YES - The Gates Of Delirium - Live at QPR
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- Yes play THE GATES OF DELIRIUM live at Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road stadium, UK on May 10, 1975
Jon Anderson: vocals, guitar, percussion, flute
Steve Howe: guitar, lap steel guitar, Portuguese guitar, classical guitar
Chris Squire: bass, acoustic guitar
Patrick Moraz: keyboards
Alan White: drums, percussion
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As a nurse working with Covid-19 patients, listening to videos like this while I do my charting is how I keep my sanity. I've been a Yes fan since '77, seen them so many times, never get tired of the music. Pure genius and emotion!
Many thanks for your fabulous work. rgds from Germany
Working the over nite in a Boston Hospital and I coulded agree more
Cheers. Thank you for your compassion and dedication. Stay safe.
Stay safe!
BRAVO !!!! Thank You For Your Service !!! Stay Safe. From a fellow Yes fan.
Steve is criminally undermixed in this recording.
as he should. he gets in Moraz's way.
In every recording
I remember walking through a mall, and hearing THIS coming out of the record store from about 100 feet away. I recognized Jon's voice right away; I didn't know they had a new album out. I didn't have the money for it. So I sat in front of the store while the guy at the register just let the whole thing play. When I got my paycheck that week, this was the first thing I bought. Early YES; the best music I ever heard. Just magic.
Yes, I remember those days (of vinyl) well, get paid on the Friday and go straight to the record shop before going home.
Great story......this album left an indelible mark on my 17 year old self. I still remember reading the Thumitak of the Corridors three story anthology by Charles R . Tanner while playing this album through headphones . Every time I hear it I recall Thumitacks’s amazing exploits underground. A world without Yes would be so much less.
This was also was on that HBO show..Divorce... The ice skating scene in the last season. The husband requested it he loved Yes all through the series and played them. A nice touch to a TV series.
Amazing that complex and creative music like this was once popular enough to be played in shopping mall record shops!
LOL...not old Yes to me, this is new stuff for me...I'm old :)
Probably the most insane bass lines I've ever heard. RIP Chris.
One day he'll be recognised for the genius he was.
DrTomoculus He is, he’s usually in best bassist top 10 lists
@@DrTomoculus Chris Squire is an inspiration, truly something I wish to become. Such a tasteful and powerful bass that let the band shine. He will forever go down as a genius.
He didn't seem to like being asked to play this or that note, but it seems to have pushed him into a very original zone. Amazing.
In the Seventies, when Progressive Rock was young, he totally was viewed as a genius. There is something about his personality that somehow makes him the Yes member most fans wish they had known. Sweet guy. On the Talk, tour, he saw I was weeping at the beauty of the music, and went out of his way to demonstrate a couple of points of his technique, perhaps out of sympathy. Sort of the fantasy friend with benefits par excellence. The Egyptian god, Upuaut. You hear the doorbell, and there is someone like him smiling at you, and it is a weekend of video games, cannabis, conversations about friendship, faerie magic, and joy. Years ago, I had a friend whose wife was very beautiful, and I asked him how he managed it. He said, make sure your partner is satisfied, first. Chris Squire played bass and dressed the part like that, for the audience, it seems to me. Jon Anderson is deep, yes, but in his way, Chris was totally deep, as well.
I was trying to impress my new girl, and I took her into a record shop and asked them to play Floyd's "Wish you were here" which had just come out. After a couple of minutes she said, "Sounds a bit like Gates of Delirium." wha'? Of course at the time I'd never heard any Yes, but she of course had a big brother, and when it came to prog rock she'd heard *everything*.
Thats cool! Did she every know any Prog Genesis ( from Trespass to Wind and Wuthering)
@@johnmccarthy4134 Might have done, but I don't remember her talking about them the way she did about Gong ... We didn't date for long, unfortunately, we were only kids. I was 14 at the time.
Hopefully after that comment you got "Re-layed"
Yes always outdoes PF
@@mattwestwood8967 Sounds like a girl after my own heart.
RIP Alan White and Chris Squire, one of the coolest rhythm sections in progressive rock.
Hands down, and Amen.
I should know this, but is that Allen White singing? He sounds just like Jon Anderson.
While I still prefer Bruford, I agree...White & Squire made a GREAT rhythm section! R.I.P.
Two reasons I picked up bass Chris Squire, and school mate name Roscoe Beck.
@@AlexDeLarge2022seems like no one responded to you. Alan White is the drummer and Jon Anderson is the singer, the usual singer of Yes
Alan White killing it as usual. His drumming on Relayer and Tales might not be what Bruford would have played, but it's perfect in my book. He also made Drama unique.
I liked him better than bruford
Yes, Alan White was amazing. Quite a different player from Bill Bruford, more straight ahead and based in rock rather than based in jazz like Bruford. His drumming on Drama is as intense as almost any drummer playing extreme metal now.
What modern metal are talking about? I like Drama, I can play a bit (and jam along with Tempus Fugit and It Can Happen semi frequently), but that's not a claim I'd make.
White is what made yes progressive. Drumming on Drama is otherworldly
True. Yes weren't a prog band before Alan joined the band and none of the other members ever made album solo that were remotely close to progressive rock.
Despite the poor sound feed, this is an outstanding performance.
Ok ml
@Levi Here you go maybe?- th-cam.com/video/KsFEpru1dWM/w-d-xo.html
ManiacalMorbidWoman We all know your are a god and a legend in your own mind . Please spare us your euphoria of grandeur 🙄
@Levi unfortunately the level of Jon's guitar is much higher than Steve's guitars. Too bad.
Yes. Steve was low in the mix.
I got the Relayer album in 1975. I was just 15 years old at that time and still deeply
disappointed and sad that Rick Wakeman left the band. It took me a while to get used to Relayer and until I realized the beauty. But after a while "Gates of Delirium" was next to Awaken and some others my favorite piece of Yes. Such a sound, beauty and purity, still fascinating today!
I am now 59 years and saw the Band the first time at the tender age of 16! That was my first concert at all! April 16th, 1974 in Dortmund / Germany Westfalenhalle. Tour: "Tales from Topographic Oceans". Unforgettable!
Great album and underappreciated.
Wollenschrank My grandparents gave me an 8 track tape of Relayer in pink plastic for Christmas 1977.: pink is not the right color for Relayer. I had no idea that I should have kept that. I was thirteen.
Rick had left because he felt the band just threw in hodgepodge on parts of Tales. He was adamant about detail and structure. No compromise. Rick admitted that Relayer was not his cup of tea. Too wild for him. And he said there are many parts that he simply could not have played. Moraz had a jazz background which Wakeman did not. And he used a couple of synthesizers that were different than Rick's.
@@smilanesi98 Patrick Moraz - competent and creative - tried to sue Moody Blues when he left them
How LUCKY you were man!
This concert deserves a new audio mix.
It’s a small venue FOH feed so it’s mixed for the audience
@@muffinman3375No way this mix is what the audience present at this performance heard. You can’t hear Steve or Chris, almost half the band.
How anyone could actually play this incredibly complex masterpiece LIVE and pull it off will remain a mystery. I saw YES play "Gates" on the "Masterworks" tour. It was ...magnificent.
YES ,I fully agree with you it's a master work!
It's a testament to their incredible talent. They always have and always will be my favorite band of all time.
Practice practice practice
Equally, Supper's Ready is just the same live.
@@steevyboy1 Suppers Ready is excellent, but not as complex. Yes blows Genesus away in terms of chops and technicality.
There was enough energy being generated by the musicians to power solar energy for the next three hundred years!! My gosh, how could Alan White maintain the level of intensity he demonstrated throughout this lengthy masterpiece ! All the musicians and singers were just excellent.
I totally agree with you, amazing!
Rarely had they rocked that hard. The album was a real revelation for longtime fans.
Babaziba Yes, Relayer was ‘different’: people tend to fear difference.
best Yes album IMO
@@EastmanD what about Close to the edge?
@@mishaodessit769 BTW on iTunes they call Moraz' album The "Story of I".
I was ready to dislike it when I saw that Wakeman and Bruford weren't on it, but it quickly became my favorite Yes album.
The ending is one of the most beautiful moments in rock music.
Totally agree
@Cathode Roy I was just thinking the same.
This was my first Yes gig. I was totally blown away.
Me too
This is too good to be real. I love this band. In July of 75' they came to Nashville. If I could only go back in time...
RELAYER is a miracle, a complete masterpiece from the first note to the last sigh ...
These three songs "redeem" the whole story of Psychodelic Rock ... "A Word we utter , a Word..."
I AGREE
Согласен абсолютно, это великолепно, волшебная музыка. Agree at all.
YEAH...Beyond REDEEM! It is one of the most psychedelic compositions ever but in a very clear, precise, sharp edged way, unlike many so called psychedelic tunes which can border on almost absurd nonsense for absurdities sake. This is post psychedelic era in time but is very much so. It is also actually ahead of it's time somehow. It has the edge that RUSH would later come to exemplify. But it is pretty jazzy as well..It is a very strange album. ..Relayer. ..I think actually one of their better albums, but a moment in time, not to be repeated. It is remarkable that they had little difficulty pulling it off live.
Fractal Khaos Yes, amazing album... funny enough, I always liked the live version of Gates on the Yesshows album better than the studio version. For some reason this piece benefits greatly from the rougher sound of the live version.
@@PaterTenebrarum1 Well, both versions are so different, that I think one must TRY TO ENJOY BOTH FOR THSE DIFFERENT REASONS. Even if I do appreciate the studio version, I mean their awesome album.
I purchased this album from a regular store in an ordinary town. My best friend and I sat down to listen to it. Initially, we didn’t quite grasp what had happened to YES. On our second listen, we started to notice some hooks here and there, memorable melodies, and exceptional mixing and recording. Jon Anderson's performance was raw and authentic. For me, this is by far the best rock album of all time.
And YES, thank you !
I get so much shite because I've loved this band since I was seven, this performance is wonderful, they're such an important influence on how my life went, the abstraction of words , the emotions in the movements of the songs , I got my first bass guitar when I was eight, thank you so much Chris Squire
You should have been there. It is favourite track and "To be Over" was the first yes track I had heard. Not long after they did he QPR concert and was near the front.
Seven!
Great band , saw them a couple of times in the 70's , not seen anyone better since
Chris Squire is absolutely brilliant on the bass and a great singer , I saw them in 1993 when they had two guitars two drummers and two keyboards but the concert I saw in 2014 was absolutely brilliant they played close to the edge and fragile all the way through Plus another hours worth of hits , then Chris Squire passed away the next year so I was super glad to see him again before he moved on to a different place , I would have to look at my ticket stub but I think it was 2014
you deserve it! awful music
Yes was one a few bands that was able to replicate the same studio sound, in the live performances. Amazing, given the fact of the complexity of the progressive rock. The Gates of Delirium is together with Close to the Edge the best progressive songs of all of the symphonic rock.
+constantino gotsis I once saw/read an interview with some of the guys where they said they wrote songs to be played, not recorded, so there really wasn't a lot of difference from their perspective.
Absolutely...I love all things Yes really, but my favorites are:
1. Close To The Edge
2. Relayer
3, Fragile
4. The Yes Album
I'm sick to death of just about all the stuff I've listened to over the years, but Yes will always be the exception.
I've been in love with Yes since I was 17...and I'm 65 now and still love them.
I can't believe I'm seeing this song live! It's one of the hardest songs I've ever heard and to see this amazing band play this song live just PERFECT is unbelievable!! crazy!
They were amazing musicians. Some of the best music this world has ever heard IMO.
Check out their version with an orchestra. I think you lookup symphonic gates of delirium.
What a great band! What a great recording! I'm 57 now and still get the same buzz from this as i did at 16 when i was a space cadet! How can YES not be in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame????
hall of fame does not worth them
+Sebastian Arroyo I'm 56, and I feel just like you. I was but an insecure teenager, dabbling in life, and drugs, when I first heard this incredible track, and suddenly I knew all there was to be known.
+Paul Burgess Cool Paul....at 58 I am still learning!
+rick edwards Ditto at 53!
+James Lauth Because those Hall of Famers loathe art. When they inducted this canadian band that is much less than Yes, the whole stress was on the number of concerts they had given over the years, not on their talent...
Wakeman is one of the best keyboard players on earth.
But the way Moraz played in this vinyl.
HE MADE A MASTERPIECE!!
Agreed. I love Rick but Moraz owned thus piece!
Agree wish they made another album with Patrick
Moraz was and remained a giant musician. Full marks to everyone who played in this band put them all in the RRHOF!!
i listening nowadays, he sounds awesome
Why didn’t Wakeman play on this album? Was he kicked out of the band? Was he dealing with family stuff? Does anyone know the story?
Yes, Floyd, Zep. They didn't just create the most magical music, they stamped moments in time in such a way, the people fortunate enough to experience it have memories they will retain to the grave. And even the odd note from such classics flood the mind and fuel emotion with such enchanting memories. Music like this just doesn't exist anymore.
This is the most progressive, impeccable music YES has ever produced! Especially at 1330 Patrick Moraz and Steve Howe really make it happen. Of course one has to also mention the best bassist ever Chris Squire - RIP my friend.
Makes me sad that this kind of music will never be produced again.
Scott, there's a whole wealth of great modern progressive rock music available on line. There are so many young musicians producing fantastic compositions these days that you will be spoilt for choice. Just login to Spotify, put 'progressive rock' into the search engine and get adventurous. Brother, I guarantee you won't be dissapointed! So much choice. By the way I attended this concert at QPR. It was awe inspiring!! Still gives me chills. My very best wishes to all of you, my fellow proggites. A lifelong prog fan.❣es!
Memo from 1975
As you can see we still put out the best music
I saw them perform this song in 1976 at Balboa Stadium in San Diego. Their performance blew my mind. I went out and bought the Relayer album the next day and still have it in my collection. I think that I'll pull it out and give it a spin.
Wow, never seem Anderson go as crazy as that! What a tune! Would have liked to see Moraz on one more album at least....
The ending is so gorgeous! Fantastic live version!
I may be the most beautiful movement in rock music history.
Chris, Jon and Steve,
What a wonderful sight.
One of the most beautiful and chaotic compositions I’ve ever laid ears on. A most stellar message as well. Many thanks to the Yes fellas.
Yeah
Alan White looks like a metal drummer here - particularly Chris Adler from Lamb of God. I'm even seeing similarities in their playing style. Both great drummers!
+Mike N haha yeah all he needs is the pony tail
12:39 - A closeup on that mad bass line Chris is playing would have been nice around that point!
More footage of the Fish anywhere during this song would've been nice. Bassists get no respect.
@@markhunter8554 It's so bad you wonder sometimes if John Paul Jones only played for Led Zeppelin in the studio and they hired someone else live that they couldn't show for legal reasons.
@@DrTomoculus Yeah it's bad enough when they wouldn't put camera on Jones and Entwistle but even a showman like Squire couldn't get any camera time.
Fingers of steel playing those fast bass triplets. Incredible.
I was there! I was a student as Manchester Uni, and had followed Yes from their first album, travelling home to London to see them. This was my first chance to see them live, and I was sat near the right hand corner of the penalty area. I recall they also played in Manchester, I think at Man City, but it was hard to get tickets for there. The sound was incredible...
I next saw them in 2004/5(?) for their 35th anniversary tour at Wembley Arena, or whatever it was called then. Equally fabulous. Incredible music, the like of which will never be repeated.
Seeing Yes on relayer was like going to another world..... I have never seen anyone with as much stage presence as Chris Squire..a lot of people will disagree with me...but Patrick Moraz was unbelieveable.....The finest show i ever saw........
ken lafler I envy you: I am too young to have ever witnessed any of these shows.
Moraz was the best keyboard man they ever had. I was so disappointed that we only got 3 songs and one album out of that lineup. Should have been way more.
@@mysterirhys I've said that last sentence myself many times. Wakeman had his moments with Yes, but overall I prefer his solo work. Moraz was a perfect fit.
Steve Howe at his best!.
Maybe so, but then he was at his best on several other albums, too.
Pero sin la voz de Jon Anderson el verdadero YES no existe.
Gates of Delirium coming out in 1974 is important.
What an incredible protest song.
Jon Anderson said in an interview that it’s inspired by the book War And Peace. It’s a tale of battle, not a judgment or political statement.
Relayer is the greatest progressive rock album of all time. I liked other configurations of the band but Patrick Moraz was my favorite on keys and Alan White was spot on for this album which never could have been produced with Wakeman or Bruford, both of whom I entirely respect. Steve Howe? Well, there was never, will never be another progressive rock guitarist quite like him. Chris Squire was in a class all of his own. No bassist played like him. RIP Chris. All now have come and gone from the band to do their own music except Jon. His voice was and still is from heaven. I heard him say in an interview that he was going to produce Olias II. We'll see and I hope so.
18:50 I was almost sure this recording was overdubbed until Jons mistake. Their musicianship was insane. It all sound so tight
I saw the Relayer tour before the album was released and it was amazing! I have been a fan since 71. I will be 65 this year and still love listening to Yes!
Joseph Durbin Same here. I saw this tour in NY on Nov 20th , my 16th birthday, and was wondering, what was this song they were opening with? It being Sound Chaser, but to take that album in without knowing it was a lot. Who knew we’d still be loving it 46 years later. I think I saw them tour for this album in ‘74, ‘75, and ‘76, the last two in Englishtown, N.J. I remember them all promoting their solo albums in ‘76.
Same!!
Partick Moraz is a wizard. I wish we had more music from this line up.
My favorite alltime Yes recording.
Timeless classic
What a rockin' band! Too complex for a lot of folks, but mind blowing for those who get it. Glad they finally let the guitar out. lol. Damn. I still can't get used to Chris being gone. That man was a master.
Amazing to see again, I was there that Saturday afternoon all those years ago, magic days. Thanks for this.
phildowsing I am SOO JEALOUS right now.
Me too, first time I saw Yes. Certainly not the last though.
Well now you have to go listen the “Turn of the Century” off of Going For The One. The last words of the song are “All those many years ago.”
Just image being at this show. Earth shattering.
I was!! And it was!!! Had just arrived in London from little ol’ Perth, Western Australia a few days before the concert, saw the ad in Time Out and of course, had to go. Yes was constantly on my turntable since discovering them in the early 70’s, a student nurse, they helped me through the angst of it all 😅. Now 66 and still can’t get them off the turntable 🥰♥️
@@susykeys :thanks for the reply. The atmosphere at this show must have been electric. If this was not video tapped, it would be a shame. Take care.
I don't know how much I appreciated it till now, but Chris's underpinning on this is instrumental. I think he actually outdoes Steve here.
The best YES album. Wish they’d shown more of Chris Squire though. Been listening to them since 1972. Still one of the best bands ever. Love the boots.
There will never be music as beautiful as Yes'.
Patrick Moraz: Keyboards
wish he could have done more with Yes.
I agree. He was awesome
Relayer I think is my answer to the proverbial question: you're stranded on a desert island and can take 1 album only: what do you take? Sure this footage has some tech problems; good lord, it was recorded aeons ago. But the performance is incredible; I'm speechless at the conclusion, and in love with You Tube for being a repository of this stuff!
👌🇦🇷
There were technical problems with the sound mix when I first saw the gig on the telly back in 1974/5. Everything seemed out of kilter; drums and bass too high or guitar and keyboards muddy then clear, then too loud or too soft. Such a shame. Probably the BBC showing their ineptitude.
Remarkably so close to what it sounded like on vinyl which had just been recorded in 1974.
@@pettra1 this was a BBC broadcast? That I didn't know! I still have this on VHS picked up from a dodgy bootleg dealer from a record fair back in the 90's
@@ednewton4455 Yes indeed, it was. I remember watching it on the BBC and how they fouled up the sound mixing! Lol. I think you can get the concert on DVD on Amazon. Search Yes QPR or something like that.
A truly masterpiece. I really love this band and his music. RIP Chris.
And now beloved Alan as well 🙏💔☮️😔☮️💔🙏
The last 6 minutes of this piece send me to the sky, outside our planet, to the infinite space. At the same time, it send me back on the time, wen I was young, listening this for the first time with a group of friends from high school, almost on the bush, as far as we can go from my bedroom with the turning table, plugged with the cables and extension cord that everyone brought...❤
That’s awesome. All my friends thought I was a nerd for listening to Yes and others.
Their loss
Awesome... Great to see this performance... One of my all time fave YES songs... Yes, the sound is what it is, but just sit back and watch real musicians playing together, in the moment... Freaking excellent, thanks for posting.
Yes were the most diverse and musically talented band of their or any other time, I saw them live back in the day and still listen to them to this day.
I wonder once we go through the "gates of delirium" does it bring us closer to God - the initials of the title of the song
JOEB955
Very perceptive intuition.
I'm not religious but spiritual. Yes speaks to me
How did I miss that?! Good catch. The answer is YES
@MorbidManMusic One would have to be delirious not to believe in God. Oh, just seen you call yourself a morbid man. Makes total sense.
Victor Vega you didn’t even read the initial comment i was replying to. You’re talking to yourself.
From a musicianship standpoint, take a moment to ponder the talent required to pull off the battlefield sequence, night after night, to such perfection as this. Given today's (2022) landscape, this feat is unthinkable.
If everyone else's channel was turned up as high as Jon's guitar, the mix would be fantastic.
This music makes my brain tingle
R.I.P. Alan White, your legacy will be remembered forever.
thank goodness we have recordings of these artists
One of my favorite songs. Love Chris' work on this. This one has it all. It rocks, grooves and has a beautiful touching end.
I also love the album art on this one. It's been 47 years since this video. If you go back 47 years from 1975 you'd be in 1928. And, honestly it does seem that long ago.
Conhecer essa musica aos 21 anos, no Brasil, eu me sinto tão feliz por ter escutado isso antes de morrer. Obrigado!
Happy Birthday Patrick Moraz born on June 24, 1948. He is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues. Moraz was asked to join Yes, following the departure of Rick Wakeman in May 1974. Moraz watched the band play the middle section of "Sound Chaser", which he said was "Absolutely unbelievable. To experience that - the truest surround experience I had ever encountered as an observer and listener". He was then asked to come up with an opening to it, and what he played ended up on the album. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moraz
A brilliant masterpiece.
The music masterfully takes to the furious battle they paint with their words.
Patrick Moraz is such a talented keyboardist!
When I (try) play this song, I always find myself playing the keyboard lines in the guitar!
Noone absolutely noone can duplicate these guys .i saw them live in the 80s and what you see and hear is what you ,outstanding .just incredible.
Gracias. Hermoso momento de la historia de la música lleno de inspiración. Geniales
Absolutely epic! 1-day after my 7th birthday and still enjoying now.
When the album came out they would play it later on in the night after 10p.m.on WMMR 93.3 in Philadelphia Pa and I didn't know if I liked it or not at first because it was such a radical departure from all the other YES albums in the past. That was until I went over a friends house and he help me better understand the album and told me in time that it would become my favorite YES album. He was right and now all these years later I still think it's their best album! I know that people will say that close to the Edge is better I will not argue but when I go for walks on the boardwalk now this is still one of my go to songs to pump me up! It's truly amazing to see Steve Howe play guitar it's hard not to turn away from the creativity and concentration for so long is just incredible.. I have never seen Jon play percussion before and he really Kick-Ass or what? I seen Jon live by himself awhile ago and he didn't play as well as he did here. Thanks to YES for all the great music over all these years. And my sympathy goes out to Chris Squire family always remember that he will always be in our hearts forever and ever. RIP Chris!
Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey U S A!
+James Farrell Understood James.....looking back, one of the best now....We don't have a chance to hear creative progressive rock such as this any longer...Peace Brother!
Good comments. Totally understand where you're coming from. I figured out that it's like comparing one Monet to another. Which one is better? You're just coming down a little from the high of the last one and they push out another amazing work of art. lol. Every one is amazing in it's own right. This is probably the best band I've ever heard overall. Over the years I've loved them all. Zepp, 10yrs After, Quicksilver, all the folk rock bands like CSN, James and so on forever. Every one of them excellent! The one that always impresses me most is Yes.
Jon Anderson does play percussion well. He's a decent guitarist as well. I saw him on acoustic first time in Yale Bowl doing And You And I. The band blew everyone away that night. (first time ever in the U.S.A.)
I was listening to TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS when I seen your message. The album TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS is one of my favorite albums of all time after all these years later! I appreciate that you still believe that YES music stands out from all the rest after all these years is a testament to their incredible creativity. I still love listening to their albums and I always hear it a little differently each time.
Jon Anderson had said in a interview that he hoped the music would remind people to stay in the light as they went about their Daly lives and that has always been the message that I have taken from the music of YES.
Greetings from Atlantic City New Jersey U S A!
Yup Jons the real deal, he good on guitar and probably drums, but is in a league of his on when it comes to singing, awesome Voice!!!
OK, to be honest, the truth is that I deeply dislike John Roy Anderson's VOICE : comparing to the amazing skills of Steve HOWE and/or Chris Squire ... and what about PATRICK MORAZ who UNFORTUNATELY was only hired once in order to record and perform this mysterious and UNIQUE album, "RELAYER" ??
Just saw Jon Anderson a few weeks ago with a School of Rock ensemble. The musicians were incredible and the voice was clear and strong. Great show.
It is amazing to see and think that YES had crowds that huge size before. Although their music is timeless, their popularity and box office draw now is far from what it was then.
Saw this concert in San Antonio in '75. Wow. Fantastic.
Just Brilliant!
Great YES Music. Mr. Alan White: amazing Drummer
“Soon, oh soon, the light
Pass within and soothe this endless night
And wait here for you
Our reason to be here”
This is some of the finest pieces of art ever made.
I Was There too! !!!!! :O)))) The sound was very wishy-washy with the wind and the keyboards kept dropping out of the mix, but what a day ! Still got some photographs (my old instamatic!).
I've still got the programme!! 10th May 1975. With Gryphon, Ace, and Seals and Crofts. Compered by Nicky Horne. FORTY FOUR years ago!!
@@MrXis10Shell Me Too Pale Blue with the "YES" Logo in green. Those were the days huh!?
I was so lucky to have been witnessed to 6 tours of YES, and I caught this Tour in Vancouver BC supporting this album, RIP Chris caught one of his last performances
Relayer c'est l'album de Yes le plus délirant ...!!
I swear, 40 years on, every time I hear that first word of Soon I get goosebumps everywhere. No idea what they tapped into here but it's not expressable in words.
This has replaced every other Yes song as my favorite starting around 2010. Relayer was panned but it's so good!
***** This piece has recently just clicked with me, and wow I really love it now. That's the beauty with Yes music, it takes some time to learn a piece, and once you do it's glorious. It's truly rewarding music.
Same! It took me 2yrs to really appreciate it. Since then I overdose on it. Relayer is truly a great album! It was panned by the critics but, that's normal, right?
Of course, who else could dare to say it's an easy-to-listen album ? And yet, this 1975 masterpiece is their best.
Fractal Khaos all good prog albums are torn apart by critics, why I'll never know lol
critics mean nothing in any kind of art.
Words are not enough
21:06 You can see Jon say "dammit!" there. It is pretty damn noticeable, but hey, when you're playing a 23 minute song I ain't expecting every part to be played perfectly.
Andarillo It wasn't the playing, it was his voice cracking.
Gordon Freeman Yeah that's what I referring to. Guess I should have elaborated on what I said more clearly.
Andarillo No worries. I think you knew it, he knew it, we all knew it... :)
@@DrFoofyMan Correct! Not an easy song to sing.
People tend to realize Yes musicians over the years were all British. Moraz was from Switzerland. Not sure if that affected the relationship.
And as i often skip over the violence of the extended jam, the "Soon" redemptive ending is really just recognizing we're hopelessly trapped in this endless cycle- redemption is just an empty facade, a neccessary construction to make us feel better.
Wow!! Did Patrick write all those riffs?? He makes this whole thing come alive. Glad the monitor mix was saved so I can hear what it is he's doing. He's also their best mellotron player ever.
Jon, The Voice of an ANGEL...ALWAYS.... he'll be 78 October 25th.
Steve Howe's slide guitar.....what can I say......ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
This sounds like no other Yes album, but is still recognisably Yes. It also sounds like no one else. It is my favourite Yes album for these reasons, plus "Soon".
Uso essa música como terapia para as minhas confusões mentais.
:•D
Achei uma excelente definição,, eu também ouvi esta música, principalmente em minha adolescencia, acho que naquelas confusões mentais, me deixava pra cima em alguns trechos da música, aqueles solos de cada instrumentista,,eu me sentia muito bem curtindo cada parte. Ao final a terceira parte eu achava triste, mas depois de tanta euforia, nada mais me atingia. Obra marvilhosa deixada para a eternidade.
I used to read JR Tolkien books while hearing this in headphones at age 12 and totally losing my mind. It has been lost since that moment.
Yes should have done more music with Jon on electric rhythm guitar. It sounds messy, but bad ass.
I have loved Yes since I was 14. 46 years later the music still moves me.
Man, they don't don't make 'em like this any more! Being on drugs would actually dampen the experience.
I like the drum riser covered in a giant clam shell. Haters can hate... Love live Prog!!!
40 years ago today! Historic!
Just sensational nothing else that could be said! Thank you!