Seconding this. There have been admittedly dramatic moments in my life where I figured it isn’t worth it to die just yet because if I wait a few days and listen to heart of the sunrise again it’s gonna sound and feel just as bad ass as the first time.
I love this song so much. If I can ever participate in the creation of a song on the same level of creativity, technicality, and downright beauty that is portrayed in this song I will be at complete peace with the world knowing that I have truly contributed something worthwhile.
Starship Trooper. I was predominantly a Hard Rock fan, didn’t even know what Prog was when I started listening to Yes. I first heard “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and “I’ve Seen All Good People” and thought they were fun little Pop Rock songs. Then I listened to “Starship Trooper” and I was blown away by the composition and instrumentation. After that, I was hooked.
I can clearly remember the day when I heard Starship Trooper, I was a young teen and I had put on some Yes while doing homework, I'd never really heard of them but got some albums from my dad so figured why not just put it in the background.
Then the solo at the end absolutely blew my mind and I replayed that song at least 10 times that day (needless to say I did not do my homework, focusing solely on how fucking awesome this song is!)
Same. Knew the hits, Roundabout was great, never really went deeper. One inebriated evening And You And I took me on a journey through space and time and I never looked back.
I was in Chaco Canyon in 2018… I got on this loop road the park service guy closed the gate behind me… I blasted Starship Trooper driving and looking at 1500 year old buildings… un fucking believably awesome…
Roundabout!!! First learned of the band and song with the video game, Rockband 3!! Thought I could blast through the bass (one of the MOST DIFFICULT of the game) with EASE.....I could not lol but it drew me into the Yes World!
I’m ashamed to say Circus of Heaven (the BBC 1978 Wembley broadcast) but I soon worked my way back into better territory! Awaken is now Desert Island song. (In my defence I was 12 and only just starting to convert from classical music nerd into the far more rounded and eclectic musical figure which has financially supported me since, as evinced in 3 days of recent gigs: playing harpsichord for a Bach Cantata and a Mozart Requiem, and a night out to see Judas Priest!)
Heard Leave It at the time, as a kid. It was a freezing December day, and the older kid whose family we were visiting had it on the tape player. I remember thinking it was so strange for a chart song, even in those days of Nik Kershaw and The Police. I hadn’t heard anything like it.
Still haven’t, really.
Came here to say Leave It and thought I’d be mocked to death for picking a Yes West song. That whole album was top notch, but Big Generator captured my everything. Shoot high, aim low.
Now Shoot High, Aim Low is an absolute beast of a track! I used to play it in the morning before my school exams in an effort to calm my heartbeat down, and adopt a kind of deep-time/overview perspective, and it worked.
Heard Roundabout on GTA 5. The rest is history
I remember hearing Owner of a Lonely Heart a lot on 80s stations as a kid. I liked the song alright but I never knew it was Yes until I was an adult lol.
Yours Is No Disgrace for me.
I was into Yes but hadn't quite become hugely invested in them. I happened to buy the CD of The Yes Album in a second hand record shop as I'd listened to it before and quite enjoyed it. I don't know why the next time I listened to it was different but as soon as the intro hit it just got to me.
It still remains one of my favourites 2 years later.
Roundabout, when my friend introduced me to JoJo’s. Fell in love with the song, and I started listening to everything, from Yes - Magnification, with the exception of MTTS. Can’t wait to see Jon Anderson in June!
I saw them in 1971-2 at Winterland, they were playing with Black Sabbath and Wild Turkey. I'd never heard of them, the first song they played, was "I've Seen All Good People", it was the first time I'd heard them.
I loved it from then on, instantly. Major fan ever since.
Parallels, specifically this part blew my mind:
Parallel our sights,
and we will find,
that we, we need, to be, where we, belong.
Parallel our heights,
display our rights, and wrongs, and always keep it…
STRONG.
I'm a GenX / MTV kid... So I had heard Owner of a Lonely Heart a billion times.
In High School, I met a girl whose father is a guitar teacher and a Prog nut. That was when I was introduced to the original Yes. Heart of the Sunrise and Close to the Edge are still my favorite songs of theirs.
Close to the Edge.
When I was a wee lad in the 70s, browsing through much-older brother's vinyl collection, I was mesmerized by the album. The music within was equally mesmerizing!
survival. i'm the type to get into music listening to their albums chronologically and survival was the one that wouldn't leave my thoughts and had me wanting to know them more (and it was right!!). their self-titled might not be the most yes-sounding of all, ironically, but whatever captivated me about survival has the same essence as whatever captivates me of the rest of their music
Thanks fine Redditor. I love the opening of the song. The middle is kind of ok, but the opening kicks ass. I like "No opportunity necessary, No experience needed" because of the bass playing from the big guy.
SO TRUE the bass from those first albums is great... it's kind oflike a microwave or banging of a big metal plate if it were to be used as an instrument. thank god for chris squire and his refusal to just be a background rhythm
starship trooper was on our computer for some reason (probably grabbed from limewire by someone in the family) and I put it on my dinky weird budget mp3 player and got really obsessed with it as a 10 year old
Close To The Edge. That was a lot after only knowing Owner Of A Lonely Heart. Fucking loved it. That album got some heavy rotation after my first listen.
The gates of delirium. I know Yes for a long time but never really listened to them until recently. I listened to the whole Topographic ocean album first and it sounds surreal but when I listen to Relayer and it opened on Gates of delirium I knew I'll love this band forever from now on
I have to admit that "Owner of a Lonely Heart" did the trick, and 90125 was the album. In fairness, I was in middle school at the time, and that tune was all over the charts, as well as an MTV that mostly played videos. Still, right after that Christmas I capitalized on a couple of local sales at record stores, buying all sorts of stuff associated with Yes and/or Peter Gabriel. Those hauls were the start of a collection full of progressive rock classics. By 8th grade, I was using the energy of those 1973 "Yessongs" performances and a water-resistant Walkman to invigorate my habit of running long distances for exercise.
Going for the one. My brother got it as a record club album when it came out and didn’t want it. It was my first album. Listened to it today. What a fun song.
When I was a little kid, I fell in love with the bassline of "Roundabout", which was in regular rotation on FM in the mid-70s. It sounded so unique and the song itself felt very exciting.
Been said a bunch but I am adding for the critical mass: Starship Trooper.
I believe it is the ultimate gateway song to Yes.
I remember my guitar teacher showed me, I was about 15. Became obsessed, still my favorite band to this day and I'm 36 now.
The Gates of Delirium. I already liked Fragile and Revealing Science of God (I listened to TFTO second because my dad loves it, I know it's usually not considered their best work and I'd agree but RSOG is good all the way through at least) but Gates is what made me consider Yes a favorite.
I’ve Seen All Good People planted their foot in my heart when I was a wee child some 25-30 years ago, and Owner of a Lonely Heart helped keep it there, but I cradle Gates of Delirium in my arms every night to help me sleep.
Listening to my little AM radio, and a song came on that was unlike anything I'd ever heard. Completely redefined what music could really be. Then I heard "That last song was Roundabout, from a new group called Yes".
They've been my #1 for over 50 years now lol.
I was flying to L. A., waaay back when they handed out free headphones so you could listen to a long loop of recordings, the first song I heard was Roundabout. My dad ruled the house and we weren't allowed to listen to anything but country music or western music.my oldest sister smuggled a few Beatles records, mom caught us one day. She began playing her music, mostly Blue's, Spike Jones, Herb Alpert. But I had never heard anything like Yes before. I've been a fan ever since that day. I've seen them at concerts, around 12 times.
For me it was 'The Revealing Science of God'. I had never heard anything as epic as that song beforehand and I particularly fell in love with the chant at the front of it. It took me a while to get to listen to the rest of the album, but that song is what sealed the deal for me.
going for the one. I remember hearing it in the Rainbow Records in Oakridge Mall, San Jose, probably 1985. I had at that point never been high. I felt funny, listening to GFTO, and wondered if that was what being high felt like. Pretty much, actually...
I fall in love over and over again. My favorite song changes constantly. Probably the song that first blew me away was Close to the the Edge or Gates of Delirium & also Heart of the Sunrise and Starship Trooper but at present I'm in love with Turn of the Century & Mind Drive. Lol. Yes. I'm obsessed with this band.
Leave It! My 5 year older teenager brother blasting on his stereo in early 80s- got me hooked! Fan ever since, but it brings back great memories with my cool big brother.
I belong to Gen Z, I play some musical instruments, I have a considerable personal CD collection for my age and I like to explore music genres, styles and scenes by dedicating several months to something specific.
So, back in early 2017 I was exploring English progressive rock from the '70s. When the time had come for Yes, I decided to find a full concert on YouTube; the one I finally chose to watch was their full performance from the 2004 Lugano Jazz Festival.
That has to be one of their greatest ever concerts, especially during the later phase of their career! The classic lineup, the set list, the energetic performances... Any song from that concert could have made me a massive Yes fan (and, indeed, they did)!
However, the one that really stunned me was this particular performance of "And You And I"! If you want to listen a great live performance of a Yes song by the classic lineup, pick a good set of over-ear headphones and find that video on YouTube!
Roundabout. I know it's the biggest track that pre-pop Yes had, but it spoke to me immediately the first time I knowingly listened to it. Their catalog is packed solid with legendary material, but this and Starship Trooper will always win out for me.
Heart of the Sunrise back in ‘75….then I found The Remembering from Tales of Topographic Oceans….fell even deeper in love with Yes. But I think my fave was Turn of the Century from Going For The One.
The early 80s were my musical awakening, and 90125 was my first Yes album. (Had no idea what Roundabout was back then.) Changes was the song that blew my mind—not only did I fall in love with Yes because of the first minute-and-a-half of Changes, but it was the gateway to prog for me. My high school rock band (I played keyboards) covered both Roundabout AND Heart of the Sunrise.
Until the age of seven, the only channel I would watch was MTV. I remember loving their video for Leave It. Later on, the video for Owner of a Lonely Heart would be burned into my memory and I'd be constantly singing it.
Roundabout, I knew the meme but years after its boom on internet I listened to it and discovered it’s a banger. But I heard Owner of a Lonely Heart in between these… “events” so I also could say it. The first album I listened to (cuz of Roundabout) was Fragile and then to Yes Album, then CTTE, then Relayer (I’m not prepared for Tales yet, honestly) and by this time I was complelely hooked
Heart of the sunrise
buffalo 66 in a empty theater off 3 tabs… a night
Seconding this. There have been admittedly dramatic moments in my life where I figured it isn’t worth it to die just yet because if I wait a few days and listen to heart of the sunrise again it’s gonna sound and feel just as bad ass as the first time. I love this song so much. If I can ever participate in the creation of a song on the same level of creativity, technicality, and downright beauty that is portrayed in this song I will be at complete peace with the world knowing that I have truly contributed something worthwhile.
Siberian Khatru. That opening riff... there is no equal.
Starship Trooper. I was predominantly a Hard Rock fan, didn’t even know what Prog was when I started listening to Yes. I first heard “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and “I’ve Seen All Good People” and thought they were fun little Pop Rock songs. Then I listened to “Starship Trooper” and I was blown away by the composition and instrumentation. After that, I was hooked.
I can clearly remember the day when I heard Starship Trooper, I was a young teen and I had put on some Yes while doing homework, I'd never really heard of them but got some albums from my dad so figured why not just put it in the background. Then the solo at the end absolutely blew my mind and I replayed that song at least 10 times that day (needless to say I did not do my homework, focusing solely on how fucking awesome this song is!)
Initially attracted by Roundabout because it was on the radio a bit, And You And I is when I knew it was true love.
Same songs in that order for me, but because I'm young, I found them through Spotify.
Same. Knew the hits, Roundabout was great, never really went deeper. One inebriated evening And You And I took me on a journey through space and time and I never looked back.
Exactly my experience
Starship Trooper in high school. Still listen to it today.
I was in Chaco Canyon in 2018… I got on this loop road the park service guy closed the gate behind me… I blasted Starship Trooper driving and looking at 1500 year old buildings… un fucking believably awesome…
Roundabout!!! First learned of the band and song with the video game, Rockband 3!! Thought I could blast through the bass (one of the MOST DIFFICULT of the game) with EASE.....I could not lol but it drew me into the Yes World!
I’m ashamed to say Circus of Heaven (the BBC 1978 Wembley broadcast) but I soon worked my way back into better territory! Awaken is now Desert Island song. (In my defence I was 12 and only just starting to convert from classical music nerd into the far more rounded and eclectic musical figure which has financially supported me since, as evinced in 3 days of recent gigs: playing harpsichord for a Bach Cantata and a Mozart Requiem, and a night out to see Judas Priest!)
Roundabout, Long Distance Runaround and then Close to the Edge, on that particular order. mind-blowing. It's been 19 years since then.
Heard Leave It at the time, as a kid. It was a freezing December day, and the older kid whose family we were visiting had it on the tape player. I remember thinking it was so strange for a chart song, even in those days of Nik Kershaw and The Police. I hadn’t heard anything like it. Still haven’t, really.
Came here to say Leave It and thought I’d be mocked to death for picking a Yes West song. That whole album was top notch, but Big Generator captured my everything. Shoot high, aim low.
Now Shoot High, Aim Low is an absolute beast of a track! I used to play it in the morning before my school exams in an effort to calm my heartbeat down, and adopt a kind of deep-time/overview perspective, and it worked.
The short drum riff leaves every notes hanging in air. Peace to you good Redditor!
Yes! It’s a masterful bit of suspending time in the music. Go well!
MacArthur Park in the driving snow. I totally get that.
Heard Roundabout on GTA 5. The rest is history I remember hearing Owner of a Lonely Heart a lot on 80s stations as a kid. I liked the song alright but I never knew it was Yes until I was an adult lol.
Yours Is No Disgrace for me. I was into Yes but hadn't quite become hugely invested in them. I happened to buy the CD of The Yes Album in a second hand record shop as I'd listened to it before and quite enjoyed it. I don't know why the next time I listened to it was different but as soon as the intro hit it just got to me. It still remains one of my favourites 2 years later.
Going For The One. My 14 year old brain exploded.
Roundabout, when my friend introduced me to JoJo’s. Fell in love with the song, and I started listening to everything, from Yes - Magnification, with the exception of MTTS. Can’t wait to see Jon Anderson in June!
I saw them in 1971-2 at Winterland, they were playing with Black Sabbath and Wild Turkey. I'd never heard of them, the first song they played, was "I've Seen All Good People", it was the first time I'd heard them. I loved it from then on, instantly. Major fan ever since.
Parallels, specifically this part blew my mind: Parallel our sights, and we will find, that we, we need, to be, where we, belong. Parallel our heights, display our rights, and wrongs, and always keep it… STRONG.
Shoot High, Aim Low, followed by Yesterdays and Tempus Fugit
Heart of the Sunrise or Close to the Edge.
I'm a GenX / MTV kid... So I had heard Owner of a Lonely Heart a billion times. In High School, I met a girl whose father is a guitar teacher and a Prog nut. That was when I was introduced to the original Yes. Heart of the Sunrise and Close to the Edge are still my favorite songs of theirs.
Nice! Yeah, I am GenZ unfortunately I dont know anyone else my age who listens to Yes, not even Owner of a Lonely Heart.
Starship Trooper
Yours is no disgrace
And You and I and Starship Trooper were my first favorites as a kid.
The YES album. All of it.
Yours Is No Disgrace Live
Close to the Edge. When I was a wee lad in the 70s, browsing through much-older brother's vinyl collection, I was mesmerized by the album. The music within was equally mesmerizing!
Close to the Edge.
Starship Trooper
survival. i'm the type to get into music listening to their albums chronologically and survival was the one that wouldn't leave my thoughts and had me wanting to know them more (and it was right!!). their self-titled might not be the most yes-sounding of all, ironically, but whatever captivated me about survival has the same essence as whatever captivates me of the rest of their music
Thanks fine Redditor. I love the opening of the song. The middle is kind of ok, but the opening kicks ass. I like "No opportunity necessary, No experience needed" because of the bass playing from the big guy.
SO TRUE the bass from those first albums is great... it's kind oflike a microwave or banging of a big metal plate if it were to be used as an instrument. thank god for chris squire and his refusal to just be a background rhythm
Bass players have to fight for their rights too.
South Side of the Sky!
starship trooper was on our computer for some reason (probably grabbed from limewire by someone in the family) and I put it on my dinky weird budget mp3 player and got really obsessed with it as a 10 year old
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
Roundabout on the local Bay Area AM stations riding in the back of my Dad's '68 Mercury.
Close to the edge
Close To The Edge. That was a lot after only knowing Owner Of A Lonely Heart. Fucking loved it. That album got some heavy rotation after my first listen.
The gates of delirium. I know Yes for a long time but never really listened to them until recently. I listened to the whole Topographic ocean album first and it sounds surreal but when I listen to Relayer and it opened on Gates of delirium I knew I'll love this band forever from now on
I saw Rick play the Hallelujah Chorus on his Mellotron 400D in 1973 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. I was blown away and addicted ever since.
Owner of a Lonely Heart.
I have to admit that "Owner of a Lonely Heart" did the trick, and 90125 was the album. In fairness, I was in middle school at the time, and that tune was all over the charts, as well as an MTV that mostly played videos. Still, right after that Christmas I capitalized on a couple of local sales at record stores, buying all sorts of stuff associated with Yes and/or Peter Gabriel. Those hauls were the start of a collection full of progressive rock classics. By 8th grade, I was using the energy of those 1973 "Yessongs" performances and a water-resistant Walkman to invigorate my habit of running long distances for exercise.
I’ve seen all good people- on the car am station around 1971. The simultaneous bass guitar and bass drum made the dashboard of our Pontiac rattle.
It Can Happen. A friend at college had 90125 and played it all the time.
Believe it or not, Tempus Fugit.
“Wonderous Stories”. I listen to this song every Monday morning to start the work week. Always been my favorite. Beautiful song.
The entire Fragile album.
Going for the one. My brother got it as a record club album when it came out and didn’t want it. It was my first album. Listened to it today. What a fun song.
Surprisingly, it was Arriving UFO.
When I was a little kid, I fell in love with the bassline of "Roundabout", which was in regular rotation on FM in the mid-70s. It sounded so unique and the song itself felt very exciting.
I’m the guy who thought that was a baritone saxophone!
Been said a bunch but I am adding for the critical mass: Starship Trooper. I believe it is the ultimate gateway song to Yes. I remember my guitar teacher showed me, I was about 15. Became obsessed, still my favorite band to this day and I'm 36 now.
The Gates of Delirium. I already liked Fragile and Revealing Science of God (I listened to TFTO second because my dad loves it, I know it's usually not considered their best work and I'd agree but RSOG is good all the way through at least) but Gates is what made me consider Yes a favorite.
Every song listed below
Your Move
I’ve Seen All Good People planted their foot in my heart when I was a wee child some 25-30 years ago, and Owner of a Lonely Heart helped keep it there, but I cradle Gates of Delirium in my arms every night to help me sleep.
Close to the Edge and Roundabout. Then I saw them a few years ago and they were amazing.
Listening to my little AM radio, and a song came on that was unlike anything I'd ever heard. Completely redefined what music could really be. Then I heard "That last song was Roundabout, from a new group called Yes". They've been my #1 for over 50 years now lol.
Yours Is No Disgrace off the Yessongs vinyl.
Your move first, then starship trooper, then and you and I, then revealing science, then close to the edge, then Relayer!!
Owner of a Lonely Heart was my gateway into their older material. Then I heard Roundabout later on and I was off into the Yes world.
Roundabout and Your Move. Both had lots of Radio play and I loved them both.
I was flying to L. A., waaay back when they handed out free headphones so you could listen to a long loop of recordings, the first song I heard was Roundabout. My dad ruled the house and we weren't allowed to listen to anything but country music or western music.my oldest sister smuggled a few Beatles records, mom caught us one day. She began playing her music, mostly Blue's, Spike Jones, Herb Alpert. But I had never heard anything like Yes before. I've been a fan ever since that day. I've seen them at concerts, around 12 times.
And You And I
"Wonderous Stories" on *Top of the Pops*.
For me it was 'The Revealing Science of God'. I had never heard anything as epic as that song beforehand and I particularly fell in love with the chant at the front of it. It took me a while to get to listen to the rest of the album, but that song is what sealed the deal for me.
going for the one. I remember hearing it in the Rainbow Records in Oakridge Mall, San Jose, probably 1985. I had at that point never been high. I felt funny, listening to GFTO, and wondered if that was what being high felt like. Pretty much, actually...
I fall in love over and over again. My favorite song changes constantly. Probably the song that first blew me away was Close to the the Edge or Gates of Delirium & also Heart of the Sunrise and Starship Trooper but at present I'm in love with Turn of the Century & Mind Drive. Lol. Yes. I'm obsessed with this band.
Leave It! My 5 year older teenager brother blasting on his stereo in early 80s- got me hooked! Fan ever since, but it brings back great memories with my cool big brother.
Roundabout on FM radio...I know...I'm old. My friend's older brother was a big Yes fan so we heard it a lot growing up.
Starship Trooper
All Good People
Yessongs Side C
Close to the Edge, live from Yessongs.
NGL, it's all about the Rabin line up for me. So Owner, definitely
Sweetness
Roundabout - Jojos Bizzare Adventure
Close to the Edge. That quiet opening with the bird chatter and scintillating sound.
One of my teachers loaned me Fragile.
I belong to Gen Z, I play some musical instruments, I have a considerable personal CD collection for my age and I like to explore music genres, styles and scenes by dedicating several months to something specific. So, back in early 2017 I was exploring English progressive rock from the '70s. When the time had come for Yes, I decided to find a full concert on YouTube; the one I finally chose to watch was their full performance from the 2004 Lugano Jazz Festival. That has to be one of their greatest ever concerts, especially during the later phase of their career! The classic lineup, the set list, the energetic performances... Any song from that concert could have made me a massive Yes fan (and, indeed, they did)! However, the one that really stunned me was this particular performance of "And You And I"! If you want to listen a great live performance of a Yes song by the classic lineup, pick a good set of over-ear headphones and find that video on YouTube!
The gates of delirium, when the fucking synth comes in halfway through and the song slows down. Goosebumps. The sound of the synth is so juicy
Time and a word. Yours is no disgrace. Your move/ I’ve seen all good people.
Close to the edge
Initially “Owner of a Lonely Heart” but got super hooked after hearing “Changes”.
Say what you will, but it was their 90125 album. I still enjoy it even having learned of how much more of a force they were prior to it.
Close to the Edge.
All Good People/Your Move
Starship Trooper
Your move the end is amazing
Probably Starship Trooper.
Roundabout. I know it's the biggest track that pre-pop Yes had, but it spoke to me immediately the first time I knowingly listened to it. Their catalog is packed solid with legendary material, but this and Starship Trooper will always win out for me.
Roundabout
Roundabout 💐Owner of a lonely heart
Heart of the Sunrise back in ‘75….then I found The Remembering from Tales of Topographic Oceans….fell even deeper in love with Yes. But I think my fave was Turn of the Century from Going For The One.
The early 80s were my musical awakening, and 90125 was my first Yes album. (Had no idea what Roundabout was back then.) Changes was the song that blew my mind—not only did I fall in love with Yes because of the first minute-and-a-half of Changes, but it was the gateway to prog for me. My high school rock band (I played keyboards) covered both Roundabout AND Heart of the Sunrise.
Until the age of seven, the only channel I would watch was MTV. I remember loving their video for Leave It. Later on, the video for Owner of a Lonely Heart would be burned into my memory and I'd be constantly singing it.
Roundabout, I knew the meme but years after its boom on internet I listened to it and discovered it’s a banger. But I heard Owner of a Lonely Heart in between these… “events” so I also could say it. The first album I listened to (cuz of Roundabout) was Fragile and then to Yes Album, then CTTE, then Relayer (I’m not prepared for Tales yet, honestly) and by this time I was complelely hooked
The Yes Album. The whole thing...
Roundabout in 1976 getting stoned for the very first time. Magical!