Chris Squire always looked like such an intense dude in these old pictures, but in every interview I've seen of him he was always jovial if not a little silly. Seemed like a really good bloke. I'm very sorry he's gone.
I met Mr. Squire (and Anderson & Howe) at a sound check before the concert during the RELAYER tour. He was a very TALL fellow and was most responsive to fans. He was the one that got the other members of the band to autograph our Relayer album! (My ex-wife owns it now). He traded us an English cigarette for an American one! (I wish me and my then-wife hadn't smoked it). Chris Squire was a VERY NICE GENTLEMAN! Very gracious to his fans! Anderson & Howe were polite but were very busy with pre-show business. We did not get to meet Alan White or Patrick Moraz though CS got them to sign our vinyl. I didn't ever see Eddie Offord. I will never forget that..
He was very tough in the studio, though. He butted heads with *everyone* in the band over arrangements. He often used his imposing size to shore up disagreements.
4:12 I love how the further up the neck he goes, the less fret buzz you hear. The cleaner the sound of the string. You can hear so much when isolated, how he has his instrument set up. The lower notes sound like grit, the higher notes sound like bells. Amazing innovative player. Genius.
As I was reading this Chris was playing an ascending line and I was like "Wow! That's so right." That'll add a new dimension when I listen in the future.
I wonder what has happened to that original Rickenbacker RM1999 bass of his since his passing away? Or if his family or whoever owns it ever actually picks it up and plays it?
I bought my Rickenbacker 4001 in 1969,when l worked for warner, elekra, atlantic. I knew Chris, he used to tell me his Rick "played itself". He was a wonderful person. Im 73 and my rick is right in front of me. I learned so much from him. I wept in front of my son when Chris passed. Their is no othe bass that sounds like a Rickenbacker. For all types of misic. Not just prog rock. The BeeGees used one on all their music to Rick James on his funk r and b. I listen to the live 1972 recording of heart of the sunrise on the yessongs 3 album set. Its the most magnificent version of this song.l play it everyday. RIP CHRIS
The master has returned to the stars and quite literally become the "Heart of the Sunrise " Thank you for your vast contribution to my life as well as the countless other people you have touched in the same manner.
And he plays not behind or on top of the beat, but slightly ahead without rushing or speeding up. As a bass player, that amazes me. That is really hard to do.
@@BassicVIC well... I´m 23 too... check my channel y you want... and I play video games and I waste my time in youtube and social media too... And I have time to play bass decently, after all.
So many of the notes hit here with string buzz or a sour note moving up to the correct one would not be allowed in studios today. They'd either edit the note or punch him in to correct the spot. But with all that perfection we achieve in studio today you lose the vital humanness.
+Mike Nicholson - I agree with you. I think imperfections of a performance or in a recording give it humanity. Perfect recordings are a boring technical achievement. I enjoy listening for errors. We are not machines even though many producers would prefer the obedience of a soulless sequence played exactly the same take after take. I like string buzz, pedal squeaks, chair movements, foot noise, background coughs, headphone bleed, bad punch ins, unintended feedback, overlooked HVAC noise or tape hiss, microphone movements (rare) and the very rare flatulence caught on tape! It takes a lot of close listening to catch these very human mistakes. Bless us all... Long Live LIVE performance and few studio takes!
I have no doubt that if this is the final track used on the recording, that there would have been some punch ins. Still, they didn't have Pro Tools back then, so even with punch ins on tape sometimes you just had to accept the flaws.
The slurps and scoops and slides and flubs and half steps couldn’t have been mistakes to his ears. I’ve no doubt if he’d wanted to play it straight, he would’ve. But instead he heard the magic in what a little jazz articulation could do.
Oh I so hear you, and SO deeply feel EXACTLY what your talking about Prog X dude. Such is the curse of long life, surely one of the worst curses of growing old. Knock on wood I've not lost any of the guys from my own favorite bands (Rush, Triumph, Kings X) but its morbidly depressing when I stop and count and think we have no more Chris Squire, John Lord, Gary Moore, Brad Delp and NOW Sib Hashian (who ironically and sadly passed away live on stage during a Boston set while on a hugely popular 'Classic Rock' Cruise tour.), my man Dio, Petty, Lemmy from Motorhead, Prince, RidgeRath from REO Speedwagon, Bowie, Glen Fry of the Eagles, the Lead singer of The Sweet, J. Geils, Janie Lane of Warrant, the singer for Molly Hatchet fuck, I could go on for another 6 pages! One probably died WHILE I was typing this, doh! (furiously knocking on wood). I have this awful feeling Joe Perry won't be seeing Xmas this year, really hope I'm wrong. That old saying 'growing old ain't for pussies!' is really starting to hit home. Feels like I'm sad more often than I'm happy lately . . . .
Lots of great musicians died. I got depressed. I want to go for eternal life. Started reading and believing and obeying the Bible. I don't want just a R.I.P. note above my grave. I want eternal life! And Jesus is very willing to give that. By the way... Great Christian composers and musicians in heaven. Its getting very interesting...
@Charles Ross Hi Charles, we all go... But won't end up in the same place. Forgiven and purified will end up in Jesus' presence, not forgiven and not sanctified won't end up in God's presence. They surely won't like it. They don't like God's laws here, they won't like them there. I have to get used to all His wants. And follow all His laws in heaven. Shalom to you.
I really love that you can hear the bleed just a little in the background. These guys were playing this shit live, and they were playing it LOUD. Is it possible that they went back and re-recordef parts? Yes. But I'm willing to bet that the the drums and bass we're kept live for sure.
Such great dynamic playing and amazing consistency in his attack in the faster sections. I love how his bass amp mic is picking up the kit and other instruments. Show’s they recorded most of the beds live off the floor.
What can I say that hasn't already been said, except the 8 thumbs down are from trolls who know nothing about this man and that Rick he's playing. Genius at work.
No Chris Squire, no Geddy Lee. It's quite obvious the tone Geddy was chasing after, in the 70's anyways, was the distorted Rickenbacker clank sound. Listen to any of the isolated Geddy bass tracks. It's undeniable.
There's a TH-cam video somewhere featuring the Top 10 rock bassists - MoJo I think. Geddy Lee No 1 - Chris Squire doesn't even make the list. Incredible.
Chris always had an inventive Bass line, he brought the bass up and in your face, there’s no way you listen to a recording and NOT be able to pick out the bass . .like yesteryear.. he was one of my strongest idols growing up being a bass player myself…he is missed.
This guy saying that you could not get away with it these days?? What a joke!!! There are absolutely no perfect bass players these days . You had to be a real bass player when this was recorded. You did not have protools to cover all the mistakes. You had to splice tape. If you was bad back then they simply replaced you with a session player that did not make as many mistakes. I do not hear any sour notes. Just a unique playing style and unique effects in the signal chain. Bass players now??? Pfffffft!!!!
It STILL blows me away that he was not classically trained, especially in theory. Counter point, inverted arpeggios to the guitar and synth parts, perfect fills under the vocals, just stunning! Makes me cry to think he's gone.
And to think that all these classic lines from Squire were recorded about 40-50 years ago. A bunch of players have followed Chris Squire's path but none have surpassed him in imagining what could be done in a song... RIP Maestro Squire!
Wow. thanx for uploading this. So intensely cool to hear what he does so clearly. Hope to find more of these, especially later stuff like Tormato where he's using all sorts of wild effects.
Chris Squire's work is just so central to this era of Yes. In an ensemble of fabulous players, he figures out how to shine through without being overpowering.
John, Geddy, and Chris are definitely among my all time favorites. No one plays bass like any of them. Including each other. The only real thing they have in common is that they all played prog bass, but all their specific styles are different. I would say John has the most groove (e.g. "Easy Money"), Chris is the most melodic (e.g. this song), and Geddy honestly has both, but a bit less of each than Chris and John (e.g. "By‐Tor") in my opinion
For my whole life and for the rest of my days, when I imagine what a bass sounds like, this is what I hear first. My favorite quote about Chris Squire is that he thought he played lead guitar for Yes and the band just went along with it. 😂😂
When I first started hearing his tone and attack on “Fragile”, my mind was blown, and it’s never been the same. ‘Heart of the Sunrise’ was literally written from Squire’s main riff. Of course, Bruford, Anderson, Howe, and Wakeman were all critical in bringing the song to full form.
I had a beautiful gf who had the same tragic experience as Chris. Shocking cancer diagnosis and gone in less than a month….only knew you from your music Chris..my favorite band..but love you man.
When we were kids when this stuff was new we would have killed to have had access to these isolated tracks . We didn't even have any live footage of concerts. And we walked to school ,and home uphill both ways.
@@JulesFox My sister and I had to share a pair of legs. But, yeh, kids these days have access to SO much info. Half the time you can probably find the original artist giving a lesson on how to play whatever it is.
I remember sneaking into my sister's room when she was away at college to listen to stuff like this on her fancy stereo where you could isolate one speaker or the other and run it through the equalizer to suss out different details. That's as close as we could get!
When Doug Pinnick heard Roundabout he literally ran to the music store to find this amazing bass tone. Never heard of Pinnick ? He is in an awesome band called King's X. Check em out 😁
Geddy Lee said it was this man's work that inspired him. John Enstwistle said something about having Pity on Chris Squire because he did not have proper string Gauging to stabilize his notes, I grew up soaking up all three of them. Won Every Single Talent Show Performing Rush. Ranked in the Top 7 in my State. Not long after that, the Guitarist (a Grammy Nom) in the Christian Rock Band I was accepted at 1 audition, and hit the road for a year without a rehearsal was heard by me twice saying I "would be a monster if I only practiced". It was because of listening to things like this for hours and hours, and trying to play and follow. Easier success with Geddy and John, lots of Pentatonics, diminished 5ths explaining passing notes, and occasionally something in 6ths. But it was this, right here, that kept the mind reaching. (Funny thing about "reaching". 2014 in N. Dallas at an Open Mic, getting the Stage and setting up the 2x12 combo, 2 Boss cases of effects, looking at the guitarists with their mic stands with tablets showing them the words and the changes, I said 'Name the Tune, Performer, and the Key you want it in, let's go." After about 4 songs they were stunned, and trying to pick a next song - here is the REACH - I reached over to my Synth Pedal which was set for a sound like a Taurus Bass Pedal heavy "Tom Sawyer" Decay, and I hit an E. Their jaws hit the floor and their eyes bugged. They were not ready, said next week, I then just kept playing whatever was called for 4 hours. They never came back. Yes, yes, I flubbed "Sweet Child of Mine", I was Classic Rock. Just keep going.)
This is the kind of bass playing that has inspired me and countless thousands of bassist, it’s very real and organic while still being the bass. YES is amazing and when you have Wakeman, Kaye, Moraz, and yes even Downes, there is a liberty to get outside box. Bassists like Squire, Entwhistle, and Geddy Lee were pioneers.
How do you realistically compare Geddy Lee to John Entwhistle and Chris Squire? Lee’s a good rock bassist but he’s not in the same class as Entwhistle and Squire. In fact Lee flat out just tried to copy Squire’s technique and tone. When you comment on Bass pioneers let’s not forget Jack Bruce, James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Roger Waters, John Paul Jones and countless others.
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I could listen to Chris Squire and Geddy Lee play that Rickenbacker Bass all day
That TONE
Ohh yes..
And Lemmy....
It took me to the age of 50, but I finally got a Rickenbacker bass due to the influence of Chris Squire and Geddy Lee.
Geddy Lee plays mainly Fender, but it almost sounds like a Rickenbacker . Great bassplayers !
Chris Squire always looked like such an intense dude in these old pictures, but in every interview I've seen of him he was always jovial if not a little silly. Seemed like a really good bloke. I'm very sorry he's gone.
docsketchy I saw YES 13 times. Chris always had the happiest ear to ear grin. I loved him.
I met Mr. Squire (and Anderson & Howe) at a sound check before the concert during the RELAYER tour. He was a very TALL fellow and was most responsive to fans. He was the one that got the other members of the band to autograph our Relayer album! (My ex-wife owns it now). He traded us an English cigarette for an American one! (I wish me and my then-wife hadn't smoked it).
Chris Squire was a VERY NICE GENTLEMAN! Very gracious to his fans!
Anderson & Howe were polite but were very busy with pre-show business.
We did not get to meet Alan White or Patrick Moraz though CS got them to sign our vinyl. I didn't ever see Eddie Offord.
I will never forget that..
@@barrybedkey543 that is an amazing story. Thank you for sharing 😊
I don't think you have time to smile when you have to play this stuff lol
He was very tough in the studio, though.
He butted heads with *everyone* in the band over arrangements.
He often used his imposing size to shore up disagreements.
4:12 I love how the further up the neck he goes, the less fret buzz you hear. The cleaner the sound of the string. You can hear so much when isolated, how he has his instrument set up. The lower notes sound like grit, the higher notes sound like bells. Amazing innovative player. Genius.
My favourite bassist!! Second best in my opinion, behind Geddy.
Well, that's normal for a stringed instrument. The action gets higher towards the bridge.
That is also because he uses two different amplifiers for high and low notes
@@DannyBoi2112 Well, he is Geddy's fave, so everything is balanced ;-)
As I was reading this Chris was playing an ascending line and I was like "Wow! That's so right." That'll add a new dimension when I listen in the future.
This is the Holy Grail of rock bass, as far as I'm concerned. This is like the shroud of Turin.
Holy Grail, Shroud of Turin??? Apples and oranges.
@So Journ Er....I hear ya, man...Amen to that.
Right? Yes would've been No without Squire...
I'm a guitar player and Chris Squire is the only bass player that makes me regret not being a bass player.
But unlike the shroud, this isn't a forgery ;)
His Rick should be cast in gold.
As long as they save it in a launch once the sun engulfs the earth in 1.7 billion years.
I wonder what has happened to that original Rickenbacker RM1999 bass of his since his passing away? Or if his family or whoever owns it ever actually picks it up and plays it?
@@montag4516 i hope the bass is in a safe place
you did say rick right?
where is this bass ????? !!!!!
Chris Squire is the Rickebacker bass and viceversa. He owns that sound!
His Rickenvacker 4001, using the 'Rick-O.Sound' (stereo) outlet has a unique timber. I'm a happy owner of this masterpiece bass.
@@maurocoimbra9624 his bass originally had 1 mono output that he replaced with a stereo jack
The master himself….. the very reason I ever picked up a bass. RIP Chris.
Fantastic, I know it's been said a thousand times Chris you are missed.
+John Monroe Chris Squire and what else... Jaco... Marcus... the holly trinity of the electric bass
+John Monroe he went back to whatever higher plane he came from. he's among his peers at last.
Jon Camp too.
@@francisbroka9471 Jon Camp is a criminally underrated bassist. He is remarkable, even tho his style is obviously influenced by Squire.
R.I.P. Chris Squire, Jaco Pastorius, Cliff Burton, Paul Gray, Lemmy, John Entwistle, etc.
Greg Lake too
Jack Bruce
Ray Shulman
and one of the bass guitarists who was in Iron Butterfly for a while. What was his name?
@@Trobtwillis Lee Dorman, who was also a founding member of Captain Beyond
To me, this what bass guitar is supposed to sound like. When the subject turns to bass playing, this is the sound I hear in my head.
Chris Squire and his Rickenbacker, no words can describe how cool that sounds to the ear.
I bought my Rickenbacker 4001 in 1969,when l worked for warner, elekra, atlantic. I knew Chris, he used to tell me his Rick "played itself". He was a wonderful person. Im 73 and my rick is right in front of me. I learned so much from him. I wept in front of my son when Chris passed. Their is no othe bass that sounds like a Rickenbacker. For all types of misic. Not just prog rock. The BeeGees used one on all their music to Rick James on his funk r and b. I listen to the live 1972 recording of heart of the sunrise on the yessongs 3 album set. Its the most magnificent version of this song.l play it everyday. RIP CHRIS
This is the most melodic and tasteful bass playing I have heard from Chris Squire and hearing it isolated is like discovering it for the first time.
when i was in school you were either a yes guy or a rush guy. i was a yes guy
Or you could be both! Plus genesis, King Crimson, ELP, gentle Giant, camel, jethro Tull, Van Der Graaf Generator, and so on
both!
I’ll take all please
You went to the wrong school ;)
what a terrible school.
I think this line is better than the one for Roundabout.
I love this. It makes my heart happy and sad at the same time.
Same
Yup me too. I miss him. RIP Chris. He was such as an amazing musician.
Chris made “A DENT” in the world!!!! 💜✨✨✨✨
I most love how Chris, no matter how brilliant it was, rarely played the same riff twice.
That bass line is just mind blowing and to think Chris was in his early 20s when he first played this
Wow. Such a terrific bass line. Such energy. Chris was a monster player.
The master has returned to the stars and quite literally become the "Heart of the Sunrise " Thank you for your vast contribution to my life as well as the countless other people you have touched in the same manner.
Chris squire was a very kind and humorous man. A true legend
Amazing how dense his parts are, yet he's never rushed when playing them. That says a lot.
And he plays not behind or on top of the beat, but slightly ahead without rushing or speeding up. As a bass player, that amazes me. That is really hard to do.
Not bad for a 23 year old, eh? The whole thing is brilliant, and round the 7 minute mark is my favorite part.
Jim Thomas
A generation that didn’t have iPhones and social media to waste time on.
@@BassicVIC well... I´m 23 too... check my channel y you want... and I play video games and I waste my time in youtube and social media too... And I have time to play bass decently, after all.
I really love the middle section :)
@@diegochewacka I'm 19 but I'm in the same boat (guitarist though)
@@man-gi8su He has a point though! But at the time they still had TVs to waste time on, so maybe not…
So many of the notes hit here with string buzz or a sour note moving up to the correct one would not be allowed in studios today. They'd either edit the note or punch him in to correct the spot. But with all that perfection we achieve in studio today you lose the vital humanness.
+Mike Nicholson - I agree with you. I think imperfections of a performance or in a recording give it humanity. Perfect recordings are a boring technical achievement. I enjoy listening for errors. We are not machines even though many producers would prefer the obedience of a soulless sequence played exactly the same take after take.
I like string buzz, pedal squeaks, chair movements, foot noise, background coughs, headphone bleed, bad punch ins, unintended feedback, overlooked HVAC noise or tape hiss, microphone movements (rare) and the very rare flatulence caught on tape!
It takes a lot of close listening to catch these very human mistakes. Bless us all... Long Live LIVE performance and few studio takes!
Mike Nicholson that sound is meant to be that way and those aren't mistakes they're playing with feel.
I have no doubt that if this is the final track used on the recording, that there would have been some punch ins. Still, they didn't have Pro Tools back then, so even with punch ins on tape sometimes you just had to accept the flaws.
The slurps and scoops and slides and flubs and half steps couldn’t have been mistakes to his ears. I’ve no doubt if he’d wanted to play it straight, he would’ve. But instead he heard the magic in what a little jazz articulation could do.
100 percent true
Prog is losing its greatest Bassist sadly ... Chris Squire, John Wetton, Greg Lake. And more great musicians what an awful few years !
Prog X just a most painful reminder Father Time comes for all 😔
I was stunned to hear of Wetton's passing earlier this year.
Oh I so hear you, and SO deeply feel EXACTLY what your talking about Prog X dude. Such is the curse of long life, surely one of the worst curses of growing old. Knock on wood I've not lost any of the guys from my own favorite bands (Rush, Triumph, Kings X) but its morbidly depressing when I stop and count and think we have no more Chris Squire, John Lord, Gary Moore, Brad Delp and NOW Sib Hashian (who ironically and sadly passed away live on stage during a Boston set while on a hugely popular 'Classic Rock' Cruise tour.), my man Dio, Petty, Lemmy from Motorhead, Prince, RidgeRath from REO Speedwagon, Bowie, Glen Fry of the Eagles, the Lead singer of The Sweet, J. Geils, Janie Lane of Warrant, the singer for Molly Hatchet fuck, I could go on for another 6 pages! One probably died WHILE I was typing this, doh! (furiously knocking on wood). I have this awful feeling Joe Perry won't be seeing Xmas this year, really hope I'm wrong.
That old saying 'growing old ain't for pussies!' is really starting to hit home. Feels like I'm sad more often than I'm happy lately . . . .
Lots of great musicians died. I got depressed. I want to go for eternal life. Started reading and believing and obeying the Bible. I don't want just a R.I.P. note above my grave. I want eternal life! And Jesus is very willing to give that. By the way... Great Christian composers and musicians in heaven. Its getting very interesting...
@Charles Ross Hi Charles, we all go... But won't end up in the same place. Forgiven and purified will end up in Jesus' presence, not forgiven and not sanctified won't end up in God's presence. They surely won't like it. They don't like God's laws here, they won't like them there. I have to get used to all His wants. And follow all His laws in heaven.
Shalom to you.
That vibrato pedal makes such big difference
I believe he used an old Gibson amp w tremelo, not a pedal.
Man that tone and that skill. Damn. My fav of all time.
I really love that you can hear the bleed just a little in the background. These guys were playing this shit live, and they were playing it LOUD. Is it possible that they went back and re-recordef parts? Yes. But I'm willing to bet that the the drums and bass we're kept live for sure.
RIP Chris, he was one of the fastest bassists ever
Greatest flatpick bassist that ever lived without question
This and the whole album is a work of art, in my opinion!! Just priceless!!!!!
And Magical!!!! R.I.P. Chris!!
Fragile is a masterpiece, I just bought a copy on vinyl
Best bass player on the planet.
I loved Chris Squire and miss him dearly. My Inspiration. I play a 1996 4003 Rickenbacker. Play Bass-guitar since 1976.
Such great dynamic playing and amazing consistency in his attack in the faster sections. I love how his bass amp mic is picking up the kit and other instruments. Show’s they recorded most of the beds live off the floor.
Omg the separated track! A dream for any bass player.
My favorite Bassist. Redefined the role of the instrument. Thanks for putting this up.
His technique is unique and his bass lines are very creative and always rock and with some funkyness
My favorite bassist ever. The GOAT!!
Chris is the reason I decided to buy a Rickenbacker bass. Crazy to think he was 23 when this came out. I'll be 24 next month.
What can I say that hasn't already been said, except the 8 thumbs down are from trolls who know nothing about this man and that Rick he's playing. Genius at work.
Maybe they don't like the way it fucking sounds, fromeen! Doesn't make them trolls, ya rube....
No Chris Squire, no Geddy Lee. It's quite obvious the tone Geddy was chasing after, in the 70's anyways, was the distorted Rickenbacker clank sound. Listen to any of the isolated Geddy bass tracks. It's undeniable.
Tom Julian ,so true
There's a TH-cam video somewhere featuring the Top 10 rock bassists - MoJo I think. Geddy Lee No 1 - Chris Squire doesn't even make the list. Incredible.
Phil UK Net At least they got the number 1 spot right.
I’d say Ged did a good job achieving it.
there's no need to deny it, Geddy had said it himself
I've listened to this album a thousand times, but hearing it like THIS is just so - completely different!! Thanks for this audio experience.
I get high off of the pure power, funk, and groove of it!
On all those live videos, the looks that Chris and Alan would give each other.. They had a lifetime of those moments..
Love that crunchy Rick tone, love Chris Squire.❤️
I own a cs4001 Ltd edition just like Chris's. Only 1,000 made inn the 90's. It is an amazing beast to play and has a killer tone just like this.
Chris always had an inventive Bass line, he brought the bass up and in your face, there’s no way you listen to a recording and NOT be able to pick out the bass .
.like yesteryear.. he was one of my strongest idols growing up being a bass player myself…he is missed.
Such a great sense of rhythm , melody and playing in service to the song.. fantastic.
RIP Chris Squire
Thank you, for posting. Chris led a very musically productive life. He gave many of us a lot to aspire too.
WOW You can hear the bleed thru...you can tell where they put his tracks next to who and why. really nice...thx
Epic! I miss you so much Fish!
Chris Squire was the game-changer.
almost an understatement
Amazing....He was the best...RIP Mr. Squire.
Absolute amazing bass lines!!!! Timeless
This guy saying that you could not get away with it these days?? What a joke!!! There are absolutely no perfect bass players these days . You had to be a real bass player when this was recorded. You did not have protools to cover all the mistakes. You had to splice tape. If you was bad back then they simply replaced you with a session player that did not make as many mistakes. I do not hear any sour notes. Just a unique playing style and unique effects in the signal chain. Bass players now??? Pfffffft!!!!
It STILL blows me away that he was not classically trained, especially in theory. Counter point, inverted arpeggios to the guitar and synth parts, perfect fills under the vocals, just stunning! Makes me cry to think he's gone.
And to think that all these classic lines from Squire were recorded about 40-50 years ago. A bunch of players have followed Chris Squire's path but none have surpassed him in imagining what could be done in a song...
RIP Maestro Squire!
Such a awesome person and musician.
Incredible! Squire did some awesome music.
R.I.P. THE G.O.A.T.
Wow. thanx for uploading this. So intensely cool to hear what he does so clearly. Hope to find more of these, especially later stuff like Tormato where he's using all sorts of wild effects.
That tone is taking my soul
1 of Squire's funkiest bass grooves!✨🎼🙏🏼🎼✨🇨🇦
canada
Chris Squire's work is just so central to this era of Yes. In an ensemble of fabulous players, he figures out how to shine through without being overpowering.
Love this ! He is amazing ! Who else plays bass like this ? !
Mike Rodgers geddy lee plays exactly like this. Finger plucking though, no pick like chris. I believe chris was geddys favorite bassist.
Nobody plays like Chris
Jon Camp of Renaissance.
Nick Beggs gets very close I think 🤘
John, Geddy, and Chris are definitely among my all time favorites. No one plays bass like any of them. Including each other. The only real thing they have in common is that they all played prog bass, but all their specific styles are different. I would say John has the most groove (e.g. "Easy Money"), Chris is the most melodic (e.g. this song), and Geddy honestly has both, but a bit less of each than Chris and John (e.g. "By‐Tor") in my opinion
For my whole life and for the rest of my days, when I imagine what a bass sounds like, this is what I hear first. My favorite quote about Chris Squire is that he thought he played lead guitar for Yes and the band just went along with it. 😂😂
For ever thanks to you for this. I began to play the bass listening CS, and I love a lot of bassist, but CS was always my very first love.
+Ariel Raguet You have touched me Ariel, thank you.
John
same here Ariel!
When I first started hearing his tone and attack on “Fragile”, my mind was blown, and it’s never been the same. ‘Heart of the Sunrise’ was literally written from Squire’s main riff. Of course, Bruford, Anderson, Howe, and Wakeman were all critical in bringing the song to full form.
Assolutamente fantastico, che bassista immenso è stato.
Chris was the best
I had a beautiful gf who had the same tragic experience as Chris. Shocking cancer diagnosis and gone in less than a month….only knew you from your music Chris..my favorite band..but love you man.
When we were kids when this stuff was new we would have killed to have had access to these isolated tracks . We didn't even have any live footage of concerts. And we walked to school ,and home uphill both ways.
HAHAHHAA :) Awesome comment
@@JulesFox My sister and I had to share a pair of legs. But, yeh, kids these days have access to SO much info. Half the time you can probably find the original artist giving a lesson on how to play whatever it is.
I remember sneaking into my sister's room when she was away at college to listen to stuff like this on her fancy stereo where you could isolate one speaker or the other and run it through the equalizer to suss out different details. That's as close as we could get!
Mad and beautiful.
When Doug Pinnick heard Roundabout he literally ran to the music store to find this amazing bass tone. Never heard of Pinnick ? He is in an awesome band called King's X. Check em out 😁
Love Kings X He is awesome in every way!
Geddy Lee said it was this man's work that inspired him.
John Enstwistle said something about having Pity on Chris Squire because he did not have proper string Gauging to stabilize his notes,
I grew up soaking up all three of them.
Won Every Single Talent Show Performing Rush. Ranked in the Top 7 in my State.
Not long after that, the Guitarist (a Grammy Nom) in the Christian Rock Band I was accepted at 1 audition, and hit the road for a year without a rehearsal was heard by me twice saying I "would be a monster if I only practiced".
It was because of listening to things like this for hours and hours, and trying to play and follow. Easier success with Geddy and John, lots of Pentatonics, diminished 5ths explaining passing notes, and occasionally something in 6ths.
But it was this, right here, that kept the mind reaching.
(Funny thing about "reaching". 2014 in N. Dallas at an Open Mic, getting the Stage and setting up the 2x12 combo, 2 Boss cases of effects, looking at the guitarists with their mic stands with tablets showing them the words and the changes, I said 'Name the Tune, Performer, and the Key you want it in, let's go." After about 4 songs they were stunned, and trying to pick a next song - here is the REACH - I reached over to my Synth Pedal which was set for a sound like a Taurus Bass Pedal heavy "Tom Sawyer" Decay, and I hit an E. Their jaws hit the floor and their eyes bugged. They were not ready, said next week, I then just kept playing whatever was called for 4 hours. They never came back. Yes, yes, I flubbed "Sweet Child of Mine", I was Classic Rock. Just keep going.)
I remember the bass player of Renaissance in a concert. He played on a Rickenbaker and had a sound that was very siimilar to Chris's.
a classic,from a master.
No fret is left unused.
and no fret is left un buzzed lol
When you pay for the Bass you pay for all the frets, so might as well use them.
@@Thebearwithnoname Cant argue with that logic.
Great sound innit. Unique.
What a beautifully filthy sound from that bass.
Holy shit this is effin great. Thanks so much. Need to find him and Bruford isolated. Love the reverb on this.
This is the kind of bass playing that has inspired me and countless thousands of bassist, it’s very real and organic while still being the bass. YES is amazing and when you have Wakeman, Kaye, Moraz, and yes even Downes, there is a liberty to get outside box. Bassists like Squire, Entwhistle, and Geddy Lee were pioneers.
How do you realistically compare Geddy Lee to John Entwhistle and Chris Squire? Lee’s a good rock bassist but he’s not in the same class as Entwhistle and Squire. In fact Lee flat out just tried to copy Squire’s technique and tone. When you comment on Bass pioneers let’s not forget Jack Bruce, James Jamerson, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Roger Waters, John Paul Jones and countless others.
What makes Geddy impressive is his ability to sing while playing those lines, however Chris did backup on alot of Yessongs live
No formal training. Self taught...Best teacher ever...
R.I.P. Mr Squire. Chris you are SO missed!⚘⚘⚘
The (bass) guitar hero of all time!
beautiful.
Thanks dude...this is hugely helpful🤘✨⚡🍁
pure awesomeness...
Good video. Thanks.
He had a great talent for rendering a uniquely syncopated bass line to straight ahead 4x4 time.
This track right here got me into real music
I think I could probably solve one of the world's unsolved math problems before I get this legends sound down... the picking rhythm alone... my lord.
My favorite bass line in Rock Roll!!!
Phenomenal talent
What is so wonderful is all the imperfections. Wouldn't be allowed nowadays, all the better for it though.
My inspiration...Y3S...RIP Chris.
Happy birthday Chris Squire!
Great technique, great sense of harmony, and great sensitivity. The dream bass player for any group wanting to make good music.
Amazing
Thanks thanks thanks i love this
You're welcome Luiz! Viva la Musica!♫♪ John
Ah, the tremolo! Cool that he messed with that on this and The Yes Album.
Great man!
Chris your my hero