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Caesars Palace, morning glory, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer change to winter, yours is no disgrace
Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, morning winter, travel very far
Lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesars Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer change to winter, yours is no
Yours is no disgrace, yours is no disgrace, yours is no disgrace
Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear, yeah
Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face
Caesars Palace, morning glory, silly human, silly human, silly human race
On a sailing ship to nowhere, leaving any place
If the summer change to winter, yours is no
Yours is no disgrace, yours is no disgrace, yours is no disgrace
Battleships confide in me and tell me where you are
Shining, flying, purple wolfhound, show me where you are
Lost in summer, morning winter, travel very far
Lost in musing circumstances, that's just where you are
Could never get into this band, just a cacophony of sounds!
This is the reason you could never get into this band? Hmm.
I just can't take the dissonant singing :(
very funny
I resent that statement and it's also factually incorrect. Geography has never been a limiting factor on our nations ability to shit on people.
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Back in HS this was one of the albums that served as a litmus test for a new friend in order to determine if they would become an old friend.
I Agree! ...Workrd for me!
One of the earliest prog-rock instrumental compositions and performances ever.
Fixed it for you. Yes went on to create dozens of great prog rock anthems, and -- as noted below -- the musical talents of the individual members are what made it possible. There are not many musicians that can play this technically difficult music, and even fewer have the imagination and skill to dream it up.
Opens circuit breakers in my brain, and forces me to smile and listen .... Silly Human Race!
Very well stated! Thanx RP!
Perhaps the greatest prog-rock instrumental composition and performance ever - and the most indecipherable lyrics ever written. Not uncommon in Yes songs. The words rhyme. But that's about it. Still, can't ever turn this off because the music is so incredibly strong.
One of the earliest prog-rock instrumental compositions and performances ever.
Fixed it for you. Yes went on to create dozens of great prog rock anthems, and -- as noted below -- the musical talents of the individual members are what made it possible. There are not many musicians that can play this technically difficult music, and even fewer have the imagination and skill to dream it up.
Opens circuit breakers in my brain, and forces me to smile and listen .... Silly Human Race!
If the answer's Yes, you're asking the wrong question. Impenetrable pseudo-mystical lyrics sung by a tone deaf Yorkshire tyke. I couldn't bear them in the 70s when my mates thought they were the height of sophisto, and still can't. The album covers were good, though.
Chris Squire's amazing virtuosity on bass was indeed an integral part of why they sounded so darn good then...but then, so was Steve Howe's incredible genius on guitar! And Wakeman's fondness for the most baroque instruments, especially pipe organs, even seeking them out in Cathedrals in Switzerland and getting them down on tape, should not be underestimated... Jon Anderson was great at capturing and translating every emotional nuance in his inimitable vocals, too! Whether it was Bill Bruford or Alan White on percussion, they were always playing at the absolute limit, and showcasing their bandmates. I was blessed, truly blessed, to grow up with these Divine masterpieces pulsing over the airwaves and on our elders' -- and eventually, our -- turntables. I still listen to it in my iTunes, and I think it's awesome and perfectly fitting that I can hear it on RP.
Just noting that Tony Kaye, not Rick Wakeman, played the keyboards on this album.
YES!
NO!
Couldn't resist.
If the answer's Yes, you're asking the wrong question. Impenetrable pseudo-mystical lyrics sung by a tone deaf Yorkshire tyke. I couldn't bear them in the 70s when my mates thought they were the height of sophisto, and still can't. The album covers were good, though.
You're so cranky!
Awesome song but still waiting on Bill to include Perpetual Change from this album into RP rotation. So far… it’s been a no-go.
SAME HERE!!!!
Awesome song but still waiting on Bill to include Perpetual Change from this album into RP rotation. So far… it’s been a no-go.
I AGREE!!
GODLIKE!!!
I AGREE!!!
Chris Squire's amazing virtuosity on bass was indeed an integral part of why they sounded so darn good then...but then, so was Steve Howe's incredible genius on guitar! And Wakeman's fondness for the most baroque instruments, especially pipe organs, even seeking them out in Cathedrals in Switzerland and getting them down on tape, should not be underestimated... Jon Anderson was great at capturing and translating every emotional nuance in his inimitable vocals, too! Whether it was Bill Bruford or Alan White on percussion, they were always playing at the absolute limit, and showcasing their bandmates. I was blessed, truly blessed, to grow up with these Divine masterpieces pulsing over the airwaves and on our elders' -- and eventually, our -- turntables. I still listen to it in my iTunes, and I think it's awesome and perfectly fitting that I can hear it on RP.
I AGREE! ...TOTALLY!
total put off
Jon Anderson: "I'd just been to Vegas and it was amazing how crazy the place was and how silly we are. Silly human race. It was something to do with how crazy we can be as a human race to be out there flittering money around and gambling, trying to earn that big payout, when actually that's not what life is truly about. Our life is truly about finding our divine connection with God, if you like. You know, that's why we live. And whenever I sing that song, it always comes back to me that I'm singing about that kind of Caesar's Palace, morning glory, sweet human race - it's on a sailing ship to nowhere, planet earth. The planet earth is not going anywhere. It's going around the sun, of course, but we're on this sailing ship to nowhere, leaving anyplace. It's like Earth Mother. So don't worry about stuff, it's not our fault if things go wrong."
+1 to 9 for the Vegas connection. When I went to Vegas when i was 21 I loved it, 25 it was OK, 29, I got married (yay!) but found Vegas' charm had worn off completely. It's a complete corporate shit show with little good going for it.
Long Live RP and reconnecting with Earth Mother!!
Every song, he brings something unique and different. Never phoned it in.
Entwistle gets no love? he was phenominal
I resent that statement and it's also factually incorrect. Geography has never been a limiting factor on our nations ability to shit on people.
ScottishWillie, Equal Opportunity Oppressor!
Yeah, what laverdakeith says. "Yes" can do the noodly nonsense much better than this.
I find this self-indulgent tosh rather engaging, though.
It's a combination of four words that sound good together and make you go WTF. Early Yes did a lot of that.
Oh snap! There actually is meaning to all of these lyrics:
"Shining, flying purple wolfhounds" refers to British slang for a particular type of fighter jet. The song is about the Vietnam War and the western world drinking, laughing, and lounging while it is going on AND that the disgrace is not on the individual but on the governments.
"Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth, Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear" - killing is brutal and cruel, but the disgrace falls not on the soldiers, but on those who orchestrated the war.
You'd have more luck holding back the tide than making sense of Yes' lyrics! ; )
"Shining, flying purple wolfhounds" refers to British slang for a particular type of fighter jet. The song is about the Vietnam War and the western world drinking, laughing, and lounging while it is going on AND that the disgrace is not on the individual but on the governments.
"Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth, Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear" - killing is brutal and cruel, but the disgrace falls not on the soldiers, but on those who orchestrated the war.
Jon Anderson: "I'd just been to Vegas and it was amazing how crazy the place was and how silly we are. Silly human race. It was something to do with how crazy we can be as a human race to be out there flittering money around and gambling, trying to earn that big payout, when actually that's not what life is truly about. Our life is truly about finding our divine connection with God, if you like. You know, that's why we live. And whenever I sing that song, it always comes back to me that I'm singing about that kind of Caesar's Palace, morning glory, sweet human race - it's on a sailing ship to nowhere, planet earth. The planet earth is not going anywhere. It's going around the sun, of course, but we're on this sailing ship to nowhere, leaving anyplace. It's like Earth Mother. So don't worry about stuff, it's not our fault if things go wrong."
I totally agree, their early stuff like this and Fragile changed the world, at least my musical world. All my other young friends were listening to radio bubble gum drivel while my older sister was feeding me a steady diet of Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson. I can see how prog rock might not be for everyone, but the musicianship.. man.
What, no Gentle Giant? That's a loss.
I think progressive rock is necessarily a little "self-indulgent." I mean, no record company is going to promote songs over 3-and-a-half minutes long. These bands were able to indulge themselves in experimental music, and we are all better for it.
Amazing band, music, & musicians, tho.
Lyricists they're not.
I agree, this album changed the fucking world.
I want a sister like that. Mine fed me with The Sims, the Backstreet boys and everything that's pink and fluffy. (okay, a totally different generation but hey!)
Other than an LSD hallucination, I mean.
It's a combination of four words that sound good together and make you go WTF. Early Yes did a lot of that.
Other than an LSD hallucination, I mean.
You'd have more luck holding back the tide than making sense of Yes' lyrics! ; )
Though it's odd they can still, in 2019, call themselves "Yes". After any of the originals leave, particularly the original lead vocalist that "made" them, it seems odd. Really odd.
I don't consider myself a particular dumbass, and I don't find "advanced math" an issue, and I don't expect to feel excluded on some intellectual grounds. This type of stuff is just not liked by many people, myself included, regardless of academic ability. It's personal choice and that's all.
I don't consider myself a particular dumbass, and I don't find "advanced math" an issue, and I don't expect to feel excluded on some intellectual grounds. This type of stuff is just not liked by many people, myself included, regardless of academic ability. It's personal choice and that's all.
Other than an LSD hallucination, I mean.
How about any advanced, flying weapon of war? It's artistic license, just roll with it. As others said, this album, Fragile and Close to Edge (my fave, #1 guitar album of the year, I think) are all magnificent!
Just don't ask me where I put my car keys...
Though it's odd they can still, in 2019, call themselves "Yes". After any of the originals leave, particularly the original lead vocalist that "made" them, it seems odd. Really odd.
No Yes? No!
I swear every 70's tune is lookalike, endless battle of who-plays-better, on and on and on and on.
Then this song, pointing out that just because you were drafted and fighting in an awful war, "yours is no disgrace" as it wasn't your war, you are not responsible for the war.
Lastly, there was the famous song "All Good People" about comparing war to a silly chess game, and everyone looking away from the war as the young were being drafted and sent off to their death.
Apparently, the OP prefers his/her music defoliated.
I know! I LOVE that part.
No body else did/does this.
Chris held the band together and made one of the most important contributions to the distinct sound.
Agreed, absolutely mind blowing live!
I like both - wrong?
Well my taste is better, but yours is no disgrace.
Hmmphh.. The pinnacle of art rock... what's not to like if you grew up in that genre. We love art/prog rock in Montreal...
MrStatenIsle wrote:
I've always seen Yes as its own kind of rock / jazz fusion. Tightly organized virtuoso musicians exploring new sounds with vocals that find some middle ground between lyrics and scat. Viewed this way, I find Yes quite enjoyable.
Thanks. I was just going to offer the same interpretation but coming straight from Jon Anderson is far better.
Soldiers are civil servants. Those who establish policy, implement and strategy and controls the details of tactics — they are indeed responsible. That includes voting citizens.
P.S. I love the choice of tense for If the summer change to winter, yours is no. 'change as opposed changes'
After so many years, the meaning behind the song is revealed to me... It's a great standalone piece of music anyway, but this added layer of meaning is quite powerful.
terrible vocals
the worst of rock
Agreed.
I get it. And I'm not just saying this because you're in Canada, but as much as I love ELP/Yes/Crimson/PFM/Gentle Giant...etc...I could never ever latch onto Rush. Just never happened for me.
But this tune is a ten in my book.
That comment is just so wrong in so many ways.
The Vietnam War, ongoing at the time, also affected this composition. More from Jon Anderson, "the young people going off to fight the war had no say in the matter, and the war itself was certainly not their fault." "killing is brutal and cruel, but the disgrace falls not on the soldiers, but on those who orchestrated the war."
Thanks. I was just going to offer the same interpretation but coming straight from Jon Anderson is far better.
Soldiers are civil servants. Those who establish policy, implement and strategy and controls the details of tactics — they are indeed responsible. That includes voting citizens.
P.S. I love the choice of tense for If the summer change to winter, yours is no. 'change as opposed changes'
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear, yeah
I always latched on to that stanza. Very evocative. Yeah.
The Vietnam War, ongoing at the time, also affected this composition. More from Jon Anderson, "the young people going off to fight the war had no say in the matter, and the war itself was certainly not their fault." "killing is brutal and cruel, but the disgrace falls not on the soldiers, but on those who orchestrated the war."
Maybe that applies to those who were drafted into wars, but not today. When you go voluntarily into something like Iraq, A'stan, Syria, Libya...it's your personal responsibility to bear.
Even those who were drafted for Vietnam ultimately had a choice, and many refused to be part of it.
I like both - wrong?
May 8th, 12017 must have been a bad day for you, eh?!?! At least Bill isn't playing any Bieber. Put yer skates on and head to the lake.
Don't take this wrong but once done please put it back in the trunk, and slide that trunk back into the attic...maybe somebody, someday, will enjoy rummaging thru and finding it...but until then....well....let's move along shall we? Heh!
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Ugh! How we do value our own ignorance these days. Wave it around to show our imagined superiority, even. Silly human race.
Jon Anderson on "Yours Is No Disgrace": "I'd just been to Vegas and it was amazing how crazy the place was and how silly we are. Silly human race. It was something to do with how crazy we can be as a human race to be out there flittering money around and gambling, trying to earn that big payout, when actually that's not what life is truly about."
The Vietnam War, ongoing at the time, also affected this composition. More from Jon Anderson, "the young people going off to fight the war had no say in the matter, and the war itself was certainly not their fault." "killing is brutal and cruel, but the disgrace falls not on the soldiers, but on those who orchestrated the war."
meatmike wrote:
Don't take this wrong but once done please put it back in the trunk, and slide that trunk back into the attic...maybe somebody, someday, will enjoy rummaging thru and finding it...but until then....well....let's move along shall we? Heh!
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Every song, he brings something unique and different. Never phoned it in.
It's the drums. Bill Bruford may have been the best RnR drummer ever.
Every song, he brings something unique and different. Never phoned it in.
I totally agree, their early stuff like this and Fragile changed the world, at least my musical world. All my other young friends were listening to radio bubble gum drivel while my older sister was feeding me a steady diet of Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson. I can see how prog rock might not be for everyone, but the musicianship.. man.
This. Musicianship, vision, talent. Exciting stuff. This was out of this world when I was a kid.
I want to know where this clip is from. I need to hear what he's playing!
Help!?!