Posted on 04/21/2021 4:26:01 PM PDT by simpson96
"Roundabout" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes from their fourth studio album Fragile, released in November 1971. It was written by singer Jon Anderson and guitarist Steve Howe and produced by the band and Eddy Offord. The song originated when the band were on tour and travelled from Aberdeen to Glasgow, and went through many roundabouts on the way.
Yes - "Roundabout" (Original 1971)
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Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding is one of the ten greatest rock songs of all time.
Absolutely !
Rick Wakeman speech at RRHOF in 2017
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdOliYDY-LM
Geddy Lee playing bass and air keyboards on “Roundabout” at same event
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8_hAhzdk-h8
Both of those songs are great. Good choices. I can make a reasonable stab at Siberia Khatru on guitar. Attempts to play it in bands were less than stellar as it is a bit complex and is not exactly a crowd pleaser if you are a cover band.
Dream Theater did a great cover of Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding!
One of the worst bands ever. I used to automatically tune in another station whenever one of their songs came on. Not a problem today, as my musical tastes evolved and their songs are not played on the stations I listen to today.
It look like a bunch of housewives sitting around the kitchen table.
I saw Elton and Ray Cooper perform during the Simple Man tour in 1979, in Wiesbaden, Germany. Great, great concert...they really put on a show.
Nice! I’m not the only Dream Theater fan here. :)
Have to admit, though, that I haven’t bought any of their albums since Portnoy left.
Their best and only Number One song, 1983, was the fantastic “Owner of a Lonely Heart”.
Close your eyes and just listen to the music. If you don’t want to get up and dance, then you are dead.
Do not doubt me!
Those two knock me out. Wakeman’s solo in Close to the Edge is, inmho the best rock keyboard solo ever, beating out Jerry Corbetta of Sugarloaf and the solo in Hold Your Head Up.
My band and I drove all the way down to Tucson to see Yes open for . . . wait for it . . .
Black Sabbath.
In fact, we weren’t even going to see Yes, but our jaws dropped. Black Sabbath came out and were like infants compared to the musicianship that had just left the stage.
Thanks. That “Union” concert they do with both Trevor Rabin and Steve Howe; Alan White and Bruford; and Tony Kaye (who never played a solo at all) and Wakeman is amazing.
Same happened when Van Halen opened for Sabbath. This is why Peter Grant decided Zeppelin wouldn't have any acts opening for them, after Grand Funk Railroad blew them off the stage.
Especially guys like Jack Bruce, Tim Bogert, and Squire. They often sang complicated melodies that were out of synch with the bass playing. Squire is mind-boggling at this.
Squire’s backing vocals were a huge part of the Yes sound, that’s why Drama still sounded like Yes even without Anderson.
He and Greg Rollie of Journey never got enough credit for their vocals.
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