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

[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 ?

[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 ....

[mailotron]

ot=it

[Yesspaz]

Originally Posted by mailotron

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

I'll give it a shot. How about this:

"Loved by the sun!

[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.

[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