Path: mv.asterisco.pt!mvalente
From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Musical Snapshots
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 07 00:30:21 GMT
Strange how usually some progressive rock songs are
able to somehow capture in a single snapshot phases
and feelings of my life. I guess that the power of
melody, harmony, rhythm and lyrics, when properly
combined, has something to do with it…something
that doesnt happen that much nowadays.
Yes – Hold On – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xVU5PDikm0
“Justice to the left of you
Justice to the right
Speak when you are spoken to
Don’t pretend you’re right
Hold on – Hold on
Wait maybe the answer’s
Looking for you”
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELpmmeT69cE
“See yourself
You are the steps you take
You and you – and thats the only way”
Yes – Changes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRUmjphVqFk
“Im moving through some changes
Ill never be the same
Change changing places
Root yourself to the ground
Capitalize on this good fortune
One word can bring you round
Changes”
Rush – Time Stand Still – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylViJpX1KBs
“Time stand still
Im not looking back
But I want to look around me now
Summers going fast
Nights growing colder
Children growing up
Old friends growing older”
Rush – Mission – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDS3werTL8
“Spirits fly on dangerous missions
Imaginations on fire
Focused high on soaring ambitions
Consumed in a single desire
We each pay a fabulous price
For our visions of paradise
But a spirit with a vision
Is a dream with a mission…”
— MV
PS – “Hold Your Fire” from Rush and “90125” from Yes are two
albums that are indispensible for any heavy mental refugee.
