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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 6, 2017 23:19:59 GMT
Been listening to a lot of XTC lately and perhaps their most famous song is Dear God:
Long time fan of Bon Jovi and the wrote an underrated song called Hey God off probably their most underrated album, These Days:
Then there's the immortal Bob Dylan. Probably my favorite song of his is about God called Every Grain of Sand (an allusion to William Blake). Only video I could find was a live version that's not nearly as god as the meditative studio version:
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Post by Sulla on Mar 6, 2017 23:41:00 GMT
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 6, 2017 23:48:55 GMT
Nice choices. I've also been on a prog kick recently going through Yes and King Crimson--in particular the new Steven Wilson surround remixes. Jethro Tull is up next.  |
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Post by fatpaul on Mar 6, 2017 23:51:53 GMT
You can always count on Lennon...
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2017 0:22:20 GMT
I always forget about that Sabbath song... perhaps because they have the reputation as one of the first, iconic "satanic" metal bands that it's easy to forget that despite everything Ozzy was/is indeed a Christian.
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Post by Sulla on Mar 7, 2017 0:25:32 GMT
Nice choices. I've also been on a prog kick recently going through Yes and King Crimson--in particular the new Steven Wilson surround remixes. Jethro Tull is up next. Thanks. I'm a longtime fan of Yes. I would post side 1 (The Revealing Science Of God) from Tales From Topographic Oceans, but I doubt many people have an extra 22 minutes to listen to Jon's interpretation of a footnote in Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography. 
So I'll post this one which is open to interpretation. I think the line, "he is here" refers to God within ourselves and "we have Heaven" is the realization. I don't actually believe any of this. I'm just musing. And I love the song.
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Post by fatpaul on Mar 7, 2017 0:28:30 GMT
I always forget about that Sabbath song... perhaps because they have the reputation as one of the first, iconic "satanic" metal bands that it's easy to forget that despite everything Ozzy was/is indeed a Christian. Yeah, the song, after forever, is pro God. The only atheist I know out of them is Lennon, just thought I'd post them anyway. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 7, 2017 0:45:00 GMT
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2017 0:49:15 GMT
Nice choices. I've also been on a prog kick recently going through Yes and King Crimson--in particular the new Steven Wilson surround remixes. Jethro Tull is up next. Thanks. I'm a longtime fan of Yes. I would post side 1 (The Revealing Science Of God) from Tales From Topographic Oceans, but I doubt many people have an extra 22 minutes to listen to Jon's interpretation of a footnote in Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography.
So I'll post this one which is open to interpretation. I think the line, "he is here" refers to God within ourselves and "we have Heaven" is the realization. I don't actually believe any of this. I'm just musing. And I love the song.
Yeah, Jon Anderson was quite the spiritual dude. Tales was basically his magnum opus on the subject, especially Revealing Science... We Have Heaven is definitely a lovely track. Two more Yes-songs (lol) that could fit are Awaken and The Calling (Talk is the only Rabin-era Yes album I really like... terribly underrated): |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 7, 2017 0:51:22 GMT
Prince - The Cross
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2017 0:53:54 GMT
Good one. I spent a good, solid month listening to nothing but Prince when I heard about his passing. Just reminded me what a genius he was.
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Post by Cinemachinery on Mar 7, 2017 1:01:40 GMT
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2017 1:17:25 GMT
Yes! Can't beat Waits megaphoning "I know Jesus loves me" into a microphone backed by a banjo, bare-basic drums, and whatever that keyboard thing is!
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Post by Sulla on Mar 7, 2017 1:23:19 GMT
Thanks. I'm a longtime fan of Yes. I would post side 1 (The Revealing Science Of God) from Tales From Topographic Oceans, but I doubt many people have an extra 22 minutes to listen to Jon's interpretation of a footnote in Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography.
So I'll post this one which is open to interpretation. I think the line, "he is here" refers to God within ourselves and "we have Heaven" is the realization. I don't actually believe any of this. I'm just musing. And I love the song.
Yeah, Jon Anderson was quite the spiritual dude. Tales was basically his magnum opus on the subject, especially Revealing Science... We Have Heaven is definitely a lovely track. Two more Yes-songs (lol) that could fit are Awaken and The Calling (Talk is the only Rabin-era Yes album I really like... terribly underrated): Over the years 'Awaken' became my favorite Yessong. I posted it in the recent Funeral Song thread.
(I removed your vids in this response because I've recently learned on the Music board that too many vids in a thread make it sluggish and slow to open)
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Mar 7, 2017 1:43:45 GMT
Yeah, Jon Anderson was quite the spiritual dude. Tales was basically his magnum opus on the subject, especially Revealing Science... We Have Heaven is definitely a lovely track. Two more Yes-songs (lol) that could fit are Awaken and The Calling (Talk is the only Rabin-era Yes album I really like... terribly underrated): Over the years 'Awaken' became my favorite Yessong. I posted it in the recent Funeral Song thread. Not sure what my favorite Yes song is... perhaps Gates of Delirium. I never tire of it and always get chills during the Soon part. Awaken is definitely up there as well. Only thing that bugs me about it (and the entire Going for the One album) is the production, which has that late-70s, echo-ish, Arena thing going on. I prefer the live version on Live at Montreaux. Understandable. I do the same thing in video-heavy threads. |
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Post by awhina on Mar 7, 2017 4:46:07 GMT
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Post by skyhawk0 on Mar 7, 2017 5:21:05 GMT
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Post by cupcakes on Mar 7, 2017 15:12:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 15:30:42 GMT
Yeah, Jon Anderson was quite the spiritual dude. 
Was a huge Yes fan back in the day. Most of Anderson's lyrics are basically prayer. Songs like 'To Be Over' and the coda 'Our Reason To Be Here' took a bit of altered state to realize he was literally singing to something.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2017 15:48:10 GMT
Been listening to a lot of XTC lately
And you know it's true.
We should chase superstition and fear from our hearts,
If we're going to survive and take levels of sanity higher.
If Partridge could've overcome his stage fright issues they could've been so much bigger.
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