Why do you do this to me, my friend? Me and my best mate had just passed our Driving Tests in London and driving on a 1,000 mile round trip in 1981 to Scotland for a 2 week holiday and playing this Album very loudly as we drove through the Scottish mountainside and that was 40 years ago now and where has it gone, my friend ? :)
@@babylonsister118 I don't know if Bruford is the best drummer, but he is certainly my favorite prog rock drummer. King Crimson was the best thing to happen to him
I saw them four times in the 70's and 80's. There is nothing to compare with this band. They invented their own genre of music. Every concert was magnificent.
Same here. Saw them at Madison Square Garden for this Album. So long ago yet seems just like yesterday. Since then I was hooked into trying to see them every time they came to town. Last time I saw them at the Garden with the original line up they were using the rotating circular stage for the Tormato tour. Then again for the Drama album but with the new line up. Took my nephew (12 at the time) to his first concert in 1998 at the Jones Beach Amphitheater for the Open Your Eyes tour. He was hooked on Yes too since. Last time I saw them was for the Yessymphonic Tour at Radio City Music Hall September 8, 2001. The Magnification album was just about to be released and they played songs from it with full orchestra behind them on stage. Awesome show. Unfortunately, that was 3 days before 9/11 happened.
Your comment makes me miss good friends, shrooms, and the Milky Way on a November night, lying in a field covered in quilts. This playing on repeat, through the window. New record player feature! Thank you! ❤️
I was sitting in the audience when Anderson and Wakeman did an acoustic version of this song. They did a tour together, just the two of them. So this being my favourite song of any band , I just closed my eyes the whole time.
Yeps. I really like that about Yes, Rush, and other prog bands (I particularly love longer well composed pieces like Yes's _The Ancient,_ or Rush's _Hemispheres)._ Yes in particular often compose songs similar to how classical composers create music with many movements, but they do it with a lot more improvisational elements.
I was about 14 when I bought this album in'72 and my older brother Marvin loved "And you & I", it was his favorite YES song. He died in a plane crash in 1979. I dedicate Jamel's reaction to "And you & I" to my brother's memory.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music every written. To this day I think it has the best intro I have every heard... and I have heard A LOT of intros haha.
Saw YES many times Seattle area... but during this song (in the '76 show), there was a blue sky with clouds in the background going across the stage and it was incredibly beautiful. One o' my fave shows. ;-)
You got it. With Yes, it's about the journey. They take you on a mind trip using your imagination. The lyrics are just another tool in the artist's bag. There is some meaning in the lyrics but it really is about painting a picture with the words and allowing your imagination, as the listener, to be transported into this world they've created. It's a great way to relax after a stressful day. They were masters at setting a mood and then moving the listener along a journey through their lyrics and musical arrangements. Then there are times when it's fun to try to pick apart the lyrics and try to guess at what they're writing about. A lot of nature references, mountains, skies, sun, moon, oceans, forests, animals, birds, etc. I've found their music to be really restful and peaceful when I close my eyes and just soak it in.
Jamal, I don't think I've ever been so entertained watching someone else experience music. This song has been a part of my life since I was a teenager. There are many classic rock songs that I don't ever need to hear again, due to being played too many times on radio. I don't know how, but this song NEVER gets old. Thanks for your insightful observations and reactions.
Yes are simply amazing. The creative minds that must have been at work to come up with their music and lyrics is something out of this world. They are stunning!
How is it possible that after 40 years I'm still in love with this song ? There are 8 ways I've found to list to this song & CTTE. Listen as a whole & let it flow over you, Listen & follow each of the 5 musicians separately, Listen and analyze the symbolic poetry of Jon's lyrics, and Listen while enjoying the interaction of 2 of the musucians.
always make me cry. I had an epiphany decades ago watching this live. It seemed to me that the reason I loved this song so much was that it was part of my past many thousands of years ago. It made me remember a feeling, like no other song ever has.
Love this.. So glad you did as well.. Funny, when I hear this, my mind adds in all the little crackles and pops that accumulated on my vinyl (from ohh so many years ago)..
When 5 musical geniuses realized how good they could be together this is what happens. Next year will be 50 years following Yes,and I thank God for every one on my journey.
Whatever Jon's lyrics describe, it comes round to hope, and joy, and love. Even after the Gates Of Delirium it's Soon The Light. The Light is Greater than the Darkness. Yessongs is Spectacular.
At that time in the 70's Yes were in their own class of music. Way up in orbit. Yes were amazing, what they could do with music and sound to paint a complete soundscape. This music has been part of me for 50 years.
I have been listening to Yes since 1971. They remain my favorite band, fifty years later. It has always been about the experience of their music, best enjoyed alone and still in a dark room with no other sensory distractions. RIP Chris
Jon Anderson has said that he chose words for lyrics based more on their sound & rhythm than their definition. SO don't try to make too much sense or look for deep messages -- Yes is all about the acoustic journey, with virtuosos as guides.
I think he channeled his lyrics. So there is maybe more feeling than meaning within them, yet they still tell a story that maybe sometimes is just not so easily understood. One might also see them as more easily applicable to ones own journey. A lot of lyricists (and artists, authors, etc) like to purposefully leave room for applicability. J.R.R Tolkien had a lot to say about his books not being allegorical, claiming he was wary of allegory and it's short comings.
"Now the verses I've sang don't add much weight to the story in my head so I'm thinking I should go and write a punchline. But they're so hard to find in my cosmic mind, so I think I'll take a look out of the window." -"Going For The One" When I first heard these lines, 1977, I thought, hey, I can understand that!!
This song always brings me to near tears. It is hauntingly beautiful and Jon Anderson's voice is so evocative. The complex interweaving of the song is like hearing a silk gown being created one thread at a time.
My man Jamal, I'm 67 and you give me hope for the future. I love what you do and who you are-- a beacon in the night for all humanity. Stay strong brother, we need you.
Because of you I’ve heard Yes for the first time in sooooo long, I want to say a decade at least. It used to get radio play when I was much younger but it never does where I live anymore and I forgot how stunningly beautiful their music is. I was on that journey with you, you’re a very special human, bringing music and joy into my (our) lives! Thank you so much💜🎶💜🎼💜🎵💜
Wow! That's a musical journey. The various interludes are brilliant. It's like all of their instruments get a chance. And Jon Anderson's vocals are unique!
I saw Jon Anderson in a very small supper club in NYC. Our table was against the stage.. The next table over.. Who else? To your surprise his wife Jane. He dedicated this song to her. It was Magic..So Beautiful❤️ That night was heaven..closest I never got to him. Jamel are you aware this is progressive rock and that's why it has it's transitions. The instrumentals..the changes in they music. Like Rush.. Pink Floyd.. Genesis.. King Crimson.. Moody Blues etc.
So glad you finally discovered this track! It is one of my All Time Favorite Yessongs! It doesn't do it justice to call it a song as it is an epic composition and works flawlessly and fluently through the musical changes and lyrical storytellings. The acoustic segments are amazing as are the contrasting keyboards. I literally get goose bumps! Awesome!!!
This magnificent piece of music along with hundreds of others , has been floating in cyberspace around your head your whole life . You had only to reach out to discover it .
...... When man and instrument, are in perfect harmony, when those men come together in the same room and just let It go, you get this wonderious sound!! Hoorah Chris ( RIP) The only bass player to have a Volume setting that read 9,↗️10 ↗️11,↗️12,↗️ Squire!!
Steve Howe has always been my guitar hero. Every member of that band was a virtuoso in talent and so vastly underappreciated throughout their career. It's a shame but thank God they left us with this legacy.
That look, at 5:01… that’s the look when the music opens up and you just kind of fall into it. That’s a powerful feeling. I love watching these videos and remembering those little nuances about hearing these songs for the first time - a very, very, very, very long time ago.
That is why it is said -To really be able to absorb all of Yes you need to listen to their songs at least 3 times before you can absorb it all together!❤️ Best Progressive Band Ever!
For all the great songs from yes for some reason this one's my favorite! Back in the early 80s my Young daughter my wife and I would go up into the White Mountains of eastern Arizona. I brought along a small Boombox and the album close to the edge and would play this song up in a mountain Meadow somewhere and back then in Eastern Arizona in the mountains there wouldn't be anybody for ten miles in any direction and I remember my daughter picking wildflowers in a mountain Meadow with butterflies dancing in what seemed like slow motion all around us! It was truly magical and just a wonderful memory! Yes and Pink Floyd went with me and my family on all my trips to those mountains!! It was like we were truly in heaven for a little while!
Jon Anderson DID say that this was his definitive love song. This song to me is about the innocence and simplicity of love and companionship, even when surrounded by the seemingly infinite..and even when caught up in the knotted completies of human life and society. All of which fall away, leaving just you and I.. "There'll be no mutant enemy we shall certify, political ends as sad remains will die, reach out as forward taste begins to enter you.." -I love the very last line: "And You and I called over valleys of endless seas" It seems to say that we are not bound by time or distance.. beautiful..
Way before the "prog rock' label was around, Yes was considered "classical rock" because of the complexities and similarity to Classical music. I've been a fan since "72! Seasons have passed me by. I get up, I get down. I get up. ☮❤🎸🎶
Jon Anderson said, when asked about the meaning of his lyrics, that he didn’t write lyrics for their meaning, but for the way words sounded…which helps one understand and fully appreciate their music.
Hooray!! You finally reacted to one of my favorite Yes songs!! Really happy that you listened thru the whole song without stopping. Keep keeping great music alive 👍
I was born in 1998. My mom played her Close to the Edge vinyl for me as a kid. 7:14 in this video (the teacher in the song) and on changed my life. Crazy for me to be commenting on any video but glad it’s one of yours. Yes is incredibly influential, one of my favorite, and one of the best “old” bands. The originator of prog rock. Incredible musicians. Nights by Frank ocean would not exist without Yes. Rush inducted Yes into the rock n roll hall of fame. Just A1.
The album I had in high school was yessongs, a live three record set. Even today, studio versions are always a bit of a revelation. Just thought I'd remark. Thanks!
Jamel, I am a Yes fan and have recently discovered Chris Squire's solo album "Fish Out of Water." It's as good as any Yes album, you should check one of the 5 tracks out!
Definitely my favorite of any of the Yes solo efforts and yeah,I'll stack it up against any Yes album as well. I first came across it in '80 or '81,maybe a year after I got into Yes.
the start of "Eclipse" always makes me feel like I'm floating, the way Jamel leaned back in his chair, I saw that he felt it too. the next part always made me wish that I could sing.
