The Ritual Nous Somme Du Soleil in HD by Yes

Yeah, I know... I accidentally uploaded this to my 'classics' channel the other day. I need to move it here where it belongs.
TANTRAS: The ritual seven notes of freedom to learn and to know the ritual of life. Life is a fight between sources of evil and pure love. Alan and Chris present and relay the struggle out of which comes a positive source. Nous
sommes du soleil. We are of the sun. We can see.
Lyrics:
Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play
Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play
Open doors we find our way
We look we see we smile
Surely daybreaks cross our path
And stay maybe a while
Let them run, let them chase
Let them hide between
Constant doors will open eyes
As life seems like
Life seems like a
Fight, fight, fight
Maybe I'll just sing awhile
And then give you a call
Maybe I'll just say hello
And say maybe that's all
Hurry home as love is true
Will help us through the night
Till we're coming home again
Our life seems like
Life seems like a
Fight, fight, fight
Catch as we look and use the passions that flow
As we try to continue
We receive all we venture to give
Maybe we'll just stand awhile
And surely we can call
Dreams are said to blossom courage
Constant to the soul
Change we must as surely time does
Changes call the course
Held inside we enter daybreaks
Asking for asking four
The source
The source
The source
Sent as we sing our music's total retain
As we try and consider
We receive all we venture to give
All we sai is our
Soul constant sight listener
We won't tender our song clearer
Till we sail
Then I will be there
And I will be there
As clearer companions
Shall call to be near you
They move around tell me that
Move around surely sing
As they don't seem to matter at all
At all at all
Hold me my love, hold me today call me round
Travel we say, wander we chchoose love tune
Lay upon me, hold me around lasting hours
We love when we play
We hear a sound and alter our returning
We drift the shadows and course our way back home
Flying home
Going home
Look me my love sentences move dancing away
We join we receive
As our song memories long hope in a way
Nous sommes do soleil
Hold, me around, lsting ours
We love when we play
Nous sommes do soleil
Nous sommes du soleil
Nous sommes du soleil

[@littlebuddyd]

Jon's voice.......Chris's voice and bass......Alan's drums........Rick's keys.......and Steve's Guitar......wow Steve's guitar! For the ages people!

[@kisawisa1769]

It's Bill Bruford

[@crysbor]

@@kisawisa1769 Alan white, Bill gone to King Crimson ;)

[@helciomuccillo9084]

Alan White for sure

[@littlebuddyd]

Kisa Wisa Bruford never played on Topographics Ocean. He was long gone. Alan White came in halfway thru the Yessongs Live Album. Two years before this.

[@bryanwisri8661]

Screw those guys who criticized this album. This is classic.

[@marianneduffy1468]

nothing ventured, nothing gained -------- the suits want what was a hit the last time ----- even if you "miss", the masterpieces more than make up for it.

[@Metal_Auditor]

Well Rick didn't like it.

[@ER-me1ii]

stalrunner screw him too.

[@stevenepsenhart4384]

One of tge best trips ive had🍄🍄🍄

[@Treviscoe]

@@Metal_Auditor Rick thought the tracks were too long. He said (and claimed that Jon Anderson came to agree with him) that the album would have been better if it had been made in the CD age rather than the age of the LP, when each track had to fit onto one side of a vinyl album.

[@altoncook6747]

If the Universe could make music, it would sound like this!

[@selaznog1]

It does sound like this.

[@julio_scissors]

Listen to every bass note. God Damn it's absolutely genius.

[@nadiaagbi]

the real bass note genius is in heart of the sunrise, this is very good, but the other is much, much better!

[@nadiaagbi]

thank you!!!

[@josephmurray730]

I agree wholeheartedly

[@lowellhayenga8330]

I agree. The live version off Yesshows is one of his best bass solos included. R.I.P. Chris my friend

[@mikereiss4216]

Not just the bass. Everyone gushes over Chris and he was great but really the whole band was on fire during the seventies. They should have been as big as Led Zepp and Floyd.

[@robertchastain9213]

I want this song to be the last thing that I hear on this Earth

[@ramonarellano4988]

Robert Chastain , you want to be warming up to enter heaven, right?, I don't blame you, those last four minutes are out of this world man.

[@lowellhayenga8330]

What an awesome thought.

[@gregnonya5329]

Indeed! :D I'm in!

[@juletaurus]

My hubby knows that i want Nous Somme to pay as i die.

[@robertcox821]

Amen to that, want all of" Tales from topographic oceans" playing at my funeral. Let people know who I was.

[@yessmitty777]

I cannot count how many times i would lay in my rack(bed) on board the USS John F Kennedy while at sea listening to this and counting the days until we pulled into Norfolk,Va from being on a cruise. One of my all time fav. songs !!!!

[@williamharder806]

Ditto, while serving on the USS Newport News. We shared a pier with you guys in 1974

[@dornelli1]

one day in the year 2087 someone will open a vault that contains this album and future generations will get confused about the music that we could make with simple instruments...hats off to the British, for they were the greatest 1964-1977

[@vasoskyriakides]

Hats off to you, this comment fits this song PERFECTLY...

[@emmanuelfarmakis6361]

+alex dornelli The greatest indeed!

[@ramonarellano4988]

alex dornelli , sometime ago, someone who obviously didn't know YES, was comparing them with Stix and Journey, Kansas, ... nothing to do, not even close, with YES, you are in front of Majesty.

[@ramonarellano4988]

alex dornelli , and future generations won't be able to reproduce the beauty of it.

[@troywilson747]

and american jazz players..and three canadian players you know who they are...

[@stephenellis7316]

Don't get any better than this masterpiece..

[@joeyhardin5903]

except maybe CTTE

[@jaspergillgannon4991]

The Gates of Delirium babyyy

[@jeffreyjaystein]

@@joeyhardin5903 Awaken!

[@joeyhardin5903]

@@jeffreyjaystein ctte > awaken > ritual > revealing scinece of God > gates of deliriim > remembering > giants under the sun

[@AntyAnty1000]

doch doch es geht auch besser

[@lowellhayenga8330]

Yes has literally kept me alive. No one like them. No one ever will be. Thank you Yes!

[@schmittelt]

Glad you're here. The world truly is a better place with you in it. " til we're coming home again...."

[@darley1958]

I completely agree. They were and remain unique in the annals of progressive rock. Truthfully I think Yes in the 70's were the zenith of progressive rock !!!! Only Red by King Crimson comes close in terms of greatness for me !!!! Clearly early genesis and Floyd cannot be discounted, but Yes were the essence of Prog !!!!

[@timothycannon5512]

hey Lowell, it is true, music heals,, me also through many ops and the many years bring confined,, their, Jon has helped in keeping me going, my wife did save my life,, even when they said I was dead, it was her breathe of love, oxygen, that kept me from brain dead.. I don't know how, but tell all thank you for the notes, music, love you all... even Chris B!

[@brogior1]

Darley, forgot Gentle Giant, the real essence of prow with Yes

[@juletaurus]

They kept me alive also, Lowell.

[@ramonarellano4988]

Steve Howe's solo at the end of this beautiful piece of musical genius is a killer, yet so beautiful, hats off.

[@anthonydevito9423]

I think it is the best lead solo ever!!! Passionate!!! T

[@ramonarellano4988]

Anthony DeVito , the whole 4 last minutes are sublime, sometimes I think that's why any God if he does exist have been sparing us from oblivion, because he likes that piece of music, lol.

[@anthonydevito9423]

Awesome

[@TheOrganiston9th]

Ramon Arellano I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who loves that ending... truly one of the most beautiful passages Yes ever did - brilliant!

[@markenmel1]

I've listened to and thought about that solo for decades now and I still love it. It's beautiful.

[@eyalga100]

The "at all" repetition starting at around 10:27 still brings tears to my eyes after all these year. I remember the exact same feelings when I used to listen to this back in the early 80's when I was a teenager. Hard to describe these feelings, I bet everyone that is moved by this masterpiece knows what I'm talking about.

[@ER-me1ii]

eyalga100 yes.

[@totalmassretain6199]

Exactly.

[@gerardoalmazan8650]

A Yogi from India, a book with his experiences in life, his mission to travel and bring his Knowledge to the West. The Group Yes, its musical creativity and their love poured in Tales of the topograpic Oceans. Are one of the most Splendid legacies for this and future generations of the Human kind.

[@stevenepsenhart4384]

@@gerardoalmazan8650 and one if tge best trips ive ever had ..20 minutes .of creative enlightenment. On a journey of spiritual awareness 🍄🍄🍄❤❤

[@timleffel6665]

Indeed

[@joshuavideogames]

20 min long songs are best

[@littlebuddyd]

Awaken is the most perfect piece of music written in the 20th century! Ritual is a very close second!

[@sandycrabtree2020]

I agree! I have always said that Awaken is a musical masterpiece.

[@davidwright9318]

I agree too..Inhave been a fan since 1970 and I had never heard Awaken before a few months ago..Now I play it almost daily..

[@Freedom-hk9mi]

sometimes Endless Dream ... Earworms of mine.

[@mariosirius]

No... The Best Yes Suites are Close to the Edge and Gates of Delirium...

[@jskypercussion]

Don't forget Turn Of The Century

[@maxperli]

19:57 That dramatic final solo by Steve Howe, over an incredible chord progression... Perfect ending.

[@BobAcoustic]

And it's in a six-beat meter. You can count over it 1-2-3-4-5-6...

[@newvultraz]

This album's right up there along with Close to the Edge and Gates of Delirium. That cycle of out-of-this-world insane key modulation that they go through at the end of the song, with Steve soloing over it... it's one of the greatest things in the world. I can literally listen to it over and over again and it never gets old. You don't even have to listen to the whole thing, really. That part's good enough to stand on its own. I had to listen to it thrice to get the key changes at the end: B minor, G minor, C# major, A minor, Eb major, B minor, F minor, C# minor, G minor, Eb major, A minor, F minor, B minor. Who says you have to keep your chord progressions simple?

[@simonnomis9780]

Yes, I agree, the end of the song is very beautiful. After "Nous sommes du soleil" there comes an unexpected and powerful crescendo and at the very end the last "breathes".

[@maxwellfan55]

I believe it excels anything they did. Up there with the great classical masterpieces. Yes were at the very pinnacle of their musical abilities with Topographic Oceans, each member contributing perfectly in performance and composition. Thank God for their inspiration to create this, Nous Somme du Soleil, We are of the Sun. The night will be day!

[@williamreid4138]

Ø without a doubt, This piece is total genius!

[@ramonarellano4988]

William Reid , its a pleasure and a privilege to have the musical taste for liking and finding this piece of beauty, not many do, its a shame.

[@babarishka]

And the amazing thing is, Steve makes the key changes sound totally natural. Just unreal. Another thing that still astounds me as a guitarist after all these years is when he does that short solo towards the end of Awaken over the cycle of 4ths progression. There will never be another like him.

[@LaurinaHawks]

I love it, when Steve quotes the Close to the edge theme on 4:30 :-)

[@JoeKeysBaum]

+Laurina Hawks ....yeah....that really reached out and grabbed me!.... I don't know why I've had an aversion to this album, but this is the first time I've listened again in decades!....glad I did.

[@tranceofdances]

Interestingly about that....one of the reasons Rick hated this album, was because he felt they were "bleeding things to death", and that this was not the direction he thought they should be going....the bleeding things quote was in part to things of that nature with the Howe quoting the Close to the Edge theme.

[@michaelbeerbados3291]

I caught that when I was 15..i wondered how many others did...Yes throws a little taste of other song passages sprinkled thoughout their catalogue..many other bands do that a LOT...but those bands only have 4 chords to work with over and over !!

[@yesshows100]

The Close to The Edge theme is actually at 4:24 - 4:29

[@ER-me1ii]

Laurina Hawks I had forgotten about that...

[@iritisband1]

When the jam hits around 12:00 it is just perfect. This music just takes you to another world.

[@BobAcoustic]

I believe that part goes into a 5-beat meter, probably 5/8. You can count along 1-2-3-4-5...

[@ThrawnTheater]

Bill Bruford might be a better drummer overall, and is definitely more precise, but there's no denying Alan White's place is Yes. His longevity and service to the band aside, he is also an extremely powerful drummer. The way the blasts those drums during the solo in this song is with such a power than Bruford couldn't come close to.

[@Atom-56]

ThrawnTheater Good to read your comment, totally agree, Alan plays with real passion for the music.

[@arkanoiddude]

I agree...Bruford was a more technical player and was great at syncopation and giving the songs an off-kilter feel, but he was a very subtle drummer, never really a hard-hitter. Alan White was a hard-hitter. With that said I usually do not like Alan's takes on Bruford-era songs, he is incapable of playing in that awkward style that Bruford was so good at.

[@Atom-56]

arkanoiddude Yeah, any musician can play any song. But a lot of them have their own style of playing,, which isn't easy to duplicate, they can only play how it comes natural to them. We all know that no two people are the same. You can't deny, Alan was undoubtedly, the right replacement for Bill Bruford, different of corse, but he brought, a certain quality of depth and richness, to TFTO, which is his debut album for Yes. It's a shame when folk start bickering about who is the best drummer, guitarist or keyboard player. Throughout the years, Yes have had many changes to their lineup, and each musician, has made the diversity and brought an individual ambiance to each of their fantastic albums.

[@RiverEdger]

Nah..Bruford is THE best prog drummer to pick up the sticks. I like Alan too, but not in the same conversation as Bill. Just listen to Heart of the Sunrise or some of his work in KC.

[@sciwiz57]

I was 19 when this came out. Already captivated by Fragile and Close to the Edge, I listened to these four songs endlessly lying on my bed with my headphones-just me and them. Though critics blasted it I always knew there was something deep and moving under the layers and layers of melody and incredible instrumentation -either you felt it or you didn’t. It remains to me-unparalleled.

[@selaznog1]

I felt it.

[@juliomurillo1832]

It is without doubt the great masterpiece among all the Yes masterpieces... an infinite source of delight and delirium.

[@johnbro6261]

It never ceases to amaze me when people begin to realize what they have in common. I saw Yes live at Hampton Rhodes Coliseum. I was ten feet from the stage, right next to the security personnel. We brought them back for five encores. Talk about energy: A solar flare would have a difficult time keeping up with Yes.

[@cmichaelanthonyimages2197]

You have been talking for me. All of what you said. I just became lost in the intricate movements, at times the almost solitude feelings and then...nothing was like it then or since. Music for the centuries.

[@DanPemberton]

Jon's fantasy world where all men are noble and courageous and all women are beautiful and nurturing. What a wonderful state of mind! 11:54 11:56

[@francolamuerte]

R.I.P. Chris Squire

[@peterschlingemann1342]

francolamuerte What do you mean ...???

[@francolamuerte]

peter schlingemann I mean Chris Squire is dead. 28 June 2015 (aged 67)

[@materiasprimasdelcentro5991]

+francolamuerte He's dead????? :o :(

[@francolamuerte]

+MATERIAS PRIMAS DEL CENTRO Yes Chris Squire is dead 28 June 2015 (aged 67)

[@LaurinaHawks]

+MATERIAS PRIMAS DEL CENTRO Yes

[@VertexHero]

Truly wish I was around in the 70's...To hear this greatness live.

[@rustysteam]

I saw them at Cobo Hall in Detroit during the gas embargo....we slept in the car cause the gas stations were closed, out of gas...

[@VertexHero]

rustysteam Good times indeed...Luckily I seen them last year, second row...Spectacular performance. Got the band to sign my guitar...Except Howe :/ Oh well. The rest of the band is on there...Something i'll remember forever.

[@virgilrw]

I was there and they were #sensational! ☆☆☆☆☆

[@kisawisa1769]

It's such a pity that the only decent musicians left are already old and not doing too many shows

[@RickNance]

I remember seeing this on it's first tour. The drum section near the end is the first time a lot of had heard multi-channel speaker systems. We had center floor seats and the drums were swirling around us. Very cool stuff.

[@onnionfrance1227]

Why this is in a different category than the rest is that Jon was light years ahead of any of the 1970s prog rocks in terms of Eastern thought. His songs are from his heart, pure light. I had NO idea what he was talking about at 14, but at 50 I see what he was saying --and he like early/mid 30s when he wrote this stuff. Things like: Maybe I'll just say hello and say maybe that's all. SO simple. Like the end of Soon . Like the time I ran away, turned around and you were standing close to me. He is a master of true heart! Timeless and universal

[@Tao2112]

Thank you for pointing that out.

[@BoBo0807]

I can't explain it in words now, but when I saw Yes perform this live in 2001 ("Symphonic") I understood *exactly* what Jon was trying to communicate. I'll never forget that moment - I GOT IT, for the first time. It isn't rational, linear thought, which is why it sounds so cryptic to Western ears - but it isn't, really. It's common sense of the soul.

[@pryzmcat]

St.John the divine:)

[@juletaurus]

@@BoBo0807 we could read it forever! 💗

[@dinocamella8607]

I so agree

[@michaelbeerbados3291]

of the 4 movements on tales , I played this 10 to one over the others...remembering second. the second half of the remembering is like IT for me..YES fans need to revisit that as I believe that may be one of the most complex , powerful and well performed pieces of music,,in HISTORY

[@nailjames5]

I played Topographic Oceans day and night when it first came out. Hearing it again it still amazes. Forget about trends and genres, this is truly spiritual music. Indeed most of Yes music without Anderson is just pop music, and most (but not all) of Anderson's solo work is embarrassingly corny. But when they came together? YES! Even some of their later work (Magnification, The Ladder) ranks among their best in my opinion. Don't worry about being cool. Follow your heart. You are resonating with many like souls.

[@drwwsattic]

thank you brother i really needed to hear that 😌

[@dudleylitz7369]

TIME listed this as one of the most significant albums that year.

[@j.jennings1722]

I've been a huge Yes fan since 1972, and this song is tremendous!! I also love the other songs on this album. When Yes started the band, they made a vow to never be cliche, and they definitely kept their word. Their songs are like nothing else ever recorded.

[@kennethenos2716]

Fxxxing Phenomenal work Brother ! (watched all 4) Met Chris Squire & carried his bags to his room for him--him & I alone on the elevator. Know what I told him ? Don't believe the negative crap people say about 'Tales' -most true Yes Fans LOVE it ! Its always a Healing Spiritual Journey, and I never tire of it....Timeless, Magical, One of a Kind--an Opus to God Himself---1/2 Prayer, 1/2 Celebration............THANK YOU : )

[@mikemustang3791]

And what did he say? Oh no, another one of those nuts!!!! Just kidding, I would say the same to him about Union!!!!!! An awkward but interesting piece. Still beats ANYTHING new today.

[@kennethenos2716]

MIKE MUSTANG Chris just politely said "Thank You", but his body language gave the impression that he enjoyed the affirmation, & perhaps had been hearing that more often from Fans nowadays than when it was released. Many Fans bash The Ladder, but I think its a GREAT disc : )

[@dinocamella5940]

Seriously folks there is NO other Band that can match this...and i dont ever think in my lifetime there will be..I LOVE YES and always will

[@cardelturner8116]

LOL......Led Zeppelin HOH will destroy this album!

[@vdggmouse9512]

@@officialProject-X VdGG/PH by a mile. Better singer - better songs - better writer - better live.

[@davidgray5407]

Greatest band ever, ahead of their time.

[@ChrisChoi123]

Try The Flower Kings. Listen to their songs like Stardust We Are and The Truth Will Set You Free

[@arkanoiddude]

They were a great band, but I'd say they definitely OF their time.

[@highvibration]

Just discovered your YES videos! Love the imagery. Missing Mr. Squire every time I hear these songs.

[@RiverEdger]

10:25 - 11:10 ...vocal and bass guitar bliss

[@igormaxwel6093]

Boa tarde galera! Hoje recebemos mais uma notícia triste para o mundo da música, faleceu neste domingo o baixista Chris Squire, do lendário grupo britânico Yes, ícone do rock progressivo. Por isso quero prestar aqui minha homenagem através de uma das minhas músicas favoritas da banda: "Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil)" gravada no disco duplo Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), na minha opinião a obra-prima definitiva do grupo. #ripchrissquire

[@pr.zacariasbonifacio7474]

Very nice

[@igormaxwel6093]

Zacarias Bonifacio Dinis Thanks!

[@manoelbatistadasilvasilva6024]

Simplesmente a musica perdeu um mestre do baixo e ídolo e influenciador de Geddy Lee (RUSH). Faz muita falta.

[@igormaxwel6093]

@@manoelbatistadasilvasilva6024 Com certeza, amigo! Se faz, viu...

[@stefaneau2112]

Beautiful video for a very beautiful song ! You work many hours on this nice creation of you'res and we want to thank you for it ! Cheers from Québec Canada !

[@johnrobertson9378]

As good today as it's always been, in my 60's now and I'm still amazed by this track

[@gaborkovari5093]

"The music of Yes belongs to the greatest gifts of life." (Tibor Vasváry-Tóth) What a multicultural, multilingual, multimusical fest! This is the universal Sun Anthem. Highly inspired music, absolute masterpiece.

[@tonycampanini643]

takes me back to a very special summer night ,orange pegasus and Yes propelling me into a setting sun where all things were merging into one .To this day the best part of that memory is Yes being the sound track of my youth best band of all times

[@jeffreyjaystein]

I saw this live in February 1975, Forum de Montréal, Alan White is so masterful a percussionist!

[@edstubb]

anyone else see the '74 show with the Roger Dean props? Baltimore Civic Center. Roger Dean was there. When the spider opened up behind Rick Wakeman during Ritual I had one of the greatest moments in my life.

[@KurtBenit]

I was at the old Hersheypark Arena for the '74 show. I was 13, first time I saw them after being hooked already for two years. Yeah the drum 'exorcism' section in Ritual was amazing as that crab thing over White opened up too!

[@anthonymontileone8373]

I always thought the crab during Tales tour was Dino ribs??

[@Astraltraveller05]

I did, Newcastle city hall in the U.K. Was 15 at the time, my second Yes concert, having a clever older brother who had taken me to my first gig, Close to the Edge. And, just to add, they played for about three hours total, perfect, no support. To this day, I know no other band who could reproduce their studio sound with all its harmonies and complexities, ( and yes, Howe guitar changes), and bring that to the stage. Extraordinarily beautiful, to coin another Anderson lyric...

[@meowzer999]

How do you feel about 'Relayer'? Me, I like 'Delirium''s aggro, metallic sound, and "Soon" iz probably my favorite Yes tune. Love the jagged/lovely guitar break in "Sound Chaser" and more pedal-steel in "To Be Over" (marred only by Moraz tacking-on a rather pointless synth-solo). My favorite Roger Dean cover, too - the snakes especially are wicked-rad.

[@altheavallenberg9203]

true masterpiece....Ode to Father Sun भजन हमारे पिता को सूरज

[@stephenbenfatti2809]

I was 13 when this 4 record set came out. I didn't like it at first but after time it grew on me and began to really enjoy it.

[@James-dt7ky]

[@alanweissaltz6053]

It only took me 45 years to finally appreciate it

[@Kimdino1]

@vzqk50HD The image at 00:06:43 is absolutely beautiful, and I would love it for a desktop. Can you remember where you got it from?, Or the artist, etc? PS Many thanks for a lovely upload.

[@vzqk50HD]

Kimdino1 Yes, I do recall, and I keep everything, so I still have it, of course, but it is no longer available at the source. I could send it if you email me at [e-mail]

[@Kimdino1]

@@vzqk50HD Hi, Did you get the email I sent?

[@Kimdino1]

@@vzqk50HD Got it. Thanks very much

[@roydaviescoleman1]

Possibly the most magnificent ending to a piece of music ever..

[@julio_scissors]

Brother, the way Steve solos his way through those key changes to get to the outro... it's like he's struggling to get there and then they all hit that same chord and Chris takes them out...

[@anthonydevito9423]

@@julio_scissors Nice

[@mabelgracielamontalvobalar9039]

Por siempre YES en mi corazón.

[@basilfromeen]

I was fortunate enough to have seen three shows in NYC and New Haven during the TFTO tour. Unfortunately acoustics were awful at MSG so you couldn't appreciate the intricacies. But this has turned out to be one if favorite albums from ny favorite band. What a time it was, their music will live on through the ages. Happy Holidays to all the YES fans out there!!

[@johncoviello8570]

Beautiful Song and Beautiful Video. Nicely Done! Nous Somme Du Soleil! Tales From Topographic Oceans has stood the test of time.

[@georgeford3687]

My first Yes concert was in 1977, I just turned 16 literally the day Elvis died. It was the GFTO tour and I knew a decent handful of songs but I fell in love with the band that night. I didn't know Tales, Relayer, or Yesteryears and it was a labor of love to discover them. I spent many nights with headphones and Yes. Ritual is my favorite off of Tales. There is a KZbin video called top 10 bass performance of all time and Chris is on it doing the middle part of Ritual. Brilliant!

[@nadiaagbi]

nous somme du soleil (French) meaning we are of the sun.....

[@Wim_Regtien]

nadia Sommes!

[@ericbuford1362]

To the person who creates these fascinating Yes videos thank you so much! These videos are stunning! To Yes, your music is indescribable. Yes means the world to me and I am very glad to have this music in my life.

[@ChrisChoi123]

holy crap this is so beautiful.

[@6chhelipilot]

We are of 'Suns'. We are Stardust.

[@MichaelBrown1776]

I've listened to this album repeatedly throughout an entire summer in my car. A very awesome and underrated piece of extraordinary musical tapestries.

[@ballaballapo]

11:07 START THE JOURNEY INTO HAPPINESS!

[@china12331]

One of the best songs I ever heard Yes play !! Been a big fan since 1972 , wow , over 42 years ago !! Where has the time gone ??

[@cliveshell5543]

Life seems like a fight........ but we receive all that we venture to give. Timeless. I wonder if those that eschew this for Pop Music derive the same pleasure as i do from this most beautiful creation.

[@timothycannon5512]

I LOVE THIS, this is the song I want to dance with my daughter at her wedding.

[@TacomaPaul]

Met Chris Squire at Moore Theater in Seattle. I told him, "A knock, knock" joke. So he said, "Knock Knock." I said "It's you !" We had many drinks. ;-)

[@perromanchado]

Alan White's drumming is superb here.

[@seancusack4747]

I love this music! the very best!!

[@stevenpolonus5189]

Steve is back! I am number one fan and I have to tell you, every YES ALBUM is great! I started YES when I was 13,I am 54 now! I have seen YES for times. I seen TAILS, owner, 90125,and latter! YES I CRY on every song YES had made! so,being number one fan, have to tell you all

[@michaelflowers5712]

It belongs wherever you want it to be, this song has brought me out of myself and helped me stay here.

[@ER-me1ii]

Yes and this album took a beating from critics and fans and even Wakeman. But millions of Yes fans have a special place in their hearts for Tales. Plus so many of us have not just been entertained but truly moved by the beauty and message of their music. They call it ponderous, pretentious, the death of rock but to us it’s just beautiful, healing and inspirational. Their message was all about love. If that’s wrong then Im happy being wrong.

[@WooBino.]

perfect words.

[@marcfrancoisrouleau]

Un classique de la musique prog. Peace and Love.

[@twilight4192]

Thank You for uploading this! I used to walk around the Hoover High School campus in Fresno, with my dog-eared copy of "Autobiography of a Yogi", and this music churning in my brain! - until I met the strange Armenian girl -Kim, who had hair down to her knees, and wore Victorian dresses, with combat boots! She got me "Hooked" on Peter Gabriel, and Genesis - and sadly, YES retreated into the ether! Hearing this was like seeing a Great Old Friend!

[@lightningfirst689]

20:25 Is it a guitar solo? Is it a bass solo? Is it a keyboard solo? Must we choose?

[@abrahamproject]

I saw them perform Tales From Topographic Oceans in 1973!. it's definitely a guitar solo! Eventually I came to learn to play that one note for note! I had to.. it was too awesome to ignore!

[@mwmann]

Strange how a long great song by YES seems to fly by. Other bands can be so tedious to listen to when they attempt long arrangements.

[@robertcox821]

One thing I think is crazy is that Pandora puts led zeppelin in the same class as YES, there's no way zeppelin in the same class. They have no class.

[@chriscollins8903]

HAIL, ANDERSON,

[@jcparks2]

Nous sommes du soleil we are of the sun. It's a literal fact. Whenever I need a spiritual boost, this is where I go. I've been listening to this for 47 years. I hope to get another 47 before I "drift the shadows and course my way back home"

[@DX7036]

In this one Steve has a sound very similar to Fripp , wonder if they use a similar pedal

[@MegaTubetiger]

Super work vzqk50HD on the Yes music videos and the excellent visuals, scenery and videography. I'm subscribed to your KZbin Channel and enjoy all your posts. They are all very complimentary, profound and beautiful to accompany the Yes compositions and recordings. I'm an enormous Yes fan since about 1973 when I first discovered them at age 12. Bravo on your work and thanks for sharing! Dr. William Jarvis, VISTAS Music & Multimedia and the JHC Institute

[@RobertWeingher]

I always loved yes and supertramp, two bands to whom i was introduced in 1977, but somehow my love to those two beautiful bands grew in the last year, i have no explanation, it simply as that

[@garyrawlinson1647]

Absolute classic musicianship and vocal out of this world .

[@stephenlf706]

I love the fact that at about the 4-minute and 10-second mark Steve Howe's guitar foreshadows all the themes upcoming in the song. I think it's genius.

[@onnion63]

10:55 says it all. John was meditating and saw his future janeeee in his meditation . So when she came to the house - he already knew. Jon is really the ONLY transcendent spirit in 70s prog (and all of rock). He's Yoda , Buddha -all rolled up into one . ❤️Love Jon.

[@samuelnelson9874]

The art in these videos is just incredible. I so appreciate it.

[@glennpmartin]

Sublime, still, after all these years....

[@nicoleiglesias6185]

Esta canción deberia ser la bandera del rock progresivo (Que espiritualidad a la que me conecta !! Gracias por todo Yes! )

[@armandoarceo3101]

Este movimiento es igual que el resto del album: MAJESTUOSO! Desde 1973 escucho esta maravilla y hasta hoy NO me canso de armonizar mis sentimientos (al escuchar éste album) con toda la majestuosa perfección del universo. Y doy gracias por haber creado está obra maestra, y a todos los que hicieron posible tenerla aún en la red. Gracias, desde Mérida, Yucatán, México

[@pascaltorvic6246]

Yes..probably the most sophisticated an competent Rock band...This is beautifull

[@ChrisChoi123]

Try The Flower Kings. Listen to their songs like Stardust We Are and The Truth Will Set You Free

[@sobornes239]

A little mistake : the correct sentence is "Nous Sommes Du Soleil" ! Bonne soirée, paix et sérénité à vous.

[@theyeags5505]

Amazing all the way through.

[@dannystanhope7952]

I discovered YES in my early twenties...and...was...hooked! Still no band that comes anywhere near them in musicianship, emotive qualities, and just the structure of some of their earlier songs.

[@Marc-dx9zl]

Star dust we are. Every Element in the universe is Born of a star. Unfortunately. Yet again. You missed by one. One note Of all the music ever heard. The Creator said... And it was good. We are of the Creator. From the dust off the Earth and Sun and Moon. And God breathed into our crane. Life. Life. Life. Life. Life. Life. Live. Love. Love. Life. Life. Live. Love. Love. Love. God is love. Heroes. Villains. Fools. That's all we are. Fine tribute to the song Moses wrote, The Greatest Song Ever, "let there be light." I fuckin love this band. Period. For I am the Master DEBATOR.

[@ChrisChoi123]

Try The Flower Kings. Listen to their song Stardust We Are

[@joseandrade632]

This album is one of the best. Pretentious? Who are you to judge it? If you only knew what this is all about... I hope from the deepest of my heart that you discover the meaning and purpose of this music, then you will find out that this is not pompous for the sake of it, actually it is quite simple... it depends on how simple you want it to be. God bless you.

[@nrg16108]

This double album is why Wakeman left the band. He was the only non-vegetarian at the time and couldn't understand what Jon was trying to do Spiritually. Later on he realized his mistakes.

[@dinocamella8607]

Is there any other band in history, that made you feel this way, if you really listen to what is going on. This a Master piece,fantastic arts

[@dinocamella8607]

Put your damn head phones on and really listen

[@dinocamella5940]

No one will even get close to there outstanding musicianship..sure I liked ELP, Genesis, Rush..supertramp[..Led Zepplin..but these guys were true Talent...from beginning to end..RIP Fish

[@katemurphy1915]

People had a blast making fun of TFTO: having fun while completely missing the music...

[@jgowin66]

This was the first studio project for Alan White as a member of Yes, and he clearly showed he had the mastery of musicianship that it took in order to collaborate with Chris, Steve and Rick, and also be on the same wavelength with Jon's writing and vocals. Alan's creativity really shines through in this masterpiece, The Ritual.

[@bobray651]

I've always thought Tales was a bit too stretched out, but it certainly outdoes anything attempted today. Although being a huge YES fan since 1971, I love their music, but I've never truly understood anything Anderson had to say. It just sounded really great. Their music fit like a jigsaw puzzle as Rick Wakeman once explained to me and others at a greet and meet. They will always amaze me with their complex works of art!!.

[@chrishibbs9682]

Flying HOME, GOING Home....we miss you Chris!!! Hope to join again someday FISH!

[@powerrangers9288]

My new favorite song. So beautiful...

[@parzooman]

I've always loved it when Howe's solo at the end of the song suddenly takes on a darker tone. I've always found that the perfect foreshadowing of the next "movement", "The Gates of Delirium".

[@arnewoodman]

First time I've listened to this since the 1970's - then a teenager now a sixty year old wearing headphones infront of his computer and crying his eyes out. This track - the percussion from 14.25 in, I dont know what I'd been on back then but I have a vivid hallucinogenic memory, once seen never forgotten, of crabs on a beach all dancing in time to it, waving their claws and stomping their little crustacean legs.

[@dinocamella5940]

People......still stands the test of time, greatest Progressive rock ever

[@williamkelly6289]

This is one of my favorite songs . When it came out every one hated it f that

[@astropilotred]

'We'd like to play our New Album for you it's in 4 Parts" What a trip that concert was :)

[@bnbwhitezombie]

In the small town I live in there is a local radio station that plays classic rock and blues. I heard this a couple of nights ago. Great piece of music! I've loved Yes since I first heard Roundabout back in the early 70's.

[@abrahamproject]

Thank you for all your work David. So much to say and share and so little time... suffice it to say TFTO is one of the most significant music works ever concieved and presented by a progressive rock band.. and personally.. through its influence (which were musically, spiritually, conceptually), my question for knowing the Truth began.. "Does one child know the secret and can say it, or does it all come out along without you?" .. and I.. then awakened.. cried back from deep within.. "No! Now without Me!" I have since had the privilege and honor of being personally introduced to Steve, Alan, Rick - have sat front row center by means of a complimentary ticket to watch Yes perform (after Kansas opened the event!), I've heard the LA Philharmonic rehearsing Gates of Delirium the afternoon preceding Yes' Symphonic concert that night (WOW!), and a few other memorable experiences. Your channel is among my top favorite KZbin channels... and I appreciate all your time, devotion, and love you put into sharing your labor of love! All the best to you and God bless! Abraham PS - If you ever get the inclination, please have a listen to "The Glory Be Suite" on my channel (when you have time.. it's 16:38 long) - But I think you will like it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYS0p6OPl7SgmNU The same friend who introduced me to Steve Howe, visited and heard it in my studio.. and has graciously taken a copy to pass on to Steve Howe... I am hoping he will have good things to say about it!

[@JoseRuiz-rt6fp]

Ray Harryhausen is missing from the whole recording of this album. Joe Ruiz Bx NY 😎