@Mr22Johnthegreat roundabout was a song not an album. roundabout came off an album called fragile, which to me is the one of the best albums ive ever owned. fragile, 2112, the white album, and led zeppelin 1 are definately my favorites!!!
I agree w/ karlmoles65 . This song changed me forever . It opened my mind to realize " Anythings possible ". What musicianship. I feel the same listening to it right now , 42 years later . Rock the **** On . !
If I had only one track to impress a friend with the awesomeness of Yes it would be Starship Trooper. I know it's early in their career but it somehow displays everything I love about Yes.
@brucenator Your sister could play that? Then congratulations to your sister, she should be a very good instrumentist!
However, Steve Howe is one of the greatest guitarists ever, Chris Squire is one of the best bass player in history, Yes is one of the greatest band in the world! This music is immortal, long lieìve to progrock!
The first time I heard this song, I was weighing an onion at a grocery store and a voluptous woman was next to me squeezing the melons. On the way out of the store, I banged her Ford Pinto with my grocery cart. We exchanged insurance info and I dropped my pen in a small puddle of water.
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Man this is the most out-of-date music ever. It's so 70's. The lyrics are stupid and don't even make any sense! All recorded on old analog equipment, it doesn't even meet up to today's standards of music. They probably just took the title from a book anyway. I never heard this song in the movie. These guys are so old and funny-looking. They should just probably just stop touring. The only thing people play along with this song is those three chords at the end, anyway. My sister could play that!
@brucenator "I never heard this song in the movie" - hardly surprising as the film Starship Troopers was released in 1997! Of course it doesn't come up to todays standards recording-wise....that's because the technology didn't exist back then. As for them looking so old, that's because they are. Does simple logic not exist in your world?
@brucenator 1. you obviously have no respect for the oustanding musicianship of this group. when this album came out, it completely broke all of the barriers of rock and sounded like nothing else out there. 'twas even more of a milestone than beatles' sgt. pepper, in terms of prog rock.
2. play this on any decent sound system and it'll blow you away. the sonics are just outstanding, thanks to this group's incessant demand for recording studio perfection.
@brucenator ...but then again, you're entitled to any of your opinions here on the interweb due to the 1st amendment's promise of freedom of speech, so say whatever you want. just be aware of 99.9% of everyone else on 'tube who comes here to watch this 'cause they wanna here some quality tunes, not bash up tunes that they really should learn to respect more.
@brucenator yes they all look old and gay... and their more recent music is total runny shit.. in fact i believe the lead singer has now started singing country music band. however, this album is the epitome of creative expression and that trumps all else... a time capsule of the wonder of youth. you can live once and cry out into space with an open soul and it will echo forever. everyone gets washed up, grows old and forgets what its like to be amazed except for you and your sister
THIS is where I remembered it from!!! Been seeing The Chantel McGregor Band here in the UK for just over a year now. They do a superb cover of "Had to Cry Today", the old Blind Faith track, and Chantel finishes it off with the final section from Starship Trooper......Cut/Paste "Chantel McGregor Band - Had To Cry Today - Colne " - ST kicks in around 7.15 This is NOT an ad for the band but, if you're into Hendrix/Jethro Tull/Trower/Led Zep/Bonamassa, then check out the website for tour dates.
Who can argue with these lyrics? They are no more out-dated than Wordsworth or Keats or whomever. There is nothing comical about them. They fit this song, perfectly.
There used to be an upload for this song. Don't remember who posted it. But it had beautiful visuals. It was taken down due to copyright infringments. Sad really. The images were great.
I learned that 3 chord flanger riff at the end of the song and can't stop playing that brilliant shiiiiiit, man. Chords are G D# C, at the eighth, fourth, and first positions, respectively. For example G is 10 8 o 9 x 10, then slide the same fingering position down to D#, then to C. Electric is preferable but acoustic sounds pretty sick too.
@noclouds111 This kind of "poetry" may have been popular with Jon Anderson at the time, but according to today's standards one would come off like some kind of a comic act. Trust me; I've been through this kind of experience myself.
@noclouds111 I mean, Jon's lyrics on this particular song are so embarrassing that they are only suitable for girls, say, age 4. But I think that the image of the shiny flying purple wolfhound is too boyish; on the other hand, I don't know a single little dude who would want to have a SHINY FLYING PURPLE wolfhound for a gift 'cause it's not manly.
@dayvenkirq Even if you're right about this (and I think you have something on some level) you're still wrong. Good music doesn't age, and I believe this is good music, even were you to strip away the lyrics and premise.
@dayvenkirq What has aged is the stigma and premise surrounding it. This is true. The notes, intentions, phrasing, and feeling remain ageless, as they rightfully should.
I've had 5 chances to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 5 times I've said, " No thanks". When YES gets inducted,THEN!!!! AND ONLY THEN,will I go.What a joke,that so called "Hall of Fame" is.
@SouthJerseyGuy1 Don't forget that it's called "ROCK AND ROLL HALL FAME." Yes weren't always or most of the time about rock and roll. I think that's why they never got inducted. But fuck that; this is one of the best prog bands in the world in our minds and that's the thing that counts. No amount of "rock and roll" bands (although they are to rock and not to roll) is going to change that, bitch! :D .
I lived the early 1970's. class of 74' southern California, on the beach. I saw Yes twice. I've met Anderson, and Howe. Brilliant back then. Crank it up. Sasuke, if your friends wont listen, thats their loss. At 3:22 into this track, Howe goes off. Anyone who doesnt enjoy the rest of the track, in my opinion, is a moron.
Usually I tried to avoid using the word "feel" because it sounds kinda vague and easy to bandy about, but goddamn if Howe's guitar from 8:27 onwards isn't some of the most goddamed FEEL shit ever. Johmmy Winter's solo in "Can't You Feel It" is maybe the only other time I'll use the F word. And Wakeman's occasional keyboard swells during Howe's solo really adds to the power of the ending. They just GOTTA be using Leslie speakers - all that churning goodness.
@666uberstud666 From whats been through the mixers and all is great, I attended a private party in L.A. with YES in the late 70's, and they jammed with only the basic equipment needed. I saw a couple little 50watt amps and Wakeman went through a stereo head and 2- little speaker towers about 4 ft tall. It was such a basic set-up and the sound quality was unreal. for me, they did this track flawlessly. the vocal harmonizing with Howes licks was actually resonationg . .
@eli10az I did too, until people started calling even the most mediocre songs from 20 years ago or more classic rock. Then everytime I would say I like classic rock they would assume I liked even disco and bubble gum rock.This is NOT that! I notice that it most resembles the stuff coming out in other countries along these lines called prog rock or progressive rock and realized that fits better in that it really takes you somewhere. So now I call it that instead. But I agree it is truly classic!
@rodkiller11 Dance on a volcano is wonderful...Deep in the motherlode is only a nice song...Real Genesis' songs are that with Peter Gabriel...Genesis without Gabriel lost much of their appeal. Sorry for my bad English, I'm Italian
They said that digital was the wave of the future...8-16-24 track analog still sounds better. The mixes sound better. My opinion, you don't have to agree....
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I would listen to Yessongs over and over and over and never get sick of it. For some reason pot would turn my metal head into a yes head (and drive my friends crazy!)
I listened to these guys and Rush 'til my ears bled during my teens. Don't know why this suddenly popped into my head but so damned glad I can look this kind of thing up on Youtube.
@awakenfromthedream I only really like a few Genesis songs w/ Phil Collins singing. Dancing with a volcano is awesome. Deep in the Motherlode, also awesome. But Yes is my favorite by eons. So many great songs.
@CristianTejadaU You lucky bastard :D last december YES was supposed to be here in Finland, but they cancelled. Maybe they come here in spring... cheers from a land of very cold i guaranteed.
Don't worry about it I was but wished I heard more of the sixties, was too young to appreciate it. Am sure your generation can come up with some great music ....
@noclouds111 Sucks in terms of lyricism, though, and the instrumental back-up to "Though you've seen me, please don't say a word" is dismal. Other than that, it's freaking tight, especially the Wurm coda.
this song is epic! Now I understand how the seeds for the 90's alternative rock bands were planted. Listening to this particular yes album, it's like an aha moment: where have you been all my life?
yes has that uncanny ability to make me feel like a little kid playing in the yard whenever i listen to em. maybe its because i used to hear em on the radio when my neighbors were working in their garage etc. what an amazing band and sound they had. america and the UK used to be so damn good at making music...now we're retarded.....
I won't ever forget the first time I heard this "CLASSIC" Yessong. One of the local (non-nationally-owned) radio stations cranked out this tune back in 1996...the year I got my first tastes of prog-rock.
It was while I was busy grinding away on one of those console RPGs weekend nights when not doing schoolwork. Parents were out, and I literally cranked up the volume on stuff like this. Like those old-school games did, this song just took you to a different world entirely.
Much as I do not like being 56, we had it all, music wise. Yes. ELP, Genesis, Led Zep...the list is endless. How fortunate we are! This was the first Yes track I ever heard, and it is defo one of their best.
As for not liking Genesis, your opinion, your loss in my opinion!
@julie36food I'm 24 years old, and I agree. Musically these years are the greatest. I only know because my dad listened to stuff like this, ELO and so on, on 8 Track. (For those of you kids who don't know look it up.) Almost daily while he was in the garage. This is what I grew up on, and I still love every single second of this era in music. Granted I do enjoy Death Metal, Classic Rock is my no. 1 choice in form. YES, ELO, CHicago, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd (I'm talking other than Dark Side)
no rock genre has this kind of bands. the kind of bands that evolve SO FAST to points you could never have imagined.....Yes went from 'time and a word' in '70 to 'close to the edge' in less than 3 years..... you cant believe is the same band sometimes..... genesis went from 'from genesis to revelation' in '69 to 'foxtrot' in '72 !! less than 4 years, you cant believe those works are from the same band....(of course, both examples had some line up transformations, but still)....
@jeleopard Then maybe not today, maybe not tommorow, but someday. If... Dancing with the moonlit knight, Ripples, or Cinema Show doesn't change your mind then, D@MN!
Man I know the "I am a kid that listen to older music and all" comments do get kind of annoying...but seriously WHY CAN'T MY FRIENDS JUST LISTEN TO THE ULTIMATE GENRE PROGRESSIVE ROCK?!
@SasukeAkatsuki22 Beacause then you wouldn't be a special Kid. i'm 14 and i'v liked yes since i was 8 so. i asked my self the question a lot of time's man
Ahh The memories of the Progressive rock days are sweet. Yes , Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, King Crimson and the like wrote and played Music with a level of musicianship that is all but gone now. Lyric and melody ,Jazz and classical and rock woven together in a wonderful tapestry telling beautiful sonic stories. Tell the kids today of the giants of old for they know not.
@monkigun Funny... My parents told me the same back in the day.. I agree with you... Memories ...Wish I could go back to the day I first heard this song!
This type of music is a reflection of the period time of when it was created and the people who still listen to it.If this is something you love please share it with other's.Humanity will survive!
Next to "Gates of Delirium" this has to be my favorite song by Yes. When I first got the record back in 1971, I thought there wasn't enough going on in the last part of the song before the guitar solo. I felt that Yes should have put an organ solo in it as well, like they later did in their live versions, but after all these years, I just love listening to the empty part in anticipation of Howe's solo. I think it's great!
i am from this era, and i can spell ,too. illiteracy is so amazing in the 2000's. We were made to obey and disipline was never demanded. I would go back to the 70's just because of the attitude of the youth and their parents. and we could spell and artitulate well. ooooh yeah and no tatoos earings hanging from there earlobe.the nose pearcing that makes them look like a cow from the herd. how weird! DO YOU SEE LED ZEP WITH PEIRCINGS . THEY WERE JUST TALENTED. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN WILL ALWAYS BE #1
i am from this era, and i can spell ,too. illiteracy is so amazing in the 2000's. We were made to obey and disipline was never demanded. I would go back to the 70's just because of the attitude of the youth and their parents.
Seems to me that these (lyrics) are about a person on earth speaking to someone who has gone on to a beyond that we may not know. It is ok with this earth person that they must wait to see the "mysteries" of life that earthbound people are not privy to. But there is a link to this other world that an earthbound person and the spiritual being who has gone beyond can share of old tales told and life before this day.
hypnotic chord progression at the end.in 1979 i did a 90 mph slide in a pontiac listening to this,i hit the divider on the freeway and slide up a bank.should of died but i came out of it with out a scratch .i guess the alcohol didnt help the course of events either.
@Mr22Johnthegreat roundabout was a song not an album. roundabout came off an album called fragile, which to me is the one of the best albums ive ever owned. fragile, 2112, the white album, and led zeppelin 1 are definately my favorites!!!
jakeTW1996 8 hours ago
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jakeTW1996 8 hours ago
Billy Brufords Drum Rolls are SICK . ! 8 )
joeymonza3 1 day ago
I agree w/ karlmoles65 . This song changed me forever . It opened my mind to realize " Anythings possible ". What musicianship. I feel the same listening to it right now , 42 years later . Rock the **** On . !
joeymonza3 1 day ago
If I had only one track to impress a friend with the awesomeness of Yes it would be Starship Trooper. I know it's early in their career but it somehow displays everything I love about Yes.
BggProductions 2 days ago
Yes best song ever written . . . .Always love this song , it's beautiful ! !
uranium591 2 days ago
man that guitar solo is amazing
RAAB0601 3 days ago
great song, it can happen and roundabout to!
LIND951 3 days ago
I wish i could find brucenator's comment...
IrishGuitarman945 4 days ago
@brucenator Your sister could play that? Then congratulations to your sister, she should be a very good instrumentist!
However, Steve Howe is one of the greatest guitarists ever, Chris Squire is one of the best bass player in history, Yes is one of the greatest band in the world! This music is immortal, long lieìve to progrock!
FrancescoBernardiniC 5 days ago
The first time I heard this song, I was weighing an onion at a grocery store and a voluptous woman was next to me squeezing the melons. On the way out of the store, I banged her Ford Pinto with my grocery cart. We exchanged insurance info and I dropped my pen in a small puddle of water.
PlanTonto 5 days ago
@PlanTonto lmao...makes as much sense as their lyrics yet a beautiful story
mediacobbler 3 days ago
Love that instrumental at the end of the song....
KungFuRascals3 1 week ago
7 people were vaporized by the Starship trooper for lack of taste in music :-).
KungFuRascals3 1 week ago
This song is why I play bass. All Hail Squire!
oZo61 1 week ago
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Man this is the most out-of-date music ever. It's so 70's. The lyrics are stupid and don't even make any sense! All recorded on old analog equipment, it doesn't even meet up to today's standards of music. They probably just took the title from a book anyway. I never heard this song in the movie. These guys are so old and funny-looking. They should just probably just stop touring. The only thing people play along with this song is those three chords at the end, anyway. My sister could play that!
brucenator 1 week ago
@brucenator sorry they didn't use digital, you should've thrown some in your time machine and they could've made you a better album
swooponthebass 1 week ago
@brucenator lol i'd love to see you write anything as brilliant as this band. You probably don't even play an instrument.
QWERTYdude333 1 week ago
@brucenator "I never heard this song in the movie" - hardly surprising as the film Starship Troopers was released in 1997! Of course it doesn't come up to todays standards recording-wise....that's because the technology didn't exist back then. As for them looking so old, that's because they are. Does simple logic not exist in your world?
scrabble58 1 week ago
@brucenator What kind of music do you listen to? Justin Bieber?
KungFuRascals3 1 week ago
@brucenator Your A Piece Of Shit go listen to Your Justin Beiber Shit You Fucking Twat!
flipdry 5 days ago
@brucenator you are a simple minded child with no respect or taste .. i blow my nose in your general direction..
phukinuttz 4 days ago
@brucenator 1. you obviously have no respect for the oustanding musicianship of this group. when this album came out, it completely broke all of the barriers of rock and sounded like nothing else out there. 'twas even more of a milestone than beatles' sgt. pepper, in terms of prog rock.
2. play this on any decent sound system and it'll blow you away. the sonics are just outstanding, thanks to this group's incessant demand for recording studio perfection.
3. yeah, but they do really suck now...
Interst890 3 days ago
@brucenator ...but then again, you're entitled to any of your opinions here on the interweb due to the 1st amendment's promise of freedom of speech, so say whatever you want. just be aware of 99.9% of everyone else on 'tube who comes here to watch this 'cause they wanna here some quality tunes, not bash up tunes that they really should learn to respect more.
Interst890 3 days ago
@brucenator yes they all look old and gay... and their more recent music is total runny shit.. in fact i believe the lead singer has now started singing country music band. however, this album is the epitome of creative expression and that trumps all else... a time capsule of the wonder of youth. you can live once and cry out into space with an open soul and it will echo forever. everyone gets washed up, grows old and forgets what its like to be amazed except for you and your sister
mediacobbler 3 days ago
THIS is where I remembered it from!!! Been seeing The Chantel McGregor Band here in the UK for just over a year now. They do a superb cover of "Had to Cry Today", the old Blind Faith track, and Chantel finishes it off with the final section from Starship Trooper......Cut/Paste "Chantel McGregor Band - Had To Cry Today - Colne " - ST kicks in around 7.15 This is NOT an ad for the band but, if you're into Hendrix/Jethro Tull/Trower/Led Zep/Bonamassa, then check out the website for tour dates.
scrabble58 1 week ago
It's just good music....nuff said!
hallmark45 2 weeks ago
Who can argue with these lyrics? They are no more out-dated than Wordsworth or Keats or whomever. There is nothing comical about them. They fit this song, perfectly.
wttwmusic 2 weeks ago 2
timeless
Rickctg 2 weeks ago
I literally was floored by this song upon first hearing it. It was a total life changing experience
karlmoles65 2 weeks ago 16
@karlmoles65 I think ive just had that same experience lol
RAAB0601 3 days ago
There used to be an upload for this song. Don't remember who posted it. But it had beautiful visuals. It was taken down due to copyright infringments. Sad really. The images were great.
haastaboozia 2 weeks ago
@haastaboozia i spent days looking for that :(
USERxHERE 2 weeks ago
I learned that 3 chord flanger riff at the end of the song and can't stop playing that brilliant shiiiiiit, man. Chords are G D# C, at the eighth, fourth, and first positions, respectively. For example G is 10 8 o 9 x 10, then slide the same fingering position down to D#, then to C. Electric is preferable but acoustic sounds pretty sick too.
CodexRedBlueGreen 3 weeks ago
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The synth solo on the live version is unbelievable. I wish they used it on the studio recording.
username91ification 3 weeks ago
Why are you here?
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
"Lonliness is a power we possess to give or take away forever"
amazing.
houlohan 3 weeks ago
Wrong song @noclouds111.
stowvet 3 weeks ago
@stowvet Why are you here?
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
6.00 and afterwards.
obenbenol 3 weeks ago
My Favourite Yes L.P. Cover!!
sallymick27 4 weeks ago
@sallymick27 They look kinda pale, though, as if suicide was the smartest thing to do before they got shot, lol :D . What about "Tales" ?
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
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sallymick27 4 weeks ago
Quality simply never gets old.
rainbowinthedark73 1 month ago
@rainbowinthedark73 The lyrics are out of date, though.
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq Why do you say that the lyrics are out of date?
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
@noclouds111 This kind of "poetry" may have been popular with Jon Anderson at the time, but according to today's standards one would come off like some kind of a comic act. Trust me; I've been through this kind of experience myself.
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq I don't think it's comedy. What are 'today's standards"?
I just like listening to the experience. If you don't prefer it, I can understand that.
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
@noclouds111 I mean, Jon's lyrics on this particular song are so embarrassing that they are only suitable for girls, say, age 4. But I think that the image of the shiny flying purple wolfhound is too boyish; on the other hand, I don't know a single little dude who would want to have a SHINY FLYING PURPLE wolfhound for a gift 'cause it's not manly.
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq None of the imagery is offensive to me. I rather like it.
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq
Yeah, well. That's just like, your opinion man.
username91ification 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq Even if you're right about this (and I think you have something on some level) you're still wrong. Good music doesn't age, and I believe this is good music, even were you to strip away the lyrics and premise.
asteriskcolon 2 weeks ago
@asteriskcolon Well, how about this: I think it is good music, but it did age. If it doesn't age, then what does?
dayvenkirq 1 week ago
@dayvenkirq What has aged is the stigma and premise surrounding it. This is true. The notes, intentions, phrasing, and feeling remain ageless, as they rightfully should.
asteriskcolon 1 week ago
@dayvenkirq Which I now realise was your original point. Apologies.
asteriskcolon 1 week ago
I've had 5 chances to go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 5 times I've said, " No thanks". When YES gets inducted,THEN!!!! AND ONLY THEN,will I go.What a joke,that so called "Hall of Fame" is.
SouthJerseyGuy1 1 month ago
@SouthJerseyGuy1 Don't forget that it's called "ROCK AND ROLL HALL FAME." Yes weren't always or most of the time about rock and roll. I think that's why they never got inducted. But fuck that; this is one of the best prog bands in the world in our minds and that's the thing that counts. No amount of "rock and roll" bands (although they are to rock and not to roll) is going to change that, bitch! :D .
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
it's crazy how this was written sober.
MrQuojax 1 month ago
@MrQuojax Were they drunk?
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq no
MrQuojax 3 weeks ago
what a song....
music5productions 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
This is a really cool song by a fantastic band.
steveplexus 1 month ago
Long rift at 6:20 rocks!
mrkeys1111 1 month ago in playlist MY 70'S CLASSICS
@mrkeys1111 Shit, man, who's arguing with you ?! :D . Tap that puppy :D.
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
When ever this song comes on i forever always yell out their band name. "YES!!!!!"
TrisofRoblind 1 month ago
@TrisofRoblind ... whilst having sex ?! :D
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq LOL!!! Nice!
TrisofRoblind 3 weeks ago
This music paint pictures. Modern day music don't conjure up anything in the way of pictures. What's happened? (rhetorical question)
Innerspace100 1 month ago
3:22, I give up
benhbook 1 month ago
I used 2 play 5:40-8:25 on my best friends 12 string , but that has been over 30 yrs ago.
terrelm3 1 month ago
By far my favorite Yes album. Chris Squire's Bass could stop the progress of continental drift. The Wurm section is the voice of God.
karlmoles65 1 month ago
Saw YES live in the round at 13, first concert I ever went to, blown away. Rick Wakeman revolving stage!
theelviscerator 1 month ago
I lived the early 1970's. class of 74' southern California, on the beach. I saw Yes twice. I've met Anderson, and Howe. Brilliant back then. Crank it up. Sasuke, if your friends wont listen, thats their loss. At 3:22 into this track, Howe goes off. Anyone who doesnt enjoy the rest of the track, in my opinion, is a moron.
BKApache1 1 month ago
Usually I tried to avoid using the word "feel" because it sounds kinda vague and easy to bandy about, but goddamn if Howe's guitar from 8:27 onwards isn't some of the most goddamed FEEL shit ever. Johmmy Winter's solo in "Can't You Feel It" is maybe the only other time I'll use the F word. And Wakeman's occasional keyboard swells during Howe's solo really adds to the power of the ending. They just GOTTA be using Leslie speakers - all that churning goodness.
666uberstud666 2 months ago
@666uberstud666 From whats been through the mixers and all is great, I attended a private party in L.A. with YES in the late 70's, and they jammed with only the basic equipment needed. I saw a couple little 50watt amps and Wakeman went through a stereo head and 2- little speaker towers about 4 ft tall. It was such a basic set-up and the sound quality was unreal. for me, they did this track flawlessly. the vocal harmonizing with Howes licks was actually resonationg . .
BKApache1 1 month ago
It's my starship to heaven
Shakespeare464 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos 2
I don't call this "progressive" rock, I call it "classic" rock
eli10az 2 months ago
@eli10az I did too, until people started calling even the most mediocre songs from 20 years ago or more classic rock. Then everytime I would say I like classic rock they would assume I liked even disco and bubble gum rock.This is NOT that! I notice that it most resembles the stuff coming out in other countries along these lines called prog rock or progressive rock and realized that fits better in that it really takes you somewhere. So now I call it that instead. But I agree it is truly classic!
66LifesMistress77 2 months ago
@rodkiller11 Dance on a volcano is wonderful...Deep in the motherlode is only a nice song...Real Genesis' songs are that with Peter Gabriel...Genesis without Gabriel lost much of their appeal. Sorry for my bad English, I'm Italian
SpurioCarvilio 2 months ago
Hoy me senté en el Bon que Bon, me tomé un café en jarro y me escuché este tema.
dovganj 2 months ago
They said that digital was the wave of the future...8-16-24 track analog still sounds better. The mixes sound better. My opinion, you don't have to agree....
IRA1916Dublin 2 months ago 2
@IRA1916Dublin It's still sound's ahead of time!!
n64wilbert 2 months ago
@IRA1916Dublin It's still sounds ahead of time!!
n64wilbert 2 months ago 4
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TheRandomCrazyMan 2 months ago
I would listen to Yessongs over and over and over and never get sick of it. For some reason pot would turn my metal head into a yes head (and drive my friends crazy!)
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scheissdrek 2 months ago
I listened to these guys and Rush 'til my ears bled during my teens. Don't know why this suddenly popped into my head but so damned glad I can look this kind of thing up on Youtube.
Menecroth1 2 months ago
YES es lo maximo
alfbey 2 months ago
@awakenfromthedream I only really like a few Genesis songs w/ Phil Collins singing. Dancing with a volcano is awesome. Deep in the Motherlode, also awesome. But Yes is my favorite by eons. So many great songs.
rodkiller11 2 months ago
Love this song!
RailfanWatch819 2 months ago
yesterday was Jon Anderson in Santiago, Chile. he play this song, the most beutiful thing i had saw in my life!
CristianTejadaU 2 months ago 8
@CristianTejadaU You lucky bastard :D last december YES was supposed to be here in Finland, but they cancelled. Maybe they come here in spring... cheers from a land of very cold i guaranteed.
Kakkapieru 3 weeks ago
Iv'e always had room for both....Ginger & Maryanne too!
TheTherese3 2 months ago
Ford or a Chevy, Ginger or Maryanne, Genesis or............YES
14spokin 2 months ago
There is not a word invented yet to describe this song!
340rps 2 months ago 2
@340rps Sure there is: Yes!
Mephistel 2 months ago
i like it
foolsoverture34 2 months ago 2
yes
thank u lord
Miceliism 2 months ago 2
yes
Miceliism 2 months ago 5
Feels like the first time I listened to this song.
intboom 3 months ago 2
Why oh why wasn't I alive in the 70's? WHYY!??!?
fascismanarchy 3 months ago 12
@fascismanarchy Maybe you should ask your parents about it.
TheDustBunnyKing 2 months ago
To Mr.fascismanarchy
Because 70's was golden age of rock music!! I want a timemachine!!
freesiaboysince1986 1 month ago
I WAS
MrDoc1953 1 month ago
@fascismanarchy God hates us?
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@fascismanarchy
Don't worry about it I was but wished I heard more of the sixties, was too young to appreciate it. Am sure your generation can come up with some great music ....
3456jcw 3 weeks ago
This is the pinnacle of song writing, production & recorded music imo.
This song takes me with it, aloft, every time!
noclouds111 3 months ago 4
@noclouds111 Sucks in terms of lyricism, though, and the instrumental back-up to "Though you've seen me, please don't say a word" is dismal. Other than that, it's freaking tight, especially the Wurm coda.
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
@dayvenkirq Hmmm, I like it all.
The lyrics make sense to me.
noclouds111 3 weeks ago
@noclouds111 What are they about? Star Wars? (oh, I think George Lucas or whoever has to give credit to Jon for the originality.)
dayvenkirq 3 weeks ago
i've seen this band in concert 100 times over the decades, and have NEVER been disappointed.
amazing technique, spot-on accuracy...great humor and always a wondrous story being told...
dyhanendra 3 months ago 3
this song is epic! Now I understand how the seeds for the 90's alternative rock bands were planted. Listening to this particular yes album, it's like an aha moment: where have you been all my life?
stregadisalem 3 months ago
@stregadisalem Haha. I know exactly how you feel. I discovered this album like last week and I feel ashamed that it took me so long to find this.. D:
Gooddayz9210 3 months ago in playlist Yes-The Yes Album
yes has that uncanny ability to make me feel like a little kid playing in the yard whenever i listen to em. maybe its because i used to hear em on the radio when my neighbors were working in their garage etc. what an amazing band and sound they had. america and the UK used to be so damn good at making music...now we're retarded.....
copsondonuts 3 months ago
Prog rock, man
jhowardgators 3 months ago
Genesis is a great band, but Yes is a completely different breed.
The only other artist I hold in the same technical talent of Yes is Frank Zappa.
Having said that, my favorite band is Crosby Stills and Nash.
username91ification 3 months ago
I won't ever forget the first time I heard this "CLASSIC" Yessong. One of the local (non-nationally-owned) radio stations cranked out this tune back in 1996...the year I got my first tastes of prog-rock.
It was while I was busy grinding away on one of those console RPGs weekend nights when not doing schoolwork. Parents were out, and I literally cranked up the volume on stuff like this. Like those old-school games did, this song just took you to a different world entirely.
Rock on!
progrockfan28 3 months ago
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arckhealol 3 months ago
Play this song approximately 15 minutes after taking a four-way hit of acid.....you'll understand...
terrryc 3 months ago 2
Never mind "prog" this is the best of our lives!So many dubes!
TheTherese3 3 months ago
arguarbly the only GROUP that ever surpassed the Beatles.
TheTherese3 3 months ago
Much as I do not like being 56, we had it all, music wise. Yes. ELP, Genesis, Led Zep...the list is endless. How fortunate we are! This was the first Yes track I ever heard, and it is defo one of their best.
As for not liking Genesis, your opinion, your loss in my opinion!
julie36food 3 months ago
@julie36food I'm 24 years old, and I agree. Musically these years are the greatest. I only know because my dad listened to stuff like this, ELO and so on, on 8 Track. (For those of you kids who don't know look it up.) Almost daily while he was in the garage. This is what I grew up on, and I still love every single second of this era in music. Granted I do enjoy Death Metal, Classic Rock is my no. 1 choice in form. YES, ELO, CHicago, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd (I'm talking other than Dark Side)
TheeDarkBatman 3 months ago
@TheeDarkBatman by ELO do you mean ELP?
Romencer17 3 months ago
@Romencer17 Electric Light Orchestra, bro. Don't worry though, yours is no disgrace. :P
rfrakctured 3 months ago
One to kick the neighbours arses with, this one. Drown out that gangster rap shite
:-@
petermcintyre100 3 months ago 3
I have a pair of olive green flared trousers on, they smell of patchouly oil.
YAMAHAWRZ 4 months ago
no rock genre has this kind of bands. the kind of bands that evolve SO FAST to points you could never have imagined.....Yes went from 'time and a word' in '70 to 'close to the edge' in less than 3 years..... you cant believe is the same band sometimes..... genesis went from 'from genesis to revelation' in '69 to 'foxtrot' in '72 !! less than 4 years, you cant believe those works are from the same band....(of course, both examples had some line up transformations, but still)....
juandhaltrich 4 months ago
@juandhaltrich
I hate Genesis :\
jeleopard 4 months ago
@jeleopard you like yes but you hate genesis???? incoherence alert!!!
juandhaltrich 4 months ago
@jeleopard Open your mind up a bit more, Peter Gabriel, and even the much controversial Phil Collins are out of this world.
aznmetalmunkey 4 months ago
@aznmetalmunkey
Phil Collins is actually the reason I hate Genesis >.>
And I have a very open mind, thank you XD Jazz, Blues, rock, swing, rap, heavy metal... all that stuff.
jeleopard 4 months ago
@jeleopard Then maybe not today, maybe not tommorow, but someday. If... Dancing with the moonlit knight, Ripples, or Cinema Show doesn't change your mind then, D@MN!
aznmetalmunkey 4 months ago
@aznmetalmunkey
Then damn, I guess :\
Can't do it.
jeleopard 4 months ago
@aznmetalmunkey totally.... even though i dislike a lot collins' genesis, nobody doubts his talent.
juandhaltrich 4 months ago
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Roboto2500 2 months ago
This has to be #1 as far as best endings to a song.
rifferguy1 4 months ago 4
I totally agree.I was just being polite.
TheTherese3 4 months ago
I love that quick acoustic diversion that Howe plays on the song.
But the coda is much better. Simply the most uplifting thing Yes have done.
Malkmusianful 4 months ago
one of the beat
chippy783 4 months ago in playlist chippy783's favorites
Yes rank with the Beatles& The Who.that's it!
TheTherese3 4 months ago
@TheTherese3 Yes Are higher than them
ThePinkguns 4 months ago in playlist best
Man I know the "I am a kid that listen to older music and all" comments do get kind of annoying...but seriously WHY CAN'T MY FRIENDS JUST LISTEN TO THE ULTIMATE GENRE PROGRESSIVE ROCK?!
SasukeAkatsuki22 4 months ago 35
@SasukeAkatsuki22 Because they think Lady Gaga is the ultimate... World is going downhill.
acfiorentina 3 months ago
@SasukeAkatsuki22 because if everyone liked the same thing the world would suck!
fuckmycunt99 3 months ago
@SasukeAkatsuki22 Beacause then you wouldn't be a special Kid. i'm 14 and i'v liked yes since i was 8 so. i asked my self the question a lot of time's man
ThePinkguns 2 months ago
@SasukeAkatsuki22 YES
thelilymoore 2 months ago
@SasukeAkatsuki22 because you're older than them?
just sayin/guessin
666uberstud666 2 months ago
Ahh The memories of the Progressive rock days are sweet. Yes , Emerson Lake and Palmer, Genesis, King Crimson and the like wrote and played Music with a level of musicianship that is all but gone now. Lyric and melody ,Jazz and classical and rock woven together in a wonderful tapestry telling beautiful sonic stories. Tell the kids today of the giants of old for they know not.
monkigun 4 months ago 4
@monkigun Funny... My parents told me the same back in the day.. I agree with you... Memories ...Wish I could go back to the day I first heard this song!
UNICOR100 4 months ago
omg im so stoned
mubeen23 4 months ago 3
Of course it's all about the measure! Color is important also.Jon know's both!
TheTherese3 4 months ago
This type of music is a reflection of the period time of when it was created and the people who still listen to it.If this is something you love please share it with other's.Humanity will survive!
Mikoki101 4 months ago
Magical tune!
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BrianFosterdrummer 4 months ago
Next to "Gates of Delirium" this has to be my favorite song by Yes. When I first got the record back in 1971, I thought there wasn't enough going on in the last part of the song before the guitar solo. I felt that Yes should have put an organ solo in it as well, like they later did in their live versions, but after all these years, I just love listening to the empty part in anticipation of Howe's solo. I think it's great!
1qaz2wsx3edc5753 4 months ago
YES, I had an eargasm.
ryan23791 4 months ago 3
TEH GUITARRRRR
lifeisdead01 4 months ago
i am from this era, and i can spell ,too. illiteracy is so amazing in the 2000's. We were made to obey and disipline was never demanded. I would go back to the 70's just because of the attitude of the youth and their parents. and we could spell and artitulate well. ooooh yeah and no tatoos earings hanging from there earlobe.the nose pearcing that makes them look like a cow from the herd. how weird! DO YOU SEE LED ZEP WITH PEIRCINGS . THEY WERE JUST TALENTED. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN WILL ALWAYS BE #1
boolovestoys1 4 months ago 2
THANK YOU for uploading all of these Yes songs ^^
Fatalyze666 4 months ago
i am from this era, and i can spell ,too. illiteracy is so amazing in the 2000's. We were made to obey and disipline was never demanded. I would go back to the 70's just because of the attitude of the youth and their parents.
boolovestoys1 4 months ago
DAT BASS TONE
Undercoverfire 4 months ago 2
No wonder theBeatles split up ,this was just too much to fathom for Fab 4. And Jon even dialed in Alan .
TheTherese3 4 months ago
I get so proud for Yes sometimes,am I being romantic?
TheTherese3 4 months ago
Seems to me that these (lyrics) are about a person on earth speaking to someone who has gone on to a beyond that we may not know. It is ok with this earth person that they must wait to see the "mysteries" of life that earthbound people are not privy to. But there is a link to this other world that an earthbound person and the spiritual being who has gone beyond can share of old tales told and life before this day.
OPTIMIZEDd 4 months ago
this is one of the most brilliant pieces of music ever written.
The200682200682 5 months ago
ONE OF?..No Max The Greatest! Just listen to the 7s.
TheTherese3 5 months ago
hypnotic chord progression at the end.in 1979 i did a 90 mph slide in a pontiac listening to this,i hit the divider on the freeway and slide up a bank.should of died but i came out of it with out a scratch .i guess the alcohol didnt help the course of events either.
98virago 5 months ago
@98virago apparently the starship trooper was with you ; )
Lightmane321 5 months ago
esto es musica, no la maldita banda y duranguense
joesatchsatriani 5 months ago 2