Sending love to everyone in California dealing with the wildfires! We’re getting the smoke all the way over here in Utah. Can’t see our mountains because of it. Stay safe! ❤️❤️❤️
Jamel_AKA_Jamal, Absolutely! The footage is horrific to watch. Sending love to you and all in the channel family that live or have family or friends in these areas.
Jon and Vangelis gave him a whole different career. I have to admit I prefer them to Yes. Don't forget Rick Wakeman who I'm pretty sure was the Yes first keys player. He had some epic albums too.
@@phillipharrison2836 This is Tony Kaye on the first album. He was replaced by Wakeman, but returned to the band off and on. I believe he is touring with the current line up.
The journey, in music, it's called a fugue: moving from one piece into another, tying them all in together. Prog Rock kept the structure of classical music while expanding the boundaries of instruments and sounds.
It's more of a rhapsody than a fugue. A fugue consists of a subject (theme) being repeated by many parts in one ensemble. The other parts usually harmonise with each other as well. Look up J.S. Bach to hear some examples of fugue. A rhapsody is a piece that has multiple sections, usually differing in style or tempo. Like this song. :)
Geddy Lee names this as one of his favorite albums: "[Yes] are often knocked for being too complex but I don’t agree. There is a simplicity and elegance to the songs. I always found them both accessible and adventurous.”
Very well put! Saw Yes perform 3 or 4 times from the '70's to the '90s with various configurations of band members. What a show! The musicianship, the atmosphere they created onstage, and the compositions all had a lot of transport for concert goers and die hard fans of the music. They were one of those bands that left the audience gobsmacked, wondering how they could be that good live. I'm still very grateful for those experiences.
I'm sure Geddy was proud to stand in for the late Chris Squire when Yes played Roundabout at the induction. Paying homage to an influence and inspiration.
You got it. I used to have the original pre-Yes album that Steve played it on. A little less produced but still a gem...sold it to get weed money...feell free to bludgeon me
OMG, that final guitar solo after the build up will blow your mind! Nothing comes close (maybe some Lou Reed tracks). First heard this as a punk rock kid (who hated “hippie music”) while tripping on acid while cruising in a friend’s Trooper SUV. At the build up we pulled into a random person’s yard and peeled out over their yard. 🤭😬 Yeah, looking back - not cool. But good GOD did it blow my mind!!
When Steve Howe joined Yes he brought with him his unique style and his songwriting skills. The Wurm section of Starship Trooper was written by Steve with some contributions from the rest of the band. Steve had Lifted the chords and guitar from an earlier song he wrote called 'Nether Street' by his band 'Bodast' and Yes added the section to Starship Trooper... th-cam.com/video/6g6Y8d0FycM/w-d-xo.html
The live version of this era of Yes (as found on the album "Yessongs") is a showcase of a band at the pinnacle of their excellence. It is incredible. I usually can't help myself and listen to the entire thing in one go.
When YES was inducted into the RRHOF, their bass player Chris Squire had passed away, so Geddy sat in for Chris and played Roundabout with them on stage. It's a wonderful moment that you should watch on yt, especially since the band had also split into 2 different groups, but set aside their differences and came together to perform. Lets just say Geddy was very happy : )
Yes inducted after Chris Squire passed. "Who could possibly stand in for Squire?" You figure some kid will be up there doing his best - God bless him. Then... you see Geddy Lee. "Ok then" :) "This should be fun!" (I also enjoyed seeing Squire and Rabin, Wakeman and Kaye, all on stage together. )
I agree!! It's also the power of the "G note" common tone which is part of each of the three chords: Eb major, G major and C major, which comprise this coda. It's referenced in the organ, bass and the solo sections. It serves as a hypnotic backdrop to the changing harmonies moving all around the common tone. This motive was actually something Steve Howe had written for the previous band he was in. He dusted it off and presented it to Yes, who used it as the coda. There is a video of Steve Howe on YT not only telling this story but teaching the chord voicings.
Now that I think of it, how is this song being reacted to by other You-tubers but Jamal gets his blocked ? I don't do Instagram, so I'll have to wait for it to land on his Vimeo channel.
I really appreciate you giving Yes a listen. Did you hear the line, “Loneliness is a power we possess to give or take away forever.”? One of my fave lines from a Yes song or any songs for that matter.
Good grief. I'm almost 50 now, started listening to them thanks to my dad when I was very young, and after all this time, Wurm still gives me the chills every time...
I was 13 when the Yes album was released and was blown away when I first heard it. I had to buy a new copy 3 months later because I literally wore out my first copy. One of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. I still play it regularly... Thanks for the reaction.
The only band, other than The Who, whose bass player commanded from me a large percentage of my attention. Every player in this band was in the upper class of great musicians.
@@owenthackeray4195 If we are playing the adding game - I'm going to include Santana band, Black Sabbath from the late 60s, early 70s period. That's on top of my head, I know there could be a few more band with incredible genius musicians.
Years before Rush, many special albums during the early 70's. These guys led the way. Yes is full of brilliant individual musicians, combining to create wonderous weaving musical tales.
My absolute favourite by Yes. Discovered on vinyl at the base library in 1982....listened on the record player with headphones and fell in awe of them from this song onward.... Never tire of hearing this! Enjoy the ride...
Chris squire was the best bass player ever imo, and I'm a massive Geddy fan. I think Rush is the perfect gateway drug into the more complex music waters of bands like Yes and that is perhaps why Rush has become the darling of the "reaction video" movement. I remember seeing an interview with I think Geddy and Alex where they said they saw Yes live during the late 70s while they were working on one of their own albums maybe Farewell to Kings, and they just wanted to go home and quit music because Yes were on another level. They felt I guess ashamed of their own material on comparison. I was lucky enough to see both bands live multiple times and they were all masters but I think Yes was on another plane in terms of complexity. Rush win the long game because they figured out how to have complexity but yet remain much more accessible to the casual listener, whereas Yes music takes work to peel back the layers, but when you take the time to do so it is magic underneath.
Still think Starship Trooper is Yes at their absolute best...so amazing and epic. At least 4 songs in one...the extended jam that builds like Pachelbel's Canon...and that ending that proves Yes can rock as hard as anyone. I knew that Jamel would love journey on this one.
This is brilliant always loved it, easily from one of my favourite Yes album, them and Especially early Genesis. Yes were just one of them bands, the soundtracks of my life.
I think Jamal should get a few more of the tracks from "The Yes Album" and "Fragile" under his belt, before he tries to jump into the deep water with "Close to The Edge"!!!!
+1 Anything from Tarkus, or Karn Evil 9. Or the Picture at an Exhibition live bit with Lake's guitar ballad. Then again, why not King Krimson - Red. It's all so good, dammit :D
What an incredible band. I feel so blessed to see them 3 times. I cant imagine my young life growing up without YES. I first saw them in the summer of 1976 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. I was 13.
I was really hoping you’d get to some more YES. Next to Jethro Tull, this was my favorite band growing up. Saw them so many times in concert at the Baltimore Civic Center for about $6.50 a ticket. ✌️
Baltimore Civic Center...Now that's something I haven't heard the venue called since the 1980's. I've seen a couple bands there myself, before (& after) they changed the name...
As a Harford County girl in my 50's, I still call it the Civic Center just to see how many people know what I'm talking about!! Bet they were awesome live!
@@lauriesuter8810 ~ I think those of us who grew up in the 1960's/'70's/'80's, either in Baltimore City, or certain parts of Maryland (myself included); still call it that sometimes. Old habits are hard to break...😏
This album was the first Yes music I heard. I was 16 , 50 years ago ! At last I got to hear the type of music I had been listening for. Yes come at you from every angle.Still my favourite band.
Sister bluebird flying high above Shine your wings forward to the sun Hide the mysteries of life on your way Though you've seen them, please don't say a word What you don't know, I have never heard Starship trooper, go sailing on by Catch my soul, catch the very night Hide the moment from my eager eyes Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul What you can't see, can't be very whole Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember Setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughters That in the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways Mother life, hold firmly on to me Catch my knowledge higher than the day Lose as much as only you can show Though you've seen them, please don't say a word What I don't know, I have never shared Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember Setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughters That in the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways
Without doubt the best outro in RNR. Back in the day, sitting in the dark, perhaps a little recreational herb, headphones on, LOUD!!! Doesn't get no better. Thank you, Jamel. Peace out, my brother.
Yes was an amazing traveling band of minstels, each an absolute master at his craft. Imagine walking into a London bar for a pint in 1968 and hearing this.
The beauty of the live version of "Starship Trooper" is that both keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and guitarist Steve Howe get the opportunity to solo over that wonderful closing chord progression.
WAYYY, before Rush, my friend. Rush made their big debut around the mid 70s, and really peaked in the late 70s to mid 80s. This album was one of Yes's earlier efforts from around 1970 or even 1969. The high point of Yes is believed by most to be Close to the Edge, which was in 1972, 50 years ago.
"Enjoy the ride" is EXACTLY what you have to do when listening to these types of songs for the first time, they are very unpredictable when you first listen to them!
I can remember being high as a MF walking miles along the water. Pre RUSH. Geddy Lee, Bassist for Rush played at the RR hall of fame for Chris Squire who passed away as the bassist for Yes. My heroes are passing more and more as time goes by. Thanks for the memories. Keep Great Music Alive. KGMA.
I stumbled across this channel a few days ago and am so happy these tunes make some younger people happy, ear candy. I got this album when I was 16. All my mates thought I was weird but eventually they got it. When music became heavily commercialised towards the end of the last decade, I gave up. I still have all my teen stuff, Floyd, ELP, Tull, Zeppelin, Queen, Genesis and a whole host more. Your reactions say it all! I got a bit into dance music in later years and am now mostly into psychedelic trance: Although no instruments, it still is ear and brain candy ;-) Keep up the stunning work, not just enjoying your new travels but also making many of us old 'uns appreciate how amazingly spoilt we were to be around when such marvels were created.
So happy you finally did this, and did it right...eyes closed, melting into the music, and letting it just take you! This is my favorite album of all time!
So fun to see how many different ways there are for music to bring out the stank face! Love that last couple minutes of instrumental of Starship Trooper, definitely always makes me crank up the volume!
Early yes it is challenging to listen to until you get past all of the progression, then the music just flows over to you. If you’re looking for some less challenging early yes may I suggest yours is no disgrace, long distance run around, or I have seen all good people
Check out some early Progressive Rock era Genesis with Peter Gabriel fronting the band! Supper’s Ready Get ‘Em Out By Friday Dancing With The Moonlit Knight Watcher Of The Skies Or, a special whole album listen/reaction to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway!
I’m a yes fan for more years than I care to remember ( I’m 65 ) it seems that yes chorioghaphed each and every instrument into the theme of the songs. Each one together but at same time separate. Totally awesome and Amazing 🤩
7:02 YES. I knew Jamel would label them perfectly, as only Jamel can. Thank you man. YES is my favorite group, followed by King Crimson, and I know you love Crimson : )
OMG! I'm about to listen. Yes is my number one favorite lifetime band! And Starship Trooper is right up there with my top favorite Yes songs - the encore to nearly every Yes concert I went to! Do I sound breathless and excited enough? Ok! Let's not waste any more time here....
Saw Anderson-Wakeman-Rabin led Yes 2 yrs ago...Anderson’s voice was still able to hit the mark. Unfortunate fall out with Steve Howe led to two different ‘Yes’ groups touring simultaneously
Rush was a Canadian rock band consisting of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). Formed in Toronto in 1968, the band went through several configurations until arriving at its longest and classic lineup when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first tour of the United States.
i saw Yes with Peter Frampton when Frampton fell of the stage and played the entire show w broken ribs like a boss. The weather that night was the heaviest mist ive ever seen which hung over the crowd, so that we really didn't get too wet. Alas, wet enough to make the stage slippery, poor Peter. (now that i think of it, it was probably held up by the smoke...cough...)Anyway, just before Yes was to take the stage, laser lights were sent from behind us towards the stage, and then back out over us. The mist made them fuzzy, a little more tangible... and I remember everyone reaching up to "touch" them. This was NEW technology and we went nuts! These bands were phenomenal. You're not only keeping the music alive; Jamel, but sounds like mostly great memories from a lot of us, as well. Keep shining your light.
Listened to yes every night as a teen with my headphones. My own little trip without drugs. Lucky to be able to experience so many talented musicians while growing up.
"Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say it's all confusion". My favorite line in Rock Music. So profound. So true. All this conflict between the Left and the Right is based on either side twisting the words of the other. 50+ years old and it still applys today.
I would listen to their albums with my headphones on when I would go to sleep when I was a teenager and I remember waking up with that click click click when the album was over and it didn't reset. Memories, Love It!!!
YES arrived prominently on radio play later 68'-69', but hit the ground running 71'-72' and the release of Fragile. I am 65 next month, and YES came into my life at age 14, and I have yet to find a band coming anywhere as close...I'll be rocking out in heaven with God one day, both of us grooving on this amazing ear candy!!! I could turn you on to some very cool stuff! Look into the video of this song!!!
Oh my....goosebumps 1 second in. This was one of my teenage obsessions (I'm now 57). Chris Squire....OMG....Geddy's main inspiration as well as John Entwistle. You just made my Sunday, Jamel! ! Looking forward to watching your reaction to the Faces too!! Big hugs to you and your viewers from Italy.
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Sending love to everyone in California dealing with the wildfires! We’re getting the smoke all the way over here in Utah. Can’t see our mountains because of it. Stay safe! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Sista🙏🏾
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Jamel_AKA_Jamal, Absolutely! The footage is horrific to watch. Sending love to you and all in the channel family that live or have family or friends in these areas.
Amen! Love and prayers from NY! 💜🤘🏿🙏💜
Thank you, from Los Angeles. Sorry you have to deal with the smoke as well. At least the sunsets have been spectacular.
Yes was before Rush and was one of Geddy Lee's biggest influences. He inducted them into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.
Richard Wakeman's acceptance speech is the absolute high point of Yes's induction.
Technology they both were formed in 68. Peart joined in 74.
@@reallymysterious4393 - At that same Hall of Fame ceremony where he introduced them...
@@thor8580 You meant "technically", right? Auto-correct, I presume?
This was recorded in 1970, released for sale in early 1971.
Chris Squire is one of the most beautifully melodic rock bass players ever!
And sir paul McCartney
I saw Yes twice in the mid seventies, and it was Squire that captured my attention on stage
RIP Chris Squire, one of the all time best bass players in rock
Undoubtedly!
right on the money Keith.Phenomenal bassist
He was so good
Chris Squire was brilliant!
Agree. Chris Squire played a bass like a lead guitar.
You young guys are pulling all us ol' timers out of our dusty closets to see your reactions to what we grew up with. Yes is AMAZING!
Amen brother (66)
@@daveversion2.2 Yep. Saw yes several times in the late 70's.Incredible shows. I'm 63 now.
Same here! (67)
Same here!
Word! (66)
No one has mentioned Jon Anderson's unique voice that made Yes songs instantly recognizable.
Jon and Vangelis gave him a whole different career. I have to admit I prefer them to Yes.
Don't forget Rick Wakeman who I'm pretty sure was the Yes first keys player. He had some epic albums too.
Wakeman didn't come in until Close To The Edge, the following album
I did, but several hours after you did. The entire band - what talent!
@@finger3181 Fragile was the next album.
@@phillipharrison2836 This is Tony Kaye on the first album. He was replaced by Wakeman, but returned to the band off and on. I believe he is touring with the current line up.
"I felt like I was snatched up by aliens, they tied me to a seat, and said, 'listen to this, and now you're one of us.'" 😂😂
Chris Squire’s bass is soooo good on the track! His licks just shine!
the best bar none
Chris' licks always shined. A very nice guy also.
Chris Squire was awesome. I hope he's at peace now.
The greatest always so precise not a bad note and his sond was epic...especially on close to the edge
the thickest bass ever recorded and always right up front where it belongs
The journey, in music, it's called a fugue: moving from one piece into another, tying them all in together. Prog Rock kept the structure of classical music while expanding the boundaries of instruments and sounds.
also adding free form jazz style as well.
Well said!!!
It's more of a rhapsody than a fugue. A fugue consists of a subject (theme) being repeated by many parts in one ensemble. The other parts usually harmonise with each other as well. Look up J.S. Bach to hear some examples of fugue.
A rhapsody is a piece that has multiple sections, usually differing in style or tempo. Like this song. :)
Geddy Lee names this as one of his favorite albums: "[Yes] are often knocked for being too complex but I don’t agree. There is a simplicity and elegance to the songs. I always found them both accessible and adventurous.”
Agreed
Very well put! Saw Yes perform 3 or 4 times from the '70's to the '90s with various configurations of band members. What a show! The musicianship, the atmosphere they created onstage, and the compositions all had a lot of transport for concert goers and die hard fans of the music. They were one of those bands that left the audience gobsmacked, wondering how they could be that good live. I'm still very grateful for those experiences.
Yes uses sonata song form often intertwining multiple movements into a monumental piece beyond pop song forms.
But hard as hell to sing along too, at least most of them.
They were SKILLED, and when you are skilled ... complex is capable ... it just went over the head of 'short people'.
Chris Squire is the reason I learned to play the bass. The man was just amazing. Rest in Peace, Chris.
Yeah man go you!!
Yes was the only band Geddy Lee stood in line overnight to buy a ticket for... They weren't long before Rush, but just long enough to inspire them
Nice to know Geddy Lee and I had something in common - camping for Yes tickets! Also the only band I stood in line overnight for.
"The Yes Album" was released on February 19, 1971. You were listening to a song that is about 50 years old. TIMELESS!
They were before Rush, and Rush has made it clear that Yes was their biggest influence. Rush inducted Yes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I'm sure Geddy was proud to stand in for the late Chris Squire when Yes played Roundabout at the induction. Paying homage to an influence and inspiration.
Last movement of this song is mindblowing....its called "Wurm" . Steve Howe's (guitarist) first album after joining. This really is Yes's best album.
You got it. I used to have the original pre-Yes album that Steve played it on. A little less produced but still a gem...sold it to get weed money...feell free to bludgeon me
Howe 1 and Howe II....should get a listen again...fabulous mastery and feel
OMG, that final guitar solo after the build up will blow your mind! Nothing comes close (maybe some Lou Reed tracks). First heard this as a punk rock kid (who hated “hippie music”) while tripping on acid while cruising in a friend’s Trooper SUV. At the build up we pulled into a random person’s yard and peeled out over their yard. 🤭😬 Yeah, looking back - not cool. But good GOD did it blow my mind!!
When Steve Howe joined Yes he brought with him his unique style and his songwriting skills. The Wurm section of Starship Trooper was written by Steve with some contributions from the rest of the band. Steve had Lifted the chords and guitar from an earlier song he wrote called 'Nether Street' by his band 'Bodast' and Yes added the section to Starship Trooper... th-cam.com/video/6g6Y8d0FycM/w-d-xo.html
A mater of opinion..i loved 90125 because i was 18 when it came out
RIP Chris Squire, as a bass player a giant influence on me. Have spent many hours listening to this album.
I'm there with you. Because of him and Paul McCartney I have a Rickenbacker bass.
The live version of this era of Yes (as found on the album "Yessongs") is a showcase of a band at the pinnacle of their excellence. It is incredible. I usually can't help myself and listen to the entire thing in one go.
I feel the same way
Hi YESSONGS fan. Someone actually listened to "ROUNDABOUT" from the YESSONGS here.
th-cam.com/video/1Y_8Usruncg/w-d-xo.html
Have a look.
@@GMan38cal Absolutely. Teenager, Buffalo, NY 1988 Memorial Auditorium. That was the end song. It was like heaven on earth.
When YES was inducted into the RRHOF, their bass player Chris Squire had passed away, so Geddy sat in for Chris and played Roundabout with them on stage. It's a wonderful moment that you should watch on yt, especially since the band had also split into 2 different groups, but set aside their differences and came together to perform. Lets just say Geddy was very happy : )
I was there.......YES is my favorite......I can now die easy having seen them finally inducted
Missed it..love both bassist
Yes inducted after Chris Squire passed. "Who could possibly stand in for Squire?"
You figure some kid will be up there doing his best - God bless him. Then... you see Geddy Lee. "Ok then" :) "This should be fun!"
(I also enjoyed seeing Squire and Rabin, Wakeman and Kaye, all on stage together. )
The "Wörm" portion of this demonstrates, in only three chords, the power of dynamics and layering. Masterclass.
Not to mention phasing.
I agree!! It's also the power of the "G note" common tone which is part of each of the three chords: Eb major, G major and C major, which comprise this coda. It's referenced in the organ, bass and the solo sections. It serves as a hypnotic backdrop to the changing harmonies moving all around the common tone. This motive was actually something Steve Howe had written for the previous band he was in. He dusted it off and presented it to Yes, who used it as the coda. There is a video of Steve Howe on YT not only telling this story but teaching the chord voicings.
"Roundabout"
"Long Distance Runaround"
"Leave It"
"I've Seen All Good People"
"Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
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I'll go look for it. Thanks.😁
@@IslaSkye123 Not seeing it there.
Sorry, I thought "other channel" was vimeo, not insta-gram.
Now that I think of it, how is this song being reacted to by other You-tubers but Jamal gets his blocked ? I don't do Instagram, so I'll have to wait for it to land on his Vimeo channel.
@@johnwilliamson847
Me too.😑
I've been listening to this over 45 years and it never gets old, still enjoying in 2020
I really appreciate you giving Yes a listen. Did you hear the line, “Loneliness is a power we possess to give or take away forever.”? One of my fave lines from a Yes song or any songs for that matter.
Great comment. Yes lyrics are amazing. Love Jon Anderson!
The line that gets me and hits home is . Take what I say in a different way and it’s easy too see it all confusion
I was raised on a lot of the greatest bands from the 60s and 70s. This is my all-time favorite Yes track.
Good grief. I'm almost 50 now, started listening to them thanks to my dad when I was very young, and after all this time, Wurm still gives me the chills every time...
A venture. I don't know why it's there, but it's great
One of the best progressive rock bands of all time and this song is a gem.
"One of the"? 😄
Yeah, not the best or the favourite for me. Is that a problem? I love Yes but Pink Floyd are the best in prog rock to me.
@@TheStrongBoyz19 Just havin' some fun. To me YES is the greatest prog band ever. Love Floyd too of course 💖
Awesome. They've got one of the best discographies. It's cool you like to share your passion for them
@@TheStrongBoyz19 On a Jamel run for the last hour and a half. Too much fun. Wish I could go back and hear this stuff for the first time again
I was 13 when the Yes album was released and was blown away when I first heard it. I had to buy a new copy 3 months later because I literally wore out my first copy. One of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. I still play it regularly... Thanks for the reaction.
The only band, other than The Who, whose bass player commanded from me a large percentage of my attention. Every player in this band was in the upper class of great musicians.
In my humble opinion the most talented group of musicians.
@@owenthackeray4195 They are certainly on the short list of any such assembly known to the world of rock music.
I have to add Iron Maiden to that list
@@owenthackeray4195 If we are playing the adding game - I'm going to include Santana band, Black Sabbath from the late 60s, early 70s period. That's on top of my head, I know there could be a few more band with incredible genius musicians.
"It's a journey, y'all. It's a journey." You got it! Brilliant!
Years before Rush, many special albums during the early 70's. These guys led the way. Yes is full of brilliant individual musicians, combining to create wonderous weaving musical tales.
One might even call them "Wonderous Stories"
They are brilliant beyond words
Bill Bruford was one of the numerous influences on Neil Peart, as Squire was to Geddy.
As a teenager in the 80's The Yes Album and Fragile were my favourite Yes albums. Thank you Jamel ❤️ love your reactions
My absolute favourite by Yes. Discovered on vinyl at the base library in 1982....listened on the record player with headphones and fell in awe of them from this song onward.... Never tire of hearing this! Enjoy the ride...
Chris squire was the best bass player ever imo, and I'm a massive Geddy fan. I think Rush is the perfect gateway drug into the more complex music waters of bands like Yes and that is perhaps why Rush has become the darling of the "reaction video" movement. I remember seeing an interview with I think Geddy and Alex where they said they saw Yes live during the late 70s while they were working on one of their own albums maybe Farewell to Kings, and they just wanted to go home and quit music because Yes were on another level. They felt I guess ashamed of their own material on comparison. I was lucky enough to see both bands live multiple times and they were all masters but I think Yes was on another plane in terms of complexity. Rush win the long game because they figured out how to have complexity but yet remain much more accessible to the casual listener, whereas Yes music takes work to peel back the layers, but when you take the time to do so it is magic underneath.
Very well said!
Amen!
Saw them and Rick Wakeman in 1973. A whole new perspective for a 20 year old.
The guitar in the last section where the sounds switch from left to right channels as it builds to its conclusion,,,epic engineering
Great on headphones
Still think Starship Trooper is Yes at their absolute best...so amazing and epic. At least 4 songs in one...the extended jam that builds like Pachelbel's Canon...and that ending that proves Yes can rock as hard as anyone. I knew that Jamel would love journey on this one.
It's actually 3 in one:
"Life Seeker", "Disillusion" & "Wurm".
A classic.
This is brilliant always loved it, easily from one of my favourite Yes album, them and Especially early Genesis. Yes were just one of them bands, the soundtracks of my life.
Don't compare this genius to Pachelbel's Canon, man lol. That's saccharine dreck. This is music!!
The final extended section has been making me breathless for 50 years ❤️
If you're interested in 18 minutes of a similar experience, might I recommend the Yes song "Close To The Edge"? It's long, but worth it...👍
Funny now 6 months later, its his favorite song, who knew?
@@mattbecham3094 I saw both his announcement, and the reaction...epic
Predicted amazingly lol
The amazing thing is Yes released two fantastic albums in 1971: The Yes Album (with the track Starship Trooper) and Fragile.
Listen to, "Close to the Edge" and "And You and I" from the Album Close to the Edge, and of course "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"
Yes was classified as progressive which meant they went on their own path. The whole album Close to the Edge is their grand experiment at its fullest.
I think Jamal should get a few more of the tracks from "The Yes Album" and "Fragile" under his belt, before he tries to jump into the deep water with "Close to The Edge"!!!!
@@reallymysterious4393 Jon Anderson's vocals and Steve Howe's guitar are absolute standouts on this track.
Also "Leave it" and "It can happen to you"
Owner of a lonely heart was pop trash. The Close to the Edge album was their peak.
"And you and I" is my favorite by Yes! It's quite a journey, but worth it.
If you do. YES..you have to play
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Tarkus
+1 Anything from Tarkus, or Karn Evil 9. Or the Picture at an Exhibition live bit with Lake's guitar ballad.
Then again, why not King Krimson - Red. It's all so good, dammit :D
Close to the edge preferably by yes
John Lodge
@john hazekamp Live versions of The King Will Come? Two Weeks in Spain? Out Of The Blue?
What an incredible band. I feel so blessed to see them 3 times. I cant imagine my young life growing up without YES. I first saw them in the summer of 1976 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. I was 13.
I was really hoping you’d get to some more YES. Next to Jethro Tull, this was my favorite band growing up. Saw them so many times in concert at the Baltimore Civic Center for about $6.50 a ticket. ✌️
Baltimore Civic Center...Now that's something I haven't heard the venue called since the 1980's. I've seen a couple bands there myself, before
(& after) they changed the name...
As a Harford County girl in my 50's, I still call it the Civic Center just to see how many people know what I'm talking about!! Bet they were awesome live!
@@lauriesuter8810 ~ I think those of us who grew up in the 1960's/'70's/'80's, either in Baltimore City, or certain parts of Maryland (myself included); still call it that sometimes. Old habits are hard to break...😏
Heavy horses
David Spitzmesser Thick as a Brick was the first thing I saw him react to. It got me hooked on these reaction videos, Jamel’s especially.
Gotta love Jamel..Man knows his music, and more importantly, deeply feels what a good song should sound like
This album was the first Yes music I heard. I was 16 , 50 years ago ! At last I got to hear the type of music I had been listening for. Yes come at you from every angle.Still my favourite band.
Sister bluebird flying high above
Shine your wings forward to the sun
Hide the mysteries of life on your way
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word
What you don't know, I have never heard
Starship trooper, go sailing on by
Catch my soul, catch the very night
Hide the moment from my eager eyes
Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul
What you can't see, can't be very whole
Speak to me of summer
Long winters longer than time can remember
Setting up of other roads
To travel on in old accustomed ways
I still remember the talks by the water
The proud sons and daughters
That in the knowledge of the land
Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways
Mother life, hold firmly on to me
Catch my knowledge higher than the day
Lose as much as only you can show
Though you've seen them, please don't say a word
What I don't know, I have never shared
Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever
All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you
Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion
As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow
Speak to me of summer
Long winters longer than time can remember
Setting up of other roads
To travel on in old accustomed ways
I still remember the talks by the water
The proud sons and daughters
That in the knowledge of the land
Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways
Thank you for the lyrics! Not included with the lp !
😅jamal. Love you man. Your unprejudiced love of all music and pure enjoyment is a joy to watch. Thank you 😊
So many sweet memories of my college years. So much hope. And now... we are living in a clusterfuck of a world.
You should listen to "Yours is no Disgrace", "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Your Move/ I've Seen All Good People!
_Heart of the sunrise_ is a truly great song, fusion of heavy metal and prog rock.
Unfortunately he doesn't seem interested in listening to more YES. No clue why.
Is there a bad YES song.
@@christopherdrzik6784 There are some I don't particularly like.
@@christopherdrzik6784 owner of a lonely heart. . .
Without doubt the best outro in RNR. Back in the day, sitting in the dark, perhaps a little recreational herb, headphones on, LOUD!!! Doesn't get no better. Thank you, Jamel. Peace out, my brother.
YES was a spiritual awakening.
Peak prog rock!
Glad I was there.
Yes was an amazing traveling band of minstels, each an absolute master at his craft. Imagine walking into a London bar for a pint in 1968 and hearing this.
they were still a jazz band in 1968...they didnt become great until Steve Howe joined for this album in 1970
Steve Howe is in my top 10 of greatest guitarists in R and R history!!!
The beauty of the live version of "Starship Trooper" is that both keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and guitarist Steve Howe get the opportunity to solo over that wonderful closing chord progression.
That would be Steve Howe, however Squire does a little strut across the stage towards Howe before the big Wakeman/Howe solo exchange. EPIC!
@@bruceadler9709, you are correct! That was my mistake. Thanks for catching it. I must have been distracted.
WAYYY, before Rush, my friend. Rush made their big debut around the mid 70s, and really peaked in the late 70s to mid 80s. This album was one of Yes's earlier efforts from around 1970 or even 1969. The high point of Yes is believed by most to be Close to the Edge, which was in 1972, 50 years ago.
And You And I, Close to the Edge! Complicated and thoughtful. Love Yes!
Check out "Yours Is No Disgrace" off the same album. Another great track from Yes among one of the best prog rock groups ever. Excellent musicians.
This is the only band that Geddy Lee and his friend stayed out all night in line to get tickets for.
"I feel like I was abducted by aliens. They strapped me down and said listen to this. Now you are one of us."
The ending of this song is a perfect example of what the band called "The Wall of Sound". You don't run into the Wall. It hits you in the face!
the singer is 73 now still sounds good and the Keys man till there and Killing it Still Love YES!
“Now you are one of us”. This record had a big influence on the guys in Rush.”
"Enjoy the ride" is EXACTLY what you have to do when listening to these types of songs for the first time, they are very unpredictable when you first listen to them!
I can remember being high as a MF walking miles along the water. Pre RUSH. Geddy Lee, Bassist for Rush played at the RR hall of fame for Chris Squire who passed away as the bassist for Yes. My heroes are passing more and more as time goes by. Thanks for the memories. Keep Great Music Alive. KGMA.
I stumbled across this channel a few days ago and am so happy these tunes make some younger people happy, ear candy. I got this album when I was 16. All my mates thought I was weird but eventually they got it. When music became heavily commercialised towards the end of the last decade, I gave up.
I still have all my teen stuff, Floyd, ELP, Tull, Zeppelin, Queen, Genesis and a whole host more.
Your reactions say it all!
I got a bit into dance music in later years and am now mostly into psychedelic trance: Although no instruments, it still is ear and brain candy ;-)
Keep up the stunning work, not just enjoying your new travels but also making many of us old 'uns appreciate how amazingly spoilt we were to be around when such marvels were created.
Before Rush, in the early '70s they were Geddys favourite band.
So happy you finally did this, and did it right...eyes closed, melting into the music, and letting it just take you! This is my favorite album of all time!
So fun to see how many different ways there are for music to bring out the stank face! Love that last couple minutes of instrumental of Starship Trooper, definitely always makes me crank up the volume!
"Different songs within the songs to help tell the story..." That describes the majority of 70's Yes music very well.
Early yes it is challenging to listen to until you get past all of the progression, then the music just flows over to you. If you’re looking for some less challenging early yes may I suggest yours is no disgrace, long distance run around, or I have seen all good people
And for something short and sweet the Clap 😁
Yes to “I’ve Seen All Good People” 😂
Heart of the sunrise will BLOW YOUR MIND🤯
Check out some early Progressive Rock era Genesis with Peter Gabriel fronting the band!
Supper’s Ready
Get ‘Em Out By Friday
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Watcher Of The Skies
Or, a special whole album listen/reaction to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway!
Firth of Fifth is already done.
I’m a yes fan for more years than I care to remember ( I’m 65 ) it seems that yes chorioghaphed each and every instrument into the theme of the songs. Each one together but at same time separate. Totally awesome and Amazing 🤩
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next: Close to the Edge, Yours is No Disgrace, Awaken, And You and I, Heart of the Sunrise.
Brilliant track, the guitar led ending is like being high having taken nothing, except a good dose of YES
7:02 YES. I knew Jamel would label them perfectly, as only Jamel can. Thank you man. YES is my favorite group, followed by King Crimson, and I know you love Crimson : )
65 here and nearly fifty years on it still gives me goosebumps
Yes was a huge influence on Rush, Geddy and Alex inducted them into the rock and roll hall of fame
Alien Rock n Roll = Other worldly talent
And we all turn into human bobble heads during the epic jam.
Enjoy the ride. Thank you brother! Something happened with music in the 1970's that has never been repeated before or since.
This tune is gonna blow your ever loving mind Jamal..
Yes is magical. The vocals and the synthesizer....the journey they take the Soul on.....
"Futuristic" LOL, from 1971 ;). What was once old is now new.
They truly WERE "futuristic" at the time. Especially starting with "The Yes Album", we had never heard anything like them! Jaw-droppingly stunning!
OMG! I'm about to listen. Yes is my number one favorite lifetime band! And Starship Trooper is right up there with my top favorite Yes songs - the encore to nearly every Yes concert I went to! Do I sound breathless and excited enough? Ok! Let's not waste any more time here....
Admittedly, the end of this song is best listened to while fairly high, headphones on, volume at ten!
it's the little guitar "duel" at the end....goes from left channel to right and back and forth....awesome.
Back in the day this was a great party song played loud and everybody high and feeling fine and head bobing to the outro.
Here is my favorite version of this with Trevor Rabin playing the guitar in the '80s:
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NO doubt!!
There is no reason to be high to be able to appreciate this music! At all!
Saw Anderson-Wakeman-Rabin led Yes 2 yrs ago...Anderson’s voice was still able to hit the mark. Unfortunate fall out with Steve Howe led to two different ‘Yes’ groups touring simultaneously
"And now you are one of us." And now you are a real Yes Fan. LOL!
Just like the Borg!
Rush was a Canadian rock band consisting of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). Formed in Toronto in 1968, the band went through several configurations until arriving at its longest and classic lineup when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first tour of the United States.
This is serious "in a dark room, eyes closed, headphone" music...
You're missing one ingredient. 😉
i saw Yes with Peter Frampton when Frampton fell of the stage and played the entire show w broken ribs like a boss. The weather that night was the heaviest mist ive ever seen which hung over the crowd, so that we really didn't get too wet. Alas, wet enough to make the stage slippery, poor Peter. (now that i think of it, it was probably held up by the smoke...cough...)Anyway, just before Yes was to take the stage, laser lights were sent from behind us towards the stage, and then back out over us. The mist made them fuzzy, a little more tangible... and I remember everyone reaching up to "touch" them. This was NEW technology and we went nuts! These bands were phenomenal. You're not only keeping the music alive; Jamel, but sounds like mostly great memories from a lot of us, as well. Keep shining your light.
You need to hear "Heart" of the Sunrise by YES, talk about a journey.
Listened to yes every night as a teen with my headphones. My own little trip without drugs. Lucky to be able to experience so many talented musicians while growing up.
Chris Squire the Jimmy Hendrix of the bass.
"Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say it's all confusion". My favorite line in Rock Music. So profound. So true. All this conflict between the Left and the Right is based on either side twisting the words of the other. 50+ years old and it still applys today.
One of my favorites! Also, Heart of the Sunrise and Long distance Runaround/The Fish
I would listen to their albums with my headphones on when I would go to sleep when I was a teenager and I remember waking up with that click click click when the album was over and it didn't reset. Memories, Love It!!!
When I saw YES in concert late 70s the opening "act" was a Popeye Cartoon!
Saw them in the 'Round' when Bugs Bunny cartoons played.
When I saw them in 1988 the opening act was three Betty Boop cartoons, one of which was called "Popeye The Sailor"
haha no doubt👍💯
@@JH-rt4fx I saw that one too. Nashville. The crowd was really into the cartoon. It was a great concert.
YES arrived prominently on radio play later 68'-69', but hit the ground running 71'-72' and the release of Fragile. I am 65 next month, and YES came into my life at age 14, and I have yet to find a band coming anywhere as close...I'll be rocking out in heaven with God one day, both of us grooving on this amazing ear candy!!! I could turn you on to some very cool stuff! Look into the video of this song!!!
My favourite music from Yes is "Heart Of The Sunrise", it's a 10 minutes masterpiece. You should check out.
Yup. Please do.
I saw the Claypool Lennon experience play heart of the sunrise live. It was a religious experience!
Oh my....goosebumps 1 second in. This was one of my teenage obsessions (I'm now 57). Chris Squire....OMG....Geddy's main inspiration as well as John Entwistle. You just made my Sunday, Jamel! ! Looking forward to watching your reaction to the Faces too!! Big hugs to you and your viewers from Italy.