On of the most moving pieces of music in rock history.

The first time I met Yes was in 1983, when Owner of a Lonely Heart video came out on MTV, and I said “wow, good rock band”. Then a friend of mine lent me an LP and said to me “Do you want to really know Yes? Just listen to this”. It was Close to the Edge and I said “WOOOW WOOOW WOOOW”. A whole universe opened to me from that moment on. A great album

Brings a tear to my eyes watching young people react to the first time hearing the music that I grew up with.

This masterpiece of an album was recorded and released in 1972 (nearly 50 years ago) and only consists of 3 songs - Close To The Edge (which you have already heard), this song, and Siberian Khatru...so that’s the only one left then you’ve experienced the whole album. It really was, and still is, a milestone in progressive rock music! By the way, that’s an acoustic guitar at the beginning...not a piano 😊. And all of lead vocals are sung by the same guy, Jon Anderson. He has a very unique voice and way of singing. The other members of Yes at this time were: Steve Howe - guitars & backing vocals Chris Squire - bass guitar & backing vocals Bill Bruford - drums & percussion Rick Wakeman - keyboard instruments (piano/organ/synthesisers etc) he is widely considered one of the greatest keyboardists in rock music. Happy exploring this wonderful band!

YES has excelled in Progressive Rock with their instrumentation and stories involved with their songs! They capture moods and feelings and they are memorizing to watch and listen to!

"To Be Over" is a song from YES I think you'd love, same type of theme, same beautiful, peaceful melody.

I met Jon Anderson a few years ago. I told him this was my favorite Yes song. He said "thanks, mine to". Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer... they were all modern-day classical composers. Tony Kaye, Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, Trevor Rabin... brilliant musicians.

Each time I hear it I'm 12 again, having my horizons blown open. I'll never lose that feeling of listening to it for the first time.

I've probably heard this song 200 times and I still get emotional hearing it. For me what does it is when we typically hear love songs, they're easy to digest, and this song doesn't really do that, and to the untrained ear people may not even realize this is a love song at all. Judging from the lyrics, I feel that this is a song about a love that develops over time, and I can't even imagine how difficult it is to write a song that illustrates that, but somehow Yes had done it. Thank you so much for making this video, it was fun watching someone react to one of my favorite songs of all time :D

The Preacher, The Teacher has to be my favorite couple of minutes of music ever.

There is a lot of spirituality in Yes music, that's why we get emotional listening....

Oh Gods, after all these years they’re still absolutely beautiful 🙏🥰✊🏽

Yes "Close To The Edge" is considered by many to be the greatest prog album ever, and considered by many to be the greatest album...period...and I agree.

Watching newbies have such reactions to these wonderful Yes songs is so amazing to us, because it is like we are reliving the first times ever hearing these masterpieces!

I need to thank you. Whenever I see someone really hear this band I’m moved. I used to take my dads albums when I was about two years old and I’d play them on tiny turntable that my dad gave me. He trusted me with his records because he knew I had respect for them. Do listen to as much yes as you can. Jon Anderson us beautiful being. . I was lucky enough to meet him a few years ago and he is just as lovely as you can imagine

Other great songs by Yes = I've Seen All Good People, Wonderous Stories, Turn Of The Century, Heart Of The Sunrise, Yours Is No Disgrace, America, Starship Trooper, etc. etc.

One of the best love songs ever written; seeing all the beauty of the world through your loved one, nothing more, nothing less.

I have always loved this song from the moment I first heard it. When I see it performed live, with Jon Anderson singing it, I well up with a profound sense of experiencing something grand and beautiful, usually followed by tears of joy, which is then met with a raucous reaction when he sings “called over valleys of endless seas.” I don’t need to know about each word, because I’m delivered to it’s space. Then the crowd goes nuts. Probably gets the biggest standing ovation of the night. The whole shape of the song is completely unique in any genre of music.

First heard YES at 13 years old in 1973. This piece deeply effected me and along with others from a very rich catalog did go on to chart the course of my musical sensibilities for the rest of my life. It's a "love affair" really . . . Welcome and enjoy . . . .

Ambrose, Yes are absolute Icons of early Progressive Rock music! Love every single song they put out!

Everyone who watches can see the band resonating through you. Makes me cry this song too. Wonderful reaction.

Jon almost always dedicates this song to "his Janie" whom he's been married to since 1997. It's about *love*, which we truly need now. Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Bill Bruford, and Steve Howe all had a hand in writing "And You And I".

".....callllll" -how many bong hits across the earth.

I'm a year late lol.. but wanted to explain that like fine wine, their performance of this song has aged beautifully. Find the Amsterdam symphonic yes 2001 version, with full orchestra. 30 yrs after they wrote it. You will cry again :)

I saw Yes in an outdoor concert in Hartford, CT in 1972 during the tour promoting this album. I then saw them in Leicester, U.K. in 2015...a 43 year gap! They were minus Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, but they did their first three albums in their entirety. I was in heaven.

This Song is Beautiful, And You and I Are.

Welcome to the Yes Fan Club, Ms. Ambrose. I truly enjoy your reactions & appreciation for truly remarkable musical experiences. It is a pleasure to enjoy your fun videos.

This song helped me deal with my mother’s death in 1984 soon after I discovered Yes at age 15. Somehow I lived through the 70s and did not hear of Yes until 1983 when Owner of a Lonely Heart was released. I bought their entire back catalogue on vinyl that same year and without Yes high school would have been completely different for me. I recommend Turn of the Century, Starship Trooper, and Hearts for you. Happy Listening!

I heard this fir the first time in '74. I fell deeply for the Band. Close to the Edge is a top 10 album IMHO. So nice to watch the reaction on your face.

The love of another, the love of the infinite, the love of life, it's all in there...and believe when I say that while listening to this in concert once, while in a highly lucid state, I had a flash of how world peace can happen and how easy it really is if we would only see. I love that you are exploring the lyrics, there is a lot there and because he is basically painting with words, there are so many possible meanings that will change as you do. This song also contains one of my favorite lines...it is hard to hear because it is a backing vocal and it is very processed...it's at 5:17 in your vid: "Float your climb" which I take as the Daoist idea of "wu wei" or non-doing...if you let things flow, life will take you where you need to be. We have to allow ourselves to ascend and then we will float up without effort. To quote Yoda..."Luminous beings are we."

Emotions and spirituality are the basis of Yes music 🎶🎵 All instruments fit each other in an incredible choral sound And you and I 💘

Jon Anderson would just love watching & listening to Cynthia’s reaction here, which was Yes’ goal always

It's a 12-String Guitar at the beginning - and it ends the song perfectly with Anderson accompanying on vocals, whole Wakeman takes off into Space on the final chord 😏👍

This is one of the best albums ever created, and is my personal favorite. The title track, "Close to the Edge" is a true masterpiece. The intro in this song is a 12-string acoustic guitar. "I love this voice!" So do we! That's all Jon Anderson - he's amazing. He has a naturally high voice: he's a alto-tenor or countertenor, which is above the tenor range. He doesn't use falsetto, which is what a lot of men use to hit high notes (like Mick Jagger or the BeeGees) Suggestion: don't watch lyric videos of Yes songs. The lyrics are meant to create mood as much as convey meaning: they are often chosen for how they sound with the music as much as for their meaning. Just sit back and listen and enjoy! Remember when all this music came out back in the seventies, we didn't have lyrics available unless they were printed on the album sleeve. We share your joy in listening to this beautiful classic. Please continue! Peace from SF

Seen live in 77. One of their best songs done...at that concert.

Girl, you're on the Yes train! I know you're getting a lot of suggestions. I've been a Yes fan since 1978. Trust me, you need to hear, ' Starship Trooper', ' South Side of the Sky', ' Heart of the Sunrise', and the epic masterpiece, ' The Gates of Delirium'. The ending of the last I mentioned will make you feel like you went to heaven.

Many of our most creative minds were huge fans of Yes. A goodly number of my favorite TV series, when the credits run, turn out to have been produced by "Mutant Enemy Productions", a name drawn from one of the lyrical phrases in this tune.

Reached right into your heart and captured you, didn't it? It's layered like a wedding cake. The top level is a love song. The next is about awareness of our world, its fragile beauty and gently powerful web of interaction, knowing our place in it, knowing who we are within it. The next level is cosmic awareness; how we fit into an unimaginably huge universe that seems to have been created for the sole purpose of nurturing Life of all forms; Love in all its many expressions, the myriad ways we are able recognize how Love informs all that we are or will ever be. There are Preachers and Teachers who have tried to convey these things to us for centuries. Anderson is following a fine and noble tradition and those amazing players with him are ALL on the same channel, the same wavelength. Anderson's lyrics are designed deliberately as "open-ended." They can be interpreted in a number of ways. This is why Yes music is so universally transcendent. Even if you DON'T understand it fully, it's compelling in a way few other artists have been able to achieve. (Hint: no one ever fully understands Yes music, which is the beauty of it because we keep listening to it and finding more within its lyrical and musical structure.) Learning about Love and Life is a task that's never complete, which is why Anderson chose the metaphor of "climbing mountains" to "look over valleys of endless seas." Each mountain is different, each sea unique but the person climbing with you, at your side, gazing over those endless seas will always be in your heart--if you care enough, if you let them in. You let this song into your heart and it worked its magic on your soul. Congratulations. You just had an epiphany. That is always a Very Good Thing.

The song is flat out art. The listener defines and interprets the creation.

Listen to this when it's raining, find a nice spot to watch the rain an just be immersed. A nice home stereo is the best, the neighbors won't mind, it's YES. For a proper comparison of YES recorded, and YES live, you should do "Yours Is No Disgrace" from The Yes Album, then from YESSONGS. After you listen to "Siberian Khatru" I mean. After 50 years of listening to YES, it's so good, each time is like the first time.

It’s so nice that YES has grabbed you! It seems that you are the newest true Yes fan! You have listened to the first 2 songs from the album called “Close To The Edge” - there are only 3 songs on the album, so you might as well finish! The final song is called “Siberian Khatru.” All 3 songs are entirely different than one another, yet equally great in their own way. After that -- how about “Heart of the Sunrise” and “Turn of the Century” - 2 more surprising and beautiful songs from this unique and amazing band. Keep listening, love your reactions!

Listen to it again. Only this time put on headsets, close your eyes and don't talk or think about talking. This song plays deep in the brain.

Actually the beginning is a 12-string acoustic guitar. It's not a piano. I just can't get over how beautiful you are! Keep going. Peace, D

Great reaction! I've been a devoted Yes fan since 1971 and am delighted when younger folks like you enjoy this exceptional music

First saw Yes 1973 west palm bch auditorium....seen them many times since....fantastic ...unique music....and yes...To Be Over ...good choice as is Awaken....Turn of the Century!!!

I'm so glad and grateful that you are exploring one of the premier bands of all time. This masterpiece song is from a brilliant land mark album that was a game changer not just for Yes but music itself. This album alone changed my taste in music and bands ever since. Yo should check out their live version of this song and a lot of their other earlier songs on Yessongs. It's my favorite live album. The movie was awesome too. Thank you for your wonderful videos that I really enjoy and always look forward to. I really enjoy your reactions and comments and the journey with you as a lovely hostess leading the way. Love ya my dear.

Hi there. It's a harmonic intro by Steve Howe on the lead guitar. In the background the hauntingly beautiful piece is played by Rick Wakemen - he plays piano, organ, mellotron, etc. I'm a jazz bassist and multi-instrumentalist and working on my own progressive rock album. Prog rock was definitely the most experimental and talented genre that could push and challenge to the boundaries of no limits; musicians were free to do what they wanted due to the ever-growing and income of the music industry. Thanks for bringing this to new audiences. I am new to your channel and enjoyed this reaction. Thank you, Ambrose.

One of my favorite bands. I love "Yes".

The next beautiful song by Yes you should do is Turn of the Century off the Going for the One Album! It truly is one of the most beautiful songs ever!

In a re-union concert, Jon Anderson said this was written as a love letter to his wife. With the bands growing success they could finally travel the world, and the lyrics allude to that.

Hola tengo 60 años y vivo en Costa Rica y desde los 12 años soy fan de YES y justamente Close To The Edg fue el primer LP que compre en mi vida, quiero felicitarte por tu buen gusto musical y sobre todo por tu sensibilidad disfrute tu video , disfrute ver que alguien tan joven disfruta hoy de la música que me hizo soñar en mi adolescencia y me marco por toda la vida

My fav song. I still remember where I was when I heard this song 50 years ago

When you wondered if there was a different singer it was just the sound of Jon Anderson without the blend of Squire's backing vocals. It can not be stressed enough the importance of Chris Squire's contributions to the sound of Yes.

One of my favorites by Yes, it takes me to another world every time. This album is connected to a very special time in my life.

I cry every time I hear this song.

Been listening to this since it first came out. The whole album is brilliant and still seems fresh even after all that time, probably due to the incredible musical abilities all members possess.

Watch Yessongs! You will be blown away. You can see the passion when they play it live.

I love your reactions. Good luck figuring out Jon's lyrics! He gives you words and allows you to interpret them any way you like (as long as it is positive.) This is from one of their best albums. "Relayer" is another with only a handful of tracks, but it contains two of Yes's most beautiful tunes. (Soon and To Be Over. I don't know which is more lovely. (It doesn't matter, as we got TWO!)

The intro is just Rick Wakeman (Keyboards) holding the Key Chord on a Hammond C3 organ while Steve howe plays the 12 string guitar. Then Wakeman comes into a lead-in with the Moog Synthesizer. (You did ask for explanations!). The vocals are all Jon Anderson with backup vocals from Steve Howe (Guitar) and Chris Squire (Sadly no longer with us on Bass Guitar). The ending was an Orchestration by Rick Wakeman on a keyboard called a Mellotron.

Cynthia, I have completely enjoyed watching your reactions to this beautiful music from Yes. You have a very good ear for understanding what you are hearing and it is a pleasure to be able to witness your joy.

If I had a time machine I send you back to the 70s to see this performed live where they slowed down the middle part and made it much more powerful.

FYI, Cynthia, the opening of the song is all Steve Howe on guitar using touch harmonics on the strings. He very lightly touches the strings directly above the frets and instead of a solid tone, it sounds more like a soft bell. Another example is Roundabout opens with harmonics.

That favorite line, to me it means that the seeds of life are within us. Discovering and using this knowledge for good, is the meaning of our lives. I could be wrong but that's how I take it.

Jon Anderson just has one of those voices that fills you with joy.

💜 I knew you would love "And You And I". Thanks so much for the reaction. I highly recommend "To Be Over" and "Turn Of The Century" for more beautiful and moving YES pieces.

Honestly, I am so happy to see your reaction. I have shared this song with ladies who didn't get the song. I have often thought if I could find a lady who really gets what an amazing love song this is, I would ask her to marry me, So very cool to see your genuinely lovely response. Namaste.

Beautiful Music. Beautiful Reaction. Beautiful Woman.

I felt the same way when I bought the album and heard this song, it became my favorite Yes song. I was a teenager learning the guitar and Steve Howe became a mythical being I could only dream of playing as he did. Many late nights burning much gasoline smoking buds listening to Yes! I don’t want to go back, it could never be as good as I remember it today!

And You And I is another one of YES' masterpieces. It is a song about the band and the audience. Probably seen this song performed 150 times. Jon at his best!

I love your reaction and your comments. This is from one of my favourite albums. It's great to see people in other regions of the world discovering this music and loving it. If you would like to hear music in a similar style, I recommend you the songs of Genesis, like The Cinema Show, Watcher of the Skies, or The Fountain of Salmacis.

You have to listen to this song in wintertime with your eyes closed and a cup of tea in candlelight. That's my ritual on grey days

And You and I; Classic yes so beautiful, emotional, uplifting, wonderful it is a great song like all Yes songs of that time. You really need to listen to this whole Yes, Close to Edge LP. No stopping the music, no distractions, darken room and let you mind fill with sound and light. This LP and this song is a masterpiece, the best prog rock LP ever. Looks like Yes has a new fan! Welcome to the Yes fan club. Please do an album review of Fragile, you will not be disappointed. Great reaction and continue the wonderful Yes music journey.

Yes music brings out all the different emotions in you. It's spiritual and soothing and in the same time it can make you a much better person. Enjoy

Hi Cynthia. I loved your reaction. I think you have perfectly understood the meaning of this song. It also reaches me very deep. Since you liked this one, I highly recommend you "To be over". Regards from Argentina, Máximo

Sadly, lyrics can still be written today like Yes and ELP and Genesis and Rush......the music industry choses not to. Sad, but it makes these bands forever special.

Glad you loved it. They are the king daddy of Prog rock. Even after all these years I think the lyrics are baffling but man those guys put together beautiful melodies.

Greetings from Oregon. We old folks get emotional too. We think you will be just fine. Welcome aboard. Welcome to the greatest music of my time. All our best to you and your family..

Ah, pretty Lady! I see you've reacted to Awaken, and yet you still come back to Yes for more. Again, very bold of you. Welcome! And thank you for listening.

Ver a esta chica escuchando una de mis canciones favoritas me ha emocionado....de verdad

Only one song remains on the album: "Siberian Khatru". You'll love that one too, I'm sure. It's more up-tempo, but still beautiful. I'm sure everyone will agree.

Hi Cynthia. :) Love your reaction video for this song. I haven't read thru all the comments but I am wondering if anyone else has mentioned that there is supposed to be a tiny ascending note at the very end of the song. I think you stopped it just before that note could be heard. I haven't listened to this song in a long time but if I remember correctly it is very quiet and you have to listen intently to hear it. Yes has done stuff like this before, like at the beginning of the song Parallels, there is an organ prelude that can barely be heard before the song starts, but it is there. I think maybe most of the time people just miss it but for me it makes the song so much more interesting. So if you listen closely you might find other things in their music that they just kind of quietly threw in to make things more interesting. I'll be checking to see what other Yes songs you'll be posting. I might suggest listening to Soon, which is actually a part of one of their longer epics called The Gates of Delirium. Have a good day :)

It was a pleasure to watch your eyes and face full of smiles. When this album came out I was a teenager and to this day this album is still one of the best

The first half of this was released as a single with the other half on the B side. I heard it on the radio when I was a teenager.

It's ok to cry when you listen to Yes.

One of my favorite songs ever also. I've been listening to this song for over 30 years and never could fully understand the words, so thank you for the lyric prompt. "I listened for the good nazi??" 🤔 10:13 I knew that wasn't what he sang. Lol. 😂😂😂 I am happy that And You And I is still melting hearts everywhere. 💗✌

“Heart of the Sunrise,” “Starship Trooper,” “I’ve Seen All Good People,” “Nous Somme Du Soliel,” and “Union” are songs to check out, too. The beginning is all Steve Howe on a 12-string guitar. If you are looking for a very pretty 12-string guitar album, check out Anthony Phillips, “Twelve.” Anthony was the first guitar player for Genesis prior to Steve Hackett joining the band.

You have it right. The total exhilaration of love and the total humility of love. Hard to call this a 'song'.

Beautiful music, beautiful lyrics, amazing band. You might as well finish the album now and listen to Siberian Khatru. It's higher energy though, so get ready 😀

More often than not Jon Anderson's lyrics are stream of consciousness and he has stated that he wrote more on the play and sound of the words as an instrument than meaning. Some of them though do work as poems or stories on their own. :) "Heart Of The Sunrise" is a must from them to check out. It is another multi-faceted song, both heavy and poetic yet not introvert but all out to people.

Yeah!!! We love Yes!!!

Watched your Close to the Edge and Roundabout reactions too, and knew you'd like this one. You've got just one song left to finish this Yes album! Be sure to go back to the Fragile album and do the songs after Roundabout. That album is full of good songs like this one. Another BIG Yes album to experience is an earlier one called, The Yes Album (1971), and start with its first song, "Yours Is No Disgrace" and do each one. And not to fill your bucket too much Cynthia, but you gotta do some more Pink Floyd and Beatles! And I'll bet you've never heard a Moody Blues song! ✌️😎

It's so nice to see the joy in your eyes when you listen to this music. For the songs from the early studio albums, I always recommend listening to the songs on the live album "Yessongs" (1973) too. Some of the songs have been significantly revised and I personally like them better (not all, but most of them). You can try the song "Heart Of The Sunrise". Or, if it should be a "masterpiece", "The Gates Of Delirium" from the album Realayer. The song is based on Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace"

Another band you might like is Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO as they're more commonly known. Some of their best songs include Telephone Line, Living Thing, Roll Over Beethoven(cover of Chuck Berry's classic), Sweet Talking Woman, and Evil Woman, just to name a few.

A masterful band, they are part of my DNA, were i to be married this would have been the song i chose.

And for me, the line is ‘And you and I climb crossing the shapes of the morning’

I love the way you pronounce transitions. Your reactions are full of child-like wonder. That makes you as lovely as this music. 💖

This song starts out with Steve Howe playing a six string guitar. You might enjoy watching this concert. Excellent video and sound quality: Yes ~ Live at Montreux [2003] [HD 1080p] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bc-EiNllsNy8nYU.html Here's another one with almost as good video, still with excellent sound. Yes - Live in Birmingham 2003 (Full Concert) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9iWltN129falmw.html I picked these two because they feature the original band (Alan White on drums instead of Bill Bruford) Food for the soul, enjoy!

YES, " AND YOU, AND I" CYNTHIA, THIS ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITE BANDS. THE ABSOLUTE FABULOUS COMPOSITIONS WITH HIGH QUALITY MUSICIANS AND THE COOLEST VOCALS.. JON ANDERSON LEAD SINGER... "ROUNDABOUT", " AIM HIGH, SHOOT LOW" "CHANGES"...

What you're hearing in the intro is acoustic guitar. What you're hearing later (and in Soon--the end of Gates) is steel guitar like you hear in mostly older American country music. I didn't know either at first about the steel guitar being more of a rock guy. Like everyone is saying check out some of their live videos. I love your reactions!

Personally, I think this song is even more beautiful in the live version of the album "Yessongs" (despite the moderate sound quality). It just breathes even more (can I say that in English that way?). As a suggestion I would like to make two songs from different "eras" of Yes. "Survival" (1969, albums "Yes Album" or "Yesterdays") and "Final Eyes" (1987, album "Big Generator")