Las doce mejores canciones del rock progresivo. 1: "Close to the Edge"
Finalmente la número uno. La que seguramente sea más emblemática. La mejor canción del rock progresivo de todos los tiempos: "Close to the Edge" del grupo inglés Yes. Justamente el álbum homónimo es considerado como el más representativo del progresivo, siendo un hito para el rock de la década de 1970. De hecho las otras dos canciones del disco, "And You And I" y "Siberian Kathru" están también entre las mejores de este género. Igualmente en este top podrían estar otra media docena de canciones, pero
Yes es una banda que sigue activa después de 45 años y 20 discos en estudio (este 2014 lanzó "Heaven and Earth"), y que además de una identidad gráfica y visual fuerte -Roger Dean ha sido el artista que más les ha definido, a pesar de que también han pasado por muchos otros estilos visuales- tiene un sonido reconocible, con todo y que por sus entrañas han desfilado 15 distintos integrantes. Sin embargo la formación de esta obra de 1972 es seguramente la más representativa. Sobre Yes hay muchísimas opiniones y comentarios puesto que es una agrupación que ha hecho cambios y se ha enfrentado a los momentos históricos de forma particular, pero que no por ello ha dejado de tener éxitos y seguidores. Dentro del rock progresivo se estima que sus discos claves van desde 1970 hasta 1977, con seis discos fundamentales, algunos bastante polémicos.
"Close to the Edge" ("Cerca del borde") es una canción de poco más de 18 minutos que está estructurada en cuatro partes, que si bien son perfectamente reconocibles, dan juntas una sensación de continuidad que hace a la pieza completamente unitaria. Si bien las voces juegan un papel fundamental (además de las letras de Jon Anderson, que son complejas y en algunos casos surrealistas), la variada instrumentación es la que proporciona ese feeling sinfónico que es tan característico del progresivo. Guitarras agresivas, teclados intensos, una sección rítmica compleja y el virtuosismo de los cinco músicos hace de esta obra un ejemplo perfecto del género. Se pasa por zonas musicales duras, por órganos etéreos, por voces celestiales y percusiones abrumadoras en una secuencia compositiva compleja que no obstante se comprende como un todo, con un principio, un desarrollo y un fin que casi se hace circular. A continuación están entonces los enlaces respectivos y el video musical con la mejor canción progresiva de todos los tiempos.
MÚSICOS:
Jon Anderson / voz líder
Chris Squire / bajo, coros
Rick Wakeman / teclados
Bill Bruford / batería, percusión
Steve Howe / guitarras, coros
Sitio web oficial: http://www.yesworld.com/
El disco en "Progarchives.com": http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=1827
LETRA:
[I The Solid Time Of Change]
A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
And taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour
And assessing points to nowhere, leading every single one
A dewdrop can exalt us like the music of the sun
And take away the plain in which we move
And choose the course you're running
Down at the end, round by the corner
Not right away, not right away
Close to the edge, down by a river
Not right away, not right away
Crossed the line around the changes of the summer
Reaching out to call the color of the sky
Passed around a moment clothed in mornings faster than we see
Getting over all the time I had to worry
Leaving all the changes far from far behind
We relieve the tension only to find out the master's name
Down at the end, round by the corner
Close to the edge, just by a river
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
Now that it's all over and done
Now that you find, now that you're whole
[II Total Mass Retain]
My eyes convinced, eclipsed with the younger moon attained with love
It changed as almost strained amidst clear manna from above
I crucified my hate and held the word within my hand
There's you, the time, the logic, or the reasons we don't understand
Sad courage claimed the victims standing still for all to see
As armoured movers took approached to overlook the sea
There since the cord, the license, or the reasons we understood will be
Down at the edge, close by a river
Close to the edge, round by the corner
Close to the end, down by the corner
Down at the edge, round by the river
Sudden cause shouldn't take away the startled memory
All in all, the journey takes you all the way
As apart from any reality that you've ever seen and known
Guessing problems only to deceive the mention
Passing paths that climb halfway into the void
As we cross from side to side, we hear the total mass retain
Down at the edge, round by the corner
Close to the end, down by a river
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
[III I Get Up, I Get Down]
In her white lace, you could clearly see the lady sadly looking
Saying that she'd take the blame
For the crucifixion of her own domain
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
Two million people barely satisfy
Two hundred women watch one woman cry, too late
The eyes of honesty can achieve
(She would gladly say it amazement of her story)
How many millions do we deceive each day?
(Asking only interest could be layed upon the children of her domain)
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
In charge of who is there in charge of me
(She could clearly see the lady sadly looking)
Do I look on blindly and say I see the way?
(Saying that she'd take the blame
For the crucifixion of her own domain)
The truth is written all along the page
(She would gladly say it amazement of her story)
How old will I be before I come of age for you?
(Asking only interest could be layed upon the children of her domain)
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
[IV Seasons Of Man]
The time between the notes relates the color to the scenes
A constant vogue of triumphs dislocate man, so it seems
And space between the focus shape ascend knowledge of love
As song and chance develop time, lost social temp'rance rules above
Ah, ah
Then according to the man who showed his outstretched arm to space
He turned around and pointed, revealing all the human race
I shook my head and smiled a whisper, knowing all about the place
On the hill we viewed the silence of the valley
Called to witness cycles only of the past
And we reach all this with movements in between the said remark
Close to the edge, down by the river
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by
Now that it's all over and done
Called to the seed, right to the sun
Now that you find, now that you're whole
Seasons will pass you by
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
I get up, I get down
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