My Dad was a big Yes fan and I remember him singing their songs when I was young. He passed away on 8/16/24. I want to learn more about this music he loved.

I’m familiar with Owner of a Lonely Heart, Roundabout, and I’ve Seen All Good People. I love all of them.

What songs should I listen to next?

at around 4:50-4:57 (it's most prominent appearance) there's some sort of tapping sound, me and my partner have come to the conclusion it's some sort of drum, but that's not a satisfying enough answer for me. i also suspect that it isn't a drum at all. does anyone know what it is?

Yes' cover of America is my all time favorite cover song (Simon and Garfunkel). This has been the case since I first heard it in HS around 1975 or so. One thing I only recently came to realize, is at the 1min50sec mark (and elsewhere in the song), Chris Squire's bass line references the song America from the musical West Side Story. What a brilliant move that I had always missed. PS. excuse me if this has previously mentioned in a post.

In spite of a couple of unfortunate lyrical or vocal choices, Drama is a damn good Yes album! No apologies.

So I have been trying to track down all of the unique single mixes for all the the Yes 45's 12" and CD singles.

What is confusing me, is that there appears to be single edits for the songs on TfTO, and they are inculded on the 2016 3 CD deluxe edition, but I can see no listing on Wikipedia, Discoggs, or 45Cat.com that these were ever actually released anywhere in the world.

Does anyone have any information about these 45s? Has anyone ever seen one?

Thanks

Doing some research, I found out there are 18 music videos for Leave It. However, I could only find a couple of them. Where is it possible to see at least most of them?

All answers appreciated.

Yesterday I noticed that both Keys to Ascension and Keys to Ascension 2 are back on Spotify. Anyone knows it's available on Apple Music?

https://youtu.be/fOZTgGqKvms?si=tx5IHPYhU26X_v5Z&t=366

Wakeman or Kaye, it's still Yes, the same gestalt but different application.

Same for Howe or Rabin.

White or Bruford, still Yes.

Chris Squire was on every important Yes album, so we don't even have to worry about that.

But the sound you can't change, though it's been tried, is the one real Yes singer.

Without Anderson, it's a farce.

Trevor Horn's effort proves the point not just because he wasn't as good, but because he came close solely through being forced to do a Jon Anderson impression, one he says tore up his voice on tour, because it's not his real sound, driving him to quit as singer and just produce the records, which he did fine.

You can replace the singer in some bands, like Evans, Gillan, and Coverdale for Deep Purple, or Ozzy an Dio for Black Sabbath, Roth and Hagar for Van Halen. Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins for Genesis is an interesting one, because Collins sounded a lot like Gabriel in style, to the point where some people get who sang on which track wrong in the albums near the transition.

But you can't replace Jon Anderson. His voice is too distinctive, it's the most obvious defining element of the band.

This doesn't mean anything Anderson sings on is Yes. Olias of Sunhillow (his biggest solo album) is obviously not Yes, though it's based on a concept from the Fragile album cover. When he sang with Tangerine Dream or Vangelis, it clearly wasn't Yes, nobody could think otherwise.

But if it's supposed to be Yes, it must have Anderson on it.

Or it's just some imitation.

I’m tempted to think it was Porcupine Tree, but surprisingly, Setlist.FM doesn’t have that information.

Why is yes so good and why has it taken me so long to realize it out of maybe roundabout and Your move. PLEASE RECOMMEND ME SONGS, ive been listening to "then" as well as "sweetness" and want to know your favorites :>

Houston 1978. My original image. Nikon FM. 43-86mm. Ektachrome Tungsten 160. Pushed one stop

San Bernardino March 17th, 1972

I wish it was in better quality but the version of Perpetual Change from here is incredible.

I don't even know how to put it into effective words. It just makes me wanna close my eyes and forget everything but this triumphant beauty my soul is experiencing.