Yes - Heart Of The Sunrise | REACTION 

The more you listen to YES songs more you fall in love with them

Otherworldly!Heavenly.Brilliance...in 46 seconds in i was all in....Next Level...

The GREAT Bill Bruford on drums One of THE best to ever hold a pair of sticks!

With the benifits of hindsight.......its like hearing RUSH.........before Rush!!!! Geddy Lee is quoted as saying that if it wasn't for YES,there would never have been RUSH......Great music,great reaction.

Nobody could stroke the Thunderstick like Chris Squire. The main reason I started playing bass 35+ years ago. RIP

This whole album is great.

That's true you haven't heard the Greatest Musical Masterpiece ever created. Close To The Edge is a Perfect Grand Masterpiece of the ages.

I know I am super duper bias towards Yes, but to me there is no group comparable to them! Seen them about 100 times in 70's and there was nothing like a live Yes show! I still remember the first time, looking at my friends in amazement as we could not believe how good they sounded. We thought it might be hard to duplicate this complex music live, boy were we ever wrong. Listening live was even better than the studio albums. Love Heart of the Sunrise and your reaction to it. Your just touching the tip of the iceberg! So much more great stuff for you to listen too! 😁

Please . Members of YES that are still with us. Please get together for one last concert .

When I first heard this song and album in '71, it blew my mind and greatly influenced my music. Over 50 years later it still brings me great joy to listen to. The singer Jon Anderson is about to begin a US tour with The Band Geeks (an interesting story) to perform the music of Yes. Looking forward to your future Yes reactions. An amazing world awaits you.

Uhh I dropped what I was doing to watch this immediately ❤. Next one should be either Southside of the Sky, And You and I, or Siberian Khatru

It makes me very happy to see the smile on your face as you discover this music. After all these years the music still holds up and to see the younger generations still be blown away by it is great. Yes...our minds were truly blown when this music was new. I had no idea what I was listening to at first, but the music holds up and it's still a joy to listen to. Jon Anderson, the vocalist and lyricist is a beautiful soul and I can see him reaching you even though the lyrics are hard to decifer.

So glad you’ve started your ‘Yes’ journey. (The Masters of Prog’ Rock). As I mentioned in your ‘Roundabout’ reaction, You are in for some ride. Yes are my all time favourite Band. (Along with Pink Floyd). This track Heart of The Sunrise’, is from Yes’ 4th Album, ‘Fragile’. It was keyboard player, the great Rick Waksman’s first Album with the Band. (He was Classically Trained). I did also say you should really take your time and check out their history and slowly work your way through the Albums. There is just way too much phenomenal music and there are too many Masterpieces to hear, in my view. I know you have great suggestions by others, but here’s a few of my own too. I’ve been a Yes fan since age 14, when I heard their 3rd Album, ‘The Yes Album’, in 1971. Hearing ‘Yours is No Disgrace’, I’ve Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper and the rest of the Album, I’d heard nothing like it before. Jon Anderson’s incredible unique voice just gave me goosebumps, Chris Squire’s amazing bass, Steve Howe’s scintillating guitars, lead and acoustic, (Steve had replaced Peter Banks) and Bill Bruford’s mind blowing drums. Tony Kaye was awesome on keyboards too, he was replaced by Rick Wakeman of course, after this Album. (The great Alan White replaced Bill Bruford on drums after the 5th Album, ‘Close To The Edge’, until Alan sadly passed away last year, in 2022). After hearing ‘The Yes Album’, I immediately checked out their history and bought the first 2 Albums. (‘Yes’ and ‘Time and a Word’). I think you could sense the direction they were heading. I first saw them Live in 1973, at my hometown venue, Leicester’s ‘De Montfort Hall’, UK. They were formed in 1968. I, like many others here, love the 70’s Albums the best. ‘The Yes Album’, ‘Fragile’, ‘Close To The Edge’, ‘Tales From Topographic Oceans’, ‘Relayer’ and ‘Going For The One’. There are just too many Classic Masterpieces, which are pure genius, to mention. The masters of long tracks, many made up of ‘Movements’. But my own personal favourite tracks from this group of Albums, ‘Yours is No Disgrace’, I’ve Seen All Good People, Starship Trooper, from (The Yes Album). ‘Roundabout’, ‘Heart of the Sunrise’, ‘South Side Of The Sky’, from (Fragile). ‘Close To The Edge’, ‘And You And I’, ‘Siberian Khatru’, from (Close To The Edge). ‘The Revealing Science Of God’, from (Tales From Topographic Oceans). Well you’ll have to listen to all 4 sides of (Tales From Topographic Oceans) really. ‘The Gates Of Delirium’, ‘Sound Chaser’, ‘To Be Over’ from (Relayer). And ‘Turn Of The Century’, ‘Wondrous Stories’ and of course, ‘Awaken’, from (Going For The One’). Awaken is my all time fav’. Just phenomenal. I do love so much more of the Yes Albums that followed too, but that 70’s era was the best for me personally. I was lucky enough to see the Steve Howe version of Yes in 2014, with both Chris Squire and Alan White, (who are both sadly no longer with us, Chris Squire passed away in 2015). I was then fortunate enough to see the other formation, YES-featuring-ARW. (Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman), in 2017 and then in 2018, celebrating Yes’ 50th Anniversary. What fabulous Shows. I’m hoping to see Jon Anderson this summer, (2023), with the ‘Paul Green Rock Academy’. He has toured already in the US, with these fabulous young musicians, performing many great ‘Classic Yes Songs’. Jon Anderson’s voice still sounds incredible, aged 78. And he’s still making new music. These are all just my own personal feelings here and I know a lot won’t agree. But I thought I’d share anyway and try to help you a little in selecting some absolute mind blowing pieces of Classic Prog’ Rock, by the Masters themselves, ‘YES’. Enjoy. 🎶❤️🎶

Loved your reaction. Welcome to the Yes train!

On the Triple Live Yessongs Album this song is AMPED. Alan White took over as drummer, and he and the guys really BLOW UP several of their Masterpiece Tracks. Starship Trooper, Yours Is No Disgrace, Siberian Khatru, and Perpetual Change, with Bill Bruford playing, and, an awesome drum solo at the end. They have been my #1 Band for 50+ years now.

Seasoned Progressive Rocker... November 4, 1972 St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio OSU Homecoming I witnessed Yessongs in the making... Being older has its advantages; I got in on the ground floor. Heart of the Sunrise is a masterpiece!

They used to do something that is lost today. It's the Wow factor. You don't know what's next. So you can only say "Wow" while you're listen.

That bass tone! So gnarly.

I remember listening to this to this in the 70's as a teenager on a warm summers night outside passing the bone around...the best of times

Glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite songs by my all-time favorite band.

YES! They are the BEST! Oh My gosh! Close to the Edge - Relayer

Glad to see you enjoy it so much. There are plenty of other great songs on this album... South Side, etc

Yes bassist Chris Squire once said in an interview when asked what Yes track summed up the band and would be good to introduce someone new to the band he recommended this track.

A great Yes song reaction. I think this song highlights Jon Anderson's uniquely beautiful voice in a very special way, with him singing softly at first and building to such a profoundly strong and powerful finish. Chills!...

So cool to see you young dudes diggin' this. Saw 'em 3 times in mid 70's. My favorite band, bar none! 16:59 16:59 16:59 16:59 16:59

My favorite band ever!!!

The drummer is Bill Bruford, who left Yes at the peak of their fame to play with King Crimson, another pioneering Prog band. The bass player is the incomprable Chris Squire (RIP!) Steve Howe plays guitar here, and during this time period began his winning of Guitar Player Magazine's "Best Overall Guitarist" five years in a row, and he was the reason GP Magazine came up with their "Gallery of Greats," taking Steve out of the running in the future. Keyboards are Rick Wakeman who was performing with David Bowie, as well as being an extremely busy session player (later he was featured on a Black Sabbath album!). He was invited to join Bowie's "Spiders from Mars," but decided to join Yes. And nobody compares to Jon Anderson, whose voice can be both soft and commanding, all at the same time. Yes is my all-time favorite band.

Bill Bruford said this was one of the early, longer pieces by YES that really pointed the way forward for the series of longform classics they would become world famous for ..

The lyrics mean everything in this band😊

I am soooo glad to see a young man such as yourself explore a band like Yes!

Bruford showing just what a god he is…the band gave him a writers credit on this because of his powerful effort

Hi man ! I love how Yes sun music gets into your heart ! I live with Yes since 1974, my 16y ! Go on man, you're going to have some more beautiful ones

I just found your channel. I heard this first time around 1984. The predecessing piece, Steve Howe's classical guitar solo "Mood For The Day" fades away...then the intro of this song bursts in.‼

I agree with And You and I. Love your reactions.

Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Saw Chris and the band 36 times. Astral Travler off their second album will be an insight to their progression. 🙏🍁

lost in the "City"...greatest rock high vocal note ever.

I saw them in concert in 1973 and Heart of the Sunrise was a stand out especially with the way the light show was synchronised with the different sections of the song - especially remember the 'Sharp - Distance' part where the lights pulsed on dramatically - remembering that back then such light shows in rock concerts were not the usual thing - all down to the wonderful work of Michael Tait who was responsible for it.

Yes est un concentré de virtuosité, de créativité, intemporel et universel ,,,oui je suis fan

I first heard this album when I was 10 years old and it changed my perception of music forever.

Oh, the lyrics are super important in YES music, they're just not "linear" or obvious. Sometimes it is the sound of the words that carries you along, but there is a direction that the words push you in.

I think you will really appreciate the live album 'Yessongs.' It's one thing to write this music in studio, but to be able to pull it off live is a testament to Yes' talent and dedication. This is a very rare band.

I love how they keep revisiting the original theme from the beginning and yet they continue to add new parts to go along with it.

Your next reaction should be "South Side of The Sky" by Yes from the Fragile album. IT IS AMAZING!!!! And it is off to the next album "Close To The Edge" non-stop!!!!

During that first "Sharp Distance" part, the softness and the guitar arpeggio's with the filter pedal on-THAT's a direct connection to John Frusciante who was a huge fan of Yes. And yes you listen to metal but I'm sure you appreciate many guitarists so I think it's something to add

When they went out on a concert tour to promote this album they played it on a stage that was round and would slowly spin around in the centre of the arena, with the drummer in the centre of the stage. When they played their songs they sounded exactly, note for note, like on the album. They were all business, nearly 3 hours of music, each a classic master piece now. During that time you had other concerts that were more rock and roll, with a lot of band having killer lead guitarist and screaming vocals; then this band came along and their concerts sounded exactly like what you hear on the album. And at the time a lot of concerts had a smoky haze throughout -- you could get high just on the music, but with so much smoke going around you got high just by being there ... then this sound ... it was magical.

I just saw you roundabout reaction where you loved the bass... With this one Squire is downright filthy with his Rickenbacker bass. Him and drummer bill Bruford put on a clinic.

That fucking bass, jeepers

That was jingle for yes . Close to the edge and Gates of delirium are epic.

BIll's beats in this song still make me amazed.

In May 1974 I had the first opportunity to listen to the Fragile album. I bought it soon after! Before internet news about good music travelled slowly. Still a favourite! Mix your exploring of Yes with some other great songs from this period: Jethro Tull's "Minstrel in the gallery", Gentle Giant's "Free hand", Frank Zappa's "Peaches en regalia", Jericho's "Kill me with your love", Kebnekaise's "Horgalaten" etc.

You’re ready for close to the edge. Got for it. My favorite track of all times.

Starship Trooper is probably my favorite Yes track. But, they have a ton of great tracks. Was lucky enough to see them live on their tour for the Union album. They toured with both Yes line-ups playing together. They played in the round and the sound was amazing.

Look at a painting by Claude Monet (Water lillies) for example, they are not EXACT, but Impressionistic. I view many of Anderson's lyrics that way. He conveys the emotion of what he's singing about lyrically, but its like an Impressionistic painting, its not exact. Note: in the Gates of Delirium & Turn Of The Century, his lyrics are exact.

Time for Close to the Edge

Thats Yes 😀❤

One thing about Yes... Their live performances were just as clear as their albums.. at least the ones I've seen.

There are vids of live shows Yes's Starship Trooper etc. Prog expands . Yes, ELP, early Genesis, Focus , Irish Heep's Salisbury etc. Early jazz fusion. Like Brand x , Steely Dan

Perfection!

Yes has been my favorite band since 1978. I saw them twice in concert, and they are phenomenal. There are so many good tracks. Here are some more as you work your way up to Close to the Edge. Try 'A Venture', "Yours is no Disgrace", "Long Distance Runaround", "I've Seen All Good People" , then you can to "And You and I', then "Close to the Edge'. Then if you really like that, you can then graduate to the double album, Tales from Topographic Oceans, which only has 4 songs on it. (one song per album side).

That is quite an intro. The U.S and British Navy use it to jump start their C-class nuclear subs from time to time. 😅 Wonderful Review of my favorite band!

Prog and fusion!

OKAY.... I've just watched your Genesis - Firth of Fifth reaction. And of course I had to come onto the Yes reactions... I was 18 in 1971 and didn't we have SUCH good music... It was everywhere. I especially liked the little comment about the piano sound so sophisticated... Well I guess it helped that Rick Wakeman went to the Royal College of Music, England's premier music college as you can tell by the name. I guess you would have heard the synthesiser sounds in amongst all that other stuff going on. Well, I think the synthesiser had only been out for 2 years at that point. And Rick was one of the early users. You now have another subscriber...!!!! Keep on Rocking.

You're about to discover the greatest band ever in the music industry. What joys await you. I do like your genuine enthusiasm and wonderment at the masters you're experiencing.

Total perfection. Fragile/Close to the Edge is peak Yes.

One of my favorite Yes songs. Definitely gives me King Crimson vibes. And it’s not that the lyrics don’t mean much, it’s just the meanings are mostly only known to Jon Anderson.

Very refreshing to see this music reaching young people still. I first saw both Yes and Genesis about fifty years ago and continued to see them several times over the years. I don't know if you have undertaken Yes' "Awaken" (another lengthy masterpiece) With all of the prog fans tuning into your reaction videos, there is no doubt you are inundated with suggestions.

THanks for the Yes reacts,guy--very cool and.great job! If you want lots of more updated prog epics to react to, check into Neal Morse and his various projects.. Spock's Beard,Transatlantic, Flying Colors, solo and his Neal Morse Band releases. All but Spock's Beard feature Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy. Any of his many lengthy compositions are stellar front to back--- even ones that reach the 30 minute mark! Check into 'Alive Again' or 'Beyond The Years' by NMB. The Great Nothing by Spock's Beard. Or Stranger In Your Soul by Transatlantic. Just to nae a scant few. Guaranteed to blow your mind,bro! T

Awesome reactions. Time for CLOSE TO THE EDGE. You can handle it. Greatest song ever.

Man, if you don't watch out, Yes will take you Close to the Edge.

Saw them 72 it was great

South Side of the Sky next!

It’s like the song is an overture of itself

You need to watch them live. 2004 in Milano is really good

It's younger people like you who give us hope that good music will not die. Not that all new music is bad. Actually, it's not. Older people, like myself, just need to go out and look for it too. It's goes both ways. I look forward to seeing you react to more of Yes and other progressive groups from the past (King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, etc...). Enjoy the journey!

Thanks for the reaction. One of my top 5 Yes songs for sure. I love how Jon Anderson's voice slowly builds in volume from beginning to end.

Thx for checking out YES, my fav band. my fav Dream Theater song so far, and i haven't heard much, is "The Count of Tuscany".. so good!

When you watch Bill Bruford play this song live, it's amazing how laid back he is, considering the tempo that he's playing. Almost can see him sipping a cup of tea with a third hand while banging away.

At the first minutes it´s incredible the independence between bass and drums. Yes: how many songs in one you are able to find?

We got spoiled with all the great music back in the day. The musicianship was superb. Jon can sure sing his ass off. The whole band is full of virtuosos. Steve, Rick, Chris, and Al or Bill, now that is an A Team.

Yes underrated? That’s adorable.

Lots of great musicians and writers out there, these five guys are best ever in one band. I saw them when I was 14/15 in the 70's and some more times after. All of there music is complex yet they pull it off and add more sections live.

One of their most crazy pieces. Now you have to go to their longer pieces: The Ancient, Ritual, Gates of Delerium, Awaken, Sound Chaser, Close to The Edge.

Before you do CTTE, you have to do "South Side of the Sky" from this album.

I was able to see them live in 2003. They played this very album, the whole of it. They even had managed to bring back Rick Wakeman on the Keys, the original Yes lineup! It was so glorious. You need to see some later live versions of this song!

I'm a big Yes fan. The fast bass/guitar part reminds me a lot of 21st Century Schizoid Man (1969) by King Crimson

As an old fart, hippy, progrock relic, retired musician, it warms my heart to see a Metal Junkie appreciate and comprehensively enjoy YES. No I'm not a famous person and the band I was in thrived in obscurity without commercial success. We did it for the goal of creativity in the musical doldrums of the early 1980's in Canada. Wrong time, wrong place Methinks. No regrets. After this tune I had to check out to see if you reacted to Close to the Edge. A song that had a profound affect on me in 1975 as a young musician. I would like to ask for a request for you to react to, but no one ever does, so I'll just wait and see how it goes for you in the future. I like the deep tracks and the hidden gems that the mainstream music listening public don't listen to, so my requests never get upvoted. Good luck with your channel. Subscribed.

I know what you're experiencing as you take the journey through YES' 1971-1972 Uber-Classic Period. They just kept producing these _experimental_ masterpieces, filled with complexity, the mix of which was perfected at the sound board. _Definitely_ agree with your decision to put off Close To the Edge until you've sampled all/most of their masterpiece creations on the *The Yes Album* and *Fragile* albums. I would suggest that, since you've turned to the Fragile album with Heart Of The Sunrise, that you stay with this album & react to *South Side Of The Sky* which is another of their pre-CTTE masterpieces. Then maybe return to The Yes Album to have your mind blown by *Yours Is No Disgrace.* _Then_ you'll be ideally prepped for CTTE...😊

"Fragile" is their 4th album. Second album with Steve Howe, and first with Rick Wakeman. My favorite lineup of the band - same with their next album "Close to the Edge" which was the last for Bill Bruford until "Union" (1991) which was unique in how it merged two bands. Jon Anderson - lead and backing vocals Steve Howe - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals Chris Squire - bass guitars, backing vocals Rick Wakeman - Hammond organ, grand piano, RMI 368 Electra-Piano and Harpsichord, Mellotron, Minimoog synthesiser Bill Bruford - drums, percussion

The very best YES song is Awaken.

May be you are ready for King Crimson and their Hey Days 69 to 72 ? Saw them live last year with 3 drummers

I grew up on this band and Pink Floyd.. People thought I was a freak.. well the girls did anyway... I was actually introduced to them via Fragile.. My all time favorite though is Gates of Delirium Off of the Relayer album.. another Up and down song about war. But dont neglect Pinkk Fployd with INHO.. the greatest guitar solo of all time.. See the Pulse video of this.. I wont give it away.. let someone else do it.. this is about YES!. .

So glad you enjoyed this so much! Killer track!🤟

I'm not even reading the other comments, but just know, there is a wealth of other Yes for you.... Close To The Edge, Gates Of Delirium, And You And I, Awaken, The Revealing Science Of God, Sound Chaser, Siberian Khatru.... on the other hand, Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Tempus Fugit, Don't Kill The Whale, Going For The One, Wonderous Stories, Astral Traveller, Sweetness, Onward....

The misconception with Yes is that the lyrics don’t mean a lot. They actually do have a lot of meaning and that meaning can be deciphered when you open your mind and interpret them. Jon loved syllables so he focused more on the sound of the words than their immediate meanings, but Jon Anderson was one of the Relayers he sang about in The Remembering. He was sent to pass the important knowledge of the past and trigger a higher memory in people, to reinvent the old songs we as a collective consciousness have forgotten. Whether he intended them to or not, his lyrics always had some poetic meaning, direct lyrical inspiration, and connection to either love, life, God, human nature, science, joy, or culture. ‘Heart of the sunrise’ for example is about being lost and confused in life and after so many twists and turns finding the “heart of the sunrise” or the “strength of the meeting” or the “valleys of endless seas.” He means finding the higher consciousness and understanding that we as all humans search for in the back of our minds, seeing through the cloudiness of the wind surrounding you and captivating oneness and divinity through information, love, and discipline. Their genius when you examine them

Bassist Chris Squire set out to present his own unique sound by turning up the treble control to "11". The drummer, Bill Bruford, felt his snare would go unnoticed next to the trebly bass, so he turned the screws up a notch or two and increased the pitch a bit. You can really hear the trebly bass and the slightly higher pitch on the snare drum in this fine Yes song. It is odd to hear anybody call Yes "under-rated". They, along with Genesis and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, created the style of popular music we call "progressive rock" and are widely known for having done so. On the other hand, progessive rock fell out of fashion in the late '70's, and the music-buying public moved on to the "next big thing", which, at the time, was disco and grunge, supplanted later by hip-hop and rap, until the internet fractures everything to the point where they may never again be a "next big thing" that captures the interest of a wide audience. All genres are now effectively walled-off from each other. Whatever you love, you an find it 24/7 online and never listen to anything else. Kudos to you for venturing outside the metal genre to discover the magic of Yes. If you weren't alive and loving music in 1975, I suppose you could conclude that Yes is some sort of obscure band that nobody knows about..

I love Yes and this entire album. But I think a more fully realized version of the super-rapid-fire rhythm that Yes uses here was employed a year or two earlier by King Crimson on '21st Century Schizoid Man.' That's a highly entertaining track.

As a metal guy, here's your drums lineage: Roy Haines -> Michael Giles -> Bill Bruford -> Neil Peart -> Mike Portnoy -> etc. Chris Squire came up with the opening riff, which he admitted he stole from King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man." This is the actually the very first song Rick Wakeman worked on after joining Yes. The piano work is reminiscent of his session work for Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken".

Yes.greatest prog band

Chris Squire was a major influence on Geddy Lee.

You should check out Rick Wakeman's solo stuff. Anything off of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Maybe "Catherine of Aragon", "Catherine Howard" or "Catherine Parr". Another may be "Journey to the Center of the Earth".