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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: YES
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Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 20:09:34 EDT
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> > 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.
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Like a turban (HEY!), worn for the very first time...
			Rich Rosen   ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr