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    Posted: January 02 2006 at 13:26

 What do you think what the songs on that album talk about?

like that:

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Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity-    I Love Them all !
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Wonderous stories - some kind of wonderous story
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Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Wonderous stories - some kind of wonderous story

 
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 14:30
Originally posted by Genesisprog Genesisprog wrote:

Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Wonderous stories - some kind of wonderous story

 

Actually the thread is a good question.

Wondrous Stories - This song definitely beckons to nostalgia, childhood days and psychedilic imaginations. It also points at the mind's eye being ' open' and receptive to the storyteller.

Parallels - a warning to not go beyond the point of no return, could relate to drugs or just p

ushing the outer limits of oneself.There is a pararllel dimension there, we just need to find it
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Points: 1140 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 02 2006 at 14:38
Originally posted by Chris Stacey Chris Stacey wrote:

Originally posted by Genesisprog Genesisprog wrote:

Originally posted by Winter Wine Winter Wine wrote:

Wonderous stories - some kind of wonderous story

 

Actually the thread is a good question.

Wondrous Stories - This song definitely beckons to nostalgia, childhood days and psychedilic imaginations. It also points at the mind's eye being ' open' and receptive to the storyteller.

Parallels - a warning to not go beyond the point of no return, could relate to drugs or just p

ushing the outer limits of oneself.There is a pararllel dimension there, we just need to find it

Hmmmmmm, interesting. Turn of century is pretty much tellin a love story isn't it? and the lyrics to awaken, "awaken gentle mass touching" i've never understood, but it sounds great  Great album in general
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  Song going for the one and Awaken are mystery for me.Other I already kind of understood.

   

 Where in the internet I can find Yes lyrics ?

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"Awaken" = typical Anderson; whimsical, mystical...one can interpret it more than one way, but won't know what it really means unless Jon tells us.
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You can find the lyrics to Going For The One and other Yes albums on www.songmeanings.net.

http://www.songmeanings.net/artist.php?aid=7139

Here's some quotes -

Going For The One - "It's about the futility of sports. Chasing a ball around. "The truth of sport plays rings around you." - (Olympic rings reference) Going for number one -The winner, the best. The thrill of it is what matters. The way it makes you feel alive. it gives you a kind of spiritual high."

Wonderous Stories - "The meaning of the song is fairly straightforward. In each verse, the narrator is in an encounter with his "Forgiver," but at each encounter, the narrator is too preoccupied with "your wonderous stories."
The Jesus figure opens the pearly gates for him, sends his spirit flying away into the heavens, and each time the narrator just thinks 'I hope I can get home in time for those wonderous stories!'"




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"Awaken"-clearly about God and such. Just look at the referring to him as "Master of images, soul, light, and time", and the line "O closely guided plan, awaken in our heart". Not to mention the biblical reference in the last 3 lines.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

You can find the lyrics to Going For The One and other Yes albums on www.songmeanings.net.

http://www.songmeanings.net/artist.php?aid=7139

Here's some quotes -

Going For The One - "It's about the futility of sports. Chasing a ball around. "The truth of sport plays rings around you." - (Olympic rings reference) Going for number one -The winner, the best. The thrill of it is what matters. The way it makes you feel alive. it gives you a kind of spiritual high."

Wonderous Stories - "The meaning of the song is fairly straightforward. In each verse, the narrator is in an encounter with his "Forgiver," but at each encounter, the narrator is too preoccupied with "your wonderous stories."
The Jesus figure opens the pearly gates for him, sends his spirit flying away into the heavens, and each time the narrator just thinks 'I hope I can get home in time for those wonderous stories!'"


Interesting site, thanks Chopper.
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