Glyn Barnes
Anderson/Stolt
This could have come off "Olias of Sunhillow"
Not quite, but the idea is there. "Olias of Sunhillow" was not anywhere near the pop sentiment that has been a part of Jon Anderson, since the fall out from TFTO. I would almost say, that this could be the material that would have made YES a much better band than the evolution of the band without JA. The material would have fit really well.
"Olias of Sunhillow" is a very strong spiritual album and does not have a "pop song" mentality within it, and even though (supposedly) it was not Vangelis, his influence is all over it, and the suggestion for me, still is/was, what the band YES could have done if they had not quit on their music, and folks like RW spend their time trashing some of their work. The sadder part, still, is that JA, has never returned to his spiritual roots full force, to even be able to consider a piece of music, or album that was far more than just a bunch of pop minded songs, with nice lyrics, but on occasion the same lyric as before, said differently.
Still nice ... but not enough, and Jon's time is long gone in my mind. His "art" is long gone, and a nice instrumentation on one song, is not enough anymore for me and (even) you!