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    Posted: October 26 2006 at 06:50

Have you noticed that bands usually have reoccurring themes/references in their music? For example take Yes, Jon Anderson seems to have an obsession with including the word “sun” in as many songs as possible. This may be old news to most of you but what others can you think of?Smile



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how about robert plant and "love/baby/give me/deep/juice/leave/cry/earn/backdoor man"etc. ? LOLLOLLOL
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Don't forget Neo-prog with its Crying Jesters, Jigsaw Puzzles and Roundabouts !!! I like these symbols!!!
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The Doors - "indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding"
It seems to me that Jim Morrison liked this phrase a lot.
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Jon Anderson also says "Reason" on all albums, multiple times. Sounds like a simple word, but he uses it more than anyone!
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phil collins: "... waiting (here) so long..." & "... now i know ..." ... sad ol' sod.

cardiacs: "...that's the way we all go...", that little ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN-jingle and jim smiff getting insulted and beaten up by bruvva' tim.

and we must not forget jon anderson going on about rivers!
progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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The word "relayer" appears nowhere in the album Relayer, but it appears several times in Tales from Topographic Oceans. I have also noticed portions of TFTO that are musically similar to CTTE and Relayer. Jon Anderson does also seem to have a lyrical thing with suns and rivers.
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Pink Floyd; craziness, depression and wars. 

Those themes are often present in PF  pieces and album. I realised that again when I saw Roger Waters'show one month ago. I think if we listen too many albums of PF, it's not really good for the moral and it can make you feel bad ( not really optimistic things in it...)  
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Symphony X is pretty familiar with a place called "the Void".
Kinda like the relationship between George Clinton and "the Mother Ship" !
 
Meanwhile, Rush is all about the "integrity" !
 
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Moslty Autumn has a lot of songs that talk about the forest...easily around 75% of their production has this reocurring theme.
"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Greg Lake sang a lot of songs with those words ( with KC or ELP); moon, sun, wind, sea, sky, water, snow ( Foot Prints in the Snow...). Nature is all around.   
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Genesis have a bit of a recurring theme with eggs.
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Genesis and TV.
 
They turn the television off at the beginning of Supper's Ready.
 
Blood on the Rooftops is all about TV.
 
Then they turn it on again with Turn It on Again.
"That's not your face...it's mine! IT'S MINE!!
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Neal Morse and Jesus. Wink
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Wintersun seem to mention time and stars in every other song.
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Kevin Ayers and Wine. Many of his songs talk about drunkness and fine wine.
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Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Kevin Ayers and Wine. Many of his songs talk about drunkness and fine wine.


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Originally posted by Chris_Kemp Chris_Kemp wrote:

Neal Morse and Jesus. Wink

Actually Neal Morse in regards to darkness and light would be better suited.Wink
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Peter Hammill mentions Refugees a lot too.
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LOLTankard and beer, or other forms of alcoholLOL
 
 
 
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Can't no one be well
But I dreamt we were all
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