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..'

[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(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

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

[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by Avian

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.

[Wojtek]

Originally Posted by Avian

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]

Originally Posted by Wojtek

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/

[WebDragon]

Originally Posted by Ginjeet

"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]

Originally Posted by WebDragon

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!

[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

"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."

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 ?