The Remembering: High The Memory
by Yes

Album: Tales From Topographic Oceans (1974)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: ALAN WHITE, CHRISTOPHER SQUIRE, JON ANDERSON, RICK WAKEMAN, STEVE JAMES HOWE
    Publisher: Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • Alberto from MilanHe says "surely, surely", not Shirley
  • Eric from New York At the end of this song, Jon Anderson starts screaming "Shirley, Shirley!!" Who was Shirley?
  • Max from Sydney, Australiathis song shows how Vast the memory is and how much stuff you can cram into it..you may forget stuff but you always remember it one time or another..The Remembering. All our thoughts, impressions, knowledge, fears,
    have been developing for millions of years. What we can relate to is our own
    past, our own life, our own history. Here, it is especially Rick's keyboards
    which bring alive the ebb and flow and depth of our mind's eye; the
    topographic ocean. Hopefully we should appreciate that given points in time
    are not so significant as the nature of what is impressed on the mind, and how
    it is retained and used.
  • Max from Sydney, AustraliaThis is a good song because, as all Yes songs, it has GREAT keyboard and gutair which gives a great souns but i never really hear Jon Anderson play the harp very much....
  • Kent Lyle from Palo Alto, CaNear the end of the song, Jon and Steve attempt to sing harmony. This section sadly points out Steve's limitations as a vocalist, as he is off-key much of the time. His backing vocals are fine when buried into the mix, but cause trouble when they become too prominent.
  • Kent Lyle from Palo Alto, CaLegend has it that they also furnished a studio to look like a farm to give them a "natural" setting, complete with hay and a mechanical cow. Rick complained about being the only musician to ever have his keyboards infested with lice.
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