The Yes Album 1971 Part 2 Reaction

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[@nancymjohnson]

People who don’t get Yes always look at me strange when I say this band changed my life. 50 years ago, and counting! Glad you get it! ☮️❤️

[@tedpetry2028]

Jon anderson's voice was soothing and yet powerful.

[@gpg9516]

They changed the way I experienced music and I never looked back👍🎶💙. I’m still listening to the ‘same old stuff’ for 55 years. The classics never ‘date’.

[@lindazee]

​@tedpetry2028 he still is! I saw him in concert earlier this year and for someone who is now 79 years old, his voice is still amazing. I cried during the show! 💚

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Exactly this. Yes changed the way I listened to music. The way I heard it. Hear it. ❤

[@GES8215]

Me too

[@papalaz4444244]

That coda, when it builds up and then the guitar solo. Chills :)

[@user-ob7je4nc6c]

Loving retaking this journey with you 50 years later. With Steve Howe joining the band, and then Rick Wakeman...they REALLY got good!

[@tedpetry2028]

Steve's guitar work was great. Rick's keyboards enlightened the whole floor. I played keyboard, and could never do what he did. Rick was and is a master.

[@DavidThomas-vj3eu]

YES is one of my favorites back in the 80s. They're all over the place. Imagine they played this on the FM radio everyday once.

[@blitztim6416]

Still do.

[@lorcazola]

I got goosebumps and it hasn't even started yet......13:50 after 45 years of listening and seeing them live 4 times, this is the first time I have analyzed the lyrics.

[@tedpetry2028]

I just bought the best of Yes, 2 weeks ago. They still give me shivers, tho I've seen Queen 3 times. I only saw yes when Pat Moraz was filling in for Rick Wakeman.

[@stevebinning977]

"Your Move" contains a couple of references to John Lennon songs "Instant Karma" and All we are saying is "Give Peace a Chance".

[@joelliebler5690]

This song like most in the early days with YES’s early albums puts us on a higher spiritual level that it is almost like meditating. One feels free and uplifted Your Move is the first song that my older brother played for me off the YESSONGS Live , sought of), album and made me an instant ZyES fan for life!

[@crowleybo]

You just took me back to 1971, the year i graduated from high school. My buddys and I ran out and bought this album and we reacted very much like you did. This album has been on my playlist ever since. 👍

[@davidsweet9163]

Jon is being Spiritual not religious.

[@TheProgCorner]

The greatest band of them all and it started HERE!!!

[@soundofflute]

Loving the chronological way you're doing this.. ❤. Pretty cool to experience how they evolved as a band..

[@bryanhale5254]

Notice when the organ comes in right after for the queen to use and they di the do do. Do. Do do. Do section if you turn it up you can hear in the backround their singing in harmony .........All We Are Saying Is Give Peace A Chance and there is the Instant Karna reference which is another John Lennon song

[@blackspires9033]

Close to the Edge is their best album, with 'And You and I' the most beautiful track ever, the song that made me a Yes fan

[@noheamike5036]

Blew a set of speakers to Starship Trooper in college during the 80s.

[@RonESmith-bs9bo]

John, This is one of the Great Prog albums. So Cool you are enjoying this. This album, Fragile and Close to the Edge is the Trifecta for Yes.

[@glennshelton7645]

One of my favorite albums of all time. You must also listen to Roundabout and Gates of Delirium. Steve Howe was voted "Best Overall Guitarist" in Guitar Player magazine five years in a row (1977-1981) and in 1981 was the first rock guitar player inducted into the Guitar Player Hall of Fame.

[@derekharley7343]

You should check out the drummer, Bill Bruford playing with King Krimson live. Check out elephant talk.

[@sandraandmichaelfield1602]

"Close your eyes and listen." As most of us Yes fans well know, Yes music requires the listener to immerse themselves, within the privacy of one's own head, and with repeated listenings; therefore to allow the music to carry you on a journey within one's own soul. With Peace and Love to all! (Michael)

[@nickj5451]

Oh my gosh yes, Starship Trooper and Ive seen all good people - these songs have a special place on my heart, back to when i first heard Yes and they still keep sounding completely fresh.

[@teresakoslosky3053]

Welcome to YES!!’ Go down this rabbit hole!!!! It’s all FIRE!🔥

[@markdrechsler5660]

Good music can be life changing. Glad you are enjoying your Yes journey.

[@timkis64]

it would seem a few of jon's lyrics were inspired by a bowl or 7.trying to figure out yes is a lifelong journey.i been at it for 40 years & still havent completely figured them out.but their one of the most melodical bands ever formed.fanstastic musicianship.

[@davidmckenzie420]

Epic. And on this side, I so love Starship Trooper and Wurm.

[@yes_head]

"Starship Trooper" is the song that grabbed the attention of Phil Carson, an A&R guy from Atlantic Records who had no idea who Yes was even though they were on his label. This immediately led to Yes getting booked onto American tours supporting Jethro Tull and Black Sabbath, and the rest is history. The song itself is an amalgam of things they'd been working on individually and collectively. The "Life Seeker" section is clearly Jon's, "Disillusion" was something Chris had come up with that featured on a song the band had been playing live called "For Everyone", and "Würm" was a Steve Howe composition that had been heard on a song called "Nether Street" recorded by his previous band Bodast. This is how Yes worked back then. A lot of the songs when Steve first joined are kind of "Franken-songs", stitched together from bits they'd been working on or had laying around. It's kind of the modus operandi of most early prog rock bands, actually.

[@dezertfox3130]

You were there.

[@TheAmazingSpaghetti]

Yes is eccentric and fearless, nobody else does stuff like that, except for the copycats. They use balance/contrast so well, like with putting the 2 halves of I've Seen together, it just works. This is Steve Howe's first album with them, and it's when they really start kicking into the next level. The whole album is brilliant. On the next album they change the keyboard player to Rick Wakeman and really go full on prog. Starship and Yours Is No Disgrace are best live cause of the energy and extended jams.

[@PhilPastor]

I think "Starship Trooper" is my favorite song from the 'early' Yes lineup. Thanks!

[@bookhouseboy280]

It was the addition of Steve Howe's bitingly imaginative guitar pyrotechnics that finally allowed Yes to find their true identity. The Yes Album is a gigantic leap forward, with extended workouts such as the ethereal "Starship Trooper" emphasizing the band members individual virtues. In Bill Bruford, Yes had a hip, jazzy drummer; in Chris Squire, a bassist willing to dominate the mix with his elephantine lines; and in Tony Kaye, an organist who used his Hammond sparingly, for funkier effect. - The New Rolling Stone Album and Record Guides

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

Now this is progressive rock. Not prog (which is a style, a thing in a box, a genre) but original work - you've no idea what you'll get next, or in 1 minute, or even if the song will end with anything from the start! It's progressed - Wonderful!

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Note the drumming.

[@michaelbeerbados3291]

NOTE everything. COME ON

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

Noted.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@michaelbeerbados3291 yes. You are right

[@Terryminator]

I played the heck out of this album back in 71. I was just 15 years old and I had it on 8 track.

[@fjoliva710]

I have always heard: "The goal is for us all to capture only one" Describing Checkmate

[@tommytbone9778]

This is your master class Trooper Slop, pay attention or repeat rinse and dry it`s all up to you Starship Trooper Slop...please don`t disappoint us were counting on you to pass the knowledge of our old rockin ways....they call me mellow yellow, enjoy the ride trooper

[@stevedotwood]

Yes are so great, at least at that time (throughout the 70s) The musicianship is outstanding

[@slcs369]

The White Queen is a reference to Alice in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol. Great books; everyone should read them!

[@jenifferjones]

One of the best concerts my life . YES Pat Travers at Bob Devany Sports center. Drove 50 miles from Omaha started out with a lil windowpane got there parked. Trippen balls dude. Wurm guitar creeped up like you were floating no shit. Both bands excellent. Concert over at 11:30 took us 2 hours to find our truck. Me 16, my sis. 18, our gfriend since kdg. 16. Then took 4 hours to drive back home 50 miles. Think we was driving in circles a min. Haha no cells then. Thank the lord no state trooper stopped us cause we was ripped. Hahaha! Made it home thou and one of the best concerts I saw. Lesson learned trip but don't leave the farm. Haha they just don't make chemicals like they used to darn shame..... hahaha true story

[@ed.z.]

Musical compositions with several movements (sections) are often referred to as a “suite” (pronounced sweet). It dates back to the 1600s and as early as music by the composers of Ancient Greece. I went to see Yes in concert during the 70s and they played almost like classically trained musicians in a symphony orchestra although they had a tad more groove 🎼🎹🥊

[@randlerobbertson8792]

Part two of the Mona Lisa of prog rock. Ps this single track, starship trooper contains 3 distinct contributions from differing band prior compositions welded together with a veritable dictionary of time signatures. The drumming on its own is pure genius. Then the bass....ahhh the bass (with absolute menace during wurm), then guitar (many styles and explosive at the end), etc etc etc.

[@tedpetry2028]

Listen to yes's wonderous stories.....ELP's Lucky Man. ELP's Trakus. Elp"s karn evil #3, ELP's from the beginning. You want progressive? This is when the moog synthesizer came out. When Keith emerson passed, Rick Wakeman (from yes) played his songs in memory.

[@keninboulder76]

The last 4 minutes of this Starship Trooper is some of the best music ever !!!

[@alldayadventures5418]

BACK IN THE DAY... This song and many others from YES were Over-Played on FM radio. Almost daily you could hear a 9 minute tune from Yes. Roundabout is still played a lot too. Great Songs still...

[@joelliebler5690]

I can listen to all YEs’s songs all day or week long and not get bored!

[@magicbrownie1357]

According to Einstein, yes, time is relative.

[@williamosmith8162]

imagine us ripped stoners when we brought this album home and put it on our equipment and layed on the floor... we did not have subs... and then

[@TerryKrysinski]

John-- you love the melodic prog stuff....don't sleep on anything Neal Morse,dude. Spock's Beard,Transatlantic,Flying Colors,The Neal Morse Band and his solo stuff. You will be thoroughly amazed...I promise! Cheers, T

[@yes_head]

John, the reason you had never heard "I've Seen All Good People" before is because radio as a means of mass communication is dead. It was actually a massive crowd pleaser the first time Yes played it live in early 1971. So much so that it became the song they were best known for, and they actually started to earn a reputation as a folky group in America (Steve's acoustic work helped). It was the kind of song in the early 70's that most bands wanted -- something to get audiences up and shaking their hips and clapping their hands. It was adopted by FM radio programmers even though it hadn't been planned as a single. It stayed in FM classic rock rotations for years.

[@GES8215]

I’ve seen all good people, and starship trooper, actually got a lot of airplay in the 70’s after that roundabout and long distance runaround in the mid to late 70s and that was it until Owner of a lonely heart…

[@marcsummers2836]

I've seen all good people turn their head each day (even good people choose to turn their head away from helping others} So satisfied I'm on my way {Since the reality is they turn away, I choose not to lose myself helping and I'll go my way too}

[@tomhill9445]

Bruford had the best snare sound on this album.

[@Dooklawz]

it's one helluva piece of music isn't it? 😀

[@michaelyork4554]

I have to suggest "Starship Trooper" from YESSONGS. The live version, from the triple disc album, takes this song to an entirely other level, especially the ending. "Yours Is No Disgrace" as well.

[@andyshan]

This would be the last album where the Beatles are still an obvious influence - you can hear it in the vocal harmonies and the transitions. The coda of Starship Trooper is reminiscent of She's So Heavy from Abbey Road. You even get a refrain of Give Peace a Chance in I've Seen All Good People. It's a marvelous transitional album. As to what does it Mean? I've been asking myself that for over 50 years.Thanks for a great reaction John.

[@DougJables]

And…send an instant karma to me

[@seajaytea9340]

It is clear that you first listened to this some time ago. I am curious: Have you listened to this album again (especially I've Seen All Good People)? How often to do play it? It never leaves my rotation. From start to finish, a great album!

[@frankhoulihanfh4972]

Yep. Spring 1973 I first heard this album, close to my heart. First warm day of spring every year since I throw the windows wide and crank this up for any and all to hear, listen. It’s one of my Yes Rituals. 50 years on and I love The Yes Album now more than ever. Their mission statement.

[@tedpetry2028]

Gotta get into Emerson Lake and Palmer

[@Brimp555]

You asked a great question: How is it that I've never heard this before? You seem to know a bit about music. Most of the musicians that I know are fans of Yes. This music used to be played on the radio. That's where I heard it. If you missed out on Yes, what else have you not heard before?

[@GeoffTrowbridge]

I would say that Anderson is spiritual, but not "religious" per se. I am a vehement atheist but I have zero issues with his metaphysical weirdness. Then again, half the time I have no idea what he's on about. 😇🤪

[@ursgeiser6570]

Greatly put; that is the crucial difference. Jon was also the driving force behind Tales..., which I had a hard time with at the time and can only enjoy today if I'm ready to really "dive in". Have fun with all kinds of good music.

[@blitztim6416]

I heard that Steve Howe was left off of Rolling Stone’s recent greatest guitarist list. That’s ridiculous.

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

Starship Trooper is one of the greats

[@wendellwiggins2900]

Jon is spiritual. He doesn't mind using the term God to describe the Ultimate Force governing us/The UNI-VERSE. He perceives the ONENESS and connectivity that binds all of Existence in Time & Space. AGP Chess and the pieces reference is used as metaphors for life, society & coming together

[@brendawoodson3230]

Exceptional musicianship, you must lusten to Birthright a really derp song by them

[@ursgeiser6570]

Würm is the last Ice Age 25,000-14,000 years ago in the Alps of Europe. Maybe it's an "intellectual pun" from Steve Howe because he "dug up" parts of his previous band Bodast's 1968 song Nether Street (video available, sounds similar to Yes). Just a guess?!? Addendum to Seen All Good People live on Yessongs❤: pt1 goes into pt2 without a break with a rocking guitar.

[@robertjantzen6545]

You need a dose of Gates of Delirium.

[@fernandotor3266]

This album was a big influece to rush. As stated on rock hsll of fame

[@brianfileman]

Chris wrote Disillusion, and suggested a simple strummed guitar. Steve decided that was boring and came up up that country finger picking instead (being a big fan of Chet Atkins!)

[@stevehall7008]

Glad that you lost yourself as I did myself so many years ago. You got it much quicker that I did. Enjoy it into the future. Take care mate.

[@garysteinert8040]

You never heard of it cause people today are afraid of it. It’s called talent.

[@joescott8877]

1) Wurm IS an amazing piece, right? 2) Dude: you didn't just love "Your Move": You were MAKING love with it, lol!I do believe I blushed a little watching you appreciate it, haha. But Yes WILL do that. I look forward to your hearing the gorgeous sounds of "Wonderous Stories" and the hypnotic drama of "It Can Happen." Among others from this insterstellar band.

[@buddystewart2020]

I watched an interview with Jon Anderson once and he said sometimes, he'll just a word for the lyrics because of the sound of the word rather than it's meaning. So, sometimes, they lyrics might seem to make no sense at all. So I wouldn't get overly hung up on the lyrics. A lot of times it seems to me he just gives you a general impression, and if you try to drill down too deep it won't make sense, because some of those words are there for the sound, not the meaning.

[@Kiaburra]

Starship Trooper is such a beautiful way Jon Anderson completely missed the point! The three parts were each written by a different person, I think Anderson, Squire and Howe.

[@samuelharvey3496]

Chris Squire just rips this bass, and he's the backing vocalist

[@mattleppard1964]

Man, think this is good? You’ve got your first Close to the Edge and Gates of Delirium coming ❤

[@stuartdmt]

I don't think he doesn't want to know what the bluebird knows, he wants to learn it on his own. He wants to be the "starship trooper" and explore the mysteries for himself.... Just a thought.

[@magicbrownie1357]

A little pair of lyrical nods to John Lennon on I've Seen All Good People.

[@eddiecriglington400]

🎶❤️🎶

[@TheReaperMan275]

I wouldn't put too much thought into Jon Anderson's lyrics. For the most part they are nonsense meant to sound good with the music. What Anderson is doing is word painting or if there is meaning to them, he left it vague and allowed the listener to interpret them as they would. Personally I think Jon's lyrics are fantastic. Nothing is meant to be taken too literally. He uses his voice as an instrument and on that level they are a perfect fit for Yes music. Also, Jon is not a religious man in the slightest but he is a very spiritual man. He's more new agey in his thoughts and philosophy.

[@tedpetry2028]

I even got to see the moody Blues....Knights in white satin, tuesday afternoon, for my lady, I'm just a singer in a rock and roll band. No wonder they said we had the best music......I even saw the tubes (from the movie Xanadu) White punks on dope, mondo bondage, don't touch me there......The music was endless...Their hit song was "She's a beauty" their only top 40....more of a cult band.

[@cogline]

Rush, Yes, or older Genesis and I'll be here. All masters of their craft

[@jackbotsford8688]

I fully agree. If you haven't yet, go listen to the band Wobbler. Especially their later albums. Utterly incredible

[@jenifferjones]

Yep 2nd was old microdot for 2112 Rush, stayed home thou. Followed by the windowpane again on Pink Floyd the Wall whole album on both. Yes you really appreciate the work that goes into em when the first listen is on chemicals. Sticks with ya the rest of your life like transcendent. I think they wanted you to do it or they wouldnt have wrote such good shit. Yep John you gotta try one of these albums ripped. Not off that lame green they got nowadays. Not that reaction you'll remember the rest of your life. HOOOOOO! Shoot I'd pay 50$ to watch that but be advised these things can take bout 12 hours to get back to semi straight until then don't panic, just put on the tunes and ride it out....:)

[@michaeldyas769]

Dont tell me what I dont know, I want to find it out myself, not that he didnt want to know he just wants to find it all out himself, hes telling people to be adventurous get out there enjoy it all.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

This album still retains much of their psychedelic rock roots but all their music did really

[@brianvernon249]

The only album where Kaye & Howe play together. Union does not count.

[@AlanWeisssaltz]

The words are irrelevant just close your eyes and get into the music😊😊😊

[@jenifferjones]

But never happen, still waitin on you to do your David Lee Roth impression after you got 2000 likes. Never happened.. I'm still subbed even thou you chickened out. Say what you want about ole Dave but he's got balls. Luved that dude. Too bad he looks like the Cryptkeeper now.... Saddddd

[@jamiedimond9419]

dude. lyrics are about Gnosticism which is the root of Atheism

[@martinreed5964]

rush is not up there at all

[@tompahlgooglesucks]

The Beatles and Paul Simon used words and phrases just because they sounded good together, not because they meant anything. Maybe yes is doing same?