YES - close to the Edge | REACTION!!!

Yes - close to the Edge | REACTION!!!
theres more to close to the edge than it seems.
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  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker43762 жыл бұрын

    I've been listening to this track for almost 50 years, so every once in a while I like to see a fresh reaction to it to remind me of how unique and innovative it is.

  • @peggybrown9694

    @peggybrown9694

    2 жыл бұрын

    Steve Howe is incredibly underrated as a guitarist. I can play EVH stuff etc. but Howe's playing is madly complex and very difficult to mimic. It takes many hours of practice and strict discipline to even get one Yes song mastered.

  • @jameskasson8484

    @jameskasson8484

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite song of all time but to be honest it took many listens for me to have that opinion LOL

  • @thomasroutte8942

    @thomasroutte8942

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here!

  • @misterguy9051

    @misterguy9051

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. 50 years... time is irrelevant.

  • @shspurs1342

    @shspurs1342

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peggybrown9694 Chris’s bass playing is incredible.

  • @corkydukeII5898
    @corkydukeII58982 жыл бұрын

    No big deal...it's just the greatest track in the history of Prog Rock ever.

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of a kind

  • @kevinburke5463

    @kevinburke5463

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh, my God, YES!!

  • @russmaddock614

    @russmaddock614

    2 жыл бұрын

    This and Awaken

  • @seanharrigan6365

    @seanharrigan6365

    2 жыл бұрын

    2112 is on the same level

  • @mrnobody3161

    @mrnobody3161

    2 жыл бұрын

    The song Ikon by Tod Rundgrens Utopia is up there too.

  • @Italian144
    @Italian1442 жыл бұрын

    Rick wakemans keyboard skills alone on this song tells amazing stories to the imagination

  • @thetaylorsquad3633
    @thetaylorsquad3633 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 62 and I will remember you listening for the first time today forever. Thank you!

  • @jantuijp
    @jantuijp10 ай бұрын

    A 55-year old atheist here, quite matter-of-fact and down-to-earth and absolutely impervious (if not allergic) to spirituality, for whom listening to this song, especially that majestic, all-embracing organ part and the extraordinary beautiful and tranquil lead up to it, has always been and still is a very emotional experience. This has to be one of the most uplifting and emotional moments in the history of rock. Very satisfying to watch you "really getting it". 🤗

  • @trustedtarget7534
    @trustedtarget75342 жыл бұрын

    In seventeen minutes, you lived a new life, you took in a new breath, and experianced a creative force rarely seen. I hope this has given you hope for a vision far beyond your grasp.

  • @tonynekrews
    @tonynekrews Жыл бұрын

    Even after 50 years of listening, this beautiful piece of music still brings tears to my eyes. Sublime & extraordinary

  • @johnnyquest6115
    @johnnyquest61152 жыл бұрын

    When an 18-minute long song sounds like it's 5 minutes then you know you've listened to an awesome song!

  • @larryfroot
    @larryfroot Жыл бұрын

    Well, my fellow old codgers, the music of our youth turned out to be music for the ages. It wasn't just us!

  • @alinchitown7556

    @alinchitown7556

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m 70 and I always knew I growing up in the Golden Era of Rock.

  • @matthiask08
    @matthiask082 жыл бұрын

    I'm always thrilled by Chris Squire's bass playing. R.I.P.

  • @rodneygriffin7666
    @rodneygriffin76662 жыл бұрын

    I was 7 when my big sister came home with this record when it was released. I remember that it was unlike anything I'd heard that was on radio at that time. I mostly heard 3 minute pop songs at that time. This was completely different universe of sound. I became a musician because of it. I'm 56 years old now and I still love it.

  • @Pablopax4

    @Pablopax4

    Жыл бұрын

    Similar story for me, big sister brought home Fragile, blew my mind wide open.

  • @astral7080
    @astral70809 ай бұрын

    I was around 12 -1974, when this hit me like a revelation.... Amazing to witness the power of Yes music remaining mindblowing 50 years later for a younger generation..

  • @blakealanfoster
    @blakealanfoster2 жыл бұрын

    I will never get tired of seeing people actually listen and understand this song for the first time.

  • @TheRealTimRyan
    @TheRealTimRyan7 ай бұрын

    I’ve been listening to it for nearly 50 years and it is still magical.

  • @douglaskrug4806
    @douglaskrug48062 ай бұрын

    Agree with others comments regarding your reaction which is greatly appreciated. Now 70 years old, this masterpiece remains for me the greatest composition of all time. It is indeed ageless and, unfortunately, speaks to the realization that they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore. Wish you could have had the opportunity to see Yes perform this live because it was just as amazing. Thanks for a great review!

  • @federov100
    @federov1002 жыл бұрын

    In 1975, I had never heard of Yes (or progressive music), but I felt compelled to buy the album strictly because of the cover art. I took it home without knowing what to expect, and was blown away. From that day forward, my life was split between before and after Yes...

  • @johnwilliamson3981

    @johnwilliamson3981

    Жыл бұрын

    That's pretty funny. I once bought an album by Traffic based entirely on the cover art. ("Shootout at the Fantasy Factory.") Not a very smart way to conduct business...but I too got away with one.

  • @barrettkeathley6985
    @barrettkeathley69852 жыл бұрын

    Jon Anderson, the lead singer & lyricist of Yes, usually likes to paint a picture with the words letting the listeners use their imagination to find their own meaning

  • @davep8221

    @davep8221

    2 жыл бұрын

    Jon's said that usually when he writes the words, it's as if the voice is just another instrument. Then later, he'll look at them and come up with a meaning. Later he'll look again and find other meanings. Just like we do. Fits him 100%.

  • @cgbleak

    @cgbleak

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Satanic Panic Fun and Games So everyone who likes this song took acid before they heard it? For my 14-year old self, this song WAS the acid! But that's an excellent idea, thank you.

  • @tawawhite9668
    @tawawhite96689 ай бұрын

    I too have been listening to this song for 50 years and it is my go to music if I'm doing anything creative. The palette of sounds is so rich. Your reaction was beautiful. I hope you can listen to and enjoy it for 50 years too.

  • @thomasheman5219
    @thomasheman5219 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, It's so amazing to watch the young and the older generations discover "The Magic Of YES" for the first time. It takes me back to 1970 when I had my first experience listening to the recorded albums. If you new comers think that's something, imagine buying tickets to see them live. It's like going to a circus to see a pig fly. We all know pigs can't fly. Well, in your mind, you are thinking "YES" can't pull off all the sounds and magic you heard on their albums live. The truth is...this pig flew... and flew like Superman. Not only did they reproduce every tiny and great sound on the albums, but X's 10. You not only hear it, but you felt it down to core of your DNA. The vibrations of the sounds changed my life. Not only that, the visual effects were just as soul touching. I walked out a different person. The only thing I can recall for the next 3 day is repeating one word over and over. WOW....WOW...WOW. Thanks, The Bobbyman

  • @ilabelle1
    @ilabelle12 жыл бұрын

    I heard this as a 13 year old back in the late ‘70s. I absolutely hated it but I did like Jon’s voice so I kept listening. Slowly, after repeated listening it started unfolding in a truly magical way. It is now a deserted island classic for me. I have never grown weary of hearing it and trust me I have heard this album countless times. I believe that the best music is the kind of music that blooms and just keeps on giving. This is definitely one of those. It’s just incredible.

  • @robertrodes1546

    @robertrodes1546

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had very much the same reaction when it first came out. Sounded like some random cacophony. But as I began to hear it more and more I began to see the structure in it, and now it's one of the masterpieces of the genre.

  • @djmcgranary714

    @djmcgranary714

    Жыл бұрын

    Me to at that time!!!

  • @ilabelle1

    @ilabelle1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@djmcgranary714 Well, as we know now good is good and that’s all there is to it.

  • @MadrigalDream
    @MadrigalDream2 жыл бұрын

    This Song is An Existential Passage - after listening to it, You Are Changed - in some way. 💕💕💕💕💕

  • @janetlawson4482
    @janetlawson44822 жыл бұрын

    So many musical textures, meditative, church organ, vocal style transitions.

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly!

  • @jaxonfreeman1756
    @jaxonfreeman17567 ай бұрын

    Yes is our modern day classical music. They will be remembered forever.

  • @jurgenpeth9826
    @jurgenpeth98269 ай бұрын

    Can you imagine how hard it was to dance to this?

  • @johndotter351
    @johndotter3512 жыл бұрын

    “We were on top of the world when we made Close To The Edge,” says singer-songwriter Jon Anderson, recalling the early months of 1972 when he and his Yes mates (guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, keyboardist Rick Wakeman and drummer Bill Bruford) holed up inside London’s Advision Studios to record the follow-up to their breakout hit, Fragile, which was released a year earlier. “The band had just done a huge tour for Fragile,” says Anderson, “and we were quite pleased at how the audiences were loving the longer pieces that we played live. Roundabout was eight minutes long, Starship Trooper was nine, and Heart Of The Sunrise was over 11 minutes. These are well-constructed pieces of music that really worked on stage. We were feeling very powerful, like we could do anything.” And that they did. Comprised of just three songs - the title track along with And You And I, both four-movement epics, plus the relatively short (at eight minutes, 55 seconds) Siberian Khatru - Close To The Edge was the result of the progressive rock band’s musical impulses running on full, a broad canvas of dizzying instrumental exchanges supporting Anderson’s sublime, mystical poetic vistas. “It’s very representative of what I think is the Yes style,” Anderson says. “We experimented a lot, but we also had the talent to back it up - it wasn’t just solo after solo. We told stories and created moods. It was all very daring and wonderful.” The group eschewed making demos, preferring to work on rough ideas while co-producer Eddy Offord rolled tape. After several weeks, concepts were sewn together into elaborate song structures. “We’d get the basic sketch of something, and then it was a matter of refinement,” says Anderson. “A piece would start to feel complete, but then I’d look to Steve and say, ‘We need a very poignant 12-string guitar introduction.’ He’d come up with it, it would be great, and we’d be off.” Released on 13 September 1972, Close To The Edge bested the performance of Fragile, reaching No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and placing a spot higher on Billboard’s Top 200 in the US. “FM stations really supported us, particularly on the college campuses in the States,” says Anderson. “They weren’t interested in what was commercial - they were just into playing great music.” On the following pages, Anderson looks back at the writing and recording of Close To The Edge, offering his insights into the record track-by-track (and, more specifically, movement-by-movement). “It was the beginning of my musical journey in terms of really understanding structure,” he says. “I was able to help guide the band into Tales From Topographic Oceans, The Gates Of Delirium and Awaken. Everybody was so talented, so we could play these epic songs marvelously. The biggest thing was that we were all in harmony. We were truly connected.”

  • @sciwiz57
    @sciwiz572 жыл бұрын

    I think that was the look on my face when I first put it on the turntable at 18 years old in 1972!!!!

  • @jamescorcoran2273
    @jamescorcoran22732 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy that you don't stop the song like others and you listen to the whole song and get the FULL EXPERIENCE they are giving you. If you are understanding the words then you get the story they are singing about...totally wild

  • @johnwilliamson3981
    @johnwilliamson3981 Жыл бұрын

    Sometime during 1970 or '71 I'd dozed off while listening to the radio (WNEW-FM, one of the all-time greats). I was abruptly yanked back to consciousness by a song that was playing that was unlike anything I'd ever heard before. It was, as it turned out, the recorder section of "Your Move"/"All Good People." The group called itself Yes. By the following day I was the owner of a copy of the Yes Album...and I was permanently hooked. That run of three LPs...the Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge...unbelievably great, and thoroughly original, music. And it goes well beyond the band members' obvious instrumental virtuosity. After all this time there remains something in the song Close to the Edge that incites in me intense feelings of loss, wonder, despair, existential confusion...and pure magic. It's nearly overwhelming. I have repeatedly advised people never to listen this song while tripping...you'd soon be muttering "Over the Edge and Gone, Jack." It's funny--in those days there was constant bickering between fans of blues rock and fans of prog rock. (Emerson, Lake & Palmer met with ridicule in some circles for no other reason than that some people were unable to process the notion of lead keyboards.) I always wanted to drag a few individuals who listened only to Humble Pie, the Stones and J. Geils to a Yes concert and show them what Howe, Squire and company were capable of onstage. Chris Squire, and not Thor, was the god of thunder! (For that matter, live "Tarkus" or ELP's bombastic interpretation of Mancini's Peter Gunn theme might have reeled in a few converts as well.) The learning curve extended in both directions, of course. I came to realize that bands like the Stones ("2000 Light Years"), Aerosmith ("Seasons of Wither"), Led Zeppelin ("Immigrant Song"), Cream ("White Room," "As You Said"), Jethro Tull ("With You There to Help Me") and others were producing some first-rate "prog rock" of their own. While I'm thinking of it a salute goes out to some rather excellent English folk-rock bands of the late 1960s. Renaissance, Fotheringay, Fairport Convention, Gentle Giant, Steeleye Span, the Pentangle, Albion County Band, the Strawbs, and others. Think Yes on Qualuuds. There were some excellent female singers among these bands...the best known are probably Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior. Give a listen to Jackie McShee of the Pentangle belting out "Hear My Call" (1968). What a voice! How on earth did she ever escape radar detection??? There are many reasons why an artist might make it big, or remain in obscurity. Talent probably isn't in the top ten of these reasons. (Luck may very well be 1 through 5!) Two very fine bands that arose in NYC in the mid-60s, the Blues Project and the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, are good examples. They never really went anyplace, and I've always wondered why. The former did play at Monterey in '67, and was well received. The latter I have always suspected was the model for Jeff Lynne's Electric Light Orchestra. That's about it. (Meanwhile, Barry Manilow and Neil Sedaka go platinum. Who ever said life was fair?) Also listen to the Yes group's first two records, "Yes" and "Time and a Word." Genius still in the cradle, if you will. Guitarist Peter Banks left the group and formed his own band, called Flash. I liked Flash, though I wasn't crazy about Colin Carter's singing voice. Tony Kaye left Yes following the release of the Yes Album, and rejoined Banks in the Flash lineup. I saw Flash at the Jersey shore, and enjoyed the show, but I was disappointed to find that Kaye had flown the coop again...and his whereabouts over the last fifty years are unknown. Maybe he joined the Davy O'List club. (Davy O'List was a guitarist who got squeezed out of the Nice lineup, as Keith Emerson was intent on making the four-piece band a trio. A couple of years later he was being considered for lead guitar duty with a new band, Roxy Music (whose 1972 debut on LP here in the US was one fabulous record), but he lost out to Phil Manzanera...and I haven't heard his name mentioned since.) Timing is one of the banes of our existence. Peter Banks couldn't have known as he was leaving Yes, that the Yes Album, (which at least to an extent brought Yes some mainstream exposure) lay dead ahead. Likewise, Tony Kaye couldn't have known as he exited the premises that Yes was about to start working on its blockbuster, Fragile. Nevertheless, I guess I wouldn't want the Yes Album without Steve Howe, and I frankly can't imagine Fragile without Wakeman. Okay, time for breakfast. Test on Monday!

  • @GeoffreyKieran-gz7lk
    @GeoffreyKieran-gz7lkАй бұрын

    I am so glad to see you experiencing one of the greatest musical movements in our lifetime - I too was also changed in so many positive ways when I heard this for the first time. Pure Joy!!!

  • @jimmorris67
    @jimmorris672 жыл бұрын

    This song can make some uncomfortable due to complicated progressions but multiple listens and appreciation will grow. You learn to relax and absorb rather than try to figure it out

  • @patthewoodboy

    @patthewoodboy

    10 ай бұрын

    go with its flow

  • @MusicMan73790
    @MusicMan73790 Жыл бұрын

    Yes music was so fabulous. Offers SO much to the listener. Simply incredible stuff.

  • @jamessherburn
    @jamessherburn Жыл бұрын

    Having your mind blown is the correct reaction!! Bravo : )

  • @andreascala2663
    @andreascala26632 жыл бұрын

    Yes are one of the most complex bands to listen to but also one of the most extraordinarily creative and talented

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can see why! This is amazing

  • @andreascala2663

    @andreascala2663

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SarahDengler let me heavily suggest you Awaken......in my opinion their best song ever

  • @fredkrissman6527
    @fredkrissman65272 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic how you keep searching, both mind and body, for the threads of the tune (with the occasional bewilderment, but with a great wrap-up...)! For me at least, it really helped to be VERY high to traverse the musical journeys that they laid down upon my first listens. Yes, along with ELP, spent a decade + wandering the outer edges of what became "prog rock." Yes leans heavily toward the mystical, while ELP focuses a lot more on war and societal inequality, although both have plenty to say about love, life, and death too... Along with Floyd and Jethro Tull, who had stronger folk strains, IMO, I saw each of these groups multiple times during the 1970s, while in my late teens and into my mid-20s. They had profound impacts on my musical evolution, which led me to jazz, classical, and world musics in the 1980s and beyond.

  • @thumbob
    @thumbob11 ай бұрын

    The song is an emotional and spiritual journey. Just wonderful.

  • @williammaddock9179
    @williammaddock91792 жыл бұрын

    Another item to blow your mind: This was composed while the boys were in their early to mid TWENTIES!!!

  • @michaelbeerbados3291

    @michaelbeerbados3291

    2 жыл бұрын

    same age as BTOK......now THERE is perspective/

  • @augustinewestley7310
    @augustinewestley73102 жыл бұрын

    YES Is Magic!

  • @yawnerddn
    @yawnerddn2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for reminding me how I felt when I first heard this back in the early 70s. It still sounds as fresh to me now as it did then. A monumental piece of music. ❤

  • @sigil5772
    @sigil5772 Жыл бұрын

    I don't know if you can understand how very emotional it is to hear and see how this music impacts on you, a new listener, for someone who has known it well for 50 years. Thank you.

  • @psbarrow
    @psbarrow Жыл бұрын

    Happy Fiftieth Birthday to this album, released on this day September 13, 1972. 🎂

  • @shemanic1
    @shemanic12 жыл бұрын

    "I've seen all good people" is the ultimate Yes track for me, the studio version is superb. Thank you for your heart felt reactions.

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊!

  • @sisterpamop
    @sisterpamop3 ай бұрын

    This brings back fantastic memories from when I was in college 50 years ago.

  • @Dd8505
    @Dd85052 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful lady well done for getting through it!!!

  • @petermastronardi6641
    @petermastronardi66412 жыл бұрын

    The only thing better than listening to this song is watching someone dance to it... Hello!! Saw this song played live two dozen times.

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb1232 жыл бұрын

    For young people listening to this for the first time, it needs to come with a warning: may cause expansion of the mind, realization of what great music really is, or put you into a comma. Yes, one of the greatest songs by one of the greatest bands ever to grace the planet (OK, so I might be a bit biased ; - 0 )

  • @davexvs

    @davexvs

    2 жыл бұрын

    i second that biase and raise you megga fan for over 50 years

  • @michaelmullen4522

    @michaelmullen4522

    2 жыл бұрын

    They are the greatest...by far.

  • @douglasgraham9045
    @douglasgraham90452 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful reaction and review. It does take a few listens to Yes music to understand what’s happening. My favorite band for the last 47 years. Yes takes you on a journey with their music. Happy to see you discovering them. All the best to you. Enjoy!!!

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊 🙏

  • @arkadybron1994
    @arkadybron19942 жыл бұрын

    All of the best music from Yes (and there is a lot), is an emotional, musical journey, just like any other truly great art.

  • @michaellord9
    @michaellord92 жыл бұрын

    knew you would shed tears.... this classic gets better the more times you listen to it! great reaction sweetheart

  • @snowdawgg
    @snowdawgg2 жыл бұрын

    I have been listening to this piece off and on since it came out in the 70s. This is my favorite song of any song EVER

  • @mevenstien
    @mevenstien2 жыл бұрын

    🎼"AAHhhhhhhhhh"🎼

  • @terrat3048
    @terrat30484 ай бұрын

    It's been very moving to listen to this for the millionth time with you.

  • @giannicremasco6649
    @giannicremasco6649 Жыл бұрын

    So great to see people's reactions to this song. Confused and in awe at the same time, just like I was !

  • @garri5108
    @garri51082 жыл бұрын

    It's called prog rock, and this song is one of the greatest examples of masterpieces of prog rock. "Supper's Ready" by Genesis is another great music joerney. Thank you

  • @stevo43068
    @stevo43068 Жыл бұрын

    Everytime this one listens to this work, new things are revealed. Love.

  • @robertsewell6134
    @robertsewell61348 ай бұрын

    I love watching young music lovers discover the music I was blessed to grow up listening to when it was new. Your reaction and appreciation of Yes was wonderful and warmed my heart to see. If you haven’t listened to Awaken yet please do so. More Yes magic awaits you!

  • @boostedlss6450
    @boostedlss64502 жыл бұрын

    Saw this band live more times than any other, and it was always amazing!

  • @user-hj5ws4uh6h
    @user-hj5ws4uh6h2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect reaction to the perfect masterpiece! My sincere congratulations!!!

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊

  • @barriereid9244
    @barriereid9244 Жыл бұрын

    This band were the inspiration for me to become a drummer age 13. After a decade in West Africa I am now between there and the UK as regards percussion...AAAAAAHHHH!!!!

  • @lesblatnyak5947
    @lesblatnyak59472 жыл бұрын

    Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. Bravo Sarah! Thank you for your reaction made me cry but then Yes does that. You should listen to Turn Of The Century next its a love story and then finnish CTTE with Siberian Khatru.

  • @TheM0rtimerEHTmusic
    @TheM0rtimerEHTmusic2 жыл бұрын

    I'm very happy to see that the young generation hear and understand the prog rock and especially the Yes tracks.... Now you're ready for the tales of topographic Ocean !!!

  • @55904mcarlucci
    @55904mcarlucci2 жыл бұрын

    I have been revisiting this masterpiece, this entire album repeatedly since its original release all of those years ago, and its beauty still makes me cry. To take it in through the senses of another while witnessing their reaction makes me experience this musical journey anew, as if I'm hearing it for the first time again.

  • @JDGragg

    @JDGragg

    Жыл бұрын

    Extremely well said. ~JD

  • @misterg2269

    @misterg2269

    Жыл бұрын

    Could not have said that better mate, because I feel exactly the same way about this piece and quite a few other pieces of their work

  • @edflava4121
    @edflava41212 жыл бұрын

    It takes patience and focus to listen to YES . There’s so much going on and once you latch onto a groove it morphs into something new. And there’s intense passages followed by soft gentle almost ambient sections only to be followed by more intensity and crescendoing in the most amazing awe inspiring way possible…

  • @Godhumbledme
    @Godhumbledme10 ай бұрын

    So great to see your reactions to Close to the Edge. some consider it the best Yes ever did. Thanks for sharing this video with us. God bless and keep you!

  • @Museoh
    @Museoh2 жыл бұрын

    Your reaction is priceless! Welcome to the fantastic world of Yes.

  • @marrkhicks
    @marrkhicks2 жыл бұрын

    I h as be to say: you are a tremendous person. For someone of your age to listen to this…… and appreciate it… I am blown away. God bless you

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that, God bless you too 🙏

  • @karelvandervelden8819
    @karelvandervelden88198 ай бұрын

    Your genuine reaction confirms us oldies who bought the record that we were right after all. (after all that punkrock and disco)

  • @dfunkction73
    @dfunkction732 жыл бұрын

    Yes lifts me up on so many levels. They take me on a journey every time I listen to them. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of your Yes reactions, and I look forward to following you on your journey. :)

  • @noizeartzrecords
    @noizeartzrecords2 жыл бұрын

    Priceless. Thank you Sarah.

  • @Stacy55ish
    @Stacy55ish2 жыл бұрын

    Close To The Edge is a tough song to begin your journey with YES, but now your brain has been rewired and you're ready for what comes next: "Yours Is No Disgrace" "Roundabout" "Awaken"

  • @MDElam
    @MDElam2 жыл бұрын

    "Close to the Edge" is one of about half a dozen or so brilliant, long compositions by Yes. Along with Pink Floyd's "Echoes," Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's "The Endless Enigma, Part 1/Fugue/The Endless Enigma, Part 2," Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick," and Genesis' "Supper's Ready," this is among the best long-form progressive rock songs of all time. This song, though, probably pushes the sonic edges most of all. Great reaction!

  • @mrnobody3161

    @mrnobody3161

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. CHECK Tod Rundgrens band Utopia and the song Ikon. It could be added to your brilliant list.

  • @TonyM1961

    @TonyM1961

    2 жыл бұрын

    Need to add Lynyrd Skynard Free Bird (long version)

  • @lemming9984

    @lemming9984

    2 жыл бұрын

    ..and Rare Bird's Flight!

  • @eddhardy1054

    @eddhardy1054

    2 жыл бұрын

    And Fool's Overture and Child of Vision by Supertramp & For Richard and Nine Feet Underground by Caravan 🥰

  • @cec4231

    @cec4231

    2 жыл бұрын

    King Crimson Starless

  • @GlobalWarring
    @GlobalWarring2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful thank you. You will never hear anything by anybody else quite like 70's Yes. Every listen, I hear something new. Their song 'Awaken' is the closest I get to a religious, almost transcendent, experience. You're going to feel it without a doubt. Enjoy ☺️

  • @Blue-qr7qe
    @Blue-qr7qe2 жыл бұрын

    Your reaction just got a subscription. Thank you for your openness. I really enjoyed journeying with you. 💙

  • @stratcat3216
    @stratcat32162 жыл бұрын

    That looked like it kinda hurt ;) all kidding aside.. this piece of music still moves me. One needs to listen to this a number of times to truly 'get it'. Cheers and thanks for sharing.

  • @soldatwitt6400
    @soldatwitt6400 Жыл бұрын

    Un des meilleurs morceaux de rock progressif de tous les temps...

  • @rayhutchinson640
    @rayhutchinson6402 жыл бұрын

    So happy you experienced this gem!

  • @belalugrisi1614
    @belalugrisi16142 жыл бұрын

    YES! It's magic, it's love, and so are you, dear one!! Thanks for your awesome channel~

  • @nicholasmiglino7299
    @nicholasmiglino72992 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, Yes opened a show at the Spectrum in Philly back in 73’ where they did the entire Close 2the Edge album & all 10 or 12 of us how very similar reactions as this incredible young lady is having right now !! Gives me chills watching her 👏👏♥️

  • @stevehope6283
    @stevehope62832 жыл бұрын

    That's the most honest reaction EVER!! And I've seen too many.✌️💜

  • @ronaldmorgan7632
    @ronaldmorgan76322 жыл бұрын

    Congratulation on making it through CTTE and remaining sane. It's almost like a religious experience, and I've been listening to it for nearly fifty years. It doesn't get old. New generations keep discovering it.

  • @stevennovakovich2525
    @stevennovakovich25253 ай бұрын

    This 'song' (more like a series of movements) is about life and the Circle of Life. From the very beginning of it (in the womb) to the chaos of early life and adolescence to the end (acceptance, harmony, happiness and wisdom) and beyond (death and contributing to the Cycle of Life). It's so simple.

  • @EvilSean62
    @EvilSean62 Жыл бұрын

    i was with you every step of the way , your reaction brought me joy ( im new to the concept of reaction but it feels like when you were at school and someone had an LP in their listening bag that everyone was talking about and you all went to their house after school to listen to it on a very poor deck but none of the magic was lost because it would be a decade before any of us got near a hi fi lol) have you seen them play with the orchestra yet ? ... hard enough with 4 the songs retain the emotional manipulation i was born 62 and got this when it came out ... i had no idea as the decades pass my connection deepens ... only happens with a few bands still gets me to tears under the right circumstances

  • @finlybenyunes8385
    @finlybenyunes8385 Жыл бұрын

    Sarah, the fact that you listened all the way through without interrupting told me everything about the impact it was having on you! I first heard this in 1972 when I was 18, and 50 years later it's lost none of its magic for me. It's incredibly well put-together and is very uplifting and blissful! Thank you! 🎶💜🎶

  • @jimdukeproject
    @jimdukeproject Жыл бұрын

    One of the first I ever heard of Yes. Masterpiece

  • @your_local_dummy4137
    @your_local_dummy41372 жыл бұрын

    My dear welcome to epic Yes. This is the shortest near 19 mins you will ever have. Everyone new looks at the length of the song and worry, but by the end of the song they cannot believe 19 mins has past and want more. The amount of musical talent needed to hold together a near 20 min song cannot be underestimated. And for this 1972 song to be one of the prog masterpieces of all time is something else. There is so much going on in this song you need to listen to it multiple times, headphones, dark room, and no distractions. This is mind journey music. For me I first listened to this album in 1974 and now today it is as fresh as it was then. It is always such a positive emotional and uplifting song/experience too and leaves you in a good pace. This music is timeless and always as with Yes music seems to be from a future time in a distance place. This is the magic of Yes. Their music is so great it does change people and their perception of what music can be and what it can do. It has also inspired many musicians. Always so great to see someone new react to the magic of this epic masterpiece. Your reaction is great, wonderful and we could see you enjoyed Yes journey and experience. There are many others songs long, short and medium format. Many other have mentioned. Thank you for helping keep this music alive for the next generation.

  • @kennethhickey2368
    @kennethhickey23688 ай бұрын

    Her mind is blown like i was when i first this track.

  • @michaelmullen4522
    @michaelmullen45222 жыл бұрын

    Yes's masterpiece😌

  • @freyasslain2203
    @freyasslain2203 Жыл бұрын

    The amazing thing about this song , is that it's 50 years old , and it's still fresh and exciting . You can always discover something knew about this song.

  • @AndySchroeter
    @AndySchroeter2 жыл бұрын

    I discovered Yes when I was about 12 years old. It is music with a degree of richness, surprise, virtuosity and complexity that takes time to appreciate. The magic of Yes is, that every time one listens to a song, there are new subtile details that the ear discovers. It is like a densly woven carpet of rhythms and notes that keeps its music fresh for ever. It is so unique and different from any other band I have heard. At the age of 15 I saw Yes live in Heidelberg with their „ Going for the One“ World Tour. This concert was by far the most impressive event, that I was privileged to attend to. It takes enormous talent, hard work and determination to create songs like this. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏!

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow! They have been with you almost all your life, I feel jealous 😅

  • @GTO4now

    @GTO4now

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said.

  • @robertrodes1546
    @robertrodes15462 жыл бұрын

    I'm impressed that you went to the trouble of listening to this. This is a piece of unusual depth and complexity, and very challenging to grasp without listening to it quite a few times. Your mind is more open than mine was when I first listened to it at age 15!. To my now 65-year-old mind, this is one of the masterpieces of the 70s.

  • @thesunlightcaller1548
    @thesunlightcaller1548 Жыл бұрын

    You are so right, this song is so magical. I loved your beautiful reaction to Close To The Edge.

  • @semloclusa1630
    @semloclusa16302 жыл бұрын

    YES is unlike any musical group that is out today in 2022. Before “modern”(?) spirit-killing computer software like Protools and greedy music industry executive “trend setters” could have their “pop culture” trends imposed on them. YES is special, as well as other progressive Art Rock from that era.

  • @danielhake2056
    @danielhake20565 ай бұрын

    A Nigerian in Germany listening/experiencing Close to the Edge. Never expected that! Great review!

  • @Tsongkapa1
    @Tsongkapa12 жыл бұрын

    Like a lot of your viewers, I've been listening to this for decades. But your reaction has brought me to tears as I remember my first listen. These guys have lots more like this. Some of the most emotionally moving music ever made (Awaken).

  • @mariorodriguez7891
    @mariorodriguez7891 Жыл бұрын

    Esa es la forma en que nos conmovian éstas maravillas hace 50 AÑOS ! ( y ésa es la mejor forma de apreciarlas , sin interrupciones ya que esa es la idea ) Gracias por tu remarcable análisis tan pleno de sensibilidad y conocimientos . Como leí en otro comentario , el Arte prevalece y el tiempo no importa mucho . Saludos desde Argentina !

  • @mevenstien
    @mevenstien2 жыл бұрын

    😃 Beautiful Reaction Sara 😃

  • @croiners4166
    @croiners416610 ай бұрын

    It was fun watching you have your mind blown listening to a piece of music I’ve loved since the 70s!❤

  • @ksabella4432
    @ksabella44322 жыл бұрын

    Best reaction ever. Loved seeing your joy and appreciations of this song.

  • @davidmachemer1015
    @davidmachemer10152 жыл бұрын

    "Pure genius"! That's what I think as well! I've been a big fan of Yes since I was 14 (I'm 61 today), and I love sharing their music with others for the first time - even online! It was delightful to watch your reaction and how powerfully it moved you. It moved me watching it move you! Thank you for taking the time to experience this with us!

  • @SarahDengler

    @SarahDengler

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot 🙏

  • @stephencolligan

    @stephencolligan

    2 жыл бұрын

    Couldn’t have put it better myself

  • @studentjohn35
    @studentjohn3510 ай бұрын

    Bill Bruford on the experience trcording this piece: "We felt like we were in that studio forever."

  • @michaelbeerbados3291
    @michaelbeerbados32912 жыл бұрын

    one of the 10 best compositions is musical history...immaculate