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Melomaniac 
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 Posted: April 30 2013 at 07:48 |
Gates of Delirium. Easily my favorite Yes song ever, among my favorite prog epics, featuring great work by every musician (White's best drumming ever is on this album). Every part to this song is just perfect. Damn, wish I had it on my mp3 player, I'd lisen to it right now !
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Earthmover
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 08:10 |
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I like how Gates is beating CttE so far.
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MFP
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 08:45 |
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Gates of Delirium
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progbethyname
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:02 |
 Blacksword wrote:
Metalmarsh89 wrote:
Hmm, Revealing Science of God.
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I'm with you guys on this one. Absolutely. My favourite easy. Gates of Delerium would be second.
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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progbethyname
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:05 |
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Revealing science of god. Easy.
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 12:10 |
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GoD
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fudgenuts64
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 13:11 |
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Tales for me, RSOG
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Moogtron III
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 14:43 |
mister nobody wrote:
I like how Gates is beating CttE so far. |
Me too. I voted Gates. After that I would vote for the four TFTO epics in I don't know which order. I definitely like CttE, but it's my least favourite epic of the six that are mentioned in this poll.
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Libor10
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 17:48 |
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Tales Side 1 is it.
After CttE the second one epic was Revealing Science (well, the whole Tales double album). I like CttE and Delirium :-) though but for some strange reason I'll always love the Tales the most. I remember how I was overwhelmed then with Topographic Oceans - you see, 4 LP sides and 4 songs?? What the heck... But it stays for me the most lovely record from Yes till these days...
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 18:11 |
Libor10 wrote:
I remember how I was overwhelmed then with Topographic Oceans - you see, 4 LP sides and 4 songs?? What the heck...
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I had an older friend who was a Yes maniac and at the time, I'd already bought CttE and Relayer. One day we were going somewhere in his car (equipped with the most modern 8 track tape car stereo available in 1975  ) and he put on side 2 of Tales. When it got to the part where Jon sings "Relayer..." I thought it was the coolest thing that they sung the title of their next album.
Soon after, I remember buying it...4 sides and 4 songs, surely this was the most extreme prog masterpiece ever recorded! At the very least, I was so excited to be spending every waking hour of the next couple of months getting into the whole thing that I could barely sleep that night!
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twosteves
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 18:25 |
It's nice that Gates is winning---it is soooo popular among the die-hard fans--which is why it's too bad my dream of bringing back Moraz for a tour will never happen  ---to play the whole album--plus his live playing of Ritual was better than Wakeman's studio version IMO----
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JaySpiral
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 19:01 |
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I'm surprised, but glad to see The Gates of Delirium in the lead!
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Progosopher
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 19:32 |
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The Gates of Delirium always sends me right through.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 19:51 |
twosteves wrote:
It's nice that Gates is winning---it is soooo popular among the die-hard fans--which is why it's too bad my dream of bringing back Moraz for a tour will never happen---to play the whole album--plus his live playing of Ritual was better than Wakeman's studio version IMO---- |
I know it's probably "Yes Blasphemy" but I've never been a big Wakeman fan & I much prefer Moraz.
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Earendil
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Posted: April 30 2013 at 20:10 |
CTTE.
On Relayer, I think Sound Chaser and To Be Over are both better than Gates of Delirium.
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The Mystical
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 00:20 |
1. The Revealing Science of God2. Close to the Edge 3. The Gates of Delerium
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I am currently digging:
Hawkwind, Rare Bird, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Khan, Iron Butterfly, and all things canterbury and hard-psych. I also love jazz!
Please drop me a message with album suggestions.
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richardh
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 01:51 |
Gates is probably my favourite epic by Yes. Yes have 3 of my top five (CTTE and Ritual being the others ,KE9 and Suppers Ready make up the top five)
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Svetonio
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 01:55 |
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Gates of Delirium is THE best Prog epic.
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chopper
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 06:56 |
JaySpiral wrote:
I'm surprised, but glad to see The Gates of Delirium in the lead! |
I'm surprised as well, I would have expected CTTE to walk this considering the album is 28 places above Relayer in the PA chart (at the time of writing). I assume it's the genius of And You And I that is responsible then.
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: May 01 2013 at 07:31 |
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CttE is an indefinable masterpeice. Delrium has to come close though as it brims over with inventive brilliant musicianship.
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