Mel is one of the most recorded musicians in rock music history so I’m told. He’s up there with Jeff Porcaro. But Mel’s solo in this song must rank with his very finest performances.
Chris Squire is one of the best bass players I've ever heard. The way he can wrap a groove around a solid beat is unparalleled. His vocals are not too shabby, either.
I think I said this in the other reaction, too. Chris Squire "Fish Out Of Water" is the greatest solo album by anyone that was in a band. I cannot think of a better one.
@@yes_head absolutely Jon was brilliant but he was learning along the way. Squire had the Christian choir training. And once you go Jesus, we'll you can fill in the rest.🙏🇨🇦
I recommend the YT video of Chris playing this and other FOOW songs along with Bruford and a full orchestra-. It shows him in his element and you can tell he's enjoying himself immensely. Also, another YT video of him interpreting this album and giving some personal anecdotes, in which his humour and basic human goodness shines through. Chris was an impressive individual in all respects. Nice job again Nick n Lex.
Chris was famous for using a pick to play his lead or harmony bass, but he also used his thumb holding the pick to give a fuller or double thump to the strings. He also used his other fingers to pluck the bass strings in a more traditional manner so it’s definitely okay to air bass in the regular way!!! Chris also played the strings in different places on the bass to change the sound as much as his peddle effects.
Thanks for reviewing this great song Lucky Seven (which is played in 7/4 rhythm). I would love to see your reaction to "Silently Falling" from the same album. It has expansive and dreamy harmonies with a driving beat and Chris' expert bass playing of course, with that backing small orchestra and flute.
My favorite track on one of my favorite albums of all time. So glad to.see someone else discovering what I've been loving for 30+ years. The world should know such greatness exists!
Ladies and gentlemen the genius behind Yes Chris Squire. Chris was Yes, from 68 to his passing. He won best bass player 6 yrs straight in Guitar magazine. And to think that Keith Emmerson asked Squire to join him but Chris didn't want to sing lead. Or it could have been Emmerson Palmer and Squire!
Mel Collins on Sax Alto sax (Main part of song) and Soprano sax (solo) on this one. Remember, this was after Robert Fripp disbanded King Crimson. So not only was Bill Bruford a past member of Yes, he was also a past member of King Crimson (at this time) and so was Mel Collins who had played on In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands and Red. Andrew Pryce Jackman on electric piano. Just a note...Mel Collins also plays on a few 'Camel' albums and you've done two tracks from 'The Snow Goose'.
I've only listened to the music on this album a little bit on TH-cam, as I never bought it or any of their other solo works. Now I wish I had. This music is just so darn good.
All the solo albums from this period of Yes history are exceptional. They include The Steve Howe Album, Jon Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow and Alan White's Ramshackled. I think Wakeman's Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is from this time as well.
I have to buy this album! It is so good! Loved the flow of this song! And that bass was so prominent throughout! Absolutely awesome request! Great Video!
Hi guys, I will keep this very short ...Great reaction to Chris Squire and it is such a brilliant album. You will enjoy "Silently Falling". Sooo good ! ...Ok ... Live album "Yessongs" >>> "Long Distance Runaround / The Fish " ... is an absolute must !!! Mind blowing playing from Chris on a whole new level of bass playing....All these decades later I have never heard anything like it again. Nuff said. Byeee X
@@fredericmondor8683 In the 70's when I bought the album [ Triple vinyl ] It was an event in itself. Triple live was massive back then. As for a bass solo. What ? Drum yes. Keyboard yes. Lead guitar yes....Bass ? It's 4 strings and not a lead guitar. How can you do a solo ? Strings are too thick to bend. Lol ...Hey I was still a teenager. Noone had done it that I had heard & why would you ? Dum de dum de dum ? .... Oh boy ! It totally blew my mind !!! It was everything but dum de dum. Incredible solo !!!! & I always play the full thing with Long Distance Runaround leading into it.
As always a fabulous reaction thank you. Chris so talented with charisma, stage performance and so modest seen him with Yes twice in the 70s, twice 2003/ 04. Suggestion try Squackett this is an album, A Life Within A Day, with Chris and Steve Hackett 😊❤
Yay! So cool that you're listening to this a week later! Just 2 songs left on the album and they're great too! 'Silently Falling' and 'Safe (Canon Song)' They're very much more orchestrated.
Love it. There are 3 Bass Players my all time favourites: Chris Squire, Geddy Lee and Tal Wilkenfeld. I wish I could do 20% of what they can do. I played 52 years Bass.😭
Omg ! Finally someone who mentioned Tai Wilkenfeld !!!! Thankyou !!! Her appearances especially with Jeff Beck is utterly enthralling and brilliant ! The fact he gives her those special moments of, in the spotlight, and stands and watches her in awe like some proud parent is simply wonderful to watch...and boy can she play !!!!!
@@theheepster hear ya had a Fender precision 72, took the lead guitarist to see Yes, he quit playing after seeing Steve Howe. Became a folk musician for awhile then gave the Fender to my best buds daughter. Sail la we.
Great reaction again guys.... And what a stunning solo album it was back then, and has stood the test of time, as is still sounds fresh even today. When you can, listen to the whole album, as it flows beautifully from track to track. Cheers Bob.. 👍👍👍👍
Although Chris used a pick a lot, he used his help right thumb whilst holding the pick to give a almost double thump to the strings and he often used his other right hand to pluck the bass too, so it’s definitely okay to air bass in the traditional way!!!
Lovely reactions, as usual. It was fun to watch you assimilate to the groove: seven to the bar, the clue being in the title (although there are an extra two beats at the end of the chorus to confuse you, haha); the electric piano riff keeps you anchored to the count. I believe Chris played a Telecaster bass - he complained later in life that he thought someone had stolen it; the sound and tone are quite different from the bass on the majority of his work. Obviously - or crucially? - you need to listen to Jon Anderson's 'Olias of Sunhillow'. If you do, I suggest you do the whole album, as, while there are tracks/songs, it really has to be heard as a whole. The word 'unique' is overdone and misused a lot, but this album truly is, I think, unlike anything else you'll have heard (apart, perhaps, from 'We Have Heaven' on the Fragile album)
Here Chris Squire talks through the album th-cam.com/video/1z_6euDbt8w/w-d-xo.html He mentions that the lyric 'lucky tonight' relates to his children's nanny who was unlucky in love. She was heading out on a rare date and Chris muses whether she will be 'lucky tonight'.
The early lock in with Chris and Bruford gives off Heart of The Sunrise vibes. You HAVE to do the other 2 songs on this amazing album,"Silently Falling" and "Safe (Canon Song)". They' re incredible.
Best bass-player when talking about symphonic rock and certainly in this jazzy song. Best drums as well! Will be number at my funeral: lucky tonight before saying goodbye
Who needs a guitar when you have a bass player that plays his instrument like a guitar. There is an interview video on TH-cam that was made in the later 80s/ early 90s (based on clothing and hair styles) where he explains why he didn't play guitar. He said his hands were too big and that's why he chose to learn and master the bass. If you look at the cover of The Yes Album, he is standing between Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. He was a full head taller than Jon. I would like to know just how tall the man was.
I Loved that you both Loved Chris’s solo work!! Huge Yes fan here! Absolutely visit and experience Rick’s solo work! Jon has much solo work out there too! Olias of Sunhillow and his Work in Progress are great! Steve Howe has some terrific solo work too!❤️❤️
NicknLex. Don't know if it's been mentioned by anyone but both Chris Squire (Chris Squire's Swiss Choir) and Jon Anderson (Three Ships) produced Christmas albums. I recommend for Christmas listening. :)
I first bought this on 8 track tape from the discount bin at Wal Martin in 1980. I was 15 and just learning to play bass. About this same time is when I first heard Rush & The Dixie Dregs. They all really got me pumped about the bass. I still love listening to it all and I still love to play.
Fantastic track, how has it not been sampled like hundreds of times I’ll never know, somebody’s going to use it one day, incredible track incredible album
Patrick moraz on keyboards and Bill bruford on drums formerly played with Yes. In 75 moraz was the official keyboard of the band and had played on "relayer" one year earlier. Moraz is giving yhe rhythm and Bruford plays on the snare on the second and 4 th time... Before changing.
He did play a session for jazz saxaphonist Eddie Harris in 1974 (along with Alan White, Tony Kaye, and Steve Winwood), but he never proved himself to be a convincing jazz player. And that's OK. You hire him to do what he does, not be someone he's not.
Others have mentioned it: Sax was Mel Collins, Drums were Bill Bruford (early Yes, and mid period King Crimson.) Conspiracy has two albums: Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood who took over for Squire in Yes when the Master passed away. There are a lot of other Squire projects available - check out Run Like The Fox, a Christmas single put out by Squire and Alan White, and "Squackett" (I think I spelled that right) a whole album of Steve Hackett and Chris Squire... so much goodness there.
Nice trip down memory lane! The best (or closely tied for first spot with Jon Anderson’s first solo - Olias of Sunhillow’) of the solos when the band risked their first hiatus after the Relayer (Yes) recording and tour. It was like another Yes album for many😃at the time. Thanks for exploring this recording out of the archives! I agree this track evokes P.Floyd flavour with the sax and keyboards. 😍🇨🇦
There's 'Squakett' with Steve Hackett and 'Swiss Choir' which is more of a Christmas album. 'Conspiracy' with Billy Sherwood and 'Squakett' are more 'collaboration' albums than solo albums.
The band Conspiracy, his collaboration with Billy Sherwood, released 2 studio albums, the self-titled and the second one, called "The Unknown", and also a live DVD. As for the band Esquire, Chris didn't take part on that band. It was a group formed by his ex-wife Nikki with some other guys, and Nikki asked Chris to add little inserts as backup vocals on a few songs, just that.
Although I agree that this song has a much different feel than the first two, when you listen to the album as a whole straight through it flows incredibly well. It would be easy to think it would end up feeling disjointed, but that really isn't the case at all, at least not to my ears. I think you two are going to really enjoy Silently Falling!
You gotta listen to MAX Webster's album universal juveniles. It's got a studio song on there that has the 3 members of maxwebster, and the 3 members of Rush doing a song together called battle scar. It's all over the internet. Listen to It Intently Cause its killer.. Sounds like something off of fly-by-night and caress of steel.
Nice Review Guys ! Akin here to a further Bow to the 'Bass Gods', I have a song Recommendation for you Two, and for our joint Listeners, it's from a Solo John-Paul Jones Project, from an Album called The Thunderthief. The song is a joint Collaboration with King Crimson Guitarist Robert Fripp. The Song is Leafy Meadows. You'll dig the Vibe and its Drive,........IMMENSELY.
Just a suggestion unrelated to this Squire...can you react to Band Maid? I´m curious what you think two think of it. I´m a progrock fan first, but I also like rock, hardrock and metal in general. Band Maid is all that and they incorporate some proggy elements in their usually 4 minute songs. They are standout musicians and great songwriters: yes, sometimes a little poppy, but always excellently layered songs and catchy chorus.
I would say his Jazziest track on the album. He did make one more solo album in 2007 Chris Squire's Swiss Choir. Actually nothing to do with a Swiss choir just that is rhymed with Chris Squire :-)
An absolutely great album..... Tony Levin is another fabulous bass player (Gabriel's Red Rain) and of course you may have some Stanley Clarke you could share with the lovely Lex. Thanks for the music to walk 🐕 here on a rainy day in Portugal.
I love this album so much I have it on vinyl (bought in 1978 when I was 15) that I copied to reel-to-reel, CD, and mp3. I had to keep buying it as music formats evolved.
@@akaFrits1 luckily I have decided that at my age, I don't need to keep chasing music formats and i am content to hear the music as I have most of my life. Life is much less expensive if I convince myself I am content with the sounds I have lived with for so long! 😂
My favorite bass player with his super punchy expressive sound which was far more than the '64 Rickenbacker Rotosound roundwound strings combo. It was the irreplaceable Squire. Chris equaled Yes and was the first thing that captured everyone's interest from the third album (Yes/Yes) and later. That wonderful visceral (gutbucket) and elastic inevitable river-like lines, caused Steve Howe in the early days to say: "You couldn't really question Chris' playing because there was such a "rightness" in what he did." #NickNLex monthly request: Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East. Either the standard single CD or the deluxe double CD version. When this album first came out Rolling Stone magazine called it one of greatest live performances ever captured. 50 years later the original band is still greatly loved and admired. This particular album had such a giant impact because ABB was utterly musically unique and powerful. They combined blues, rock and jazz into a wonderful gumbo. Duane Allman their lead slide guitarist, became the most in demand session player around. He recorded with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs and Derek and the Dominos to name just a few artists. Dickey Betts was the other lead guitarist who also handled rhythm. Berry Oakley the bassist was so good that Oteil Burbridge from Dead and Company summed him up in one word: "revolutionary." Bassist Oteil said at times Berry would sound like the third guitar because like the really gifted bass players will take on a lead-like approach at times when the situation calls for it. Beyond individual players, the whole band was rock solid and used all their power in a smartly artistic way. No doubt they were one of the top bands that sprang up in America. The Allman Brothers Band first album came out in 1969 and hit like a ton of bricks with a musical identity that was fully formed. These guys had "it" from the get-go and everyone knew it. At Fillmore East caught the band in full stride and peak form and that's why this album, then as well as now, is viewed with such reverence. Like Jimi Hendrix, the original ABB had a brief lifespan, but oh didn't they make a big splash and shine a bright light?!!
One of the smoothest implementations of 7/8 in the intro and early vocal section - it doesn't get the "loping" feel of most odd time signatures until Chris' bass becomes more prominent after the first vocal section! The musicians for this track (other than Chris, obviously) were: Bill Bruford on drums (Bill had left Yes to join King Crimson by this time, but agreed to do this album with Chris) Mel Collins on saxophone (Mel had been a member of King Crimson, but by this time had left KC was doing a great deal of session work: from this album, Mel would go on to work with The Alan Parsons Project and Camel, among others) Patrick Moraz on keyboards (Patrick was, at the time the keyboardist for Yes)
Not so much Pink Floyd as more like Sting crossed with Steely Dan! Have this on original vynyl and loved it since it was first released. Very jazz, in 7/8 time - hence Lucky 7
It's a shame Squire hasn't made more solo albums. (of course there were still a few projects outside of Yes). This song is called "Lucky Seven" (among other things) because it is largely written in 7/8 time. It's a pity you didn't listen to the album page by page, because the songs mostly flow into each other. Still, it would be great if you could hear the remaining two songs "Silently Falling" and "Safe" as well. For some, these two songs are too long-winded, but if you listen properly, you can tell that something new is constantly happening.
All the bass was worked out and tightly structured. Chris wasn't really into improvising so everything he did was worked through over and over in advance. My favourite album of all time. Thank you!
I heard their bass player kept turning up their own part in the mixing studio. Kidding. Or am I??? Songs from this album go through my head, even today. This and most proggy music at the time was in no wise ubiquitous. Quite the contrary. In my high school, in Charlotte, I didn't know a soul who had this, or hardly any of the good stuff. They were wise to Dark Side of the Moon, with bite-sized songs, and some had Fragile, some even had the first King Crimson and Close to the Edge, but countable on one hand. The more obscure stuff then is still pretty obscure today, like Gryphon, Van der Graaf Generator, Barclay James Harvest, and/or Donny Osmond. I can't remember if y'all have yet covered the Jon Anderson/Todmobile/Orchestra perfection of "Awaken". Many seem to agree that it is the one to beat.
I remember when a friend of mine first told me about this album back when I was in high school. I'll never forget him calling me and going on about how jazzy this album was. In retrospect it's not THAT jazzy. Putting sax on your funky rock track doesn't turn it into a jazz piece. But funk is hard enough for someone raised in the 60s British rock and pop tradition to tackle, and I think Chris acquitted himself well during the mid-70s.
I suppose it was lucky Seven as it is in 7/8 time and lucky appears in the lyric. It could have been called Great Bass for me. Or Everlasting moments of joy
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The sax player in this album is Mel Collins of King Crimson and Camel fame, as well as a great session musician.
I saw Mel play with King Crimson here in Nashville at the Ryman Auditorium in November of 2019
Mel is one of the most recorded musicians in rock music history so I’m told. He’s up there with Jeff Porcaro. But Mel’s solo in this song must rank with his very finest performances.
Mel laid down all the sax parts in 2.5 hrs.
Chris Squire is one of the best bass players I've ever heard. The way he can wrap a groove around a solid beat is unparalleled. His vocals are not too shabby, either.
Greatest solo album by any YES member. Bought this when it first came out in 75
I think I said this in the other reaction, too. Chris Squire "Fish Out Of Water" is the greatest solo album by anyone that was in a band. I cannot think of a better one.
No Shit!
Olias of Sunhillow is pretty special, too. But it's a VERY different kind of album.
@@yes_head absolutely Jon was brilliant but he was learning along the way. Squire had the Christian choir training. And once you go Jesus, we'll you can fill in the rest.🙏🇨🇦
@@yes_head I love "Olias Of Sunhillow" and that's a top 10 for me as far as solo albums go.
I recommend the YT video of Chris playing this and other FOOW songs along with Bruford and a full orchestra-. It shows him in his element and you can tell he's enjoying himself immensely. Also, another YT video of him interpreting this album and giving some personal anecdotes, in which his humour and basic human goodness shines through. Chris was an impressive individual in all respects. Nice job again Nick n Lex.
The song is in seven of course, and Bruford has fun playing around with it.
Exactly- well said.
You need to do the other 2 songs on the album, Silently Falling and Safe
(Canon Song)
Lex promised they would play the whole album eventually.
We love you guys to react to these two please. Brilliant songs
I love this Entire album
Chris was famous for using a pick to play his lead or harmony bass, but he also used his thumb holding the pick to give a fuller or double thump to the strings. He also used his other fingers to pluck the bass strings in a more traditional manner so it’s definitely okay to air bass in the regular way!!!
Chris also played the strings in different places on the bass to change the sound as much as his peddle effects.
Thanks for reviewing this great song Lucky Seven (which is played in 7/4 rhythm). I would love to see your reaction to "Silently Falling" from the same album. It has expansive and dreamy harmonies with a driving beat and Chris' expert bass playing of course, with that backing small orchestra and flute.
My favorite track on one of my favorite albums of all time. So glad to.see someone else discovering what I've been loving for 30+ years. The world should know such greatness exists!
Ladies and gentlemen the genius behind Yes Chris Squire. Chris was Yes, from 68 to his passing. He won best bass player 6 yrs straight in Guitar magazine. And to think that Keith Emmerson asked Squire to join him but Chris didn't want to sing lead. Or it could have been Emmerson Palmer and Squire!
I for one am glad that he turned it down..... ELP was awesome, but Yes was surreally good, and probably would have never happened without Chris
@@urupiper2Two your right, but I know I would have cried a hell of a lot more to EPS then ELP.
Chris and Jon founded the band, so you are correct. 🎸
Funny enough, Emerson was asked to join Yes when Wakeman left for the firs time. They finally took Moraz, and Relayer came out...
Mel Collins on Sax Alto sax (Main part of song) and Soprano sax (solo) on this one. Remember, this was after Robert Fripp disbanded King Crimson. So not only was Bill Bruford a past member of Yes, he was also a past member of King Crimson (at this time) and so was Mel Collins who had played on In The Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands and Red. Andrew Pryce Jackman on electric piano. Just a note...Mel Collins also plays on a few 'Camel' albums and you've done two tracks from 'The Snow Goose'.
I've only listened to the music on this album a little bit on TH-cam, as I never bought it or any of their other solo works. Now I wish I had. This music is just so darn good.
It was released as a stand-alone Blu-ray recently in 5.1 surround.
All the solo albums from this period of Yes history are exceptional. They include The Steve Howe Album, Jon Anderson's Olias of Sunhillow and Alan White's Ramshackled. I think Wakeman's Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is from this time as well.
I have to buy this album! It is so good! Loved the flow of this song! And that bass was so prominent throughout! Absolutely awesome request! Great Video!
Hi guys, I will keep this very short ...Great reaction to Chris Squire and it is such a brilliant album. You will enjoy "Silently Falling". Sooo good ! ...Ok ... Live album "Yessongs" >>> "Long Distance Runaround / The Fish " ... is an absolute must !!! Mind blowing playing from Chris on a whole new level of bass playing....All these decades later I have never heard anything like it again. Nuff said. Byeee X
Yessongs the fish bass solo is absolutely phenomenal
@@fredericmondor8683 In the 70's when I bought the album [ Triple vinyl ] It was an event in itself. Triple live was massive back then. As for a bass solo. What ? Drum yes. Keyboard yes. Lead guitar yes....Bass ? It's 4 strings and not a lead guitar. How can you do a solo ? Strings are too thick to bend. Lol ...Hey I was still a teenager. Noone had done it that I had heard & why would you ? Dum de dum de dum ? .... Oh boy ! It totally blew my mind !!! It was everything but dum de dum. Incredible solo !!!! & I always play the full thing with Long Distance Runaround leading into it.
As always a fabulous reaction thank you. Chris so talented with charisma, stage performance and so modest seen him with Yes twice in the 70s, twice 2003/ 04. Suggestion try Squackett this is an album, A Life Within A Day, with Chris and Steve Hackett 😊❤
Squackett 💪💪
A great track...Chris Squire and Yes have that funkiness that even 70s rock bands had in bucketloads! Love this track, love this album!
The whole album is amazing!!! Thank you for doing this. ❤️
That other Yes harmonic voice. Oh yeah, and a Rickenbacher bass master.
Ahh the Great Chris Squire with Bill Bruford, Classic Progs Greatest Bassist & Drummer !! A Great album I remember it well guys !! : D
Yay! So cool that you're listening to this a week later! Just 2 songs left on the album and they're great too! 'Silently Falling' and 'Safe (Canon Song)' They're very much more orchestrated.
I used Safe to introduce my kids to what different parts of the orchestra sound like.
Love it. There are 3 Bass Players my all time favourites: Chris Squire, Geddy Lee and Tal Wilkenfeld. I wish I could do 20% of what they can do. I played 52 years Bass.😭
Obviously your fingers are to short lol.
Omg ! Finally someone who mentioned Tai Wilkenfeld !!!! Thankyou !!! Her appearances especially with Jeff Beck is utterly enthralling and brilliant ! The fact he gives her those special moments of, in the spotlight, and stands and watches her in awe like some proud parent is simply wonderful to watch...and boy can she play !!!!!
@@lesblatnyak5947 That is only one reason
@@theheepster hear ya had a Fender precision 72, took the lead guitarist to see Yes, he quit playing after seeing Steve Howe. Became a folk musician for awhile then gave the Fender to my best buds daughter. Sail la we.
Nice 3 :).
First time hearing this too. Smoothish jazz Yes…
Finish the album Safe (Cannon Somg) is soooooo epic
If I had listened to this album without knowing yes I still would love it. It's classy music , so well played. One Of my favs .
Great song and thank you for your reaction. That was Bruford on drums. The 15 minute song you referred to is called Safe, a great piece as well.
Please consider Rick Wakemans MERLIN THE MAGICIAN
Great reaction again guys.... And what a stunning solo album it was back then, and has stood the test of time, as is still sounds fresh even today. When you can, listen to the whole album, as it flows beautifully from track to track. Cheers Bob.. 👍👍👍👍
Love that you’re staying with FOOW and Chris on this and happy that you’re enjoying it so much. Great music.
watching you two get lost in the music of my youth is a truly surreal experience for me.... thank you so much ')
Although Chris used a pick a lot, he used his help right thumb whilst holding the pick to give a almost double thump to the strings and he often used his other right hand to pluck the bass too, so it’s definitely okay to air bass in the traditional way!!!
That was brilliant Nick and Lex 👏👏👏superb!
Lovely reactions, as usual. It was fun to watch you assimilate to the groove: seven to the bar, the clue being in the title (although there are an extra two beats at the end of the chorus to confuse you, haha); the electric piano riff keeps you anchored to the count. I believe Chris played a Telecaster bass - he complained later in life that he thought someone had stolen it; the sound and tone are quite different from the bass on the majority of his work.
Obviously - or crucially? - you need to listen to Jon Anderson's 'Olias of Sunhillow'. If you do, I suggest you do the whole album, as, while there are tracks/songs, it really has to be heard as a whole. The word 'unique' is overdone and misused a lot, but this album truly is, I think, unlike anything else you'll have heard (apart, perhaps, from 'We Have Heaven' on the Fragile album)
I just love how seasoned musicians can just riff and make it soyu2nd so good!
His only other solo album was a Christmas album called, believe it or not, Swiss Choir.
Hey, I noticed the subscriber counter went from 39.9K to 40K today 5/5/2022! Congratulations!👍👍
Here Chris Squire talks through the album th-cam.com/video/1z_6euDbt8w/w-d-xo.html He mentions that the lyric 'lucky tonight' relates to his children's nanny who was unlucky in love. She was heading out on a rare date and Chris muses whether she will be 'lucky tonight'.
The beat is in 7/4, which is why it is called lucky seven.
The early lock in with Chris and Bruford gives off Heart of The Sunrise vibes. You HAVE to do the other 2 songs on this amazing album,"Silently Falling" and "Safe (Canon Song)". They' re incredible.
This is one of my favorite solo Yes album
I know this since the day it came out, with the great Bill Bruford on drums
My favourite song on this album.
Best bass-player when talking about symphonic rock and certainly in this jazzy song. Best drums as well! Will be number at my funeral: lucky tonight before saying goodbye
Who needs a guitar when you have a bass player that plays his instrument like a guitar. There is an interview video on TH-cam that was made in the later 80s/ early 90s (based on clothing and hair styles) where he explains why he didn't play guitar. He said his hands were too big and that's why he chose to learn and master the bass. If you look at the cover of The Yes Album, he is standing between Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. He was a full head taller than Jon. I would like to know just how tall the man was.
Yes! (See what I did there? Eh, eh?) Chris never gets old. Seven beats. Not a 4/3 but a true 7.
Thought about this today (5 Sep) - it's saxophonist Mel Collins' 75th birthday.
I Loved that you both Loved Chris’s solo work!!
Huge Yes fan here! Absolutely visit and experience Rick’s solo work! Jon has much solo work out there too! Olias of Sunhillow and his Work in Progress are great! Steve Howe has some terrific solo work too!❤️❤️
I remember my friend Larry bringing this album home and turning me on to this amazing song. That unmistakable Bill Bruford snare.
The signature wasn't changing like the guy said, it was 7/4 all the time.
It was fun to watch the guy trying to figure out how to air play the drums
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and the snare goes on 3 and 7
NicknLex. Don't know if it's been mentioned by anyone but both Chris Squire (Chris Squire's Swiss Choir) and Jon Anderson (Three Ships) produced Christmas albums. I recommend for Christmas listening. :)
I first bought this on 8 track tape from the discount bin at Wal Martin in 1980. I was 15 and just learning to play bass. About this same time is when I first heard Rush & The Dixie Dregs. They all really got me pumped about the bass. I still love listening to it all and I still love to play.
Fantastic track, how has it not been sampled like hundreds of times I’ll never know, somebody’s going to use it one day, incredible track incredible album
Patrick moraz on keyboards and Bill bruford on drums formerly played with Yes. In 75 moraz was the official keyboard of the band and had played on "relayer" one year earlier.
Moraz is giving yhe rhythm and Bruford plays on the snare on the second and 4 th time... Before changing.
Dick Parry was Dax player on DSOTM Mel Collins played sax on this album
Squire and Bruford go crazy in 7/8.
x .Such a great record.
Mel Collins actually was the same sax player for Pink Floyd. Good ear!
Chris Squire Jazz bassist! What, who? I thought he did Progressive? Yeah, man he does both!!! 😁
He did play a session for jazz saxaphonist Eddie Harris in 1974 (along with Alan White, Tony Kaye, and Steve Winwood), but he never proved himself to be a convincing jazz player. And that's OK. You hire him to do what he does, not be someone he's not.
Others have mentioned it: Sax was Mel Collins, Drums were Bill Bruford (early Yes, and mid period King Crimson.)
Conspiracy has two albums: Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood who took over for Squire in Yes when the Master passed away. There are a lot of other Squire projects available - check out Run Like The Fox, a Christmas single put out by Squire and Alan White, and "Squackett" (I think I spelled that right) a whole album of Steve Hackett and Chris Squire... so much goodness there.
Was going to provide the same info :D. I hope N&L get to check it all out. The title-track "Conspiracy" is very good.
…and Mel played with Pink Floyd on Dark Side of the Moon.
Nice trip down memory lane! The best (or closely tied for first spot with Jon Anderson’s first solo - Olias of Sunhillow’) of the solos when the band risked their first hiatus after the Relayer (Yes) recording and tour. It was like another Yes album for many😃at the time. Thanks for exploring this recording out of the archives! I agree this track evokes P.Floyd flavour with the sax and keyboards. 😍🇨🇦
Song is in 7/4 time, hence the title.
It never left 7/8
I like this album better than yes or any of the solo projects the other musicians did. Those Jazz grooves always make it work😊
There's 'Squakett' with Steve Hackett and 'Swiss Choir' which is more of a Christmas album. 'Conspiracy' with Billy Sherwood and 'Squakett' are more 'collaboration' albums than solo albums.
Alsooo, a very strong Album.
He also did 3 album(s) with his ex Wife Nikki Squire under the name "Esquire"
The band Conspiracy, his collaboration with Billy Sherwood, released 2 studio albums, the self-titled and the second one, called "The Unknown", and also a live DVD.
As for the band Esquire, Chris didn't take part on that band. It was a group formed by his ex-wife Nikki with some other guys, and Nikki asked Chris to add little inserts as backup vocals on a few songs, just that.
No interruptions?!?!?! Wow, you REALLY liked it!!! 🤣👍
Although I agree that this song has a much different feel than the first two, when you listen to the album as a whole straight through it flows incredibly well. It would be easy to think it would end up feeling disjointed, but that really isn't the case at all, at least not to my ears.
I think you two are going to really enjoy Silently Falling!
You gotta listen to MAX Webster's album universal juveniles. It's got a studio song on there that has the 3 members of maxwebster, and the 3 members of Rush doing a song together called battle scar. It's all over the internet. Listen to It Intently Cause its killer.. Sounds like something off of fly-by-night and caress of steel.
yeh,bought this on vinyl back in the day..nice to hear it again
What we have here are two clear cases of bass face! Thanks for another one from this album. You folks are awesome 👍
Nice Review Guys ! Akin here to a further Bow to the 'Bass Gods', I have a song Recommendation for you Two, and for our joint Listeners, it's from a Solo John-Paul Jones Project, from an Album called The Thunderthief. The song is a joint Collaboration with King Crimson Guitarist Robert Fripp. The Song is Leafy Meadows. You'll dig the Vibe and its Drive,........IMMENSELY.
Yes, Leafy Meadows is fantastic!
Great request and reaction. Getting close to 40k! ✨🤪
Just a suggestion unrelated to this Squire...can you react to Band Maid? I´m curious what you think two think of it. I´m a progrock fan first, but I also like rock, hardrock and metal in general. Band Maid is all that and they incorporate some proggy elements in their usually 4 minute songs. They are standout musicians and great songwriters: yes, sometimes a little poppy, but always excellently layered songs and catchy chorus.
If you loved the sensibilities of this piece (jazz, sax, Rhodes, etc), I strongly suggest Traffic’s “Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.” You’ll love it
seven (times a bar) is the magic number of this beautiful track !
What's to say ? Great song, I have to buy the album :-)
I would say his Jazziest track on the album. He did make one more solo album in 2007 Chris Squire's Swiss Choir. Actually nothing to do with a Swiss choir just that is rhymed with Chris Squire :-)
So good so jazzy which I love along with progressive rock.
An absolutely great album.....
Tony Levin is another fabulous bass player (Gabriel's Red Rain) and of course you may have some Stanley Clarke you could share with the lovely Lex.
Thanks for the music to walk 🐕 here on a rainy day in Portugal.
Geronimo...from Pieces of the Sun...fantastic
His Christmas album, Swiss Choir, is the best in the genre that I've ever heard.
Thank you !!!!!
Remember the bass phrase appearing on 4:25 of the video, when listening to the next song, the 15 minute opus as you call it
I love this album so much I have it on vinyl (bought in 1978 when I was 15) that I copied to reel-to-reel, CD, and mp3. I had to keep buying it as music formats evolved.
There’s a 5.1 BR as well
@@akaFrits1 luckily I have decided that at my age, I don't need to keep chasing music formats and i am content to hear the music as I have most of my life. Life is much less expensive if I convince myself I am content with the sounds I have lived with for so long! 😂
Do listen to "gates of delirium" from "relayer". Nothing else sounds like this
The saxophone player was Mel Collins of King Crimson.
It's a dance track; you gotta move.
This song has such film noir feel.
Please consider a reaction RICK WAKEMAN Merlin the Magician from the album King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table...
You'll love this
My favorite bass player with his super punchy expressive sound which was far more than the '64 Rickenbacker Rotosound roundwound strings combo. It was the irreplaceable Squire. Chris equaled Yes and was the first thing that captured everyone's interest from the third album (Yes/Yes) and later. That wonderful visceral (gutbucket) and elastic inevitable river-like lines, caused Steve Howe in the early days to say: "You couldn't really question Chris' playing because there was such a "rightness" in what he did."
#NickNLex monthly request: Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East. Either the standard single CD or the deluxe double CD version. When this album first came out Rolling Stone magazine called it one of greatest live performances ever captured. 50 years later the original band is still greatly loved and admired. This particular album had such a giant impact because ABB was utterly musically unique and powerful. They combined blues, rock and jazz into a wonderful gumbo. Duane Allman their lead slide guitarist, became the most in demand session player around. He recorded with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Boz Scaggs and Derek and the Dominos to name just a few artists. Dickey Betts was the other lead guitarist who also handled rhythm. Berry Oakley the bassist was so good that Oteil Burbridge from Dead and Company summed him up in one word: "revolutionary." Bassist Oteil said at times Berry would sound like the third guitar because like the really gifted bass players will take on a lead-like approach at times when the situation calls for it. Beyond individual players, the whole band was rock solid and used all their power in a smartly artistic way. No doubt they were one of the top bands that sprang up in America. The Allman Brothers Band first album came out in 1969 and hit like a ton of bricks with a musical identity that was fully formed. These guys had "it" from the get-go and everyone knew it. At Fillmore East caught the band in full stride and peak form and that's why this album, then as well as now, is viewed with such reverence. Like Jimi Hendrix, the original ABB had a brief lifespan, but oh didn't they make a big splash and shine a bright light?!!
One of the smoothest implementations of 7/8 in the intro and early vocal section - it doesn't get the "loping" feel of most odd time signatures until Chris' bass becomes more prominent after the first vocal section!
The musicians for this track (other than Chris, obviously) were:
Bill Bruford on drums (Bill had left Yes to join King Crimson by this time, but agreed to do this album with Chris)
Mel Collins on saxophone (Mel had been a member of King Crimson, but by this time had left KC was doing a great deal of session work: from this album, Mel would go on to work with The Alan Parsons Project and Camel, among others)
Patrick Moraz on keyboards (Patrick was, at the time the keyboardist for Yes)
Now go listen to Royal Scam by Steely Dan. The underlying rythm section sounds identical.
Sounds great as well.
Not so much Pink Floyd as more like Sting crossed with Steely Dan! Have this on original vynyl and loved it since it was first released. Very jazz, in 7/8 time - hence Lucky 7
It's a shame Squire hasn't made more solo albums. (of course there were still a few projects outside of Yes). This song is called "Lucky Seven" (among other things) because it is largely written in 7/8 time. It's a pity you didn't listen to the album page by page, because the songs mostly flow into each other. Still, it would be great if you could hear the remaining two songs "Silently Falling" and "Safe" as well. For some, these two songs are too long-winded, but if you listen properly, you can tell that something new is constantly happening.
All the bass was worked out and tightly structured. Chris wasn't really into improvising so everything he did was worked through over and over in advance. My favourite album of all time. Thank you!
Please react to the rest of the album!!! 😎
Good one!!!
I heard their bass player kept turning up their own part in the mixing studio. Kidding. Or am I??? Songs from this album go through my head, even today. This and most proggy music at the time was in no wise ubiquitous. Quite the contrary. In my high school, in Charlotte, I didn't know a soul who had this, or hardly any of the good stuff. They were wise to Dark Side of the Moon, with bite-sized songs, and some had Fragile, some even had the first King Crimson and Close to the Edge, but countable on one hand. The more obscure stuff then is still pretty obscure today, like Gryphon, Van der Graaf Generator, Barclay James Harvest, and/or Donny Osmond.
I can't remember if y'all have yet covered the Jon Anderson/Todmobile/Orchestra perfection of "Awaken". Many seem to agree that it is the one to beat.
I remember when a friend of mine first told me about this album back when I was in high school. I'll never forget him calling me and going on about how jazzy this album was. In retrospect it's not THAT jazzy. Putting sax on your funky rock track doesn't turn it into a jazz piece. But funk is hard enough for someone raised in the 60s British rock and pop tradition to tackle, and I think Chris acquitted himself well during the mid-70s.
I suppose it was lucky Seven as it is in 7/8 time and lucky appears in the lyric. It could have been called Great Bass for me. Or Everlasting moments of joy
Silently Falling must be next! and is you like Chris Squire then you HAVE to listen to HEART OF THE SUNRISE and STARSHIP TROOPER
Don't overlook Silently Falling. IMO, it's the strongest track.