Best Song from The Lamb |
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Metalmarsh89
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Topic: Best Song from The Lamb Posted: April 10 2015 at 14:02 |
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The opening track. In the Cage is good as well.
I don't understand why so many people prefer the Lamia. Actually I do understand, but I don't feel the same way. |
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Michael678
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Posted: April 10 2015 at 13:55 | |
interesting decision making there.
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sublime220
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Posted: April 10 2015 at 10:53 | |
Because I finally got this album to click in my mind, I thought I revive this thread a bit. It's a six-way tie between: The title track, Counting Out Time, The Carpet Crawlers, The Chamber of 32 Doors, Anyway, and The Lamia. Rolled a die and got Anyway.
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Posted: December 02 2014 at 20:09 | |
No time for romantic escape, When your fluffy heart is ready for rape.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
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digdug
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 10:16 | |
Title Track
just ahead of In the Cage for me |
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Roj
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 07:58 | |
It's a wonderful album really, one of their best for sure.
As for my favourite track, amongst so many special ones I pick the most un-Genesis sounding track they ever made - The Waiting Room, almost Floyd-ish. Very very close behind is the majestic Fly On A Windshield. |
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 12:03 | |
Oh, I love it too; it's just that, with regard to compositional quality, per se, it's not really up there with "The Chamber" or "In the Cage," if you know what I mean. But it is a brilliant piece of satire and works perfectly in the context of the album. I used to hate it before I realized where the band was really trying to go with it, but now I think it works great on the album, and I love to show it to friends just to get the "WTF?" look on their faces when Gabriel starts singing about erogenous zones. |
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kenethlevine
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 10:16 | |
I listened to the Genesis Revisited stuff and it doesn't do much for me. Too similar to the originals. I'm not saying I would like it better if it was different, but at least I would see the point of doing it. All very nice but I would rather just hear the originals with their original inspiration
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 10:15 | |
I LOVE "Counting Out Time"!!! It is so clever, lyrically, and so perfectly reflective of teenage male sexual frustration--and it has banjo!! And the music perfectly reflects the awkward, out-of-control, fumbling feelings of beginner sex! Brilliant song! Sometimes I'll go out of my way just to listen to it so I can laugh while embarrassingly remembering those years long ago . . .
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Svetonio
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 02:59 | |
The Carpet Crawlers
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 00:13 | |
Counting out Time.
Just kidding. Because the album is meant to be listened to as a whole, and is much greater than the sum of it's parts, it's hard to pick out individual tracks. That being said, there are still some great individual songs on the album, but for me, the track that stands out for me the most is Anyway. If you look at the Lamb as a rock opera, Anyway is the standout aria in a sea of recitative: the action stops, the story pauses, and you get to hear Gabriel (as Rael) reflect for a moment on his situation. And it's phenomenal. It has an expressive, catchy melody, propelled along by the tasteful underlying arpeggios, with a concise yet evocative emotional narrative. Then, of course, you have the interlude, which beautifully develops the material both from the exposition of the song and from previous tracks. It's one of those few pop songs that can hold it's own when compared with the classical art song tradition. |
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 20:52 | |
Agree on all points! |
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Dellinger
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 20:49 | |
I would have to listen to it again to see if there's anything about your statement that I might agree, but I don't remember anything to bother me about the vocals. On the other hand, Peter Gabriel has been an aquired taste... not that I particularly like his singing anyway, but at least I tolerate them in order to enjoy the wonderful music from the band. I mean, his voice is just not pleasant, nor does he have much power, nor reaches any particularly difficult notes, nor is his soft singing pleasant either... just nothing for me to enjoy him. Though, actually, I do enjoy him much better in the few live versions I've heard... perhaps because he has to concentrate better on actually singing and doesn't have much chance to concentrate on his theatrical vocals. So, in the end, any oportunity to listen to Gabriel era Genesis songs with other vocalists is an oportunity I prefer not to miss. |
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 20:49 | |
Didn't know the The Lamia was considered a standout at all. I always thought it suffered from having a storyline to follow. Too close to a musical (which of course is what it is) approach where the the lyrics seem more important than the music itself. To me its not even a real song. [/QUOTE]
Interesting! While the music could stand very well on its own, the singing is, to my ears, like poetry: an added instrument of beauty. I do not hear, on know, the words, but Gabriel's enunciation and emotional use of alliteration, rhythm and rhyme make this one of my favorite vocals of all-time--as well as my favorite Genesis song. Phil's amazing drum work, some of Hackett's best soloing . . . It is no surprise to me that this song has such a popular appeal. |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 14:12 | |
I like some Lamb better in live versions, BTW
I prefer Carpet Crawlers in the Seconds Out version, and In The Cage in the Three Sides Live version.
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progrockdeepcuts
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 13:25 | |
Back in NYC, Anyway
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 12:08 | |
Not really possible to pick a favorite as I like the whole album, so I voted for Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats.
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zappaholic
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 08:48 | |
Gotta go with "Carpet Crawlers". That insistent keyboard riff, that subtle buildup....
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Xonty
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 04:52 | |
Stuck between 32 Doors, Anyway, Riding The Scree, Lamia, Cuckoo Cocoon and a few others
Guess I'll go Riding The Scree, mainly for that crazy keyboard solo, but it's all brilliant.
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bloodnarfer
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Posted: November 21 2014 at 19:30 | |
Nik Kershaw has all the added benefit of sounding like a karaoke singer with a clothespin over his nose
Edited by bloodnarfer - November 21 2014 at 19:39 |
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