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progdirjim

08-10-2006 12:38 PM

Re: The most important sentences in prog rock lyrics

"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

08-10-2006 09:39 PM

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

podakayne

08-11-2006 06:09 PM

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

that says tons

KeithieW

08-11-2006 07:14 PM

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"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

08-12-2006 05:44 AM

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This is so great in it's simplicity:

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

Yesspaz

08-12-2006 11:23 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by podakayne

"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

08-13-2006 09:45 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

"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

08-13-2006 07:16 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by VAXman

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

08-13-2006 08:42 PM

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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

08-15-2006 11:07 PM

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keithie you did it once again:

Quote:

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

08-16-2006 05:07 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by podakayne

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

Morbo demands loyalty!

lotus

08-16-2006 05:27 PM

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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

08-16-2006 07:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 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....

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

08-18-2006 10:27 PM

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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

Quote:

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

08-19-2006 03:26 AM

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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

08-20-2006 11:10 AM

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

Naganon

08-20-2006 12:23 PM

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

aramg83

08-21-2006 12:19 PM

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"Can You Tell Me Where My Country Lies?"

kirk	08-26-2006 05:20 PM

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

-K

KeithieW

08-26-2006 05:48 PM

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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

08-28-2006 08:25 PM

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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

01-30-2008 11:32 AM

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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

01-30-2008 12:06 PM

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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

01-30-2008 02:29 PM

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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

01-30-2008 02:31 PM

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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

01-30-2008 02:39 PM

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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

01-30-2008 02:40 PM

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The blind eye sees the fragile vandalized.

Rick and Roll

01-30-2008 05:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick and Roll (Post 20513)

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

01-30-2008 05:31 PM

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"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

01-30-2008 06:13 PM

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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

01-30-2008 08:59 PM

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

progdirjim

01-30-2008 09:30 PM

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8 pages and no one mentions:

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

progzealot

01-31-2008 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by progdirjim (Post 31059)

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

01-31-2008 12:20 PM

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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

01-31-2008 12:32 PM

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

Kiss that frog, and you will
Get your prince

Michael

01-31-2008 12:52 PM

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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

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