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I think this is one of their better albums.
And I do think very well...
I agree!
ICWYDT...well done, sir. Well done.
They move fast. They tell me...
CTTE, TALES, RELAYER create the WHOLY TRINITY
Definitely
The Remembering is a beautiful experience.
YES, this song is literally melody heaven, I can't even fathom why some people call this the worst track or filler etc. It's literally 20 minutes of pure bliss.
One of the single greatest of the very deep well that are Yes deep cuts. So many of them. But, this song should be counted among their great epics. It is absolutely essential Yes.
Nobody does musical euphoria quite like Yes. Damn, that was good.
YES sheer BLISS
Not even Yes makes musical euphoria like Yes anymore. It´s an extinct art.
@@reinaldofavoreto7160 Sad, but true. I don't know that it's extinct, but very rare. Pat Metheny comes close on occasion.
And it Good Every time
I'm just floating on air when I listen to this. So beautiful.
I think Tales is Yes ultimate masterpiece where they gave free reign to their musical vision.
I think I agree 👍🏻
I concur.
Possibly their greatest track, such beauty. Makes CTTE look like child's play.
Never heard that before LOLOLOL. I get your point on some level but I could never diminish the power of CTTE LP. It's another form of absolute brilliant perfection, like TALES
@@wendellwiggins3776 Well I was really talking about the long side, which to my mind is not that interesting after the first 4 minutes. All that getting up and getting down nonsense. I just find this album a massive leap forward in most ways. Took time to getting used to White rather than Bruford. Relayer sounds to me like the real sequel to CTTE.
Agreed
@@chrisblower8868 that duality of life is necessary & exemplified beautifully in the soothing ambient undulating I GET up, I GET down harmony section calmly drifting us all the way towards the finale climactic final eruption. It's all brilliant!
Yeah, I think they peaked here.
Don’t know how old you are JP but when this album came out when I was 19-all I remember is lying on my bed with headphones on listening to all four pieces and just being transported somewhere and to this day I do not know where. I do remember It was hard to come back.........anyone else feel that ?
I can only tell you this: when this album came out I was 16 years old and listening to it I thought I had heard it before, it sounded familiar. I was a seafarer, many times I heard this observing the celestial dome, but it was once, a short time ago, that I heard it and I was able to connect intimately with the one I was so many years ago and it was something mystical, it was like I was transmitting to that other me what I was hearing
I was 18 then. I remember hours of discussion with genesis fans that compared tales and lamb. Now I can say that these were more ego teens fightings and appropriating, big fun.
Yes, and especially on the first two sides.........
I was in my early twenties and couldn't get enough of the album. Every time I discovered something new on it to.get.into!!!@
Same here! 19 years old, and transported to another world each time we quietly sat around listening to this entire album. Looking back, those were indeed my wonder years. Thank you to YES, for opening me up to an entire lifetime of a philosophical journeys, thus proving that their art was more than just music. It was informative and enlightening too.
The Remembering is my favorite of the four sides. It's full of pleasing melodies, but also has some of Chris Squire's best contributions to this epic on it. All four sides have moments/passages you look forward to, but The Remembering has enough of them to make me go to it first when I want me some Tales.
Agreed!! This is just epic Prog at it's finest !!
It's one of those pieces where it takes a bit of time for the penny to drop. But, my God, when the penny does drop it really, really does! I agree with you that it is the strongest of the four pieces on Tales. Cosmic Greetings from the UK.
I totally agree. This is pure magic.
Chris said this was his favorite bassline
I agree. It took a little while to grow on me, but now it is my favorite side as well. In fact, I would go so far as to say that those sections of the song that start out, "Don the cap and close your eyes..." and, "Like a dreamer all our lives..." are for me the most beautiful music Yes has done.
Wakeman wasn’t unhappy with HIS performance; he was just unhappy with the whole album concept which was basically Jon and Steve’s “ baby” and the other band members just had to add their inputs. Rick thought that at least five minutes of “padding” could have been cut from each track.
Correct.
Correct.
Rick thought there were some really powerful sections and great melodies being thrown around, but that there was an awful lot of padding. I think he's even suggested he'd like to see the album edited down to about 60 minutes, which would account for that five minutes for each of the four songs.
5 minutes of Yes padding in the 70s is way better than 99% of the musical production of the 2000s
@@reinaldofavoreto7160 You'll get no argument from me on that. I love it all. It was Wakeman who had the issue with it.
Those ‘ocean’ sections are heartbreakingly beautiful. This is the Water side of the double album. Side 4 could be the Fire side, for me the 1st side is Earth, so side 3 Air then! Wakeman uses a smal portable pipe organ on this album called a Positif. It’s a little out of tune but adds such a texture to the Leslie guitars and crotales. This is a side that improves every time I hear it.
so many gorgeous undulating ocean moments.
It completely sweeps me away emotionally! My GAWD YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For me I’d say Revealing is Air, Remembering is Water, Ancient is Earth and Ritual is Fire
Actually, the Ocean theme is weaved throughout the album. For The Ritual, I always imagined the intro. to be like a boat on the ocean. The bass sounds like a boat horn, and the crash of the symbols made me think of waves crashing against the ship. The whole album is like a series of sound paintings.
@@timbarnes3728 I LOVE IT!!! that works for me!
@@timbarnes3728 That works too!
11:00. Now we go soaring! Sailing the skies....winds allow, other skylines.... Relayer.... all the dying cried before you.... Squire on the bass, Alan on the drums.... my God do I love this! I graduated high school in 73 and some friends and I spend a glorious summer playing this wherever and whenever we could. So this album will always be special to me.
Same here! Great memories!
Thanx for alan,🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩he was my fav, othrr one to busy to me
There are passages in this that are the equal of anything by Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms, and someday all of the Yes members will join those Legends for a GRAND JAM OF JOY!!!!!!!
This band makes me want to cry. It's the BEAUTY in everything they do.
When I hear this, I don't want to cry, but I do EVERY Time
Breathtaking is my only comment.
Squire's "rapid picking" - i.e., tremolo picking, is a really effective way for the bass guitar to mimic the part a timpani would play in an orchestra. Great way to build or sustain tension, and as a substitute for percussion when the regular drumkit is absent.
You learn something new everyday and today thanks to you sir. Tremolo picking. Embarrassed that I didn't pick up on that technique. I learned to play by finger and am only now getting used to a pick.
Absolutely spot on .
Absolutely. Squire used this tremolo technique to great effect here, especially, as he played a fretless bass that enabled him to perform some of the 'timpani-like' glissando effects quite sweetly during the beautiful transitional parts.
Squire actually played tympani live on the Ancient
On reflection this is probably my favorite of the four pieces, I think it has the best melodies, the best vocals and harmonies and some great musical passages. It's very upbeat, very positive. It's an extremely pleasant listen.
I'd heard quite a bit of Yes by the time I was 16 back in '77 - but it was Tales from Topographical Oceans that made me fall in love with the band that year. Got turned on to Relayer shortly after, and to this day these decades later, these are still my favorite Yes albums.
Each of the 4 songs on this album always felt like rituals and mantras to me. Like what religion must have been in its earliest form - devotion expressed through acts of generated beauty.
Yes, like all my favorite bands, sounds utterly unique. In other words, one could never mistake a Yes song for another band.
My favourite song on this album. I love the build up at the end... one of the best Yes endings. According to Alan White, there was a whole section that he wrote the chord progression for on guitar. He also wrote the spacy keyboard moog parts. When it came to playing them live, Wakeman didn't learn it properly and this caused much friction, particularly between himself and Jon.
They should be called the Crescendo Kings. They could write a buildup better than anybody
I remember when “The Remembering” clicked for me. I couldn’t stop listening to it because something was telling me to keep going again and again, and then wow, it hit. I got it. And it was like flood of emotions. The ending power is up there with the most powerful Yes moments. Wonderful review, as usual. You are wonderful in what you do.
Life emerged from the ocean... This song represents our collective remembrance of that event.
Your visceral description was perfect! Squire's playing a big acoustic bass on those mellow parts. Nobody knows what Wakeman is talking about. From my point, he was busy having success on his solo work and probably PRE-occupied & wasn't writing as much for TALES. He thought there was filler in it. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE AND LOVE EVERY EMOTIONAL MOMENT MOMENT MOMENT OF THE TALES MAGICAL ODYSSEY FROM A-Z. There is so much going on in this music!!! Revealing reveals life and creation . THE REMEMBERING is about the dreamy innocence, nostalgia of the past & times forgotten remembered & cherished. Noticed how it starts like a LULLABY! some want to overlook this side but I can't EVEN imagine why. An ocean breeze of undulating waves sails within this dreamlike work of art. 'STAAAAAAAND ON HILLS OF LONG FORGOTTEN YESTERDAYS' iT sooooo EMOTIONAL.. Sorry LOL I get swept away! haha
@Just JP. Born in 1960. Introduced to Yes in 71 by my elder brother and sister along with many other things in musical genres. Bought this album on its release in 73 with my hard earned extorted pocket money from my parents. Blown away by Dance Of The Dawn. The Remembering took a couple of listens then I was hooked. The Ancient took a while and still my least favourite section. Ritual is amazing. Never understood the haters of this album. Long but beautiful
My favorite song of this album, and one of my favorite of Yes. Some of Chris high points and one of the best epic finales along with Awaken.
I always thought this was a subtler piece than The Revealing Science of God but damn, now I feel like the end of this song is actually far more climactic and it’s actually a pretty substantive song. The Ancient is gonna be interesting - the most dissonant one on the album, but has this great primal earthy sound to it. Also I still can’t believe how insightful you are about these songs after one listen. You have an incredible ear (and memory!)
Those who prefer progressive rock with an emphasis on the 'rock' tend to dislike these gentler interludes. But I love your insight that this 'rocks' in a different way, like a boat on the waves. They are masters of suspense and building towards emotional release, and of organic tempos rather than digital rigidity. Howe brings lots of great acoustic as well as electric work to this track (he plays renaissance lute on the little passage with the lyric about "seagulls pages"). Squire's bass is amazingly inventive here although not in your face. The end of track has a tremendous sense of both arrival and yearning to go further, which is a real signature of the best Yes music to me. (Yes, Anderson wanted the next album called Relayer to make a link with his lyrics on this song).
I agree, the way Yes builds tension and achieves emotional release is one their outstanding features.
I'm loving this more than I could ever imagine. I've been happly married for 33 years and have 2 grown up kids, but I've known this album for a lot longer than that! Love hearing JP's comments too. Great channel JP.
Appreciate that Summers!
I'm 62 years old. I remember when this album came out, back in 1973 - i was a 14 year old, in the 8th grade. For me, it was truly transformative. The "enlightened critics" despised it. I always thought this album was treated unfairly. To this day, I consider it wonderful.
The Remembering is Yes perfection. The climax is so powerful spiritually. I love Alan White's subtle shifts throughout.
Steve and Chris also crush hard on this track as well. Jon’s singing is purely magical.
Don’t know if it’s the SW remix but this was like hearing the song for the first time. Such rich vocals. The way they weave in and out of the various motifs is wonderful. And the “Awaken” moment? Amazing! Glad you’re doing this, JP. I
Awaken was absolutely an offspring of this song.
I agree. This is my favourite movement. I love the way you laughed through the whole song. That's bliss. Love.
Of the 4 tracks, I think that this one is the most well-crafted. I also think it has the most transparent transitions. This was my favorite track on the album for a long time. More on that with your next TFTO vid...
Wakeman didn't like it at the time, but has since softened on it . Best orchestrations he ever did on ANYTHING. Thanks Rick!
This song is a perfect example of how deeply spiritual these guys can get. They were “WOKE” on a DEEP level
That was Anderson. They supposedly told him to stop talking about God so much.
Could be my favorite song from the album. Ritual is a close one too.
I've been listening to this song since I bought Tales about 30 years ago. This is the first time I truly enjoyed listening to it! I never liked the album, but I love Yes, so I keep giving it a listen every so often and it's slowly growing on me, especially lately. I think I've listened to it at least 2 times over the past month.
The Remembering, when given a close inspection, over time, and with loving attention, reveals itself as being as worthy as any of the greatest Yes epics. ❤
This is my favorite track from the album. The outro gets me every time.
as powerful as anything they ever did
I totallyagree with your review Justin! The Remembering is my favorite track on the album, with wonderful atmospheres between all the members,with Rick as my favorite!
"Out in the city running free
Sands of companions sides that be
The strength of the meeting lies with you
Wait all the more regard your past
School gates remind us of our class
Chase all confusion away with us
Stand on hills of long forgotten yesterdays
Pass amongst your memories told returning ways
As certain as we walk today
We walk around the story
Out in the city running free
Days pass as seconds turn the key
The strength of the moment lies with you"
Jon Anderson
I wrote this in the very few year books owned by people who asked me to sign way back in '81.
Being a fan of Yes, Tolkien and D&D did not make for a wide group of friends then. It did make for a depth of friendship that if any one of them need anything from me i would give with both hands.
P.S. my law teacher who i wrote this in was sure i wrote this beautiful words... I made sure she knew it was Jon all the way!
I always understood why the critics didn't like it much, but Wakeman was just being a butt- he does that sometimes. He felt it was too experimental, which is exactly what some of us love so much about it. For myself and many other Yes fans, it was a gift from on high. The Remembering is an enormous accomplishment, the gentleness and delicacy with such instrumental precision is something I'd never heard anywhere else, and not since really. I'll always love The Revealing Science of God for the lyrics and how Jon uses his voice as an instrument, but they are all parts of the same body. The next two are amazing as well.
I love that you try to find meaning in the lyrics. I admire your tenacity, despite the fact that Jon has stated many times that he picks words and phrases for how they sound, abandoning meaning and even grammar if necessary, to get the right sound texture to carry the notes.
It's better than singing 'la la la'.
Have a listen to the album 'Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe' from 1989. It really has some great moments.
Yes love this song. As you say the transitions are beautiful. There's such a reflective feel to it until you're suddenly swept away in the changes. Completely addicting to me. Really glad you enjoyed it so much Justin.
Yeah, definitelly the best Yes song. This song is like a trip by the ocean. Surelly, surelly.
Relayer, All the Passion Spent on One Cross, Relayer, We advance We retrace our story, FAIL SAFE NOW.
Wakeman was more so In disagreement with the concept of the album than his performance. Most of the band wasn't entirely on board with the concept either. I do love this song, i think it's really underrated and gets forgotten a little when discussing Tales in my experience. I've been enjoying the vids thus far and can't wait for you to listen to Ritual. Thanks again for the vids Justin!
Can’t wait for Ritual, too! That’s my all-time favorite Yes “song”!
Offords production is incredible on this. He was criticised for not reigning them in. He was like a 6th member. He ran the mix live on the tour. Best live mix I have ever heard
A few days ago, prepping us for the Tales journey, you asked which of the four movements (I mean, let's be real, this really *is* a rock symphony) was our favorite. Over the lifetimes (two of my youngest daughter's lifetimes) that I've been listening to Tales, that choice has shifted around. The third--The Ancient--always took fourth place. Until a couple months ago, when it gained a lot of ground for some reason that I cannot explain. The Remembering never really stood out for me ... until about two weeks ago. Throughout most of my adult life I've not taken the time to listen to music the way I did in my youth, which was to put the headphones on, check out of the world, and just listen. I did that with Remembering and it brought me to tears. It's just. so. Joyous. And, I agree, very nautical.
Because my first attempts to make sense of the lyrics were utter failures, in the two lifetimes I've been listening to Tales, I've never tried to penetrate the hard shell of their mysterious meanings. However, thanks to your analyses, some ideas are forming in my head. The feeling I get from the first movement is that it represents the tale of our emergence from a preliminary life (or world, or ocean) into our current life (or world, or ocean). The second movement tells the tale of our longing to remember that preliminary life, but finally focusing on moving forward in this one. (I'll let your thoughts on three and four help me fit them to my sensibilities. I like collaborating...)
Again, I'm loving this to pieces. Thanks for sharing with us.
(Psst! CITY BOY...)
The best way to get the nuances is with headphones. Have to admit to the same as you that I haven't listened to music quite as intense and with headphones as I did in my youth. Although I also have to admit that was not by choice, my family members were not equally satisfied with my choices of music so I was told to use headphones 😊
@@mariobaert8346 If I wanted to listen to Yes, I *had* to use headphones; my dad couldn't take it. He was fine with Loggins & Messina, America, Seals & Crofts, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Diamond, but the progressive stuff, early Chicago, jazz, Queen -- that stuff set his teeth on edge.
@@Habichiwoowoo similar here. My parents loved the 50s rock'n roll. Which I like too. Bohemian Rhapsody was where they drew the line though. And when I came home with Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes... "use your headphones!"
That "Don the cap" section in this piece I consider amongst the greatest stuff YES ever did. Too bad it only lasts a couple of minutes!
Interesting that you like this better than side one. Not many people would say that as of the four sides this one is usually accused as being the most padded of the four.
Whatever the case, this is still my favorite album of all time.
I'll never forget the time when I was in Atlanta, GA back in 1996, and was listening to the Classic Rock radio station one Saturday night and the DJ goes, "So, I'm going to play one of my favorite prog songs ever..." And he played The Remembering in its entirety! It's amazing how in those days DJs had the freedom to play the music they love!
About time you got to this. Saw this tour just after I got out of high school. Love Ricks mellotron. So good. Life changer for me. So good live! Glad you get it!
This was and still is their greatest album I still get goosebumps when I hear it
The Voice as Instrument...Words as Sublime Sound Vibrations.......Song as Eternal Awareness of Bliss........Transmission Reaching Out to Other Worlds and Echoing Back Both Eternal and Momentary...............
What I totally love about this album is like films. There are those films blink and you miss what is going on, that bores the absolute hell out of me. Then there are films like Gerry Anderson's "Thunderbirds are Go" where the whole opening of the film is the assembly of the Rocket Zero X and in real time it doesn't give a damn how long it takes, no short cuts which makes it awesome. We live in a World of the impatient, and it's albums like this that is for the patient. No way should this album be more slick or shorten in any way or means. Loads of mood switching on and off. It's perfect as it is.
Spot on!
Totally agree! Nothing in it is gratuitous or just there for its own sake...like, well...life.
100% correct I enjoy the album as the composers wrote it and that is that!
_Force the bit between the mouth of freedom_
_Didn't we learn to fly_
_Remember to sail the skies_
_Distant suns_
This album is not that accessible, and that's what one of the things I like about it. Yes has often had detractors that couldn't get the lyrics. For instance, in the song "Starship Trooper" there's the line "Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to see that this is all confusion" that addresses that. I prefer lyrics that are a bit deeper than "I want to rock and roll all night and party every day" The end of this track is one of the most satisfying resolutions of any of their songs.
I remember me being a young fan of Yes: from 1972, being 13 years old. So many listening hours on my attick-room. Parents (logically in these times) didn't understand my choice of music. In early 1977 me and my father (just pensioned, marine-man) were in a music shop. He searching albums for himself (classical), me searching for Yes and Genesis, being 17, not much to spend. He suddenly asked: what's that LP in your hands? Topographic Oceans. You like it? I hope so! He bought me the album, I listened and listened (so perfect!). Two months later he asked: What about that Album? Like it very much! Let me here, he said. Listened to "The revealing Science of God" with headphone and said: good choice, sounds like the complex music I like. Such a great moment that was.
Three months later he died cause of cancer beneath his brain. This album was my last direct, emotional personal contact with him. So "The Remembering" as, of course, the other songs on this album, are special for me for I think 44 years. And not only emotional: an album from a band trying to evolve and searching for new paths. That's gr8!
That was an extremely touching story Erik, thank you so much for sharing that memory with us here
After buying Close to The Edge, for years I thought Yes always played with an orchestra. I finally discovered it was Rick Wakeman on the mellotron. This song shows Wakeman at his finest…...
My favorite "movement" of the entire album. This is not a perfect album, maybe too long ad self indulgent, but especially this piece is something that nobody had done before, mixing progressive and a sort of proto new age
A symphonic masterpiece. That it is being listened to nearly 50 years after it was produced says everything about this music.
Suggestion : Gordon Giltrap, 'Nightrider' from the album 'Fear of the Dark'. This man is a guitar virtuoso!
Marillion, 'Warm Wet Circles/At That Time of the Night' fom the album 'Clutching at Straws'. This two tracks have to be listened to together.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Absolutely agree. I hear this magical song since 1974 and I have no words to express my emotions involved here
Those transition pieces were one of the things rock critics complained about--Yes were being too esoteric, too spacey, too pretentious. (After the lambasting given to "Relayer" partly because of these slow "contemplative" passages, Yes themselves would eliminate them from subsequent songs.) One critic said the whole album was "such a dumbass, boring idea that it could only have been made by a bunch of homely vegetarians like them." Another described Alan White as just another "plodder." And Steve Howe was derided for taking rock guitar as far away from its original blues roots as possible. That's the kind of anti-prog nonsense we prog fans had to put up with back then. How wonderful, then, to have new listeners giving this great music a new appreciation today. As for this piece in particular, I find it as much of a showcase for Chris Squire's voice as for Jon's (I LOVE Chris' voice) and I think the climax is one of the most gloriously beautiful and triumphant sequences in any kind of music.
Agreed!Very innovative!!!!One of my favorite Yes. Made to be LISTENED to!!!!!
I think those critics were alienated, for whatever reason, from anything as sublimely magnificent as this. At that time many of them may have been into some nasty shit drug-wise. This is so good that I honestly think that Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky would be fascinated once they got over the initial shock. Deep down all geniuses appreciate other geniuses, and all genius is TIMELESS........
It struck me...just now...that is is the most beautifully complex vocal piece on the album...Anderson is a vocal genius.....I loved hearing this again...and like much of Yes’ music....it STILL continues to grow on me....thanks for that Justin...cheers from Canada
Don't sell Squire short. He was responsible for the vocal arrangements.
The Stephen Wilson remixes finally did this album justice, revealing the expansive beauty of both the compositions and the playing. It’s much easier to “get” the record in his mix. And I agree, the climax of The Remembering is a real “Awaken” moment. The mix of an endlessly rising chord sequence, mellotron choirs, cosmic lyric incantations, and searing guitar solos on top put it in the same category (and is even better IMHO) as that more revered Yes epic.
At the time, I remember that the critics hated the album and qualified it as "prétentieux", but people here in Québec revered it almost religiosely, (sorry if it is not a word, but you know what I mean). The yes fans loved it inconditionnally.
TFTO: the Holy Bible of music
Great stuff from YES as always Prog at its best ☝️❤️ thanks for the reaction JP ☝️
I really love the interaction between acoustic and not-acoustic here and all the changes. Oh man this album works on so many different levels. Each part is just amazing. I honestly could not choose one particular side if my life depended on it. Will play the whole album again after you finish your comments on this. Thanks for doing Tales! Glad you like it too and are willing to do the whole thing ☺️ This song boring??? No way, so many interesting things happening here. But that counts for all 4 movements! You're so right about that part where it sounds like Awaken. Their climaxing of this song is just awesome. The lyrics of this song stick with me better than from the first song and I love singing along with this a lot (in private though). Good review.
“The Remembering” is a bit uneven (when it’s slow, it’s slooow), but the best parts are among the best of the entire album. My favorites are the folky piece (“Don your cap and close your eyes...”) is introduced, the instrumental section after “Fail safe now!” (especially when the ‘Relayer...’ theme is doubled on synth and choir mellotron-it’s like sun coming out through the clouds :) ), and the concluding climactic section (“alternate view, sunlight”), where Squire’s bass digs down and climbs upwards from the depths...
NADA NOT EVEN..... it's just a matter of sinking oneself into the flow. It doesn't clog or get stopped up at all. It simply becomes a gentle reprieve of undulating currents before the big waves hits again and that wave rises rises rises and crest into sheer euphoric bliss!
My least favorite tack on the album but, since I really like them all, that’s not a huge distinction. The Don the Cap section is my favorite part of this one. I really can’t wait for tomorrow’s video. The Ancient is usually peoples’ least favorite track...I love it the most.
I tried to get into this album about twenty years ago and failed (although I was a fan of most other 1970's Yes). At the time I thought that the crescendos weren't climactic enough. But as an older person now it does appeal much more in a mellow, wistful kind of way. Thanks for the opportunity to hear it again. I liked 'The Remembering' more than 'Revealing Science' too. Cheers.
This is the highlight from TFTO, Without The Remembering, no Awaken, not a dead second in this song.
@ J.P. You are referring to J-M. Jarre, I am thinking of classical composers from Scandinavia, such as Jean Sibelius and Edvard Grieg :)
@@raeTM No, I didn't know that, interesting. Well, no coincidence then :)
I love the entire album! The most visionary music of its day and still is
Listen to this 2 or three times. You won't be able to get it out of your head. Addictive. Good luck.
Referring to the complete album: Isn't that sound quality stunning? It was recorded in 1973. It is so transparent, every instrument is clearly loacatable. I think, this is worth a mention. Today we take it for granted, but in those times it was truly amazing, for such complex music.
I’ve been in the “Side 2 is my favorite” boat for quite a long time. I’m impressed that your video doesn’t have a bunch of pausing, commenting, and restarting. That’s a helluva long piece to watch someone else listen to. You definitely listened to it deeply, based on your comments and replays after your first listen through. I really appreciate this video. I’ve always felt kind of alone in my fanboydom for the Remembering. I wish someone could tell me where/when Chris Squire said this was his best bass work in Yes. I only recently heard that. Good call on Howe’s guitar work throughout the track, he really shows his range on this one.
Thanks for this and the analysis. You are spot on.
Yes, the music reminds me of water (just wait for side 4 ! ).
I'm 67, but heard this back in college when I was introverted, and didn't know who I was.
This may sound crazy, but it (and other Yes' songs' lyrics) helped me find myself.
I needed advice and tried to find meaning in everything.
Lessons for life: "Whispers of clay - alternate ways," things can be different. Try things a new way...?
"I reach over [take a picture] and the fruit of life stands still." (I was a photography major.)
For a shy guy: "The strength of the meeting/moment and the strength of you seeing lies with you." Shy people don't think this way... So, this was something new for me.
“Imagine all the glorious challenge [and just imagine what YOU can do!]"
This is a well arranged song! I always discover different things with it! This time, I realized that there are two basic themes -- 1)Wakeman's beautiful flowing sea, the Topographic Ocean, is always returned to after 2)Anderson sings about sailing the skies and seeking to rise above the earth. Constant back and forth dichotomy between those two themes, and the song does end with the Topographic theme. Supposedly as I read later, The Topographic Ocean, as displayed on the cover, is the hidden layer of Mankind's history, which according to Jon, is told to us through the Relayer.
When Wakeman was embarking on his big solo career with A&M Records (Journey to the Center of the Earth was released at that time), there were undoubtedly some pressure for him to leave Yes, because re-learning all of the synth chords for putting Tales on tour was too much. Also, Anderson wanted the group to go vegetarian on tour and avoid drinking, which was probably the breaking point for Wakeman. Still, a solid album for Wakeman - even his small piano parts on Tales are so uplifting!
A great analysis Justin. Really appreciate the time and thought you put into reviewing this wonderful album.
Ty so much!
Just imagine us listening to this masterpiece before you were born. This is the best part of the album and one of the best creation of progressive rock ever.
Thats so crazy!
You won’t remember, but I told on your, ‘The Revealing Science Of God’ reaction, all about my first ever listen to the whole of this Album.
It was ‘Live’, at my hometown venue, in November 1973. I was aged 17 and it was 2 weeks before the Album was released, when I then bought it.
I’ve loved it all, ever since then. I’m sure I heard Rick say he’s ‘come round’ a little regarding it, in more recent times?
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but a true Masterpiece, in my own view. 🎶❤️🎶
In an interview, Wakeman felt that certain parts were getting "bled to death", and this was an album he could never get into. When he reunited years later, he was asked if he would be willing to do Tales on the tour. He said he could now put a different spin on his parts, but still not his favorite. I don't know what he could do to improve it, but I would love to hear what he did.
You can hear him play Ritual on Yesshows, from the Going for the One tour
Kudos to Stephen Wilson. While many songs of youth were heard from radios, the good stuff got pumped through headphones, or speakers pressed against the head. I had this sucker memorized within a year of its release, because progressive music always rewarded the close listening. But even after all that close listening, I never noticed some of the choral work which Mr. Wilson was able to bring forward, to my ear and mind's delight. This is my favorite of the four, but I like different parts of each one. When listening to this song, as you did, it is good to don the thinking cap, and close your eyes, imagining all the glorious challenge that lay before you, perhaps locked away from others. Distant suns at best. Thanks for your insights. They also added to my appreciation of this oft' maligned masterpiece.
I love that you mention the pausing...Yes are masters of silence...for effect...for a respite...or of the stripped-back sections where, if a pin dropped you would be able to hear it; and the pause...the pause that introduces a new voice, or new instrument, or heralds a change of direction, or, just gives you a second or so to absorb what you've just heard. The time between the notes...
All 4 songs are amazing... The most listened and played live by yes are the book ends... The Revealing and Ritual. But I am with you The Remembering is my favorite... The strength of the Moment Lies with You.. with me and all of us.
Love it! This album contains many of Yes's most beautiful melodies, not mention the ambient interludes and building crescendos. Jon Anderson's best work, in my opinion. The climax of this song is amazing. No other prog band can build up to and then reach this level of pure euphoria. Glad to hear you give some credit to Alan White. No doubt Bill Bruford is a unique talent, a masterful drummer. But I've always thought Alan played great with Yes. Seems to me that Bruford is better with the intricate snare, hi-hat, and bass drum work. Alan is better on the toms and crash cymbals. His big fills on this album add a lot to each track. Great reaction, JP!
Totally agree about Rick's contribution to this side, although apparently Steve had to fill in some parts where the keyboards didn't get done. There are so many good things on this track. The story is that Wakeman used to send out for curries during Topographic gigs. The press reception in the UK was mixed, but I think the album sold well.
OK, the curry story is one that has been oft repeated, but Wakeman has in recent years explained the truth behind the myth. The reality is that during one of the live gigs where they were playing one of the Topographic pieces, Wakeman used to have a roadie sitting underneath his keyboard rig to help him out. Apparently one night during the piece, Wakeman shouted down to the roadie that he was looking forward to having a curry after the gig. But the roadie misheard him and went and got a takeaway curry and handed it to him during the gig. So Wakeman proceeded to eat it in between songs.
Of course the album sold well. Close to the edge was very well received critically so the album after would sell well. It’s the same story with in the court of the crimson king and in the wake of Poseidon.
@@nimoysrazor too bad the songs aren’t 3 minutes. It probably went cold after the first song
At the Manchester Free Trade Hall. I was there! Everyone was wondering what the smell was!
This is my fave on the album, Ritual is right there too. The ending of this song is phenomenal. Never get tired of it. Great vid. Cheers
Probably the part I like most.
The Remembering is melancholic for Yes. I think it is the piece I came back to again and again when I had the 1970's vinyl copy.
Jon Anderson said "Had there been no Tales... There would never would have been Awaken"
The next track, The Ancient, will test your mettle: you will probably never have heard anything like it before. It’s totally different from the other three tracks and is Steve Howe dominated. It was the most denigrated track by critics and most fans but it’s my favourite and although very much shrill guitar orientated for most of the song, the contributions of Squire and Rick’s mellotron are IMMENSE !
Fasten your seat belt !
I think It looked forward in some ways to where they went with Relayer, though I guess Patrick Moraz also had something to do with that.
Tales consist of three great songs and The Ancient.
@@johnsoltesz7393 the Leaves of Green section is great though
@@johnsoltesz7393 I can fully understand that view, I struggled with it myself for a long time, but what we have here is variety, it is also a product of the atmosphere that goes along with its part in the concept. If anything they could be criticised for making parts 1 and 2 too similar in style, part 4 is a little different, (perhaps a bit of a synthesis of part 3 and the earlier parts? ) having part 3 similar to either would result in even more criticism for being too much of the same thing.
Rick Wakeman was very bored with the album and performing it live. He didn't have the flashy moments of Fragile and Close to the Edge. The mood of the album is ethereal and cosmic. It's a record to listen to when it's quiet time.
"The Remembering" is the point of the journey where the listener is on the early part of the seafaring trip. The lyrics date back to a sinpler time for each of us. Perhaps past lifetimes? "Tales" is for the hardcore Yes fan, not the casual listener. I was 14 when it was released and discovered it after Close to the Edge and just before Relayer.
Justin, you get it! The band was at a spiritual place of discovery; of where we THINK we are. "We are only the sum of what we once thought." - Buddha
And we're only halfway through! YES!! 💚💚💚💚💚
Wakeman was probably unhappy because the whole album is more or less a Howe/Anderson idea. Rick himself was more into making his own solo albums so there you go. This track is Chris Squires best bass work. according to hilmself. Wonderfull chill out music in the first half, followed by Yes's best 10 minutes, imo.
He did say it was his favorite work
I’d love to know when/where Squire made that claim. Pretty remarkable seeing as how he’s so brilliant on things like Heart of the Sunrise, Siberian Khatru and Sound Chaser. That said, I really love the Remembering.
@@jackminor2320 I read that many years ago. It seems to be true. I prefer Gates. I think that is his finest composition
Thanks JP. I'm enjoying the listening and your reviews. The comments are interesting and it is enjoyable to read how this album has affected lives. "Ritual" is my wifes favourite song of any musical group, so we tend to listen to that song more than the other three. I am enjoying this thus far, very nostalgic. The timing of your release of these songs is perfect. It almost never snows here (even though I am in Canada) but this morning we have 8 inches with another foot expected. I'll just stay inside and binge watch your videos.
Oooo enjoy your snow day!
Yep, same here on the Eastside of Seattle. Perfect day for getting comfy and watching long TH-cam reactions.
You must be in Vancouver or nearby. Sounds like a perfect day to listen to the entire album again.
The Remembering hardly gets mentioned when people talk about Tales. I like them all but it's my personal favorite!
Great review, Justin. Loved your reactions.
As a big Yes fan, for me, TFTO is an album I go to every now and then and it never lets me down. I tend to be of a mind to hear a certain side and just listen to that side. It's not my favourite Yes album but in my opinion TFTO has some of the most powerful, beautiful and sublime musical moments Yes ever recorded. It's a bold and hugely ambitious album and it paid off for Yes as it went to #1 in the UK and #6 in the US. Hard to imagine music as experimental and ambitious as this being so commercially successful.
I think over the years TFTO has grown in estimation from hated by everybody (except dyed in the wool Yes fans), to a testament to bands throwing off the shackles of what is expected of them and boldly striking out for those musical pastures we might not know of yet.
Hi Justin, I loved your reaction and comments. I have listened to Topographic Oceans for 30 years and have listened to it over 5000 times (without exaggeration) and this is my favorite movement by far. The evolution towards the climax and its construction is great, it generates a lot of suggestive images. Regards, Máximo
And, allow me to add, this is the only song on Topographic Oceans that I haven't seen live. I saw Ritual on the Masterworks tour, as well the the Steve and Jon excerpt from The Ancient, and I saw The Revealing Science of God in 2003. That was a real treat seeing the actual band that recorded the song playing it 30 years later. And I think back to seeing Anderson and Squire doing a tiny excerpt from Ritual during the Big Generator tour in 1987, and chuckle to remember Anderson saying "That was from an old song," which would have been 14 years, at the time.
I saw Yes in concert when they were touring this album. They played Sides 1, 2 and 4 but skipped 3. Then they took an intermission and finished with a few songs from the previous three albums.
@@compuspex That's awesome! I used to have a bootleg tape where they played all four sides. Wakeman really lit it up on The Remembering.
Tales is my all time YES favorite. It is a musical journey and has such wonderful soundscapes. It is great to have a work where the band can develop the theme and take you places so different. However it does take some time and effort to get into. But if you take that time, effort and concentration you will be well rewarded. So many people who are in a hurry they cannot do that, they like 2 min noodles. The secret is to break it up and focus on each movement. Get an appreciation for each movement then put it together. That is the approach you are taking. I have listened to Tales hundreds of times and it is still so fresh and amazing even after nearly 50 years. A better way to listen is laying back in a chair in a dark room with good headphones without any distractions. Really great review and thank you so much for taking this epic work on. It is not easy but I can tell you are not a 2 min noodle type with music. Tales is not just a song it is a journey.
Wilson's remix is amazing.
According to miguelbass, the best Chris Squire tribute player on the net, Squire played a fretless Fender Jazz on this track, check out his TH-cam account.
Miguel Falcao recreates Chris to a tee. Watch his videos to see Chris’ mastery of the bass.
Yes, confirmed by Chris in the book YesStories. Chris also said he used a different tuning than usual so he could transition between all the sections in a single pass.