Top 5 Chris Squire Yes Songs

[Mr. Holland]

Purely from a bass playing point of view, what are your five favourite Yes songs when it comes to Chris Squire's performance?

[Enlighten]

Close to the Edge

Siberian Khatru

Roundabout

Future Times/Rejoice

OTSWOF

Tempus Fugit

Does it Really Happen

Machine Messiah

Long Distance Rounaround

South Side of the Sky

[patrickq]

only five??!

1. Gates of Delirium
2. Parallels
3. Tempus Fugit
4. Does it Really Happen
5. I’m Running… out of space for Roundabout, Open Your Eyes, and so many other incredible bass lines! I’ll think of another one as soon as I post this.

Maybe my favorite Chris Squire performance is the vocals on “South Side of the Sky.”

[JMKUSA]

Roundabout
Ritual
Tempus Fugut
Does It Really Happen
On the Silent Wings of Freedom

[michelforest]

Purely from a bass playing point of view, what are your five favourite Yes songs when it comes to Chris Squire's performance?

In chronological order:

1-No Opportunity Necessary
2-Yours Is No Disgrace
3-Close to the Edge
4-Gates
5-Machine Messiah

There are plenty others, of course... I do have to mention "Hold Out Your Hand" and "Silently Falling" from FOOW.

[Soundwaveseeker]

Lots of great bass moments. So we're talking just the playing, not songwriting (Onward, Parallels etc), right?

Sound Chaser
Tempus Fugit
Perpetual Change
I'm Running
Gates Of D.
Survival
Yours Is No D.
On The Silent Wings O' Freedom
City Of Love (simple as it is...)
Dreamtime
Parallels

wait, that's way more than 5. Just grab any 5 of the above, all great.

[patrickq]

Lots of great bass moments. So we're talking just the playing, not songwriting (Onward, Parallels etc), right?

I just love how the “Parallels” chord progression (played on the organ) and bass line don’t really have anything to do with each other, yet interlock perfectly. Compare this to the bass part on the main riff of “Owner of a Lonely Heart,” for example. The difference is that Squire was the composer of “Parallels,” while on “Owner,” he was there to supplement the guitar part Rabin had written (I’m not sure what a bass player could to there except play along with such an iconic guitar riff). That is, until the bass part on the “after my own indecision” section, which has a lot of similarities to the main bass line of “Parallels.”

[Sharp On Attack]

Heart of the Sunrise
Parallels
I'm Running
Ritual
It Can Happen
...too many to choose

[pianozach]

OTSWOF
Roundabout
Tempus Fugit
Close to the Edge
The Gates of Delerium
Long Distance Rounaround
Heart of the Sunrise

[madbear]

Siberian Khatru
Sound Chaser
Gates of Delirium
Heart of the Sunrise
Open Your Eyes

[Mr. Holland]

Close to the Edge
Gates of Delirium
Does it Really Happen
I'm Running
Heart of the Sunrise

[patrickq]

Close to the Edge
Gates of Delirium
Does it Really Happen
I'm Running
Heart of the Sunrise

It really is tough to narrow it down to five. Which makes this an excellent thread.

Thanks for posting these “top five” questions. Looking forward to Rabin, Bruford, and Kaye (though Kaye might be tricky insofar as he might not have played on much of 90125).

[Frumious B]

“Tempus Fugit”
”Roundabout”
”On The Silent Wings Of Freedom”
”Beyond And Before”
”I’m Running”

[Old Frothingslosh]

Sound Chaser
Heart of the Sunrise
Into the Lens
Arriving UFO
Silent Wings of Freedom

[Sam I Am]

So many to choose from - truly the sound that held the band together IMO

Close to the Edge
Roundabout
Heart of the Sunrise
Gates of Delerium
Future Times/Rejoice

How about another thread for his vocal contributions?