RIP Alan White, Yes drummer. Another great loss for prog rock music, just one week after Vangelis passing. :(
@morris32454 жыл бұрын
This is an immense and complex masterpiece, hearing it again after 44 years makes one realize how privileged we were in the 1970s.
@joeratley10624 жыл бұрын
We did have many great musical artists. Pray for more.
@abortretryfail93504 жыл бұрын
Agree, it also makes you realize how timeless it is. I just love the fact they used a rack of junk, old mufflers and such, that they literally got at a scrap yard, to make some of the stranger sounds during the "battle" part.
@delby664 жыл бұрын
@Jes Lookn This is so true Jes. I'm 64 now and I feel like I was privileged and lucky to grow up during the 60's music explosion and into the 70's prog rock era. To me, the Moody Blues started the prog rock era which led to bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, Strawbs, Renaissance, Camel....just to name a few. All brilliant bands. Don't get me wrong, I liked heavier rock bands as well, but, I just found myself leaning towards the prog rock. I was lucky enough to see all these bands live as well. What a great time.
@isaacbarlow82474 жыл бұрын
amen
@brianchandler61274 жыл бұрын
YES popped my rock and roll cherry in 72
@janbollaert68382 жыл бұрын
I used to play this over and over again and very loud in the 70ties....until my head started to hurt. I still love to listen to it from time to time, I'm 63 now and love it as much as the first time I played it.
@peterg.bassist2 жыл бұрын
During this song Chris Squire and his bass "became as one" and this bassline is a Masterpiece.
@MarkJones-mm3br3 жыл бұрын
I am sure Mozart, Beethoven and all the other great historical composers would be fans of Yes if they were alive today.
@MikeCarvin3 жыл бұрын
Yep, especially the Romantics such as Berlioz and Wagner.
@stormymaiden2 жыл бұрын
By far........
@pabloarias88492 жыл бұрын
No se parece en nada a la música académica clásica...
@gormarx2 жыл бұрын
Why? Because you like them? :)))
@chrispatterson86202 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@johnburns5783 Жыл бұрын
What a bass player Chris Squire really was. Phenomenal
@brianspicer56523 ай бұрын
I love the fish
@robinwatson42823 ай бұрын
Hehe - oh yeah, agree, fellow Squire fan.
@SuperWellhung13 жыл бұрын
1975. Lying in bed in Bradenton, FL with a tiny earphone jack and a DJ named Jason on the program 'Night Song' played this. Around the 16:10 mark I am floating through the Universe. No. Never messed with drugs. Don't need them with music like this. That was when music was a living breathing miracle.
@jamestownsend557311 ай бұрын
I haven't heard this for fifty years. Wow! I am in tears. Truly wonderful, amazing, brilliant. So moving.
@lesblatnyak59477 ай бұрын
Ladies and gentlemen Chris Squire and Yes the greatest show on earth. This tour was my first blessing of Yes live and I was so impressed I saw them 35 more times till Squire's passing 🙏🍁
@brianspicer565220 күн бұрын
They are the most awesome live band I've ever seen and I've seen lot I've been to 33 yes concerts in my life the Roundup was awesome with Peter Frampton
@koroba014 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt Yes’ music is our generation’s classical music.
@bowgart55673 жыл бұрын
rock is kinda becoming what jazz was back then
@PepeSalvaje2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@HStalhane2 жыл бұрын
or, you know, John Williams and Danny Elfman...
@lesliehilesgardener69592 жыл бұрын
Agreed...it was a Big Change in music from then on into today so meny beautiful people sounds variety new instruments and so on it Goes
@flannigan79562 жыл бұрын
Trying to put something dumber, for that many more likes
@arpadaszalos82046 жыл бұрын
A masterpiece. But Chris bass playing is phenomenal. RIP Chris Squire.
@jonmyers86815 жыл бұрын
He struggles to keep up with himself, and he does!
@robertsnyder18905 жыл бұрын
DO NOT FORGET STEVE HOWE sorry for the caps
@bandfromtheband94455 жыл бұрын
That Rickenbacker 4001 Bass Guitar! It's treble pickup will never be duplicated!
@illegitimatefilm4 жыл бұрын
What does the word “But” imply here? That despite Chris Squire being a brilliant Bass player, this song rocks? What’s the contradiction?
@austinbaird63114 жыл бұрын
I saw him a year and a half before He died at the age of 20. So thankful. Cruise to the edge my friends. Steve Hackett also put on one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Long live the prog
@bloodclot2 жыл бұрын
I'm 30. I only got into Relayer and Yes about 6 years ago. This is the greatest piece of musical art I've ever heard. The uncontrollable air guitar, air keyboard, air drums that come out of me when listening to this brings upon the greatest pleasure and enjoyment I've ever had before. I will forever praise Relayer and hold it in the highest regard. I will never forget when, where, and how I felt when I first listened to it. To this day, I still get goosebumps. The buildup is fantastic, then you get sent for a glorious fucking spiral starting at 8:00. Then, you get absolutely blasted with the groove at 10:23. I was so shocked when I found that this was the same song at that point. I like to imagine what if scenarios, like what if this was not limited to LP recording times, this groove feels like it goes on for a long time but what if it went on for twice or 3 times as long? I would get so lost in a trance and I would love it. Then.... Just when you think you understand how it's going to go from here.... you get literally fucked in your ear in the best way possible around 11:42 with all those weird ass sounds. And then all those bass slides come in?!?!?! This is intense. This song is so intense. Nothing will ever be as good as this. I personally feel the soon part is overrated compared to the rest of the song. Genesis, Jethro and ELP give me this same feeling, but nothing like Yes can with Relayer. I wish music today could any sort of flame to it. I hope you all are doing well.
@garri5108 Жыл бұрын
The Gates Of Delirium and Close To The Edge are definitely the best prog songs ever but it's single songs from the album, the rest of the songs from Relayer and Close To The Edge are not so interesting to me. Genesis in terms of albums for me in 5 times better than Yes. Every from first 5 Genesis albums are masterpiece in entirety. Maybe it's just me, who appreciate mellody more than complexity. But if you are the same as me I can suggest some songs for you to listen. "sadako e le mille gru di carta" by Logos and "Horror Vacui" by Unreal City. If you would like please share something not mainstream too. It's hard nowadays to find something good.
@padraigis40 Жыл бұрын
Tune is an absolute masterpiece. Congrats on finding it.
@sarojaband4664 Жыл бұрын
Lifelong YES fan here. Welcome to the family! If you enjoy Gates of Delirium, then Tales from Topographic Oceans, And You and I, and Awaken are all right up there.
@U2WB10 ай бұрын
10:23 is the only segment that has any value in this composition, and it is clearly Chris Squire's influence - but then it's ruined by the cacophonous meanderings of noise.
@careygagnon77585 ай бұрын
I served in Afghanistan listening to this
@MiltonJrful3 жыл бұрын
I usually avoid listening to this song, so that everytime I listen to it, it can sound brand new. I am moved by it and in awe of it every single time. It is all it has been already called here, the acumen of prog rock, Yes's masterpiece, the completion of humanity's music in its widest sense.
@oldwindsorblues5 жыл бұрын
Some of the best 21 minutes plus prog rock ever recorded! I have always loved this song, and I still do today as I did back in 1974 (45 years ago!!!!) Even if I was just an early "teen" I remember as it was yesterday the days when, at the beginning of March, with my mam and my sister we used to walk up the hill where we were living at that time picking up anemones in the fields between the olive trees. I used to take my "mono cassette tape player" with me and play the entire album along the way. Today, every time I play this song I cannot avoid to have vivid memories of my mam walking in front of us with her long blond hair flying in the wind, smiling and happy. Every time when "Soon" started she used to ask me: "who are they?, this sounds beautiful!", she never remembered the name of the band even if the name is so easy to remember! She loved classical music with passion, in particular Vivaldi, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. They always told me that she used to listen to the "Four Seasons" while she was breastfeeding me. When I listen to this song, all the times it hits mark 16:12 I cannot help to be moved and shed some tears thinking about my mam and to those sunny, happy and peaceful days. She was so beautiful...
@kyles55135 жыл бұрын
Great comment man.
@AmbientMusicStudio4 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful memory to have associated with this piece.
@chinabluewho3 жыл бұрын
As a child of the 70's , this brings back many memories, not good memories it was the 70's after all but memories.
@claudefazio2 жыл бұрын
The melody starting at 16:12 is the pinnacle of progressive rock in my opinion. It's one of the most beautiful and haunting melodies ever created. Steve Howe's guitar playing on this track is exquisite.
@gregrobertson12922 жыл бұрын
Soon
@BibleBlack6672 жыл бұрын
I can only agree. Perfection, nothing less.
@badm.d Жыл бұрын
whe ni was 17 id put the record on in my shed and repeat that bit and sing alogn for liek 3 hours every night
@williewal Жыл бұрын
For me those haunting ruthless dark and ecstatic melodies start at 13:47 all the way up untill we reach the sea of tranquillity and peace. Soon.
@peterhebert7192 Жыл бұрын
For me it starts at the 12:53 mark, the break out .... the opening at 16:12 is the calm after the storm
@curtissingleton91082 жыл бұрын
As useule, that slide guitar as with close to the edge is classic "howe" compistions.
@mandocaconqueso24 жыл бұрын
This song is a jewel, a truly masterpiece, the best song of the prog history in my humble opinion.
@juancastillo89483 жыл бұрын
Absolutley, absolutely!!!!
@dimsmith22855 жыл бұрын
This song is what prog is all about - let the music be as important as the lyrics.
@Yanto-Bardic5 жыл бұрын
I remember buying this on it's release on vinyl It was a cold winter day, I got out of school early to get to the record shop before it closed ( a wet cold Monday afternoon) and getting home locking myself in my room and just playing and playing this - It Blew Me Away for Days/Weeks - took it to school and played it for the music teacher he was a "Classical snob", but he just said Wow!" and went and bought it. Mission Accomplished. :O)
@luigin90875 жыл бұрын
Great story
@wyattwahlgren88834 жыл бұрын
My favorite kind of music is classical music, but I really love prog rock as well. With prog rock, you can really tell the musicians are really into it.
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
Yanto2013 I received this on a pink plastic 8 track tape for Christmas 1977. Pink wasn’t the appropriate color.
@chateaupig8264 жыл бұрын
oh memories of having to "order" something obscure and checking over and over again only to be told they needed more orders to print the album . . never got it
@wam444 жыл бұрын
I remember buying this and playing it when it came out too :-) I was amazed-it transported me to a different place-a good place-lol
@jaspergillgannon49913 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, a contender for the greatest song of modern music. For the Soon segment alone
@phillyisdavies542 жыл бұрын
Ian a bumdy of sticks bro
@danguee111 ай бұрын
Tastes! For me a contender for the greatest song of modern music. In spite of the Soon segment....
@snjsilvan4 жыл бұрын
Could you play that one more time? We forgot to hit the record button.
@Nmbr1TonkaTruck3 жыл бұрын
They're well known for practicing musical snippets and then stringing them all together into...well, magic. Name the bar and measure and, yeah, they'll play it as well or better every time.
@snjsilvan3 жыл бұрын
@@Nmbr1TonkaTruck I don't doubt their musical prowess, but every recording would be somewhat different, considering Howe in particular. Not that it would better or worse- just a little different.
@snowdog2023 жыл бұрын
LOL
@anthonyeckert95103 жыл бұрын
@@snowdog202 Been there!
@christophergreco61732 жыл бұрын
Lol
@camdetwiler9383 жыл бұрын
From a Genesis super fan, Prog never got better than this. Many come close to it but this just takes the cake
@Plasmariel2 жыл бұрын
To me it's this and Supper's Ready
@Gioma7713 жыл бұрын
This is a tremendous masterpiece in general, but 16:12 marks the start of one of the most haunting and beautiful pieces of music ever written
@DrWhom Жыл бұрын
blade runnerish
@tallica359511 ай бұрын
Seu comentário foi perfeito!
@paulstubbings64511 ай бұрын
@@tallica3595 Jimi Hendrix Maui .
@CampElk7 жыл бұрын
War and Peace in a 22 minute nutshell by YES. The music takes patience and repeated listenings to finally get the groove in. once you do, you will crave it!
@willemrm40337 жыл бұрын
1 out of 10, or is it a 100?, might indeed. the others will have wasted a lot of time.
@videotape29596 жыл бұрын
What? Not at all. The very first time I heard it it became one of my top favorite Yes song and it still is. Sound Chaser on the other hand... It took me a lot of listens to finally be able to enjoy it. I originally didn't understand the Tales from Topographic Oceans album, but after a lot of listens I love it now, track 2 and 3 are definitely in my top favorite Yes songs. Other than those few, I'd say Yes music is extremely accessible.
@BGOEvents6 жыл бұрын
A.D.D. maybe... ever read War And Peace without commercials?
@elisabethfabricius79055 жыл бұрын
I agree with Video Tape. I've somehow dodged Yes most of my life, focusing on Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and (Fish era) Marillion; it never really caught me (and I never really bothered digging into it), until I heard ProgRockDock's collection of favourite Yes songs. When I heard Gates of Delirium, I was instantly captured, and kept thinking: "Why on earth haven't I heard this one before?" The whole battle section is phenomenal, and Soon is one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces they ever did. Thanks to Sebastian (ProgRockDock), I now enjoy a list of wonderful Yes songs, even if I gave up on some of it (Tales from Topographic Oceans for instance - I just don't get it, and I think life is too short, and great music comes in such an abundance, that I will probably walk happily to my grave without spending any more time trying to enjoy that album...)
@iracknads5 жыл бұрын
I've felt that same way since 1977, when I first heard this. I have a sinking feeling we're at 6'47". It does end with a Picardy third though, which gives me hope for the distant future. We have a lot of discord to go through first.
@MrWeezer553 жыл бұрын
An absolute masterpiece. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Rick Wakeman, but I always wished that Yes had continued a bit more with this lineup with Patrick Moraz. He gave them such an edge.
@DrTomoculus10 ай бұрын
And Steve Howe collaborates with him more than he does Kaye and Wakeman. He does this with Moraz & Downes only.
@VincentMennella-hg9fs4 ай бұрын
No doubt Relayer would have been quite different with Wakeman in place of Moraz.
@gyarmatizmus6 жыл бұрын
"Soon" is the most wonderful song of rock history ♥
@jeffreyhall21363 жыл бұрын
I had a friend that was totally into Yes, He drove me nuts. At the time, I was into Southern rock. This album was the first I bought of Yes. I love this song. I have many Yes albums now. Saw them in 2000. Best concert I ever went too. They played Gates too. Thanks Chris...
@bandfromtheband94454 жыл бұрын
Alan White, you were an incredible drummer!! You hit the skins hard!!!!
@TheReaperMan2752 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. to this legend. He and Chris are reunited in that great concert hall in the sky.
@tonycona182 Жыл бұрын
remember getting this album the week it was released wondering what it would sound like with Wakeman having left the band and this was a new studio release. My friends and I had been big Yes fans since the Yes Album and had seen them on Fragile ,CTTE, and Tales Tours which were all fantastic. Got the Relayer record and we preceded to get right for the first listening smoking a bunch of good Columbian Bud and WOW! Minds blown ..... and then saw them do it live at Tampa Stadium. They were such a special band in the 70's .
@wam444 жыл бұрын
Relayer and Tales are definitely my two favorite Yes albums...They're both from another space and time....
@amharp54 жыл бұрын
A Fan since 1971 and Forever....
@curtissingleton91082 жыл бұрын
The easy transition to familiar chord changes and then back to avante garde change is truly out of our minds!
@redskies45302 жыл бұрын
Hi I recommend a song called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix btw I'm thumbing up ALL your comments.
@markrich71714 жыл бұрын
I wasn't really into music until I was at a friends house one Saturday sometime in 1971. The Radio was on and in those days the late Alan Freeman DJ'd a programme in the afternoon dedicated solely to album bands and he played Yes. I just sat there listening. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, it was like nothing I'd ever heard before. I was totally blown away and 49 years on I still haven't heard anything else like them and they remain my number one band.
@davewest543 жыл бұрын
I had the same experience in '72 when a preview of the film Yesshows was shown on the Old Grey Whistle Test. The first song they played was Close To The Edge and it blew me away; and it still does!
@nevermindthworld Жыл бұрын
Something about that intro never fails to give me a euphoric feeling like the first time I listened to this song over ten years ago.
@LaurinaHawks6 жыл бұрын
For me the biggest piece of music of the 20th century. I am a huge Genesis Fan, but this composition of Yes is simply the fucking great song of Progrock. It will never be topped by anything, I guess.
@elisabethfabricius79055 жыл бұрын
I ALMOST agree, but not completely. NOTHING beats the Apocalypse in 9/8th.
@LaurinaHawks5 жыл бұрын
Well the Apocalypse is Part of Supper's Ready, which is surely the other BIG Prog Piece. Since they are totally different, we can consider them equal.
@timweatherill37385 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Laurina, I agree. They ("Gates" & "Supper's") are rather like apples and oranges. They're both superb. Certainly, "Gates of Delirium" is my favourite Yes song, running neck and neck with "Awaken". "Supper's Ready" is my favourite Genesis song. For what it's worth...(ha!)
@vaqalarxornawosk17315 жыл бұрын
Firth of fifth is great aswel and I love the first song from tales of topographic oceans
@kontre-kourant37265 жыл бұрын
in a epic way, is definitely the best prog song ever !
@PogDog1122 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most incredible pieces of music from the past 50 years
@johnburns18823 жыл бұрын
Wow, 40+ years ago I first heard this phenomenal album. Still brings me to tears hearing such beautiful music.
@kenhaynes942 Жыл бұрын
Steve Wilsons remix sounds like an amazing entire alternate take- im hearing keyboard and guitar parts ive never heard in 45 years! Yes's greatest song -- the battle sequence starting at 8:05 is Steve's most incredible sounding guitar work. And Patrick's keyboard sounds and solos are fantastic. Chris is otherworldly as usual !
@MrStrat015 жыл бұрын
At the end, the pedal steel guitar of Steve and the voice of Jon are eargasmic !!!! We are in heaven man !!!!
@menganak17255 жыл бұрын
Relayer was the first Album I bought in 1974. It's still one of the best I have.
@Nmbr1TonkaTruck3 жыл бұрын
10 years old in '68, just went to work on my Dad's rockpile. Already drumming on everything around me as a kid bought I Santana and War albums first. Then Fragile when an older brother gave me a Japanese Beatle bass. Then mostly Stratocasters and everything I heard mimicked for the next 50 years.
@robertstyles37825 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful. Takes me back to my youth. Days of hopeful expectation and endless opportunity. Thanks Yes for your positivity in my life. God bless one and all. Special memories of Chris Squire RIP.
@maxclarity45074 жыл бұрын
This comment nails it. Thank you.
@digitalsketchguy4 жыл бұрын
The power of music. Thank you GOD
@danielsjeff3 жыл бұрын
No deity involved here. Human ingenuity only. Cheers.
@Metal_Auditor7 жыл бұрын
I don't think there's been any song recorded which displays the astonishingly diverse skill-set of a single guitarist better than this one.
@timweatherill37385 жыл бұрын
Funny, he once commented (I paraphrase a bit, I'm sure): "I don't know how they let me get away with it!" Well, Steve, maybe because "it" is extraordinary.
@Richcanvas5 жыл бұрын
Steve's playing is some of the 'bravest' guitar playing out there. Might seem a strange statement but his inventiveness and musicality is absolutely incredible and isn't afraid to go to places where others wouldn't go.
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
stalrunner No kidding. And Mr. Howe is still playing brilliantly.
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend Nexus: the CD Steve Howe made with his son, Virgil.
@douglasmurphy62144 жыл бұрын
i agree steve is one of the all time greats but then again whatever lineup yes had they produced masterpieces i overlooked this one for years but its magnificent
@sonovoxx5 жыл бұрын
Countless millions spent on the entire Lord Of The Rings film franchise, when all they had to do was listen to this album. Seminal.
@metalpop6667 жыл бұрын
YES ......the best progressive-rock band ever.
@djohg-eye35656 жыл бұрын
Don t forget CAN mon ami :)
@josealbuquerquejr51926 жыл бұрын
metalpop666 Best band ever
@elisabethfabricius79055 жыл бұрын
Nah.... Gabriel-era Genesis beats them by a mile. But some of it is really great.
@thomasgunther185 жыл бұрын
Please don´t forget ELP (Emerson Lake and Palmer):They both are very perfect und full off energy.As I was young, in the 70th´s, i heard both.
@danielbebervanzo65735 жыл бұрын
What about Pink Floyd?
@bandfromtheband94455 жыл бұрын
Yep! 12:53 to 16:10, I can't believe that this is a YES album! Heavy goosebump territory! Amazing music The perfect "answer" to "Close to the Edge." These songs are just incredible! Love, to everyone!!!!
@juanlinero96264 ай бұрын
Cuantas veces me transporte con esta maravillosa musica. Grandioso, maravillosa, no hay palabras, se siente
@jimmcgee31112 жыл бұрын
Saw the Relayer tour in 1975. The thing with Yes is they replicated their music very well in their live shows. I was stunned at how close to the recording the live show was. Fantastic!!!!!!!!
@funkyjones6 жыл бұрын
Freakin' masterpiece! And those last nine chords...aaah...
@elisabethfabricius79055 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah... .everything falls into place at those last chord shifts.
@mikedefleopard4 жыл бұрын
Never gets old. Complete Masterpiece.
@menganak17255 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs of all time.
@JoelJMusic7 жыл бұрын
What a gem. I can't believe I haven't heard this before.
@elisabethfabricius79055 жыл бұрын
That was my exact reaction when I heard it for the first time :-)
@richardsylvanus27175 жыл бұрын
Even better in concert. Seen them three times in the '70s
@64214Jose5 жыл бұрын
Better late than never.
@michaelbeerbados32915 жыл бұрын
FEW bands are better live. YES is one of those bands. and their music is SUPER complicated !! YESSONGS is a collection of the greatest live recordings in history
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
Joel Julian I grew up listening to this music.
@giantessmaria7 жыл бұрын
this album is unquestionably Alan Whites best work!
@meowzer9995 жыл бұрын
Yes, he really bashes away, a thunderous racket, I love it.
@timweatherill37385 жыл бұрын
I agree. His battle scene is a masterwork of complexity and brilliant performance. Incredible.
@timweatherill37385 жыл бұрын
@The Sense8 Thank You Project What? Are you serious? Hmmph...
@rumourhats5 жыл бұрын
@The Sense8 Thank You Project I didn't know that. What happened to Eddie Offord? Fragile is probably, to this day, one of the best sounding albums I've heard in terms of dynamics, clarity, and mix. But Relayer sounds like it was recorded and mixed on a broken 8-track in someone's garage. In fact, Going For The One sounds really "mushy" as well.
@michaelbeerbados32915 жыл бұрын
Find the alternate version of Close To The Edge here on you tube. It is absolutely fantastic production. Maybe the best recording of Yes out there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2emnoNvZd2oa80
@kennethward49853 ай бұрын
How do you make a great 70's band even better? Wait 40 years and add Steven Wilson.
@AnonsCrossfader8 жыл бұрын
This will always be my favorite Yes song.
@Kelly14UK6 жыл бұрын
Cool
@williancasagrandefusaro68096 жыл бұрын
I don't know, it's too dificult to choose. Maybe this, Ritual, CTTE, Awaken...
@a.s.vanhoose15456 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@menganak17255 жыл бұрын
@ShadeyBladey Long distance runaround - the fish from yessongs I also like very much.
@snowdog2023 жыл бұрын
troof
@kthaynes31703 жыл бұрын
I've listened to this song well over 1,000 times, and this Steven Wilson mix is AMAZING! I'm hearing things I never heard in the original mix, or at least were so low previously. The singing harmonies are spacious and the instruments are all placed amazingly clearly in his mix. Chris Squire sounds great, and Steve Howe's guitar seems to have voices I never heard before. Just amazing to listen to! Gotta get these.
@nitishvashishtha51683 жыл бұрын
The bass tone at 10:24 just kills me. It just gets me grooving. The whole song is too good. Though I have already deemed Close To The Edge as my favourite song ever, The Gates of Delirium is definitely a strong contender.
@andrewford7584 жыл бұрын
The greatest piece of music ever recorded; first heard it in 1975
@stephencoe92613 жыл бұрын
I agree with you
@andrewford7583 жыл бұрын
Same here
@MrToddKa5 жыл бұрын
Hell I've probably already commented on this, but "Gates of Delirium" has got to be the best prog rock song I've ever listened to in my long life. The musicianship in this song is outstanding. Love the f'ing drums!
@rokkkrinn27934 жыл бұрын
Alan White is so criminally underrated.
@SuperJohnnyO3 жыл бұрын
@@rokkkrinn2793 I've written pretty much those exact words on multiple YES youtube vids. Alan White is a monster!!!
@danefffollower33013 жыл бұрын
As I've said before: These are the classics that our grand-children and great-grandchildren will be listening to decades from now. Enjoy them!
@mamesushi1367 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. This is amazing.
@churchonthehillpraiseband51386 жыл бұрын
It is amazing, I'm surprised the members of Yes didn't complain at the time to whoever engineered it about how distorted the original sounded. This is the one Yes album that really NEEDED to be remixed!
@JFKHaircut4 жыл бұрын
me hump
@mikereiss42164 жыл бұрын
@@churchonthehillpraiseband5138 GFTO also.
@kurtboyer2994 жыл бұрын
@@mikereiss4216 I don't know how "distorted" the original vinyl sounded, especially since Sound Chaser is almost MIDI-like and the other tune is a ballad. But Jon Anderson did say that this was the "Grey period" of Yes production. Some of Steve Howe's best stuff here is buried in the mix, but that's okay, makes it even better w/ headphones.
@looniethemoonie53534 жыл бұрын
Theres still plenty of good music being made. You just have to look for it.
@JamesZaworski6 ай бұрын
This is a very clear remix of The Gates of Delirium, one of the classic YES 20-minute tunes from the 1970s.
@johnrogers5309 Жыл бұрын
Man , some these comments blow me away,..like Claude Fazio,.. So many my friends said that Awaken is the ultimate yes song ,..omg I love that song ,... however for me , Gates has always been No1 ,.. I dont have the musical knowledge to say why,.. I just know that even after 40 years ,..it touches my heart like no other .
@Silvertip19584 жыл бұрын
I saw them in Louisville when they were touring this album. The ticket cost $5.50. I was less than 20 feet away from Chris and Moraz on the floor and only a few feet from one of the big speakers. My ears buzzed for 2 days. It was an amazing evening.
@motsekov4 жыл бұрын
Cincy for me. 6th time I'd seen YES. This is my get rid of anger song.
@Silvertip19584 жыл бұрын
@@motsekov We probably saw them within 24 hrs of each other. I like to hike back in the woods, build a fire and listen to awbh with headphones to unwind.
@kenrik21054 жыл бұрын
Experienced the Relayer tour in 1975 at Long Beach Arena on my 20th birthday and at the Cow Palace two days later. Truly mesmerizing.
@michaeltuck78399 жыл бұрын
I had no idea how badly the original mix served this album. Steven's remix and remaster brings the music out of the muddled, overcharged, sound effect-laden mix of the first one. Absolutely stellar.
@DarkeningSkies18 жыл бұрын
The original album mix was a muddy, overdriven nightmare. I think the detail this one brings out, particularly with Moraz and the rhythm section, is pretty astonishing.
@troywilson7477 жыл бұрын
you can hear how intricate and tight alans fills are
@IsraelQuezada9997 жыл бұрын
I still love the original on vinyl, it's the one I grew up with... this sounds clearer but lacks the depth and the dense sound...
@rickylee310107 жыл бұрын
Yes you can Troy. This has been a go to song for myself and my drum kit. Have it dialed, but it nice to hear exactly what Alan is doing. I like the original vinyl, but this is a great mix as well. Technology has come along way since the recording.
@bibop9697 жыл бұрын
i agree. just got the original lp and my ears rocked )) depends on the stereo a lot.
@peterjansen99146 жыл бұрын
Our reason to be here💖
@Mike-pf1ru7 жыл бұрын
The keyboard at 9:42 Is one of the highlights of the entire album. Patrick Moraz shines and brings the passage to a whole new level. I have been listening to this album for a quarter of a century, and have only just now heard the keyboards clearly at that point of the song. I will still probably prefer the original mix, but now I can listen for the notes and know what I am hearing. Steve Howe's guitar battle sounds are much clearer than I have ever heard. The drums are clear and unobstructed, and the bass has a whole new presence. I can hear each note that Squire is picking distinctly.
@AnonsCrossfader6 жыл бұрын
Mike that keyboard solo at the end of Sound Chaser is one of my favorite keyboard solos of all time.
@dudydude32873 жыл бұрын
I still prefer Rick Wakeman's work on Tales and Close to the Edge
@bobareebop3 жыл бұрын
I agree completely. This is inspired writing and playing.
@leslielaurey21782 жыл бұрын
Dear God
@danruetenik3583 Жыл бұрын
WOW...I have always thought the exact same about section 9:42...LOVE that keyboard part...Very Brazilian sounding
@melissa26884 жыл бұрын
I got to see them do this once in all the times I've seen them. It made me cry. I couldn't believe that were playing it. A great Yes moment in my Yes memories of seeing them. And in Philadelphia, Yes was a beloved band. Take care all😷💚🦅🏈
@stephencoe92613 жыл бұрын
That's exactly how I feel when I go see them live. Can't wait for the re-arranged Relayer tour.
@myleshahn71264 жыл бұрын
Great. Great musical depiction of "war" then aftermath. Limited number of musicians can attempt that. Moraz speaks on keyboard. They all synergize.
@robertogalindo73955 жыл бұрын
No me canso de escuchar esta fabulosa pieza musical!...Es unica!
@Magnetron333 жыл бұрын
What a Masterpiece! This is the most epic bass composition of all time. Saw them do it several times, and it was always one of the most powerful pieces ever! YES was a one time event! There will never be another! I think this is their answer to CTTE! Back when I could not figure out how they memorized these pieces.
@elektrykbestia4 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite Yes song...Patrick Moraz is underrated as heck
@johngreen63853 жыл бұрын
Patrick is kicking ass on the keys
@andrewford7583 жыл бұрын
This is the greatest thing ever. It describes a place we all know but noone talks about
@paultreacy52485 жыл бұрын
I really think Chris Squire was playing harmonics on his bass way before anyone. My roommate in college would crank this song up and play his bass along with it.
@robertoconnor4565 жыл бұрын
Love this song! The last 5-6 minutes are my favorite
@westter81644 жыл бұрын
The only band where you can scream their name when a song of theirs comes on
@masebass25852 жыл бұрын
have you never heard of Slayer
@calvinhobbes75043 жыл бұрын
This was the first Yes tour I saw in concert. I wanted to see Wakeman, and I had never even heard of Patrick Moraz .... but he seemed like such a scientific player .. even during the battle movement, he was calm and focused ... It was pure joy watching Yes play the complete Relayer album, and I'll never forget Moraz' performance.
@DrDES-dp6un13 күн бұрын
RELAYER was the very first Yes album I've bought in my life. My favourite Yes album
@garyrawlinson16476 жыл бұрын
This is like a journey into another world breathtaking true masterpiece The great thing about Yes is as a band they all shone .
@d.lynncarmichael92405 жыл бұрын
A timeless aggregation of deep inspiration. Listen before 💤💤s & be transported ...
@douglascolocho98065 жыл бұрын
This song transports me to a magical world,that does not exist.The first time I listened this song,was in 1975.
@andrewford7584 жыл бұрын
@@douglascolocho9806 me too
@Nmbr1TonkaTruck3 жыл бұрын
You remind me of me. Puttin' inbred hillbilly stank on our beautiful english language. Well, me too! Tho I does no better Like sayin', "I don't smell so good" when I means to be sayin', "Can't smell me nuttin'!
@horseradish4046 Жыл бұрын
10:21 one of the coolest transitions in all of rock music
@PabloJiMusicForPeace3 жыл бұрын
If I had to choose one song to represent Progrock at its most quintessential I would choose this one.
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to this music.
@katemurphy19154 жыл бұрын
No wonder everyone I went to high school with thought I was weird. I guess that I am still weird.
@stevejones184 жыл бұрын
As did all of us of a certain age! I just turned 60, but I was about 15 years old when this came out. Truly incredible music
@jlouis86252 жыл бұрын
So did I my favourite album though is Close To The Edge
@michaelbeerbados32915 жыл бұрын
I am the hugest YES fan. Placing Yes classics in favorite of best position is super tough. Delirium is ALWAYS in my top 5 and at times rises to #1. But really do you favor you children? haha !! Yes for me as 30 songs that are immaculate and about 70 that hit the superb button. They are after all the greatest ensemble of players and writers in prog and dare I say it...MUSICAL history. YES music will be played 150 years from now. Just like we play classical today. YES...just the best !!
@danpower74163 жыл бұрын
I'm into prog since some years (I'm 27, so still young) and have discovered many great bands and pieces. Let it be Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, ELP, King Crimson, Haken, Tool, DT, Genesis, Rush, Camel, IQ, Marillion, Porcupine Tree or whosoever, the list of bands I've already discovered is long. But the ending Part ("soon") of this song is without exaggeration the finest thing I've ever heard. Words can't describe it.
@archieatkinson71533 жыл бұрын
I'm still a teenager and Gates is my favourite song at the moment, Steve Howes best guitar work is on this album in my opinion
@tulllguy4 жыл бұрын
I challenge any band today to attempt this.
@tyronejefforeillyramirez79613 жыл бұрын
why would they?
@mikereiss42163 жыл бұрын
@@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961 Why wouldn't they?
@tyronejefforeillyramirez79613 жыл бұрын
wouldn't want to diminish their musicianship skills. especially on the drums.
@StonyStevenson753 жыл бұрын
@@tyronejefforeillyramirez7961 ..and that's the whole point of the 'challenge'. Good God.
@tyronejefforeillyramirez79613 жыл бұрын
@@StonyStevenson75 I noticed you deleted your first comment. Good God!!!
@brickaholicsanonymous28492 жыл бұрын
Damn, this song brings back so many memories! I remember being sixteen and hearing this song for the first time, and now it's been over nineteen years since I've heard this masterpiece! The Gates of Delirium is _objectively_ the best song that has ever been made...
@tlixio2 жыл бұрын
Came back after 3 years, still as beautiful as ever!
@DrEmilShaufhausen4 жыл бұрын
The crescendo, or whatever it is, that starts at 12:30 is amazing. Blows your socks off!
@carolwolf96144 жыл бұрын
A work of Art. My heart aches for this.
@Sigmaairav3 жыл бұрын
the sheer skill and coordnation alone are impressive but these dudes did this all in one take. the length of the composition combined with the skill passion and effort required to perform it perfectly put me in awe
@johnvalencia992711 ай бұрын
Ah no way, they recorded this just like their previous 2 albums...1-2 minutes takes, then spliced the tape together. Hell even when Rush recorded Lavilla in 1978 they wanted to record it one take, and despite trying over and over and over they wound up having to stitch three takes together to get the song.
@html7613 жыл бұрын
This is one of the finest pieces of work ever made by man. I can't express with enough words the joy I feel when listening to this song in particular.
@maksympimenow19926 жыл бұрын
This is prog!
@juancastillo89483 жыл бұрын
Yeah, man, this is real prog. Way better than that "metal prog" crap.
@iatros54085 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this song for over 20 years...and am still drawn to tears by Soon....just....incredible.
@edgardopolaco71763 жыл бұрын
Hace màs de 50 anos que escucho YES y nunca dejarè de hacerlo. Obra épica. Hoy pasamos por una época de decadencia.
@robulusx23 жыл бұрын
I don't always like long epic songs but this is one of the best I have ever heard along with Close to the Edge
@danceswithsquirrels89252 жыл бұрын
The most profoundly spiritual song ever.
@joshuamulligan41555 жыл бұрын
Prog at its absolute best
@marcianojuniormaraschin50803 жыл бұрын
A melhor canção de todos os tempos... Inigualável!!!
@curtissingleton91082 жыл бұрын
Finally to bring the ending to a rythmic pounding of great music is astonishing!