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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2009 at 16:12
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

Khatru is probably a magical horse from outer space.

I thought that was Magnu. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2009 at 19:44
Khatru is the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 03:47
Khatru is an alien beer company.
Trendsetter win!

The search for nonexistent perfection.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 06:17
In Siberia, the traditional moose call is the shout of "KHATRUUUUUUUUUU!!!"
And the Siberian moose is quite intelligent.  It is known to only respond to the most heartpoken khatreu.
Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 06:26
In Siberia, Khatru wonders what you are.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 06:29
"Khatru" is the name "Catherine" translated in Ingouchi, a Siberian linguage. So, "Siberian Khatru" is quite redundant.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 07:14
Khatru is a heart-spoken word for which there is no literal translation in any language with more than one speaker. This word is used to bring lyrical content to a level of uttermost crappiness.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 22:09
88 melter here.
   I have always enjoyed Jon Anderson's word painting. If you watch the words go by, you will see lots of open vowel sounds at the ends of musical phrases, and at held notes. I think he wrote words that would make his vocal sound good, and that would allow him to project with an open sound over the instruments. Rick Wakeman always liked that song very much, and wrote part of the main theme, but never had any use for the abstract words.
   Jon was reading alot of science fiction at that time, and a friend tells me that "And You and I" is based on some ideas from Isaac Asimov's Foudation Trilogy. I think the semi-religious allusions to cold reigning kings, cold stainless, i.e. without blemish, not fancy steel, nails, and (Martin) Luther in "Siberian Khatru" are simply an attempt to get profound and keep those open vowel sounds a'comin'.
   If there is a vein of traditional spirituality in progressive rock, this lyric tries to mine it in a nice non-demoninational way, while still sounding tripped-out enough for the stoners of that day, (were you there when they rolled that number up?)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 22:13
Originally posted by 88melter 88melter wrote:

88 melter here.
  


I don't mean to be rude, but you really don't need to write that - everyone knows it's you when you post.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2009 at 22:39
Hi there,

I think that guy should shut up and go away
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 00:08
I think 88 melter is on the right track...
https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 08:41
SmileI usually do shut up and go away. I try not to make more than two or three replies to any given posting. No rudeness taken, less keystrokes are fine by me. 
   Glad to know that someone thinks my ideas about YES lyrics have some validity. The entire "Close to the Edge" album has these aspects. Oh, and don't forget about the "Christian changer" line. Is it meant to be a contrast to the "suntower, asking" line?, clearly a pagan reference.
later,
you know who...Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 08:55

Siberian Khatru????What is it????


One of Yes's best songs. Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 12:49
Then what the hell was I talking about with my name?LOLLOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 12:54
The song?!?
Trendsetter win!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 13:02
Originally posted by 88melter 88melter wrote:

88 melter here.

You are not really here, actually, you are there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 13:11
Where?
Trendsetter win!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 13:30
I put this moment here.

Edited by Slartibartfast - July 14 2009 at 13:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 13:34
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I put this moment here.
In that moment, were you.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2009 at 13:50
I knew a guy in the Bronx back in the 70's who had a pet Boa Constrictor he named Khatru.
But, aside from that, this song is also one of my top all time Yes tunes.LOL
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