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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3993068, member: 56859&quot;]When is a Yes song better than a Yes song?&nbsp; When it&#039;s Jon Anderson + Todmobile + the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and choir covering a classic.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Awaken</i> was always a glorious showstopping epic piece of prog rock indulgence.&nbsp; With Todmobile and Symphony, it is utterly transcendent.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never experienced more episodes of aesthetic chills in one song, although to be fair not many &quot;songs&quot; are seventeen minutes long <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;ve not seen this, please devote seventeen minutes of your life to this video and you will be elevated <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are so many climaxes in this piece that smoking a cigarette after listening would not be unreasonable <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>In particular, check out just after 14:00 (14:12 - 14:55).&nbsp; That climax just keeps <i>going</i> and <i>going</i> and <i>going</i>... when the choir joins in I can hardly stand it-- something akin to religious ecstasy.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got my hands in the air, sweeping the heavens with every note.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]d_Va3e_52TE[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A coin worthy of pairing with the song:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumenestetreshoot2-rt_edited2-jpg.1038850/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>KINGS of PERGAMON, Eumenes I</b></p><p>263-241 BCE</p><p>AR tetradrachm 29 mm, 16.94 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Philetairos right, wearing laurel wreath</p><p>Rev: ΦIΛETAIPOY; Athena enthroned left, right hand resting on shield set at her feet, gorgon on shield; left elbow resting on small sphinx seated right; transverse spear in background, ivy leaf above knee, monogram on throne, bow to right</p><p>Ref: BMC Greek (Mysia) 31, p.115; SNG France 1606–9</p><p>Formerly slabbed, NGC Ch AU 5/5 3/5, Fine Style</p><p><i>Ex Dr. Spencer Paterson Collection of Ancient coins, Great Collections 15 Sept 2019</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/eumenessideshot1-hair-1000px-jpg.1038882/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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