Random Artist Feature: Yes

8/14/16 2:30AM

24 minute video which again, longer than I'd prefer, but would almost rather do 1 longer than 2 shorter I suppose. Lot of ground to cover, etc.



6/28/16 6:24PM




Yes
Time and a Word
The Yes Album
Fragile
Close to the Edge
Tales from Topographic Oceans
Relayer

What the Hell: Yes-My Album Rankings (+link to Stereogum's List)

Stereogum Article by Phil Freeman

I'm not sure if this list and article was inspired by the sad news about Chris Squire's Leukemia diagnosis the other day, but if so, I can follow why.

The list this guy ranked and wrote about there is of course another 1 of these *lists* and has some baffling things about it like The Ladder, Tormato and especially Drama being as low as they are while Talk and Big Generator (and the highly overrated 90125 in my minority opinion) being as high as they are.

But I'll credit it for at least ranking Relayer as high as it did and also I can't disagree with putting Yessongs on top.

So I'm deciding to do a ranking of my own, but I'm not including the live albums; but I can just say I find Yessongs one of the best albums Yes ever released and best live albums ever. And Yesshows to be an album I do like, maybe because it has both "The Gates of Delirium" and "Ritual" on it.

However I am including Keys to Ascension 2 namely since it includes a studio recording of one of my favorite Yes tracks in the epic "Mind Drive."

Some of the others like Keys to Ascension,  the BBC Sessions and a few others like the Remixes, etc I either have not heard, nor even if they include music that was not released on 1 of the proper studio records, and/or live. Or it just has not been in my listening experience all that much at this point.


21. Open Your Eyes
20. Heaven and Earth
19. Union
18. Big Generator
17. 90125
16. Fly From Here
15. Magnification
14. Talk
13. ABWH

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12. Yes
11. The Ladder
10. Tormato
9. Time and a Word
8. Keys to Ascension 2
7. Going for the One
6. The Yes Album
5. Close to the Edge
4. Tales from Topographic Oceans
3. Fragile
2. Drama
1. Relayer

Solo Records (short list)

These are probably my 4 favorite solo albums from members of Yes. I own many others, but like Phil Freeman's comment about so many of them, I'm not going to rank the rest as it gets too scattered then. I don't even own any Flash or Strawbs or you name it if you want to take more than 1-degree of separation (like UK..who I am a fan of though, or Asia who I'm not really into anything by..or Patrick Moraaz solo and other collaborations, which include work with The Moody Blues, etc).

4. Bruford - One of a Kind
3. Steve Howe - Beginnings
2. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
1. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water

I do not own, nor have heard any of Rick Wakeman's solo records sans for the White Rock record. Although  by many accounts the Six Wives LP is his best, also maybe not coincidentally like Squire, Anderson and Howe (or even Steve Hackett for that matter), his 1st solo record.

Yes - Summer 2013 Tour includes a date at Mystic Lake!

They're playing 3 complete albums on their Summer tour as they have been doing this Spring tour.

The Yes Album
Close to the Edge
Going For the One
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It's been quite awhile since Yes actually played in Minnesota, in the Twin Cities Metro Area. I think the last show was the 2004 Target Center show with Dream Theater.

Mystic Lake's website link
Now in order to get any special "presale" opportunities, you have to signup for the "Mystic Email Club" newsletter, which I did, begrudgingly. Although I am wondering/hoping my mom, who frequents Mystic, and at times gets deals/discounts on concerts there, will be able to allow me to save on tickets for this show. We'll see, but it will be nice to finally see them again, on Friday August 9th.





07/06 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
07/07 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery
07/09 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre
07/10 Anaheim, CA City National Grove of Anaheim
07/12 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater @ the Palms
07/13 Jackson, CA Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort
07/14 San Diego, CA Humphreys Concerts by the Bay
07/18 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall
07/19 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall
07/20 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Concert Hall
07/21 Atlanta, GA Symphony Hall
07/23 Charlottesville, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion
07/24 Washington, DC Warner Theatre
07/25 Morristown, NJ Mayo Performing Arts Center
07/27 Holyoke, MA Mountain Park
07/28 Port Chester, NY Capitol Theatre
07/30 Montreal, QC Place des Arts
07/31 Westbury, NY Theatre at Westbury
08/04 Munhall, PA Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
08/07 Cleveland Heights, OH Cain Park
08/08 West Allis, WI Wisconsin State Fair - Main Stage
08/09 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
08/10 Mt Pleasant, MI Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
08/12 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre @ Old National Centre

Yes - Fly From Here (2011) (1.0)

6/13/11 3:50PM
Single "We Can Fly"



not bad, but since it's 4 minutes and the whole song/suite is like 24 minutes, it's hard to tell how good this will be. I will say, Benoit David doesn't sound bad, almost like a slightly lower version of Trevor Horn.

6/3/11 12:08PM



2:54 Sample of "Fly From Here." I haven't heard it since I'm at work. L8ter.


5/24/11 1:21AM

Yesfans.com topic
Wikipedia page
Japanese Listing June 22nd Release (although July 12th is the Frontiers Records release Date)



1. Fly from Here - Overture
2. Fly from Here - Pt I - We Can Fly
3. Fly from Here - Pt II - Sad Night at the Airfield
4. Fly from Here - Pt III - Madman at the Screens
5. Fly from Here - Pt IV - Bumpy Ride
6. Fly from Here - Pt V - We Can Fly (reprise)
7. The Man You Always Wanted Me to Be
8. Life on a Film Set
9. Hour of Need
10. Solitaire
11. Into the Storm

3/15/11 3:19AM



This is the title of apparently their upcoming full-length, that is projected to be released in July.

"“At the moment, we just finished recording our first studio album since 2001,” Chris Squire said during a phone interview last week.


[...] [Which] would be called “Fly From Here.”


“It’s the title of the main song,” he said.


Squire also confirmed [...] Trevor Horn produced the album. The players, Squire continued, would be the same one attendees will see on stage when the band performs Friday [...]:


Guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, keyboardist Oliver Wakeman, lead singer Benoit David and Squire.


Except for one change.


At Horn’s insistence, “Fly from Here” will feature [...] Geoffrey Downes on keyboards, as opposed to Wakeman, Squire said.


“We have no exact date and the album is not even mastered yet,” Yes’ publicist responded via e-mail. “So unfortunately we have no information yet but was told it would be out sometime in July.”




Guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, keyboardist Oliver Wakeman, lead singer Benoit David and Squire."


"At Horn’s insistence, “Fly from Here” will feature [...] Geoffrey Downes on keyboards, as opposed to Wakeman, Squire said."

Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, Benoit David along with Oliver Wakeman and Geoff Downes as a guest. Trevor Horn produced it.

I'm going with this Wikipedia link, honestly, because a lot of the press and forum posts are frankly, too unclear and too long to weed through.

The "sequel to Drama" part of this has me curious, since Drama is my 2nd favorite Yes album, and with Downes and Trevor Horn involved, this may be the closest thing the band ever makes to that record.

Benoit David, the jury is out on, despite how well he can sing the Yes catalog live. If Trevor Horn actually does some singing on this album, I will be happy. The song "We Can Fly From Here" I guess is a song from the Drama-period that never was finished, nor was it included on the Drama remaster. But you can check it out here:



I guess it was included on the In A Word boxed set, one that I'm sure most Yes-aholics like a friend of mine, are very familiar with. But being a huge fan of Drama, it is rather cool to hear for the 1st time, despite the obviously lower production quality.

The fact they are re-recording it, and it's going to be an epic, of maybe 11 minutes? I can't deny my curiosity is raised.

Yes are a band who I love a good chunk of their studio work, but most of that, not being post-Drama.. The Ladder, some of the ABWH, and Keys 2 Ascension music ("Mind Drive" namely).

Their last album, 2001's Magnification while wasn't bad, I never got too into. Although it was better than most of their 80's and 90's albums I guess.

But without Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, I must admit, I was kind of skeptical about how good this might be. Even with my love of Drama. But now reading some things, and the inclusion of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, I must admit, I'm a little more optimistic here.

But I must add, all the *drama* with Yes and their lineup changes, along with even just trying to find some simple, concrete information with this, is frankly, a huge pain in the ass. C'mon guys! it shouldn't be this hard to find specific details about the band and this album.. All the fans on Yesfans.com along with progressiveears.com and some other places keep bickering and speculating things. Trevor Rabin is back? how many songs Downes may play on. Benoit David's role. Blah Blah Blah.

Throw me a fricking bone here I can report! lol. In most cases, it's not all that hard to find this stuff. But in Yes's case, there's way too many reports and opinions that conflict. Why do they always have to be the band with the Soap Opera and fans who all claim to know everything? lol.

I just roll-my-eyes from afar, and wait for the music, rather than get as bent out of shape as so many of their fans seem to do. Thank god.

Yes (the progressive rock band) in 3D?

link

this could be rather interesting (even without Jon and Rick). I wonder if more bands I am into would ever be able to do this. And whether it'll be a movie theater/imax deal, or possibly a web or dvd thing.