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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] What's after supper?

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2009-08-29

How old were those guys then, maybe twenty? If they were writing lyrics like that in their thirties, I'd laugh, but back then, at age twenty... pretty deep.
 
In a message dated 8/29/2009 2:53:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, wbeith@sbcglobal.net writes:
 

"Judge not this race by its remains
Do you judge God by his creatures when they're dead"
 
From Watcher of the Skies
 
The depth of that simple statement is magnificent.
 
Bill

From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta. com>
To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:54:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] What's after supper?

 


On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Mark Pring wrote:

Well some progressive rock lyrics are bad,  but some aren't in my opinion, well after racking my brains I can only
come up with:
Times Table
The Night Watch
Lament

And let's not forget "Watcher of the Skies"! Take the line "Will you survive on an ocean of V8"?

That's beautiful and deep, that is. 'Specially when PG flashed the red insides of his cape just after.