I saw 'em at Red Rocks in a wind storm w/ the old band and they were absolutely magical. Have you heard 'Going For The One'? So many GREAT tunes from YES. Thanks for all you do Jamel, oh and I love my son's 'Just be.....'shirt.
My Yes fave is “I Seen All Good People/Your Move” for the mood change, tempo changes, and transition from one part of the song to the other. Great musicianship and picture language.
I love this dude. I never ever say that. Not about celebrities and not about RU-vid channels. But from day one this guy had me. He’s just good people. Spreads love. And this. This was adorable. Love this.
U have noooo idea how it makes this 63 yr old man feel knowing that a song of my youth from one of MY all time Favorite Bands can transcend Generations and Cultures to have this kind of Impact on YOU aka Jamal ! thankyou for making my DAY !!!
64 chimin' in here. My sentiments exactly. What great memories come with it. I saw Yes live in Sydney Aus. at the State Theater in 2014. What a gas! Fantastic! They are back in Sydney Nov. 2021 - 2022. So they are still touring. Check their schedule for your country. You might get lucky!
Dude, this makes me SO happy Jamel. Close To The Edge was the song that solidified my love for prog rock and showed me what was possible if you threw away all of your preconceived notions about what rock is or should be. I absolutely cannot wait to watch the video!
The thing about great art is that it grows with you throughout your life and keeps revealing. This song has accompanied me for nearly 50.years and it still does the business
I saw Alan Parsons and, Yes in Reno many years ago. It was a Bose sound system. Great sound. To see my produceur grande supreme, Mr. Alan Parsons, was a great achievement personal achievement. I will go to my grave in peace
Jamel is so real and cadid and natural, that when he looks into the camera like that and asks a question, ive caught myself nodding or saying yes, answering him. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
in 1976 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, along with about 100,000 other folks, I saw YES perform as the headline act of an all day concert with Peter Frampton and a couple of other bands. One of my favorite concerts ever.
@@mandanglelow1442 I guess I say they're underrated because they're always overlooked. Everyone knows owner of a lonely heart, and that's it. They have so many incredible songs.
@@mandanglelow1442 They are absolutely underrated. I listened to a ton of "classic rock" radio growing up in the 90s and would only ever hear Yes rarely. It was always either Owner of a Lonely Heart, Roundabout or Seen All Good People - the last 2 usually only the radio edits that severely undercut the brilliance of each. I was a Zeppelin and Floyd fanatic at 15, but it took another 20 years to discover the brilliance of the Yes catalog (mostly thanks to RU-vid). They should be in the "greatest bands of all time" discussion along with the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Queen, or anyone else, but they basically never are. Even my brothers born in the 60s only know the radio hits, nothing of Close to the Edge, Relayer, Tales, or GFTO. A travesty. It seems is the price a band must pay for not making radio friendly music.
That part with the big church organ makes you feel like you are having a religious and divine experience, parts of prog rock gets one in that way like no other genres do.
I played that song at work the other day, I said to my boss, I couldn't believe he played the whole song. I think I drove a lot of people crazy, I got them back for playing rap all day.
For me it was a tie between this and ELP Tarkus I discovered around the same time buying old records at flea markets. I was maybe 6 or 7 and hooked on prog for life.
@@docion8074 Know what you mean. I love both Yes and ELP and have since the 70's. I saw Yes live three times, and, each time I went right down the front to the stage. I just had to get close to them. My biggest musical regret is not seeing ELP live.
We saw them in Chicago in the early 2000s, was like listening to the records they were so spot on. Jon's voice hadn't lost anything. Wakeman was with them. Great concert.
@@terrygarcia897 Sorry to say, but "The King" ROYALLY Failed! on that song. Hail to the NEW King - Bobby! - just my opinion. Thankfully, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It would be pretty boring if everyone like the same songs and/or artists. I love, enjoy, and respect diversity!
Jamel, you have made so many people happy about this; your reaction has reverberated through to the very core of those of us who heard and cherished this opus from the moment we first bought it on vinyl; you have verified and stoked the fires this guy has had held for Close for almost 50 years!!!! You are an absolute gift!
I gave up my mission of turning on as many people as I could to "Yes" back in the 70's and early 80's. I wanted everyone too feel what I felt listening to this band. I wanted them to join me on that "other" level. Had some success but not as much as I wished. Along came the internet as it does the work for me now. I just sit back and smile.
There are two more songs from Yes, that are this length and also masterpieces. They are "Gates of Delirium" (about going to war) from the Relayer album, and "The Ritual" from Topographic Oceans. They will also blow you away. Also, "Firth of Fifth" by Genesis is in this caliber. Enjoy.
"Close To the Edge" is my favorite Yes track. You realize the genius early on when it starts off sounding like an unrehearsed cacophony and then the vocals abruptly come in with that first "Ahhhh". You quickly realize they know EXACTLY what they're doing and the song is an epic musical journey that you'll never forget!
THE GREATEST BAND PERIOD! EVERYONE IN THAT BAND ARE THE BEST! GREATEST CLASSIC TRAIN GUITARIST PERIOD, BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER AND THE BADDEST BASSIST IN THE WHOLE FREAKEN WORLD!! EVERY SONG WAS A MASTER PIECE , ALL SONGS CREATED LIKE A SYMPHONY! AND WAS VERY POSITIVE!!!
Yes " Songs " is an amazing 3-record set with most of their best songs, live in concert! " "Roundabout" takes up almost an entire record side. Yes ROCKED!
Everybody knows that close to the edge is an iconic song, but I thought I was the only one who had it as one of the best songs ever recorded. Fortunately other people recognize it's greatness too.
Aha.....Yes, "Close to the Edge".....I suspected you were a total electric guitar nut. Yes is pinnacle of the 'psychcedelic-electric-concerto-masterpiece-album-sides' genre. Very hi-fi stuff. The listener can go trippin' without drugs. Yes is a drug. Headphones become interstellar transport.
I remember seeing Yes when it was just an opening band at a concert in the 70’s and I can’t even recall you they opened for. I just know that night everyone was talking about Yes. They were so good!
@@dberg666 Two million people barely satisfy Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late The eyes of honesty can achieve How many millions do we deceive each day?
@@NYprog In charge of who is there in charge of me Do I look on blindly and say I see the way? The truth is written all along the page How old will I be before I come of age for you?
I have been an enormous early Yes fan since I was a kid! This timeless music is even more beautiful now when I read the lyrics and hear Jon Anderson's voice in my head singing them! Thank you Jamel and everyone for being my time machine!!
Yo! Only it was pot not acid for me (although lcan't say l haven't tried acid , tho while at a Genesis concert in the 70's). Anyway the Yes concert l saw was at Ohio University in Athens Ohio in the mid 70's😉✌
I’ve been sitting on some acid and planned on taking this week. You just convinced me to throw Yes into the rotation. Any album recommendations for lsd
@@sf9595 I meant from Yes, but I’ll check that out too! I’m no stranger to L, but it’s been a few years, and the stars aligned with my parents taking the kiddo for a couple days AND a week off work, so I figured it’s time to fuck around. Maybe it will “feel like a stranger” hehehehe
With my first job at a Steak and Ale restaurant I bought myself an exspensive stereo system and a zero tracking turn table. I bought this album on vinyl and brother let me tell you what STUNNING !!!! I saw YES in 1978 in the round carousel stage and just amazing. No computer voice manipulation and analog sound system and to me much better than today's garbage !!!
If you have insomnia count up the bands\songs you love the most and try and make a top 5, then 10 and so on. Almost impossible as one musical memory triggers another, you had forgotten...which reminds you of yet more. In mine The Beatles have their own, separate list.
You need to get a physical copy of Abbey Road on vinyl start with You Only Give Me Your Money and play it until the record runs out. That 15 minute medley of pieced together until the end is a masterpiece too. The whole album is great but even if you start side 2 from the beginning and play it through to the end it's fantastic!
Being a child of the 80's Owner Of A Lonely Heart was my introduction to YES. I fell in love with that song and its inspired me too listen to their back catalog which lead me too love YES as a group.
I LOVE IT, JAMEL! I definitely do NOT disagree! I found Yes on Christmas Day 1983 when my parents gave me a new Deluxe Fisher Jam Box and Yes' "Close to the Edge" and "The Yes Album" on cassette. I had, by total chance, looked through my brother's 25+ MILK CRATES of vinyl he had stored at our house (I was 14, he was a DJ), and found "CTTE". The ONLY reason I even took a chance on it was because I saw pictures of the band on the back, and there was a drummer named Bill Bruford who featured heavily in "Modern Drummer" and their "Simmons" Electronic Drum Ads. I HATED electronic drums, so I thought I'd see just how great Bill Bruford was back in the early 70's. Well, my mind was totally blown open. My young drumming career was monumentally advanced, and my musicality started a period of growth which has never ceased. I was literally consumed by the first ELEVEN Yes albums over the next four years, breaking them down with sheet music, learning every nook and cranny of most every song. Bill Bruford became my main drumming influence, and guitarist Steve Howe became my ideal guitarist, and still is. As Alan White came in on drums, he provided a new angle on Yes music that also was a big influence. ALL of the rotation of the members of Yes included fantastic musicians. Even in 1980, the final "classic" Yes album "Drama" and its lineup brought a whole new incorporation of new ideas and influence, and should be respected by any true Yes fan. The "90125" and forward era of Yes is for another discussion. I didn't come off my "CTTE" high for at least a year or more. When I did, it was due to hearing the song "The Gates of Delirium" off the album "Relayer" from 1974. Different drummer and keyboardist (Alan White/Patrick Moraz), but didn't matter - it is 21:54 of AWESOME. I'm happy for you to have made this discovery. There's a lot more out there! There's even some greatness on "Tormato" (and also some "???WTF???...it was the late 70's). Keep going!
Back in the 70's, I saw Yes more times in concert than any other band because they were the BEST band in concert. They are/were ALL brilliant, and their concerts were just unmatched.
Great music knows no generation . It transcends time,space ,everything. Good ear my friend. You know I told my wife if they ever invent a time machine I'm hauling ass back to the 70s . Not to be young again ,just simply for the music. Good times ,real friends and in my humble opinion the best decade for music ever on gods green planet. Thank you for keeping great music alive.
I’ve seen Yes live 3 times and they played this song all three times. If you liked the studio version, you should check out a live version. Yes concerts were mind blowing.
I got to see them live at Richfield Coliseum April 29th 1991. Still have tix stub. Funny story, my BF was supposed to go with me, that date was her birthday. She called me up the day of the concert and cancelled--found out she's having twins! Anyway, I went to the bar I used to hang in and brother of mine (RIP Nick), was sitting there. Asked him what he had planned for the night...when he said nothing--I shoved the tix under his nose and said let's go! This was 1 1/2 hrs before the concert was to start and the venue was about the same. He ran home and showered, then we left. Yes was his favorite band. I am happy to share this memory with him as he sadly passed away a few years later of suicide. So happy to have given him a happy moment in his life.
So sorry for your loss! 🙏 I'm so jealous that you saw them in concert I would have loved to have been there but then again, I was so young I guess I wouldn't have remembered...still cuts deep! 😭 I'm not trying to sound preachy but I think God put the two of you together that night in the same place at the same time. I'm happy you have that memory because it really does sound much like divine intervention, you were given a memory to cherish that only the two of you shared and that you can carry with you until you see each other again...RIP! 💙👼💙
It gives me immense joy to see someone your age get turned on to the music that changed my life when I first heard it back when it originally came out. Keep it up. I love watching your channel!
Yes is underrated! I feel like I'm always trying to "sell" them to people. But they don't want to put the time in to listen to the entire work, you know? I'm with you,sir! Can't wait to see the reaction!
Summer 1970 El Paso Civic Center, El Paso, Tx. I was leaning on the stage for an epic Yes Concert. I was 19 yrs. old. I have seen them all! Can die with a smile!
i grew up and have been to a few yes conserts they are note perfect when live, "soon" is garenteed to bring a tear to your eye sir! yes! fantastic group of music wizards!! 👍
CTTE is the single greatest prog-rock song ever done (Gates of Delirium is a VERY close second). To see Yes do it live was one of the most amazing concert experiences of my life. Good beyond imagination. Jamel, I'm so glad it hit you the same way.
The beautiful thing is that this song may be your (or my) number one today, but tomorrow or next week you'll find another song to love, and it takes nothing away from the first song; you'll have TWO songs to love, then three and four ... Let's all keep searching for new songs to love!
Yes! I love the music I grew up loving, and keep finding more. It bugs me when people my age (50s) say that all new music/bands suck. That’s just not true. There are hundreds of good rock bands that are new-ish, and talented. Some I like: Cleopatrick, Highly Suspect, Halestorm (not new, but underplayed on radio, and one of the best live bands I’ve heard in concert), Royal Blood, Badflower, Fencer, Ghost (if you can get past the cheese of their image). There are more; one just needs to look for recommendations on videos one already likes. Rock music will always be here. It’s not going away just because hip hop is pushed on us by the media. ETA: Red Sun Rising, Aaron Buchanan and the Cult Classics, Heaven’s Basement (another defunct Aaron Buchanan band worth listening to; both of these Aaron Buchanan bands broke up).
Found this channel a couple months ago, just by chance, probably looking up some classic rock song. I'm hooked. Lov'n your style. I'm skeptical of most youtubers but you seem so genuine, I believe you, and anyone who hears this song for the first time in 2021 and declares it their #1 song, man, that's all right. Much love from a 70's girl way up north in Canada. Keep on truckin' 🥰 That last bit was a joke...we used to say it a lot in the 70's, lol.
Def one of the greatest epic rock pieces ever conceived. Another contender: Genesis "Supper's Ready" this is the 'other' prog rock masterpiece from the same year.
Songs back in the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s with some in the early 2000s are some of the finest classic music my ears have ever listened to. They don't make those type of music anymore. Very very rare, you'll hear the latest bands today compose and create that type of genius if ever by today's generations.
The 70s songs were and are still soooo gooood This is another one from 1972 Most songs that get the most views that reactors do are from the 70s DONT BEIEVE me check for your self Jamels 2 biggest are 70s songs Black Betty and The Wreck of the Edmonds Fitzgerald . are just 2 70s songs with many more
I've shared Close to the Edge with young men in their late teens and early 20's to showcase the difference between the music of my youth and theirs. They couldn't get over the sheer musicality, the complexity, the concept of a 18:00+ song being able to hold one's attention. Like you, Jamel, I consider this a masterpiece never to be duplicated or covered. I had the privilege of seeing Yes perform this piece in 1979 in Denver. It left my jaw open. They also performed the Gates of Delirium that night. It was the most unforgettable night of music in my life.
I've been a Yes fan for over 45 years and brother you just made my day! Close to the Edge was the very first Yes song I had listened too. And I can't agree more that Close to the Edge is the best song I have ever listened too also. They have many great songs but Close to the Edge is the greatest of them all!
I guess we are the "senior citizens" of the bunch Marc. I have been listening to Yes for 52 years. Right out of the gate when I wore a much younger man's shoes. They have always been at the top in my world, alongside The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
"Close to the edge" by Yes is a very good choice as your top song without question. I've known this album since the day it came out and I've had the pleasure of seeing Yes live, back in the day. Opinions may vary but it is an epic musical piece as opposed to a "song." This piece of Music has several sections, which is a hallmark of many composed pieces of the classical period and considering the talent of the band, I believe this was their conception to begin with. For an album with only three pieces on it, it smokes from the second the needle drops in the record groove. There I go dating myself again. I still own the record. Best.
Iv'e seen Yes live also and it's easily on my top 10 lists of all time. All the live bands I've seen, Yes was amazing live. I always talk about my 1 top 10 albums if I was stuck on a deserted island with a great friend of mine. Close to The Edge is one of them.
I was 18 when it came out and remember putting on the headphones and listening over and over again to let it sink in...... a true prog masterpiece ahead of Rush and all the other bands that would follow. I remember Geddy Lee inducting YES into the hall of fame saying that they waited on line overnight to get tickets to see YES. This song has always defined the genre and to me always will.
Jamel, I bought this album as a freshmen in high school right after it was released. It has been a part of my life for close to 50 years. Watching your reaction video brought back so many memories filled with smiles and tears. So happy to know other generations appreciate the music of both my youth and rest of my life. Thank you sir!
I was in college when YES played in Pgh. at the Civic Arena. My girlfriend and I decide to hitchhike to see them from IUP - had no tickets but decided to go anyway. Got in. Tickets were around $7. The show was beyond amazing. And to top it off, to anyone familiar with the Arena they decided to open it up. This mushroom cloud of smoke rose to the night sky. Magic. Ah, YES.
I remember that as soon as the lights went down at a concert, all you'd see is the flames from thousands of lighters simultaneously lighting joints. Good times.
How is this the first comment I saw and read? I grew up in West Mifflin .....and the opening of the dome was always magical! Still cannot believe it and 3 Rivers are relinquished to history.....I am officially a relic.😂
Saw them live over 6 times in the round at Madison Square Garden...mind-blowing !!!!! I heart Star Ship Trooper all for the Chris Squires bass solo and ending...
Close to the Edge really captures the essence of Yes. Glad you are loving Yes music. I turned 16 a week after the release of the album. It was a glorious time for music.
Best trip I had, "Close To The Edge" was the soundtrack to my comedown. I've never forgotten the feeling of peace and relief I felt that day while listening to that album.
I grew up listening to yes a child hood friends uncle was a drummer the first time I heard the yes fragile albulm1i was blown away I was 13 Rick wakeman and john Anderson's Christmas squire put out or produce d s sound like no other i saw the yes song live movie at the midnight movie at the Broadway theater in san antonio TX. After that's collected there album and a majority was in 8 track .I'm 58 now and I still play the albums .seen all good people . Yes members are those people . Definitely in my top 5 bands of all times . John anderson did a show here in san antonio at the majestic theater with high school students who were in the orchestra these students had to be honored to play with and perform the music for him . This is the passing of the torch to a younger generation to expand there horizons in the musical world
I never would have taken you for a prog rock fan! I spent many a late night in my friends' apartment smoking weed and listening to this song back in the early 70's. Brings back memories. Well done sir!
