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    Posted: July 23 2005 at 03:27
There is the weird thing with Yes and me. I really like the band, I have most of their seventies CDs, I think albums like CttE are fantastic, but.... for the life of me, NONE of their progressive songs stand out for me. At best they score 8/10. Great albums, but never great songs. IMHO of course. In fact, within a broader pop/rock frame work, the best Yes songs from me is the much despised Owner of a lonely heart (9/10).
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Siberian Khatru

Starship Trooper

Hearts

Close To The Edge

Heart Of The Sunrise

Nous Sommes du Soleil

Magnification

editorial: totaly forgot Gates Of Delerium, the best piece for real.

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1. Close to the Edge

2. Ritual

3. Awaken

Although pretty much anything from the period between Time and a Word and Going for the One is superb!!
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1. Heart of the Sunrise

2. Close to the Edge

3. Yours Is No Disgrace

4. Roundabout

5. South Side of the Sky

6. Starship Trooper

7. I've Seen All Good People

8. And You And I

9. Changes

10. Parallels

11. Leave It

 
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Future Times / Rejoice

I don't know why, it's just rad.
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Hard for me to pick my top ten from Yes, but like most, they are all from the Yes Album through Relayer era (two are from Going For the One though).  So I'll throw out my ten in chronological order:

Starship Trooper

Roundabout

Heart of the Sunrise

Close to the Edge

And You and I

Siberian Khatru [actually my favorite of the three CTTE pieces]

Revealing Science of God

Gates of Delirium

Turn of the Century

Wondrous Stories



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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by Retrovertigo Retrovertigo wrote:

I'm extremely partial to The Fish, that groove is sick.  Steve Howe hits so heavy in it, and so does Squire.  What are your favorite Yes songs?

I'm sure that the entire thing is played on bass by Squire.

You're right (for the studio version). I think he plays the opening harmonics on some of the live versions. Either way, I wouldn't call it "heavy". Good version on Yesspeak.
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Close to the edge and  Roundabout
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1. Close to the Edge

2. Gates of Delerium

3. The Revealing Science of God

4. Awaken

5. The Remembering

6. Ritual

7. And You And I

8. Starship Trooper (The Keys to Ascension version with the Moog/guitar duel)

9. To Be Over

10. The Ancient

11. Heart of the Sunrise

12. Perpetual Change (Yessongs version)

13. Roundabout (Keys version)

14. South Side of the Sky

15. Yours is No Disgrace

 
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1st: And You And I (It's got everything that's great about YES in one song.)

2nd: Heart of the Sunrise

3rd: Siberian Khatru (How cool is "Stanley Snail?")

4th: Wondrous Stories (Simple and Elegant)

5th: Close to the Edge (The best YES epic)

6th: Soon (edit from Gates of Delerium)

7th: Fragile (Bass heaven)

8th: Tempus Fugit (Bass heaven II)

9th: Yours is No Disgrace

10th: All Good People

 
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My top 5 YesSongs ( now that was dificult )

South Side of The Sky
(hard Rock with the most gentle piano section in the middle)

Astral Traveller
(very strange but catchy tune, reminds me of something I cant quite
explain)

Long Distance Runaround
(Jon's voice is magical and the song is perfect)

And you And I
(is this the song where Steve Howe used the portuguese 12 string guitar?
it sure sounds like one, but wonderful song anyway)

Heart of The sunrise
(like Long Distance, Jon's voice does the trick - Sharp Distance...)
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Beyond and Before, Looking Around, Starship Trooper, South Side of the Sky, Long Distance Runaround, Close to the Edge, And You and I, The Remembering, Gates, Soundchaser, To Be Over, Parallels, Awaken, GftO, Silent Wings of Freedom, Does It Really Happen? , Tempus Fugit, Owner of a Lonely Heart, It Can Happen, Cinema, Leave It, Our Song, Rhythm of Love, I'm Running, Quartet, Let's Pretend, That That Is, Mind Drive, The Ladder
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i only have 5 albums from yes so my opinion will surely change in the future about their best songs. So according to the albums i have my 5 (one from each album) favourite yes songs are:

1. Machine messiah ( Drama-my favourite album)

2. Close to the edge (close to the edge)

3. heart of the sunrise (fragile)

4. Awaken (going for the one)

5. the gates of delirium (relayer which i bought yesterday)
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I'll just post a top 3:

1. Close to the Edge (of course)

2. Heart of the Sunrise

3. The Remembering
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Awaken

Siberian Khatru

The Revealing Science of God

Gates of Delirium
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Favourite Yes song? - To Be Over

Other less obvious classics -

I am waiting

No opportunity neccessary

Release release

Perpetual change
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The Gates Of Delirium
Sound Chaser
Astral Travaller
Something's Coming
Machine Messiah
Does It Really Happen
Tempus Fugit
Close To The Edge
Siberian Khatru
Starship Trooper
Yours Is No Disgrace
Roundabout (live version from Classic Yes album1980)
Long Distance Runaround
Heart Of The Sunrise
South Side Of The Sky
Going For The One
Parallels
Future Times/Rejoice
Don't Kill The Whale
Madrigal
Arriving UFO
Onward
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
The Revealing Science Of God
Ritual
Changes
It Can Happen
Leave It
Love Will Find A Way
Rythm Of love
Themes
Brother Of Mine
Mind Drive
Homeworld
Magnification

yeah that pretty much sums it up for me
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Gates of delirium

Awaken

To be over

The remembering

Close to the edge

Endless dream
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Close to the edge, awaken, gates of delerium, and you and i, heart of the sunrise, roundabout, the revealing science of god, to be over, yours is no disgrace, siberian khatru
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No Order:

  • Yours is no Disgrace
  • Perpetual Change
  • Heart of Sunrise
  • South side of the sky
  • The whole close to the edge album
  • Gates of delerium
  • The Ancient
  • Ritual
  • Roundabout
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