Music Monday (Talk, Side 2)

After covering the first half of Talk here, it's time to move on and finish things up.

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5) Walls - Every time I think a song is the cheesiest or worst song on an album, it turns out to be the one they release as a single. 

An earlier single, "Saving My Heart" from 1991's Union, was originally intended as a collaboration between Trevor Rabin and former Supertramp vocalist and songwriter Roger Hodgson. Although that track was done without Hodgson's involvement, "Walls", another Rabin–Hodgson collaboration, was included on Talk, with additional songwriting credits by Jon Anderson

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6) Where Will You Be - If you asked me to pick one song from this album and trash the rest, I would pick this one. To me, this song is all about soulmates, and how our lives would be without them or of we lost them. I always wondered if she has ever heard this song and thought about me.

Where will you be when you're not here?

How many lives in this earth time?

You are my soul and this you are

Two souls intertwined, that's what we are

We can, we walk, hand in hand all the life

Be the one, everything to me

You, I am dreaming

We have lived and known before I feel it

Where will you lie?

When will I know when you are gone?

Where I be, and I will miss you?

We are this love in this life

Two should intertwined like once before

See this meeting, hand in hand every life

Be the one, everything to me

You are my feeling

No need to fear this love of life

We are the truth of every earth life

No need to fear this life at all

We are the sun and everlasting life

Where will you be hearing this song?

How many lives in this earth time?

You are my soul and this you are

You are my soul and this you are

Where will you lie?

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7) Endless Dream - This song is split into three tracks: Silent Spring, Talk, and Endless Dream. It is notable for being Yes' first epic in 14 years.

While older copies of the Talk CD featured the song separated into three tracks, later issues, such as the 2002 re-issue, combined it into one track.

a) Silent Spring (Instrumental) - (0:00 - 1:54) Instrumental intro about two minutes long. It begins with a 50-second intro featuring various instruments before the guitar-heavy song starts. The song is very fast-paced, unlike the other two tracks that make up Endless Dream. Near the end the volume suddenly drops and the music fades into the next song.

b) Talk - (1:54 - 13:50) The longest portion of "Endless Dream," at almost 12 minutes. It begins with notes continuing from "Silent Spring," and vocals starting at about 20 seconds in. The song features less guitar than the other two segments (though there are several short moments in the song where guitar is the dominant instrument), and is mostly led by keyboards and vocals. The song contains several elements of progressive rock epics, but still sounds very modern, and is very different from epics of the "classic" Yes era. The song ends mid-note, which is continued onto "Endless Dream."

c) Endless Dream - (13:50 - 15:43) "Endless Dream" starts with the final notes of "Talk" continuing onto the track, which quickly fade into a quieter rhythm. The song consists mostly of Jon Anderson singing a refrain from "Talk" with an additional verse. It ends with the sound of a single heartbeat (a heartbeat from an ultrasound, not the typical 'Bump-Bump'). Jon Anderson stated that these lyrics described a way of calming oneself in meditation and slowing down from the fast pace of modern life.

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Talk reached #20 in the UK and #33 in the US during a chart stay of 8 weeks. "Walls" released as a single reached #24 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.