YES - Patrick Moraz Destroying Close To The Edge

Moraz is a great Keyboardist ... but this was not his day ... instruments out of tune, etc.


live QPR - 1975

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• YES
• Patrick
• Moraz
• Close
• To
• The
• Edge
• QPR

[GaryXGomes]

Ummm...the only thing "wrong" here is the sound of the Mini Moog. in the last part, Moraz improvised a solo rather than copying Wakeman's (and Moraz is a terrific improvisor) and he favored different textures on the Hammond than Wakeman. I like Wakeman, but when you hire a guy as talented as Moraz, you expect him to bring something of his own style to the material, not just copy Wakeman.

[curiousted]

Ever play a Moog? They go out of tune constantly. That's why they have that handy tuning knob right on the top of the console.

[BalloonAnimalFarm]

man this shit is great! i think Moraz had a much more interesting input than Wakeman, don't get me wrong, both are legends, but how can you deny all of the creative synth sounds on Relayer, his sound is very playful and colorful. Pat is what makes Relayer my favorite album by Yes

[ebrules311]

Moraz is an amazing talent. Many here with some technical savvy point out the early synths having tuning issues. Also, please note that tape recordings (meaing taping of the show itself) also have flutter that affects the higher frequency stuff you're not going to notice it much on bass and guitar. My point is it probably didn't sound that as "sharp" at the show in person.

[MMOAvideos]

Not his day!! That was a great solo! Get some ears, dude...

[Petruccibear]

I was like: "Why the negative comments this isn't so b—holy shit, what the fuck is he doing?"

[CarlloLombardo]

Well! When we listen this, we forget that, in fact, are a lot of channels missing here. But, anyway, Moraz is a fantastic player. But he is not going well here anyway.

[cissmjg]

I dont think Patrick Moraz (an outstanding keyboardist) "destroyed" Close to the Edge. I think there are parts of CttE that are untouchable and Moraz "touched' them.

[soundofflute]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who hated Patrick's "interpretations" of Yes music. In this one, he just goes off, seemingly oblivious to the song they're playing.

[gyppy1715]

Moraz added a great energy to live Yes---and he played the music with his own style---CTTE didn't work well as it is such a tight composition---but his Ritual was much better than the original.

[KillingLies1]

i dont understand was wrong here guys , i just like it.

[snowypetrel]

It's lovely seeing Chris Squire being himself.