Yes — Roundabout (Acoustic)
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I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
And spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
The music dance and sing
They make the children really ring
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
I will remember you
Your silhouette will charge the view
Of distant atmosphere
Call it morning driving through the sound and even in the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
Along the drifting cloud, the eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind, the sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings create, as weather spins out of hand
Go closer, hold the land, feel partly no more than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time a thousand answers by in our hand
Next to your deeper fears, we stand surrounded by million years
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, they stand there
Twenty four before my love, and I'll be there
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too, ooh yeah
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
Da da da da, da da da...
The words will make you out and out
And spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
The music dance and sing
They make the children really ring
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
I will remember you
Your silhouette will charge the view
Of distant atmosphere
Call it morning driving through the sound and even in the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
Along the drifting cloud, the eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind, the sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagle's dancing wings create, as weather spins out of hand
Go closer, hold the land, feel partly no more than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time a thousand answers by in our hand
Next to your deeper fears, we stand surrounded by million years
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, they stand there
Twenty four before my love, and I'll be there
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out and out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the sound and in and out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there
One mile over, we'll be there, and we'll see you
Ten true summers, we'll be there and laughing too, ooh yeah
Twenty four before my love, you'll see I'll be there with you
Da da da da, da da da...
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EXCELLENT!, but I like the original version better!! 
Never thought I'd live to hear a lounge lizard version of this classic. Looking for a negative rating.
KevinM wrote:
You presume correct, there is a studio performance on YouTube https://youtu.be/-qrmOQ_oqFI
mother-lovin piano!! (phrase stolen from another listener's comment on Reese Wynans). Lounge, Yes!
You presume correct, there is a studio performance on YouTube https://youtu.be/-qrmOQ_oqFI
mother-lovin piano!! (phrase stolen from another listener's comment on Reese Wynans). Lounge, Yes!
Sounds like the Richard Cheese version of this great track.
The nightclub version?
mgtom wrote:
Me too. He made a few collaboration albums with Vangelis that are worth seeking out.
Wikipedia: Jon and Vangelis
I'm a sucker for Jon Anderson vocals, and his clear voice is outstanding here, coming out of the sky, and standing there.
Me too. He made a few collaboration albums with Vangelis that are worth seeking out.
Wikipedia: Jon and Vangelis
I have never found Yes to reach the heights that others perceive. Live, they disappointed. But I find this version quite refreshing. The tempo change raises the song to another level.
What kind of elevator from hell is playing this!
I never knew about this. Outstanding.
Not a new release, but possibly recent addition to RP.
Quite fun from my perspective
Quite fun from my perspective
Wisconsinrob wrote:
You presume correct, there is a studio performance on YouTube https://youtu.be/-qrmOQ_oqFI
Rick Wakeman, I presume.
You presume correct, there is a studio performance on YouTube https://youtu.be/-qrmOQ_oqFI
Jelani wrote:
Me neither and I've been a Yes fan since the early 70's.
Wow, I never knew this existed!!!
Me neither and I've been a Yes fan since the early 70's.
I really don't know how to react to this. It is a good version, i think. but it seems to jump back & forth between the version that is still seared into younger self & something very different. i'm all dis-combobulated!
zenhead wrote:
love the piano on this one. totally makes it swing, baby! Rick Wakeman, I presume...one of the gods of rock keyboard.
Cool. Swingin' Yes.
love the piano on this one. totally makes it swing, baby! Rick Wakeman, I presume...one of the gods of rock keyboard.
meanwhile on Earth-982...
Cool. Swingin' Yes.
I thought this was a mashup with some swinging old tune from the 40s
I'm a sucker for Jon Anderson vocals, and his clear voice is outstanding here, coming out of the sky, and standing there.
This is great, never heard it before. I love how its been transposed to a more jazzy, even Latin feel, especially at the end.
Thanks for playing!
Almost sounds like a cover of the original. I like it!
Wow, I never knew this existed!!!
HA! So this is what they sound after they blow the power transformer in the neighborhood. Pretty tame I'd say...
Reminiscent of Paul Horn playing in the pyramids for some reason.
Wow, I have never heard this version before, or really anything approaching acoustic Yes, very fun, though impossible to compare with the original at the same time.
Wow, I was not expecting this. I like it!
c.
Interesting alternative! Thanks Bill!
nice change up from the absolutely superb original version!
Nice, but prefer the original version.
Prefer the original but still a great song
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