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]

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]

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]

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

[@thomasroutte8942]

Same here!

[@misterguy9051]

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

[@shspurs1342]

@@peggybrown9694 Chris’s bass playing is incredible.

[@jantuijp]

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". 🤗

[@thetaylorsquad3633]

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

[@douglaskrug4806]

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!

[@trustedtarget7534]

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.

[@johnnyquest6115]

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

[@Italian144]

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

[@blakealanfoster]

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

[@matthiask08]

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

[@tonynekrews]

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

[@TheRealTimRyan]

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

[@rodneygriffin7666]

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]

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

[@federov100]

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]

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.

[@astral7080]

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..

[@barrettkeathley6985]

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]

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]

@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.

[@corkydukeII5898]

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

[@SarahDengler]

One of a kind

[@kevinburke5463]

Oh, my God, YES!!

[@russmaddock614]

This and Awaken

[@seanharrigan6365]

2112 is on the same level

[@mrnobody3161]

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

[@janetlawson4482]

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

[@SarahDengler]

Honestly!

[@larryfroot]

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

[@alinchitown7556]

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

[@MadrigalDream]

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

[@ilabelle1]

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]

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]

Me to at that time!!!

[@ilabelle1]

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

[@jamessherburn]

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

[@jamescorcoran2273]

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

[@andreascala2663]

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

[@SarahDengler]

I can see why! This is amazing

[@andreascala2663]

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

[@FrankBosselmann-teamspirit]

we danced to it... the whole song.... with flashing lights... steam etc. unbelievable movements...

[@douglasgraham9045]

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]

Thank you 😊 🙏

[@sigil5772]

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.

[@shemanic1]

"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]

Thank you 😊!

[@Museoh]

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

[@MusicMan73790]

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

[@user-hj5ws4uh6h]

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

[@SarahDengler]

Thank you 😊

[@boostedlss6450]

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

[@michaellord9]

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

[@Dd8505]

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

[@55904mcarlucci]

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]

Extremely well said. ~JD

[@misterg2269]

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

[@Frankincensedjb123]

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]

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

[@michaelmullen4522]

They are the greatest...by far.

[@2visiondigital]

This is like Wow. Well i could not have said it better.

[@noizeartzrecords]

Priceless. Thank you Sarah.

[@williammaddock9179]

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

[@michaelbeerbados3291]

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

[@garri5108]

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

[@fredkrissman6527]

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.

[@lesblatnyak5947]

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.

[@barriereid9244]

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!!!!

[@thumbob]

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

[@edflava4121]

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…

[@robertrodes1546]

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.

[@jurgenpeth9826]

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

[@finlybenyunes8385]

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! 🎶💜🎶

[@thomasheman5219]

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

[@GeoffreyKieran-gz7lk]

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]

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]

go with its flow

[@rayhutchinson640]

So happy you experienced this gem!

[@mevenstien]

😃 Beautiful Reaction Sara 😃

[@davidmachemer1015]

"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]

Thanks a lot 🙏

[@stephencolligan]

Couldn’t have put it better myself

[@GlobalWarring]

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 ☺️

[@your_local_dummy4137]

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.

[@AndySchroeter]

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]

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

[@GTO4now]

Well said.

[@ronaldmorgan7632]

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.

[@marrkhicks]

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]

I appreciate that, God bless you too 🙏

[@robertsewell6134]

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!

[@petermastronardi6641]

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

[@nicholasmiglino7299]

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 👏👏♥️

[@johnwilliamson3981]

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!

[@giannicremasco6649]

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

[@stevo43068]

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

[@Godhumbledme]

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!

[@augustinewestley7310]

YES Is Magic!

[@stevehope6283]

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

[@snowdawgg]

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

[@jaxonfreeman1756]

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

[@arkadybron1994]

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

[@yawnerddn]

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. ❤

[@sciwiz57]

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

[@belalugrisi1614]

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

[@sisterpamop]

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

[@mariorodriguez7891]

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 !

[@thesunlightcaller1548]

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

[@kevinburke5463]

You’re reaction was truly a great gift for me. Seeing someone experiencing this song takes me back to 1972 when I was returning from the store with my best friend after just purchasing the Close To The Edge LP. That mesmerizing green tint of the cover. The sound of the shrink wrap as I peeled it off. The smell and feel of the record as I slowly and carefully slide it out of the jacket. And then… The way I felt when I heard this masterpiece introduce itself to me for the very first time. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for this journey back to a very fond memory of my youth.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

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

[@fredtello]

glorious it's a spiritual experience

[@psbarrow]

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

[@lookmanohands1966]

...and another Yes fan was born.

[@ksabella4432]

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

[@dfunkction73]

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. :)

[@stratcat3216]

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.

[@michaelyork4554]

when I was 13 and this came out, and I listened, I think WOW, WOW, WOW, was certainly part of the experience. I think you nailed it. The Masters Plan for US to seek for the True Nature of Love, and how to treat each other as, The Immortal Beings that We Are. You can never listen to this too many times, after many listens, the song seems like 5 min. Awaken by Yes takes this Theme and expounds upon it even further.

[@salsalzman2325]

It is one of the most challenging pieces of music in the last century and it is also one of the most fulfilling if you are willing to invest in it. When you're on the edge there's only two ways to go, you can get up or you can get down. It is a song about maturity, discovering yourself and discovering the world. It's also five of the most talented musicians challenging themselves. I love watching CTTE reactions, ¼ time it's confusion and dissonance, the other ¾ appreciate this might be the greatest song in popular music.

[@rodjeffries9487]

A masterpiece.

[@michaelmullen4522]

Yes's masterpiece😌

[@npc8348]

It's a masterpiece in the history of rock music! In 1972, Yes wrote their first big song, "Close to the Edge," which was nearly 20 minutes long. The band members didn't know what to expect as they were writing the song by hand, lol. As a result, this song became a worldwide hit and spread the name of Yes all over the world. This album led Yes to compose a number of major works of nearly 20 minutes in length. I highly recommend "The Gates of Delirium," "Awaken," "Ritual," and "Heart of the Sunrise. I also recommend "To Be Over", "Wonderful Stories", and "Time and a Word"!

[@waltertraxel]

I so enjoyed watching your reaction to "Close to the Edge" and although you didn't cry, I did for you! I knew what you were experiencing. I have been listening to this album for 50 years and it still provokes great floods of emotion in me. Watching you gave me a shared experience, and I thank you for that!

[@tstoneami]

Hey Sarah, glad you broke it down for yourself - and us. Listening to it again! Great move!

[@SarahDengler]

Thanks for listening

[@croiners4166]

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

[@MDElam]

"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]

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

[@TonyM1961]

Need to add Lynyrd Skynard Free Bird (long version)

[@lemming9984]

..and Rare Bird's Flight!

[@eddhardy1054]

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

[@cec4231]

King Crimson Starless

[@TheM0rtimerEHTmusic]

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 !!!

[@trevorholden7423]

I'm never disappointed watching your musical/mystical journeys Sarah, it reminds me of how I was when I was first introduced to this astonishing piece of work. Seeing your face filled with questions, wonderment and heartfelt emotional flight, is beautiful to watch. You do realise, I hope, that you've suddenly jumped to the top of the Yes tree, I think there may be only one other piece that I would consider contends for that honour, and that is the track 'Awaken'. I was 18 yo when I heard 'Close to the Edge' for the first time and as a musician it totally changed my perception of what music could be and become; like a transference of mental and emotional states, of joy, peace, and perhaps a resolve of anger and frustration for the willing aural voyagers. Thank you Sarah for sharing your words, thoughts and emotions on this extreme roller coaster journey you've begun known as Yes..

[@SarahDengler]

Thank you so much 🙏🙂

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Perfectly said. And I'll add I saw Squire and Yes 36 times and CTTE about 18 times and it's always been a journey to the heavens and back.

[@trevorholden7423]

@@lesblatnyak5947 you're a very lucky man Les, count your blessings!

[@johndotter351]

“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.”

[@Stacy55ish]

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"

[@EvilSean62]

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

[@karelvandervelden8819]

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

[@dannyriccardo-kornpet4599]

A delightful reaction. You're darn right I stayed to the end. I'm assuming you're around the age of my kids, and that English isn't your first language. But your use of English is like that of a native speaker -- with a cool accent. You come to the music from a different time and culture, a pure state. Jon Anderson, the lyricist came from the North of England, simple farming people, as opposed to the educated of London in the South. His style was playful, to say the least. Several educated snobs mocked Anderson's lyrics -- some band members did too. Education or not, nobody writes lyrics like Jon Anderson. I think you nailed it when you read some lyrics and then said, "What a powerful way to describe love." Yes indeed. He comes up with some pretty creative descriptions. I think that's a good day at the office for a writer. Your perspective and thoughtful comments were my favorite part of the video. My second favorite part was your dancing hands. It looked like a prog rock mini ballet. Beautiful. Here are some of my favorite Prog With Heart Songs 1. Turn of the Century -- Yes 2. Awaken -- Yes 3. Supper's Ready -- Genesis 4. Hearts -- Yes (had to include that one) 5. Things I Don't Understand -- Renaissance 6. Gaza -- Marillion (tragic, but beautiful -- the live video is excellent) 7.Memiors of an Office and Gentleman -- Emerson Lake & Palmer This one is controversial. It comes from the highly suspect album "Love Beach." I am in a minority of people who thinks it's one of their best songs.

[@SarahDengler]

Thank you so much, English is actually my first language and I will add these to my list to check out as soon as I can 🙂👍

[@dannyriccardo-kornpet4599]

@Bookhouse Boy I love you. You have impeccable taste in prog. If you like coffee and cigarettes I want to be your best friend.