tell the moon don't tell the marcher
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
Howe’s chromatic runs
― calstars, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:15 (six years ago) link
Roundabout is a pretty close second for me. Definitely one of the most breathtaking radio singles ever.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 13 April 2018 02:25 (six years ago) link
haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KUmPPAQu58
― pplains, Friday, 13 April 2018 02:39 (six years ago) link
"Long Distance Runaround" for me, because of the e m p t y s p a c e so graciously left for us (aided by ridiculous bass-drum work by Bill Bruford), as we're waiting to feel the sound, like mountains coming out of the sky and standing there (was it ever colder on that day? I feel lost in the city)
The double bass drum in the first verse when Jon sings "Cold summer" and the Chris Squire bass run when Jon sings "One... Hun...dred"; which he follows with this rad downward bass slide during the second verse when Jon sings "...Sou---ou--ou--ound".
Steve and Rick harmonizing in that awesomely-Bach-esque riff ain't so bad, either.
― Prefecture, Friday, 13 April 2018 03:15 (six years ago) link
it's going to be tough to choose between roundabout and south side
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 13 April 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
long distance runaround!!!
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 13 April 2018 04:17 (six years ago) link
Voting for South Side because it is such a great song, but so often overshadowed by the bigger hit tracks. Love all of Howe's interjections in the verses, and Bruford's drumming is totally badass. A real gritty, chugging song for Yes.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 April 2018 04:38 (six years ago) link
I probably mentioned it in the classic rock poll thread a few years back but I didn't realize just how heroic Steve Howe's performance on Roundabout was until I watched a live video. The man also has A+++ guitar faces.
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:37 (six years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/oyKYalqZO274KPtm1B/giphy.gif
― stormzy daniels (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:40 (six years ago) link
I remember trying to learn "Roundabout" on guitar and struggling mightily. Howe must have some really long fingers.
― frogbs, Friday, 13 April 2018 13:41 (six years ago) link
'South Side of the Sky' is the one that gets stuck in my head the most from this, so that.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:50 (six years ago) link
Not that I know a lot of their work, but I still love "Roundabout" 46 years after I loved it on Top 40. Gone, gone, gone--couldn't get a song like that anywhere near the radio/charts/whatever today.
― clemenza, Friday, 13 April 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it seems almost surreal that Close to the Edge was a top 5 album.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:57 (six years ago) link
I'm not sure if I have ever listened to the single edit of "Roundabout"! Classic rock stations always play the album version ime.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 13 April 2018 13:59 (six years ago) link
South Side of the Sky
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 13 April 2018 14:00 (six years ago) link
first time I heard "Roundabout" I wondered why they'd borrowed the intro of "From the Beginning" even though it was definitely the other way around
still weird to have two radio hits begin the exact same way
― frogbs, Friday, 13 April 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link
I've been faked out by that too.
― pplains, Friday, 13 April 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
Had to be Roundabout, that bassline is so fun to play. But for the most part I don't think this album stacks up against their other albums from their good era, Yes don't really work in short-form for me. But The Fish is pretty cool, it sounds surprisingly ahead of its time I think, you can almost hear Tool being invented.
― obnoxious pun (ultros ultros-ghali), Friday, 13 April 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
The only ELP I know is radio ELP, but I've never heard that song!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
Love all of Howe's interjections in the verses
otm but still voted Heart
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:21 (six years ago) link
This album would be a perfect 10 if it lost the solo crap
The Fish is OK but the others are such a drag
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:22 (six years ago) link
True, the Wakeman and Brufors ones are my least favorite, others are fine.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:28 (six years ago) link
Fine but unnecessary
the definition of filler
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
Heart of the Sunrise over South Side of the Sky because of the cheesy light entertainment section in the latter.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 13 April 2018 16:59 (six years ago) link
"We Have Heaven" is one of my favorites
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 13 April 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
I actually like how those short solo bits work to break up the longer compositions.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 13 April 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link
heart of the sunrise without a second's hesitation.
― Louis Jägermeister (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 April 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
Going from Roundabout to Cans & Brahms as to be about the shittiest, biggest letdown first to second track transition ever.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 13 April 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
*has to be
Definitely gonna put on either this or Close to the Edge on the way home now. Getting excited.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 13 April 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
SHARPDISTANCE
― calstars, Friday, 13 April 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
Dreamer easy in the chair that really fits you
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 April 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
thought it was “dream more”
― calstars, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:34 (six years ago) link
Dreamoire
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 13 April 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
that works
― calstars, Friday, 13 April 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
SHARPDISTANCEotm
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 14 April 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
SHORP
― j., Saturday, 14 April 2018 02:22 (six years ago) link
"Dreamer" is what's printed in the sleeve of my LP.
You guys love Steve Howe and really have no affection for "Mood for a Day"? Learning the first part of it from a substitute guitar teacher is among a handful of happy memories I recall from Grade 9.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:17 (six years ago) link
(Not saying it's a contender for my favourite track here tbc. That's really between "South Side of the Sky" and "Heart of the Sunrise".)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:19 (six years ago) link
not specific to qualmsley but ppl need to stop with the 'poll closes in six months' shit
no one needs six months to mull over their favo(u)rite fragile track and i can't even remember what i voted for earlier this week for fuck's sake
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:40 (six years ago) link
i mean maybe s/he was aiming for may 11 but that's still way too long
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:42 (six years ago) link
"Mood For a Day" is fantastic. I don't relate to any of this anti-solo-tracks sentiment.
― JRN, Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:48 (six years ago) link
I too shake my head disapprovingly at the solo track haters.
― Three Word Username, Saturday, 14 April 2018 08:34 (six years ago) link
love this fragile-era outtakehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH8x5_CPTIs
― velko, Saturday, 14 April 2018 08:37 (six years ago) link
you haven't scaled the summits of existence until you've played 'roundabout' on a football field in a marching band
How did this arrangement treat the organ solo? The mind reels.
― SlimAndSlam, Saturday, 14 April 2018 13:13 (six years ago) link
Wow at the outtake, I haven't really delved into much of that stuff unless it was bonus tracks on an album. Sounds like slightly like the end of Siberian Khatru.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 14 April 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
I actually like how those short solo bits work to break up the longer compositions.― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, April 13, 2018 5:24 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, April 13, 2018 5:24 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Me too! The way the shorter tracks offer a little bit of breathing space from the big epics is part of what makes the album what it is. It's part of the character of Fragile.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Saturday, 14 April 2018 18:52 (six years ago) link
ah, i would have to think about it, but lacking a guitarist they gave the opening bit to a flugelhorn soloist, who then soloed later on too in the guitar slot, maybe on trumpet, so i think probably the lead trombone took the other solo
― j., Saturday, 14 April 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
What’s the connection? Rush baffles me
― calstars, Monday, 5 November 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Songs about cities, being a tourist in a city, the soul of a city
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
I find the lyrics to Heart of the Sunrise far more perplexing than The Camera Eye. You could probably say that about any Yes song vs any Rush song though.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
In and around the lake . . .
― Andrew "Hit Dice" Clay (PBKR), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
SHORP!!!! DISTANCE!!
― j., Monday, 5 November 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
I was just about to say that I thought this one had been polled already, but then I realised it's the same poll!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 5 November 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
Did Peart (or anyone) actually say "The Camera Eye" was an homage or was that a joke?
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Monday, 5 November 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
I don't know how long the Steven Wilson remixes have been on Spotify, but there they are.
― pplains, Monday, 5 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Nice
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
haha wow
― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 00:38 (five years ago) link
both choices are correct
nice
― sleeve, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
condolences 5und4r
― j., Tuesday, 6 November 2018 01:16 (five years ago) link
I voted for "Sunrise"! And I like "Roundabout" a lot!
― The nexus of the crisis (Sund4r), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
lmao accurate
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
a little surprised Long Distance Runaround trailed so far behind the other 3
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
poor 5%, it didn't deserve to tie with cans
― j., Tuesday, 6 November 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
schindleria præmaturus deserved slightly better
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 02:15 (five years ago) link
i always wind up listening to 5% four times in a row
― fred-a van vleet (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 02:27 (five years ago) link
It’s not that the songs that placed low are not good, it’s that the songs that placed high are monuments
― calstars, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 02:45 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the top 4 (plus 'The Fish', which I see more as a coda to 'Long Distance Runaround' - can't have one without the other) are the real meat of this record. Anything additional is just highly listenable padding.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
'Mood For A Day' isn't as enjoyable as 'Clap' but it's kinda funny seeing it only get one vote when I assume these are some very difficult songs to play.
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
(listening to them again) ... maybe 'Mood For A Day' is better
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:57 (five years ago) link
happy 47th birthday, FRAGILE!
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 26 November 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
wheres those tax returns wakeman
― j., Monday, 26 November 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
According to Anderson, the song is about being lost in the city.[2]
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Sunday, 24 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
The song is about being the roundabout.
― jmm, Sunday, 24 February 2019 17:55 (five years ago) link
the sunshine -- in mountains sometimes lostthe river -- can disregard the cost
and melt in the sky -- the warmth when you die
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
cans & brahms 0
About right
― Cornelius Fondue (Matt #2), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:03 (four years ago) link
Yes was a band that was partly great for reasons beyond the control of any of its members. The corny "give each member a feature" aspect of this album is evidence of just how questionable a lot of their ideas and taste were. I always pictured that as being Jon Anderson's influence although IDK for sure. Jon Anderson himself has a lot of lame tendencies (as does Rick Wakeman) and yet both work exceedingly well over that rhythm section.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
i love heart of the sunrise so much
― ت (jim in vancouver), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
the 'give each member a feature' is a fun aspect of the album imo, and the fish and mood for a day stand pretty well on their own tbh.
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
it's filler, but sometimes it's nice to have some filler to welcome us into the band's sonic world.
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:10 (four years ago) link
I like all the solo bits, besides Wakemans. Mood for a Day is really pretty and I like The Fish has an extended coda to Long Distance Runaround. Even Jon's is pretty fun.
― frogbs, Friday, 8 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
bruford's is kinda pointless, but it's also 30 seconds long, so it's fine.
― kanye kendrick frank kendrick frank kanye (voodoo chili), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
the instrumental virtuosity each YES person performs here is more compelling and inspirational than "good taste" imho. i mean "heart of the sunrise", holy fuck
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 November 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
"We Have Heaven" is amazing.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 8 November 2019 21:05 (four years ago) link
SHARP
DISTANCE
― ciderpress, Saturday, 30 July 2022 19:16 (one year ago) link