- Final Eyes
Song infobox
Name = Final Eyes
Artist = Yes
Album =Big Generator
Released =September 28 ,1987
track_no = 6
Recorded = 1985-1987
Genre =Pop rock
Length = 6:25
Writer =Jon Anderson ,Trevor Rabin
Composer =Jon Anderson , Tony Kaye,Trevor Rabin ,Chris Squire
Label =Atco Records
Producer = Yes,Trevor Horn , Trevor Rabin, Paul DeVilliers
prev = "Love Will Find a Way"
prev_no = 5
next = "I'm Running "
next_no = 7"Final Eyes" is a song by Yes. It appears on the1987 Big Generator album. The song appears to have never released as a single [ [http://yesworld.com/galdissing.html Yesworld] Yes official website, retrieved December 25, 2006.] , but reached position #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the '80s. It appeared on the first four shows of the Big Generator tour exclusively [ [http://forgottenyesterdays.com/search.asp?mType=7&q=3&sType=2&stime=0&searchq=Final%20Eyes&alltime=00/00/0000&tname=1&SortBy=tDate&so=asc&memid=0&ssub=0&graphictype=0 Forgotten Yesterdays] Yes tour log, retrievedDecember 25 ,2006 .] .Jon Anderson andTrevor Rabin exchange lead vocals on this song.On the album
The song, along with
Shoot High, Aim Low andI'm Running , is often considered to be the saving grace of the album by original-period Yes fans, who generally dislike Big Generator for being "too poppy." The song is the third longest on the album, clocking in at just under six and a half minutes. Of the longer songs on the album, it is the most poppy.In the live setting
The song was only played on the first four shows of the Big Generator tour. Including the announcements before the song itself begins, the track runs for 9 minutes 10 seconds on audience recording from
November 14 , 1987. In these four performances, the song lasted for between seven and eight minutes. It was the fifth song played in sequence in these shows.Since then, the song has never been played live. No live versions have been officially released.
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