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    Posted: March 26 2011 at 18:47
I've managed to make a girl friend of mine a Yes fan, but now this fanaticism is starting to spill overboard as she actually enjoys Jon Anderson's lyrics! Confused

I need you guys to show her everything that is wrong with Jon Anderson's writing! LOL
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Here are a few small gems that illustrate my own dislike for the Anderson genre of prog.  You may be too late, however:

"Just like a shakespeare revolution
Please organize our spiritual evolution"

-Almost Like Love


"If time will allow
We will judge all who came
In the wake of our new age to stand for the frail

Don't kill the whale

CETACEI"

-Don't Kill The Whale


"Singing the Rule Britannia
And this is where it grabs you
There's method in the key of C
Toledo's got to be the silver city
In this good country"

-Our Song


"Bluetail, tailfly,
Luther, in time,
Suntower, asking,
Cover, lover,
June cast, moon fast,
As one changes,
Heart gold, leaver,
Soul mark, mover,
Christian, changer,
Called out, saviour,
Moon gate, climber,
Turn round, glider."

-Siberian Khatru

(I nearly retched when I got to the last one.  Poor Chris Squire, he's had to put up with this sort of drivel for over 40 years)
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Points: 6754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2011 at 20:39
I've read that Anderson didn't write lyrics for their intrinsic meanings as much as for their sound, rhyme, etc.    

My own favorite is "Cha-cha-cha...cha-cha!" from "Soundchaser!"  Brilliant!!  

I'd listen to Anderson sing the phone book if I could.  Hell, I'd be thrilled & honored to accompany him with guitar/bass!!
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Points: 6754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2011 at 02:06
....then again, it just doesn't get much better than this!!  AMAZING poetry!
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^"To Be Over" happens to be one of her favorite!

Please note: This thread is not intentended for ridiculing Yes, I'm a big fan myself (read my reviews). The reason for this thread is to prove a point and what better way is there to do so than getting some tips from the fans themselves?

Keep sending in those quotes!

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Sorry. I agree with your girlfriend.
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A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace,
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace,
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar,
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour.

Now really. A seasoned witch? Am I supposed to eat her? Oh wait, suddenly the lyrics DO make sense; eating a seaoned witch would certainly rearrange my liver..


Edited by BaldFriede - March 27 2011 at 04:33


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^Seasoned means "has seen many seasons" so therefore old.Ermm
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I like Anderson best when he's spouting incomprehensible hippy nonsense. Whenever he tries to convey some kind of accessible meaning he sounds like a semi-literate teenager (i.e. "Don't Go", "Wondrous Stories", "Don't Kill the Whale" etc.).
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Originally posted by The Hemulen The Hemulen wrote:

I like Anderson best when he's spouting incomprehensible hippy nonsense. Whenever he tries to convey some kind of accessible meaning he sounds like a semi-literate teenager (i.e. "Don't Go", "Wondrous Stories", "Don't Kill the Whale" etc.).

I think I agree. His free forming "soundscape" stuff is great. The words are great. But when he tries to get sentimental it's a bit gawkish.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^Seasoned means "has seen many seasons" so therefore old.Ermm

I am in the culinary business, so I know of that meaning of "seasoned". But it is used for wine and cheese, not for people. So I still believe I am supposed to eat the witch.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^Seasoned means "has seen many seasons" so therefore old.Ermm

I am in the culinary business, so I know of that meaning of "seasoned". But it is used for wine and cheese, not for people. So I still believe I am supposed to eat the witch.
I know what business you are in, you say it often enough, but it is totally irrelevant. We all know what seasoning is. Know one needs to be a chef for that. And you use seasoning for wine and cheese? German cooking is odd.
Seasoned means in this case....aged. 

QED

I suspect I'm falling for a wind up here.Ouch




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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^Seasoned means "has seen many seasons" so therefore old.Ermm

I am in the culinary business, so I know of that meaning of "seasoned". But it is used for wine and cheese, not for people. So I still believe I am supposed to eat the witch.

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[edit]Verb

seasoned

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of season.

[edit]Adjective

seasoned (comparative more seasoned, superlative most seasoned)

  1. Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

[edit]Anagrams


Sorry. If it's any consolation, I still think it sounds a bit dumb.
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Originally posted by Nathaniel607 Nathaniel607 wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

^Seasoned means "has seen many seasons" so therefore old.Ermm

I am in the culinary business, so I know of that meaning of "seasoned". But it is used for wine and cheese, not for people. So I still believe I am supposed to eat the witch.

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[edit]Verb

seasoned

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of season.

[edit]Adjective

seasoned (comparative more seasoned, superlative most seasoned)

  1. Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

[edit]Anagrams


Sorry. If it's any consolation, I still think it sounds a bit dumb.

Yes, experienced rather than simply old as I said.
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a waste of energy...JA just gives.....salute him :-)
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@ Baldfriede  Looking back now I see that you were joking. Sorry about that.
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Originally posted by Rune2000 Rune2000 wrote:

I've managed to make a girl friend of mine a Yes fan, but now this fanaticism is starting to spill overboard as she actually enjoys Jon Anderson's lyrics! Confused

I need you guys to show her everything that is wrong with Jon Anderson's writing! LOL
 
Sorry, I can't help you. So many choices that it makes me go bonkers Wacko.
 
Btw, that doesn''t keep me away from liking his vocals.


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I am not messing with you at all. Would you really say about someone "he is a seasoned guy"? I sincerely doubt it.

But just to be sure I checked a dictionary. Now what do we get for season as a verb:

–verb (used with object)
9.
to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
10.
to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.
11.
to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.
12.
to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
13.
to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.

So 12 or 13 might apply. A witch seasoned by magic..


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I am not messing with you at all. Would you really say about someone "he is a seasoned guy"? I sincerely doubt it.

Yes I would.

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:



But just to be sure I checked a dictionary. Now what do we get for season as a verb:

–verb (used with object)
9.
to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
10.
to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.
11.
to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.
12.
to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
13.
to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.

So 12 or 13 might apply. A witch seasoned by magic..

Or by experience. As witches didn't use magic.

Seems i gave you the benefit of some humour by mistake. I won't be making that mistake again.
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

I am not messing with you at all. Would you really say about someone "he is a seasoned guy"? I sincerely doubt it.

Yes I would.

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:



But just to be sure I checked a dictionary. Now what do we get for season as a verb:

–verb (used with object)
9.
to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
10.
to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.
11.
to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.
12.
to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
13.
to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.

So 12 or 13 might apply. A witch seasoned by magic..



Or by experience. As witches didn't use magic.

Seems i gave you the benefit of some humour by mistake. I won't be making that mistake again.

It appears you don't get my sense of humour, but that can't be helped.


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