Chris Squire

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In the last 2 weeks I've taken a big interest in his playing... pre 1975 stuff.

When I picked up bass, in the 70's, I immediately looked to Geddy Lee. Now I believe I see who Geddy's biggest influence has to be.

Chris' Ric bass tone is so cutting...

And after listening to "Tales From Topographic Oceans" ... been about 30 years, this has to be the blueprint for songs like "Xanadu"

Can not believe it took me this many years to see it.

 
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I've always considered him one of the "Big Three" - Squire, Lee and Entwistle.

Very cool and innovative rock player.

 
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There an interesting article in this month's ToneQuestReport. It's a tech who worked on Chris's gear. He said one of Chris's Rickenbackers pickups was broken and had extremely low output, but had a weird sound that Chris loved.

 
Have always loved Chris Squire's work. To this day, listening to the live (Yesshows) version of Gates of Delerium gives me chills.

 
Squire is awesome. His cutting bass tone was an inspiration for many that followed. And Fish Out of Water is indeed a great album (just don't go into it expecting any guitar heroics!)

-Austin

 
+1 - A big fan also. He made that Ric growl, that's fo' sho! The Yes Album is on my desert island list.

 
This thread brought back regrets over selling my Rickenbacker 4001 and caused me to waste time looking them up on eBay.

 
Another huge fan. I recently revisited pretty much the whole real Yes catalog (up to Tormato). Maybe I'm missing out, but after that it never felt like Yes to me. Anyway, "Fish Out of Water" seems a forgotten disc, though for me the playing holds up after 35 (ouch!) years. No need for out front guitar on an LP like this. Does anyone have the expanded edition CD? Do I need to own it if my vinyl is still in good shape?

 
Picked up the Rhino reissues. Have been revisiting everything from The Yes Album to Going for the One. Bruford on drums, Howe on guitar, Squire on bass were all "poll winners." Great prog-rock. Tales from Topographic Oceans seemed willfully long and a bit less radio-friendly -- no obvious singles like Roundabout. But, they played it "live" in the studio and it has its moments.

 
Chris Squire is definitely BAD ASS. In fact, that whole band in their classic period (Anderson/Howe/Wakeman/Squire/Bruford) was bad ass. And Alan White was (is) no slouch, either.

Yessongs is on my desert island disc list.

 
Michael said:
Does anyone have the expanded edition CD? Do I need to own it if my vinyl is still in good shape?
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I've got it & it's great.

The remaster is very good & there's a load of extras too - rare promo films of "Hold out your hand" & "You by my side", the US single edit of "Lucky Seven", an interview with Squire & an audio commentary by Squire, which is basically him talking over the whole album.

 
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