The most important sentences in prog rock lyrics

[Wojtek]

Just a reflection... what do you think are the most cult quotes/lines from lyrics in prog rock albums. The ones that could be considered classic for genre fans..

I think that recently the one that became very recognizable and surely one of the best remembered will be "Life is like a beanstalk". Perhaps the most distinctive line in whole SMPTe album and if we add to this that it was the most sensational album of the year then it seems it can't be forgotten.

I'll name a few more but later ;)..I'm very curious about your thoughts...

[Beowulfs_Kin]

"Me, I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk!" from "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" by Genesis.

"Talk, Talk, it's only talk." from "Elephant Talk" by King Crimson

[sharcnorris]

......it's only Knock and Know all, But I like it!!!!! more to come, this is fun

[PFD]

Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there.

[lotus]

"The show must go on!"

[mailotron]

.. from get' em out by friday ...

' .. stand in your hands you'll be happy on earth , so invest in the church for your heaven..':hrm:

[Hawksun]

"Confusion will be my epitaph" - You all know where this comes from ;)

I know a lot of quotes from other prog rock, but they mostly have personal meanings and I'm sure thay aren't that important in the history prog per se.

[Avian]

I think that recently the one that became very recognizable and surely one of the best remembered will be "Life is like a beanstalk". Perhaps the most distinctive line in whole SMPTe album and if we add to this that it was the most sensational album of the year then it seems it can't be forgotten.

I'll name a few more but later ;)..I'm very curious about your thoughts...

Great topic.

BTW, that Transatlantic song (and the quote) is from a cover of Procol Harum's "In Held Twas I" Quite a good cover, methinks.

My favorite line? How can you beat Yes for great quotes?

"Flying Shining Purple Wolfhounds Tell Me Where You Are!"

"Changed only for a sight of sound, the space agreed."

[mailotron]

I think .. We all need some light now ... Transatlantic:angel:

[Yesspaz]

"Any escape might help to soothe the unattractive truth
but the suburbs have to charms to sooth the restless dreams of youth."

-Rush



"Surely, surely! Ah!"

-Yes


Also, see my signature :)

[KeithieW]

"I know a mouse and he hasn't got a house, I don't know why I call him Gerald.
He's getting rather old but he's a good mouse"

Says it all really. :)

[Yesspaz]

I could get lost in this thread.

Yesspaz's quintessential Yes quotes:

"Change we must as surely time does."

"Where we are coming from or where we go, we only know we come with sound."

"It all comes through this feel."

"We exist through this strange disguise."

"Someone shouted "open the door" - Lookout!"

"At the start of every day
A child begins to play
And all we need to know
Is that the future is a friend of yours and mine"

"Now the verses I've sang
Don't add much weight to the story in my head
So I'm thinking I should go and write a punch line
But they're so hard to find
In my cosmic mind
So I think I'll take a look out of the window"

"Like the time I ran away,
Turned around and you were standing close to me."

"No point in kidding,
Let the children split the atom-"

"And you may find time will blind you-
This to just remind you all is meant to be."

"We love when we play."

[KeithieW]

If you're talking Yes lyrics. How about:

"And the door was open wide
Inside was a diamond chair
Where I sat when I was young
I wrote down the words"

Beautiful when put into context.

[mailotron]

who will find the most important Tangerine dream's sentence ?

[kevishev]

"The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down"

Frank Zappa - Cosmic Debris

[mailotron]

an another from FZ :

.. jazz is not dead ot just smell's funny ....

:haha:

[mailotron]

ot=it :rofl:

[Yesspaz]

who will find the most important Tangerine dream's sentence ?I'll give it a shot. How about this:

"Loved by the sun! :haha:

[VAXman]

Great topic.

BTW, that Transatlantic song (and the quote) is from a cover of Procol Harum's "In Held Twas I" Quite a good cover, methinks.

Thanks Avian, you beat me to it. From "Shine On Brightly", my fave PH album.

[CozyToo]

Maybe "we're only in it for the money" before that but definitely the most important sentence in all of music is "don't eat that yellow snow". Life, universe and everything in one line.

If I had to be serious:
Sensibility
Armed with sense and liberty
With the heart and mind united
In a single perfect sphere

Neil Peart

[podakayne]

from the tangerine dream:

"Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom
To believe in the good in man."

as only jon could write it...and mia say it.
and this is my favorite tom cruise movie

[podakayne]

and then i like:


"I've seen all good people turn their heads each day
so satisfied I'm on my way"

[Rick and Roll]

Jon Anderson...how can the wind with it's arms all around me...how can it WHAT Jon? You're missing a verb! :shootmeno

Anyway, I'm not sure what's important to others, but here's some that hit me right:

"And all your money, won't another minute buy" ...Kansas

"You can go sleep at home tonight, if you can get up and walk away"...Who

"Sadder still to watch it die, than never to have known it".....Rush

"Brave the knife to make em bigger, take a pill to make it harder, suck the fat then run the treadmill, give them toys for time...buy the land then pour the concrete, drive the car but leave the kiddies, break their bones then ask forgiveness, pose while they're in rags"...Salem Hill (So Human)

[pelothar]

how about Jethro? what do think

[Yesspaz]

A place to stay
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud about your doubts and fears,
and what's more,
No one ever disappears,
You never hear their standard issue
kicking in your door.
You can relax on both sides of the tracks and maniacs
don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control,
And everyone has recourse to the law,
and no one kills the children anymore.
And no one kills the children anymore.

[Rick and Roll]

how about Jethro? what do think

my favorite band...

"And now she's kissing Willie":rofl:

[Yesspaz]

"Have you ever known someone who builds you up to let you down?
Sincere apologies, sugar-coated promises;
And as usual it's everybody else's fault...
Ono!"

-King's X


"Could it be the human race is run?"

-Pink Floyd


"Sometimes I think the pain blows my mind."

-King's X

[Steady Stan]

Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool. Keep it cool. :jawdrop:

[CozyToo]

Did you understand the music Yoko
Or was it all in vain?

Wouldn't mind that one and Radio Kaos in library :angel:

[mossy]

Tinker, alone within a storm,
And losing hope he clears the leaves beneath a tree.
Seven stones lay on the ground,
Within the seventh house a friend was found,
And the changes of no consequence will pick up the reins from nowhere.

[KeithieW]

who will find the most important Tangerine dream's sentence ?
"Bent cold sidewalk"

Always up for a challenge mailo....:)

[Wojtek]

Great topic.

BTW, that Transatlantic song (and the quote) is from a cover of Procol Harum's "In Held Twas I" Quite a good cover, methinks.


Cover is good but not perfect. And the song (composition-wise) is perfect. One of the few tracks that could be used as answer when one was asked "What's prog actually?" There is all in this song. Real journey.

My second favourite quote is:

And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw ...

I think that also a cult one...

[Rick and Roll]

And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw ...

I think that also a cult one...

that whole song is right on lyrically. Then again it's Neil!

[Ginjeet]

"And all you touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be. "
/Pink Floyd/

"Still waiting for my saviour, storms tear me limb from limb;
my fingers feel like seaweed...I'm so far out I'm too far in."
/Van der Graaf Generator/


"No matter how closely I study it,
no matter how I take it apart,
no matter how I break it down,
It remains consistant.
I wish you were here to see it.
I like it."
/King Crimson/

"Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources,
Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten..."
/Yes/

"Happy and I'm smiling,
walk a mile to drink your water.
You know I'd love to love you,
and above you there's no other."
/Jethro Tull/

"I can see clearly,
A face in the sky,
Moon`s in your eye,
You`re passing me by.
Tell me the reason why. "
/Camel/

"Ladies and Gentlemen
- the British Alphabet!"
/Soft Machine/

"I gotta take pills to kill my pain
To kill my pleasure I blow my brain
I get so high I fall down again
What's happenin' man?"
/Gong/

"Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea,
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me,
My face spill so gently into your eyes,
Disturbing the waters of our lives."
/ELP/

8-q

[PFD]

Jon Anderson...how can the wind with it's arms all around me...how can it WHAT Jon? You're missing a verb! :shootmeno )

Like, that's ever bothered him. :rofl: He must have frustrated the hell out of his Creative Writing teachers as a lad.

"Like Jon, there's some intersting stuff here...but there's no nouns, or adjectives, or verbs, ...no clowns."

[Rick and Roll]

Like, that's ever bothered him. :rofl: He must have frustrated the hell out of his Creative Writing teachers as a lad.

"Like Jon, there's some intersting stuff here...but there's no nouns, or adjectives, or verbs, ...no clowns."

That's funny!

[rick_wakeman]

Just a reflection... what do you think are the most cult quotes/lines from lyrics in prog rock albums. The ones that could be considered classic for genre fans..

I think that recently the one that became very recognizable and surely one of the best remembered will be "Life is like a beanstalk". Perhaps the most distinctive line in whole SMPTe album and if we add to this that it was the most sensational album of the year then it seems it can't be forgotten.

I'll name a few more but later ;)..I'm very curious about your thoughts...

in held 'twas in I => then you must be talking about Procol Harum, "isn't it?"

;)

[rick_wakeman]

i would quote all the lyrics sung by Jon in the song "the revealing science of God".

[rick_wakeman]

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[podakayne]

such a fine group of lyrics i'll add these from Echolyn's Mei:

"We were careless...To be taken by such misery
That tastes of violence—the saints are silent—God won't perform here anymore!"

and this gem further on:
"My love is pale....a perfect...shade of...fear"

and my fav in the song
"I would do anything it takes to feel the sun again...I am ready to receive"

good thread

[Rick and Roll]

such a fine group of lyrics i'll add these from Echolyn's Mei:

"We were careless...To be taken by such misery
That tastes of violence—the saints are silent—God won't perform here anymore!"

and this gem further on:
"My love is pale....a perfect...shade of...fear"

and my fav in the song
"I would do anything it takes to feel the sun again...I am ready to receive"

good thread

Although I can't make Progday (AGAIN!) to see Echolyn, they shold roll through Baltimore soon enough. I'll remember to mention this....forgot about them. The last song on As the World (Never the Same) is also unforgettable..

"Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die", "I will see you again on the other side, someday" and the particularly gripping,

"Remember what's been given, not taken away". Words to live by....

[kevishev]

"It's pasties and a G-string, beer and a shot
Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze
Popcorn, front row, higher than a kite, and I'll be back tomorrow night,
And I'll be back tomorrow night"

Just a portion of the epic "Pasties and a G-string" by Tom Waits

[Rick and Roll]

"It's pasties and a G-string, beer and a shot
Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo squeeze
Popcorn, front row, higher than a kite, and I'll be back tomorrow night,
And I'll be back tomorrow night"

Just a portion of the epic "Pasties and a G-string" by Tom Waits

Kev I sense a theme with you...but I can't put my finger on it....:haha:

Don't make me start with the Ian Gillian (the master of the double entendre)

[Yesspaz]

"Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I."
-Pink Floyd

"Time stand still - I'm not looking back but I want to look around me now."
-Rush

"I take the longest walks, it always does me good."
-King's X

"If I could wave a magic wand
And make my dreams come true
I'd make my feelings go away
And make you want me too"
-King's X

"I ate the crumbs and spilled the wine - the thought that counts."
-King's X

"Let me take my thoughts away to think about another day
remembering the times I pray to help me deal with me,
to be the Dogman."
-King's X

[Rick and Roll]

"Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I."
-Pink Floyd

"Time stand still - I'm not looking back but I want to look around me now."
-Rush


I hate that Floyd song...musically that is. Pop garbage.

Some moron at the Aimee Mann show was shouting "Time Stand Still"...like she's going to play a song she sang 2 lines for, instead of her many solo songs :(

THREE King's X songs! Wow! I always thought Doug's lyrics were like early Spock's Beard...vapid...but love the music...King's X is everywhere!:rofl:

[WebDragon]

"No matter how closely I study it,
no matter how I take it apart,
no matter how I break it down,
It remains consistant.
I wish you were here to see it.
I like it."
/King Crimson/


yeah but you forgot the more memorable part of that:

I repeat myself when under stress,
I repeat myself when under stress,
I repeat myself when under stress,
... :)

All work and no play makes Jack really *&^@#^#ing horny.

[Rick and Roll]

yeah but you forgot the more memorable part of that:

I repeat myself when under stress,
I repeat myself when under stress,
I repeat myself when under stress,
... :)

All work and no play makes Jack really *&^@#^#ing horny.

Your profile includes a Star Trek line....sweet!

[roger]

This foolish game, oh it's still the same
The notes go dancin' off in the air
And don't you believe it's true, the music is all for you
It's really all we've got to share
Cause Rockin' and Rollin', it's only howlin' at the Moon.
It's only howlin' at the Moon.

~ Kansas

[progdirjim]

Just a thought, there may be a benefit in fine tuning this thread. I see the responses are all over the place (which isn't bad, but makes things a bit hard to follow). I'm thinking along the lines of "most inspirational lyrics", "favorite prog lines from the 70's", "I can out-quote anybody so here's 5 or more 1 liners", "best lyrics re: religion" etc. As I was reading this thread I had a few things I sort of wanted to respond to, but by the time I finished reading, I was feeling schizophrenic!

[GORT]

"fools must pretend to be wise, we've a faith that we use as a heavy disguise"
-Strawbs

[Steady Stan]

Joladadijoladadijoladadijoladadi
Joladadijoladadi-jo-o-ooh!
Joladadijoladadijoladadijoladadi
Joladadijoladadi-jo-o-ooh!
Oooooh-oooooh-oooooh-oooooh... :eek:

[KeithieW]

Joladadijoladadijoladadijoladadi
Joladadijoladadi-jo-o-ooh!
Joladadijoladadijoladadijoladadi
Joladadijoladadi-jo-o-ooh!
Oooooh-oooooh-oooooh-oooooh... :eek:
Thanks for that Stan..............nice to see you're still as potty as ever. :rofl:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

I saw a war widow in a laundrette
Washing the memories from her husband's clothes

[rick_wakeman]

Ange : sur la trace des fées

Jadis, avec Pierre et Gladys
On les voyait passer en robe blanche
Au ruisseau qui traînait nos rêves
Vers un écrin de joie
Nous suivions la trace des fées
C'était au mois de mai

Vole, blonde tête folle,
On les voyait quitter leur robe blanche
Un torrent de cheveux dorés
Léchait nos yeux de soie
Nous étions sur la trace des fées
C'était au mois de mai

J'étais le prince sur son carrosse
Ma muse pleurait aux étoiles
Puis je redevins le chien.

Jadis, cachées sous les fleurs de lys
On les voyait flâner en robe blanche
Au pays où la bise enlace les gens aux mille pleurs
Nous suivions la trace des fées
C'était au mois de mai

Vole, vole, blonde nympholle
On les entendait rire en robe blanche
Et le gazon du parc s'imbibait à nos pieds d'enfant
Nous étions sur la trace des fées
C'était au mois de mai

J'étais le prince sur son carrosse
Ma muse pleurait aux étoiles
Puis je redevins le chien.

[KeithieW]

You what?

[Thor]

This is your Captian.... your Captain is dead. - Hawkwind

[lamour]

This was the quote I used as the original slogan when I started the Gibraltar progrock mailing list way back in...whenever I started that (1989?):

"Art as expression
Not as market campaigns
Will still capture our imaginations
Given the same
State of integrity
It will surely help us along"

To me, that always summed up what I liked about prog. (it's from "Natural Science" on Rush's _Permanent Waves_ album)

[jtmckinley]

OK, I'll play. I dunno 'bout most *important*, but some I like a lot are:

"A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace.
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour"
-- Jon Anderson, Close To The Edge
(wtf? :) nonsensical, but I love the imagery and vocal rhythm of it)

"Us, and them, and after all we're only ordinary men.
Me, and you. God only knows, it's not what we would choose to do.
Forward he cried, from the rear, and the front rank died.
And the generals sat and the lines on the map moved from side to side.
Black and blue, and who knows which is which and who is who.
Up and down, but in the end, it's only round and round.
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words, the poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun, there's room for you inside.
Down and out, it cant be helped, but there's a lot of it about.
With, without, and who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way, it's a busy day, I've got things on my mind.
For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died."
-- Roger Waters, Us & Them
(nice how he plays with the echo AND says something poignant)

"As he stumbled on his ____.
He was delighted as it stiffened, and ripped right through his sock!
Oh, Saint Alphonzo would be proud of me!
He shouted down the block:
Dominus vobiscum, et cum spiritu tuo!
Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes just for saintly Alphonzo!?"
-- Frank Zappa, Father O'Blivion
(again with the vocal rhythm, and funny to boot!)

Maybe the Us & Them lyric could compete for most *important* prog lyric.

[WebDragon]

This was the quote I used as the original slogan when I started the Gibraltar progrock mailing list way back in...whenever I started that (1989?):


You're not referring by chance to the GEPR are you?

which by the way, why isn't Auralmoon linking to the GEPR for artist info ? O_o

[Yesspaz]

(it's from "Natural Science" on Rush's _Permanent Waves_ album)From the same album - a quote that to me sums up the dichotomy between art for art's sake and art for money.


"All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted
Not so coldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty - yeah, your honesty

One likes to believe in the freedom of music
But glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity"

[lamour]

You're not referring by chance to the GEPR are you?

which by the way, why isn't Auralmoon linking to the GEPR for artist info ? O_o

The GEPR (Gibratar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock) derives it's name from the mailing list. Mike Taylor conducted a survey on the mailing list to construct the original GEPR. (I think he did a 2nd survey on alt.music.progressive as well) I eventually turned over the mailing list to Mike after running it for 4 years.

When Mike ran the GEPR website, the archives of the mailing list were still available on it. I went to the GEPR site the other day, and there isn't even a mention of the mailing list anymore. Ah well, I guess I'm at least happy that nobody can see the things that I had to say way back then. ;-)

[Elric68]

"Theusz Hamtaak !" :rofl:

More seriously I think the Scottish band Pallas has very well-written lyrics, and even if they're not as "historical" as King Crimson or Yes lyrics, they're still great. I like the chorus of "Who's to blame ?" a lot:

"Oooh, though the seasons come and go,
Still the sickness seems to grow,
In the minds,
Oooh, though the players names may change,
A simple question still remains,
Who's to blame ? Who's to blame ?"

Pendragon's lyrics on "Not Of This World" are very rich too, especially on the 1st track.

For lyrics that fit more in the "historical" side of the topic, I would quote Marillion:

"But even jesters cry !", "And thus begins the web", "So here I am once more, in the playground of the broken hearts"

[Richard701]

'Heard a voice shouting "don't jump, please for god's sake let me move my car!"' - Suicide? - Barclay James Harvest

Couldn't decide on my favourite Andersonism, many of them have already been said .... have some favourite lines from non-prog songs, but best stick to the correct genre!

[Rick and Roll]

favourite Andersonism

That's a great term....you should coin that!

And you should join us for the summers end festival..

[podakayne]

one of my favorite andersonisms:

"A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour!"

gotta love a woman who can take care of business without breakin a sweat!

podakayne

[Rick and Roll]

one of my favorite andersonisms:

"A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace and rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour!"

gotta love a woman who can take care of business without breakin a sweat!

podakayne

from jtmckinley on Friday:

"A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace.
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour"
-- Jon Anderson, Close To The Edge
(wtf? nonsensical, but I love the imagery and vocal rhythm of it

I thought it looked familiar! :haha:

[Yesspaz]

Andersonisms I like:

"River running right on over my head
Outboard, river, Bluetail, tailfly,
Luther, in time, suntower, asking,
Cover, lover, June cast, moon fast,
As one changes, heart gold, leaver,
Soul mark, mover, Christian, changer,
Called out, saviour, moon gate, climber,
Turn round, glider"

And this classic:

"Suns High Streams Through Awaken Gentle Mass Touch
Strong Dreams Reign Here Awaken Gentle Mass Touch
Star Song Age Less Awaken Gentle Mass Touch
Awaken Gentle Mass Touch, Awaken Gentle Mass Touching"

And finally:

"Starlight, movement, reasons
Release forward
Tallest rainbow
Sun shower seasons
Life flower reasons"



Yeah.

[progdirjim]

Since English clearly isn't Anderson's first language, what is?
:boxing:

[KeithieW]

Since English clearly isn't Anderson's first language, what is?
:boxing:
He speaks Jonish......a language understood by only a few people on this Earth.

Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[sharcnorris]

Mrs sharc loves to Harmonize to this song, it is that middle lyric that says so much

In the Meanwhile
The hours seem to fly
With busy days and nights
Take it in your stride
As worrying is interest paid on trouble
Long before its due
Passing through
-STEVE HACKETT

[PeterG]

The time between the notes relates the color to the scenes. -CTTE

[jtmckinley]

Gawd, I can't believe I didn't include this in my first post on this thread, but it had to be added...

"Hi! It's me, the girl from the bus, remember? The last tour?
Well, information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is THE BEST.
Wisdom is the domain of the Wiz (which is extinct).
Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence..."
-- Frank Zappa, The Packard Goose

I gotta agree, music is THE BEST. It's the only MAGIC in the world that I have personally experienced and have participated in. Thanks Uncle Frank.

[Yesspaz]

Did you exchange a walk-on part in the war for the lead role in a cage?

[jtmckinley]

Andersonisms I like: [snip] Yeah.

I agree Yesspaz, I almost chose those Siberian Khatru and Awaken lyrics myself when I first posted. Damn, it's hard to choose a favorite Yes lyric LOL! But those are right up there for me as well. Yes was such a huge part of my life growing up in the 70s (born in 1964); they were the soundtrack to my mental movies whilst reading all the classic fantasy books like the Narnia books and The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings and others too numerous to list...

He speaks Jonish......a language understood by only a few people on this Earth.

LOL. It definitely is "Jonish" KeithieW, he lives in his own world I think, and good on 'im for living there ;)! It's too bad more people on this Earth don't understand his language, but fortunately there have been enough to allow him to make a living, so thank goodness for that :).

[podakayne]

everyone knows jon is the love-child of middle-earth folk and man. i like that he remembers his native tongue, even if it doesn't translate well. :rolleyes2


really :angel:

[podakayne]

and thank you, keithie for quoting one of my favorite passages...i love to drop prog lyrics in conversation...keep 'em guessing or laughing one.

as sang by KeithieW
Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Cha
Cha CHa CHa Cha Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[jtmckinley]

everyone knows jon is the love-child of middle-earth folk and man. i like that he remembers his native tongue, even if it doesn't translate well. :rolleyes2
really :angel:

Well said Poda :)

[KeithieW]

I think I may have posted this before but what the hey.........

Try out this on-line "Virtual Jon" page. Write your own Yessongs and have some fun.

http://www.eilands.com/vjon/

[Yesspaz]

It's hard to choose a favorite Yes lyric LOL!Mine might be "We looked around the open shore waiting for something!"

Or perhaps "Where we are coming from or where we go we only know we come with sound."

Or maybe "At the start of every day a child begins to play, and all we need to know is that the future is a friend of yours and mine."

[PFD]

Love that Random Jonism generator.

To offer at Mercury
To love wonderously beyond Phebes
Heaven forever will be wonderful
Seeker often was shining gently
Saying at heart
To experience through homeworld
Speaker shall wonderously friendly
Joyful certain planet
Under heaven trying happily
Dreaming after seasoned edge

[progdirjim]

"Tell me what kind of heaven do you think awaits
With your ass too fat to fit through the pearly gates"

Todd Rundgren, "Mammon" from Liars...

[Yesspaz]

"And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around."

[podakayne]

"and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclisped by the moon"

that says tons

[KeithieW]

"There's always been Ethel.
Jacob wake up you've got to tidy your room now.....
And then Mr Lewis.
Isn't it time that he was out on his own?
Over the garden wall.
Two little love birds Coo coo to you.
Keep those mowing blades sharp.........."

or:

"And Harold Demure, who's still not quite sure, fires acorns from out of his sling.
Here comes the cavalry........"

Very of the time...........excellent lyric writing.

[Wojtek]

This is so great in it's simplicity:

i have my fears
but they do not have me
(P. Gabriel)

[Yesspaz]

"and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclisped by the moon"My favorite lines from that song are "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon," and "The paper holds their (the lunatics) folded faces to the floor, and everyday the paperboy brings more."

P.S. I LOVE your new avatar! Now that's the Poda I know and love.

[VAXman]

My favorite lines from that song are "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon," and "The paper holds their (the lunatics) folded faces to the floor, and everyday the paperboy brings more."

"The paper holds their folded faces to the floor and every day the paper boy brings more."

One of the better political/anti-governemt lyrics of Roger Waters.

Just to hijack this thread back to the topic of "sentences", there are a number of great sentences in the lyrics of Pink Floyd. One of my faves from Animals ahs always been, "You radiate cold shafts of broken glass". Oh man, I'd hate to have a run in with that character!

[Yesspaz]

there are a number of great sentences in the lyrics of Pink Floyd. One of my faves from Animals ahs always been, "You radiate cold shafts of broken glass".I think I already quoted from that song "And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around." I also like from that album "Charade you are."

[Rick and Roll]

From Father OSA (Styx)..

"Your life's a ship that's never been to sea"...

on the Rickter Scale tonight..shameless plug No 522...

[podakayne]

keithie you did it once again:

from keithie master sage
"There's always been Ethel.
Jacob wake up you've got to tidy your room now.....
And then Mr Lewis.
Isn't it time that he was out on his own?
Over the garden wall.
Two little love birds Coo coo to you.
Keep those mowing blades sharp.........."

i've continually said "i know what i like and i like what i know" some folk get it, since it played on FM radio.

and since we mentioned floyd i love this one from Animals:

"you better watch out!...there may be dogs about!!!!"
and
"you better stay home and do as you're told...get outta the road if you want to grow old"

"Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise"

love the sheep & dogs
podakayne

as for the avatar—thanks Yspaz did that one myself for a change...lovin your new one too!

[Yesspaz]

as for the avatar—thanks Yspaz did that one myself for a change...lovin your new one too!
Morbo demands loyalty!

[lotus]

I frankly think, that the title of the thread should have been:

The only one most important sentences in prog rock lyrics"

We will end up here with the lyrics of all tunes on AM....

[Rick and Roll]

I frankly think, that the title of the thread should have been:

The only one most important sentences in prog rock lyrics"

We will end up here with the lyrics of all tunes on AM....

Important is an odd word. Very nebulous.

If I had to pick one lyric, it would be the Who. "Every idea in my head, someone else has said".

[podakayne]

from genesis:

"you'd better watch out, you better watch out!"

and Yspaz thanks for the learning to fly entry...i also say that one

from the ever-present Yesspaz
"Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I."
-Pink Floyd

has anyone mentioned the obvious?
"i repeat myself when i'm in distress, i repeat myself when i'm in distress, i repeat myself when i'm in distress" :shootmeno

and yes i use these at work...all the time :rofl: really! :rofl:

[KeithieW]

Don't think anyone has mentioned some of the wonderful Moody Blues quotes.

"But I'm never going to lose your precious gift. It will always be that way.
And I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind someday........" New Horizons, Seventh Sojourn.

"Blasting, bursting, billowing forth with the power of 10 billion butterfly sneezes" Higher and Higher, To our Childrens..........

"So fly little bird, up into the clear blue sky.
And carry the word. Love's the only reason why" Land of Make Believe, Seventh Sojourn.

"Bluebird flying high, tell me what you see.
If you could talk to me, what news would you bring?
Of Voices in the sky......." Voices in the sky, In search of the lost chord.

And of Course:

"And I love you. Yes I love you. Oh! how I love you........" Nights in White Satin, Days of Future Past.

[coyote]

"It's Only Knock and Knowall..But I like It"..Gabriel/Genesis..last line from The Lamb

[Naganon]

"If you never saw it coming
Hooked you up with Coca-Cola coming
Nice and slippery."
ELP - Living Sin

[aramg83]

"Can You Tell Me Where My Country Lies?"

[kirk]

.."And we reach all this with movements in between the sad remark".

-K

[KeithieW]

Colour the thoughts that release within you.....

And the door was open wide,
and inside was a diamond chair,
where I sat when I was young,
I wrote down the words....."

[ProgressiveMan]

Genesis "The knife":
"Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger."

[KeithieW]

Hmmmm....nice to see this thread again.

I've been listening to some CDs I haven't played in a while and the lines that have stuck in my mind for a while now are:

"There's a word and the word is love and it's right for me. It's right for me and the word is love" - Yes, Time and a word.

You can't keep an old hippy down....:D

[marquer]

Haven't read all the entries in this interesting thread, so perhaps this has been entered already:

From King Crimson's Islands

"Beneath the wind-turned wave
Infinite peace...
Islands join hands
'neathe heaven's sea".

Just love that image.

[progzealot]

Seeing as how what might seem important to me might not seem important to you and vice versa, here's mine...

"My zero to your power of ten equals nothing at all". Jethro Tull.

(sorry if this was in a previous thread,no time to go through them all)

[dinosaur]

Seems I missed this thread first time around, and this may have already been posted, but you gotta consider Tull:

"So you ride yourselves over the fields
and you make all your animal deals
and your wise men don't know how it feels
to be thick as a brick."

[dinosaur]

I'm always inspired by this searing irony in Yes' Relayer:

Listen your friends have been broken
They tell us of your poison
Now we know
Kill them give them as they give us
Slay them burn their children's laughter
On to Hell

[VAXman]

The blind eye sees the fragile vandalized.

[Rick and Roll]

Jon Anderson...how can the wind with it's arms all around me...how can it WHAT Jon? You're missing a verb! :shootmeno

Anyway, I'm not sure what's important to others, but here's some that hit me right:

"And all your money, won't another minute buy" ...Kansas

"You can go sleep at home tonight, if you can get up and walk away"...Who

"Sadder still to watch it die, than never to have known it".....Rush

"Brave the knife to make em bigger, take a pill to make it harder, suck the fat then run the treadmill, give them toys for time...buy the land then pour the concrete, drive the car but leave the kiddies, break their bones then ask forgiveness, pose while they're in rags"...Salem Hill (So Human)

Sometimes when I look at a post an old page comes up. This was from July 2006, so I think I'll just keep it - saves me the trouble of thinking again!

Dino, Ian's got a million great lines, is true (even Kissing Willie:haha: )

[jrstudioboss]

"there is no dark side of the moon really, as a matter of fact it's all dark"

"and the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw"

"is there anybody........out there?"

[Bmithra]

One of my favorite Andersonisms has always been this one.


Get the idea cross around the track
Underneath the flank of a thoroughbred racing chaser
Getting the feel as a river flows
Would you like to go n' shoot the mountain masses
And here you stand no taller than the grass sees
And should you really chase so hard
The truth of sport plays rings around you

Going for the one
Going for the one



Even for those who speak Jonish, I think this one can be a difficult decipher.
:headscrat

[progzealot]

Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid,
Wipes his gun-he's forgotten what he did,
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.

[progdirjim]

8 pages and no one mentions:

"Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends"

[progzealot]

8 pages and no one mentions:

"Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends"

thats why you make the big money pdj :rofl:

[Michael]

It can't be a list unless you put in some old Marillion:rulez: :)

And so as I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the Tricolour I must fear evil
For I am but mortal and mortals can only die
Asking questions, pleading answers from the nameless faceless watchers
That parade the carpeted corridors of Whitehall
Who orders desecration, mutilation, verbal masturbation in the guarded bureaucratic wombs
Minister, Minister care for your children
Order them not into damnation
To eliminate those who would trespass against you
For whose is the kingdom, the power, the glory for ever and ever
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

"Halt who goes there!" - " Death!!"
"Approach ... friend"

[dinosaur]

Rick: Re your "Kissing Willie" comment:
How about Peter Gabriel...

Kiss that frog, and you will
Get your prince

[Michael]

Added another one before work :) Sort of rings true this day and age :(

"Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth,
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear."

Yes-Yours Is No Disgrace