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In my opinion "Fly From Here" is the best album Yes released since DRAMA, and this are strong words, because I consider Drama superior to GFTO and of course Tormato.

I love to see the band approaching the end of their careers with new music instead of playing the same set of songs they been playing for 4 decades  at least 10 years more...No matter how good they are.

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The thing is YES do not need to prove anything to anyone and the majority of fans will enjoy the experience of seeing them live. What I find odd is how poor Benoit David sounds live, and the fact so few people have mentioned it??? Perhaps it's just me :- )
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I was actually quite surprised on the first listen. I wasn't expecting too much from Fly From Here but I enjoyed it.  A couple songs were mediocre, but overall it had a lot of high moments and the low moments were not that low.  I also want to mention Life On A Film Set for being the best track off the album.  The album, I feel, was played down to much.  Fly From Here should not be compared to any of their classics.  View it as its on entity.  That helped me to view the album properly.  Again, this is only after one listen to the album as a whole but I've listened to Life On A Film Set 3 times now.  
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YES. Should FLY FROM HERE. Because the current tour really sucks. It REALLY sucks. I've not been at a show, and can vouch for the fact it's always better in the venue than it is on a Camera vid. But honestly. The new album was TRY HARD Neo Prog. And was no better than Magnification. It was a good album without doubt. But tried Too hard to cater to the 50+ generation who bought Close To The Edge in 1972. Is this really the stage our Symphonic Prog legends find themselves at ASIA are still going strong. Lets put Yes on hiatus and let ASIA do their thing because OMEGA was a good album. Pheonix was a fantastic album. Symphonic Prog itself needs a hiatus. The Neal Morse's and Flower King influences have dominated this scene for too long and turned it into a genre that sounds all the same.

I have loved and still love Real symphonic Progressive music for a long time and would like Real life to come once again into the scene.



Christ what a self indulgent rant that was. I may as well but HI,


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Originally posted by rdtprog rdtprog wrote:

Ususally a album doesn't grow on me with many listenings, and this case is no exception. The more and more i listen to it, the less i enjoy it. But i don't say it's a bad album . I am pretty sure it's not going to have the same impact on me in the future like CTE and Going For The One did. I think it's difficult to compare this one with any ohter cd's, it's more on the quiet side, but the melody are strong and the guitar playing of Howe is still amazing.
The epic is growing on me (except the intro.)  Most of the rest seems forgettable
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Originally posted by m2thek m2thek wrote:

I think they're equally meaningless
Pretty slick when you compare them to Jon's, but hardly as meaningful or interesting, for the epic.  A couple songs on the second half lyrics in the proud simplistic tradition of Open Your Eyes.  Dead
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Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

3. Fly From Here - Pt II - Sad Night At The Airfield(6:41)
Picking guitar intro. Highly mixed singing, but why auto tune? ? The two chords in the main theme are not interesting enough. Nothing wrong with simplicity, though. But those chords make me sleepy.
 
Auto Tune? Are you sure, can't say I've noticed it?
 
I'm quite convinced, because some notes he sings are just too straight. When he sings "There's no one sleeping" for example, it sounds funny... Or when he sings "that last intake of air"...Especially "of" is clearly not natural.

EXCELLENT point!  Also, I wonder if some of the singing isn't being done by Trevor Horn?  There's quite a resemblance in style & vocal range. 

Nothing would surprise me with this album, I guess some of Ollie Wakeman's parts were kept, although he was given the boot.   I need to listen to this one a bit more.  

They don't play much of this on the present tour, do they?  Does that mean yet another Yes tour is forthcoming?  They might be surprised at how few fans will turn out for that.  Time to start booking the county fairs. 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

3. Fly From Here - Pt II - Sad Night At The Airfield(6:41)
Picking guitar intro. Highly mixed singing, but why auto tune? ? The two chords in the main theme are not interesting enough. Nothing wrong with simplicity, though. But those chords make me sleepy.
 
Auto Tune? Are you sure, can't say I've noticed it?
 
I'm quite convinced, because some notes he sings are just too straight. When he sings "There's no one sleeping" for example, it sounds funny... Or when he sings "that last intake of air"...Especially "of" is clearly not natural.
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Ususally a album doesn't grow on me with many listenings, and this case is no exception. The more and more i listen to it, the less i enjoy it. But i don't say it's a bad album . I am pretty sure it's not going to have the same impact on me in the future like CTE and Going For The One did. I think it's difficult to compare this one with any ohter cd's, it's more on the quiet side, but the melody are strong and the guitar playing of Howe is still amazing.
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http://leonblogaswords.blogspot.com/2011/07/fly-from-here-full-review.html

The links takes you to my full review of the album. I think you'll find it interesting enough.
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

I wont go track by track at this stage but it is growing on me - the album as a whole is uplifting and definitely better than Open Your Eyes. It is good to hear them after so many years and there is that definitive Yes sound. I need to hear it a few more times before a review but its great esp the title track magnum opus epic. I wish it was more prog though and not mainstream, but it will grow on me.

It would have to have been pretty appalling to have been worse than that album.
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I wont go track by track at this stage but it is growing on me - the album as a whole is uplifting and definitely better than Open Your Eyes. It is good to hear them after so many years and there is that definitive Yes sound. I need to hear it a few more times before a review but its great esp the title track magnum opus epic. I wish it was more prog though and not mainstream, but it will grow on me.
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Originally posted by wilmon91 wilmon91 wrote:

3. Fly From Here - Pt II - Sad Night At The Airfield(6:41)
Picking guitar intro. Highly mixed singing, but why auto tune? ? The two chords in the main theme are not interesting enough. Nothing wrong with simplicity, though. But those chords make me sleepy.
 
 
 
Auto Tune? Are you sure, can't say I've noticed it?
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Originally posted by brainstormer brainstormer wrote:

What do you guys think about the lyrics compared to other Yes albums?



Equally meaningless, perhaps, but at least Anderson's mystical mumbo-jumbo kept you guessing!   I find nothing redeeming about FFH's lyrics at all.  
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I think they're equally meaningless
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Originally posted by leonalvarado leonalvarado wrote:


7. The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be
On this song, the main vocalist is Squire instead of Benoit. The song, in a way, is pretty much a combination of all of Yes incarnations. It is a modern ballad of sorts. Many people will love this song, specially those who's favourite Yes incarnation was the one with Trevor Rabin as the lead composer. My personal jury still out on this one. There are passages I like but there are also many things that remind me of bands like Kansas and Toto (two bands I was never too keen on).
 
I also thought of Toto. Specifically a section in Toto's "Mr Friendly", the "He's standing in your way" part , that was similar to a section in the Yes song.. 


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I have heard it 2-3 times, so here are my impressions..
 
The singer is extremely similar to Jon Anderson in both character and expression. The drums are very straight, basic and supportive, it could have stood out more I think! Mood-wise the album feels quite bright, comfortable and "safe", not much minor key harmonies.
 
1. Fly From Here – Overture (1:54)
Introduces a few themes that will recur later. A 5/8 theme. Nice sounds. Not a very solid piece, more a foretaste of whats to come.
 
2. Fly From Here - Pt I - We Can Fly  (6:01)     
The vocal sections are not nice,  the ”Fly from here” chorus is very bland pop. But I like the instrumental stuff. The piano and strings is really nice . That remind me of the intro to ”Bangin on the Door” by Simple Minds (also a piano and strings thing) ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN_xklo9ruA )
 
3. Fly From Here - Pt II - Sad Night At The Airfield(6:41)
Picking guitar intro. Highly mixed singing, but why auto tune? ? The two chords in the main theme are not interesting enough. Nothing wrong with simplicity, though. But those chords make me sleepy.
 
4. Fly From Here - Pt III - Madman At The Screens(5:16)
The 5/8 theme introduced in the beginning plays over a 4/4 beat. It's repeated too many times in this song, for me it isn't intriguing enough to endure that many repetitions. I like the "sailor beware" part. But it's two different themes playing alternatively, not satisfyingly integrated into one unity.
 
5. Fly From Here - Pt IV - Bumpy Ride (2:15) Playful instrumental part that plays in different keys. The "sailor beware" part comes in a again ,in a kind of misplaced way, then back to the playful part. Not good.
 
6. Fly From Here - Pt V - We Can Fly (reprise)(1:45)
"We can fly " chorus again which I really didn't like. The piano and strings section rounds it off with guitar on top. A mediocre ending I have to say.

7. The Man You Always Wanted Me To Be (5:08)
Soft harmonic rock. Good sound. Nice. But the processed singing sounds synth-like, it lacks personality. The chorus sounded a bit like "This World" by hackett. But those chords are also in "Your Move" (Yes) when I think about it. Parts of the verse remind me of "Fundamentals of Brainwashing" by Hackett. Well, a pretty nice song, but most is familiar, no new chord progressions.

8. Life On A Film (5:01)
Acoustic guitar intro, playing two familiar chords. Very nice chorus (”riding a tiger) . When the drums come in it feels a bit "pink floyd". Then comes parts of 5/8 + 6/8 in a bit similar way as in "Does it really happen?", quite okay for a while but is worn out after a while.
 
9. Hour Of Need (3:07) Good soft pop/rock song. Nice guitars. I like it apart from the way it ends..

10. Solitaire   (3:30)
Howe-piece. Goes through varying passages. It's ok - could grow with more listens..

11. Into The Storm (6:54)
Starts in instrumental straight rock.  I think  the use of many vocal parts in the verse takes away a defined personal expression in the singing. Not very interesting. The 7/8 part is pretty nice and the guitar solo in the 12/8 part is nice although some harmonies there aren't very exciting.
 


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Considering all the negative vibes that Yes stirred up with their treatment of bandmates Anderson and Ollie Wakeman, I really don't think this is a masterpiece that justifies the trauma inflicted upon one of the most dedicated fan-bases in rock history.   It's a decent effort, but if this is the coda for Yes, I find it to be a sorry ending.   




It's quite possible that this album benefits in my ears from no expectations. 

If any Andersons or Wakemans were harmed in the making of this album I won't be rushing out to get it.  Bands more often go out with a whimper more than a bang anyway.

I see that they came by my neck of the woods.  I wasn't paying attention so I didn't find out about it until after the fact.  I wouldn't have gone anyway due to out of the way venue and having seen them live a couple of times before.  DVDs are much less trouble.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Photos of Yes at their show in Atlanta the other night:


Based on their earliest  tour reviews, I hope this band is tightening up the show!  Also, I presume they will do another tour of FFH material?  That's not being played much from what I can tell in reviews.   


Maybe they are little bit tightenig, even Downes shows some rockin' attitude in those pictures. Squire looks just like my grandmother (r.i.p.) and it's good the photogallery didn't include David dance pictures ...
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