Imagine, it's 1971. Your high school art studies teacher comes into class holding up a 8 track tape saying you guys gotta hear this! That was my introduction to Yes.
Ah, yes.. I can imagine. I had a science teacher in high school who used to be a DJ..... He used the school gym every Friday lunchtime for a " sock hop "... turned us on to lots of great 70's tunes.
@@deeporter7369 In the early 70's (high school years), I had a Television/Radio Media class. Our teacher was also a former DJ...cool guy! . I did a video project with Yes as my music background. Josh (NEVER Mister) was gob smacked that I'd chosen Yes. The other kids went all pop music at it...I leaned into it. Got extra credit for the music choice.
@@parisbrat ..... Awesome. We had a few very 'hip ' teachers. I think we all did well in their classes because we wanted to be as cool as they were. The music of the times, best ever.
Don't waste your time with "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "It Can Happen" or "Leave it". They're all weak POS pop songs from Yes during their MTV commercial phase in the 80's. Stick with 70's Yes. 10x better.
Let’s definitely give it up for the bass player, the late Chris Squire. One of the best rock bassist ever, and a big influence on Geddy Lee from Rush, among many others. His tone is absolutely incredible.
As a "veteran" Yes fan (born 1959) it was a pleasure to see the joy in your eyes when you listened to "Roundabout". (After all, the song is already 50 years old). My entry into the music of Yes was the live album "Yessongs". Most of the songs from the early studio albums are on it. (lasts longer than 2 hours). Live the songs maybe not that "fragile and finely spun" but I love that plus in dynamics and power.
bruh, you nailed the heart of it. Squire's bass was the powerful engine that pulled the train of these amazing songs down the track. So lucky I got to see him play this entire album live before he was taken from us. Along with my two sons to whom I passed down my love of this music. I bought this album with my first paycheck in my junior high school year. 50 years later I am still moved by the majesty of these sounds. Hopefully the songs of the heaven that await us are as powerful and joyful.
My two oldest brothers were huge Yes fans, during the era in which these songs came out. I didn't discover Roundabout for myself until just a matter of months ago! So I pretty much asked my oldest brother why he didn't insist on me listening to it earlier!!!! 😂 It's ear candy!!! ☺️
The late Chris Squire was the bass player for Yes. One of the best of all time. You have to look up when Chris Squire met Jimi Hendrix for the first time on TH-cam. Great story!!!
Ooh, cool. YES is definitely one of the best bands ever. Do "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Siberian Khatru", and "Starship Trooper". You're in for a treat discovering this band.
I second the comments that recommend Close To The Edge. It is one album after the one with Roundabout but it is light years ahead. No words can prepare you for it. Your mouth will hurt from smiling and your heart will soar with inspiration at such a completely unique and original piece of music these 5 guys created.
Saw them in support of their 90125 album.....I was truly blessed to see it and was mesmerized by their incredible talent. Chris Squire R.I.P. blew me away.
Absolutely on the Firth recommendation. Man, Hackett went into God Mode on that solo. I get goosebumps still decades later when I hear it. And I was so thrilled to see him do it live last year.
Roundabout is definitely iconic. If you liked this, you might enjoy Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group. Not the same tonally, but very inventive with lots of changeups.
Yes is a BIG rabbit hole to venture down. You could do the whole Fragile album. I think Yessongs (a live double) is the way to go - Close to the Edge is a masterpiece. And, 'And You and I' or Perpetual Change has one one the best guitar solos.
And if you like Prog Rock, I recommend The Alan Parsons Project. No one reacts to them. Tough to say where to start though. Maybe 'I Robot' or 'La Sagrada Familia'.
Yes live is not a good way to start. The studio stuff is the best way to get one's feet wet. He should get accustomed a little first before he delves into them up close and personal. Especially early live stuff.
Chris Squire was an amazing bassist , the way he got his sound was partly by playing one output through the bass amp and the other through a guitar stack - gave a real edge . But of course you have to have the chops to use that edge , and Chris had it.
Starship Trooper and Yours is No Disgrace and pretty much anything from their album 90125!!! And remember what Geddy Lee said, "Without Yes, there'd probably be no Rush".
1976 Yes is coming in Paris, I go with a friend It was the first concert of my life, I still remember how stunned I was ! Any song of Close To The Edge, any of Relayer, Any song of Going For the One. This band is a masterpiece maker. A very very Great Band with Genius Artists. Very high level constantely. You ll Blow your mind Man with Yes
Glad to see you really like yes usually people stop after a few songs but trust me once you break through their other top hits you'll get to songs even better than roundabout like Siberian Khatru, Close to The Edge, Awaken, Ritual, Heart of The Sunrise, Machine Messiah and so many more!
This what beauty and mystique look and sound like to me. I got to see them live at their best twice. You are so right on about mastering their craft and being at the very top of their games - every one of them. My God, Rick Wakeman had 7 keyboards when I saw them and usually played 2 at a time. Steven Howe’s guitar work, the drums, bass, and vocals - it all works together perfectly. You’ll find this on many of their other songs too. Still getting caught up on your early work, Biz. Loved what you said about people sending you the best of the best. There is SO much good music out there. Thanks for taking the plunge with/for us.
Beyond Chris, you had Bill Bruford, an amazing percussionist who also played in King crimson and genesis, Rick Wakeman on keys - a clasically trained musician and possibly the GOAT on keyboards, And Steve Howe on guitar, who I understand won best guitarist on the Guitar Player Magazine readers pole five years in a row.
Chris Squire (RIP) on bass, was one of Geddy Lee's (Rush's bassist/vocalist) idols/influences. Rush even went so far as to induct Yes into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Geddy guest-appeared as their stand-in bassist.
One of my top five rock singers of all time and in no order John Anderson - Freddy Mercury - Chris Cornell - Ann Wilson - Robert Plant - Paul Rogers and yes I know that's six singers I don't care so sue me
From the same album,, Long Distance Runaround and Heart Of The Sunrise will give you heaping helpings of that bass. South Side Of The Sky is also recommended. Heck, I love the whole album...and the next one, and the earlier one...and others!
YES, "ROUNDABOUT"... TOP TEN ALL TIME SONG... FIRST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS 14.. ALL TIME ROCKER WITH TOP CLASS MUSICIANS EVERYWHERE.. "LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND".. "AIM HIGH, SHOOT LOW"...
America is a cover from Simon and Garfunkel. Both versions are excellent in their own way! Yes takes it to another level! You should check out "Yours is no Disgrace" and then go from there!
I already loved this record when it was just released. I remember, when I was in the disco, I requested the DJ to play this record. That fantastic bass guitar.
When I was a kid (22 ish) I worked a Yes show at the Gorge.. I worked a lot of shows there cooking burgers and running venders.. it was a good time. So Yes plays and i'm kind of blown away .. holy crap .. of all the bands I saw that summer they were above and beyond.. then my buddy who works security at the venue says 'hey come; on over to all us workers after the show.. and we went back stage and the YES guys where hanging out and more or less said 'we can't eat all this' and we dived into the buffet for the band and they hung out and were totally cool. Showing love to the workers.. just regular folk . It totally made our day .. so cheers to YES
new subscriber here. great reaction man. YES are DEEP...big rabbit hole if you choose to go down there but will worth it. These guys can go more places in the course of a song than many go in the course of a career. oh. that's Chris Squire on Bass. BADASS. but they were ALL badass....musician's musicians....
Oh Brother! That opening riff just sent memory chills all over my body! How could I have forgotten?? Thank you, thank you, thank you for reacting to this! PEACE!
If you're interested in instrumental music, I could mention many musicians, but this guitarist {Steve Howe}, has a pretty good album called Turbulence. You might want to check out in your free time, not sure it would be well known enough to make good reaction videos from though.
The song America has been covered many, many times by other musicians so the next Yes songs you should listen to are Heart of the Sunrise, Siberian Khatru and then their 1984 US number one single Owner of a Lonely Heart which is a completely different sound from Roundabout. In 2017 Yes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and are still performing now after 53 years.
I can tell you about Yes , Rush was very influenced by yes , in fact Rush inducted Yes to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, And Geddy got the Honour to play Bass with Yes on this song , It is on TH-cam, both Geddy and Alex inducting Yes , and Geddy playing Bass in place of one of his biggest influences the Yess Bass player , check both of them out,, Geddy Lee playing Roundabout with Yes ,and Rush inducts Yes Rock and Roll Hall of fame
Yaaaaaaassssssssss! 💜💜💜 Listening to long compositions like this by masters of musical expression really changed the brains of young folks growing up on "album rock". 🤓 Rick Wakeman, the keyboardist here, also did genius solo work.
Their first album with new keyboard player Rick Wakeman, who had supported them in his previous group, The Strawbs. Talking later, he described watching them from the audience and thinking everything about them, for the time, was wrong. Bill Bruford had his drumkit miked up, guitarist Steve Howe played a big jazz semi-acoustic with a little Fender Twin amp, Chris Squire played most of the way up the neck and the singer, Jon Anderson, was this little imp with an alto voice. But out of this, and future line-ups, came the beginnings of the progressive rock era - typified by ever-longer songs that were really semi-classical compositions, taking up whole sides of records. 'Roundabout' is still an early stage for them in that regard.
YES was a huge inspiration on RUSH. They were the reason for their musical direction. Long form songs, use of odd meters, ethereal lyrics. And Check Chris Squire"s Bass tone. You think he had any influence on Geddy?
Taking my dads albums as a kid. I feel in love with this sound. Born in 1974 started listening immediately. Playing my own records around 2-5 years old. Yes and the stones were on my toddler playlist. Great reaction!
Keep exploring my man.... it's other worldly music from another time.... Almost all YES albums from the 70's are required listening.... The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Fragile, Going for the One, Tales From Topographic Oceans , Relayer and Drama. GET TO IT!!! - Then there's ELP , Gentle Giant and King Crimson to discover....
Thank you for appreciating the musicianship of Yes. Yes and the other bands you mentioned were excellent musicians and great craftsmen and prepared themselves to perform live with no auto tune or other gimmicks except their own real time talent.
The thing about YES is, first & foremost, the guys all realized they needed to build their sound around Chris Squire's Industrial-Melodic Bass inspirations. Unique in all of Prog Rock. At the same time, they got a jazz drummer Bill Bruford who worked his own inspirations around Chris' bass lines & the result was the best "Rhythm Section" in Progressive Rock. Their target audience was primarily _other musicians_ which explains their emphasis on elevated musicianship. BUT they also wanted to be accessible to/appreciated by Pop audiences, thus the emphasis on melody & vocal harmonies. Jon Anderson's voice & orchestration contributions kicked their uniqueness into the stratosphere. Just a wonderful band to listen to that will amaze listeners a century from now...
Oh my.....another prog rock rabbit hole. YES- another group of geniuses with high level talent. One of my favs- Wondrous Stories. Enjoy the ride and let them take somewhere- rock on 🤘😎🔥🔥🔥
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Imagine, it's 1971. Your high school art studies teacher comes into class holding up a 8 track tape saying you guys gotta hear this! That was my introduction to Yes.
Ah, yes.. I can imagine. I had a science teacher in high school who used to be a DJ..... He used the school gym every Friday lunchtime for a " sock hop "... turned us on to lots of great 70's tunes.
My teachers had yet to catch up to Dizzy Gillespie.
😎
You had a pretty awesome high school studies teacher!
@@deeporter7369 In the early 70's (high school years), I had a Television/Radio Media class. Our teacher was also a former DJ...cool guy! . I did a video project with Yes as my music background. Josh (NEVER Mister) was gob smacked that I'd chosen Yes. The other kids went all pop music at it...I leaned into it. Got extra credit for the music choice.
@@parisbrat ..... Awesome. We had a few very 'hip ' teachers. I think we all did well in their classes because we wanted to be as cool as they were. The music of the times, best ever.
Bassist Chris Squire was legendary! May he rest in peace. 😢
Chris Squire. Bassist Extraordinaire 👍👍👍👍!!!
The Fish was and will always be inspirational
one of the greatest
Butler, Burton, Harris, Squire… Period…
He completely changed the way the bass was played. Forever.
Watching Hip Hop heads hear Roundabout for the first time will never get old.
Most underrated band of all time! Love Yes
The drummer and bass player KILLED IT!
"Close to the Edge" "Wonderous Stories" "Heart of the Sunrise" "Yours is No Disgrace" " Changes" " Leave It" to name a few. YES is a HUGE rabbit hole!
The bassline keeps you in reality. That's what makes it work. This is genius in full view. This is other worldly. Thanks. Cheers from Canada
It's beautiful to watch someone who really understands and enjoys music to hear masters at their craft for the first time.
It still blows my mind that as a teenager I was surrounded by so many incredible bands like this. Roundabout takes you on a roller coaster journey.
"Long Distance Runaround", "Starship Trooper", "It Can Happen", "Leave It", "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" and so much more!!!
Changes too
Don't waste your time with "Owner of a Lonely Heart", "It Can Happen" or "Leave it". They're all weak POS pop songs from Yes during their MTV commercial phase in the 80's. Stick with 70's Yes. 10x better.
It’s in their body of work and was excellent!! Keep up with the times and stay relevant. Many bands did that.
@@Lewis9709 But even in their commercial phase they were better than the most. Same with Pointer Sisters btw:
th-cam.com/video/-wfmckyg9r0/w-d-xo.html
You have now fallen down the YES rabbit hole. “Yours Is No Disgrace”.
"The Gates of Delirium", "Close to the Edge". YES is the greatest progressive rock band.
"The Gates of Delirium" shouldn't be the 2nd Yes track you listen to, that's the deep end of Yes.
@@keriford54 Only thing deeper is Tales From Topographic. Still, Gates is one my top 5 Yes pieces.
Let’s definitely give it up for the bass player, the late Chris Squire. One of the best rock bassist ever, and a big influence on Geddy Lee from Rush, among many others. His tone is absolutely incredible.
And you've only gotten started with them.
YES - I've Seen All Good People
I like that song the best probably if I had to choose.
As a "veteran" Yes fan (born 1959) it was a pleasure to see the joy in your eyes when you listened to "Roundabout". (After all, the song is already 50 years old). My entry into the music of Yes was the live album "Yessongs". Most of the songs from the early studio albums are on it. (lasts longer than 2 hours). Live the songs maybe not that "fragile and finely spun" but I love that plus in dynamics and power.
I played Yessongs till it bled. (It was on vinyl.)
That is Chris Squire on the bass, one of the best. Also, Rick Wakemen on keyboards, another amazing player.
Imho, Chris Squire is the greatest bass player in rock history - full 🛑 and I’m a huge Geddy Lee and John Entwistle fan but Squire - holy crapola!!!
bruh, you nailed the heart of it. Squire's bass was the powerful engine that pulled the train of these amazing songs down the track. So lucky I got to see him play this entire album live before he was taken from us. Along with my two sons to whom I passed down my love of this music. I bought this album with my first paycheck in my junior high school year. 50 years later I am still moved by the majesty of these sounds. Hopefully the songs of the heaven that await us are as powerful and joyful.
My two oldest brothers were huge Yes fans, during the era in which these songs came out. I didn't discover Roundabout for myself until just a matter of months ago! So I pretty much asked my oldest brother why he didn't insist on me listening to it earlier!!!! 😂 It's ear candy!!! ☺️
America is good. Also Starship Trooper and Yours is No Disgrace. Master musicians, and according to Geddy Lee of Rush, a huge inspiration.
When Yes was inducted into the Rock and Roll HoF, Geddy Lee filled in for the late Chris Squire on bass during their performance!
One of the first songs that I listened to was starship trooper and I loved it instantly!
This will be fun...many songs to check out!!!!
Yes was such an underrated band thanks for going down this rabbit hole lol your going to be blown away
Cant wait to hear more
The late Chris Squire was the bass player for Yes.
One of the best of all time.
You have to look up when Chris Squire met Jimi Hendrix for the first time on TH-cam. Great story!!!
Thanks for the insight
So much creative power in Yes! Great reaction! "Yours Is No Disgrace" or "I've Seen All Good People" would be great follow-ups.
Ooh, cool. YES is definitely one of the best bands ever. Do "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Siberian Khatru", and "Starship Trooper". You're in for a treat discovering this band.
I second the comments that recommend Close To The Edge. It is one album after the one with Roundabout but it is light years ahead. No words can prepare you for it. Your mouth will hurt from smiling and your heart will soar with inspiration at such a completely unique and original piece of music these 5 guys created.
Heart of the sunrise is one of my favorite from YES, welcome to the prog rock rabbit hole BizMatik
Saw them in support of their 90125 album.....I was truly blessed to see it and was mesmerized by their incredible talent. Chris Squire R.I.P. blew me away.
Firth of Fifth by Genesis .......masterpiece
Supper's Ready THE song!!
I second both of these recommendations. You will not be sorry.
Absolutely on the Firth recommendation. Man, Hackett went into God Mode on that solo. I get goosebumps still decades later when I hear it. And I was so thrilled to see him do it live last year.
Roundabout is definitely iconic. If you liked this, you might enjoy Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group. Not the same tonally, but very inventive with lots of changeups.
And You and I
Yours Is No Disgrace
Long Distance Runaround
Yes is a BIG rabbit hole to venture down. You could do the whole Fragile album. I think Yessongs (a live double) is the way to go - Close to the Edge is a masterpiece. And, 'And You and I' or Perpetual Change has one one the best guitar solos.
And if you like Prog Rock, I recommend The Alan Parsons Project. No one reacts to them. Tough to say where to start though. Maybe 'I Robot' or 'La Sagrada Familia'.
Yes live is not a good way to start. The studio stuff is the best way to get one's feet wet. He should get accustomed a little first before he delves into them up close and personal. Especially early live stuff.
This is what us, that would become Rush fans, listened to before and during Rush coming to existence
next I recommend Long Distance Runaround by Yes
Chris Squire was an amazing bassist , the way he got his sound was partly by playing one output through the bass amp and the other through a guitar stack - gave a real edge . But of course you have to have the chops to use that edge , and Chris had it.
If you cant hear the mastery of Chris Squire.......your a fucken idiot!
They are the greatest band IMO. I have many favorites but these guys.... well listen to their work and make your own decision.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Yes there are many more avenues to discover enjoy ❤️❤️
Starship Trooper and Yours is No Disgrace and pretty much anything from their album 90125!!! And remember what Geddy Lee said, "Without Yes, there'd probably be no Rush".
Thats a BIG statement because Rush u
Is Brilliant. 😎😁
I've seen Yes perform this live in the UK 1971 then again in Melbourne 1972.......how old does that make me!
Yes! Seen all good people! Thank you for a great reaction!
No prob 🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾
I saw YES in mid 90s in Denver Colorado USA 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼 Magnificent Performers and Master Musicians.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Bassist Chris Squire R.I.P.🙏🏻
1976 Yes is coming in Paris, I go with a friend It was the first concert of my life, I still remember how stunned I was !
Any song of Close To The Edge, any of Relayer, Any song of Going For the One. This band is a masterpiece maker. A very very Great Band with Genius Artists. Very high level constantely.
You ll Blow your mind Man with Yes
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth
“Leave It,” “Changes,” “Owner Of a Lonely Heart.” Yes is 🔥🔥🔥
Glad to see you really like yes usually people stop after a few songs but trust me once you break through their other top hits you'll get to songs even better than roundabout like Siberian Khatru, Close to The Edge, Awaken, Ritual, Heart of The Sunrise, Machine Messiah and so many more!
I love this so i will definitely do more
I think this may be my favorite song of the 70s. (and Low Spark of High Heeled Boys)
This what beauty and mystique look and sound like to me. I got to see them live at their best twice. You are so right on about mastering their craft and being at the very top of their games - every one of them. My God, Rick Wakeman had 7 keyboards when I saw them and usually played 2 at a time. Steven Howe’s guitar work, the drums, bass, and vocals - it all works together perfectly. You’ll find this on many of their other songs too.
Still getting caught up on your early work, Biz. Loved what you said about people sending you the best of the best. There is SO much good music out there. Thanks for taking the plunge with/for us.
Beyond Chris, you had Bill Bruford, an amazing percussionist who also played in King crimson and genesis, Rick Wakeman on keys - a clasically trained musician and possibly the GOAT on keyboards, And Steve Howe on guitar, who I understand won best guitarist on the Guitar Player Magazine readers pole five years in a row.
America is a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel song. May I suggest another original Yes song, South Side of the Sky which I believe that you will enjoy 😉
Thanks 🙌🏾
Also from that record, Heart of the Sunrise. You can't really go wrong with Fragile.
any discussion of Yes MUST include their epic album/song "Close To the Edge"
Crazy to think this is 50 years old.
That is crazy, wow
Anytime someone says keyboards don’t really belong in rock music, I have them listen to this song ♥️
If you want to see the best video recording off the bass player doing his thing, check out Starship Trooper, Symphonic Live. He bring the house down.
Good choice. Looking forward to more Yes
More is on the way 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Chris Squire (RIP) on bass, was one of Geddy Lee's (Rush's bassist/vocalist) idols/influences. Rush even went so far as to induct Yes into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Geddy guest-appeared as their stand-in bassist.
One of my top five rock singers of all time and in no order John Anderson - Freddy Mercury - Chris Cornell - Ann Wilson - Robert Plant - Paul Rogers and yes I know that's six singers I don't care so sue me
New subscriber here, and you are playing some great music:-)
Hey thanks for the sub
From the same album,, Long Distance Runaround and Heart Of The Sunrise will give you heaping helpings of that bass. South Side Of The Sky is also recommended. Heck, I love the whole album...and the next one, and the earlier one...and others!
YES, "ROUNDABOUT"... TOP TEN ALL TIME SONG... FIRST HEARD THIS WHEN I WAS 14.. ALL TIME ROCKER WITH TOP CLASS MUSICIANS EVERYWHERE.. "LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND".. "AIM HIGH, SHOOT LOW"...
America is a cover from Simon and Garfunkel. Both versions are excellent in their own way!
Yes takes it to another level!
You should check out "Yours is no Disgrace" and then go from there!
Close to the Edge, Starship Trooper, Going for the One, The revealing Science of God
Owner of a Lonely Heart, I've seen all good people
I already loved this record when it was just released. I remember, when I was in the disco, I requested the DJ to play this record. That fantastic bass guitar.
When I was a kid (22 ish) I worked a Yes show at the Gorge.. I worked a lot of shows there cooking burgers and running venders.. it was a good time. So Yes plays and i'm kind of blown away .. holy crap .. of all the bands I saw that summer they were above and beyond.. then my buddy who works security at the venue says 'hey come; on over to all us workers after the show.. and we went back stage and the YES guys where hanging out and more or less said 'we can't eat all this' and we dived into the buffet for the band and they hung out and were totally cool. Showing love to the workers.. just regular folk . It totally made our day .. so cheers to YES
new subscriber here. great reaction man. YES are DEEP...big rabbit hole if you choose to go down there but will worth it. These guys can go more places in the course of a song than many go in the course of a career. oh. that's Chris Squire on Bass. BADASS. but they were ALL badass....musician's musicians....
Thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Oh Brother! That opening riff just sent memory chills all over my body! How could I have forgotten?? Thank you, thank you, thank you for reacting to this! PEACE!
If you're interested in instrumental music, I could mention many musicians, but this guitarist {Steve Howe}, has a pretty good album called Turbulence. You might want to check out in your free time, not sure it would be well known enough to make good reaction videos from though.
It's been great to reconnect with Yes. You should listen to Heart of the Sunrise, you won't be disappointed
“America” is equally epic! Would love to see your reaction! Thank you for sharing!
So awesome you are part of great music! Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer and Rush should be on your playlist!
100% my three favorites of all time!
They ARE the greatest Rock Band of all time. There's over 50 years of Yes to choose from. Enjoy!
The song America has been covered many, many times by other musicians so the next Yes songs you should listen to are Heart of the Sunrise, Siberian Khatru and then their 1984 US number one single Owner of a Lonely Heart which is a completely different sound from Roundabout.
In 2017 Yes were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and are still performing now after 53 years.
I was 18 when I saw them live in NYC I am 71 and have not attended a better concert!! That's a lot of shows including Bangladesh at MSG!!
I can tell you about Yes , Rush was very influenced by yes , in fact Rush inducted Yes to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, And Geddy got the Honour to play Bass with Yes on this song , It is on TH-cam, both Geddy and Alex inducting Yes , and Geddy playing Bass in place of one of his biggest influences the Yess Bass player , check both of them out,, Geddy Lee playing Roundabout with Yes ,and Rush inducts Yes Rock and Roll Hall of fame
Yaaaaaaassssssssss! 💜💜💜 Listening to long compositions like this by masters of musical expression really changed the brains of young folks growing up on "album rock". 🤓 Rick Wakeman, the keyboardist here, also did genius solo work.
Love watching a new Yes fan being born....
Recommend:
Heart of the Sunrise
Yours is no Disgrace
And You and I
Wondrous Stories
Yes is GOOD stuff. Not surprised at all that they're some people's favorite. 👍👍👍😎
more Yes you need to hear are: Your Is No Disgrace, Starship Trooper and Going For The One.
Your "best of the best" is just another GREAT song on my AM radio when I was in high school! There literally dozens of them every month.
Yes is my favorite band ever!!! Thank you for reacting!!! Suggest you do Heart Of The Sunrise or Close To The Edge also!!! Great job, sir.
Their first album with new keyboard player Rick Wakeman, who had supported them in his previous group, The Strawbs. Talking later, he described watching them from the audience and thinking everything about them, for the time, was wrong. Bill Bruford had his drumkit miked up, guitarist Steve Howe played a big jazz semi-acoustic with a little Fender Twin amp, Chris Squire played most of the way up the neck and the singer, Jon Anderson, was this little imp with an alto voice. But out of this, and future line-ups, came the beginnings of the progressive rock era - typified by ever-longer songs that were really semi-classical compositions, taking up whole sides of records. 'Roundabout' is still an early stage for them in that regard.
Yes ´till Awaken....The greatest band EVER
YES was a huge inspiration on RUSH. They were the reason for their musical direction. Long form songs, use of odd meters, ethereal lyrics. And Check Chris Squire"s Bass tone. You think he had any influence on Geddy?
Yes have so many great songs. Check out Close to the Edge, Heart of the Sunrise and probably my all-time favorite song by anyone, Awaken.
The guy on the bass was Chris Squire and he was amazing. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago.
This is Progressive Rock. There are several forms of Rock
My favorite YES tune is " I've Seen All Good People ". Definitely worth checking out next
Please check out Yes "Close to the Edge". An 18 minute long masterpiece
Saw them live several times in my youth. Amazing show such talent.
Yes's best song is Starship Troopers by far
Next: "Yours is no Disgrace" Live from the album Yessongs
Taking my dads albums as a kid. I feel in love with this sound. Born in 1974 started listening immediately. Playing my own records around 2-5 years old. Yes and the stones were on my toddler playlist. Great reaction!
Great reaction! “Heart of the Sunrise” - from the same album as “Roundabout” (Fragile)
Keep exploring my man.... it's other worldly music from another time.... Almost all YES albums from the 70's are required listening.... The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, Fragile, Going for the One, Tales From Topographic Oceans , Relayer and Drama. GET TO IT!!! - Then there's ELP , Gentle Giant and King Crimson to discover....
Dude.....who does a reaction to “Yes”......awesome....thank you!!!!
Close to the Edge!
Thank you for appreciating the musicianship of Yes. Yes and the other bands you mentioned were excellent musicians and great craftsmen and prepared themselves to perform live with no auto tune or other gimmicks except their own real time talent.
The thing about YES is, first & foremost, the guys all realized they needed to build their sound around Chris Squire's Industrial-Melodic Bass inspirations. Unique in all of Prog Rock. At the same time, they got a jazz drummer Bill Bruford who worked his own inspirations around Chris' bass lines & the result was the best "Rhythm Section" in Progressive Rock. Their target audience was primarily _other musicians_ which explains their emphasis on elevated musicianship. BUT they also wanted to be accessible to/appreciated by Pop audiences, thus the emphasis on melody & vocal harmonies. Jon Anderson's voice & orchestration contributions kicked their uniqueness into the stratosphere. Just a wonderful band to listen to that will amaze listeners a century from now...
So obscure. Great! Long time Yes fan. Since 1978. Not the longest Yes fan but I'm there. ❤️
Oh my.....another prog rock rabbit hole. YES- another group of geniuses with high level talent.
One of my favs- Wondrous Stories. Enjoy the ride and let them take somewhere- rock on 🤘😎🔥🔥🔥