best Yes song in history
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Topic: best Yes song in history
Posted By: Zap Zappa
Subject: best Yes song in history
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 15:25
| What song is it? |
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 15:37
| The Gates of Delirium. |
Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 15:45
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One of these: Close to the Edge Gates of Delirium Heart of the Sunrise
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:07
| I'd be torn between And You And I and To Be Over. Probably the former. |
Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:10
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StarShip Trooper (live version) ------------- “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~Jack Kerouac |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:11
| My personal favourite is Siberian Khatru. Sounds less complex at first than the other tracks on CTTE but after repeated listenings, for me its the track that offered them most opportunity to head in a new direction, whereas instsead we got "obese son of CTTE" in Tales. |
Posted By: Zap Zappa
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:11
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One only -
I meant one best song ever |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:15
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You can't give the best songs from any band really but from yes is would say Close to the Edge. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:24
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The problem is that Yes have done too many wonderful songs |
Zap Zappa wrote:Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:38
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CLOSE TO THE EDGE
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Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:41
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Close to the Heart of the Siberian Delirium Ritual of Awakening and I That's the greatest song ever in the history of mankind. |
Posted By: buckethead
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:44
| roundabout |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:45
wow |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:47
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 16:51
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Close to the edge, if only because it's the song that made me rediscover Yes ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 17:08
| Awaken. Their peak performance. It's Jon Anderson's favourite too. My favourite song of any band anytime. |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 17:41
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Gates of Delirium ------------- My recent purchases: 
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Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 17:53
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Posted By: herbie53
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 17:54
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Gates of Delirium ! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 18:54
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And You And I
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Posted By: Alagithil
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:05
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Hee hee. "The Fish". ------------- Life is like an avantgarde play because tuna. |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:09
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I´v Seen all good people entre otras tantas
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:09
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CLOSE TO THE EDGE! It got me into Prog! |
Posted By: ldlanberg
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:34
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"Yours is No Disgrace" is mine, by far. It was the first one I heard by them and I still play it. It's the only Yes track that I play, as a matter if fact. (I tried the others, but nothing about them had me coming back for second's). ------------- LDL |
Posted By: little_neutrino
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:46
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To me, Heart of the Sunrise, because it's brilliant and I can't do anything while listening, I just sit there and absorb the Yesness of it all, somewhat traumatised - then when Jon finally goes up at the end in "I feel lost in the city" it's too good to describe - - but the sheer genius output of Yes is clearly Close to the Edge. (Actually the sheer genius output of most rock is Close...) It's just a really well-thought out conceptualised work of amazingness. The way the themes work together and come back in the end ... ...I think I love them too much ...
(Now reread my post and where you see "Close to the Edge" stick in "Big Generator" or some other less-loved Yes album and see how little sense it makes. It's like Yessish MadLibs. Yeslibs?) |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:46
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It's gotta be Love Will Find A Way Oh wait, you said best, not which one makes you die a little inside.  Then it's Gates of Delirium of course.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 19:57
ps...Close to The Edge is the business.... |
Posted By: Shaman
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 20:01
Heart of the Sunrise
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Posted By: little_neutrino
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 20:11
Oh, it's all about the Close. Thanks for the nod. The original pic made me think "Holy crazy camera angles Batman!" |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 20:55
| Gates of Delirium on 'Yesshows'....for me.. |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: November 11 2005 at 21:10
Actually, that's the one I prefer too. Just sick. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 04:23
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CLose to the edge for me.
------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Stiefel
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 04:41
| Gates of delirium |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 04:43
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MIND DRIVE!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 05:01
| For me Heart of the Sunrise |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 05:09
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Close to the Edge or Gates of Delerium -------------  |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 05:41
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Close to the edge ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 08:18
| Awaken- the highest achievement in symphonic prog rock |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 10:40
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between Gates of Delirium and Heart of the Sunrise Yours is No Disgrace is my favorite though, but the uber-nebulous lyrics DQ it from the BEST. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 11:01
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Siberian Khatru- i just dont understand what all the fus is about over CttE ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 11:03
"Sound Chaser" for me! 
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Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 11:31
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agree ------------- We want... a shrubbery! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 11:36
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Favorite? Gates of delirium Best? Probably Close to the edge ... ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: UnderSnow
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:01
| Ritual - Live in Yesshows for me. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:34
i didnt do Yes in history 
pun stolen from Snow Dog ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:42
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^ thanks for the credit , but its not a pun...is it? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:44
^ you're right 
is it even funny ??? ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 14:45
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Posted By: Charles
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 16:20
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Between that get song and "Your's is No Disgrace"....I have a hard time picking....
Charles ------------- G'day |
Posted By: The Green Tank
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 17:44
| AND YOU AND I |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 18:05
I'd have to go with "Dangerous" from Union.  ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 18:31
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Maybe my three favourites songs are: Gtes of delirium Close to the edge Heart of the sunrise and the three best Yes songs probably are: Gates of Delirium Clos to the Edge Heart of the Sunrise ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: ChadFromCanada
Date Posted: November 12 2005 at 21:12
The former is my favourite. Admittedly, I've only heard the Close to the Edge album (have it on vinyl), Classic Yes, and Owner of a Lonely Heart. I love it though. |
Posted By: ZowieZiggy
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 06:36
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Heart Of The Sunrise
------------- ZowieZiggy |
Posted By: nimrodel
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 11:14
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oh and give love each day!
------------- We want... a shrubbery! |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 11:37
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Close to the Edge. |
Posted By: ElwoodHerring
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 11:47
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man in a white car?
Only joking - Dates of Glue-Earium it is  ------------- [IMG]http://www.herring.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/DRMkillb.JPG"> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4816930.stm - Right the Copyright Wrongs (Bill Thompson's BBC blog - essential reading!) |
Posted By: B3Brad
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 12:08
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Yours Is No Disgrace. Anything with a dirty Hammond wins me over. There's so many other great ones, America, Ritual:Nous Sommes Du Soleil, Gates Of Delirium, Close To The Edge, And You And I, Siberian Khatru.....the list goes on. It feels bad for me to raise 'Yours Is No Disgrace' above all of those. |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 12:09
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America ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: November 14 2005 at 21:14
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AND YOU AND I ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 16:27
| Siberian khatru! I'm shocked there are others that agree with me. |
Posted By: Bt-Tor
Date Posted: November 17 2005 at 00:24
| The Gates of Delirium. Big, Chaotic and Beautiful. |
Posted By: ken4musiq
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 22:24
| it's always a hard question but I'd put Perpetual Change in the wagon, mostly because of the ending where the bnad is divided into two. |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 22:45
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Roundabout sometimes, other times it's Heart of the Sunrise because of that reprise of the beautiful "We Have Heaven", best among the best of all endings. "Tell the moon don't tell the marcher!" - I love it. ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: Rising Force
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 23:44
| My personal favorites are South Side of the Sky, Heart of the Sunrise, and Sound Chaser. |
Posted By: dbp220
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 00:45
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Best Yes song? That's sort of like picking a favorite child (David, 2nd oldest). I'd have to go with The Ritual - Nous Sommes Du Soleil. So many great moments in that song. |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 00:48
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Heart of the Sunrise And You And I Starship Trooper Awaken CTTE ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 00:59
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The Gates of Delirium
A very close ahemmmmm second would be CTTE(title track). |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 01:03
That's "tell the moondog tell the march hair." I only found that out about a year or so ago on a Yes website I think. Don't worry I didn't know what it was for the longest time either. I always thought it was "tell the moon to tell the marcher." What is a moondog anyway? |
Posted By: Harold Dupont
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 01:31
| I'll go with Close to the Edge, followed by Roundabout |
Posted By: Thufir Hawat
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 01:38
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One of these:
------------- "I can't see through my eye lids" |
Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 02:47
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Heart Of The Sunrise and many others.
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 03:02
| Probably Awaken.But it may depend on my mood so it's not a definitive statement. |
Posted By: The-Bullet
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 03:04
JA really did have an English Lancastrian accent once... ------------- 
"Why say it cannot be done.....they'd be better doing pop songs?" |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 03:31
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YOURS IS NO DISGRACE ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:36
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1 Gates od Delirium 2 Roundabout 3 South Side of the Sky 4 Siberian Khatru 5 Starship Trooper 6 Turn of the Century 7 Awaken 8 Yours is No Disgrace 9 Long Distance Runaround 10 To be Over 11 Astral Traveller 12 Hearts 13 Madrigal 14 Heart of the Sunrise 15 All Good People 16 America 17 Wonderous Stories 18 Sound Chaser 19 No opportiuntity necessary No experience needed 20 Close to the Edge 21 Then 22 Sweet Dreams 23 Fish 24 The clap 25 On the Silent Wings of Freedom 26 Rejoice 27 Owner of a Lonely heart 28 Survival 29 Perpetual Change 30 The revealing science of God Hope this helps
------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:51
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Close to the Edge The Revealing Science of God
------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:55
Just listen to Yes albums and decide by your self. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: OT Räihälä
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 06:06
| Today I say Gates of Delirium. It might be CTTE tomorrow. |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 06:13
Gates of Delirium 
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Posted By: Hemulen
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 06:28
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Close to the Edge ------------- Guss |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 09:29
| HEART OF THE SUNRISE |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 09:58
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"Best" again, eh? Then it has to be "YOU AND I AWAKEN CLOSE TO THE HEART OF THE PARALLEL GATES OF STARSHIP AMERICA TO BE OVER PERPETUAL RITUAL DISGRACE." Always really liked that one! Others equally well too.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 10:11
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Awaken or Gates of Delirium |
Posted By: Rochacrimson
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 10:12
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Gates of Delirium. All band plays with some intensive force!!! ------------- Pedro Rocha |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 10:57
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Less complex, its in 17/18 time, I didn't know that was possible ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:08
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You and too many others ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:10
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Gates!!!!!! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:13
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Don't laugh then, you miserable proghole b*stards!
At least smile -- I'll pay for the stiches....
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:22
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snigger ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:28
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I don't think I can decide, I love so many... ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Erotomania
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 11:41
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close to the edge, siberian kathru, changes or starship trooper ------------- Step after step, We try controlling our fate, When we finally start living it's become too late... |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 12:35
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Best song: Owner of a Lonely Heart (ha ha!) Or maybe Lift Me Up? Or maybe Changes played live, with Jon Anderson in a short-styled hair and makeup, prancing and shimmying around the stage like an elf. Oh, the guys in Yes. Do they really take themselves seriously? They should have called it quits after the Drama album, while they still had some dignity.
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Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 12:41
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Close To The Edge ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Froth
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 13:59
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Good question, but hard to answer... i dont think Yes are the sort of band one masterwork,rather they have several milestones. My favourite songs of the earydays have to be 'No oppertunity neccessary', 'Time and a word', 'Beyond and before' and 'Something's Coming' From the mid era, I like Heart of the Sunrise, Southside of the Sky, Round About and all the tracks on CTTE After CTTE, Their best works came in the form of 'Turn Of the Century' 'Going For The one' and 'To Be Over'. If i had to choose just one it may have to be 'Turn of the Century'. |
Posted By: Chris_Kemp
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 14:38
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Perpetual Change ------------- "That's not your face...it's mine! IT'S MINE!! |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 07:34
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Close to the edge ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Kars
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 08:42
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And you and I
------------- Maybe I should de-louse this place; Maybe I should de-place this louse; Maybe I'll maybe my life away |
Posted By: laztraz
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 09:09
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Revealing Science of God
(followed by Heart of the Sunrise) |
Posted By: Page to Squire
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 09:11
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Roundabout ------------- I talk to the wind... It tells me to burn things |