What popular YES songs do you NOT like? [Archive]

marklovesyes

05-06-2005, 02:50 AM

Here is a list of the most popular song from each album. This was mainly based on the following in order of importance:

1) frequency of concert appearance
2) frequency of radio play
3) favorite song polls from the albums - I found it necessary to use this criteria on the first album, ABWH, Union, Talk, KTA-1, and The Ladder as there was no clear cut choice.
Also, TAAW got two songs as the title track and Sweet Dreams really seemed to be a toss-up. Union got two songs on the list to represent the 2 different YES's on that album.

So - to the best of my ability I came up with this list of the most popular YES song from each album. Which ones do you not like?

Feel free to mention others in the discussion. Have fun.

-Mark

True Believer

05-06-2005, 03:52 AM

I can't vote - I like all of these!!

allpurechance

05-06-2005, 04:17 AM

Rhythm Of Love I always found to be too commercial,too pandering...just TOO...(and therefore also not enough!)...

That is,until last year's tour,during which they really rocked this song!Saw it in a completely new light,I did.And Yes has done this to me many times before,with many different songs---demonstrated the qualities inherent in the music,leaving no doubt,in a live setting.

I love when they do that(it's kind of like they're teaching,and we are----still----the students)!It leaves the impression that this band could play just about anything and make it sound great.Certainly virtually anything from their own repertoire...

Frank

Joe

05-06-2005, 07:17 AM

I'm sorry to all you Trevor fans.........but "Owner of a"! I know it's a favorite, but it's just to........Trevor! I'm an old way back hard core YES freak, and the Trevor years were long. (I'm sorry Cindy! Don't be mad at me.) Trevor was and still is a killer guitar player and song writer, but for me , the real YES is with Steve.............

BrianD

05-06-2005, 07:26 AM

Interestingly I was never too keen on Don't Kill the Whale or Sweet Dreams - but they really rocked in concert!

brotherofmine

05-06-2005, 10:42 AM

Well for me main one is America - I can't stand that song....and I console myself it is not a Yes original.....but I don't like the treatement that Yes give it...Steve's playing on that song really grates with me...it's like an improvised Jam.
One not on the list is 'Going For The One'..I really not keen on that at all..I'm not to inspired by the lyrics either.
Generally I'm not keen on Don't Kill The Whale but I have to admit they have done a good job when playing it live..the band have given more life to it.

jfuruno

05-06-2005, 11:07 AM

Owner is the only Yes song that will cause me to flip the station.

1097

05-06-2005, 11:09 AM

Roan's Lady

05-06-2005, 01:56 PM

I do NOT like Yes' most popular song ever, not one fraction of a second of it.
Another example of popularity's tendency to be meaningless.

The Whale

05-06-2005, 02:37 PM

Iv really come to love all yes' songs as a part of my life some less then others but I don't dislike any of them. suprized from other posts no one has mentioned Circus of Hevan. ( I love this song, don't get me wrong but sonds like some don't share my love)

wolfhound

05-06-2005, 02:39 PM

So far, there's only one Yes song that I can't stand. It's "Don't Go". Vapid. The harmonies are like fingernails on..... Whenever I pop in the Symphoinc Live dvd, that song plays while the songlist is displayed. I guess it's a good thing that after 30+ years there's only one Yes song that I abhor. :D

Topographic][Sardaukar

05-06-2005, 04:02 PM

I strongly dislike the original Time and a Word but I love the version on Yesshows with Steve and Rick; such and amazing improvement in overall quality. Keyboard and guitar parts to match Squires great parts.

marklovesyes

05-06-2005, 04:33 PM

I'm surprised "Leave It" is not on the list. It was overplayed, I also believe it was overperformed (jn terms of number of times played and overdone musically in concert), and I don't think it fit either the original Yes, or Yes-West mold. It was a nice little a cappella piece but, in my humble opinion, probably the most "non Yes" of Yes songs.
"Owner..." is the most popular song from 90125 as it has the most concert appearances. Also more radio play than any other 90125 song.

"Leave It" was left alone after the 90125 era for the most part. No concert appearance and radio play dropped significantly.

Anyway, that is why "Leave It" was not included on the list.

I strongly dislike the original Time and a Word but I love the version on Yesshows with Steve and Rick; such and amazing improvement in overall quality.
I feel the same. TAAW is a great song, but the original performance is not very good. I love the 'YesShows' version. I also do not like the 'Keys To Ascension' version.

Topographic][Sardaukar

05-07-2005, 12:15 PM

I feel the same. TAAW is a great song, but the original performance is not very good. I love the 'YesShows' version. I also do not like the 'Keys To Ascension' version.

Yeah, ditto on disliking the Keys' version. Quite honestly, Steve's mandolin solo on that version sounds amateurish after his inspired playing on the Yesshows recording. I also dislike the new arrangement they gave it.

Jackaranda

05-07-2005, 01:37 PM

I thought Owner and Leave It were the weakest songs on 90125, but I don't dislike them.

Love Will Find A Way isn't exactly a favorite of mine.

SoLrSaYlR

05-07-2005, 01:45 PM

Of those on this list, THAT, THAT IS is my least favorite but the one song I dispise and cannot listen to is CITY OF LOVE- this is not only non-YES, IMO it is NON-MUSIC.

1yesfan

05-07-2005, 02:04 PM

cinderella

05-07-2005, 08:30 PM

"I'm sorry to all you Trevor fans.........but "Owner of a"! I know it's a favorite, but it's just to........Trevor! I'm an old way back hard core YES freak, and the Trevor years were long. (I'm sorry Cindy! Don't be mad at me.) Trevor was and still is a killer guitar player and song writer, but for me , the real YES is with Steve............."

I wish everyone that dislikes Rabin could be this cool when talking about him and yes.

Gee Tim when I first started reading your post I thought it was you saying it.

But yeah thanks Joe for not bashing Trevor. It's okay not to like him. Just respect him for the great musician that he is. :D

As for me, I voted for Shock To The System. (I'm Running wasn't on the list.)
But I really hate that song.

raz

05-08-2005, 12:40 AM

i chose shcok to the system.
the version that Steve Howe released on Turbulence without any singing is much better.
the one on Union seems to be a mish mash of ideas, which appears rushed.

cinderella

05-08-2005, 01:11 AM

i chose shcok to the system.
the version that Steve Howe released on Turbulence without any singing is much better.

Ooh I'll bet that would sound good. I think I'd like it better.

The singing on it, is what drove me up the wall!

My apologies to Jon and Trevor because they're both excellent singers but they sounded like 2 cats on a fence wailing on that one. Ugh!

Skyward

05-08-2005, 11:13 AM

As for me, I voted for Shock To The System.
But I really hate that song.

I would really love to know what it is about this powerful number that you dislike so much, Cindy. Do tell.

As for me, I too, love them all! Just glad you didn't slip "Don't Go" in there.

cinderella

05-08-2005, 02:39 PM

I would really love to know what it is about this powerful number that you dislike so much, Cindy. Do tell.

As for me, I too, love them all! Just glad you didn't slip "Don't Go" in there.

I really don't know. I just don't like it. I think the vocals are a big part of it.

cinderella

05-08-2005, 03:53 PM

I also don't like State Of Play. If you really want to hurt me, put me in a room and make me listen to State Of Play, I'm Running, and Shock To The System.

It would most likely kill me.

PrimeMover

05-08-2005, 04:20 PM

I never payed that much attention to That, that is. And America, I've never started to like that one either. Is Open your eyes popular?

Timmo

05-08-2005, 06:30 PM

Interestingly I was never too keen on Don't Kill the Whale or Sweet Dreams - but they really rocked in concert!DKtW and AU rocked in concert.

Tormato's production was sub-par. The songs rocked live.

I'd love to hear the boys do "Release, Release," but I think it would kill them now!

Jm Sin

05-08-2005, 08:47 PM

There is not a song of Yes that I don't wanna hear, but I have a problem with the second track of Open Your Eyes, I don't have the CD here cause my sister must be hearing it with the folks, so I can't remember the name, but wait, I have the lirics in a internet page that I built. Yes, the song Its "Open your Eyes", the first song it's okay, its New State of Mind, a prologue into the State we learn into the Asimov literature, I think. But Open Your Eyes it's a painfull return to a sad reality. In fact, that is the harder days of the present. I'm thinking if so many people have to passing by to this reality described in that song, to achievement or to sucess, I really don't know. But the fact is that Open your Eyes turned my head to the stronger side of life.
In a simplification, I think about this CD like the passage to the backdoor stage of "Floyd" in the movie The Wall, soon after he had destroyed his apartment.

marklovesyes

05-09-2005, 04:55 AM

Is Open your eyes popular?
It is the song from that album that got the most concert appearance. Therefore it was considered the most popular.

Topographic][Sardaukar

05-09-2005, 03:16 PM

DKtW and AU rocked in concert.

Tormato's production was sub-par. The songs rocked live.

I'd love to hear the boys do "Release, Release," but I think it would kill them now!

Ditto on "Release, Release"! If they continue to do some rockers live like they have been, I would love to see this replace something like "Roundabout" or "Rhythm of Love".

daniel sylvain

05-11-2005, 04:22 PM

Don't go is most likely getting my vote here..I too believe that it is the only Yes song that get on my nerves..

Hill St.

05-23-2005, 01:11 AM

Went with "Owner" although, I like the HOB version.

RABARKS

05-29-2005, 07:06 AM

Voted for Survival. There are some nice ideas in it, but it's just a little too sweet in places. Plus I just don't like most of Peter Banks's playing.
Here's the thing with Owner. I didn't vote for it, because it is an okay song. But its hit-status has never been justified IMO. Plus Chris and especially Alan are very weak on it...
:headset:

sunburstbasser

05-29-2005, 09:51 PM

I went with "Don't Kill The Whale." It was close between that and "America" for me. "Rhythm Of Love" was third. Though really, DKTW isn't that bad compared to a lot of stuff.

Steve St Thomas

05-30-2005, 12:23 AM

My most assured vote went for AWAKEN

Internaut

05-30-2005, 09:31 AM

Well for me main one is America - I can't stand that song....and I console myself it is not a Yes original.....but I don't like the treatement that Yes give it...Steve's playing on that song really grates with me...it's like an improvised Jam.

It's an embarrassment! I've only been tortured with that pathetic excuse of a cover only once in the last few years, and that only reaffirmed my beliefs... What on earth were they thinking when they released it??

SonicDeath10

05-30-2005, 11:42 PM

the crap union songs got my vote. i would have chose on the silent wings of freedom though if it was up there. it's better than those songs, but it's more popular than it deserves.

nobody knows what it's like to feel these feelings. Like i do. AND I BLAME YOU.

bmf00

06-05-2005, 09:29 AM

:patriot: roundabout the studio version is my most overrated .it is also my most over played

BrianD

06-06-2005, 06:05 AM

None of the songs listed deserve to be outed, but Don't Go, Clear Days, Our song, Saving my heart or Somehow, Someday - you would get my vote!

slazman

06-06-2005, 05:33 PM

Don't kill The Whale - I just don't get it

Joedude

06-14-2005, 12:18 AM

America doesn't exactly thrill me, but I won't bypass it either if it's playing.

BlueEagle

06-28-2005, 12:45 AM

Much as I love YOUR MOVE, I.S.A.G.P. does nothing for me. It's too long, too much of a "perfunctory rocker" and ...kinda boring. But maybe I've just heard it too much.

cinderella

06-28-2005, 03:32 PM

I also don't like Yours Is No Disgrace and Going For The One. They're not on the list but I have just never understood the popularity. I guess it's like one of those silent dog whistles.

CTTEfan

06-28-2005, 04:20 PM

Based on your list, it would have to be "Rhythm of Love". This song is way too "POPpy".

Jackaranda

06-15-2006, 03:37 PM

From the list I chose Survival.

YESYOUANDI

06-15-2006, 04:01 PM

Don't kill the whale---going for the one---order of the bloody universe.

total cackie phoo phooooo.

Cheerss fannnsss

Come on ENG-ER-LAND.

World cup winners ) 2006

tommyhawk

06-15-2006, 06:37 PM

State of Play. It's too bubblegummy.

I love the rest of the Talk CD, tho.

MrZuLu

06-15-2006, 09:36 PM

Ankor Wat which is neither a popular song nor a Yes Song for that matter!

sorry...

carry on...

Mc-Merc

06-16-2006, 01:40 AM

Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Epitome of Pitifully Insignificance...

Purple Wolfhound

06-16-2006, 09:37 AM

Owner of a Lonely Heart.

Epitome of Pitifully Insignificance...
You know, I kept going through this list looking for a song I disliked more and I couldn't find one - not that it's bad - I actually enjoyed it when it first came out. To me it's the most overplayed Yessong in their history, though.

Yes.2

06-17-2006, 12:05 AM

Ya'll dont' like owner of a lonly heart! That song rocks! Don't kill the snail sucks tho

Ascend_Create

06-17-2006, 12:11 AM

Owner...sorry. When I have to explain Yes, I have to refer to Owner. It pisses me off. They've done better stuff, before and since.

Stever

06-17-2006, 12:44 AM

Can't really say I don't like the ones I chose. I'm just a little burnt on them is all, and they take up time at concerts that could be used for rarer material.

Mc-Merc

06-18-2006, 04:13 AM

Owner...sorry. When I have to explain Yes, I have to refer to Owner. It pisses me off. They've done better stuff, before and since.
LOL - I get that all the time! That's quite irritating. I have to quickly say that, although they did do that song, it is not really representative of the music they are respected for... I also have to clarify that I DO NOT like that song...

Doktor Rokster

06-18-2006, 04:41 AM

I also don't like Yours Is No Disgrace and Going For The One. They're not on the list but I have just never understood the popularity. I guess it's like one of those silent dog whistles.

Now I know you just have to be joking here: doing the dirty on two of my favourite Yes songs? As for me, I went for Open Your Eyes, but it could have been anything from that album, or Union: two albums that represent the real low points of Yes' career. That, That Is, isn't a favourite either, as it is the sound of a band desperately trying to write an epic to cement their return...it just didn't work. Mind Drive was a lot better, but it borrows a lot from Tarkus in regards to its construction

Doktor Rokster

06-18-2006, 04:44 AM

I could also be quite happy never to hear Owner ever again. If ever there was a song that grates, that is the one.

BrianD

06-18-2006, 07:37 AM

A difficult one - I really don't think there are any of the popular ones that i don't enjoy at some level.

There are Yes songs that i don't like much - Clear Days, Dear Father, State of Play, Somehow Someday, Man in the Moon, Soft as a Dove, Sweetness, Dangerous, Holding on, Our song - but I don't think they are too popular

YesForSure.

06-18-2006, 12:29 PM

Roundabout
I've Seen All Good People (I like only Your Move.)
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Rhythm Of Love
Shock To The System
The More We Live, Let Go
Endless Dream

Sheerah

06-18-2006, 12:32 PM

The two that I voted for got a lot of votes:
Owner Of A Lonely Heart and Rhythm Of Love.

YesForSure.

06-18-2006, 12:33 PM

LOL - I get that all the time! That's quite irritating. I have to quickly say that, although they did do that song, it is not really representative of the music they are respected for... I also have to clarify that I DO NOT like that song...
Me too..

Person 1: Who's YES?
Me: They are a progressive rock band.
Person 1: .....
Me: What, you never heard of Owner of a Lonely Heart?
(Short space of time where i don't have enough time to say that that era was the worst of their career)
Person 1: *Brandishes a katana*
A stranger that has overheard the conversation: *Picks up a large peice of timber*
Me: *runs*

Yeah, too bad Yes had to kill themselves in the eighties.

JB86

06-19-2006, 11:46 AM

All Good People and Awaken.

BlueEagle

06-19-2006, 12:02 PM

Though not as "popular" as other songs on the list, "DON'T GO" sounds like a BUGGLES reject.

Scooty

06-24-2006, 04:49 AM

All Good People and Awaken.

WHAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT???????

Dear gawd....

Scooty

06-24-2006, 04:51 AM

Let's see...

Brother Of Mine isn't a Yes song..so that doesn't count...

So, Hmmmmm..

I guess I would have to go with Rhythm Of Love

True Believer

06-24-2006, 04:52 AM

I must admit I'm pretty much over All Good People.

Malcolm Birkett

06-24-2006, 05:32 AM

Let's see...

Brother Of Mine isn't a Yes song..so that doesn't count...

So, Hmmmmm..

I guess I would have to go with Rhythm Of Love

Bloody hell Scoot!!

That song gave me some of the best moments of my entire Yes gig history!

OK maybe a smattering of all things Spinal Tap but what joy, what joy to have the Jon boy in and around us all, out there amongst us...a bit like the ABWH tour....'In the morning when you rise do you open your eyes see what I see-ee'

Actually I love the song...as I have said in another post I am one sad animal...jeez, I simply can't be in any way, shape or form objective about 'my' maestros ..I just love the whole kit and kaboodle.

When the initial strains of this track come on I just about wet my bleeding pants!!!

It is not Yes in a way but then again it is!!! The vocals, the bass...the tub thumper. Oh, I digress (surprise, surprise) but I think some of Al's best work is contained within the Rabin era. Hey folks just bloody well listen again to Talk...Al is flaming awesome..Oh. just remembered....Tales...Relayer...Drama...mmmmmm...p ondering, reflecting...perhaps his drumming on Rabinesque material is ever such a slight notch down from that...NO...it isn't!!...it is the material that is a notch down from that...our man Alan is there, right there, as always.
For God's sake Al...give us some bloody White dates. I am chomping at the bit here marra.

JB86

06-24-2006, 09:52 AM

WHAAAAAATTTTTTTTTT???????

Dear gawd....

All Good People I like- now- at the time of writing, I wasn't so keen on it. It's not that I dislike Awaken, I've just not heard it enough to warrant having any affection for it.

marklovesyes

07-25-2006, 04:05 PM

It's not that I dislike Awaken, I've just not heard it enough to warrant having any affection for it.

Lie down and listen to it all the way through with a good pair of headphones at a time when you cannot be distracted. Trust me.

Joe

07-25-2006, 04:12 PM

Please don't think bad of me,
but I've had enough of Roundabout!
I know it kinda put them on the map,
but every concert since it came out,
they play it. It's a GREAT song, just..........

JaneEyre

01-24-2007, 10:04 PM

It wouldn't break my heart to go a decade without hearing "All Good People" again.

cinderella

01-24-2007, 10:06 PM

It's not that I dislike Awaken, I've just not heard it enough to warrant having any affection for it.

Meh. Awaken has it's moments, but I can take it or leave it.

*runs*

gathernear

01-24-2007, 10:55 PM

I don't dislike any of the songs on this list.

cinderella

01-24-2007, 10:57 PM

As for "on the list" provided, the only song I really, really don't like is Shock To The System.

yes_angel

01-24-2007, 11:06 PM

it's not listed so i'm not saying! when I did say it the past,,I got in trouble! LMAO

Timmo

01-25-2007, 12:28 AM

Meh. Awaken has it's moments, but I can take it or leave it.

*runs*You're DEAD to me!!!

:lmao:

Timmo

01-25-2007, 12:29 AM

From this list:
Gates of Delirium
America
AwakenYou're also DEAD to me!!!

:beerchugr:

SonicDeath10

01-25-2007, 02:04 PM

No shock to the system. That is the worst song I've ever heard Yes perform. That riff is so stupid: if Steve Howe played that, I'll eat my hat.

HarmonicKev

01-25-2007, 02:20 PM

I would say Shock to the System but I think the chorus has some redeeming qualities ("So, in answer to the prayer...").

My next choice on the list would be "In the Presence Of." Though it's on one of my fav. albums, I think the only way I could tolerate that one is with an overdose of estrogen. I'm really tired of the Jane Luttenburger love-fest.

Yes.2

01-25-2007, 03:44 PM

Leave it....Just not really my cup of tea...

Amy

01-26-2007, 01:55 AM

Leave it....Just not really my cup of tea...
I'm not crazy about this one either.

(Spoken from the lips of the cruel one.)

Jackaranda

01-26-2007, 01:59 AM

I listened to That That Is recently for the first time in a long time and.....I'm not gonna listen to it again any time soon. Compared to Mind Drive and the rest of the material that was on Keys 2, it's pretty weak.

Also, Open Your Eyes is, for me, one of the weakest songs on that album. There ARE some good tracks on OYE, and easily the best, for me, is Universal Garden.

Timmo

01-26-2007, 02:35 AM

I love That, That Is.

However, I don't know if it qualifies as a "popular Yes song," most Yesfans don't even like it.

CRACKTIME!

BrianD

01-26-2007, 02:39 AM

I have been thinking about this and I struggle to find a popular Yes song that I don't like. There are popular Yes songs that I like less than others - Parallels, Sound Chaser, Changes, Machine Messiah - but I wouldn't say that I don't like them.

Timmo

01-26-2007, 02:57 AM

I have been thinking about this and I struggle to find a popular Yes song that I don't like. There are popular Yes songs that I like less than others... Sound Chaser....You're DEAD to me!!!

BrianD

01-26-2007, 02:59 AM

You're DEAD to me!!!

I nearly said Gates.....but I didn't want to tempt fate....or even worse .....Timmo!

fish62858

01-26-2007, 05:38 AM

like most of you, i don't "hate" any Yes tune...
there are those that i would rather not listen to...

but of them all, Don't Go is the one i'd pick.
or maybe Time is Time.

as for the list, my least fav is OoaLH.

a friend has a habit of cranking it up whenever we are together and it comes on the radio, saying "there are your boys!"
i just smile and let him go. one day i'm gonna play CTTE for him, and say THERE are my boys!

Timmo

01-27-2007, 04:46 AM

I nearly said Gates.....but I didn't want to tempt fate....or even worse .....Timmo!Then you would have been TRIPLE DOG DEAD to me!

milestownyes

02-01-2007, 01:08 AM

The only one I can think of is Roundabout. I say that not because I dislike the song, on the contrary; however, it has been played nearly to death in concert as the many, many, many performances I have will attest to. I can truthfully say I don't know if I ever want to hear it performed live again. The original studio release will always be a crisp breath of fresh air to me though and always conjure up visions of my madcap youth. Hoo Boy!

MrZuLu

02-01-2007, 01:33 AM

I don't understand the question...

YesJen357

02-01-2007, 06:39 AM

I don't understand the question...
Neither do I.......

Jonah

02-01-2007, 09:23 AM

I'm not a huge fan of And You And I. It's always a bit of a flat point for me at a show and I rarely listen to it on CD. But, I know it's a great song - it's just one of those that doesn't hit the mark with me.

yesplease

02-01-2007, 09:44 AM

Faceintheplace

02-01-2007, 01:47 PM

I like all these songs live. Endless Dream studio version leaves me cold but it became very good live, I hardly ever listen to the studio versions of Owner and Roundabout, it's mostly cause of over-exposure. I don't dislike the songs at all but there are many Yes songs I'd much rather hear off the studio albums at this point.

I like every version of Time and a Word, myself.

CybrKhatru

02-01-2007, 02:43 PM

Rhythm of Love got my vote.... I *like* it a bit, but not as much as the others on the list!

--Matt

allpurechance

02-02-2007, 07:17 AM

Rhythm of Love got my vote.... I *like* it a bit, but not as much as the others on the list!

--Matt

(like so many of the others...lol...)

...it's real good live!

CybrKhatru

02-02-2007, 12:48 PM

(like so many of the others...lol...)

...it's real good live!

Yer right brother Frankie....I *really* liked what Steve did with it in '04!!!

Dr Yes

02-13-2007, 09:50 AM

Okay I am playing fast and loose with the term 'popular' but with Yes fans there's always someone who will say "that's my favourite track" no matter how pants it is. ;)

Endless Dream
Don't Go
Soft As A Dove
Time Is Time
Big Generator
Almost Like Love
Holy Lamb
Finally
From The Balcony
Somehow, Someday
Be The One
Bring Me To The Power.

I am sorry, but I really don't like listening to any of these. Hit the skip button please.

marklovesyes

04-09-2007, 12:45 AM

I don't understand the question...
Well, the question is linked to a poll.

Also, lest anyone not read the opening post of the thread, the following explanation was given when I started it in regard to the choices of songs on this list. (And I still stand by the list as being about as accurate as one could get, +/- 3% margin of error):

"Here is a list of the most popular song from each album. This was mainly based on the following in order of importance:

1) frequency of concert appearance
2) frequency of radio play
3) favorite song polls from the albums - I found it necessary to use this criteria on the first album, ABWH, Union, Talk, KTA-1, and The Ladder as there was no clear cut choice.
Also, TAAW got two songs as the title track and Sweet Dreams really seemed to be a toss-up. Union got two songs on the list to represent the 2 different YES's on that album."

yes_angel

04-09-2007, 12:48 AM

Rhythm Of Love I can do without!

Ian B

04-09-2007, 06:52 AM

Don't Kill the Whale. Wonderous Stories as well, though it's not on the list. Bleargh. Bad pop songs the both of them. I haven't heard 'Magnification' or 'Talk'. The only other one I can think of is Holy Lamb, which is a crock as well, but contrary to popular opinion, I like the rest of 'Big Generator' a lot.

SadPreacher

04-09-2007, 09:24 PM

Owner and Rhythm here...god i hate those two songs

yes_angel

04-09-2007, 11:23 PM

Owner is good,,at least it was radio played and people know the band from it

rphheather

05-08-2009, 04:21 PM

I voted for ISAGP, it's not that I don't like it but I always skip it when it comes up on my iPod. I figure there are songs I like a lot more that I could be listening to instead.

I let my feelings be known about Owner on another thread, trying to keep it fresh. :cool:

TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART

05-08-2009, 04:59 PM

Tough call between Owner,Rhythm,Shock and The More We Live. All as bad as each other.
In the end I went with Rhythm of Love,but could easily have chosen all four.

JaneEyre

05-08-2009, 05:54 PM

It just dawned on me that Yes are going to play AGP on this tour. Ugh. Bathroom break, I guess.

somissound

05-10-2009, 09:54 PM

It just dawned on me that Yes are going to play AGP on this tour. Ugh. Bathroom break, I guess.

LOL!

I love all their stuff, classics included... But at this point I think it will be mostly diehard fans and people they bring... So play some adventurous songs, skip the the greatest hits!... If I want to hear Roundabout, All Good People, OOALH, etc, I can go down to the local bar and hear it on the jukebox or in my car on classic rock radio...

Or howe about just 1 classic and some less played gems?

90125yes

05-14-2009, 04:37 AM

i just did not vote !!!

we another thread for yes's worst song - why go through this exercise again ?

90125yes

05-14-2009, 04:39 AM

like them all

true yes fan you see

90125yes

05-14-2009, 04:40 AM

i cannot believe ooalh is gettting a bad time

Dantalion Rides Again

05-22-2009, 11:15 AM

Glancing at the list, there are none that I flat don't like. There are a few Yes songs I feel that way about, but they're not on the list! Out of those on the list, I think I have to say I enjoy "Mind Drive" least.

Sharp on Attack

05-22-2009, 11:24 AM

yarstruly

05-22-2009, 11:44 AM

I am not crazy about Survival...even though it may be the most prog song on the 1st album.....It's got the different sections; tempos, etc., and is probably very important in laying the groundwork fro what came later...but it had just never done much for me....can't say why exactly....It's kind of intangible ultimateley what it is that makes me like a song or not....

CybrKhatru

05-22-2009, 11:46 AM

weird....says I voted for Rhythm of Love....but I don't recall that. If I was going to vote at all it would have been for Mind Drive.

I don't *not* like any of these tunes...but like Kevin said, that's the one I like the least.

Mostly Harmless

05-22-2009, 11:48 AM

I've seen all good people. I'm so tired of it now. As one song on the YES album, it's alright at best, but to think that there is virtually no YES show this song hasn't been performed.....especially with the Give peace a Chance quote. Yawn.

Let me put on my armor before I say this.....

I feel the almost same way about And You And I. I like the song, but I would gladly sacrifice hearing it live, yet again, in favor of something I have never heard live or haven't heard in ages.

:aaa[1]:

.................runs away quickly................

Imperatrix

05-22-2009, 11:48 AM

Mind Drive is beneath my contempt, so I chose Roundabout. :D

rememberer

05-22-2009, 12:30 PM

I've seen all good people. I'm so tired of it now. As one song on the YES album, it's alright at best, but to think that there is virtually no YES show this song hasn't been performed.....especially with the Give peace a Chance quote. Yawn.

I think that quote is pretty timely myself.

I'd have voted Rythm of Love, but I think I'm going to pass. I really don't not like it, but there's just so much excellent stuff for it to stand in the shadow of. It stands up great to a lot of other people's material, but I don't think it stands up to the rest of the Yes catalog all that well. IMHO of course.

BlueEagle

05-22-2009, 02:48 PM

The only one on THAT ^ list I can live without is OWNER. I can't understand why it was picked as a single or why it was a hit. Even if it was a Trevor solo tune, it just sounds cheesy to me.
The only other song I really detest is "DON'T GO"

BillGuitar

06-20-2009, 10:08 AM

Let me put on my armor before I say this.....

I feel the almost same way about And You And I. I like the song, but I would gladly sacrifice hearing it live, yet again, in favor of something I have never heard live or haven't heard in ages.

:aaa[1]:

.................runs away quickly................

:hearts:Marge!:hearts:

It never used to be my absolute fave, either. But I don't have time to really make a decision with all of that guitar switching, going on!

Definitely a "no-curry" song, at least, guitars-wise!

Being in an ACDC tribute band is much cheaper.
For sure!

:rightG:

kirklott

06-20-2009, 10:43 AM

Open Your Eyes is the clear choice. Contrived, cliche, and dreadful harmonies.

How can anyone pick Owner? If nothing else, it's a masterwork of clever production. If it had been #1, I bet people wouldn't pick it.

cjreyes

06-22-2009, 04:27 PM

I went with In The Presence Of. Puts me to sleep every time.

Stever

06-30-2009, 04:35 PM

Just a quick follow up: They did a clean, Fragile version of Roundabout at the ITP show the other night, and I absolutely loved it. It sounded fresh, and exciting, and was performed very reverently. It's placement in the set was cool too. It wasn't the encore. That was Starship. Also done in a fresh, fun and exciting way. I didn't mind the 'standards', I guess is what I'm trying to say. I recant all previous posts on this thread. They all sound great to me now. I'm falling in love with Yes all over again.

Steelguy

06-30-2009, 04:35 PM

One of the few songs I didn't like in the 20+ times I've seen them was Mind Drive back on the 35 aniv. tour-came thru with a bit to much treble !

tidewater

06-30-2009, 05:46 PM

[Sardaukar;494819']I strongly dislike the original Time and a Word but I love the version on Yesshows with Steve and Rick; such and amazing improvement in overall quality. Keyboard and guitar parts to match Squires great parts.
Both versions are brilliant....but my favourite is the Yesshows one for sure!!!!!:headset:

CybrKhatru

07-01-2009, 12:51 PM

re: Time and a Word...

In addition to the original and the Yesshows version, I really like the KTA version....nice arrangement!!

crotale2112

07-01-2009, 12:51 PM

I'm just sooooooo burnt out with seen all good people from to much radio play. It's pathetic howe the radio stations only play one or two yessongs and it seems that this song is always one of them. Good lord radio sucks so bad around here. Moron radio at it's best.

I remember when WNEW out of new york would play close to the edge and tunes from drama.