YES - Close to the Edge - live 1972 HQ full version

[Libertarianne]

FYI, this is from the wonderful "Yessongs" DVD.

[driftzilla]

This is amazing! My fav YES album. If I had seen this live my head would have EXPLODED!

[glba00]

actually is in 9:12

[glba00]

lots of missing parts! like in 9:14

[silvanusslaughter]

Gosh, did this night ever ever change my life and mind about everything. Thanks for the memories--I am still tripping.

[marldox]

See the seeds of life at 1:32 that jon sings about in And You and I

[ninadesianti]

I saw diatoms on this video!!! Great combination, diatoms and Yes song! :)))

[discoverytime1]

This is from the theatrical Yessongs move released in the mid seventies.

[bloggulator]

King Crimson wiped the floor with all the so called "prog" bands (and metal and hard rock as well)... chewed them up and spat them out... all in 21/8 time.

[dantean]

@bloggulator I must have missed the news that music had been turned into a competitive event--an angry one, at that. You may want to take joy where you can find it, dude. Oh, and Crimson WERE one of the "so-called prog bands."

[TheLibertyLion]

@djangobirelli Don't forget King Crimson

[TheTwilightalehouse]

Modern bands can't kiss the arses of these?????

[dantean]

@TheTwilightalehouse I think they can AND SHOULD!

[Rawbie100]

fuck  fuck

[Rawbie100]

where the FUCK are the dinosaurs?

[shredmaster100]

i think jimmy page just lost his crowm as fastest guitar player at this time i dont know who yes,s guitarist is but he is like the yngwie malmsteen of his day and better tone 2

[ShiNoKuroiOokami]

@shredmaster100 That would be Steve Howe.

[shredmaster100]

should be more like steve vai this guy kicks ass why has no one heard of him

[ShiNoKuroiOokami]

@shredmaster100 He's actually pretty well-known, probably more among progressive rock fans than others. I will agree with you though, he does indeed kick ass on guitar.

[benlorenc]

@shredmaster100 ahh, i remember 2 years ago i was where you were. discovering prog being like "jesus christ i'm stoned as fuck and this is the best"

[shredmaster100]

yeah this is good shit man just a shame that twat jonny rotten ruined prog rock

[dantean]

@shredmaster100 Kind of a lot to put on old Johnny, don't you think, mate? Me, I'd want to reserve some of the blame for some of the progs themselves. A lot of Genesis sounds a bit precious when I listen to it now. ELP were more than a bit grand, as well. Kids just wanted to dance and fuck and the progs weren't very much from the neck down, as far as teenagers of the time were concerned. Hard for me to disagree with that assessment.

[kevo4369]

@shredmaster100 What? No one has heard of him???? Steve Howe was voted "Best Overall Guitarist" in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row (1977–1981) and was inducted into Guitar Player's "Gallery of Greats" in 1981. The only other two guitarists to win the "Best Overall Guitarist" category for the "Gallery Of Greats" are Steve Morse and Eric Johnson.

[shredmaster100]

why was he not as famous as jimmy page or ritchie blackmore because i honestly never heard of him till recently and ive played guitar for a long time and steve morse and eric johnson are great guitarists just a shame steve went into deep purple i liked his own band better and eric johnson has lost it today he is nowhere near as good as he was seriously check his vids from 2011 out on u tube he sucks

[BOIOLABOIOLA]

Don´t forget Uriah Heep, Status Quo, Traffic and Van der Graaf !!!!!!!!!!!!

[petermcintyre100]

This is the band I was introduced to. Saw them as a 'Rookie' concert go-er at Crystal palace as as 16year old in the September of the same year. These early versions of CTTE are easily the best in my view. Nice Upload

[Dmdmello]

Beautiful

[beelzabubba]

"Mr. Alan White here..." on the drums... Bruford had just left the building.

[kohisiyo]

超絶ﾃｸﾆｼｬﾝ揃いの"Yes"

久し振りに聴きましたが,スティーブ・ハウのｷﾞﾀｰﾌﾟﾚｲは­凄まじいですなあ‥溜息。

I am a good ear for music !!!

[1033joe]

Thanks for the HD in spite of the wierdness during "I get up I get Down".

[huts68]

This is WHY I own a Rickenbacker 4001....

[madastrota]

Soooo, what's with all the cuts in the mellow middle section .. I had to A/B with a lesser quality video to get the whole thing :(

[ilike2shagu]

Quelle racquette! I understand this was 'inspired' by Buddhism, but the somewhat pretentious presentation and angst created by the period cliched shrill guitar rifts leave me puzzled.

[ilike2shagu]

Quelle racquette! I understand this was 'inspired' by Buddhism, but the somewhat pretentious presentation and angst presented by the period cliched shrill guitar rifts leave me puzzled.

[dangers386]

space and time this is it yes

[margytomi]

Wonderful Yes!!! Is it taken from a dvd? :)

[akilesbarwin]

My favorite song!!!!

[cgregg2u]

Chris Squire (Swiss Choir) is magnificent. There can't be any objections; well?

[cirezetroc]

True GENIUS composing....there can only be ONE!

[Caulfield789]

My God...look at Chris Squire's left hand at 0:43...it's like a giant venomous spider marching along the neck...what a BAD ASS.

[senna01]

wait, that's not Bill Bruford.. I thought he only left in 73..

[flyingsayon]

@senna01 left immidiately after finishing Close to the Edge album

[jazzpsalti]

whats with the breaks in the middle movement

[MasterTubeTheatre]

@jazzpsalti It is a very abridged version of CttE!

[NostalgicProcrast]

@jazzpsalti I guess they tried to compensate for the missing church-organ!

[tonyt581]

there is no more justice to the musical value of player than there is in these guy's i was there, OH IT'S SOO, GOOD!

[ClassicRockDVD]

Yes, A Celebration 1969-1979 2DVD set available at Tommygun Video, please see our youtube channel for links, video clips, more details. Footage includes live at QPR 1975, Beat Club 1972, Time & A Word videos, and more rare stuff from the 70s

[djangobirelli]

And theres more!

[djangobirelli]

what a great era for english rockmusic! Yes, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin and even Genesis!

[theendlessenigma]

@djangobirelli don't forget King Crimson and ELP!

[danjsy]

@theendlessenigma ...and floyd.

[Becix97]

@djangobirelli you forget The Who!

[marldox]

@Becix97 see the seeds of life at 1:32

[juliangelp01]

@djangobirelli Don´t forget King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple! the greatest era for world rockmusic! ;) Salute you!

[marldox]

@juliangelp01 Its amazing what one can see in a dew drop from a spiders web. Notice the microscopic creatures in the begining of the video. I was there.