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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 14:05
Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by Korova Korova wrote:

Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Why go to extremes like love vs hate or crap vs good?

There are middle terms, I don't like very much Yes lyrics, find them too ethereal and mystic, but I can't say they wrote crap because it isn't truth either.

Iván



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that's exactly what I think

... and what I think as well...

I've always thought that!
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Anderson chose the words for how they sounded not for their meaning.
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 14:01
Originally posted by Korova Korova wrote:

Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Why go to extremes like love vs hate or crap vs good?

There are middle terms, I don't like very much Yes lyrics, find them too ethereal and mystic, but I can't say they wrote crap because it isn't truth either.

Iván



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I like YES lyrics;

It suitable for the music they Produce

I love – close to the edge

              Gates of delirium

              Heart of the sunrise

              Roundabout
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Points: 20030 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:57
I can't imagine classic Yes music without Jon Anderson's lyrics. I don't know the true meaning of "Close To The Edge" but the lyrics, whether they're brilliant or meaningless twaddle, certainly give the song that extra "something".
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Points: 220 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:43
i agree with you completely, maybe lyrics aren't so important in yeas music
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Points: 2771 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:35
Hmm ... isn't this supposed to be a poll ...

actually despite owning more than 10 of their albums, I have generally disliked Yes lyrics quite intensely  ...

although he can sometimes be evocative and surreal, Anderson often sounds to me like he's pulling a con-job and is  just throwing  together meaningless words ...
"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”

"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
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Originally posted by ivan_2068 ivan_2068 wrote:

Why go to extremes like love vs hate or crap vs good?

There are middle terms, I don't like very much Yes lyrics, find them too ethereal and mystic, but I can't say they wrote crap because it isn't truth either.

Iván



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La Speranza del sentimento è schiavitù
La Speranza del corpo è malattia
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:32

Why go to extremes like love vs hate or crap vs good?

There are middle terms, I don't like very much Yes lyrics, find them too ethereal and mystic, but I can't say they wrote crap because it isn't truth either.

Iván



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I personally love Yes' lyrics. Very metaphysical. Yes lyrics are a major part of
the mystic behind Yes music, especially on the classic albums like Fragile,
The Yes Album, TFTO, GFTO, Relayer, and Tormato.
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Points: 220 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 20 2005 at 13:25
what do you think, do you like yes lyrics
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