Fly from Here (song series)

"Fly from Here" is a set of songs by progressive rock band Yes from their 2011 album Fly from Here. With a complete length of 23 minutes and 49 seconds, it is the longest studio recording ever released by Yes. It is split into six parts, consisting of the first tracks of the album: "Overture", "We Can Fly", "Sad Night at the Airfield", "Madman at the Screens", "Bumpy Ride" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)". Being the first composition of the album, it is the first Yes work to feature singer Benoît David.

The basis of the hexalogy was a demo originally recorded by Geoff Downes and Trevor Horn of The Buggles before they joined Yes in 1980. After Yes disbanded in 1981, Horn and Downes recorded a second demo, and both recordings became the foundation of the tracks "We Can Fly" and "Sad Night at the Airfield". Chris Squire called it "the band's 11th epic-length piece, the first in 15 years".^[4]

A single uniting "We Can Fly" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)" was released under the name "We Can Fly".

Personnel

Yes

• Benoît David – lead vocals
• Chris Squire – bass, backing vocals
• Steve Howe – guitars, backing vocals
• Geoff Downes – keyboards
• Alan White – drums

Additional musicians

• Oliver Wakeman – additional keyboards on "We Can Fly" and "We Can Fly (Reprise)"^[1]

Notes and references

1. 1 2 "Where are they now? - Yes". Bondegezou.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-06-12. 
2. ↑ "Frontiers Records: Fly from Here". Frontiers Records. Retrieved 2011-07-09. 
3. ↑ Tatangelo, Wade (2011-03-10). "Yes' Squire on band's first album in a decade". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
4. ↑ Miscali, Nikki M. (2011-03-22). "Affirmative Action". The Weekender.