Drummer reacts to "Order of the Universe" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe 

They sure are My friend! And especially when we get the rare "ABWHturday" lol

agree, great way to start the weekend!

Can't wait to finally hear "Big Generator" after all this time. People were talking about it on the roundabout video (which was my first yes track I think 😅)

Im glad these resonate with yall as deeply as they resonate with me. I feel their music in the deepest recesses of my mind and soul lol

Wasn't Union the next album and tbat was back with Squire? Seems like it was heading back to the Yes sound and cover art before the zip code albulm, 90218 or whatever

@@jimwilcox2964 Yeah, the next one was _Union,_ or _Onion_ as Rick Wakeman like to say, because it made him cry to hear it! ABWH combined with Yes West for one album only and did a huge tour.

I see why this is so highly ranked by you, my friend. This opened my mind up like the Yes classics. It just has a different coat of paint :) I loved it

I would be interested in reading that too by the way. If I had the time I totally would lol

I’d like to read it too. Not subscribed to Substack though.

@@glenndespres5317 You don't need to be subscribed. I don't charge a fee for it.

The story is called "Two Sentences". It's based on a true story about something that happened to me when I was 22. The two best friends of a kid I worked with that summer were killed in a car accident. The kid I worked with was suppose to be in the car, but had to cancel their trip. He tried to talk to me about it a couple of days later but I couldn't find the right thing to say to him. Two years later, he's killed in almost the same manner at the age of 20. However, I thought he committed suicide --- survivor's guilt. I only learned about the truth two years ago. It always bugged me that I couldn't find the right thing to say, and I promised myself that if I ever had the chance to meet his parents, I'd tell them about the work he did that summer and two years ago I got the chance. I spoke to his dad, his sister and the guy who was with him when he was killed (I dated a classmate of his at one time --- small world). The chapters take about 5-10 minutes to read...they're all named after classic rock songs...including another ABWH song called "The Meeting". Here is the link. firebird7479.substack.com/s/two-sentences

Yeah it was the fad at the time it seems. It's a nostalgic kind of sound for me but I totally get it If someone doesn't like it lol it's definitely an early 90s late 80s feel

*passes tin foil* hello brother.

I'm glad you enjoyed it!! I had a blast with this. And I was definitely baked recording this so it made a thousand times more deep in the recap 🤪🤣🤣

I agree. I think there are a limitless amount of "threads" we'll call them that are stacked on each other basically but it's all about what frequency your vibrating at to experience each "thread" we can slip in and out of different variations of variations of our own intrinsic perspective that continues on until the eventual death of the universe. And then we start this whole thing again from the top! Forever. Well, forever to us. Sorry this is just crude language trying to describe the divine. It in no way really encapsulates what I feel is going on. It's almost like the words have been blocked in our heads from being spoken

@@L33Reacts the threads you speak of sound like sine waves. and yeah, it's hard to describe the ineffable. honestly, I don't think we're designed to comprehend the limitless divine. like mercury, it's elusive.

No, but you can add a side for 3.99