Awaken-YES(2/2)

with FANTASIA

Category:

Music

Tags:

• YES
• イエス
• Awaken
• 悟りの境地
• FANTASIA
• ファンタジア

[nignog87]

Good God, What a Song! If this doesn't get the hair on the back of your neck raising, nothing will!

[a11natura1]

I second this notion.

[SeattleLA]

@mp4guru Yes, Jon is the best frontman, I think. It is just that for some unknown reason, people seem to not consider prog.

[VideoMask93]

@clasicalmusicrules You might take interest in Dream Theater's Octavarium. The album is based off the musical octave musically and thematically.

[SWSguitar]

This is what classical music would be like if Schoenberg and Elvis had nt been born.

[stockjonebills]

My favorite yes song. Love it. Yes is so musical, its beyond rock..

[LajlaN]

Everytime I hear it, it seems to me like I'm witnessing fallen angel's return to haven

[Elohim9120]

.¸☆`• Yes is Yes Forever...¸☆`•

[mp4guru]

Anderson's voice is like light from a distance star... people talk about other frontmen, but he and Freddy Mercury are the best that ever done it... nuff said!

[schmittelt]

@bullzdawguk I agree completely. I get the same sort of feeling during "that" part of Gates of Delirum, except it's a completely different kind of battle for that song. The lyrics were loosely based on War and Peace. What I love about this part of Awaken on this video is the conjunction of the music with the film. The overhead shot of the vulcano being "greened" is particularly spectacular. And, of course, 6:16

[bullzdawguk]

@schmittelt Fascinating. That exact part of the song has always stood out for me. It's like all points lead to it and from it in the song. It's always sounded like a battle to me that ends with peace. When you consider the context of the song, I see it as a final battle in ones soul before enlightenment. Looking at it this way has enriched this masterpiece for me. Deep, I know. But some music deserves deep thought I feel. 

[clasicalmusicrules]

This is the only piece of music I know, classical, rock or otherwise, which uses all twelve notes of the circle of fifths as the basis for its climactic melodic sections. What's interesting is how they manage to make it sound almost non-sequential. "Yes," there isn't anything quite like this song.