Kai's First Reaction to Yes - And You and I (Close to the Edge 1972)
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Close to the Edge is a 10/10 album
I loooove this!! What a ride. Thanks for introducing ❤ If there are more bands like this you’ve got up your sleeve, let us know, Dad.
Emerson Lake and Palmer would be the other great Prog Rock group of the 70s, aka ELP. I recommend their album Trilogy. I think you'll greatly enjoy listening to it.
@@Lightmane king crimson??!?!?!?!?
YES have many albums to discover, but there's also ELP, King Crimson, Hawkwind, VDGG, Gentle Giant, Genesis, PFM, Le Orme, Banco, Tangerine Dream, Caravan, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd , Black Sabbath, Kansas, Triumvirat, plus many many more.....
We called it art rock or symphonic rock back then.
Rush. Dream theater.
Dad's choice for the songs to introduce us to is always top notch. Didn't know this one but loved to hear it.
I can’t separate Yes from Genesis,King Crimson,ELP,Alan Parsons Project,Pink Floyd,Gentle Giant…..etc.
My point being that prog was ever evolving in those golden years and each prog album released from the above mentioned,was a new masterpiece.
WHAT an era for ALL genres.
Greetings from a boomer in London.
And in the mid 70's when Jazz Funk and Fusion emerged has become my favourite era of music, even though I grew up in the 90's and 00's! Roy Ayers, The Crusaders, Grover Washington Jr., just phenomenal music!! Jazz, Blues, a little bit of funk and just plain experimental music all mixed together for an outstanding blend!! Also Bob James' first five albums
Your dad's passion for the music of Yes is one that I share. I just can't believe that he call out RICK WAKEMAN on keyboards!!! Mr. Wakeman is beyond any doubt the greatest keyboard player in the history of modern music. Check out his solo "Six Wives of Henry the 8th" on the album "YesSongs".
Six Wives was the seminal album of my musical life. In 1972 I was a teen listening to pop like the other kids. A friend suggested Wives after I mentioned loving piano in rock music. I listened to it over and over, then had to known more about his band Yes. And oh my God! What a revelation! That drew me into Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues & Jethro Tull, but Yes will always be first in my heart.
After listening to Yes while I played this and the Fragile album, my dad bought me Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII. I think he listened to it more than I did! RIP dad.
You're right, we called this "classical rock" at the time because of its structure, not "prog rock." This album still moves me to tears at every listening. Hearing Yes live was everything you could hope and then some. Very, very powerful.
I was singing along when you popped in with "'There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify'" and said "don't know what that means but I like it." That would be most of us! But it inspired Joss Whedon to name his film company Mutant Enemy Productions.
The lyrics to me are like abstract paintings that convey a mood, a feeling, an idea, but leave interpretation to the listener. I'll be singing away, and either have no idea what I'm singing or it will mean something special for the moment.
You two remind me of sitting down with my own father in 1969 and playing Led Zeppelin's new, first album for him. He had played his jazz records for me all my life and taught me about it, so he owed me. I could tell he hated it, but he tried to be nice: "I can hear the musicianship..."
Really enjoyed your comments. And thanks for watching.- Kai’s dad
Just "Close your eyes and listen." As most of us Yes fans and your Dad well know, Yes music requires the listener to immerse themselves, within the privacy of one's own head, and with repeated listenings; therefore to allow the music to carry you on a journey within one's own soul. With Peace and Love to all! (Michael)
Interesting reaction from a young person today using points of reference from video games and rap sampling. And You And I is a classic progressive rock piece that was pushing the cutting edge of melodic symphonic rock. Every prog rock band had to have their own And You And I, because it set the bar. I was 15 when this came out, so was still at school and loving all the new sounds. I have been a gamer from the very start, so I have seen how prog rock music and synthesisers were used to create video game music. Musicians today are using computers that emulate the synthesisers of the past. It seems strange that young people today can't see were todays sounds came from.
Rick Wakeman is on keyboards. The organ is a Hammond C3. The strings are a mellotron. The synthesiser you hear is the Mini Moog. A classic analogue synth. Those 3 instruments have become the cultural sound identity for prog rock, along with the Moog Taurus bass pedals. Many modern synths and samplers try to emulate these analogue sounds even in todays music. The high sliding tone is Steve Howe on a pedal steel guitar. Normally slide guitar is used in country music, but he puts it through a tape delay echo unit to create a totally new ethereal sound that blends well with the synthesisers.
It was called progressive rock at the time because it was pushing the cutting edge of musical progress, exploring new sounds, odd time signatures and mixing other musical genres with rock, such as Symphonic, Jazz, Celtic, Folk and Oriental music. Trimming the name to prog and calling the genre a dinosaur, diminishes the pioneering musicians who progressed music towards what we hear today.
Progressive rock is still going strong today with new musicians pushing musical progress forward. The best example today is Neal Morse and his many bands: The Neal Morse Band, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic and Flying Colors. Rob Reed's Magenta and Kompendium also deserve a mention.
Yes is deeply personal to their fans. Each song is a journey that we often took alone when stereos were a thing. Then coming together for concerts were so meaningful.
i smoked a joint, sat down and watched this from start to finish. your dad put me on, thats real music that reaches the soul! much love to you two, please never stop doing these
Given that Geddy Lee has spoken so extensively about Yes during his time in the limelight - no pun intended - there’s no surprise that when it comes to the song that makes him cry, it’s a Yes number ... Geddy Lee revealed that it was this classic song by the English prog pioneers. Explaining that it’s a “combination” of nostalgia and sonic magnificence that forces his tears ducts open, he said: “‘And You and I’ by Yes is so beautiful, especially when I listen to it now. The combination of nostalgia and pure sonic beauty is pretty moving.” - Excerpts from Far Out Magazine, 2023
This album is legendary, i loved Yes from the first listen as someone the age of Kai.
I love both your music selections, keep on the good work and merrry christmas!
A great choice and arguably the best prog rock album of all time.This was at a time when all the best band`s in the world were from Great Britain-----Genesis,Yes,ELP,Jethro Tull,Gong,Gentle Giant,King Crimson,and probably many more I`ve forgotten.Remember,rock music in general was also ruled by British band`s----Led Zeppelin,The Who,Cream,Sabbath,Floyd etc,etc,etc.I suppose we`ll never return to such a rich and varied era of rock.
Totally true. Sadly, we have now lost so much. Look at the state of music today. By comparison it's mostly all just mind-numbing junk. Prog Rock in general and YES in particular I think is the highest level of music ever achieved. I don't think we can expect much that could be this good ...ever.
@@brianhorner8349 You have to search alittle deeper now.There are many new rock bands and artists releasing great music----in what some call the third wave of prog rock.Whether it`s as good as the music from the first wave is debatable,but at least it`s still going strong(more globally,and led by Scandanavian bands in the main).
@@squinteyedmangle can you give me some suggestions? Who are your favorites?
Some of my fave... tho he's right, there's lots and variety, if u like metal, eg, lotta metal prog.. but I love Neal Morse, in many incarnations, ESP TRANSATLANTIC, Anything by Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tre!!), Dream Theater! etc... @@brianhorner8349
@@brianhorner8349 Tool
The reason that the bass sounds so unique and guitar-like is that Chris Squire used a feature on his Rickenbacker 4003 bass called "Rick-O-Sound" - the two pickups could be kept separate - each one having its own cable to the mixer - or as Squire did, to separate amplifiers. Squire wired one pickup to a traditional bass amp, and the second to a guitar amp! Each channel could have its own set of effects, often the guitar amp having some overdrive or distortion to add a gritty, metallic sound. As far as I have found, this was a unique setup until others started trying to sound like Squire, and thus copied his equipment configuration 🙂
The swoop sounds were, for the most part, not synthesizer, but Steve Howe on pedal steel guitar -- including that final very quiet rise to infinity. Although Wakeman's Minimoog lead-ins are phenomenal.
Exactly. Steve Howe used pedal steel guitar on many songs (ex. Soon (last part of The gates of delirium), To be over, Awaken, Going for the one, etc. ).
I bought this album the month it was released. It changed my life, not only in my outlook(s), but in the way that I reacted to the "world" around me, and in what the "world" gave back to me. I STILL have that original album, and I still play it from time to time. I also have the original cassette, along with several copies on cd...one for the house, and one in my car. Every time I am on the road, this is cranked way up, this, and The Yes Album. The important thing to note here is how I think (and feel), listening to this masterpiece now, compared to the way it made me feel at 16 years of age. You need to listen to Yes. I mean, you really NEED to listen to Yes. Of all the progressive rock bands, King Crimson, Genesis, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Uriah Heep, Caravan, Camel, Asia, etc., this is the ONE that has consistently changed (and grown), as I have changed and grown. Quite a phenomenon, don't you think? Anyway, "And You And I" is probably my favorite song of all time, and I sincerely hope that you've enjoyed it Kai, as much as I have over these past 50 plus years. Fifty years...and it is STILL fresh...still relevant. Peace! ✌😎
Yes is my favorite band. I found your thoughts to be really interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Its good to see a father doing some proper parenting.
Love the little guys by the fireplace : )
We definitely need nore of Dad's music. My dad was so important in the formation of my music tastes.
You guys gotta do Close To The Edge and Siberian Khatru as well, ideally the whole album straight through. So good
Hahahaha "Oh shit did you feel that" yes I feel it every time I listen to this!
Actually, "Progressive Rock" was not only a common term, in the late-60's-early-70's, but my eldest cousin was heavily into it, even telling me "I'm listening to Emerson, Lake and Palmer", excellent progressive rock. (You guys need to hear Tarkus, by ELP. They were the only band that could give Yes a run for its money.) But also: the Moody Blues' "To Our Children's Children's Children". Groundbreaking.
And, as a singer, please give credit to the unbelievable VOCALS in Yes, and in this song specifically. Jon Anderson's voice remains unique in all of rock history, and he wrote the melody and lyrics for this song, as he did for most of Yes.
Thanks for posting this, on a day when I really needed to hear it.
That’s very interesting, and a quick search I just did proves you’re right. Among my circle of friends in Canada in 1973-77, we never used the term. I remembering hearing it for the first time in the 90’s. Happy holidays. - Kai’s dad
@@frontroom Prog on!!! :)
I humbly disagree.
Genesis,Jethro Tull,King Crimson and Pink Floyd were releasing mind blowing material too.
No, he said "Prog Rock," not "Progressive Rock." And "Progressive Rock" only really started to gain commonality in the mid 1980s. "Prog Rock" wasn't common in usage until the mid 1990s.
@@rollomaughfling380 "He" who?
All Wakemen had to work with on this album were a B3/Leslie combo, two Minimoogs and a Mellotron. Plus whatever piano was in the studio. But damn, he knew how to use them. That's how he got the gigs.
First time ever hearing this. What an amazing song
One of the absolute great songs of this or any other time.
Love this channel and just the idea of your dad and you being together and bonding over music.
Merry christmas to you guys!
My one request would be for you guys to listen to Lupe Fiasco's album, Tetsuo and Youth. I think you guys would love the album a lot! It's one of the all-time great albums!
I haven't heard this is in ages, so good, great reaction... ❤
I was eleven years old when this album was released, thanks to two older brothers, I got to hear it. I count myself lucky to have been introduced to Yes at such an early age. One of my favorite groups of all time.
Still have my vinyl LP I bought in the mid-70s. I cherish it.
Getting into this music when it first came out, what I loved was that I couldn't get it on first listen. It was music that drew me in and showed me something new every time I listened. I knew I loved it, but it wasn't an instant fix, but a journey of discovery.
^ This!
Back in the day, we'd listen to these albums with undivided attention and memorize all the instruments' parts. As you stated, we'd wait with anticipation each next section of each song, each one a favorite. So many layers. I like the unremastered recordings myself. Love this!
That album was epic back then 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾!!
Progressive rock from YES truly progressed music. To me, it still sounds as though it is from the future. Having loved and listened to this for more than 40 years, it still sounds better each time.
(Don't get me started on the masterpiece that is Tales...)
^ This!
OK dad thanks for the new tune. I’ll definitely be checking out more of their music. I love the switch up at the very beginning interesting. Merry Christmas 🎄
This is a Love song from Jon to his wife. only song they played at every concert.
My dad disliked practically all music; he even called Bach "bloody noise". You guys are so lucky to be able to share your love of music together.
My friends in the early 80’s called it Prog Rock. Art Rock was also a term. Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush, peter Gabriel even… were often lumped into the Art Rock bucket as well. 😅
52 years old this album and still sounds as great today as it did back then. If you're blown away now, imagine how we felt back then ....
Prog rock of the 1970s is the best. Your dad really knows his stuff as what he said -- about Pink Floyd, great musicianship, etc. -- is right on the mark. Often on a first time hearing a prog rock song I would wonder what the heck I listened to, then appreciated it more and more on subsequent times listening. And You and I is a very good song and in my view is one of the most accessible prog rock songs which are often very wild and all over the place (in a very good way).
My favorite Yes song on my favorite Yes album.
Lovely to see a father passing the torch of our generations greatest music on to his son. I cannot foresee a time when the music of YES will not be revered and appreciated as some of the greatest art of the 20th century. Timeless.
Most of the time when I watch this channel I'm familiar with the songs dad is reacting to. So to get to react with yall on this one is fun. Never heard this song before.
You guys have a lovely channel. Love the whole setting.
Suggestions: 1) When listening to YES music, don't say a word and concentrate on what you feel. 2) As you listen to such a masterpiece, turn up the volume to get evry piece of it 3) You'll have to listen to it far more than one single time to really appreciate the moves, tempos and skill of eah musician individually and collectively. When you've had the chance to see them live (5 or 6 times), then you can REALLY appreciate the mastery of that epic band, spanning over 50 years.
the high sound in the middle section is a steel guitar, the same that Howe uses in Soon, the close section of Gates of Delirium
And imagine going to their concerts and hearing this live, sounding just like the record.
Better. They were better live. Which is an amazing thing. But truth. I’ve witnessed it. When on their game, the greatest live band I’ve ever seen or heard. From God, my friends. From God.
"Oh sh*t, don't you feel that"?! lol Agreed. I felt it, (for the ten millionth time). Love it.
The really high strings and horn sounds were from an instrument called the Mellatron. It was a beautiful sounding instrument that allowed for sweeping orchestral epic soundscapes. The problem was it was extremely temperamental and prone to glitches and absolute fails, one time when I saw them in the 1970s it cut out in the middle of the piece forcing Rick Wakeman to shift to the Hammond B3 to continue with the song. It was actually driven not by synthesizer logic gates, it was multiple tape loops of real instruments triggered by the keyboard. With all those magnetic tape loops and motor drives it was difficult to use in the studio and an absolute nightmare on the road touring. With the advent of better synthesizers when they moved from the monophonic Moogs to polyphonics they replaced the Mellatron, but nothing ever matched that warm analog room filling swell of orchestral sound.
One of my favorite Bass songs is (Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz )
So nice to see you guys today. Beautiful Decorations and Merry Christmas to my TH-cam Family. 🎄🎅🏽
Merry Christmas!!!!
Same to you!
I have seen Yes 5 times including in October 26, 2022. You must see this Yes before the original members pass away.
This is one of my favorite songs/albums. John Anderson was inspired to write it after reading the book “Siddhartha” (aka Buddha) written by Herman Hesse. Since you love the song, I highly recommend reading it. I think you’ll enjoy it. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Well done on your part. Namaste
I was 18 years old in 1972 and still remember buying this record . WOW Good times
We used to buy these prog albums and listen without distraction one, two, three times in a roll, and I still listen to them after 50 years and I'm still amazed with the musicianship and musical intelligence of those guys back then. It was also an era of analog pedals and the beginning of synth technology development, with Moog being the mein novelty explored by Wakeman, Keith Emerson, etc. A lot of involvement from the musicians on exploring the sounds they could create from their gears, and the synths would demand some skilled manipulation of oscillators to modify the waves in real time, live shows as well. And they would play all that complex oceans of sound live without blinking! In that particular song, Howe plays mainly a slide guitar, maybe doesn't sound like a 'regular' guitar, but he take over the solo in the instrumental part. Great guitar player no doubt!
Great reaction, kudos and have a great 2024 yall! Greetings from Rio!
Thanks for sharing this! I love how it takes you on a mental trip! The lead singer reminds me of Sting in The Police years. But the fact that the drums came in so late in the song but still maintained a definitive beat was awesome! Just great!
You’re welcome, really glad you liked it. The entire album is a masterpiece, and I don’t like to through that word around lightly. (Kai’s dad)
Wonderful!❤
An old, old Yeshead enjoyed this, all of this very, very much.
Possibly, just about probably my favorite song from anyone, ever.
First time hearing this song and I loved it. This genre of rock just moves me in a way where I can feel it in every part of my body. Chills. I’d love to see Dad’s ELO suggestions if he’s got any, this song reminds me of the “grandness” that ELO displays. Great video!
Really glad you liked it. Check out the rest of the album - it’s fantastic. I am not that up on ELO (although I saw them live in 1975) but their album Eldorado is excellent. - Kai’s dad
It’s YES, there is only one YES.
1970 was the year that changed everything for me.
Saw this performed live outdoor concert South London,just before it was released.
Shall watch out for your reaction to the the title track CTTE.
It's Steve Howe's double neck lap slide guitar that you are hearing hitting those whale like space notes and Rick Wakeman on the Mellatron that is also assisting him. 😊😊😊
I listened again today and realized a mellotron was being used. How did I miss that? Had no idea he used a guitar of that sort. Thanks for watching. -Kai’s dad
Bronze Age Yes: Everything after Tormato
Silver Age Yes: Everything before The Yes Album
Golden Age Yes: The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Going For The One, Tormato
In my opinion, Drama is top notch, however
id love a full reaction to this album from u guys tbh
Slide guitar. Steve Howe, the guitar player uses three to play this song live. The electric acoustic, a standard electric and a steel pedal/ slide guitar.
Great info, thanks!
One of the greatest songs. Saw them in 78 in the round at MSG in NY. Tales from topographic oceans is worth listening to.
the live vid of this with orchestra is amazing . the high pitch sliding notes are played on a steel slide by Steve Howe. a few other great prog groups , ELP , early Genesis , Gentle Giant , Focus ( Eruption ) Uriah Heep ( Salisbury ) Thanks
what a great dad you are, lucky son to have such a dad with such tatse
great understanding. YES were touched by the Spirirs!I saw YES every year from 71 to 79 no words 😂 It was just an devastatingly emotional transformational experience
I saw Yes and Pink Floyd in 1973. Fantastic concerts
And you and I a classsic in my favorites.
The bass was a Rickenbacker 4001 wired in stereo so the pickup signals could be split and ran through two different amps or pedal boards giving it a very full sound. It was a favored weapon of choice by Chris Squire of Yes, Great Lake of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, as well as early work from Geddy Lee of RUSH. These artists usually employed Roto Sound strings which have a bit of twang and ring reminiscent of low end piano strings. It was also favored by an unknown musician known as me until they became too damn expensive.
My boss who in her 70's used to play this in the shop all the time. I'm 35 Thanks for bringing back memories.
Y'all should have been doing this from the jump... Amazing, keep it up.
New sub. 11:58 If it's the "sound that goes way up" and descends that Kai's talking about, that's Steve Howe's Steel Guitar, with a volume pedal and tape echo, not a synth. Great reaction, guys!
That happened a lot on Tales From Topographic Oceans Much of what I thought were synths were actually Steve's steel guitar.
@@159awi Yeah, even as a younger keyboardist/synthesist, because I had some Yes albums on vinyl, some on 8-track, I missed out on the liner notes on the 8-track ones. I could suss out stuff like this song easily, especially having seen Yessongs, but because I had _Going For the One_ on 8-track originally, for years I wondered how Rick was getting the choir sounds on _Awaken._ I could hear he'd added a Polymoog to his arsenal, but at the end of that song, I was like "How's he doing that? That ain't any Mellotron, Birotron, etc. It sounds so real and amazing!"
Well, it turns out Rick had written choral arrangements and hired actual choirs local to Geneva and London, and wasn't a keyboard at all.
This is all fascinating info. I’ve mentioned to Kai how back in the day we would look for LP liner notes for any info on the instruments but often they were listed for an album as a whole, leaving us to suss out the instruments in any given song. I can remember picking up a few albums by totally unfamiliar artists purely on the basis of what instruments were listed on the back of the jacket, thinking that the music must have something to offer. Synths, mellotron, violin listed? Then I was usually willing to take a gamble.
@@frontroom Elton John's _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ is a great example of a well-documented Album (and it's a great record)!
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. 🙏🍁
*The "digital" sounds back then were created using Moog synthesizers and similar with analog controls.* The band Phantogram, among others, still makes music this way.
In 2001 they performed this LIVE with a symphony backing them. It's on You Tube - Check it out. It's amazing.
Yup!! Love everything about Yes!! Nothing like them in the world!!
A very lovely father/son discussion! 😎😎
As a hip hop producer I’d sample this! Sidebar. Court of the Crimson King is that 🔥
Nice to hear that! - Kai’s dad
This is a top 3 favorite song of mine ever ❤️
Open your heart as well as your ears and you will understand.
The lyrics are meaningful.
All Complete in the sight of seed of life with You.
Enjoy your time alive together.
That's all there is.
As i become older this has become the only truth i know
Love.
Eastern philosophy is hard to understand for most Westerner countries to understand.
Let your mind and heart be open.
You will understand its message.
Love.
I was a hardcore 70's teen YES fan, The Dad here has a VERY cool and clear perceptive appreciation for PROG & what YES gave to the world . Their music TRANSCENDS musically, imaginatively, creatively, artistically, technically & SPIRITUALLY more than ANY OTHER. BTW that other sound is a STEEL METAL SLIDE GUITAR by Steve. I actually flew back east in May to see Jon Anderson with The Geek Band and took my Brother, 8 years my senior, in DC to the show. He knew of them on a rudimentary level but was more of a Smooth Jazz Rock , R&B and Funk music listener with an open and intelligent appreciation for music having grown up listening to my Dad's classic Heavy Jazz & Jazz Pop Singers of his post-WW2 era music. Nevertheless I was quite nervous about what his reaction would be after seeing YES music performed Live with little lead in or explanation. Trying to talk about YES to non-fans makes me insecure because I can easily sound like the crazed fanatical YES devotee that I am. Anyway his reaction was unfortunately less enthusiastic than I'd hoped. Some people simply don't have the YES gene in their DNA or maybe in his case, it may have been the 74 year old Black man, settled in his ways! I'm SORRY the Dad never saw YES!!! OMG! YES took us to places that not even the magnificent GENESIS (at a level 10) could reach. YES were at 11 and beyond. I saw them evolve Live from 71-79 then in 96 to 2004, each with the mostly classic YES lineups! The audiences would leave the venues wandering the parking lots in total unbelievable BLISS of ASTOUNDING ECSTASY!
Enjoyed your comments! Great memories for you. It was Rick Wakeman’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth tour that I saw in the ‘70’s. A great show but surely not as amazing as Yes would have been.
72 brings back memories. I had that album close to the edge. So true the level of technique, it was above the norm, just really highly technically proficient but also they were great songs takes you places, very heady.
We had some amazing music, so many of the groups pushing the envelope, some of the groups, their albums turning up n music stores, such variety. I was always looking for something new, even at the age of 14-15. Putting on those headphones at the store, it was an immersive experience.
Yes, I miss those days before Spotify, when the only way of discovering new music was by listening at the music store or by borrowing LP’s from friends. It made the experience so much more exciting. - Kai’s dad
Ya viajaba con esta cancion cuando tenia 14 años, y nunca necesite de nada mas que la propia música de Yes...
Rick Wakeman was a fellow pupil at my school in West London and played the organ during the morning assembly each day. 1972 was the year I left school. A beautiful age and a beautiful part of London - one gone and the other ruined.
It’s a great roller coaster ride. Now you got to put Close to the Edge on.
That b section almost sounded like some Bootsy Collins! That 3rd section is super dope!!!
I was in 9th grade when this came out. Boomer music is still very relevant and when the recording was done on tape. CS rules the bass. I saw Yes live many times in the late 70's and 80's. Nicely done dad.
The bass used here is Reichenbacher, which has a distinctive sound that Chris Squire loved.
The high notes are played by Steve Howe on Pedal steel guitar
Always loved this song.
One thing I get from it is the title. He’s singing about a shared experience with another person. A loved one. Very touching.
Masterpiece.
Awaken is Yes' most technical incredible song they ever made. All 20 mins of it! A work of musical art
Classic album
I think the high soaring notes you were commenting on were not synth but Steve Howe playing pedal steel guitar with a volume pedal.. he used that technique on various albums! One that comes to mind is on the Relayer album!! My favorite band and a great reaction video!
These vids are always a treat because your dad always pmo 😭
A great song the song is on is one of my favorite albums of all time
Oh no.... I was HOPING you guys were listening to Close To The Edge. An even better song that And You & I.
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Merry Christmas 🎄
Classical Rock was what we called it. My first live show was probably 1976 and 7 times latter was just 4 months ago.
I saw many great bands over the 70s and early 80s but I tried to never miss a Genesis or YES show.
I've actually traveled from one city to the next just to hear the same show again.
I believe that show was
(in the round) in which the stage moved in a circle, and somehow it was exactly where it should be for the next solo🤯😳✌️
Also I may be strange but I liked PHIL as lead for Genesis better than Peter but you could barely tell them apart.
But without a dought the best music of all time was created in the 70s and early eighties.
Keep up the good work
One of the instruments crucial to the sound of early Yes...and other Prog Rock groups is the Mellotron. It's a keyboard type instrument utilizing tape loops. It's a very unique form of " synthesizer" mimicking instruments of an orchestra.... but with a bit of a "cosmic"feel. It was pioneered by Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues in the mid, late 60's...and heard a lot with King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, etc.
Yes, somehow I missed the mellotron at the moment Kai asked me what the instrument was. Later I thought, “there was a mellotron in there”. Featured heavily in the Court of the Crimson King, as you no doubt know :) Thanks for watching. - Kai’s dad
YES! 🙂