Name Your Top 5 YES Songs

Cafe Society
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No particular order:

A Venture
Perpetual Change
South Side of the Sky
Heart of the Sunrise
Siberian Khatru

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No order:
Long Distance Runaround
Time and a Word
Close to the Edge
Yours is No Disgrace
Heart of the Sunrise

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On the Silent Wings of Freedom
Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soliel)
The Gates of Delirium
Close to the Edge
Awaken

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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)

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Yours is No Disgrace
And You and I
Roundabout
South Side of the Sky
Heart of the Sunrise

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  • 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.

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Leave It
And You and I
Wonderous Stories
Starship Trooper
Hold On

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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.

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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.

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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.

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And You and I
Your Move
South Side of the Sky
Turn of the Century
Starship Trooper

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And You and I
Future Times
Heart of the Sunrise
Starship Trooper
Wondrous Stories

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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.

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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 was a hit. The rest of the Yes catalogue made me a fan.

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Five least favorite would be much easier…

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I’m a big fan of those tracks too. Just not enough to make the top 5.

I did. I really like Hold On. It’s a good solid album just not like most of their other stuff.

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All of mine have been mentioned except Mood for a Day. As gorgeous now as it was 45 years ago.

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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]