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"Tales ..." is easily one of my favorite albums, but so is "Passion Play" by Jethro Tull. Neither have radio-friendly material, and both are classic examples of what Prog  critics don't like about the whole genre. Hence the polarization. I was quietly humming the opening part of "Tales..." in a boring geometry class (Grade 12) the year that it came out, when the teacher asked me to stop singing in class. Thinking she'd embarrass me, she made me stand in front of the whole class and sing it aloud. Of course you know the opening lyrics, and once I got done and sat down, the look on her face was worth the price of admission!

"Dawn of light lying between a silence and sold sources,
Chased amid fusions of wonder, in moments hardly seen forgotten
Coloured in pastures of chance dancing leaves cast spells of challenge,
Amused but real in thought, we fled from the sea whole.

"Dawn of thought transfered through moments of days undersearching earth
Revealing corridors of time provoking memories, disjointed but with purpose,
Craving penetrations offer links with the self instructor's sharp
and tender love as we took to the air, a picture of distance.

"Dawn of our power we amuse redescending as fast as misused expression,
As only to teach love as to reveal passion chasing
Late into corners, and we danced from the ocean.

"Dawn of love sent within us colours of awakening among the many
Won't to follow, only tunes of a different age, as the links span
Our endless caresses for the freedom of life everlasting."

Makes about as much sense as geometry, but far more interesting.

For anyone who has never heard Chris play, I just posted a great piece of concert footage in the Prog Rock section.

The big guy will always be remembered for his innovative approach to playing bass, and will be identified with his old blond Rickenbacker 4001 guitar. It looked small next to him, but he played it deftly with those large hands of his. He was also a pretty fair story teller. Here's his account of the first time he met Jimi Hendrix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-lBnTc3So

Glad it went well, DE.

Did you have a full replacement, or a partial? My surgery in Feb was the partial replacement, or "Unicompartmental Knee" as they're calling it. Here's the before and after X-Rays. It wasn't too painful, and the recovery time is quicker than a full replacement, since they don't have to touch either the ACL or MCL.

Hope you heal quickly, and are up and at it in record time.

TIGLJK wrote:

"Now don't get my message wrong, I am firmly supportive of aiding individuals families lies that are in need and are attempting to find a better life, but those that sit back and just rape the gov't assistant plans are leeches."

Biological Definition of Parasite: an organism that takes more from it's environment than it adds to it

We don't have any of those critters here in the Great White North ... too cold for them, I guess.

Well-penned observations, Graham. The cruelest monster on this planet is the human being. Give any of us the ability / authority / means to act out of pure self-interest with impunity, and I'm afraid we'd be just as abusive. But for the grace of God ... there go I.

They sure went to town with the abalone inlay ... wow!

I always click on the regular poster's contributions. This is more like a conversation than a bulletin board, and they're a very knowledgeable and respectful group. My own growth as a guitarist has been helped greatly by the regular contributors, for which I'm very grateful.

Lots of power in that amp, is there? I hope you can stay on good terms with your neighbors. I wanted to ask about your Les Paul ... is that the edition with the Classic '57 pickups in it? They're silky smooth sounding!

My tech-savvy son told me about one of these YouTube converter programs, that converts a YouTube video to a dowloadable MP3 file in a matter of seconds. It's not quite the same as being able to watch the video. To do that, I'll just use an HDMI cable to plug the laptop into the TV, and away we go. Here's a couple web-hosted converter programs that work well for making MP3's. I'm told it's perfectly legal to do so, since the music is already in the public domain because it's on YouTube:

http://convert2mp3.net/en/

http://www.video2mp3.net/

If anyone is aware of a legal issue with doing this, please feel free to kindly say so. I'm just repeating what I was told about the legalities of doing this.