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Posted: March 13 2012 at 14:09

Roundabout

Yours Is No Disgrace

Parallels

Siberian Khatru

Close To The Edge

And You And I

Heart Of The Sunrise

South Side Of The Sky

Magic & Musicianship for each track

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Posted: March 17 2012 at 20:39

Picking 5,10, or 50 is hard because what makes YES stand far and above other bands is that almost all their songs are at the same extremely high level of excellence, but to comply here I will submit a list of 10.

Awaken
The Revealing Science of God
The Remembering
CTTE (Yessongs version)
Parallels
Yours Is No Disgrace (Yessongs version)
Sound Chaser
Gates Of Delirium
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
And You And I
Then (yes, I know, that makes 11 songs)

YES music is magic. Perhaps one day I can better articulate that. Suffice to say YES didn't just create progressive rock, they created their own genre, YES Music. Music like no other. Not Jazz, Not classical, not limited to progressive rock. Just YES music, it stands all by itself and the magic is self evident. YES music is full of:

Musical wonderment
Creative uniqueness
Hope, Joy & Love & Power & Intensity & Confusion & Clarity & Peace

"Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire

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Posted: March 17 2012 at 21:23

Except the whole owner of a lonely heart that song is awful. But yes is magical and awesome and madrigal haha

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Posted: March 18 2012 at 09:27

Starship Trooper

Yours is no disgrace

Heart of the Sunrise

Revealing Science of God

Close to the edge

Siberian Khatru

And you and I

Turn of the Century

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Posted: March 24 2012 at 17:29

1. Close to the Edge

2. Sound Chaser

3. Heart of the Sunrise

4. The Gates of Delirium

5. Awaken

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Posted: March 28 2012 at 19:51

And You and I
Heart of the Sunrise
The Fish
Starship Trooper
Roundabout

Jon Anderson's voice
Rick Wakeman's keyboard
Steve Howe's guitar
Bill Bruford/Alan White on the kit
Chris Squire's bass

Virtuosity and melodocism.

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Posted: March 28 2012 at 21:03

1. The Revealing Science of God
2. The Remembering
3. To Be Over
4. Ritual
5. Yours is No Disgrace

https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

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Posted: March 28 2012 at 22:57

Epignosis wrote:

1. The Revealing Science of God
2. The Remembering
3. To Be Over
4. Ritual
5. Yours is No Disgrace

This is excellent! I'd replace "Ritual" with "CTTE," but you nailed the heart of the band! Clap

(I rarely find another soul on PA who agrees with me about the excellence of "The Remembering"!)

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Posted: March 29 2012 at 16:04

cstack3 wrote:

Epignosis wrote:

1. The Revealing Science of God
2. The Remembering
3. To Be Over
4. Ritual
5. Yours is No Disgrace

This is excellent! I'd replace "Ritual" with "CTTE," but you nailed the heart of the band! Clap

(I rarely find another soul on PA who agrees with me about the excellence of "The Remembering"!)

Hey Skippy,

(Chuck)

I mentioned The Remembering in my post first.

What am I? Chopped liver???

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Posted: March 30 2012 at 00:23

cstack3 wrote:

Not much love for "The Remembering" on this thread!!

I was singing "Relayer...all the dying cry before you!" in line at the grocery & drew some odd looks!!

. I can imagine that Big smile

. And I kind of feel for you, man; I really like 'The Remembering' too.

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Posted: April 06 2012 at 17:21

1. Survival
2. Yesterday and Today
3. Roundabout
4. I See You
5. Looking Around
6. Sweetness
7. Then
8. Long Distance Run Around
9. Harold Land
10. Mood for a day

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Posted: April 07 2012 at 10:33

Starship Trooper

CTTE
Yours Is No Disgrace
And You And I

Heart of the Sunrise

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 10:27

WillisAndTheNorth wrote:

1. Survival
2. Yesterday and Today
3. Roundabout
4. I See You
5. Looking Around
6. Sweetness
7. Then
8. Long Distance Run Around
9. Harold Land
10. Mood for a day

Hi WillisAndTheNorth,

I admire all the 1st YES record stuff you have in your list. My first record was Yesterdays, and I love every song

from that record. Your top ten list does beg a question.

Have you heard?

Relayer

Close To The Edge

Going For The One

Tales From Topographic Oceans

Cheers!

"Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 11:35

WillisAndTheNorth wrote:

1. Survival
2. Yesterday and Today
3. Roundabout
4. I See You
5. Looking Around
6. Sweetness
7. Then
8. Long Distance Run Around
9. Harold Land
10. Mood for a day

It's safe to assume that you largely fell out of love with Yes when they turned into a bunch of boring old farts circa 1972 then? LOL

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 12:22

lazland wrote:

WillisAndTheNorth wrote:

1. Survival
2. Yesterday and Today
3. Roundabout
4. I See You
5. Looking Around
6. Sweetness
7. Then
8. Long Distance Run Around
9. Harold Land
10. Mood for a day

It's safe to assume that you largely fell out of love with Yes when they turned into a bunch of boring old farts circa 1972 then? LOL

@Laz:

I'm concerned they don't have any YES, more current than Fragile, down there in Texas.

"Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 12:33

dennismoore wrote:

lazland wrote:

WillisAndTheNorth wrote:

1. Survival
2. Yesterday and Today
3. Roundabout
4. I See You
5. Looking Around
6. Sweetness
7. Then
8. Long Distance Run Around
9. Harold Land
10. Mood for a day

It's safe to assume that you largely fell out of love with Yes when they turned into a bunch of boring old farts circa 1972 then? LOL

@Laz:

I'm concerned they don't have any YES, more current than Fragile, down there in Texas.

Well it is one of your more conservative states, isn't it?

Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 12:33

1. And You and I
2. The Gates of Delirium
3. Close to the Edge
4. South Side of the Sky
5. Heart of the Sunrise
6. Perpetual Change
7. Awaken
8. Starship Trooper
9. Siberian Khatru
X. Roundabout

Runners up: Turn of the Century, Long Distance Runaround, Yours Is No Disgrace, Does It Really Happen?, It Will Happen, Sound Chaser, Astral Traveller

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 15:56

1. that that is
2. close to the edge
3. heart of the sunrise
4. show me
5. long distance

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Posted: April 09 2012 at 21:51

lazland wrote:

Well it is one of your more conservative states, isn't it?

That would be an understatement. If parts of California would be the most liberal, then Texas would be the most conservative. Yet Texas has a very progressive area, which is their State Capitol, Austin. Austin is also the home of perhaps the world's finest guitar player:

Mr. Eric Johnson

Tongue

"Yeah, people are unhappy about that - but you know what, it's still Yes." - Chris Squire

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Posted: April 12 2012 at 13:44

1) The gates of delirium

2) Close to the edge

3) The revealing science of God

4) Awaken

5) Starship trooper (Yessongs)

6) Roundabout

7) I've seen all good people

8) Turn of the century

9) To be over

10) And you and I

A list that doesn't include Heart of the sunrise, The remembering, Sound chaser , Ritual, Yours is no disgrace, South side of the sky etc indicates a particularly brilliant group (IMHO)

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