I'm sitting here at home in my office, took a break from programming work..... and I just listened to this for the first time in 40 years (I was 16 when I bought the album). I closed my eyes and listened to the whole thing. Unexpectedly, here I am a grown man - and tears are streaming down my face. This song took me right back to the place where I was a hopeful young man, not close to being aware of what life can do to you. I've forgotten what it was like to have hope and wonder about what life would bring. Here, now, I suddenly remember who I was then, and that I once believed there was more to life than sitting behind a monitor, earning enough to pay the bills. No more sense of wonder or hope. Now, today though - it was wonderful getting those thoughts back in my head, if even for a fleeting moment in time. This band and the artistry they exhibit is a musical time-machine...
Totally understand this wiring music creates in your brain. Not exactly the same for me with this one since I was born in the 80s but it's still awesome.
Tales of topographic oceans they overheated the electrical system in st louis kiel auditorium the head electrician was shitting shutting crap down like a mad man waited 1 hr for show to restart they just killed it! What a time
This entire musical collection is an ear hole masterpiece orgasm. At 63 years old, all I can say is seasons will pass you by, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down...
I am an African American who mostly listens to Jazz and Funk music, but this Masterpiece from the 1970s blew me away. First time listening to it I was hooked, first for its length, the vocals, the guitar playing, the drums, the bass and keyboards...its all there...the various mood changes...this classic Progressive Rock piece changed my opinion of Rock music forever...thanks Rico for introducing me to this MASTERPIECE ...rock on YES!!!
I can relate to that brother I too, am an Afro American and when I heard Yes for the first time it was back in the early 70s shortly after that I join the military went off to Boot Camp and while I was in Boot Camp strangely enough I heard Yes being played by my senior drill instructor. The song was close to the edge and that song got me through Boot Camp and it became planted in my head now it’s 2023 and I am a 65-year-old man and whenever I have a off day I listen to that song and it brings me back into a real world, and I will continue to live and respect the group that got me through life. My head goes off to.Yes
Me too!! My girlfriends and i saw them at Madison Square Garden ..3 African American teens.. we had a ball ! Top shelf musicians. I will never forget those good times!
@joyce sweeting yes Madison Square Garden, it's not called The Mecca for just basketball and boxing, like you and your friends, I saw Earth, Wind & Fire and Parliament/Funkadelic at MSG, two of my most magical LIVE musical events ever experience....at MSG!!!
It is a spiritual experience: a gothic cathedral grows into the universe to transcend the material world and our worries - this masterpiece has therpeutic value - Christian Pella resp. Hyperion
The real hit for me is 14:12 when the minimoog kicks in....I always turn it up to 13 at that part and deafen myself (the church orgran is actual too painful to listen to at that volume) but that part 14:12 that is the best Yes has ever done, and the subsequent keyboard solo, but they have never been able to recreate the sound of this part and neither has any band covering it. Theres something Bill Bruford is doing on drums, something Squire is doing on bass, Howe is following Wakeman whose minimoog is playing fifths but its out of tune, perhaps on purpose to create a very eerie sound...they just never recreate this its always too clean when they play it live...
As a grown man, the "Get up, get down" section onwards is so beautiful it has made me cry more than once. This song evokes such strong emotion in me. I have to cite Yes as one of the reasons I am alive today. Their uplifting music helped me out of a very dark time of my life, and I'm forever grateful.
I like this song, but it's idk...it's okay. I mean to each their own. I prefer Rush- Xanadu. That to me is a masterpiece! And I enjoy it more than this!
@@robertomurri1278 What was the point of replying to someone who was obviously speaking how the music touched them deeply with what you thought was better? And honestly as much as I love rush they don't really get as harmonically dense as this even with xanadu. Rush is a perfect gateway to prog like elements since they are able to make music sounds commercially viable while also having musical and lyrical depth. But this isn't that, the soundscapes and uses of sounds here is on another level than any rush song and it takes more to digest. We all have our own vision of what a masterpiece is so it's stupid to brag or mention what a person thinks is better in the end of the day since music is stupidly subjective. But seriously on a personal note, I'll take this song over Xanadu anyday or I'll even take Rush's Free Will over Xanadu. It's honestly not a personal favorite of mine from rush but hey, "to each their own" XD
Imagine Black kid in late 60's early 70's South Louisiana.... And hearing Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and the "Great" Rick Wakeman for the first time and digging the "Funk" clearly evident to the future musician of my time. I get up... I get down... Much respect !
An absolute Masterpiece! Saw them perform it the first time 9 days after it was released at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago.September 22nd 1972 My first YES show and I became a Yesaholic.The geatest most talented band I ever saw. They were in a completely different zone. Anyone that saw the "Classic" lineup in the 70s knows they were otherworldly!
@@Magnetron33 hay gente que arranco con yes desde fragile... otros desde drama y otros con 90125.... no pueden opimar lo mismo. tiene diferentes miradas ... yo arranco desde1969 y entiendo los fanatismos asincronicos temporales de cada epoca. mi mirada es atemporal.veo a Yes como un todo necesario ...de principio a fin si lo hubiere .valoro todas las etapas ...y como las he visto a todas las comparo y me quedo con la mas progresiva desde 1969 a 1977...tormato es olvidable..es penoso que Yes hoy sea una banda tributo del propio yes....y ya tocando casi en forma mediocre y nada nuevo de compsicion....mas bien es la descomposición de yes...pero.. peor es nada-
My first Cd was Album , all time fav ! I , now 55 , am hearing this for the first time ! WOW , YES has a place in my soul in the form of awesome music from the moment I heard Album forward ! Have a blessed day!
my mom passed away 2 years ago at the age of 56. she brought me to 3 yes concerts and they're one of my favorite groups. i cant listen to this without tearing up because i remember her singing it.
Sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family 🙏. Your mom was very cool, in my book! Wish my mom enjoyed the same music I do. She likes pop country, and I just can't let that audible cancer anywhere near my ears! It is so cool that you have those concert memories that you can cherish forever!
What a sweet comment about your grandma. If she's like me, she's trying to see as many of the old bands as she can while they are still touring. You should go with.
They are still touring, although not with the original singer. They still sounded amazing though, glad I got to see them once before they stopped altogether
+texshelters chris and steve were voted best bass and guitar in the 70s in guitar mags and music papers. other musicians voted them the best. steve won it 5 years in a row (guitar player mag)
+texshelters Yes in general and Squire in particular get so little love for their monumental accomplishments. It's a pity, but we know better. The rarified air is more pure because so few appreciate it. It is like a sweet aroma in the midst of a sewer.
yyz i prefer it that way. yes are more than just a band. their music is spiritual, intelligent and it rocks! i hope the rock and roll hall of fame stay the hell away!
I am a high school student and my teacher recommended me this record, and the first time I listened to this I was blown away in silence. Jon Andersons vocals are on another level thank you Mr. M for telling me about this masterpiece that I will play for the rest of my life
Yes its incredible. The "I get up, I get down" gradually lowers in volume. Then, on Seasons of Man, the organ and guitar create a polytonal effect by been played in different keys. Do you realize what a dangerous game you are playing here! But when you are that good it sounds stunning.
Damn, I'd be embarrassed if I were you. This is 18 min that felt like 18 hrs. Snobs like to use words like "progressive" to make boring music sound better than it is.
Seasons have passed me by. Now that I find now that I'm whole! I'm down at this moment in time. Which means that the only way forward is up. Onward through the night!
@patthewoodboy Then what does this mean, "A seasond witch can call you from your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour. An assassin points to nowhere leading every single one a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun. Thease are the opening lines to close to the Edge. What does it mean?
In 1976, at the age of 12, I bought this from my friend at school for a quid. He had just got into punk and was ashamed of his prog rock albums. I went home, drank some of my Dad's beer, put my headphones on and relaxed, knowing that miracles do happen.
they were studio shamans on this disc. they wrote this stuff one little section at a time. bruford HATED that methodology and fled to more organic King crimson. But it worked, even if they methodology is painful. still stunning all these years later. I ate lunch every day ( i was not in the woods puffing, reading tolkien and playing guitar) under a mural done by long gone hippies at my high school of the inner sleeve of CttE. this music is home to me.
Look up Jamal's reaction video to this song. By the end the man is almost in tears. He says straight-up that as of that moment in his life, this was the greatest song he has ever heard. Bonus - you also get to hear Close to the Edge again, because other than one moment, he doesn't dream of interrupting.
Every time I play this album I cry my eyes out. Its was my father's favorite band and he is no longer here with me. I would do anything just to sit back with my dad and listen to this with him just one more time.
I’m crying right now. Bless you and your Dad. It was my Dad’s favorite band as well, he just passed away and I came here looking for his favorite songs to play at his wake. I, too, would do anything to listen to this with him again. ♥️
I'm a classical musician who first heard this track in 2017 while I was a college student. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it totally changed my conception of what music could be. I'm forever grateful to the person who introduced it to me - if you're out there Caroline, thank you!
There is a channel called Virgin Rock. The person never listened to Rock music her entire life. She was fully immersed in classical music as a teacher and performer. She is now documenting her journey into discovering Rock music. I'm here now because she just uploaded a video offering her thoughts.
@@jasonjenkins6373 Totally agree. The last baron and anesthetize are my favourite tracks of those bands, masterpieces. The last baron, specifically, is on my top 10 songs of all times.
Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, et. al. were bands who kicked ass back in the day, still kick ass, and probably always will. You can't beat early prog rock! These guys had the creativity that sparked entire genres.
Just the fact that Green Day is being inducted into the hall of fame before YES shows just where their priorities are at. Bands like Yes are unsurpassable and this song proves it. You don't just snub this band or any of the other ancient greats and not expect to lose credibility. Period.
Maria Evans Yup Green Day's entire catalog of songs does not even equate to a single verse of a Yes song. Still, I am not surprised by how senseless people are when it comes to media induction of rock n roll hall of fame. Fame is not what these guys wanted anyway.
I was a knucklehead freshman in college who liked music but didn't really have any ...depth. A friend introduced me to YES and it became the beginning of a lifelong intimate relationship and appreciation of artistry and the power of music.
I know what you mean. I was in your age group then -- in high school. I was listening to classical music, really all sorts of music. I could tell the prog rock artists, like YES, listened to and studied classical music. I loved Gentle Giant a lot, and I liked YES next in line.
@WindowsNDoors While I completely agree that Yes is excellent in every way, there is also a lot of excellent rap and pop. I recommend listening to Liquid Swords by GZA and Bonito Generation by Kero Kero Bonito. It's ok to love prog rock, but saying that other music is bad just because you don't enjoy the surface level songs you've heard in that genre is a lacking argument. Explore all music, dig deeper into your dislikes and you may find something you love.
I like to picture robert fripp listening to the drums on this the year it came out, with some sort of burning effigy sacrifice behind him, rubbing his hands together, cackling madly, "Soon the one called Bruford shall be mine!"
I listened to 'Red' and some other rsndom 68 to 74 Crimson the other night, and there is a darkness to it. I could see why people are afraid of it...it is angry and chaotic at times.. No wonder people thought i was psychotic...and my friends and i would do acid and put it on. This is much nicer, but just as intense.
I heard this wonderful music for the first time when I was 15. I thought then "when I was 50, I will be hearing this music with joy and happiness" . I am 55 now. Nothing has changed.
Here's a fun fact about the beginning of CTE (at the 1:14 mark where Steve starts his solo): Rick Wakeman is playing the exact same riff as is Chris Squire, except twice as fast. It's that tinkly sound in the background. If you slow the track down you can hear it. At the 2:00 mark, Steve also plays the riff. It's based out of the D Harmonic Minor scale. When I first heard it at age 14 back in the 70's, it just sounded like noise to me, but the coolest noise I had ever heard!!!!! I've been playing guitar since the 70's and, although many great bands and amazing guitarists have come on the scene since then, none of them touch me like Yes still does. It will be a long time, if ever, that a band like Yes appears to give us hope of greater, more transcendent realities.
+babarishka I don't have any musical knowledge or skills, but I do agree that the first 3 minutes took many listens...maybe even a couple years...to get used to. Then I started hearing structure. These days, I could almost hum it if my vocal chords allowed it. I whistle the "main theme" first heard at 2:58 all the time.
***** Supposedly, per Rick, the oscillators were not quite perfected at that time, so occasionally they would start going out of tune, even during a show. That must've kept things interesting!!!!
Truly sorry for your loss, Alex....May the good Lord comfort you and bring you peace...to you and your family. Hold on the to the memories....hang in there, bud.
AS ARE MANY OF ''YES'S COMPOSITIONS,...AND THEY GET EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU LISTEN AND NOT JUST HEAR,...THEN AND ONLY THEN DO THE MESSAGES OF EACH BECOME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
For cerebral listeners only. Damn this is a work of art. 51 years later. Unmatched in the world of progressive rock. What an amazing song. Love it even more now at age 57 then I did hearing it for the first time as a 12 year old in 1978. Wow. Just wow. Chills and goosebumps and tears and hope, all wrapped up in a single song. Otherworldly.
This song was not so much written as it was composed. A true masterpiece on the order of Mozart's 40th or Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Each listen reveals a nuance previously undiscovered. Simply amazing !!!
@@100percentSNAFU True, I've heard of that. That's why I'm reluctant to call Tull Prog rock, obviously if they're parodying it, they don't quite feel to be part of the movement.
I'm 62 yrs old. Been a Yes fan since high school. Have seen them in concert a few times. This whole album is a symphony. A concerto. A Classical masterpiece. Not just "classic rock". But "classical" in the sense that it's right up there alongside anything by Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Handel, Tchaikovsky, etc. etc. It should be remembered in history as equal to any orchestral composition of the last 400 years. It is THAT GREAT!!!
I saw Yes in 74. Chris Squier kicks but on bass. I had to get a Rickenbacker bass with Rotosound strings to get that sound. I had a band that did some Yes. We did Siberian Katru, and an old song, Time and A Word, from an album of the same name. When we finished the Yes stuff a few people gave a yawning clap. But when we did You make me want to shout(the song is 2 cords a C and an A minor) everybody was clapping and dancing. Well you can't dance to Yes, but it is an acquired taste. What is Close to Edge about? DON'T GET ME WRONG THE LIRICS SOUND GREAT. "A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace, and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace? Sounds like acid to me. The whole song sounds like an aside trip!
@lesyankee6129 I agree but what the heck is the song Close to The Edge all about? I have it memorized and the lyrics sound so cool to the music. It opens"A seasond witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace, and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour, an assassin points to nowhere leading every single one, a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun?... And it goes on.....I get up, I get down Now that's all over and done, go to the seed right to the sun, now that you find now that your whole, seasons will pass you by, I get up I get down....... Sounds like an acid trip!
I've come to the conclusion that this just might be the most epic song ever. I mean I love Echoes by Floyd but.. I don't know this one just takes the cake for me.
Tom Soy Sauce I knew someone named, "Echo". She had a filly that was called, "Fancy". When 'Fancy' was born they lay in an arroyo with 'Fancy' between 'Echo's' legs with 'Echo' caressing her baby. A Nativity.
Kevin Hernández Supper's Ready is simply the greatest song of all times, but the greatest album of all times for me is Selling England by the Pound, by Genesis too.
Austin C Yeah,,,I was gonna explain to him that i felt the same about all songs by Frank Sinatra as a kid,,,then I heard this,,,,,and thousands of other songs
@markfromct2 Do you understand the lyrics???? A seasond witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour. An assassin points to nowhere leading every single one, a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun.....Seasons will pass you by I get up I get down. Now what the he'll does that mean. Don't get me wrong, the music and the lyrics sound great together. Yes is my favorite band,I saw them live! Their older albums like Time and a Word, and Yes, not to be confused with The Yes Album, we're really good too. On Yes they do a smoking rendition of the Beatles Every Little Thing.
I thank god for giving me life in a time that I can listen and enjoy the voice of jon Anderson and the majestic music of yes, it is a great time in history, a great time to be alive
I'd never heard of yes until 1995 I was 15 at the time. I'm so glad my friends father played this album endlessly in the car on the way to school and back. I loved the way the songs seemed to tell a story. I got hooked. I've got kids of my own now and my 16 year old son absolutely loves yes. I'm so happy that their music has been passed down to another generation.
I just listened to this utter masterpiece for the first time in many years. It might be the most incredible piece of music ever written and performed. The musicianship, the harmonies, the different parts , the opening and closing birds singing. No words can describe this.
This album was a Christmas present from my older sister. I was thirteen and at sixty two still love it. Love who you love. Live how you live. Great album.
Bloody hell. I've been listening to this song since the day it was released, and just listened to it again right now. It never, never, never gets old. Divinely inspired. A towering, immortal achievement.
This is a great example of what music really is.this song takes you to another realm....im 66 years old now , and it still takes me to a special place. ,
Here's how old I am -- I saw YES for the first time in concert in the mid-70s, and the warmup band was a previously unknown quantity...called "The Eagles"...
once in a time (1967-1985), once in a place (England), a group of 20's something showed the rest of us that practing and listenning to the music of Stravinsky and Mozart, and been stuck in a room practing an instrument for hours instead of being out getting drunk was worth doing it, and oh my, all I can say is YES, thank you...
Dude theres still good music! Its just that you only look at the surface in today's music, besides how fair is it to compare any othee music to close to the edge? Remember that a number one only happens once
I love yes because of my boyfriend as a teenager... who's father give him his yes collection, along with black sabbath, pink floyd, led zeppelin, america and more. I was teenager in the nineties, but musically a teenager of the seventies!
It won't be. I'm 38 years old playing this for my kids tonight... this fine art is too great to die. In the digital age I'd be surprised if this isn't still loved and respected 500 years from now.
The thing about Bill Bruford is that he DOES keep hold of the band on every track...yet - simultaneously - plays to an entirely different song in his own head. Unbelievable...
usmcfutball that reminds me of an old Neal Peart joke from the 2010 time machine your when he had to wear big headphones while playing because of an ear infection, the joke being that he was "playing along with rush while listening to Porcupine Tree
One of the greatest pieces of music from the 20th century, full stop. In my view, at the same level as Jethro Tull's A Passion Play. Pure unbridled perfection.
It is nigh 50 years. I am not going to hold my breath that another rock band composes a song this ambitious and beautiful. It was a product of the times. There was something going on in England then, Suppers Ready on the Dark Side of the Moon.
I was always drawn to this song- in my teens I had a dream with beautiful music and the yes logo written in the sky after hearing this. Now I am 55 and I still listen in wonder to it. God bless all those who find meaning in the strangest places x
You know you've been listening to a lot of prog rock when 20 minute songs feel like they're 3 minutes long while actual 3 minute long songs feel like they're 30 seconds long.
And some of the new 3 minute song seem to go on forever repeating themselves, you actually consider deatroying the device that is emitting them. Take me back please.
I find the ending of this song, from 16.30 on, just so incredibly beautiful: "on the hill we viewed the silence of the valley. Called to witness cycles only of the past. And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark. Close to the edge down by the river, Down at the end, round by the corner. Seasons will pass you by. Now that it's all over and done, called to the seed, right to the sun. Now that you find, now that you're whole. Seasons will pass you by....i get up, i get down"
16:35 but your right. It's like watching the last song in a Broadway show that touches on the themes of all the other songs in the show. I was truly awestruck seeing them live in the 70's. A mind altering experience of my perception of all other music I had heard ro that point or since.
i agree. it reminds of me the people i miss and regret not spending much time with them back then,but then reminding that we are bounded and won't forget each other ever. May be a hopeless thought but sure a bittersweet experience...
You are absolutely correct. The end of the song, the exact part you refer to, is definitely the absolute best part of the song. The very ending, with the water flowing, the birds chirping to a quiet fadeout...makes me think they were trying to convey the idea that life is a big circle, you're born a baby...you live for a short while...and (hopefully!) you die exactly as you were born, helpless and afraid. Our organic matter rises and dies and goes on to become part of the universe's primordial soup once more. We (humans and everything we see, touch and feel) rise from the stars and interstellar dust and return to them, in one continuous and harmonious circle of life. The Eternal and ever-changing stream of stuff, just like the flowing water at the end of this masterpiece.
@@stevennovakovich2525 heh, u sure dont just think of music as a sound or noise, i guess u also evaluate music as a spiritual journey or an experience that reaches down in the listener's heart and mind. At least thats what u think of songs made by Yes
I used to always listen to this in the dark growing up and to me, it just felt like there was this incredible mass or living thing or entity that approached, overhead, displayed it's wonder through the musical notes and then passed by, still overhead, the birdsong receding , leaving you there in it's wake.
This is it, the best song. Ever. It’s length allows it to fit everything I want in music into it. The lyrics are beautiful. And the organ in III. I Get Up, I Get Down is the most haunting, ethereal thing I’ve ever heard. Yes will be remembered for all of human history for this.
One of the most life-changing moments I have with music is this track here. I was sent from NY to Colorado on a moment's notice from work, in december, with just the clothes on my back to run a tradeshow. Here I am, 12 hours later from being told what to do, in a crappy Nissan SUV in 1993. I had 1.5 million dollars of aerospace hardware in the back, no idea what I was doing, and where I was going in life. I come through the Eisenhower tunnel, through the Loveland Pass in Colorado, and I'd just come out of a blizzard as I bumbled into Keystone. The sun came out, and as the storm boiled off in the sunlight, the Rockies suddenly came into full majestic view. At the exact moment the Rockies revealed themselves, the pipe organ solo hit, and.....I burst into tears. The sheer beauty of the song, the power of the organ matching the clouds scudding along the side of the mountains, as this kaleidoscope of oranges and purples from the emerging sunlight just utterly eviscerated me in a very, very good way.
@@strawberryfields1149 I sure did but it's been years since I've played it on bass now, lol. Back with my OG band on guitar and vocals. I should see how much I know by memory.
One of the most progressive pieces of brilliance ever produced. Rediscovering this after decades is so cool. I have followed Yes for 50 years thru all their players, Close to the Edge and Fragile hold a very special place, the music is Ethereal and simply transformative.
I have to admit , I bought this album, my very first, when I was 14 years old. I have been filled with music my entire life ever since.I am now listening to it for the first time in at least 30 years and it is nothing less than magical. I am forever grateful for what this band did for me. I am 66 now and I will rock till the day I die. YES!!!
..."seasons will pass you by, now that it's all over and done, called to the sea right to the sun now that you find, now that you're whole Seasons will pass you by, I get up, I get down"... I mean, could it be said any more plainly or beautifully with the words and music? God bless YES. Cheers!
I could call this song a religious experience, each line is a story itself, the lyrics are abstract but understanding them is key, the song instrumentally is just such a masterpiece, never get tired of the structure
+Sean Jacobs the first few minutes are like nothing else i have ever heard. remember when you heard this for the first time? its like a mushroom trip. its the closest piece of music to an actual trip. mental
+methad 1 yeah it like builds and builds and then it explodes and you're born into this world of evil and darkness and you go through it and then the music changes and you finally see the light of God shining and the truth of the universe is revealed and it is absolutely astonishing to gain the awareness of the truth, once it starts it never stops, that's what I think the music of the first few minutes symbolize
when I was a kid, it was different, but when you come of age and realize they were just men in their 20s writing such poetic songs, the truth of the universe and God is within the lyrics of Yes, have looked at myself and the world differently ever since, the truth is always there, we're always Close to the Edge, Close to God, Close to Truth
I'm sitting here at home in my office, took a break from programming work..... and I just listened to this for the first time in 40 years (I was 16 when I bought the album). I closed my eyes and listened to the whole thing. Unexpectedly, here I am a grown man - and tears are streaming down my face. This song took me right back to the place where I was a hopeful young man, not close to being aware of what life can do to you. I've forgotten what it was like to have hope and wonder about what life would bring. Here, now, I suddenly remember who I was then, and that I once believed there was more to life than sitting behind a monitor, earning enough to pay the bills. No more sense of wonder or hope. Now, today though - it was wonderful getting those thoughts back in my head, if even for a fleeting moment in time. This band and the artistry they exhibit is a musical time-machine...
WOW!
A great piece of writing about your life. There is much more to life than sitting looking at a computer .
And it's still out there .
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Totally understand this wiring music creates in your brain. Not exactly the same for me with this one since I was born in the 80s but it's still awesome.
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I'm 64 and have seen them in concert and they played this whole album in the. Concert and when they finished nobody wanted to leave !
I definitely understand!
Tales of topographic oceans they overheated the electrical system in st louis kiel auditorium the head electrician was shitting shutting crap down like a mad man waited 1 hr for show to restart they just killed it! What a time
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Saw Yes, ELP and Chic Corea (sorry spell check). 70s were a great time for this music.
We simply sat in awe.
This entire musical collection is an ear hole masterpiece orgasm. At 63 years old, all I can say is seasons will pass you by, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down, I get up, I get down...
Couldn't of said it better myself
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ear hole masterpiece orgasm
that sounds a bit dirty out of context :P lol
well said
I am an African American who mostly listens to Jazz and Funk music, but this Masterpiece from the 1970s blew me away. First time listening to it I was hooked, first for its length, the vocals, the guitar playing, the drums, the bass and keyboards...its all there...the various mood changes...this classic Progressive Rock piece changed my opinion of Rock music forever...thanks Rico for introducing me to this MASTERPIECE ...rock on YES!!!
That's one of the best things about yes - they can _actually play their instruments_ !
I can relate to that brother I too, am an Afro American and when I heard Yes for the first time it was back in the early 70s shortly after that I join the military went off to Boot Camp and while I was in Boot Camp strangely enough I heard Yes being played by my senior drill instructor. The song was close to the edge and that song got me through Boot Camp and it became planted in my head now it’s 2023 and I am a 65-year-old man and whenever I have a off day I listen to that song and it brings me back into a real world, and I will continue to live and respect the group that got me through life. My head goes off to.Yes
Me too!! My girlfriends and i saw them at Madison Square Garden ..3 African American teens.. we had a ball ! Top shelf musicians. I will never forget those good times!
@joyce sweeting yes Madison Square Garden, it's not called The Mecca for just basketball and boxing, like you and your friends, I saw Earth, Wind & Fire and Parliament/Funkadelic at MSG, two of my most magical LIVE musical events ever experience....at MSG!!!
That's why you gotta listen to music without giving a damn what the people look like
J'ai pleuré, je pleure encore, et je pleurerais sur cette architecture sonore monumentale et dévastatrice 🤠🥸
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I love the way you put that!!! From Texas.🥰
HAVE FAITH CHILDREN
NEW EARTH GROWING…
When the church organ hits, that's like a spiritual experience. It never fails to knock me back on my heels.
It is a spiritual experience: a gothic cathedral grows into the universe to transcend the material world and our worries - this masterpiece has therpeutic value - Christian Pella resp. Hyperion
The real hit for me is 14:12 when the minimoog kicks in....I always turn it up to 13 at that part and deafen myself (the church orgran is actual too painful to listen to at that volume) but that part 14:12 that is the best Yes has ever done, and the subsequent keyboard solo, but they have never been able to recreate the sound of this part and neither has any band covering it. Theres something Bill Bruford is doing on drums, something Squire is doing on bass, Howe is following Wakeman whose minimoog is playing fifths but its out of tune, perhaps on purpose to create a very eerie sound...they just never recreate this its always too clean when they play it live...
@@trefwoordpunk2225 you sir, are a low end connoisseur
Fun fact the church organ was played in an actual church. You can't fake those acoustics.
@@trefwoordpunk2225 for me I think it starts around the 13:55. I imagine a spaceship about to be sucked into a black hole in space.
As a grown man, the "Get up, get down" section onwards is so beautiful it has made me cry more than once. This song evokes such strong emotion in me. I have to cite Yes as one of the reasons I am alive today. Their uplifting music helped me out of a very dark time of my life, and I'm forever grateful.
I like this song, but it's idk...it's okay. I mean to each their own. I prefer Rush- Xanadu. That to me is a masterpiece! And I enjoy it more than this!
@@robertomurri1278 What was the point of replying to someone who was obviously speaking how the music touched them deeply with what you thought was better? And honestly as much as I love rush they don't really get as harmonically dense as this even with xanadu. Rush is a perfect gateway to prog like elements since they are able to make music sounds commercially viable while also having musical and lyrical depth. But this isn't that, the soundscapes and uses of sounds here is on another level than any rush song and it takes more to digest. We all have our own vision of what a masterpiece is so it's stupid to brag or mention what a person thinks is better in the end of the day since music is stupidly subjective.
But seriously on a personal note, I'll take this song over Xanadu anyday or I'll even take Rush's Free Will over Xanadu. It's honestly not a personal favorite of mine from rush but hey, "to each their own" XD
This song is a symphony and that part is the largo or adagio that's part of most symphonies.
Even though all these decades have gone by, the part still sends shivers up my spine every time I hear it.
sgtpepper6379, I’m glad you found this song man. Stay strong!
Imagine Black kid in late 60's early 70's South Louisiana....
And hearing Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and the "Great" Rick Wakeman for the first time and digging the "Funk" clearly evident to the future musician of my time.
I get up...
I get down...
Much respect !
Music transcends what color you claim.....seasons will past you by no matter ....
And you and I ......
… and Steve Howe and Bill Bruford. Couldn’t be better. Brilliant musicianship.
this whole album is a work of art
Agreed! I was on to this one from the start.
A Masterwork.
An absolute Masterpiece! Saw them perform it the first time 9 days after it was released at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago.September 22nd 1972 My first YES show and I became a Yesaholic.The geatest most talented band I ever saw. They were in a completely different zone. Anyone that saw the "Classic" lineup in the 70s knows they were otherworldly!
@@Magnetron33 hay gente que arranco con yes desde fragile... otros desde drama y otros con 90125.... no pueden opimar lo mismo. tiene diferentes miradas ... yo arranco desde1969 y entiendo los fanatismos asincronicos temporales de cada epoca. mi mirada es atemporal.veo a Yes como un todo necesario ...de principio a fin si lo hubiere .valoro todas las etapas ...y como las he visto a todas las comparo y me quedo con la mas progresiva desde 1969 a 1977...tormato es olvidable..es penoso que Yes hoy sea una banda tributo del propio yes....y ya tocando casi en forma mediocre y nada nuevo de compsicion....mas bien es la descomposición de yes...pero.. peor es nada-
art rock
yes!
Every single second of Close to the Edge matters.
What a great effing statement
My first Cd was Album , all time fav ! I , now 55 , am hearing this for the first time ! WOW , YES has a place in my soul in the form of awesome music from the moment I heard Album forward ! Have a blessed day!
Zakly
I don’t like the first 3 minutes or 14:14 - 14:52 personally
Because it takes time to understand this)
my mom passed away 2 years ago at the age of 56. she brought me to 3 yes concerts and they're one of my favorite groups. i cant listen to this without tearing up because i remember her singing it.
That really sucks...Yes immortalizes her❤️
Love shared all the way around. She loved you and wanted to share her love of Yes. You loved her. If you tear up, may most of them be happy tears.
Always take mom flowers!!!!
Stories like this is why I love the internet. Your Mom was a cool lady.
Sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your family 🙏. Your mom was very cool, in my book! Wish my mom enjoyed the same music I do. She likes pop country, and I just can't let that audible cancer anywhere near my ears! It is so cool that you have those concert memories that you can cherish forever!
I genuinely consider this to be the greatest song ever written.
I would not debate you.
Yes
Maybe
I would debate you. Handful of Rush stuff, but this is very great
I'd say King Crimson's Starless takes that title but not by much
My Grandma saw this band in concert. She also saw Led Zeppelin. She also has a very jealous grandson.
What a sweet comment about your grandma. If she's like me, she's trying to see as many of the old bands as she can while they are still touring. You should go with.
They are still touring, although not with the original singer. They still sounded amazing though, glad I got to see them once before they stopped altogether
my grandma saw yes when no wouldnt work on her neighbor....she said it was the scariest most painfull feeling in the world...she was only a kid..
My mom saw Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, White Riot, Parliament, Rush (about 20 times), Jethro Tull, etc, and you're jealous.
damn... I wish I could see Zeppelins... dammit. /:
The bass playing in this song amazes me, Chris Squire immortalized himself here.
+megamaster117 Ask Mojo doesn't have Squire in the top ten rock bassists nor honorable mention, the fools. But they have Deacon from Queen? Ha! PTS
+texshelters chris and steve were voted best bass and guitar in the 70s in guitar mags and music papers. other musicians voted them the best. steve won it 5 years in a row (guitar player mag)
+texshelters Yes in general and Squire in particular get so little love for their monumental accomplishments. It's a pity, but we know better. The rarified air is more pure because so few appreciate it. It is like a sweet aroma in the midst of a sewer.
yyz
i prefer it that way. yes are more than just a band. their music is spiritual, intelligent and it rocks! i hope the rock and roll hall of fame stay the hell away!
+methad 1 Yeah it's kinda like a Nobel Peace Prize, meaningless because they'll bestow it on anyone.
I unironically believe this is the greatest piece of music ever recorded
❗️💯❗️
3rd movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony has a lock on that, but this is second ;)
it's definitely up there, especially in the prog rock genre it's absolut tops
Progressive Rock at least.
Thick as a brick , brain salad surgery , meddle /DSOTM , the lamb does down on Broadway /selling England by the pound
But I get what you mean ;)
I am a high school student and my teacher recommended me this record, and the first time I listened to this I was blown away in silence. Jon Andersons vocals are on another level thank you Mr. M for telling me about this masterpiece that I will play for the rest of my life
Your teacher has awesome taste ! Try listening to heart of the sunrise too it's one of their best songs imo
Have you listened to Steely Dan's back catalogue? Maybe start from the beginning. I just thought you might like them.
SUPER MUZYKA!!!!!!!!! + KING CRIMSON - In The Court of Crimson King- .......EMERSON LAKE & PALMER -Trilogy- .....Pozdrawiam bardzo serdecznie...👍
I get goosebumps at the "I get up, I get down" part at the end.
Sounds like he's playing a pipe organ in a giant cathedral and I'm the only one in it
thats the point lmao
Me too. And not even only while listening, also while playing in my mind
Yes its incredible. The "I get up, I get down" gradually lowers in volume. Then, on Seasons of Man, the organ and guitar create a polytonal effect by been played in different keys. Do you realize what a dangerous game you are playing here! But when you are that good it sounds stunning.
Who wouldnt
I'm proud of myself for discovering this song on my own
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You should be. Wonderous stories is another one you should look up. You can also take credit for that one. Your welcome afterwards!
Damn, I'd be embarrassed if I were you. This is 18 min that felt like 18 hrs. Snobs like to use words like "progressive" to make boring music sound better than it is.
@@two_thongs_dont_make_a_kite your opinion: incel soyjak
my opinion: gigachad
@@two_thongs_dont_make_a_kiteHow the hell is this boring to you? Well I guess you can't really dance to it or something, how did you even end up here?
the bass work on this is unbelievable
to all the people who talk shit on using a pick with bass, two words: Chris Squire.
14:12 someone explain me this bass line pls!!!!
You just described every Chris Squire bass line ever..
@@estudiosfolkloreiberoamericano just F# to C#
@@gfunkk Justin Chancellor is another epic bass player that uses a pick
"seasons will pass you by" this was written for young people for when they get old
me listening now
70 here ....what age do you consider 'old'?
@@deanersch1 me too
Seasons have passed me by. Now that I find now that I'm whole! I'm down at this moment in time. Which means that the only way forward is up. Onward through the night!
@patthewoodboy Then what does this mean, "A seasond witch can call you from your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour. An assassin points to nowhere leading every single one a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun. Thease are the opening lines to close to the Edge. What does it mean?
In 1976, at the age of 12, I bought this from my friend at school for a quid. He had just got into punk and was ashamed of his prog rock albums. I went home, drank some of my Dad's beer, put my headphones on and relaxed, knowing that miracles do happen.
Nice.
Pink rockers are too uptight, they don’t know how to have fun and just chill
In my humble opinion, this is the greatest song ever recorded.
I am no religious man, but this song is a religious experience
they were studio shamans on this disc. they wrote this stuff one little section at a time. bruford HATED that methodology and fled to more organic King crimson.
But it worked, even if they methodology is painful. still stunning all these years later.
I ate lunch every day ( i was not in the woods puffing, reading tolkien and playing guitar) under a mural done by long gone hippies at my high school of the inner sleeve of CttE.
this music is home to me.
Amen
Look up Jamal's reaction video to this song. By the end the man is almost in tears. He says straight-up that as of that moment in his life, this was the greatest song he has ever heard. Bonus - you also get to hear Close to the Edge again, because other than one moment, he doesn't dream of interrupting.
Amen!
Totally agree !
Perhaps Yes' single greatest track, and easily one of the best songs in the history of this wonderful medium that is *music*.
Agreed
Yes
Was a revelation to me as a child, that music could be so so much more..
Yes but can we call it a Suite, rather than a track or a song.
@@andrew.hamsterdad ti
These aren’t just three of the greatest songs Yes ever made; these are three of the greatest progressive rock songs ever made.
The I Get Up I Get Down part still brings tears to my eyes. Absolutely beautiful.
The final one is so fucking epic. Like the end of a trilogy, close to the edge down by the river
One of the songs I go to for solace when life is weighting my down to much.
Get a grip and man up.
Every time I play this album I cry my eyes out. Its was my father's favorite band and he is no longer here with me. I would do anything just to sit back with my dad and listen to this with him just one more time.
Such special memories. Hold them in your heart. God bless.
I’m crying right now. Bless you and your Dad. It was my Dad’s favorite band as well, he just passed away and I came here looking for his favorite songs to play at his wake. I, too, would do anything to listen to this with him again. ♥️
Same here.. 😥😥
Condolences for your loss. Your father had great taste in music no doubt!
Lisa Sokoloff - every time that you listen to it your dad is listening to it with you
I'm a classical musician who first heard this track in 2017 while I was a college student. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it totally changed my conception of what music could be. I'm forever grateful to the person who introduced it to me - if you're out there Caroline, thank you!
yeah prog music... last baron by mastodon is worth a listen and anesthetize (live version) by porcupine tree are well worth a listen.
Airborne!
There is a channel called Virgin Rock. The person never listened to Rock music her entire life. She was fully immersed in classical music as a teacher and performer. She is now documenting her journey into discovering Rock music. I'm here now because she just uploaded a video offering her thoughts.
@@jasonjenkins6373 Totally agree. The last baron and anesthetize are my favourite tracks of those bands, masterpieces. The last baron, specifically, is on my top 10 songs of all times.
There's a woman out there who actually likes Yes!? There is hope after all! Lol
I listen to this once a week to keep myself sane in this crazy world. We're all lucky to live in a time when so much music is readily accessible.
well said!
but not so lucky to live in a world where you need to listen to music to keep yourself sane?
Every Day for me along with my morning coffee. It makes me happy.
I know this is said about a lot of songs on youtube, but this really is a strong contender for the greatest song ever written
Definitely better than Madonna.
Yes, Rush, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, et. al. were bands who kicked ass back in the day, still kick ass, and probably always will. You can't beat early prog rock! These guys had the creativity that sparked entire genres.
@@lsswappedcessna including the incredible sub genre that is prog metal!!
@@lsswappedcessna ``+``````+++`+`
What about "Heal the World"?
Just the fact that Green Day is being inducted into the hall of fame before YES shows just where their priorities are at. Bands like Yes are unsurpassable and this song proves it. You don't just snub this band or any of the other ancient greats and not expect to lose credibility. Period.
they should change the name to rock and roll hall of shame
ROBERT FOTI Or hall of lame
Maria Evans Yup Green Day's entire catalog of songs does not even equate to a single verse of a Yes song. Still, I am not surprised by how senseless people are when it comes to media induction of rock n roll hall of fame. Fame is not what these guys wanted anyway.
Maria Evans Green Day before YES??? That is absolutely insane! Green Day is not even close to being on the same page as Yes. Not even close....
Mark Williams I never liked Green Day.
I was a knucklehead freshman in college who liked music but didn't really have any ...depth. A friend introduced me to YES and it became the beginning of a lifelong intimate relationship and appreciation of artistry and the power of music.
what did you listen to before being introduced to YES?
@@a.c.7573 Zepplin, Allman Brothers, Fletwood Mac, Elton John, Billy Joel, etc. I just enjoyed music on a surface level.
Same. Regrettably I listened to a lot of shitty pop and rap music back then. YES introduced me to actually good music.
I know what you mean. I was in your age group then -- in high school. I was listening to classical music, really all sorts of music. I could tell the prog rock artists, like YES, listened to and studied classical music. I loved Gentle Giant a lot, and I liked YES next in line.
@WindowsNDoors
While I completely agree that Yes is excellent in every way, there is also a lot of excellent rap and pop.
I recommend listening to Liquid Swords by GZA and Bonito Generation by Kero Kero Bonito.
It's ok to love prog rock, but saying that other music is bad just because you don't enjoy the surface level songs you've heard in that genre is a lacking argument.
Explore all music, dig deeper into your dislikes and you may find something you love.
I´am 60 IT programmer . When I listeneded song "And You And I" from this album, tears was falling on my face.
Aww. Close to the edge my friend!
Get a grip and man up.
that intro is glorious. pure proggy madness. i cant get enough of this song.
seriously, dude, just crank it and loop it...
Cheers!
Tenha uma vida feliz
I STOP AFTER THAT INTRO BIT ITS TOO GOOD
@@hangedups2608 haha same here
I remember it kicking in at 1:58
I also bet Tuesday Afternoon is absolutely on your go to songs. Such a master work
I like to picture robert fripp listening to the drums on this the year it came out, with some sort of burning effigy sacrifice behind him, rubbing his hands together, cackling madly, "Soon the one called Bruford shall be mine!"
best comment
probably was making way more with yes but I doubt that mattered
I listened to 'Red' and some other rsndom 68 to 74 Crimson the other night, and there is a darkness to it.
I could see why people are afraid of it...it is angry and chaotic at times..
No wonder people thought i was psychotic...and my friends and i would do acid and put it on.
This is much nicer, but just as intense.
Actually, he couldn't because the album was out some months after Bruford joined King Crimson
brill!
I heard this wonderful music for the first time when I was 15. I thought then "when I was 50, I will be hearing this music with joy and happiness" . I am 55 now. Nothing has changed.
This is like watching a full movie with your ears...
Best description of this song I have heard yet...
i close my eyes and my mind jus starts making images on its own
its a beautiful song
Dude, imagine a full movie about an epic journey with this being the soundtrack? That would be awesome.
@@toshiba_g Just as long as ELP's Hoedown is also used for a good montage scene
I totally agree!
Here's a fun fact about the beginning of CTE (at the 1:14 mark where Steve starts his solo): Rick Wakeman is playing the exact same riff as is Chris Squire, except twice as fast. It's that tinkly sound in the background. If you slow the track down you can hear it. At the 2:00 mark, Steve also plays the riff. It's based out of the D Harmonic Minor scale.
When I first heard it at age 14 back in the 70's, it just sounded like noise to me, but the coolest noise I had ever heard!!!!! I've been playing guitar since the 70's and, although many great bands and amazing guitarists have come on the scene since then, none of them touch me like Yes still does. It will be a long time, if ever, that a band like Yes appears to give us hope of greater, more transcendent realities.
+babarishka I don't have any musical knowledge or skills, but I do agree that the first 3 minutes took many listens...maybe even a couple years...to get used to. Then I started hearing structure. These days, I could almost hum it if my vocal chords allowed it. I whistle the "main theme" first heard at 2:58 all the time.
+babarishka That rick wakeman solo is a Minimoog (Model D?) arpegiattor as well incase anyone wants to know
***** Supposedly, per Rick, the oscillators were not quite perfected at that time, so occasionally they would start going out of tune, even during a show. That must've kept things interesting!!!!
+schmittelt it is the weirdest music ever, its like an actual acid trip. steve considered himself a psychadelic guitarist in the 70s, he sure was!
schmittelt It took me awhile too. I knew I loved it but it was incomprehensible at first.
Close to the edge = one of the greatest musical experiences.
Classic beauty
My dad who loved classic rock was listening to this before he passed away on Friday
Truly sorry for your loss, Alex....May the good Lord comfort you and bring you peace...to you and your family. Hold on the to the memories....hang in there, bud.
May your father's soul be elevated and may he and your family have peace.
Sorry for your loss
@@HotRockinJohnny That's a wonderful reply. Can I add my Amen to that?
your Dad had great taste in music....may it still be playing in his head wherever he is.....RIP(Rock in Peace)
I'm 24 and this is my favorite yes song and one of my favorite songs ever.
Welcome to the world of prog-rock!
Awesome!
Atta boy
Wow I'm 59 year old Gma. And this song reminds me of my late husband. I'm so happy and he is so happy Yes is still relevant because they should be.😘
This is one of the most incredible songs I've ever heard.
Yeah!
AS ARE MANY OF ''YES'S COMPOSITIONS,...AND THEY GET EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE WHEN YOU LISTEN AND NOT JUST HEAR,...THEN AND ONLY THEN DO THE MESSAGES OF EACH BECOME CRYSTAL CLEAR.
This song changed what music can be in my life. Heard it at 12 years old in 1975 . The best of all music experiences in my entire Life!
Hard to believe the Best Bass player on the Planet has been gone 5 yrs now ! We miss you Chris Squire!🎸
The very best. I agree
For cerebral listeners only. Damn this is a work of art. 51 years later. Unmatched in the world of progressive rock. What an amazing song. Love it even more now at age 57 then I did hearing it for the first time as a 12 year old in 1978. Wow. Just wow. Chills and goosebumps and tears and hope, all wrapped up in a single song. Otherworldly.
This song was not so much written as it was composed. A true masterpiece on the order of Mozart's 40th or Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Each listen reveals a nuance previously undiscovered. Simply amazing !!!
It is a symphony in 18 minutes & incredible.
Second you
But the organ is J S Bach.
I listened to this today looking at an autographed photo of Stravinsky
Powerful music!
closer to the edge, 2112 & thick as a brick are some of the best music ever made. Prog forever!
I knew all that acid I took back in the seventies would payoff again. Thank You. YES.
Hands down!
I don't think the Tull are prog in the true sense of the word, they're more folk-blues with jazz and prog thrown in.
What's ironic is "Thick as a Brick" was actually meant to be a parody on prog rock, but became popular in its own right as classic prog rock.
@@100percentSNAFU True, I've heard of that. That's why I'm reluctant to call Tull Prog rock, obviously if they're parodying it, they don't quite feel to be part of the movement.
I'm 62 yrs old. Been a Yes fan since high school. Have seen them in concert a few times. This whole album is a symphony. A concerto. A Classical masterpiece. Not just "classic rock". But "classical" in the sense that it's right up there alongside anything by Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Handel, Tchaikovsky, etc. etc. It should be remembered in history as equal to any orchestral composition of the last 400 years. It is THAT GREAT!!!
70 here sir.....agreed!!!
Absolutely
Agreed. Some of best musicians of prog. Wish they had set ego's aside and not been so petty in the end! On the "Silent wings of Freedom "
I saw Yes in 74. Chris Squier kicks but on bass. I had to get a Rickenbacker bass with Rotosound strings to get that sound. I had a band that did some Yes. We did Siberian Katru, and an old song, Time and A Word, from an album of the same name. When we finished the Yes stuff a few people gave a yawning clap. But when we did You make me want to shout(the song is 2 cords a C and an A minor) everybody was clapping and dancing. Well you can't dance to Yes, but it is an acquired taste. What is Close to Edge about? DON'T GET ME WRONG THE LIRICS SOUND GREAT. "A seasoned witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace, and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace? Sounds like acid to me. The whole song sounds like an aside trip!
@lesyankee6129 I agree but what the heck is the song Close to The Edge all about? I have it memorized and the lyrics sound so cool to the music. It opens"A seasond witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace, and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour, an assassin points to nowhere leading every single one, a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun?...
And it goes on.....I get up, I get down
Now that's all over and done, go to the seed right to the sun, now that you find now that your whole, seasons will pass you by, I get up I get down.......
Sounds like an acid trip!
I've come to the conclusion that this just might be the most epic song ever. I mean I love Echoes by Floyd but.. I don't know this one just takes the cake for me.
Tom Soy Sauce I knew someone named, "Echo". She had a filly that was called, "Fancy". When 'Fancy' was born they lay in an arroyo with 'Fancy' between 'Echo's' legs with 'Echo' caressing her baby. A Nativity.
Is extremely good indeed, amazing, sublime, but...
How about Supper's Ready by Genesis?
Kevin Hernández I feel "Supper's Ready" only gets epic once it nears the end. This song, however, is epic from start to finish.
Kevin Hernández Supper's Ready is simply the greatest song of all times, but the greatest album of all times for me is Selling England by the Pound, by Genesis too.
Kevin Hernández Not enough.
This in my humble opinion is the magnum opus of music.
have you listened to We Spin the World by Moon Safar?
Of rock music, yes
When I listen to this ,it makes me feel like I am soaring!..especially the ending!
Magnifico
Easily one of the best rock epics of all time. Nearly 18 3/4 minutes of pure majestic glory.
+DW'89Music Hmmmmm, is that the length? Never bothered to look
Ross Barn
Yes.
DW'89Music
Easily.
+DW'89Music
(no pun intended)
Austin C Yeah,,,I was gonna explain to him that i felt the same about all songs by Frank Sinatra as a kid,,,then I heard this,,,,,and thousands of other songs
70 here. Would put this on back in the day and my dog actually understood the lyrics. He is running some country in South America now.
smart dog! sounds like he had his mind expanded.
@@deanersch1 Still trying to understand. He wires me money every month
Their concerts were awesome!
@markfromct2 Do you understand the lyrics???? A seasond witch can call you from the depths of your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace and achieve it all with music that came quickly from above then taste the fruit of man recording losing all against the hour. An assassin points to nowhere leading every single one, a dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun.....Seasons will pass you by I get up I get down. Now what the he'll does that mean. Don't get me wrong, the music and the lyrics sound great together. Yes is my favorite band,I saw them live! Their older albums like Time and a Word, and Yes, not to be confused with The Yes Album, we're really good too. On Yes they do a smoking rendition of the Beatles Every Little Thing.
Is it Venezuela?? Not doing so well.
I thank god for giving me life in a time that I can listen and enjoy the voice of jon Anderson and the majestic music of yes, it is a great time in history, a great time to be alive
I'd never heard of yes until 1995 I was 15 at the time. I'm so glad my friends father played this album endlessly in the car on the way to school and back. I loved the way the songs seemed to tell a story. I got hooked. I've got kids of my own now and my 16 year old son absolutely loves yes. I'm so happy that their music has been passed down to another generation.
2021.....bet ya feel dumb rn
אני לא הספקתי לחיות את יס... רק כרגע מגלה את הלהקה המדהימה הזאת
@@joelniv24 יותר טוב מאוחר מאשר לעולם לא.
That’s God with a capital G
Owner of a Lonely Heart (Level 1)
Roundabout (Level 10)
Close to the Edge (Level 100)
Amogus IRL: 100000
@@ladder3257 :|
@@teedeeproductions joke moment
Roundabout is a masterpiece. I'd put it on the same level as CTTE
Damn - I was going to say that. Although I would be happy with level 120!
I just listened to this utter masterpiece for the first time in many years. It might be the most incredible piece of music ever written and performed. The musicianship, the harmonies, the different parts , the opening and closing birds singing.
No words can describe this.
This album was a Christmas present from my older sister. I was thirteen and at sixty two still love it. Love who you love. Live how you live. Great album.
What a Christmas gift!
Does it skip?
I'm 65. I think Heaven is mentioned in this song, esp at the end. Jon Anderson def believes in an afterlife and God. Has said so.
Bloody hell. I've been listening to this song since the day it was released, and just listened to it again right now. It never, never, never gets old. Divinely inspired. A towering, immortal achievement.
youre right should have won the Pulitzer for Music
I barely notice that the song is 18 mins, because the entire thing is cool as fuck
I think the fact that this song is so long, and yet every second of it is amazing really makes it impossible for anyone to ever get tired of it
You're definitely british
Same!
Bruford's cymbal playing is unbelievable on this and he has the best snare drum sound ever.
That keyboard solo still gives me goosebumps after hearing it for the 9000th time!!
Easily the best part of the song. That and the intro guitar solo.
I don't like chaotic music, which is this stuff
Imagine what it did to me, I've just listened to it for the first time! I'm discovering the world of progressive rock at the age of 42.
@@lionheartroar3104 This is not what I'd call chaotic.
@@schifoso5591 Id consider the beginning pretty chaotic and the part right before the ending.
This is a great example of what music really is.this song takes you to another realm....im 66 years old now , and it still takes me to a special place.
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One of the greatest bands ever
Here's how old I am -- I saw YES for the first time in concert in the mid-70s, and the warmup band was a previously unknown quantity...called "The Eagles"...
This song helped bring some solace to me as a lonely, troubled teen. I'm 60 now and this song still moves me.
This is not simply great music but also a great work of art.
been listening since the 1970s, and i really appreciate posters acknowledging this as ART....YES rarely gets the accolades they deserve .
once in a time (1967-1985), once in a place (England), a group of 20's something showed the rest of us that practing and listenning to the music of Stravinsky and Mozart, and been stuck in a room practing an instrument for hours instead of being out getting drunk was worth doing it, and oh my, all I can say is YES, thank you...
Freakin well said guy!!!
The most symphonic music I have ever heard. I'm 81 now and sick but it can make you feel better!!
Once you have heard this masterpiece the experience you go through stays with you forever.
Especially so after hearing it live
not really
Milo Dexter Milo Dexter the organ at 12:00....i get chills EVERY TIME...in fact...I get up...i get down....
Milo Dexter. I've been listening to this for 45 years all the time it's in my mind! Lived on a river in Michigan! Beautiful music!
David Tinoco Lolo and
We are so advanced now today with all these gadgets and access to information...
And yet I have to go back 50 years to find good music.
More of the gadgets play tracks, not music. Fewer educated musicians are making popular music.
Lovely jubly, cushty
Yeah...humans seem to have failed in their end of the deal. But, we have the recordings. ✌️
@Jotaro Kujo "i was born in the wrong generation" -every teen regardless of decade
Dude theres still good music! Its just that you only look at the surface in today's music, besides how fair is it to compare any othee music to close to the edge? Remember that a number one only happens once
Every minute of this feels so good.
All 18 of em
RIP, Chris! Some of the best mind blowing music ever created... pure genius.
I'm a bit obsessed with this THEME, cant' pass a day without listening it. I saw them alive in Spain
I love yes because of my boyfriend as a teenager... who's father give him his yes collection, along with black sabbath, pink floyd, led zeppelin, america and more. I was teenager in the nineties, but musically a teenager of the seventies!
Good taste. After all these years those bands are literally a part of my life.
yes has recently become a part of life, again, for about a year now and i'm loving the rediscovery... i can't enough!
Intense jealousy
Same here, except it was my dad who is a huge prog rock fan. I grew up with all this music and I'm musically richer for it.
nadia God bless you ✌😎
Close to the Edge and Dark Side of the Moon - grateful I got to hear them in the time they arrived. Magic.
Go treble up with Selling England by the pound
Yes entire catalogue is a spiritual guide to human existence. Universal harmony to us all YES‼️
My mom took me...at 13. To see them...my first of many shows to follow THANKS MOM. It mattered
I hope people will still be listening to this over a hundred years into the future. Something this good should not be lost to the test of time.
It won't be. I'm 38 years old playing this for my kids tonight... this fine art is too great to die. In the digital age I'd be surprised if this isn't still loved and respected 500 years from now.
That fucking keyboard solo man. I was 15 when I heard it for the first time I'm now 34 and it still blows me away everytime.
When I heard this song for the first time, I felt a feeling that I never knew was even possible for a human to experience.
good for you breaking barriers to the next level is awesome,
The thing about Bill Bruford is that he DOES keep hold of the band on every track...yet - simultaneously - plays to an entirely different song in his own head. Unbelievable...
Everything about this song is amazing but yeah i was gona say the same Bill Bruford what a legend.
Bruford was definitely God. Alan White, seen in 77, was pretty freak'n good too. Not just sayin that either.
I had the privilege of seeing him on Union, they did not do this song but they did And You and I, it was friggin' magical.
usmcfutball that reminds me of an old Neal Peart joke from the 2010 time machine your when he had to wear big headphones while playing because of an ear infection, the joke being that he was "playing along with rush while listening to Porcupine Tree
Bruford is the Real Keyboardist in this band, just like Keith Moon : P
One of the greatest pieces of music from the 20th century, full stop.
In my view, at the same level as Jethro Tull's A Passion Play. Pure unbridled perfection.
It is nigh 50 years. I am not going to hold my breath that another rock band composes a song this ambitious and beautiful. It was a product of the times. There was something going on in England then, Suppers Ready on the Dark Side of the Moon.
Got that right !
Somehow, listening to this song feels like living through 20 years of emotions.
A masterpiece that will live on for many centuries.
I was always drawn to this song- in my teens I had a dream with beautiful music and the yes logo written in the sky after hearing this. Now I am 55 and I still listen in wonder to it. God bless all those who find meaning in the strangest places x
Amen to that
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You know you've been listening to a lot of prog rock when 20 minute songs feel like they're 3 minutes long while actual 3 minute long songs feel like they're 30 seconds long.
And some of the new 3 minute song seem to go on forever repeating themselves, you actually consider deatroying the device that is emitting them. Take me back please.
Exactly, was about to say the same thing.
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I feel like I’m 900 years old
I always feel like I’m 900 years old though
I find the ending of this song, from 16.30 on, just so incredibly beautiful: "on the hill we viewed the silence of the valley. Called to witness cycles only of the past. And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark. Close to the edge down by the river, Down at the end, round by the corner. Seasons will pass you by. Now that it's all over and done, called to the seed, right to the sun. Now that you find, now that you're whole. Seasons will pass you by....i get up, i get down"
16:35 but your right. It's like watching the last song in a Broadway show that touches on the themes of all the other songs in the show. I was truly awestruck seeing them live in the 70's. A mind altering experience of my perception of all other music I had heard ro that point or since.
i agree. it reminds of me the people i miss and regret not spending much time with them back then,but then reminding that we are bounded and won't forget each other ever. May be a hopeless thought but sure a bittersweet experience...
You are absolutely correct. The end of the song, the exact part you refer to, is definitely the absolute best part of the song. The very ending, with the water flowing, the birds chirping to a quiet fadeout...makes me think they were trying to convey the idea that life is a big circle, you're born a baby...you live for a short while...and (hopefully!) you die exactly as you were born, helpless and afraid. Our organic matter rises and dies and goes on to become part of the universe's primordial soup once more. We (humans and everything we see, touch and feel) rise from the stars and interstellar dust and return to them, in one continuous and harmonious circle of life. The Eternal and ever-changing stream of stuff, just like the flowing water at the end of this masterpiece.
@@stevennovakovich2525 heh, u sure dont just think of music as a sound or noise, i guess u also evaluate music as a spiritual journey or an experience that reaches down in the listener's heart and mind. At least thats what u think of songs made by Yes
I used to always listen to this in the dark growing up and to me, it just felt like there was this incredible mass or living thing or entity that approached, overhead, displayed it's wonder through the musical notes and then passed by, still overhead, the birdsong receding , leaving you there in it's wake.
It seems more cerebral now in 2023, amazing musicianship. No one has Time any more for actually listening to music !
Amazing musicianship is right!
This is it, the best song. Ever. It’s length allows it to fit everything I want in music into it. The lyrics are beautiful. And the organ in III. I Get Up, I Get Down is the most haunting, ethereal thing I’ve ever heard. Yes will be remembered for all of human history for this.
One of the most life-changing moments I have with music is this track here. I was sent from NY to Colorado on a moment's notice from work, in december, with just the clothes on my back to run a tradeshow. Here I am, 12 hours later from being told what to do, in a crappy Nissan SUV in 1993. I had 1.5 million dollars of aerospace hardware in the back, no idea what I was doing, and where I was going in life.
I come through the Eisenhower tunnel, through the Loveland Pass in Colorado, and I'd just come out of a blizzard as I bumbled into Keystone. The sun came out, and as the storm boiled off in the sunlight, the Rockies suddenly came into full majestic view. At the exact moment the Rockies revealed themselves, the pipe organ solo hit, and.....I burst into tears. The sheer beauty of the song, the power of the organ matching the clouds scudding along the side of the mountains, as this kaleidoscope of oranges and purples from the emerging sunlight just utterly eviscerated me in a very, very good way.
How beautiful. In my imagination I did the journey , with your words describing it.
Its hard to believe anything beautiful happens in the eisenhower tunnel
I'll have what he is having...😂
Quit your job. Start writing.
You and the song were in the right place at the right time. Great story!
This is my favorite record ever. I'm learning this one in chunks on the bass. Chris Squire is my hero.
You have great taste in heroes
did you ever learn it all?
@@strawberryfields1149 I sure did but it's been years since I've played it on bass now, lol. Back with my OG band on guitar and vocals. I should see how much I know by memory.
All of the members are phenomenal, but Squire's bass innovations never cease to amaze me. Love this.
One of the most progressive pieces of brilliance ever produced. Rediscovering this after decades is so cool. I have followed Yes for 50 years thru all their players, Close to the Edge and Fragile hold a very special place, the music is Ethereal and simply transformative.
Low-key the best song in rock and I’ve heard hundreds of the best albums in the genre. This is an odyssey and your ears are the passenger.
I have to admit , I bought this album, my very first, when I was 14 years old. I have been filled with music my entire life ever since.I am now listening to it for the first time in at least 30 years and it is nothing less than magical. I am forever grateful for what this band did for me. I am 66 now and I will rock till the day I die. YES!!!
..."seasons will pass you by,
now that it's all over and done,
called to the sea
right to the sun
now that you find,
now that you're whole
Seasons will pass you by,
I get up, I get down"...
I mean, could it be said any more plainly or beautifully with the words and music?
God bless YES.
Cheers!
Close to the edge will be around for ever for future generations to enjoy
It has to be my favourite piece of music of all time
A true masterpiece
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth.
To be clear......this is a modern classic...a class of its own.
Agreed Sir Timeless classic!!
This is the kind of music that makes me chills. Music needs more of this nowadays...
I could call this song a religious experience, each line is a story itself, the lyrics are abstract but understanding them is key, the song instrumentally is just such a masterpiece, never get tired of the structure
exactly!
+Sean Jacobs the first few minutes are like nothing else i have ever heard. remember when you heard this for the first time? its like a mushroom trip. its the closest piece of music to an actual trip. mental
+methad 1 yeah it like builds and builds and then it explodes and you're born into this world of evil and darkness and you go through it and then the music changes and you finally see the light of God shining and the truth of the universe is revealed and it is absolutely astonishing to gain the awareness of the truth, once it starts it never stops, that's what I think the music of the first few minutes symbolize
+Sean Jacobs Wow you really got what they were trying to say.You're an intelligent listener I must say.
when I was a kid, it was different, but when you come of age and realize they were just men in their 20s writing such poetic songs, the truth of the universe and God is within the lyrics of Yes, have looked at myself and the world differently ever since, the truth is always there, we're always Close to the Edge, Close to God, Close to Truth
My God, Jon sounds like a literal angel. Stunning vocals ❤️
Only Chris Squire can make the Bass sound like a trombone. Pure genius.
RIP Chris 🙏. You are missed 😢