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RobAdams
05-22-2002, 05:00 AM
Thirty voters decided that these are our 40 favorite Yes songs, a poll which began originally as two polls. One poll included every song from the 1st album YES to TORMATO. The second poll included every song from DRAMA to MAGNIFICATION. One song was accidently left out - FOR EVERYONE, which is on the SOMETHING'S COMING (UK) and BEYOND AND BEFORE (US) albums. I don't think this omission has effected the outcome.

Poll results:
01 AND YOU AND I (24)
02 AWAKEN (24)
03 STARSHIP TROOPER (23)
03 CLOSE TO THE EDGE (23)
03 GATES OF DELIRIUM (23)
04 YOURS IS NO DISGRACE (21)
04 HEART OF THE SUNRISE (21)
05 PERPETUAL CHANGE (20)
05 SOUTH SIDE OF THE SKY (20)
05 ROUNDABOUT (20)
06 I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE (19)
07 SIBERIAN KHATRU (17)
07 THE REVEALING SCIENCE OF GOD (17)
07 TO BE OVER (17)
07 ON THE SILENT WINGS OF FREEDOM (17)
08 RITUAL (16)
08 TURN OF THE CENTURY (16)
08 IT CAN HAPPEN (16)
08 HOMEWORLD (16)
08 IN THE PRESENCE OF (16)
08 GIVE LOVE EACH DAY (16)
09 SOUND CHASER (15)
09 MIND DRIVE (15)
09 MAGNIFICATION (15)
09 DREAMTIME (15)
10 HEARTS (13)
10 SPIRIT OF SURVIVAL (13)
10 CAN YOU IMAGINE (13)
11 THE REMEMBERING (12)
12 GOING FOR THE ONE (11)
12 CHANGES (11)
12 SHOOT HIGH AIM LOW (11)
12 MIRACLE OF LIFE (11)
12 THE MORE WE LIVE - LET GO (11)
12 I AM WAITING (11)
12 IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY (11)
13 LEAVE IT (10)
13 NEW LANGUAGE (10)
14 TEMPUS FUGIT (9)
14 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART (9)

Would make a great setlist, wouldn't it? Wonder how long the show would need to be?
gt76yesman
05-22-2002, 12:33 PM
I love polls, I would agree all the way down to TO BE OVER. Don't know why but I just haven't found a way to like that song yet. :-(

Interesting that the top 90125 song (Hearts) was way down that list.

Ah, Glenn
RobAdams
05-23-2002, 01:54 AM
OWNER OF A LONELY HEART came very close to not being in the top 40. Hardly a favorite of mine, but it only seems right that their two biggest single A sides made this list. ROUNDABOUT did much better here than on the previous polls, where it just barely got to the final round.

I'm wondering how much of an effect thoughts on the upcoming tour have had on this poll. CLOSE TO THE EDGE and GATES OF DELIRIUM were more popular in the first round of these polls. Now the number one spot is a tie between AND YOU AND I and AWAKEN. Maybe subconsciously we really want to see these played more than anything?
sychophant
05-23-2002, 05:17 AM
Gosh, I just posted a poll asking if anyone was sick of hearing And You and I. How heartwarming to see i am not alone in my thoughts on this pristine song!!!
RobAdams
05-23-2002, 05:24 AM
They can play the entire CLOSE TO THE EDGE album at every YES show I ever see, and I won't get sick of it.
Original_Shifty
05-23-2002, 10:33 AM
Originally posted by i-and-i
I'm wondering how much of an effect thoughts on the upcoming tour have had on this poll. CLOSE TO THE EDGE and GATES OF DELIRIUM were more popular in the first round of these polls. Now the number one spot is a tie between AND YOU AND I and AWAKEN. Maybe subconsciously we really want to see these played more than anything?

Maybe AYAI and Awaken just have universal appeal between the broad base of fans.
gt76yesman
05-23-2002, 11:55 AM
I must agree. I could see all three CttE songs at every YES show and never be unhappy about it. I am also really looking forward to Wakeman on Awaken! My favorite live Awaken was the Union Tour where I had front-row-center.