I've always thought of Yes as a band where everyone is playing lead, at the same time. And somehow it works.

The song that launched progressive rock into popularity.

"Fragile" is a start-to-finish rock album masterpiece.

Yes, more Yes! Chris Squire was THE best bass player and it's exemplified in all their music.

The late Chris Squire was the only member of Yes to play on every album. His base playing is incredible.

The problem is that no one performs this kind of music now, maybe not everyone will agree, but modern music is shit compared to the music of the 20th century. For me personally, this is good music, and John Anderson's voice is beautiful!

The thing about YES' Masterpieces, like Roundabout, is that they cram so much complexity into them, you can only fully appreciate them with *_repeated listenings._* That's when you pick out how each of the members blend in their contributions _so perfectly._

Chris Squire, 'nuff said, there will never ever be a bass player to compare to Chris

This song practically invented "headphone rock" and had an incalculable impact on the sale of strobe lights back in the day! Proud to say I was part of it all! Great to see yet another generation discover and enjoy this treasure!

Imagine hearing this as a 15 year old in 1971....that was me.

1971 senior year of hs starts. Seems like almost every morning someone with a portable cassette player had this song blasting by the lockers before class. What a musical golden age.

Yes asked Geddy Lee to stand in to do this at their HOF concert portion.

Remember when Ryan said that part of "Spirit of Radio" was his get up and go music?..Roundabout was the song for me when I was 13 yrs old flying home on my bicycle from my friends house to mine from across town for supper on a semi-cool early summer night. Wind in my hair, not a care in the world, and this song pumping thru my veins.

Guys, you need to listen to this 10 times before you decide what’s your favorite part and this and that and the other because it’s a lot of song. And all the parts will grow on you. Still turns my headlights on after 50 years!!

This song is perfect in every way.

I’m sure two out of three of you will know this song. So glad you’re finally getting to it! Another suggestion for the future is “Heart Of the Sunrise” from the same album. It’s amazing!

Came in mid-song. Get ready for an avalanche ... 2 of y'all weren't blown away. I can almost guarantee that your affection for this song will grow upon multiple listens.

"Oh my God, The Bass!" Chris Squire was a beast.

5 virtuosos in 1 band. Amazing

MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN TO THE 2008 REMASTERED VERSION. THE RADIO VERSION IS… the radio version. 😁

I live in New Jersey, where roundabouts, AKA traffic circles, are a way of life.

The song is 52 years old and I still get chills hearing it. From the best year in rock music: 1971. A masterpiece. Chris Squires' bass playing is mind blowing and Steve Howe's lead guitar is great but it is keyboard master Rick Wakeman's Hammond 3C organ work that is the most memorable for me. The arrangement of this song defies description. Prog rock at its absolute best. One of the handful of pop/rock songs that could be declared the best ever IMO. Next up with Yes for you should be their other early '70s popular prog epics such as: the upbeat and happy I've Seen All Good People, Long Distance Runaround, Starship Trooper and Close to the Edge. They changed their sound drastically for the hugely popular - with others not necessarily hardcore Yes fans - 1982 LP 90125. Owner of a Lonely Heart was the big radio hit but the entire album is fire especially Hold On, Changes, It Can Happen and Leave It. Jon Anderson's voice sounds so good throughout 90125.Guys, please continue to be 'progressive' in your musical reaction pursuits. I love it.

Rush bassist Geddy lee played bass for Yes at their rock and roll hall of fame induction .He stood in for Yes bassist Chris Squire after his death. They played this song. Geddy looked to be having a great time.

I sang along to the entire song! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE YES!!!

If you like this type of music, check out Emerson Lake and Palmer, one of the earliest prog rock bands. Trilogy is a great starting point.

I saw Yes twice in the 80's....both times they put on a stellar performance!

A great Yes song by a super group of the 70's and even the 80's. Their style changed somewhat in the 80's but they still sounded good. A favorite song of mine from the group during the 70's were " Your Move". Don't forget guys, a group that didn't get the recognition they deserved was Captain Beyond. Their album came out in 1972 and the songs to me that were good rock and roll were, " Thousand Days of Yesterdays, " Dancing Madly Backwards" and Raging River of Fear" and I Can't Feel Nothing". You won't be disappointed.

Geddy said he was honored to stand in for his biggest influence. Yes was a group with unusually gifted instrumentalists having remarkable breadth skills. Howe, Wakeman, Squire, Bruford, White and of course Anderson...were likely the most talented and amazingly creative musicians...possibly ever. The Mozart's of the 20th century..

This was the song that launched the popularity of Progressive rock genre.This is the Mt. Rushmore of this type of music.Chris Squire is considered one of the best bass players ever on Earth!

That THX sound was actually inspired by the closing of A Day In The Life by the Beatles

Their skill as musicians was unequalled.

The first note fade-up is actually a recording of a piano note. It's recorded on tape, then cut out and attached in reverse to the master recording tape (back-masking). No digital captures and manipulations in 1971. Just great musicians, engineers and producers.

Epic tune. Believe or not, there was a shorter AM radio version of this tune heard from many a transistor radio back then! So yes, even my grandparents were hearing this in the early '70s

I'm a grandma that rocked out to Yes! I've seen them 4 times in concert and each time they were awesome! My dad loved Yes too, and got Rick Wakeman's album "The Six Wives of Henry The 8th" for me for Christmas in 1975. I loved it, but he listened to it more than I did!

There are so many intricate elements to this song but the bass is what ties it all together for me.

That opening chord is a C major chord on piano played backwards. So that the fade out starts first, and the initial attack comes at the end.

I already was in love with this record, when it came out in the early seventies. A real Masterpiece. Greetings from the Netherlands. 🎶🎶❤️

YES are pioneers of the progressive rock style. Their musicianship is of the highest caliber. The mystical melodies and lyrics are grounded by a fierce rhythm section of the strongest bass and drums. The harmonies, time signatures, rhapsodic storytelling, and tight performances will forever embed them at the top of the music landscape as classic. Their era of "modern classical" music is what musicians and music lovers will continue to play and rediscover for many years to come. I seriously doubt that much of the music from this latest era will last at all.

That fade in was produced by hitting a piano note and letting it die away and then reversing the tape.

Owner of a Lonely Heart is another great one from them.

Hi Guys ,All I'd add to what has already been said is that Jon Andersons voice absolutely soars ,there are very few vocals that could match his range . When you have some spare time give 'Soon' a spin & listen to the voice & a few other things.

Rick Wakeman's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "The Six Wives of Henry 8th" are excellent albums.

Lead singer is Jon Anderson and he has a song called “Friends Of Mr Cairo” and it’s a wonderful masterpiece leading you in various directions. You all would enjoy this immensely. Love your reactions.

Glad you guys like it! This is the first masterpiece and really intro to prog music....by the band YES. For your next reaction you must hear their second masterpiece, "Close To The Edge," which will make you forget about Roundabout!!! This song "Roundabout" and "Close To The Edge," were performed in the concert I went to last year in October and it was so AMAZING that it made you not want to hear the studio version!!!! It was just incredible that tears fell from eyes!!!! Yes are sooooooooooooooo Great in concert!!!!

Yes "I've Seen All Good People" a must.... that is all.

That slow fade in at the beginning is a recording of a chord being struck played backwards. I think Rick Beato talks about it in his review of this song--I believe he said it was a technique used a good bit in the seventies. As someone else posted on here, this song being played on the radio was my introduction to Yes, and was a big part of me becoming a fan of prog rock. Got the Fragile album (on eight track) and played the hell out of it. I've been a Yes fan ever since, love most all of their music, but I never get tired of listening to this song--none of their stuff is better than this to me. Funny, I agree with Ty on the middle part of the song--overall not my favorite section. However , it may be my favorite performance of Bill Bruford on the drums--he is just wailing it.

It's great watching young people discover real music!

The amazing bass is Chris Squire, the band leader.

The Beatles of Prog Rock

The opening sound at the beginning of the song was a reverse guitar strum. Brilliant sound.

Did the British invent roundabouts? The era of modern roundabouts began in the United Kingdom in 1956 with the construction of the first "yield-at-entry" roundabouts. In 1966, a nationwide yield-at-entry rule launched the modern roundabout revolution. Australia and most other British-influenced countries soon built modern roundabouts. The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, is a ring junction constructed in 1972 consisting of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. ... Magic Roundabout (Swindon)

There is so much to hear with Yes that of all my favourite bands they have remained the most fresh, after 50 years I still hear new things.

Btw, don't let people tell you that Yes came before Rush. Technically both bands formed in 1968 although the classic line up of Rush that endured for the next few decades gelled in the early '70s. But officially, both bands started concurrently.

Yes is a very cool rabbit hole to go down. “Heart of the Sunrise” also from the album Fragile. Their masterpiece, however, is “Close to the Edge”, the song and the album. Great reaction - thanks for the return to Yes.

Please check out Yes, "Starship Trooper"! It's one of their early ones and is amazing!

YES IS TOTALLY AWE-MAZING!! Been a fan since 70. I was 12. And they still amaze me with this music…and thru the decades. Chris Squire on bass. There was no one that could touch him. Bill Bruford on drums, they made an unstoppable rhythm section. I ❤️ them all. Listen daily!! Love you guys too! ☮️❤️

Yes-Roundabout was way before my time when it was released in '71, so I had no idea how to like it or not. I first learned about Yes until they reformed in '83 with the release of the single Owner of a Lonely Heart. And also Asia. It was many years later until I was able to understand how badass Yes was. Yes can be found in a bunch of bands......their influence on progressive rock is everywhere.

Its a masterclass of rock and roll

Jack Black handed a CD to the keyboarding student in "School of Rock." It was this record, and he directed him to study the keyboard playing on this song.

incredible bass line

The fuzz bass is absolutely off the CHARTS in this masterpiece by this incredible band. Thanks for your reaction.

Jon Anderson, the man with the angelic voice is how he was referred to back in the day. Roundabout is a masterpiece. Nothing can be taken out of it or added, it's perfect as is.

YES were doing everything a rock band wasn't supposed to do. The rhythm section was churning and hyperactive, fusion jazz on steroids, the bass instead of sitting behind everything was right up in your face, the lead vocals were clean and almost in a male soprano range. The instruments were clear and clean with good separation in the mix, and on top of it all, they were writing and recording complex, epic arrangements that even the most well educated music professor would dive into. Every single thing that a rock band should NEVER do!! LOL...

This one lives in your soul. Gut-wrenchingly outstanding. Haven’t caught my breath since I first heard this one.

Such a kickass song! Really shows off Chris Squire's bass playing wizardry and is the epitome of what 70's Prog Rock was all about.

My father said 10 years ago, in the future there will be DJs who will remix everything well forgotten old.

I was first introduced to this as a sophomore in high school when it first came out. There is no progressive rock equal to YES, accept the "Moody Blues". "Twenty-four before my love you'll see I'll before there with you".

YES and Genesis!!!! Musical Masters. We are sooooooo lucky.

Some of the finest music ever created

I danced to this song in Summer Camp in 1972 when I was 11. So wonderful.

The opening note is a single note on the piano played backwards.

Very much looking forward to this!

The intro fade in is a chord on the keyboard played backwards to get that effect. A popular 70’s trick..

This and the closing track "Heart Of The Sunrise" are the backbone of this album.

If you focus on the bass in the last line leading out of the organ and guitar solos, you can really hear just how hard he is hitting those strings...He was an incredibly strong player...

Nice gentlemen. Been dancing to Roundabout for 52yrs

There was never, ever a weekend where we didn't play this song turned up to the max in my 1973 Mercury Cougar XR7 with all of us singing our lungs out! Such a classic! We were like the teenagers in "That 70's Show". Wild and free times! Best memories ever.

I loved the immediate reaction: "Interesting." How about: "One of the greatest rock songs of all-time?"

Yay! Although I wish you had chosen to do Yes in chronological track order with Clap/Starship Trooper, the next tracks from The Yes Album, rather than skipping ahead to Fragile. But, more Yes on the channel is always a good thing.

The THX is a crescendo. the ramp up on the song is a piano chord played backwards. Yes is amazing

My 3 Bros from Georgia U.S.A. Saw YES in 1975, Vancouver B.C. Pacific Coliseum. Alan White was the best drummer other than Bonham, of all the rock bands I saw live. And I saw them all.

The bass tone is iconic. Chris Squire played an old Rickenbacker bass with a straight neck and low action, played with a pick, to get that rattly "clank" -- you'd never think that setup could be so funky, but it is!

That bass tone...

What a PHENOMENAL MUSICAL MASTERPIECE! So glad you decided to play and react to it. And YES--it's on FIRE! 🔥 from first note to the last. THANKS GUYS!!!

Back when this fantastic album was created there was no possibility of ANY part of it reminding ANYONE of music or sound from a video game and I am so glad for that.

@15:10, when the drums (Bill Bruford), bass (Chris Squire), keys (Rick Wakeman) and guitar (Steve Howe) drop that insane groove, it may just be the best 1minute 30 seconds in all of recorded music...seriously. I defy anyone to find a more complex yet straight up rockin' jam...those four were absolutely killin' it.

THX has been happily replaced by Dolby Atmos which provides not only surround but elevation as well! But glad you picked this song, it's a really excellent example of the prog-rock scene of the 70s and 80s

Great song start to finish. First album and first CD I ever purchased. Cannot say this enough, don't let the 3 minute limit radio imposes limit your music interest.

From that lineup there wasn't anyone better than Squire on bass with Bruford on drums. The precision was second to none. Plus both were very creative in the use of their instruments. As you listen to yes look for the tone changes Squire uses in different parts of the song. He used an array of foot pedals and his Rickenbacker bass was "stereo". 2 pickups that could be used independently and run through separate amps.

Curtis Mayfield- Superfly ( 72) 🔥 Title track from the groundbreaking soundtrack

This should be mandatory listening to every kid upon reaching the age of 13! I was 10 when this came out and knew instinctively it was a musical masterpiece!

Guys, check out Yes’s “Going for the One”! It has all the compositional craftsmanship you expect from Yes combined with hard charging straight-up rock and roll. It’s a song to start your day with and get the blood pumping.

Found this album in my early teens. I love Yes.

Rick Wakeman on keyboards!! This band was great!

Old fire that's never burned out.

So many bands.. So much great music came from the 70s. Yes is a band that I've learned to appreciate much more later in life, with their complex mixes and progressive sounds.

One of my favorites from -Yes -. Another good one that was more popular in the day was "Owner of a Lonely Heart". Awesome!!!!! Here's a band to check for a reaction, if you haven't done it already is "Blackfoot". Fox Chase. A bit of Southern Rock like Lynard Skynyrd. And really good guitars.

Progressive rock is in a class of its own. Yes and Rush opened the door.

There's my beautiful boys... Brilliant, too!

It's so weird that this music seems so alien to young and new listeners!