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dr wu23 
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Posted: March 22 2017 at 11:45 |
 cstack3 wrote:
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"It's not the sun up in the sky; it's the son of God". -- Lt. Uhura
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Thanks, I also was thinking of "sun" vs. "Son!"
I think Jon is more fixated on the glowing globe, I don't know how much of a strident Christian he is, if at all. |
Never thought of him being interested in hard core Christianity. His lyrical musings have always had a large amount of Eastern Religious - Hindu and Buddhist - themes.
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Posted: March 22 2017 at 08:53 |
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There are quite a lot of prog bands that use sun-related themes as a source of inspiration, but none of them reach Jon Anderson's level of solar worship, of which Tales from Topographic Oceans is a showcase.
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Posted: March 22 2017 at 07:53 |
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Suns, moons, floods, really everything seemingly majestic is sung about quite frequently in prog. I don't blame them though, because if you're gonna have namby-pamby lyrics they better be about something at least moderately cool.
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Posted: March 21 2017 at 14:48 |
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And off in the distance, a dog barked.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Posted: March 21 2017 at 11:22 |
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What's wrong with praising the Sun? It is the source of all those energies the human race is meant to use, i.e. renewable energy sources. I myself have written a song about the Sun, it goes like this:
Helios, Sol Invictus, Ré
Shamash, Inti Viracocha
Amaterasu, Sulus, Wi
Malina, Anar, Are
Nothing grows without the Sun
Green leaves turning light to life
Wind and water kept in motion
By the bright eye in the sky
Chorus:
Engine of Life
The Sun shines for all and for free
Engine of Life
Will make poverty history
Blue chips on the roofs of houses
Windmills turning in the breeze
River flowing down the valleys
Will power our prosperity
No more need for splitting atoms
No more radioactive waste
No more wars for oil and coal
And the climate stays OK
(Chorus)
Man and Nature reconciled
Certainly it can be done
The gates of future open wide
With the power of the Sun
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Posted: March 19 2017 at 23:11 |
Atavachron wrote:
"It's not the sun up in the sky; it's the son of God". -- Lt. Uhura
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Thanks, I also was thinking of "sun" vs. "Son!"
I think Jon is more fixated on the glowing globe, I don't know how much of a strident Christian he is, if at all.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 19:27 |
 and of you as well I suppose... 
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 19:24 |
micky wrote:
ewwwww.... there went my good opinion of Jon...
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why? 
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 19:12 |
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ewwwww.... there went my good opinion of Jon...
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 19:09 |
Maybe because the sun, as a star, is the giver of life. All matter was not only forged in the belly
of stars but is constantly being created and replenished by the stars.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 17:10 |
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Check, please! |
Your check sir, and a nice plate of crow for dessert.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 11:45 |
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I've sailed and always will to parts of Sunhillow
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 11:13 |
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We love when we play.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 10:56 |
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Cloudy days are awesome. The sun is OK, if you have some shade around.
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 10:33 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 10:20 |
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Maybe he's trying to lull us into complacency by claiming to like the sun when in fact he really wants to destroy it. Since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the Sun.
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 10:11 |
Rednight wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
"It's not the sun up in the sky; it's the son of God". -- Lt. Uhura
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She didn't say that, and I'm nowhere near a hardcore Trekkie. |
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 09:04 |
Atavachron wrote:
"It's not the sun up in the sky; it's the son of God". -- Lt. Uhura
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She didn't say that, and I'm nowhere near a hardcore Trekkie.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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dr wu23
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 09:03 |
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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Rednight
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Posted: March 17 2017 at 09:02 |
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Yeah, there's that scene in Legend where the sun comes out to defrost the ice world and Jon is provided the chance to sing about it in all his splendor. Pretty campy stuff.
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