Yes's Going For the One with Jon Anderson & Opinions on Tyler, the Creator

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🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot dissect Yes’ 1977 masterpiece album Going For the One. They talk about the progressive rock band’s history, the rich music and interview lead singer Jon Anderson about the making of the record. They also review the latest album from rapper Tyler, the Creator.

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Featured Songs:

Yes, "Awaken," Going for the One, Atlantic, 1977

Yes, "Going For the One," Going for the One, Atlantic, 1977

The Beatles, "A Day In the Life," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Yes, "Close To The Edge," Close To The Edge, Atlantic, 1972

Yes, "Time and a Word," Time and a Word, Atlantic, 1970

Yes, "I've Seen All Good People A. Your Move, B. All Good People," The Yes Album, Atlantic, 1971

Yes, "Roundabout," Fragile, Atlantic, 1971

Yes, "The Ancient," Tales from Topographic Oceans, Atlantic, 1973

Yes, "Turn of the Century," Going for the One, Atlantic, 1977

Yes, "Parallels," Going for the One, Atlantic, 1977

Yes, "Wonderous Stories," Going for the One, Atlantic, 1977

Tyler, the Creator, "WUSYANAME (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign)," CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Columbia, 2021

Tyler, the Creator, "SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE (feat. Brent Faiyaz & Fana Hues)," CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Columbia, 2021

Tyler, the Creator, "LUMBERJACK," CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Columbia, 2021

Tyler, the Creator, "MANIFESTO (feat. Domo Genesis)," CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Columbia, 2021

Richard Thompson, "Beeswing," Mirror Blue, Capitol, 1994

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0:00.0	Hey there if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon,
0:04.0	you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.0	So now listen to gentlemen, it is start time.
0:10.0	Are you ready for start time? I'm not going to You're listening to sound opinions and this week we're reviewing the latest record
0:39.7	from rapper Tyler the Creator. I'm Greg Kott. And I'm Jim Deregadas. But first we will
0:45.2	revisit the story of the 1977 Progressive Rock masterpiece Going for the One
0:50.9	with Yeses John Anderson. In the middle, river flows, if you like to go and show them into my seconds.
1:08.0	Here's that no taller than and grass seems.
1:14.0	And truth you in a kiss of heart,
1:17.0	and truth the sportless leaves around you,
1:20.0	go for the One. The One.
1:24.0	Going for the One.
1:28.0	That's a little bit of the song Going for the One.
1:32.0	The title track off Yes's 1977 album.
1:36.0	Today we're doing a classic album dissection of Going for the One, exploring its context, history, and its rich music.
1:43.3	Later in the show we're going to talk with Yes's lead singer, John Anderson,
1:47.2	about the writing and recording process and how going for the one impacted the band's
1:51.6	trajectory forever.
1:53.3	But first, for listeners who do not know why yes was important, yes is one of the foundational
2:00.2	bands in the progressive rock Movement that came mostly out of England just in the years
2:07.9	after Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band and the psychedelic explosion of 67. You had a slightly younger than the Beatles generation of mostly upper middle class or just plain upper class art students in England who with
2:36.8	Sergeant Peppers were given permission by none other than the Beatles to begin to think of rock as capital A art.
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