Comments on: Rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace

By: Tom Renbarger

Tom Renbarger — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:58:29 +0000

Those lyrics flowed from the pen of Proggy P. McProg himself, didn’t they?

By: Henry Holland

Henry Holland — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:23:37 +0000

What a great album CttE is! I love Siberian Khatru, it's one of my favorite songs. Yes was really on a hot streak from The Yes Album until Relayer.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 22:02:06 +0000

As an aside, I luckily was able to play cello in an orchestra accompanying Yes for two concerts back in the days of yore (high school). Unfortunately, my thumbs were too green to fully appreciate it at the time. They have certainly gotten old though. I remember the stark age difference between all the band members and the keyboardist. Something tells me …
Also, appropriately, the colors of the concerts (PNC Bank & Arts Center, Jones Beach) were trippy to say the least.

By: Paul Valletta

Paul Valletta — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:30:19 +0000

OOPS..so sorry again, I mention Jon’s First solo album:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000005S6X/jonandersonon-20/104-6214387-9411938

which is the finest solo album EVER!..and I know my music.

This album has a deep an meaninful “spiritual” Universal collective theme runing through it.

I believe he is re-writing a folow up “olias2″?

Apologies for being a little to thorough!

By: Paul Valletta

Paul Valletta — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:24:28 +0000

Oh I better mention that some of the lyrics refer to the journey of the band between gigs, the lyrics for instance here:”Down at the Edge,Close by a River, Close to the Edge, Round by the corner”

are a collective reply statement, to one member of the band’s request to diirections to their next gig?

Just think ‘band-in-van’driving from gig to gig, drinks..dope..women..and crashout spells no-doubt!

I believe the album title refers to the pressure of ‘on the road’, and stress there-in?..almost to the point of break-up?

But no doubt Jon’s articulate reasonings and thoughts can be mis-interpeted many ways?

By: Paul Valletta

Paul Valletta — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:09:12 +0000

I am a very big fan of Yes, and band Members own works.

I also have my own interpretation based as a listener for many a year.

A picture here:
http://groups.msn.com/RelativityandtheMind/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=28

is based on a pebble I found on the beach, whilst listening to the TOTO album (the pebble has an uncanny resemblance to a planet, not earth?).

My collection of Yes albums is total and complete, as far as I am aware, I also have a vast collection of individual band members works.

I have incline to the solo music of Jon Anderson, here:
http://www.yesworld.com/

one can see the amazing volume of work he still does.

By: spyder

spyder — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:01:43 +0000

Then of course there is the chess matches in the previous album.

I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I’m on my way.

Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life.
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn’t got time to make you a wife.

‘Cause it’s time, it’s time in time with your time and its news is captured
For the queen to use.
Move me on to any black square,
Use me any time you want,
Just remember that the goal
for us to capture all we want, anywhere,And so much more, as in Wakeman’s solo efforts and Howe’s too. Jon Anderson continues to be incredibly productive including film scores, children’s books, poems, and lots more.

It is good to read that one as young as you was inspired by this early 70’s psychedelia…