The Remembering vs The Ancient
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Topic: The Remembering vs The Ancient
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Subject: The Remembering vs The Ancient
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 13:47
| With the observance of the TFTO 50th anniversary, it seems there's so much love for "Revealing Science of God" and "Ritual", but not these two. Anyone prefer these two? |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 14:07
The Forgetting (Low the Memory). I only remember the two Topographic Oceans songs which aren't in the poll. 
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 14:22
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The Remembering is my favorite song on the album ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 14:32
| The Remembering (High the Memory) |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 15:37
| Not really. I love them both. |
Posted By: Error Code 864G
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 15:54
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I like The Remembering (High the Memory) more ------------- A Human Being, Existing. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 16:29
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The Ancient. ------------- 
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 17:38
| The Ancient my favorite of the famous-4 |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 17:40
One of my old friends who did not like prog and still doesn't once called it .. Tales from Soporiphic Ocean 
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Posted By: Run Home Slow
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 20:40
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The Ancient for the acoustic part, but all four songs are perfect. ------------- If you got ears, you gotta listen — Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 02:23
The Remembering (High The Memory) 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 05:05
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The Ancient, by a mile... (the first 2/3, anyways) FINALLY something (then-)new to the Yes catalogue. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 07:08
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IMHO, "The Remembering" is the least attractive of the album's four epics. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 14:17
| The Ancient |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 14:51
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The Ancient, no doubt. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 22:14
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"The Remembering" is one of the greatest underappreciated Yes songs of all time. "The Ancient" I feel serves as an appropriate psychedelic bridge between what comes before and what comes after, but it has never drawn me in the same way.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 10 2023 at 10:20
Me too. I've grown to like The Ancient more over the years although I could do with a bit less of Howe's guitar soloing, tbh.
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Frets N Worries wrote:Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 05:03
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The Ancient. I get a nut sleep from orange space drink. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: December 16 2023 at 11:57
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"The Ancient", especially the last third with Howe's acoustic solo accompanied by Anderson's voice, superlative. ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: felonafan
Date Posted: December 16 2023 at 13:08
| love both |
Posted By: felonafan
Date Posted: December 16 2023 at 13:15
| voted for The Remembering |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: December 16 2023 at 18:12
| The Ancient |
Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: January 16 2024 at 09:52
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A perfect tie???? Since when does that happen? There must be much more than 28 people on this site (above and beyond the "I can't decide" voters) with this album in their collection.
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: January 16 2024 at 09:54
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People must not like The Remembering very much to have it tied with The Ancient. Don't get me wrong, I love 'The Ancient' but the remembering is leagues ahead. (The Whole album is Yes's best, not a single bad moment across the entire thing!) ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 20 2024 at 20:17
| I like the name The Ancient, Giants Under the Sun much better. Is that enough to vote for it? |
Posted By: Magog2112
Date Posted: January 20 2024 at 22:34
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I love the "Leaves of Green" section of "The Ancient (Giant Under the Suns)," but "The Remembering (High the Memory)" in totality is stronger, in my opinion. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 21 2024 at 09:08
| Good poll. The Remembering repeats itself too much imo. I voted for Ancient. |