Hands down, and Amen.

I should know this, but is that Allen White singing? He sounds just like Jon Anderson.

While I still prefer Bruford, I agree...White & Squire made a GREAT rhythm section! R.I.P.

Two reasons I picked up bass Chris Squire, and school mate name Roscoe Beck.

@@AlexDeLarge2022seems like no one responded to you. Alan White is the drummer and Jon Anderson is the singer, the usual singer of Yes

Yes, I remember those days (of vinyl) well, get paid on the Friday and go straight to the record shop before going home.

Great story......this album left an indelible mark on my 17 year old self. I still remember reading the Thumitak of the Corridors three story anthology by Charles R . Tanner while playing this album through headphones . Every time I hear it I recall Thumitacks’s amazing exploits underground. A world without Yes would be so much less.

This was also was on that HBO show..Divorce... The ice skating scene in the last season. The husband requested it he loved Yes all through the series and played them. A nice touch to a TV series.

Amazing that complex and creative music like this was once popular enough to be played in shopping mall record shops!

LOL...not old Yes to me, this is new stuff for me...I'm old :)

Agreed. I love Rick but Moraz owned thus piece!

Agree wish they made another album with Patrick

Moraz was and remained a giant musician. Full marks to everyone who played in this band put them all in the RRHOF!!

i listening nowadays, he sounds awesome

Why didn’t Wakeman play on this album? Was he kicked out of the band? Was he dealing with family stuff? Does anyone know the story?

One day he'll be recognised for the genius he was.

DrTomoculus He is, he’s usually in best bassist top 10 lists

@@DrTomoculus Chris Squire is an inspiration, truly something I wish to become. Such a tasteful and powerful bass that let the band shine. He will forever go down as a genius.

He didn't seem to like being asked to play this or that note, but it seems to have pushed him into a very original zone. Amazing.

In the Seventies, when Progressive Rock was young, he totally was viewed as a genius. There is something about his personality that somehow makes him the Yes member most fans wish they had known. Sweet guy. On the Talk, tour, he saw I was weeping at the beauty of the music, and went out of his way to demonstrate a couple of points of his technique, perhaps out of sympathy. Sort of the fantasy friend with benefits par excellence. The Egyptian god, Upuaut. You hear the doorbell, and there is someone like him smiling at you, and it is a weekend of video games, cannabis, conversations about friendship, faerie magic, and joy. Years ago, I had a friend whose wife was very beautiful, and I asked him how he managed it. He said, make sure your partner is satisfied, first. Chris Squire played bass and dressed the part like that, for the audience, it seems to me. Jon Anderson is deep, yes, but in his way, Chris was totally deep, as well.

Thats cool! Did she every know any Prog Genesis ( from Trespass to Wind and Wuthering)

@@johnmccarthy4134 Might have done, but I don't remember her talking about them the way she did about Gong ... We didn't date for long, unfortunately, we were only kids. I was 14 at the time.

Hopefully after that comment you got "Re-layed"

Yes always outdoes PF

@@mattwestwood8967 Sounds like a girl after my own heart.

It’s a small venue FOH feed so it’s mixed for the audience

Many thanks for your fabulous work. rgds from Germany

Working the over nite in a Boston Hospital and I coulded agree more

Cheers. Thank you for your compassion and dedication. Stay safe.

Stay safe!

BRAVO !!!! Thank You For Your Service !!! Stay Safe. From a fellow Yes fan.

as was Patrick.

Ok ml

@Levi Here you go maybe?- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdl2eNOj2pfIh4E.html

ManiacalMorbidWoman We all know your are a god and a legend in your own mind . Please spare us your euphoria of grandeur 🙄

@Levi unfortunately the level of Jon's guitar is much higher than Steve's guitars. Too bad.

Yes. Steve was low in the mix.

I liked him better than bruford

Yes, Alan White was amazing. Quite a different player from Bill Bruford, more straight ahead and based in rock rather than based in jazz like Bruford. His drumming on Drama is as intense as almost any drummer playing extreme metal now.

What modern metal are talking about? I like Drama, I can play a bit (and jam along with Tempus Fugit and It Can Happen semi frequently), but that's not a claim I'd make.

White is what made yes progressive. Drumming on Drama is otherworldly

True. Yes weren't a prog band before Alan joined the band and none of the other members ever made album solo that were remotely close to progressive rock.

I totally agree with you, amazing!

+scrumsie me too!

+scrumsie And me!!!

Loved them at 16,,,Now I m 60,,,,,,timeless

The first rock album I bought on my life: Yes Album, as a 15y old. Also still love them as a 62y old

@@toefire4206 I discovered them at age 16 too.

Me too

I'm 54 and I feel the same. Born too late.

It was truly amazing, every time.

100% agree, their songs in my head at times seems to be the only thing that keeps me going.!

@@va3ngc me, 62. Saw em past their prime:1979

First saw them in ‘76 and ten times between between ‘77 -‘79. Magic times!

Amen brother.

Great album and underappreciated.

Wollenschrank My grandparents gave me an 8 track tape of Relayer in pink plastic for Christmas 1977.: pink is not the right color for Relayer. I had no idea that I should have kept that. I was thirteen.

Rick had left because he felt the band just threw in hodgepodge on parts of Tales. He was adamant about detail and structure. No compromise. Rick admitted that Relayer was not his cup of tea. Too wild for him. And he said there are many parts that he simply could not have played. Moraz had a jazz background which Wakeman did not. And he used a couple of synthesizers that were different than Rick's.

@@smilanesi98 Patrick Moraz - competent and creative - tried to sue Moody Blues when he left them

How LUCKY you were man!

Babaziba Yes, Relayer was ‘different’: people tend to fear difference.

best Yes album IMO

@@EastmanD what about Close to the edge?

@@mishaodessit769 BTW on iTunes they call Moraz' album The "Story of I".

I was ready to dislike it when I saw that Wakeman and Bruford weren't on it, but it quickly became my favorite Yes album.

אדר וודיסלבסקי he's screaming like a metal vocalist at times, so intense!!

@@jonnykhatru Yeah!! Really ballsy, people forget that aspect of his singing, guess you can't keep that up your whole life!

YES ,I fully agree with you it's a master work!

It's a testament to their incredible talent. They always have and always will be my favorite band of all time.

Practice practice practice

Equally, Supper's Ready is just the same live.

@@steevyboy1 Suppers Ready is excellent, but not as complex. Yes blows Genesus away in terms of chops and technicality.

This, and close to the edge, and Animals, and ESPECIALLY Tales.

Totally agree

@Cathode Roy I was just thinking the same.

I've been a fan since 76 and got to see them with my 20-year-old daughter a couple years ago for their 50th year tour. They opened with Close to the Edge. We both cried!

I wish I could even see them once. I still could but I wouldn’t want to go without Jon and Chris Squire

@@Kenneth_Fishing I really missed Chris and Jon but all in all the music was fantastic and I've seen them countless times all the way back to 76

I saw them about 90 times, since February 1972.

19 ur crazy 🤪 love it

They were amazing musicians. Some of the best music this world has ever heard IMO.

Check out their version with an orchestra. I think you lookup symphonic gates of delirium.

Ironic you said that! Pandora's Box was the nickname Steve Howe gave to that sit down acoustic guitar and that was his signature on so much Yes music.

+constantino gotsis I once saw/read an interview with some of the guys where they said they wrote songs to be played, not recorded, so there really wasn't a lot of difference from their perspective.

Absolutely...I love all things Yes really, but my favorites are: 1. Close To The Edge 2. Relayer 3, Fragile 4. The Yes Album I'm sick to death of just about all the stuff I've listened to over the years, but Yes will always be the exception.

I've been in love with Yes since I was 17...and I'm 65 now and still love them.

He won many awards for his playing in the 70's. He was a darling of Guitar Player magazine.

because it was 2020 when you posted, and Yes was over in the 70s, in any meaningful ways.

He means nowadays Steve Howe isn't as remembered as he perhaps should be. He's not a household name here in America like Hendrix, Page or even Clapton. Its a shame

@@campfortson4387 Depends on who you talk to I guess... I'm in my 60's and Steve Howe is definitely a household name in my house!

@@josephvengen9989 I'm generation Z. I know for a fact the average music nerd my age still won't know who Steve Howe is

More footage of the Fish anywhere during this song would've been nice. Bassists get no respect.

@@markhunter8554 It's so bad you wonder sometimes if John Paul Jones only played for Led Zeppelin in the studio and they hired someone else live that they couldn't show for legal reasons.

@@DrTomoculus Yeah it's bad enough when they wouldn't put camera on Jones and Entwistle but even a showman like Squire couldn't get any camera time.

Fingers of steel playing those fast bass triplets. Incredible.

+Mike N haha yeah all he needs is the pony tail

I AGREE

Согласен абсолютно, это великолепно, волшебная музыка. Agree at all.

YEAH...Beyond REDEEM! It is one of the most psychedelic compositions ever but in a very clear, precise, sharp edged way, unlike many so called psychedelic tunes which can border on almost absurd nonsense for absurdities sake. This is post psychedelic era in time but is very much so. It is also actually ahead of it's time somehow. It has the edge that RUSH would later come to exemplify. But it is pretty jazzy as well..It is a very strange album. ..Relayer. ..I think actually one of their better albums, but a moment in time, not to be repeated. It is remarkable that they had little difficulty pulling it off live.

Fractal Khaos Yes, amazing album... funny enough, I always liked the live version of Gates on the Yesshows album better than the studio version. For some reason this piece benefits greatly from the rougher sound of the live version.

@@PaterTenebrarum1 Well, both versions are so different, that I think one must TRY TO ENJOY BOTH FOR THSE DIFFERENT REASONS. Even if I do appreciate the studio version, I mean their awesome album.

hall of fame does not worth them

+Sebastian Arroyo I'm 56, and I feel just like you. I was but an insecure teenager, dabbling in life, and drugs, when I first heard this incredible track, and suddenly I knew all there was to be known.

+Paul Burgess Cool Paul....at 58 I am still learning!

+rick edwards Ditto at 53!

+James Lauth Because those Hall of Famers loathe art. When they inducted this canadian band that is much less than Yes, the whole stress was on the number of concerts they had given over the years, not on their talent...

Scott, there's a whole wealth of great modern progressive rock music available on line. There are so many young musicians producing fantastic compositions these days that you will be spoilt for choice. Just login to Spotify, put 'progressive rock' into the search engine and get adventurous. Brother, I guarantee you won't be dissapointed! So much choice. By the way I attended this concert at QPR. It was awe inspiring!! Still gives me chills. My very best wishes to all of you, my fellow proggites. A lifelong prog fan.❣es!

You should have been there. It is favourite track and "To be Over" was the first yes track I had heard. Not long after they did he QPR concert and was near the front.

Seven!

Great band , saw them a couple of times in the 70's , not seen anyone better since

Chris Squire is absolutely brilliant on the bass and a great singer , I saw them in 1993 when they had two guitars two drummers and two keyboards but the concert I saw in 2014 was absolutely brilliant they played close to the edge and fragile all the way through Plus another hours worth of hits , then Chris Squire passed away the next year so I was super glad to see him again before he moved on to a different place , I would have to look at my ticket stub but I think it was 2014

you deserve it! awful music

I may be the most beautiful movement in rock music history.

Mitch, I've replied because your comment really got to me, not least because you've mentioned some of my favourite bands from the 70s - JT, ELP and Genesis. Music at the opposite end of the universe to Xfactor. My introduction to Yes was Fragile and Yessongs, on I think the same day, when I was about 17. I'd never heard anything like it, and the Firebird Suite intro to Siberian Khatru on Yessongs has stuck in my mind for forty-odd years. I get goosebumps even thinking about it - or the birdsong at the beginning of Close to the Edge. Take care out there, my friend. :-)

Fricken Rights Michael! "I get goosebumps even thinking about it " I just knew I was not the only one that this happened to when I first heard the firebird/Siberian Kahtru live. We are very alike my friend. Cheers :)

goosebumps right now, my friend!

Maybe so, but then he was at his best on several other albums, too.

Pero sin la voz de Jon Anderson el verdadero YES no existe.

I first listened to this song 2 years ago. I’m 17 now and it is undoubtably my favorite song. This song, Awaken, To be Over and Close to The Edge are my favorites

@@Kenneth_Fishing Very nicee bro!! The Gates of Delirium is flawless, amazing... My favs are also Close to the Edge, And You and I, Roundabout, Your is No Disgrace and Sound Chaser.

phildowsing I am SOO JEALOUS right now.

Me too, first time I saw Yes. Certainly not the last though.

Well now you have to go listen the “Turn of the Century” off of Going For The One. The last words of the song are “All those many years ago.”

And now beloved Alan as well 🙏💔☮️😔☮️💔🙏

👌🇦🇷

There were technical problems with the sound mix when I first saw the gig on the telly back in 1974/5. Everything seemed out of kilter; drums and bass too high or guitar and keyboards muddy then clear, then too loud or too soft. Such a shame. Probably the BBC showing their ineptitude.

Remarkably so close to what it sounded like on vinyl which had just been recorded in 1974.

@@pettra1 this was a BBC broadcast? That I didn't know! I still have this on VHS picked up from a dodgy bootleg dealer from a record fair back in the 90's

@@ednewton4455 Yes indeed, it was. I remember watching it on the BBC and how they fouled up the sound mixing! Lol. I think you can get the concert on DVD on Amazon. Search Yes QPR or something like that.

Joseph Durbin Same here. I saw this tour in NY on Nov 20th , my 16th birthday, and was wondering, what was this song they were opening with? It being Sound Chaser, but to take that album in without knowing it was a lot. Who knew we’d still be loving it 46 years later. I think I saw them tour for this album in ‘74, ‘75, and ‘76, the last two in Englishtown, N.J. I remember them all promoting their solo albums in ‘76.

Same!!

That’s awesome. All my friends thought I was a nerd for listening to Yes and others. Their loss

I was!! And it was!!! Had just arrived in London from little ol’ Perth, Western Australia a few days before the concert, saw the ad in Time Out and of course, had to go. Yes was constantly on my turntable since discovering them in the early 70’s, a student nurse, they helped me through the angst of it all 😅. Now 66 and still can’t get them off the turntable 🥰♥️

@@susykeys :thanks for the reply. The atmosphere at this show must have been electric. If this was not video tapped, it would be a shame. Take care.

JOEB955 Very perceptive intuition.

I'm not religious but spiritual. Yes speaks to me

How did I miss that?! Good catch. The answer is YES

@MorbidManMusic One would have to be delirious not to believe in God. Oh, just seen you call yourself a morbid man. Makes total sense.

Victor Vega you didn’t even read the initial comment i was replying to. You’re talking to yourself.

ken lafler I envy you: I am too young to have ever witnessed any of these shows.

Moraz was the best keyboard man they ever had. I was so disappointed that we only got 3 songs and one album out of that lineup. Should have been way more.

@@mysterirhys I've said that last sentence myself many times. Wakeman had his moments with Yes, but overall I prefer his solo work. Moraz was a perfect fit.

wish he could have done more with Yes.

I agree. He was awesome

Nothing he did out side of Yes was any good, and after 2003 it's been all down hill.

@double1935 live a lie then, that's an option too.

That's what I love about it...bombastic heaviness.

COME ON DUDE , IT'S THE GATES OF EFFING DELIRIUM !!!!!!

***** This piece has recently just clicked with me, and wow I really love it now. That's the beauty with Yes music, it takes some time to learn a piece, and once you do it's glorious. It's truly rewarding music.

Same! It took me 2yrs to really appreciate it. Since then I overdose on it. Relayer is truly a great album! It was panned by the critics but, that's normal, right?

Of course, who else could dare to say it's an easy-to-listen album ? And yet, this 1975 masterpiece is their best.

Fractal Khaos all good prog albums are torn apart by critics, why I'll never know lol

critics mean nothing in any kind of art.

Beach Goat...Agreed but add Dream Theater to the list, their song Dance of Eternity has 108 time signature changes (6 minute 14 second song).