attention. Also, I assumed that it's Rick Wakeman on harpsichord. If not familiar with this album but I will be soon
It's a sound about ancient time,,,way before us
Try " Starship Trooper " "Heart of the Sunrise " "Going for the One " "Awaken " "Southside of the Sky " too many to list :)
I would like to draw attention to a song by Yes that I have grown very fond of. "Mirror to the Sky" from the 2023 album of the same name. Many say this band isn't "Yes" anymore, neither in the line-up nor in the spirit, but I love this song.
The title track 👣 remains .. 🎶 I Get Up .. I Get Down .. DOWN !! 🎶
Kids of my day did have the attention span that took to this music. I started loving Yes music when I was 15, as did every other music fan. Sounds like you still may not have that long an attention span as others. To say this is “adult music” is just silly. Dozens of young reactors love Yes. How could you not? ❤️☮️
I'm sure you could express your opinion without insulting the hosts. This is Yes music, after all. It's all about preserving the delicate seeds of love.
Yep ! Brill , but as you said Cynthia , as a teenager (,nicking my older Brothers Albums ), this band kind of got given
"What is he listening to? ,he needs help , or stop taking mushrooms " only later in life you give stuff another go !
Great reaction ! If you like "Yes " try Jeff Waynes "War of the Worlds " and Rick Wakeman (Yes keyboards)
"Journey to the Centre of the Earth " Splendifferous !! Cheers
You're "CLOSE TO THE EDGE" towards your final TRANSCENDENT DESTINATION. This song really grabbed me and has never let go. THIS IS ADULT ROCK!!! and YES at their Funkiest!!!! BTW Check out PRINCE'S VAULT on UA-cam esp. mid 80s stuff. It's psychedelic! I grew up with YES and saw them do this LIVE countless times and have NEVER grasp all that they do. THE MOST GIFTED Musicians of the 70s. "Close to the Edge" is going to BLOW YOUR MIND! ...and then what they did after.?......OMG
"Yours Is No Disgrace" "Awaken" "Roundabout"
We've known Roundabout for a couple of years now, when we, ourselves, started watching reaction videos. In fact, that was one of the songs that got us into it.
Love this song! It's got a little of everything that makes Yes great :)
Thick Mellotron chords are moving under the main riff. More awesome Yes counterpoint/counter-harmony.
Saw them in the 70’s in Little Rock . The. Eagles were the opening act.
In an oddity, the only Sirius XM station playing this song is RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. Who would have guessed?
if you're going to do another album I'd suggest Relayer. For singles checkout "Awaken", "The Gates of Delirium", Starship Trooper, "Turn of the Century" and every other YES song suggested here!
One more to go!
No no no! You did it four months ago.
Check out some 72/73 Fleetwood Mac like Hypnotized and/or Sentimental Lady... Couple of songs I never see covered by reaction viewers on UA-cam. Most do the Peter Green or the Stevie Nicks eras and miss the inbetween version
I'd recommend for you some other Yes tracks from their 'Yes Album" next - Yours Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper, Perpetual Change, I've Seen All Good People.
I was 15 when I was turned on to Yes. My favorite song back then was Perpetual Change. It was their exact complexity that drew me to the music. Not only did I understand it, I did everything to distort that by partaking in altered states of mind. Just like all my friends. What you said could go down as the most ignorant comment in the history of reactions. In the 70's there were several bands like Yes- ELP, Pink Floyd, King Crimson. We ate up this shit. Perhaps the advent of the tech age has had a significant affect on the attention span of the young. But if you talk to anyone who was around back then they'll tell you that these were the bands that were worth listening to as evinced by all the record and concert sales. Sorry to say this, but you really need to think before you speak.
(Noticing your RUSH shirt) I was a fan of RUSH as soon as I heard Tom Sawyer played on the radio. A talented threesome that nearly always gave me what I wanted to hear. But having said that, IMO RUSH never did anything that matched what YES brought to the table on Siberian Khatru. Just saying...
Was a huge YES fan from age 15, in 1970...
LSD, weed, and live concerts were great aids, but never thought of their music was "adult" to this moment. In fact, in the era of "the generation gap," THAT would'a been a major turn off!
Agree. I was in my late teens, early twenties when I got addicted to YES. There were a lot of great musicians those days, at least in the UK.
I heard a lot of "Gentle Giant" influence here.
Great reaction to a fantastic song. To my ears it's the weakest of the three on this album. Your experience may differ. 😊 I agree, this IS grown up music. My ultimate early Yes experience is whichever song I'm hearing at the moment. Others you may like from the Going For the One album...Awaken, Wonderous Stories and Turn of the Century. Jon's most spiritual songs IMHO.
The pronunciation is a strong "h" sound "Hatru", no "K" sound.
Thank you.
An adult...or a teenager who can concentrate cuz he's high on marijuana... ☺
Don't skip " And you and I" 😢
We did that one before this one