The most important sentences in prog rock lyrics

[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!

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]

Originally Posted by pelothar

how about Jethro? what do think

my favorite band...

"And now she's kissing Willie"

[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.

[CozyToo]

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

Wouldn't mind that one and Radio Kaos in library

[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.

Originally Posted by mailotron

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

"Bent cold sidewalk"

Always up for a challenge mailo....

[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/

[PFD]

Originally Posted by 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! )

Like, that's ever bothered him. 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]

Originally Posted by PFD

Like, that's ever bothered him. 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]

Originally Posted by 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...

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