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Monthly Archives: June 2003
Meet Alden Marin
I’ve recently made the acquaintance of one Alden Marin, wine connoisseur and concert-goer extraordinaire. Alden had mentioned attending numerous Led Zeppelin concerts, so I recently asked him if he’d bought Zep’s brand new 3-disc live release.His answer is classic Marin: bombast, hyperbole, and enthusiasm to match my own. Continue reading
Heart of the Sunrise
grand symphony of varied themes and verbal imagery; the pounding intensity of frustrated loss and the intensity of dreams yet to be realized; the yearning with all one’s heart for something, anything, to fill the aching void where love and life used to be; the wistful, hopeful, prayerful gaze into the heart of the sunrise, accepting with grace one more day’s opportunity to be, do, have, give, live, love.I’ve read until I’m sick of it about Jon Anderson’s ‘meaningless meandering’ lyrics. Anderson isn’t a balladeer; if those critics need simple storytelling there are plenty of singer songwriters whose lyrics do just that. That’s never been what ‘Yes’ has striven for. Anderson’s lyrics paint grand vistas of feeling and intensity, using language in broad vibrant strokes more akin to Van Gogh than Ansel Adams. Not better, not less; just a different flavor when I’m in that mood. Continue reading
