Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise | REACTION
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That's true you haven't heard the Greatest Musical Masterpiece ever created. Close To The Edge is a Perfect Grand Masterpiece of the ages.
This is not an exaggeration! Close to the Edge my all time favorite album and the title piece is super epic.
Yes isn't quite my favorite band, but Close to the Edge is the greatest prog song ever. "Masterpiece" really doesn't do it justice.
☀️🌎 I would call Close to the Edge a modern day Symphony. 🌏☀️
💫 For 50 years now that opinion has never changed. I am just as moved by it now as I was in 1972.
It IS a masterpiece, brilliant and otherworldly. 💫
🌬️ As an aside, I have had a change of opinion over Relayer, which is an album of chaos and resolution and was beyond my comprehension at the time.
As a high school girl, I wasn't that interested in war and history, so the full impact of ⚡Relayer⚡ eluded me for decades. Over much time however, becoming aware and gaining knowledge of Earth's more modern wars and the world conflicts this planet and it's people have endured, learning more of wars we studied in school, to those of My era, the ending of the Vietnam War in 1975, to Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and beyond, recently Relayer has had much more of an impact on me than ever. 📹There is a Relayer video on TH-cam, if you search Relayer, visualization and lyrics, you should find one created by a Russian guy named Igor Kovtun.
It was powerful, well done and magnificent. My heart was pounding by the time it was over. He also did a video of Close to the Edge. There are a couple (probably more) ways to interpret CTTE, and the more dramatic, chaotic movements, I prefer to think of the dramatic and chaotic sections to be the formation of Earth, with asteroids and meteorites slamming onto the Earth's surface, along with earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions, rather than war (again). Either way, Relayer is not for casual listening like throwing it on while you're driving to work, lol. YES is not listened to, it is experienced, and if you get dragged down the rabbit hole, YES will change you. If you don't believe me, just ask fellow Reactors POPE. and Jamel_AKA_Jamal
It pales to Fragile.
michaelyork4554: Try "In Held 'Twas In I", by Procol Harum, from "Shine On Brightly"(1968).
The more you listen to YES songs more you fall in love with them
I know I am super duper bias towards Yes, but to me there is no group comparable to them! Seen them about 100 times in 70's and there was nothing like a live Yes show! I still remember the first time, looking at my friends in amazement as we could not believe how good they sounded. We thought it might be hard to duplicate this complex music live, boy were we ever wrong. Listening live was even better than the studio albums. Love Heart of the Sunrise and your reaction to it. Your just touching the tip of the iceberg! So much more great stuff for you to listen too! 😁
I also saw several YES live shows over the years and like you, I was amazed at the live reproduction sound. In the early 70's Eddie Offord (their engineer/producer at the time) also toured with the band. After parting ways the live sound quality was never quite up to the level of the Eddie years, even when they returned to play some of the smaller auditoriums.
Nobody could stroke the Thunderstick like Chris Squire. The main reason I started playing bass 35+ years ago. RIP
The GREAT Bill Bruford on drums
One of THE best to ever hold a pair of sticks!
They used to do something that is lost today. It's the Wow factor. You don't know what's next.
So you can only say "Wow" while you're listen.
Please . Members of YES that are still with us. Please get together for one last concert .
With the benifits of hindsight.......its like hearing RUSH.........before Rush!!!!
Geddy Lee is quoted as saying that if it wasn't for YES,there would never have been RUSH......Great music,great reaction.
Loved your reaction. Welcome to the Yes train!
It makes me very happy to see the smile on your face as you discover this music. After all these years the music still holds up and to see the younger generations still be blown away by it is great. Yes...our minds were truly blown when this music was new. I had no idea what I was listening to at first, but the music holds up and it's still a joy to listen to. Jon Anderson, the vocalist and lyricist is a beautiful soul and I can see him reaching you even though the lyrics are hard to decifer.
I remember listening to this to this in the 70's as a teenager on a warm summers night outside passing the bone around...the best of times
When I first heard this song and album in '71, it blew my mind and greatly influenced my music. Over 50 years later it still brings me great joy to listen to. The singer Jon Anderson is about to begin a US tour with The Band Geeks (an interesting story) to perform the music of Yes. Looking forward to your future Yes reactions. An amazing world awaits you.
This whole album is great.
The drummer is Bill Bruford, who left Yes at the peak of their fame to play with King Crimson, another pioneering Prog band. The bass player is the incomprable Chris Squire (RIP!) Steve Howe plays guitar here, and during this time period began his winning of Guitar Player Magazine's "Best Overall Guitarist" five years in a row, and he was the reason GP Magazine came up with their "Gallery of Greats," taking Steve out of the running in the future. Keyboards are Rick Wakeman who was performing with David Bowie, as well as being an extremely busy session player (later he was featured on a Black Sabbath album!). He was invited to join Bowie's "Spiders from Mars," but decided to join Yes. And nobody compares to Jon Anderson, whose voice can be both soft and commanding, all at the same time. Yes is my all-time favorite band.
Glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite songs by my all-time favorite band.
YES! They are the BEST! Oh My gosh! Close to the Edge - Relayer
Uhh I dropped what I was doing to watch this immediately ❤. Next one should be either Southside of the Sky, And You and I, or Siberian Khatru
So glad you’ve started your ‘Yes’ journey. (The Masters of Prog’ Rock). As I mentioned in your ‘Roundabout’ reaction, You are in for some ride. Yes are my all time favourite Band. (Along with Pink Floyd). This track Heart of The Sunrise’, is from Yes’ 4th Album, ‘Fragile’. It was keyboard player, the great Rick Waksman’s first Album with the Band. (He was Classically Trained). I did also say you should really take your time and check out their history and slowly work your way through the Albums. There is just way too much phenomenal music and there are too many Masterpieces to hear, in my view. I know you have great suggestions by others, but here’s a few of my own too.
I’ve been a Yes fan since age 14, when I heard their 3rd Album, ‘The Yes Album’, in 1971. Hearing ‘Yours is No Disgrace’, I’ve Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper and the rest of the Album, I’d heard nothing like it before. Jon Anderson’s incredible unique voice just gave me goosebumps, Chris Squire’s amazing bass, Steve Howe’s scintillating guitars, lead and acoustic, (Steve had replaced Peter Banks) and Bill Bruford’s mind blowing drums. Tony Kaye was awesome on keyboards too, he was replaced by Rick Wakeman of course, after this Album.
(The great Alan White replaced Bill Bruford on drums after the 5th Album, ‘Close To The Edge’, until Alan sadly passed away last year, in 2022).
After hearing ‘The Yes Album’, I immediately checked out their history and bought the first 2 Albums. (‘Yes’ and ‘Time and a Word’). I think you could sense the direction they were heading. I first saw them Live in 1973, at my hometown venue, Leicester’s ‘De Montfort Hall’, UK.
They were formed in 1968. I, like many others here, love the 70’s Albums the best. ‘The Yes Album’, ‘Fragile’, ‘Close To The Edge’, ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’, ‘Relayer’ and ‘Going For The One’. There are just too many Classic Masterpieces, which are pure genius, to mention. The masters of long tracks, many made up of ‘Movements’.
But my own personal favourite tracks from this group of Albums, ‘Yours is No Disgrace’, I’ve Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper, from (The Yes Album). ‘Roundabout’, ‘Heart of the Sunrise’, ‘South Side Of The Sky’, from (Fragile). ‘Close To The Edge’, ‘And You And I’, ‘Siberian Khatru’, from (Close To The Edge). ‘The Revealing Science Of God’, from (Tales From Topographic Oceans). Well you’ll have to listen to all 4 sides of (Tales From Topographic Oceans) really. ‘The Gates Of Delirium’, ‘Sound Chaser’, ‘To Be Over’ from (Relayer). And ‘Turn Of The Century’, ‘Wondrous Stories’ and of course, ‘Awaken’, from (Going For The One’). Awaken is my all time fav’. Just phenomenal.
I do love so much more of the Yes Albums that followed too, but that 70’s era was the best for me personally.
I was lucky enough to see the Steve Howe version of Yes in 2014, with both Chris Squire and Alan White, (who are both sadly no longer with us, Chris Squire passed away in 2015).
I was then fortunate enough to see the other formation, YES-featuring-ARW. (Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman), in 2017 and then in 2018, celebrating Yes’ 50th Anniversary. What fabulous Shows. I’m hoping to see Jon Anderson this summer, (2023), with the ‘Paul Green Rock Academy’. He has toured already in the US, with these fabulous young musicians, performing many great ‘Classic Yes Songs’. Jon Anderson’s voice still sounds incredible, aged 78. And he’s still making new music.
These are all just my own personal feelings here and I know a lot won’t agree. But I thought I’d share anyway and try to help you a little in selecting some absolute mind blowing pieces of Classic Prog’ Rock, by the Masters themselves, ‘YES’.
Enjoy. 🎶❤️🎶
Seasoned Progressive Rocker...
November 4, 1972
St. John Arena
Columbus, Ohio
OSU Homecoming
I witnessed Yessongs in the making...
Being older has its advantages; I got in on the ground floor.
Heart of the Sunrise is a masterpiece!
Bruford showing just what a god he is…the band gave him a writers credit on this because of his powerful effort
A great Yes song reaction. I think this song highlights Jon Anderson's uniquely beautiful voice in a very special way, with him singing softly at first and building to such a profoundly strong and powerful finish. Chills!...
On the Triple Live Yessongs Album this song is AMPED. Alan White took over as drummer, and he and the guys really BLOW UP several of their Masterpiece Tracks. Starship Trooper,
Yours Is No Disgrace, Siberian Khatru, and Perpetual Change, with Bill Bruford playing, and, an awesome drum solo at the end. They have been my #1 Band for 50+ years now.
I am a big Yes fan! But, I still haven't heard any of Yessongs.
I love how they keep revisiting the original theme from the beginning and yet they continue to add new parts to go along with it.
The lyrics mean everything in this band😊
I am soooo glad to see a young man such as yourself explore a band like Yes!
A lot of us metalheads in the 80's listened to these guys along with Maiden, Van Halen (my all-time fave) and Quiet Riot amongst others...many others!
That fucking bass, jeepers
Chris Squire still can't believe he's gone❤ Thank you young people for hearing this Music🌞💯
lost in the "City"...greatest rock high vocal note ever.
Yes bassist Chris Squire once said in an interview when asked what Yes track summed up the band and would be good to introduce someone new to the band he recommended this track.
Glad to see you enjoy it so much. There are plenty of other great songs on this album... South Side, etc
South Side of the Sky is a favorite of mine.
That bass tone! So gnarly.
This music will never die .
So cool to see you young dudes diggin' this. Saw 'em 3 times in mid 70's. My favorite band, bar none! 16:59 16:59 16:59 16:59 16:59
During that first "Sharp Distance" part, the softness and the guitar arpeggio's with the filter pedal on-THAT's a direct connection to John Frusciante who was a huge fan of Yes. And yes you listen to metal but I'm sure you appreciate many guitarists so I think it's something to add
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Saw Chris and the band 36 times. Astral Travler off their second album will be an insight to their progression. 🙏🍁
36 times good lord😲
I just found your channel. I heard this first time around 1984. The predecessing piece, Steve Howe's classical guitar solo "Mood For The Day" fades away...then the intro of this song bursts in.‼
Hi man ! I love how Yes sun music gets into your heart ! I live with Yes since 1974, my 16y ! Go on man, you're going to have some more beautiful ones
Bill Bruford said this was one of the early, longer pieces by YES that really pointed the way forward for the series of longform classics they would become world famous for ..
When they went out on a concert tour to promote this album they played it on a stage that was round and would slowly spin around in the centre of the arena, with the drummer in the centre of the stage. When they played their songs they sounded exactly, note for note, like on the album. They were all business, nearly 3 hours of music, each a classic master piece now. During that time you had other concerts that were more rock and roll, with a lot of band having killer lead guitarist and screaming vocals; then this band came along and their concerts sounded exactly like what you hear on the album. And at the time a lot of concerts had a smoky haze throughout -- you could get high just on the music, but with so much smoke going around you got high just by being there ... then this sound ... it was magical.
That was the tormato tour about seven years later.
See Magma Sunburst's reply
@magmasunburst9331 thinks he be still in dat pot haze
One thing about Yes... Their live performances were just as clear as their albums.. at least the ones I've seen.
That was jingle for yes . Close to the edge and Gates of delirium are epic.
That is quite an intro. The U.S and British Navy use it to jump start their C-class nuclear subs from time to time. 😅 Wonderful Review of my favorite band!
I think you will really appreciate the live album 'Yessongs.' It's one thing to write this music in studio, but to be able to pull it off live is a testament to Yes' talent and dedication. This is a very rare band.
I saw them in concert in 1973 and Heart of the Sunrise was a stand out especially with the way the light show was synchronised with the different sections of the song - especially remember the 'Sharp - Distance' part where the lights pulsed on dramatically - remembering that back then such light shows in rock concerts were not the usual thing - all down to the wonderful work of Michael Tait who was responsible for it.
One thing people don't know about Yes is that they pioneered the majority of lighting and sound technology for shows. Steve invented the first pedal board they were mad scientists
My favorite band ever!!!
Your next reaction should be "South Side of The Sky" by Yes from the Fragile album. IT IS AMAZING!!!! And it is off to the next album "Close To The Edge" non-stop!!!!
It’s like the song is an overture of itself
I first heard this album when I was 10 years old and it changed my perception of music forever.
BIll's beats in this song still make me amazed.
I just saw you roundabout reaction where you loved the bass... With this one Squire is downright filthy with his Rickenbacker bass. Him and drummer bill Bruford put on a clinic.
Yes est un concentré de virtuosité, de créativité, intemporel et universel ,,,oui je suis fan
I agree with And You and I. Love your reactions.
Starship Trooper is probably my favorite Yes track. But, they have a ton of great tracks. Was lucky enough to see them live on their tour for the Union album. They toured with both Yes line-ups playing together. They played in the round and the sound was amazing.
Oh, the lyrics are super important in YES music, they're just not "linear" or obvious. Sometimes it is the sound of the words that carries you along, but there is a direction that the words push you in.
In May 1974 I had the first opportunity to listen to the Fragile album. I bought it soon after! Before internet news about good music travelled slowly. Still a favourite!
Mix your exploring of Yes with some other great songs from this period: Jethro Tull's "Minstrel in the gallery", Gentle Giant's "Free hand", Frank Zappa's "Peaches en regalia", Jericho's "Kill me with your love", Kebnekaise's "Horgalaten" etc.
There are vids of live shows Yes's Starship Trooper etc. Prog expands . Yes, ELP, early Genesis, Focus , Irish Heep's Salisbury etc. Early jazz fusion. Like Brand x , Steely Dan
OKAY.... I've just watched your Genesis - Firth of Fifth reaction. And of course I had to come onto the Yes reactions... I was 18 in 1971 and didn't we have SUCH good music... It was everywhere. I especially liked the little comment about the piano sound so sophisticated... Well I guess it helped that Rick Wakeman went to the Royal College of Music, England's premier music college as you can tell by the name. I guess you would have heard the synthesiser sounds in amongst all that other stuff going on. Well, I think the synthesiser had only been out for 2 years at that point. And Rick was one of the early users. You now have another subscriber...!!!! Keep on Rocking.
Look at a painting by Claude Monet (Water lillies) for example, they are not EXACT, but Impressionistic. I view many of Anderson's lyrics that way. He conveys the emotion of what he's singing about lyrically, but its like an Impressionistic painting, its not exact.
Note: in the Gates of Delirium & Turn Of The Century, his lyrics are exact.
You’re ready for close to the edge. Got for it. My favorite track of all times.
Very refreshing to see this music reaching young people still. I first saw both Yes and Genesis about fifty years ago and continued to see them several times over the years. I don't know if you have undertaken Yes' "Awaken" (another lengthy masterpiece) With all of the prog fans tuning into your reaction videos, there is no doubt you are inundated with suggestions.
Thats Yes 😀❤
Man, if you don't watch out, Yes will take you Close to the Edge.
Yes has been my favorite band since 1978. I saw them twice in concert, and they are phenomenal. There are so many good tracks. Here are some more as you work your way up to Close to the Edge. Try 'A Venture', "Yours is no Disgrace", "Long Distance Runaround", "I've Seen All Good People" , then you can to "And You and I', then "Close to the Edge'. Then if you really like that, you can then graduate to the double album, Tales from Topographic Oceans, which only has 4 songs on it. (one song per album side).
“I worked on and off for about 3 years on this new mix in my quest to do it justice. I hope it will satisfy the people who agree with me that it may just be Yes’s pre-eminent masterpiece.” - Steven Wilson on Topographic Oceans
Perfection!
As an old fart, hippy, progrock relic, retired musician, it warms my heart to see a Metal Junkie appreciate and comprehensively enjoy YES. No I'm not a famous person and the band I was in thrived in obscurity without commercial success. We did it for the goal of creativity in the musical doldrums of the early 1980's in Canada. Wrong time, wrong place Methinks. No regrets.
After this tune I had to check out to see if you reacted to Close to the Edge. A song that had a profound affect on me in 1975 as a young musician. I would like to ask for a request for you to react to, but no one ever does, so I'll just wait and see how it goes for you in the future. I like the deep tracks and the hidden gems that the mainstream music listening public don't listen to, so my requests never get upvoted. Good luck with your channel. Subscribed.
Yes I have done Close To The Edge. Nothing short of perfection!
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Yes. I just watched your reaction while having lunch. After almost 50 years of listening to this song, it never gets old and it's a song I return to when the chaos of our world overwhelms me sometimes. This song reminds me that there are ups and downs in life, to be more aware of my state of mind and to be in the moment more often to get balanced and centered.
Great reaction to Close to the Edge.
This song showed me what was possible in creating original music as a 15 year old with 11 years of private music lessons under my belt. I was never the same again as it also inspired to study philosophy and mysticism. I've been a weirdo ever since 🤣✌ 🕊
At the first minutes it´s incredible the independence between bass and drums. Yes: how many songs in one you are able to find?
Yes underrated? That’s adorable.
One of my favorite Yes songs. Definitely gives me King Crimson vibes. And it’s not that the lyrics don’t mean much, it’s just the meanings are mostly only known to Jon Anderson.
Time for Close to the Edge
Total perfection. Fragile/Close to the Edge is peak Yes.
You're about to discover the greatest band ever in the music industry. What joys await you. I do like your genuine enthusiasm and wonderment at the masters you're experiencing.
When you watch Bill Bruford play this song live, it's amazing how laid back he is, considering the tempo that he's playing. Almost can see him sipping a cup of tea with a third hand while banging away.
One of their most crazy pieces. Now you have to go to their longer pieces: The Ancient, Ritual, Gates of Delerium, Awaken, Sound Chaser, Close to The Edge.
The Detroit 1976 versions of Ritual and Gates that Squire chose for inclusion on Yesshows are tops.
@@bookhouseboy280 That's if you prefer live versions. Ritual on yesshows is great !!
Saw them 72 it was great
You need to watch them live. 2004 in Milano is really good
Thx for checking out YES, my fav band. my fav Dream Theater song so far, and i haven't heard much, is "The Count of Tuscany".. so good!
If you like epics, Illumination Theory by DT is a wonderful rollercoaster ride
South Side of the Sky next!
The very best YES song is Awaken.
Awesome reactions. Time for CLOSE TO THE EDGE. You can handle it. Greatest song ever.
It's younger people like you who give us hope that good music will not die. Not that all new music is bad. Actually, it's not. Older people, like myself, just need to go out and look for it too. It's goes both ways. I look forward to seeing you react to more of Yes and other progressive groups from the past (King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, etc...). Enjoy the journey!
Bassist Chris Squire set out to present his own unique sound by turning up the treble control to "11". The drummer, Bill Bruford, felt his snare would go unnoticed next to the trebly bass, so he turned the screws up a notch or two and increased the pitch a bit. You can really hear the trebly bass and the slightly higher pitch on the snare drum in this fine Yes song.
It is odd to hear anybody call Yes "under-rated". They, along with Genesis and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, created the style of popular music we call "progressive rock" and are widely known for having done so. On the other hand, progessive rock fell out of fashion in the late '70's, and the music-buying public moved on to the "next big thing", which, at the time, was disco and grunge, supplanted later by hip-hop and rap, until the internet fractures everything to the point where they may never again be a "next big thing" that captures the interest of a wide audience. All genres are now effectively walled-off from each other. Whatever you love, you an find it 24/7 online and never listen to anything else. Kudos to you for venturing outside the metal genre to discover the magic of Yes. If you weren't alive and loving music in 1975, I suppose you could conclude that Yes is some sort of obscure band that nobody knows about..
I say underrated because I never hear them mentioned, where bands like led Zeppelin, rush and pink Floyd are known by everyone
I grew up on this band and Pink Floyd.. People thought I was a freak.. well the girls did anyway... I was actually introduced to them via Fragile.. My all time favorite though is Gates of Delirium Off of the Relayer album.. another Up and down song about war. But dont neglect Pinkk Fployd with INHO.. the greatest guitar solo of all time.. See the Pulse video of this.. I wont give it away.. let someone else do it.. this is about YES!.
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I love Yes and this entire album. But I think a more fully realized version of the super-rapid-fire rhythm that Yes uses here was employed a year or two earlier by King Crimson on '21st Century Schizoid Man.' That's a highly entertaining track.
Thanks for the reaction. One of my top 5 Yes songs for sure. I love how Jon Anderson's voice slowly builds in volume from beginning to end.
Before you do CTTE, you have to do "South Side of the Sky" from this album.
GATES OF DELIRIUM !
We got spoiled with all the great music back in the day. The musicianship was superb. Jon can sure sing his ass off. The whole band is full of virtuosos. Steve, Rick, Chris, and Al or Bill, now that is an A Team.
I'm not even reading the other comments, but just know, there is a wealth of other Yes for you.... Close To The Edge, Gates Of Delirium, And You And I, Awaken, The Revealing Science Of God, Sound Chaser, Siberian Khatru.... on the other hand, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Tempus Fugit, Don't Kill The Whale, Going For The One, Wonderous Stories, Astral Traveller, Sweetness, Onward....
I'm a big Yes fan. The fast bass/guitar part reminds me a lot of 21st Century Schizoid Man (1969) by King Crimson
May be you are ready for King Crimson and their Hey Days 69 to 72 ? Saw them live last year with 3 drummers
Lots of great musicians and writers out there, these five guys are best ever in one band. I saw them when I was 14/15 in the 70's and some more times after. All of there music is complex yet they pull it off and add more sections live.
Have you heard Yes, The Gates of Delirium yet? It's side 1 of Relayer.
Don't miss Quicksilver Messenger Service... try Calvary and Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder.
Don't miss King Crimson! Robert Fripp formed the band and reforms it every so often. Start with 1969 - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Don't miss Rush, try La Villa Strangiato or the instrumental Leave That Thing Alone which is so suggestive it is LEWD music!
"Fragile" is their 4th album. Second album with Steve Howe, and first with Rick Wakeman. My favorite lineup of the band - same with their next album "Close to the Edge" which was the last for Bill Bruford until "Union" (1991) which was unique in how it merged two bands.
Jon Anderson - lead and backing vocals
Steve Howe - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Chris Squire - bass guitars, backing vocals
Rick Wakeman - Hammond organ, grand piano, RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord, Mellotron, Minimoog synthesiser
Bill Bruford - drums, percussion
I know what you're experiencing as you take the journey through YES' 1971-1972 Uber-Classic Period. They just kept producing these _experimental_ masterpieces, filled with complexity, the mix of which was perfected at the sound board. _Definitely_ agree with your decision to put off Close To the Edge until you've sampled all/most of their masterpiece creations on the *The Yes Album* and *Fragile* albums. I would suggest that, since you've turned to the Fragile album with Heart Of The Sunrise, that you stay with this album & react to *South Side Of The Sky* which is another of their pre-CTTE masterpieces. Then maybe return to The Yes Album to have your mind blown by *Yours Is No Disgrace.* _Then_ you'll be ideally prepped for CTTE...😊
Prog and fusion!
I was able to see them live in 2003. They played this very album, the whole of it. They even had managed to bring back Rick Wakeman on the Keys, the original Yes lineup! It was so glorious. You need to see some later live versions of this song!
You should check out Rick Wakeman's solo stuff. Anything off of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Maybe "Catherine of Aragon", "Catherine Howard" or "Catherine Parr". Another may be "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
Bruford's last Yes album was CTTE. After some time in King Crimson, he was in the "supergroup" U.K. - but just for one (eponymous) album, as was guitarist (the late) Allan Holdsworth, who was often admiringly referred to as being "not human". Talk about some "shredding"...
Chris Squire was a major influence on Geddy Lee.
So glad you enjoyed this so much! Killer track!🤟
Okay, here's "Heart of the Sunrise" live, 2003 at the Montreux Jazz festival. All original members with the exception of drums. Bill Bruford was replaced by Alan White, (after Fragile album?).Enjoy!
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