YES - The Remembering (High the Memory) - part 2 [bassline / bass cover]

[OLIAS59]

Brilliant !!! What a wondeful sound...

[visog]

Amazing playing. You must have rehearsed this for ages to do this take!?

[ASeasonedWitch]

Dude - you nailed it. Great smile around 4:39 too. Keep up the great work.

Once I started watching (and listening of course!) I couldn't stop.

A long time YES listener,

[ASeasonedWitch]

Dude - you nailed it. Great smile around 4:39 too. Keep up the great work.

A long time YES listener,

[paulvalletta01]

You make it look so easy!..great rendition and you obviously love music, bravo.

[MauiBoyTrav]

Thank you! I was playing along on guitar.

[holdie17]

Thank you very much – you are great!

What's about my idea:

You play "Future times / Rejoice" – I will play drums and hope we find 2 other players for guitar and keyboard. So we have a "one-track-YES-cover-band" over a great distance.

Write me at info@holdie17.de

[zackgreer]

Unbelievable. Not often I lack the words to express how well that's done. Bravo.

[jamcouto1]

Brilhante cover!

Obrigado pela partilha.

Os YES, para mim, foram, são e serão sempre os maiores.

Sorvê-os-ei até que os ouvidos me doam... :)

E, o que é curioso é que, ouvindo e vendo estes covers do Miguel e do Chris, temos de concluir que, cada um dos instrumentos dos YES é, de per si, uma autêntica obra de arte musical.

E, já agora, o Tales from Topographic Oceans, é uma autêntica obra seminal e a cereja em cima do bolo — IMHO.

Um abraço, desde a Invicta do

José Couto

[miguelbass]

@jamcouto1 Partilho inteiramente da tua opinião! Chegaste a vê-los em 2000 aí no Coliseu? Foi uma loucura de show :) Muito obrigado pelos comentários, vê-mo-nos por aí! Abraço.

[jamcouto1]

@miguelbass Sim, claro que estive lá... Apenas pude vê-los já muito entradotes (aliás, como eu, pois que sou da idade deles); mas, mesmo assim, deu para "sair daqui pra fora" com aquela música tão especial. Foi um dos momentos musicais mais marcantes da minha vida como melómano/espectador.

1 Abraço do

José Couto

Porto

[eclipsespilce]

@jamcouto1 I agree completely! Each part of these songs is a complete work of art in and of itself. Seeing someone play these songs SO WELL, especially the bass part alone, is magical! Tales is my favorite Yes album (right now), and I thank you, as well, for sharing this!

[zddoodah]

Absolutely amazing! I've recently been listening to Topographic Oceans lately, and especially this song. Chris has always been an influence of mine, but this is a side of him that I've never really grasped well. For you to do this so seemingly effortlessly was just incredible. A hearty "well done" to you!!!

[miguelbass]

@zddoodah Thank you very much - you know it was also new for me back then. Not the most well known side of Chris as well, and that's why I also took the decision to go for it.

[guidenredhawk]

That was some of the best bass playing I have ever seen. You are simply amazing at what you do. Thank you for sharing this. Peace and love brother!

[miguelbass]

@guidenredhawk My joy to make it and to share... thanks for letting me know you were here. P&L

[ProcolHarum1967]

Chris is the best, no doubt aobut it. You're a brilliant player; I wish I could do this, maybe in time.

[miguelbass]

@ProcolHarum1967 Thank you very much - just enjoy your playing and you'll get where you aim to reach!

[ASeasonedWitch]

Wow I wish I could do that. Looks like great fun and intense too. Thanks for posting this. I'm sorry now I sold all my bass gear.

A YES fan from way back . . .

[miguelbass]

@ASeasonedWitch "Now, after all the love you have

Knowing how you really see

Knowing it will come to you

Knowing it can really be ... You can always get it back! (I mean get another bass)"

Thanks :)

[mcassano1]

All i can say is WOW! That is probably one of the most impressive things I have EVER seen on youtube! Dude, that is truly a magical song, I cannot even fathom anybody writing a piece of music as incredible as that today! TALES is truly a masterpiece and still sounds magical, 36 years after it come out!!

[miguelbass]

@mcassano1 Thank you very much. It's true what you say - it seems hard to imagine that such intensity or magic can be achieved today in a piece of music.

[pinkfloydrule27]

topographic oceans is a tru musical journey and this video was amazing chris squire is a truly amazing bassist on the surface alot of yes music sounds like a not too complicated timing (as a guitarist) yet you listen closer and chris is underneath it playing in 15/8!!! truly amazing and you play it like a tru master

[miguelbass]

@pinkfloydrule27 Thank you very much... I still remember of the days I was doing this clip and I felt it like a true journey...

[WesB]

this is such an amazing cover? will you ever do soundchaser or ritual!?

[miguelbass]

@WesB I really hope so, of course they are on my favourites list! Thanks!

[scopeman82]

Yes sucks. I don't know how anyone can listen to that airy-fairy garbage!!!!

LOL At least that's what I always told our drummer because he would get red faced mad.

I always had a hard time with Squire's timing and phrasing so I only ever learned his "easy" stuff. Entwhistle was much easier for me so I learned a lot of "Who" though my bands did originals mostly.

It's a pleasure to watch your videos Miguel! Keep it up!

Do you take requests? Ritual perhaps? (o;

[miguelbass]

@scopeman82 I am open to all suggestions - you could be kinder, though :))) - Ritual? XD Thanks!!!

[scopeman82]

I think Ritual would be the top of my list of Squire to learn had I ever been talented enough to attempt it. Awaken would be up there too (maybe you could try that one? It would give you a chance to get the pedals out ;o)

The only songs that I ever learned that I played up to par on I think were Roundabout and Khatru.

Siberian Khatru was the reason I chose to play bass at age 16.

Which ever Yes you decide to share here will be great to be sure. Will check back often!

Thanks!

[88sublunaire]

My brother and Me are great YES fans since about 25 years,thank you so mutch!

[miguelbass]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching - you both!

[miguelbass]

Yes, puzzling isn't it? Wakeman's playing is so good taste here... he knew how to use each keyboard to create unique landscapes. It might have been something more personal going on, I can't believe that he won't like it now. Thank you very much for watching.

[lavarocky]

you are perfict

[miguelbass]

Thank you!!

[gaypray]

stunning!

[miguelbass]

Thank you very much!

[thelilblackduck]

thanks miguel - really good stuff; Chris Squire was always one of my faves; did you you do "the fish" from "fragile" as well?

i thoroughly enjoyed it!

[miguelbass]

Not yet, except a wink to it at the end of the Roundabout clip. Thanks!

[27svideos]

VERY good. This is a very unpopular YES song, possibly because of its difficulty. I am currently trying to learn it on drums, as I purchased TALES on Tuesday.

[miguelbass]

Wow, you have pretty organic-drum work ahead.. it must be too quite a challenge. Wish you joyful moments with Tales!

[27svideos]

Polishing it up right now....Might post it on here If I can...Very fun to play on drums once you get past the first...maybe 6 or 7 minutes.

[FranklinGoulart]

Miguel,

A magical song, a magical bass performance ! Thanks a lot !

[miguelbass]

Thank you very much for watching! Merry Xmas :)

[connord12]

GREAT MAN!!!! amazing!!!!

[miguelbass]

Thanks!!! Merry Xmas :)

[ScudoBR]

Magical !!! The perfect blend...

good music, attractive visual, excellent sound quality, the exact balance to highlight you bass keeping the song very clear... and of course, your virtuous and precise performance built with a lot of passion and talent.

Simply magical!

Thanks, thanks and thanks for that, Miguel.

~~~~~~ adorei as caravelas :)

[miguelbass]

Ah as caravelas :))) Foi a inspiração da letra com um pequeno desvio do contexto... ou talvez não! :)) Mais uma vez um abraço e obrigado!

[arsesantos]

From one bassist to another: really well done!

[miguelbass]

Thanks & warmest bass greetings!

[carrietide]

YESSSSS!!!!!

[miguelbass]

so you got through the 20 minutes:)

[visog]

Miguel - great to hear you highlight such beautiful forgotten music. Great playing.

[miguelbass]

True - let's not forget "The Remembering". Thank you very much.

[avidvideoviewer]

Maestro,estas supercabron! Mis respetos,segui agregando.Saludisimos.A Yes devotee.

[miguelbass]

Muchas gracias!

[ASeasonedWitch]

It's so fun to play along with our favorites. Nice job of it sir! As a bassist myself I appreciate your work very much. Thanks for posting this great song and your playing.

[miguelbass]

Thank you very much. It's a very special piece for bass, in my opinion. And with the fretless feature makes it really special. Bass greetings!

[MrMoodforaday]

Great ! Thank You!

[miguelbass]

Thank you for being here as well!

[infernalhammer]

Your custom Jazz bass sounds very good of course, but it's no match for the mighty Rickenbacker you play in your other videos.

BTW, the light show is very cool! It made me think of Syd.

[miguelbass]

the sound quality of it is really not good. It's a cheap copy and I removed the frets. The neck is really nice, though it seems to have more dead spots than it used to have frets! Thanks!!

[Anirml]

I enjoy Drumming most Yes songs, you did this very well on bass! =) Love to all you Great yes fans!

[miguelbass]

Thanks :) Must be great drumming along this one.

[djbladdered]

Well done mate. The last 2 to 3 minutes of The Remembering is a criminally underrated slice of Yesmusic, it blows me away. Much of that is to do of course with Squires bass playing, and you nailed it my friend. Cheers!

[miguelbass]

Yes, Tales got a lot of criticism and it still gets. On the other hand, others absolutely adore it, and that's the kind of art that goes in History. Thank you for your words!

[gibson764]

This song is largely abount Synchopation. Man you got it down!!!! I wondering id Chris Squire has seen this. Maybe he has and knows that you could put him out of a job!! I am a musican and my admiration goes out to you.

[miguelbass]

Thank you very much! I learned a lot while preparing this song. Especially, like you have said, rhythmically it's immensely demanding and likewise beautiful. And the taste on note choices could only come from Chris. Much much more than meets the eye. Cheers

[FrankBond0077]

great work on every your video ... I appreciated most the chris-bass-lines of the less played (often almost forgotten by YES itselves) songs like this. a song that is amazing like the more famous ones.

thanks! You play beautifully and very much like the original arrangement.

. Franco .

[miguelbass]

Hi Franco - Yes I wanted to make a comeback of some less played tunes. This particular one even I "forgot" to play many times. This one is very subtle and after you begin to get in to it, it's magical. Thanks!

[eddievhfan1984]

I could swear that bass is a Fender Jaco Pastorius Fretless J-Bass...

[miguelbass]

it was a fortunate lookalike coincidence. i got this bass 2nd hand and it was by the time i was listening to morphine and wanted a cheap bass to rip its frets off and play it 2-stringed with a slide... it was my job. Then I realised the bass looked really like jaco's.

[peacewolfwm]

I am a bassist who learned chris lines bk in the 70's. I was shouting for joy at your work. Well done!!

[miguelbass]

Thank you very much! Must have been a thrill for a bassist to hear in first hand Chris' bass work coming out!

[wonderkind77]

miguelbass

I am a very big yes fan. I love this song.

Your cover was a little rough in one or two places. If you were not a yes fan, you would not notice. Keep up the good work. You are a very excellent bass player!

[miguelbass]

thank you very much my friend, for keeping your attention to the last minute :) Hope you enjoy the other clips. Happy Easter!

[MikeinSanDiego2]

WOW!!!! Dude, I've got goosebumps on my goosebumps...and then some. Chris is my FAV bass player of all time, and I'm sure he would be waaaaaaaay proud of this effort. Strong work my friend, you're the man...PROPS!!!

[miguelbass]

thanks for staying with me till the 21st minute my friend! thank you very much.

[wintervannicola]

YOu are just like Squire. Isn't Yes amazing ? Every member is a musical giant. Very few musical groups can say that. Very good bass playing.

[miguelbass]

For sure they are unique in the history of rock, the history of the band speaks for itself! I agree. Thanks for being here!

[Dukered21]

Great playing Miguel, and as usual you put a lot off effort into the production of the video as well. By the way, very cool transition in the video at 2.36-2.38 where you transform from short arm T-shirt to long arm shirt!! :-)

[miguelbass]

Yeeeees you spotted :) That was part from the footage I did just after I completed part one... then I hadn't the chance to continue and restarted a month or so later. OR maybe my clothes just mutated - in the Topographic Ocean ;)

[sense90125]

man, you've got great ability. well done and please keep 'em coming!

[miguelbass]

belated thanks ;)

[Scarpett]

Estou boquiaberto, Miguel!!! meus parabéns pelo seu talento e sensibilidade!!! (sou brasileiro).

grande abraço!

[miguelbass]

Amigo, desculpa a demora na resposta. Muito obrigado pelas palavras, espero que ainda continues a visitar-me! Abraço.

[rabinmovies]

congratulations on keeping your patience and concentration learning this 20 minute epic from the mighty topographic. It must have took a lot of your time!

[miguelbass]

yes, it was practically my summer holiday task...with some intererruptions. It felt long but I have very intense memories from those days, especially recording with a hot projector in my room blinding me :))) thanks

[stratocasterbob]

Hey cool....I'm gonna have to try the color wheel too on one of my videos! Did you film the overlay?

[miguelbass]

I'm replying just now Bob, I made the background movie according to the song and projected it as I played. Looking back now, that was just as big as playing the song itself... oh well that was after the summer holiday:)

[Topographer]

This song seems quite monotone, but there are so much variation throughout the number, especially in the bass lines. Very interesting to watch.

[miguelbass]

Hi, thank you very much. I wasn't too keen on this particular track too, until I started paying attention on what was going on on the bass. It really grew up on me.

[Maeglin13]

Thank you thank you thank you! The last 8 minutes or so of Side 2 are beyond sublime.

Great playing, great presentation. Do more!

[miguelbass]

Thanks! It was a great musical journey for me. Perhaps a not so popular choice but very rewarding.

[juanclaudionegro]

¡Impresionante trabajo, Miguel!. Uno desconfía al ver tantos "tributos" a Chris Squire en YouTube, pero tu precisión, tu capacidad técnica (elegiste una canción realmente compleja) y tu respeto por la obra original hacen de tus post una experiencia muy placentera y recomendable. Un abrazo desde la Argentina.

[miguelbass]

Muchas gracias, Juan. É realmente uma obra muito complexa, e longa. Foram praticamente as minhas férias de Verão a ouvir esta canção. Penso que a música dos Yes merece tudo isto e muito mais! Um abraço.

[markkens]

I am filled with joy at having discovered your postings!

Now I'm going to spend the next few hours surfing in your little cove of the Ocean...

[miguelbass]

Very welcome! Glad to have you in the Ocean!

[fernald10]

Great work!

[hamadah4]

So much more than "just" a perfect cover. That would be already a great accomplishment. VERY moving, including the images. Love it to bits. Beautiful!!!

[miguelbass]

I was inspired to make it more "conceptual" and I started to create a video composition and projected it all over the room. It also created a neat atmosphere, I remember it was, again, inspiring for my playing. Thanks!

[befrost]

Amazingly played and with lots of emotion. Very entertaining basswork. How long did it take for you to learn this part?

[miguelbass]

I spent most of last summer holiday just listening and singing the bassline...then I took about two weeks practicing, so it was like one month of work until I had all the details I could spot ready to play. It was intense... not to mention the video part. Thanks!

[miguelbass]

Muchas gracias, amigo.

[rhaibrazil]

So... for twenty minutes we got hipnotized with a song... and with unexpected bass lines... This is Yes/Chris Squire! thank you Miguel for this great journey!

I have to say "extraordinary", 'cause i could ever imagine to hear so deeply Chris' works in this song, really.

The 13th Hercules' work!

: )

[miguelbass]

Dear rhaibrazil, as I replied before, it's very fulfilling for me to be joined by friends like you, who, in a sentence, dream of listening all Yes albums with a separate volume control for the bass track. I think we could make Chris a petition, and then I would call it a day :)))) Muito obrigado, amiga.

[klavust11]

It's business as usual for you, Miguel. Simply stated - you are the best there is at deciphering and re-interpreting The Master's works. Fine job on this classic! Impeccable intonation as well. I would still love to hear "The Gates Of Delirium"! Thanks - Wes

[miguelbass]

Wes, thank you for your words. Yes there was also the intonation problem, I guess it came out fairly good, though the proeminence on the final mix makes it more exposed to some oscillations that do happen. But if it gets a liitle out of hand it's ok if the feeling is there;) Hope you stick around till I am able to do your beloved "Gates", I know you're not alone! Cheers

[klavust11]

I will be there said your friend of a distant life...

[curiousted]

Awesome, Miguel!

Squire's bass is so low in the mix on many parts of Tales. It's nice to hear your inventive bass parts.

[hyperboreal]

Yeah, the best part was yet to come! And it's also fascinating. I like that the sound of your bass is even more prominent on this second part. This is overall a really inventive and solid bassline, I hadn't realized many of the peculiarities of it since I've seen your work. Many many thanks for deciding to cover this song in those long days of summer.

[miguelbass]

You got it Alex, it's one of my goals to somehow bring upfront Chris' work, in this song especially I think his mix wasn't so proeminent. Maybe cause it was supposed to be that way, but this a way to underline the subtleties of the original bassline. It's a joy to realize there are people who get the same enthusiasm from listening to the bassline, more so coming from a great musician as yourself, who even doesn't play bass as main instrument. Thank you for understanding!

[jgp1322]

You are Epic.

[xeractus]

Relayer!! Very good indeed. :D

[miguelbass]

Yes, that might be one of the strongest sections of "The Remembering", or is that a request? ;) Thanks again!

[fendermac]

Amazing job,as always.

[miguelbass]

Thank you Paul, great to welcome you in my little Topographic Ocean ;)

[bufferin]

And Miguel keeps on rocking!

[miguelbass]

Rocking against the economic depression:)

[motorpsych0]

Miguel, you command that bass! I have never played a fretless bass. I really dig the slides up the neck (0:50). The lack of frets creates such a lovely dynamic (2:50 - 3:10).

You hit the notes pefectly, man!

Thanks for bringing another rare/obscure YES tune to the forefront. You are the best bassist on YouTube, my friend!

[miguelbass]

Hello Robert, I do play the fretless rarely, but yes it's can be a very interesting alternative. I guess Chris showed it in his own way with this song. I suggest you try to pick up one someday and have some fun with no frets :)) Thanks for being here once more, cheers!