Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: YES Message-ID: <1143@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 20:09:34 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1143 Posted: Fri Jun 28 20:09:34 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 04:41:54 EDT References: <717@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <1179@peora.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 20 > > Favorite verses: Now the verses I've sang don't add much weight > > To the story in my head, so I'm thinking I should > > go and write a punch line. > > But they're so hard to find in my cosmic mind, > > I think I'll take a look out of the window... > > This would be funny if 'twas true, but it's funny still that you would > write it as if it was. "Going For the One" is a song about the ultimate > sacrifice required for ultimate success (something Kate Bush fans haven't > been told by Kate yet). (Of course, it's also about how young children > pursue things with such great intensity compared to adults, eventhough the > result doesn't amount to much in quantitative measure). > -- > Shyy-Anzr: J. Eric Roskos I think the best word to describe that particular verse is "self-parody". And in Jon Anderson's case, it was about time. -- Like a turban (HEY!), worn for the very first time... Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr