Top 10 - Yes songs

Everybody could just save themselves some effort and pick up Yessongs.  None of the highly underrated Keys material, but still the best from the best.

Gates of Delirium
Roundabout
South Side of the Sky
Close to the Edge
Heart of the Sunrise
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
Awaken
Siberean Khatru
Starship Trooper
I've Seen All Good People

^ Roughly these ones in roughly this order, because I suck at Yes
(And I probably like Fragile too much and TFTO not enough)



Edited by bloodnarfer - October 10 2013 at 10:40

chopper wrote: ghost_of_morphy wrote: Everybody could just save themselves some effort and pick up Yessongs.  None of the highly underrated Keys material, but still the best from the best. Also none of Relayer, TFTO or GFTO.

My Top 3 is pretty permanent, but the rest would probably change quite regularly:

Awaken
Starship Trooper (Yessongs)
Yours Is No Disgrace (Yessongs)
The Remembering
South Side of the Sky
To Be Over
Parallels
Survival
Does It Really Happen?
Everydays

okay here it goes:

1. Close to the Edge (sorry but has always been my favorite

Firstname Lastname wrote: Honorable Mentions: The Clap

Alphabetically:

Close To The Edge
Going For The One
Hearts
I'm Running
I've Seen All Good People (Classic Yes live version)
Roundabout
Survival
That That Is
To Be Over
Yours Is No Disgrace (Yessongs version)

i think there is little injustice to machine messiah in many lists; No rating between the 10 from me (only chronological): 

Led_Rush_Floyd_2 wrote: 1. Close to the Edge 2. I've Seen All Good People 3. Roundabout 4. Yours is No Disgrace 5. Starship Trooper 6. Heart of the Sunrise 7. And You and I 8. Perpetual Change 9. Long Distance Runaround 10. Siberian Khatru I've only listened to their "prime" years- "The Yes Album," "Close to the Edge," and "Fragile"- and some of the stuff from their earlier years with Peter Banks. Although "Changes" was the first song by Yes I have ever heard and is important to me for that reason, I can tell from what others have to say that I won't care for "90125" or any of the stuff with that other guitarist, Trevor... whatever is name is. I plan on listening to "Tales from Topographic Oceans", "Relayer," and maybe "Going for the One." After I get familiarized with more of Yes, who are still one of my absolute favorite bands (along with Pink Floyd and E.L.P.), I'll update my list and write a new one in this forum (if I remember to).

So sorry you're willing to sell yourself short by dissing Rabin. I predict you really will enjoy the Grammy-winning "Cinema" (you have time; it's only a little longer than 2 minutes), and "Endless Dream", which was posted as a favorite just above. I also think that you'll find other rewarding material if you explore further.

So tired of hearing the Rabin put-downs; they're endless in Prog Archives. All he did was revive the band so that a whole new generation of fans could enjoy them. And anything that helps this band along toward possibly getting into the Rock & Roll HOF is a good thing. Which that did. Because don't many of you want others to know what a great band (and possibly by extension, progressive rock) is? That's a huge boost toward the recognition they've deserved for a looooong time. Or are you like American Conservatives who are only interested in an ideological purity of a "Golden Age" of the band in the '70's?