Does anyone else feel like it's not like or as good as other Yes songs?
2007-10-01 15:45:47 · 14 answers · asked by meep meep 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
It's Yes' most famous song... but it really doesn't compare to Close the the Edge or Roundabout... it was a easy single to market, that's why it's so famous but it's not really as good is it? Not really to the Yes tradition? Anyone?
2007-10-01 15:56:41 · update #1
I think it is a great song.
But it may sound less like Yes because it is Trevor Rabin, not Steve Howe, or because it was actually written for a band called Cinema, that only became Yes at a late stage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Rabin#Yes
or perhaps it is just too popular to be Yes !!
2007-10-01 16:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Beardo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes has been around since 1968 and have done so much great music in their career.
"Owner of a lonely Heart" I think is a great song. After nearly 40 years your gonna do some songs that some people just aren't going to like.
We all have different tastes. Some of us like the song. Some of us don't.
I personally like:
"I've Seen All Good People"
"Your Move"
"All Good People"
and
"Leave It"
and
"Shoot High, Aim Low"
2007-10-02 00:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by Peepaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beardo got it right. It isn't really Yes, it's a Trevor Rabin song. They recruited Jon Anderson at the last minute to sing and it became Yes. That whole album is not really Yes, they are Rabin songs. That's why I don't think it is as good as Yes music.
2007-10-02 12:07:49 · answer #3 · answered by Sax Player 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes had a reputation for being a band of virtuoso musicians. You can hear it on their earlier albums. However, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" showed little or none of that virtuosity. It was pretty much a bland pop song.
2007-10-01 22:56:44 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It has shipped a shed load of units over the years, but I still say that a better representation of latterday Yes is the ABW&H album (and even that's nearly 20 years old now).
2007-10-02 02:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Archimedes' screw 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
2007-10-01 22:49:48 · answer #6 · answered by NINEINCHNAILS 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it's a great song. Sounds like YES to me.
2007-10-01 22:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by jan c 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are so right , I did not like that song but the lead singer and lead guitarist of our band back when the song was out wanted to perform it so i had to play it on bass. Boooring...
2007-10-01 23:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is my favorite Yes song.
2007-10-01 22:53:39 · answer #9 · answered by mergirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though I've heard it EVERYWHERE, I'm not quite into YES as you are. I'll have to look at this in the future...
2007-10-01 22:53:16 · answer #10 · answered by Lucifer Sam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋