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    Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Another thread on these boards about the song, America, got me wondering where would that song rank amongst the songs from the period of The Yes Album through the Close to the Edge album, and how the songs from that period would rank in general. To keep things manageable the list is limited to the "classic" songs from the period. I left out the Fragile "solo" showcase pieces - save for The Fish which backends Long Distance Runaround - as well as The Clap and A Venture from The Yes Album.

    Rank each of these songs, with a number 1 through 12:
    Yours Is No Disgrace
    Starship Trooper
    I've Seen All Good People
    Perpetual Change
    Roundabout
    South Side Of The Sky
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    Heart Of The Sunrise
    America
    Close To The Edge
    And You And I
    Siberian Khatru

    I am aware "Classic Yes" means different things to different people. For the puposes of this thread, I am using it as defining this narrow period of time. I am not necessarily saying Classic Yes can't mean a broader period.

    Thanks.
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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

    1) Close to the Edge
    2) Starship Trooper
    3) And You And I
    4) South Side of the Sky
    5) Yours Is No Disgrace
    6) Heart of the Sunrise
    7) Siberian Khatru
    8) Roundabout
    9) Perpetual Change
    10) America
    11) I've Seen All Good People
    12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Yours Is No Disgrace - 2
    Starship Trooper - 5
    I've Seen All Good People - 9
    Perpetual Change - 8
    Roundabout - 4
    South Side Of The Sky - 7
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish - 12
    Heart Of The Sunrise - 3
    America - 11
    Close To The Edge - 1
    And You And I - 6
    Siberian Khatru - 10
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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Quote Originally Posted by CybrKhatru View Post
    Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

    1) Close to the Edge
    2) Starship Trooper
    3) And You And I
    4) South Side of the Sky
    5) Yours Is No Disgrace
    6) Heart of the Sunrise
    7) Siberian Khatru
    8) Roundabout
    9) Perpetual Change
    10) America
    11) I've Seen All Good People
    12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    I'd swap the places of Roundabout and Perpetual Change but otherwise, exactly the same.

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Quote Originally Posted by CybrKhatru View Post
    Sounds like a fun challenge. Although I'm kinda tempted to make some of these "sub-ranked", like 2a), 2b) 2c) !!

    1) Close to the Edge
    2) Starship Trooper
    3) And You And I
    4) South Side of the Sky
    5) Yours Is No Disgrace
    6) Heart of the Sunrise
    7) Siberian Khatru
    8) Roundabout
    9) Perpetual Change
    10) America
    11) I've Seen All Good People
    12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    Quote Originally Posted by Meng View Post
    Yours Is No Disgrace - 2
    Starship Trooper - 5
    I've Seen All Good People - 9
    Perpetual Change - 8
    Roundabout - 4
    South Side Of The Sky - 7
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish - 12
    Heart Of The Sunrise - 3
    America - 11
    Close To The Edge - 1
    And You And I - 6
    Siberian Khatru - 10
    I was thinking along the lines of the format in CybrKhatru's post, but Meng's format has the advantage of easy tabulating. Hmmm....

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Hard to rank but I can tell you that America goes right to the bottom of that list for me. I just don't like it.
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    1) Close To The Edge
    2) And You And I
    3) Siberian Khatru
    4) South Side Of The Sky
    5) Roundabout
    6) Starship Trooper
    7) Heart Of The Sunrise
    8) Yours Is No Disgrace
    9) Perpetual Change
    10) America
    11) I've Seen All Good People
    12) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    1) Heart Of The Sunrise
    2) And You And I
    3) Close To The Edge
    4) South Side Of The Sky
    5) Yours Is No Disgrace
    6) Starship Trooper
    7) Siberian Khatru
    8) Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    9) Roundabout
    10) America
    11) Perpetual Change
    12) I've Seen All Good People

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    01. Close to the Edge
    02. And You And I
    03. Yours is No Disgrace
    04. Heart of the Sunrise
    05. Roundabout
    06. Starship Trooper
    07. Perpetual Change
    08. America
    09. Siberian Kathru
    10. Southside of the Sky
    11. I've Seen All Good People
    12. Long Distance Runaround/the Fish
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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    1. Close to the Edge
    2. And You and I
    3. Starship Trooper
    4. South Side of the Sky
    5. Yours is No Disgrace
    6. I've Seen All Good People
    7. America
    8. Heart of the Sunrise
    9. Siberian Khatru
    10 Roundabout
    11 Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    12 Perpetual Change

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    1. And You And I
    2. America
    3. Close To The Edge
    4. South Side Of The Sky
    5. Perpetual Change
    6. Starship Trooper
    7. Roundabout
    8. I've Seen All Good People
    9. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    10. Heart Of The Sunrise
    11. Siberian Khatru
    12. Yours Is No Disgrace

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Quote Originally Posted by Albedo View Post
    Hard to rank but I can tell you that America goes right to the bottom of that list for me. I just don't like it.
    Ditto.

    Actually, it wouldn't even figure in my top dozen list at all. I'd replace it with A Venture, which then pretty much includes all the songs from those three albums.

    Close To The Edge
    And You And I
    Heart Of The Sunrise
    Starship Trooper
    Yours Is No Disgrace
    Perpetual Change
    Roundabout
    Siberian Khatru
    South Side Of The Sky
    Your Move/I've Seen All Good People
    Long Distance Runaround
    A Venture
    Paul - Me
    Good with chips - Jon Lizard Man
    Surfing on a wave of nostalgia for an age yet to come - P. Shelley
    This is the strangest life I've ever known - J. Morrison






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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    The average song ranking through post 11:
    1. Close To The Edge 1.5
    2. And You And 2.625
    3. Starship Trooper 4.5
    4. Heart Of The Sunrise 5.625 (Three way tie.)
    4. South Side Of The Sky 5.625
    4. Yours Is No Disgrace 5.625
    7. Roundabout 7.125
    8. Siberian Khatru 7.875
    9. America 8.5
    10. Perpetual Change 8.625
    11. I've Seen All Good People 9.875
    12. Long Distance Runaround/The Fish 11.0

    The tally of each vote and average song ranking:
    Yours Is No Disgrace 5 2 5 8 5 3 5 12 5.625
    Starship Trooper 2 5 2 6 6 6 3 6 4.5
    I've Seen All Good People 11 9 11 11 12 11 6 8 9.875
    Perpetual Change 9 8 8 9 11 7 12 5 8.625
    Roundabout 8 4 9 5 9 5 10 7 7.125
    South Side Of The Sky 5 7 7 4 4 10 4 4 5.625
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish 12 12 12 12 8 12 11 9 11.0
    Heart Of The Sunrise 6 3 6 7 1 4 8 10 5.625
    America 10 11 10 10 10 8 7 2 8.5
    Close To The Edge 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1.5
    And You And I 3 6 3 2 2 2 2 1 2.625
    Siberian Khatru 7 10 7 3 7 9 9 11 7.875


    This took a few minutes. If anyone wants to pick up the ball later on, BE MY GUEST! Sorry, TOBYSGRAPHICGOKART's vote wasn't counted, as it came in while I was arithmaticing.


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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Heart Of The Sunrise
    Yours Is No Disgrace
    And You And I
    Starship Trooper
    America
    Close To The Edge
    South Side Of The Sky
    Siberian Khatru
    Perpetual Change
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish
    Roundabout
    I've Seen All Good People

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    Re: Rank the Classic Years Dozen

    Close To The Edge
    And You And I
    Siberian Khatru
    Yours Is No Disgrace
    Perpetual Change
    Starship Trooper
    Heart Of The Sunrise
    I've Seen All Good People
    Roundabout
    South Side Of The Sky
    Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

    America doesn't belong on this list.
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