Piano is where he & all the other greats (Emerson,Lord,Moraz etc..)started.Organ & synthesizers were an added bonus that came in good timing (organ was already popular)&with the music of that day.
@@Crezelltree4261 ~ lts funny that some people dont know that. Of course most start with piano ....at least back then! lf a home had keys, it was always a piano. lts SUCH an amazing instrument! l love the Yamaha piano!! Wakeman played one on ''The other side of Wakey'' Sounded INCREDIBLE!!!
28 years old and YES is one of my favorite bands. When music is this beautiful, age plays no role in admiring its existence. It’s pure bliss. That is why anyone can say “yes” to YES.
I'm over 60 now. I was was introduced to Close To the Edge when I was 11. My best friend's older brother had bought it upon release. We listened to it on a good quality record console from the late 50's. It remains one of my favourite albums.
"Close to the edge" is one of those albums that can change your perception of music forever. Well, great to experience it one more time through this acoustic version. Fantastic play!
Aside from Rick's obvious mastery of the piano, this video is also great for trying to understand the brilliance of the original composition. Hearing it stripped down is really enlightening to just how many crazy modulations and false transitions (not sure what to call it) the song has yet still works even on a solo instrument. Truly some of the best of their time.
Oliver Wakeman, by his own admisssion, said this is the Yessong most difficult to play. Yet here is his Dad playing it all alone. A truer master of the keyboard has never been known. Stunning.
I saw him solo once. I prefer many of his pieces solo because you can really hear how good he is. Additionally, he is funny as hell. He could do stand up and not play the piano and it still was worth the ticket.
@@EricaEchoswhy rudess if he is from more than 20 years after the 60th and the 70th ... You could say names from that period. Rudess is a great performer but not a main character into keys from prime time of rock
@@xanaxddu71 because Rudess is "carrying the torch" that Emerson and Wakeman lit. They were both big inspirations to Rudess, and I feel fortunate to have lived long enough to have experienced the genius of all three of these keyboard masters. Also, who else is doing today what Rudess does in terms of progressive keyboard composition?
@@EricaEchos i accept i know what are you saying. But i hate the term prog or any other terms. Terms lead to ghettos. Culture is life and the music is the best 😋🔥
An iconic piece from one of the greatest bands in prog/rock history. Rick, playing with characteristic beauty and precision is a world class keyboardist and composer, who along with Keith Emerson, has influenced thousands of aspirating keyboardists and mesmerized millions of admiring listeners with his unparalleled talent.
Your not listening to the right music then go look on www.progarchives.com lots and lots of new talent. But Yes was one of the bands that got me hooked on prog, after that i listened to lots of prog music and my music taste got more and more extreme, i love "Between the buried and Me" a lot, that's a very talented band, Leprous is also very talented and don't forget Steve Wilson etc. i could go on and on. Prog archives has top lists of each year, Rick Wakeman's Red Planet is currently on top as album of the year 2020.
We must love and honour this man while we still have him on our earth. In a thousand years, people will be still talking about the musical genius of Rick Wakeman.
Man O Man, what a cool arrangement of a classic song. The way he puts all that motion in the accompaniment and brings out the melody through it all is a perfect example of why Rick Wakeman's talent is so awesome. Now there's something to work towards. I love this clip!
Yes, I'm glad you put it that way--"helped compose this." Some of the people commenting on this page seem unaware that this was a product of a group, and that Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford had as much to do with creating "Close to the Edge" as he did.
MiguelitoGonzoalezR ~ He WAS! Then a year later came ''Six Wives''! Then came ''Journey to the centre of the Earth, (along with Adam Wakeman) then the 'heart attack' THEN ''The Myths n Legends ARTHUR .....''! _Wembley Pool ON ICE!_ A bit of a breather ,Then _Going For The One_ Yes!! This is ALL in his first marriage, and ALL before his 30s!!
There surely isn't a better keyboardist anywhere on this planet.. Is there no song that he can't play? The MASTER is the WIZARD.The MAGICIAN...A REAL TALENT!!!!!!!!
This is the first time Ive ever heard rick play something solo that was harmonically interesting and Im a long time fan. Most of his stuff is based strongly in major or minor... but this was great... and a first I think... to be in some advanced harmonic structures.
When I was still very young, my father and I would sit in the living room playing blues; he on his trumpet and I on my trombone. I had no idea that we played blues. It was simply precious time spent with my dad. Some years later, when his children started buying music for themselves, my father lamented of the “crap” that passed for music in the modern day. I pulled out the album “Yes” and asked him to listen to “his kids’ music”. He struggled not to tear up and seeing his reaction, I stopped the record. The man could see the question in my eyes and offered this explanation: “I knew you kids loved music. I had no idea that the music you loved could be as beautiful as THIS!”. In response, I then played side two of the Beatles “Abbey Road”… There may be nothing cooler than your dad asking if he might borrow your music.
yes i did as well and fell out of it but every so often i would hear a yes riff in another song and eventually heard them all the time. People dont like to be associated with that era even though they use it. These days i dont care what people think
@@robertcook2572 Really, he’s not. He’s a decent player but there are a lot of very good classical players out there. Not that they could do what he does.
... E detto dal Signor Roby Facchinetti... Io per motivi legati alla mia infanzia sono più legato a Keith Emerson, ma è grazie anche a lui che ho apprezzato immensamente Rick Wakeman. La musica a volte non ha confini, neppure quello degli stessi artisti, si spalma senza posa da uno all'altro. E poi ho scoperto un lato umano di Wakeman veramente profondo. Grazie Roby
Rick is the greatest! I got to see him with Yes when they toured to support Close To The Edge back in the 70's. He was incredible. A huge influence for my band. .
To reach the transcendental feeling of somewhere in space and time where things are just happier than here and now is something this music brings to me. Marvelous is Rick Wakeman in this song.
Close To The Edge - One of the greatest pieces of modern music ever written, with its entwining intricate guitar parts from the master Mr Howe and the keyboard genius of Mr Wakeman, and the first class singing and playing from the rest of the band. Beautifully transformed to piano. If I know Mr Wakeman he probably did this off the cuff unrehearsed from memory. If I could play the piano I could probably do this because I know the piece inside out!
@@duraosunda a) that's not exactly what he said and b) I wouldn't categorise this as 'pop' in any case, at least not in the generally understood sense of the term
duraosunda What’s the alternative? What great classical pieces have there been since the mid 20th century? This isn’t really pop anyway, it’s prog rock.
Saw YES in the early '70's at the FORUM in Inglewood. Always loved Rick Wakeman and this album, but never knew Rick was a Christian. We have come a LONG WAY, haven't we, Praise God!
Though he were not be a confessed christian, all we have lived inside a christian culture... the symbols, the words, the unconscious gestures, drive us always to that common places...
Good music always takes you on a journey somewhere. Rick's music captures your imagination and makes you feel something , It is an unprecedented joy that wells up inside of me to listen to such a talented man playing music that comes from his soul into my life.
Some of us are blessed to have grown up with the most wonderful musicians in the world. From the Garland Sinatra era into the 60's and 70's and beyond.
Certainly one of the greatest compositions of our times. And after The Beatles maybe Yes tasted some magic in this and this their golden moment for it is not only one of the greatest records ever but something magical even they could never again touch. Good things came before and after but Close to the Edge was a watermark and a great achievement.
I'm watching and listening to this and want to post something but words aren't coming....awesome, beautiful....they just don't do it. This is way beyond those descriptions. I know I'm gonna get kicked for this but I'm tearing up as I listen. Thank you Mr. Wakeman.
Surely one of the greatest keyboardist in the history of popular music! And all from memory, Jordan Rudess! Because it's from the heart. Magnificent interpretation, partial composition,, and performance! Old guys getting it done!
Dear Rick, I'm sure the way you play the piano with your soul, often with eyes closed, sometimes so fast that your hands hardly can be seen ( imagine the fingers ! ), the masterpieces that you composed, leads me to make sure that you are not from this planet because it is humanly impossible to play this way. Great virtuoso congratulations and keep giving us this privilege to hear your art materialize into something divine!
+Hernan Iturralde I know there is a delay between the audio and the image , I don't know why but sometimes there is a lack of sinconization, but why shoud they even keep a microfone placed if he would just simulate? The audio is Rick playing in a magical manner like always anyway.
+Hernan Iturralde Now I am pissed, Really, really pissed. Would you please just come out and say what it is that you don't understand. We are all waiting.
I think Wakeman's from this planet. I totally understand what he does. He's absolutely amazing. But I understand it. If I could play as fast and gracefully as he does, there is a chance my music would sound something like his. However, I will accept the premise that my other favorite keyboard player, Keith Emerson, was not from this planet. There were two separate brains controlling each of Emerson's hands. And even with two separate brains, there is no way I could ever compose anything that remotely resembled Emerson's music. My creative brain just doesn't go there. When I saw Wakeman, my response was an adrenaline packed "Yeah! Awesome!" When I saw Emerson I pretty much stood there with a smirk of disbelief on my face, like "this has got to be a trick--no one can do that, classical training or not." Emerson being from another world would also explain things. They're my two favorite keyboard players of all time. Don't ask me to choose between them. :-)
this was the first Yes song I ever heard. and I can remember thinking WoW I never heard anything like this before. and listening to this piano version of the song is really special.
@@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy It was a slightly humorous way to say that he's going from memory and improvising, not going according to the music sheet on the piano.
@@nonrepublicrat Seriously? Geddy is one of the best Bass players in rock. While Jon Anderson is a much better singer, Geddy (in his peak) had a great voice
It's like into another heavenly realm this solo piano version..... A simplistic bare bones melody that stands on its own! And is just as magnificent as the classic.... more beautiful in its simple shape.... he he that's a joke on the complexity of close to the edge... I am going to listen again now... Thank you for this... going to be humming all day now
.... I grew up listening to this maestro .... was my childhood heroe ...we all loved him in my family ...special regards from Medellín, Colombia ......
I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Wakeman at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is by far one of the upmost keyboard virtuosos to grace the stage!!😎
Since when does a classical enthusiast likes a piece of music only if he knows who wrote it ? I'm a classical enthusiast, i enjoy prog, pop, jazz (etc) and I don't need to know who writes the music before liking it. Cheers !
Imagine what he could play if he actually opened his eyes when he plays piano. Still the genius piano player I grew up listening to. Love it Rick!!!!!!.
The first few times I heard the album, the intro sounded like chaos. Hearing it here I realise, they actually wrote all that down. These aren't just virtuoso musicians, these are artists and classical composers.
Well said. It's clear now that we were spoiled. If you were exposed to this music, along with marijuana and chicks, in your teens, it was truly all downhill from there.
I saw Yes at the Spectrum in Philadelphia 1976 and was hooked on Yes and Rick Wakeman, center floor five rows from stage , Incredible I went out and got Six wives of Henry the eighth as soon as it came out for my money Wakeman and Keith Emerson best keyboards ever.
Take a way the synthesizers and what have you got?
A genius without a synthesizer. Pure Wakeman. Awesome.
Curtis ~ lsnt he JUST?! Great comment Curtis!
Take away the synthesisers and what have you got ??? Answer = TALENT But I’m sure you knew that already ...... 😀😀😀
Piano is where he & all the other greats (Emerson,Lord,Moraz etc..)started.Organ & synthesizers were an added bonus that came in good timing (organ was already popular)&with the music of that day.
@@Crezelltree4261 ~ lts funny that some people dont know that. Of course most start with piano ....at least back then! lf a home had keys, it was always a piano. lts SUCH an amazing instrument! l love the Yamaha piano!! Wakeman played one on ''The other side of Wakey'' Sounded INCREDIBLE!!!
And no sheet music
28 years old and YES is one of my favorite bands. When music is this beautiful, age plays no role in admiring its existence. It’s pure bliss. That is why anyone can say “yes” to YES.
Darn right
I'm over 60 now. I was was introduced to Close To the Edge when I was 11. My best friend's older brother had bought it upon release. We listened to it on a good quality record console from the late 50's. It remains one of my favourite albums.
"Close to the edge" is one of those albums that can change your perception of music forever. Well, great to experience it one more time through this acoustic version. Fantastic play!
It certainly changed my perception of EVERYTHING!
Thank you Rick
Yep, you're not wrong with that statement.
It surely did to me...
Followed by "Moraz's" Relayer.
Aside from Rick's obvious mastery of the piano, this video is also great for trying to understand the brilliance of the original composition. Hearing it stripped down is really enlightening to just how many crazy modulations and false transitions (not sure what to call it) the song has yet still works even on a solo instrument. Truly some of the best of their time.
Totally agree. I was surprised at how well it held up just on piano.
There are lots of transcriptions of classical symphones for piano (or two pianos), which have exactly the same effect for me.
Oliver Wakeman, by his own admisssion, said this is the Yessong most difficult to play. Yet here is his Dad playing it all alone. A truer master of the keyboard has never been known. Stunning.
Tip top comedy... well done.
Of pop
Un grande
👌💰👌
Mozart was pretty good on the keys.
@@europainvicta3907Mozart’s rendition of Close to the Edge always lacked something for me. 😉😉
I saw him solo once. I prefer many of his pieces solo because you can really hear how good he is. Additionally, he is funny as hell. He could do stand up and not play the piano and it still was worth the ticket.
Well said!
His speech when Yes was inducted into the hall of fame was priceless. Funny , full of wit and is worth watching again and again.
I've only seen him with Yes, but I've seen and heard lots of interviews, and he is indeed hilarious!
@@patroscher6240 "THEN I SAW MY DAD" !!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😎🍺🍺🍺🍺🎼🎼
The Victor Borge' of Rock.
What a treat to have lived at the same time as Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson. Two very different players but both equal in their genius.
You've got excellent taste in keyboardists.
And Jordan Rudess. Three masters of Prog keyboard.
@@EricaEchoswhy rudess if he is from more than 20 years after the 60th and the 70th ... You could say names from that period. Rudess is a great performer but not a main character into keys from prime time of rock
@@xanaxddu71 because Rudess is "carrying the torch" that Emerson and Wakeman lit. They were both big inspirations to Rudess, and I feel fortunate to have lived long enough to have experienced the genius of all three of these keyboard masters.
Also, who else is doing today what Rudess does in terms of progressive keyboard composition?
@@EricaEchos i accept i know what are you saying. But i hate the term prog or any other terms. Terms lead to ghettos. Culture is life and the music is the best 😋🔥
New phrases, recreated harmonies, added rhythms and textures: what a great musician, Mr. Wakeman!
Lets all hope that Rick lives until 100 years old,and grace us all,with his magestic and unique playing.Long live the master.
Today is his 74th birthday!
@@latebloomindeadhead1406 👍😉
It would be absolutely insanely glorious to have Rick Wakeman & Keith Emerson in the same room with 2 grand pianos. Oh the possibilities. . . .
+Bill Gund Why not the Jazz legends and greats?
+Bill Gund Hell, get Moraz or Downes in there and make it a threesome. A live performance of "Three Fates," maybe. Possibilities indeed.
That might be a bit smelly now
Prince Westerburg lmao
My dream for a very long time was to see/hear them collaborate on Scheherazade.
Has there ever been a greater keyboard player than Rick Wakeman in the history of rock music? This man is an icon, a classical master of modern times.
Keith Emerson...
@@jaychip1 lol nope. Not even close.
John Lord
@@denespeter4454 lol he wouldnt have a hope in hell of playing anything on The Six Wives...
Rick, Keith, Jon and Chick (Corea), each in their own style, the Masters of the Masters!
An iconic piece from one of the greatest bands in prog/rock history. Rick, playing with characteristic beauty and precision is a world class keyboardist and composer, who along with Keith Emerson, has influenced thousands of aspirating keyboardists and mesmerized millions of admiring listeners with his unparalleled talent.
Absolutely one the best. Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman in one band. Doesn't get any better.
It does when you throw Anderson Bruford and Squire. Almost too much talent for one band.
You’re gonna love Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe. Just shy of too much talent.
Every time I hear him play it is like getting a gift.
This performance really shows the power and grace that infused YES in their best works. God bless you Rick!
Close to the Edge is really a masterpiece. Every man and woman on earth should listen to it at least once!
We will follow your guidance for the next 11 years. Thanks. 1:11
Or more! 111 years, for example. 6:04
This level of talent is sorely missed with today's popular music makers.
David ~ lndeed it IS David! lndeed it is!!
Ditto to infinity on that one
Your not listening to the right music then go look on www.progarchives.com lots and lots of new talent. But Yes was one of the bands that got me hooked on prog, after that i listened to lots of prog music and my music taste got more and more extreme, i love "Between the buried and Me" a lot, that's a very talented band, Leprous is also very talented and don't forget Steve Wilson etc. i could go on and on. Prog archives has top lists of each year, Rick Wakeman's Red Planet is currently on top as album of the year 2020.
@@AndreVanKammen oops sorry I meant thanks to you
Yes David I agree....going to see the suggestions Andre has posted
cheers
Wow. I'm 52 and I have been listening to this since the early '70's.
What a great new perspective on this amazing group from England...
We must love and honour this man while we still have him on our earth. In a thousand years, people will be still talking about the musical genius of Rick Wakeman.
Man O Man, what a cool arrangement of a classic song. The way he puts all that motion in the accompaniment and brings out the melody through it all is a perfect example of why Rick Wakeman's talent is so awesome. Now there's something to work towards. I love this clip!
And he was a 23 years old young man when he helped compose this!
Yes, I'm glad you put it that way--"helped compose this." Some of the people commenting on this page seem unaware that this was a product of a group, and that Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Bill Bruford had as much to do with creating "Close to the Edge" as he did.
@@davebartholome2924
Brufords drumming is his best on this track
MiguelitoGonzoalezR ~ He WAS! Then a year later came ''Six Wives''! Then came ''Journey to the centre of the Earth, (along with Adam Wakeman) then the 'heart attack' THEN ''The Myths n Legends ARTHUR .....''! _Wembley Pool ON ICE!_ A bit of a breather ,Then _Going For The One_ Yes!! This is ALL in his first marriage, and ALL before his 30s!!
@@theresa42213 loved all your words
I’ve always loved Rick’s ability to choose just the right notes to texture his use of ornamentation.
He is so talented it's almost unbelievable. What an awesome musician...There will be none like him ever again..
Listen to Yuga Wang sometime.
This acoustic/all piano version puts new life and imagery to the classic composition
I would love to see a book of *Rick Wakeman* composed/created piano exercises!
Rick, you are brilliant. A virtuoso and a genius. Thank you for all you have created.
What this does confirm is that Rick is the best keyboards player of his generation - lovely to hear this stripped down
Top drawer
In the prog realm, I prefer Keith Emerson. And broadening the discussion beyond rock, I like Joe Zawinul best of all the multi-keyboard players.
Rick Rules! Period. His composition can evoke emotions. The key to the soul, as Rick states music is in No Earthly Connection.
I was a ELP fan then I discover R Wakeman I just love is music that was the 80 the best time of my live and it still is today .....
There surely isn't a better keyboardist anywhere on this planet.. Is there no song that he can't play? The MASTER is the WIZARD.The MAGICIAN...A REAL TALENT!!!!!!!!
This is the first time Ive ever heard rick play something solo that was harmonically interesting and Im a long time fan. Most of his stuff is based strongly in major or minor... but this was great... and a first I think... to be in some advanced harmonic structures.
When I was still very young, my father and I would sit in the living room playing blues; he on his trumpet and I on my trombone. I had no idea that we played blues. It was simply precious time spent with my dad.
Some years later, when his children started buying music for themselves, my father lamented of the “crap” that passed for music in the modern day. I pulled out the album “Yes” and asked him to listen to “his kids’ music”. He struggled not to tear up and seeing his reaction, I stopped the record. The man could see the question in my eyes and offered this explanation: “I knew you kids loved music. I had no idea that the music you loved could be as beautiful as THIS!”.
In response, I then played side two of the Beatles “Abbey Road”…
There may be nothing cooler than your dad asking if he might borrow your music.
I enjoy watching him play as much as I do listening to him. Amazing.
I used to listen to YES a lot in the early 70s. I'm quite surprised that I shed a little tear hearing this - it's so simply beautiful.
Have you ever thought about getting back into listening to YES on a regular basis?
Entertain the thought, onward through the night, please.
yes i did as well and fell out of it but every so often i would hear a yes riff in another song and eventually heard them all the time. People dont like to be associated with that era even though they use it. These days i dont care what people think
Looks so smooth and effortless. I rank Rick Wakeman as the best all around keyboardist/pianist in rock history.
Close to the edge led me into Yes music 44 years ago. Loved them since.
Just unbelievable how he can arrange and play such a composition.
The way he arranged it, totally convinced me, this is one of the best musical compositions ever written.
He really is a Chopin/Liszt of our time.
That reminds me - I need milk and toothpaste.
@@robertcook2572
Really, he’s not. He’s a decent player but there are a lot of very good classical players out there. Not that they could do what he does.
@@koshersalaami Alright back in your box ffs.
No, absolutely not. But a great progrock keyboardist he certainly is.
I agree as a composer
Wakeman maravilloso y YES lo máximo. Salidos desde Venezuela. Un fans desde 1970 hasta siempre.
... E detto dal Signor Roby Facchinetti...
Io per motivi legati alla mia infanzia sono più legato a Keith Emerson, ma è grazie anche a lui che ho apprezzato immensamente Rick Wakeman. La musica a volte non ha confini, neppure quello degli stessi artisti, si spalma senza posa da uno all'altro. E poi ho scoperto un lato umano di Wakeman veramente profondo.
Grazie Roby
@Rick Wakeman Are you thinking of resuming the great "Cover project" on "The dark side of the moon"?
@Rick Wakeman 🤣
The project is my invention Mtf
This is taking the composition to a new level, outstanding.
Rick is the greatest! I got to see him with Yes when they toured to support Close To The Edge back in the 70's. He was incredible. A huge influence for my band. .
Is he going to be releasing an album of Yes music on solo piano? I'd buy it.
That'd be so cool.
I'm in! I would buy two of them....
@@ricklogan3328 look for Wakeman - two sides of yes
His trills on top of an already rapid tempo are simply amazing.
never heard anything more beautiful.
To reach the transcendental feeling of somewhere in space and time where things are just happier than here and now is something this music brings to me. Marvelous is Rick Wakeman in this song.
Rick the best ever on all kinds of keyboards.
amazing the musicality on his fingers,beautifull.
Close To The Edge - One of the greatest pieces of modern music ever written, with its entwining intricate guitar parts from the master Mr Howe and the keyboard genius of Mr Wakeman, and the first class singing and playing from the rest of the band. Beautifully transformed to piano. If I know Mr Wakeman he probably did this off the cuff unrehearsed from memory. If I could play the piano I could probably do this because I know the piece inside out!
Philfy Phil YES!
Agree, this was their peak for me.
You need to be a goddamn philistine to call a pop song one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
@@duraosunda a) that's not exactly what he said and b) I wouldn't categorise this as 'pop' in any case, at least not in the generally understood sense of the term
duraosunda
What’s the alternative? What great classical pieces have there been since the mid 20th century? This isn’t really pop anyway, it’s prog rock.
Such lovely sounds, especially when you consider the times we live in.
What the hell are you talking about.
The sky is NOT falling chicken little.
Perhaps this helps to show why this is the most loved prog rock album ever
Saw YES in the early '70's at the FORUM in Inglewood. Always loved Rick Wakeman and this album, but never knew Rick was a Christian. We have come a LONG WAY, haven't we, Praise God!
Rick is also a MAson. YOu can see him in Netflix in that documentary about the MAsonry.
Though he were not be a confessed christian, all we have lived inside a christian culture... the symbols, the words, the unconscious gestures, drive us always to that common places...
Good music always takes you on a journey somewhere.
Rick's music captures your imagination and makes you feel something ,
It is an unprecedented joy that wells up inside of me to listen to such a talented man playing music that comes from his soul into my life.
Meticulous Keyboard playing reigns supreme, stunning and sensational !!!
Some of us are blessed to have grown up with the most wonderful musicians in the world. From the Garland Sinatra era into the 60's and 70's and beyond.
Certainly one of the greatest compositions of our times. And after The Beatles maybe Yes tasted some magic in this and this their golden moment for it is not only one of the greatest records ever but something magical even they could never again touch. Good things came before and after but Close to the Edge was a watermark and a great achievement.
Amazing to have lived during this period of great classical musicians.
I'm watching and listening to this and want to post something but words aren't coming....awesome, beautiful....they just don't do it. This is way beyond those descriptions. I know I'm gonna get kicked for this but I'm tearing up as I listen. Thank you Mr. Wakeman.
His playing is not only perfect.....he puts so much feeling into it!!!!Moves me EVERYTIME I hear it
Surely one of the greatest keyboardist in the history of popular music! And all from memory, Jordan Rudess! Because it's from the heart. Magnificent interpretation, partial composition,, and performance! Old guys getting it done!
this is the gem hiding underneath the seventies shell. This is how their music should be played so it lives on across the ages.
Dear Rick, I'm sure the way you play the piano with your soul, often with eyes closed, sometimes so fast that your hands hardly can be seen ( imagine the fingers ! ), the masterpieces that you composed, leads me to make sure that you are not from this planet because it is humanly impossible to play this way.
Great virtuoso congratulations and keep giving us this privilege to hear your art materialize into something divine!
+Hernan Iturralde
I know there is a delay between the audio and the image , I don't know why but sometimes there is a lack of sinconization, but why shoud they even keep a microfone placed if he would just simulate? The audio is Rick playing in a magical manner like always anyway.
+Hernan Iturralde Now I am pissed, Really, really pissed. Would you please just come out and say what it is that you don't understand. We are all waiting.
I think Wakeman's from this planet. I totally understand what he does. He's absolutely amazing. But I understand it. If I could play as fast and gracefully as he does, there is a chance my music would sound something like his.
However, I will accept the premise that my other favorite keyboard player, Keith Emerson, was not from this planet. There were two separate brains controlling each of Emerson's hands. And even with two separate brains, there is no way I could ever compose anything that remotely resembled Emerson's music. My creative brain just doesn't go there.
When I saw Wakeman, my response was an adrenaline packed "Yeah! Awesome!" When I saw Emerson I pretty much stood there with a smirk of disbelief on my face, like "this has got to be a trick--no one can do that, classical training or not." Emerson being from another world would also explain things.
They're my two favorite keyboard players of all time. Don't ask me to choose between them. :-)
Brings tears to my eyes. So beautiful. Wish he was still on tour with YES.
My God! This man is a monster! This is sublime!
Che bei momenti, l'acquisto del vinile, è poi in Svizzera a sentirli!!! Generazione fortunata!!
Mr Wakeman is gifted with an incredible talent!
this was the first Yes song I ever heard. and I can remember thinking WoW I never heard anything like this before. and listening to this piano version of the song is really special.
One will notice how very few notes there appears to be on his "sheet music". I think the page simply says "Just go nuts with it."
what?
@@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy It was a slightly humorous way to say that he's going from memory and improvising, not going according to the music sheet on the piano.
He did look at it once.
Rick has had some *really* close calls with his health a few times....really glad he's still with us, love the guy.
TruNordics14 True, he had several heart-attacks, beginning in his 20s.
This guy + Carl Palmer + Geddy Lee + Alex Lifeson = I can die happy.
Jon on vocals?
You'll need Bonnem and Peart.
need geddy for what?? squire is a better bass player, and anderson is a million times better singer. geddy can only squack like a canadian goose.
@@nonrepublicrat Seriously? Geddy is one of the best Bass players in rock. While Jon Anderson is a much better singer, Geddy (in his peak) had a great voice
It's like into another heavenly realm this solo piano version..... A simplistic bare bones melody that stands on its own! And is just as magnificent as the classic.... more beautiful in its simple shape.... he he that's a joke on the complexity of close to the edge... I am going to listen again now... Thank you for this... going to be humming all day now
Thank you again, Rick, for all this beauty.
.... I grew up listening to this maestro .... was my childhood heroe ...we all loved him in my family ...special regards from Medellín, Colombia ......
Rick Wakeman my inspiration,my mentor.I love you.
Genio!!! Un verdadero genio!!!!!!
Such a wonderful playing.
Tank you Mr. Wakeman. The brilliace of perfection makes me shiver. Danke Herr Wakeman, die brilliante Perfektion erfüllt mich mir heiligen Schauern.
I just love it when he completely immerses himself in art
EL MEJOR tecladista de todos los tiempos. "IMPECABLE"
I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Wakeman at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is by far one of the upmost keyboard virtuosos to grace the stage!!😎
Well, this kinda explains why you don't hear that many Yes cover bands...
Rick Wakeman is a genius, period!
He and Keith Emerson, without the two best pianists to elevate progressive rock 👏👏👏
Bello Daniele Berti trovato tra i tuoi brani condivisi... "Sublime poesia in musica"
Since when does a classical enthusiast likes a piece of music only if he knows who wrote it ? I'm a classical enthusiast, i enjoy prog, pop, jazz (etc) and I don't need to know who writes the music before liking it. Cheers !
Imagine what he could play if he actually opened his eyes when he plays piano. Still the genius piano player I grew up listening to. Love it Rick!!!!!!.
Rick Wakeman is a GOD & YES is the greatest band of all time.
Love this dude. Morning has broken a great one too
Wow, he is amazing! Never heard much of his music, but will definitely check out more..
The first few times I heard the album, the intro sounded like chaos. Hearing it here I realise, they actually wrote all that down. These aren't just virtuoso musicians, these are artists and classical composers.
This man surely deserves a knighthood. There is not one else that can compare to his talent.
Only 3 words need be said....
Absolute
Pure
Perfection
BRAVO Rick, ✌😊
Bloody marvellous.
This is so marvelous...who cares in sync...It is so lyrical and I can hear the voices just close to the edge...Yes...so perfect.
Absolutely incredible
Stunning performance...¡¡¡
This was the pop music of the 70s. Today they can barely play 4 chords. Rick Wakeman is a true master he inspired me to play the piano.
they don't even use chords at all- just bass notes and looped samples on top. pretty soon they'll do away with the bass
Prog Rock was never pop. Prog Rock was the dead opposite of Pop.
pop in the 70s was just as simple as it is today. Prog rock, which this is, and not pop, is just as complex as it was in the 70s.
If it's on the charts it's "Popular Music" folks.
Well said. It's clear now that we were spoiled. If you were exposed to this music, along with marijuana and chicks, in your teens, it was truly all downhill from there.
Excellent version of prog masterpiece.
At this level it’s like he’s not even trying anymore! Such level of mastery rarely seen!
I’m so glad I got to see Yes in concert. One of the best concerts I’ve ever seen front row center.
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What of the great rock masterpieces in my opinion. The melody in this is eternal
Que tacto !! what a touch, and a good composer too -- wow
I saw Yes at the Spectrum in Philadelphia 1976 and was hooked on Yes and Rick Wakeman, center floor five rows from stage , Incredible I went out and got Six wives of Henry the eighth as soon as it came out for my money Wakeman and Keith Emerson best keyboards ever.
Impressive