Going for the one
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Topic: Going for the one
Posted By: Genesisprog
Subject: Going for the one
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 13:26
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What do you think what the songs on that album talk about? like that: song name-answer
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Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 13:44
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Wonderous stories - some kind of wonderous story ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 14:10
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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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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 14:30
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 ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Winter Wine
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 14:38
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 ------------- My computer's broke |
Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 16:05
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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 ? ------------- Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity- I Love Them all ! |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 02 2006 at 16:10
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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. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 11:38
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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 - 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!'" |
Posted By: Space Chief
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 19:24
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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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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 07:18
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