Prog? this isnt "Prog"! "Prog" is sleepy wanky Bill Bruford albums. This is psychedelia, maximized. It's a powerful cartoon of the mind, without the time_&_investment of scoring good drugs. Plus this trip lasts 40 years.
Mostly tho I can respect a comment that dont address the question. Me, I'm literal:
So what is the "Oily Way"?
Tis a pun.
A pun on 1st, "The ONLY Way", the "spiritual dogma" which was chief selling point Xtianity made for many paranoiacs over 2000 years, and led to countless wars/deaths...
AND a pun on "The Oyly Well" a natural "healing" site in Britain [http://www.antipope.org/feorag/wells/oyly-well.html]
AND similarly, it's a referenece to an extract of Cannabis known as "Hash Oil";
Lastly but not least significantly there is the 100-year-old humorous theatre tradition known as the "D'Oyly" theatre.
And it's one of the psychedelic band "Gong'"s brilliant, nursery rhyme-like jazz rock anthems, the closest thing they ever got to a "hit single".
It's A TRIP!
love, leo
Prog? this isnt "Prog"! "Prog" is sleepy wanky Bill Bruford albums. This is psychedelia, maximized. It's a powerful cartoon of the mind, without the time_&_investment of scoring good drugs. Plus this trip lasts 40 years. Mostly tho I can respect a comment that dont address the question. Me, I'm literal:
So what is the "Oily Way"? Tis a pun. A pun on 1st, "The ONLY Way", the "spiritual dogma" which was chief selling point Xtianity made for many paranoiacs over 2000 years, and led to countless wars/deaths... AND a pun on "The Oyly Well" a natural "healing" site in Britain [http://www.antipope.org/feorag/wells/oyly-well.html] AND similarly, it's a referenece to an extract of Cannabis known as "Hash Oil"; Lastly but not least significantly there is the 100-year-old humorous theatre tradition known as the "D'Oyly" theatre.
And it's one of the psychedelic band "Gong'"s brilliant, nursery rhyme-like jazz rock anthems, the closest thing they ever got to a "hit single". It's A TRIP! love, leo