Yes: The TEN GREATEST Songs
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2024
- Yes are a band with many line up changes and a rich back catlogue of intricate and luxurious music. And this is a list of TEN SONGS I thik are their very best.
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I love 90125 for purely sentimental reasons: I stayed up all night listening to this album with a boy I liked when we were “just friends” or so I thought. Turns out if you stay up all night listening to Yes albums with a boy you like you’ll end up marrying him. That was 15 years ago 🧡
Will have to give that a try! 😻
Tales from Topographic Oceans. 32 years ago.
Good for you guys
I played this album in Bed sit once we eventually found out
The Yorkshire ripper lived in the house.
The Lady? , I lived with left me when I was funding a new build.House.
Funny old world
Good song though
😊🏴☠️
90125 is an excellent album😊
I read at the time Going For The One came out that the church weren't too happy about a rock musician playing their organ. Then Wakeman sat down and started to play...
Vevey is an example
"And you and I"will always be my favorite! For some reason it reminds me of sitting in a great forest with a beam of sunlight coming down through all that green!
Geddy Lee: “Jon Anderson had such a clear, beautiful voice that could be rock when it needed to be. (Also) soulful when it needed to be."
Asked to name the song that makes him weep when speaking to Classic Rock in the same 2020 piece, Geddy Lee revealed that it was this classic song by the English prog pioneers. Explaining that it’s a “combination” of nostalgia and sonic magnificence that forces his tears ducts open, he said: “‘And You and I’ by Yes is so beautiful, especially when I listen to it now. The combination of nostalgia and pure sonic beauty is pretty moving.” - Far Out Magazine
I generally agree. I would stick heart of the sunrise in there somewhere.
That's right! I would have swapped out Starship Trooper
Must have on every Yes top 10 imho
@@manhorse6601 But which one to swap out?? Starship?? Don't make me choose 😬
@RogueReplicant Ooh, toughest question in my last 20 years man! Let me think and sleep some for the best possible correct answer!
@@manhorse6601 Yeah, sleep on it 👍
I am a lifelong Yes fan. For me, Awaken and Revealing Science of God have a special place in my heart because of having seen them performed live. Revealing Science was on the Open Your Eyes tour in 1997. Awaken was on the Ladder tour in 1999. Both were performed on the 2002 tour. That one was even more special because it was the classic Anderson, Squire, Howe, Wakeman, White lineup. All three are shows I will never forget!
I saw the 2002 tour and Awaken made most people near me cry buckets..! Will never forget that moment...they were on fire that tour....
@@AndrewSmith-sm7de Agreed!
Yours is no disgrace would be in my top 5
This is absolutely one of their best. It is the epitome of Prog.
Might be my number one.
I can remember the first time I heard 'And You And I' back in the 70's. I was hypnotised. Today, over 50 years later, when the intro with the acoustic guitar starts, I am still taken on a hypnotic journey.
90125 is how i discovered Yes. I especially loved "Leave It" and "It Can Happen".
Great. It’s a fantastic album 😊
I've been with YES since the Yes album was introduced as a new release on the radio. That was the first time I heard what a bass player could mean. Then, very high on LSD, Starship Trouper became my favorite, to this day. A Rickenbaker brings to light what's inside the bass player :))
Anyway, yours is no disgrace
Great list, but my absolute no1.... is Turn of the Century.... tearjerker! Just love this channel Sir!
Ah nice list. I would have added a track from my favorite Yes album, perhaps a bit heretical, Drama. Machine Messiah or Into the Lens are top 10 for me. Always enjoy your offerings! Cheers!
Not heretical at all, my friend! Love Drama. Agreed…as Machine Messiah would most assuredly be in my top 10. Into the Lens and Tempus Fugit would be on the honorable mention list. Best….
Big Drama fan here too...saw them play most of it with Benoit David a few years back on the Fly from Here tour...superb night..!
1.Yours is no disgrace
2.Soon (single edit)
3.Heart of the sunrise
4.The revealing science of God
5.Starship trooper
6.Close to the Edge
7.The remembering
8.Roundabout
9.Wonderous stories
10.And you and I
spot on
Yours Is No Disgrace, Long Distance Runaround, Starship Trooper, Roundabout, Siberian Khatru, Going For the One, Owner of a Lonely Heart, It Can Happen, Changes, Love Will Find a Way,
Nice balance of the Rabin and Howe eras. Have you enjoyed Talk?
I just bought the album a few weeks ago. I’ve only heard it once but I liked it.
Much better list than in the video!
It Can Happen is my favorite from 90125 and my choice for the most underrated song of theirs.
I think "Love Will Find a Way" is GREAT song!
Just bought my mate going for the one on vinyl. He’s 66 and never heard it b4 . Now he’s enthralled
A wonderous story. :-)
@@classicalbum😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Spot on with "And You and I". Takes me back to my university days and playing it with my girlfriend who's been my wife for nearly 48 years. Finding a girl who was into prog rock in the early '70s was rare.
HAHAHAHAHA "all mullets and chinos"
Well done sir, well done!
Great choices all.
Changes is a classic 💋💯💯
Siberian Khatru has always been my favourite Yes track.So much so that back in the 80's I extended the wonderful outro to this track by just repeating it a few times.This was on cassette tape!!So my version of the track lasted about 20 minutes.Another outro that I really like is on ' Red Lake' by Lake from around "78.
Maybe a review of brilliant outros? To me, they are one of the reasons why you don't want a track to end.
1. Close to the Edge (Yessongs version)
2. Yours is no Disgrace (Yessongs)
3. Perpetual Change (Yessongs)
4. The Revealing Science of God
5. Starship Trooper (Yessongs)
6. The Remembering
7. And You and I
8. Heart of the Sunrise (Yessongs)
9. I've Seen All Good People (Yessongs)
T10. Gates of Delirium
T10. Roundabout (Yessongs)
Grew up on Yessongs, so all of those versions are what sound "proper" to me, though the studio version of And You and I is undoubtedly better. Love the Yes of flying improvisation and interstellar trips, which is borne out in the nature of my list.
The Remembering is a deviation from an orthodox list--its self-referentiality and portrayal of ideal, primordial worlds has always spoken to me. Siberian Khatru just misses out.
Awaken, which would take its place on a more standard "classic" list, has never done it as much to me for some reason, despite repeated attempts.
At 23, Yes is my favorite band, my only tattoo, and my love for them will never cease.
When I agree with every one of your entries here Barry, the wonder is the number of songs I thought of which didn't make it. That's part of what makes Yes head and shoulders! Thank you so much for your worthy critiques of this wonderful band.
Great job sir! This is so well spoken and reviewed - hard to believe it's not being recited from a script you wrote. This is a perfect example of why I tune in. On the subject material, isn't it interesting that Wakeman is such a presence in this band yet he only appeared on 3 of the original albums (before leaving and returning)? And another point: isn't it odd that unlike most of Roger Dean's covers, "Close to the Edge" is simply an intricate color bleed? I never quite understood what they were going for in an essentially 'blank' cover, whereas the rest is spaceships, bubbles and teetering desert motifs?
For every 200 comments to this video Barry, you're going to get 200 lists. I quite liked 90125 in the day but I can't have that anything from it would make it into my top 10. For what it's worth here's mine. I agreed with you on a lot though.
1 Awaken
2 And You and I
3 The Gates of Delirium
4 Starship Trooper
5 South Side of the Sky
6 Machine Messiah
7 Siberian Khatru
8 To Be Over
9 Parallels
10 On The Silent Wings of Freedom
Nice list. Mine is more Rabin era Yes.
1. The Endless Dream from Talk
2. Hearts from 90125
3. State Of Play from Talk
4. Hold On from 90125
5. Love Will Find A Way from Big Generator
6. I've Seen All Good People from The Yes Album
7. And You And I from Closer To The Edge
8. Owner Of A Lonely Heart from 90125
9. Don't Kill The Whale from Tormato
10. Machine Messiah from Drama
Endless Dream is the most underrated Yes song.
@@mikenicholson7465Talk is such an underrated album. My favorite Yes album. I can't wait for the 30th box set to come out next month
Endless Dream is superb and as good as anything they ever recorded....If your a Rabin fan he has some nice contributions on Union...which is also underrated...
I'd put To Be Over, Final Eyes, The More You Live (Let Go), America, Parallels, Onwards, and some others. Perhaps a top 15 list would do.
Thank you for the video. Excerpts from the songs would make the whole thing more exciting and lively in my humble opinion...God bless.
Great to hear some of our favourite Yes tracks made it into your top 10. Specifically a track from The Yes Album a work which still stands up well after all this time!
No 1 has been and always will be Awaken. I’m open to discussion on this and find this list thought provoking but awaken tingles my spine just like echoes , Tarkus, suppers ready and Larks tongue. Kicking out Moraz and bringing back a rejuvenated, poverty stricken Wakeman really worked for them and created musical magic. It’s lightning in a jar for me.
For me Close to the Edge was the best.
Jon and Todmobile performed Awaken back in 2013 and the arrangement was phenomenal.
Awaken always top 3 for me often top 1
Great choices Barry, my only differences would be Ritual instead of Starship Trooper, despite Wakemans moaning, Ritual contains one of the best melodies ever put to record. Sound Chaser for Changes would be the other one, despite Changes being the best song of Rabins era (even though it sounds like the Police in places). Sound Chaser is a perfect melding of jazz rock and prog and is also the first song I ever heard live, way back in 1976, so I'm a bit biased 😉.
Hey Barry... I can't argue about anything on your list, love them all... My number one is Yours Is No Disgrace. Other favorites are On The Silent Wings Of Freedom, Shoot High Aim Low, Survival and Then.
I knew it! I knew you'd put "And You And I" at #1. Such an incredible song, so full of emotion and so grand.
Another wonderful video, sir…no doubt incredibly difficult with the innumerable gems this wonderful band has recorded over the years. Really can’t argue with your fine and worthy selections…though Machine Messiah, Heart of the Sunrise, It Can Happen, Tempus Fugit, Parallels, Hearts, and Endless Dream all could have easily been included. (Machine Messiah is definitely in my Yes Top 10). Thanks and best….
Solid list!
I bought Topographic Oceans back in the 70s and still have it. I've never listened to it, not even once. I will someday.
You must! It's their best album!
There's iconic music all throughout the album. You've missed out on some top Yes here. The problem with TFTO is the arrangements/editing, not the composition. You should listen to Ritual right now and open hand slap your face for this incredible decades-long error you've been committing.
@@lawrencejhutchinson I am going to for sure.
@@tombailey1059 I'm sure there is! I had had a few years of exposure to them before I got this album, but I started to listen to other stuff around that time.
As for me making an error, I mean, c'mon. It's an ok Yes album (not to be confused with The Yes Album. (which is the best Yes album)), but it probably wouldn't have affected me in any particular way.
My top songs are
1)Yours is no disgrace - yessongs version
2) Close to the edge Studio version
3)Awaken - Going for the one
4) Heart of the sunrise - yessongs version
5) Sound Chaser - Relayer
6) Long distance runaround/ the fish - yessongs
7)And you and I - Close to the edge
8) Turn of the century - Going for the one
9) Shoot high aim low - Big Generator
10)Angkor Wat - Union album
I loved what you said about the song "Changes". One of their best. Enjoyed your choices of YES songs! Take Care.
Here's a band with a fairly large catalog, but I'm one of those fans who mostly focuses on the classic period. I find it hard to rank the songs, so I'll just list them in chronological order:
Starship Trooper
Roundabout
South Side of the Sky
Heart of the Sunrise
Close to the Edge
And You and I
Siberian Khatru
The Gates of Delirium
Wonderous Stories
Awaken
5 honorable mentions: Perpetual Change, Ritual, To Be Over, Does It Really Happen, Tempus Fugit
90125 still my favorite Yes album to this day and I started listening to them with their album 'Fragile'.
People get so upset because it doesn’t sound like classic Yes of the 70’s, but there’s just no denying that’s a great album.
You and I (pun intended) are obviously in agreement as to which Yes album is their best as you had all three songs from Close to the Edge on your top 10 list. I also agree that And You and I (I think that is the actual title) is their best song.
This is an important video. No one should have to trawl through that amount of musical twattery to find the good stuff. Thank you!!!
Also like "Heart of the sunrise" and guiltily pleasure "on the silent wings of freedom".
Nothing"guilty" about that!!
Love "Heart".....and "South Side"......I couldn't do the list...it would be too hard for me personally.
OK, guilt time. The first two tracks on Tormato. Only lovers of Yes would not hate it. But the boundaries they pushed; I can't play music but I think very few musicians could play that stuff. Every player at their best, esp Chris.
Wakeman: "It's never been a secret that TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS was never my favorite Yes album. But I get a lot out of playing "Revealing", because I've found ways of playing it, I've found ways of putting in new things and putting in other sounds in different things I didn't have before, which I actually would have probably liked to have had at the time of the recording which would have been quite nice. But by doing that and genuinely wanting to make the very best of how the keyboard department can deal with that piece, what I've tried to do from the keyboardist's point of view is to obviously be more orchestral... I'm really pleased. I think I've seen in taking the keyboard area another stage."
Excellent choices from a mesmeric band
Interesting list. I don’t think you can really go wrong with picking anything prior to the “Heaven and Earth” album. 😊 I often forget about “Starship Troopers”, but it’s such a fantastic song and made my day seeing it at #2. Other favorite picks are probably “Changes” and “Gates of Delirium”.
I agree with your list, but I add Roundabout and Mood for a Day. And in first position : Close to the Age and The Gates of Delirium.
Thank you Barry for this list and comments on these iconic songs from this iconic group.
Very good list. Agree with most of the picks. There are so many great tracks from them. For me, Heart of the Sunrise and the overplayed but still great Roundabout would be in there. I’d bump Changes and Siberian Khatru.
My choices for YES would continually change! Some great choices! 😊
Perpetually change?
A great top 10 - my only changes would be Yours is No Disgrace ahead of Siberian Khatru, which I always consider to be too repetitive and Turn of the Century ahead of Wondrous Stories. TotC is one of the most wistful, beautiful tracks ever written by any band. But a trio of left field choices - and certainly honourable mentions - might also go to On the Silent Wings of Freedom, Does it Really Happen? and, more controversially, Shoot High, Aim Low.
When the song "And You and I" opens up after the build-up, I get the same exhilarating feeling as hearing the love theme of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet.
90125 introduced me to Prog and I appreciate it for that. When I got to their earlier stuff I realized just how fantastic this band was. For this album I like “Leave It” the most.
“Word saladry”?
Good list. Well done! Thank God “Changes” is there. Something from 90125 deserves a place 😊
I’d always list “Astral Traveller” as a favourite, but with Yes it’s rich pickings ❤
A bit surprised at the omission of Roundabout, but otherwise a solid list. I'd have included "I'm Running" from Big Generator as well.
Heart of the Sunrise has to be on the list. Love the Wakeman organ joke by the way. Caught me by surprise and made me choke. Your analysis is always spot on and your humor is much appreciated.
I was a young, learning bass player when I first heard Yes thus Roundabout is definitely in my top 3. That bass lick is filthy and challenging to play
it's hard to play right, missing accents while screwing around with the theme is what happens more than not
Great list. My only change would be to swap out Wondrous Stories for Turn of the Century.
Surprised that Yours Is No Disgrace isn't on the list but I agree with And You and I at number one, that song is my personal favorite and go to track when I introduce people to Yes.
The transition into the teacher and preacher section still gives me musical goosebumps whenever I listen to it. Great list, thanks for the vid 👍
Didn't agree with everything/ranking, but your delicious wit shines through as always.
Yes still manages to surprise after 5+ decades of intense listening. I guess I've owned everything from "TYA" through "GFTO", along with (most) of the 70s solo albums on, let's see now: 8 Track, LP, cassette, R2R, and CD. And several times replacing one or more of those from hard use or because of a new and improved remastering project. And I still discover subtle details that had escaped me. A wonderful musical journey and money well spent as far as I'm concerned.
I'd have found room for Then, the first track that really demonstrates the band's full potential.
Yep - Great tune for back Then (see what I did there?)
@@Railway_Railfan In a roundabout sort of way. Sweet dreams.
Love the love for the songs from Going for the one. Their best album for me.
Excellent selection! Your 2 and 3 are my 1 and 2. Most of what you picked would be in my top ten as well. I confess though that Real Love from Talk is a personal favourite.
Heart of the sunrise is one of my favourites. Just love that bass line in the beginning with Bill Bruford's drumming and cymbal playing, building up into a crescendo . I have never been mad about the Gates of Delirium album. Maybe its because Rick Wakeman was not performing .Possibly, its time for anther listening .
I love Yes. I mean i think there bloody brilliant. I was 10 when i first heard the Yes album, and close to the edge, i got into prog at a very young age.
I agree with almost all of that. I'd put Gates of Delirium at no2 and substitute To Be Over for Changes. And You and I is a clear no1. It featured on a Sunday Times compilation album around 1975-ish and is the track that got me into Yes. Excellent channel this!!
Great list
You an I for me is pure beauty. I listen to it every day the sun calls out.
A lot of agreement on the very best YES songs, though of course we all have our own favorites. Here are mine:
1) Close to the Edge
2) The Gates of Delirium
3) Awaken
4) And You and I
5) Heart of the Sunrise
6) Starship Trooper
7) Roundabout
8) Siberian Khatru
9) The Revealing Science of God
10) Ritual
11) Yours Is No Disgrace
12) South Side of the Sky
13) I’ve Seen All Good People
14) The Remembering
15) Brother of Mine
16) Going For the One
17) Perpetual Change
18) Turn of the Century
19) To Be Over
20) America
"And You and I" made me a Yes fan back in the day. There's never been a melody quite like that main theme.
Kaye is epic on The Yes Album. Few musicians could ever hope to be so out of their depth.
I would only hard swap out the number 10 on this list, To do a list by me and get it down to 10 is hard, and I look at epics and songs a little differently. It can happen by yes is very tough to top, and yes keeps putting up gems.
Good list. I would replace Changes and Wonderous Stories with Yours is No Disgrace and Heart of the Sunrise. Close to the Edge would top the list.
Machine Messiah, Tempus Fugit, The Remembering and To Be Over are some others that would be under consideration.
Mine would be the CTTE album, The Yes Album and one other song.. What a tough question.
I actually just recently also did a top 50 list of Yes songs for a forum. Here's my top 10!
1 The Gates of Delirium
2 Close to the Edge
3 Sound Chaser
4 To Be Over
5 The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)
6 The Fish
7 South Side of the Sky
8 Going for the One
9 Wonderous Stories
10 Perpetual Change
No And You and I?
@@RogueReplicant just, and i mean, just, outside the top ten 😅
Coincidence that this popped up, just got hold of the Yes - 50th Anniversary Steven Wilson remixes for The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close To The Edge (1972), the double album Tales From Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974)
Yours is no Disgrace ?
YES after RUSH, is my favorite progressive band!! LOVE FROM CANADA MATE!!
Was listening to 'Moving Pictures' yesterday and discussing it with my patrons
No All Good People, Roundabout or Yours Is No Disgrace? Howe's Montgomery and Atkins influences are abundant on that number.
With the odd exception (Onion anyone?) Yes music from first to last is an embarasment of riches. Even Onion had a couple of decent numbers!
Good list!
Very good list and I was very happy to see 'Awaken' on it, although personally I would have placed it far higher, number one for me. Surprised that 'Turn of The Century' was not on this list as it is a transcendentally beautiful piece from a near flawless album (Going For The One) but it's all about personal taste. I subscribed from listening to this so big thanks for making this video
An interesting take - I wouldn't put Heart of the Sunrise on mine either, and would also place Revealing Science! Of course 'most influential', 'best liked', and 'biggest achievement' or overall ''best'' by technical and musical analysis are all different things to different folk. Bearing that in mind I would personally be tempted to place something from Magnification which I enjoyed a lot more than Fragile - it has technical and musical merit and a consistent voice. The integration of orchestra is possibly unequalled (Mahavishnu had a serious attempt...). 'Gates..' and 'Close..'would be hard to omit from anyone's list I think...
I unironically and unapologetically love the Trevor years. 90125 is a fantastic album.
Well put together list and can't agree more. Yes is my band regardless of the lineup. Still have vivid memories of my first listen.
Awaken.
And you and I
Close to the edge
Yours is no Disgrace
Starship trooper
I’ve seen all good people
Heart of the Sunrise
Perpetual Change
Going for the One
Machine Messiah
I like your pick for #1.
1. America (albeit a cover)
2. Perpetual Change
3. Yours is no Disgrace
4. Starship Trooper
5. Long Distance Runaround
6. South Side of the Sky
7. Close to the Edge
8. And You and I
9. Gates of Delirium
10. The Revealing Science of God
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Honorable Mention:
Tempus Fugit
Into the Light
Shoot High, Aim Low
Cinema
Survival
-The other songs on Tales of Top Oceans and Relayer
Great list. America and Perpetual Change (as well as Sound Chaser) are often I think wrongly denigrated.
Love your insights on your Top 10 for Yes. Honorable Mentions for me...YouMove/All good people swapped out for a very good song Changes.
The Prophet, I See You, Everydays, Survival....... I love the first two albums.
wow - my list was fairly similar - with the same #1
1) And You and I
2) I've Seen All Good People
3)Close To the Edge
4)Gates of Delirium
5) Siberian Khatru
6) Starship Trooper
7)Roundabout
8)TheFish
9)Long Distance Runaround
10)Lucky Seven - I know it's a Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water - but it's the album that should've been made under the Yes moniker
honourable mentions: Love Will Find a Way, It Can Happen
An excellent list .
Here’s my 10 favourites , in order of preference :
Heart of the Sunrise
Roundabout
Close to the Edge
Turn of the Century
Starship Trooper
Astral Traveller
Soon ( Single edit )
Shoot High , Aim Low
And You And I
Release , Release
Cheers !
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also I have subscribed to the channel ❤❤❤❤❤❤😅😊😅😅😅😅
Your best video ever. I had tears in my eyes by the end of it...even though you included a song from Relayer, which could have better occupied by "Changes" or "Parallels" or even something from Drama.
If "the ice bridge" was not a Francis Monkman's composition,maybe it could had a chance to be in my top ten.
Thanks for the video... are you intentionally adding transparency to the album covers in left top corner? Not sure if it's an artistic choice or what, but the background kind of interferes with them.
Bring back the Old Grey Whistle Test with you as host. Brilliant videos these. And my first love is Soul music, but I embrace all great music
Because I have been a huge Yes fan forever I certainly enjoyed this review very much. I of course still listen to the various albums regularly and they do not age at all.
Excellent all around even if I would tweak the order depending on my mood. Thanks.
1. The Gates of Delirium
2. Close to the Edge
3. Heart of the Sunrise
4. Sound Chaser
5. Siberian Khatru
6. South Side of the Sky
7. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
8. Yours is No Disgrace
9. Machine Messiah
10. The Revealing Science of God
Awakeman at number one for me, and I'd have a hard time not putting the KTA version of Revealing Scence of God on the list, as I didn't like that song that much on the album but the live version was sublime and gave me a greater appreciation for topographic lotions. The album version would be off the bottom of my top 10 by a decent margin.
The remembering, high the memory is my favourite
You and I is my favorite followed closely by Yours is No Disgrace. You and I is a song that makes me feel like I'm journeying through all time and space in the course of the few minutes that song plays.
And now I can't wait to get home from work. It's going to be a Yes night tonight.