Comments on any Yes song demonstrate just how passionate people can be for their music. The intelligence that went into these tunes by Yes just ennobles us all.
This has to be one of the most instrumentally complex tracks in all of music. 3:03 - 4:13 is, to me, the height of what rock can achieve. It's just a wonderful artistic experimentation, and one of the most progressive rock tracks ever.
Crimson, Floyd, and Rush are three great bands, but none can compare to the brilliance of Yes. Yes took classical principles and implemented them into their music. Listen to Close to the Edge and Heart of the Sunrise and the entirety of Topographic Oceans. The songs are divided into movements with the parts overlapping one another as well as the perfection of timing. Yes was eons ahead of their time in their songwriting with Wakemen's versatility and experience with the keys, Bruford's jazz style and diversity in dynamics, Howe's amazing classical/technical skills on the guitar (incredibly underrated guitarist; better than practically any guitarist you could think of), and of course Squire's amazing ability to improvise on the base.
I was a geeky Yes fan back in the late 70's when my valley girl friends had no idea who Yes was (maybe Roundabout). Thank God for my musician uncles (Chicago when I'd visit) who showed what good music was. I can almost play this on guitar...lbvs.
Hell, I'm listening to this for the first time and an ad came up in another window and I thought it was part of the song. Hey, they're a prog band, how was I supposed to know?