Just got the opportunity to listen again for the first time in ages because of the PSD !

I'm 46 years old and have never gotten myself around to enjoy Yes from the early years. I loved the album with Owner of a lonely heart' on it.

This song here is actually the first time I don't stop listening, am intrigued, want to know how it evolves. Have listened to the whole thing although it's quite a lengthy tune.

So... it can take that long - 30 years in my case - to finally feel a connection with a certain band/music.

Thanks RP fo making that possible for me      

love this song, and this whole album...



 

 westslope wrote: 

A few years ago I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. After they finished their usual show, the front man gave a little speach praising Yes and thanked them for the influence they had on his musical preference. Then he introduced a special guest...Jon Anderson. Then they performed a kickass Roundabout!

I can understand why RP doesn't play Yes often - they are not an easy listen, the meaning of the lyrics is either undecipherable or at the least very obscure, and Jon Anderson's vocal style is pretty unusual.  But man/dude, their musical talent - both the composition and execution - is unmistakable!

 bindi wrote: 
You are so right! (and just ignore the crybabies who post that moronic puking emoticon)

Thanks Bill!!  Haven't heard this in a while.  Saw them in concert way back, and they were fabulous.

 bindi wrote: 
Tell the Moon-dog, tell the March-hare
We...have...heaven...

I guess you just had to be there. Glad I was!

1971. . .it was just a few years earlier that "she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah" was kind of cutting edge - and while the fab four proved themselves later, there were  those other bands that turned us onto little snippets of Jazz, Classical music and other worlds and mindsets  like Yes, Genesis and ELP.  I can understand people not getting them, but all the puking emoticons???  Maybe you are in the wrong place. As a kid, I was blown away the first time I heard Fragile - and I am still amazed how great an album it still is. 

Um...Yes? No.

 posworld wrote: 
In the early-80s they toured for a while with a replacement singer - Trevor Horn - one of the members of The Buggles (the other member - Downes - also played keyboards on that tour). I saw them on that tour. It wasn't bad but it wasn't Anderson.

I recently saw a broadcast on satellite TV of one of their concerts from just a couple years ago. I was surprised at how well Anderson sounded on it but I think they were careful which selections they used. 

Given their many lineup changes over the years it is amazing how consistent they sound. Maybe not to quite the point of King Crimson, but getting there. 
 

Although I generally found the high-pitched singing style to be irritating and the frenzied instrumentals to be grating, I did see Yes in concert (New Haven, 1979). What was really annoying was that the singers really could not even remotely approach the notes they sing on the albums. Maybe time and age had intervened, but without the vocals being at least reasonable approximations of the upper ranges they were intending, the overall effect was not pleasing. How they might manage in 2010, I can only shudder to think.

One of the worst pieces of music on RP. Pointless.

This guy (R.I.P.) loved this song...

 Propayne wrote: 
Squire! Howe!

 westslope wrote: 

They were about to go on tour when Anderson had a respiratory problem and they had to postpone the tour. Then the rest of the band decided to get the tour going again without him (don't know why) and hired a tribute band singer. I find it very lame that they would tour without the heart and soul of the band. They are all very talented musicians yet Anderson is largely responsible for their success and over-all sound. Anderson is recovered and doing mini solo tours at this time.

What happened to Jon Anderson?

What a shame they cheesed out and are currently touring with a sound-alike replacement for the brilliant Jon Anderson.

No more Yes - I just can't take it! Awful!

 Saliby_Br wrote: 

In outer space, no one can hear you ralph...

More Yes Please

It's a nice world when it's filled with Yes songs you don't (or can't) remember...

I'm a happy camper now

Bruford!!!

 SmileOnADog wrote: 
I double dog amen that!

Yessss, this song kicks assss...

 

Best bass and melotron intro anywhere....lol

 westslope wrote: 
This is from 1971 after all, before Zappa really got his stride and was handing the Black Page to auditioning drummers.  Yes never really got any better than this.  Zappa, though, just kept getting better and better