Time to hit some more YES!! You guys demanded this was the one we checked out next from them, and here we are!!! Hope you all had a great weekend!! What’s next?!?! 🙌🏻🔥

Gentlemen, you must understand that “Yes” is not subject to your laws.

Bill Bruford's drumming almost 50 years later still sounds like he has 3 hands

I am convinced that Chris Squire and Bill Bruford are the best rhythm section in the history of rock music. They are so skilled and so creative it is sick.

I'm 18 years old, I heard this song when i turned 16 while i was on my bus on my way to school. I had been drumming a bit by that time but still had room to grow. I can honestly say that my whole way of how i looked at music changed when I first heard this song. Every single thing about this song made me feel emotions that i never felt before. It is absolutely my favorite song and always will be.

"Fragile" is one of the greatest rock albums of all time.

Don’t miss out on the LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND

I've been a drummer my whole life, and loved Yes for practically my whole life. The drumming Bill Bruford does beginning at 1:21 is simply the coolest, most original drumming I've ever heard. Every time I hear it, I get chills. It's wicked-good. That he did this when he was in his twenties is even more amazing.

Imagine seeing them live, and hearing them sound exactly like their record, but louder, in a large arena, full of special smoke. This band was like that. They were like craftsmen on stage. And at one time their stage was round, in the middle of the arena and it slowly spun around. And the concert went on for over 2 solid hours. I was there, a few times, seeing them live.

Always love how Chris Squire could turn the bass guitar into a lead instrument.

Chis Squire was the man on bass. The man. Great pick.

On the original album, when the track ended, a door opens and there’s a “We Have Heaven” reprise. IMO, it should be included on this video. It was so cool for the time.

Gives me chills almost FIFTY years after I first heard it on headphones when my brother bought the album in 1971. Technical virtuosity and musicianship.

Both Roundabout and Heart of the Sunrise were written on the first day that Rick Wakeman the keyboardist joined the band. They did both in one afternoon! PHENOMENAL!!!

Chris Squire's isolated bass track is on KZfaq. Insane.

“And You and I” is the next Yes song you need to react to. In my humble opinion, the best of all elements of Yes. Vocals...ridiculous. Keys...phenomenal. Bass...Chris Squire...what more can be said.

How many people who listened to the end of the song went right into thinking "Yes! Tell the moon dog, tell the march hare..." ?

"South Side Of The Sky" is a pretty amazing track on this album. Hope to see you guys react to it some time.

I've never click one of your videos faster! Heart of the Sunrise is one of Yes' best. Next should be "And You and I"!!

Since Bill Bruford is such a badass drummer, here’s an interesting bird fact. Unlike most birds that sing, a woodpecker will drum its beak against a tree. Other woodpeckers can identify which bird it is by the sound of the drumming. Much like identifying Bill Bruford’s snare drum with his identifiable “boing”.

Awaken from the album “Going for the One”

It never ceases to amaze me, that after nearly 49 YEARS, this song (and so, so many other songs by Yes) can still give me intense goosebumps all up and down my body, and cause the tears to come streaming down my face!!!!!!! Fantastic reaction, guys! Really enjoyed it!!!! Thank you!!!

They had the perfect band name ever. Any time I hear someone say they're going to play some Yes, I reply YESSSSS!

Re: the lyrics. I think Bill Bruford once said that he likes the way the music makes the lyrics make sense. That's about it. It's poetry. Fits with the music perfectly. Both the music and the lyrics make each other make sense.

Is that it? Is the song over? LMMFAO YES songs are never truly over. Imagine being 11 with YES. PINK FLIYD. ELP with Queen RUSH and ELO on the way. What a life!!!!

Chris Squire's bass playing and tone is simply incredible!

Jon Anderson, the singer of Yes, says the song is about being lost in the city. He has also said it is about the power and energy of the sunrise and in a more general sense, love.

Bill Bruford's drumming, "You still feel the impact, from nothing!" Another classic quote.

This is what you get when a have a group of artists who can play anything. Can't label it other than to call it a work of art.

“And You And I” is a must. Also, no one really knows what Jon Anderson’s lyrics are about

"And You and I" is a song to get lost in!

Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway! Peter Gabriel-era. Awesome!

This song bears repeated listening. It gets better and better every time you listen to it. The more you hear it and start to assimilate how the parts fit together so you can groove on the feel, the better it gets. You may prefer other bands for other reasons, but the level of PURE MUSICIANSHIP in Yes' classic lineup has never been bettered by ANY other Rock band (IMO), and probably never will. Every one of them is among the very best to ever play their instrument. They were a HUGE influence on Rush. Jon Anderson's lyrics are very avant-garde and abstract. He's largely leaving it to YOU to interpret whatever meaning they have (Robert Plant does this frequently as well). Given that, Anderson conveys a hell of a lot of emotion with his (very unique) voice and delivery.

Two things: 1) Yes, Chris Squire is a GOD, rest in peace. James Jamerson led to Paul McCartney, McCartney and John Entwistle led to Chris Squire, and Chris Squire led to damn near every hard rock bassist since, notably Geddy Lee. As if that weren't enough, he was also responsible for most of the amazing vocal harmonies you hear in Yes - he and singer Jon Anderson met as choirboys as kids. 2) I once heard someone refer to John Anderson's lyrics as "word jazz" - very pretty lyrics that don't even necessarily have anything tangible to say, but often just move the music along. They could almost just as easily be pure scat singing, which they do to great effect in other awesome moments such as the end of "Siberian Khatru" - just be sure you react to the live version from "Yessongs," because the studio version fades out!

I’ll take this over ROUNDABOUT any day ! Don’t feel bad about Yes Lyrics ... they invoke FEELING and not necessarily sense ... Can you tell YES is my favorite band ? I have seen them 16 times

So glad you guys did this song. It's a masterpiece and definitely "Yours is no disgrace" should be the next to follow. Excellent choice gentlemen.

The bass lines and percussion, indeed the whole piece, the keyboards, the guitars, and the vocals, still hit me in a soft spot after 50 years. They shine like a supernova. The composition is breathtaking. They do things and insert little snippets that are totally unexpected. Superb musicianship and delightful music.

This is the first time I have ever heard this song. His voice is so beautiful. Definitely A

Glad to see you got back to Yes, next "Yours is no disgrace " "South side of the sky" Siberian katru" I've seen all good people and the Clap

With YES, the whole album must be listened to.

Very late to this party but the intro is amazing. This was Rick Wakeman’s 1st album and he suggested the repeating structure (forget what it’s called musically). But you have the bass and drums smashing constantly in the off beat is just this chaotic jazz like mess that sounds brilliant. Love these guys.

"South Side of the Sky" should be the next song you listen to by them. It's off this same album.

👌❤💕THIS IS REALLY MEANT TO BE LISTENED TO AS A WHOLE ALBUM! MY FAVE!👏👏👏👏S TIER ALL THE WAY!😁😊

Another vote for a review/reaction to “I’ve Seen All Good People!”

Probably my favorite Yes song. I absolutely love Chris Squire's bass playing on this track!

Rick Wakeman's introductory album with Yes. That is some whole-grain Mellotron goodness, there, and some tasty synth treats. You can see how he took them to the next level, compositionally, too.

Chris Squire's solo album "Fish Out of Water" Amazing!

Wow. Brings back memories. Sadly, AOR Radio (Album Oriented Rock) died a long time ago, but from the late 1960's to mid 1980's, AOR radio was the only place you could hear great music like this. Grew up in the NYC area, so I listened to WNEW-FM (102.7), one of the BEST ever AOR stations. Other greats AOR stations include WMMS (Cleveland), KMET (LA), WMMR (Philadelphia), WRAT (Point Pleasant, NJ), WRIF (Detroit), WBCN (Boston). Feel sorry for you guys to not understand the importance of GREAT FM radio stations, which brought great music to the world. Today, we just have Pop, Rap, or Classic Rock. Few stations today will experiments with different genres or alternative music.

Hey A&A! Now you're back on with Fragile.. Pump "Southside Of The Sky" .. that's the tune! Be well.Peace!

Please check out The Moody Blues. "Nights in White Satin," or "Dawn: Dawn Is A Feeling," or "Ride My See-Saw," or "Legend of a Mind," or "Voices in the Sky," for starters. The Moodies released the first Progressive Rock album, Days of Future Past. Theirs is a much more melodic music, than this stuff from Yes, a real treat for the ears and very deep in the sauce.

I saw Yes in concert in the early 1990s in VA (right after they reunited). Eight of the band members (not the usual five or so) were playing there. They took turns on certain songs. Jon Anderson (the singer) said before starting the song that "Heart of the Sunrise" was the only song that all eight members insisted on playing so all eight of them went at it. It was great!

Can you see now how so many fans were not so into "Owner of a Lonely Heart" ? "Gates of Delirium" next !

What I love about this song is the guitar-bass interplay where Howe will sometimes be climbing a scale and sometimes descending while Squire is also doing those runs -- sometimes they are in unison and sometimes in opposition. I LOVE how they do that so smoothly and brilliantly and then incorporate keyboards into it. As to lyrics, Jon Anderson is more about the sound than actual meanings in his lyrics. Wakeman (who is a great comedian) often jokes about Jon having visited other planets and stuff like that.

It's almost a little draining, isn't it? You literally feel like you just listened to an epic.

Funny you mentioned deathbed. My father passed away a few months ago. A few days later you reacted to Starship Trooper. Somehow got me to deal with the grieving process.

The song title and the line “I feel lost in the city,” says it all.

At this point you really need to do the entire Fragile album in a single session. It was meant to be listened to that way.

Great pick gents! The while album is fantastic. Another one from this album is “South Side Of The Sky”, which is a definitely worth a listen. Cheers! 🍻✌️🤟

Guys! I applaud you, as members of your generation, for having the attention span for music like this.

Jon’s voice is still great today !!!

Please give, “I’ve Seen All Good People” a listen.

Yes’ cover of America by Simon and Garfunkel is a must. They took a 2 min 30 second song and created a 10 minute monster

How about a comparison reaction? The song “America”, Simon and Garfunkel and Yes’s rendition.

Live, this was always Chris’s time to shine...the beginning of the song, and throughout

At last, more Yes, I can't wait to listen to this ❤️

My sons first show was Anderson Rabin Wakeman in 2017 at 11 years old and this was his fave. So great live it’s just a genius piece of music. Appreciate you taking the time to get to this one!

I remember buying this album not having a clue what yes sounded like. I was so captivated by the cover art I bought it just to see what was inside. That's Bill Bruford on drums, he's pretty great with King Crimson as well.

Think of Jon Anderson's voice as an instrument and don't sweat the lyrics.

Nobody knows what Jon’s lyrics are about. Do Yours is No Disgrace next

You guys should check out “Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush. She wrote it at 17 and under the mentor ship of David Gilmour it became a massive hit! It’s such a weird and unique song. Kate Bush has influenced all sorts of artists, from Björk to Madonna. Listen to more cool ladies pleaaasee I would love it!!! ❤️

About time you all did some early Genesis - Firth of Fifth, The Musical Box, In The Cage or the epic Supper's Ready.

To many Yes fans, the band peaked during the 18-month period in 1971-72 when Yes released "The Yes Album," "Fragile," and "Close to the Edge." Arguably, the definitive Yes lineup consisting of Jon Anderson (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine), Bill Bruford (percussion), Steve Howe (electric, acoustic and slide guitars, backing vocals), Chris Squire (bass, backing vocals) and the incomparable Rick Wakeman (various keyboards, piano, cape!). I am a Yes fan and have been since 1974! Because of Yes, I became a fan of the bass and was fortunate enough to meet Chris Squire 40 years later a few months before his untimely death in 2015. RIP.... I also named my son after Jon Anderson!!

You very much need to start delving into 70's Genesis: The Cinema Show, Firth of Fifth, The Musical Box, In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers, Supper's Ready, Squonk

Thank you ! Chris Squire’s Bass masterpiece ! Cheers to you !

Great reaction video! Good job guys🤘

YES..."And You and I"...it will become your favorite YES song! I am loving being able to see a new generation react to these songs as I did the first time. They perform this stuff live practically flawlessly also.

Fun fact: the opening riff to this song was based on "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson, who would later seduce away drummer Bill Bruford with their jazzy, improvisational siren song...

Gotta love Chris Squire playing a bass like a lead guitar. Bruford is something on this. South side of the sky. Yours is no disgrace Another comment. You guys do realize that the lyrics are meaningless? Jon Anderson selected lyrics for the sound of the word, not the meaning. It was about the note, the sound and the flow. Any meaning in them you derive yourself. And I love the end. They do this a lot.

One of the best drum performances in rock history. Thank you, Bill Bruford.

Fade out ?? That just hits the wall and stops! I've loved Yes for decades. They are masters at endings that twist your mind

One of the greatest albums of all time! One of the greatest prog rock pioneer bands of all time. Listen to Cris Squire’s bass line.

Yes at their best, all members at the top of their game, a Prog masterpiece with epic Chris Squire tone and licks ❤️ One of the first LPs I ever bought, back in 1972.

My bros: I do not know how I would make it through this pandemic without your videos. I think a lot of us feel this way!!! THANKS AGAIN!!!

Saw Yes four times in the 1970s. This is probably my favorite Yes song. Great Reaction!

And You and I is epic🎵❤

There are two types of people in this world: 1) those who have seen Chris Squire play this song live, and 2) those who haven't. I was fortunate to have witnessed that several times and it is an awesome experience. You should check out some videos of Yes playing this live before he died. And yeah, Bill Bruford was a monster drummer. Steve Howe said of him, "Bill made Yes sound bigger by playing less." Man, the lyrics? Yeah, they are just painting a picture about being in the city versus being in a less crowded space. Not too much to think about, really, other than your own application of it. Next YES song should be "Yours Is No Disgrace". One day you'll be ready for the "Relayer" album, which is Geddy Lee's favorite YES album.

Saw Yes live in 1991 on Union tour at the Capital Center in Landover, MD. Eight fabulous musicians, including Alan White and Bill Bruford drumming on the same stage at the same time. I was only 21 and unable to appreciate the magnitude of what I was seeing and hearing.

I swa this phase of YES in about '71 in Boston and it was PeRfEcT... how in f**k did they do it? Simply mind-boggling to me. This, followed a year later by another engagement w/ an entire new slate of brilliant songs. CHRIS SQUIRE was unique & RICK WAKEMAN was soOoo utterly accomplished. I was in Rock & Roll(?) heaven!

💯 Facts about birds.... they fly roundabout at the heart of the sunrise. Next Yes song has to be “Awaken”. You guys are ready!

I guess that Mr. Tambourine Man and Eight Miles High would be the best Byrds’ tunes to react to.

This is the song that made me a Yes fan for life...the first time I heard that bass opening in high school, I was never the same again. Since you asked, here is my two cents of Jon Anderson's lyrics from someone who really loves how he writes. First, it helps if you think of him as a word painter (he is in fact a painter as well as musician). He doesn't give you a story from a to b to c, instead he is describing a scene or relating it in metaphors. In this way, it can mean many different things to many people, and it will change as you listen to it at different points in your life. Just as an example, the line, "lost in their eyes, as you hurry by, counting the broken ties they decided,' could mean that as you move through a crowd of people on a busy city street observing them all so busy in their minds thinking about their deals and relationships and whatever else [counting the broken ties they decided] that they can't even see you passing right in front of them [lost in their eyes, as you hurry by]. Another example, 'Love comes to you, and you follow,' can mean that moment when you find something important that is at the core of who you are and sets you off on your journey...it can be a person, a spiritual experience, a flash of insight. So in a sense, you can read this song as a journey to enlightenment. You are called to action by something, Jon would call it Love, and you set out to find the source of it. How do you find it? By focusing and dreaming of it 'dream on to the heart of the sunrise.' This makes you different, a dreamer, an outsider in 'the city', in effect you will feel 'lost in the city.' You won't fit in, maybe you never did because you always wanted something more. But as you keep seeking and learning, 'straight light searching all the meanings of the song,' you begin to understand and the words become a part of you, 'long last treatment of the telling that relates to all the word sung,' until finally you see it, feel it and transcend beyond to a new reality, 'dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you.' The ending just brings you back to the beginning, but triumphantly changed, life is now a dream to the heart of the sunrise and you have no choice to be an outsider to the crowds in the city, lost in the city. But that is just fine. Anyway, I hope that is what you wanted, and I hope it doesn't stop you from coming up with your own interpretations. The trick to finding your way in Jon's lyrics is to let the words make a picture in your mind and then as you fit those scenes together, a narrative will emerge. Jon is ambiguous and obtuse on purpose in order to let the listener brings his/her own things to it and it can change from listen to listen. I don't know if you have done 'Yours Is No Disgrace,' if you haven't, it's a must, but there is a great lyric interpretation in that song that only hit me a few years ago after listening to the song for over 25 years. But that is for another comment section. Thanks for doing this guys!!! :D

I have "Fragile' on vinyl. Bought in 1971. I went and dug it out and started playing it. Thanks for the reminder.

I’ll say it again, Jon Anderson has the voice of an angel. Hearing it strong echoing in a stadium gives you whole body goosebumps. It’s a shame you can’t see them live with Chris Squire (RIP) A buddy of mine’s uncle did sound for them in the 80’s. My friend got around with him backstage and all. Squire was almost late because he was supposedly searching for coke in Philly. His demons obviously caught up with him. He was the harmonizing singer behind Anderson crucial to the writing of the music of Yes. Add that with Steve Howes at times alien guitar ability, Bill Buford or Allan Whites drumming, Tony Kaye, (a founding member) Rick Wakeman, (Fragile being his first album with Yes) Patrick Moraz (also with the Moody Blues after Yes) or Geoff Downes on keyboards and you are just left in awe. Check out the album Drama which had a departure of Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman. Trevor Horn did the vocals and Geoff Downes did the keyboards. These two were the duo of the band called The Buggles who had the very first video shown on MTV. Yes has always been one of my favorites.

Great song! Love Yes... Check out "All Good People" and "And You and I".... BTW Bill Bruford drummed on the Fragile and Close To The Edge albums... one of the top 3 drummers in rock. He left Yes is 1972 to join King Crimson.

You want groundbreaking Bass. Sly and the Family Stone "Thank You". Bassist Larry Grahm invented the Slap Bass.

Every person playing on this song is a virtuoso. My favorite Yes song.

'SCHOOL' - SUPERTRAMP

By the way a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance

Hey guys! I had the fortunate experience of seeing YES in concert in 1974 (yes I am an ancient Hippie) and the cherry on top is they played this song exactly as it sounded on their studio recordings. To this day this was the best concert I ever attended, and I saw them ALL, as far as musicianship goes and their stuff is not that easy to play! Not many YES cover bands around. Long Distance Runaround, I've seen all Good People will do for a start.

This is the pinnacle of Yes. This is their best song.