@@alanbiggs9306 Totally agree - "Tales" takes a lot of listening as it's even more complex than Close to the Edge - especially being their first double album. So much to take in on the first listening - I am 64 and grew up on Yes and at age 17 had an "out of body" experience listening to the entire album on my own with my eyes closed, believe it or not!
Jon Anderson the vocalist says "close to the edge, down by the river" is from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. When the Buddha stopped searching he laid down under a tree and was rejuvenated by the calming sounds of Nature.
I love the opening madness bc as soon as the first voice 'AAAAHHHH' comes in, you suddenly realize it's NOT chaos but a wonderfully crafted movement. Every inch of this song is a deeply emotional experience everytime I hear it & I saw it Live in 1972 at 16.
Hearing the studio version a year ago as a 21 year old blew my mind enough, can only imagine the impression it would make LIVE on a 16 year old me haha
@@neighborbruce Bruce, I bought CTTE as a 14-year-old in 1972. It was my first Yes record. I didn't get to see them until '75 which was their Relayer tour and so they didn't play anything from CTTE, sadly. But they always put on a great live show. Yes are the sort of band that will travel with you through your life journey, always positive and uplifting with always something new to hear in their music. Best wishes.
"No, how can it be over so soon?" That's Yes in a nutshell. Great reaction. As others have said. Awaken should definitely be on your list. And thank you for doing this.
@Matt Leppard Lucky you at least got to see two good incarnations with Tony Levin. I missed both those shows. Didn't see again until 96 with Igor on Keys after the 70's then with Rick back til 2004, last show with Jon A. My friend called it the sonic Vortex effect that the 5 ,members of YES created that lifted your soul up and out!
You really picked a challenging song to start with! This is widely considered to be the greatest masterpiece of progressive rock... legendary. The best part about this video is I get to experience the music again, almost like the first time, through your ears, and that is a precious gift, and I thank you, lovely lady! Tears in my eyes as I write this :)
@@Plasmariel Supper's Ready was my gateway into this kind of song, so I will always love it the most, for sure, but with time, distance and a pinch of objectivity, I truly think basically any one of the 'whole album side' YES epics are better, musically and technically.
Being at least three times your age, it's good to see that the musicI/we grew up with appeals to nowadays youngsters like yourself. I praise you for taking the time to broaden your horizon. For me it was so relaxing to see you enjoy music from the heart, not from the head. Thanks for the ride , I enjoyed it too :-)
@mk smith Thank you so much for the link. I checked it out and I must say: brilliant! Boy, did they had to practice on this one. One thing keeps me puzzled though, I like her vocals....better. Her voice has just more low-mid frequencies which makes it better fit into the music and gives more comfort. Again, thanks :-)
It might shock you a bit to know that it is not freeform at all but every single note is part of the arrangement, even that blistering intro!! It is a flawless orchestral arrangement!! But your comment was cool anyway.
@@markjohnson4217 Agree 100% Not only is it not freeform. Yes' music is executed with quasi-military planning and execution. I still have a recording of an episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test with interviews with Howe and Wakeman. Howe describes how Yes could have used loop tapes as a backing but refused to because they wouldn't be able to reproduce it live. And if it wasn't live they rejected it. Wakeman describes how he told a friend he was joining Yes. The friend asked him if he'd lost his mind. When Rick asked why, his friend said that joining Yes was like joining the army. Get a note wrong and it's firing squad time..... Glorious, immortal music. Old reel-to-reel - haven't got an old-fashioned tape recorder so can't listen to them.....
Saw them with an Orchestra accompanying them on the "Magnification" tour. They opened with this piece ( song is not a big enough word for what this is) - completely delirious for the rest of the show.
“Is this how music was back in the day?” Umm, yes...and your reaction brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for coming to Yes with such an open mind and reacting so positively!
That’s why it’s called “classical” rock as opposed to “classic” rock, all the old rock. It’s progressive, it progresses from beautiful theme to beautiful theme, like classical music.
I highly recommend reacting to these long prog epics: "Supper's Ready" by Genesis, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, "Starless" by King Crimson, and "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. All are masterpieces in their own right!!
(I know why I love these reaction videos so much - because each time I watch one I can be that 10 year-old boy being handed a shoe-box of cassette tapes of music I’d never heard before.) I can remember being shocked and amazed when I heard this for the first time. It was nice to feel like that again. Thank you.
I absolutely love your reactions. You really do enjoy what you’re listening to. It’s almost as if I’m hearing this song for the first time. Meanwhile I’ve listened to this song 1000’s of times.
Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer... they were classical composers playing with rock and jazz time signatures while incorporating blues and, honestly, anything that worked. It was a brilliant time to be in to music.
"Guys, this beat's on a different level..." So true. The bass and drums in Yes music is a notch above. The crazy thing is that you can listen to their music for years, and notice something new each time...just so much content.
@@joelhoulette3244 Alan White was an excellent drummer. Just different styles. Bill encompassed jazz. Just enjoy what both brought. Alan had to learn all Bill's material in 4 days before his first show. Proved he could handle his own.
What a precious lady-- I just love how you react to all the little twists and turns as well as the major transitions in Yes's songs! Keep up the endearing work, and help save great music!!!!
I'll never get tired of this music, it changed my life for sure. So glad you liked it, I legit cried a couple times watching you experience this for the first time.
I really, really admire your sense of musical adventure. The first time I heard YES I had to learn “MOOD FOR A DAY”; that one would knock your socks off🎸🇨🇦
Exactly! Musically, it is extremely complex. It took quite a while for the band and their sound engineer to create this in the studio. SHOCKINGLY, they played this live, almost note for note, many times while on tour! I heard them do it once. Mind. Blown. These guys say, now, that they were "just kids finding our way through the music business" at the time this was recorded. I have news for them... It's genius.
It's fitting that you mentioned, "...I'm trying to even recover." The music of Yes is not just something you listen to...It's something you experience as well. Your emotion speaks volumes without so much as a word. Great review! "All in all, the journey takes you all the way."
Your reaction is wonderful and is part of a shared human experience. This music is masterful, it takes us on a journey of the numinous, the transcendent - in common parlance it lifts us, intrigues us and fills us with something hard to describe but something that we all know and feel. Yes, It lifts us up and then takes us down only to lift us again. This music requires our attention, it isn't instant gratification, it is deferred pleasure, a joy, well worth waiting for.
Thank you for sharing your reaction to this progressive rock masterpiece. I have loved Yes music since 1970 and am amazed at how well their virtuosity holds up after all these years.
YES has excelled in Progressive Rock with their instrumentation and stories involved with their songs! They capture moods and feelings and they are memorizing to watch and listen to!
This is like the movie Soylent Green when Edward G Robinson is trying to tell Charlton Heston what real beef was like before soylent green This is what real music is like!
Back in the 70s there were many long songs like this. Check out "Lizard" by King Crimson (1970; over 23 minutes long), "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator (1971; over 23 minutes long), "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (1971; over 23 minutes long ), "Restless Skylight-Transistor Child" by Amon Düül 2 (1971; over 19 minutes long), "Eruption" by Focus (1971; over 23 minutes long), "Supper's Ready" by Genesis (1972; almost 23 minutes long), "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull (1972; almost 44 minutes long), "Bel Air" by Can (1973; almost 20 minutes long), "Deathwatchbeetle" by Hoelderlin (1975; over 17 minutes long), "Recycled" by Nektar (1975; almost 37 minutes long), "De Futura" by Magma (1976; over 17 minutes long), "Om Rock" by Steve Hillage (1978; over 24 minutes long. These are actually six songs but played as one song with seamless transitions; they make up the whole 2nd side of the album) or "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong (1979; over 22 minutes long). And these are just a few examples. All of these songs are amazing.
What I love about these videos is that they vindicate the 18 years old me's musical taste but what took people so long to get it? At 66, it's very satisfying to see a new generation loving it. I always new it was the new classical music. Fabulous.
The next several times you listen to Close To The Edge you'l enjoy it more and more and more as you'll hear so much with every listening that you didn't notice before, how each of the musicians contributed to the overall masterpiece. That's the thing about YES, they always packed so much into their epic creations that they always remained _fresh_ after repeated listenings. Enjoy your YES journey!
I walk through a park from the waterfront up to about 250 feet. Beautiful trail (a gulch) with very tall trees on each side. At 9:25, I stop and stare at Nature.... Sun, rain, snow... it doesn't matter. Then I trek up the steep stairs and trails. Perfect length of song ! Makes me feel so good. (I'm 62 !) ;-)
That's incredible jumping straight into Yes with Close to the Edge and then getting caught up in it was incredible to see. This music is really unique so it's amazing to see people get it immediately, although it was a popular album when it was released. I highly recommend from Yes: Awaken, And You and I, Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories.
Your eye make up is really mesmerising but this dove tails very nicely with the vocals . ALL in ALL a very artistic reaction to one of YES best pieces THANKS for that and i do hope you try more. Many avoid these longer pieces , but WE ALL LUV IT !!1!!!!!!
I can not believe after all of these years YES songs are finally get the recognition they truly deserve! I remember hooking school with my friends, dropping LSD and listening to Close to the Edge and watching the music pour from my speakers back in 73.. Or seeing YES for the first time on the Relayer tour, my god! Gates of Delirium back in 75... Or Returning from Japan were my ship was home-ported and going to see YES in the round Going For The One tour, 1979 and hearing Awaken live for the 1st time. Its about ********time.......
I have lost count of how many times I've watched people on UA-cam react to this masterpiece, but it never gets old! NO one is ever really ready for Close To The Edge the first time!
Best song ever Ambrose! Went to a Yes concert in 1976! You have to listen to all the Yes music! You will love "Turn of the Century" on the "Going for the One" album! You're heart will feel it!
This song is a masterpiece....one of the most ambitious and profound pieces of music to come out of my generation, for sure- but even the short little songs by Yes are likewise exquisite. Enjoy this song, and give it time to sink in.
It’s interesting to see people from different parts of the world reach into other musical cultures. As an American who was introduced to this UK band in 1979 (unless you count ‘Roundabout’ from the ‘Fragile’ album which I was listening to on the radio when I was 15 and in high school) I was immediately entranced with the superb musicianship and the sheer ‘magic’ that it created.
I can recommend the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans - basically, it's 4 songs like this. A bunch of kids in their early 20s... Noone writes music like this anymore.
Powerful music like this that comes from a pure and honest place touches a special place in us all who are open to these frequencies. I will never forget discovering this beautiful piece of music, it’s occupies a special feeling for me that only exceptionally great music can touch...
My # 1 desert island album. Be prepared to be amazed. I never tire of hearing this song. I subscribed so I can witness more of your most endearing reactions.
Listen to the studio cuts for the clear intent, then move to "Yessongs" to get a glimpse of how incredible they were in live performance. I say just a glimpse because nothing recorded prepares you for how they performed live, they took this material & rocked you the F**k out!! Whenever I attended their shows (about 30 times give or take since '75) with a friend or family member that had never seen them before I always scanned their faces after the show, always BIG BIG smiles of serene & utter amazement.
Possibly the greatest progressive rock songs ever recorded and you get it! I’m very happy for you! Keep listening to more, there are so many great songs.
I was 9 when this came out. But I probably heard it when I was 13. I feel so lucky I grow up in the 70s. So much amazing music came out during my teens.
I have been to 10 Yes concerts and they have never bee topped..... I have been a fan since listening to Close to the Edge in 1973. They are truly masters of the art. We lost Chris Squire in 2015 he inspired Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Getty Lee of Rush, he was my all time favorite bassist and is missed
I just loved your reaction it made listening much more enjoyable to see u enjoying it. Such a great album by Yes and I hope u listen to it again. May it grow on u as it has so very many people before u. One of my favourites of all time.
I was 18 in 1972 when this came out- I was completely obsessed with it and spent days with the headphones on mesmerized. Reminded me of the way I felt after hearing “A Day in the Life” for the first time.
Many of Yes's songs are almost transcendent. Its like you can absorb the energy of the song, the heart and soul of the band, with each listen. Their songs give me chills all up and down by body and its energizing!
This is textbook Progressive genre music. Experimental. Groups can spread their wings, and create eclectic, out of the box, unformulaic music . What a song! I wasn't sure if you were in pain or pleasure, though. Lol. Yes lyrics often get lost in the instrumentals, are difficult to interpret or just plain nonsensical. In that case, let go of trying to make sense of the lyrics (you can always get them later). Just relax, and listen to the different sounds and rhythms. Immerse yourself in the sounds, and go with the flow.
You and I just met on the crossroads of life. You are so lovely. You did very well listening. This song is the struggle of understanding life. Its chaotic and then peaceful. Its out of sync yet the completely harmonizing. You are a very patient listener. You got it!
They didn't try to confuse you. The lovely sweet sound comes with frenetic movements! The child's spirit. Great choice! Yes produced life changing sounds.
I can't imagine what it is like to hear Yes for the first time. I have been listening since 1971. By the time this was released music fans had had a chance to get to know their sound for a couple or years, starting with Yours is No Disgrace. That was out there, but we had just gone through the whole Acid Rock era of the late 60s and they played it on AM radio, so it was not too jarring. Their music progressed from there.
Your channel came to me quite unexpectedly, I clicked when I saw it was 'Close to the Edge' I have to say when I saw you and estimated your age I thought "This Beautiful Young Lady will hate this" I also saw this played live in 1972 and I was like Wendell Wiggins only 16. Musically it is a master class in Prog Rock. I was delighted to see the reaction on your face and to see the enjoyment you gained from this (brought a tear to my eye....OK maybe two). I will immediately subscribe and have liked. Thank you dear lady for sharing your thoughts. You have tapped into a goldmine period of the most amazing music......Have many more happy discoveries.
Both singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe will later recall how these tracks were put together piecemeal - sections of tape being stuck together in some cases - with the group having to reproduce it all live later on. They were fortunate to have very talented musicians, including a classically-trained keyboard/piano player.
You picked one of the pearls in music history.
You got that right
Tales from topographic ... next then
@@The4over Just find time for *Gates of Delirium" first, "Topographic Oceans" needs to worked up to.
@@alanbiggs9306 Totally agree - "Tales" takes a lot of listening as it's even more complex than Close to the Edge - especially being their first double album. So much to take in on the first listening - I am 64 and grew up on Yes and at age 17 had an "out of body" experience listening to the entire album on my own with my eyes closed, believe it or not!
Just when diving.
Jon Anderson the vocalist says "close to the edge, down by the river" is from Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. When the Buddha stopped searching he laid down under a tree and was rejuvenated by the calming sounds of Nature.
I love the opening madness bc as soon as the first voice 'AAAAHHHH' comes in, you suddenly realize it's NOT chaos but a wonderfully crafted movement. Every inch of this song is a deeply emotional experience everytime I hear it & I saw it Live in 1972 at 16.
Order out of chaos. Light out of darkness. Good overcoming evil. That's typical of Yes.
Hearing the studio version a year ago as a 21 year old blew my mind enough, can only imagine the impression it would make LIVE on a 16 year old me haha
@@neighborbruce Bruce, I bought CTTE as a 14-year-old in 1972. It was my first Yes record. I didn't get to see them until '75 which was their Relayer tour and so they didn't play anything from CTTE, sadly. But they always put on a great live show. Yes are the sort of band that will travel with you through your life journey, always positive and uplifting with always something new to hear in their music. Best wishes.
"No, how can it be over so soon?"
That's Yes in a nutshell.
Great reaction. As others have said. Awaken should definitely be on your list. And thank you for doing this.
You may have heard this cliche before but that's the only bad thing about the song, it ends
Flip over the record !!! LOL
"Close To The Edge" is truly God's music
Sure is… never to be duplicated
@@joelhoulette3244 God Bless
@@joelhoulette3244 With The GOAT of bassists
Truly. Seen it live dozens,, Heard it thousands and can't help to cry throughout every single time. Pure God manifested.
@Matt Leppard Lucky you at least got to see two good incarnations with Tony Levin. I missed both those shows. Didn't see again until 96 with Igor on Keys after the 70's then with Rick back til 2004, last show with Jon A. My friend called it the sonic Vortex effect that the 5 ,members of YES created that lifted your soul up and out!
You really picked a challenging song to start with! This is widely considered to be the greatest masterpiece of progressive rock... legendary. The best part about this video is I get to experience the music again, almost like the first time, through your ears, and that is a precious gift, and I thank you, lovely lady! Tears in my eyes as I write this :)
🤗
Greatest alongside Supper's Ready
@@Plasmariel Supper's Ready was my gateway into this kind of song, so I will always love it the most, for sure, but with time, distance and a pinch of objectivity, I truly think basically any one of the 'whole album side' YES epics are better, musically and technically.
@@The1Herton Technically no doubt, but musically... eh
Me too
Asking “What is going on?” with a big smile on your face is the perfect reaction for this amazing song!
"Ending so soon!!" That was a great statement for one of the greatest epics of rock history!
Being at least three times your age, it's good to see that the musicI/we grew up with appeals to nowadays youngsters like yourself. I praise you for taking the time to broaden your horizon.
For me it was so relaxing to see you enjoy music from the heart, not from the head. Thanks for the ride , I enjoyed it too :-)
@mk smith Thank you so much for the link. I checked it out and I must say: brilliant! Boy, did they had to practice on this one. One thing keeps me puzzled though, I like her vocals....better. Her voice has just more low-mid frequencies which makes it better fit into the music and gives more comfort. Again, thanks :-)
I'm so happy that you enjoyed this song! It is a bit abstract and freeform which many people do not like, but the people who like it LOVE this!!!
It might shock you a bit to know that it is not freeform at all but every single note is part of the arrangement, even that blistering intro!! It is a flawless orchestral arrangement!! But your comment was cool anyway.
@@markjohnson4217 Agree 100%
Not only is it not freeform. Yes' music is executed with quasi-military planning and execution.
I still have a recording of an episode of the Old Grey Whistle Test with interviews with Howe and Wakeman.
Howe describes how Yes could have used loop tapes as a backing but refused to because they wouldn't be able to reproduce it live. And if it wasn't live they rejected it.
Wakeman describes how he told a friend he was joining Yes. The friend asked him if he'd lost his mind.
When Rick asked why, his friend said that joining Yes was like joining the army. Get a note wrong and it's firing squad time.....
Glorious, immortal music.
Old reel-to-reel - haven't got an old-fashioned tape recorder so can't listen to them.....
People who love jazz get it.
Fan of over 50 years. Seen YES over 200 times! CTTE is a masterpiece.
You know it's true art when you need to 'recover' from it.
Well said, Yes has a tendency to render you Thunderstruck
Saw them live 3 times in the 70's and early 80's. This song entranced the audience every time.
Art comforts the disturbed, and disturbs the comfortable.
Saw them with an Orchestra accompanying them on the "Magnification" tour. They opened with this piece ( song is not a big enough word for what this is) - completely delirious for the rest of the show.
“Is this how music was back in the day?” Umm, yes...and your reaction brought a tear to my eye. Thank you for coming to Yes with such an open mind and reacting so positively!
She made me tear up also!
YES......it's music....takes you to the end of the Universe....and YES it brings you back......!
welcome to "the progressive rock society"; this is a kind of music that will be the classical music in the next century
I have expressed that myself on other threads.
Could that be because they are "classically trained".........
That’s why it’s called “classical” rock as opposed to “classic” rock, all the old rock. It’s progressive, it progresses from beautiful theme to beautiful theme, like classical music.
@@gregvoloshen3065 The only member of Yes that was classically trained is Patrick Moraz. The original core including Steve Howe was not.
@@tomrudderow5479 Makes perfect sense to me.
Chris Squire, the genius, the master, the Ricky 4001. RIP great man
In my very humble opinion this is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written... "Everything in one"... You said it there. 😊
A musical deconstruction rebuilt into a true masterpiece! Incomparable!
I highly recommend reacting to these long prog epics: "Supper's Ready" by Genesis, "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd, "Starless" by King Crimson, and "Tarkus" by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. All are masterpieces in their own right!!
YES ,I LOVE THEM ALL !!! 💜🎶
Ever hear of Gentle Giant or, PFM? I definitely add them to that group of Super Exceptional Musicians............
Love to see her listen to Supper's Ready
@@dana_brooke_27 Or The Cinema Show.
@@johnbgood52 But of course...Can never go wrong with early Genesis. It's Classical Genius😉
One of my favourite records btw You look so beautiful 😍
it’s just 🤯 “i get UP i get DOWN”with the full cathedral organ top quality MUSIC and MUSICIANS!!!
It is worth the price of admission just to watch your eyes follow your ears. Thanks for that!
ive heard this song a million times and it never ages
I will whisper the sound of the ocean for its into your ear and smile
(I know why I love these reaction videos so much - because each time I watch one I can be that 10 year-old boy being handed a shoe-box of cassette tapes of music I’d never heard before.) I can remember being shocked and amazed when I heard this for the first time. It was nice to feel like that again. Thank you.
I was already in love with this Yes prog masterpiece. Now, after seeing your beautiful reaction, I am in love with you...
I'm an old man that grew up on this music. So refreshing to see this lovely young lady react to it.
I absolutely love your reactions. You really do enjoy what you’re listening to. It’s almost as if I’m hearing this song for the first time. Meanwhile I’ve listened to this song 1000’s of times.
This was going to be my comment, thanks.
Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer... they were classical composers playing with rock and jazz time signatures while incorporating blues and, honestly, anything that worked. It was a brilliant time to be in to music.
"Guys, this beat's on a different level..." So true. The bass and drums in Yes music is a notch above. The crazy thing is that you can listen to their music for years, and notice something new each time...just so much content.
@@joelhoulette3244 Alan White was an excellent drummer. Just different styles. Bill encompassed jazz. Just enjoy what both brought. Alan had to learn all Bill's material in 4 days before his first show. Proved he could handle his own.
What a precious lady-- I just love how you react to all the little twists and turns as well as the major transitions in Yes's songs! Keep up the endearing work, and help save great music!!!!
I'll never get tired of this music, it changed my life for sure. So glad you liked it, I legit cried a couple times watching you experience this for the first time.
I had the pleasure of seeing this done live back in the 70`s. Perfection!
I really, really admire your sense of musical adventure. The first time I heard YES I had to learn “MOOD FOR A DAY”; that one would knock your socks off🎸🇨🇦
I’ve been listening to YES for 50 years. They have always been in my top three favorite bands.
Beautiful to watch your reaction to this song. This is Yes when they were making their best music. The rest of this album is amazing as well.
The lady gets it 😊👍great reaction to one of YES finest masterpieces. AWAKEN live in Montreux is a must view.
God bless Nigeria always. Cynthia Ambrose, you are a rare and perfect jewel. It was a joy to listen to music with you.
The first four minutes-beautifully executed chaos
*3 mins, then there's an order.
It's the sound of the universe being born, at least where I'm sitting.
Exactly! Musically, it is extremely complex. It took quite a while for the band and their sound engineer to create this in the studio. SHOCKINGLY, they played this live, almost note for note, many times while on tour! I heard them do it once. Mind. Blown. These guys say, now, that they were "just kids finding our way through the music business" at the time this was recorded. I have news for them... It's genius.
It's fitting that you mentioned, "...I'm trying to even recover." The music of Yes is not just something you listen to...It's something you experience as well. Your emotion speaks volumes without so much as a word. Great review! "All in all, the journey takes you all the way."
Your reaction is wonderful and is part of a shared human experience. This music is masterful, it takes us on a journey of the numinous, the transcendent - in common parlance it lifts us, intrigues us and fills us with something hard to describe but something that we all know and feel. Yes, It lifts us up and then takes us down only to lift us again. This music requires our attention, it isn't instant gratification, it is deferred pleasure, a joy, well worth waiting for.
Thank you for sharing your reaction to this progressive rock masterpiece. I have loved Yes music since 1970 and am amazed at how well their virtuosity holds up after all these years.
I've listened this song many many times. Your reaction made me cry because it reminded me of when I first heard it. Thank you.
YES has excelled in Progressive Rock with their instrumentation and stories involved with their songs! They capture moods and feelings and they are memorizing to watch and listen to!
Thanks for letting it play through, most reactors step all over the music!!!
You will find the other 2 songs on this album almost equally satisfying
The album is a MASTERPIECE!!!
Speaking of the B side, I played And You and I for our day old son as we drove home from the hospital.
@@thomasseal8221 Can never be too young to be a YES fan!👶
You opened your ears to Yes? I subscribe, no questions asked.
Girl you just witnessed a masterpiece, now you know how I felt the first time I listened to it, and it gets better every time.
Very bold of you, beautiful Lady.
Awaken!
This is like the movie Soylent Green when Edward G Robinson is trying to tell Charlton Heston what real beef was like before soylent green
This is what real music is like!
I first heard this as a teenager in the mid 1970's . When it had finished I was stunned . I had never heard anything like it and it changed my life.
Back in the 70s there were many long songs like this. Check out "Lizard" by King Crimson (1970; over 23 minutes long), "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Van der Graaf Generator (1971; over 23 minutes long), "Echoes" by Pink Floyd (1971; over 23 minutes long ), "Restless Skylight-Transistor Child" by Amon Düül 2 (1971; over 19 minutes long), "Eruption" by Focus (1971; over 23 minutes long), "Supper's Ready" by Genesis (1972; almost 23 minutes long), "Thick as a Brick" by Jethro Tull (1972; almost 44 minutes long), "Bel Air" by Can (1973; almost 20 minutes long), "Deathwatchbeetle" by Hoelderlin (1975; over 17 minutes long), "Recycled" by Nektar (1975; almost 37 minutes long), "De Futura" by Magma (1976; over 17 minutes long), "Om Rock" by Steve Hillage (1978; over 24 minutes long. These are actually six songs but played as one song with seamless transitions; they make up the whole 2nd side of the album) or "Wassilissa" by Mother Gong (1979; over 22 minutes long). And these are just a few examples. All of these songs are amazing.
Listen to "Echoes" then listen to "Phantom of the Opera". Andrew Lloyd Webber kind of lifted the main hook of "Echoes"
That is some playlist and one I shall attempt over this weekend😊
Brilliant epic song done by geniuses!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🎹🎸🎤🎼☮️
I saw YES in 72 ,,,I was 16 yrs old Then again in 75.... They played all their songs note for note.... I listen to Yes to this day ..
50 plus year fan. I've seen YES over 200 times! Greatest band on THIS planet!
Greatest song ever recorded
What I love about these videos is that they vindicate the 18 years old me's musical taste but what took people so long to get it? At 66, it's very satisfying to see a new generation loving it. I always new it was the new classical music. Fabulous.
This magical music was conceived, written and recorded, purely so that we all could watch your beautiful soul reacting to it. How cool is that?
The next several times you listen to Close To The Edge you'l enjoy it more and more and more as you'll hear so much with every listening that you didn't notice before, how each of the musicians contributed to the overall masterpiece. That's the thing about YES, they always packed so much into their epic creations that they always remained _fresh_ after repeated listenings. Enjoy your YES journey!
I walk through a park from the waterfront up to about 250 feet.
Beautiful trail (a gulch) with very tall trees on each side.
At 9:25, I stop and stare at Nature.... Sun, rain, snow... it doesn't matter.
Then I trek up the steep stairs and trails. Perfect length of song ! Makes me feel so good. (I'm 62 !) ;-)
That's incredible jumping straight into Yes with Close to the Edge and then getting caught up in it was incredible to see. This music is really unique so it's amazing to see people get it immediately, although it was a popular album when it was released. I highly recommend from Yes: Awaken, And You and I, Turn of the Century, Wonderous Stories.
Your eye make up is really mesmerising but this dove tails very nicely with the vocals . ALL in ALL a very artistic reaction to one of YES best pieces THANKS for that and i do hope you try more.
Many avoid these longer pieces , but WE ALL LUV IT !!1!!!!!!
I can not believe after all of these years YES songs are finally get the recognition they truly deserve! I remember hooking school with my friends, dropping LSD and listening to Close to the Edge and watching the music pour from my speakers back in 73.. Or seeing YES for the first time on the Relayer tour, my god! Gates of Delirium back in 75... Or Returning from Japan were my ship was home-ported and going to see YES in the round Going For The One tour, 1979 and hearing Awaken live for the 1st time. Its about ********time.......
I have lost count of how many times I've watched people on UA-cam react to this masterpiece, but it never gets old! NO one is ever really ready for Close To The Edge the first time!
Best song ever Ambrose! Went to a Yes concert in 1976! You have to listen to all the Yes music! You will love "Turn of the Century" on the "Going for the One" album! You're heart will feel it!
This song is a masterpiece....one of the most ambitious and profound pieces of music to come out of my generation, for sure- but even the short little songs by Yes are likewise exquisite. Enjoy this song, and give it time to sink in.
I actually cryed watching your reaction.
So did I
Yup! It was beautifully moving going along for the ride.
Me too. It was like experiencing Yes for the first time.
It’s interesting to see people from different parts of the world reach into other musical cultures. As an American who was introduced to this UK band in 1979 (unless you count ‘Roundabout’ from the ‘Fragile’ album which I was listening to on the radio when I was 15 and in high school) I was immediately entranced with the superb musicianship and the sheer ‘magic’ that it created.
Back again. The most perfect expression of the magic of the universe ❤❤
Great song. I was a Yes fanatic in high school. Enjoy your channel.
My favorite band ever!!! Thank you!!!
I can recommend the double album Tales from Topographic Oceans - basically, it's 4 songs like this. A bunch of kids in their early 20s... Noone writes music like this anymore.
Powerful music like this that comes from a pure and honest place touches a special place in us all who are open to these frequencies. I will never forget discovering this beautiful piece of music, it’s occupies a special feeling for me that only exceptionally great music can touch...
"Roundabout" is my favorite Yes song. Not as long as this song but a great example of Yes
Beautiful!! Yourself and the song! Caught this live at Hammersmith many years ago, wow!!!
Welcome in to Progressive music. 45 years ago my first listening and i still listen to this music, clear example of hit and run music. 😊
Great job....your facial expressions said it all. Thanks.
Woww!! What a beautiful girl listenen to this master piece of my favorite band ever. 😍😍😍
...now watch them perform this live in the early 70's...there are YT's...some of the most brilliant musicians ever.
And You And I and Heart of the Sunrise...you need to listen to those.
Love it when you say you need to recover from listening. Even after uncountable time it still an intense experience. Enjoyed your reaction so much.
My # 1 desert island album. Be prepared to be amazed. I never tire of hearing this song. I subscribed so I can witness more of your most endearing reactions.
Listen to the studio cuts for the clear intent, then move to "Yessongs" to get a glimpse of how incredible they were in live performance. I say just a glimpse because nothing recorded prepares you for how they performed live, they took this material & rocked you the F**k out!! Whenever I attended their shows (about 30 times give or take since '75) with a friend or family member that had never seen them before I always scanned their faces after the show, always BIG BIG smiles of serene & utter amazement.
Possibly the greatest progressive rock songs ever recorded and you get it! I’m very happy for you! Keep listening to more, there are so many great songs.
I was 9 when this came out. But I probably heard it when I was 13. I feel so lucky I grow up in the 70s. So much amazing music came out during my teens.
I saw them, in the late 2000's. I was flawless, good as a studio album, with the Live energy ;) That was something!!!
I have been to 10 Yes concerts and they have never bee topped..... I have been a fan since listening to Close to the Edge in 1973. They are truly masters of the art. We lost Chris Squire in 2015 he inspired Flea of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Getty Lee of Rush, he was my all time favorite bassist and is missed
I just loved your reaction it made listening much more enjoyable to see u enjoying it. Such a great album by Yes and I hope u listen to it again. May it grow on u as it has so very many people before u. One of my favourites of all time.
I was 18 in 1972 when this came out- I was completely obsessed with it and spent days with the headphones on mesmerized. Reminded me of the way I felt after hearing “A Day in the Life” for the first time.
Many of Yes's songs are almost transcendent. Its like you can absorb the energy of the song, the heart and soul of the band, with each listen. Their songs give me chills all up and down by body and its energizing!
This is textbook Progressive genre music. Experimental. Groups can spread their wings, and create eclectic, out of the box, unformulaic music . What a song! I wasn't sure if you were in pain or pleasure, though. Lol.
Yes lyrics often get lost in the instrumentals, are difficult to interpret or just plain nonsensical. In that case, let go of trying to make sense of the lyrics (you can always get them later). Just relax, and listen to the different sounds and rhythms. Immerse yourself in the sounds, and go with the flow.
Thank you for listening to one of the best albums in the world. You are beautiful
Of the 30 different line-ups of this band, you just heard the absolute best group of musicians.
You and I just met on the crossroads of life. You are so lovely. You did very well listening. This song is the struggle of understanding life. Its chaotic and then peaceful. Its out of sync yet the completely harmonizing. You are a very patient listener. You got it!
They didn't try to confuse you. The lovely sweet sound comes with frenetic movements! The child's spirit. Great choice! Yes produced life changing sounds.
i saw them LIVE in 1978 Playing Close to the edge...AMEZING
The thing that connects us to the spiritual is MUSIC. This does it more than anything. Organ played--- by Rick Wakeman--heavenly!
I can't imagine what it is like to hear Yes for the first time. I have been listening since 1971. By the time this was released music fans had had a chance to get to know their sound for a couple or years, starting with Yours is No Disgrace. That was out there, but we had just gone through the whole Acid Rock era of the late 60s and they played it on AM radio, so it was not too jarring. Their music progressed from there.
Beautiful. Thank you. Looking forward to more Yes reactions.
Bless you...lovely to see your reaction to a classic track I have known for forty years, and almost experience it again for the first time!
Your channel came to me quite unexpectedly, I clicked when I saw it was 'Close to the Edge' I have to say when I saw you and estimated your age I thought "This Beautiful Young Lady will hate this" I also saw this played live in 1972 and I was like Wendell Wiggins only 16. Musically it is a master class in Prog Rock. I was delighted to see the reaction on your face and to see the enjoyment you gained from this (brought a tear to my eye....OK maybe two). I will immediately subscribe and have liked. Thank you dear lady for sharing your thoughts. You have tapped into a goldmine period of the most amazing music......Have many more happy discoveries.
Yes is the king of Progressive Rock. Close to the Edge is their finest achievement.
Disagree. 'Awaken' and 'Gates of Delerium' are better imho
Both singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe will later recall how these tracks were put together piecemeal - sections of tape being stuck together in some cases - with the group having to reproduce it all live later on. They were fortunate to have very talented musicians, including a classically-trained keyboard/piano player.