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Posted: March 11 2011 at 18:41
Not crazy about the line-up---but will buy the album---saw this line-up live and was not impressed--the 35th anniversary tour was amazing--I understand they had to move on---Jon was all over the place, health wise and what he could or could not do---when he could do it---same for Rick. The three want to work and work, regularly not every 5 or 6 years and I can respect that. I wish they could have recorded with Jon---and made music with him ---and toured with whoever---Yes has done stranger things in the past. I also think it's acceptable in prog rock in particular to have 4 or 5 great composers in a band recording great songs--than constantly bringing in new guys who don't really get it.
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Posted: March 12 2011 at 04:21
I think a lot of people, who perhaps think the idea of Yes releasing a 20-minute song in 2011 is rather cliché, are failing to understand that Yes have always been better at writing long songs than short songs. For every good song you cna think of under 5 minutes, there's usually a better one over 10! Only with Trevor Rabin were the band able to make good singles.
And so, although since CDs have come around, 20 minute epics haven't been that necessary any more, I don't think anyone should not buy the new Yes album based on that. They gave us so much in the 70's they don't need to be progressive any more, they just need to make good music. And I know that Howe and Squire are great at writing extended length pieces, whether they are for the sake of being "prog" or the for the sake of being nostalgic!
It shouldn't be thought of as a bad attempt to be progressive... is what I'm saying..... but rather, an attempt to write good, if formulaic, music (as opposed to mediocre 90's pop!).
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 10:42
TheGazzardian wrote:
We can fly from here was released on the "The Word is Live" 3-disc compilation, and is recorded on various bootlegs of the Drama tour. It and "Go Through This" were both tracks that didn't make it onto the disc due to the deadline, but they made it onto the tour. An instrumental version of Go Through This called "Have we really got to go through this?" was one of the bonus tracks on the Rhino remaster of Drama. Both are good tracks. I believe "Go Through This" is also on The Word Is Live.
That being said, I hope neither find their way onto this "new" album. They were good tracks, but now, 30 years later, I hope they have something better to say than either of those.
Listening to that, I quite like it! And I can see the potential it has for being a 20 minute epic (hopefully the new version will sound a bit more modern though).
'Have We Really Got To Go Through This' is really cool too, but I agree that it would be a disappointment for that to be the best the new line-up can offer.
I look forward also to the new music from Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman.
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 11:07
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 14:41
Phideaux wrote:
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
In which case, I would be far happier if they called it something else besides Yes. I know they have the legal right, but, even so, I really do still think the whole sage has become farcical and worse than a typical soap opera.
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 15:08
lazland wrote:
Phideaux wrote:
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
In which case, I would be far happier if they called it something else besides Yes. I know they have the legal right, but, even so, I really do still think the whole sage has become farcical and worse than a typical soap opera.
I sort of agree, but if 90125 hadn't been a "Yes" album despite massive line-up changes (only two members remaining from the previous album) and a huge change in sound, I wouldn't be here today. If this album is good, it may drive people to look backwards.
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 16:22
TheGazzardian wrote:
lazland wrote:
Phideaux wrote:
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
In which case, I would be far happier if they called it something else besides Yes. I know they have the legal right, but, even so, I really do still think the whole sage has become farcical and worse than a typical soap opera.
I sort of agree, but if 90125 hadn't been a "Yes" album despite massive line-up changes (only two members remaining from the previous album) and a huge change in sound, I wouldn't be here today. If this album is good, it may drive people to look backwards.
You mean.... the success of your parents mating depended on whether Trevor Rabin called this band Yes or not???!
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Posted: March 15 2011 at 18:06
thehallway wrote:
TheGazzardian wrote:
lazland wrote:
Phideaux wrote:
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
In which case, I would be far happier if they called it something else besides Yes. I know they have the legal right, but, even so, I really do still think the whole sage has become farcical and worse than a typical soap opera.
I sort of agree, but if 90125 hadn't been a "Yes" album despite massive line-up changes (only two members remaining from the previous album) and a huge change in sound, I wouldn't be here today. If this album is good, it may drive people to look backwards.
You mean.... the success of your parents mating depended on whether Trevor Rabin called this band Yes or not???!
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Posted: March 16 2011 at 12:35
TheGazzardian wrote:
thehallway wrote:
TheGazzardian wrote:
lazland wrote:
Phideaux wrote:
I like Howe, Squire and White and what they came up with for Drama. I can look upon this new album as "Yes" but mostly as a project from these three great musicians who have been capable of great things in the past. It won't need to obliterate my love for the classic yes, but might be a good album no matter who is singing it.
In which case, I would be far happier if they called it something else besides Yes. I know they have the legal right, but, even so, I really do still think the whole sage has become farcical and worse than a typical soap opera.
I sort of agree, but if 90125 hadn't been a "Yes" album despite massive line-up changes (only two members remaining from the previous album) and a huge change in sound, I wouldn't be here today. If this album is good, it may drive people to look backwards.
You mean.... the success of your parents mating depended on whether Trevor Rabin called this band Yes or not???!
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Posted: March 28 2011 at 07:19
I know you all have been talking about it but I saw this blurb yesterday
Producer Trevor Horn, who helped Yes score a massive hit with 1983's "Owner Of A Lonely Heart," has been asked to produce the forthcoming Fly From Here, Yes' first collection of original songs in 10 years. The album will also mark the official debut of Benoit David, who replaced original frontman Jon Anderson several years ago. [RollingStone.com]
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