A Statement To The Press By Jon Anderson (re Yes+)

A sad, sad way for a great band to cap off their career.  Of course, they are not done yet, but they were done for me back in 2002.  I will still get Fly From Here though, as I really want to hear what all the fuss is about.

Slartibartfast wrote:   "So I hear you're in this band that calls itself Yes.  You might want to stop that.  Things could get broken."

infandous wrote: A sad, sad way for a great band to cap off their career.  Of course, they are not done yet, but they were done for me back in 2002.  I will still get Fly From Here though, as I really want to hear what all the fuss is about.

I listened to it a couple of times in streaming and it's OK.

^ My digital download copy was enough for me......I was gonna get the vinyl but now I am meehhh.

Even more:  http://ultimateclassicrock.com/yes-bassist-chris-squire-we-will-work-together-in-the-future-with-jon-anderson/

TheGazzardian wrote: I bought the CD/DVD special edition and the Vinyl because I am a Yes fanatic, but I would pretty much agree with Slart's description of "Ok".

Well that certainly makes you an official fanatic.

But yeah, I enjoyed the listens enough to want to eventually get a copy.  I just had too much other stuff competing for my acquisition attention.

zumacraig wrote: lazland wrote: Catcher10 wrote: ^ My digital download copy was enough for me......I was gonna get the vinyl but now I am meehhh. Yep. It is not a terrible album at all, but I really don't get those who consider it a masterpiece. I doubt that even Squire would describe it as such.  i think Fly From Here is the best album the band has done since 90125.  It's produced well, actually has hooks and there's not any padding in the music.  steve's two songs are excellent as is the last song and of course the epic.  previous yes albums in the 90s and 00s were meandering messes to my hears with seldom a bright spot.

I wouldn't say the album was particularly good as a whole thing... but the songs "Fly from here" (or "We can fly", or whatever), and "Sad night at the airfield", are both now essential Yes for me (though they may not be the proggiest thing, they are still very beautiful... specially "Sad Night"). The last song is very good too. The one thing that bothers me a bit is the title song being promoted as "one" "epic" song... it just doesn't hold as a single piece for me, and even less when they distinctly separated the segments. They sound just like different songs, with and intro and an outro that repeats themes from the songs in the middle (and a rather uninspired instrumental piece before the finale). Most of the other songs are just too boring for me.

I wouldn't say the album was particularly good as a whole thing... but the songs "Fly from here" (or "We can fly", or whatever), and "Sad night at the airfield", are both now essential Yes for me (though they may not be the proggiest thing, they are still very beautiful... specially "Sad Night"). The last song is very good too. The one thing that bothers me a bit is the title song being promoted as "one" "epic" song... it just doesn't hold as a single piece for me, and even less when they distinctly separated the segments. They sound just like different songs, with and intro and an outro that repeats themes from the songs in the middle (and a rather uninspired instrumental piece before the finale). Most of the other songs are just too boring for me.[/QUOTE]

A bit more background on the Yes situation...regarding his communications with Yes, Jon just said:

If you have ever collaborated with anyone in a creative way--it's a very difficult balancing act---when me and my two partners are on the same page --it's great---when we start to splinter in different directions as what direction to go in--it gets very hard----I think White,Howe,Squire tried for many years to go on Jon's trip as collaborators and let him lead with the songs---but they reached a point where the songs didn't interest them anymore and neither did acting like a 5 star back up band for his songs appeal to them (this had been done with ABWH)---Personally I think lot's of Jon's recent songs have been very uninteresting and all sound the same in a rambling way---Jon doesn't seem like a team player so maybe he should be a solo act ---I mean if 3 collaborators want to record and tour on a regular basis and act like a functioning band and one of the guys only wants to act on his whims---that's a difficult thing for a collaborator too---and I've been there too---so, while I love Yes with originals---I understand why it all finally went down the way it has--When you get older you can't have one guy pulling all the strings in a creative collaboration--you have to be free to work with people who are like minded ---it's just makes the process better in every way.