Going For The One

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Vintage YES rehearsal:

[Blazer]

That was GREAT, thanks for posting, I always loved Chris Squire's "Concrete mixer" tone and it seems that even when playing a Fender he achieved that.

[gweimer]

Very cool!  "Parallels" is one of my favorite Yes songs.

[uwe]

None of this is particularly difficult to play (that is my impression as a pick player at least, I find someone like Jack Bruce or John Entwistle harder to replicate from where I'm at), but it's idiosyncratic in its up-frontness. Or: Intrepid to be heard. Much of his inimitable style has to do wit the fact that he's pretty much always ahead of the beat. Don't think he would have lasted long as a bass player for a laid-back rhythm section a là Bad Company or Steely Dan!

Should be mandatory listening for young bass players today. I'm not much of a Yes-man, but Squire's lead bass playing always brings a smile on my face.

[gweimer]

One of the things I love about Squire is his knack for dropping simple bass lines into complex songs.  "Leave It" is the perfect example of that.