Yes's "Going For the One" & Opinions on Tortoise

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

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 they interview lead singer Jon Anderson about the making of the record. Jim and Greg also review the latest from Tortoise.

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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

Tortoise, "Vexations," Touch, International Anthem, 2025

Tortoise, "Night Gang," Touch, International Anthem, 2025

Tortoise, "Promenade à deux," Touch, International Anthem, 2025

Wednesday, "Elderberry Wine," Bleeds, Merge, 2025

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0:00.0	Hey, sound opinions listeners. If you support us on Patreon, you get to listen to our podcast,
0:05.8	ad-free on Patreon.
0:27.9	You're listening to Sound Opinions, and this week we're reviewing the latest record from Tortoise.
0:29.1	I'm Greg Kot.
0:30.5	And I'm Jim DiRogatis.
0:42.5	But first, we revisit the story of the 1977 Prague Rock masterpiece, going for the one, with John Anderson of yes sound opinions is supported by Goose Island since 1988 goose island's been brewing beers in the spirit of Chicago you can
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1:01.9	Sound Opinions is an independent production, supported by listeners like me on Patreon.
1:08.1	Join us in keeping independent music criticism in the world by clicking the link in this episode's
1:13.4	description.
1:35.0	That's a little bit of the song Going for the One, the title track off Yes's 1977 album.
1:42.0	Today, we're doing a classic album dissection of Going for the One, exploring its context, history, and its rich music.
1:44.9	Later in the show, we're going to talk with Yes's lead singer,
1:50.7	John Anderson, about the writing and recording process and how going for the one impacted the band's trajectory forever. But first, for listeners who do not know why Yes was important, yes is one of the
1:58.6	foundational bands in the progressive rock movement that came mostly out of England
2:04.7	just in the years after Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band and the psychedelic explosion of 67.
2:12.9	You had a slightly younger than the Beatles generation of mostly upper-middle-class art students in England,
2:32.2	who with Sergeant Peppers were given permission by none other than the
2:37.0	Beatles to begin to think of rock as capital A art. What's more, these are kids who had grown up
2:45.5	with violin and piano lessons, right? And grand pianos at home and maybe even a grandfather's or grandmother's Strativarius, right?
2:55.5	These were excellent musicians steeped in classical music who decide to take the consciousness in every sense of that word, psychedelic consciousness,
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