# Name Your Top 5 YES Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661 "2016-04-19T17:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/21 "2016-04-20T03:18:40Z")
No particular order: A Venture Perpetual Change South Side of the Sky Heart of the Sunrise Siberian Khatru ---
**Author:** ![EBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@EBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EBird)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/22 "2016-04-20T03:44:58Z")
No order: Long Distance Runaround Time and a Word Close to the Edge Yours is No Disgrace Heart of the Sunrise ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/23 "2016-04-20T07:44:57Z")
On the Silent Wings of Freedom Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soliel) The Gates of Delirium Close to the Edge Awaken ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/24 "2016-04-20T15:03:22Z")
Not ranked, because it’s like choosing favorite children: Starship Trooper South Side of the Sky Long Distance Runaround Tempus Fugit Owner of a Lonely Heart (yes, I know, that may make me an apostate, but I love that song) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/25 "2016-04-20T15:22:43Z")
Yours is No Disgrace And You and I Roundabout South Side of the Sky Heart of the Sunrise ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/26 "2016-04-20T16:45:17Z")
- South Side of the Sky - Heart of the Sunrise These 2 are like classical music, marvelously composed and arranged. I really dig Bruford’s drums in these 2 pieces. The snare/high-hat work is exemplary in the opening movement of HotS. - America It’s not just a cover, it’s a dynamic interpretation of a great classic. And isn’t Bill Bruford a genius? It does go on just a wee bit too long, though. - We Have Heaven In a word; unique. This one was much tougher, but i’m going with “Long Distance Runaround/The Fish”. I love the opening sequence and the quick break after the fourth _goodbye_. Squire makes my ears dance each time I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/27 "2016-04-20T17:09:55Z")
Leave It And You and I Wonderous Stories Starship Trooper Hold On ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/28 "2016-04-20T17:09:59Z")
> [@somepumpkin](#): > > - America > It’s not just a cover, it’s a dynamic interpretation of a great classic. And isn’t Bill Bruford a genius? Trivia note: Bill Bruford plays the Mellotron on this track. He also plays bongos run through a wah-wah pedal, which can be heard towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/29 "2016-04-20T17:48:37Z")
My top 3 are “Starship Trooper”, “Perpetual Change” and “Yours is No Disgrace”. #4 would probably be “And You and I”… #5 is harder. “Heart of the Sunrise”, I guess, although there are several others that are about at the same level. I think “I’ve Seen All Good People” is great but I’ve heard it more than enough. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/30 "2016-04-20T17:54:28Z")
In my teens, my uncle took me to see The Roundabout tour with that revolving center stage. It was my first concert and I’d never heard of Yes before. Obviously I wasn’t a fan then, nor since. But I never forgot the concert or the stage. The entire time I was waiting for the show to end while trying to figure out how long the cables must have been and how they kept them from tangling under the revolving stage. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/31 "2016-04-20T18:38:36Z")
And You and I Your Move South Side of the Sky Turn of the Century Starship Trooper ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/32 "2016-04-20T19:08:16Z")
And You and I Future Times Heart of the Sunrise Starship Trooper Wondrous Stories ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/33 "2016-04-20T19:10:57Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Trivia note: Bill Bruford plays the Mellotron on this track. He also plays bongos run through a wah-wah pedal, which can be heard towards the end. About two years ago, Jon Anderson did an Unplugged/Storytellers type show here in Austin. He opened with a stripped down, faithful cover of “America” as done by Simon & Garfunkel. I normally like the pomp of prog rock, but in this case… Anderson’s simpler version was better than the Yes version. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/34 "2016-04-20T20:22:27Z")
Is it OK to include songs from 90125? Not my favorite album, but I love listening to it. It was my first Yes album, I bought it when [Owner of a Lonely Heart](http://www.amazon.com/90125-YES/dp/B00009Z570/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461183331&sr=1-1&keywords=Owner+of+A+Lonely+Heart#customerReviews) was a hit. The rest of the Yes catalogue made me a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/35 "2016-04-20T23:45:41Z")
Five _least_ favorite would be much easier… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/36 "2016-04-21T00:45:09Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > That’s a really interesting choice. A lot of people dismiss the solo tracks on _Fragile_ (especially Rick Wakeman’s Brahms adaptation, which was a substitute for an original composition that couldn’t be used for contractual reasons, and which eventually turned up on Wakeman’s solo album _The Six Wives of Henry VIII_, and don’t you hate it when someone inserts a run-on parenthetical remark that’s ten times longer than the actual sentence it comments on?). I always thought they were rally cool, myself, and the \*idea \*of giving everyone a solo track was cool as well. I’m a big fan of those tracks too. Just not enough to make the top 5. > [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Is it OK to include songs from 90125? Not my favorite album, but I love listening to it. It was my first Yes album, I bought it when [Owner of a Lonely Heart](http://www.amazon.com/90125-YES/dp/B00009Z570/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1461183331&sr=1-1&keywords=Owner+of+A+Lonely+Heart#customerReviews) was a hit. The rest of the Yes catalogue made me a fan. I did. I really like Hold On. It’s a good solid album just not like most of their other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/37 "2016-04-21T00:47:12Z")
All of mine have been mentioned except [Mood for a Day](http://youtu.be/da-EtU2UdTw). As gorgeous now as it was 45 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661/38 "2016-04-21T02:13:09Z")
Close to the Edge Roundabout Going for the One Don’t Hunt the Whale Tempus Fugit Although my iTunes playlist shows Going for the One Roundabout [would think I heard that on the radio too often] Tempus fugit Close to the Edge Future Times/Rejoice [one more play than Don’t Kill the Whale] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-yes-songs/752661.md?page=1)