Alex: "At what point are we going to get lost in the sauce?" The World: "When you push play!"

This is Guitarist Steve Howe’s first song with the band. This is the song where he announces: “Here I am. Be impressed.”

No matter how many times you play Yes songs, they never get old or boring........ amazing talents.

Just astonishing and unbelievable that this music was recorded over FIFTY years ago!

The thing about prog is that it is written in movements like classical, which is what puts more poppy people off. This is art refined like the greatest symphonies.

First time I saw YES live they opened with this song. As expected the audience stood and cheered and applauded while the concert started. Then something weird happened. The entire stadium sat down and just stared. I thought “Oh no! They aren’t enjoying it.” but, as the number came to its climax, the whole place stood and cheered with thunderous approval. Then, as the next song started, it happened again. Everyone just sitting and listening. Then cheering wildly at the end of each song. I had not been to very many rock concerts yet, but this seemed strange to me. By the end, I realized this was an enormous show of respect. Never seen anything like it since. ✌️

I guess by now you can see why so many people squawked when they picked "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as their first Yes song.

Fundamental to Yes listening is paying attention to Chris Squire's bass lines. The guy was one of the best bass players in rock, and his melody lines were epic.

Chris Squire's bass just gets more incredible every time I hear this. He is both bottom holding and at the same time melody making. So awesome within an awesome band.

I remember, at 12 years old, alone in my bedroom, putting the needle of my shitty record player on the lead in to the first track of an album loaned to me by a friend, of a band I'd never heard of before. That first track was _Yours is no disgrace._ Changed my life, pop music would never be the same for me.

I get it - lots of people think prog is “pretentious”. Maybe, but there isn’t a genre that is more demanding musically, which is why some of the greatest musicians are in these types of bands. Is there a better bassist than Chris Squire? RIP.

A great album that turns 50 this year and damn does that make me feel old. Lol. Long live prog!

Jon, Chris and Steve all harmonizing on this track. It's incredible.

Just Remember They Were Recording Live in The Studio !!! No Pro Tool's or Auto Tune !!! Timing and Musicianship Was Everything !!!

Imagine for a moment this album dropping now- ears would not know what to do. Thank the music gods for the 70s!

It’s also Jon telling the kids who got drafted into the Viet Nam war that even though you are ordered to take lives in order to survive yours is no disgrace.

Moody blues . Long version of "Tuesday Afternoon 👌

Perpetual Change would blow your minds, given which aspects of this song you guys most appreciated. 😉

Steve Howe is one of the best of guitarists of all time..

There was nothing like growing up in the 70's and 80's and having the most incredible rock and roll bands providing the soundtracks for our lives!

Prog is a thinking man's music. Sometimes the same old 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures just get old and stale. Boring major and minor chords need spicing up with 3rds, 5ths, 6ths, diminished, etc. Using your brain instead of just tapping your foot can be refreshing. Glad to see you enjoying the more advanced stuff. A+!

I’d love for you to do “I’ve seen all good people” off this same album. It’s poppy enough to satisfy the haters, and proggy enough to show off their talent. It’s still one of my favorite songs by Yes....

This is a real Masterpiece, those drums, and bass. One of the best numbers of Yes, a real classic. Enjoy it.

The live version of this, off of 'Yessongs' is even more impressive.

PERPETUAL CHANGE!!!!! It's in the same vain as this song, in that constantly changes and the musicianship is fabulous!

As a huge bass fan, this might be my favorite Yes track musically. What brutal, nasty playing by Chris Squire!

Ah, 1971 “Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven.” (Wordsworth)

The bass, man. It’s all about the bass. R.I.P.

The bass lines from Yes are thumping. Chris Squire was all that.

I’ll say it again, Jon Anderson has the voice of an angel.

“South Side of the Sky”!!!! Perhaps their most underrated but most brilliant songs. Best bass work period.

Anytime someone leaves Steve Howe off a list of greatest guitarists of all time, I want to make them to this song then look them in the eye and just say... "Really?!"

Your next Yes reaction should be "Siberian Khatru" or "And You and I".

I think it is safe to say that they don't write them like this anymore. Such glorious songs.

So thankful I got to see Squire live just before he was taken from us. Playing the entire Fragile album live in Louisville, with my 2 sons to whom I had introduced his amazing music. He was the mighty engine at the front of the train on all Yes songs. SRV and Neil Peart finally got the bassist for that ultimate power trio in Rock Heaven.

The early 70s was when lots of folk traded in their old mono record player for a fancy stereo set up with two-foot-high speakers, a separate amp, with a laser strobe timer light at the side of the turntable. It now seems like record producers started switching the sound back and forth between speakers on tracks like this or say, Floyd’s Money, just so we could play with our new toys.

Listening to Yes is an adventure. I love to try and focus on one instrument throughout and then the rhythm section then try and hear all instruments as one 4 headed monster. Jon’s lyrics are like little gems woven throughout the song that hold more emotional weight than prose story telling.

Actually, the main premise of the song is about war and was inspired at the time by the Vietnam War. There are a few code words in the lyrics as well. The whole line of "Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth..... their morals disappear." But in the end "Yours is no disgrace" is the message to the soldiers, because the true disgrace goes to those who orchestrated the war.

Wonderful to see the reaction of the current college generation.I was 15 when I first heard this in 1971, so 50 years ago and it still sounds like music from the future. Still have the original vinyl album, also Fragile and Close to the Edge survived my post CD cull of vinyl. Those possessions are forever.

One doesn’t simply listen to Yes ‘songs’ by themselves. Need to hear them as albums, they run together as one cohesive musical experience.

And You and I is another classic. For more prog magic check out Dance on a Volcano or Squonk by Genesis.

Listening to any Yes track is like listening to Classical Music in Rock performed by talented musicians. Give me a 9 minute Yes song any day! First listened to this track in 1972 and was completely smitten and live it just as much today nearly 50years later!!

Sauce so deep you will need to invent the sauce safety snorkel..

I got to see them twice. Mesmerized for 2 and a half hours. Came out with smile on my face. Just witnessed some of greatest musicians ever.

Crazy, I was listening to this song in the shower this morning and thought “I don’t think A&A did this song yet, and they should.” A&A deliver!

The live version off Yessongs is amazing

YES, you didn't play the song, you played the whole album.

I once saw Jon Anderson in an interview who said, in some songs the lyrics don't necessarily have to mean anything. They used them like another instrument looking for a particular sound or fill.

I don't recall seeing any Wishbone Ash on the channel. You would love them.

ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man".

Love Love this song! Thanks so much guys. Needed this - in Texas - no heat - no water - 23 degrees. This will warm me up!

Well I'm glad you finally got back to Yes! Great song even better live! Hopefully we don't have to wait another 3 months for you to get back to them again! Next you must do Gates of Delerium off the Relayer album!

When I was 15, I started taking bass lessons. The first song I learned was “Long Cool Woman” by the Kinks. My teacher gave me “The Yes Album” and said “Learn This.” I did. I’m glad he was cool when I wasn’t. I have been schooled that The Hollies did “Long Cool Woman.” Thanks for correcting my bad memory.

You know YES is special, when RUSH thanks them for EVERYTHING and inducts them into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame!

Wait until you hear "Awaken" and The Gates Of Delirium"... 😁

Not a wasted second on this track, a track about how "silly humans" are "on a sailing ship to nowhere..." This was one of my favorite reactions of yours. I was surprised you didn't address the wah-wah guitar break, but again, there were many moving parts to this one. Well done, lads.

I heard that when it first came out and it was like nothing I, or anyone else, had ever heard before.

Some might not like Prog but some of us love it!

1970’s Progressive Rock Rules and is still a great listen 50 years later...Yes are a fantastic band of musicians who played their instruments with great deftness and deserve praise for their body of work ...Other top tier bands of the genre and era are King Crimson, ELP, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Jethro Tull, PFM and Rush...

Other prog for your consideration: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man, Red, or Frame by Frame. Also, Gentle Giant - Free Hand or So Sincere. Note that Gentle Giant may be too much for you - meant as a challenge 8).

If you’re looking for more Prog Rock, dig into King Crimson’s “The Court of the Crimson King”. For more Yes, check out “I’ve Seen All Good People”

Your listening to Early Yes In 1971 the same year they made Fragile. Get Out there and do some more of their Progressive Long Masterpieces. The Gates Of Delirium is A MUST!

You’re gonna get lost when you hear Chris Squire’s bass tone and by the way he’s sings harmony while playing.

Steve Howe, Chris Squire and Bill Bruford......a masterclass in improvising while keeping tight timing.

"The Dixie Dregs" have some interesting songs. They're kinda a cross between prog country and jazz if you can believe that. The lead guitarist is Steve Morse. Probably the closest thing they had to a hit was "Cruise Control".

Steve Howe & Chris Squire really shine here

Yes!! No pun intended... one of my fave Yes songs of all time ! Whiskey in hand, man!

How’d ya like the bass player? Chris Squire is “Digging In.”

Moody Blues “Tuesday Afternoon” and “The Story In Your Eyes”, Genesis “Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”, ELO “Fire On High”, ELP “Fanfare For The Common Man”

My favorite Yes song. Listen to the live version on Yessongs from the early 70's. Thanks, guys.

Best Yes song ever is And You And I.

That whole album is just a work of art.

Thank you for getting back to the prog guys!

If you are driving down the road on a sunny day, and this song comes on, and you are not uplifted, then your soul is dead, my friend.

Maybe 50 years in the future you will hear this and you will get a flashback to college too.

As good as it is on first listen, these long pieces grow on you more and more, each time you hear them. Perpetual Change from the same album should be next.

The unique part in this song is Steve Howe looking for something different and progressive in his solo, added two quick rakes of the strings below the bridge at the end of the second solo. I noticed Andy's face react to the sound when it occurs, but I don't think he figured out what he heard

Oh my god... finally something i can smoke a joint to. Hehe

The Yes Album, released February 19, 1971, 50 years ago. Still blowing minds after half a century.

I've heard this song a thousand times and I still can't get enough of it

Check out the Yes, song "Going For The One". Total greatness!

Awaken should be next Yes song. Sit back, turn the lights down, imbibe on your favorite liquid/substance of choice, and you WILL see your personal God.

Siberian Khatru should be next, or And You And I, or maybe The Gates Of Delerium.

Perpetual Change. The 14 minute version with the 2 minute drum solo at the end. My absolute favorite Yes song.

Yes was My first concert in 1979 sophomore year of high school at Madison Square Garden. They had a circular stage that slowly rotated. Epic first concert.

You need to do Kate Bush. She's a very different kind of prog who has influenced SO many contemporary women performers.

So glad you’re hitting Yes again. Please react to The Gates Of Delirium from their 1974 album Relayer. A frenzied, kinetic, emotional rollercoaster! 22 perfect minutes.

Uriah Heep - Magicians Birthday or Demons & Wizards or Look at Yourself, any track off any album. Love the Heep; first band I saw live aged 15.

I saw them as a young teenager, they opened for the Jethro Tull Aqualung tour. We were on the first row; no one knew who they were; they just kind of burst onto the scene. Amazing concert.

YES! Yes yes yes! Even better live! They put on a phenomenal show!♥️🎼🎶😍🇨🇦

There’s a brilliant Yes tribute band from Scotland called “Aye.”

This was the last album featuring Tony Kaye on the keyboards, mostly organ, before Rick Wakeman joined for the Fragile album and it’s a totally different sound.

I’d say get back to Close To The Edge and hit side 2-And You And I/Siberian Khatru.

Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)

Music is what it is--it's never pretentious. It's just organized sound. The musicians in Yes are high-level and create what they can accordingly. They create complex songs, because they can. Is Mozart pretentious? Beethoven?

Check out South Side of the Sky - banger

You put this on cos it sounds great.....! Don’t forget that back in the day you did not pick a single yes song and put it on the turntable in the way that you grab something from Spotify now. You invested in entire albums at a time as there was no real choice and you put on a whole album side as a minimum. If we wanted a quick 3 minute musical hit we might put on a 45 of Roxy Music or Slade or Sweet but most people who loved music bought and played albums. Singles were what they played on the radio and unless your record player had an auto changer ( and non of the decent turntables did) playing a group of singles to make some kind of playlist was impossible. Either that or it was an excruciating ball ache to keep getting up and changing the record every three minutes.

Hi guys, it's been ages since Boston. Give their hit "A Man I'll Never Be" a listen. Billboard called it "a slick ballad with searing guitars and Brad Delp's fluid lead vocal highlighting." Thanks.

Hoping you will explore some Moody Blues - How about "Question" or "Tuesday Afternoon" (long version).

Talent Extraordinaire! Each musician are so tight. Written by all five members- Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford