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BrufordFreak 
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I totally agree with Blacksword, A Bard, and Hackettfan:
"The Lamia" is by far my favorite. I'm not a lyrics guy, but the sing-song poetic diction of Gabriel throughout that song is like a balm--not to mention the amazing imagery it evokes.
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progaardvark
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Posted: March 19 2020 at 15:03 |
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What? Nobody picked Who Dunnit?
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i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
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Posted: March 19 2020 at 18:18 |
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Get em Out By Friday and Battle of Epping Forest for me, just because both of them tell such fun, surreal stories.
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Rednight
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 18:43 |
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Genesis' Heathaze, especially the part that starts with "Beware the fisherman..."
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 21:04 |
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I haven't really payed enough attention... I guess the bits that have better grasped my interest are from Supper's Ready. However, in general I rather dislike Gabriel's lyrics... kind of the impressions he gives with his words, and the twists on the stories (or his attempts at humor), not really something I find enjoyable.
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 21:51 |
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Kind of weird how hardly anyone is actually posting any actual lyrics here. Oh well. Here's a few I like: There's a fat old lady outside the saloon laying out the credit card she plays fortune....the deck is uneven right from the start...... The mountan cuts off the town from view ...like a cancer growth is removed by skill He's been stamped human bacon by some butchery tool If this desert's all that they're ever be then tell me what becomes of me a fall of rain... Throw it away you don't need it up there and remember you don't look back whatever you do.. better start doing it right But I am lost within this half world it hardly seems to matter now I see no sign of freewill so I guess I have to pay pay my way. Some believe that when you die you really live...I believe there never is an end...... Dark and grey an english film for Wednesday play we always watch the queen on christmas day won't you stay Play me my song....here it comes again Where are you my father? Give wisdom to your son. I want a drink to take all the dust and dirt from my throat Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 21 2020 at 09:58 |
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POTA
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Posted: March 20 2020 at 23:05 |
This line has always stuck out to me too. And I love the emotion he sings it with.
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Posted: March 21 2020 at 00:00 |
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Always liked the idea in "Get Em Out Of Friday" kind of farce about capitalism (well today it maybe not be farce anymore).
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tdfloyd
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Posted: March 21 2020 at 01:20 |
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Get Em Out By Friday, Undertow, Heathaze, Harold the Barrel
They have tons of good lyrics.
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M27Barney
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Posted: March 21 2020 at 05:02 |
The lamia is based on a wet dream that adolescent gabriel had, about being in a swimming pool filled with ribena and a bevy of naked young ladies...I have a similar thought but the pool is filled with beer...and the naked young ladies are all nymphomaniacs.... Edited by M27Barney - March 21 2020 at 05:02 |
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 09:02 |
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The lyrics to "The Carpet Crawlers" always moved me.
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My first temptation would be to answer After The Ordeal and Los Endos.  But let's face it: Moonlit Knight and Epping Forest for the Gabriel era Volcano, Robbery and Tail for the next two albums .
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 11:37 |
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One in particular that always stood out for me is: "the mountain cuts off the town from view like a cancer growth is removed by skill...."
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 15:13 |
I do. It is the only Genesis song of which I know the lyrics by heart. I love it!
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 15:15 |
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The Lamia.
The imagery in that song is terrifying. I love it. :) |
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 17:49 |
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Slightly off-topic I wanted to show you this... I had always thought of my Nik Kershaw fandom as something rather strange, and certainly a hard sell on a prog site, but here he sings The Lamia for Steve Hackett: |
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progbethyname
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 18:29 |
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Musically it is so terrific, but vocally I have to say it is a bit of a miss. Gabriel is just so much better due to his vocal style, pitch and range. Kershaw is a bit nasally for my liking with this song.
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 20:18 |
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Probably the whole of Lamb is a lyrical masterpiece. Chamber Of 32 Doors stands out but I also like the lyric ''If you think its pretentious you've been taken for a ride, look across the room sonny before you take a side''
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