Yes! Something I always say as well. Maybe '66 to '76 or '67 to '77, something like that. By the time Eric Clapton got a perm it seemed like the End Times. Then in came Disco and Flock of Seagulls and the like. Thank God for TH-cam being here as a repository for this great music.
Pre Covid 2918 . Yes played a Small under 10k space capacity NC Amphitheatre that wasn't sold out. A fantastic retrospective ! There's still nobody like them
Not sure if I would like listening to this in such a giant stadium. The largest space I have seen them was at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and was great. Love this version (Relayer) of the band nonetheless.
Not my first but one of the earliest ones, probably 1975 and 14 years old. Yes has shaped my musical tastes very deeply. One of the greatest bands out there
They did a show in the Round in Indianapolis in 1977 . I got to Shake Chris Squires hand before he made it up to the stage. Now that its over and done. Never to be seen the same again!
Which is a shame because he changed the Bass in the way Hendrix changed guitar, and Keith Emerson changed keyboards / synthesisers. They were all game changers, no one saw the nstruments the same way again after they played them. He is literally one of the few pioneers in Rock 'N' Roll. @@apexjoe4769
@@scottsharp3356 I love how present he is on that album! I always thought that Chris was a great singer and his voice meshed very well with Jon’s (and Trevor’s on Drama).
The thing most younger people will never realize about Steve Howe is that he won Best Overall Guitarist like 7 or 8 years in a row, back when Guitar Player Magazine mattered and that title actually meant something. Yet somehow, he got left off of Rolling Stone's 100 most influential guitarists list (along with Eric Johnson and Neal Schon, among others). Nice job Rolling Stone. You are truly a rag and always were. Thanks for the video. Sweet stuff!
Guitar World also did a top 100 Guitarists list (best not most influential)..But it was like a knockout tournament format where a guitarist was paired /matched against another and the fans voted for the winner of that match. The winners carry on to the next round until there was only two left. As you can imagine - it came up with some strange results.... but Howe at ;least got up to No. 61 The winner was Eddie Van Halen, 2nd was Brian May, 3rd Alex Lifeson 4th Hendix 5th Joe Satriani 6th Jimmy Page 7th Tony Iommi 8th Stevie Ray Vaughan 9th Dimebag Darrel 10th Steve Vai Actually I can kind of see some logic in not having Howe in the "most influential" top 100. Howe has two things going against him. 1. The stuff he plays is so technically difficult that it's not really possible for anyone other than an already very accomplished guitarists to play. So you don't get many young guitarists that are still learning, throwing in Steve Howe scale runs into their practice routines or their own compositions. 2. He plays so many different styles that you can't really pick one as a distinctive Steve Howe style. Guitarists with distinct styles tend to be more influential - even though they may well be far less able players. Somebody like the Edge from U2 (who is 20+ levels below Howe in terms of technical ability) will no doubt be regarded as influential because he only really has one style and it's easy for even intermediate level guitarists to play. In a bizarre kind of way you could argue that the things that made Howe the Best Overall Guitarist in the eyes of Guitar Player magazine - were the same things that made him less influential in the eyes of Rolling Stone magazine.
TheSmithDorian You know, I rarely read or reply to people who reply to my comments. Largely because I don't usually revisit the same pages much. However, in this case I decided to make an exception. I just wanted to thank you for a very calm, well thought out reply to my rant. You actually made a point which I hadn't really thought of. It's refreshing to have somebody with intelligence come back with a comment that adds further insight to the subject, rather than just disagreeing and swearing at me (as is usually the case). :) The last thing I would say in rebuttal to your statements is that while you are right about Howe's inaccessibility to novice players due to his technical ability, that is just a "playing" thing. You don't have to be able to play something to be profoundly inspired by it. I couldn't play hardly any of his stuff when I was in my teens, but these days I find myself playing more and more of it. The point being that Steve Howe, among other lesser appreciated guitarists who shall be nameless, were directly responsible for inspiring me to become the accomplished player that I am these days. I still maintain that RS is a soggy rag though. Hehe!
I'm in my mid 30's and I can assure you, I've been over the rainbow and back again with Rolling Stone. And they are NOT a noteworthy publication. They are a conveyor for advertisements and the opinions of sadly lost high-ons. It's one thing to get stoned and still be able to write -- it's entirely another to be a high-on.
And with Jann Wenner (No Progressive Rock or Yes fan!) at the helm of both the magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, Steve and the band get NO love!
Check out Marillion for your modern prog. Maybe not as good. PF were the heavy weights of this stuff in 75, and maybe Genesis too. Yes got stuck in a groove whilst the others moved on. Probably their best piece of work though
Isn't this music just incredible. I seen them when I was 14. I am now 58. Still love them. Probably been to 6-7 shows. Genesis, Yes Jethro Tull Moodie Blues. Seen them all plus more. This music was so complex, so intense. It had life. What happened. You'll NEVER outdo this generation of music. I was blessed to be born in the 60s. Thanks mom and dad.
Do you remember who the backup bands were ? I'm pretty sure I was at that show that's when they started doing those amazing laser light shows @bobsol8522
Yes! 76 and I was there, too. Yes, Frampton, Gary Wright, and Pusette Dart Band. Hot AF and no shade, girls in front of us shared their hash. Man, those were the days. I think it was 110,000 people. STILL can't believe my old fashioned dad drove me in and out of the place. Malvern represent!
Incredibly sophisticated, yet beautifully simple on the ears. I'm not sure we fully understood the talent that was Yes during this period. Only with time can we have the perspective to truly appreciate the music that they made. So glad to grow up listening to Fragile and Close to the Edge. Amazing.
I know. I listen to it regularly still more than 50 years after I first heard Yes. It is my favorite of many bands that became popular in the early 1970s.
This tour was my first blessing of Yes live, July 19 1975. It was Yes's 83rd stop on a 88 city tour. They were so impressive I saw Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth 35 more times over the next forty yrs.
@janpierzchala2004 in the 70s Yes sold out Wembley Stadium twice. Madison Square Gardens 3 nights in a row, Philadelphia Soectrum 2 nights in a row and every show Yes did for 7yrs straight all over the world. So ya Yes sold out a few shows. There's vid of said shows
I saw them at Wembley Arena in 1989 only. Madison is not a stadium size but if you say Wambley Stadium twice I am more than surprised - just because this is really ambitious music @@lesblatnyak5947
I’m currently 21 and this is truly one of my favorite albums, this keeps getting better every time I listen to it, it is simply amazing, really wish I had been there…
I understand - I discovered this around 1980 and even then I was "late to the party". I would come home from school around the age of 17 and listen to this alone on my parent's stereo in the living room daily for about a month. I just couldn't believe it.
Alchemists of space and time!! You could dance, get lost and be mesmerized in each part of the song, knowing that it was a whole story with a plot, conflict, and resolution. When you knew that THAT resolution was going to come sometime you could just enjoy every other thing that could happen in-between. Now, when instant retribution is the norm, people don't enjoy those moments anymore.
“Thank you. Hope you’re enjoying yourself, Yes?!” Jon says at the conclusion of CTTE while he straps on a guitar and gets ready for the next masterpiece. Yes, Jon, we are still enjoying ourselves listening and watching YES from many years ago. Thank all of you in the many incarnations of YES for creating such fabulous music that will last forever and ever. 🙏💕
@@theo9952 I remember buy n one 4 C S N AND YOUNG IN 74 4 12 .50 LAST ONE I BOUGHT 4 AUSSIE Pink FLOYD WAS 29 . 50. IN HOUSTON AND WOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING THEY WERE BRILLIANT I LOVE ANYTHING PINK FLOYD. I ALSO SAW ROGER DOING D S OF T M. SOLD OUT IT WAS AMAZING
It is amazing to see the level of musicianship by Yes and other bands of this era. Is there any groups creating music on this level today? Deep jazz influences, symphonic qualities, complex compositions. Wow.
Better days for sure. I’m glad I was there in those times. No cell phones, no computers. It’s 2023 now. If I was in my 20’s today I’d want my money back.
Imagine being 16 in a room with blacklight posters of trippy scenes, having a little smoke with your friends and listening to this. I am fortunate to not have to imagine; only remember.
Close to the Edge, Larks Tongue in Aspic, Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Genesis, Tull, Floyd, and so many more. Hours spent with some good friends and smoke, surrounded by black light posters and $10 disco light. Such good times...
What made Yes stand out is that they were one of the few bands that could actually reproduce their recorded music to onstage performances. So many bands I loved at that time couldn't sound exactly like their records when they played live.
I loved Yes from many years ago. I listened to Close to the Edge when l got a severe case of hepatitus, for many months and l listened to this album every day. I had no earphones so my parents had to bear it. I really believe it helped me so much get through the awful sickness, and the later depression that came after. It was the best choice of music for me in that time. Always the best and l never saw them live. Would have killed for that!
This show, or the San Francisco Performance of this tour, was the very first rock concert I attended in my life. I was 12 years old at the time. I knew Close To The Edge by Heart at that point because my older sister had the album from when it was first released and we both listened to it every single day for what must have been two years. But of the rest of YES I knew almost nothing. I attended the show with my cousin and his mother, my Aunt. She was given the tickets by friends who could not use them. So she took my cousin, 13 at the time, and me. I was the one who begged to go when I heard the tickets wee available. The show was at at the Cow Palace & the opening act was Ace. I remember standing in the parking lot when security personnel opened a gap in the line. A limousine sped across the parking lot, through the gap in the line right in front of us, and quickly disappeared into a tunnel. We caught a glimpse of several guys with long hair in the back seat. My aunt remarked "Gee, they look just as scrawny and unkempt as the rest of these kids here." My closest encounter with YES and that remark from my Aunt are forever etched into my memory as a rather poorly matched set. When YES came on, they opened with Close to the Edge. There was a huge crystal ball above the stage that rotated. spotlights around the perimeter of the arena shone into it as it spun through the opening sequence, which filled the arena with fragments of dancing light. I was enthralled, but my cousin & Aunt thought it was just noise! Reluctantly I allowed then to yank me out about halfway through the show. I am to this day both disappointed I did not get to see the entire show and grateful for what I did see. For several years, more than I care to admit, I was baffled. The keyboard player had dark hair. How could that be? Rick Wakeman was easily identified by his long blonde hair. I couldn't figure it out because I had my years mixed up. I thought we had gone to the show in 74. It was not for many years that my cousin mentioned it was 75, not74 that we saw Yes.. Then it all clicked into place. I witnessed the Relayer Tour. Patrick Moraz would have been at the keyboard. Funny the things a kids mind turns into memories in a 50 some year old man over the years. I subsequently saw the band perform numerous times and with numerous line-ups. But what stayed with me from the early show was not so much the shredding that Steve Howe invented right there on stage & for which he gets little credit. What stayed with e was the imposing figure in the boots. I knew that was the man who made the bass sound unlike anything else I had ever heard, but with those boots and that Rick, he was much larger than life up there on that stage while I was down on the floor below. He was almost frightening. He looked so serious. I will never forget the moment I saw him walk on stage and begin ascending the scale up the neck while on stage right, Howe was shredding away. Many decades and many Yes Shows came and went and came around again, more than I can remember. That imposing figure in the boots was omnipresent, regardless of whoever else may have been on the stage. But he became a gentle giant in my mind. As a player, he was always my idol, and when I went to the concerts, he was the one I watched the most. And it was about 30 years and untold many shows later that I realized when he was onstage, He had a huge smile that rarely left his face. Even while performing the same songs, over and over again (think about how many times he must have played "Yours is No Disgrace) it became apparent to me every time he performed, he was having the time of his life. He never missed a single one. And he was the best at what he did. Thank You Yes, for a lifetime of music. And in particular, thank you Chris Squire for being the absolute best &always being there with a smile that told the audience you were there completely for them. Every time without fail for 40 years. We love you and will miss you. I hope you enjoyed this reminiscence and tribute to an icon. If you did, I am glad. If you did not, how come you read it all the way to the end? :-)
+Paul Anderson Thank you for that tribute, it brings tears to my eyes. You're right, his playing was simply astounding, it was magical, he sang like an angel, and the way he dressed and carried himself was so visually striking onstage. Being something like 6'4'' didn't hurt either! But that smile, his happiness at being there, you nailed it, he was having the time of his life and that joy in the moment is so apparent. He gave us a great and rare gift and there will never be another like him.
+rosalindm59 Thank You Rosalind for your kind words. It is gratifying to know that someone read & was touched by what I wrote. I started in on another technical Diatribe about how Great Chris Squire is in this video, but stopped & wiped it. Some other time. He was my musical hero. He made a joyful noise. 68 years was not enough. I loved him and was affected by his death in a way that few celebrity deaths do because he has been a part of my life literally for 44 of my 52 years! So thanks. I am glad my words made a difference to someone else. I have many more stories about Yes, their music, & Chris, but I will spare you. As an excellent counterpoint to this though, I suggest looking up the video of "Yes Unplugged" from 2004. It is a mature band celebrating, reminiscing, & having fun playing together. Once again, I love you Chris. Thank You for all the great times & inspirations you have given me over a lifetime, and for the legacy you left us. But Man, I just wish...One more time...
+Paul Anderson I wish there was space here to hear those stories. You and i have been fans for the same length of time so maybe it's not surprising we have similar feelings on Chris. It's surprising to me how much I've been affected by his passing, but you're right, being inspired by him ever since Roundabout is a long long time. Thanks for the Unplugged recommendation, I've seen it but it's been years and I need to watch it again. Best to you.
+Paul Anderson A great comment to a great guy man! I hope you are a writer. If you're not, you missed your calling. I saw them in 75 also, & believe it or not, it was my first concert to. Went with a high school friend. His dad took us & we hid from him so we could enjoy the show a bit better. He wanted to leave as soon as they started hahaha. Just like your experience!....Steve
+Paul Anderson Oh Paul.......I was at the Cow Palace for the Relayer tour as well, and I remember it differently. Maybe they had more than one show? I do not remember a disco ball. I remember this was the tour with the snakes heads above the band. There were lights in the snakes heads and during the end tunes the snakes heads began bobbing up and down. I remember calling Steve Howe a "madman!" as he shredded the guitar. And yes, Mr. Squire had his great presence. Miss that guy's incredible creativity and soul.
They listen peacefully because the song is downright boring. That's until the singing starts, at which point with these ultra-high pitch voices it becomes annoying.
@@gdevelek lol! Never a fan of this era Yes...but it is interesting to see crowd respect the band. If you watch "Woodstock" movie, you'll notice crowd gives Hendrix same devoted attention. And he wasn't "..boring"!✌
Before you get too carried away this is Queens Park Rangers football club Loftus Road ground. It had a capacity of about 20,000 and its record attendance was about 35,000. Yes fans are spread out across the ground and mostly towards the stage.
First saw YES in 1972 . I'm 70 now and YES is still one of my all time favorites.i can Remember telling a friend of mine at the time that YES WAS the tightest band I had ever heard
I grew up listening to Yes. THE most brilliant band in the universe as far as I am concerned even to this day. NO ONE has ever come close to the song writing and musicianship they possessed. When you listen to them they take you away to another place, its hard to explain.
I've listened to this album thousands of times over the years Still makes my spine tingle Thanks to the entire Yes crew for providing so much pleasure for so many people over so many years
+jon se What is your favorite part of Close to the Edge? I have two. The first is when they change cadence from the first vocal part to the second, where there is that guitar lick that seamlessly transforms into a bass lick. both tasty! Right before the line "Crossed a line around the changes of the summer..." The second is when they return to the motif of the first vocal part and Squire plays that staccato Bass part whose timing I STILL cannot get down. Right before the line "My eyes convinced eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love..." Going to have to go listen again.
"I get up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get downnnn! That chills my spine every single time I hear it, knowing the keyboards are next just makes it better. But it all stands together as a musical composition that will outlive us all
There’s so my superb epics that it’s hard to choose a favorite. Gates of Delirium, Awaken, Close to the Edge, Ritual, The Revealing Science of God…it’s goes on and on. As much as I love Close to the Edge and think it’s incredible, The Gates of Delirium is definitely my favorite Yes epic. I will say though that Close to the Edge was the first long scale epic I had ever heard.
I was at the June 1976 concert with this lineup at Colt Park in Hartford, Connecticut. I was 16. There were about 30.000 people there, it was the largest ever concert crowd in the state of Connecticut. We drove down from Albany, NY. Although I have seen Yes numerous times since then, I will always remember that concert like it was yesterday. Just amazing.
I went to this actual concert, in fact this week was my best ever music week, between, Saturday, Wednesday and Saturday, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Genesis. I was 18.
My first Yes concert was 77 with the Going for the One tour. Was always a big fan and finally got to see them. These guys and Genesis are 2 of the best prog of all time. One of the best songs I've ever heard live. RIP Chris. Now you are a fish out of water.
I am from 66´s and 70´s was the very good etape in my live who i remember with better music and as you say a much time to be alive.pedrodelmoralcastro66@gmail.com.Periko,Granada {España}
That angular sense of melody, that firey and dynamic picking attack just about to go off the rails, but always miraculously stays on, and that overdrive bell-chime tone delivered with a frenzy of talent. Steve Howe is truly a maestro.
My sister got the 1st album in the cut-out bin for $1.50 in 70. That was our intro...No turning back after that anxiously awaited each incredible release thereafter. Then CTTE took us all where NOBODY had ventured before. The rest is prog history. The most imaginative band EVER
What a spectacular concert!!! Gryphon, Ace, and Seals & Croft opened prior to Yes taking the stage, I was so fortunate to have been present at this all- day event. Still have the concert program booklet and ticket stub. Yes also performed the entire Relayer album (My favorite Yes album).
Steve Howe’s opening volley of this song is just mesmerizing! He OWNS the entire neck of this guitar. Most guitarists would never venture that many frets up the neck yet Howe spend minutes there and is very comfortable.
weird fact: this BEGINS lethargic like they all smoked too much pot...but quickly gets on fire as you describe! watch the 1972 "YESSONGS" version, holy smokes. I just saw that version for the first time....and they are nearly punk-noise-rock on that version! WOW!!
How many things in life bring tears to your eyes? For me it's Yes's halcyon days. Thank you, lads, for all the joy you've given me and mine. You've been a wonderful part of our life. xxx
When "Yes appeared with Black Sabbath" at a concert in March of 1972, I was mainly there to see the headliners which was Black Sabbath. After Sabbath finished their set of songs the encore chants we're for more Yes. My friends and I agreed...that Yes stole the show in every way. They were phenomenal!
Both bands require two different vibes and moods for appreciation. I like nothing when I am in the Sabbath mood, likewise won't like Sabbath when I am in Yes or DP mood.
Yes has been a favorite band of mine for a very, very long time. I was first introduced to them back around '70 or so. My best friend and I were at Tower Records on the Sunset Strip shopping and he pulled out the Yes Album and told me I had to buy it (I had never heard of them at that point) . If I didn't like it he would buy it from me. Took it home, slipped on the headphones and that was it- hooked for life. I had the great fortune to have met a girl who appreciated my passion for the band- she gave me a tank top with the band's Roger Dean designed logo on it that she had hand crocheted for my 16th birthday in 1975. We've been married for over 35 years now. Flash forward to the 35th Anniversary tour- I got to meet the band and Roger, and had them all autograph that t-shirt. I've lost count of the number of shows and locations I've been fortunate enough to have seen this band perform. They were part of an era that may have passed, but will never be excelled. Musicianship like theirs is no longer in fashion.
Truly magnificent Jon Anderon is remarkable. This is pure genius I'm 74 and dont think this will ever be surpassed even at Glastonbury 2024..such humility
I saw this tour at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. pressed up against the speakers on the front of the stage. A all day long event that I remember so clearly to this very day. My ears were ringing the rest of the week. It was a great line-up. Yes, Peter Frampton, & Gary Wright. Those were the greatest years of Rock, progressive & traditional.
frankly I'm always seriously impressed they could play their whole album list live, with all the incredible cross-rhythmic and moving-part structure of their songs
WTF?!? The intro by Steve Howe and the rhythm (bass & drums!) are out of these world in this version! Love how Howe re-works all the tiny details of the gt never playing exactly as the record yet never straying away too far either. Excellent guitar playing.
Seasons will pass you by. They always have and they always will. RIP CHRIS SQUIRE. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC AND YOUR GENIUS. YOU TRANSFORMED MY LIFE AND MY HEART.
Chris Diamond KILLER Bass sound, Also the Bass player for Magma, The Stranglers [J.J Burnel], The Bass players from RUINS & The Bass player from GODFLESH.
Some say the planet Pandora in the movie AVATAR was inspired by Dean's work. Dean even took it to court but lost because they just borrowed the concept and not his actual artworks. John Cameron was directly asked about it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “Where did Cameron get the idea for the floating mountains? Was that from a Yes album cover? ‘It might have been,’ the director says with a laugh. ‘Back in my pot-smoking days.’” "Nuf sed.
Simply amazing!!!! The origins of prog rock!!!! Thank you Chris Squire for your contributions to YES and for inSQUIRing so many iconic bass players in our day!! May you rest in peace and my condolences to your family and the legions of fans!!
I read some comments below and I wonder how someone can even mither about Steve's playing. I play guitar myself for over 40 years and not so bad but I still today have really problems just to follow his playing by ears and eyes and never thought about trying to do what he does. He's one of a kind and he's the only man on earth who can play these crazy lines and chords this way. But it's not even about playing this but to create this. He invented a whole new (his own) style to play guitar (or does anybody know someone who sounds just similar, particular to this time when Yes and Steve became popular?). And this for me is clearly genius. No questions left.
That's well said. Imagine playing so intricately, on stage, in the cold (I was there) with thousands watching, with high expectations. They all performed remarkably well......
The closest I've heard to Steve Howe in the 70's (this tour was my first concert as well) is this guy, who is still touring with his band. th-cam.com/video/RHajFKmX9VY/w-d-xo.html
One of the best bands of all time. You had to live in the 70's to make that statement. You can include Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Santana to include the BIG 5. THE Guitar players cannot be matched on any era.
In my 50+ years of existence, I can tell, this is the ultimate 20 min. glimpse into Heaven I ever experienced. The whole concert is total Glory. I wish I meet the guys on the other side, when the time comes. Thanks for sharing this!
What a band! Shaped my life. Total goodness and grace. They sang of love and positivity. So thankful --- they were the background that got me through drugs and nihilism. I'm so grateful ---they were so ethereal. ... they gave me hope of something beyond.
Masterpiece. Maybe the greatest prog Rock song ever written. Maybe the greatest prog Rock guitar solo ever. I agree with the poster. My favorite era for yes 69-78. RIP Chris. One of a kind bass player in a league of his own.
The beauty of Yes is that they were unapologetically NON commercial, unique and so creative.I listened to Close to the Edge driving to work the other day and it brought me to tears. I saw YES super early on an american tour at Gaelic park in the Bronx NY.the line-up was , in this order,YES, Humble Pie, and Mountain.I was @14.Yes was unreal! Scot Muni( famous WNEW NY dj )was the m.c. and he said " I guess we know where this band is headed." He was blown away, as was the crowd.Before Close to the Edge.The memory and chill from hearing" Ive seen all good people" live on that summer eve. is a classic concert memory that is priceless.
@@toothbrush5190 They pulled the plug on Mountain coz it was in a residential area, and it went past the sound curfew.The crowd was not happy.People were throwing bottles etc..onstage.
I'm 60 years old and grew up in southern riverdale/kingsbridge on west 235th street10 mins from Gaelic park . I never knew that that concert happened. I'm jealous but happy for you 😊
Goddammit. Brilliant version. I saw yessongs in 73 or 74. They were so close to the album yessongs version. Brilliant. So far ahead of the times. I was stunned when I witnessed this live.
As an 18-year old Freshman from Delaware at the University of Vermont in 1972, I would play Close to the Edge every Saturday morning after all the kids from Vermont would go home to their families. This was my favorite album for decades. Wakeman's organ solo in the middle used to blow me away every time I heard it. Wonderful memories.
Saw this band 5 times in the round, and thru their break ups and various rebrands, then their reunion tour. Still enjoying on TH-cam (what tha actual f, i didn't have to scalp tickets?) in 2021.
4:45 - So cool to see Chris featured as the vocals begin - his high harmonies of course were so integral to the YES tapestry of sound, but always worth noting just how perfect pitch, rock steady, and sustained his high notes were always performed. Of all the youtube videos I've seen of Yes across so many periods and decades, I never once heard anything less than superb from Chris vocally throughout those complex harmonies. As casual and flamboyant he could be while playing those awesome power basslines, I'll go out on a limb to say his perfect harmonies are equal in stature to that bass sound he's renown for. No one in the current lineup comes close.
He was a choir boy in his youth-it would only make sense that he turned out to be a great singer! In the studio version, interestingly enough, I think Jon sings both parts.
You notice that the stadium is freaking full. Yes was selling out stadiums back then. Hard to believe these days, when music this adventurous and complex doesn't exactly reach huge crowds. I was fortunate enough to see Yes live during this exact tour, at Anaheim stadium in Southern California. A mind-blowing experience, to say the least. Yes re-arranged the circuitry of my brain on that summer night. In the best possible way.
Part of that was the death of AOR as well. It's rough promoting an album when your single is 8 minutes in length and the radio doesn't want anything over 3. There is still a very vibrant Prog community and still plenty of bands to go see, but the marketability took a huge hit in the late 70's and never recovered. Hell, even Yes saw the writing on the wall by 90125 and were playing the radio friendly singles game as well.
Yes headlined to over 100,000 people in Philadelphia in the summer of 1976. One of the biggest paid concerts of all time. The seventies was a different world. The average person valued and expected musicianship. Now we have stadiums full of people cheering people who rap in a monotone over prerecorded computer beats. th-cam.com/video/nwN6dPNXklg/w-d-xo.html
Wow and afreakinmazing. I can see POSSIBLY creating these sounds and voices in a studio and having several redos, but this song replecated live and actually better. How is that possible? No doubt my favorite band.
He's a fill in for Wakeman, listen to the isolated keyboard version of close to the edge. Nothing even sounds close, you can't compare, Wakeman's gawd !!
Steve Howe was tearing it up! He was the drive in this band early on... So very, very glad I got to see them In the Round on the Tormato tour in Atlanta in 1978...a HUGE band off my bucket list...Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White...one of the top 10 bands in the history of rock!
i saw yes in the round in wpg mb as well. i have a strong memory of the fan in the seat in front of me having to endure a broken seat backrest while wearing a t shirt proclaiming 'party til you puke'.
+James Manney I saw every tour from '74 through 1984 and this, by far, was the best. They were ferocious, precise, etherial...just incredible. Gates Of Delirium was the highlight. Some of the most powerful music in rock, ever. Oh to go back there for just one more night!
I was one of the lucky ones. Saw them 3 times between '74 and '77. They were formidable in their hey day. My fondest memory of them is encoring with Starship Trooper and shaking the dust down from the topmost rafters of the Philly Spectrum which until that time no one else had been able to move.
I saw them twice in '74. We were so impressed with them live we went to see them again 3 weeks later at another show a couple of hundred miles away. Well worth it.
@@toothbrush5190 I still often think of that concert. It was a wonderful time for music. I can still picture a green laser shooting out over the river during the dreamy part of "Close To The Edge". I'm glad that you got to experience it on the radio
+Geraldino Lopez Can't rule out Jethro Tull though. Each with its own unique style, I've always considered them both the greatest progressive rock bands of all time.
I saw them in Rosavelt stadium in jersey city new jersey in the summer of 75. it was the last show on the American tour and it was held over twice because of rain. it was an experience of a life time.
I saw them in June 1976 in Philadelphia, Pa. At JFK Stadium with Peter Frampton and Gary Wright at an all day concert event. It was my first concert as I was 14 and just getting into music and the Yes Album was the first album I ever bought. I believe they said that there was close to 130,000 people in that stadium that day and it was a long hot day but I hung tough to the end where YES played their final two songs, Roundabout and a song by the Beatles called, I'm Down and both songs were awesome and Patrick Moraz was playing the keyboards so I'm thinking it was this tour with Close to the Edge. I wish I was a little bit older to really appreciate it so much more but I try not to complain about anything anymore and just enjoy life as much as I can. A great band who I went on to go see four or five more times but all of those shows were indoors. I apologise for rambling on but I thought someone might enjoy that little bit of Yes history, peace !
1965-1975 a decade of music that will probably never be surpassed.
Yes! Something I always say as well. Maybe '66 to '76 or '67 to '77, something like that. By the time Eric Clapton got a perm it seemed like the End Times. Then in came Disco and Flock of Seagulls and the like. Thank God for TH-cam being here as a repository for this great music.
yo diría desde 1962 hasta 1977; 15 años maravillosos y que nunca más se reprodujeron en grupos de semejante calidad
Totally. Never more....!!! golden years!!!
¿¿¡¡Probably!!??..., I guess you were trying to say "CERTAINLY", ¿right?
@@61hink if that’s the only era you listen to you’re very narrow minded in your music choices.
They were selling out stadiums in the 70's playing this music. Impossible 50 years later. Among the best bands of all time.
Well.other .hugely popular. bands were performing there as well so yes and no.
Yes! 😊
Pre Covid 2918 . Yes played a Small under 10k space capacity NC Amphitheatre that wasn't sold out. A fantastic retrospective ! There's still nobody like them
Not sure if I would like listening to this in such a giant stadium. The largest space I have seen them was at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and was great. Love this version (Relayer) of the band nonetheless.
True!
Yes was my very first concert at the age of 15, now I,m 64 and still in awe of the talent that I grew up with!!
I'm truly blessed!! ❤ ❤❤
¡Que envidia!.
Mine also. July '75. 16 years old. Incredible.
Not my first but one of the earliest ones, probably 1975 and 14 years old. Yes has shaped my musical tastes very deeply. One of the greatest bands out there
@user-ft5lb3ne9s That's too bad. Such brilliance Their music still sounds fresh
First saw them in ‘76, then ‘77, ‘78, ‘79, ‘04
Chris Squire is my favorite bass hero. Got to meet him at a hotel bar after a show...super nice fellow and very down to earth. RIP Chris.
THE FISH!!
A very underrated bass guitarist!!!!!!
Mine too!!! Best rock bassist in history.
They did a show in the Round in Indianapolis in 1977 . I got to Shake Chris Squires hand before he made it up to the stage. Now that its over and done. Never to be seen the same again!
Which is a shame because he changed the Bass in the way Hendrix changed guitar, and Keith Emerson changed keyboards / synthesisers. They were all game changers, no one saw the nstruments the same way again after they played them. He is literally one of the few pioneers in Rock 'N' Roll. @@apexjoe4769
One of my favs in the 70’s and I’m 69 now and we grew up with the best music EVER❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼
El #2 después de Hendrix
Amen. I'm 67. What a time to be alive back then
49 years ago ❤
on étaient jeune !!!
Chris Squire's SO impressive with the backup vocals + intense bass parts! What a talent! R.I.P.
Chris was great...
His voice is the main reason Drama is so awesome, and his lightning fast fingers.
@@scottsharp3356 I love how present he is on that album! I always thought that Chris was a great singer and his voice meshed very well with Jon’s (and Trevor’s on Drama).
Shine on Chris 🌹😌♥️
I think he went to a vocal college in England .
The thing most younger people will never realize about Steve Howe is that he won Best Overall Guitarist like 7 or 8 years in a row, back when Guitar Player Magazine mattered and that title actually meant something. Yet somehow, he got left off of Rolling Stone's 100 most influential guitarists list (along with Eric Johnson and Neal Schon, among others). Nice job Rolling Stone. You are truly a rag and always were. Thanks for the video. Sweet stuff!
Guitar World also did a top 100 Guitarists list (best not most influential)..But it was like a knockout tournament format where a guitarist was paired /matched against another and the fans voted for the winner of that match. The winners carry on to the next round until there was only two left.
As you can imagine - it came up with some strange results.... but Howe at ;least got up to No. 61
The winner was Eddie Van Halen, 2nd was Brian May, 3rd Alex Lifeson 4th Hendix 5th Joe Satriani 6th Jimmy Page 7th Tony Iommi 8th Stevie Ray Vaughan 9th Dimebag Darrel 10th Steve Vai
Actually I can kind of see some logic in not having Howe in the "most influential" top 100. Howe has two things going against him.
1. The stuff he plays is so technically difficult that it's not really possible for anyone other than an already very accomplished guitarists to play. So you don't get many young guitarists that are still learning, throwing in Steve Howe scale runs into their practice routines or their own compositions.
2. He plays so many different styles that you can't really pick one as a distinctive Steve Howe style. Guitarists with distinct styles tend to be more influential - even though they may well be far less able players.
Somebody like the Edge from U2 (who is 20+ levels below Howe in terms of technical ability) will no doubt be regarded as influential because he only really has one style and it's easy for even intermediate level guitarists to play.
In a bizarre kind of way you could argue that the things that made Howe the Best Overall Guitarist in the eyes of Guitar Player magazine - were the same things that made him less influential in the eyes of Rolling Stone magazine.
TheSmithDorian
You know, I rarely read or reply to people who reply to my comments. Largely because I don't usually revisit the same pages much. However, in this case I decided to make an exception.
I just wanted to thank you for a very calm, well thought out reply to my rant. You actually made a point which I hadn't really thought of. It's refreshing to have somebody with intelligence come back with a comment that adds further insight to the subject, rather than just disagreeing and swearing at me (as is usually the case). :)
The last thing I would say in rebuttal to your statements is that while you are right about Howe's inaccessibility to novice players due to his technical ability, that is just a "playing" thing. You don't have to be able to play something to be profoundly inspired by it. I couldn't play hardly any of his stuff when I was in my teens, but these days I find myself playing more and more of it. The point being that Steve Howe, among other lesser appreciated guitarists who shall be nameless, were directly responsible for inspiring me to become the accomplished player that I am these days.
I still maintain that RS is a soggy rag though. Hehe!
yeah great guitarist... but what a self-centered bitch at times...!!!!
I'm in my mid 30's and I can assure you, I've been over the rainbow and back again with Rolling Stone. And they are NOT a noteworthy publication. They are a conveyor for advertisements and the opinions of sadly lost high-ons. It's one thing to get stoned and still be able to write -- it's entirely another to be a high-on.
And with Jann Wenner (No Progressive Rock or Yes fan!) at the helm of both the magazine and the Rock & Roll Hall of fame, Steve and the band get NO love!
A band with this level of creative genius only comes around once in a lifetime. We'll never see these types of musicians again.
What get's me, it's the fact that all musicians was top of the line. All together, what's the odds? incredible
Check out Marillion for your modern prog. Maybe not as good. PF were the heavy weights of this stuff in 75, and maybe Genesis too. Yes got stuck in a groove whilst the others moved on. Probably their best piece of work though
What about Genesis in the PG era?
@@Florislaurens Genesis of the Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett era, yes.
TOOL ?
Isn't this music just incredible. I seen them when I was 14. I am now 58. Still love them. Probably been to 6-7 shows. Genesis, Yes Jethro Tull Moodie Blues. Seen them all plus more. This music was so complex, so intense. It had life. What happened. You'll NEVER outdo this generation of music. I was blessed to be born in the 60s. Thanks mom and dad.
Lucky you are having seen them in 1979. I am 57 and only saw them in 1990 on the Union tour in Cologne, Germany. Definitely not the same...
Saw this tour in 1975 in philly at jfk stadium. 105,000 people there. Still get chills thinking about it. Thank you to all the rock gods of that time.
I mean 76
Do you remember who the backup bands were ? I'm pretty sure I was at that show that's when they started doing those amazing laser light shows @bobsol8522
Yes! 76 and I was there, too. Yes, Frampton, Gary Wright, and Pusette Dart Band. Hot AF and no shade, girls in front of us shared their hash. Man, those were the days. I think it was 110,000 people. STILL can't believe my old fashioned dad drove me in and out of the place. Malvern represent!
@@Trumpsafacistyes, Frampton, Gary Wright, Pusette Dart Band. Quite a show.
@@jkro30a it really was a great show and it was also a great time for all of us I miss those days
Incredibly sophisticated, yet beautifully simple on the ears. I'm not sure we fully understood the talent that was Yes during this period. Only with time can we have the perspective to truly appreciate the music that they made. So glad to grow up listening to Fragile and Close to the Edge. Amazing.
Well said. They were an extremely talented band.
Oh yes, we did understand the complex-simplicity of Yes. They were and ARE awesome!
We didn't because there were so many great bands then. We thought it would go on forever.
I know. I listen to it regularly still more than 50 years after I first heard Yes. It is my favorite of many bands that became popular in the early 1970s.
His 'Friends of Mr. Cairo', with Vangelis (RIP) is priceless...
Can we take a moment to appreciate how Jon Anderson's voice sounds similar to the record version? His voice is really one of a kind.
I think because it's not falsetto.
Anderson every time sounds the same... The same boring. He's gifted, but boring. Unlike the music.
Nobody like him...one of the greatest rock voices EVER!
@@maciejkrasuski Boring? He’s been consistently great over 50 years.
@@Clearanceman2 what do you mean
This tour was my first blessing of Yes live, July 19 1975. It was Yes's 83rd stop on a 88 city tour. They were so impressive I saw Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth 35 more times over the next forty yrs.
did they really sell a stadium this large alone?
@janpierzchala2004 in the 70s Yes sold out Wembley Stadium twice. Madison Square Gardens 3 nights in a row, Philadelphia Soectrum 2 nights in a row and every show Yes did for 7yrs straight all over the world. So ya Yes sold out a few shows. There's vid of said shows
I saw them at Wembley Arena in 1989 only. Madison is not a stadium size but if you say Wambley Stadium twice I am more than surprised - just because this is really ambitious music @@lesblatnyak5947
Saw this in July '75 also. Kansas opened. Awesome.
@@jameshammer1616l get choked up about it
It's almost impossible that any band today could have an audience that big playing a 20 minute long song.
I’m currently 21 and this is truly one of my favorite albums, this keeps getting better every time I listen to it, it is simply amazing, really wish I had been there…
I was. My favorite group ... pretty much of all time!
CTTE is alive
I understand - I discovered this around 1980 and even then I was "late to the party". I would come home from school around the age of 17 and listen to this alone on my parent's stereo in the living room daily for about a month. I just couldn't believe it.
This is like Brubeck, Coltrane, a Prokofiev ballet, Rachmaninov.
I'm 31 and i feel exactly like you my friend. Sad times to be young now when todays music is a pile of crap generally.
These guys were absolute alchemists of tone, rhythm and lyrics. In other words Musicians.
Alchemists of space and time!! You could dance, get lost and be mesmerized in each part of the song, knowing that it was a whole story with a plot, conflict, and resolution. When you knew that THAT resolution was going to come sometime you could just enjoy every other thing that could happen in-between. Now, when instant retribution is the norm, people don't enjoy those moments anymore.
Yeah, pity that the dynamics totally got screwed by whatever perpetrator.
“Thank you. Hope you’re enjoying yourself, Yes?!” Jon says at the conclusion of CTTE while he straps on a guitar and gets ready for the next masterpiece. Yes, Jon, we are still enjoying ourselves listening and watching YES from many years ago. Thank all of you in the many incarnations of YES for creating such fabulous music that will last forever and ever. 🙏💕
Así es.
Unbelievable performance to play that technical song live and boy is that a great version of it!!!!!!!!!
I could not afford a ticket to a concert. So, all of these great concerts are available to watch today' and I watch them every night.
Saw them one time in houston texas wow Rick hadn't been there in 25 years he was that night. They WERE AMAZING ❤
Concerts were a lot cheaper then. If I remember correctly I paid only 6 pounds for this one.
@@theo9952 I remember buy n one 4 C S N AND YOUNG IN 74 4 12 .50 LAST ONE I BOUGHT 4 AUSSIE Pink FLOYD WAS 29 . 50. IN HOUSTON AND WOW DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING THEY WERE BRILLIANT I LOVE ANYTHING PINK FLOYD. I ALSO SAW ROGER DOING D S OF T M. SOLD OUT IT WAS AMAZING
It is amazing to see the level of musicianship by Yes and other bands of this era. Is there any groups creating music on this level today? Deep jazz influences, symphonic qualities, complex compositions. Wow.
Is, was, and always will be the best progressive rock group and song on the planet. Thank you for sharing and bless everyone
I was 14 and completely mesmerized by Jon Anderson’s voice and the epic instrumentals of Yes. 🤤❤️
Better days for sure. I’m glad I was there in those times. No cell phones, no computers.
It’s 2023 now. If I was in my 20’s today I’d want my money back.
What? Lmao
Imagine being 16 in a room with blacklight posters of trippy scenes, having a little smoke with your friends and listening to this. I am fortunate to not have to imagine; only remember.
and a Lava Lamp and velvet poster of Jimi !! I remember it well maybe..... haha
Me too mate.
Don’t have to Imagine either, except it was a lot of blue smoke
Seen them numerous times in the 70's. No band compared with there style of play. And being a teen in the 70's.....nothing compares to that either.
Close to the Edge, Larks Tongue in Aspic, Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Genesis, Tull, Floyd, and so many more. Hours spent with some good friends and smoke, surrounded by black light posters and $10 disco light. Such good times...
1975: when Yes could legitimately lay claim to being one of the very best live musical groups on the planet.
What made Yes stand out is that they were one of the few bands that could actually reproduce their recorded music to onstage performances. So many bands I loved at that time couldn't sound exactly like their records when they played live.
them and floyd are still to this day unmatched by any other band in a live setting
@@chugnuts4208 Too bad no one patched a cam corder to any Floyd gigs.
Would agree 72, 75 Wakeman was gone
@@bradcondon6632 I find Moraz a much more interesting improviser, though he didn't have the stage presence of Wakeman.
I loved Yes from many years ago. I listened to Close to the Edge when l got a severe case of hepatitus, for many months and l listened to this album every day. I had no earphones so my parents had to bear it. I really believe it helped me so much get through the awful sickness, and the later depression that came after. It was the best choice of music for me in that time. Always the best and l never saw them live. Would have killed for that!
I'm 63 and still loving it my yes prog friends ❤😊
Me too.
Jon Anderson's vocals never seem to falter, even to this day. What a miraculous voice
The most technically brilliant guitarist of all time
Easy there, Tiger.
@@epipen1033Steve Howe is the GOAT, Pussycat.
😂 lol 😂
😂
It. is. ON.
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This show, or the San Francisco Performance of this tour, was the very first rock concert I attended in my life. I was 12 years old at the time. I knew Close To The Edge by Heart at that point because my older sister had the album from when it was first released and we both listened to it every single day for what must have been two years. But of the rest of YES I knew almost nothing. I attended the show with my cousin and his mother, my Aunt. She was given the tickets by friends who could not use them. So she took my cousin, 13 at the time, and me. I was the one who begged to go when I heard the tickets wee available. The show was at at the Cow Palace & the opening act was Ace. I remember standing in the parking lot when security personnel opened a gap in the line. A limousine sped across the parking lot, through the gap in the line right in front of us, and quickly disappeared into a tunnel. We caught a glimpse of several guys with long hair in the back seat. My aunt remarked "Gee, they look just as scrawny and unkempt as the rest of these kids here." My closest encounter with YES and that remark from my Aunt are forever etched into my memory as a rather poorly matched set.
When YES came on, they opened with Close to the Edge. There was a huge crystal ball above the stage that rotated. spotlights around the perimeter of the arena shone into it as it spun through the opening sequence, which filled the arena with fragments of dancing light. I was enthralled, but my cousin & Aunt thought it was just noise! Reluctantly I allowed then to yank me out about halfway through the show. I am to this day both disappointed I did not get to see the entire show and grateful for what I did see.
For several years, more than I care to admit, I was baffled. The keyboard player had dark hair. How could that be? Rick Wakeman was easily identified by his long blonde hair. I couldn't figure it out because I had my years mixed up. I thought we had gone to the show in 74. It was not for many years that my cousin mentioned it was 75, not74 that we saw Yes.. Then it all clicked into place. I witnessed the Relayer Tour. Patrick Moraz would have been at the keyboard. Funny the things a kids mind turns into memories in a 50 some year old man over the years.
I subsequently saw the band perform numerous times and with numerous line-ups. But what stayed with me from the early show was not so much the shredding that Steve Howe invented right there on stage & for which he gets little credit. What stayed with e was the imposing figure in the boots. I knew that was the man who made the bass sound unlike anything else I had ever heard, but with those boots and that Rick, he was much larger than life up there on that stage while I was down on the floor below. He was almost frightening. He looked so serious. I will never forget the moment I saw him walk on stage and begin ascending the scale up the neck while on stage right, Howe was shredding away.
Many decades and many Yes Shows came and went and came around again, more than I can remember. That imposing figure in the boots was omnipresent, regardless of whoever else may have been on the stage. But he became a gentle giant in my mind. As a player, he was always my idol, and when I went to the concerts, he was the one I watched the most. And it was about 30 years and untold many shows later that I realized when he was onstage, He had a huge smile that rarely left his face. Even while performing the same songs, over and over again (think about how many times he must have played "Yours is No Disgrace) it became apparent to me every time he performed, he was having the time of his life. He never missed a single one. And he was the best at what he did. Thank You Yes, for a lifetime of music. And in particular, thank you Chris Squire for being the absolute best &always being there with a smile that told the audience you were there completely for them. Every time without fail for 40 years. We love you and will miss you.
I hope you enjoyed this reminiscence and tribute to an icon. If you did, I am glad. If you did not, how come you read it all the way to the end? :-)
+Paul Anderson Thank you for that tribute, it brings tears to my eyes. You're right, his playing was simply astounding, it was magical, he sang like an angel, and the way he dressed and carried himself was so visually striking onstage. Being something like 6'4'' didn't hurt either! But that smile, his happiness at being there, you nailed it, he was having the time of his life and that joy in the moment is so apparent. He gave us a great and rare gift and there will never be another like him.
+rosalindm59 Thank You Rosalind for your kind words. It is gratifying to know that someone read & was touched by what I wrote. I started in on another technical Diatribe about how Great Chris Squire is in this video, but stopped & wiped it. Some other time.
He was my musical hero. He made a joyful noise. 68 years was not enough. I loved him and was affected by his death in a way that few celebrity deaths do because he has been a part of my life literally for 44 of my 52 years!
So thanks. I am glad my words made a difference to someone else. I have many more stories about Yes, their music, & Chris, but I will spare you.
As an excellent counterpoint to this though, I suggest looking up the video of "Yes Unplugged" from 2004. It is a mature band celebrating, reminiscing, & having fun playing together.
Once again, I love you Chris. Thank You for all the great times & inspirations you have given me over a lifetime, and for the legacy you left us. But Man, I just wish...One more time...
+Paul Anderson I wish there was space here to hear those stories. You and i have been fans for the same length of time so maybe it's not surprising we have similar feelings on Chris. It's surprising to me how much I've been affected by his passing, but you're right, being inspired by him ever since Roundabout is a long long time. Thanks for the Unplugged recommendation, I've seen it but it's been years and I need to watch it again. Best to you.
+Paul Anderson A great comment to a great guy man! I hope you are a writer. If you're not, you missed your calling. I saw them in 75 also, & believe it or not, it was my first concert to. Went with a high school friend. His dad took us & we hid from him so we could enjoy the show a bit better. He wanted to leave as soon as they started hahaha. Just like your experience!....Steve
+Paul Anderson Oh Paul.......I was at the Cow Palace for the Relayer tour as well, and I remember it differently. Maybe they had more than one show? I do not remember a disco ball. I remember this was the tour with the snakes heads above the band. There were lights in the snakes heads and during the end tunes the snakes heads began bobbing up and down. I remember calling Steve Howe a "madman!" as he shredded the guitar.
And yes, Mr. Squire had his great presence. Miss that guy's incredible creativity and soul.
Can anyone imagine today a crowd like this of 150.000 people or more listening so peacefully to any kind of music like these people do?
Great comment. Sad what we've become.
They listen peacefully because the song is downright boring. That's until the singing starts, at which point with these ultra-high pitch voices it becomes annoying.
@@gdevelek lol! Never a fan of this era Yes...but it is interesting to see crowd respect the band. If you watch "Woodstock" movie, you'll notice crowd gives Hendrix same devoted attention. And he wasn't "..boring"!✌
@619 OG That is pure torture!!! start w/ Eminem first. lol
Before you get too carried away this is Queens Park Rangers football club Loftus Road ground. It had a capacity of about 20,000 and its record attendance was about 35,000. Yes fans are spread out across the ground and mostly towards the stage.
Two years appart we lost
Chris Squire
John Wetton
Greg Lake
3 bass players we won't forget.
RIP.
I know, how very sad 😢. 3 of the very finest too, all irreplaceable! YES and ELP and the many bands John graced
Jhon uk
@@ALBERTO-v6i John, UK, URIAH HEEP, ASIA
@@ALBERTO-v6i John, UK, URIAH HEEP, ASIA
@@ALBERTO-v6i John was in UK, Uriah Heep and ASIA
First saw YES in 1972 . I'm 70 now and YES is still one of my all time favorites.i can Remember telling a friend of mine at the time that YES WAS the tightest band I had ever heard
I had just graduated high school in '75. What an amazing time to live, musically!
To whom All is left to this amazing band, may God Bless You All. Thank You🥰🫶🏼❣️
Imagine learning and performing a piece of music like that from memory.. stunning to hear it again after being a huge YES fan in my teens.
Somehow I knew even as a young teenager that 40 years later I'd still be listening to this with great enthusiasm.
Andy Martin never change bro!
Now 45 years
Steve Howe on a 335 (he played 175s also), Squire on a 4001...that's prog rock right there. No wonder Rush was inspired by these guys--EPIC!
@user-mm7xr8if1u Actually, Howe played an ES-345 on the Close to the Edge album.
I grew up listening to Yes. THE most brilliant band in the universe as far as I am concerned even to this day. NO ONE has ever come close to the song writing and musicianship they possessed. When you listen to them they take you away to another place, its hard to explain.
It's weird.
Early Genesis, easy. Way better imo
Im 69 and still getting goose bumps to some of their music...and full body rushes - its not hard to explain to someone who "gets" it
Agreed. Beginning to end, they were it. Everyone else had their moments in time, but Yes was always something different.
Simply the most accomplished band of musicians...complex songs expertly played...quite stunning...
I've listened to this album thousands of times over the years
Still makes my spine tingle
Thanks to the entire Yes crew for providing so much pleasure for so many people over so many years
+jon se What is your favorite part of Close to the Edge? I have two. The first is when they change cadence from the first vocal part to the second, where there is that guitar lick that seamlessly transforms into a bass lick. both tasty! Right before the line "Crossed a line around the changes of the summer..."
The second is when they return to the motif of the first vocal part and Squire plays that staccato Bass part whose timing I STILL cannot get down. Right before the line "My eyes convinced eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love..."
Going to have to go listen again.
"I get up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get down, I ge-et up, I get downnnn! That chills my spine every single time I hear it, knowing the keyboards are next just makes it better. But it all stands together as a musical composition that will outlive us all
Just 100% kick ass class!!
I saw them in the round at the Detroit Olympia in 79 my God I was never the same!!!
I don't care what anyone else thinks: This song is hands down the Signature Masterpiece of YES. Awaken, while superb, is a far second in my book.
Agreeeee!
Both are Steve Masterpieces... enjoy them both.
There’s so my superb epics that it’s hard to choose a favorite. Gates of Delirium, Awaken, Close to the Edge, Ritual, The Revealing Science of God…it’s goes on and on. As much as I love Close to the Edge and think it’s incredible, The Gates of Delirium is definitely my favorite Yes epic. I will say though that Close to the Edge was the first long scale epic I had ever heard.
This one.. SOON, Wondrous Stories, And You And I, Starship Trooper,
I think Gates is a close second.
Whenever I listen to this, I feel like this is the quintessential prog rock masterpiece.
I was at the June 1976 concert with this lineup at Colt Park in Hartford, Connecticut. I was 16. There were about 30.000 people there, it was the largest ever concert crowd in the state of Connecticut. We drove down from Albany, NY. Although I have seen Yes numerous times since then, I will always remember that concert like it was yesterday. Just amazing.
This was the year of the 1st time seeing YES. 20 times later nothing was like the 1st TIME!! I just love THIS line up.. PS.. it was in MILWAUKEE WI
I went to this actual concert, in fact this week was my best ever music week, between, Saturday, Wednesday and Saturday, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Genesis. I was 18.
Damn that's awesome!!
My first Yes concert was 77 with the Going for the One tour. Was always a big fan and finally got to see them. These guys and Genesis are 2 of the best prog of all time. One of the best songs I've ever heard live. RIP Chris. Now you are a fish out of water.
Bill bruford kept a good beat in yes but he became a drummer in king crimson
Nada tenía que hacer con Alan.
Imagine, live your 20's in the 70's....what a time to be alive
I remember buying Close to the Edge, on the day it came out. And haven't stopped playing it sense. Yes they were brilliant days the 70's
stagflation, energy crisis, political terrorism throughout the west, threat of nuclear war, half of europe under occupation... no thanks
Pretty much like today then? Except also 70% of the natural world has gone too.
I am from 66´s and 70´s was the very good etape in my live who i remember with better music and as you say a much time to be alive.pedrodelmoralcastro66@gmail.com.Periko,Granada {España}
Pim Commandeur I did and it was and I'm glad I did
That angular sense of melody, that firey and dynamic picking attack just about to go off the rails, but always miraculously stays on, and that overdrive bell-chime tone delivered with a frenzy of talent. Steve Howe is truly a maestro.
I Love this song with more Heart than you can imagine, having been introduced to Yes in 1969, by a kid from NY!!!
My sister got the 1st album in the cut-out bin for $1.50 in 70. That was our intro...No turning back after that anxiously awaited each incredible release thereafter. Then CTTE took us all where NOBODY had ventured before. The rest is prog history. The most imaginative band EVER
Close to the Edge is musical perfection
Yeah
Tommy Haynes True Tommy. It is a masterpiece, A shame about the terrible mix in this recording though.
Tommy Haynes Too bad we do not see Rick Wakeman on the keys but Patrick Moraz, but this was my favourite music in the 70's
I kind of like it, it highlights things you don't typically hear.
philippe Steingueldoir: Moraz just doesn't play with the same finesse that Wakeman had. But then again White is no Bill Bruford either.
What a spectacular concert!!! Gryphon, Ace, and Seals & Croft opened prior to Yes taking the stage, I was so fortunate to have been present at this all- day event. Still have the concert program booklet and ticket stub. Yes also performed the entire Relayer album (My favorite Yes album).
Steve Howe’s opening volley of this song is just mesmerizing! He OWNS the entire neck of this guitar. Most guitarists would never venture that many frets up the neck yet Howe spend minutes there and is very comfortable.
He was never the tidiest player though, was he? Got away with a lot of fluffs cos he was, well, Steve Howe. 😊
I don't think you spend much time listening to/ watching other guitarists. Cheers!
weird fact: this BEGINS lethargic like they all smoked too much pot...but quickly gets on fire as you describe!
watch the 1972 "YESSONGS" version, holy smokes. I just saw that version for the first time....and they are nearly punk-noise-rock on that version! WOW!!
@@kasimsultonfan give me a break! a lot of fluffs? haha let's hear your rendition big dog
So well put Mia!
How many things in life bring tears to your eyes? For me it's Yes's halcyon days.
Thank you, lads, for all the joy you've given me and mine. You've been a wonderful part of our life. xxx
TRULY AMAZING VIDEO, BUT WHAT A FANTASTIC MAGICAL EXPERIENCE. YES BLOODY LOVE IT, AND STILL LISTENING 🎶 🙌. ARE YOU 😊😅😊
When "Yes appeared with Black Sabbath" at a concert in March of 1972, I was mainly there to see the headliners which was Black Sabbath. After Sabbath finished their set of songs the encore chants we're for more Yes. My friends and I agreed...that Yes stole the show in every way. They were phenomenal!
Sabbath was boring live. They also had many bad shows due to Ozzy and his problems.
Rick Wakeman did British TV interview show and one of the best was him interviewing Tony Iommi about this very tour!
Wish I was there.
Both bands require two different vibes and moods for appreciation. I like nothing when I am in the Sabbath mood, likewise won't like Sabbath when I am in Yes or DP mood.
Good to hear.
Yes has been a favorite band of mine for a very, very long time. I was first introduced to them back around '70 or so. My best friend and I were at Tower Records on the Sunset Strip shopping and he pulled out the Yes Album and told me I had to buy it (I had never heard of them at that point) . If I didn't like it he would buy it from me. Took it home, slipped on the headphones and that was it- hooked for life. I had the great fortune to have met a girl who appreciated my passion for the band- she gave me a tank top with the band's Roger Dean designed logo on it that she had hand crocheted for my 16th birthday in 1975. We've been married for over 35 years now. Flash forward to the 35th Anniversary tour- I got to meet the band and Roger, and had them all autograph that t-shirt. I've lost count of the number of shows and locations I've been fortunate enough to have seen this band perform. They were part of an era that may have passed, but will never be excelled. Musicianship like theirs is no longer in fashion.
This brought tears to my eyes, as it reminded me I will never be able to see them performing live. My favourite band ever, God bless you guys!
Masterpiece then.....masterpiece now. Songs are rarely this epic in any era.
Truly magnificent Jon Anderon is remarkable. This is pure genius I'm 74 and dont think this will ever be surpassed even at Glastonbury 2024..such humility
I am 51 and this was way before my time, and I am a huge YES fan. Just bliss watching this. Thank you!
I'm 62 and this was my time. Awesome music!!!
Just so dynamic... a song of epic proportions...... if there was a song that truly defines Yes it is definitely "Close To The Edge"....
Close to the edge of greatness
I saw this tour at Roosevelt Stadium, NJ. Incredible!!!!
I saw this tour at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C. pressed up against the speakers on the front of the stage. A all day long event that I remember so clearly to this very day. My ears were ringing the rest of the week. It was a great line-up. Yes, Peter Frampton, & Gary Wright. Those were the greatest years of Rock, progressive & traditional.
Me , a year later N.J. rained out once , the show was in the rain and mud , w/Howe gettin shocked from the equipment ... Mind Blowing Show ...
frankly I'm always seriously impressed they could play their whole album list live, with all the incredible cross-rhythmic and moving-part structure of their songs
Practice man, practice man !!!
Practice man, practice man !!!
WTF?!? The intro by Steve Howe and the rhythm (bass & drums!) are out of these world in this version! Love how Howe re-works all the tiny details of the gt never playing exactly as the record yet never straying away too far either. Excellent guitar playing.
When I was 14 had a bootleg 8 track tape of YES and at 60 yrs old still amazed and haven't stopped listening to the soul soothing music !✌️
I had the bootleg of Yes Songs, bought it on boardwalk in Ocean City New Jersey in 1973. I didn't know much about fidelity, I was 15.
Seasons will pass you by. They always have and they always will. RIP CHRIS SQUIRE. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC AND YOUR GENIUS. YOU TRANSFORMED MY LIFE AND MY HEART.
Chris Diamond KILLER Bass sound, Also the Bass player for Magma, The Stranglers
[J.J Burnel], The Bass players from RUINS & The Bass player from GODFLESH.
John Luzi Jah Wobble,
+John Luzi Peter Hook, Simon Gallup...
Chris Diamond mine too. and I play bass
Chris Diamond l/
I'm a huge fan of Yes but let's also appreciate Roger Dean, the artist behind the albums and the sculptures for this concert.
Some say the planet Pandora in the movie AVATAR was inspired by Dean's work. Dean even took it to court but lost because they just borrowed the concept and not his actual artworks. John Cameron was directly asked about it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
“Where did Cameron get the idea for the floating mountains? Was that from a Yes album cover?
‘It might have been,’ the director says with a laugh. ‘Back in my pot-smoking days.’”
"Nuf sed.
They fit like a hand and glove
One goes with the other for sure! Don't forget the black light!
Comencé a dibujar viendo las portadas de Yes con el maestro Roger Dean. Saludos desde Chile.
Roger Dean influenced my life so much I took a degree course in Information Illustration at Blackpool College ( UK)
This was (and still is) truly one of the very best beautiful music experiences for me! RIP Chris Squire!
Simply amazing!!!! The origins of prog rock!!!! Thank you Chris Squire for your contributions to YES and for inSQUIRing so many iconic bass players in our day!! May you rest in peace and my condolences to your family and the legions of fans!!
I have nothing to say, except for one word: GOOSEBUMPS.
pinnacle of rock. the songs were also divided into sections a) b) c) and so on. favorite band of my youth. but Yes album was the best
I read some comments below and I wonder how someone can even mither about Steve's playing. I play guitar myself for over 40 years and not so bad but I still today have really problems just to follow his playing by ears and eyes and never thought about trying to do what he does. He's one of a kind and he's the only man on earth who can play these crazy lines and chords this way. But it's not even about playing this but to create this. He invented a whole new (his own) style to play guitar (or does anybody know someone who sounds just similar, particular to this time when Yes and Steve became popular?).
And this for me is clearly genius. No questions left.
That's well said. Imagine playing so intricately, on stage, in the cold (I was there) with thousands watching, with high expectations. They all performed remarkably well......
The closest I've heard to Steve Howe in the 70's (this tour was my first concert as well) is this guy, who is still touring with his band.
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ELP was another great band I loved great musicians. Amazing
One of the best bands of all time. You had to live in the 70's to make that statement. You can include Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Santana to include the BIG 5. THE Guitar players cannot be matched on any era.
I love watching Patrick on the Hammond - he's having such a great time playing it really makes me smile!!
In my 50+ years of existence, I can tell, this is the ultimate 20 min. glimpse into Heaven I ever experienced. The whole concert is total Glory. I wish I meet the guys on the other side, when the time comes. Thanks for sharing this!
What a band! Shaped my life. Total goodness and grace. They sang of love and positivity. So thankful --- they were the background that got me through drugs and nihilism. I'm so grateful ---they were so ethereal. ... they gave me hope of something beyond.
💯💯💯❤❤🎹🎹
Masterpiece. Maybe the greatest prog Rock song ever written. Maybe the greatest prog Rock guitar solo ever. I agree with the poster. My favorite era for yes 69-78. RIP Chris. One of a kind bass player in a league of his own.
+Evan Rice he was a league of his own,thank god,we were ever to experience it
Evan Rice... Suppers Ready???
Maybe the greatest reply to a TH-cam video ever. Ever think about that!?
I agree 100%
Chris could sing anything as well. Fucking brilliant backing vocals!!?
I wonder how this guys could create such masterpieces of music at the age of around 25-30. Everlasting favorites.
The beauty of Yes is that they were unapologetically NON commercial, unique and so creative.I listened to Close to the Edge driving to work the other day and it brought me to tears.
I saw YES super early on an american tour at Gaelic park in the Bronx NY.the line-up was , in this order,YES, Humble Pie, and Mountain.I was @14.Yes was unreal! Scot Muni( famous WNEW NY dj )was the m.c. and he said " I guess we know where this band is headed." He was blown away, as was the crowd.Before Close to the Edge.The memory and chill from hearing" Ive seen all good people" live on that summer eve. is a classic concert memory that is priceless.
wha wha smith outstanding! What a trio of acts!!
@@toothbrush5190 They pulled the plug on Mountain coz it was in a residential area, and it went past the sound curfew.The crowd was not happy.People were throwing bottles etc..onstage.
wha wha smith never in my life...bummer man!
I'm 60 years old and grew up in southern riverdale/kingsbridge on west 235th street10 mins from Gaelic park . I never knew that that concert happened. I'm jealous but happy for you 😊
@@daviddemar8749 you may have been @ 11 when the concert happened, thus not catching it.Saw Sabbath there too.Alice cooper
opened
This song is a soul searching odyssey. A life changing experience.
Goddammit. Brilliant version. I saw yessongs in 73 or 74. They were so close to the album yessongs version. Brilliant. So far ahead of the times.
I was stunned when I witnessed this live.
As an 18-year old Freshman from Delaware at the University of Vermont in 1972, I would play Close to the Edge every Saturday morning after all the kids from Vermont would go home to their families. This was my favorite album for decades. Wakeman's organ solo in the middle used to blow me away every time I heard it. Wonderful memories.
70' best time in my life.
Saw this band 5 times in the round, and thru their break ups and various rebrands, then their reunion tour. Still enjoying on TH-cam (what tha actual f, i didn't have to scalp tickets?) in 2021.
4:45 - So cool to see Chris featured as the vocals begin - his high harmonies of course were so integral to the YES tapestry of sound, but always worth noting just how perfect pitch, rock steady, and sustained his high notes were always performed. Of all the youtube videos I've seen of Yes across so many periods and decades, I never once heard anything less than superb from Chris vocally throughout those complex harmonies. As casual and flamboyant he could be while playing those awesome power basslines, I'll go out on a limb to say his perfect harmonies are equal in stature to that bass sound he's renown for. No one in the current lineup comes close.
He was a choir boy in his youth-it would only make sense that he turned out to be a great singer! In the studio version, interestingly enough, I think Jon sings both parts.
Check out the online isolated Revealing Science of God vocals. You can really hear Squire's choral background in his unusual harmony choices.
@@randallfloyd4476 Of course, Squire is. He usually is.
@@randallfloyd4476 He is on the studio version. He sings both parts. But here, Squire is singing the higher part
You notice that the stadium is freaking full. Yes was selling out stadiums back then. Hard to believe these days, when music this adventurous and complex doesn't exactly reach huge crowds. I was fortunate enough to see Yes live during this exact tour, at Anaheim stadium in Southern California. A mind-blowing experience, to say the least. Yes re-arranged the circuitry of my brain on that summer night. In the best possible way.
Brian Wright I was there too, absolutely bloody brilliant, I think back and realize how fortunate I was to be there, cheers mate.
Part of that was the death of AOR as well. It's rough promoting an album when your single is 8 minutes in length and the radio doesn't want anything over 3. There is still a very vibrant Prog community and still plenty of bands to go see, but the marketability took a huge hit in the late 70's and never recovered. Hell, even Yes saw the writing on the wall by 90125 and were playing the radio friendly singles game as well.
very well said
Yes headlined to over 100,000 people in Philadelphia in the summer of 1976. One of the biggest paid concerts of all time. The seventies was a different world. The average person valued and expected musicianship. Now we have stadiums full of people cheering people who rap in a monotone over prerecorded computer beats. th-cam.com/video/nwN6dPNXklg/w-d-xo.html
I saw this tour in Cleveland. How impressive!
Wow and afreakinmazing. I can see POSSIBLY creating these sounds and voices in a studio and having several redos, but this song replecated live and actually better. How is that possible? No doubt my favorite band.
I've seen them many times. The version of this song on Yesongs is the best I've heard.
Steve Howe is a guitar God.
throw our guitars out...
He's a fill in for Wakeman, listen to the isolated keyboard version of close to the edge. Nothing even sounds close, you can't compare, Wakeman's gawd !!
Steve Howe was tearing it up! He was the drive in this band early on... So very, very glad I got to see them In the Round on the Tormato tour in Atlanta in 1978...a HUGE band off my bucket list...Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman and Alan White...one of the top 10 bands in the history of rock!
Yes in the round enter Rick Wakeman in Winnipeg Manitoba 1979 on 2 hits purple Mic
Steve Howe best overall guitarist
That was the finest of the many lineups in Yes history.
In the round, WPG 1979 YES
i saw yes in the round in wpg mb as well. i have a strong memory of the fan in the seat in front of me having to endure a broken seat backrest while wearing a t shirt proclaiming 'party til you puke'.
Is this Alan White drumming?
I think it's so awesome that some of you guys have seen these guys back in 1975 and 1976... I was born in the wrong time!
+James Manney I saw every tour from '74 through 1984 and this, by far, was the best. They were ferocious, precise, etherial...just incredible. Gates Of Delirium was the highlight. Some of the most powerful music in rock, ever. Oh to go back there for just one more night!
This is exactly how I feel, I can't even build up a prog band in nowadays
Jupiter Le Grand, that's amazing. You've lived a good life my friend lol
I was one of the lucky ones. Saw them 3 times between '74 and '77. They were formidable in their hey day. My fondest memory of them is encoring with Starship Trooper and shaking the dust down from the topmost rafters of the Philly Spectrum which until that time no one else had been able to move.
I saw them twice in '74. We were so impressed with them live we went to see them again 3 weeks later at another show a couple of hundred miles away. Well worth it.
I was a senior in HS Cleveland suburb 1975..this our anthem and seeing it played live downtown...seminal memory....Steve Howe baby
Close To The Edge is a Masterpiece ! I saw this at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia June 12th 1976 ..... unforgettable ....
FJS Music - Frank James Staneck I listened to that show live on the radio
@@toothbrush5190 I still often think of that concert. It was a wonderful time for music. I can still picture a green laser shooting out over the river during the dreamy part of "Close To The Edge". I'm glad that you got to experience it on the radio
I was there, it was my 5th Yes concert and I just turned 18
I was there too. First concert I ever went to. Been to many concerts since then,but that remains one of the very best.
As did I. What an era.
Yes, the best progressive rock band of all times, is my opinion...........................................
+Geraldino Lopez Can't rule out Jethro Tull though. Each with its own unique style, I've always considered them both the greatest progressive rock bands of all time.
Tie Genesis and YES.
+Leonel Cantú de Llano Amen!!!
Actually, you CAN "rule out" and "forget" those other bands. Yes is the best prog group of all time.
Most of Yes is crap.. almost 4 minutes in and only noise, then a bit of MUSIC, then more noise, and the shrieking vocals are awful
I saw them in Rosavelt stadium in jersey city new jersey in the summer of 75. it was the last show on the American tour and it was held over twice because of rain. it was an experience of a life time.
Simply one of the best bands in History!
I saw them in June 1976 in Philadelphia, Pa. At JFK Stadium with Peter Frampton and Gary Wright at an all day concert event. It was my first concert as I was 14 and just getting into music and the Yes Album was the first album I ever bought. I believe they said that there was close to 130,000 people in that stadium that day and it was a long hot day but I hung tough to the end where YES played their final two songs, Roundabout and a song by the Beatles called, I'm Down and both songs were awesome and Patrick Moraz was playing the keyboards so I'm thinking it was this tour with Close to the Edge. I wish I was a little bit older to really appreciate it so much more but I try not to complain about anything anymore and just enjoy life as much as I can. A great band who I went on to go see four or five more times but all of those shows were indoors. I apologise for rambling on but I thought someone might enjoy that little bit of Yes history, peace !
I was there. I was 17
In Cape Verde on the beer all week, sitting on the balcony, perfect end of day music..
Every performance of Yes always prove that Steve Howe is the nucleus of their sounds.