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Posted: April 28 2016 at 17:41
AreYouHuman wrote:
There was also Song of
Innocence by Alan White, from his 1976 solo Ramshackled, joined by Anderson and
Howe.
And around that same time, Jon Anderson quoted Blake's line "Energy is eternal delight" as an epigraph in the Yes 1976 tour program. (Alan White, on his page, quoted a supposed Dylan Thomas line that inspired the title of his album, but got it all garbled. The quote in the program reads "And the ramshackled sea exhaulted thus"; the actual Thomas line is "And the tusked, ramshackling sea exults.")
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Posted: February 24 2016 at 03:21
After the War, there was talk of building a 'new Jerusalem'; after all, people felt they had to have been fighting for something. Many progressive rock musicians were born into, and grew up in, this environment, ie. post-war Britain from the mid-forties onward. Roger Waters was born in 1943, Jon Anderson in 1944, Greg Lake 1947, Rick Wakeman 1949, and so on. However, there are those who would not have supported Beveridge and the Welfare State.
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Posted: February 18 2016 at 14:34
I couldn't agree more! I did occur to me that i'm being a bit parochial as much of Blakes poetry references and/ or springs from that eternal well of 'Englishness' but then it does also have a very universal appeal.. It is his interpretation of the concept of 'Albion' as an alternative state of being, rooted in history and ancient legend but also addressing the social issues of his time that really interests me and how it has, in turn, been referenced through the art, music and writing of the counter-culture of the 1960's, 70's and beyond. As I have been reminded by a 'learned' contributor to this site, he was not in isolation and there are many, many numerous poets, writers and progressive thinkers from the late 18th through the 19th centaury, all as equally worthy (or not..) of the title of this thread who have influenced art and music in the 20th and 21st centaury.
Many excellent suggestions have been made; The Gordon Giltrap lp 'Visionary', The David Axelrod lps are superb! and Grave new world by the Strawbs have all had and outing on the turntable.
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Posted: February 18 2016 at 14:25
The Bearded Bard wrote:
Logan wrote:
My favourite band, Art Zoyd have an album called Le Mariage du Ciel et de l'Enfer. It's the score for a ballet based on William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
And there's of course Ulver's album with themes from the same book.
Damn, how did I forget one of my favourite albums of all times???
Blake is - to me - the pinnacle of metaphysical poetry; more specifically, Blake is the pinnacle of English metaphysical poetry. Metaphysics and Jolly Old England - two topics loved by proggers, eh?
Spring - Songs of Innocence on Alan White's Ramshackled features Jon on vocals and is one of my favorite Blake poems extrapolated by prog. Also, check out David Axelrod's Blake album "Songs of Innocence".....better yet, check out ANY Axelrod.....fun stuff.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Posted: February 18 2016 at 13:17
AreYouHuman wrote:
Not an expert on Blake by any
stretch, but…
There was also Song of
Innocence by Alan White, from his 1976 solo Ramshackled, joined by Anderson and
Howe.
Progressive rocl?
I should be embarrassed, K is right by L on the keyboard and I'm afraid that a shaky hand and an a total inability to check what ive written before pressing 'post' are to blame..
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Posted: February 18 2016 at 13:09
moshkito wrote:
Cosmiclawnmower wrote:
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a literary snob but I (personally) feel a personal connection with Blake's Art and poetry. You are perfectly entitled to come up with your own thread ideas but it feels a bit small minded to try a put a dampner on someone's ideas (do you do this often?) to try and prove some form of intellectual superiority?
So, because there are other writers, and I happen to mention them ... I'm the snob?
Very sad state of affairs, when you deny someone/anyone what they know/understand, because you have not found out as yet, via schooling, or age, that there are hundreds, thousands, and more ... that inspired rock music ... and I find it weird that someone will state that Blake influenced someone, and in reading one of the books written ... wow ... it's Baudelaire, not Blake!
Influences are too many to be clear ... if I tell you that Burroughs influenced Peter Gabriel, you will still say the same thing, because you can not see the connection. Likewise, if I tell you that Burroughs also influenced Soft Machine and Steely Dan, you have no idea how or why ... it's easier to name someone else a snob, instead of show a little more care about learning which the original progsters were interested in, but the many fans now are not?
I notice you have 'selectively' quoted me.. I said 'I am not a literary snob'.. I did not say that you were. But as it happens you are now being completely rude to me by assuming I don't have the schooling or 'age' (experience) to understand poets and writers or understanding anything about the art influences of progressive rock.. all because of a topic of a thread which is just for fun, a way of joining in... how very sad you are to try and squash someone's attempt to participate.. if people are not interested in my thread then they wont reply and it will soon run its course; democracy not your opinion of your self importance and superiority will bring it to its conclusion!
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chazzaboy wrote:
I couldn't agree more! I did occur to me that i'm being a bit parochial as much of Blakes poetry references and/ or springs from that eternal well of 'Englishness' but then it does also have a very universal appeal.. It is his interpretation of the concept of 'Albion' as an alternative state of being, rooted in history and ancient legend but also addressing the social issues of his time that really interests me and how it has, in turn, been referenced through the art, music and writing of the counter-culture of the 1960's, 70's and beyond. As I have been reminded by a 'learned' contributor to this site, he was not in isolation and there are many, many numerous poets, writers and progressive thinkers from the late 18th through the 19th centaury, all as equally worthy (or not..) of the title of this thread who have influenced art and music in the 20th and 21st centaury.
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