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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Yessound chaser
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Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 23:57:33 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  7 23:57:33 1985
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Well, this is most disconcerting, to find someone suggesting that Yes's
music all refers to a heathen religion!  Are you sure this is true?  I mean,
Anderson always refers to eastern religions... what is this ECKANCAR anyway?
Are you sure that is what Anderson was referring to?  Does ECKANCAR have to
do with whatever Eastern religion the Rig Vedas et. al. pertain to?

Regarding the word "sound," I feel a little doubtful.  I think "sound"
in ref. to birth refers to music-as-sound.  As for Anderson's use of the
word "sound," there is this other semi-comic meaning to it, I think; one
of those strange interpretations of mundane topics which pepper Anderson's
lyrics... Look at these uses of the word "sound", for example:

1)      Countless variations of the memory, the state,
	The mere emotion of getting round.
	Crazy understandings of the way we tilt the light;
	But it shines when we make the sound.
	Don't live by mistakes; we can dance to your tune;
	But in reaching out and touching your love,
	Feel those countless understandings
	Of the countless many reasons
	There are to offer you my love.

2)      "All, now" is all the sound is.
	So, in love this way, together...
	Once more together.

3)      Long distance runaround.
	Long time, waiting to feel the sound.
	I still remember the dream, there;
	I still remember the time you said goodbye.
	Did we really tell lies?
	Letting in the sunshine, did we really
	Count to one hundred?

I think there are some other examples, but I have trouble remembering at the
moment.

I will not impose an interpretation on the above uses of "sound" for the
time being, in the hope that others will interpret it themselves.

By the way... all the punctuation above is mine, lest someone get offended
or wonder where it came from... you can take it all out and have genuine
album-cover lyrics again!
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Shyy-Anzr:  J. Eric Roskos
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