RESULTS!!! The Ultimate PA Album List - 2009 Ed.

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Damo,

Well then, I'm sorry to say there's much prog, by those standards, that you'll never like.  Your call of course, friend.  

I'm glad that you spoke your mind.  I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but many of the things you pointed to as flaws are just what some others of us are into, and things you called unmoving can be the things that move others of us.  Even the lyrics have something to recommend them: the lyrics are highly resistant to interpretation, and what can be pulled from them only makes a circumlocution of a wide, impersonal meaning, in the tradition of a lot of poetry.  It's imagery of a type, not a message at all.  That being said, yes, I won't sit here and tell you that it's great poetry (just that it aspired).  And of course I agree that Gabriel by far exceeded Yes as a lyricist.  And anyway, CttE is chiefly about the music.

So, taste wins again (much as I struggle through a fruitless life, increasingly aware of absurdity, to define aesthetics).

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American Khatru Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 28 2009 Location: New York Status: Offline Points: 732	Posted: December 07 2009 at 10:29
	Damo, Well then, I'm sorry to say there's much prog, by those standards, that you'll never like. Your call of course, friend. I'm glad that you spoke your mind. I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, but many of the things you pointed to as flaws are just what some others of us are into, and things you called unmoving can be the things that move others of us. Even the lyrics have something to recommend them: the lyrics are highly resistant to interpretation, and what can be pulled from them only makes a circumlocution of a wide, impersonal meaning, in the tradition of a lot of poetry. It's imagery of a type, not a message at all. That being said, yes, I won't sit here and tell you that it's great poetry (just that it aspired). And of course I agree that Gabriel by far exceeded Yes as a lyricist. And anyway, CttE is chiefly about the music. So, taste wins again (much as I struggle through a fruitless life, increasingly aware of absurdity, to define aesthetics).
	Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"?