Finishing off the Close to the Edge album: Yes - Siberian Khatru (REACTION)

Welp, this is one of my favorite prog albums of all time now.

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[filetknife]

Two more bangers : "Heart of the Sunrise" and "Yours is no Disgrace" !

[ramonarellano]

The people who likes Yes is actually very educated people, I've seen them five times live and everybody was so nice, passing joints to everyone, lo, the girls are beautiful, I meant, there's nothing no to like going to a YES concert, feel a lot of nostalgia and regrets for the passing of time and knowing that I will never be able to see this special line up of Yes ever again, Jon, Steve, Chris, Rick and Bill, the greatest assemble of music genius ever to play together, yes sir.

[glenndespres]

This song is right up there with my favorite songs OF ALL BRO! Lyrics and meaning.... Jon may have said that he writes them just for the way they sound all you need to know is he is a mystic. He is always pointing others to the ultimate truth, however he can. Do not, do NOT try to take them literally. He wants your interpretation to count just as much as his own. What a joy to watch you experience this song. Gives me goosebumps. Keep on keepin’ on!

[mackeymintle]

So great to see this song pass on to at least ONE enthusiast teenager who really feels the genius of Yes!🤟🏻🤓

[deanvombrack]

Out of all the first reactors out there, your the first to make me hit the subscribe button. You my friend, are an old soul!

[garymcghee]

This track is a total gem imo. Tacked onto the end of such a masterpiece album it can get overlooked. They were absolutely flying on this.

[ZealZaddy]

The instrument is an actual harpsichord if I recall correctly. He does have meaning in his lyrics, but they are not ALWAYS meant to have a strng message. SOMETIMES they are for sound. People take that too far and assume there is nothing behind them. For instance, Khatru means "As you wish." From a Yemeni dialect in Arabic. And yes, this album has an overarching vision of reaching for enlightenment (more in an eastern philosophy sense). And Howe even plays an electric sitar solo in this song.

[thegreypigeon]

I always just sang the lyrics... dont think too much .. they match the brilliant music... but well done for given the whole album a listen.. still stands up nearly 50 years on

[egyptianminor]

Two other great, classic Yes song are 1971' s 'Yours Is No Disgrace' and 1972's 'Heart of the Sunrise'. I highly recommend them.

[Frohzentine]

Congratulations! You have now finished my favorite album of all time!

[kidpoker]

Yes bass is always killing it but then again everyone in Yes is a master musician!!!! Songs are so mfing complex.... how do they even remember them

[paulvalletta]

What you hear on their studio albums, is equalled and sometime surpassed live, yessongs live album contains some of the greatest live performance ever, esp "perpetual change"

[stcif]

Would love to see you try to decipher The Revealing Science of God off of Tales From Topographic Oceans. A double album, four song venture by Yes. You might need a rest half way through, but one of my favorites.

[toshibautoob]

Next back to the Fragile album for Heart of the Sunrise.

[Biofilmz]

I always liked the intro guitar bit - not typical Steve, but great. The bass tone on this song rules. The keyboard instrument that you loved was a harpsichord - Rick Wakeman was noted for this instrument. Fun review - thanks.

[kenanthony]

I saw them a few times when I was in high school a very long time ago and they had a really cool stage setup....it was “in the round” and the stage rotated very slowly throughout the show. This was always the song they started with! Also, imagine hearing/seeing “Close to the Edge” in the round. So awesome!

[michaelyork]

This song live from Yessongs is ultra magnificent, along with the opening intro from Firebird Suite, and the treatment they give it live and the guitar work at the end takes this already
great song, and steps it up another 7 notches. Yours Is No Disgrace from Yessongs is the same, but I would suggest listening to the recorded version first then live from Yessongs.
All of the live Yessongs versions take the already great Masterworks and enhance them even further. Starship Trooper outro Wurm is one of the greatest outro guitar parts EVER.

[rtwbikerider]

On their 1972 tour, Yes would open with a tape of an excerpt of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, followed immediately by Siberian Khatru. Check out this version from their live album called Progeny.

[yeshayahuhomberger]

Sing bird of prey = guardian angel. That’s according to Jon Anderson, that was in an interview. River is a peaceful place and also about the changing process of things in life.

[SF_Bud]

One of my and many other's favorite albums of all time too and I've been listening for decades and keep up with music right up to current releases and it has stood the test of time. I would recommend going back to 'The Yes Album' and 'Fragile' for your next Yes listens before moving forward to newer stuff. In particular, "South Side of the Sky" and "Heart of the Sunrise" off of 'Fragile' are great songs and sound a more like the songs from 'Close to the Edge'. Almost every song on 'The Yes Album' is great, though a little more basic without Rick Wakeman's keyboard wizardry, but my personal favorite is "I've Seen All Good People". BTW, your question "What's that instrument?" was Rick Wakeman playing a harpsichord, a piano like instrument that actually predates the piano by ~200 years, in which the sound is made by 'plucking' the strings with a quill, instead of striking them with a felt hammer as in a piano. Those three songs are all that was on the original vinyl release, but later digital releases included a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's 'America' which was really good, nothing like the original, and they totally rocked. It was included on their first anthology, 'Yesterdays', although a different edit was used. Be well, stay safe and thanks for listening to this awesome music.
Peace from SF