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Chris Squire Has Passed On..... So Sad...

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A day later and it still hurts. Yes got me through tough teenage years. They brought music to my comic & Frank Frazetta poster collecting world spent in the basement with others who dug Yes too. Their music is/was hopeful and fantastical and took us places. The music is tireless to me. It NEVER gets old. I never really considered the musicianship aspect of it until years later. Then, it was, nearly overwhelming to contemplate copping licks from their material.

I don't know why for myself, Chris Squire's death is more personal than several other players I've been into. There's just some musical quality of Yes' music that touched me very deeply...brings back that high school kid, and the hope I got from hearing things like And You And I and the knowing Yes never let you down...never got you down either.
 
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P. Aaron said:
A day later and it still hurts. Yes got me through tough teenage years. They brought music to my comic & Frank Frazetta poster collecting world spent in the basement with others who dug Yes too. Their music is/was hopeful and fantastical and took us places. The music is tireless to me. It NEVER gets old. I never really considered the musicianship aspect of it until years later. Then, it was, nearly overwhelming to contemplate copping licks from their material.

I don't know why for myself, Chris Squire's death is more personal than several other players I've been into. There's just some musical quality of Yes' music that touched me very deeply...brings back that high school kid, and the hope I got from hearing things like And You And I and the knowing Yes never let you down...never got you down either.
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Really well said. I couldn't agree more.
 
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P. Aaron said:
A day later and it still hurts. Yes got me through tough teenage years. They brought music to my comic & Frank Frazetta poster collecting world spent in the basement with others who dug Yes too. Their music is/was hopeful and fantastical and took us places. The music is tireless to me. It NEVER gets old. I never really considered the musicianship aspect of it until years later. Then, it was, nearly overwhelming to contemplate copping licks from their material.

I don't know why for myself, Chris Squire's death is more personal than several other players I've been into. There's just some musical quality of Yes' music that touched me very deeply...brings back that high school kid, and the hope I got from hearing things like And You And I and the knowing Yes never let you down...never got you down either.
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Exactly. Your whole thought sums up my feelings as well. I don't even want to think about losing 2 others who I don't want to mention, but are obvious in my avatar and personal message. Hope it is a long time...
 
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Larry McQueary said:
There's no time like the present! Fill your mind with Siberian Khatru, "Fish", Heart of the Sunrise, and Long Distance Runaround. Just for starters. I'm sure they're on YouTube.

I think one of the articles said this, and it's true: Chris had an amazing ability to harmonize his bass lines. It was more than chord knowledge and music theory. He had extremely good taste and knew what notes worked in a given tune, and they were rarely roots and fifths. His ability to do that and to hold down the rhythm on the many alternative time signatures/movements that characterize a typical Yes song, even sometimes playing counter to the guitar and keys, really was a key feature of Yes (to me, anyway).
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i will indeed check these songs out.. thank you mr. mcqueary.
 
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I'm still wiped out from losing Jack Bruce, now Chris Squire.....I'm numb.

My prayers and thoughts are with Chris' family and friends. RIP Chris. Thanks for your wonderful playing, tone, approach, singing, stage presence...thanks for the wealth of incredible music you've left us.
 
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Arthur U. Poon said:
I'm still wiped out from losing Jack Bruce, now Chris Squire.....I'm numb.
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Andy Fraser too. Tough months for British bass royalty.
(Re-)listening to a lot of Yesstuff now: while not a super fan of Squire's (no litotes, I do like him), I'm more and more convinced I wouldn't like Yes the way I do if it wasn't for his distinctive tone and approach gelling it all together.
 
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HaphAsSard said:
Andy Fraser too. Tough months for British bass royalty.
(Re-)listening to a lot of Yesstuff now: while not a super fan of Squire's (no litotes, I do like him), I'm more and more convinced I wouldn't like Yes the way I do if it wasn't for his distinctive tone and approach gelling it all together.
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Your honesty is welcome. The point is, though his style may not be for everybody, folks still admire him for him for his fundamental depth of talent and muscianship.

I was just listening to beginning "Mind Drive" from Keys to Ascension 2. That wasn't a Ric he was playing, yet it sounded like Chris. Being fundamentally a pick style player myself I am amazed listening to how even, how perfect the plectum strikes the string, how exact his fretting was to produce such an even, piano like sound. Just dead on to Alan White's tempo. Was it one take or many? I don't know. It's not only the high speed string hopping, the odd time signature ghost notes or the complicated arpeggios he pulls off with aplomb. It's when he slows down and makes you appreciate the quality of the every note that blows me away.

The other thing that blew me away was, years ago in an interview, he demonstrated how he plays the signature bass line in Roundabout. To get the hop to the next ghost note right, he reaches over the E string with his thumb. My first bass teacher would of had a heart attack if he saw me do that. Chris had a "whatever means necessary" style to get what was in his head to his hands. I will really, really miss him.:oops:
 
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Chris was a very special part of my life; we were musical brothers. He was an amazingly unique bass player – very poetic – and had a wonderful knowledge of harmony. We met at a certain time when music was very open, and I feel blessed to have created some wonderful, adventurous, music with him. Chris had such a great sense of humor… he always said he was Darth Vader to my Obiwan. I always thought of him as Christopher Robin to my Winnie the Pooh.

We traveled a road less traveled and I’m so thankful that he climbed the musical mountains with me. Throughout everything, he was still my brother, and I’m so glad we were able to reconnect recently. I saw him in my meditation last night, and he was radiant. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones.

~Jon Anderson
 
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