*SO THICK WITH THE VIBES!* 🎵 YES Roundabout Reaction
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This is progressive rock. A mix of rock, classical, jazz. Yes were one of the best at it. Been listening to this song since 1975 when I was 12. Each musician is a complete badass on their instrument. And don't worry about trying to understand the lyrics. The lead singer says he writes words to make sounds that will fit in with the other instruments. There are usually a couple of lines here and there that make sense, but overall he considers his voice just another instrument in the overall piece.
If you're looking for more Yes, I would go with Heart of the Sunrise, All Good People, or South Side of the Sky before you take on the really long pieces like Close to the Edge.
I loved your explanation of the song writing.
@@cobbycaputo3332 Agree very much with your take on the lyrics, and indeed Heart Of The Sunrise, South Side, Close To The Edge, etc are the very essence, and arguably the best introductions to the band.
A very astute description of Yes's music!
If they like this , they should also check out Supertramp. “Bloody Well Right” would be my suggestion.
One of the iconic groups of Progressive Rock. You should listen to "I've Seen All Good People", and "long Distance Run Around. A Must listen to is by another Progressive Rock group - Emerson Lake & Palmer. Their song is "From The Beginning" A wonderful vibe!
all very good points!
Kansas is another solid choice here, also suggested in another comment Popol Vuh.
Yes, yes, and yes to this thread. Also I'd throw in The Moody Blues.
Sometimes analyzing or categorizing isn’t the right path to take. Sometimes it’s a vibe that should just wash over you. These guys were amazing in concert.
Amen.
That bass carries the song. Love when Brad laughs when that bass starts. Definitely funky👍
RIP Chris Squire
Chris Squire was truly one of the best on that Rickenbacker! That's why Geddy Lee played one as he really looked up to Chris, RIP!
Yes, like Black Sabbath, is one of those bands where the bass is like the train that the entire song rides along on. Then there are other bands, where I swear they don't even have a bass player at all.
It's the syncopation. SO MANY metal guys miss that.
Two words: Timeless Masterpiece ! ! 🙏💞 Thank you for listening it ! ! 🙂👍
You know.....Lex is amazingly close on a lot of her assessments.
Simple innocent analysis that in her own little unique summary.......... nails most songs! :)
It’s a stream of consciousness.
Yes you are so right, she is so into the music, while Brad is grappling with the lyrics lol. I really enjoy them both
No she isn't. She always says I don't know.
I really believe she is a musical genius. She should get formal training.
@@Eugene2736 she says that because she is forming new knowledge instead of relying on something she heard or learned. If she had formal training she would be more certain and have a more precise vocabulary, but not any more right.
Chris Squire is one of the greatest bass players of all time. As matter of fact every member is a master of their craft.
Not only one of the greatest, but has a unique sound you can't confuse with anyone else. Legend.
His bass was all over this song, in , out and "Roundabout" RIP Legend.
Lord knows I tried to play this one over the years.... could never quite match Squire.... RIP
@@GTLyons I can play it note for note, but I'll never be Chris either.
@@GTLyons Go find the Live Version of this by a group called Last Licks, it is absolutely mesmerizing, I never thought anyone could come close but it is cosmic.
YES music is some of the finest music ever made. "Close to the Edge" is possibly the greatest song ever recorded. Almost 20 minutes, be prepared. Highly recommended
The rabbit hole goes really deep with Yes. Their discography is full of amazing cuts. Keep going!
Roundabout is one of the best progressive rock songs of all time.
yet not even a top ten song in the Yes Catalogue. I rank Roundabout around # 15 all time Yes tunes. Immensely huge catalogue of prog rock gems. Yes are untouchable for their talent.
Much like the Band "Steely Dan," "Yes" is a progressive Rock/Jazz fusion Band. They are all exceptional musicians. They have many hit albums and songs, and some Grammy awards as well. They are a different sounding Band, and that's what makes them good.
Thanks
Lex is hilarious, I love her spirit, and I love how hard brad tries, more power to the both of you.😀
I love their reaction to music I’ve been listening to for 40+ years ! 👏👍😎
I love that Brad is wearing a “Genre Fluid” t-shirt as he struggles to classify perhaps the greatest & most musically diverse recording in all of prog rock (progressive rock), which took elements from rock, folk, funk, symphonic, operatic & many other genres of music. This is a fantastic reaction video.
The album is Fragile. The year is 1971. This is what you get when you mix Classical music with rock played by brilliant musicians at the top of their game. The genre is progressive rock. ‘Roundabout’ is the tip of the iceberg in their catalog of masterpieces. From 1968 until Chris Squire, the bass player, died in 2015. 47 years of the best played by the best.
Pick any tune from the Yes Album. Great great band.
Hadn't seen anybody address this point; Lex was asking about it sounding "like a piano but not a piano". The keyboardist was a man named Rick Wakeman, and he was a total and complete bad ass, and I mean BAD!!! He's playing piano, and Hammond Organ, and synthesizers often two at once, playing one with one hand and one with the other. These guys were the best of the best. They are the pinnacle of progressive rock from that era. And as you've seen, ignore trying to make sense of the lyrics. They are not there to make sense but to convey an instrument-like musicality to the vocals and to lend atmosphere. As always, Blessings from Texas!!
In the early Seventies my brother and I were ay Rose Bay campground just south of Daytona. We had our motorcycles in the back of my truck and were headed out to race our bikes that morning. We stopped at the bathhouse for him to make a "pit stop" and this song came over the radio in my truck. I'm always taken back to that beautiful early March morning in the beautiful Florida sunshine and countryside after the cold of Winter back home. I can't explain to anyone how much passion and wonder of those days in my twenties this song takes me back to. Wonderful, wonderful memories!
I'm actually jealous you guys are getting to hear this for the first time. Good for you! Yes choreography is intensely genius. The lyrics are actually two voice recordings overlaid on top of one-another. That's how his voice has that harmonious sound. The way it's all put together is a complexity of funk, classical, jazz, a little of everything brilliantly wrapped up in a bouquet.
ha! oh yeah, there's samba in there too! Love this track!
I loved the way in the beginning as soon as the bass player tickled the strings, Brad laughed and brightened right up! This song is their Masterpiece, just a gorgeous rocker with an incredible bassline!
Slap that fat bass!! Born in 1967. Grounded to my bedroom a lot when I was young. All I had was my clock radio. And music like this. So blessed! Great reactions !!
Next: "Yours is No Disgrace" an earlier masterpiece.
That would be a good one. There's a love video of them performing this song from like 1970.
You guys should react to…
Rush - La Villa Strangiato
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Yes!
This is a very complex song. You're spot on Lex
I want to recommend listening to King Crimson as well, especially their song '21st Century Schizoid Man' will make you go "where have I heard this riff before" all over again (spoiler alert: because Kanye sampled it), for a wholly different vibe of progressive rock, but King Crimson reactions do get blocked 100% of the time (their agency is vicious and doesn't know how the 21st century works, lol, that's more ironic than anything listed in the song 'Ironic' by Alanis Morissette), so you're better off listening to their music in private. But don't miss out, they are as important for what became heavy metal as Black Sabbath are.
Or does know exactly how the 21st century works and is telling people who steal other people intellectual property to fuck off
@@jeffbrochu6396 Discussing their work and making new fans along the way is theft? Mmkay, I'm sure that stance will do them lots of good.
Still remember exactly where I was when I first head 21st century schizoid man. Seeing the album cover then having a friend put it on his stereo. Blew me away.
Yes! King Crimson! And from all their songs, don't forget "Detachable Penis" just for fun... 😁
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6:33 Jon Anderson, the lead singer and Steve Howe, guitarist and backing vocalist wrote this song. Jon handled most of the lyrics. It was inspired by their long drives into Scotland when they were touring the U.K. ...."Yes lead singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe wrote this song near the end of a tour when they were traveling in Scotland. They were in the back of a van going from Aberdeen to Glasgow when the song came together. Awed by the scenery, Anderson came up with lyrics like "Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there," as the mountains would disappear into the clouds.
The band had been touring for about a month, and Anderson was looking forward to his imminent return to London, where he could once again see his wife at the time, Jennifer. The lyrics, "Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you" indicate that he is just 24 hours away from being with her again. He says "Roundabout" is a "happy song" and describes it as a "Scottish jig."
The lead singer, Jon Anderson, collaborated with Vangelis many times. His voice is incredibly high for a guy, and it is not falsetto!
This Psychedelics Rock! In 1976, I saw Yes, Peter Frampton, Gentle Giant, and Gary Wright perform at the Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California.
This song was on their Fragile album which came out in 1971 and was years ahead of its time. Keep in mind the Beatles had only been popular for 8 years prior to 1971. This song is 50 years old.
I remember the first time I tried to figure out the lyrics to this song. I gave up quickly and realized it really didn't matter, the song is awesome regardless. Just enjoy the groove. It's prog-rock at its finest.
"...Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there.." love that lyric! To me this song states that he will be her constant.. Her "roundabout" he will always return to her heart.. ❤️
Picture the mountain lake. Look up from the lake and those mountains are stark and real just like they jumped down at you. But no, they just stand there. He just captured that moment of your life.
This is prog rock, which had its heyday between 1969 and 1974. It may be the most ambitious genre of rock. Its luminaries were Yes, ELP (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), King Crimson, and Genesis (which later morphed into a very popular more conventional rock band). Today it primarily lives on as a sub-genre of metal, progressive metal, bands like Dream Theater and Ayreon. The closest you have come to it so far is probably Nightwish. (Actually Opeth, which is a progressive death metal band, because of the gruff vocals).
If you want other examples, Genesis' Cinema Show, King Crimson's Epitaph or 21st Century Schizoid Man, are good examples. So is Yes' And You and I or Heart of the Sunrise.
Yes lyrics never make sense to me. They often have a line that seems to fit the music perfectly at a given time. But progressive rock is not where you go for coherent lyrics. (Genesis is a bit better than the others because Peter Gabriel was often telling stories in the songs, but he constantly switched perspectives which could also make it hard to follow).
Yes it is Rock. A Genre known as Progressive Rock. Multiple instruments playing together like a symphony orchestra. With multiple movements and lyrics that use imagery as metaphor.
Brad you see how Lexy is moving to the music? She's in the groove of it. She's grooving out to the music. So when a song made you feel it the way Lexi does then they called it a groovy song
Sounds like an acid trip story during the weekend at a lake with other trippers.
Pregame music for every white kid in the 70 and 80s. Meaning this progressive rock, Yes/Rush/etc was the music we guys played the hours before every party. When it was just the guys getting their pregame going, once the girls came we usually always quickly switched the music to more popular stuff, but this music was a right of passage in just about every suburb in those days.
My BEST concert I ever went to!...Classic/Progressive Rock...1971
“Can you believe somebody is walking around on this planet with that in his head”. Hahaha....that is funny. I am 61 now and this was music in my schooldays.
Remember when this was new most of the time people were stoned while listening to this so we never tried to Analize this song we just enjoyed it.
The song is sort of a love song to Jon Anderson's wife. They had been touring when he wrote the lyrics. In England there are plenty of roundabouts, a circular traffic feature that allows one to drive without stop signs. He knew how many roundabouts were between his home and the airport, and he would count them on his way home, knowing each one took his closer. He said he had been missing his wife when he wrote the song, and it was about the anticipation of the drive home. He doesn't always try to make sense with the lyrics, but in a deep sense they always mean something from him.
Yes "Close To The Edge" is considered by many to be the greatest prog album ever, and considered by many to be the greatest album...period...and I agree. You should check it out next. Peace.
All of the great bands, Beatles, Floyd, Zep, Stones, The Who, Skynyrd, Genesis, Eagles, and Yes are Rock bands. They're all different and creating new ways to rock when everything was new. Everything today continues from what they took from Sister Rosetta Sharpe, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis.
Oh!
I always imagined Marlins coming out of the sky.
And standing there.
A roundabout is a traffic circle in England, but maybe not....but if he is a metaphorical roundabout, then....he would be in the middle and people would go around him and go off in different directions. Someone could circle him, connect, and then go off on a journey.....the singer understands he is in a bubble of existence with people coming and going, coming and going, while he is always here and now.
Yes - Going for the one. Lex might actually explode during this song. tons of energy, many levels. true craftsmanship. love the channel.
Everyone has the same reaction when they first hear Yes. I love it.
Yes was one of the first, maybe the first, to use synthesizers to get that sound. And they were some of the best musicians around.
Prog rock master piece! Brad; relax, listen, feel then analyze. Music is all about evocation. Leave the critical blather to the critiots! Enjoy the ride! Think about the fact that we didn't have video games ( for the most part) or other diversions you have today. That's why were are all so connected to this masterful expression! I want to see comments like "you guys rock." Love and Peace
Really liking your reactions and your other channel as well. The bass lines of this are otherworldly. Yes are a completely different vibe from what you've heard previously. You should delve deeper. It's called progressive or Prog rock, sometimes even art rock.
I haven’t heard this song in ages, but I used to love it. I get the feeling a guy and his girl are going camping, with all the beautiful mountains, they’ve done it for “10 true summers”, and pack up for 24 hours, then they get to be alone. It’s a roundabout of visiting nature.
Its one of those songs that the more you listen to it the more you like it, and you never get tired of it even on the 100th time(I know)
This is '70's classic rock. If you'll notice a lot of the '70's music uses that "Organ" sound that you hear.
Try listening to Peter Frampton's "Do you feel like we do?", Sugar Loaf's "Green eyed lady", and the such.
when these songs were being played, we didn't attempt to analyze them, we just enjoyed them and chilled out or danced to the music. "Wanna take You Higher" was the goal
Just imagine if the rumored supergroup (XYZ) actually formed in the 80's, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin with Chris Squire & Alan White from Yes. That lineup would've produced some tasty licks for sure.
Rick Wakeman he is named the best tecladist of the all the times by all music experts.
Roundabout to me is a collection of observations and thoughts and statements as a day is unfolding.
I've got great summertime memories to this song.
You're both right...it is a magical complex mix poetry and music, a piece of art. I always imagined it as a journey by a sailor on his way home to his love, as he describes what he senses along the way. "Mountains come out of the sky and stand there" paints a picture of mountains so majestic that they seemingly are hanging from the sky, the eagle sees the rim of the land, and in 24 hours "I'll be there." Poetry, like music, paints a picture in your head...YES, they are masters at producing sounds that make you feel as though you'e going on a journey, a type of quest. That's progressive rock, it's ELP: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, King Crimson...it is Knights of the Roundtable meets Shakespeare. Oh YES, you both got it.
Try "Heart of the Sunrise" from the same album, it is both epic and a wonderous journey "how can I with the wind all around me, I feel lost in the city" that's more YES.
Pioneers of progressive rock. Lex your reactions are the best. It looks your always happy so cool. Alsocheck some videos of live music. Zeppelin with Jimmy Page guitar solo with a violin bow during Dazed and Confused is great place to start. Rush also because of Neil Peart and that amazing drum kit
'Talking about music is like dancing about architecture'.
Laurie Anderson
I understand why we need labels for “playlists “ but some music is just plain “good” regardless of ways to describe it. It’s made to listen to by folks with the capacity to appreciate it.
Wht i love about music in this time period was everything you hear was played on somebody's hands/fingers, not a computer. All those beautifil keyboard arpeggios had to be played by hand by Rick Wakeman, not programmed into computer software. Very impressive.
Geddy Lee's hero Chris Squire on bass. Rush loved Yes and if you listen closely you can hear so many similarities.
Tripping in the great outdoors!
You should do one on the Yes cover of America written and sung by Simon and Garfunkel, amazing.
Roundabout led me to buy the album 'Fragile,' and it's as good today as the day in 1971 that I bought it
Progressive Rock!
LOVE IT
Curious if Lex listened to this again a few times. It needs to be listened to a few times as you appreciate the complexity of the genius piece of music.
lol, it's pretty funny to listen to people that really have no music education describe YES, but I'll give them credit, this IS kind of a love song, even though I've never thought of it that way. They wrote the song while touring around, seeing the country side, and anticipating being back home with family and loved ones.
I was hooked on the opening when I first heard it.
And there are thousands of us walking around playing this in our head….or iPhone
I just have to say don’t try and figure yes out. The singer chooses how words sound together rather than make sense. They are the best friggin band ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
seeing the area, mountains and lake as he's coming in after 10 yrs away, then 24 hours to get to her once landing
Yes are one of Rush's heroes. Chris Squire is one of the greatest out-front style bassists EVER. He is what makes you feel the groove and the funk. Masterful!
The groove is in the heart
Another one of my Dad's favorites! You guys rock
Probably the most creative album ever made.
The bass in this song kills!!!
My fav song of all time . All the band are fabulous musicians and my personal fav is the late Chris Squires who could almost make that bass of his talk 👍🏴
Welcome to the wonderful world of 70ies prog rock
yes reminds me a lot of tool in their transitions and playing style, wouldnt be surprised one bit if they listened to them when they were young.
Brad and Lex: Mind Blown. lol. Yes, is a awesome progressive rock group. Long tracks that are hard to figure out, but fun.
Instruments played like a piano....haha you're sooo funny X'D
Classic rock!!! Same era as Zeppelin and all the cool rock that came out at that time.
The bass player Chris Squire was a Genius
This is 70s Classic Progessuve Rock &!Roll.
Carnival ride "roundabout" would be how I would describe the experience.
Spinning one direction in the beginning slow in the middle then back the other way till end.
Fragile Is My All time Favorite Album.Regardless Of Genre ✨️
12:47 Jon Anderson one described his lyric writing as word painting, painting with words as it were and oft times the meaning didn't have to have any special significance as long as it sounded good and flowed with the song.
A "roundabout" is a traffic circle. This song was inspired by a road-trip the band took in which they encountered dozens of traffic circles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_(song)
This is how it was ,how it is and how it should always be.
Chris Squires' bass was more than just an accompanying instrument. It was a lead all its own. That's the way he liked it. He is missed.
So true. His bass lines were sheer genius.
Dude was an absolute beast.
RIP Chris
Lex reacted to this song like she just got an awesome present but doesn't quite understand how it works yet.
this made me laugh in that you see the world interestingly as well.
This is one of the best comments ever. It's a brilliant analogy.
@@dmCurator Thank you so much. I'm very humbled. Very much appreciated.
@@jamesanthony5257 - I don't know how you did it, but you might have just won this round.🤣🤣🤣
@@JoeBlow_4 - Same here... on both counts. :))
This has one of the sickest bass lines of all time.
Trevor Rabin on the Rickenbacker Bass
I was thinking the exact same thing. I still remember when Chris Squire died in 2015, it was a really bad day.
It's stupid good. You can't even play "air bass" to it.
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… not in 1970 when this was recorded. Squire was unbelievable.
For real
"I have no words for this. This is new to me"
That is exactly the reaction that a Prog Rocker lives for.
How we all felt the first time we heard this. If you enjoyed this, I encourage you all to listen to some more. Great library of tunes. Band members changed a lot over the decades. But they always stayed true to creative and illustrative lyrics and challenging, yet melodic tunes with amazing transitions between movements or parts within the song. You nailed that Lex. it really is multiple songs in one, almost like a play where there are multiple scenes and two acts. Yes lives in this mode of music making. You really just have to prepare yourself mentally ahead of time that you're about to go on a fantastic journey of the mind just about every time you put on a Yes song for a listen.
Thanks. I searched for words, you nailed it. Prog Rock opens your mind for the complex beautie of the real world in an artistic musically way.
4 words..." Close to the Edge." A true majestic masterpiece.
Yes! Close to the edge!
I second that!!!👍👍👍
Please enjoy with an extra dose of mushrooms.
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Go with Gates of Delirium. Lol
That would be way too much for these two. Brad definitely couldn't take it. I don't think Alex would like it.
"Can you believe someone is walking around this planet with that in their head?" You won the internet with that.
With a little 8 way windopayne lsd! Boy……
Lex is the bomb. She is hearing and feeling every twist and turn in this complex classic. Brad seems to be a bit more "WTF"!? :)
Lex >feels< it. Brad tries to 'understand' it.
The best way to enjoy early YES is to just enjoy them as musical landscapes.
Amazed that someone might be walking around with all that in their head! One of the coolest “reaction” statements I’ve heard yet. You’ve got it, girl.
Just imagine Handel, and his composing "Messiah", every single instrument and vocal part in less than 2 weeks, all if it coming from his "head".
this music was a definite collective effort between master musicians, feeding off each other’s ideas.
it’s a miracle that it is a mainstay on radio despite all its complexities.