Introduction to "Your Move - I've Seen All Good People" from YES (1971)

Keep doing what you were meant to do.

In the studio recording on The Yes Album, this song opens with Jon Roy Anderson, Christopher Russell Edward Squire and Stephen James Howe singing the sentence:

"I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE TURN THEIR HEADS EACH DAY SO SATISFIED I'M ON MY WAY"

twice, a cappella, in three-part harmony.

This is followed by a solo intro by Howe on the laúd, a Spanish lute. He also sometimes plays the solo on a standard acoustic guitar. I played it on my Martin 00015-M and my white Mexican custom Strat.

Anyway, as the laúd begins a repeated four-bar phrase, it is joined by bass drum and bass guitar as Anderson resumes singing the lyrics, solo and in three-part harmony with Squire and Howe.

Dual recorders enter on the third verse. Finally, a Hammond organ joins them, playing the same chords as the laúd until the first part of the song ends on a loudly sustained and unresolved organ chord.

This epic piece has led me through my life journey, and has defined my musical palate, since 1975.

So even though the line of the song suggests people are "so satisfied, I'm on my way," my advice remains the same. Don't give up . .  . and

. . . WELCOME TO SEASON TWO of the ClarenceQ Music Channel.

 © 2025 by Roy B. Santonil