The first time I heard this I was 10 years old. I woke up to the sound of birds inside my ears. My older brother put his headphones on me and played this. Even though I was so young, there is no doubt that it was a profound life-changing event. It changed the way I perceived music. It taught me to listen. It opened my mind to explore more mind bending music. 34 years later and I still think this is the greatest piece of music i have ever heard (along with King Crimson's "Starless"). This is more than music.
pop gun Amen Brother :) As a young guitarist I went from the Beatles, to Mott the Hoople, and then heard this album and it was like finding a new primary color. this song is a breathtaking achievement, a masterpiece pure and simple. I've asked my kids to force my relatives to listen to it at my wake! :) LOL
pop gun Listen to Xanadu by RUSH. The birds at the beginning are incredible. The first time I heard that song on a good sound system, I looked out the window to see where the birds were..... RIP Chris.
Yes, brother. I was eleven when I heard it, and have never been the same. I still listen, watching for nuances I did not notice. This album has no peers in power, grace, emotion and musical genius. Still adore every era of King Crimson, (RIP Greg and John) but early Yes filled my young life with depth and infinite beauty. Still does.
Understand here! SInce - forever!! Going to see them (with Jon Davidson) in three weeks here in Dallas. First time I saw them was in High School, in the mid 70's. Haven't missed a tour yet.
Having read everyone's comments, I have little to add. I was born in 1956, and by the time this came out, I'd given up the kiddie chemistry sets and was using my brain as the laboratory. I don't even remember where I was or what I was doing when I first heard it. But I ended up seeing Yes 11 times in concert. and no band has ever affected me as deeply.
I was born in 1963 and in the early 70's I can remember vividly going into our living room as my dad sat in the floor listening to this on several occasions. We had WIDE variety of music in our house in those days. I still have that same original vinyl album. I've been a yes fan for a long time, but it's really interesting the emotional impact this has on me today. It's so good now it honestly hurts to an extent to listen to it. It can bring a tear of joy, and really don't understand if it's because I've come to appreciate the mastery of the music that much more, or if it's because it brings back such a flood of memories of the times I can relate to having listened to this song. Regardless, the music of Yes has been woven into the fabric of my life over time. A lot of other music as well, but for whatever reason, Yes music seems to normally bring back the happiest of memories. Cheers to all fellow Yes fans. I hope you can understand.
Sublime rock-music perfection from the best-ever rock musicians. All others are ordinary and expected-sounding. Yes is extraordinary and unexpected-sounding…..a revealing of transcendence....like the creation of the universe. There will never be Yes' equal. Rejoice that you have experienced their perfection and witnessed history made for the ages.
1977... somebody lent me this album. I was 14. Nothing has surpassed it since then. Depending on my mood... I have laughed and I have cried and I have been in awe when I listen to it....
I was 11 when this album was released, it was the first album I ever purchased. It was also my first 8 track tape purchase. When I started to drive, it was the first cassette I bought. When CDs finally arrived, you guessed it, this was the first one I spent money on. It's a perfect, flawless album of music, worthy of Mozart or Beethoven.
I wonder if this truly ends up being the pinnacle of musical creativity, and the magnum opus of musical grandeur. Nothing comes close to this piece; so long yet so short, so lush yet so empty, and so verdant yet so dark. It is based on Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, yet the concept is loose and malleable so that it can stand alongside the rest of Yes's corresponding discography. It embodies an entire genre, is beloved by its fans, and garnered both critical and commercial acclaim upon its release. I believe this is it. Just like in Shelley's Ozymandias, this piece of music is what humanity should be remembered by; it is arguably the greatest example of musicianship, at least in the rock genre. Yet it does not strike me as rock music, but something more. Excellent.
Hearing this as a 15 year old somewhat lost kid changed my brain and my life forever. It prompted me to explore a whole new universe of music. It showed me the limitless potential of music to affect your reality. It made me more artistic, both musically and visually. It made me go out and buy an electic bass guitar and learn how to play it. Thank you Yes for this masterpiece! I miss you Chris Squire, but your bass lines will live forever.
Many thanks for this video. It is no exaggeration to say this song changed my life. I was 14, and a friend said "listen to this" and placed the headphones on me while I laid on a bed with my eyes closed. I was forever changed in a way I can't completely describe to anyone..The music and lyrics swept me to a transcendence that was so powerful that I wept. "Now that you find, now that you're whole. Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down" Epic!
I remember putting the headphones plug in the headphones in the Fisher stereo or whatever stereo was in those days and the sound quality was so much better than anything they have today it seems oh yeah I wish my brother would have hooked me up to this one when I was 10 years old
I think it's a divinely-inspired spiritual experience I mean this is a beautiful beautiful bad each and everyone one of these musicians was in a class of his own
Wow! What a great experience for a 14 year old! You were fortunate enough to pull back the curtain and hear the poetry of the universe! Great memory to share!
I was 12..put the headphones on, and learned how to play my drums to this beautiful masterpiece..along with alot of other Yes Music. Made me a better person inside...gotta feel that chit!!! RIP Fish..youll live forever in my soul
I first heard YES in 1969 Your move from that point I was aYES fan there sound is so unique that I still lose my breath listening to them .Jon s voice is an instrument upon it self. I have seen them in concert about 21 times and I still remember the first time I saw them at MSG when the dome Rick was in exploded and Jon started this chanting OMG what great music
I went to sleep many a day listening to this and was happy to be there for my first concert in 78 in New Haven, CT. and many years later at the Oakdale Music Center.
In a town far, far away many decades ago I heard this for the first time. The ghosts of those years still haunt me but the music has always shone a light into the darkness.
The two greatest bands I ever saw in concert are YES and KING CRIMSON. Was always sorry to not have seen Led Zeppelin and a few others like Queen ... but ..
A long long time ago, in my parents' house far far away... various people would come over and we'd sit around and play guitar along with songs on the stereo. The usual awesome rock songs as a teen in the 70s. I put this on, and played along (nearly perfectly, heheh) my guitar. Some were awed, some were confused... some I never saw again. ;-)
LMAO @65 years old! My home had no music or books. I love books. I just learned of YES from a younger friend of mine. I'm gonna get some great alcohol! Well, maybe POT FOR SURE! lol
Scrounged around to get the money to buy this YES Album.....can't remember how much it was, but I was damn glad to get it.....Great Band and I came out ahead.....now I have the CD........saw them Live and they sounded just like their recordings.....simply AMAZING
I'm in my early sixties now, yet I can still vividly remember every detail about where I was, what I was doing, even what I was thinking about the very first time I heard Howe's pounding guitar opening to this song. Sorry for the dramatics, however, it was a life-changer for me. Something I'll always remember.
Right this minute, if I could go back in time for one day, it would be for the day I first saw Yes in concert at SMU. Donovan opened the show. Changed my life :-)
This was one of my Favorite bands! It is Timeless. This music was made for this NOW! We were so very in Tune with so many things years ago. Now we reawaken from slumbers sleep, and get our Powers back. Blessings of Love 4 ALL.😊❤
I saw an interview with Bruford where he stated they were well into the composition of this song and they had no idea how it was going to end. What they created was the greatest ending in rock history.
i used to lose myself listening to close to the edge in my parents darkroom, subsequently my grades suffered a bit in the 11th grade. can you imagine the elation that they must of felt after recording this most wonderful album?
I heard Fragil first, It was my introduction to Yes, and it changed the way I looked at everything. Close to the Edge took me to a place that was so beyond that, I can't even describe it! It is truly there swan song!
"Close to the Edge" came out in 1972. During their tour that fall they appeared at Huntington Memorial Field House in Huntington, WV. As fate would have it I was asked to be an usher for that concert by my frat brothers from Zeta Beta Tau. And so my fascination with the ultimate progressive impressionist rock band the world would and will ever know began. Up to that time the Yes album was all I had ever heard. To this day I can still see the in the stage floor keyboards rolling via Wakeman's commands!!
This is 5 guys in their 20s! The music, and musicians of my era. I'm 70 and have seen these guys perform this live at Roosevelt Stadium about 4 months after the Album hit the record stores, then again 20 years ago at the Hollywood Bowl. 40 years apart, and it sounded as fresh as it had 40 years earlier!
I remember an old quote by Steve Howe which did not surprise me at all (because it happened to me as well 17 years ago): During the Close to the Edge tour we had some doctors visiting us backstage and telling us That Close To The Edge -thing has done something amazing to some of our patients. Magical music and lyrics!
thank you for adding this incredibly beautiful imagery to accompany this piece of music. I shall never get tired of close to the edge by Yes. What a true masterpiece
I can never get enough of this song. I couldn't imagine the effort going into it, I mean imagine recording this, and playing a wrong chord 1 minute from the end, and then having to start over again.
Close to the Edge was recorded in sections as the band toured the UK at the time, they had to constantly tear down to do a show and reset the next day. Eddie Offord sliced the sections together as the final arrangement was decided. Surprisingly, the bed tracks (drums, bass, guitar, some keys, etc.) were recorded live and there is a little leakage, so punch ins were problematic. Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano and Minimoog were overdubbed. Very impressive end product given the circumstances.
School year 76/77" , lloyd's 8 track /lp player , good buddy's big brother left LZ 1 . MONSTER . & YES's CTTE.... Some of the oldest music I've ever played........... the dearest too ! And you know what else ........ LOVE THAT ALBUM ART by ROGER D !!!!
Love the imaging to go with it. I'm used to hearing this with my eyes closed, and get all sorts of images that way, but this is nice eye candy for a change :)
I bought this LP forty-five years ago in 1972, the LP is long gone...(replaced with a CD in the 80's) band I still keep coming back to listen to this - Some of the most brilliant work from one of the most brilliant of bands.
Ahhh.... vzqk.... always good to visit you again. You are the master of "Let's stare at this on a big screen TV" videos of great tunes. Just another hello.... and thanks for all of your work.
Close TO The Edge in my opinion, is the best record ever produced on Pushamama or Gaia. The Wakeman organ pinnacle is awe-inspiring. This album has everything anyone needs to know on it from the beginning to the end & back again! 1 album to choose for eternity & this is it. Easily done the time of this is eternal. This promotes religious experiences as it was designed to. 1>3
This music unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the song fill with fervor and the instruments have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)
I was 16 when I first heard this.I'd already got into The Yes Album. So decided to check out some more Yes. Not so easy in 1985. But I'm glad I did, Love it to this day.
The first time I heard this I was 10 years old. I woke up to the sound of birds inside my ears. My older brother put his headphones on me and played this. Even though I was so young, there is no doubt that it was a profound life-changing event. It changed the way I perceived music. It taught me to listen. It opened my mind to explore more mind bending music. 34 years later and I still think this is the greatest piece of music i have ever heard (along with King Crimson's "Starless"). This is more than music.
pop gun Amen Brother :) As a young guitarist I went from the Beatles, to Mott the Hoople, and then heard this album and it was like finding a new primary color. this song is a breathtaking achievement, a masterpiece pure and simple. I've asked my kids to force my relatives to listen to it at my wake! :) LOL
pop gun That's funny, because through headphones is exactly how my best friend and I first experienced this album, along about 9th grade.
pop gun Listen to Xanadu by RUSH. The birds at the beginning are incredible. The first time I heard that song on a good sound system, I looked out the window to see where the birds were..... RIP Chris.
For me "Starless" is the best song by King Crimson, as for Yes is "Close to the edge", you said it, this is just literally more than music.
Yes, brother. I was eleven when I heard it, and have never been the same. I still listen, watching for nuances I did not notice. This album has no peers in power, grace, emotion and musical genius. Still adore every era of King Crimson, (RIP Greg and John) but early Yes filled my young life with depth and infinite beauty. Still does.
This music is woven into the fabric of my life in a way that can't be understood by anyone other than a fellow Yes fan.
RIP Chris.
+Unconsciouzone I can!
True Yes fans will understand.
RIP Chris Squire, Master Bassist.
Same here...so true
Understand here! SInce - forever!! Going to see them (with Jon Davidson) in three weeks here in Dallas. First time I saw them was in High School, in the mid 70's. Haven't missed a tour yet.
I'm alongside you.
This is arguably one of the best songs in existence.
Not arguably...it just is :O)
fact check true
Whenever people reminisce about what a magical time these years were, remind them that it's groups like this that made it so.
What happened to the music in the decades following 60s and 70s unbelievable
You are correct.
Yes, along with the political activists who won us our freedoms. 🤨
Having read everyone's comments, I have little to add. I was born in 1956, and by the time this came out, I'd given up the kiddie chemistry sets and was using my brain as the laboratory. I don't even remember where I was or what I was doing when I first heard it. But I ended up seeing Yes 11 times in concert. and no band has ever affected me as deeply.
Daiyu Hurst I understand.
Tremendouslytransmorf@tiveinmyouthiprobblyspelledthatr@kung÷e
I was 22y/o when I first heard this album. All I could think was: “What has just taken me ?” I still love it.
And you do nice videos.
Have insufficient words for how this piece (and LP) changed my mind, my life. So... incredible.
Sly Slaughter I understand. Yesmusic does change lives. Yesmusic did completely change my life for the better. Thankfully...
Masterpiece and then some!
I was born in 1963 and in the early 70's I can remember vividly going into our living room as my dad sat in the floor listening to this on several occasions. We had WIDE variety of music in our house in those days. I still have that same original vinyl album. I've been a yes fan for a long time, but it's really interesting the emotional impact this has on me today. It's so good now it honestly hurts to an extent to listen to it. It can bring a tear of joy, and really don't understand if it's because I've come to appreciate the mastery of the music that much more, or if it's because it brings back such a flood of memories of the times I can relate to having listened to this song. Regardless, the music of Yes has been woven into the fabric of my life over time. A lot of other music as well, but for whatever reason, Yes music seems to normally bring back the happiest of memories. Cheers to all fellow Yes fans. I hope you can understand.
Experiences like that makes me want to live even more.
:)
I get up...I get down...
Nice story! Yes, I totally agree... sure do understand! Keep on enjoying and remembering pleasant memories!
vzqkHD50 a lot you uploaded like this are really good videos I bet you put a lot of time and effort in making these
When I was in college, my first year commute was exactly the length of this song, so I started every morning my spring semester listening to this.
When I went to college my my first day was about as long as this album
then I dropped out. I play this album every year in celebration.
Sublime rock-music perfection from the best-ever rock musicians. All others are ordinary and expected-sounding. Yes is extraordinary and unexpected-sounding…..a revealing of transcendence....like the creation of the universe. There will never be Yes' equal. Rejoice that you have experienced their perfection and witnessed history made for the ages.
I used to go to sleep at night listening to this album when I was in my teens. takes me back to days of innocence. truly great music... forever.
1977... somebody lent me this album. I was 14. Nothing has surpassed it since then. Depending on my mood... I have laughed and I have cried and I have been in awe when I listen to it....
Yea you never gave me record back. Ha ha
@@garygunson9626 I'm sorry... but I lost it... down by a river.. or was it ... round by the corner...
I was 11 when this album was released, it was the first album I ever purchased. It was also my first 8 track tape purchase. When I started to drive, it was the first cassette I bought. When CDs finally arrived, you guessed it, this was the first one I spent money on. It's a perfect, flawless album of music, worthy of Mozart or Beethoven.
this and peter gabriels passion.
Steve Howe's rapid fire, technically perfect guitar playing is incredible, especially intro
This is absolutely breath taking. This is the first time I've ever heard this song and I'm a loyal YES fan. Takes you into another world
This is beyond brilliant, everything about it is a masterpiece!
I wonder if this truly ends up being the pinnacle of musical creativity, and the magnum opus of musical grandeur. Nothing comes close to this piece; so long yet so short, so lush yet so empty, and so verdant yet so dark. It is based on Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, yet the concept is loose and malleable so that it can stand alongside the rest of Yes's corresponding discography. It embodies an entire genre, is beloved by its fans, and garnered both critical and commercial acclaim upon its release.
I believe this is it. Just like in Shelley's Ozymandias, this piece of music is what humanity should be remembered by; it is arguably the greatest example of musicianship, at least in the rock genre. Yet it does not strike me as rock music, but something more. Excellent.
Very eloquently said. Thank you Noah
Close to the Edge is a progressive gem that would last forever.
Chris Squire is now a legend! RIP Fish
Bill Bruford being technical and funky Oh good god... amazingly good
Hearing this as a 15 year old somewhat lost kid changed my brain and my life forever. It prompted me to explore a whole new universe of music. It showed me the limitless potential of music to affect your reality. It made me more artistic, both musically and visually. It made me go out and buy an electic bass guitar and learn how to play it. Thank you Yes for this masterpiece! I miss you Chris Squire, but your bass lines will live forever.
This has been gorgeous music to me since I was eight years old. I've never stopped listening to this album! I'm half a century old now!
Yes is unbelievable. Can't believe what I'm listening.
Many thanks for this video. It is no exaggeration to say this song changed my life.
I was 14, and a friend said "listen to this" and placed the headphones on me while I laid on a bed with my eyes closed. I was forever changed in a way I can't completely describe to anyone..The music and lyrics swept me to a transcendence that was so powerful that I wept. "Now that you find, now that you're whole. Seasons will pass you by. I get up, I get down" Epic!
I remember putting the headphones plug in the headphones in the Fisher stereo or whatever stereo was in those days and the sound quality was so much better than anything they have today it seems oh yeah I wish my brother would have hooked me up to this one when I was 10 years old
I think it's a divinely-inspired spiritual experience I mean this is a beautiful beautiful bad each and everyone one of these musicians was in a class of his own
Wow! What a great experience for a 14 year old! You were fortunate enough to pull back the curtain and hear the poetry of the universe! Great memory to share!
hellojustanecho It was GFTO that changed my life. I understand.
"Do you have a favorite band?"
"Yes"
I was 12..put the headphones on, and learned how to play my drums to this beautiful masterpiece..along with alot of other Yes Music. Made me a better person inside...gotta feel that chit!!! RIP Fish..youll live forever in my soul
No Doubt Joker
all. are. ok
all. are. ok
all. are. OK. make. some. more. song
all. are. OK. make. some. more. song
My dad told me about this band and this is his is favorite song by them. I love the video and everything! I am playing this song at my wedding
The last two minutes or so... Good God!
What a masterpiece, this entire song!
After almost 40 years still makes me chill.
Gives me goosebumps
Approiate title to these gentle giants, They provided all the tones I missed in "all" other music I've ever that touched my spirit to the core 🎼💝
Awesome song and album.Never gets old even after 38 yrs. of listening to it.
I first heard YES in 1969 Your move from that point I was aYES fan there sound is so unique that I still lose my breath listening to them .Jon s voice is an instrument upon it self. I have seen them in concert about 21 times and I still remember the first time I saw them at MSG when the dome Rick was in exploded and Jon started this chanting OMG what great music
I went to sleep many a day listening to this and was happy to be there for my first concert in 78 in New Haven, CT. and many years later at the Oakdale Music Center.
In a town far, far away many decades ago I heard this for the first time. The ghosts of those years still haunt me but the music has always shone a light into the darkness.
One of the top five bass lines in all of prog rock..!..Long live Chris...may God rest his soul!!!!...:)O(:...
+Charles “C.C. Rides” Chandler:::: One of the best of all time! RIP
Of course...Adrian!!!... _smile_ ...:)O(:...
Certainly the best "air bass guitar" song ever
Greatest tune of all time. Listened to this many of times stoned while driving on dark roads. Takes you to a different place.
after listening to yes a lot of bands and guitar players stopped being so good to me.
Same
Yes. They certainly have lowered my expectations from other groups. LOL
The two greatest bands I ever saw in concert are YES and KING CRIMSON. Was always sorry to not have seen Led Zeppelin and a few others like Queen ... but ..
A long long time ago, in my parents' house far far away... various people would come over and we'd sit around and play guitar along with songs on the stereo. The usual awesome rock songs as a teen in the 70s. I put this on, and played along (nearly perfectly, heheh) my guitar. Some were awed, some were confused... some I never saw again. ;-)
they got crazy
LMAO @65 years old! My home had no music or books. I love books. I just learned of YES from a younger friend of mine. I'm gonna get some great alcohol! Well, maybe POT FOR SURE! lol
@@kennethsilvestri4161 Oh, there's so much to discover! Have you tried John Maclachlan with Mahavishnu Orchestra?
Happy Fiftieth Birthday to this album, released on this day September 13, 1972. 🎂
Scrounged around to get the money to buy this YES Album.....can't remember how much it was, but I was damn glad to get it.....Great Band and I came out ahead.....now I have the CD........saw them Live and they sounded just like their recordings.....simply AMAZING
I'm in my early sixties now, yet I can still vividly remember every detail about where I was, what I was doing, even what I was thinking about the very first time I heard Howe's pounding guitar opening to this song. Sorry for the dramatics, however, it was a life-changer for me. Something I'll always remember.
Prog rock that God listens to for inspiration.
That’s probably true.
This is soulfood for me, and the artwork is a bonus. A very early favorite of mine.
YES, I wish I could have seen these 1080p HD, when they first came out!!! GREAT!!!!!!!!!!
it's insane how many tiny, subtle noises and sounds are scattered all over the tracks on this album but it's all glued together perfectly
Right this minute, if I could go back in time for one day, it would be for the day I first saw Yes in concert at SMU. Donovan opened the show. Changed my life :-)
Nancy Johnson I saw that tour. What year was that?
1978
I was there. MAGIC
First time I heard Yes, I felt someone had pulled aside the curtains into a new musical ocean full of gorgeous complexity and depths
Maravilhoso vinil dos Yes. Quando vivia em Angola nos anos 70 era a música que levava para o Mussulo.
Timeless masterpiece, also with one of the most perfect and exciting Hammond solos of all Rock history at 14:40.
One of the best prog albums, each song is perfect to the point you need to listen to all three of them back to back for the full experience.
This was one of my Favorite bands!
It is Timeless. This music was made for this NOW!
We were so very in Tune with so many things years ago. Now we reawaken from slumbers sleep, and get our Powers back. Blessings of Love 4 ALL.😊❤
I saw an interview with Bruford where he stated they were well into the composition of this song and they had no idea how it was going to end. What they created was the greatest ending in rock history.
Beautiful piece of art.
One of the best prog tracks ever.
***** Amen
The greatest album ever
Mike Reiss That’s unquestionable.
The #1 best😀
Yes, and as we all should know "best prog song ever" is basically synonymous with "best song ever"
i used to lose myself listening to close to the edge in my parents darkroom, subsequently my grades suffered a bit in the 11th grade. can you imagine the elation that they must of felt after recording this most wonderful album?
Endless perfection forever. One of the greatest accomplishments in history.
A monumental experience when I first heard this some 25 odd years ago. I'll never forget it while I have wits left. Thanks Yes. RIP Chris Squire.
I heard Fragil first, It was my introduction to Yes, and it changed the way I looked at everything. Close to the Edge took me to a place that was so beyond that, I can't even describe it! It is truly there swan song!
Justin
My god its still timeless and so wonderful.........
"Close to the Edge" came out in 1972. During their tour that fall they appeared at Huntington Memorial Field House in Huntington, WV. As fate would have it I was asked to be an usher for that concert by my frat brothers from Zeta Beta Tau. And so my fascination with the ultimate progressive impressionist rock band the world would and will ever know began. Up to that time the Yes album was all I had ever heard. To this day I can still see the in the stage floor keyboards rolling via Wakeman's commands!!
Chris Squire, fantastic bassist, a true artist and showman
Their best creation, formation, composition, recording and performance ever! Period
This is 5 guys in their 20s! The music, and musicians of my era. I'm 70 and have seen these guys perform this live at Roosevelt Stadium about 4 months after the Album hit the record stores, then again 20 years ago at the Hollywood Bowl. 40 years apart, and it sounded as fresh as it had 40 years earlier!
I remember an old quote by Steve Howe which did not surprise me at all (because it happened to me as well 17 years ago): During the Close to the Edge tour we had some doctors visiting us backstage and telling us That Close To The Edge -thing has done something amazing to some of our patients.
Magical music and lyrics!
hamadah4 so your on to something...angel.Peace be with you.Some of us know you are here.
This is the edge.
What a Masterpiece... Still stunning after 40 years. Thanks for the upload.
Still listen to this album. One of the best.
I will never stop listening to YES!
Still listening!
thank you for adding this incredibly beautiful imagery to accompany this piece of music. I shall never get tired of close to the edge by Yes. What a true masterpiece
The drumming.....Holy shit!!! And what a fabulous build up towards that ending.
Chris and Bill together though....
just love chris squires bass,and Jon's vocals
THE greatest song of all time. Period.
Great stuff; a top band on top form, it never gets old.
I can never get enough of this song. I couldn't imagine the effort going into it, I mean imagine recording this, and playing a wrong chord 1 minute from the end, and then having to start over again.
The soundtrack for the birth of the Universe. Perfection isn't a strong enough word to describe this.
Close to the Edge was recorded in sections as the band toured the UK at the time, they had to constantly tear down to do a show and reset the next day. Eddie Offord sliced the sections together as the final arrangement was decided. Surprisingly, the bed tracks (drums, bass, guitar, some keys, etc.) were recorded live and there is a little leakage, so punch ins were problematic. Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano and Minimoog were overdubbed. Very impressive end product given the circumstances.
I enjoy very much with your amazing, beautiful and wonderful videos From the pretty YES music.
Sincerely, many many thanks.
School year 76/77" , lloyd's 8 track /lp player , good buddy's big brother left LZ 1 . MONSTER . & YES's CTTE....
Some of the oldest music I've ever played........... the dearest too ! And you know what else ........
LOVE THAT ALBUM ART by ROGER D !!!!
close to the edge, best album of all time, (i have it on vynal)and i am 58
There is classical, blues, jazz, country, rap, R&B, soul, pop, rock, grunge rock, glam rock, prog rock, and then there is YES.
Just amazing that's all I've got. RIP Chris. Sorely missed.
Love the imaging to go with it. I'm used to hearing this with my eyes closed, and get all sorts of images that way, but this is nice eye candy for a change :)
No words can describe how special and magical this is when the organ came I got emotions
This is the most righteous song, Fantastic recording. It's been so long since I've heard it. Wow.
Best Band ever.... Can't wait til may when i get to see them live in Manchester..
I bought this LP forty-five years ago in 1972, the LP is long gone...(replaced with a CD in the 80's) band I still keep coming back to listen to this - Some of the most brilliant work from one of the most brilliant of bands.
I had a Fisher Quad when this came out I was 16 and it blew my mind and still does.
Ahhh.... vzqk.... always good to visit you again.
You are the master of "Let's stare at this on a big screen TV" videos of great tunes.
Just another hello.... and thanks for all of your work.
14:25 or roundabouts - the build up to what comes next gets to me each and every time again and again. Edit: that bass !! Chris Squire ~
Epic. And after the 12 or 13 minute mark it becomes even more than epic. Truly one of the best Progressive recordings ever.
RIP Chris Squire
the best song in recorded history...YES is it...untouchable
Close TO The Edge in my opinion, is the best record ever produced on Pushamama or Gaia. The Wakeman organ pinnacle is awe-inspiring. This album has everything anyone needs to know on it from the beginning to the end & back again! 1 album to choose for eternity & this is it. Easily done the time of this is eternal. This promotes religious experiences as it was designed to. 1>3
i've been listening to this song 1,000,000 times.
KASHIO727 Wow: I cannot consciously count that high.
This music unfolds like a picture book full of stars, where birds come chirping, spinning farandoles, cracking rattles and dancing wizards. From rounds to nursery rhymes, the arrangements display their mystery, the song fill with fervor and the instruments have the roundness and brilliance of chimes ;)
I get up...I get down...
Impressionism + progressive rock = YES.
I was 16 when I first heard this.I'd already got into The Yes Album. So decided to check out some more Yes. Not so easy in 1985. But I'm glad I did, Love it to this day.
im about to hear this for the first time....
As a writer, just to the 8:10 is like a music course for me. I draw so much from this.
Yes,..yes I like yes for long long time.
Wow! So many memories. 1972 and I was only 17. Love this!
The best Yes song, possibly Prog song ever
the ultimate Yes album
Yes albums take pride-of-place in God's record collection.