And "To Be Over" would've been pretty if they hadn't jammed it with instrumentals. Someone once told me that this is what they should have blasted at Noriega to drive him out of that nunnery; casual listeners turned their backs on this mess, while fans that could appreciate its dissonant, virtuosic extremes hid under their headphones and just kept basking.
After an extended hiatus following Relayer , Yes regrouped for 's Going for the One , bringing grand old ham Wakeman back to record an album of much fewer pretensions than anything they'd done since Fragile. Of course, that really meant only one minute epic instead of four, but right down to the non-Roger Dean cover art, it signaled a new start for Yes.
The title track, with Howe's great steel-guitar opening riff, did indeed reveal a band that still knew how to rock even if lyrics like, "Get the idea cross around the track, underneath the flank of a thoroughbred racing chaser," exposed their hippie-mystic trappings.
However, Squire's "Parallels" and the Beatlesque "Wonderous Stories" forecast the band's 80s rebirth as pop stars. Furthermore, the album's lone concession to headier days and side-length symphonettes, "Awaken", was a fairly amazing example of how Yes could fuse new age sentiments and reverb-drenched tinker-bell soliloquies, yet somehow come out unscathed. Sure, it went on a bit too long, but in retrospect, it was a fine last gasp for a band concerned with "progress" in the 70s. Perhaps inspired by the fact they didn't all hate each other after finishing Going for the One , Yes took the same lineup in for 's Tormato.
However, even as streamlined song-lengths and a couple of attempts at pop crossover appeared, the band sounded desperate rather than invigorated. Primary offenders on an album among the most hated of all hated Yes records include the flat, rigid "Don't Kill the Whale", in which Wakeman managed to insert ridiculously baroque synth stylings into a would-be Greenpeace disco protest anthem, while Anderson pleads with us to "dig it.
Oh right: it was Anderson, and he left right after this record. It's too bad, because relatively aggressive, driving numbers like "Future Times" and the fusion-tinged "On the Silent Wings of Freedom" weren't bad, even if the album's lack of punch throughout sucked the life out of most of the music.
With Anderson's and Wakemen's defections, Yes recognized that they could no longer continue in the same lackluster manner as on Tormato.
At the end of the s, the band finally felt ready to embrace a new era. A Buggles era! Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, possessing neat new synthesizers and actual MTV experience, joined for 's Drama , and paved the way for a decade of Yes at their most pop-friendly.
The transition, however, was not an easy one. For starters, longtime fans weren't fooled for a minute by Horn's vocals, which didn't quite hit those high notes as easily as Anderson. Of course, this lineup would disband shortly after the record, but lessons were learned and the next time Yes graced the world with an album, the world listened.
On Drama , Horn had simply attempted to emulate Jon Anderson, but by the time he produced 's for the yet again newly reformed and reconfigured Yes, he had become the synth-pop genius behind ABC, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Zang Tuum Tumb label, and gets no small share of credit for reinventing Yes as a hit 80s pop band.
Still, if you can handle the style-disconnect, 's songcraft makes it one of their tightest records. Yes may have disappeared commercially after , but they're still active today in varying lineups, and have a full nine subsequent studio albums that Rhino has wisely chosen not to reissue.
We hope to be back in Luxembourg in the future. Tickets for all other shows remain valid for the new dates. Relayer will be special. The show will comprise full production and a high-definition video wall. Relayer marked a slight change in direction as Patrick Moraz replaced Rick Wakeman on keyboards bringing an edgier, avant-garde feel to the album.
This was perfect for the opening track Gates Of Delirium, almost 22 minutes in length, with its battle scene featuring the keyboard of Moraz and Steve. Roger Dean will be directing the production and joining the tour with an exhibition of YES related art. Sunday 9 May, The Best Yes poignantly talks about the struggle between our hearts and our heads as we try to live up to the world's Super Woman challenges for our lives. This book is helping me break the cycle of stress, exhaustion, and overcommitment from trying to please everyone.
One of the best time management books ever! Not only does this book help you to prioritize your schedule, but it takes the Word of God and teaches you how to apply it to your daily life. Then you can make choices that honor God and see where you are truly called to be. The Best Yes is a life changer for women trying to cope with the demands of frazzled, unfulfilled living. Lysa gives practical and godly insight for wisely choosing the Best Yes in order to restore balance and bring joy back to everyday life.
It was like a pep talk straight from God through Lysa to my own spirit! Chock-full of insight and practical application, this book will change the way you look at God's plan for you and how to be a part of it! I could read it again and again and again! Lysa has already taught me how to watch what goes into my mouth and wait before letting words come out of my mouth in her books Made to Crave and Unglued. Now she is teaching me how to watch what goes into my spirit, so that I can wait on the Holy Spirit and give my Best Yes in all circumstances.
I'm in awe of how God is using The Best Yes to help me be an overcomer. The Lord is gracious and shows us loving kindness even while we run ourselves ragged. Never despise the mundane. Embrace it. Unwrap it like a gift.
And be one of the rare few who look deeper than just the surface. Look for the hand of God in everything. My attitude of love must trump my activity every time.
Therefore, my ways should reflect an attitude of love. Your Best Yes is about learning to say yes to those things that are truly meant to be our assignment. We need to apply thought and prayer to our decisions and then trust God for the outcome.
A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. Choices and consequences come in package deals.
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