Originally Posted by
rojon
I agree that this is an overlooked epic. Its unique in several ways
one of the great things about The Remembering is the ending of The Revealing Science of God.
Typically the grand Yes songs introduce and develop a foundational theme until it culminates in a final climax. (I get up, I get down, How can the wind with so many around me...) so the Revealing builds in this typical Yesfashion with each instance of "I must have waited all my life for this....moment, moment.." building in intensity. The song finally sets up to have a dramatic crescendo, but instead that grand climax is totally missing, I must have waited all my life for this....
the lines following trail off in an echo like fashion accentuating the absence.
so, like tantric sex, you build towards a fulfilling climax, but at the key moment you hold off to elevate to an even higher plane. This is where the Remembering takes over. Now the Remembering's foundational theme starts with the, "and I do think very well..." The final entry of which is the dramatic center point of Tales.
Also unique is the near absence of drums. Its roughly six minutes in before you hear an example of what you would consider traditional drumming. This places a greater emphasis on melody and creates a starker contrast between softer melodic moments and the more traditional rock moments.
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