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Originally Posted by Ohio
As a kid hooked on Yes, I'd have to be crazy to search for understanding in Anderson's lyrics. Vocals were just another instrument to me. It was all about the music, the energy, the creativity, the complexity of prog-rock.
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I was one of those loners who sat in his bedroom with the album cover, morosely obsessing on the lyrics.
Yes was too happy for me, anyway. It made me feel that I was missing life, to hear upbeat music.
But Pink Floyd was great. Mope rock supreme. And they arguably reigned in the 1970s so I was not the only moper.
Brings to mind another great '70s dystopian prog-rock masterpiece. 2112 by Rush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZqSVTyYIkI
I can also hear echoes of Big Brother in Anaheim at the end of the side 1's Grand Finale:
"Attention all planets of the solar federation: We have assumed control. We have assumed control."