# Yes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683 "2006-08-07T14:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/1 "2006-08-07T14:56:25Z")
Anyone like Yes? I’ve been listening to some of their older CDs. However, Tales from Topographic Oceans was probably not the CD I should have picked for my very long drive to work this AM. Anyone have any favorites? I’m looking for both CDs and DVDs. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/2 "2006-08-07T15:02:58Z")
I actually don’t own any Yes, but like them enough that I probably should. 🙂 My mom owned Big Generator, and maybe another album or two (not all the LPs got replaced with CDs, sadly). In high school and college I played in a band with a guy who loved Yes, Rush, and some other prog bands. I ended up enjoying Rush a bit more and never bought a yes album. Whenever I hear a tune on the radio, though, I’m tempted to go out and buy a CD or two. I do get a little sick of _Roundabout_ and _Seen All Good People_ (or whatever that one is called). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/3 "2006-08-07T15:08:06Z")
I just wanted to point out that this thread is going to be somewhere in the “top-five most referenced in the sequental thread title” lists. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/4 "2006-08-07T15:20:28Z")
_The Yes Album_ _Close to the Edge_ _Fragile_ These three are the “classic” Yes albums of my youth. I can listen to them endlessly. Others that I enjoy but don’t find myself listening too as often are _Tormato_, _Tales from Topographical Oceans_, and _Going for the One_. If I had to pick a single album it would be CttE or Fragile. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/5 "2006-08-07T16:20:55Z")
In college, I did a calligraphy project that had the “Soon…” portion of the lyrics to “The Gates of Delirium” (from _Relayer_) in gold. For the background, I used the lyrics to the rest of the song in red ink on a red paper background. It took forever, but the final effect was pretty cool. I think “The Gates of Delirium” is the best of their 20-minute-plus songs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/6 "2006-08-07T16:40:41Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I just wanted to point out that this thread is going to be somewhere in the “top-five most referenced in the sequental thread title” lists. I thought this thread was going to be about [Fred Fredburger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fred_fredburger.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/7 "2006-08-07T16:41:43Z")
I first discovered them through _90125_ (“It Can Happen”, actually, not “Owner of a Lonely Heart”). When I then followed it with _Yessongs_ I had a bit of a shock, but I got into their older albums quickly enough. Their albums after 90125, however, just didn’t do as much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/8 "2006-08-07T16:46:00Z")
I love Yes…I used to have the cd with _Starship Troopers_ and _All Good People_ . Their songs are so long, though. I don’t have any Yes on my ipod because they would definitely take up a lot of room. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/9 "2006-08-07T16:55:26Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > I love Yes…I used to have the cd with _Starship Troopers_ and _All Good People_ . Their songs are so long, though. I don’t have any Yes on my ipod because they would definitely take up a lot of room. 😕 3 3-minute songs roughly equals 1 9-minute song, both in size and listening time. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/10 "2006-08-07T16:55:42Z")
Yes. I don’t think there is a good YES dvd though. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/11 "2006-08-07T17:51:28Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > I don’t think there is a good YES dvd though. I thought the **35th Anniversary Concert: Songs from Tsongas** was very good. **Symphonic Live** , a/k/a **Live in Amsterdam** , with the band augmented by an orchestra, is pretty decent as well. **Yessongs** is a fine performance by the band at their early peak, but it is murky both visually and sonically, and the DVD transfer is worse than the old VHS version. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/12 "2006-08-07T20:26:44Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/13 "2006-08-07T21:12:59Z")
_3 3-minute songs roughly equals 1 9-minute song, both in size and listening time_ But would one 9 minute song by Yes be enough? Maybe I want a larger quantity of songs of all different types. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/14 "2006-08-08T01:53:22Z")
Wow. Where to start. **Yes** has been my favorite band quite literally for decades. Sure, I listen ardently to new music, enjoy classical and blues but ahhhh, give me some Yes. Not sure I can even do a reasonable Top Ten list, except to say that in my brain, Roundabout is played out and I can go a few years without hearing it. I have quite a few bootlegs but the best hands down in a stereo soundboard mix from the LA Forum in 1978. I listen to an awful lot of my Yes music live. An \*\* denotes a live track. 1. On The Silent Wings of Freedom \*\* ( 1978 tour ) 2. Awaken 3. Heart of the Sunrise \*\* ( ABWH Tour ) 4. Starship Trooper \*\* ( Keys to Ascension ) 5. Long Distance Runaround. 6. Shoot High, Aim Low. 7. Rhythm Of Love \*\* ( 9012Live ) 8. Homeworld 9. Siberian Khatru \*\* ( Keys to Ascension ) 10. Yours Is No Disgrace \*\* ( House of Yes ) More to write, must flee, Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/15 "2006-08-08T02:05:55Z")
They played an encore of ‘Starship Trooper’ at Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena in 1979, and Howe’s guitar solo in the third part (over the three Nirvana chords!) may have been the greatest guitar solo I have ever heard in person. FWIW, I was a teetotaller then, and I have never done any drugs. When I was 19 years old, I wanted to be Steve Howe. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/16 "2006-08-08T02:21:18Z")
I’ve always enjoyed Yes. And others have covered the topic well enough so far that I won’t add much. But I do want to plug Jon Anderson’s “Olias of Sunhillow”, his solo 1976 album which for me really captured the essential spirit and lack of coherent lyrics that defined Yes and made it appealing for me. > [@](#): > > Total relating appointed close factors > of what we regard as the answer lies there, > and is one hand raised high in the dark. > > There stands Olias to outward to build a ship > Holding within all we hope to retain. > The frame will be so built to challenge the universe > clasped with the skins of the fish of the plain. > > Mastered volcano erupt with the pleasure > and sing to the power, we will sail to the East, > and all hands shall rise to the call > > DO GA RIYTAN SHA TOO RAYTAN > > GAN MATTA SHA PA > MUTTO MATTO MUTTO [http://yes.iq.pl/e/tand\_olias.htm](http://yes.iq.pl/e/tand_olias.htm) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/17 "2006-08-08T03:16:54Z")
I love Yes. One of the few bands that was continuously able to hold a candle to Pink Floyd. (And now Yes is still around and touring and sounding fantastic as recently as 2 years ago and the Floyd is splintered and moribund). I recommend the very long live album “The Keys to Ascension” for anyone not particularly familiar with their work. My favorite tracks: South Side of the Sky; Your Move; And You And I; Starship Troopers; We Have Heaven; Close to the Edge; Turn of the Century; Mind Drive; Roundabout; It Can Happen; Heart of the Sunrise. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/18 "2006-08-08T03:34:36Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > No. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/19 "2006-08-08T04:28:43Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes/367683/20 "2006-08-08T04:58:26Z")
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