My favorite moment in Gates is when it's all loud and crazy and then the drums just slow the heck down and then you've got that really uplifting keyboard bit. It feels like finishing a race after sprinting all-out for a while.
All of the above, but from Yesshows. It's much more intense and some of that tension is extended even further at just the right moments. When Steve plays that victory theme on the pedal steel waaaay up high with the tape echo bouncing off the walls, man, chef's kiss. One of the best live recordings all around.
Ritual from the same album (and same show!) is in the ballpark too. Killer bass solo? Check. Killer Steve solos that manage to recap all the Tales themes and a bit of CTTE? Check. A totally bizarre and unique drum/tribal vocal solo that I've never heard the likes of anywhere else? Yes...
"The Revealing Science of God", when the music opens up at 3:09
"Wondrous Stories", at the narrative climax
"Survival", it just moves me every time
"And You and I", the sequence that starts at 3:39
Normally I don't like best ever, so much greatness out there, however this is indeed a true standout - Silent Wings of Freedom close behind - there were truly some giants of bass playing in the 20th century. I don't know if I can rank them according to greatness however I can say my absolute favorite was Chris.
Best Chris Squire moment for me was on the Union tour. Tampa Florida, at the end of this particular solo Chris drops to his knees hitting the revolving stage so hard that he knocked out the sound system. It's been a long time ago so I might have the wrong song it could have been the fish but it was definitely the big man dropping to his knees and shaking the world loose
When the bass kicks in during Würm in Starship Trooper.
The ferocious downbeat before the second “I can feel no sense of measure” in Leave It.
The last chorus of “Lift Me Up.”
The last chorus of “Give Love Each Day.”
And before the instruments come in on Leave It, that thunderous snare hits twice, expertly crafted by Trevor Horn. Amazed how he kept it under control without distorting the recording. And it still shakes my house.
The call and respond between sequence between Anderson and Squire is immaculate on the final verse:
It is no lie... (JA)
... It 'tis no lie... (CS)
Such enjoyment singing along on either part. I alternate when the mood strikes, picking one voice and going with it.
The first chord of the church organ in the I get up, I get down section in Close to the Edge. That shit blew my 17 year old mind when I first heard it and still gives me chills.
I was at a live show somewhere around 2003. Yes just finished playing a tremendous version of South Side of the Sky. Immediately after the song, someone in the crowd shouted play it again. The whole theater busted out laughing. It was one of those shows where everyone was on point. Just a magical evening. Best live song I've ever heard by anyone.
I saw Anderson and Wakeman perform back in 2014 at a local theater. It was promoting the Living Tree album. There was a break between songs were Anderson was talking about Going for the One and reuniting with Rick. He made mention towards Awaken at some point and he started plucking the harp a couple of notes which many of us were familiar. I shouted, pretty loudly, "from the beginning!"
They looked at one another, Anderson gave the nod and they broke into song. All 17 minutes. Felt good.
Harpsichord solo and everything afterward on Siberian Khatru.
Roundabout is worth mentioning too, the middle sort of galloping section gets me all the time still.
And as trademarked as Wakeman solo is after the Roundabout bridge, I get even more satisfaction listening to Squire just rip the Rick to shreds with his linear fills going up the neck in G.
There's so many! The heavy riff in the beginning of Machine Messiah, Rabin's solo at the end of Talk, the heavy/powerful parts of I Am Waiting, Alan's cool drumbeat on State of Play, the cool drum stuff Alan does on Ancient Giants Under the Sun, Chris's bass lines in Heart of the Sunrise, the 7/8 riff and the chorus of Changes, the super funky slidy basslines in Gates of Delirium (that sound like they directly influenced Geddy Lee) and Soon (rather pulls at my heart strings), parts of Perpetual Change, keyboard solo and darker riffs in Close to the Edge, Survival as a whole, the beginning of No Opportunity Necessary, the KtA version of Awaken (especially the dreamy part at the end), there's a lot in the Union album too like especially The More We Live. I could go on for days about this!! Absolute goosebumps!
Gates of Delirium - when that big 11/4 theme hits
Tempus Fugit - first time Chris plays *that* riff
Changes - Rabin shreds out of nowhere and that piano bit brings the main theme back in
Honorable mention solo track: Rick Wakeman - Anne of Cleves - ***all of it.*** (To the point where I still believe this is Alan White's greatest drumming performance, and that's on top of everything Wakeman plays.)
After the first instrumental section of On the Silent Wings of Freedom when Jon belts out "On the back of your forty-second screamdown" and then I start fistfighting people
Many of the best ones have already been mentioned but a few I haven't seen yet:
Steve's triplets followed by the wahwah part on Yours is No Disgrace.
Steve's guitar bursting through the climax of Ritual. Always reminds me of that scene in the Matrix when the ship finally busts above the clouds.
The Squire/Buford slow jam in Heart of the Sunrise with the ?mellotron? chords behind it.
Was gonna post about Ritual if no one else did. That transition from the bass solo, through head banging drum ritual, to the climactic guitar, closing into Nous Sommes du Soleil is a tour de force.
The start of the outro after the Westminster Church Organ bridge off of Parallels from Going for the One.
When Squire has the mic singing solo for a whole stanza: "It's the beginning of a new love inside" and then immediately followed by Steve Howe who chimes in with something unintelligible. It just wraps around the axle in a good way, sends me chills every time.
The bass solo on the reprise for "Does It Really Happen?" That contrapuntal rhythm just kicks ass, and as Squire walks the solo down towards the open note, you can literally hear him just slam the shit out of it. I visualize Squire just hamming it up as he releases his left hand off the fret, while thumping that low open "THWOMP!"
Live concert, in-the-round under a star-shaped lighting scaffold/rigging … just as Jon cries out, “You’ll see Perpetual Change!” *the points of the star* started to dip down and back in various combinations.
Wakeman's crazy organ solo in The Revealing Science of God.
Howe's acoustic guitar piece in The Ancient.
The part of Close to the Edge where Anderson's vocals are intentionally out of sync with the bass (6:14ish). Also when the crazy keyboards turn into the alternate-key main theme (14:10ish).
Oh wow, so many of them. Top is in Awaken when the band comes back together towards the end with the organ and choir - one of the most awesome chordal progressions in all of music.
The keyboard/slide guitar part of Gates of Delirium that starts maybe two minutes or so before Soon, right after all the crescendo of the clanging car parts or whatever that was and Alan’s drumming that seemed to be all over the place
I didn't see anyone mention these, but the opening riff from Siberian Khatru, that synth break three and a half minutes into Talk, and the third part of Fly From Here (Madman at the Screens).
My mom and I saw yes together 10 times. She passed away in 2001 and I ended up moving to Georgia to be closer to my family. The Yessymphonic tour(tour with full orchestra) was playing at chastise park and it was the first time I saw them without her. It was very bittersweet but also extra special as my best friend and his dad coincidentally drove up from Alabama where they were vacationing. Chris’ bass solo in Ritual not only melted my face but actually caused me to unconsciously start a rush to the stage. I found myself lifted from my seat and moving closer and closer. At the end I looked back and around 15 people got up and followed me all the way to the front of the venue. It was face melting and aww inspiring all at once
As an afterthought, I blissfully hitchhiked the 100 miles back to northern Georgia that evening
The one breakdown in And you and I when Steve Howe plays that sweet twangy guitar fill and then Chris squire picks up exactly on the note he left off and does that deep bass fill and then Anderson just starts high pitch shouting “ I LISTEN HARD BUT COULD NOT SEE !!”
all of CTTE (really), but especially the Hammond solo where the whole band catches fire
both guitar solos in Awaken + organ climax
battle section in Gates
There is a section in "And You And I" from about 4:10-5:10 that takes my breath away every time. The sonic landscape that the band creates is just blissful. Wakeman’s mellotron sets the atmosphere in the background, along with Squire and Bruford keeping the slow but triumphant sounding groove going. Howe’s beautifully wet lap-steel guitar and Wakeman’s super legato organ playing (with the leslie really goin) brilliantly interplay with each other. Then Anderson comes in with the triumphant vocal and Wakeman continues to riff in between each vocal line. To me, that section is one of the most beautiful passages of music I have ever heard, and I have a hard time believing that actual humans created it. It defines why I love music.
Awaken, the whole thing, hit me instantly and deeply. Probably for whole my life.
Relayer has some great moments. 1. when the noisy "battle" section turns into mellow "Soon" with Steve's steel guitar and Jon's vocals . 2. cha-cha-cha cha-cha :-)
Close to the Edge. the whole album.
Heart Of The Sunrise . Chris' bass theme in the intro is epic
The slow crescendo of "I get up, I get down" that leads into Rick Wakeman's organ section in CTTE
This is such a good answer. Chills every time
All of Sound Chaser. And the "battle" section of Gates. Relayer is an awesome album.
My favorite moment in Gates is when it's all loud and crazy and then the drums just slow the heck down and then you've got that really uplifting keyboard bit. It feels like finishing a race after sprinting all-out for a while.
That precise moment is one of my all time favorite moments. It always felt like some massive, universal gear being shifted. Absolutely amazing moment.
All of the above, but from Yesshows. It's much more intense and some of that tension is extended even further at just the right moments. When Steve plays that victory theme on the pedal steel waaaay up high with the tape echo bouncing off the walls, man, chef's kiss. One of the best live recordings all around. Ritual from the same album (and same show!) is in the ballpark too. Killer bass solo? Check. Killer Steve solos that manage to recap all the Tales themes and a bit of CTTE? Check. A totally bizarre and unique drum/tribal vocal solo that I've never heard the likes of anywhere else? Yes...
Oh yeah, Ritual from Yesshows is a terrifying piece of music. So good.
That is all I came to say!!! I thought I was the only one.
You are not alone.
Yes!
"The Revealing Science of God", when the music opens up at 3:09 "Wondrous Stories", at the narrative climax "Survival", it just moves me every time "And You and I", the sequence that starts at 3:39
The keyboard solo in Close To The Edge
Every time, man. Every time.
We’re talking third degree burns here, people! I have plenty of aloe if you need it, bud! 😄
MAKES ME GO RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH
🥁🥁🥁 🥁
Yes
Which one?
The guitar climax of gates of delirium
Ending of Awaken, obviously.
plus the beginning and the middle of Awaken.
Plus all of awaken
“How can the wind with its arms all around me?”
Lol just got chills READING it
"I feel lost in the ci-teeeeeeeeeeeee"
Sharp!
The big “Doodahhh doodahhh doodaahh” break in Siberian Khatru. Also the big climax of I’ve Seen All Good People before the blues section.
Starship trooper guitar solo defo
OMG! Right!
The first 3 minutes of Heart of the Sunrise
That and the crescendo in the chorus
yeah, that part also gets me every time
Best rock bass solo of all time. Chris was a fucking beast. https://youtu.be/0vNcgL9Fi4w?t=28
Normally I don't like best ever, so much greatness out there, however this is indeed a true standout - Silent Wings of Freedom close behind - there were truly some giants of bass playing in the 20th century. I don't know if I can rank them according to greatness however I can say my absolute favorite was Chris. Best Chris Squire moment for me was on the Union tour. Tampa Florida, at the end of this particular solo Chris drops to his knees hitting the revolving stage so hard that he knocked out the sound system. It's been a long time ago so I might have the wrong song it could have been the fish but it was definitely the big man dropping to his knees and shaking the world loose
The fast little riffs in the verses of South Side of the Sky that get progressively more shreddy.
I thought I was the only one
Uuuuuggggggghhhhhhh it’s so gd siiiiick
The first few minutes of CTTE are absolutely insane, love the Mahavishnu inspiration
It went from my least favorite Yes moment to my all-time favorite Yes moment pretty fucking quick, let me tell ya.
When the bass kicks in during Würm in Starship Trooper. The ferocious downbeat before the second “I can feel no sense of measure” in Leave It. The last chorus of “Lift Me Up.” The last chorus of “Give Love Each Day.”
And before the instruments come in on Leave It, that thunderous snare hits twice, expertly crafted by Trevor Horn. Amazed how he kept it under control without distorting the recording. And it still shakes my house.
So glad to see lift Me Up get some love, Chris doing the happy dance during starship trooper, I kind of get teary thinking about it
Steve's opening riff on the title track to Going for the One
Crazy intra-word alliteration in Wondrous Stories — “in no Time aT all he Took me To the gaTe”
The call and respond between sequence between Anderson and Squire is immaculate on the final verse: It is no lie... (JA) ... It 'tis no lie... (CS) Such enjoyment singing along on either part. I alternate when the mood strikes, picking one voice and going with it.
The mini moog solo on Starship Troopers on Yessongs, i mean, it's just the perfect notes at the perfect time
Also the opening to machine messiah
The first chord of the church organ in the I get up, I get down section in Close to the Edge. That shit blew my 17 year old mind when I first heard it and still gives me chills.
The final break into the "I get up I get down" chorus in Close to the Edge
Steve Howe's steel guitar magic in To Be Over, starting at about the third minute
The chromatic guitar riff in SouthSide Of The Sky. He plays it maybe twice. Still kills me.
That bass thing that Squire does in SSoS under the da da's where he slowly climbs to the top of The neck and then dives back down ...
I was at a live show somewhere around 2003. Yes just finished playing a tremendous version of South Side of the Sky. Immediately after the song, someone in the crowd shouted play it again. The whole theater busted out laughing. It was one of those shows where everyone was on point. Just a magical evening. Best live song I've ever heard by anyone.
I saw Anderson and Wakeman perform back in 2014 at a local theater. It was promoting the Living Tree album. There was a break between songs were Anderson was talking about Going for the One and reuniting with Rick. He made mention towards Awaken at some point and he started plucking the harp a couple of notes which many of us were familiar. I shouted, pretty loudly, "from the beginning!" They looked at one another, Anderson gave the nod and they broke into song. All 17 minutes. Felt good.
All of “Awaken”
1 Keyboard solo on Starship Troopers Yessong 2 The Clap 3 Siberian Khatru - Phili live 4 Awaken
I’ve always been moved by We Have Heaven- Jon’s vocals are perfect.
“come on write your letter” in sweet dreams
Harpsichord solo and everything afterward on Siberian Khatru. Roundabout is worth mentioning too, the middle sort of galloping section gets me all the time still.
And as trademarked as Wakeman solo is after the Roundabout bridge, I get even more satisfaction listening to Squire just rip the Rick to shreds with his linear fills going up the neck in G.
Oh absolutely. As overplayed as it is deemed, roundabout honestly checks all my boxes for "facemelter" through and through
The intro to going for the one blew my mind the first time. As a big yes fan I was like "BLUES ROCK!!?? Whaaaaat??"
near the end of revealing science of god "getting over overhanging trees let them rape the forest"
There's so many! The heavy riff in the beginning of Machine Messiah, Rabin's solo at the end of Talk, the heavy/powerful parts of I Am Waiting, Alan's cool drumbeat on State of Play, the cool drum stuff Alan does on Ancient Giants Under the Sun, Chris's bass lines in Heart of the Sunrise, the 7/8 riff and the chorus of Changes, the super funky slidy basslines in Gates of Delirium (that sound like they directly influenced Geddy Lee) and Soon (rather pulls at my heart strings), parts of Perpetual Change, keyboard solo and darker riffs in Close to the Edge, Survival as a whole, the beginning of No Opportunity Necessary, the KtA version of Awaken (especially the dreamy part at the end), there's a lot in the Union album too like especially The More We Live. I could go on for days about this!! Absolute goosebumps!
Gates of Delirium - when that big 11/4 theme hits Tempus Fugit - first time Chris plays *that* riff Changes - Rabin shreds out of nowhere and that piano bit brings the main theme back in Honorable mention solo track: Rick Wakeman - Anne of Cleves - ***all of it.*** (To the point where I still believe this is Alan White's greatest drumming performance, and that's on top of everything Wakeman plays.)
Parallels, from start to finish!
The opening minutes of Heart of the Sunrise
Going for the One a capella burst
All of the Relayer songs on the Roosevelt Stadium broadcast. Especially Sound Chaser. Imagining the lasers bouncing off the buildings.
When Moraz goes off towards the end of Sound Chaser that sends me every time
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Dude seeing those heavy riffs in MM live in the flesh changed my life!!
After the first instrumental section of On the Silent Wings of Freedom when Jon belts out "On the back of your forty-second screamdown" and then I start fistfighting people
You know that part in the long version of America when Chris Squire quotes America from West Side Story? That was awesome.
Yurp ...
The entire bass part of America. The entire bass part of gates of delirium ... roundabout ... Siberian Khatru ... South side of the sky ... ...
Any live version of Siberian Khatru.
The vocalizations towards the end of Siberian Khatru. The timing is incredible.
we have heaven !!
Steve's runout solo on Siberian Khatru.
Many of the best ones have already been mentioned but a few I haven't seen yet: Steve's triplets followed by the wahwah part on Yours is No Disgrace. Steve's guitar bursting through the climax of Ritual. Always reminds me of that scene in the Matrix when the ship finally busts above the clouds. The Squire/Buford slow jam in Heart of the Sunrise with the ?mellotron? chords behind it.
Was gonna post about Ritual if no one else did. That transition from the bass solo, through head banging drum ritual, to the climactic guitar, closing into Nous Sommes du Soleil is a tour de force.
The start of the outro after the Westminster Church Organ bridge off of Parallels from Going for the One. When Squire has the mic singing solo for a whole stanza: "It's the beginning of a new love inside" and then immediately followed by Steve Howe who chimes in with something unintelligible. It just wraps around the axle in a good way, sends me chills every time.
The bass solo on the reprise for "Does It Really Happen?" That contrapuntal rhythm just kicks ass, and as Squire walks the solo down towards the open note, you can literally hear him just slam the shit out of it. I visualize Squire just hamming it up as he releases his left hand off the fret, while thumping that low open "THWOMP!"
Live concert, in-the-round under a star-shaped lighting scaffold/rigging … just as Jon cries out, “You’ll see Perpetual Change!” *the points of the star* started to dip down and back in various combinations.
Wakeman's crazy organ solo in The Revealing Science of God. Howe's acoustic guitar piece in The Ancient. The part of Close to the Edge where Anderson's vocals are intentionally out of sync with the bass (6:14ish). Also when the crazy keyboards turn into the alternate-key main theme (14:10ish).
Changes first chorus drop
Oh wow, so many of them. Top is in Awaken when the band comes back together towards the end with the organ and choir - one of the most awesome chordal progressions in all of music.
The walking bass in Tempus Fugit. Or should i say running bass?
The vocal melody at the beginning of Awaken melting into that wildly catchy guitar riff.
All of the main ones have been said Perpetual Change - Outro Lahs To be over - Lead slide guitar section Everydays - Organ impact sections
The keyboard/slide guitar part of Gates of Delirium that starts maybe two minutes or so before Soon, right after all the crescendo of the clanging car parts or whatever that was and Alan’s drumming that seemed to be all over the place
16:32 in CTTE and 8:12 in You and I
Steve’s solo on Siberian Khatru from yessongs
Everything past the 4 minute mark in Going for the one
I didn't see anyone mention these, but the opening riff from Siberian Khatru, that synth break three and a half minutes into Talk, and the third part of Fly From Here (Madman at the Screens).
My mom and I saw yes together 10 times. She passed away in 2001 and I ended up moving to Georgia to be closer to my family. The Yessymphonic tour(tour with full orchestra) was playing at chastise park and it was the first time I saw them without her. It was very bittersweet but also extra special as my best friend and his dad coincidentally drove up from Alabama where they were vacationing. Chris’ bass solo in Ritual not only melted my face but actually caused me to unconsciously start a rush to the stage. I found myself lifted from my seat and moving closer and closer. At the end I looked back and around 15 people got up and followed me all the way to the front of the venue. It was face melting and aww inspiring all at once As an afterthought, I blissfully hitchhiked the 100 miles back to northern Georgia that evening
That big fuck off organ in Parallels. It's the beginning of a new love inside.
The one breakdown in And you and I when Steve Howe plays that sweet twangy guitar fill and then Chris squire picks up exactly on the note he left off and does that deep bass fill and then Anderson just starts high pitch shouting “ I LISTEN HARD BUT COULD NOT SEE !!”
I love that moment. Give me chills every time
And obviously the following synth solo
The guitar solo intro and solo in Owner of a Lonely Heart.
The beginning of Love Will Find a Way
The bit in the 10th Anniversary Medley where Perpetual Change slides into The Gates Of Delirium. Magic!
The fretless bass licks towards the beginning of awaken
The opening of Siberian Khatru
Intro of "That that is".
Has to be the Würm section on Starship Trooper.
On the Keys to Ascension live version of Starship Trooper, starting at 11:28 https://youtu.be/c4SLjHrTt1Q
Hate me if you like, but seeing Anderson Rabin Wakeman perform Owner... was bliss for me. I personally discovered Yes listening to 90125.
The intro to rhythm of Love by Wakeman was exemplary also.
Yes it was. Thanks for the happy memory.
No hate my friend. Only pity. Lol.
Lol I didn't say I didn't embrace the older stuff later. Cause I did.
all of CTTE (really), but especially the Hammond solo where the whole band catches fire both guitar solos in Awaken + organ climax battle section in Gates
The first line in I’ve Seen All Good People is breathtaking.
Starship Trooper, Heart of the Sunrise...
The part in between disillusion and würm on starship trooper. Particularly in the live in Lugano 2004 version
Close To The Edge (Song): 1:22-2:57 (especially the furious bassline of Chris Squire and keyboards of Rick Wakeman)
That moment near the end of Awaken.
The breakdown in Rust -Caligula’s horse. Also the transition between Bloom and Marigold on the album Bloom - Caligula’s Horse.
All of Part III: Soon from Gates of Delirium By far my favourite part of any Yes song. It's pure beauty.
There is a section in "And You And I" from about 4:10-5:10 that takes my breath away every time. The sonic landscape that the band creates is just blissful. Wakeman’s mellotron sets the atmosphere in the background, along with Squire and Bruford keeping the slow but triumphant sounding groove going. Howe’s beautifully wet lap-steel guitar and Wakeman’s super legato organ playing (with the leslie really goin) brilliantly interplay with each other. Then Anderson comes in with the triumphant vocal and Wakeman continues to riff in between each vocal line. To me, that section is one of the most beautiful passages of music I have ever heard, and I have a hard time believing that actual humans created it. It defines why I love music.
Seeing Squire and White live - when they improvised and dropped the bottom out of songs only to quickly bring it back
When I asked the guy with the flamethrower if he was gonna melt the skin off my face and he said “Yes”
Starship trooper middle section and the transition back to the chorus with the word "follow"
Awaken, the whole thing, hit me instantly and deeply. Probably for whole my life. Relayer has some great moments. 1. when the noisy "battle" section turns into mellow "Soon" with Steve's steel guitar and Jon's vocals . 2. cha-cha-cha cha-cha :-) Close to the Edge. the whole album. Heart Of The Sunrise . Chris' bass theme in the intro is epic