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Yes was before Rush and was one of Geddy Lee's biggest influences. He inducted them into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

Chris Squire is one of the most beautifully melodic rock bass players ever!

RIP Chris Squire, one of the all time best bass players in rock

You young guys are pulling all us ol' timers out of our dusty closets to see your reactions to what we grew up with. Yes is AMAZING!

No one has mentioned Jon Anderson's unique voice that made Yes songs instantly recognizable.

"I felt like I was snatched up by aliens, they tied me to a seat, and said, 'listen to this, and now you're one of us.'" 😂😂

Geddy Lee names this as one of his favorite albums: "[Yes] are often knocked for being too complex but I don’t agree. There is a simplicity and elegance to the songs. I always found them both accessible and adventurous.”

"The Yes Album" was released on February 19, 1971. You were listening to a song that is about 50 years old. TIMELESS!

Chris Squire’s bass is soooo good on the track! His licks just shine!

Chris Squire is the reason I learned to play the bass. The man was just amazing. Rest in Peace, Chris.

Yes was the only band Geddy Lee stood in line overnight to buy a ticket for... They weren't long before Rush, but just long enough to inspire them

The journey, in music, it's called a fugue: moving from one piece into another, tying them all in together. Prog Rock kept the structure of classical music while expanding the boundaries of instruments and sounds.

They were before Rush, and Rush has made it clear that Yes was their biggest influence. Rush inducted Yes in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Last movement of this song is mindblowing....its called "Wurm" . Steve Howe's (guitarist) first album after joining. This really is Yes's best album.

RIP Chris Squire, as a bass player a giant influence on me. Have spent many hours listening to this album.

The live version of this era of Yes (as found on the album "Yessongs") is a showcase of a band at the pinnacle of their excellence. It is incredible. I usually can't help myself and listen to the entire thing in one go.

One of the best progressive rock bands of all time and this song is a gem.

I was raised on a lot of the greatest bands from the 60s and 70s. This is my all-time favorite Yes track.

The only band, other than The Who, whose bass player commanded from me a large percentage of my attention. Every player in this band was in the upper class of great musicians.

"It's a journey, y'all. It's a journey." You got it! Brilliant!

When YES was inducted into the RRHOF, their bass player Chris Squire had passed away, so Geddy sat in for Chris and played Roundabout with them on stage. It's a wonderful moment that you should watch on yt, especially since the band had also split into 2 different groups, but set aside their differences and came together to perform. Lets just say Geddy was very happy : )

The "Wörm" portion of this demonstrates, in only three chords, the power of dynamics and layering. Masterclass.

Years before Rush, many special albums during the early 70's. These guys led the way. Yes is full of brilliant individual musicians, combining to create wonderous weaving musical tales.

Bill Bruford was one of the numerous influences on Neil Peart, as Squire was to Geddy.

Still think Starship Trooper is Yes at their absolute best...so amazing and epic. At least 4 songs in one...the extended jam that builds like Pachelbel's Canon...and that ending that proves Yes can rock as hard as anyone. I knew that Jamel would love journey on this one.

I've been listening to this over 45 years and it never gets old, still enjoying in 2020

The beauty of the live version of "Starship Trooper" is that both keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and guitarist Steve Howe get the opportunity to solo over that wonderful closing chord progression.

"And you and I" is my favorite by Yes! It's quite a journey, but worth it.

I really appreciate you giving Yes a listen. Did you hear the line, “Loneliness is a power we possess to give or take away forever.”? One of my fave lines from a Yes song or any songs for that matter.

I was 13 when the Yes album was released and was blown away when I first heard it. I had to buy a new copy 3 months later because I literally wore out my first copy. One of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. I still play it regularly... Thanks for the reaction.

As a teenager in the 80's The Yes Album and Fragile were my favourite Yes albums. Thank you Jamel ❤️ love your reactions

"I feel like I was abducted by aliens. They strapped me down and said listen to this. Now you are one of us."

Chris squire was the best bass player ever imo, and I'm a massive Geddy fan. I think Rush is the perfect gateway drug into the more complex music waters of bands like Yes and that is perhaps why Rush has become the darling of the "reaction video" movement. I remember seeing an interview with I think Geddy and Alex where they said they saw Yes live during the late 70s while they were working on one of their own albums maybe Farewell to Kings, and they just wanted to go home and quit music because Yes were on another level. They felt I guess ashamed of their own material on comparison. I was lucky enough to see both bands live multiple times and they were all masters but I think Yes was on another plane in terms of complexity. Rush win the long game because they figured out how to have complexity but yet remain much more accessible to the casual listener, whereas Yes music takes work to peel back the layers, but when you take the time to do so it is magic underneath.

My absolute favourite by Yes. Discovered on vinyl at the base library in 1982....listened on the record player with headphones and fell in awe of them from this song onward.... Never tire of hearing this! Enjoy the ride...

So many sweet memories of my college years. So much hope. And now... we are living in a clusterfuck of a world.

The amazing thing is Yes released two fantastic albums in 1971: The Yes Album (with the track Starship Trooper) and Fragile.

"Roundabout" "Long Distance Runaround" "Leave It" "I've Seen All Good People" "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

YES was a spiritual awakening. Peak prog rock! Glad I was there.

Listen to, "Close to the Edge" and "And You and I" from the Album Close to the Edge, and of course "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"

And we all turn into human bobble heads during the epic jam.

This is the only band that Geddy Lee and his friend stayed out all night in line to get tickets for.

Gotta love Jamel..Man knows his music, and more importantly, deeply feels what a good song should sound like

Without doubt the best outro in RNR. Back in the day, sitting in the dark, perhaps a little recreational herb, headphones on, LOUD!!! Doesn't get no better. Thank you, Jamel. Peace out, my brother.

The final extended section has been making me breathless for 50 years ❤️

Sister bluebird flying high above Shine your wings forward to the sun Hide the mysteries of life on your way Though you've seen them, please don't say a word What you don't know, I have never heard Starship trooper, go sailing on by Catch my soul, catch the very night Hide the moment from my eager eyes Though you've seen them, please don't tell a soul What you can't see, can't be very whole Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember Setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughters That in the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways Mother life, hold firmly on to me Catch my knowledge higher than the day Lose as much as only you can show Though you've seen them, please don't say a word What I don't know, I have never shared Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever All I know can be shown by your acceptance of the fact there shown before you Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion As I see a new day in me, I can also show if you and you may follow Speak to me of summer Long winters longer than time can remember Setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughters That in the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways

Chris Squire the Jimmy Hendrix of the bass.

And You And I, Close to the Edge! Complicated and thoughtful. Love Yes!

Heart of the sunrise will BLOW YOUR MIND🤯

I was really hoping you’d get to some more YES. Next to Jethro Tull, this was my favorite band growing up. Saw them so many times in concert at the Baltimore Civic Center for about $6.50 a ticket. ✌️

This is serious "in a dark room, eyes closed, headphone" music...

If you're interested in 18 minutes of a similar experience, might I recommend the Yes song "Close To The Edge"? It's long, but worth it...👍

"Enjoy the ride" is EXACTLY what you have to do when listening to these types of songs for the first time, they are very unpredictable when you first listen to them!

“Now you are one of us”. This record had a big influence on the guys in Rush.”

65 here and nearly fifty years on it still gives me goosebumps

The ending of this song is a perfect example of what the band called "The Wall of Sound". You don't run into the Wall. It hits you in the face!

Brilliant track, the guitar led ending is like being high having taken nothing, except a good dose of YES

Yes was an amazing traveling band of minstels, each an absolute master at his craft. Imagine walking into a London bar for a pint in 1968 and hearing this.

What an incredible band. I feel so blessed to see them 3 times. I cant imagine my young life growing up without YES. I first saw them in the summer of 1976 at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. I was 13.

If you do. YES..you have to play Emerson Lake and Palmer

Check out "Yours Is No Disgrace" off the same album. Another great track from Yes among one of the best prog rock groups ever. Excellent musicians.

Steve Howe is in my top 10 of greatest guitarists in R and R history!!!

Before Rush, in the early '70s they were Geddys favourite band.

Yes is magical. The vocals and the synthesizer....the journey they take the Soul on.....

This tune is gonna blow your ever loving mind Jamal..

You should listen to "Yours is no Disgrace", "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Your Move/ I've Seen All Good People!

Early yes it is challenging to listen to until you get past all of the progression, then the music just flows over to you. If you’re looking for some less challenging early yes may I suggest yours is no disgrace, long distance run around, or I have seen all good people

Before Rush YES WAS AND IS one of the fore fathers of Prog rock. they were influenced by King Crimson and RUSH (Especially) Getty Lee was influenced by YES specifically bass player CHRIS SQUIRE an absolute genius . Yes was inspired to up their game after seeing how hard King Crimson rehearsed

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next: Close to the Edge, Yours is No Disgrace, Awaken, And You and I, Heart of the Sunrise.

😅jamal. Love you man. Your unprejudiced love of all music and pure enjoyment is a joy to watch. Thank you 😊

I can remember being high as a MF walking miles along the water. Pre RUSH. Geddy Lee, Bassist for Rush played at the RR hall of fame for Chris Squire who passed away as the bassist for Yes. My heroes are passing more and more as time goes by. Thanks for the memories. Keep Great Music Alive. KGMA.

"Different songs within the songs to help tell the story..." That describes the majority of 70's Yes music very well.

"Futuristic" LOL, from 1971 ;). What was once old is now new.

One of the greatest descriptions of this song I've ever heard. Priceless.

So fun to see how many different ways there are for music to bring out the stank face! Love that last couple minutes of instrumental of Starship Trooper, definitely always makes me crank up the volume!

I stumbled across this channel a few days ago and am so happy these tunes make some younger people happy, ear candy. I got this album when I was 16. All my mates thought I was weird but eventually they got it. When music became heavily commercialised towards the end of the last decade, I gave up. I still have all my teen stuff, Floyd, ELP, Tull, Zeppelin, Queen, Genesis and a whole host more. Your reactions say it all! I got a bit into dance music in later years and am now mostly into psychedelic trance: Although no instruments, it still is ear and brain candy ;-) Keep up the stunning work, not just enjoying your new travels but also making many of us old 'uns appreciate how amazingly spoilt we were to be around when such marvels were created.

"And now you are one of us." And now you are a real Yes Fan. LOL!

the singer is 73 now still sounds good and the Keys man till there and Killing it Still Love YES!

Yes was a huge influence on Rush, Geddy and Alex inducted them into the rock and roll hall of fame

The guitar in the last section where the sounds switch from left to right channels as it builds to its conclusion,,,epic engineering

7:02 YES. I knew Jamel would label them perfectly, as only Jamel can. Thank you man. YES is my favorite group, followed by King Crimson, and I know you love Crimson : )

I’m a yes fan for more years than I care to remember ( I’m 65 ) it seems that yes chorioghaphed each and every instrument into the theme of the songs. Each one together but at same time separate. Totally awesome and Amazing 🤩

Check out some early Progressive Rock era Genesis with Peter Gabriel fronting the band! Supper’s Ready Get ‘Em Out By Friday Dancing With The Moonlit Knight Watcher Of The Skies Or, a special whole album listen/reaction to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway!

We were fortunate to be born at a time when this was music existed. Really a gift to us.

One of my favorites! Also, Heart of the Sunrise and Long distance Runaround/The Fish

Saw Anderson-Wakeman-Rabin led Yes 2 yrs ago...Anderson’s voice was still able to hit the mark. Unfortunate fall out with Steve Howe led to two different ‘Yes’ groups touring simultaneously

Admittedly, the end of this song is best listened to while fairly high, headphones on, volume at ten!

This album was the first Yes music I heard. I was 16 , 50 years ago ! At last I got to hear the type of music I had been listening for. Yes come at you from every angle.Still my favourite band.

You need to hear "Heart" of the Sunrise by YES, talk about a journey.

So happy you finally did this, and did it right...eyes closed, melting into the music, and letting it just take you! This is my favorite album of all time!

One of my favorite outros of all time. Very “flangy.”

Yes is my favorite band. I started with this album in 1971 when I was 19 in the Air Force in Las Vegas. Rush debut was 1974. If you want a journey check out Tales From Topographic Oceans thier sprawling double concept album containing only 4 songs each taking a full side of the lp. The Revealing Science Of God,The Remembering, The Ancient and Ritual is some of the most breathtaking music Yes has ever composed. Don’t listen to this band with pre-conceived expectations because you set yourself up unfairly by doing that. It’s going into another dimension or maybe the true history of Earth.

When I saw YES in concert late 70s the opening "act" was a Popeye Cartoon!

Dad let me use some of his cassettes when I was little 8-10, Steely Dan Aja, ELP Trilogy and the Yes album. I still thank him 35 years later, RIP.

I have been waiting for this FOREVER thank you brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes were indeed a huge influence on Rush. Watch Rush's speech when they inducted Yes into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame to see for yourself

I love this band just wish they would've had a more positive name.

Well Jamal, it's been 7 months and your video is still up and rockin! Starship Trooper never gets old. Thanks for the listen. And the reaction! ✌😎

Yes was one of Rush's biggest influences if that tells you anything

Thank goodness I was lucky enough to see them back in the day. Top 3 shows ever for me!!