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Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: question/observation
Just to say, there is a band called Sigur Ros from Iceland who also use lyrics in a JA stylee but rather than sing recognisable words that can be interpreted as having a meaning, they sing in a made up language to achieve the atmosphere for the music they are playing. This seems to be a purer way to go about things. There isn't the distraction of trying to decipher the undecipherable.
M
Streetly Electronics - All Things Mellotronic
See: The Cocteau Twins for details. :-)
FWIW, my two penn'orth is that JA sometimes wrote lyrics that sounded wonderful while having no real meaning (although South Side Of The Sky is apparently about the loss of a polar expedition), but more often wrote lyrics that, while also having no meaning, were thoroughly banal. He then shifted across to drippy love songs, also banal. Stick with the holy trinity of The Yes Album/Fragile/Close To The Edge. :-)
Andy T.