# Waiter, there's a yawn in my ear **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842 "2007-01-28T16:28:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/1 "2007-01-28T16:28:38Z")
In the early-'80s I bought Manfred Mann’s album _The Roaring Silence_ on cassette tape. Some totally selfish negative-vibe merchant stole my tapes out of my car. Recently in a fit of nostalgia, but mostly because I wanted to hear _Blinded By The Light_ but their version isn’t available from iTunes, I bought the CD. Whoa. I remember all of the songs. I discovered where snippets that pop into my head from time to time came from. My musical tastes have gone beyond Classic Rock, but there’s still a place for it. What ‘blast from the past’ albums do you have? _Waiter, There’s A Yawn In My Ear_ is a track from _The Roaring Silence_. I thought it would make a good thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/2 "2007-01-28T16:47:56Z")
**Olias of Sunhillow** by Jon Anderson, of Yes fame. It’s his first solo work. If you think Yes is compellingly incoherent in some strange other-world fashion, check out this album! > [@](#): > > There stands Olias to outward to build a ship > Holding within all we hope to retain. > The frame will be so built to challenge the universe > clasped with the skins of the fish of the plain > > DO GA RIYTAN SHA TOO RAYTAN > GAN MATTA SHA PA > MUTTO MATTO MUTTO BTW, I’m grateful to Manfred Mann and **The Roaring Silence** because he introduced me to Springsteen via that album! The single from that album, **Singing the Dolphin Through** was sort of nice, too. I’ve got the cassette of that album lying around somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/3 "2007-01-28T16:50:37Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] **Singing the Dolphin Through** was sort of nice, too. [/QUOTE] _Farewell Plymouth, your morning cold and grey…_ is one of those snippets I mentioned, which pops into my head on cold and grey days. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/4 "2007-01-28T16:54:44Z")
I have that Manfred Mann CD (I’m very fond of both “Singing The Dolphin Through” and “The Road to Babylon”), and an old Yes album that no one but me ever seems to have heard of: “Tormato” (my favorite tracks on that are “Circus of Heaven” and “Onward.”) I also have a Jethro Tull album called “Songs From The Wood” that I initially bought when I was 13 because I needed one more selection to round out my introductory Columbia House Music Club order (“buy 10 albums for a penny!”) and I’d HEARD of Jethro Tull, though I hadn’t a clue what kind of music they played. I have since purchased that same album on cassette twice, and finally on CD. It remains to this day one of my favorite albums. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/5 "2007-01-28T17:01:04Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] I also have a Jethro Tull album called “Songs From The Wood”… [/QUOTE] I have _Broadsword And The Beast_ and _M.U. – The Best Of Jethro Tull_. I remember all of the songs on the former whenever I hear them. (And the latter, but especially _Broadsword_.) _Aqualung_ was one of the tapes that was stolen. _Wind Up_ is the Jethro Tull song that pops into my head most often. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/6 "2007-01-28T17:09:47Z")
My record collection is 80% “Blasts From The Past.” I used to work in a record store in the late 70s, so we would always divvy up the promotional albums the store got. I still have most of them, and keep a quality turntable around just in case I feel the need to listen to **Quicksilver Messenger Service** some Sunday morning. _Have another hit, of fresh air…_ ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/7 "2007-01-28T17:10:58Z")
I have Tull’s **Songs from the wood** (and rather enjoyed it). **Heavy Horses** was also an off-beat favorite of mine. It’s single “The Mouse Police Never Sleeps” was oddly compelling. And I remember Yes’ **Tormato** and a few tunes from it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/8 "2007-01-28T17:27:24Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I have Tull’s **Songs from the wood** (and rather enjoyed it). **Heavy Horses** was also an off-beat favorite of mine. It’s single “The Mouse Police Never Sleeps” was oddly compelling. . [/QUOTE] You dig _Heavy Horses_ too? Cool! I bought it for the wonderful title song (being a horse lover) and wound up loving the whole thing. You’re right, the mouse song is a grabber. Heh. Matter of fact, I wrote to Ian Anderson to tell him how moved I was by “Heavy Horses”. He wrote back! A friendly note wherein he confessed that he’s awed and a bit intimidated in their massive presence but loves to see them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiter-theres-a-yawn-in-my-ear/389842/9 "2007-01-28T17:34:29Z")
I have every album Tull has ever done, and **Heavy Horses** is probably my favorite. It gets played at least once a month. Usually a lot more often.