Yes, “Give and Take” from ‘Union’ (UK version, 1991): YESterdays
“Give and Take” only made it onto the version of ‘Union’ released in the U.K. Too bad; it’s easily one of this Yes album’s better moments.
“Give and Take” only made it onto the version of ‘Union’ released in the U.K. Too bad; it’s easily one of this Yes album’s better moments.
Despite being played some 357 times in concert, there’s not much of interest in a song that’s really just a footnote in the Yes canon.
It’s unclear why “You Can Be Saved” wasn’t finished for ‘Tormato’ or some future project, but such speculation is the joy of being a Yes fan.
One of the joys of the YESterdays series has been discovering – or rediscovering – Yes gems. This ‘Tormato’-era leftover provides another one of those moments.
This ‘Going For the One’-era bonus item would have made an interesting interlude. At just over four minutes, however, it seems too long as a Yes song.
Yes’ unfinished ‘Going For the One’-era instrumental “Montreux’s Theme” is two and a half minutes of suspended joy.
Fans should seek out “America” in its many official versions, just to hear how Yes’ cover of this Simon and Garfunkel classic has progressed over time.
A staple of the early Yes shows, “Something’s Coming” may not have been an original work but its title would prove prophetic.
It’s tempting to write off Arc of Life as Yes lite. But how does this new project from Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison stack up against other offshoot bands?
“Everydays” is a look forward to things to come, arrangement wise, through the main sequence of Yes albums.