Magnification lyrics

Raymond Novotny

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Sep 18, 2001, 8:21:51 PM9/18/01

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Magnification arrived today. I've never been a musician and I'm
certainly no music critic, but after hearing it once I really like it.
I remember Jon Anderson saying that the next YeS record would be "Tales
revisited." Now I don't have the lyrics memorized, and I'm probably in
the minority, but I'm a somewhat disappointed in the lyrics. I was
hoping for more of the obscure, yet intriguing, "words used for their
sound approach," from the Masterworks era.

r a y

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Paul Goodwin

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Sep 19, 2001, 12:00:15 AM9/19/01

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Raymond Novotny wrote in message <3BA7DE01...@cboss.com>...

Those days are long gone, just as surely as your thought processes when you
were 20 years younger are gone too. Give the words time to sink in, they're
a lot better than what Jon's been writing in recent years :))

John McFerrin

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Sep 19, 2001, 12:17:22 AM9/19/01

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Exactly. Like it or not, this is NOT the same group of people that made
all those masterpieces in the 70's.

Instead, it's a group of people who just made a modern-day masterpiece :p

Chris Hosford

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Sep 19, 2001, 7:50:06 AM9/19/01

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>Now I don't have the lyrics memorized, and I'm probably in
>the minority, but I'm a somewhat disappointed in the lyrics. I was
>hoping for more of the obscure, yet intriguing, "words used for their
>sound approach," from the Masterworks era.

I'm probably in the minority too when I say that I think the new album contains
some of Jon Anderson's best lyrics ever.

"Take a circle, caress it, and it will become vicious."-Eugene Ionesco

Steven Sullivan

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Sep 19, 2001, 8:37:06 AM9/19/01

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Chris Hosford <uncle...@aol.com.TARDIS> wrote:
:>Now I don't have the lyrics memorized, and I'm probably in

:>the minority, but I'm a somewhat disappointed in the lyrics. I was
:>hoping for more of the obscure, yet intriguing, "words used for their
:>sound approach," from the Masterworks era.

: I'm probably in the minority too when I say that I think the new album contains
: some of Jon Anderson's best lyrics ever.

From what I can decipher without lyric sheets, I think I might end up
agreeing.

--
-S.
"What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be
seen?" -- Evelyn waugh

Zorknapp

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Sep 19, 2001, 4:52:56 PM9/19/01

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>From: uncle...@aol.com.TARDIS (Chris Hosford)
>Date: 9/19/01 7:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20010919075006...@mb-fw.aol.com>

>
>>Now I don't have the lyrics memorized, and I'm probably in
>>the minority, but I'm a somewhat disappointed in the lyrics. I was
>>hoping for more of the obscure, yet intriguing, "words used for their
>>sound approach," from the Masterworks era.
>
>I'm probably in the minority too when I say that I think the new album
>contains
>some of Jon Anderson's best lyrics ever.

At least on first (now second) listen, the lyrics tend to be less
"happy-crappy" than they have been in recent years.

I still have to listen to the words more closely to be sure...

Mike

Raymond Novotny

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Sep 19, 2001, 6:38:06 PM9/19/01

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> Though I read amy regularly, I seldom post. Thanks for not being too
> rough on me!

r a y

NP: _Magnification_ "Give Love Each Day"

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dr. tony shore

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Sep 20, 2001, 6:05:15 PM9/20/01

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On 19 Sep 2001 11:50:06 GMT, uncle...@aol.com.TARDIS (Chris Hosford)
wrote:

>I'm probably in the minority too when I say that I think the new album contains
>some of Jon Anderson's best lyrics ever.

I agree with you about the lyrics. Maybe his best ever. I love them.
Much, much better than anything since GFTO.
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic
hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
There's also a negative side."
--Hunter S. Thompson

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Donald Taylor

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Sep 21, 2001, 3:01:49 PM9/21/01

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"Paul Goodwin" <pgoodwin2N...@home.com> wrote in message
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Correct. And I tend to agree with other posts that the lyrics (eg. SoS, We
Agree) seem to fit the mood of recent/current events in the US.

Regards,

DT

Dog Biscuit

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Sep 22, 2001, 7:07:43 AM9/22/01

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"Zorknapp" <zork...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> At least on first (now second) listen, the lyrics tend to be less
> "happy-crappy" than they have been in recent years.
>
> I still have to listen to the words more closely to be sure...

Lyrics are up on http://www.yesworld.com now.

--
Dog B.

Lee

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Sep 22, 2001, 12:18:21 PM9/22/01

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Great. Thanks.

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YES Museum:
http://yesmuseum.org:8080/

Zorknapp

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Sep 22, 2001, 1:49:09 PM9/22/01

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>From: "Dog Biscuit" yes...@ntlworld.com
>Date: 9/22/01 7:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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They're also in the CD booklet... :) Now I just need to pay attention to
them...

Mike

Still Life

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Sep 22, 2001, 1:10:14 PM9/22/01

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Seems to be a departure from both his 'space cosmic esoteric wackyness' and his 'give
everyone a hug i love everyone' lyrics.

Lyrical, yet more concrete.

harry.wj

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Sep 22, 2001, 7:57:51 PM9/22/01

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I think Jon's lyrics reflect the times. In the late 60s early 70s Jon's
lyrics were more in place culturally than they would be now. These days he
uses less real poetry and more poetic realism. I don't think he sings for
the hell of it. The man's got a message to spread and he tries to speak to
the world as it is at the time, not as it used to be. His lyrics are more
subtle these days. You have to meet Jon half-way and contemplate his lyrics'
meaning rather than expect to be instantly dazzled by their colour if you
want them to move you.

harry.wj

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