#Nous sommes du soleol lyrics series

From its first stirrings in the loftier ideals of late psychedelic groups such as Procol Harum and The Moody Blues, to the knotty and often impenetrable work of its main proponents, this was always a sub set of popular music that had its card marked. It was a world where some mythical ideal of ability seemed to have replaced the normal value system of teen thrills, danceability or as an accompaniment to love’s first fumblings. This was a world where glam was already fading fast, 60s veterans were either in disarray, dead or becoming bloated with their own legendary status and disco and punk lurked around the corner. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops.’ - Jon Andersonġ973 was a turning point not only in the history and development of what was known as ‘progressive rock’, but in popular music in its entirety. ‘I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. Tales From Topographic Oceans: An introduction But being the caring and sharing sort, I thought I'd reversion the piece for public consumption. The idiots rejected the proposal for what would undoubtedly have been a keystone of any cultural history of the second half of the 20th century (maybe).

#Nous sommes du soleol lyrics series

The introduction was part of a pitch for the prestigious 33 1/3 series on notable albums. About six months ago I wrote an introduction to what was going to be a book on Yes' greatest folly (if you discount anything they did after about 1978): Tales From Topographic Oceans: an album that to this day divides most of western civilization.