Good on em - all the lineups have had merit. Saw em live in Sydney 2003 - I have NEVER seen a band with a standing ovation after EVERY song. I am so looking forward to Xmas ;)
@imhamish I've see him live. He's not that good. At the show that I assisted in the NYC area, it was embarrassing when he couldn't reach a high note in Heart Of The Sunrise.
yes goes beyond any egos, even if every guy in there is a personnage. Yes is simplyt the best. I just found out about the album, and all this week I started liostening again to Relayer after maybe 5 years of not doing it. ;)
The sad thing about these latter day versions of great prog acts, is that if they've EVER done something remotely commercial, no one seems to give them a chance any more. I've only just gotten this album, so I'm not that familiar with it, but I've always thought if we had heard "Mind Drive" for instance in 1974, we would have been completely blown away. It's that good. But you just don't hear it talked about in the same way as the classics. Anyway, I'm ready to dig me some new Yes!
@wardka I don't think is that. Yesmusic takes a few listenings to be absorbed or let's say registered in our brains. It's not a conventional music (don't know about this album, thou) It has happened even with material from their earlier works, I mean "Tales From." wasn't an instant darling for fans. Back then they had all the time in the world to listen to their now "classics" for hours during years This "later classics are just getting their own personality and taste to enter to our memories
About Anderson, i have to say i’ve got all his solo output, and the truth is that most of it is very week. But on his last CD, there is this song Unbroken Spirit Of Mine. Just a miracle. The melody is beautiful, the arrangement brilliant and the voice of Anderson, aging, is so moving.
hydroxygenman i totally agree with you. Production is not that good, you can’t even hear White. But i am afraid that if this album is short, it is because nor Squire neither Howe were in capacity to put enough new ideas on the table. White didn’t wrote anything and Benoit is a good singer, but he didn’brought anything too. Most of FFH and Life On A Film set are Buggles songs from the eighties, and the Man You Wanted Me To Be, is an old song taken from the ever postponed solo album of Squire.
They even kept the basic tracks with Johnson on keyboards. And if the collective writing process would have given other songs of the same ilk that the very good Into The Storm, no doubt it would have been on the album. The truth is, not only the mystic brand is gone with Anderson, the writing skills are gone as well. Nevertheless, i tell it once more, i love this album. Very good job. Far better then Magnification.
This new album has more replay value than "Open Your Eyes" and "The Ladder". The new vocalist brings a refreshing change. I think it's one of their best since "Close to the Edge".
Since the late 70's every Yes always been in Like/Dislike of their fans. I'm a big fan of Yes since 30 years and this album is a big plus in their albums the best since their last decade I would say. This line of members made a great album and songs, especially for their age. I give it a thumbs up!!
Wer ist die dicke alte Frau am Bass?!? Überhaupt: langsam Zeit für die Rente, oder? Alles alte Säcke, die wohl auf einen Herzinfarkt auf der Bühne hoffen...
There is no such thing as a bad Squire or a bad Howe and a good Anderson. They all are just human beings with big bad egos. I don’t like the way Anderson was pulled out of the band. But he wasn’t interested in doing new Yes albums and didn’t want to tour five days a week anymore. What were the others supposed to do ? I think their last effort is kind of a side project, definitively not a true Yes album, but i feel sorry for those who are not able or willing to see that it is a very good one
Do I care about their personal politics? No, but that's because it's "personal" and we don't know the full story so I'm not interested in hearing the same side of the story for the millionth time. That being the case, does this mean I "devalue" Jon? Absolutely not. Do I miss him? Who doesn't, is the question really.
Oh, and I'm allowed to support this lineup and at the same time, whatever Jon Anderson is doing. All you unreasonable purists can't do anything about it. >:D
I've head the album and I actually really like it. You're allowed to, you know. No, I'm not high, drinking, on drugs, and my hearing is perfectly fine. A lot of these bad comments are most likely coming from adults who have the maturity of a five-year-old. Sad, really.
Trevor Horn is amazing, and so is this new Yes album. While not my all time fave, it sure ranks up there. There seem to be tons of rabid jon anderson fans out there and thats fine, to each their own. I frankly don't like the songs he has written (of Yes) that much, and I think his solo work is nonsensical but to each their own. Just really great seeing Yes come out with new tunes!
This music is NOT good. The production sounds dated. It sounds like one of the many cover bands of YES. When I listened closely to each performance on this tune, it sounds like a YES parody. Stock piano intro with stock etherial strings with stock synth effects (1980s) with Stock Squire ostinato bass figures, stock high generic voice, lifeless guitar playing and sounds by Howe, and White's heavy handed no finesse approach. The most meaningful part is the plane crash - i.e. YES crash.
@starsandnobodys What part is their a plane crash on the album? There is no plane crash! It has a positive ending. You probably have only seen the video. If you know Yes music like I do, then you should know that you have to listen to it several times before realising what gems are truly there in Yes albums. I know you love and miss Jon. When you said "dated", that told me you have heard Jon Anderson's review. This is the best Yes album in a long time! Very well made, all throughout..
@starsandnobodys Your comments are spot-on correct. I might add,however, that the foolish pilot who is about to crash the plane in the video of that DOPEY "We Can Fart From Here" tune is the perfect metaphor for the manner in which the pair of SELF-DELUDED, EGO CENTRIC, TREACHEROUS, DODDERING OLD FOOLS known as Steve Howe and Chris Squire have crashed and utterly DESTROYED the legacy of the once great band known as Yes!
@GeminiiGuy81 The problem with your defense of Allan White's drumming, which you describe as "big bouncy beats" that are a "skill in itself and certainly not to be dismissed," is that you are obviously IGNORANT of the fact that there is a considerable difference between the type of drumming produced by a musician who is both SKILLED and INSPIRED, and the type of drumming produced by Allan White, whose "big bouncy beats" sound like a GORILLA pounding his chest!
@ClitDoris Alan White is solid!, listen to Endless Dream...you probably haven't though, stuck in the 70s. I'll take Alan White over Bill Bruford if I ever needed a drummer. Alan White was John Lennon's favorite drummer, that says it all! :D That is why Jon ran to get Alan once Bruford left because of Squire's lateness, and Anderson's sun worshipping and dreamcatchers. Alan White could play Yes, King Crimson, Beatles, Zeppelin, only guy I know who could do that perfectly!
@derbystardom After reading your post ( in which, amongst other things, you write that "Alan White is solid"), it's clear that the only thing that is solid is the BRICK that you have in between your ears in place of a BRAIN!
Agree with clitdoris on one part, the drumming. Alan's drumming is so boring and unimaginative at times, especially on this new album... I love tales, relayer and GTFO but man Bill Bruford was something else.
@Skinky123 You're only too right to point out that Bill Bruford is something else. For though he can be an insufferably arrogant bastard, the fact is that Bill, in addition to being an extraordinary drummer, has always been a consummate musician who is possessed of a unique creative vision. That is why, as I have stated previously, without his HUGE contribution to the music and concept of Yes, it is doubtful whether that band would ever have existed, let alone become a massive success!
@Skinky123 One further point to observe about Bill is that, during his tenure with Yes, he made no secret of his INTENSE DISLIKE for Chris Squire's inclinations to engage in musical and personal excess. Thus, though he constantly clashed with Chris, Bill nevertheless succeeded in exerting a musical and personal discipline on Chris which deeply affected the wonderful, ICONIC music that Yes created during that period. It's no wonder, then, that the music of Yes started to decline when Bill left.
+++ avs002 HERE +++ (as Yes-related, in a minor way, as anyone I can think of).
To wit: I have a Yes-related channel on youtube, was Vice President pf YESFANZ, have a repertoire of original solo-guitar Yes works and 3/5 Classic Yes members have my CDs
This makes perfect sense - Trevor's influences is/was all over this. My weighted-opinion: The title track (part 2 - 6 minutes) is a classic. The other 6 parts need/ed editing down into 2-3. And the rest of the album is well-produced, but weak.
@ClitDoris: Ha...! I'm not a "gullible nincompoop," I'm actually agreeing with you save the one-sided histrionics. Don't give it so much energy and the psudo-YES won't bother you so much. OK, I'm done. Nous somme du soliel : )
So you think that you're not a "gullible nincompoop," huh?
Well, apart from the nonsense that you write, the fact that you think that you're not "gullible nincompoop," is the surest sign that you are in fact a very GULLIBLE NINCOMPOOP!
@TheEvilMonarch The rubbish that you write strongly suggests that, rather than calling yourself TheEvilMonarch, you should more accurately call yourself The-EMPTY-HEADED-MORON!
@TheEvilMonarch You can be absolutely certain that whatever comments you express about me, or anyone else for that matter, only reflect the fact that you've entirely too much time on your hands and nothing but a BIG, PUTRID TURD inside your otherwise EMPTY HEAD!
This is the greatest band ever. Benoit is doing a great job. Trevor was awesome, glad he came on board. This album is fantastic. Hoping there is another one coming.
@AmexCafe So you believe that "This is the greatest band ever;' that " Benoit is doing a great job;" and that "This album is fantastic"?
Hmmm...
After reading your comments, it is clear that P.T Barnum was right; there is a sucker born every minute -- and you're definitely one of those SUCKERS!
I was dubious - I've been a Yes fan since early 70s. Bought the album, like I always do - and I have to say it is a credit to music that this theme was not lost. I've been humming either the piano or the vocal to the main theme for over a week, and it will stay with me. Utterly brilliant! Even my kids love it, and that was no prompting from me.
Everyone, please, stop the tabloid gossip hunt and discuss the album, seriously, its an important piece.
"Unfortunately, the band gets drowned out by weak vocals and synth goop - and Steve Howe's brief guitar solos are all too disappointing. And... when the new guy starts singing, TEMPUS just can't FUGIT fast enough."!!!!
- Rob Sheffield's review of "We can Fly From Here" for Rolling Stone
Ha!!!!
Good on you, Rob Sheffield, for exposing the HIDEOUS RUBBISH that those , PRETENTIOUS, OLD TWATS, Howe and Squire --and their DOPEY band of OPPORTUNIST PRETENDERS-- are attempting to suffer on us all.
For all the "It's not Yes without Jon" whiners....1) Anderson sold off his share in Yes LLC in 2004, and in at least 1 interview said he left the band. 2) Howe Squire Wakeman White wanted to make a studio album in 2005 - Anderson said NO. 3) Anderson demanded he get more money than HSW for the 2008 reunion tour. 4) OH, and after Squire's heart attack, Anderson planned to do the Talk tour with Billy Sherwood on bass...dumping the ailing Squire.
@lifesonfan Thanks for sharing with us your words, and information. I never knew Squire had a heart attack. Fly From Here is a very good album, I personally think a masterpiece :) Are you a Alex Lifeson fan and a Rush fan? I am a huge Rush fan. With Fly From Here being so good, and Rush's new album coming up, what an incredible year in music!!
@TheEvilMonarch If you want to see what a "DUMB PIECE OF TRASH" reads and looks like, you only need to read what you write and have a look in the mirror.
First of all, Yes as a creative force has been DEAD for well over 30-years! Since then, it has existed merely as a commercial enterprise.
Second of al, the current grouping that uses the name Yes are not in any legitimate way Yes; they are merely a bunch of opportunist (lead by two DESPICABLE, TREACHEROUS SCUMBAGS named Steve Howe and Chris Squire) who pretend to be Yes in order to extract money form BIG, USELESS, IGNORANT IMBECILES like YOU!!!
@ClitDoris Let me play you Angkor Wat or Teakbois to calm you down :) Listen to the lyrics of Fly From Here...if Jon Anderson had written that, and sang it, you would be in love with that song. We finally have a good Yes album in 10 years. Every Yes fan should be happy. It is not about money, it is about doing something they love, make new albums. Jon said that he was getting disillusioned with making new albums, and wanted to go solo acoustic. What are the other members supposed to do?
@derbystardom Thanks fro taking the time point out how very "happy" you are with your so called "new Yes album." Unfortunately, I must point out to you that if IGNORANCE is bliss, then I certainly understand why you are so blissfully happy.
@ClitDoris ...if Yes had done everything Jon Anderson's way, the last Yes album would have been Tormato. 90125 is the one of the best, groundbreaking albums ever. The production, the song writing, Trevor Rabin and Trevor Horn brought life back into Yes with 90125. And Fly From Here has done the same thing. Now, Jon Anderson is thinking about making albums again. See how it brought life back to Yes!
@derbystardom The fact that you use phrases like "one of the best groundbreaking albums ever" and "the production, the song writing...brought life back into Yes," reflects the extent to which people like you constantly parrot the BOMBASTIC phraseology that is used in the media, as well as the extent to which Yes fans like YOU are nothing but a load of EMPTY-HEADED MORONS!
My God though, the current concert was sad....very little energy...Downes obviously thinks he's above practicing with the group...Benoit is apologizing to the audience. Look, there's not a musician in the world that Steve, Alan and Jon (or even Oliver Wakeman) couldn't play with.....but practice was needed for this tour. Styx blew them away....and I'm not a Styx fan.
@ ClitDoris: My sentiments are not misguided, you just didn't read into them deeply enough. Sometimes with age comes great stubborness and the inability to detect your own obselecence. I want YES to make deep, soul-moving music again too, but I just don't think there is much of an audience for their particular style anymore. If you try to recreate the past glories you will fail. 90125 was a fluke that surpried everyone, even the band! YES is a wheezing, empty husk of a band.
@aeropilot You're only too right to point out that I don't "read deeply enough" into this pseudo Yes band. Because in order to do that, I would have to either take a load of drugs, or become a GULLIBLE NINCOMPOOP like you!
The "music" on We can Fly From Here strongly suggests that this pseudo Yes band should more accurately have titled their so called "new album" as We Can FART from here!
ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!! If you think I am wrong, then buy the album, then listen to it 10 times complete, and you will think it is album of the Year also...this album is amazing, it gets you hooked, don't want to stop listening to it!
I was a Jon Anderson lover-skeptic also, just like the naysayers you see every now and then...but notice how many there are who say they love this album! :D I'm the biggest Yes fan and critic, and Fly From Here is a perfect album...I'm saying it, it is PERFECT! :D
The CD is GREAT! YES is YES with or without Jon Anderson. Please get over it and let me enjoy a new Yes album. Ever see those bumper stickers "Jesus, save me from your followers?" Should Read: " Jon Anderson, save me from your followers!"
...Fly From Here is a beautiful album... it's been a long time since an album this good has been made...not just for Yes, but for every group...I hope Rush's new album will be as good as Fly From Here...
Jesus. Why is everyone so angry? Jon's not with the group for health reasons. Does that mean that the others should retire? Don't be silly. So Benoit tries a bit hard to sound like Jon Anderson. That move was for the fans, not to cheat Jon. Phil Collins was actually imitating Peter Gabriel. Did we hate Genesis for going forward when Gabriel left? We were all just thrilled that they continued to play and record and the fact that they could perform the older stuff was a bonus.
@vegasartboy...I take your point but Collins was not imitating Gabriel, he had always had his voice mixed in with Gabriel's in the early days so he naturally had a voice that seemed familiarrogress. I think many Yes fans don't like the idea that Jon has been replaced by an imitator, it feels somehow anti-Yes...still good though
@vegasartboy Actually the Genesis fans did split up into "Pre and Post" Phil fans and were just or more so as angry, even thought it was Peter Gabriel's decision to leave the band. The same terms were thrown around the the Pre Phils were purists and that Genesis became to commercial after the switch in lead singers. I for one think that the energy that Phil put into songs like "Suppers Ready" done live and others was way better than Peter ever did, but I love Peters solo stuff and see the ...
split up as a great thing, since every album that Peter has done has been really great, so we as listeners have benefited greatly from that decision. As for Yes and Jon, they may still work together again, time will tell. My opinion as far as anyone expressing anger is that you need to go listen to "Tales" or "Going for the One" again, and if you are still angry, then cut out non-grass fed beef, or we really can't help you, since you have missed all the meaning behind the music!!! ...and you
have not found Jon's spirit (universal love) in the music. I myself refused to go to any of the present bands concerts in a boycott of what they did to Jon, and to my ongoing boycott of the price of tickets these days (really $600 for orch tics for Genesis, I can buy an entire album set!!!) I did buy "Fly from here" only to complete my Yes set, and I have not been completely disappointed, though I do second the criticisms of others, that the DVD and the CD are too short, but I can't get the
songs out of my head. They should have taken more time in the studio to add more to the album, there is not really one drum run or solo, and the drums were under-mixed into the background, and the DVD did not show the "band" playing together in the studio... really no energy put into the production. I will compliment Benoit David on his singing, very clean and on key. This is a "good" Yes album that has several good songs, that are worth listening to, more than once - Nous Sommes du Soleil...
I think Fly From Here is the most CLASSIC sounding Yes album in a while...it reminds me of Drama and Tormato, yet better...I already place this album in the top ten Yes albums ever...probably at #8,#9 or #10...it is definitely better than the first two Yes albums...haha...
Another great album from a great band. Once again, they prove that it doesn't matter who is in the band and that the music is more important than everything else. Yes never had poor musicians in it. Remember, all things being equal - and they are - all things are...equal.
Every time I hear a Yes fan criticise anyone for liking this great new album, I feel like going out and buying another copy....seriously...let's make this album Platinum!
i can't help the fact that you hate the "no jon no yes" brigade and i hope you have a good time at the yes tribute band gig but do check out a few greatest yes album polls to see where that "great" album drama comes.
@insync111 Hey it features some of the greatest musicians of all time, INCLUDING three original members. It's far from a "tribute" band. If you don't like it, it's your problem. I'm allowed to call Drama great. It's my second favorite Yes album. Sorry to disappoint you...
I can't believe people can complain about this. A NEW record, with good stuff on it, and in classic Yes fashion. What more do you want? These guys have been playing for nearly 40 years - be glad they're even recording and touring at all, let alone playing so well. Besides, it's a great record with good songs. And for all the Drama haters, get over it. It was a great album, without the wimpiness that had plagued them before. Years from now, it will still hold up. God bless 'em!
i really like this new album. i found a little riff similari with others prog songs. example the guitar riff "into the storm" (2:20) remide me "back in N.Y.C" by genesis.
the last time squire and howe shit on anderson and wakeman they went on to make drama,which,as any real yes fan would know,was a poor album.some groups can do well without the leading man,pink floyd spring to mind,but yes without anderson and wakeman would be like the stones without jagger and richard.
@insync111 that's a really unfair comment. So I'm not a true fan because I thought Drama was a great album? I'm not a true fan because I support this lineup as well as the departed band members? I'm not a true fan because I'm seeing this lineup in two weeks because it's the closest I can get to seeing Yes? I hate it when people say that the "No Jon, No Yes" statement is a "fact" or "the truth." It's an opinion. You're allowed to have one but it doesn't make you right.
@insync111 Please, the quality of prog on Drama surpases any work that Rabbin did by miles. Machine Messiah, Tempus Fugit, Into the Lens and basically every track introduce talented preformances and memeriable melodies. Tell me your top 5 yes albums please, i would love to hear how Jon has brainwashed you into believing that he was Yes. The first great Yes album didnt happen until Steve Howe and I wonder why.....
Let daughter listen to it, a died in the wool 'yes' hater, for an unbiased P.O.V. She said 'Are Yes trying to make a musical? This is pure musical theatre.' She went on about tap dancing to track 5 and the final We can fly.. 'Jazz hands and acrobatic flights Stage left. (she likes Rush). Can't listen to it now. Thought I'd share my pain.
LOVE the new album! It's a nice blend of traditional prog and classic rock sounds. Benoit sounds great and the songwriting is inspired. Great to see classic rock bands like YES still putting out such top quality material.
Great job Benoit and Yes. You do the Yes music and tradition a great compliment by the addition of your amazing voice. The music has moved onward and upward!
Think of YES as a sports team....does the 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers team play the same way the 2011 Steelers....??? How can any organization be the same 30-40+ years later...just look at where you work...is your organization the same as it was just five years ago....I take YES for what it is...ONE OF THE GREATEST original creative collective group of musicians ever...YES they have a different singer...it is like having a new quaterback....Terry Bradshaw.....Rothlisberger...EVERYTHING CHANGES!!!!!
im loving this album:)ive heard it through about 5 or 6times and i think its great!!Benoit does a grand job and i cannot wait to see them live in november!!those that are avoiding listening to it cos it doesnt have jon on it are missing out!!i love jon and i wish he had stayed in the band...but i can accept change happens!!and i think benoits obvious enthusiasm for the music is infectious!!give the guy a break:):)long live Yes!!
It is not Yes without Bill Bruford! Yes has been - at best - treading water ever since Close To The Edge, coasting on the reputation established by The Yes Album, Fragile and CTTE. Bill's drumming kept his bandmates fresh and honest and made the music interesting - imagine, a jazz drummer playing with the likes of Howe and Wakeman. I saw the Union tour in 1991 and then Bill Bruford's Earthworks in 2001. Bill's show was MUCH better. And tonight I'll be seeing Jon Anderson's show in Seattle -Yes!
Yes is NOT Jon's band - it's Chris' band. And "Fly From Here" proves that once again. This lineup/effort is what Chris Squire wanted. Benoit David is a very capable and truly humble vocalist (when I met him), and Geoff Downes' body of work speaks for itself. Not Anderson and Wakeman? Would you also dump Howe and White to bring back Kaye, Banks and Bruford? I say just be grateful that this latest incarnation of very talented musicians has given us yet another quality work to enjoy.
The music sounds distinctly Yes-ish, you can't argue with that. You also can't really argue with the fact that Jon Anderson was the heart of the band. Personally, I'm gonna take it for what it is -- an old-school record made by 3 of the key members of Yes.
In the past forty plus years what has the output of what you worked on looked like...was your work consistant...all the peer bands of YES are were incredible...DEEP PURPLE , ELP, BLACK SABBATH, early GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, URIAH HEEP, etc...I saw the YESSONGS tour and almost every subsequent tour....I LOVE YES!!!! If you dont love YES go back to listening to rap crap....or Beyonce or Gag me.....
. A lot of these comments by fellow reviewers are really negative...My response would be go listen to Britany or Madonna...instead of real musicians..
The music of YES has been around since the late 1960s. YES and all the similar prog-rock have had a profound impact upon my life and other people's lives in a positive way. I hope as Alan and Rick have stated in some rockumentaries that there will be a YES well into the future
Well, I can see both sides. Bought it, thought WTF. I don't think he's strong enough to lead. Thought there was too much from old records on it. Liked the final track. Then since Relayer never liked a whole yes Album. love Awaken, Onward, Madrigal, Talk, Big Generator, Open your eyes. but not the whole albums. Tho don't dislike them lol. Lighten up you bought it. I did. It can sit with Union and the ladder and Drama and Magnification and get played occasionally. Can't please every one.
@panoplia38 de hecho, drama fue grabado sin jon, pues la voz estuvo a cargo de trevor horn, productor de este disco. Podría decirse eso, sigue algo de la línea de lo que fue drama. Ambos grandes albumes (drama y fly from here)
YES =Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Alan White! As others have stated NO JON NO YES and this album it's for the birds! Their out of sync and Benoit is an imposter! Singing like Jon...you gotta be kidding me!!! Be your own man-an artist! Wake up YES and return to your roots where the music mattered not the almighty dollar! Where have songs like Gates of Delirium, Soon, Perpetual Change (the list goes on) have gone to? PRODUCE music that set you apart from the rest! WAKE UP!!!
Apart from the fact this new music (from a band that opportunistically calls itself Yes) amounts to nothing more than a load of uninspired RUBBISH, it is well to observe the obvious: namely, that Howe and Squire have succeeded in burying their very delusional heads up their arses.
Of course, one might also observe how appropriate it is that the newly designed logo is a motif that emanates from the body of a snake, for it perfectly reflects the horrid snakes that Howe and Squire have become
@ClitDoris well i rather like it...if u actually listen to the music and forget all the band politics you would hear a really good album made by some great musicians...relax and enjoy the sound:)
@ginaonthebass Your observation (that one should listen to the music and forget all the band politics) is a load of gobbledygook nonsense. For that fact is that music is nothing if not a reflection of the artist who create it . As such, anyone in possession of a pair of ears and a brain, will understand that this so-called new "Yes" music reflects the fact that the artists who created it (at the instigation of Steve Howe and Chris Squire) are nothing more than a load of HIDEOUS, BULLSHIT ARTIST!
@ginaonthebass What is there to like about a so called musical statement that is not only inorganic and thoroughly contrived but, worse, has been crafted by certain individuals (namely, Howe and Squire) who, though they were once great musicians, have now revealed themselves to be nothing more than VILE, SELF-DELUDED EGOMANIACS who are sadly lacking in both artistic and personal integrity? THINK!!!!
@ClitDoris sigh...i am thinking...and i like it....there is no need to be so angry towards them!! personally i think they are just a bunch of guys making the music they wanna make:)and you either like thier stuff or you dont:)and i do and you dont!!but i wouldnt hate them so much if i didnt like them!!and they are still very good musicians:)
@ginaonthebass Since you write that you are "thinking" and that you "like it" (meaning the UNINSPIRED piece of RUBBISH known as We Can Fly Form Here), it is well to observe that you think like an IDIOT who likes music that is utterly CONTRIVED, and thus devoid of any substance or artistic integrity. In other words, it is clear that you are but a SIMPLETON who is easily impressed with hideous BULLSHIT!
@ClitDoris excuse me my dear...there is no need to get personal!! and why are you so angry!! i LOVE this album its got me through a very difficult few days!! im so glad i have more important things in my life than being so put out when a band doesnt live up to my expectations!! as i have realised this week find the positive things in life before they are gone!!this is just an album!!a good album but its not worth you becoming so angry over!!I LOVE IT and none of your insults can change that!!
@ginaonthebass First of all, if you need the music of this pseudo Yes band to get you through very difficult days, then you obviously have considerable difficulties in life for which you should get professional attention.
Secondly, you needn't feel insulted by my observations about your various comments, because I've merely observed the obvious: namely, that you're a very DOPEY feller.
@ClitDoris im going to ignore what u said about my gettin professional attention because u have no idea what my difficult times have been...
im a dopey feller...rofl...i did laugh!!firstly cos im a girl and not a feller... and secondly i would rather be dopey than an angry bitter NASTY person like you obviously are!! you do know that everyone has thier own opinions dont you...that the world does not revolve around you!! get a life and for god sake cheer up!!
@ginaonthebass Although I'm quite pleased that my reference to you as being a "dopey feller" has made you laugh so much, I'm considerably less pleased that a 29-year-old person like yourself finds it necessary to use PIMPLY acronyms like "rofl" to express your merriment. Nevertheless, whilst you're enjoying your laugh, I am quite pleased to inform you that, in my neck of the woods, the term feller is gender neutral. So, in light of that fact, I'm afraid that you remain a dopey feller indeed!
@ClitDoris arrr right;)sorry for the mix up there:):)but you do amuse me...life is too short to be nasty!!oh and by the way i am still enjoying Fly From Here!!:)
@ginaonthebass You needn't apologize for your confused comments, as you'll find that I quite understand that a person, such as you, who enjoys listening to FART From Here (or whatever that silly record is called) is very confused indeed!
@ClitDoris as much as i enjoy listening to your opinions doris...i do think u should allow others opions as well....sigh!! i am starting to wonder if you are a 13 year old with a bit of anger problem..cos you are sure acting like one!! try growing up!!
@ginaonthebass The fact that you write that you "enjoy listening to [my] opinions" when you have never in fact heard my voice, let alone my opinions, indicates that you are a MENTAL PATIENT who suffers from AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS!
@ClitDoris Please quit harrassing other Yes fans. Especially Ginaonthebass. If you are a Jon Anderson fanatic, and that you miss him, that is fine. But, I hope you were this displeased with Jon after he left Yes twice in 1980 and 1988, and when he sold all of his shares in Yes in 2004, basically giving the rest of the members "no more studio albums!". I hope you voiced your outrage to Jon then! If you bought Fly From Here and really listened to it, you would see why so many love it...
@derbystardom The only sensible observation that one can make about your comments is that what you lack in intelligence you more than make up with HIDEOUS STUPIDITY!
@ginaonthebass Fly From Here is one of the best albums I have heard, from any group not just Yes, in a long time! :D The song Fly From Here is so beautiful, and the lyrics are terrific. I am glad you bought the album. I have a feeling that the Yes fans who say bad things about Fly From Here hasn't really listened to it fully. After the 3rd or 4th listen, I am in love with this album! For every Yes fan who says nasty things, I buy another Fly From Here album :D I have 6 now :D
I bought the album yesterday and i'm quite happy with it...Benoit is singing really good and the whole album really rocks! Jon isn't here...well, too bad...for him!
We needed a new Yes album, that is what matters...
@SynthOrgan I think Alan may have a small palsy or had a stroke which affected his speech... I imagine this doctors have cleared him to tour and the heavy exercise involved in drumming... of course, it could be nothing but a bad day
@elipper He will be the next to get the boot from Chris and Steve. I must admit those two sound even better.
BTW I like this album. One of their best? Def no!
Decided to see them live in concert, and honestly, didn't even noticed Jon wasn't there. Yes, it was sad not getting the energy Jon brings to the shows, but this time the music itself, did the job reminding me I was in the presence of the best band of all times. YES MUSIC x EVER.
@elipper Considering the fact that the degree of musicianship and inspiration in Allan White's drumming have always amounted to a big ZERO, your comment (to the effect that White's drumming "has certainly lost something since 2004") tends to indicate that his drumming is now considerably LESS THAN ZERO!
@elipper I'll spare you a dissertation on the derivate nature of Allan White's drumming in the particular tunes that you've mentioned. Rather, I will simply state that anyone with a pair of ears can discern that, apart from the fact that White's approach to drumming has amounted to nothing more than copying other drummers (badly!), he is an otherwise remarkably UNINSPIRED chappie who has added nothing to drumming; and in his nearly 40-years with them, has added absolutely NOTHING to YES!
@elipper One further note on drumming as a major component of the sound and overall concept of Yes. Though Jon Anderson was undoubtedly the chief visionary and architect of Yes, it is doubtful whether the concept of Yes would ever have evolved without the HUGE contribution of Bill Bruford. Indeed, it is a point to observe that the very painful decline of Yes music started when Bill Bruford left the band largely because he was so utterly disgusted with Chris Squire's DESPICABLE behaviour!!!
I think it's very difficult to see your musical heroes age, and come to accept all the consequences that come with that natural process. As a YES fan for over thirty years I have had to deal with their uneven output before, tho, in all honesty and with no malice toward Chris and the gang, I will find it very hard to support this release. Call it what you will ... lack of a spiritual center, whatever ... something will be missing without Jon, something intangible, yet completely necessary. YES w
@aeropilot The sentiment expressed in your comment is misguided; for the issue is not that Howe and Squire have aged but, rather, that they have become a couple of HIDEOUS ARSEHOLES!
Dear Yes. There is a reason why certain songs dont make it onto albums, usually because they are "crap". Yet you seem to want to re-work "crap" and release it onto unsuspecting public. Please stop this and get back to writing some "music". PS, Mr. Horn? Your production ears have gone missing in action.
fuck allf you haters. die in a fucking hole. r u fucking kiding me? a new yes album with a 20+ min epic and all you do is whine and complain about how theres no jon or not enough energy. what do you want? so far to the album sounds great and it puts back together the best group ever with newfound energy and purpose. A NEW YES ALBUM what else do you want?
@MrClose2theEdge some people are never satisfied unfortunately, then again everyone is entitled to their opinion, im just thankful Yes are still around as I have a chance to see new music being performed by this masterful band, im only 19 and to me this is the best release for years from Yes!
@MrClose2theEdge I understand people's attatchment to Jon, but YES have had a ton of different people in the band over the past 4 plus decades. I think it's a great album too
@MrClose2theEdge Why don't you go eat another big pile of shit, because you obviously do it often and enjoy it... and you apparently can't tell the difference between shit and prime rib. It's not a YES album, it's 3 former members whoring the name for money. Hope your ignorance brings you great bliss...
@doobiewannabe Ok, so tell me how Jon Anderson was able to make an album like "Open Your Eyes" which was so bad i have never listened to a song of that album more than twice, and this still doesnt classify as a real Yes album. Btw if you knew anthing about Yes history you would know that its not 3 former members and rather 4 as Geoff Downes was on Drama and also former Drama lead-vocalist Trevor Horn (how apeared it the video) produced it. Unless of course you dont consider Drama as "Yes"....
@MrClose2theEdge Jon didn't "make" the album, Squier enlisted Billy Sherwood to write material for that recording and I would rather listen to Anderson sing on a poor album than a "clone" try to sing like Jon and FAIL! The blend of Jon & Chris' vocals epitomize the sound of YES. Geoff Downes did 1 album tour and all of a sudden he's got tenure like Rick Wakeman? You're delusional. Drama was a Yes album, but let's be honest, just because you put the name YES on it doesn't make it a YES album.
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vivelavidarocka 1 month ago
YE$
THE YE$ ALBUM.
vivelavidarocka 1 month ago
Sem a voz de Jon Anderson , essa obra é risível.
Falta a alma ao grupo , perdeu a essencia.
YES SONGS ainda é e sempre será o ápice musical desses genios.
comproautoramaestrel 2 months ago
Good on em - all the lineups have had merit. Saw em live in Sydney 2003 - I have NEVER seen a band with a standing ovation after EVERY song. I am so looking forward to Xmas ;)
songcave 2 months ago
Stop hating on the new guy.... I think he's doing a good in my opinion :)
imhamish 3 months ago
@imhamish I've see him live. He's not that good. At the show that I assisted in the NYC area, it was embarrassing when he couldn't reach a high note in Heart Of The Sunrise.
The band is still good, I'll give them that.
vivelavidarocka 1 month ago
yes goes beyond any egos, even if every guy in there is a personnage. Yes is simplyt the best. I just found out about the album, and all this week I started liostening again to Relayer after maybe 5 years of not doing it. ;)
TheUnanother 3 months ago
I like the little instrumental starting in 0:30. I want to here this album, enterely.
EddieMoreno93 4 months ago
The sad thing about these latter day versions of great prog acts, is that if they've EVER done something remotely commercial, no one seems to give them a chance any more. I've only just gotten this album, so I'm not that familiar with it, but I've always thought if we had heard "Mind Drive" for instance in 1974, we would have been completely blown away. It's that good. But you just don't hear it talked about in the same way as the classics. Anyway, I'm ready to dig me some new Yes!
wardka 4 months ago
@wardka I don't think is that. Yesmusic takes a few listenings to be absorbed or let's say registered in our brains. It's not a conventional music (don't know about this album, thou) It has happened even with material from their earlier works, I mean "Tales From." wasn't an instant darling for fans. Back then they had all the time in the world to listen to their now "classics" for hours during years This "later classics are just getting their own personality and taste to enter to our memories
vivelavidarocka 1 month ago
The real "Yes" are just with Jon Anderson.
beboar 4 months ago
great album, like DRAMA was... no matter who sings here, the material is excellent!
esbimmete 4 months ago 3
Yes is still alive?!
Does the main guy sings with his same voice from 70's era?
yay!!!
Yes should have been into Rock in Rio 2011 singing this.
mariobrasil9 5 months ago
About Anderson, i have to say i’ve got all his solo output, and the truth is that most of it is very week. But on his last CD, there is this song Unbroken Spirit Of Mine. Just a miracle. The melody is beautiful, the arrangement brilliant and the voice of Anderson, aging, is so moving.
Berniedru 5 months ago
hydroxygenman i totally agree with you. Production is not that good, you can’t even hear White. But i am afraid that if this album is short, it is because nor Squire neither Howe were in capacity to put enough new ideas on the table. White didn’t wrote anything and Benoit is a good singer, but he didn’brought anything too. Most of FFH and Life On A Film set are Buggles songs from the eighties, and the Man You Wanted Me To Be, is an old song taken from the ever postponed solo album of Squire.
Berniedru 5 months ago
They even kept the basic tracks with Johnson on keyboards. And if the collective writing process would have given other songs of the same ilk that the very good Into The Storm, no doubt it would have been on the album. The truth is, not only the mystic brand is gone with Anderson, the writing skills are gone as well. Nevertheless, i tell it once more, i love this album. Very good job. Far better then Magnification.
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This new album has more replay value than "Open Your Eyes" and "The Ladder". The new vocalist brings a refreshing change. I think it's one of their best since "Close to the Edge".
FireFaun 5 months ago 3
@FireFaun You either are Benoit David himself or his wife, to write something like that.
What is so "refreshing" about imitating a former singer. What could possible another singer's imitator, with no lyricist skills, "bring" to the table.
I'm not a hater, but c'mon!, let's be real...
I'm happy they're still together playing YESmusic, with his help, but really!
vivelavidarocka 5 months ago
Since the late 70's every Yes always been in Like/Dislike of their fans. I'm a big fan of Yes since 30 years and this album is a big plus in their albums the best since their last decade I would say. This line of members made a great album and songs, especially for their age. I give it a thumbs up!!
TheBranch 5 months ago 2
Wer ist die dicke alte Frau am Bass?!? Überhaupt: langsam Zeit für die Rente, oder? Alles alte Säcke, die wohl auf einen Herzinfarkt auf der Bühne hoffen...
Ich war auch mal Yes-Fan, aber langsam reichts.
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northnigguh 6 months ago
There is no such thing as a bad Squire or a bad Howe and a good Anderson. They all are just human beings with big bad egos. I don’t like the way Anderson was pulled out of the band. But he wasn’t interested in doing new Yes albums and didn’t want to tour five days a week anymore. What were the others supposed to do ? I think their last effort is kind of a side project, definitively not a true Yes album, but i feel sorry for those who are not able or willing to see that it is a very good one
Berniedru 6 months ago
Do I care about their personal politics? No, but that's because it's "personal" and we don't know the full story so I'm not interested in hearing the same side of the story for the millionth time. That being the case, does this mean I "devalue" Jon? Absolutely not. Do I miss him? Who doesn't, is the question really.
GuitarMasterizer 6 months ago
Oh, and I'm allowed to support this lineup and at the same time, whatever Jon Anderson is doing. All you unreasonable purists can't do anything about it. >:D
GuitarMasterizer 6 months ago
I've head the album and I actually really like it. You're allowed to, you know. No, I'm not high, drinking, on drugs, and my hearing is perfectly fine. A lot of these bad comments are most likely coming from adults who have the maturity of a five-year-old. Sad, really.
GuitarMasterizer 6 months ago
Trevor Horn is amazing, and so is this new Yes album. While not my all time fave, it sure ranks up there. There seem to be tons of rabid jon anderson fans out there and thats fine, to each their own. I frankly don't like the songs he has written (of Yes) that much, and I think his solo work is nonsensical but to each their own. Just really great seeing Yes come out with new tunes!
ThePrue007 6 months ago 8
I'd take Bonham for YES rather than Alan. :D
Skinky123 6 months ago
This music is NOT good. The production sounds dated. It sounds like one of the many cover bands of YES. When I listened closely to each performance on this tune, it sounds like a YES parody. Stock piano intro with stock etherial strings with stock synth effects (1980s) with Stock Squire ostinato bass figures, stock high generic voice, lifeless guitar playing and sounds by Howe, and White's heavy handed no finesse approach. The most meaningful part is the plane crash - i.e. YES crash.
starsandnobodys 6 months ago
@starsandnobodys What part is their a plane crash on the album? There is no plane crash! It has a positive ending. You probably have only seen the video. If you know Yes music like I do, then you should know that you have to listen to it several times before realising what gems are truly there in Yes albums. I know you love and miss Jon. When you said "dated", that told me you have heard Jon Anderson's review. This is the best Yes album in a long time! Very well made, all throughout..
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ClitDoris 6 months ago
@starsandnobodys Your comments are spot-on correct. I might add,however, that the foolish pilot who is about to crash the plane in the video of that DOPEY "We Can Fart From Here" tune is the perfect metaphor for the manner in which the pair of SELF-DELUDED, EGO CENTRIC, TREACHEROUS, DODDERING OLD FOOLS known as Steve Howe and Chris Squire have crashed and utterly DESTROYED the legacy of the once great band known as Yes!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
I love Yes but without the creative input of Jon Anderson it's NOT YES.
bsuite123 6 months ago
@GeminiiGuy81 The problem with your defense of Allan White's drumming, which you describe as "big bouncy beats" that are a "skill in itself and certainly not to be dismissed," is that you are obviously IGNORANT of the fact that there is a considerable difference between the type of drumming produced by a musician who is both SKILLED and INSPIRED, and the type of drumming produced by Allan White, whose "big bouncy beats" sound like a GORILLA pounding his chest!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ClitDoris Alan White is solid!, listen to Endless Dream...you probably haven't though, stuck in the 70s. I'll take Alan White over Bill Bruford if I ever needed a drummer. Alan White was John Lennon's favorite drummer, that says it all! :D That is why Jon ran to get Alan once Bruford left because of Squire's lateness, and Anderson's sun worshipping and dreamcatchers. Alan White could play Yes, King Crimson, Beatles, Zeppelin, only guy I know who could do that perfectly!
derbystardom 6 months ago
@derbystardom After reading your post ( in which, amongst other things, you write that "Alan White is solid"), it's clear that the only thing that is solid is the BRICK that you have in between your ears in place of a BRAIN!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
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Agree with clitdoris on one part, the drumming. Alan's drumming is so boring and unimaginative at times, especially on this new album... I love tales, relayer and GTFO but man Bill Bruford was something else.
Skinky123 6 months ago
@Skinky123 You're only too right to point out that Bill Bruford is something else. For though he can be an insufferably arrogant bastard, the fact is that Bill, in addition to being an extraordinary drummer, has always been a consummate musician who is possessed of a unique creative vision. That is why, as I have stated previously, without his HUGE contribution to the music and concept of Yes, it is doubtful whether that band would ever have existed, let alone become a massive success!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@Skinky123 One further point to observe about Bill is that, during his tenure with Yes, he made no secret of his INTENSE DISLIKE for Chris Squire's inclinations to engage in musical and personal excess. Thus, though he constantly clashed with Chris, Bill nevertheless succeeded in exerting a musical and personal discipline on Chris which deeply affected the wonderful, ICONIC music that Yes created during that period. It's no wonder, then, that the music of Yes started to decline when Bill left.
ClitDoris 6 months ago
+++ avs002 HERE +++ (as Yes-related, in a minor way, as anyone I can think of).
To wit: I have a Yes-related channel on youtube, was Vice President pf YESFANZ, have a repertoire of original solo-guitar Yes works and 3/5 Classic Yes members have my CDs
This makes perfect sense - Trevor's influences is/was all over this. My weighted-opinion: The title track (part 2 - 6 minutes) is a classic. The other 6 parts need/ed editing down into 2-3. And the rest of the album is well-produced, but weak.
avs002 6 months ago
@GeminiiGuy81 The fact that you think that "Fly From Here" is "decent" indicates that your standards of decency are very LOW!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ClitDoris
Fly from Here IS decent, for todays standards. It's not our standard that has dropped, it's the whole fucking music business.
Skinky123 6 months ago
Best Yes album in 30 years!
rick4001cs 6 months ago 6
@rick4001cs
Agree with Rick4001cs. Hasn't been a good album since Going For The One.
Skinky123 6 months ago
@ClitDoris: Ha...! I'm not a "gullible nincompoop," I'm actually agreeing with you save the one-sided histrionics. Don't give it so much energy and the psudo-YES won't bother you so much. OK, I'm done. Nous somme du soliel : )
aeropilot 6 months ago
@aeropilot
So you think that you're not a "gullible nincompoop," huh?
Well, apart from the nonsense that you write, the fact that you think that you're not "gullible nincompoop," is the surest sign that you are in fact a very GULLIBLE NINCOMPOOP!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@TheEvilMonarch The rubbish that you write strongly suggests that, rather than calling yourself TheEvilMonarch, you should more accurately call yourself The-EMPTY-HEADED-MORON!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@TheEvilMonarch You can be absolutely certain that whatever comments you express about me, or anyone else for that matter, only reflect the fact that you've entirely too much time on your hands and nothing but a BIG, PUTRID TURD inside your otherwise EMPTY HEAD!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
This is the greatest band ever. Benoit is doing a great job. Trevor was awesome, glad he came on board. This album is fantastic. Hoping there is another one coming.
AmexCafe 6 months ago
@AmexCafe Perfectly put!
lifesonfan 6 months ago
@AmexCafe So you believe that "This is the greatest band ever;' that " Benoit is doing a great job;" and that "This album is fantastic"?
Hmmm...
After reading your comments, it is clear that P.T Barnum was right; there is a sucker born every minute -- and you're definitely one of those SUCKERS!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
I was dubious - I've been a Yes fan since early 70s. Bought the album, like I always do - and I have to say it is a credit to music that this theme was not lost. I've been humming either the piano or the vocal to the main theme for over a week, and it will stay with me. Utterly brilliant! Even my kids love it, and that was no prompting from me.
Everyone, please, stop the tabloid gossip hunt and discuss the album, seriously, its an important piece.
Ghaalfly 6 months ago
"Unfortunately, the band gets drowned out by weak vocals and synth goop - and Steve Howe's brief guitar solos are all too disappointing. And... when the new guy starts singing, TEMPUS just can't FUGIT fast enough."!!!!
- Rob Sheffield's review of "We can Fly From Here" for Rolling Stone
Ha!!!!
Good on you, Rob Sheffield, for exposing the HIDEOUS RUBBISH that those , PRETENTIOUS, OLD TWATS, Howe and Squire --and their DOPEY band of OPPORTUNIST PRETENDERS-- are attempting to suffer on us all.
ClitDoris 6 months ago
For all the "It's not Yes without Jon" whiners....1) Anderson sold off his share in Yes LLC in 2004, and in at least 1 interview said he left the band. 2) Howe Squire Wakeman White wanted to make a studio album in 2005 - Anderson said NO. 3) Anderson demanded he get more money than HSW for the 2008 reunion tour. 4) OH, and after Squire's heart attack, Anderson planned to do the Talk tour with Billy Sherwood on bass...dumping the ailing Squire.
lifesonfan 7 months ago 2
@lifesonfan Thanks for sharing with us your words, and information. I never knew Squire had a heart attack. Fly From Here is a very good album, I personally think a masterpiece :) Are you a Alex Lifeson fan and a Rush fan? I am a huge Rush fan. With Fly From Here being so good, and Rush's new album coming up, what an incredible year in music!!
derbystardom 7 months ago
@TheEvilMonarch If you want to see what a "DUMB PIECE OF TRASH" reads and looks like, you only need to read what you write and have a look in the mirror.
ClitDoris 7 months ago
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derbystardom 7 months ago
Exoatmosphere is right: "ONE OF THE GREATEST original creative collective group of musicians ever... " - The new album is excellent!
AmexCafe 7 months ago
@TheEvilMonarch Get your facts sorted!
First of all, Yes as a creative force has been DEAD for well over 30-years! Since then, it has existed merely as a commercial enterprise.
Second of al, the current grouping that uses the name Yes are not in any legitimate way Yes; they are merely a bunch of opportunist (lead by two DESPICABLE, TREACHEROUS SCUMBAGS named Steve Howe and Chris Squire) who pretend to be Yes in order to extract money form BIG, USELESS, IGNORANT IMBECILES like YOU!!!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris Let me play you Angkor Wat or Teakbois to calm you down :) Listen to the lyrics of Fly From Here...if Jon Anderson had written that, and sang it, you would be in love with that song. We finally have a good Yes album in 10 years. Every Yes fan should be happy. It is not about money, it is about doing something they love, make new albums. Jon said that he was getting disillusioned with making new albums, and wanted to go solo acoustic. What are the other members supposed to do?
derbystardom 7 months ago
@derbystardom Thanks fro taking the time point out how very "happy" you are with your so called "new Yes album." Unfortunately, I must point out to you that if IGNORANCE is bliss, then I certainly understand why you are so blissfully happy.
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris ...if Yes had done everything Jon Anderson's way, the last Yes album would have been Tormato. 90125 is the one of the best, groundbreaking albums ever. The production, the song writing, Trevor Rabin and Trevor Horn brought life back into Yes with 90125. And Fly From Here has done the same thing. Now, Jon Anderson is thinking about making albums again. See how it brought life back to Yes!
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@derbystardom The fact that you use phrases like "one of the best groundbreaking albums ever" and "the production, the song writing...brought life back into Yes," reflects the extent to which people like you constantly parrot the BOMBASTIC phraseology that is used in the media, as well as the extent to which Yes fans like YOU are nothing but a load of EMPTY-HEADED MORONS!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
Well, don't hear anything interesting to me here. Has anyone heard it?
nobodady1 7 months ago
My God though, the current concert was sad....very little energy...Downes obviously thinks he's above practicing with the group...Benoit is apologizing to the audience. Look, there's not a musician in the world that Steve, Alan and Jon (or even Oliver Wakeman) couldn't play with.....but practice was needed for this tour. Styx blew them away....and I'm not a Styx fan.
saarnoldbhm 7 months ago
@ ClitDoris: My sentiments are not misguided, you just didn't read into them deeply enough. Sometimes with age comes great stubborness and the inability to detect your own obselecence. I want YES to make deep, soul-moving music again too, but I just don't think there is much of an audience for their particular style anymore. If you try to recreate the past glories you will fail. 90125 was a fluke that surpried everyone, even the band! YES is a wheezing, empty husk of a band.
aeropilot 7 months ago
@aeropilot You're only too right to point out that I don't "read deeply enough" into this pseudo Yes band. Because in order to do that, I would have to either take a load of drugs, or become a GULLIBLE NINCOMPOOP like you!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
Refried Drama.
coolatheart 7 months ago
The "music" on We can Fly From Here strongly suggests that this pseudo Yes band should more accurately have titled their so called "new album" as We Can FART from here!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
"Drama" puts this nonsense to shame!!! COME ON!!
YES = NO
rke114 7 months ago
The best Yes album since 90125.....YES is YES......fantastic
ROLLINGNEWSPR 7 months ago
ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!! If you think I am wrong, then buy the album, then listen to it 10 times complete, and you will think it is album of the Year also...this album is amazing, it gets you hooked, don't want to stop listening to it!
I was a Jon Anderson lover-skeptic also, just like the naysayers you see every now and then...but notice how many there are who say they love this album! :D I'm the biggest Yes fan and critic, and Fly From Here is a perfect album...I'm saying it, it is PERFECT! :D
derbystardom 7 months ago
The CD is GREAT! YES is YES with or without Jon Anderson. Please get over it and let me enjoy a new Yes album. Ever see those bumper stickers "Jesus, save me from your followers?" Should Read: " Jon Anderson, save me from your followers!"
VladtheEmailer 7 months ago
...Fly From Here is a beautiful album... it's been a long time since an album this good has been made...not just for Yes, but for every group...I hope Rush's new album will be as good as Fly From Here...
derbystardom 7 months ago
Jesus. Why is everyone so angry? Jon's not with the group for health reasons. Does that mean that the others should retire? Don't be silly. So Benoit tries a bit hard to sound like Jon Anderson. That move was for the fans, not to cheat Jon. Phil Collins was actually imitating Peter Gabriel. Did we hate Genesis for going forward when Gabriel left? We were all just thrilled that they continued to play and record and the fact that they could perform the older stuff was a bonus.
vegasartboy 7 months ago 13
@vegasartboy...I take your point but Collins was not imitating Gabriel, he had always had his voice mixed in with Gabriel's in the early days so he naturally had a voice that seemed familiarrogress. I think many Yes fans don't like the idea that Jon has been replaced by an imitator, it feels somehow anti-Yes...still good though
Progwatcher 6 months ago
@vegasartboy Actually the Genesis fans did split up into "Pre and Post" Phil fans and were just or more so as angry, even thought it was Peter Gabriel's decision to leave the band. The same terms were thrown around the the Pre Phils were purists and that Genesis became to commercial after the switch in lead singers. I for one think that the energy that Phil put into songs like "Suppers Ready" done live and others was way better than Peter ever did, but I love Peters solo stuff and see the ...
hydroxygenman 5 months ago
split up as a great thing, since every album that Peter has done has been really great, so we as listeners have benefited greatly from that decision. As for Yes and Jon, they may still work together again, time will tell. My opinion as far as anyone expressing anger is that you need to go listen to "Tales" or "Going for the One" again, and if you are still angry, then cut out non-grass fed beef, or we really can't help you, since you have missed all the meaning behind the music!!! ...and you
hydroxygenman 5 months ago
have not found Jon's spirit (universal love) in the music. I myself refused to go to any of the present bands concerts in a boycott of what they did to Jon, and to my ongoing boycott of the price of tickets these days (really $600 for orch tics for Genesis, I can buy an entire album set!!!) I did buy "Fly from here" only to complete my Yes set, and I have not been completely disappointed, though I do second the criticisms of others, that the DVD and the CD are too short, but I can't get the
hydroxygenman 5 months ago
songs out of my head. They should have taken more time in the studio to add more to the album, there is not really one drum run or solo, and the drums were under-mixed into the background, and the DVD did not show the "band" playing together in the studio... really no energy put into the production. I will compliment Benoit David on his singing, very clean and on key. This is a "good" Yes album that has several good songs, that are worth listening to, more than once - Nous Sommes du Soleil...
hydroxygenman 5 months ago
Benoit..its a new face..a new mind..your oppinion is very important..a oppinion of new generation about the group.
sinfoneura 7 months ago
Benoit..not oppinion....its fault
sinfoneura 7 months ago
I think Fly From Here is the most CLASSIC sounding Yes album in a while...it reminds me of Drama and Tormato, yet better...I already place this album in the top ten Yes albums ever...probably at #8,#9 or #10...it is definitely better than the first two Yes albums...haha...
derbystardom 7 months ago
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Another great album from a great band. Once again, they prove that it doesn't matter who is in the band and that the music is more important than everything else. Yes never had poor musicians in it. Remember, all things being equal - and they are - all things are...equal.
schmittelt 7 months ago
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schmittelt 7 months ago
Every time I hear a Yes fan criticise anyone for liking this great new album, I feel like going out and buying another copy....seriously...let's make this album Platinum!
derbystardom 7 months ago
i can't help the fact that you hate the "no jon no yes" brigade and i hope you have a good time at the yes tribute band gig but do check out a few greatest yes album polls to see where that "great" album drama comes.
insync111 7 months ago
@insync111 Hey it features some of the greatest musicians of all time, INCLUDING three original members. It's far from a "tribute" band. If you don't like it, it's your problem. I'm allowed to call Drama great. It's my second favorite Yes album. Sorry to disappoint you...
GuitarMasterizer 7 months ago
I can't believe people can complain about this. A NEW record, with good stuff on it, and in classic Yes fashion. What more do you want? These guys have been playing for nearly 40 years - be glad they're even recording and touring at all, let alone playing so well. Besides, it's a great record with good songs. And for all the Drama haters, get over it. It was a great album, without the wimpiness that had plagued them before. Years from now, it will still hold up. God bless 'em!
kileface 7 months ago
i really like this new album. i found a little riff similari with others prog songs. example the guitar riff "into the storm" (2:20) remide me "back in N.Y.C" by genesis.
brauliofreire 7 months ago
the last time squire and howe shit on anderson and wakeman they went on to make drama,which,as any real yes fan would know,was a poor album.some groups can do well without the leading man,pink floyd spring to mind,but yes without anderson and wakeman would be like the stones without jagger and richard.
insync111 7 months ago
@insync111 that's a really unfair comment. So I'm not a true fan because I thought Drama was a great album? I'm not a true fan because I support this lineup as well as the departed band members? I'm not a true fan because I'm seeing this lineup in two weeks because it's the closest I can get to seeing Yes? I hate it when people say that the "No Jon, No Yes" statement is a "fact" or "the truth." It's an opinion. You're allowed to have one but it doesn't make you right.
GuitarMasterizer 7 months ago
@insync111 To be fair it did have Tempus Fugit although the rest was pretty average.
Sheaiskl 7 months ago
@insync111 Please, the quality of prog on Drama surpases any work that Rabbin did by miles. Machine Messiah, Tempus Fugit, Into the Lens and basically every track introduce talented preformances and memeriable melodies. Tell me your top 5 yes albums please, i would love to hear how Jon has brainwashed you into believing that he was Yes. The first great Yes album didnt happen until Steve Howe and I wonder why.....
MrClose2theEdge 7 months ago
Let daughter listen to it, a died in the wool 'yes' hater, for an unbiased P.O.V. She said 'Are Yes trying to make a musical? This is pure musical theatre.' She went on about tap dancing to track 5 and the final We can fly.. 'Jazz hands and acrobatic flights Stage left. (she likes Rush). Can't listen to it now. Thought I'd share my pain.
TheBluefisher 7 months ago
LOVE the new album! It's a nice blend of traditional prog and classic rock sounds. Benoit sounds great and the songwriting is inspired. Great to see classic rock bands like YES still putting out such top quality material.
Pacisdiligo 7 months ago
Great job Benoit and Yes. You do the Yes music and tradition a great compliment by the addition of your amazing voice. The music has moved onward and upward!
wonekawa 7 months ago 2
Think of YES as a sports team....does the 1968 Pittsburgh Steelers team play the same way the 2011 Steelers....??? How can any organization be the same 30-40+ years later...just look at where you work...is your organization the same as it was just five years ago....I take YES for what it is...ONE OF THE GREATEST original creative collective group of musicians ever...YES they have a different singer...it is like having a new quaterback....Terry Bradshaw.....Rothlisberger...EVERYTHING CHANGES!!!!!
Exoatmosphere 7 months ago 9
@Exoatmosphere being both a Steelers and Yes fan, I say Bravo. I think Benoit did great on this album!
TomWhaley621 7 months ago
As a long time YES fan, I am really happy with the new album.
Bringing back the Buggles was a very wise move.
olhole 7 months ago
im loving this album:)ive heard it through about 5 or 6times and i think its great!!Benoit does a grand job and i cannot wait to see them live in november!!those that are avoiding listening to it cos it doesnt have jon on it are missing out!!i love jon and i wish he had stayed in the band...but i can accept change happens!!and i think benoits obvious enthusiasm for the music is infectious!!give the guy a break:):)long live Yes!!
ginaonthebass 7 months ago
@ginaonthebass Yes....long live YES! :) can't wait to buy the new album!
derbystardom 7 months ago
Great Album ......after 10 years. full of musicality. thanks
mariodam55 7 months ago 2
GreatAlbum ......after 10 years. full of musicality. thanks
mariodam55 7 months ago
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It's a great album what are you haters talking about
nicothemusicfan 7 months ago
It is not Yes without Bill Bruford! Yes has been - at best - treading water ever since Close To The Edge, coasting on the reputation established by The Yes Album, Fragile and CTTE. Bill's drumming kept his bandmates fresh and honest and made the music interesting - imagine, a jazz drummer playing with the likes of Howe and Wakeman. I saw the Union tour in 1991 and then Bill Bruford's Earthworks in 2001. Bill's show was MUCH better. And tonight I'll be seeing Jon Anderson's show in Seattle -Yes!
BobHunter1977 7 months ago
@BobHunter1977: I dunno... Relayer is still one of my favourites. I date the decline from when Trevor Rabin joined.
mikro2nd 7 months ago
Yes is NOT Jon's band - it's Chris' band. And "Fly From Here" proves that once again. This lineup/effort is what Chris Squire wanted. Benoit David is a very capable and truly humble vocalist (when I met him), and Geoff Downes' body of work speaks for itself. Not Anderson and Wakeman? Would you also dump Howe and White to bring back Kaye, Banks and Bruford? I say just be grateful that this latest incarnation of very talented musicians has given us yet another quality work to enjoy.
mpoll 7 months ago 2
The music sounds distinctly Yes-ish, you can't argue with that. You also can't really argue with the fact that Jon Anderson was the heart of the band. Personally, I'm gonna take it for what it is -- an old-school record made by 3 of the key members of Yes.
4fitter27 7 months ago
In the past forty plus years what has the output of what you worked on looked like...was your work consistant...all the peer bands of YES are were incredible...DEEP PURPLE , ELP, BLACK SABBATH, early GENESIS, KING CRIMSON, URIAH HEEP, etc...I saw the YESSONGS tour and almost every subsequent tour....I LOVE YES!!!! If you dont love YES go back to listening to rap crap....or Beyonce or Gag me.....
Exoatmosphere 7 months ago
. A lot of these comments by fellow reviewers are really negative...My response would be go listen to Britany or Madonna...instead of real musicians..
Exoatmosphere 7 months ago
The music of YES has been around since the late 1960s. YES and all the similar prog-rock have had a profound impact upon my life and other people's lives in a positive way. I hope as Alan and Rick have stated in some rockumentaries that there will be a YES well into the future
Exoatmosphere 7 months ago
Well, I can see both sides. Bought it, thought WTF. I don't think he's strong enough to lead. Thought there was too much from old records on it. Liked the final track. Then since Relayer never liked a whole yes Album. love Awaken, Onward, Madrigal, Talk, Big Generator, Open your eyes. but not the whole albums. Tho don't dislike them lol. Lighten up you bought it. I did. It can sit with Union and the ladder and Drama and Magnification and get played occasionally. Can't please every one.
TheBluefisher 7 months ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
fusa1290 7 months ago
una especie de "drama 2.0"...sin jon.
panoplia38 7 months ago
@panoplia38 de hecho, drama fue grabado sin jon, pues la voz estuvo a cargo de trevor horn, productor de este disco. Podría decirse eso, sigue algo de la línea de lo que fue drama. Ambos grandes albumes (drama y fly from here)
chapter2467 7 months ago
hagan un video clip con we can fly..que esperan..venden mas y traemos a yes otra vez a la taquilla..para el gusto de todos los seguidores.
sinfoneura 7 months ago
jon has been doing some weird things since he married his new wife
DewittDude989 7 months ago
YES =Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Alan White! As others have stated NO JON NO YES and this album it's for the birds! Their out of sync and Benoit is an imposter! Singing like Jon...you gotta be kidding me!!! Be your own man-an artist! Wake up YES and return to your roots where the music mattered not the almighty dollar! Where have songs like Gates of Delirium, Soon, Perpetual Change (the list goes on) have gone to? PRODUCE music that set you apart from the rest! WAKE UP!!!
saiwala777 7 months ago
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DewittDude989 7 months ago
mmm, very good, You just forgot a little thing. Where is Jon Anderson?
luismendeze 7 months ago
Apart from the fact this new music (from a band that opportunistically calls itself Yes) amounts to nothing more than a load of uninspired RUBBISH, it is well to observe the obvious: namely, that Howe and Squire have succeeded in burying their very delusional heads up their arses.
Of course, one might also observe how appropriate it is that the newly designed logo is a motif that emanates from the body of a snake, for it perfectly reflects the horrid snakes that Howe and Squire have become
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris well i rather like it...if u actually listen to the music and forget all the band politics you would hear a really good album made by some great musicians...relax and enjoy the sound:)
ginaonthebass 7 months ago
@ginaonthebass Your observation (that one should listen to the music and forget all the band politics) is a load of gobbledygook nonsense. For that fact is that music is nothing if not a reflection of the artist who create it . As such, anyone in possession of a pair of ears and a brain, will understand that this so-called new "Yes" music reflects the fact that the artists who created it (at the instigation of Steve Howe and Chris Squire) are nothing more than a load of HIDEOUS, BULLSHIT ARTIST!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris lol you dont like it then;)
ginaonthebass 7 months ago
@ginaonthebass What is there to like about a so called musical statement that is not only inorganic and thoroughly contrived but, worse, has been crafted by certain individuals (namely, Howe and Squire) who, though they were once great musicians, have now revealed themselves to be nothing more than VILE, SELF-DELUDED EGOMANIACS who are sadly lacking in both artistic and personal integrity? THINK!!!!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris sigh...i am thinking...and i like it....there is no need to be so angry towards them!! personally i think they are just a bunch of guys making the music they wanna make:)and you either like thier stuff or you dont:)and i do and you dont!!but i wouldnt hate them so much if i didnt like them!!and they are still very good musicians:)
ginaonthebass 7 months ago
@ginaonthebass Since you write that you are "thinking" and that you "like it" (meaning the UNINSPIRED piece of RUBBISH known as We Can Fly Form Here), it is well to observe that you think like an IDIOT who likes music that is utterly CONTRIVED, and thus devoid of any substance or artistic integrity. In other words, it is clear that you are but a SIMPLETON who is easily impressed with hideous BULLSHIT!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris excuse me my dear...there is no need to get personal!! and why are you so angry!! i LOVE this album its got me through a very difficult few days!! im so glad i have more important things in my life than being so put out when a band doesnt live up to my expectations!! as i have realised this week find the positive things in life before they are gone!!this is just an album!!a good album but its not worth you becoming so angry over!!I LOVE IT and none of your insults can change that!!
ginaonthebass 7 months ago
@ginaonthebass First of all, if you need the music of this pseudo Yes band to get you through very difficult days, then you obviously have considerable difficulties in life for which you should get professional attention.
Secondly, you needn't feel insulted by my observations about your various comments, because I've merely observed the obvious: namely, that you're a very DOPEY feller.
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris im going to ignore what u said about my gettin professional attention because u have no idea what my difficult times have been...
im a dopey feller...rofl...i did laugh!!firstly cos im a girl and not a feller... and secondly i would rather be dopey than an angry bitter NASTY person like you obviously are!! you do know that everyone has thier own opinions dont you...that the world does not revolve around you!! get a life and for god sake cheer up!!
ginaonthebass 6 months ago
@ginaonthebass Although I'm quite pleased that my reference to you as being a "dopey feller" has made you laugh so much, I'm considerably less pleased that a 29-year-old person like yourself finds it necessary to use PIMPLY acronyms like "rofl" to express your merriment. Nevertheless, whilst you're enjoying your laugh, I am quite pleased to inform you that, in my neck of the woods, the term feller is gender neutral. So, in light of that fact, I'm afraid that you remain a dopey feller indeed!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ClitDoris arrr right;)sorry for the mix up there:):)but you do amuse me...life is too short to be nasty!!oh and by the way i am still enjoying Fly From Here!!:)
ginaonthebass 6 months ago
@ginaonthebass You needn't apologize for your confused comments, as you'll find that I quite understand that a person, such as you, who enjoys listening to FART From Here (or whatever that silly record is called) is very confused indeed!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ClitDoris as much as i enjoy listening to your opinions doris...i do think u should allow others opions as well....sigh!! i am starting to wonder if you are a 13 year old with a bit of anger problem..cos you are sure acting like one!! try growing up!!
ginaonthebass 6 months ago
@ginaonthebass The fact that you write that you "enjoy listening to [my] opinions" when you have never in fact heard my voice, let alone my opinions, indicates that you are a MENTAL PATIENT who suffers from AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ClitDoris Please quit harrassing other Yes fans. Especially Ginaonthebass. If you are a Jon Anderson fanatic, and that you miss him, that is fine. But, I hope you were this displeased with Jon after he left Yes twice in 1980 and 1988, and when he sold all of his shares in Yes in 2004, basically giving the rest of the members "no more studio albums!". I hope you voiced your outrage to Jon then! If you bought Fly From Here and really listened to it, you would see why so many love it...
derbystardom 6 months ago
@derbystardom The only sensible observation that one can make about your comments is that what you lack in intelligence you more than make up with HIDEOUS STUPIDITY!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@ginaonthebass Fly From Here is one of the best albums I have heard, from any group not just Yes, in a long time! :D The song Fly From Here is so beautiful, and the lyrics are terrific. I am glad you bought the album. I have a feeling that the Yes fans who say bad things about Fly From Here hasn't really listened to it fully. After the 3rd or 4th listen, I am in love with this album! For every Yes fan who says nasty things, I buy another Fly From Here album :D I have 6 now :D
derbystardom 7 months ago
I bought the album yesterday and i'm quite happy with it...Benoit is singing really good and the whole album really rocks! Jon isn't here...well, too bad...for him!
We needed a new Yes album, that is what matters...
EvenZappa 8 months ago
Alan doesn't look so good. He's slurring a bit and seems to have aged nearly as fast as Steve. I hope he's alright.
SynthOrgan 8 months ago
@SynthOrgan I think Alan may have a small palsy or had a stroke which affected his speech... I imagine this doctors have cleared him to tour and the heavy exercise involved in drumming... of course, it could be nothing but a bad day
nedmarc 7 months ago
@nedmarc I wonder about him too. -He sounds like that in most interviews now, and his drumming has certainly lost something since 2004.
elipper 7 months ago
@elipper He will be the next to get the boot from Chris and Steve. I must admit those two sound even better.
BTW I like this album. One of their best? Def no!
Decided to see them live in concert, and honestly, didn't even noticed Jon wasn't there. Yes, it was sad not getting the energy Jon brings to the shows, but this time the music itself, did the job reminding me I was in the presence of the best band of all times. YES MUSIC x EVER.
vivelavidarocka 7 months ago
@elipper Considering the fact that the degree of musicianship and inspiration in Allan White's drumming have always amounted to a big ZERO, your comment (to the effect that White's drumming "has certainly lost something since 2004") tends to indicate that his drumming is now considerably LESS THAN ZERO!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
@ClitDoris Aww, Come on; do you mean you don't appreciate his grooves and energy on Sound Chaser, Silent Wings, or Awaken?
elipper 6 months ago
@elipper I'll spare you a dissertation on the derivate nature of Allan White's drumming in the particular tunes that you've mentioned. Rather, I will simply state that anyone with a pair of ears can discern that, apart from the fact that White's approach to drumming has amounted to nothing more than copying other drummers (badly!), he is an otherwise remarkably UNINSPIRED chappie who has added nothing to drumming; and in his nearly 40-years with them, has added absolutely NOTHING to YES!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
@elipper One further note on drumming as a major component of the sound and overall concept of Yes. Though Jon Anderson was undoubtedly the chief visionary and architect of Yes, it is doubtful whether the concept of Yes would ever have evolved without the HUGE contribution of Bill Bruford. Indeed, it is a point to observe that the very painful decline of Yes music started when Bill Bruford left the band largely because he was so utterly disgusted with Chris Squire's DESPICABLE behaviour!!!
ClitDoris 6 months ago
YES was "right" for a specific time and place. I cannot help but think that they are wasting our time now.
aeropilot 8 months ago
I think it's very difficult to see your musical heroes age, and come to accept all the consequences that come with that natural process. As a YES fan for over thirty years I have had to deal with their uneven output before, tho, in all honesty and with no malice toward Chris and the gang, I will find it very hard to support this release. Call it what you will ... lack of a spiritual center, whatever ... something will be missing without Jon, something intangible, yet completely necessary. YES w
aeropilot 8 months ago
@aeropilot The sentiment expressed in your comment is misguided; for the issue is not that Howe and Squire have aged but, rather, that they have become a couple of HIDEOUS ARSEHOLES!
ClitDoris 7 months ago
Dear Yes. There is a reason why certain songs dont make it onto albums, usually because they are "crap". Yet you seem to want to re-work "crap" and release it onto unsuspecting public. Please stop this and get back to writing some "music". PS, Mr. Horn? Your production ears have gone missing in action.
Yodaajm 8 months ago
This is the first YES album that I have not pressed the "skip" button at least once since Big Generator...
Radharc 8 months ago
fuck allf you haters. die in a fucking hole. r u fucking kiding me? a new yes album with a 20+ min epic and all you do is whine and complain about how theres no jon or not enough energy. what do you want? so far to the album sounds great and it puts back together the best group ever with newfound energy and purpose. A NEW YES ALBUM what else do you want?
MrClose2theEdge 8 months ago 20
@MrClose2theEdge some people are never satisfied unfortunately, then again everyone is entitled to their opinion, im just thankful Yes are still around as I have a chance to see new music being performed by this masterful band, im only 19 and to me this is the best release for years from Yes!
nintendo64isking 8 months ago 2
@MrClose2theEdge right on dude. i agree.
KOSMICKEN09 8 months ago
@MrClose2theEdge I understand people's attatchment to Jon, but YES have had a ton of different people in the band over the past 4 plus decades. I think it's a great album too
KOSMICKEN09 7 months ago
@MrClose2theEdge Why don't you go eat another big pile of shit, because you obviously do it often and enjoy it... and you apparently can't tell the difference between shit and prime rib. It's not a YES album, it's 3 former members whoring the name for money. Hope your ignorance brings you great bliss...
doobiewannabe 7 months ago
@doobiewannabe Ok, so tell me how Jon Anderson was able to make an album like "Open Your Eyes" which was so bad i have never listened to a song of that album more than twice, and this still doesnt classify as a real Yes album. Btw if you knew anthing about Yes history you would know that its not 3 former members and rather 4 as Geoff Downes was on Drama and also former Drama lead-vocalist Trevor Horn (how apeared it the video) produced it. Unless of course you dont consider Drama as "Yes"....
MrClose2theEdge 7 months ago
@MrClose2theEdge Jon didn't "make" the album, Squier enlisted Billy Sherwood to write material for that recording and I would rather listen to Anderson sing on a poor album than a "clone" try to sing like Jon and FAIL! The blend of Jon & Chris' vocals epitomize the sound of YES. Geoff Downes did 1 album tour and all of a sudden he's got tenure like Rick Wakeman? You're delusional. Drama was a Yes album, but let's be honest, just because you put the name YES on it doesn't make it a YES album.
doobiewannabe 7 months ago