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Kepler62 
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 19:04 |
I was just listening to a live version of Awaken from 2003 on Youtube and had almost completely forgotten about Going For The One. Don't know if it's because I am over familiar with Close To The Edge but I think in many ways Awaken transcends Close To The Edge. It was certainly the last great Yes composition before things began to go off the rails with the crazy lineup changes.
OK start arguing about this.
Edited by Kepler62 - May 17 2017 at 19:07
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 19:14 |
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Is there an argument to be had?
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 19:19 |
 mechanicalflattery wrote:
Is there an argument to be had? |
I know right? Awaken is the greatest song in the history of mankind
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mechanicalflattery
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 19:26 |
A_Flower wrote:
mechanicalflattery wrote:
Is there an argument to be had? |
I know right? Awaken is the greatest song in the history of mankind |
There's probably at least 15 songs by Yes alone that I prefer, but since the track gets so much praise, I'll go give it another shot, although this might be the tenth time I've done so.
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 20:19 |
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Very close (no pun intended)but I chose CTTE. GoD is actually my favorite Yes epic with CTTE next then either Endless Dream or Awaken.
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Mirror Image
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 20:36 |
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Close to the Edge without even second-guessing myself (as I sometimes tend to do). Now, if you had pitted Close to the Edge against The Gates of Delirium I would really have to just throw in the towel as I wouldn’t be able to choose.
Edited by Mirror Image - May 17 2017 at 20:38
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“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov
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Barbu
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 20:39 |
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Dellinger
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 20:43 |
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I do love both, but Awaken.
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 20:47 |
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CTTE, but all Yes epics are fantastic
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Posted: May 17 2017 at 23:06 |
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Awaken is pretty spectacular and couldn't be more different from CTTE---which says a lot about how great classic Yes is----CTTE is perfect and Awaken is near perfect and it got a lot of attention when JA said it was everything he wanted Yes to be----having said that ----CTTE is perfect. These two songs point out how second rate Yes west really is.
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prog4evr
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 00:45 |
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'Awaken,' for Wakeman's masterful piano playing, and for the work on the Swiss church organ. I must concede, however, that the Mander Pipe Organ solo on 'Close to the Edge' is a stellar part of that piece...
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 00:50 |
Kepler62 wrote:
I was just listening to a live version of Awaken from 2003 on Youtube and had almost completely forgotten about Going For The One. Don't know if it's because I am over familiar with Close To The Edge but I think in many ways Awaken transcends Close To The Edge. It was certainly the last great Yes composition before things began to go off the rails with the crazy lineup changes.
OK start arguing about this.
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Best version of Awaken is from the House Of Yes dvd. Anyway, Yes wrote plenty of good - great compositions after they wrote Awaken. "In the Presence Of" in 2003 is almost as good as anything they wrote from their classic period.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 01:45 |
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Awaken to the edge
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 02:18 |
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Close to the Edge obviously?
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 03:01 |
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Close to the Edge.
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uduwudu
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 03:30 |
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CTTE. Awaken is a good punk era number. ;)
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Blacksword
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 04:27 |
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Awaken is my favourite all time Yes track, so it get's the vote.
CTTE is also fantastic of course. Yes wrote killer epics!!
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Mormegil
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 05:12 |
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Down at the end, round by the corner
Close to the edge, just by a river
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 05:16 |
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Awakening by the Edge
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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Thatfabulousalien
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Posted: May 18 2017 at 05:16 |
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Close to The Edge of U2
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Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.
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