Official Yes Top 50 Countdown Thread! - #23-21 Revealed!

[pg1067]

So...we're now up to 6 lists (including mine.  Unless anyone objects, I'm going to extend the deadline to give folks more time.

[devieira73]

So...we're now up to 6 lists (including mine.  Unless anyone objects, I'm going to extend the deadline to give folks more time.

[hefdaddy42]

I will do my best to get a list in.

[Stadler]

I'll GLADLY take it. I've already arbitrarily deemed the post-Squire material out (and I'm including Heaven and Earth in that steaming pile of lesser material). 

[pg1067]

OK...deadline is now Saturday, May 4.

[James Mypetgiress]

Making my way through this now... wow it's tougher than i thought 

[jammindude]

I sincerely want to do this, and I am sincerely going to try. The astronomical amount of drama that has decided to encircle my life is making it difficult, but these types of escape are sometimes a very welcome corner of my life.

[DTA]

Sent my list! This got tough with the post-2000's songs.

[pg1067]

Only 6 songs made every list.  Needless to say, this means some heavy hitters were left off at least one list.

Those 6 songs come from only 4 albums.

The #1 songs have also come from only 4 albums (but they're not the same albums referred to above).

[romdrums]

Sent my list! This got tough with the post-2000's songs.

I made it easy on myself and left those out.

[Stadler]

This is hard; I cut it off with no Squire and/or no Anderson.  Not hard and fast, because I left off Heaven and Earth (though Squire appeared on that) and I included Drama, Fly From Here, and From A Page that didn't have Anderson.  Obviously something off GFTO versus something off The Ladder is an easy choice, but to discern between a song from The Ladder and Magnification, not so much, or a song from CTTE and Fragile...

[HOF]

My knowledge of Yes starts with Fragile and ends with Big Generator, which conveniently was just about 55 songs.

[Stadler]

My knowledge of Yes starts with Fragile and ends with Big Generator, which conveniently was just about 55 songs.

Other than "The Yes Album", you've got the meat and potatoes there.   

[HOF]

Other than "The Yes Album", you've got the meat and potatoes there.   

Woops, it does include The Yes Album. Just forgot that one came before Fragile!

[pg1067]

Sent my list! This got tough with the post-2000's songs.

I made it easy on myself and left those out.

And yet Make It Easy is a pre-2000s song.   

[devieira73]

PG, I sent mine.

[pg1067]

PG, I sent mine.

Got it.   

[pg1067]

Eight lists in...REALLY hope this number at least doubles over the next week.

Only 4 songs on every list.  Three of them are probably quite predictable.  I think the fourth is a bit surprising.

There are five studio albums that, between them, have only garnered two votes (probably no surprise there either).

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

sent in my list

EDIT: I have some nostalgia for Union (I know, I know) so I feel like if any of those songs even make the results it's probably due to me

[DTwwbwMP]

Eight lists in...REALLY hope this number at least doubles over the next week.

This IS a prog "site" right? How could there be ONLY 8 lists?

[HOF]

Kind of a surprising turnout, but at the same time, not sure there are so many passionate Yes fans here?

[Metro]

I like Yes, but I would never say I’m that passionate about them. 50 is a tall order for a more casual fan like me when there’s sooo many songs I don’t know or don’t care about. But I could definitely do 25 if you’d accept it. Could you not still do a top 50 countdown if not everybody submits 50 songs, or would that mess up your data?

[TAC]

This IS a prog "site" right? How could there be ONLY 8 lists?

It's not a prog site, it's a Dream Theater fan site. I only know 6 songs from the list in the OP, and I love Dream Theater.

[DTwwbwMP]

Sure not everyone likes YES who are on this "dream theater fan site" but I would expect a lot more than 8 lists!

[jammindude]

There will be more. There’s never been one of these without an 11th hour surge.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

proud of my list

[TAC]

Sure not everyone likes YES who are on this "dream theater fan site" but I would expect a lot more than 8 lists!

I just think that going 50 deep was a bit steep. There may have been a better turnout with a Top 25.

[Metro]

I just think that going 50 deep was a bit steep. There may have been a better turnout with a Top 25.

The same thing happened with the Queen countdown last year.
I think that should be the rule for these countdown threads going forward. Submit 25, but still do the Top 50 for the countdown.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

FWIW, i had no issue doing Top 50 vs Top 25 for Yes. They're the kind of band that has enough long songs that you're either going to only know a dozen tunes or you're gonna know 100 lol. Not convinced 25 v 50 is why there's low turnout here...

[Orbert]

I'm one of the biggest YesFans around, if not the biggest, but I don't go for rankings, survivors, roulettes, any of that stuff.  I have my favorites, but on any given day, if I were forced to choose, there are any dozens of YesSongs that I might want to hear.  Ranking them or stating which songs are "better" is 100% subjective, so basically a waste of time.  Sorry.

[Animal]

I didn't find out about this countdown until very recently (I had been quite busy so hadn't been reading this part of the forum). I'll definitely submit a list, I am just doing some last minute re-appreciation.
Few thoughts so far:1) Contrary to what I tended to think, Yes didn't stop making good music after Going for the One. 2) Upon new spins after many years, I am finding out I really like some albums I wouldn't give much thought before, such as Drama, Tales or Talk . 3) I thought Owner of the Lonely Heart was the only song I knew from 90125 - after listening to it, I realize I know the whole album (and I like it). And not only know it, like "It sound like something I have heard before", but more like "I am really familiar with pretty much every song". That's weird - I have never owned the album. Yes, my parents had a 90125 vinyl, but this was over 30 years ago and unlike so many other vinyls they would spin repeatedly (such as J-Tull's Heavy Horses), I don't remember they would ever play this one (and I used to be very inquisitive about any music that was played at any moment).
 

[Kwyjibo]

I wouldn't go as far as Orbert in saying that ranking the Yes songs is a waste of time. But I always have trouble with ranking, I can maybe point to a top five but on any given day even that will change, so doing a top 50 would be very very time consuming and I would probably not be satisfied with the end result, and I simply haven't got that time right now.

So yes, big Yes fan here but I will not submit a list, sorry.

But it's always fun to read the rankings and comments of others, so please, keep this up.

[Mladen]

I had fun putting the list together, it turned out pretty good. Honestly, that top ten is spectacular. I feel like making a playlist of those songs and putting them on shuffle. That's almost three hours of great music there. 

[James Mypetgiress]

Sent mine in, this was great fun to do!
I was surprised at the amount of modern Yes tracks, especially from the latest album, that ended up being in my top 50-100.

[hefdaddy42]

I'm going to do my best to get a list in, but these things are difficult for me.