Bloody Well Write
THE MISSING LINKS
No revolution was to be found with regard to the greatest songs by Yes [Prog 107]. Sadly, all the old stigmas resurfaced like The Ancient, which is the worst side of Tales From Topographic Oceans, and, God forbid, don’t mention Union, or even Talk.
Maybe my age is the key, as I reached my mid-teens as prog reached the end of its original time. That said, thanks to my brother’s record collection, I was already fluent in Tales…, and had always decided that Side 3 (The Ancient, of course) was my favourite side of the album. Actually (say it quietly), I’d always preferred Tales… to Close To The Edge anyway.
When given the opportunity to vote for my favourite songs, I found it harder than I thought it would be. While it was obvious that would be shoehorned into the No.1 position I looked at it from another angle, that being, what do I to listen to
