FLY FROM HERE

It's difficult for me to even start to describe the way I feel after listening to the new "Fly From Here" album by Yes. Yes has been my favorite band of all time and despite the constant changes in the band's line-up they remained on the top of musical creativity .Over the years Yes attracted musicians possessing unparalleled talent and creativity (if not an unparalleled ego ) . Each of them brought along certain changes and new endeavors into band's realm sparkling endless debates among band's fans , but at the end of the day Yes remained on the top of the game. Not any more. Is that Yes ? The band who recorded Close To The Edge and Relayer ? The band who's inspiration and creativity seemed to be coming from above ? I remember the time when Yes fans were reeling after the Trevor Rabin "reinvention" of Yes' sound,but looking from the perspective it wasn't all that bad,it was rather refreshing and enticing.What happened to the band now is simply saddening.They can call themselves Yes and that is what they will be perceived of in the realm of copyright lawyers , but for me personally this album is the last nail in the coffin of my once the most favorite band. Real and loyal Yes fans were always ready to forgive their favorite band little quirks every now and then , because everyone knew that after Don't Kill The Whale or Arrival Of The UFO something great will definitely find it's way into the world out of the recording studio, but this time it's different,this is the mediocrity in it's worst incarnation. I propose the alternate tittle - The Shadow Of Yes (The Deceit )