For nearly four years, I thought that the riff from Yes' "Syberian Khatru" was in fact from Television's "Marquee Moon", for reasons not entirely clear to me. I know I've heard a sound clip of the latter a long time ago, and I might even have heard the whole song itself on online radio. The former, of course, was part of one of the first albums I ever heard. I found it very, very amusing when I found this out today, after my first proper listen of Marquee Moon the album. All through the title track (which on first impression, incidentally, is very pretty) I was waiting for that riff to finally kick in. 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 8, and then...nothing! I had to seek the advice of an elder statesman in rock for identifying this mystery riff, and I was quite bemused that Yes' Close To The Edge should be involved in another curious incident (the first, if you remember, was where I got in my head a melody from "And You And I" some two years after hearing the album one late night). I wonder how many people can say they've mistaken Yes for Television...!?!

People rightly talk about how pretty the guitars on Marquee Moon sound; even in my first listen, I was able to pick up several really nice sections. But I can't help but feel like that riff reigns over them all!