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Ronnie Pilgrim
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Joined: February 09 2010
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 14:55 |
Apparently, admittedly, and artistically, Jon Anderson's lyrics are influenced by his interests in Siddhartha and Buddhism. |
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VanVanVan
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 14:54 |
I didn't really realize that Yes lyrics actually meant anything.
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen
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Reggy
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Posted: June 24 2010 at 14:26 |
And You and I clearly tell us how about love and the end of the world. Listen clearly in verse "coins and crosses never know their fruitless worth". It tells us that religion and money is just symbol. I think we have to know what agnostic is defined. Yes means that we should believe in love and nature than in bible or other sacred books. If listen It will be good days, yes is quite rational. We also knew that Anderson really enjoy Tolstoy. I am sure Tolstoy is not Christian as we knew. Please read Their Death Of Ivan Ilyich, Family Happiness or War and Peace, etc. which inspired Anderson write Gate of Delirium.
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A Person
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Posted: June 23 2010 at 00:27 |
UndercoverBoy wrote:
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Yeah, I'm just not hearing it.
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: June 23 2010 at 00:21 |
lolwut
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richardh
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Posted: June 23 2010 at 00:01 |
Doesn't Awaken have a lyric ''be honest with yourself there is no doubt...'' Personally never really found anything ambigious about Yes and the religious side even if they don't chuck slabs of The Bible at you.
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Anirml
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Location: Denmark
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 16:42 |
chopper wrote:
I don't see where there is an agnostic message in Gates of Delirium, or And You And I. |
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chopper
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 16:28 |
I don't see where there is an agnostic message in Gates of Delirium, or And You And I.
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Epignosis
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 14:51 |
Rick Wakeman is a Christian.
Jon Anderson is a "catch-all" spiritualist...wouldn't call him agnostic.
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Reggy
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Joined: June 11 2010
Location: Indonesia
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Posted: June 22 2010 at 14:44 |
Yess...
Guys, ...when I heard Yess, I am quite stunt with the lyrics. I am sure 100 percent this group does not believe God as a person. When I heard Gate of Delirium, You and I, or It will be a good day, those are good songs of course, but the messages is clear, they are an agnostic group. Yess teach us how to live in harmony, and to love each other without a promising hell and heaven. If I could say in strictly sense, the member's of groups are Agnostic. Yess, teach us, life is so precious, cause beyond is nothing ...........
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