YES - Opening / Siberian Khatru (Yessongs Live) | FIRST TIME HEARING REACTION
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'Yessongs' is THE album to own if you are a Yes fan.
Remastered! Don't get the original pressing the sound quality pissed off Squire to no end.
Yes, sir.
And they put you there even 50 years later you are right there. YES so clearly the best band to ever land safely on planet earth.
OMG! It's really hard to get anyone to react to this stunning album!
By the time this album came out, I was a hopeless Yes fan, and knew "The Yes Album", "Fragile" and "Close to the Edge" albums, all 3, front to back. So, when I bought this album, the first time I played it, I was disappointed. I had gotten so DEPENDENT on Yes' absolute studio perfection, that at first, I could not see past the small imperfections in the live versions. But over about a year, with several more listens, I ended up absolutely LOVING "Yessongs", and it took its rightful place in my favorite live albums OAT.
Thanks for doing this one!
This is my favorite reaction of yours, Shawn. I love your tears and energy and wish for a moment you were as old as I am. Progressive rock bands always delivered live. Yes is my favorite live band and Yessongs is one of the top five live albums ever. You're going to love the rest of the album, especially Perpetual Change, with one of my favorite guitar solos from Steve and some tasty drumming from Bill, whose only other appearance on this album is on Long Distance Runaround into The Fish, which is an absolute must-listen. Enjoy!
I became a fan of Stravinsky from my first 6 Yes concert intros. I was a Yes fan much earlier. So much of Yes music is based on classical music structure. A perfect fit and a perfect intro to Siberian Khatru. The Firebird Suite here is a tape of an orchestra.
I've been lucky and blessed to have attended 1300+ concerts since 1973. Seeing just about every band from ABBA to Zappa and most in between.
Saw Yes a total of 21 times during those years.
You just experienced why.
Thank you Yes for being such a huge part of my life.
Long live Yes.
The Firebird Suite was a recording and could tell when the band came on stage in the dark (the big yell). On the last note of the recording, Rick Wakeman played the first chords on the synthesiser and a spot light shone on him to start the set. What a great memory from 1971 or 72.
I've always said that Siberian Khatru IS the ultimate Yes song. The energy and the beauty. It's a trip. I have to buy this album. It's even better than the studio version.
Yeah, the song is perfect ❤
Yeah, tears of joy and excitement. And that's just the first song! Wait until Yours Is No Disgrace and Roundabout! Until the time this album came out, Yes music sounded better live than on their studio albums. It changed after this album and their studio work became stellar.
And to think that's how they opened most shows... You knew you were in for one hell of a night!!! Watch the film, as well, when you have time. 👌
Top Yes album ever.
Fun fact. Roger Dean who was their album artist and designer while painting this album cover unbeknownst to him at the time, his cat walked across the cover leaving paw prints. If you have the album, you can see them.
GREAT REACTION !!!!
My heart aches every time I witness someone enjoying a YES recording for their first time !!!
I wish you could have been there !!! Thank God we have concert videos and recordings !!!
Most of all though, I’m glad we have tribute bands to carry these modern classics into the future !!!
They used this opening on the Tourmato Tour too. At the point the crowd gets loud that was when the indoor arena lights went out and the band came out on the stage in the dark, got on their instruments and gradually took over from Firebird. Then when they start that awesome jam the lights come on. Just amazing. The perfect opening to their concerts.
By the way, there's a full version of Firebird Suite in the movie FANTASIA 2000 set to beautiful animation inspired by the Mt Saint Helens volcano eruption. Treat yourself to it someday.
Ahhhh... what wonderful memories! 💚
YES! 😊 How good was this live?! Phenomenal! Steve Howe was just killing it in the last section!!
Shawn, great story: I played in a 3 piece band, and we did covers Led, Stones, Rush who the guitarist loved so we saw Rush together. Then I took him to see YES, he quit playing guitar. Quote who the Fk does YES think they are! 😊
Was it in the 70s, 80s or later decades when you took your friend to see them ? Just curious. Oh, and did he enjoy the concert or no? Not sure what his quote meant.
@saurian11 Going For The One Tour. Steve Howe and YES blew his mind. Ran into his brother, who was the drummer twenty years later, and he told me he never touched the guitar again
The opening excerpt from the Firebird Suite is a recording they "sort-of" got permission to use to open their shows. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite is from the early 20th century and is one of the greatest ballets ever written. The fact that they loved Stravinsky's music impressed me even more than I admired their musicianship, and boy, as a struggling musician they really gave me the highest possible bars to reach. I still have a hard time catching all the nuances of Steve Howe's guitar work and I've been listening to this album for 50 years. I know it so well I could conduct it, but there's no way I could ever play like that. I know of only one guitarist who can play this stuff note for note, and that's Andy Graziano of The Band Geeks. Here's an example of themm on their tour - bear in mind that this was recorded on someone's cell phone - doing the Firebird intro and Your's Is No Disgrace. th-cam.com/video/JdBMOAfu2hw/w-d-xo.html Jon Anderson was 78 last year when they did this tour and sounds wonderful.
I saw Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks in 2023 NYC Palladium. Absolutely one of my favorite concert experiences in years. Jon Anderson is a treasure, and I believe his 80th is this year...wow!
@@lindazee I saw them in Baltimore and it was mostly because I've been following the Band Geeks for a few years. But I love Anderson and Yes, and the fact that they cover Yes so well is amazing.
I began watching TH-cam videos of the Band Geeks around two years ago and was amazed by them. So, as a huge YES and Jon Anderson fan, when I heard they were joining forces, I knew it was going to be a great match. They did not disappoint. I just hope that Jon Anderson can tour healthily a couple more times. It can't be easy to tour at any age, much less his age. He has to pace himself. 🙏💚
WOW, You are the first person who I have ever seen do this EPIC live version. Thanks Shawn. Wait till you hear "Yours Is No Disgrace", "Perpetual Change", and "Starship Trooper.
They are like amped up, bigger better "whole other song" versions of Masterpieces. I have been asking reactors for years to do this Triple Live Album.
The whole album? That’s a whole lot of joy even track by track. Thanks!
It’s such a great joy to share all this stuff with new fans and, of course, other fans. ❤
This one is as exceptional as it always is. Bravo! 😎
Make sure you check the intro and song without the ad break. The buildup is intense 😊
I saw Yes play in San Francisco in April of 1973, about two weeks before this Yessongs album was released. They were overwhelmingly powerful and virtuosic, playing pretty much the set you hear on this album. They played like God's own band somewhere in the world nearly every night for years, spreading amazement and joy. A great memory.
Oooh, I love the phrase, "God's Own Band". I'll be borrowing that, from here on in! 💚
Hey Shawn!!! My Dad took me to see "YESSONGS" in the Theater, when I was about 12, I didn't Know of the band then, but watching them Live, it Changed my Small Life into the Possibility of a Larger "Concept" of Life's Possibilities!
They played that *Firebird Suite* recording intro before _every_ concert. It was great. It told you that what you were about to hear was no ordinary rock band performance, but something quite aspirational...
Yes! And the transition from that triumphant final major chord from the orchestra, into Wakeman’s minor chord on the mellotron, is just awesome! Too bad Shawn couldn’t play it through like that, but no one’s got time for ads! 😄
Oh wow! You doing the whole thing?! One of the best albums ever, live or studio.
To better understand how they do it live, you should watch one of their many live performances. You can see who's playing what and some interesting instruments.
Fantastic! That beginning bit is Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, also a song worth listening to in full. He was prog before prog was prog.
the beginning is all Rick Wakeman doing the classical all on his keyboards. Synth, and Moog, Mellotron, Organ and Piano. Keyboards in double digits 10-14 arrayed all around him
@@louissonier840 Wow. I did not realize that...thanks! He is even better than I already thought, and that was already tops.
@@louissonier840urban myth- Rick only comes in for the last couple of chords on Mellotron. You can hear the switch over from the backing track just at the end of Firebird. The audience are applauding as the members of the band take their positions, including Rick, during the backing track. I was there 😊
They couldn’t have picked a more beautiful piece of music for the taped opening.
There are some live Yes concerts that are recorded in 1080p with soundboard audio that will blow your mind. See Yes "Live at Montreux" and "Lugano Jazz Festival". Amazing recordings.
...Shawn, once I discovered the Yessongs, I never looked back at their studio versions, but its even getting better from here... not only are all their live versions technically on par with the studio ones, but they have improved some of the song writing since the original versions came out - this recording is just stellar - the only other live (also triple-) album that I would put alongside this one is Emersen, Lake & Palmer's 'Welcome back my friends...', for exactly the same reasons...
With great audience anticipation & great expectation, early 70s YES always opened their show with Stravinsky's recording of the Firebird Suite intro, then into Siberian Khatru. After this tour, starting with the TALES album the stage sets became incredibly elaborate. YES LIVE was a true phenomenon over and above every great artist group I have ever seen. And it was a prerequisite for us as teens to see them while Tripping with Ellis D. CAn YOU IMAGINE ? If it wasn't for the Flashbacks, I wouldn't believe it myself! 😅 We didn't have TH-cam so there was no way to know & experience them other than in person once a year so this unique Live Dbl 1973 album was at the time, cherished by fans.
Ladies and gentlemen YES the greatest show on earth
Chris and Steve add sections to perpetual change, and yours is no disgrace that are so abstract and tight its just otherworldly. Best album by the best group, i've listened hundreds of times and still can't get over how good they were.
"These guys are on a different level!" Amen brother.
What great memories hearing 'Firebird Suite' introduce the band. 'Yessongs' is such an incredible treatment of how good Yes was in concert. Nice reaction.
How Alan was able to pull this tour off with limited time to learn the material is astounding.
Yes! Full credits to him and RIP.
Yes were always the epitome of playing LIVE - playing it loud and playing it well!
Its Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, They opened with it for years. Nothing like YES in Philadelphia 🎉🎉
Yes during this period played so aggressive live. There were three albums which is six sides, this was the opening song. From here they never let up, they outright kill every song. Wait till you hear yours is no disgrace with Steve Howes solo. Squire abuses his bass during his solo. The album is a Non-Stop blistering avalanche of music that leaves your jaw on the floor and exhausted.
YES is ART MUSIC! With an orchestra!
I used to have this album and Siberian Khatru was my favourite song. I loved that it came after the Firebird too. Sadly I was pressured by a boyfriend to give it to him in exchange for a painting he did for me (though I didn't ask him to). I regret that decision. I don't know what it was with boyfriends. A previous boyfriend had called me 'weird' for liking Pink Floyd.
You just made my day Shawn! Yessongs I can't live without this album! Still play it often ♥️✨🎶
Glorious band. Best prog band ever. Saw the 15 times
Always started shows with these two songs. The goosebumps came up when it started, and you still had them after you returned home!
☮️❤️😎🎼
Thank you for your enthusiasm regarding a band that many of us have considered number one for over 50 years; it’s rewarding that after all of this time somebody your age can still see what it was that we fell in love with decades ago.
Yours is No Disgrace is the song that did "it" for me. Great reaction and welcome to one of the greatest live albums ever.
An incredible album and song. What an opening!
The Yessongs version of "Close To The Edge" is one of my favorite versions of the song, with the opening section a bit smoother and less frenetic than the studio track. A couple of songs on the album could use some remastering, but the masters were lost and the only resort now is to use AI to separate the vocals and instruments, like The Beatles did with Now and Then, adjust the mix and the entire album will be better, even though it's great as it is.
But yeah, the actual Yessongs album is cleaner sounding than the clips from the film.
Great reaction to the amazing Yessongs album! As good an example as there is that Yes music brings joy to heart and mind!
The first YES album I ever bought, and I had the same reaction. Nah, nah...this CAN'T be real. I HAD to see it, to believe it! It's true! It's true! Love your reaction. Thanks.
Shawn, You should do the whole album. It's well worth your time. Absolutely amazing!!
Go see Jon Anderson perform Yes material with The Band Geeks, they are on tour again this summer, they killed last year.
Just the best triple live album performance ever! And the album cover Roger Dean developed is fun to flip around and look at. ENJOY ☺️ 😊🎸👍🏻😎🎶🎶🎶🎶
I love everything about this album. If you aren't going to do it in its entirety, please react to Perpetual Change. The interplay between Howe and Bruford is outstanding. Watch the film. It will blow your mind to see them playing live.
I say YES to more YES!
Greatest Live Album Ever, Ever Ever! ❤❤❤❤❤
LIVE! in NY this is Saturd................
The rock music press establishment never warmed to progressive rock. One of the early critiques of Yes involved....ha.....that their songs.....(chuckle)....were too intricate.....ha, ha, ha .......to ever be played live by the band. ROTHLMAO!!!!!!
Timeless brilliance never gets old...
Others have probably pointed this out, but I'll do the internet thing and repeat: Heck YEAH! Yes live is an amazing "how did they do that?" beast! The "opening" sequence is in fact a recording of the end of Stravinski's "Rite of Spring" and, along with an excerpt from "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" are default YES concert openers. Give a listen to the opening from "YesShows" (another awesome YES live album) and you'll hear the band begin to play along with the recording. It's amazing. The audio from the concert film "Yessongs" is pretty crappy, but you get to see the band in their prime ripping it up and showing what ridiculously talented musicians they are - the LP recordings are better (not perfect, but hey, it was 1973!) There are a few times in the album where there are timing issues, but that does give the experience the honest "live" feel. Give a listen to "I've Seen All Good People" and "Perpetual Change" from Yessongs, and "Parallels" and "Ritual" or "Gates of Delirium" from YesShows to witness more wizardry. YES live has always been a treat - they aren't flawless, but the experience can be life altering.
If you very carefully check out the artwork for the "YESSONGS" album you will notice that in the clouds there are some cat tracks in there...Roger Dean had a cat that walked across his artwork before itdried, and he "disguised" the offending paw prints.
I will have to pull out my album and look at it for the paw prints 🐾. Amazing that I'm still learning new things so many years later.
😢😢 memories
Thank you for reaction sir as always!
There is YES and there are other prog rock bands. Thanks.
I always thought it was a bit pompous of them to open their shows with that extract from The Firebird Suite but I've since read that they were very inspired by Stravinsky and that the section in Siberian Khatru towards the end (the vocal section) is clearly inspired by the flute and oboe sound from 'The Rite of Spring'. In that context It kind of makes sense. Great reaction!
IMHO The best version of this song. They were on fire.
Saw these guys in concert a year after this album was released. Bill Bruford had been replaced by Alan White on drums, otherwise it was the same lineup. They started off playing their newest album Tales of Topograghic Oceans but the crowd didn't want any part of it and started to boo😮. They had planned on playing the whole double album but cut it way short and swung into almost every song on this lp. I'll never forget Rick Wakeman encouraging us to keep booing. He hated ToTO. I heard he once had a pizza delivered to him on stage while they played the album, he was so bored😂
Jon Anderson looked lit up too. But it still was a great show and one of the most fun concerts I ever saw. Chris Squire was incredible as were all them.
I love Topographic Oceans! Something wrong with these people that booed.
I love Tales from Topographic Oceans too! Saw that tour and was mesmerized! Also, with the years, I have grown to appreciate how epic and innovative it truly was. Saw Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks last year. One of the most thunderous ovations was for the song from Tales from Topographic Oceans called Ritual, which I believe was side 3 (?) of the album. Just beyond amazing. A journey to other realms!
"Is this the Band playing this?!... all this??" .... No, it's Mr. Rick Wakeman!... 80% 🎹 ☺
If you're talking about the opening, no, it's not Wakeman playing that, it's a pre-recorded tape, until the end then Rick's mellotron heralds the beginning of Siberian Khatru, and then the band BLASTS OFF!!!!
I suggest you The Fish on this album.Phenomenal!!!Yessongs anyway is on another level.
More YESsongs,please, loving it.
I don't know how anyone wouldn't like this.
Banger!
Heart of the Sunrise next!
Been there done that at least 7 times
Stravinsky's Firebird finale excerpt was Yes's signature concert intro. It just builds up the anticipation really well. Glad you are doing this because not enough people have reacted to it. The definitive version for me (explosive ending - no fade out).
Around this time Yes began to end MOST of their songs on a sharp cut like this for a “LIGHTS OUT” effect. And I always love that.
Still my favorite prog band
Nice reaction, thanks👍
If you don't know Yes, you shouldn't start with this, only when you've had all the classics should you experience this as their best dessert🙏
When you think that this song is for many the weakest track on CttE you realize how fantastically excellent the whole album is.
UM...weak track on CTTE?? those many are numbnuts.
Just wait until you hear "Starship Trooper"...
The entire album is great, tho "Close to the Edge" ( my favorite YES song!) Is a bit of a letdown.
You can get very good versions of "CTTE" on the "7 Shows From '72" boxed set.
Stravisky opening
Are you SURE You Don't Want to Listen to the Whole Album in One Sitting ? Just Checking on that statement again 🙂
No my friend tecording stravisky
Hey Shawn!!! Here's the Entire "Movie" that changed my Life at 12 years old. (See My Previous Comment below) BTW, I Don't think "Siberian" is in This Video.
th-cam.com/video/wd40IJrdX3Y/w-d-xo.html
greatest live album ever. I have bought it 3 times.wore 2 OUT !!!