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Shoot High, Aim Low
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| "Shoot High, Aim Low" | ||
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| Song by Yes | ||
| from the album Big Generator | ||
| Released | September 28, 1987 | |
| Recorded | 1985-1987 (exact date and location unknown) | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 7:00 | |
| Label | Atco Records | |
| Writer(s) | Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin | |
| Composer(s) | Jon Anderson, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin, Chris Squire, Alan White | |
| Producer(s) | Yes, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Paul DeVilliers | |
| Big Generator track listing | ||
| "Big Generator" (2) |
"Shoot High, Aim Low" (3) |
"Almost Like Love" (4) |
Shoot High, Aim Low is a song by Yes. It appears on the 1987 Big Generator album. The song appears to have never released as a single[1], but reached position #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the '80s. It appeared on every show on the Big Generator tour, but nowhere else to date.[2]
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The song, according to Jon Anderson's announcements[3] prior to the song on many shows of the tour, the song is about war; specifically, a future in which mankind will live beyond war. In most off these announcements, Anderson explains that the "blue fields" mentioned in the first line are in Nicaragua - at the time the album was being worked on, a legal battle between the U.S. and Nicaragua had occurred over the U.S. aiding guerillas against the Nicaraguan government.
Anderson also explains on some occasions that Trevor Rabin, who performs lead vocals on the song (alternating with Anderson) is singing in dreamtime, meanwhile Anderson is singing in real time.[4]
The song, along with Final Eyes and I'm Running, is often considered to be the saving grace of the album by Yes fans, who generally dislike Big Generator for being "too poppy." The song is the second-longest on the album, clocking in at 7:00. It is the third track on the first side.
A label upon the plastic wrapping of LP copies of the album announced that the album contained this song[5], which emphasizes its popularity, most likely as a staple AOR track.
In live performances, the song usually appeared just prior to "Big Generator". It would typically last, discounting announcements, for about 8 minutes 30 seconds. Rabin's electric guitar solo was somewhat extended live, but typically only by a short amount of time. By November 22, 1987[6], this song was performed after "Big Generator."
A live version can be found on the live box set The Word is Live.
- Jon Anderson - Vocals
- Chris Squire - Bass, Vocals (Background)
- Trevor Rabin - Producer, Guitar, Vocals (Background), Mixing, Keyboards, Engineer, String Arrangements
- Tony Kaye - Keyboards
- Alan White - Drums, Percussion
- Trevor Horn - Producer
- ^ Yesworld Yes official website, retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ^ Forgotten Yesterdays Yes tour log, retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ^ Forgotten Yesterdays Yes tour log, retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ^ Forgotten Yesterdays Yes tour log, retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ^ Image of LP, retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ^ Forgotten Yesterdays Yes tour log, retrieved December 25, 2006
| Yes |
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| Jon Anderson | Chris Squire | Steve Howe | Rick Wakeman | Alan White |
| Peter Banks | Tony Kaye | Bill Bruford | Patrick Moraz | Geoff Downes | Trevor Horn | Trevor Rabin | Billy Sherwood | Igor Khoroshev |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Yes | Time and a Word | The Yes Album | Fragile | Close to the Edge | Tales from Topographic Oceans | Relayer | Going for the One | Tormato | Drama | 90125 | Big Generator | Union | Talk | Open Your Eyes | The Ladder | Magnification |
| Live albums: Yessongs | Yesshows | 9012Live: The Solos | Keys to Ascension | Keys to Ascension 2 | House of Yes: Live from House of Blues |
| Compilations: Yesterdays | Classic Yes | Yesstory | The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection |
| Remix albums: Yes Remixes |
| Video releases: Yes: Live - 1975 at Q.P.R. |
| Box sets: Yesyears | In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) | The Word is Live | Essentially Yes |
| Related Articles |
| Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe |