Chris Squire- Lucky Seven REACTION & REVIEW

[@joeychicago6436]

Pure perfection, Chris & Bill together, throw in the jazziness of Patrick, the sax, and at the 6:00 minute mark throwing in his voice as an instrument. Bruford's drum fills at the end, the TONE of the bass itself, which for 30 years I thought was a Rickenbacker. Perfect composition, I regret its so short.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Yes indeed Joey just so great together !! 🎶

[@riccardorissa5845]

The electric piano is played by Andrew Pryce Jackman

[@joeychicago6436]

Really? I got the Rickenbacker wrong for 40 year, now you tell me I got the keyboard player wrong, sigh. Burst a 60 year old mans dreams!!!! @@riccardorissa5845

[@magicalmystery1964]

Chris is not only my favorite bassist, he is my favorite musician of all time. The man was a true genius and just a beautiful soul and the world is not quite as bright without him. RIP Chris, you are sorely missed.

[@manhattenman6075]

Just a great song. Probably Chris’s most well known solo song. And yes it is cause of the time signature. 7/8. Never get bored of this song.

[@melvinwomack3717]

Buford is just Gangster on this track 😱

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Another Great song from this Fantastic album !!! Squire & Bruford are so perfect together !!! 👍🎸🥁🎶 Chris Squire there will never be another like him, a Phenomenal Bassist & Writer to so many Yes Classics and this album !!! 🎼 I miss him so much !! 😔

[@markdrechsler5660]

This makes me tingle, it’s so good. Jazzy, funky, both cerebral and loose at the same time.

[@MP-TheNewGuy]

Hard to go wrong with Squire, Bruford, and Mel Collins all on the same track. Another great song on my favorite Yes solo album.

[@monkeymarc1]

This where you can hear Sting stealing his solo career ;)

[@ijustneedmyself]

Wait, you're not lying 😳

[@MisterWondrous]

This is the second time in two weeks that you have played an unusual song that happened to have been going through my head. This was all in my head yesterday, and maybe the day before.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

Prog Greats from Yes & Crimson just having so much fun in this song jamming !!! 👍🎼🎶

[@jeffschielka7845]

R.I.P. Fishy. You are SO missed my friend. Not only a Fish but The GOAT❗️😎

[@TigerMtnKing]

I just had to listen to Safe just so I could cry. LOL🤩

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@TigerMtnKing 👍😎

[@lesblatnyak5947]

👑

[@jeffschielka7845]

@@lesblatnyak5947 😎

[@rogerhennie8939]

Best rhythm section ever!

[@MissAstorDancer]

I know you know this is the best song on the album, and it's my favorite! I am under some MAJOR stress atm, and am just now getting online to see your notification! Gotta say thank you so much for this fantastic reaction and analysis! I enjoyed watching and listening SO MUCH, and I really needed this uplift today! I KNEW you would love it! I will re-watch it several times today., and many times in the future (which has been true for me with your reactions for a long time!!)! Blessings!😇

[@roddmcleodable]

that Bruford snare pops through so nice.

[@jonsmith9518]

RIP indeed.

[@sheldonhowells3083]

This has always been my favourite song on the album. This is the track that is the most far removed in style to the material Chris was recording with Yes.

[@jaybird4093]

I was aware of this album growing up but it’s only been within the last two years that I’ve listened to it. I think it’s great! I love the sound of the drums in the mix. The album Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police is also mixed in a way that the drums are prominent without taking over. It’s my favorite album by The Police because of that mix. I’m a huge fan of Copeland and Bruford so any time they stand out in a mix, I’m happy! 😁

[@jamesadkisson7510]

My favorite on an album of great songs.

[@melvinwomack3717]

Safe is a great Grand finale

[@davidheiser2225]

This was the FM radio "hit" from the album and it's easy to see why. It's not the most ambitious song on the album but it's definitely my favorite.

[@traci4187]

"Lucky Seven" because it's in 7/8 time! GREAT tune!

[@lesblatnyak5947]

I am all choked up. Chris Squire the greatest show on earth.

[@mattleppard1964]

Best song on a tremendous album. Darker and jazzier and funkier than Yes, the bass work is as expected totally outstanding ❤❤❤

[@mattleppard1964]

Bruford must have forgiven Chris for his problematic lateness that used to irk Bill so much 😂

[@belowsealevel8663]

Top tier. Greatest ever. 11 out of 10. Untouchable. Genius.

[@TigerMtnKing]

The best track on the album is next. A genius album by a genius musician. How much talent can one man have?🤩

[@levonpoe]

youre 100% correct. Lucky Seven best track on album. What always impressed me is it sounds like jazz. which is appropriate with Bruford being a jazz drummer

[@yes_head]

I remember a high school buddy getting this before I did and he called me excitedly going, "It's jazz!" Maybe it was to our young brains at the time, though the jazziness is really only on the edges. I'd describe it more as funky 70's rock. But you never go wrong with Chris and Bill together. Mmmm.... I think it was on the deluxe reissue of FOOW that Chris gave the background to this track: They had a nanny who looked after his kids, and one day she was pretty down and when asked she complained that her love life wasn't going so well. Chris' response was this song, to say "Hey, you're not getting any today, but you might get lucky tonight."

[@krisdoggett483]

I've heard that story as well about the nanny

[@skunkworksu7638]

Been waiting for this. What a class smooth groove . Sounds amazing cranked up .🔥🔥

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

The best track on the album indeed! I remember how disappointed i was when Going For The One came out. I know I know: Awaken. But the jazzier stylings of Relayer and Fish Out of Water, + Patrick Moraz's The Story of I (jazz/brazilian sci-fi space opera) led me to believe they were going to get further down this road. Too bad Squire never made another solo album. Bruford and Moraz did continue on jazzier ventures though.

[@murdockreviews]

Grooves hard in 7/8. Delightful album from start to finish.

[@HippoYnYGlaw]

it's Time 4 "Parents" by BUDGIE Shirley, Justin! This? Never sounded better! And that's the Digital Sound Lending a Helping Hand 2. Twas a somewhat murky vinyl experience on 70s vinyl on my Fidelity stereo . Diolch.

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

Sunshine through the the window, Squire's in the mornings, 'sonic heaven'. The best track on the album? Could be "Lucky Seven". Chris's solo work should be played with much more "Frequency Kevin"! Peace & Love.

[@j.jennings1722]

Terrific song, on a great album! I love Chris's vocals and his bass playing. Hmm, I wonder if anyone else thinks Sting's vocals sound an awful lot like Chris's vocals. This song almost sounds like it might have been made by The Police in another life. Sting is a tremendous singer, and The Police are great, so I'm complementing Chris by the comparison. I wonder if Chris inspired Sting in his playing and singing? ❤✌

[@hatsbo1]

Love these deep dives into prog band members solo projects. There was so much good music in that time period that between school, marriage, kids and work, a lot slipped by me. Hell, this applies to some group albums as well. I'm ashamed to say I had not heard anything off Trespass until JP started exploring it!

[@krisdoggett483]

Great album

[@thegreypigeon]

Brilliant track...pity Chris ,Bill n Patrick didn't do more together.

[@rogerhennie8939]

But Bill and Patrick have 2 superb albums together.

[@leojmorts402]

Bought this vinyl new in the cut outs section, couldn't believe my good luck in a very small town!, it now takes.pride of place in my framed album h.o.f. Thanks again, JP.

[@JustJP]

Ty Leo! :)

[@bobholtzmann]

This inspiring jazz rock number always reminded me of a Traffic song that also has saxophone part, and might also possibly be at least partially in 7/8 time - "Glad" from Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die album. "Lucky Seven" stays on that electric piano theme, though, while Traffic's "Glad" has a slower, menacing second part. I noticed that a year ago, there was a lsiten of the "Barleycorn" title track a year ago, but there was no followup to the first track "Glad" and "Freedom Rider". Forgotten, perhaps?

[@MissAstorDancer]

Sure do hope he gets back to that Traffic album, and others!

[@JamesHowe]

Really nice song. I catch little bits of 'Tempus Fugit' and maybe hints of 'In the Dead of Night' by UK. Great stuff.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Hi Justin. Dave from London, with Friday On My Mind. Back in the 70s, I used to shy away from solo albums by band members, mainly because there were so many great band albums to save up for. But I've been enjoying your reactions to this one, and I agree Lucky Seven is the strongest track so far. Terrific instrumentally, and I want to single out Mel Collins' sax He was probably the best known sax session player back then, and I love his breaks here - a breath of fresh air. Now, here's my gripe. I am not fussed on Chris' lead singing - no problem with his backing and harmonies, and of course they were brilliant in Yes.

[@Rowenband]

Personaly I love his singing. Great voice, could have done a solo career IMHO. Not the case of Steve Howe, which may be awful on his first solo album.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

@@Rowenband OK, if I'm comparing with Steve Howe, Steve Hackett or Tony Banks, I would favour Chris' singing.

[@robincarlysle-vo7pi]

Saw a solo Steve Howe show years ago . He sang on one song only and I was glad for that. Chris had an interesting voice by comparison.j

[@akaFrits1]

I am with you: I only like Chris’ voice as a backing vocal or indeed in harmonies. There is something in his solo voice I don’t like, maybe the harshness part of it? Just imagine these lines sung by Jon Anderson or John Wetton.

[@Rowenband]

@@akaFrits1 I get your point, but really personaly I wouldn't change Chris's voice with Wetton's at least on that album.

[@psbarrow]

Such a shame after so wonderful a solo album that he never got around to another one (and no, I'm not counting his Christmas album as a proper solo effort). Vale, Chris.

[@pianocovers4227]

... Justin, the best track on this album is ... the Album ! 😀💙

[@jerkedevries]

Perfect healing my headache. 😊

[@JustJP]

Hope it's gone away by now :)

[@jerkedevries]

@@JustJP almost! Need a night’s sleep (evening here)

[@sourisvoleur4854]

If you told me this was a lost Steely Dan track, and I wasn't paying really close attention, I might believe you.

[@DavidImiri]

Sooo sweet. Best song? Given your jazz leanings, maybe so for you. I certainly can't call it anything less than stupendous - but then the whole album is. And the next one... Cannon song indeed - it's altogether classic Yes canon.

[@crosebore3781]

The Police took a page

[@glenndespres5317]

About as tasty as it gets. Makes me miss him.

[@Rowenband]

For me there is a better track on this album, although I always thing of it as one piece and listen to the whole album each time. I love this album so much. Always regretted Chris didn't create a follow up to it. But now I think it may be for the best. How could he have done better ?!!

[@brianbaker2759]

FOOW is easily the best of the Yesmen’s solo albums, IMO….

[@sicko_the_ew]

Groovy, man. But I think I liked it best in the beginning where they kept dodging the groove before it could catch them. (There's a certain satisfaction where the music finally starts to behave itself, and stop "playing the giddy goat", but it's also in danger of becoming familiar, there. Sometimes the riskier parts of the song are better.) You might have missed this one: Not long ago *Trio Mandili* (and their camels) went *Bum Pan* . (It was all-spectacular, and very snowy in their Pond.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fF7Yo35sm7xpirM

[@sicko_the_ew]

Robert Pollard showed me how to say groovy man, properly. He was also largely responsible for *Pretty Bombs* kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXeofIWBrLeLq8k (And there you were thinking it was all just Christian Animation Torchbearers).

[@sicko_the_ew]

I needed that (even if you didn't). Was feeling a bit hurt because *Subhumans* were singing *Death to the Sickoids* again. Why must the Sickoids die? Why can't they just get bad haemorrhoids for the weekend or something? kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6eqf4uqhqd0sMU

[@TerrysQuest]

definitely the best track on the album. BTW, it's in 7/4.

[@jimhardiman3836]

Seems more like 7/8 since Bruford is playing snare on 2 and 4. 1&2&3&4

[@TerrysQuest]

@@jimhardiman3836 actually, on 2, 4, and 7. Those aren't "ands" but quarter notes, it's 1 ans 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 and 7, as you said, but the 'ands' are the eighth notes. But the difference is blurred by how you play it anyway. I've been playing drums 60 years now. Rock on!

[@jimhardiman3836]

@@TerrysQuest I'm a drummer and when I hear a beat like that it's 7/8. Maybe the melody suggests something different though.

[@TerrysQuest]

@@jimhardiman3836 this felloe explains it better than me. "Conversely, I think 7/4 doesn't follow that pattern - it's a "big measure" with more or less equally weighted quarter notes (in the same sense that 4/4 is more or less equally weighted quarter notes, there can be a small difference in stress, but not enough to consider the unstressed beat to be a subdivision). It could be a compound bar or 2/4+2/4+3/4, but it doesn't have to be, and the degree of subdivision is less pronounced than in a standard 7/8." I agree about the seven even steps to the measure. But no animals will be harmed either way!

[@jimhardiman3836]

@@TerrysQuest blah blah blah. Notice the snare back on beats 3 & 7. Sound familiar? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZm6hHWvn7CDsNU

[@jfergs.3302]

Great track, mellow, jazzy, with oodles of top notch soloing going on. Though dare i say, maybe just a tad too long. As for strongest track so far! I can only assume those were ear defenders you were wearing when Silently Falling was playing, and not headphones 🙂

[@yes_head]

If I had one criticism of this album is that many of the songs go on a bit too long. I think Chris was a tad short of material (if only "Parallels" had been ready in time.)

[@brushuk]

yep.. 7/8 time..

[@ijustneedmyself]

JP, we getting a full album reaction to Another Green World soon/sometime in the future? 🧐

[@TRANZEURO]

I'm ready for him to get back to Brian Eno as well but he started off with his first album "Here Come The Warm Jets' so I'd prefer if he continued in chronological order. The next album up would be 'Taking Tiger Mountain ( By Strategy ).

[@ijustneedmyself]

@@TRANZEURO Good point!

[@webkahmik]

Back to Camel? Mel Collins...

[@aarongonzalez7482]

tasty, eh?

[@JustJP]

Very much so