Chris Squire The Route To Glory
The Bruford Years Chris and Bill made six albums together culminating in his solo album "Fish Out of Water", the latter was recorded three years after Bill had left Yes, an interesting statement about their artistic relationship. They both have said see they saw their relationship as one created out of musical differences. What I see is a substantial meeting of musical minds both determined not to be shackled by the orthodox principles of the rock rhythm section. Once they really got up a head of steam and found their own vocabulary on a piece like "Long Distance Runaround" they made Yes sound like an electric string quartet. The rhythm and momentum of the piece comes from all the players short runs, staccato bursts and melodic interjections were as likely to come from Chris's Bass as Ricks keyboards. It gave the music a lightness, warmth and colour and sense of joy that can often be missing from a more sexually driven, angst ridden rock and roll perspec