Mood For A Day by Yes

Album: Fragile (1972)

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All five members of the band contributed one track of their own design to the Fragile album. Steve Howe did "Mood For A Day" as a solo guitar piece. "Cans And Brahms" was not only arranged by Rick Wakeman, but he played all the parts as well. Jon Anderson sang all the vocal parts in "We Have Heaven." Bill Bruford created "Five Per Cent For Nothing," which was played by the entire group with percussion instruments. "The Fish" was created by Chris Squire using only the bass guitar. >>
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Randy - Chicago Heights, IL
In the book MTV Ruled the World - The Early Years of Music Video, Jon Anderson shares his thoughts on transitioning to the music video age: "Even though the song may have been very good, the videos, generally... 50% of the videos weren't very good, because it wasn't their forte. It wasn't what you become a rock musician for - to make videos? That's what movie stars do or pop stars or whatever."

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Brenda from San Clemente, CaMy Dear Friend Mark Norton- former KISS member, passed over a few years ago- learned how to play this song when we were in High School... We had vinyls back then, and had to play the passages over and over- I'll NEVER forget his face when he could play it perfectly .
Rick from Mount Ephraim, NjGives me chills listening to this song.
Adrian from Brookings, SdYou rarely get to see just how versatile a guitar player Steve Howe really is. He incorporates so many different styles into his playing, but it is only on this and the last third of "The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun" from Tales that you get to hear his classical prowess. Bravo!
Max from Sydney, AustraliaA Friend of mine once heard this song being played in a Cafe.

I really like this song
Kent Lyle from Palo Alto, CaSteve's guitar is externally mic'ed, and you can hear him breathing during the transitional parts.

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