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Yes, Close To The Edge - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

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Күн бұрын

#yes #closetotheedge
It’s been a long time coming, but finally, YES! I really had no idea what to expect - in fact, the title made me expect something else, but once I adjusted to what I was hearing, this music took me on a vividly descriptive journey.
Here’s the link to the original song by Yes:
• Yes - Close To The Edge
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@ultimatebasses
@ultimatebasses Жыл бұрын
This is my #1 desert island album. Even after 100's of listens, it remains fresh and vibrant.
@RonG40
@RonG40 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree. I have been listening to this since I was child. (First time on 8-track, to give you an indication of how long.) I always come back to it, and never tire of it. For me personally, it is probably my favorite album of all time. It never fails to move, impress and inspire.
@osvaldo8966
@osvaldo8966 Жыл бұрын
Me too.
@frankhoulihanfh4972
@frankhoulihanfh4972 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Some of the greatest music ever made. For this alone Yes is immortal. But, wait. There’s more!
@dedicatedspuddler7641
@dedicatedspuddler7641 Жыл бұрын
For me as well. Still love it after forty three years of listening to it!
@markcattano
@markcattano Жыл бұрын
Right on
@danielhake2056
@danielhake2056 8 ай бұрын
I don't know how one could even process that song mentally, without multiple listening. What a masterpiece.
@padraigdevitt8755
@padraigdevitt8755 8 ай бұрын
Agreed. It took me many many listens over time to finally make a breakthrough and understand this song. For so many listens I just heard noise and then one magic might I listened to it and boom ! I got it finally ❤
@mevenstien
@mevenstien 7 ай бұрын
So true 👍
@gribwitch
@gribwitch 4 ай бұрын
Yes's music is quite complex, and you need to adjust to it over time. Just don't take notice of the lyrics. You'll never work them out. Imaginative though.
@bazonics
@bazonics 3 ай бұрын
Well of course they can't if they keep bleedin' stop starting it and yapping all the time.
@badhairday2377
@badhairday2377 24 күн бұрын
isn't it absolutely mesmerizing???
@docsketchy
@docsketchy Жыл бұрын
It's always gratifying to watch someone hearing Close to the Edge for the first time. This song was recorded 51 years ago, and I've been listening to it for about 45 years. When you have heard it as often as I have, it becomes a part of your skeletal system. One of the most important things that sets Yes apart from their contemporaries in the progressive rock genre is their mastery of musical form. Close to the Edge is probably the greatest example of this, but it is difficult to discern when the music is broken up, as it was in this video. I suggest that you listen to the piece uninterrupted from beginning to end, and see if you have any further impressions. Some other relevant things to know about the piece. Yes, it was inspired by Sibelius's 7th symphony, but really that inspiration was more with regard to the fact that the symphony was about 20 minutes long and was all in one continuous movement. That aspect of the symphony convinced singer and lyricist Jon Anderson that Yes could and should attempt something similar. Of course, Close to the Edge was the result. The other interesting inspiration for the piece was the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. It might be interesting for you to read that book (if you haven't done so already) and then come back to the piece. Like the story of Siddhartha in the novel, I interpret Close to the Edge as a meditation on spiritual searching and awakening. Over several sections of the piece, one is confronted with a recurring idea: "I get up, I get down." To me, this means that life happens. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. I have always interpreted the pipe organ part as a kind of awakening, and then the synth and drum part which follows as a sort of renunciation, and then the funky Hammond organ solo as the antithesis of the pipe organ part, a sort of breaking away and newfound freedom -- the spiritual development is complete and true wisdom has been obtained. And what has finally been learned? I get up, I get down. Life happens. We're happy, we're sad. We do the right thing, we do the wrong thing. We're human. And yet, there is an ecstatic joy in the final three recitations of this realization. The attainment of enlightenment is in the living of life itself, and the embracing of life in all of its complexity. Anyway, that's my take on it. All in all, it's a remarkable piece of music, especially considering that a bunch of 20-somethings created it.
@timmy707707
@timmy707707 Жыл бұрын
I was pretty high on LSD when I first heard it in 1973. The next week I went out and got a copy...listened to it completely straight and it was even better. 5o years later.....still pull it out and give it a spin.
@AdrianDixon-pw4bp
@AdrianDixon-pw4bp Жыл бұрын
sorry, didn't read your comment before I posted mine, spot on. He becomes the ferryman just as the whole musical piece resolves at the end
@thomaslomastro7227
@thomaslomastro7227 Жыл бұрын
@docsketchy, You have so eloquently described the essence of this masterpiece called "Close to the Edge" and of Life itself. Thank You!
@lynby6231
@lynby6231 Жыл бұрын
I love this song too but I’d describe the lyrics as a load of waffle
@D34DH34D4LYF
@D34DH34D4LYF Жыл бұрын
​@@lynby6231I like waffles
@OliverHanmer55
@OliverHanmer55 Жыл бұрын
Jon Anderson’s vocals are beyond angelic and Chris Squire is the most creative Bass player ever.
@goube2000
@goube2000 11 ай бұрын
Paul Mccartney
@nunyabizz3357
@nunyabizz3357 11 ай бұрын
my new favorite thing about Close to the Edge is that at every new section the bass is always doing the last thing you'd expect and it's always the right choice.
@justy303
@justy303 10 ай бұрын
​@@nunyabizz3357Chris was a genius
@silvrface
@silvrface 9 ай бұрын
That's the best, most succinct description of Chris's musical brain translated to the strings I have ever read! And I've been listening to them from the Banks/Kaye days.@@nunyabizz3357
@fonkenful
@fonkenful 8 ай бұрын
Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller anyone?
@jackpearson1110
@jackpearson1110 Жыл бұрын
This is a brutal way to introduce someone to Yes.
@markstedman9099
@markstedman9099 Жыл бұрын
I would have suggested Gates of Delirium lol
@ChasBeauregarde
@ChasBeauregarde Жыл бұрын
Brutal but effective - trial by fire.😉
@drrobram
@drrobram Жыл бұрын
She Will be hook for the rest of her lifetime
@Acoustict
@Acoustict Жыл бұрын
This is the song that hooked me right away and made them my favorite. But then I listened to classical music.
@davedem4107
@davedem4107 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I would have suggested "Starship Trooper" or "I've seen all good people".
@yesspazsmith9895
@yesspazsmith9895 Жыл бұрын
Calling Chris Squire's bass tone "Wild animals sound" is perfect.
@saurian11
@saurian11 Жыл бұрын
Squire's bass could make a Brontosaurus gallop!!! I mean that in a powerful, positive way!!!!
@ed.z.
@ed.z. Жыл бұрын
LOL. It might be a Rick bass split between two amps. One clean, one distorted like a Harley Davidson in a subterranean concrete parking garage, in my mind. Gritty beauty.
@dpstrial
@dpstrial Жыл бұрын
@@ed.z. The sound is produced by having a lot of treble pickup on new round-wound strings. I can produce the exact sound on my Rickenbacker.
@richardbradley1532
@richardbradley1532 Жыл бұрын
The bass is genius on this.
@PhilipPedro2112
@PhilipPedro2112 Жыл бұрын
It's a growling Black and White Rickenbacker!
@letsallbe-friends1120
@letsallbe-friends1120 Жыл бұрын
*The Wakeman organ solo in this is incredible!* 🙌🙌
@notvalidcharacters
@notvalidcharacters Жыл бұрын
Regrettable that she talked over it...
@lesscott4301
@lesscott4301 5 ай бұрын
Other classical musicians are blown away by it and the fact that a rock band would have a mammoth organ in their piece!
@ExecuMutant
@ExecuMutant Жыл бұрын
Chris Squire had a very unique and punchy tone with his Rickenbacker bass. No real studio processing- he did it live as well. One of those unsung but hugely admired bassists.
@DavidWickes
@DavidWickes Жыл бұрын
Totally. It's very distinctive. I've always enjoyed Tempus Fugit too for his bass playing.
@julianbarber4708
@julianbarber4708 Жыл бұрын
When I saw them at Reading, it was Chris I could barely take my eyes off....amazing!
@ianhewitson2738
@ianhewitson2738 11 ай бұрын
Where on earth did you get the idea that Squire is "unsung"? He regularly appears in lists of the greatest rock bass players!
@keithmoore8702
@keithmoore8702 Жыл бұрын
The organ part you liked was played by Rick Wakeman on the pipe organ of St Giles church in London. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London
@BarryGarman
@BarryGarman Жыл бұрын
Reportedly composed on gutar (!)
@Andy-lm2zp
@Andy-lm2zp Жыл бұрын
I think he played the same organ on The six wives of Henry Viii, imagine having to go to a church with a lot of recording equipment! These days you can just record it on the keyboard with samples!
@timmy707707
@timmy707707 Жыл бұрын
@@Andy-lm2zp and that's exactly what you get...a bunch of samples.
@michaelhogan6770
@michaelhogan6770 Жыл бұрын
@@timmy707707 and auto tuned vocals now adays
@pwblackmore
@pwblackmore 5 ай бұрын
@@Andy-lm2zp I can't recall which right now, but on another occasion, Rick played organ in a Swiss (?) church, and it was transmitted over land line to the group playing and recording in the studio.
@heartoftherose
@heartoftherose Жыл бұрын
"Often, what is not instantly relatable holds the deepest meaning and value" - Amy Shafer
@MistinIndia
@MistinIndia Жыл бұрын
That really was Yes for me. It took me probably like 7 times to even start appreciating The Revealing Science and this song :D
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I saw a published research article documenting that people quickly get tired of simple melodies, but more complex music endures for a long time even though it's initially harder to understand.
@Marnee4191
@Marnee4191 Жыл бұрын
That would explain why of all my favorite Tori Amos songs, I didn't like a single one of them the first time I listened to them.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
Relatable - it took me actual YEARS to be able to appreciate and digest Tales from Topographic Oceans and now it's my number 1 beloved Yes album, no contest here. I would LOVE to hear where they would go on with that sort of music if not for Wakeman's skepticism pre- and after Moraz (with Going For The One they really started to compromise their far-out sensibilities and, the zeitgeist and the record company pressure aside, I'm kind of keen to blame Wakeman on this one)
@esdibee
@esdibee Жыл бұрын
My first Yes experience was the album Going For The One. I had the impression that the band members were each playing with no knowledge of the others, that they were just randomly jamming. Then the more I listened the more I heard the intended interplay and structure. And now, every time I listen, I hear something new, and so I never get tired of it.
@frankpwagner
@frankpwagner Жыл бұрын
The Holy Grail of progressive rock! A lot to digest on first listen and I totally enjoyed watching you take it all in. Your comments were very insightful and interesting. I still get chills when I hear this piece after all these years! Thank you for this post.
@joshua43214
@joshua43214 Жыл бұрын
One can argue that Yes is the greatest Progressive Rock band, and that the album Close to the Edge is their greatest work. I have been listening to this album for 50 years and I still hear new subtleties. I really hope you follow this up with B side, And You and I, and Siberian Katru complete the theme.
@deleted_why
@deleted_why 11 ай бұрын
idk... FRAGILE would have been a more gentle introduction
@wiremuwifebash
@wiremuwifebash 7 ай бұрын
ELP clears but this is still good
@noelwalterso2
@noelwalterso2 2 ай бұрын
And you and I is my favourite track by yes. The awesome synth and mellotron section blows me away every time.
@chrismatthews8717
@chrismatthews8717 Жыл бұрын
This totally blew my 13yr old mind about 50 years ago. The contrast between this (and similar pieces, of course) and the songs in the UK pop charts was flabbergasting. It's fascinating listening to a reaction such as yours. Would I feel the same if Yes had passed me by all those years ago? Who knows. I find it so joyous, so beautiful, and so uplifting.
@PhilipvanderMatten
@PhilipvanderMatten Жыл бұрын
I was 13 too, but it was about 40 years ago.
@markboonzaier4346
@markboonzaier4346 Жыл бұрын
I'm 68 and going through a rock revival currently. Fragile was the album that realy grabs my soul and was one my 1st albums to be replaced by cd!! Fascinating insight to thus wonderful music.
@MrIanmmackay
@MrIanmmackay Жыл бұрын
I'd never really bothered listening to Yes (I was too 'busy' with Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath etc.) until my cousin lent me this album (around 50-years ago), I was absolutely blown-away. Even though it sounded a bit discordant on first listen, the rest of the album made me want to play it over and over again. It all made sense in the end and I've been a fan ever since.
@ed.z.
@ed.z. Жыл бұрын
I saw them live because I told my friends that they probably couldn’t play live. Was I a fool. They were better than the album. Jaw dropping great musicianship.The sound engineering was impeccable. So amazing.
@navyjax1128
@navyjax1128 Жыл бұрын
yep, they were amazing. Like jazz in many ways, Rick always was fun to see where he would go to.
@frankhoulihanfh4972
@frankhoulihanfh4972 Жыл бұрын
I used to think to myself, under the headphones, 1973, they can’t do this live. A valuable lesson in how wrong one can be. And agreed @ jazzlike live. Saw them quite a few times, their improvisational skills were considerable. Steve and Rick. Even Alan seldom played the same thing the same way twice. At their best, the finest live band I’ve ever seen.
@fractuss
@fractuss Жыл бұрын
This is an interesting and faithful cover that shows nicely how mere mortals can play a song like this. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l61dq5SHx662dps.html
@doug8515
@doug8515 Жыл бұрын
Yep, they are even better live.
@tommack9395
@tommack9395 Жыл бұрын
I do not know why anyone would think they could not play this live in the seventies . Fact is back in that time you did not record what you could not play on stage, You had to tour to promote the album most bands were doing up to 200 plus venues a year. So, yes, YES had the chops to do so. Heck, when it came to prog-rock, fusion and jazz bands back then you did not get to record unless you could play it. I saw them six times in the seventies, best describe them as a band of virtuosos.
@markhaus2830
@markhaus2830 Жыл бұрын
That is actually YES playing. No engineered sounds. I saw this live in concert and it is amazing!
@Cleofizoid
@Cleofizoid 3 күн бұрын
There is a "raw" version of Close to the Edge, minimal engineered sound. But, I really think she was talking about the "nature" sounds in the intro...
@mikeloomis5435
@mikeloomis5435 Жыл бұрын
I discovered Yes in 1971, and in 1972 Close to the Edge became my favorite song and album. In the 50 years since nothing has changed my mind!
@jaquestraw1
@jaquestraw1 7 ай бұрын
With you Mike
@trfatman
@trfatman Жыл бұрын
Listening to Close To The Edge for your first YES experience is like trying to drink from a firehose. So much to absorb! But good on you for tackling this masterpiece. I look forward to your in depth analysis.
@lisarainbow9703
@lisarainbow9703 Жыл бұрын
Perfect analogy!!
@JasonSmith-jr7jh
@JasonSmith-jr7jh Жыл бұрын
"Trying to drink from a fire hose..." GREAT!
@TheDavidfallon
@TheDavidfallon Жыл бұрын
Imagine what it was like hearing it unprepared when it first came out. I heard it that way in a room with eight other people. There was indeed a collective raising of consciousness. Organic substances may have been involved.
@leepshin
@leepshin Жыл бұрын
@@TheDavidfallon Organic substances were "always" used back then.
@john-y128
@john-y128 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDavidfallon Simply the best way to be introduced, no 8 people get together for anything like this these days, we were extremely lucky to been there for the British invasion.
@tomneilson2286
@tomneilson2286 Жыл бұрын
The musicianship of this song has always boggled my mind. The lyrics aren’t nonsense at all. They are mostly an impressionistic take on “Siddhartha,” Herman Hesse’s novel based loosely on the life of the Buddha. The song is about enlightenment. From the absolute chaos of the intro, perhaps representing the chaos and suffering of Samsara to the beautiful “I Get Up I Get Down” section to the climactic ending with Wakeman’s brilliant keyboard solo, the song is brilliant. Thank you for checking out this song. Your musical insights are appreciated. You might enjoy the song more with some background on it and a second listen. Roundabout would have been an easier starting place.
@stevesmith291
@stevesmith291 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know the lyrics were inspired by "Siddhartha," but it makes sense. I always had the impression that it had something to do with Buddhist mysticism, so I guess I wasn't that far off. .
@uv77mc85
@uv77mc85 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics pretty much are nonsense. There may be an overall idea of buddhist stuff but he used words for their sound more than their meaning and the in her white lace part was written by Steve howe and taken from an entirely different song about someone from legend (I cant remember who right now)
@jiggersotoole7823
@jiggersotoole7823 5 ай бұрын
Yes, the river in the song is the river he crossed immediately prior to enlightenment.
@gribwitch
@gribwitch 4 ай бұрын
OF COURSE their lyrics are nonsense. Meaning they make no sense. Don't pretend they do. But we agree on how good "I Get Up, I Get Down" is.
@scottkeeler2306
@scottkeeler2306 Жыл бұрын
It’s not just a bass… It’s a Rickenbacker.
@raybenoit5238
@raybenoit5238 Жыл бұрын
I'll agree , it's a Rickenbacker Fair enough . But for me and Others , the player of the Rickenbacker is a Chris squire , is what's really going on here . Just sayin
@michaelhogan6770
@michaelhogan6770 Жыл бұрын
Ricks have a one piece neck, not one that is bolted to the body like most others. That makes them really sing, and go out of tune more often.
@michaelhogan6770
@michaelhogan6770 Жыл бұрын
A rick with a pick and rotosound, round wound strings
@scottkeeler2306
@scottkeeler2306 Жыл бұрын
If you look at my little picture, not that closely, the black bass just below my swollen head, is a Rickenbacker 4001 that l bought brand spankin new in ‘77 and it adorns Roto-sound 66 stainless steel 45-105’s. I used a pick 75% of the time and around 1982, l put a BadAss bridge on it. I would say that l was influenced by Chris Squire since l started playing bass in 1970. I’m kinda stupid because around ‘89 I got married and sold that bass. I’m still trying to replace it but l can put together a bunch of p basses and jazz basses for the price of one nice Rick but l haven’t pulled that trigger yet. Maybe someday.
@D34DH34D4LYF
@D34DH34D4LYF Жыл бұрын
Worth searching for the video on the history of this instrument, Chris painted and stripped it multiple times during the psychedelic era and claimed it's unique tonal qualities came from the "damage" done.
@vinsgraphics
@vinsgraphics Жыл бұрын
“Jon & Vangelis” gets a mention, yay! They produced four albums together. Vangelis on his own is a very, very deep rabbit hole to explore .. RIP, Maestro.
@mawtymawty9010
@mawtymawty9010 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics are directly inspired by Hermann Hesse's book 'Siddhartha,' a short novel covering a man's entire life as he finds enlightenment through the people he meets
@markramsey2401
@markramsey2401 Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I didn't know that but this piece has always reminded me of a complete life, each movement representing a chapter: birth, childhood, adolescence, finding love, the chaos of adulthood, growing old and death as the piece fades out.
@mawtymawty9010
@mawtymawty9010 Жыл бұрын
@@markramsey2401 if you haven't read Siddhartha, I highly recommend it, even if you're not a big reader. It's only 120 pages and I still think about it years after reading it
@associazionemusadistefanog2058
@associazionemusadistefanog2058 Жыл бұрын
Interesting. Thank you 😊
@finlybenyunes8385
@finlybenyunes8385 Жыл бұрын
The engulfed cathedral!
@gribwitch
@gribwitch 4 ай бұрын
@@mawtymawty9010 Siddhartha is nonsense too then.
@welcomemachine6580
@welcomemachine6580 Жыл бұрын
So many years later, and I STILL get chills with the anticipation of the church organ! This is the greatest single piece of rock music, and I will fight about that.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
Idk, I kind of love 'Memory Machine' by Dismemberment Plan... :) I'm joking a little here, it's a totally different kind of 'rock song' but yeah... it's kind of hard to compare a prog suite to a different sort of rock song and say which one is 'better'. It's apples and oranges so many times (I wouldn't even be able to say if a Yes song is 'better' than one of the greatest Pink Floyd songs, or even sth by Genesis - it's just so different and it works in such a different way)
@tonymaddox4081
@tonymaddox4081 Жыл бұрын
AGREE! Having played pipe organ in the past (as alternate) there's no instrument more moving, motivating, lifting than a huge pipe organ. It grabs you to your core.
@andrewchisholm3665
@andrewchisholm3665 Жыл бұрын
Definitely clears out your ears when listening on headphones 😁🎧
@saturdayplayer2492
@saturdayplayer2492 Жыл бұрын
Unbelievable piece by great artists. Along with Suppers Ready and Echoes.
@RootsandTendrils
@RootsandTendrils 10 ай бұрын
Well I will fight along with you. I love all of it, but I am particularly fond of Bruford's work on the Intro, and Howe's Guitar.
@svartmetall
@svartmetall Жыл бұрын
Would love to see you react to 'The Gates Of Delirium' and 'Awaken' - for my money, Yes' two absolute masterpieces.
@sueheale8029
@sueheale8029 Жыл бұрын
I would love to hear your reactions to these as well. Gates of Delirium is a musical interpretation of Tolstoy's War and Peace and a full cacophony of sounds. Awaken comes from their 8th studio album (also inspired by another book, The Singer - A Classic Retelling of Cosmic Conflict by Calvin Miller) with my all-time favourite line up of the band. Rick Wakeman on keyboard and organ, he also did the choir arrangement. Just sublime.
@RootsandTendrils
@RootsandTendrils 10 ай бұрын
Yes Awaken is the other great spiritual piece, High Beauty.
@peterhammer4644
@peterhammer4644 Жыл бұрын
1972 was a magical year with 2 of my top5 all-time albums released. "Foxtrot" by Genesis and "Close to the Edge" by Yes. I can listen to both forever.
@sandenson
@sandenson Жыл бұрын
Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull was released in the same year, too. These are three of my favourite albums. Absolutely bonkers.
@PFTome
@PFTome Жыл бұрын
There was something about the early to mid '70s music. The majority of the albums that have stood the test of time for me are from this period. Floyd, Yes, Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, Rush, AC/DC, ZZ Top, etc... And I was a teen in the 80s so it's not really my generation's music.
@christianlunke1528
@christianlunke1528 8 ай бұрын
... and Machine Head by Deep Purple.
@MarioRafaelAmadoAlves
@MarioRafaelAmadoAlves Ай бұрын
Those two albums are the defining landmarks of symphonic prog.
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
Chris Squire: one of the best bass players in the history of rock music!!!!
@pbwbrian53
@pbwbrian53 Жыл бұрын
And an excellent harmony singer.
@scottbrown4534
@scottbrown4534 Жыл бұрын
And You And I, on the flip side of the LP, is much more... approachable. It is more of a calm journey: None of the violent, tumultuous, ripping and tearing from one theme to the next. Once I had come to *my* understanding of Close To The Edge (that took a LOT of years), it moved to the side to let the (relatively) mellifluous, peaceful, lyrical beauty of And You And I become my personal favorite on this album. YMMV
@skiziskin
@skiziskin Жыл бұрын
I totally agree.
@richpeltier9519
@richpeltier9519 Жыл бұрын
I'm fortunate to have seen the Union tour (all personnel present) , ABWH (Yes, without Chris?!?!?!) and Yes on a later tour, without Anderson. All were unique experiences, centered around the same music. But always at the center... And You And I. 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
@Vader1138
@Vader1138 Жыл бұрын
Though I was blown away by "Close To The Edge" when I first heard it, "And You and I" has always been my favorite on the album as well. The profundity of the line, "Coins and crosses never know their fruitless worth." opened my 20 yr old head to the world in so many ways.
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
Although I personally think the 3rd song, Siberian Khatru, is perfect!!!! The album parallels classical forms, with an epic first movement, a shorter and softer slow movement, and a rousing allegro finale!! 😁
@JimBikeTN11
@JimBikeTN11 Жыл бұрын
I can't put "And You and I" above Close to the Edge but it is certainly equal. I love that whole album.
@rollercoasterdude96
@rollercoasterdude96 Жыл бұрын
The best time I heard Close To The Edge was not one the first few times I experienced it. It was when I was driving the highway along the steep valley slopes and granite tunnels into Yosemite. Hearing this fantastic soundscape while the natural world before me turned into a fully realized Roger Dean painting was unforgettable. Thank Squire, Anderson, Howe, and Wakeman for this glorious harmonic chaos.
@aardvarkfarms
@aardvarkfarms Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Bruford!
@glennw.2620
@glennw.2620 7 ай бұрын
I get that. I always listen to Awaken in Yosemite.
@randybyers9492
@randybyers9492 9 ай бұрын
Frankly, this song stands as their masterpiece. Their trade mark song for all time. Love it!
@OldTooly
@OldTooly Жыл бұрын
Your ideas on the visual art aspect of the music are very spot on. I can tell you that 50 years ago when I was first listening to this album, one night when I dropped acid and waited the obligatory 45 minutes to an hour, I broke the silence sitting in a darkened room with this album. Dear lady the visuals were astounding and were a one time experience because the innocence of the virgin experience can never be repeated. But oh has it never been forgotten. You may be the most innocent human being on the entire world wide web and watching you and listening to you gives me hope that not all things in this world are already corrupted. Much love and thanks for your work.
@harlanmonk569
@harlanmonk569 Жыл бұрын
All music is great on Acid imo! Lol. I could listen to anything and enjoy if I was on a trip!
@colinburroughs9871
@colinburroughs9871 Жыл бұрын
@@harlanmonk569 yeah, no. There's lot's of stuff that doesn't work there. I'd start with almost everything made for mass consumption made post 2000.
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how that would get cited in an academic paper analyzing the music! 😉😁 Do I list the acid manufacturer's name or the local pusher's? 😂
@richpeltier9519
@richpeltier9519 Жыл бұрын
Me screaming at the screen, "the lyics aren't gonna help!" LOL I always had a hard time understanding Jon's lyrics, with the occasional exception. But even when they were intelligible to me, they conveyed little meaning. Instead, I've always focused on the mood of the words, the rhythm with which they're sung, the pitch and the weight of the words. Sort of the James Joyce of lyricists. That's probably just me though, cause I knew a guy who claimed to have a deeper understanding of his lyrics and went to to live in a commune where they lived by the philosophy described therin, so.... there's that. LOL Hard core intro to Yes, but I think you're up for the task. Take some time with this one and bask in its light! Drummers note: Bill is a master at placing the snare at the most anti-cliché/expected places. The thing that in most bands is the primary rhythmic synch element and he's moving that shit all over the place. Not easy to play these off times and to make it more challenging, they're anti-intuitive. One of the reasons he's one of my favorites. 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
@NotBenCoultry
@NotBenCoultry Жыл бұрын
I'm looking at the first verse with an eye to metaphor,. I'll write what I'm seeing as possible meanings. "Maybe only the magic of an experienced witch could pull you from the booze." next 2 lines could be about writing and recording music rather than drinking, and experiencing the wonder of creation, which will reframe your experience positively and set a new course" Not a clue on the b-part lyrics there. Verse 2: middle of June was rough. Got drunk one night to try and forget the crap I went through (Getting over all the time I had to worry) but the clarity I obtained made me see I was serving someone else. (We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name). This song might be about taking a vacation alone in a cabin by a river to decompress from some sort of struggle. Close to the edge both mentally and coastally.
@davidcooklock129
@davidcooklock129 Жыл бұрын
Lol . I had the same reaction.
@FutureReferenc
@FutureReferenc Жыл бұрын
Jon once said in an interview to the effect he frequently chose words for their sound.
@CJRamos-jv3pb
@CJRamos-jv3pb Жыл бұрын
Jon's lyrics are impressionistic. If you approach them for that perspective, they totally make sense. Quite the opposite of say, Gabriel's Genesis, which was straight forward story telling. If one expects something along those line's from Anderson's lyrics, they will ultimately be sorely disappointed.
@risktaker53
@risktaker53 Жыл бұрын
My opinion: Most people who enjoy opera don't understand Italian...they may understand the basic storyline, but the individual words are much less important than the emotions they "feel" from the music.
@thomasheman5219
@thomasheman5219 Жыл бұрын
Hi, show her the artwork of the Close To The Edge album cover. She will not have to dream up a piece art to fit the title. This was maybe one of the most interesting KZfaq videos I have ever watched. I've all ways wondered what someone from her background would think. Most interested in what she has to say once she catches up. It seems she wanted to stop several times to comment, but the "YES" Magic" would not allow it. As if she thought she just might miss something like a treat. I like her a lot............ Thanks, The Bobbyman.
@davidparker4797
@davidparker4797 Жыл бұрын
Music like this takes you "Close To The Edge" of understanding what Pierre Teilhard de Chardin meant when he said "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
@mrnobody3161
@mrnobody3161 10 ай бұрын
I wish. That's how it should be. I don't see much evidence of spiritual existence right now.
@ChemloWright
@ChemloWright Жыл бұрын
Was going to respond to someone saying the "tinkley tinkley" sound was on guitar but I had more to say about the overall structure of the intro, which is its own journey that's almost mirrored across its middle point. The sound is Rick Wakeman on Hammond organ (a surprisingly versatile instrument). You can see him playing it in the Yessongs performance. It's very pitched unlike picking guitar strings behind the nut or bridge. On the structure: the intro starts without the keyboard, and when it comes in (~1:21 on the studio recording), Squire's bass moves away from the ascending D harmonic minor and is playing something quite similar to the keyboard part at half the speed. The first "aah" vocal break happens (~2 minutes), and Howe's guitar returns to play in unison with the bass. All the instruments (even Bruford's drums) are playing parts that share a kind of lineage, so there's some coherence even if they're not all in unison. This is the middle layer in the intro sandwich. The second "aah" vocal break happens (~2:10), and the coherence progressively comes undone: at first Howe's guitar and Bruford's drums are untamed, then Squire goes back to the ascending scale leaving Wakeman's keyboard part alone, and near the end even that keyboard part which has remained static changes; it's transposed down and wanders a bit, almost like it's losing energy and falling apart. One (added) beat of silence (~2:51) and all the instruments play together. We're in D major-ish and the main motif is then introduced. Apologies to anyone with a musical education, this is my own analysis and I'm just a self-taught hobbyist.
@dago87able
@dago87able Жыл бұрын
Are you sure it’s the Hammond? I thought it was the synth.
@Vimana
@Vimana Жыл бұрын
I really like what you wrote but I just need to quickly point out that the "tinkley tinkley" sound is played with a Minimoog. Those kind of sounds are often called "pluck" sounds and they're created with some very low values on the envelopes of a synthesizer. Rick Wakeman might've played it with the Hammond organ on live shows though. I think you're right about that. (The Minimoog might've had a different sound that's ready for another part of the song.) I didn't have time to confirm it or any other things you said in your comment. Anyway, you don't need to be exactly right. You can still have your own interpretation of the song of course. I'm a Finnish musician and I often play synthesizers and other keyboard instruments. I appreciate that you wrote this. We need comments like yours with more substance. Take care and enjoy the music.
@navyjax1128
@navyjax1128 Жыл бұрын
Excellent. I always loved them, because prog was prog then rock with classical inputs, and inputs from all over the music at the time. One thing I do now, I listen to the original before I listen to her,. While I find her reactions fun and silly, I dont take it serious. All it does is reconnects me to WHY I always loved the 1960-1980 era of music so.
@ChemloWright
@ChemloWright Жыл бұрын
@@Vimana I was really torn on whether it's Minimoog or Hammond, it's really back there in the mix for my ears. My gut told me Minimoog but I also know a Hammond has Percussion and it can have this kind of envelope when it's on and the drawbars are pushed in. So I found live footage and trusted my eyes. I think the most important thing is that it's definitely a keyboard instrument. Please let me know if I got anything objectively wrong. I don't want to chalk it up to "interpretation."
@ChemloWright
@ChemloWright Жыл бұрын
@@dago87able I'm only sure that it's what I saw him use to play it in the live footage I saw. In the studio he could have used a Minimoog.
@paulharcourt7775
@paulharcourt7775 Жыл бұрын
Such a spiritual song. I think that’s one of the reasons why analysis is so hard - you have to let it move you, and the total is more than the sum of the parts.
@opinion3742
@opinion3742 Жыл бұрын
There is a kind of word association coming out of Jon Anderson's soul here. Sung words transcend their mundane meanings.
@chrisbradley1192
@chrisbradley1192 Жыл бұрын
You are correct. It's best listened to all the way through without interruption.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
yeah, maybe she should have just not make these pauses and let the journey 'take her all the way'? :) but I imagine it's a lot to digest at a first listen. The thing with Yes music, and this song in particular, it's often incredibly busy (five players doing their separate thing basically all of the time, plus there are layered parts...) to someone with a keen ear, it might be something which is not easy to find their way through initially. Personally, I loved CTTE from the very beginning when I heard it in 6th grade and I played it on repeat to the point I could hum the whole piece, but years later I figured out that I only basically 'processed' the vocals, some of the main instrumental bits, plus the overall rhythm, dynamics and the mood created by the harmony. So it took years for me to actually notice: oh, what is the bass doing? Oh, what is Wakeman doing in the background? Where is the guitar? So I think it might vary from individual to individual when it comes to perception ability and how well versed in listening to complex music in general one is (not even mentioning the genre itself - CTTE is not a classical symphonic piece after all, it works in a different way)... so - I think I'd give Amy a couple more listens to wrap her head around this one
@chrisbradley1192
@chrisbradley1192 Жыл бұрын
@@georgesonm1774 Good point.
@paulharcourt7775
@paulharcourt7775 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, no criticism implied…. Just that the FIRST listen can be so overwhelming, and even repeated listens are hard to analyse. I think she did great
@stanleymerritt4722
@stanleymerritt4722 Жыл бұрын
The best song, by the best band, from the best album. I've been listening to this song from about the time it was released, appx. 50 years, and it's never gotten old.
@AldousHuxleysCat
@AldousHuxleysCat 9 ай бұрын
I think she deserves to see the original album artwork, the outside of the album as well as the inner gatefold, that always added something to it for me
@glennz8352
@glennz8352 Жыл бұрын
The lyrics! You often mention the importance of lyrics to you. They are absolutely abstract (that is a quality of all Yes lyrics of this era) - even nonsensical to some. But others derive much meaning from them. They do take inspiration from a specific source (as you’ve learned by now from the research you always do), but only in the loosest way I think. Personally, I never felt a need to dwell on the meaning of the lyrics (I’m more in the “nonsensical” camp!), it was never that important to me - and yet, I love the lyrics. It’s all vaguely spiritual and uplifting. I love the rhythm of the lyrics. I love the poetry and mystery of it all.
@richpeltier9519
@richpeltier9519 Жыл бұрын
Well said! 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘
@psbarrow
@psbarrow Жыл бұрын
Saying the lyrics are "absolutely abstract" is going too far. Read Hesse's "Siddhartha" (which Anderson said inspired the story) and it fits quite well with the lyrical message.
@MattMeskill
@MattMeskill Жыл бұрын
Jon also used certain words just because he liked the sound of them. He used them like musical notes at times.
@otherkorean
@otherkorean Жыл бұрын
You want great lyrics, go to Neil Peart from Rush.
@otherkorean
@otherkorean Жыл бұрын
@@MattMeskill Definitely.He did this so well and they would fit his voice so well. Guess that's why he never sang anything from Drama live.
@nyifnbr18
@nyifnbr18 Жыл бұрын
Yes lyrics are mostly impressionistic, they paint pictures but aren't cohesive enough to tell a story, you can lose your mind trying to make sense out of them for the most part.
@chrisoleary9876
@chrisoleary9876 Жыл бұрын
Jon Anderson said many songs had a spiritual dimension.
@1354gaston
@1354gaston Жыл бұрын
​@@chrisoleary9876nah mate, thats just a pretentious way of saying that the lyrics dont make any sense
@ADITYASINGH-vc4gm
@ADITYASINGH-vc4gm Жыл бұрын
@@1354gaston Nah mate, that’s an ignorant way of discrediting a known spiritual lyricist.
@1354gaston
@1354gaston Жыл бұрын
@@ADITYASINGH-vc4gm people like jon anderson are the reason why punk rock exists
@ADITYASINGH-vc4gm
@ADITYASINGH-vc4gm Жыл бұрын
@@1354gaston All the better. Thank his existence.
@killianlpc
@killianlpc Жыл бұрын
Close To The Edge along with Supper's Ready by Genesis are the two real behemoths of Prog Rock. A wonderfully complex construction with some gorgeous melodies. These two tracks really are the pinnacle of of true Progressive Rock Music.
@elaineclift2227
@elaineclift2227 10 ай бұрын
I agree about Supper's Ready. I saw both Yes and Genesis several times in the 1970s...still regularly listen to Supper's Ready and sing along!
@silvrface
@silvrface 9 ай бұрын
I'd add Starless and Bible Black to that list.
@Championsofthesun
@Championsofthesun Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest rock albums ever. Don't overlook bill brufords amazing drumming
@Acoustict
@Acoustict Жыл бұрын
The song hits better when it is listened to straight through without interruption. All the quirks and little elements of surprise wrap up nicely in the end when it is all done. It is quite surreal when absorbed all at once. 😊 Good listening.
@Jeffrey.Seelman
@Jeffrey.Seelman Жыл бұрын
I was just thinking the same thing myself. I remember when this album came out, I was just a little kid in Milwaukee Wisconsin. My friends and I would get stoned and listen to this in its entirety and then maybe talk about the song or make a comment about it. We did the same thing when tales from topographic oceans came out. I realize that this very nice lady is just analyzing every little thing, but that's not probably the best way to listen to Yes. Compared to the garbage that was on the radio at the time, this was beyond great.
@DavidSanchez-bo3uv
@DavidSanchez-bo3uv Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly, this commentator interrupted may too much and misses the entire mood conveyed.
@richardlovell4713
@richardlovell4713 Жыл бұрын
We’ve been through this issue so many times. Broadly there are 2 types of Reactors out there:- 1) Those who give an initial emotional response whilst stopping the music sufficiently few times to satisfy Copyright owners. 2) Those whose approach is more cerebral and analytical, stopping the music multiple times to explain not just their reaction but their realisation of the techniques used to produce the impact of the music. This reactor (and if you think her stopping of the music is annoying to you, try some of the Vocal Coaches’ reactions) is clearly of the second category. They’re popular with those who want to understand more about music. It is annoying to get those who are only looking for validation of their opinion of the music they love, complaining about those reactors who belong to the second category.
@merriwinkle7631
@merriwinkle7631 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! In terms of visual representation of the sound, have a look at Roger Dean's art and see what you think. I am thrilled by this piece of music, and was thrilled that you took the time to listen to it. It took me many years of listening to really appreciate the opening section and its construction. It is neither haphazard nor lazily constructed. When he begins singing "A seasoned witch..." in the 6/8 part I get the sensation of floating. Only a few pieces of music I have experienced give me that sensation and I treasure it. As for Jon's voice, I am very endeared to it and find it perfectly harmonious with the overall sound of the band. As for the lyrics, I like enigmatic lyrics best of all. They hint at meaning and let your own interpretive creativity go searching for relevance.
@colingeer479
@colingeer479 11 ай бұрын
Close to the Edge was incredibly important to me when I was growing up. In many respects the whole piece is a tone poem that you need to experience in one go.
@chetmakowski463
@chetmakowski463 Жыл бұрын
One of the most magnificent pieces of music ever.
@DannyD714
@DannyD714 Жыл бұрын
another epic yes song (my favorite in fact) is "awaken". it has some amazing organ parts i know you will love. the whole song is a masterpiece.
@frederickwoof5785
@frederickwoof5785 Жыл бұрын
And it has a small harp in it.
@NewBritainStation
@NewBritainStation Жыл бұрын
@@frederickwoof5785 yep, Jon Anderson playing harp with Rick’s organ is fantastic.
@DannyD714
@DannyD714 Жыл бұрын
@@frederickwoof5785 oh yeah,beautifully played in the middle section!
@darrylmelander6984
@darrylmelander6984 Жыл бұрын
Awaken is my personal favorite Yes song.
@jbassguy571
@jbassguy571 Жыл бұрын
Awaken is peak Yes for sure.
@michaelyork4554
@michaelyork4554 Жыл бұрын
I first heard this when I was 12 in 1974, and it immediately embedded itself into my musical psyche. After a thousand listens, it is still fresh, and vibrant, part pastel water color, part stark impressionism, part abstract cubism. Roger Dean combined with Yerka, and Escher. Playful, Abstract, and Poignant.
@baarai
@baarai Жыл бұрын
50 years ago, records like 'Close To The Edge' prepped me for a lifetime of music appreciation. From this record, to 'Lizard' by King Crimson, and 'Third' by Soft Machine, it was easy for me to access music by Bartok, Stravinsky, and Enescu.
@SnakeBasket
@SnakeBasket Жыл бұрын
amen dude
@gjmarr1
@gjmarr1 Жыл бұрын
I was talking to a friend a few days ago about Jon Anderson's lyrics. I made the statement that his lyrics are often weird and that I never spent much time trying to understand them. I found that I enjoyed the sound as part of the music and that Jon is more like another instrument, adding sound and texture with singing, and the words don't matter.
@gregf1299
@gregf1299 Жыл бұрын
I might offer that his lyrics are not usually "narrative" but painted on to set a mood or theme. The search for a concise meaning will not result in anything. Anderson has also said he chooses some words for the sound (and he has many words he favors).
@stephencrawford6082
@stephencrawford6082 8 ай бұрын
That is exactly what I think about the singing voice in general. I don’t really listen to any of the words just the sound and texture the voice makes.
@selflessself
@selflessself Жыл бұрын
I saw the title for this video and I got gooseflesh, this song is so much, thank you
@Faerie_Kim
@Faerie_Kim Жыл бұрын
I love this song. Blows me away every time.
@brendamilloy2557
@brendamilloy2557 11 ай бұрын
I'm amazed at how close your perception of this piece is to mine! Everything you've described, felt, questioned, concurs with what I think and feel while listening to this. The only place we diverge is Jon Anderson's voice. It draws me in, it's pure, it's an instrument unto itself and I am a slave to it. But I understand that to each their own is right, one can't dictate what your ears, heart, mind and soul feel. So very glad you did this reaction!
@CJRamos-jv3pb
@CJRamos-jv3pb Жыл бұрын
So glad you covered this song, today. One of my favorite pieces of music. You're right, the song is a mystical journey, with the lyrics inspired by Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha". Jon's voice is one you love or hate. Count me in the "love" camp; it has an ethereal quality highly suitable for Yes music. For me, an artist that comes to mind, when I listen to Yes, is Matisse. The instrument you suspect is a saxophone (toward the beginning) is guitar, played by Steve Howe, considered to be one of the best guitarists in Prog/Rock/Pop. I look forward to your analysis.
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
The "cover" comes later... On the harp!!! 😉😁
@therealpbristow
@therealpbristow Жыл бұрын
Mike S: I think she meant he was either imitating or filling the usual role of a saxophone.
@therealpbristow
@therealpbristow Жыл бұрын
@@mikes9305 Sorry, I realise I actually replied to the wrong person. Should have named C.J., not Mike. [BLUSH] =:o}
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
@@therealpbristow We can edit/delete our messages to correct that ☺ I just deleted my initial response to you...
@tobytanzer
@tobytanzer Жыл бұрын
I was a student of violin till grade 11, without talent but it trained my ear. I have been a fan of Yes since age 18. Chris Squires bass tone has often been described as "growly". Good catch. The intro to me sounds like chaotic nature, which resolves pleasantly to a more ordered form, something like cosmic evolution, with an Intelligence directing its progress. The vocal sounds were sometimes chosen for the sound of the words, rather than their meaning, as you noted with their percussive sounds. The structures of Yes songs are often classical, with themes, movements, dynamic & tempo changes and counterpoint - almost never like standard rock or pop with its chorus-verse-chorus structure. Composition wise, it's more like jazz, as players contribute their parts in a free form manner during loooooong rehearsals. Only Rick Wakeman the keyboard player could read music well. Chris Squire was a choir boy in his youth, and he is credited with some excellent back up vocals. For a Yes song that features some lovely harp try Awaken. It has many similarities to this song, especially the climactic resolution.
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
To me, the loud and fast introduction is a chaotic mind or a stressed-out mind in a chaotic society ("Aaaaah!!!") until the person gets away to the edge of a river, for reflection, and finds a new inner balance as a result. 👍😎
@mikes9305
@mikes9305 Жыл бұрын
Only the smaller-scale stylings are like jazz. The large scale structure is classically inspired.
@TerrysQuest
@TerrysQuest 11 ай бұрын
I've had the privilege of seeing YES throughout their career. Jon Anderson is a frequent guest on my free=form radio show at an independent station on the East Coast of the U.S. This is like fine art, classical virtuosity, and a spiritual experience all rolled into one.
@jazzmies
@jazzmies Жыл бұрын
I watched this video throughout tears in my eyes. Her word choices were perfect in several moments. Cave/underwater and then up on the soil. I have listened textures, instruments and modes of this tune all my life from teenage years but I haven't figure out the landscapes or metaphors why they are there. At the first listening she solved some of my "problems" and I'm really happy now.
@charlesdrake3125
@charlesdrake3125 Жыл бұрын
Roger Dean is the artist who did most of their album covers. His fantasy landscapes are a perfect fit for their music imo.
@humandugong630
@humandugong630 Жыл бұрын
Hard disagree. I understand his desire to create an escapist fantasy-novel alternative world of tiny planets and interesting looking spaceships and so forth, but his technique is shallow and Marks-and-Spencersish and so you end up with something that you would only hang on the wall of an untidy student bedsit full of overflowing ashtrays and unwashed linen. I always thought Yes deserved something better than that. Ironically the cover of Close to the Edge is perhaps their best cover, precisely because there are no distracting half-assed spaceships or badly drawn horses on it. Just the colours of river water.
@lesblatnyak5947
@lesblatnyak5947 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful reaction. You made me laugh and cry at the right times. 52yrs been enjoying Close To The Edge and still the divine shows up. The Remembering would fancy your tickle. 🙏🍁
@scottkrepps9815
@scottkrepps9815 9 ай бұрын
So glad you have experienced the journey that this song takes you on. For me anyway this song is a journey. Did you ever do an in depth analysis?
@barrysullivan59
@barrysullivan59 Жыл бұрын
Jon Anderson,one of the most recognisable voices in rock history.
@ronaldwilliams6927
@ronaldwilliams6927 8 ай бұрын
Not everyone likes his falsetto voice but it fits with YES.
@PaulMurrayCanberra
@PaulMurrayCanberra 8 ай бұрын
Alongside Kate Pierson.
@pottedrodenttube
@pottedrodenttube Жыл бұрын
Chris Squire's growling middle tone inspired Geddy Lee's bass sound. Also, congrats to Vlad for multitasking chainsaw duties with the record!
@josephregester7780
@josephregester7780 Жыл бұрын
he made a number of modifications where it has an output from each pickup to go to separate amps.
@Frankincensedjb123
@Frankincensedjb123 Жыл бұрын
This was written by Anderson, vocals, and Howe, guitar. What's interesting is that when I first heard the song, not knowing much about it, when I heard the organ solo (yes, I love organ too because of it's power, as I'm a rock guitarist), I thought it sounded like a guitar lead, which it was, but Howe decided that it would sound better if Wakeman played the solo on the organ. That being said, Yes is a remarkable progressive band that has written some of the most powerful, intricate, rocking, multi-genre music that you could ever hear. As for the song itself, it was inspired by Jon's love of Symphony 7, but also his love of Lord of the Rings and Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, both books that I have taught in my college English classes. Most know that Rings is about a quest, actually more spiritual than physical, contrary to popular belief. It follows a common fantasy motif of the weak and innocent overcoming the powerful and dominant, for it is Frodo who is the only one who can transport the ring to its destination of ultimate demise. Frodo is small, weak, politically and socially unaligned, nothing much going for him at all, except for his great innocence of heart. Siddhartha means "achieved what was searched for," based in the times of Gautama Buddha. As a matter of fact, Buddha's name before renunciation was Siddhartha Gautama. So the song itself contains this great and grand search for the self, down by the edge, close to the water, never near, never far, but always attainable.
@nickbennett2205
@nickbennett2205 Жыл бұрын
She needs to listen to this more, a lot more.
@Montecristo21
@Montecristo21 Жыл бұрын
I've observed a recurring challenge faced by classical musicians, particularly those from the Western tradition, when attempting to grasp the complexity of progressive rock, and possibly progressive metal as well. This reaction video is one of those. The intricacies of this piece often elude them, which is understandable given the need for thorough study. From the revolutionary bass line and the lyrics inspired by Siddhartha and Eastern philosophy, to the dynamic drum metric changes and complex harmonies, this composition presents formidable challenges that diverge from the training of classical musicians. I find it surprising, however, that she overlooked the unmistakable influence of Stravinsky on Yes. While The Beatles undeniably revolutionised popular music through their songwriting and the creation of new genres, their trajectory ranged from the simplicity of their early years to the remarkable evolution showcased in their later works. On the other hand, Yes delved into profound depths. Their music is so progressive that relying solely on music theory and classical music knowledge will only take you so far in comprehending their artistic expression, necessitating an open-minded (but strict) approach. In my exploration of KZfaq, I've only come across one professional musician who captured the essence of this piece in a reaction video: Doug Helvering's insightful analysis, showcased in his video (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLinZrSdutvZg5c.html), provided a true delight. He skillfully and elegantly dissected the song, without disregarding any crucial details. I highly recommend watching his reaction video for a deeper understanding of the piece.
@Knight_Boxx
@Knight_Boxx Жыл бұрын
tldr nice essay bro
@eyesofchild
@eyesofchild Жыл бұрын
Perhaps if she heard the 4 sides of TFTO first, she would have sensed Stravinsky, amongst other influences. It could be less jarring than CTTE as it’s far less dense and the musical tapestry can breathe more across the 4 sides.
@Knight_Boxx
@Knight_Boxx Жыл бұрын
nice essay bro
@jeffurey6399
@jeffurey6399 Жыл бұрын
Excellently explained!
@yommish
@yommish 11 ай бұрын
“the intricacies of the piece often elude [classical musicians]” careful you don’t yank your dick off there
@Mr.Batsu12
@Mr.Batsu12 Жыл бұрын
One of the things that made me fall in love with the music of Yes was their absolute disregard for following what some people may say "music should be". If they wanted to write 20 minute songs that's what they did. Who cares if it wasn't radio friendly. They did what they wanted to do. Shortly after I first heard Yes back in the mid 80s I discovered Frank Zappa and he also had this strong desire to do whatever he wanted to do. I absolutely love that attitude in artists.
@richpeltier9519
@richpeltier9519 Жыл бұрын
These were key artists in teaching me the true fundamental freedom of music, there are NO RULES.
@nectarinedreams7208
@nectarinedreams7208 Жыл бұрын
The thing is, Yes were entirely capable of writing great pop songs. The first few, pre-prog albums of theirs contain some gorgeous little tunes. Jon Anderson is a melodic genius. And when they were blowing people's socks off with their prog madness, it was still song-driven. Yes could write a song, they just mostly chose not to.
@PhilipPedro2112
@PhilipPedro2112 Жыл бұрын
In the 70s their were album-oriented FM radio stations that frequently played entire album sides.
@ReveCharly
@ReveCharly Жыл бұрын
Yes et Zappa …. ❣️❣️
@edowds
@edowds Жыл бұрын
The section ... "Two million people barely satisfy Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late" Jon once said that was about the troubles in Northern Ireland at the time, 2 million people was the population of NI and indicating that 200 woman watched the women that cry for their lost sons and husbands.
@statuesdesigns4223
@statuesdesigns4223 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that info…. Cool
@jupiterlegrand4817
@jupiterlegrand4817 Жыл бұрын
...and isn't it amazing how no matter who listens to Yes, their music creates landscapes and even other, beautiful and (if I may say) fragile worlds in their minds. The coupling of Yes and Roger Dean's art is so perfect, it's impossible to separate them.
@aardvarkfarms
@aardvarkfarms Жыл бұрын
Be sure to find the image inside the gate-fold Album cover!
@comvoice
@comvoice Жыл бұрын
It's interesting that you mentioned early on how that lead vocalist Jon Anderson's voice is not one that you'd gravitate. The comment came as a bit of a surprise, though no judgement on my part! 😀 As you know "beauty is in the eye (or in this case ear) of the beholder. I think you could appreciate though at the age of 78 Anderson still hits those notes as if it were 50 years ago. His talent is astonishing.
@TheGlebeLaird
@TheGlebeLaird Жыл бұрын
I hope you spent some time absorbing the album art on this one. It potentiates the atmospherics. Watching you react to songs that have been a big part of my life brings me fresh eyes. Many thanks!
@Yes_Jorge_Yes
@Yes_Jorge_Yes Жыл бұрын
Thank you for reacting to this music, and I cannot wait for your analysis. Close to the Edge from my perspeective as someone who first heard this piece of music when I was 12 years of in 1972, and it has been part of my life ever since, it is a Journey throygh life, from spark of life in conception, then developing in the womb, then chaos of birth, then the Journey in the river of life, the passage of time ( i get up, I get down), learning through your life as you get close to the edge of your life, then your life climax and you realize who you are right before death, and then rebirth. But again that what I get from this music, you may have a total different experience like with all of Yes music is a personal Journey. Some people say the lyrics mean nothing, for some of us the lyrics tell us an abstract story that has taken many years to form in our head.
@robcroft5930
@robcroft5930 Жыл бұрын
The more you listen to this piece the more it molds together and the more beautiful it sounds.
@eldritchshiner
@eldritchshiner Жыл бұрын
I first saw them while in college in 1973 when they performed this album with an incredible stage show and powerful green lasers that probably left indelible marks on a lot of retinas! I saw them again and again over the years, every time they were near enough for me to make the trip.
@strawberry12four
@strawberry12four 11 ай бұрын
I saw this show outdoors in a light summer rain in the early evening. The laser’s were lighting up the raindrops like green diamonds in the sky. The beams were bouncing off of clouds ten miles away from the show and people were calling the police to report UFOs 😂😂😂 Amazing stuff and an awesome show
@eldritchshiner
@eldritchshiner 11 ай бұрын
Cool, lol @@strawberry12four
@jeffrichard9338
@jeffrichard9338 Жыл бұрын
The song continues to unfold, over and over, until the end when it becomes a flower.
@jeffcarroll6553
@jeffcarroll6553 7 ай бұрын
the seven petal lotus flower for you followers of the divine path.
@ynotbmale5218
@ynotbmale5218 Жыл бұрын
It’s too bad you didn’t get to see them live, during their heyday. I’ve seen them perform a half dozen times, including twice with an orchestra. They actually brought me to tears several times. The live performances brought the music alive. I love the studio albums, but live!!!!
@RoninTXBR549
@RoninTXBR549 Жыл бұрын
I saw them on their "Talk" your. No opening band. Just an evening of Yes. It was "magical" as Jon Anderson would say.
@lesblatnyak5947
@lesblatnyak5947 Жыл бұрын
Nice, saw Yes 36 times
@waterboys3001
@waterboys3001 Жыл бұрын
I saw them play live at the Reading Festival in 1975, they were the best band on the bill. They were probably the loudest and Judas Priest and Thin Lizzy were also playing.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
I saw them with an orchestra, too! My concert experience of a lifetime. I was in 7th grade I think. They actually started with Close to the Edge. I was BLOWN AWAY. And first time I've heard Gates of Delirium - at the time I hadn't even know Relayer. I had a hard time adjusting to a more hard-edged album version after hearing that band-with-an-orchestra rendition (masterful). I wish they'd done full Tales with an orchestra at that point (it was a perfect moment as Wakey was not in the band at the time) - but well, as philosopher Jagger said...
@1MysteryZ1967
@1MysteryZ1967 Жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful things about Yes, besides the instrumental parts, is the way Jon writes lyrics. He doesn’t use words for the sake of their meanings, he uses each word based solely on how the word itself sounds.
@johnvalencia9927
@johnvalencia9927 Жыл бұрын
When she says synthesized harp sound at 9:17 she's absolutely right, it's a Minimoog. I never really knew until I heard the isolated track.
@nyobunknown6983
@nyobunknown6983 Жыл бұрын
I found this on the web. "Anderson gained initial inspiration from a moment in his hotel room during the Fragile Tour when he was reading The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien while listening to Symphony Nos. 6 and 7 by Jean Sibelius, one of his favourite composers. The seventh struck Anderson the most as he noticed that its main theme was introduced some time in the composition which influenced how "Close to the Edge" was shaped. He studied No. 7 for the remainder of the tour; roughly halfway, he discussed his initial ideas with Howe. During a break the two resumed writing at Howe's home in Hampstead, north London, at which point Howe devised the lyric "Close to the edge, round by the corner",[ itself inspired when he had lived in Battersea, an area beside the River Thames. Anderson was inspired to base its theme and lyrics on Siddhartha (1922) by German novelist Hermann Hesse, and revised the song's lyrics "three or four" times, saying "it's all metaphors". The lyrics for the concluding verse were based on a dream he once had about the "passing on from this world to another... yet feeling so fantastic about it that death never frightened me ever since".
@JJ8KK
@JJ8KK Жыл бұрын
YES used to be referred to as the quintessential "Classical Rock" band, then "Progressive." What YES was is an *_experimental_* rock band above all else. They took all their influences . . . classical, rock, jazz, R&B funk, folk, even Broadway show tunes . . . & blended them into a musical genre all its own. There were two stand out components of YES masterpieces that no other progressive rock band featured: 1) bassist Chris Squire's Industrial-Melodic inspirations, which were featured up front in their "sound" (much like the lead guitarist usually is in most bands) & 2) their beautiful vocal harmonies, which no other progressive rock band featured. But the most important aspect of YES masterpieces was their mastery of *Complexity.* They packed so much into their masterpieces that repeated listenings are necessary to fully appreciate what they had created. Often, you'll hear the bass player & drummer laying down a layer of funky melody at the same time that the keyboardist or lead guitarist is presenting another stand alone melodic path _at the same time_ but it is so artfully blended together in the mix that you hear both at the same time. When your ears get used to it, it leaves you amazed at what they were doing. In spite of the complexity of composition they fancied, it all ends up working in a way that is deeply satisfying to the soul of serious music lovers. If you listen to Close To The Edge a couple more times, you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about. My guess is that the next YES masterpiece you should listen to is either *Starship Trooper* or *Roundabout.* It really doesn't matter which you hear first as both are MUST LISTEN musical creations. I'm so loving your venture into the world of YES' special world of musical art. Eager to hear/see more...
@tefenstrat
@tefenstrat Жыл бұрын
Amy, I really enjoyed this video. I really think you did a great job. For me, I was a big fan of Yes in my youth of all those years ago. I cant even remember what I thought the first time I heard their music, but I know it took some warming up too. Funny because of this video I listened to this entire song for the first time in a heck of a long time. Those days of my youth and listening to this music back then was SO SO different than I know what your experience had to be. As I am sure you have heard we were a generation lost in space and this music was so dreamy and fit right in to the things we were doing back then. Analyzing the music we were listening to back then, well that was the farthest thing from our minds. The world has changed. Again thank you for taking the time to do this.
@djjjk
@djjjk Жыл бұрын
Close to the Edge was such an important part of my youth, a timeless classic. Superb on so many levels, it never fails to elevate me to a different sphere.
@ericwalmsley6836
@ericwalmsley6836 Жыл бұрын
Oooft!! Straight into the deep end of Yes. I'd have started with Heart of the Sunrise, And You and I or Wonderous Stories just to get a feel for the genre. I'm thinking this is going to be quite a challenge for you.
@glennz8352
@glennz8352 Жыл бұрын
I agree that this is not the place to start for most people. For a very casual music fan, I’d go with Roundabout. But Amy is different. I think CTTE is structured like a symphony. I think she will have the ear for it… not necessarily on first listen, but soon after, I believe she will at least have a full appreciation for it - it certainly won’t defeat her! We’ll soon find out.
@oceanfrog
@oceanfrog Жыл бұрын
I've been saying the same thing since the beginning of this channel. Heart of the Sunrise. Starship Trooper. Sure Amy can appreciate CTTE. But why _start_ with it? Why have that be your introduction to the band?
@yes_head
@yes_head Жыл бұрын
@@glennz8352 The trick is that most of us used bands like Yes and this kind of music as our gateway to classical music. Amy's coming at it from the opposite direction, so when she listens to "Close to the Edge" she's immediately comparing it to the greatest works from several hundred years of classical music, played by the very best musicians in the world. Even something as monumental in the rock world as "Close to the Edge" will have a hard time measuring up to all of that! The challenge of getting Yes past Amy is that they're an above average rock band meddling with classical forms and lines, which is going to expose them to scrutiny from real classical musicians. Just look at how Keith Emerson was ripped by Leonard Bernstein, who was one of his heroes. I wasn't hugely surprised that Jon's singing threw Amy, since technically speaking he's a bit pitch-y on this album (engineer Eddie Offord has been quoted saying he struggled to get good vocal tracks from Yes during this period). But I hope she digs deeply enough that the rough edges will soften with time and exposure to all other other incredible music to be discovered.
@glennz8352
@glennz8352 Жыл бұрын
​@@yes_head I hear you, but I don’t believe Amy will put this up against the several hundred year old classical music of her world and conclude that it doesn’t measure up by comparison. She has never done that. There will be comparisons as she already touched on, but as a teaching tool, not as shortcomings. Instead, I think she will compare it to the other rock music she has been exposed to, which of course is the appropriate thing to do. With that, I think, I hope it will open her mind to the possibilities and heights that music in the world of rock can achieve. Close To The Edge was never intended to be faux-classical, of course. It was just the latest Yes album at the time, from this very unique rock band. I trust Amy understands this! Anyone’s first exposure to this song is bound to lead to some confusion - it’s so unexpected and so much comes at you. (That’s part of the fun of the first reaction!) Amy was great with it. I’m confident about where she went, behind the scenes, on listens 2 through 10. Of course, I might be wrong! We shall see.
@dhfenske
@dhfenske Жыл бұрын
@@oceanfrog Why not?
@mikeb3365
@mikeb3365 Жыл бұрын
Amy- Thanks for finally reviewing YES. As others stated you sure did jump into the deep end of the pool rather than the shallow end. I won't repeat all what others have said. Wow. scrolling down there are so many who added their 2 cents. You can see there are dedicated YES fans to this day. I would give And You and I on the CTTE album a review, since that is where you started. Siberian Katru is one of my fav YES songs. Of course, you need to consider reviewing Rundabout at some point. So many great song or movements to consider.
@tereasia
@tereasia Жыл бұрын
Usually, i think hard about Squire's bass at the beginning, but this time im stunned by the guitar; it's crazy, not like anything else, ever
@jesuslopez9221
@jesuslopez9221 Жыл бұрын
The best masterpiece of yes, the best song of all progressiv rock
@timjonesbooks
@timjonesbooks Жыл бұрын
King Crimson, with its harder-edged prog influenced at different phases of the band by Holst, Bartók, free jazz and gamelan music, would be a very interesting group for you to react to.
@superpunkmuffin
@superpunkmuffin Жыл бұрын
And a bit of Van Der Graaf generator 🙂
@flavoredwallpaper
@flavoredwallpaper Жыл бұрын
Something like Starless would be interesting to review, although I'm not sure whether she would like it.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure it would be much harder for Amy to get into, judging by her reaction to Firth of Fifth. But maybe... Starless? or Night Watch? Matte Kudasai? Cadence and Cascade? Only then Lark's Tongues
@unfrostedpoptart
@unfrostedpoptart Жыл бұрын
Let her try “Fracture” as a first exposure to Crimson :). Or LTiA.
@zaphods2ndhead193
@zaphods2ndhead193 Жыл бұрын
The sound on this song is indicative of the Progressive Rock genre that sprang up at the end of the 60's. Most had very strong influence from Gaelic, Classical and Jazz. Some others are Gentle Giant, Genesis (with Peter Gabriel especially) and King Crimson. Some others that were closer to mainstream but still considered Progressive Rock are bands you are already familiar with: Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Rush. This specific song was one of the more hard core Progressive songs from Yes. They have many more that are much more accessible to the uninitiated.
@fractuss
@fractuss Жыл бұрын
Challenging music takes at least 3 listens to do them justice. "Often, what is not instantly relatable holds the deepest meaning and value" - Amy Shafer
@cronistamundano8189
@cronistamundano8189 Жыл бұрын
I am a musician turned into doctor, I left music school as a teen to study to take the exams to med school (in Brazil and at that time it was called vestibular). Everyone was into hard (hair) rock and grunge, and I was more into classic rock, psichedelic rock, prog rock and folk. I went on learning and playin along almost every The Beatles, Led Zepellin, Rush, Os Mutantes, Cream and Black Sabbath bass lines just to name a few hoping I could find bands in witch to play them, but when it got to Yes and Mr Squire I just said " I think I could play that, but I certanly I cant SOUND that". Mr. Squire made me realize that it is not only how you play (or how you move your right hand through the strings and your left hand through the fretboard) but also and maybe more importantly it is how you SOUND. And I'll look certainly into Camille Saint-Saëns. Thanks for the insightfull reaction.
@sandenson
@sandenson Жыл бұрын
BRAZIL MENTIONED! Um salve de Alagoas.
@michaeltelson9798
@michaeltelson9798 Жыл бұрын
Blind Faith and Traffic are still on my favorite lists
@patrickv391
@patrickv391 Жыл бұрын
I was 13 years old when this came out. At first I was confused by some of the lyrics. Now that I am older I even more confused, but that's okay. Wore out the album and 8 track. Went on to see them live 6 times in the 70s. What a time to be 13.
@chrisharris1522
@chrisharris1522 Жыл бұрын
I have always felt with their music it helps to listen several times, when you know where it is heading it allows you to focus more on what they are actually playing, I think seeing some of the album art will also help it make more sense. Although this is my favourite piece by them I would have probably started you with something else, perhaps Heart Of The Sunrise or Roundabout to get you used to their style. I am looking forward to hearing your analysis of this one.
@setecastronomy53
@setecastronomy53 Жыл бұрын
This has always been one of my most loved musical pieces ever. And having watched many reactions to it, I was so happy to see you recognize and appreciate the great build and climax occurring at 35:00. That ending always brings tear to my eyes, and it was so enjoyable to see you ride the crescendo to that targeted instrumental and vocal climax. So many seem to miss that. Thanks so much for the great reaction. I enjoy your channel very much!
@jupiterlegrand4817
@jupiterlegrand4817 Жыл бұрын
Close To The Edge is the pinnacle, the greatest prog rock piece of all time. It literally defines the genre and is timeless. If I had to be stranded with only one album, this would be it. When I first heard it, it changed my life, much as first hearing Beethoven's 6th or Stravinsky's Sacre did. The defining canon (to me) would be In The Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson), Brain Salad Surgery (ELP), Passion Play (Jethro Tull) and, at the top, CTTE. There are tons more (almost anything by Gentle Giant or early Genesis, for example), but those four albums really cover the spectrum.
@georgesonm1774
@georgesonm1774 Жыл бұрын
oh, yes Passion Play - the epitome of JT... I wish Ian continued in this manner instead of taking the negative critical reviews to heart, which I feel he had... all the 70s albums are very good but after Passion Play (and War Child, which was mostly composed during the Chateau sessions) indicate a clear direction away from prog and large forms and narratives, as if Anderson was really afraid of being called 'pretentious' (they did call him that anyway :)) I wonder, however, if Amy wouldn't appreciate a piece like Thick as a Brick (a bit more cohesive, perhaps, softer, more melodic?) first
@croiners4166
@croiners4166 Жыл бұрын
A person of impeccable taste!
@viktorzanden6235
@viktorzanden6235 Жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece. One thing that is brilliant is the melody of "I get up, I get down". The melody folows the words.
@pbwbrian53
@pbwbrian53 Жыл бұрын
Many wait for the church organ, but a select few of us are thrilled by the “I get up…” section.
@wbkmradio
@wbkmradio Жыл бұрын
Amy, I deeply loved your technical analysis, and the pauses on occasion when you were trying to find a word to describe sublime, what words can you use to describe a first meeting with the infinite. Thank you for your time, and I hope that you will move onto my other two favorite long pieces from this great band…Awaken and Heart of the Sunrise. With deep appreciation…thank you.
@progrockerNZ
@progrockerNZ Жыл бұрын
Close to the Edge was also inspired by Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha." The theme of the novel is the search for self-realization by a young Brahman, Siddhartha which details the quest for inner peace and enlightenment in a world full of misguided teachers. The river teaches him simple truths on this journey... ♫ Close to the edge, down by the river. Down at the end, round by the corner ♫ Opening the album cover gives you a sense of where the music belongs. Where we belong in it. I first heard this album and song back in January 1973 at the age of 17 and can recall the powerful connection I had with it. It is still my favourite piece of music to this day.
@thumbdumbtom
@thumbdumbtom Жыл бұрын
This was delightful. I love her impressions and insights. We all see things from our own perceptions.
@michaelblaney4461
@michaelblaney4461 Жыл бұрын
Chris Squire had a very unique bass setup , he used a Rickenbacker 4001 with a stereo setup . One pickup went to a guitar amp the 2nd to a bass amp and use of distortion . He also played with a pick which had a very aggressive attack compared to other bassists . Chris Squire was one of Geddy Lee of Rush's influences . ( both are influences to me as well as Sting from the Police) 😊 Kansas is another group with similarities especially on the point of no return album
@DoctorFatman
@DoctorFatman Жыл бұрын
It's remarkable that you've mentioned imagining a piece of music visually for two reasons: 1) Yes, especially in their earlier years, are well known for their very imaginative album covers and sleeves. In fact, the inner sleeve of “Close To The Edge” is a beautiful fantasy landscape. 2) Many people say that the lyric “The time between the notes relates the colour to the scenes” is precisely about the link between the sonic and the visual. Rhythm being a tool of the sonic art the same way colour is a tool of the visual art. Whenever I listen to this piece, I usually imagine a certain type fantasy adventure, something similar to works of Michael Ende or Studio Ghibli. Maybe that will help you, at least I hope so.
@ChromeDestiny
@ChromeDestiny Жыл бұрын
Rick Wakeman also said in the YesSpeak documentary that when he was studying classical pieces if they had generic names he would come up with new titles for them based on what they made him picture.
@jeffcarroll6553
@jeffcarroll6553 Жыл бұрын
The time, empty space, between the notes, silence is exactly the same as the colour , paint dot, to the scene as in pointillism. You can only make sense of the picture by stepping back, you can only make sense of your life by reflecting, you can only make sense of music by distinguishing the notes. Very Buddhist notion. Well explained Jon.
@tomdecuca3627
@tomdecuca3627 Жыл бұрын
I forgot how good these guys were. Especially to play this live, which they did quite well!!
@tt55k
@tt55k Жыл бұрын
When you connect with all life around you with love deeply , loving the trees , you smell the bark , loving the soil you smell the richness of the soil , once you fully merge within the life of all through the heart , you hear a dripping of water , then the spirit which is the earth , the planet, shows up to greet you with big smiles on her face , the earth is her domain . This is all part of the process of awakening and enlightenment, or ascension. This is what the song is about , it is speaking of Buddha’s enlightenment under the bodhi tree in the forest along a river .
@tt55k
@tt55k Жыл бұрын
Getting up and getting down with the notes rising through the scale, wis the frequency of one’s being rising , each down higher than the up .
@digibirder
@digibirder Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reaction Amy! I was so curious to hear what you thought. I'll be eagerly awaiting the in-depth. I think of it in visula art terms as a gallery showing rather than a single work. They all belong to the same artist and there is a thread that holds them together. But there are different styles.Maybe not "Pictures at an Exhibition" (I'd love to hear your take on the Emerson, Lake, and Palmer version of that one!). But in that vein, perhaps.
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