I have previously covered each side (it's a double album) in depth in these posts:
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Showing posts with label The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun. Show all posts
Friday, December 7, 2018
This Day in Music History:Yes/Tales from Topographic Oceans (12/07)
On this day, in 1973, Yes released probably their most controversial album of all time, Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Most people either love it or hate it. I think it is a complete masterpiece which is over the heads of most people, but that's just my opinion. It also has what I think is the single greatest album cover of all time.
I have previously covered each side (it's a double album) in depth in these posts:
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I have previously covered each side (it's a double album) in depth in these posts:
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Monday, May 6, 2013
The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun
The next song on the Tales from Topographic Oceans double album (previous tracks can be found here and here) is a mix of wildness and beauty called The Ancient: Giants Under the Sun. Steve Howe begins the piece with a primal guitar journey through the past, with Jon all the while adding previous names of various gods. It concludes with the "Leaves of Green" section beginning at the 12:30 mark in which Steve transfers over to acoustic guitar, which is pure majesty.
Lyrics
As one with the knowledge and magic of the source
PURANAS: The Ancient probes still further into the past beyond the point of remembering. Here Steve's guitar is pivotal in sharpening reflection on the beauties and treasures of lost civilizations, Indian, Chinese, Central American, Atlantean. These and other people left an immense treasure of knowledge.
Lyrics
As one with the knowledge and magic of the source
Atuned to the majesty of music
They marched as one with earth
Sol, Dhoop
Sun
Ilios
Naytheet
Ah Kin
Saule
Tonatiuh
Qurax
Gunes, Grian
Surje
Ir
Samse
So the flowering creativity of life wove its
Web face to face with the shallow
And their gods sought out and conquered, Ah Kin
Do the leaves of green stay greener through the autumn
Does the color of the sun turn crimson white
Does a shadow come between us in the winter
Is the movement really light
And I heard a million voices singing
Acting to the story that they had heard about
Does on child know the secret and can say it
Or does it all come out along without you
along without you
along without you
Where does reason stop and killing just take over
Does a lamb cry out before we shoot it dead
Are there many more in comfort understanding
Is the movement in the head
And I heard a million voices singing
Acting to the story that they had heard about
Does one child know the secret and can say it
Or does it all come out along without you
along without you
along without you
Web face to face with the shallow
And their gods sought out and conquered, Ah Kin
Do the leaves of green stay greener through the autumn
Does the color of the sun turn crimson white
Does a shadow come between us in the winter
Is the movement really light
And I heard a million voices singing
Acting to the story that they had heard about
Does on child know the secret and can say it
Or does it all come out along without you
along without you
along without you
Where does reason stop and killing just take over
Does a lamb cry out before we shoot it dead
Are there many more in comfort understanding
Is the movement in the head
And I heard a million voices singing
Acting to the story that they had heard about
Does one child know the secret and can say it
Or does it all come out along without you
along without you
along without you
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