Yes
You know, it’s funny how first impressions can be SO misleading. Such is the case when I heard the group Yes for the first time. Back in those days, I was pretty much an AM radio listener and if you know anything about AM radio, they don’t play a lot of very long songs. Here’s the story of how I was first introduced to Yes.
I was going to South Mountain Reservation with my friends. We go hiking every year in the spring time. Well, at least we used to. At 53, my hiking days are over. Anyway, we always brought our radios with us. The year was 1972. I had my little transistor radio which was pretty much glued to my ear. Anyway, this song came on the radio. It was “Roundabout.” It was a pretty short little tune of about two and a half minutes. I really didn’t think much of it, though it was okay…I guess.
Some time passed and I started listening to FM radio and heard this “other” song come on with a really cool guitar intro, complete with harmonics and everything. I was hooked from the first notes. And then, after the intro ended, the main part of the song came on. I was floored. It was that same two and a half minute song that I heard at South Mountain. My goodness, did they EVER butcher that 45. No wonder I didn’t like the song that much. Today, the full version of Roundabout is one of my favorite Yes songs.
And that begin my love affair with one of the greatest progressive rock bands in history. My only regret is that when I did see them, the one time I was able to get tickets, Jon Anderson had left the group and was replaced by that guy who sang “Video Killed The Radio Star.” He was okay, but he was no Jon Anderson. Still, the rest of the group rocked.
Over the years, I bought a lot of Yes recordings. Their albums were truly an experience. You knew what you were going to get, more or less, but you never quite knew HOW you were going to get it. They always kept you guessing at least a little bit. And then of course when “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” came out, that really blew me away. It was so much different from anything Yes had done up to that point in time. In fact, I’m pretty sure they were the pioneers of those little horn hits that were so prevalent throughout the song.
Yes was one of a kind and I’ll enjoy their music for the rest of my life.
To YOUR Musical Enjoyment,
Steven Wagenheim
LMFAO – YES
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