You definitely have to listen to "Long Distance Runaround / The Fish" on the live album Yessongs. Squire plays an unbelievable bass solo. You might also like Squire's solo album "Fish Out Of Water". Note: It doesn't sound like Yes and you have to take your time for it.
As for "Long Distance Runaround / The Fish", I totally agree with Flo Malheur. You have to listen to the song (because of the bass solo) from the album Yessongs. I don't know what you already know, or whether you already have a plan for what you want to hear next. If it's Yes, I'm always happy. But I would like to suggest a couple of other very different prog albums as well. Emerson Lake And Palmer "Trilogy", Genesis "A Trick Of The Tail", Gentle Giant "Playing The Fool", Marillion "Misplaced Childhood".
Chris Squire among the two or three best ever on bass guitar along with John Entwistle, (The WHO), Jon Camp,(Renaissance), John Paul Jones. Of course if you include the Fusion category then Jaco Pastorius would have no equals! 👍🏻❤️☮️🎸🎼
A lot of the songs on this album are played often or in every live concert. Check out the live albums: Yessongs Yes symphonic live Live in Montreux; epic performance. Chris Squire played his base with a plectrum. Maybe that’s why the base is so present.
Chris Squire's "The Fish" is unique in that it's made up of multiple tracks of him on bass playing different things and all blended together. Later he released a very good solo album titled "Fish Out Of Water". Here is a sample of one of the tracks: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WS29bnX45H0.html
Fun to see this now. Especially after seing the second part and realizing you weren't conscious that all this, in the Fish part, is played on bass guitar. But after that you thought the guitar was bass… the confusion is excellent.
Fragile Side 2 is an epic work as well. I concur that you need to listen to YesSongs the 1973 live 3 LP set. That will show how this classic Yes line-up worked on stage and extended and elevated several of these studio songs from The Yes Album and Fragile. Really one of best live sets ever. For me I really love the studio recordings because they are so clear, crisp and perfect but also I love the live versions, perfect, elevated, extended by great jamming and the crowd noise. Going to part 2.
Scenes from a memory please, best DT album, i swear. so masterfully puttogether and everything just fits in in this perfectly told story that the album runs trough. you already did the six degrees of inner turbulence, and scenes is just a much smoother flowing and better album than six degrees. ( and if you listen do the studio version and not the live version, because of Labries vocals and the sounds on the drums.) (later edit, also id like to see suppers ready( the steve hacket one from the genesis revisited 2 album bqause of the sound quality))
Unfortunately you will never have the experience of *feeling* Chris Squire’s bass live. Especially with the Taurus bass pedals added in. One of a kind.
Lol, I just realized I started listening to side 2 part 2 first when I heard the first few notes of "Mood for a Day". Now I'm listening to the correct one first.
I only now see this video. You mention the bass sound and indeed, Jean Jacques Burnel had a distinctive sound bit similar to this to my ears. When Cliff Burton (R.I.P) appeared everyone was about him. Hearing the earlier Metallica records at that time when they came out, the sound wasn't impressive in that respect. Actually you barely hear the bass on them apart from the first album which is otherwise raw, carried on by the songs and feel, not sound.
Oooow. That little dig about "a reason why music isn't written on drums" was such a prejudiced and (I hate to say it...but) uneducated remark to make. I know it was a joke but why go for the low end when you know there's a lot of ignorance and prejudice regarding drums and drummers (maybe you don't know). You may think I'm taking it too seriously, but I've been a professional drummer for more than 30 years and have suffered people with low respect or education when it comes to rhythm, drumming and it's intellectual value in music. If you know anything of significance about Bill Bruford you'll know he has no part to play in the realm of unintelligent drumming or composing. I will admit, I heard "Five percent for nothing" in my teens and could not understand why anyone would write something like that. That was before I grew and matured as a music listener, musician and person. As my musical palate grew as well as my knowledge of Bill Bruford as a musician/composer and person, I began to appreciate and understand what FPFN was all about. And to think he was maybe in his early twenties when he put it together. I don't believe you meant any harm, but....eeesh!
