Magnification: the alpha & omega of all rock cds of all time and space

[heishere]

just dawned on me... if ya play it loud enough, and ya open yer heart and spirit, that's when ya hear every single wave of sound, some of them quite secret, and its tellin me there has never been and can never be a more transcendent sixty minutes of modern rockmusic... no i'm not high...

and i'm not trying to start an argument. i don't really even believe, or even need to believe, exactly what the words "magnification is the best cd" seem to be saying. but put it on, play it loud, (no louder). i get amazed. you might too. amazed, like a true beginner.

dontcha hear it? taking&surpassing sgt pepper's, everything moodyblue, a message so totally unconflicted and pure, unlike anything pfloyd, spocksbeard or any of the other masters have known to call us to (they might need a guide)... magnification changes your existence for another kind: no whining, no moaning. can you imagine what it's like? transporting you to just the right zone: you are the song from the book of time, the only space to begin your day, only region to move in: its always been there, giving us the light... just play it again and listen: our love has always been there! we were meant to be! take that one to the office whydontcha! give love each day, dammit.


don't be fooled! even soft-as-a-dove! i was aghast the first time i heard it, but now i get it: what could be so totally disarming, so totally guileless, so apparently ?artless? precisely to create pure, quintessential vulnerability: the song says you can't attack me, there can be no aggression toward me: see? you have no more evil in you! if we are one, seen through the eyes of child, we will perpetuate this song of love! please, somebody show me where / how i've so grossly misjudged this masterpiece that is magnification? Please! i believe it, i believe it! if i got something wrong, help me not to!

close to the edge was just a precursor, taking us "closer." magnification requires no relayer. these are not tales of TO, magnification is the immersion in their vast expanses! the horns, the strings, the crescendos! you are the choice! let yourself go, and you're overcome by a flood of believing! its what's at the top of the ladder, after ascension, its what happens after you GET to the one... magnification leads straight to love itself. i get amazed when i see you there.

and i know this love is real. you are listening to how i feel. this is for you&me. thank you for listening. love me back whydontcha? what a high. sacred ground. thankyou yes.

[gathernear]

It's a real shame that this album was almost universally ignored by everyone but the hard-core fans. The sales were pathetic, and I think it was a major work. I can understand the bands frustration with this commercial failure. It is a musical triumph, and no, I'm not high either.:rant:

[Vic Anderson]

hey I agree
i got the dvd a verison
it's really out of this world
too bad people don't get it
there is so much love in it

[tommc]

I think you're all high! Just kidding. It's not my fav Yes album but I like it alot.

[RickyG]

Heishere,

I am in absolute 100% total agreement with you on this and I really appreciate you so passionately and completely stating it.

The title track lyrics are as great as anything that Anderson has ever written:

Magnification

Days that we speak
I believe that you were right
Shouldn’t chase the demons and the phantoms of the night

Some treat as lovers
Some treat as slaves
This fusion of insight is all that we imagine

Speak to me clearly
You’re the magnet to my soul
I get so distracted trying to reason with it all
Like the faithful
I’m clinging to the edge of every world
Spinning in creation
So afraid to let my feelings really show

Teach me to teach me
How the key unlocks the door
As we open we surrender, holding hands with many more
There’s a feeling that’s coming
There’s a feeling so real
To justify, to magnify, to realize that
Everything is love

Now, after all the love you have
You can always get it back
Knowing how you really see
Knowing it will come to you
Knowing it can really be

Magnificate, magnification
Magnificate, magnification
First you’re smaller being alive
Growing taller learn to survive
Magnificate, magnification
Magnificate, magnification
First you’re smaller being alive
Growing taller learn to survive

Perception of living
I realize I’m not alone
The rings that divide
Break again upon the stone
I will show you a necklace
Where the pearls would all be lost
Without the thread between together
This would be the golden thread of trust

Speak to me, teach me
Magnify the truth you are
Waiting for the rebeginning birth of every star

A symbol is planted
On the brow of every child
To justify, to magnify
To realize that everything is love

Now giving all the love you have
You will always get it back
Giving all the love you have
You can always get it back
Giving all the love you have
Giving all the love

Magnificate, magnification
Magnificate, magnification
First you’re smaller being alive
Growing taller learn to survive

[Original_Shifty]

I'm onboard with you Heishere. This cd needed to happen and glad that it did. What a magnificent work of art! I'm so glad it moves you like it does.

[milestownyes]

I saw the tour before the album was released. When the "Turn around and remember that" started I about came out of my chair because I knew something different was happening. I discovered my fondness for the album when I came home from an exceptionally bad day at work. I put it on and by the time it was over I felt like someone had drugged me I was so relaxed. It was then I knew the true power of the album. Thanks also for the IABD cover. I have four of the albums and still listen to them after all these years.
:appl[1]:

[pedro skychaser]

here,here,he,is,here..........an astonishing CD...heck spiritOfSurvival features steve's SPRUNG guitar...great singing,lyrics,tunes....plaintive oboe...if the ladder had 1 everest in homeworld...mag is a himalayan range!

[YESYOUANDI]

Well...."In the presents of" is a bloody all time REAL yes classic.
I love this band.
Cheers fans.

[Suntower Asking]

Mag is a hell of an album. Proud of Yes for making this one. it could change the world if the world payed attention.

I play it all the time.

i couldn't believe how few copies were sold of this.
everybody I know has a copy in their house.

Night has come at last to shine on you.

[CybrKhatru]

I saw the tour before the album was released. When the "Turn around and remember that" started I about came out of my chair because I knew something different was happening.

Same here Milestown...Hollywood Bowl was the show we saw.
The gig had its early-tour issues, but ITPO was amazing. When we heard that part of In The Presence Of (Turn Around and Remember), both of us teared up...first time we were hearing it, and we thought, "WOW"...this is something special.

--Matt

[VentureRG]

My off topic post on Magnification from another thread:

Magnification is a revelation and a high watermark in the integration of an orchestra with a progressive rock band. High praise to Larry Groupe' and his involvement in writing the score. I am also partial to the DVD-A version as the surround sound is simply incredible. I love the record from beginning to end. This is a very substantial record containing both very simple ideas (Don't Go) to very complex (Dreamtime). I very much understood Jon's frustration with what I consider a major accomplishment when the album failed to sell millions (this to me was an example of the failures of marketing and the state of the record business in the new millenium). The four of them put a great deal into this record and it pays off in dividends to the critical listener. Anyway give it a listen with headphones.

[Roan's Lady]

My off topic post on Magnification from another thread:

Magnification is a revelation and a high watermark in the integration of an orchestra with a progressive rock band. High praise to Larry Groupe' and his involvement in writing the score. I am also partial to the DVD-A version as the surround sound is simply incredible. I love the record from beginning to end. This is a very substantial record containing both very simple ideas (Don't Go) to very complex (Dreamtime). I very much understood Jon's frustration with what I consider a major accomplishment when the album failed to sell millions (this to me was an example of the failures of marketing and the state of the record business in the new millenium). The four of them put a great deal into this record and it pays off in dividends to the critical listener. Anyway give it a listen with headphones.

Jeepers, Vebture (sic), must we go through this again??
I think you need a slice of cheesecake. ;)

[umgekehrt]

I hope it's not the omega of Yes, though

[Vic Anderson]

yes we must because it's great
really great

[YESOLA]

just dawned on me... if ya play it loud enough, and ya open yer heart and spirit, that's when ya hear every single wave of sound, some of them quite secret, and its tellin me there has never been and can never be a more transcendent sixty minutes of modern rockmusic... no i'm not high...




Now, are these the type of Mushrooms the same as the ones Jon uses?

JK - I mean its good, but nahh not that good.

[VentureRG]

Hey Laby (sic): You owe me at least a sitdown-and-listen to the surround version (DVD-A) with an open mind. And I'll take that cheesecake now (preferably from Somerset Diner).

[marcelo soza]

just dawned on me... if ya play it loud enough, and ya open yer heart and spirit, that's when ya hear every single wave of sound, some of them quite secret, and its tellin me there has never been and can never be a more transcendent sixty minutes of modern rockmusic... no i'm not high...

and i'm not trying to start an argument. i don't really even believe, or even need to believe, exactly what the words "magnification is the best cd" seem to be saying. but put it on, play it loud, (no louder). i get amazed. you might too. amazed, like a true beginner.



dontcha hear it? taking&surpassing sgt pepper's, everything moodyblue, a message so totally unconflicted and pure, unlike anything pfloyd, spocksbeard or any of the other masters have known to call us to (they might need a guide)... magnification changes your existence for another kind: no whining, no moaning. can you imagine what it's like? transporting you to just the right zone: you are the song from the book of time, the only space to begin your day, only region to move in: its always been there, giving us the light... just play it again and listen: our love has always been there! we were meant to be! take that one to the office whydontcha! give love each day, dammit.


don't be fooled! even soft-as-a-dove! i was aghast the first time i heard it, but now i get it: what could be so totally disarming, so totally guileless, so apparently ?artless? precisely to create pure, quintessential vulnerability: the song says you can't attack me, there can be no aggression toward me: see? you have no more evil in you! if we are one, seen through the eyes of child, we will perpetuate this song of love! please, somebody show me where / how i've so grossly misjudged this masterpiece that is magnification? Please! i believe it, i believe it! if i got something wrong, help me not to!

close to the edge was just a precursor, taking us "closer." magnification requires no relayer. these are not tales of TO, magnification is the immersion in their vast expanses! the horns, the strings, the crescendos! you are the choice! let yourself go, and you're overcome by a flood of believing! its what's at the top of the ladder, after ascension, its what happens after you GET to the one... magnification leads straight to love itself. i get amazed when i see you there.

and i know this love is real. you are listening to how i feel. this is for you&me. thank you for listening. love me back whydontcha? what a high. sacred ground. thankyou yes.

Okay, okay now put the crack/ cocaine pipe down, get a cab and go straight to rehab.

[Vic Anderson]

I thought you were gone marcelito :) welcome back

[marcelo soza]

I thought you were gone marcelito :) welcome back

I know but Dances w/purple sent me an private message begging me to come back so I had to. She said she felt less of a woman without my presence and that she cried the whole night after I gave the news. Now I really have to go, I have work to do and this forum thing is becoming a huge distraction, are you ready? One...two... three... Puff! I'm gone.

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Heyyyyyy Macarena ahooooo!!!

[Bobby Dread]

Beautiful post, beautiful album, heishere.

Thanks for starting the affirmative conversation and making me realize it's being too long since I've played Magnification from start to finish.