Chris is #3 on my list of all time BEST Bassists!!!!! He actually influenced me way more than McCartney and Entwistle (my #1 & #2) combined as I identify with his playing style and technique similar to more of my own!!!!!! I also play with a pick (most of the time) and I'm also a guitarist as well! That's why I identify with Greg Lake and Mike Rutherford so closely!!!!! Back in the day when I played in a few bands, I was the Mike Rutherford of the group switching back and forth between guitar & bass!!!!! In a 1973 interview for Guitar Player magazine, Squire recalled how he had obtained his distinctive tone at the time by rewiring his RM1999 into stereo and sending the bass and treble pick-ups each into a separate amplifier. By splitting the signal from his bass into dual high and low frequency outputs and then sending the low frequency output to a conventional bass amplifier and the high-frequency output to a separate lead guitar amplifier, Squire produced a tonal "sandwich" that added a growling, overdrive edge to the sound while retaining the Rickenbacker's powerful bass response. This gave his bass sound bright, growling higher frequencies and clean, solid bass frequencies. That and also using Rotosound strings!!!!! 😃
Oh wow, awesome, forgot you were a musician if you told me previously! You explained how they achieved the bass tone perfectly for me! Thanks bud and rock on!!
@@JEFFREYJERDON Thank you so much for that info! I will have to see if I can find that interview online! Absolutely fascinating, and adds a whole other understanding (for a non-player) of what Chris was doing to achieve his iconic and stunning sounds! And that's to say nothing of his incredible STYLE! He might be my favorite musician ever!
As a fairly new subscriber I want to say that I really appreciate the fact that you take notes during your reactions. Not many people I’ve seen actually do that. To me it shows that you really take listening to this classic music very seriously and you should be commended for that Brandon. This album was released a few weeks short of my 16th birthday so by then I had already been a Yes fan for a at least a couple of years. I saw them only once in concert, on 02/14/74 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. To say that this band changed my musical tastes would be an understatement. This was a time of great music all around us in every genre. It was my golden age of music, the well from which all rock music that followed got its inspiration. For me, and maybe for you too Brandon, there was music before I heard CTTE and then everything that followed. This is the song and album that established the bar by which everything else in my musical life was measured until I was well into my 50’s. And there are other Yes fans who can say the same about many of Yes’ other songs. I could see you were zoning out a few times during the song and that’s what it does to a person. It was made for a dark room, headphones on and your favorite mood enhancer, or not. Hoping that you will continue down this rabbit hole. So many epics to come, including the other two songs on this album, Siberian Khatru and And You And I. Maybe you’ve heard them already, I didn’t check your previous reactions. If not I cannot recommend them enough. Great reaction, really enjoyed your comments and your blue screen. 🔥
Wow, AMAZING comment! I know my note taking format doesn't work for everyone, so it's great to hear that you enjoy that. It definitely helps me give much more detailed reviews. Thanks for sharing your YES experience. Always nice to hear viewer's stories. Oh yes, like several bands, Yes has a long term place in my channel...I hope to cover lots if not all of their work eventually! I have not heard the other 2, so I will add your votes for them. Thank you SO much!
Pure gold, Yes cannot be touched by any other band… end off& this is utter brilliance. The organ was played in Portsmouth Cathedral where I have spent many hours ❤️
My all time favorite piece, from my all time favorite album. First heard and cherished at age 16, and revisited many times during the trial times of my life. Thanks for your superb reaction and glad we share appreciation for this Masterpiece!
Wow, I can't imagine hearing this at 16....I bet you fell in love with it instantly! You're very welcome, now I know what you know haha....Thank you so much Jim!
@@retroreactions.... Good start ✌️. This was my introduction to Yes, and still my all time favorite song and band, I was maybe 13 years old by the time. Thx 💪👍🤙🪬
Chris' Rickenbacker bass was rewired to create stereo and several other effects to help augment his peddles he used. So many people like your self ask what it was. It's also how he picks the strings as he explained in a video. You need to watch a live performance to see how he plays his bass and his triple neck as well. Amazing is an understatement for Yes!
Bruford: The thing about "Close to the Edge" is the form, I think. The shape of it is perfect. It's a real little part of history and it just fit on the side of an album perfectly ... I don't think we had any idea of its length and I don't think we said, "Oh! Let's make this the side of an album." We were well served in all of this by having Eddie Offord, who would slash a two inch master tape without even thinking about it and just glue another bit onto it. Tape editing was fundamental to this band creating this music at all. Because we couldn't play any of it through until we'd learned it. We'd play a thirty-second segment and say, "What happens now?" We'd stop the tape and write another thirty-second segment. It would go on like that, [like] climbing Mount Everest.
Chris Squire got that incredible unique tone by wiring a stereo jack to his Rickenbacker so he could run the neck pickup to an Ampeg SVT driving two 8x10 cabinets and the bridge pickup to a Marshall Stack. He also had a separate low frequency amp for his Moog Taurus pedals. His technique was to use a pick and his thumbnail to create a double strike on the string. Plus, he was one of the most talented players ever! Great reaction! Thanks!
I’ve been yes fan four 53 years I am 69 years old the last yes concert I saw was Jones Beach and yes played with the full orchestra. It was September 7, 2001. They opened up with close to the edge. I had ninth row seats center. I have to tell you it was spellbinding watching them play with an orchestra it was I don’t have the words after it was over. We stood up for literally 10 minutes and they were like looking at it or what to do they were always good also one of my other favorite bands. Emerson Lake and Palmer Jethro Tull genesis the musicianship is absolutely incredible. Thank you for doing what you doing introducing a younger generation to this phenomenal music. Thank you very much.
I go between Close to the Edge and Awaken as my favorite YES songs, both are masterpieces. If you like the interlude in CTTE, Awaken as an amazing trip in store for you. Great reaction!
I've seen YES perform this song about 20 times. I've seen Total Mass Retain (The best YES tribute band in the world. They played FOR YES at their 50 anniversary celebration). I've owned the LP, 8-track, cassette, and CD. Several copies in each format. I've listened to the entire album more times that can be counted. Yet, I NEVER get tired of listening to it. My biggest vice!!
I think it's worth listening to the song from the live album "Yessongs" too. Unfortunately, the sound quality can't keep up with the studio recording, but the arrangement has been (successfully) reworked in some places. I personally like the live version better.
I heard this song when it first came out, so here's my take on the lyrical/musical message of the song: Anderson said the lyrics were inspired by Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel "Siddhartha", which charts a journey of self-discovery, so... It opens with the peaceful sounds of nature, followed by the chaos of individual life in human society, the search for spiritual enlightenment, the notion that it cannot be found in human society ("Then according to the man who showed his outstretched arm to space, He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race, I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place"), and ending with the sounds of nature one again (the Buddhist idea of enlightenment as being one with nature). The end of the journey was thus there at the beginning, all along. Released in 1972; 50 years after the novel, and now 50+ years ago, but still timeless.
@@retroreactions.... Cheers. I would also add to my final explanation that although the author has attained that higher spiritual plane, they are also still physically bound to the material reality of their lower, Earthly existence: I get up, I get down.
Glad you reacted to this!!! All 5 musicians contributed phenomenal performances on this masterpiece!! I saw Yes on this Close to the Edge tour in 1973. What an experience!!! Great reaction!!!
I’m glad you got here ❤ I hope you felt the same way I have for the past 38 years since I first heard this. It’s a lifelong love ❤❤❤ Chris Squire, best bass player of all time, on thumping Rickenbacker (I think!) throughout. Check out any of the live performances esp the early 2000s ones 😊
I was a fairly new YES fan when this album came out; I had only just first heard "The Yes Album" several months prior, which changed my life, almost as much as The Beatles had done in the years from '64 till their end. Also, these 2 albums (The Yes Album and Close to the Edge) came about at a great time for broken-hearted Beatles fans like me, who were grieving the Beatles' break-up! This album (CttE) is always in a perpetual tie for my favorite album of all time, tied with "Abbey Road". The first time I heard this entire album, was on a warm early summer evening, when a boyfriend took me to a "special place" (a quarry), to watch the sunset and listen to the album......on 8-track in his '69 Camaro! We parked on the edge of the quarry, and lost our minds with the experience!!!! One of SO MANY songs from my era, that I NEVER get tired of! It's always thrilling and brings me to tears! I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. I'm enjoying getting caught up on your channel. I "like" every vid, but don't always comment!
Hello! Thanks for sharing your stories... What an epic way to first hear this album!! Thanks for all your support...no need to comment of course, any watch time and "likes" really help the channel as you know, and I am so grateful for that 😊
Pink Floyd is and always will be my favorite group but Yes is from the same Galaxy because neither of those two groups are from anywhere near Earth!!! For me, my favorite Yes song is "And You And I"!!! Both of these groups are completely unique and unforgettable!!! Will enjoy watching you unlock John Anderson's voice and Rick wakeman's magic on the keyboards!!!
A hundred listens!! There are those of us who have been listening to this gem for decades and still there are things to discover. No spoiler here..but YES do not rest on their laurels from this point…
I've been listening hundreds of times over 50 years, and only just recently noticed that when the pipe organ comes in, both times, Jon's voice is still holding that last note for 2 to 3 seconds, layering it with the organ and sounding so good.
That's right. I'm only now appreciating Rick's piano accompaniment at the start of Seasons of Man, during "The time between the notes.." it is a musical thesis in its own right. Take it as a whole or decide to focus on Bill, or Chris, Rick or Steve. And Jon's voice is so rewarding.
It's one thing to write such a beautiful complex song. But to actually pull it off live with astounding aplomb is a remarkable feat of the mind and soul. Great enthusiastic review!
15:23 Brandon, Chris Squire's bass tones evolved with every new piece of kit he acquired back in those days, and are the subject of much online discussion amongst "tone-chasers". The bass he used in this song was a Rickenbacker RM1999 model, where the bridge pickup "cover" was actually an integral part of the pickup, which influenced from where he plucked the strings, since it made it awkward to try and pluck from down at the bridge. In fact, if you watch live videos and listen, you'll see him plucking the strings from various places along the body of the instrument, which is really the key. All in the fingers, and his plectrum. What's safe to say is that Chris used a bi-amp setup, where he routed his two pickups to two different amp rigs: a set of guitar amps for the one pickup, a bass amp for the other. In studio, Eddie Offord always also ran the instrument's signal direct to the console to capture that for his use. In the the section you're referring to he's most likely kicking in a Maestro Fuzz-Tone effect pedal, the neck pickup, and plucking near the neck to get that "blown-out" distorted bassy sound. It's wonderful.
Listened to this when it came out and in 1972 I was14. My friend and I listened to the whole album and were taken away to another universe. I was also really into Roger Dean's artwork.. We were also into Dark Side Of The Moon. How many 14 year olds today would have the attention span for this lengthy, intricate, ethereal music. I think we were all more advanced musically back then. Saw Yes in concert when I was 15 and another time in the round when I was in College. Never saw Floyd regret that.
Just found your channel I’ve loved YES since their inception, I’ve seen them, solo tours of members over 20 times, I’ve heard them play CTTE multiple times, always unbelievable!!! Plan on seeing Jon & The Band Geeks on 7/27;in Peach tree City, Ga. GOD WILLING OF COURSE…..I have one tattoo & it’s YES’S Bubble from the Tales Album, I’ve listen to CTTE well over a 100 times easily & I still hear new things. YES IS BEST!!!
Five unsurpassable masterpieces: - "Close To The Edge" - "The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)" - "The Gate Of Delirium" - "And You And I" - "Roundabout" (because it all started with the album FRAGILE and this "rock" composition -- YES, but indefinable -- presenting itself in a more complex and totally revolutionary form) The musical universe of YES holds inexplicable genius. The mind that listens to their compositions is immediately connected to a parallel world... as if our world could not have produced a work so close to perfection. [N.-B.: Impressive fact: Bill Bruford was playing from a partition of which he himself had invented, for his needs, the signs. All YES musicians have been virtuosos... and Bruford was no exception.] Thanks.
Please? And then the Drama album. And then the Fly From Here (Return Trip) album. Read into the connection. RIP bass GOAT Chris Squre who appears posthumously on the latter❤❤ 27 years separate the albums - but same lineup. But Relayer’s Gates of Delirium is next-level Yes as is Sound Chaser from the same album. Trust me ❤❤
Along with "Starship Trooper," the last ten minutes of "The Gates Of Delirium," and the final section of "The Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil," "Close To The Edge" is one of those songs by Yes that I can listen to over and over again. And I know these songs for 35 to 40 years! By the way, respect for your wallpapers, Brandon. Always well chosen. This one perfectly illuminates the "I get up, I get down"-Part, you called it the "cool down section". I always had an image like this in mind when I heard this part of the work. Great.
Hello again, thanks for checking this one out! Glad you love this song. Thanks for recognizing my backdrops...choosing them is half the fun! I love this one and want to be in whatever place that is! This song certainly helps get me there, at least in my mind....😊
In the 70s YES almost became a cult band of sorts.The spiritual vibes Anderson was projecting with voice and inspired lyrics became almost like a traveling spiritual revival. That they wrote these wonderful pieces of music, is amzing enough, but that they were able to take this material all over the world on tour for decades really speaks to the lasting power of these compositions.I am certain they raised the vibration of the world and were a major spiritual influence on me and many of my friends.
I must say, your reaction was awesome. Cool to see someone emotionally invested. You bring the viewer right along with you and share this amazing journey with us. The contrast between the different sections, or movements of this piece are so much more effective and transportive than other reaction videos because you don’t stop every 10 seconds to point out a pentatonic scale or some mundane theory aspect. You allow the piece to flow without much disruption to the continuity of the whole. It washes over the senses and inspires imagery the way it’s meant to be experienced. Kudos!
Thank you so much! I know it is a huge song so I tried of course to do it justice. I'm glad you enjoy my style. I definitely try to pause as little as possible. Really appreciate your complimentary words Thomas..
Nice video. I'm surprised that you are so familiar with all of the band members, their music history, but have never heard this HUGE hit song before. It's a masterpiece of sound & talent.
I'd always enjoyed music as a child and when I became a teenager, I didn't really gel with all of the pop music on the radio. I started to listen to the Who (their amazing "Who's Next?" album), then Wishbone Ash that a friend introduced me to. At school, a student English teacher played the Pink Floyd track "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from their Live "Ummagumma" album), to stimulate our creative writing skills. That was a real ear-opener that I really liked. But it wasn't't until I heard "Close to the Edge" (Album and especially the track), that the golden key fit into the musical box and the spiritual, (I definitely don't mean religion), Universal, Nature side of me awakened. "Close to the Edge" has been my favourite song ever since I first heard it in October 1972.I have listened to it hundreds of times and never tire of it. It was good to watch you react to the track and changes to the music; it looks as though you "get" this track. "And You And I" and "Siberian Khatru" are pretty amazing songs too, but nothing comes close to "Close to the Edge", and I have hundreds of albums by artists from Rock, Metal, Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Blues, Classical, Ambient, etc., etc.
In 1973 I saw Yes in London qhen they released Topographic Oceans. They played Close to the edge followed by Topographic Oceans and Yours is no disgrace as an encore.
Hi Brandon Cool backdrop again I believe that listening to this song changes your outlook on music when first heard You say 100 times to hear it properly, I think it’s more The rest of the album ( all 2 songs ) are equally amazing
It's a great track but perhaps the most moving sections of this song is "I get up and I get down". It is one of the greatest passages of music ever made. Try Yes' Awaken!
This whole album is great. Personally, I almost always played side II first before flipping it over and playing this song. It seemed to be a more logical progression to me.
This is my favorite song of all time. I love your reaction! I do a lot of hiking and sometimes I'll turn a corner and come across a scene of such amazing beauty that leaves me speachless. This is the soundtrack of that moment. For a while time stands still as I attempt to process the vision ahead of me. Now do "Awaken"
The deep bass you heard is from Chris' Taurus bass pedals. They're basically like church organ bass pedals. His scratchy sound is him playing thru a guitar amp and bass amp. His main bass is a Rickenbacker, which has been well documented online, as well as how he gets that sound from it. Same bass, similar sound would be Jon Camp from Renaissance.
I love how the acoustic piano enters the fray, just for the final verses, really helping to drive the tempo and momentum toward the songs closing chorus. The bass is just awesome throughout and unlike anything else I've ever heard.
I can't imagine your reaction the day you listen "Soon" which is the last part of another Yes masterpiece called "The Gates Of Delirium", nor when you react to the epic, emotional and majestic "Awaken".
Great reaction, my friend. I first experienced this song in 1981 at age 17. By this point I was already a progressive rock fan, having gotten into Genesis, Rush and King Crimson a couple of years before. But I knew instantly that I was listening to a masterpiece of the genre. That's when I got hooked on Yes and had to listen to everything in their discography. And I was not disappointed. They have about 10 of these Side long epics in their catalogue. "The Gates of Delirium", "The Revealing Science of God", and "Ritual" are probably the best of these imho. But I would be willing to put another 15 minute epic alongside these and maybe even above them: "Awaken" on the album _Going for the One_ is Yes at their absolute best and most spiritual. Congratulations on your first listen to this masterwork by the one and only Yes!
❤❤❤ IMHO If you have not heard and appreciated CTTE in this life, then you have not lived fully. LOL! BUT I was 16 in 72 & like many pivotal moments, it changed my reality of life!. First thing, there is no favorite part. This is a collective WHOLE of ONENESS and brilliant genuis ,
70’s me borrowing the album and playing on headphones.....what the h@ll have I listened to ?. It felt the closest to musical perfection you could get and I immediately fell in love with Yes and especially their best musical instruments ...Jon’s voice included. When I listen to great stuff my first thought is where are they playing live. ?It sent me on a wonderful journey of numerous live sets and were outstanding live. Well done with your reactions...you really get it.
Hi there, thanks for being first today! 🥇 Magic for sure....I have not done Awaken, but I know it's amazing and must be paired with Wondrous Stories! Thanks
@@retroreactions.... If there is a song from that album that combines perfectly with Awaken, that is "Turn of the Century", same vibe, same feeling, both are a cosmic travel.
Close to the Edge, Awaken, Gates of Delirium, Ritual, Revealing Science of God, Mind Drive are must listens Brandon. Actually all their works are master class. Take your time and listen to them all.
Legendary tune that takes you on a journey through the universe and back again from the beginning of life until the end!First time listening to your channel so if you have not played the other 2 songs on this album which I like even more than you should react to And You And I, and Siberian Khatru! I used to listen to this album which my older brother owned that I was 12 or 13 at the time, in the dark laying down and getting that positive spiritual feeling about life.
Cette façon que Yes a de nous ramener sur terre après avoir fait tout en trip ! Comme ici ou dans Awaken, juste wow. Excellent commentaire de ta part, comme toujours
Now onto ‘The revealing science of God’ for another 20minute super track! These guys literally have no peers as their style was truly unique and masterful
Love your channel. New subscriber ❣️. Just discovered you. So beyond thrilled that you’re loving my favorite band of all time! So many amazing albums. Enjoy love. Enjoy!!!❣️🥰
Hi! Thanks so much for subscribing and welcome to the channel!! Yes, Yes is sure a special band. It's been wonderful discovering so much more from them here. They now also have a once a month slot on my channel. Here is my full Yes reaction playlist if interested: ua-cam.com/play/PL7SqQkBAxc6ZBGSce9FXJ5rDHBurSQ1xw.html&si=0HVZ-4NKKsLS_X9e ✌😊
Up there with the best of the best. Saw them do back in the day...If you get a chance, watch the "Symphonic Yes" live concert (yes, when they are old, and yes, with an orchestra). Fantastic.
Fascinating to hear your first thoughts on this ‘Absolute Masterpiece’, Brandon. I bought the ‘Close To The Edge’ Album on the day it was released in 1972, aged 16. I must’ve heard it a million times, (slight exaggeration maybe) and I’m not tired of it yet. Highly recommend you do Side 2 as well, to complete this Album. The sensational, ’And You And I’ followed by ‘Siberian Khatru’. Jon Anderson is still performing now, with his unique voice sounding as amazing as ever, aged 78. In fact, I’ll be seeing him here in the UK, next month, (July), in London, performing the whole of this Album, with young musicians from ‘The Paul Green Rock Academy’, from the US. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, which was last year. Wait until you listen to the Studio recording of another epic Masterpiece, ‘Awaken’. From the Album, ‘Going For The One’, (1977). More incredible work from Rick Wakeman on here too, with much more fabulous Church Organ amongst others. Jon Anderson plays Harp too. We are going to see the Great Rick Wakeman again, in February 2024, (In Birmingham, UK). Performing Classic Yes music & his Solo Production, ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’. Can’t wait. I’ll remind you again soon of all the other 70’s Classic Yes you must hear, a lot that actually came before ‘Awaken’, that you’ve not covered yet. (Sorry, I know I’ve done that elsewhere already 👍🏼). Enjoy 🎶❤️🎶
Thanks Eddie. Good, so in 51 years when I'm 98 I will still enjoy it! I will add your votes for side 2 and Awaken. That's incredible- you're going to have an amazing time next month and in February!!
So glad you've experienced this magnificent masterpiece from the kings of prog. Not only is it incredible musically, but also philosophically as it speaks personally & directly to each one of us. From generally considered to be the greatest prog album in history. For that reason you must listen to the remainder of the album. And you & I you will adore I'm sure especially the middle instrumental section which to describe is simply beyond words. It my first Yes experience 50 years ago & it grows more beautiful every year, it's also Rick's favourite Yes piece. Siberian Khatru is completely unique in every way. You've still to experience some of the shorter gems from the previous album Fragile, particularly Heart of the sunrise & South side of the sky, both extraordinary. For me CTTE is the first of the holy trinity of Yes epics, the others being The Gates of Delirium & IMHO the greatest Yes piece, Awaken, if I could take one piece of music with me when I exit this life it would be Awaken, again mere words can't describe it's magnificence. Enjoy the journey Brandon!
Prog at its FINEST!! What a phenomenal song… it’s even more epic seeing it live! So much to digest with this one. While watching your reaction, I thought we might get our first 💿💿💿! Lol 😂 I know you like yourself some pipe organ… I know I’ve made this suggestion before for “Little Fugue in “G”” and “Father O.S.A.” by Styx. It from their 1973 album Styx II, and features Dennis DeYoung on a pipe organ at a cathedral in Chicago.
Thank you SO much Dale! Yes, definitely a full tummy after this week's reactions haha....Ha, hadn't even considered the possibility of a triple platinum award! Nice, I will go to the list right now to make sure those 2 are there...☺
Have to admit, back in the 70s I didn’t like it on first listen. I was so in love with Genesis and Moody Blues that this was too out there. Fortunately I kept listening to it again and again and it quickly became one of my favourite songs. Today, I think it’s one of the songs that defines prog rock. Great review, Brandon!
Close To The Edge is an incredible composition only possibly bettered by Supper's Ready by Genesis which is off the charts. Both are the epitome of 70s classic progressive rock. Timeless masterpieces. Great reaction again Brandon so glad you did this epic track.
Hey retro, you have to listen to ELP Works Volume 1 and 2 released in 1977 most of the 2 albums are done with the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. It's an absolute masterpiece of music. As is ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition.
My ex wife used to say : Alex and his weird music, when I listened to this kind of stuff. I never achieved to make her listen more than 30 seconds... Now she'll never know😆Too bad for her lol. I'm so delighted to see that this now over 50 years old monument still reach hearts. Prog on !
A great song. Yes was so experimental in the seventies, love most of their albums (except Tormato, did not like the song Don't Kill the Whales). First album I heard was Relayer and I love Gates of Delirium, followed by Turn of the Century from 1977 Going for the One album. Amazing how many musicians have played a part in the Yes history, and I do like their latest album. I think that new keyboard sound you referenced is a Hammond organ, a standard in old prog and hard rock (Deep Purple, Uriah Heep).
A surprising beautiful journey through the musical waters of self reflection... Thanks so much for watching! 🌊 🥰
Amazing 2023 n forever in my lifetime
This was the tour that introduced me to Yes live. Literally life changing. I’ve heard this song thousands of times and still not enough. ☮️❤️
Hi Nancy! So this song never gets old...no surprise there! Thanks so much for watching!
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I agree The YesSongs reproduction of the Close to the Edge album is flawless Being live makes it more extraordinary
50 years at least of hearing this. Só beautifull so special completelly ahead of its time. Tears every time
If you love great bass, you love Yes. The bass is both lead and rhythm all at once, at times, mind boggling. RIP Chris Squire
Chris and a few others are really making me a bigger fan of bass this year....(and it's capabilities) Thanks for watching!
Chris is #3 on my list of all time BEST Bassists!!!!! He actually influenced me way more than McCartney and Entwistle (my #1 & #2) combined as I identify with his playing style and technique similar to more of my own!!!!!! I also play with a pick (most of the time) and I'm also a guitarist as well! That's why I identify with Greg Lake and Mike Rutherford so closely!!!!!
Back in the day when I played in a few bands, I was the Mike Rutherford of the group switching back and forth between guitar & bass!!!!!
In a 1973 interview for Guitar Player magazine, Squire recalled how he had obtained his distinctive tone at the time by rewiring his RM1999 into stereo and sending the bass and treble pick-ups each into a separate amplifier. By splitting the signal from his bass into dual high and low frequency outputs and then sending the low frequency output to a conventional bass amplifier and the high-frequency output to a separate lead guitar amplifier, Squire produced a tonal "sandwich" that added a growling, overdrive edge to the sound while retaining the Rickenbacker's powerful bass response. This gave his bass sound bright, growling higher frequencies and clean, solid bass frequencies. That and also using Rotosound strings!!!!! 😃
Oh wow, awesome, forgot you were a musician if you told me previously! You explained how they achieved the bass tone perfectly for me! Thanks bud and rock on!!
@@JEFFREYJERDON Thank you so much for that info! I will have to see if I can find that interview online! Absolutely fascinating, and adds a whole other understanding (for a non-player) of what Chris was doing to achieve his iconic and stunning sounds! And that's to say nothing of his incredible STYLE! He might be my favorite musician ever!
As a fairly new subscriber I want to say that I really appreciate the fact that you take notes during your reactions. Not many people I’ve seen actually do that. To me it shows that you really take listening to this classic music very seriously and you should be commended for that Brandon. This album was released a few weeks short of my 16th birthday so by then I had already been a Yes fan for a at least a couple of years. I saw them only once in concert, on 02/14/74 at Madison Square Garden in NYC. To say that this band changed my musical tastes would be an understatement. This was a time of great music all around us in every genre. It was my golden age of music, the well from which all rock music that followed got its inspiration. For me, and maybe for you too Brandon, there was music before I heard CTTE and then everything that followed. This is the song and album that established the bar by which everything else in my musical life was measured until I was well into my 50’s. And there are other Yes fans who can say the same about many of Yes’ other songs. I could see you were zoning out a few times during the song and that’s what it does to a person. It was made for a dark room, headphones on and your favorite mood enhancer, or not. Hoping that you will continue down this rabbit hole. So many epics to come, including the other two songs on this album, Siberian Khatru and And You And I. Maybe you’ve heard them already, I didn’t check your previous reactions. If not I cannot recommend them enough. Great reaction, really enjoyed your comments and your blue screen. 🔥
Wow, AMAZING comment! I know my note taking format doesn't work for everyone, so it's great to hear that you enjoy that. It definitely helps me give much more detailed reviews. Thanks for sharing your YES experience. Always nice to hear viewer's stories. Oh yes, like several bands, Yes has a long term place in my channel...I hope to cover lots if not all of their work eventually! I have not heard the other 2, so I will add your votes for them. Thank you SO much!
OMG!!!!!!!!
Surprise HAHA, I know you love YES!!
It was a BIG surprise, Great Video!!!!!!!
Thank you, it shot straight up to #1 out of my last 10 videos, so I hope the algorithm is kind to me on this one!
Bet it will be a winner!!!!!!🏆🏆
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Well that was side one onto side two.
Yes, was very tempting to listen to the other 2 after this!
Bruford is my favorite drummer between Yes and King Crimson. How can you get better than that.
Pure gold, Yes cannot be touched by any other band… end off& this is utter brilliance. The organ was played in Portsmouth Cathedral where I have spent many hours ❤️
I always thought the bands of my youth were highly spiritual but not in the dogma but in the divinity, something we need more of.🙏🍁
Hi Norah! Yes, shimmering gold for sure! Awesome, I need to look up a picture of that organ, I bet it's beautiful! Thanks for watching!
Well spoken, this art cannot be touched by anything current!
Must be a great organ!
It was actually recorded on the pipe organ of London's St Giles-without-Cripplegate church.
My all time favorite piece, from my all time favorite album. First heard and cherished at age 16, and revisited many times during the trial times of my life. Thanks for your superb reaction and glad we share appreciation for this Masterpiece!
Wow, I can't imagine hearing this at 16....I bet you fell in love with it instantly! You're very welcome, now I know what you know haha....Thank you so much Jim!
@@retroreactions.... Good start ✌️. This was my introduction to Yes, and still my all time favorite song and band, I was maybe 13 years old by the time. Thx 💪👍🤙🪬
Nice! Thanks so much for watching!
one of the great ones
For sure, but I bet they must have more at this level...thanks Ricky!
Chris' Rickenbacker bass was rewired to create stereo and several other effects to help augment his peddles he used. So many people like your self ask what it was. It's also how he picks the strings as he explained in a video. You need to watch a live performance to see how he plays his bass and his triple neck as well. Amazing is an understatement for Yes!
Bruford: The thing about "Close to the Edge" is the form, I think. The shape of it is perfect. It's a real little part of history and it just fit on the side of an album perfectly ... I don't think we had any idea of its length and I don't think we said, "Oh! Let's make this the side of an album." We were well served in all of this by having Eddie Offord, who would slash a two inch master tape without even thinking about it and just glue another bit onto it. Tape editing was fundamental to this band creating this music at all. Because we couldn't play any of it through until we'd learned it. We'd play a thirty-second segment and say, "What happens now?" We'd stop the tape and write another thirty-second segment. It would go on like that, [like] climbing Mount Everest.
Wow, amazing to hear the creative process behind this one! Thanks!
Immaculate Conception, after 50 years this still exceeds whatever I could musically desire.
Well put michael...can't wait to discover more from them...thanks for watching!!
A hundred? I must have listened to it 300 times and still discover new things thanks to people's reactions like yours.
They really set the progrock standard here. Not a boring moment, and i must have listened to it more than a 100 times.
True artists to the highest sense....I'm only at 4 listens hehe...Thanks Steve
Yea like thousands for me. Never get tired of it.
Nice!!
Chris Squire got that incredible unique tone by wiring a stereo jack to his Rickenbacker so he could run the neck pickup to an Ampeg SVT driving two 8x10 cabinets and the bridge pickup to a Marshall Stack. He also had a separate low frequency amp for his Moog Taurus pedals. His technique was to use a pick and his thumbnail to create a double strike on the string. Plus, he was one of the most talented players ever! Great reaction! Thanks!
Mate. This, Gates of Delirium, Ritual and, for me, the pinnacle: Awaken. They're all fantastic epics that just never get old
I've listened to it a hundred times!!!!!!! ⬆⬇♥🎶🎶
Only?
Nice!! So you're about 96 times ahead of me LOL
Nice!!!!!!!
@retroreactions.... well in that case I've been listening to CTTE since 72, 100 times a yr, seen it live about 15 times.
You win!!!
I’ve been yes fan four 53 years I am 69 years old the last yes concert I saw was Jones Beach and yes played with the full orchestra. It was September 7, 2001. They opened up with close to the edge. I had ninth row seats center. I have to tell you it was spellbinding watching them play with an orchestra it was I don’t have the words after it was over. We stood up for literally 10 minutes and they were like looking at it or what to do they were always good also one of my other favorite bands. Emerson Lake and Palmer Jethro Tull genesis the musicianship is absolutely incredible. Thank you for doing what you doing introducing a younger generation to this phenomenal music. Thank you very much.
I go between Close to the Edge and Awaken as my favorite YES songs, both are masterpieces. If you like the interlude in CTTE, Awaken as an amazing trip in store for you. Great reaction!
Hi there! Really excited for Awaken! Thanks so much!!
I've seen YES perform this song about 20 times. I've seen Total Mass Retain (The best YES tribute band in the world. They played FOR YES at their 50 anniversary celebration). I've owned the LP, 8-track, cassette, and CD. Several copies in each format. I've listened to the entire album more times that can be counted. Yet, I NEVER get tired of listening to it. My biggest vice!!
I can believe that 100%! And I bet there are many other songs of theirs that never get old! Thanks for watching Robert
Very nice! I knew the Yessongs version, which is slightly smoother (the band had been playing it for a few years by then) :)
Hello. This one must be incredible live!! Thanks for watching 🙂
You heard greatness. Yes is my absolute top favorite band of all time. I've been listening to their music for 40 years.
I think it's worth listening to the song from the live album "Yessongs" too. Unfortunately, the sound quality can't keep up with the studio recording, but the arrangement has been (successfully) reworked in some places. I personally like the live version better.
Glad I'm not the only one who sees it that way. I always miss a few "kicks" in the studio version, especially in the final part.
Arguably, the greatest song in rock history. Yes has several brilliant songs from that era.
Now who can make something remotelly close to this masterpiece these days? The grandness depthness spirituality
One of my absolute favourite Yes songs. Next time try ”The Gates Of Delirium”, it’s great!
Hello! Thanks so much for watching, I added your vote for G.O.D. 🙂
Now we're talking. Hailed as their finest, the entire album is great.
And theres so much more beyond that.
The greatest song ever!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I heard this song when it first came out, so here's my take on the lyrical/musical message of the song:
Anderson said the lyrics were inspired by Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel "Siddhartha", which charts a journey of self-discovery, so... It opens with the peaceful sounds of nature, followed by the chaos of individual life in human society, the search for spiritual enlightenment, the notion that it cannot be found in human society ("Then according to the man who showed his outstretched arm to space, He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race, I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place"), and ending with the sounds of nature one again (the Buddhist idea of enlightenment as being one with nature). The end of the journey was thus there at the beginning, all along.
Released in 1972; 50 years after the novel, and now 50+ years ago, but still timeless.
Hello! Wonderful interpretation! Thanks for watching and for the info.
@@retroreactions.... Cheers. I would also add to my final explanation that although the author has attained that higher spiritual plane, they are also still physically bound to the material reality of their lower, Earthly existence: I get up, I get down.
There is nothing like hearing this song for the first time. I've heard it thousands of times and I can still remember the first time.
Glad you reacted to this!!! All 5 musicians contributed phenomenal performances on this masterpiece!! I saw Yes on this Close to the Edge tour in 1973. What an experience!!! Great reaction!!!
Wow, you were at some legendary concerts for sure!
I’m glad you got here ❤
I hope you felt the same way I have for the past 38 years since I first heard this. It’s a lifelong love ❤❤❤
Chris Squire, best bass player of all time, on thumping Rickenbacker (I think!) throughout. Check out any of the live performances esp the early 2000s ones 😊
I was a fairly new YES fan when this album came out; I had only just first heard "The Yes Album" several months prior, which changed my life, almost as much as The Beatles had done in the years from '64 till their end. Also, these 2 albums (The Yes Album and Close to the Edge) came about at a great time for broken-hearted Beatles fans like me, who were grieving the Beatles' break-up!
This album (CttE) is always in a perpetual tie for my favorite album of all time, tied with "Abbey Road".
The first time I heard this entire album, was on a warm early summer evening, when a boyfriend took me to a "special place" (a quarry), to watch the sunset and listen to the album......on 8-track in his '69 Camaro! We parked on the edge of the quarry, and lost our minds with the experience!!!!
One of SO MANY songs from my era, that I NEVER get tired of! It's always thrilling and brings me to tears! I really enjoyed your reactions and comments. I'm enjoying getting caught up on your channel. I "like" every vid, but don't always comment!
Hello! Thanks for sharing your stories... What an epic way to first hear this album!! Thanks for all your support...no need to comment of course, any watch time and "likes" really help the channel as you know, and I am so grateful for that 😊
Probably their greatest album.
Thanks for watching!
I was listening to that almost 50 years ago ! yes i was 17 and i m turning 67 in a month ! LoL !
Nice! Time sure does fly!!
Pink Floyd is and always will be my favorite group but Yes is from the same Galaxy because neither of those two groups are from anywhere near Earth!!! For me, my favorite Yes song is "And You And I"!!! Both of these groups are completely unique and unforgettable!!!
Will enjoy watching you unlock John Anderson's voice and Rick wakeman's magic on the keyboards!!!
Nice, I will add your vote for that one! Long Yes journey ahead of me!!
A hundred listens!! There are those of us who have been listening to this gem for decades and still there are things to discover. No spoiler here..but YES do not rest on their laurels from this point…
OK, more like 10,000 😊 And then songs change as we change or based on our mood....Oh, I believe you 100% there...thanks for watching!!
I've been listening hundreds of times over 50 years, and only just recently noticed that when the pipe organ comes in, both times, Jon's voice is still holding that last note for 2 to 3 seconds, layering it with the organ and sounding so good.
That's right. I'm only now appreciating Rick's piano accompaniment at the start of Seasons of Man, during "The time between the notes.." it is a musical thesis in its own right. Take it as a whole or decide to focus on Bill, or Chris, Rick or Steve. And Jon's voice is so rewarding.
Wow, still finding new things!!
It's one thing to write such a beautiful complex song. But to actually pull it off live with astounding aplomb is a remarkable feat of the mind and soul. Great enthusiastic review!
Thanks!
15:23 Brandon, Chris Squire's bass tones evolved with every new piece of kit he acquired back in those days, and are the subject of much online discussion amongst "tone-chasers". The bass he used in this song was a Rickenbacker RM1999 model, where the bridge pickup "cover" was actually an integral part of the pickup, which influenced from where he plucked the strings, since it made it awkward to try and pluck from down at the bridge. In fact, if you watch live videos and listen, you'll see him plucking the strings from various places along the body of the instrument, which is really the key. All in the fingers, and his plectrum. What's safe to say is that Chris used a bi-amp setup, where he routed his two pickups to two different amp rigs: a set of guitar amps for the one pickup, a bass amp for the other. In studio, Eddie Offord always also ran the instrument's signal direct to the console to capture that for his use. In the the section you're referring to he's most likely kicking in a Maestro Fuzz-Tone effect pedal, the neck pickup, and plucking near the neck to get that "blown-out" distorted bassy sound. It's wonderful.
Listened to this when it came out and in 1972 I was14.
My friend and I listened to the whole album and were taken away to another universe.
I was also really into Roger Dean's artwork..
We were also into Dark Side Of The Moon.
How many 14 year olds today would have the attention span for this lengthy, intricate, ethereal music.
I think we were all more advanced musically back then.
Saw Yes in concert when I was 15 and another time in the round when I was in College.
Never saw Floyd regret that.
Just found your channel I’ve loved YES since their inception, I’ve seen them, solo tours of members over 20 times, I’ve heard them play CTTE multiple times, always unbelievable!!! Plan on seeing Jon & The Band Geeks on 7/27;in Peach tree City, Ga. GOD WILLING OF COURSE…..I have one tattoo & it’s YES’S Bubble from the Tales Album, I’ve listen to CTTE well over a 100 times easily & I still hear new things. YES IS BEST!!!
Hi Barry! Wow, a mega Yes fan for sure, that's awesome! Thanks so much for watching, glad you found my channel 😊
Five unsurpassable masterpieces:
- "Close To The Edge"
- "The Revealing Science Of God (Dance Of The Dawn)"
- "The Gate Of Delirium"
- "And You And I"
- "Roundabout" (because it all started with the album FRAGILE and this "rock" composition -- YES, but indefinable -- presenting itself in a more complex and totally revolutionary form)
The musical universe of YES holds inexplicable genius. The mind that listens to their compositions is immediately connected to a parallel world... as if our world could not have produced a work so close to perfection.
[N.-B.: Impressive fact: Bill Bruford was playing from a partition of which he himself had invented, for his needs, the signs. All YES musicians have been virtuosos... and Bruford was no exception.]
Thanks.
Thank you. Seen this show 4 times. All yes is amazing. Thank you Brandon.XO. forever Brandon you look exactly as i do when I listen to this..🧑
You're welcome!
@@retroreactions.... I🧡U
Ooh, Gates of Delirium next please! Studio version ❤❤
Please? And then the Drama album. And then the Fly From Here (Return Trip) album. Read into the connection. RIP bass GOAT Chris Squre who appears posthumously on the latter❤❤ 27 years separate the albums - but same lineup.
But Relayer’s Gates of Delirium is next-level Yes as is Sound Chaser from the same album. Trust me ❤❤
Adding another vote! Gates and Awaken have the most votes, so I'm sure both will be next on Yes's next 2 turns on my channel...
Best band, best album, best song. Ever.
Nice...Thanks so much for tuning in Stanley!
Along with "Starship Trooper," the last ten minutes of "The Gates Of Delirium," and the final section of "The Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil," "Close To The Edge" is one of those songs by Yes that I can listen to over and over again. And I know these songs for 35 to 40 years!
By the way, respect for your wallpapers, Brandon. Always well chosen. This one perfectly illuminates the "I get up, I get down"-Part, you called it the "cool down section". I always had an image like this in mind when I heard this part of the work. Great.
Hello again, thanks for checking this one out! Glad you love this song. Thanks for recognizing my backdrops...choosing them is half the fun! I love this one and want to be in whatever place that is! This song certainly helps get me there, at least in my mind....😊
Side two of that album is equally brilliant. Two amazing songs.
Ah yes, very tempting to hear those soon! Thanks Eric
This is gonna be fun
Hope you enjoyed! I know this was a big one from Yes, so tried my best to give a first listen justice..
I was 12 when i first heard this. Got me into keyboards, especially synths. Amazing music and story telling. One of there many epics.
In the 70s YES almost became a cult band of sorts.The spiritual vibes Anderson was projecting with voice and inspired lyrics became almost like a traveling spiritual revival. That they wrote these wonderful pieces of music, is amzing enough, but that they were able to take this material all over the world on tour for decades really speaks to the lasting power of these compositions.I am certain they raised the vibration of the world and were a major spiritual influence on me and many of my friends.
I must say, your reaction was awesome. Cool to see someone emotionally invested. You bring the viewer right along with you and share this amazing journey with us. The contrast between the different sections, or movements of this piece are so much more effective and transportive than other reaction videos because you don’t stop every 10 seconds to point out a pentatonic scale or some mundane theory aspect. You allow the piece to flow without much disruption to the continuity of the whole. It washes over the senses and inspires imagery the way it’s meant to be experienced. Kudos!
Thank you so much! I know it is a huge song so I tried of course to do it justice. I'm glad you enjoy my style. I definitely try to pause as little as possible. Really appreciate your complimentary words Thomas..
a masterpiece
Nice video. I'm surprised that you are so familiar with all of the band members, their music history, but have never heard this HUGE hit song before. It's a masterpiece of sound & talent.
Nice way to get back into the groove!
Hi there...thanks for stopping by today..amazing song!
I'd always enjoyed music as a child and when I became a teenager, I didn't really gel with all of the pop music on the radio. I started to listen to the Who (their amazing "Who's Next?" album), then Wishbone Ash that a friend introduced me to. At school, a student English teacher played the Pink Floyd track "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (from their Live "Ummagumma" album), to stimulate our creative writing skills. That was a real ear-opener that I really liked. But it wasn't't until I heard "Close to the Edge" (Album and especially the track), that the golden key fit into the musical box and the spiritual, (I definitely don't mean religion), Universal, Nature side of me awakened.
"Close to the Edge" has been my favourite song ever since I first heard it in October 1972.I have listened to it hundreds of times and never tire of it.
It was good to watch you react to the track and changes to the music; it looks as though you "get" this track. "And You And I" and "Siberian Khatru" are pretty amazing songs too, but nothing comes close to "Close to the Edge", and I have hundreds of albums by artists from Rock, Metal, Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Blues, Classical, Ambient, etc., etc.
I never tire of this masterpiece. You're reaction is probably what mine was when I first heard in 42 years ago.
Always worth rewatching ❤
Nature spawns chaos spawns humanity spawns our insight into reality. And nature carries right on
In 1973 I saw Yes in London qhen they released Topographic Oceans. They played Close to the edge followed by Topographic Oceans and Yours is no disgrace as an encore.
Nice!! Epic memories....
Hi Brandon
Cool backdrop again
I believe that listening to this song changes your outlook on music when first heard
You say 100 times to hear it properly, I think it’s more
The rest of the album ( all 2 songs ) are equally amazing
Thank you!!
Probably the greatest bit of Prog Rock ever....and a superb reaction! The live version is epic!
Thank you so much!
It's a great track but perhaps the most moving sections of this song is "I get up and I get down". It is one of the greatest passages of music ever made. Try Yes' Awaken!
Yes, and that vocal part was very impactful...I will add your vote for Awaken/Wonderous! Thanks Kevin
This whole album is great. Personally, I almost always played side II first before flipping it over and playing this song. It seemed to be a more logical progression to me.
Interesting...I'll try to remember that after hearing the other 2 to see....Thanks for watching Rick!
One of my all time favorites! Thanks for a great reaction
You're welcome!
This is my favorite song of all time. I love your reaction! I do a lot of hiking and sometimes I'll turn a corner and come across a scene of such amazing beauty that leaves me speachless. This is the soundtrack of that moment. For a while time stands still as I attempt to process the vision ahead of me. Now do "Awaken"
Hello Kae! I'm so glad I reacted to your most favorite song! Thanks so much for watching. I will add your vote for awaken...
The deep bass you heard is from Chris' Taurus bass pedals. They're basically like church organ bass pedals. His scratchy sound is him playing thru a guitar amp and bass amp. His main bass is a Rickenbacker, which has been well documented online, as well as how he gets that sound from it. Same bass, similar sound would be Jon Camp from Renaissance.
Hi Jack..Ah yes I always forget about the bass pedals! Thanks for explaining for me and for watching!
I love how the acoustic piano enters the fray, just for the final verses, really helping to drive the tempo and momentum toward the songs closing chorus. The bass is just awesome throughout and unlike anything else I've ever heard.
Thanks for watching Andy
It appears that you and I have the same taste in music. This album is fantastic. Way ahead of it's time.
Good to know! Yes, so excited for much more YES!
I can't imagine your reaction the day you listen "Soon" which is the last part of another Yes masterpiece called "The Gates Of Delirium", nor when you react to the epic, emotional and majestic "Awaken".
You always know how to get me super hyped for these songs!!
College roommate would feed his stereo into an oscilloscope. Yes always gave the coolest wave forms…
Nice! Can only imagine....thanks for tuning in Andrew
Awesomeness!
For sure! Thanks for stopping by Alan!
The greatest prog album of all time.
Great reaction, my friend. I first experienced this song in 1981 at age 17. By this point I was already a progressive rock fan, having gotten into Genesis, Rush and King Crimson a couple of years before. But I knew instantly that I was listening to a masterpiece of the genre. That's when I got hooked on Yes and had to listen to everything in their discography. And I was not disappointed. They have about 10 of these Side long epics in their catalogue. "The Gates of Delirium", "The Revealing Science of God", and "Ritual" are probably the best of these imho. But I would be willing to put another 15 minute epic alongside these and maybe even above them: "Awaken" on the album _Going for the One_ is Yes at their absolute best and most spiritual. Congratulations on your first listen to this masterwork by the one and only Yes!
❤❤❤ IMHO If you have not heard and appreciated CTTE in this life, then you have not lived fully. LOL! BUT I was 16 in 72 & like many pivotal moments, it changed my reality of life!. First thing, there is no favorite part. This is a collective WHOLE of ONENESS and brilliant genuis ,
Hi wendell! Thanks for sharing. Nice to see what deep meaning this song has for you...Thanks so much for watching!
70’s me borrowing the album and playing on headphones.....what the h@ll have I listened to ?. It felt the closest to musical perfection you could get and I immediately fell in love with Yes and especially their best musical instruments ...Jon’s voice included. When I listen to great stuff my first thought is where are they playing live. ?It sent me on a wonderful journey of numerous live sets and were outstanding live. Well done with your reactions...you really get it.
Hi Alistair! Thanks for sharing a bit of your Yes journey with me! Really appreciate you watching and the compliments!!
Close to the edge… schhh 10+ minutes of magic. (Did you do Awaken by Yes?)
Hi there, thanks for being first today! 🥇 Magic for sure....I have not done Awaken, but I know it's amazing and must be paired with Wondrous Stories! Thanks
@@retroreactions.... I think those are among my top 5 of Yes.
@@retroreactions.... If there is a song from that album that combines perfectly with Awaken, that is "Turn of the Century", same vibe, same feeling, both are a cosmic travel.
I love it, the intro and the outro were the same
Yes, so incredible!! Thanks for watching Sammy!
Close to the Edge, Awaken, Gates of Delirium, Ritual, Revealing Science of God, Mind Drive are must listens Brandon. Actually all their works are master class. Take your time and listen to them all.
Sounds like a plan Tom. I will add your votes for all of these as well...
Legendary tune that takes you on a journey through the universe and back again from the beginning of life until the end!First time listening to your channel so if you have not played the other 2 songs on this album which I like even more than you should react to And You And I, and Siberian Khatru! I used to listen to this album which my older brother owned that I was 12 or 13 at the time, in the dark laying down and getting that positive spiritual feeling about life.
Cette façon que Yes a de nous ramener sur terre après avoir fait tout en trip ! Comme ici ou dans Awaken, juste wow. Excellent commentaire de ta part, comme toujours
Merci beaucoup d'avoir regardé. Vous serez peut-être satisfait de mon choix de chanson ce samedi.. ☺
Great comments and reaction.
You have a fantastic knowledge of music...They were brilliant musicians....listen to "awaken" by YES....blow your mind...thank you❤
Now onto ‘The revealing science of God’ for another 20minute super track! These guys literally have no peers as their style was truly unique and masterful
Good reaction and review. 👍
Thank you so much! Appreciate you watching...
Love your channel. New subscriber ❣️. Just discovered you. So beyond thrilled that you’re loving my favorite band of all time!
So many amazing albums. Enjoy love. Enjoy!!!❣️🥰
Hi! Thanks so much for subscribing and welcome to the channel!! Yes, Yes is sure a special band. It's been wonderful discovering so much more from them here. They now also have a once a month slot on my channel. Here is my full Yes reaction playlist if interested: ua-cam.com/play/PL7SqQkBAxc6ZBGSce9FXJ5rDHBurSQ1xw.html&si=0HVZ-4NKKsLS_X9e ✌😊
Up there with the best of the best. Saw them do back in the day...If you get a chance, watch the "Symphonic Yes" live concert (yes, when they are old, and yes, with an orchestra). Fantastic.
Hi David...lucky man for sure! I will definitely have to check out something from that concert, thanks!
It's sad when today's generation wants to hear off the charts talent they need to go back to the 70's
Countless gems from that decade. Too many to count, tons to appreciate no doubt!!
Fascinating to hear your first thoughts on this ‘Absolute Masterpiece’, Brandon.
I bought the ‘Close To The Edge’ Album on the day it was released in 1972, aged 16. I must’ve heard it a million times, (slight exaggeration maybe) and I’m not tired of it yet. Highly recommend you do Side 2 as well, to complete this Album. The sensational, ’And You And I’ followed by ‘Siberian Khatru’.
Jon Anderson is still performing now, with his unique voice sounding as amazing as ever, aged 78. In fact, I’ll be seeing him here in the UK, next month, (July), in London, performing the whole of this Album, with young musicians from ‘The Paul Green Rock Academy’, from the US. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary, which was last year.
Wait until you listen to the Studio recording of another epic Masterpiece, ‘Awaken’. From the Album, ‘Going For The One’, (1977).
More incredible work from Rick Wakeman on here too, with much more fabulous Church Organ amongst others. Jon Anderson plays Harp too. We are going to see the Great Rick Wakeman again, in February 2024, (In Birmingham, UK). Performing Classic Yes music & his Solo Production, ‘Journey To The Centre Of The Earth’. Can’t wait.
I’ll remind you again soon of all the other 70’s Classic Yes you must hear, a lot that actually came before ‘Awaken’, that you’ve not covered yet. (Sorry, I know I’ve done that elsewhere already 👍🏼).
Enjoy 🎶❤️🎶
Thanks Eddie. Good, so in 51 years when I'm 98 I will still enjoy it! I will add your votes for side 2 and Awaken. That's incredible- you're going to have an amazing time next month and in February!!
So glad you've experienced this magnificent masterpiece from the kings of prog. Not only is it incredible musically, but also philosophically as it speaks personally & directly to each one of us. From generally considered to be the greatest prog album in history. For that reason you must listen to the remainder of the album. And you & I you will adore I'm sure especially the middle instrumental section which to describe is simply beyond words. It my first Yes experience 50 years ago & it grows more beautiful every year, it's also Rick's favourite Yes piece. Siberian Khatru is completely unique in every way. You've still to experience some of the shorter gems from the previous album Fragile, particularly Heart of the sunrise & South side of the sky, both extraordinary. For me CTTE is the first of the holy trinity of Yes epics, the others being The Gates of Delirium & IMHO the greatest Yes piece, Awaken, if I could take one piece of music with me when I exit this life it would be Awaken, again mere words can't describe it's magnificence. Enjoy the journey Brandon!
Prog at its FINEST!! What a phenomenal song… it’s even more epic seeing it live! So much to digest with this one. While watching your reaction, I thought we might get our first 💿💿💿! Lol 😂 I know you like yourself some pipe organ… I know I’ve made this suggestion before for “Little Fugue in “G”” and “Father O.S.A.” by Styx. It from their 1973 album Styx II, and features Dennis DeYoung on a pipe organ at a cathedral in Chicago.
Thank you SO much Dale! Yes, definitely a full tummy after this week's reactions haha....Ha, hadn't even considered the possibility of a triple platinum award! Nice, I will go to the list right now to make sure those 2 are there...☺
Out in Corfu listening to this..Best opening to a track ever...enjoy son..
Oh....the world out there..listen to Dangerous dog act " tilting at Windmills " excellent
Thank you!
Have to admit, back in the 70s I didn’t like it on first listen. I was so in love with Genesis and Moody Blues that this was too out there. Fortunately I kept listening to it again and again and it quickly became one of my favourite songs. Today, I think it’s one of the songs that defines prog rock. Great review, Brandon!
Thanks!
Oh...the world out there..listen to
Dangerous Dog Act " tilting at Windmills " excellent...one man band basically....love and peace.m.
As long as you're "Close to the edge" I think you're prepared to pass "The gates of delirium"
😀 I'll add your vote for those menacing gates!! Thanks for watching!
Close To The Edge is an incredible composition only possibly bettered by Supper's Ready by Genesis which is off the charts. Both are the epitome of 70s classic progressive rock. Timeless masterpieces. Great reaction again Brandon so glad you did this epic track.
Hello Killian! Glad you love this song! Thanks so much for watching and for the compliment!!
Hey retro, you have to listen to ELP Works Volume 1 and 2 released in 1977 most of the 2 albums are done with the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. It's an absolute masterpiece of music. As is ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition.
Thanks!
My ex wife used to say : Alex and his weird music, when I listened to this kind of stuff. I never achieved to make her listen more than 30 seconds... Now she'll never know😆Too bad for her lol. I'm so delighted to see that this now over 50 years old monument still reach hearts. Prog on !
Haha, you came out ahead with this music! I shall keep progging for a LONG time here I think! ☺
A great song. Yes was so experimental in the seventies, love most of their albums (except Tormato, did not like the song Don't Kill the Whales). First album I heard was Relayer and I love Gates of Delirium, followed by Turn of the Century from 1977 Going for the One album. Amazing how many musicians have played a part in the Yes history, and I do like their latest album. I think that new keyboard sound you referenced is a Hammond organ, a standard in old prog and hard rock (Deep Purple, Uriah Heep).
CS Bass Cadence in the final momentos tô the end is out of this wolrd