Jon Anderson was inspired by great literary works. Apparently this song was inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace...truly an incredible piece of music capturing the run up to, chaos of and aftermath of War.
I'm so delighted and relieved to see you back after such a long absence. I was the one responsible for introducing you to Yes, with Close To The Edge. You clearly enjoy going down the Yes rabbit hole so would highly recommend their Awaken album.
I'm loving being back making videos after so long 😁. Oh trust me I'll never forget you rbu83145, you're the fantastic person that started me on my yes journey. 😉
They dared to go beyond musical convention to reach a state of wonderment and genius seldom experienced in popular recorded music. it still makes me tingle approaching 50 years later.
I always felt that this song was intended to drag you into the hell of war and then bring you peace. The entire generation that came of age in the late 60/early 70s, was effected by the Vietnam War, even outside of the US .
Goosebumps... yes indeed. That means you GET it. I have been listening to Yes for over 40 years, and I still get chills, goosebumps, and even the occasional tear from the music. It never gets old. The transition between the battle, the triumph, and the aftermath (Soon) is Yes at its absolute finest... Soon does not achieve its full impact without listening to the entire song with the buildup, IMO. You are absolutely correct, Yes songs, especially the long pieces, take multiple listens to even start to scratch the surface. If you want more goosebumps, please react to Awaken from their Going for the One album.
"The Gates Of Delirium" is about a war. The build up to it, then the frantic battle section followed by that glorious victory melody, and finally the 'Soon' section, which is the prayer and peace ending.
In case anyone wonders, the best live version of this song is on the Yesshows album. It outdoes the studio version by so very much. Alan White just goes nuts on the drums followed by an amazing keyboard by Patrick Moraz!
My favourite Yes album. I first listened to Relayer in 1975 and saw them perform GoD at Cobo Hall in 1976, which appears on the Yesshows album. In fact, it is my favourite musical piece ever! It moves me on a such a visceral level, that I stopped listening to it for about 20 years, it affected me so much. But thanks to your channel (& some others) I have been enjoying it again through the rections and the tears that inevitably come. An absolutely stunning piece of music. Their Magnun Opus I would say.
So happy to see younger generations enjoying this great music. you get it. great reaction. the lyric you were wondering about: Wars that shout in screams of anguish Power spent passion bespoils our soul receiver, surely we know In glory we rise to offer Create our freedom, a word we utter A word
Btw, just like Close to the Edge, this album contains only three songs. One side long epic, and two ~9 minute pieces. Sound chaser is one of my favorite and To Be Over is beautiful. If you like the classic weird prog of the 70s, you could try something like “Recycled” 16min + 19min by Nektar or “Karn Evil 9” 29min by ELP. But they may not be as weird as Yes. Just super creative
Apparently, Relayer (the album) is inspired by Tolstoy's War & Peace. So, Gates of Delirium is the "War" part of it, hence references to battle, conquering etc. This, of course, means that the album is a whole entity, rather than a collection of songs (Concept albums are a very Prog thing). If you're still on the lookout for weird, try "Grendel" by Marillion. This was on the B-side of their first single, and in my opinion it is epic (based on Beowolf).
Albums that are a full project are fantastic to listen to in their entirety without distraction. Just not ideal for a TH-cam video unfortunately. I'll add Grendel to the list, thank you.
This song is of the type that gets better and better the more you listen to and learn. The more you learn, the more you like. Songs like "Supper's Ready" and the entire "Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" album by classic Genesis are similar in character and quality. I confess, the first time I heard "Gates" was in 1977, and my first impression was "Whats with all this noise?" I did not like one bit. I was just a 17 year old budding YES fan at the time. Today I feel it's one of the greatest tracks ever. Best to listen to the whole thing, all 3 tracks in a row to really get the most of it. Today it's "That was wild". In a few years and if you stick with it, your thoughts will change to "This is Awesome!". Join us. You will not regret. Let the music play.
Should have seen this live in '75. THE most powerful concert Yes ever did. Height of their musical powers. By the time they got to "Soon Oh Soon" (with waves of green laser light bathing the arena) there wasn't a dry eye in the house. These guys were beyond great. Oh to see that show just one more time...!
Shame you weren't around in the 70's to be able to hear this hundreds of times, then spend the next decades hearing it hundreds of times more; Then loving it even more than the first time you hear it...A life spent with YES is a life well spent. :)...And you don't need headphones either. A good set of speakers and a clean recording and good ears lets you hear EVERY nuance, Headphones have a limited frequency response. A nice pair of 3 way speakers gives a more diverse selection of sounds. YES, like much of the greater prog genre washes over your body, your hairs should be flowing with the sound...It's an exquisite experience...When you really "get" this song, for the first time; "Soon" will bring a tear to your eye.
Great reaction! Next song I would suggest is either 'Awaken' off of the 'Going for the One' album, or 'The Revealing Science of God' off of the 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' album. I think you'd really like both.
The only Yes album with Pat Moraz on board , and fans still complain that he didnt have Wakeman's magic touch . Silly . Moraz plays his ass off on 3 ambitious songs that left many prog rivals in the dust .
It's guitar. Steve just uses a tone that fits in with the synthesizer sound. It's easy to think that the keyboards are the bulk of the sound but the guitar and bass are just as involved. Something else to keep in mind is, as Alan White once said, "There are a lot of notes in a yes song and you have to play every one of them." While that sounds so basic, listen to how many notes there are. It's mind boggling when you consider that in a typical show there's 2.5 to 3 hours of this endless onslaught of notes and technique. You can interpret Jon's lyrics multiple ways. For example is it sun or son that he's referring to?
Those lyrics were written in '73/'74...and if you really listen to them, you could apply many of them to what is happening in today's world as well. Fantastic song that you really need to know the context of what it is written about, War & Peace, to really appreciate how they represented that musically. Amazing!
What next? Re Yes: well, after Side 1 of Relayer there is Side 2. Or backtrack - suggest all 6 sides of Yessongs, as that wraps up their prior work (and is great listening!). Or - a major challenge - Tales from Topographic Oceans. A monster work of around 1hr 40 mins over 4 sides. Astonishing music. Something else? Trilogy from ELP, A Trick of the Tail by Genesis, Songs from the Wood by Jethro Tull. Enjoyed this! Thanks! :)
Sudden confusion about time and often about place (where they are) may be an early sign of delirium. If delirium is severe, people may not know who they or other people are. Thinking is confused, and people with delirium ramble, sometimes becoming incoherent. Their level of awareness (consciousness) may fluctuate.
Hi rasengan, nearly missed this one! Nice reaction! If you want to diversify slightly, prog had a slow comeback in the late '90's with new works primarily from Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson. Try song "Fear of a Blank Planet" live in Tilberg as a good sample. Slightly heavier then Yes, PT/SW are often described "as if Pink Floyd and Tool had a baby". BTW Steven Wilson is the guy who remastered the Yes editions you listen to; he's very much into Yes - but not just. Lots of metal and avant-garde from him e.g. Opeth's Blackwater Park album; Routine etc etc etc (look him up). "Trains" also a good example.
Anderson's lyrics are more formed on the sound of the words and whatever was on the mind of Jon Anderson. For me, Awaken is my fave, butGates of Delirium stands out for the musical portrayal of Patriotism that lead to the horrors of war, and resolves to a bleak yet soulful peace. Because Moraz plays the keys and adds what Wakeman could not, the album is a hidden masterpiece of composition, musicianship, and poetry.
Hi Rasengan... Found you through your CTTE video, and I'll be honest, I nearly didn't watch it.. All the "Who are these guys, never heard of them" stuff at the start. Really glad I stuck with it though... Anyway, you probably realise by now just how twisted and fractured Yes's history is, but just in case you missed it this documentary covers all the differing lineups over 40 or so years... For what it's worth, having lived through the late 60s and 70s stuff, Yes consists of Anderson, Bruford, Howe, Squire and Wakeman .... At a pinch Wakemen and (hurts to say this) Bruford can be substituted, but without Jon, Chris and Steve the band isn't Yes :) th-cam.com/video/4ovHxAw_UEg/w-d-xo.html
Geez, man, I thought you were dead - so much so, that in a purge of subscriptions, I unsubscribed! And now you return with my favourite YES (and prog. rock) track, so I've subscribed again - we have history, right? LOL. "Awaken" would be another good YES choice.
We absolutely have history my friend. It's great to hear from you again and I hope you're keeping well. Understandable you unsubbed, I wasn't sure I'd be uploading again myself. Now it's going to be all sorts of reactions (plenty of yes of course).
Pardon my foodie metaphors, but Listening to Soon without Gates of Delirium is like eating a cooling raita without a spicy Dhaba Gosht. It’s nice but without the contrast, it’s not as amazing.
Youwere wondering what instruments were playing what sounds. Watch the live symphonic version of this (around 2001, I think), where you can see who is playing what. This is one of my favorite yes songs. As a big yes fan, in 1974, the Relayer tour preceded the album release. So I heard it live prior to being able to listen to it on the album. I did not like it at all. Yes music grows on you, and often the first listen is rough. As for Yes lyrics, you generally cant make sense of them. I just listen to the sound, and love the voices. You do get the feelings of war, chaos, and the aftermath. And Im sure Jon Anderson knows what the words mean. This was the height of Yes, and Gates is truly one of their best accomplishments.
@@Relayer6a yes. The incentivising / moralising / whipping on into war. The fight, the destruction, the remorse on realising what price all that anger and pain has wrought. The bliss of the new day bringing peace.
This is my favorite YES track, but it took several listens to truly appreciate it, the first time around 1977. Now I slip on the headphones, turn out the lights and listen in the dark. But if you pause, I leave. That's like pausing the roller coaster in the middle of the ride and halfway down the hill, or everyone slamming on the brakes in a middle of a Nascar race. Discussions are for afterwards. I won't thumbs-down, but I won't like either. Some things are as they are. Do as you must. Let the music play. peace out. (5 minutes in...) Wow. 'Bye. Enjoy.
Haha I completely understand where you're coming from. When alone I don't pause music and I don't even like people talking over it. Appreciate not disliking so thank you 😁
The reaction guys don't seem to play sound chaser very often, i suppose it's not "as good" as the admittedly fucking amazing instrumental section of gates, but it's tight and delicious. I certainly play it more than gates as gates is as draining as it is lifting. Still can't beat that Howe guitar rise at about 10 mins into gates though!
Back on lyrics. Even Bill Bruford commented that jon anderson talks in sentences no one can understand as did the reviews when their records come out. Take a look at the lyrics to siberian khatru. Pretty abstract. He plays with the sounds of words alot. But real meanings? Doesnt stop.me from loving the music
@@Rasengankhan I highly recommend you check out Tool also. If you react to their music, your subscription base will increase exponentially. They're as amazing as Yes but the polar opposite.
@@sublimehypocrisy I've heard some Tool already but not everything. I've heard Parabol+Parabola, Right in Two, Lateralus and Fear Inoculum. (Off the top of my head) Anything else you'd recommend for a reaction video?
Jon Anderson was inspired by great literary works. Apparently this song was inspired by Leo Tolstoy’s War & Peace...truly an incredible piece of music capturing the run up to, chaos of and aftermath of War.
I'm so delighted and relieved to see you back after such a long absence. I was the one responsible for introducing you to Yes, with Close To The Edge. You clearly enjoy going down the Yes rabbit hole so would highly recommend their Awaken album.
I'm loving being back making videos after so long 😁.
Oh trust me I'll never forget you rbu83145, you're the fantastic person that started me on my yes journey. 😉
That would be the Going for the One album. That is my favorite album overall.
They dared to go beyond musical convention to reach a state of wonderment and genius seldom experienced in popular recorded music. it still makes me tingle approaching 50 years later.
beautiful mind expanding music
I always felt that this song was intended to drag you into the hell of war and then bring you peace. The entire generation that came of age in the late 60/early 70s, was effected by the Vietnam War, even outside of the US
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Exactly!
Goosebumps... yes indeed. That means you GET it. I have been listening to Yes for over 40 years, and I still get chills, goosebumps, and even the occasional tear from the music. It never gets old. The transition between the battle, the triumph, and the aftermath (Soon) is Yes at its absolute finest... Soon does not achieve its full impact without listening to the entire song with the buildup, IMO. You are absolutely correct, Yes songs, especially the long pieces, take multiple listens to even start to scratch the surface. If you want more goosebumps, please react to Awaken from their Going for the One album.
This is greatness! The tug of the war. And Soon is incredible. More YES!!!
"The Gates Of Delirium" is about a war. The build up to it, then the frantic battle section followed by that glorious victory melody, and finally the 'Soon' section, which is the prayer and peace ending.
A progressive rock masterpiece, based on the book War and Peace.
Now on to Sound Chaser and To Be Over - side 2 of the album. Once you experience the entire album you can see more of the breadth of their talent.
Ahhh...The 70s Yes Epics: Heaven to the Ears!!!!
Look at that fantastic hair!! So glad to see you returning to listening to more Yes :D
I'm glad you like the hair, on a mission to grow it as long as possible.
The Yes journey will indeed be continuing :D
In case anyone wonders, the best live version of this song is on the Yesshows album. It outdoes the studio version by so very much. Alan White just goes nuts on the drums followed by an amazing keyboard by Patrick Moraz!
Yeah, that version is very good
My favourite Yes album. I first listened to Relayer in 1975 and saw them perform GoD at Cobo Hall in 1976, which appears on the Yesshows album. In fact, it is my favourite musical piece ever! It moves me on a such a visceral level, that I stopped listening to it for about 20 years, it affected me so much. But thanks to your channel (& some others) I have been enjoying it again through the rections and the tears that inevitably come. An absolutely stunning piece of music. Their Magnun Opus I would say.
So happy to see younger generations enjoying this great music. you get it. great reaction.
the lyric you were wondering about:
Wars that shout in screams of anguish
Power spent passion bespoils our soul receiver, surely we know
In glory we rise to offer
Create our freedom, a word we utter
A word
Great to see young guys discovering this higher minded music and digging it.....
The only Yes album with Patrick Moraz on keyboards. I'm nuts about this album. It's too bad you've never seen this performed live. It's a mind blower.
It’s really a work of art. On your next listen through, listen closely to the amazing bass lines. Perfection!
Damn, love the song and all, but that ballad at the end is out of this of freakin' world. Total Goosebumps
Aha finally back with Yes
Only 10 Months later :P
The Single "Soon" was from "Gates Of Delirium" From the end of it edited.
Steve Wilson did a great job in remixing 5 great Yes albums amongst them Relayer. You should listen to that mix.
The second best Yes song in my eyes, love your reactions!
I'm glad you like 😁
2 uploads in a week and they're both bangers. Smashing it bro.
Thank you man, look forward to more soon 🥳
Btw, just like Close to the Edge, this album contains only three songs. One side long epic, and two ~9 minute pieces. Sound chaser is one of my favorite and To Be Over is beautiful. If you like the classic weird prog of the 70s, you could try something like “Recycled” 16min + 19min by Nektar or “Karn Evil 9” 29min by ELP. But they may not be as weird as Yes. Just super creative
Thank you for the suggestion, to be honest I just love listening to any and all music I haven't heard
the attention span to appreciate yes music
is like reading an epic novel, you can not put it down
Apparently, Relayer (the album) is inspired by Tolstoy's War & Peace.
So, Gates of Delirium is the "War" part of it, hence references to battle, conquering etc.
This, of course, means that the album is a whole entity, rather than a collection of songs (Concept albums are a very Prog thing).
If you're still on the lookout for weird, try "Grendel" by Marillion. This was on the B-side of their first single, and in my opinion it is epic (based on Beowolf).
Albums that are a full project are fantastic to listen to in their entirety without distraction. Just not ideal for a TH-cam video unfortunately.
I'll add Grendel to the list, thank you.
This is one of Jon's most coherent lyrics. And very good they are indeed.
This song is of the type that gets better and better the more you listen to and learn. The more you learn, the more you like. Songs like "Supper's Ready" and the entire "Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" album by classic Genesis are similar in character and quality.
I confess, the first time I heard "Gates" was in 1977, and my first impression was "Whats with all this noise?" I did not like one bit. I was just a 17 year old budding YES fan at the time.
Today I feel it's one of the greatest tracks ever. Best to listen to the whole thing, all 3 tracks in a row to really get the most of it.
Today it's "That was wild". In a few years and if you stick with it, your thoughts will change to "This is Awesome!".
Join us. You will not regret. Let the music play.
Same thoughts. I was 13 years old...
More, more, more. Don't stop. There's so much more.
Should have seen this live in '75. THE most powerful concert Yes ever did. Height of their musical powers. By the time they got to "Soon Oh Soon" (with waves of green laser light bathing the arena) there wasn't a dry eye in the house. These guys were beyond great. Oh to see that show just one more time...!
In glory we rise to offer create our freedom a word we alter
Nice insight man, killed it
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed
Roger Dean does Yes artwork
Shame you weren't around in the 70's to be able to hear this hundreds of times, then spend the next decades hearing it hundreds of times more; Then loving it even more than the first time you hear it...A life spent with YES is a life well spent. :)...And you don't need headphones either. A good set of speakers and a clean recording and good ears lets you hear EVERY nuance, Headphones have a limited frequency response. A nice pair of 3 way speakers gives a more diverse selection of sounds. YES, like much of the greater prog genre washes over your body, your hairs should be flowing with the sound...It's an exquisite experience...When you really "get" this song, for the first time; "Soon" will bring a tear to your eye.
Great reaction! Next song I would suggest is either 'Awaken' off of the 'Going for the One' album, or 'The Revealing Science of God' off of the 'Tales From Topographic Oceans' album. I think you'd really like both.
Check out the band Todmobile doing "Awaken" with special guests Jon Anderson, and Steve Hackett of Genesis. Magical.
Welcome to Chris Squire’s swooping bass. That’s the instrument you hear ❤
Define "swooping".
The only Yes album with Pat Moraz on board , and fans still complain that he didnt have Wakeman's magic touch . Silly . Moraz plays his ass off on 3 ambitious songs that left many prog rivals in the dust .
If you like Yes, then you will like early Genesis. Listen to "Supper's Ready" or "The Musical Box". They created a lot of masterpieces back then
goose bumps......amazing music
It's guitar. Steve just uses a tone that fits in with the synthesizer sound. It's easy to think that the keyboards are the bulk of the sound but the guitar and bass are just as involved.
Something else to keep in mind is, as Alan White once said, "There are a lot of notes in a yes song and you have to play every one of them." While that sounds so basic, listen to how many notes there are. It's mind boggling when you consider that in a typical show there's 2.5 to 3 hours of this endless onslaught of notes and technique.
You can interpret Jon's lyrics multiple ways. For example is it sun or son that he's referring to?
Create our freedom.
A word we utter.
A word!
A word!! Of course!
Thank you 😊.
Those lyrics were written in '73/'74...and if you really listen to them, you could apply many of them to what is happening in today's world as well. Fantastic song that you really need to know the context of what it is written about, War & Peace, to really appreciate how they represented that musically. Amazing!
They replaced Rick Wakeman who quit with Future Moodies' Keyboard Man Patrick Moraz.
More Yes!!! More Yes!!! More Yes!!!
I would recommend listening to this in a float tank, I usually begin by smoking at least 2 big biffys and eating a piece of toast and then get in +++
that being said in the time I took to write this comment I realised getting stoned and listening to this would actually be a good idea
🤣🤣🤣 okay you got me with this one, I love that idea
One shouldn't have to be stoned to appreciate good music.
@@porflepopnecker4376 It defo makes it more intense tho hahaha but yeah agreed ^^
White toast, or wheat?
Yeah this song is beautiful, but crazy. Steve Howe's mastery of pedal steel guitar is great
Another Video less go!
Ye Boiiiiiii!!!!!
What next? Re Yes: well, after Side 1 of Relayer there is Side 2. Or backtrack - suggest all 6 sides of Yessongs, as that wraps up their prior work (and is great listening!). Or - a major challenge - Tales from Topographic Oceans. A monster work of around 1hr 40 mins over 4 sides. Astonishing music.
Something else? Trilogy from ELP, A Trick of the Tail by Genesis, Songs from the Wood by Jethro Tull.
Enjoyed this! Thanks! :)
i too am a visual perceiver and YES paints a picture every time!
an intro to prg music is a must
Great Reaction Here bro
Thanks bro
soon..... made me break a tear, a stoic????
Sudden confusion about time and often about place (where they are) may be an early sign of delirium. If delirium is severe, people may not know who they or other people are. Thinking is confused, and people with delirium ramble, sometimes becoming incoherent. Their level of awareness (consciousness) may fluctuate.
YaY, finally !
I had forgotten all about it.
Yoooooo thanks for the suggestion :)
If you haven't done so already please check out 2 of Yes' greatest albums, "The Yes Album" and "Going for the One"
Magnificent
Hi rasengan, nearly missed this one! Nice reaction! If you want to diversify slightly, prog had a slow comeback in the late '90's with new works primarily from Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson. Try song "Fear of a Blank Planet" live in Tilberg as a good sample. Slightly heavier then Yes, PT/SW are often described "as if Pink Floyd and Tool had a baby". BTW Steven Wilson is the guy who remastered the Yes editions you listen to; he's very much into Yes - but not just. Lots of metal and avant-garde from him e.g. Opeth's Blackwater Park album; Routine etc etc etc (look him up). "Trains" also a good example.
If you enjoy Yes try some early Genesis. Start with the song "Supper's Ready", Then try Pink Floyd, "Shine on You Crazy Diamond"
Camarada es la gloriosa ,la clásica y gigante musica de la grupo Yes qué es atemporal muy fresca y dinámica !
Definitely "Awaken" next!
Anderson's lyrics are more formed on the sound of the words and whatever was on the mind of Jon Anderson. For me, Awaken is my fave, butGates of Delirium stands out for the musical portrayal of Patriotism that lead to the horrors of war, and resolves to a bleak yet soulful peace. Because Moraz plays the keys and adds what Wakeman could not, the album is a hidden masterpiece of composition, musicianship, and poetry.
Wise words!
The song is ?loosely? based on War and Peace.
Hi Rasengan... Found you through your CTTE video, and I'll be honest, I nearly didn't watch it.. All the "Who are these guys, never heard of them" stuff at the start. Really glad I stuck with it though... Anyway, you probably realise by now just how twisted and fractured Yes's history is, but just in case you missed it this documentary covers all the differing lineups over 40 or so years... For what it's worth, having lived through the late 60s and 70s stuff, Yes consists of Anderson, Bruford, Howe, Squire and Wakeman .... At a pinch Wakemen and (hurts to say this) Bruford can be substituted, but without Jon, Chris and Steve the band isn't Yes :)
th-cam.com/video/4ovHxAw_UEg/w-d-xo.html
The Video "Yes Years" covers it rather nicely,too.
Geez, man, I thought you were dead - so much so, that in a purge of subscriptions, I unsubscribed! And now you return with my favourite YES (and prog. rock) track, so I've subscribed again - we have history, right? LOL. "Awaken" would be another good YES choice.
We absolutely have history my friend. It's great to hear from you again and I hope you're keeping well.
Understandable you unsubbed, I wasn't sure I'd be uploading again myself. Now it's going to be all sorts of reactions (plenty of yes of course).
@@Rasengankhan Cheers, look forward to you venturing further down into the prog. rabbit hole.
Relayer is a masterpiece and IMO it's Yes at their best then again the albums they did with Bill Buford were awesome as well
The Greatest Song Ever!!
There are channels that don't pause the music. I don't know how they're able to do that, but they do. Go figure.
Yeah it's weird one, I don't want to risk losing my channel like many others have.
@@Rasengankhan so why all the long breaks in between reactions?
@@Lightmane Filmed a couple in the break but wasn't really vibing. Not the kind of content I want to put out.
Pardon my foodie metaphors, but Listening to Soon without Gates of Delirium is like eating a cooling raita without a spicy Dhaba Gosht. It’s nice but without the contrast, it’s not as amazing.
Raita on it's own is still banging though 😁👌
I do agree I would have less of an appreciation for Soon without Gates of Delirium though ☺️
Please listen to Allen White on drum, wow
Taken loosely from tolstoy's war and peace
It’s the guitar
Thank you 👍😁
if ya dont get it mate yal never will
Few get it at first. Like a fine wine it takes time to learn to enjoy.
Subscribed based on this 🎉
Youwere wondering what instruments were playing what sounds. Watch the live symphonic version of this (around 2001, I think), where you can see who is playing what. This is one of my favorite yes songs.
As a big yes fan, in 1974, the Relayer tour preceded the album release. So I heard it live prior to being able to listen to it on the album. I did not like it at all. Yes music grows on you, and often the first listen is rough.
As for Yes lyrics, you generally cant make sense of them. I just listen to the sound, and love the voices. You do get the feelings of war, chaos, and the aftermath. And Im sure Jon Anderson knows what the words mean. This was the height of Yes, and Gates is truly one of their best accomplishments.
DO NOT TRY TO DERIVE ANY MEANINGful IN LYRICS!!!!!!!! THIS is classical 21 centry music
the last vestige .just listen to the music
It's about war. It's just from multiple perspectives. The justification for war, as well as the consequences of war.
@@Relayer6a yes. The incentivising / moralising / whipping on into war. The fight, the destruction, the remorse on realising what price all that anger and pain has wrought. The bliss of the new day bringing peace.
20th Century.
Recomiendo escuches los álbumnes
"Tales topographic ocean " ,
" Goin for the One", "Drana_" ,,,,
Have you listened to Yes?
Yes
This is my favorite YES track, but it took several listens to truly appreciate it, the first time around 1977. Now I slip on the headphones, turn out the lights and listen in the dark.
But if you pause, I leave. That's like pausing the roller coaster in the middle of the ride and halfway down the hill, or everyone slamming on the brakes in a middle of a Nascar race. Discussions are for afterwards. I won't thumbs-down, but I won't like either. Some things are as they are. Do as you must.
Let the music play. peace out.
(5 minutes in...) Wow. 'Bye. Enjoy.
Haha I completely understand where you're coming from. When alone I don't pause music and I don't even like people talking over it. Appreciate not disliking so thank you 😁
@@Rasengankhan I like your reply. Thumbs-up it is. Peace be with you.
yes is like religion for an atheist
Not at all if you actually pay attention to the lyrics. Most of them have to do with spirituality on some level.
Now flip the record over and listen to side 2, Sound Chaser and To Be Over. Sound Chaser is remarkable while To Be Over is a lesser song.
The reaction guys don't seem to play sound chaser very often, i suppose it's not "as good" as the admittedly fucking amazing instrumental section of gates, but it's tight and delicious. I certainly play it more than gates as gates is as draining as it is lifting. Still can't beat that Howe guitar rise at about 10 mins into gates though!
@@drwugong My favourite song on the album.
I soo wish I could have put together a high budget fireworks display to Soundchaser :(
"To Be Over" is hardly a lesser song at all. It's a meditation on life after death, and exquisitely beautiful.
I think the person who said pretentious, self-indulgent crap has not listened to this record closely enough (or maybe too closely).
Pls try reviewing some game😀😀😀
Another one who is not able to listen to a piece of music as a whole and then thinks he can say something about it.
🤣
Back on lyrics. Even Bill Bruford commented that jon anderson talks in sentences no one can understand as did the reviews when their records come out. Take a look at the lyrics to siberian khatru. Pretty abstract. He plays with the sounds of words alot. But real meanings? Doesnt stop.me from loving the music
Too bad you didn't listen to the video from my channel. I add lyrics and Roger Dean artwork.
Ahh good to know, I'll check that out for sure.
I prefer not reading lyrics first time I listen to anything to get just the audio experience first.
@@Rasengankhan I highly recommend you check out Tool also. If you react to their music, your subscription base will increase exponentially. They're as amazing as Yes but the polar opposite.
@@sublimehypocrisy I've heard some Tool already but not everything.
I've heard Parabol+Parabola, Right in Two, Lateralus and Fear Inoculum. (Off the top of my head)
Anything else you'd recommend for a reaction video?
@@Rasengankhan Lost Keys/Rosetta Stoned
@@sublimehypocrisy Yoo I was telling this guy to listen to those two also xD
Can you please react to Lisa Stansfield song called The line
please
Unfortunately you have the sound of the song set low (at least for me ) on this reaction it's hard to hear - lol....
I love yes...but they have a history in that their lyrics are word paintings and have long been criticised for having no actual meaning.
and a rational thinking man or i hope woman? have you met a girl that likes yes, genesis,elp,rush .give me her #lol
Trying very hard to look cool and totally failing.