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{{About|the English band|the Colombian band|Génesis (band)|other uses|Genesis (disambiguation)}} | {{About|the English band|the Colombian band|wikipedia:Génesis (band)|other uses|wikipedia:Genesis (disambiguation)}} | ||
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==== Track listing ==== | ==== Track listing ==== | ||
All songs written by [[wikipedia:Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]], [[wikipedia:Anthony Phillips|Anthony Phillips]], and [[wikipedia:Mike Rutherford|Mike Rutherford]].<ref name=1969LP>{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Genesis-From-Genesis-To-Revelation/release/2830296|title=From Genesis to Revelation|year=1969|id=SKL 4990|publisher=Decca Records|others=Genesis}}</ref> | All songs written by [[wikipedia:Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]], [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]], [[wikipedia:Anthony Phillips|Anthony Phillips]], and [[wikipedia:Mike Rutherford|Mike Rutherford]].<ref name=1969LP>{{cite AV media notes|url=https://www.discogs.com/Genesis-From-Genesis-To-Revelation/release/2830296|title=From Genesis to Revelation|year=1969|id=SKL 4990|publisher=Decca Records|others=[[wikipedia:Genesis (band)|Genesis]]}}</ref> | ||
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The programme describes this section as follows: "In which our intrepid heroes investigate the aftermath of the battle and discover a solitary figure, obsessed by his own image. They witness an unusual transmutation, and are pulled into their own reflections in the water." | The programme describes this section as follows: "In which our intrepid heroes investigate the aftermath of the battle and discover a solitary figure, obsessed by his own image. They witness an unusual transmutation, and are pulled into their own reflections in the water." | ||
===== V: "Willow Farm" (11:05 – 15:36) ===== | |||
Live in concert, Gabriel would appear in his "flower mask" (by Gabriel's own admission, partly inspired by the BBC children's programme ''The [[wikipedia:Flower Pot Men|Flower Pot Men]]''). This section features [[wikipedia:vaudeville|vaudeville]]-style sections, the [[wikipedia:Mellotron|Mellotron]] Mark II's "combined brass" tape set, sped-up vocals, and [[wikipedia:musique concrète|musique concrète]] noises of trains and explosions. Lyrically, it has a [[wikipedia:Monty Python|Python-esque]] quality, dealing with elements of the absurd in the English psyche, "there's [[wikipedia:Winston Churchill|Winston Churchill]], dressed in [[wikipedia:Drag (clothing)|drag]], he used to be a British flag, plastic bag, what a drag!" and numerous elements of word play, boarding schools, agricultural depravity and social conformity. The lyrics also reference ''Foxtrot's'' cover artwork ("the fox on the rocks") and a song from ''[[wikipedia:Nursery Cryme|Nursery Cryme]]'', Genesis' previous album ("[[wikipedia:The Musical Box (song)|The Musical Box]]"). | |||
The programme describes "Willow Farm" as follows: "Climbing out of the pool, they are once again in a different existence. They're right in the middle of a myriad of bright colours, filled with all manner of objects, plants, animals and humans. Life flows freely and everything is mindlessly busy. At random, a whistle blows and every single thing is instantly changed into another."<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAA73ebsa0sC&pg=PA82|title=Expression in Pop-rock Music: A Collection of Critical and Analytical Essays|last=Everett|first=Walter|date=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780815331605|page=82}}</ref> | |||
===== VI: "Apocalypse in 9/8 (Co-Starring the Delicious Talents of Gabble Ratchet)" (15:36 – 20:50) ===== | |||
At this point, the drums enter, with the rhythm section striking out a pattern using the unusual [[wikipedia:time signature|metre]] of 9 beats to the bar (expressed as 3+2+4).<ref>Seconds Out Songbook 1978 Wise Publications</ref> The lyrics employ stereotypical apocalyptic imagery, alternating with an organ solo from Banks (played in {{music|time|4|4}} and {{music|time|7|8}} time signatures against the {{music|time|9|8}} rhythm section), then switching to a climactic vocal from Gabriel, and the Mellotron "three violins" tape set. Banks has said that his approach to writing the solo was to parody the style that [[wikipedia:Keith Emerson|Keith Emerson]] had developed with [[wikipedia:Emerson, Lake & Palmer|Emerson, Lake & Palmer]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} In live performances, during the organ solo, Gabriel would don a bizarre "[[wikipedia:Gog and Magog|Magog]]" outfit with geometrical headdress which can be seen on the cover of the band's ''[[wikipedia:Genesis Live|Genesis Live]]'' (1973) album. "Gabble Ratchet" is a reference to the [[wikipedia:Hellhounds|Hounds of Hell]];<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/81/6914.html Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, 1898]</ref> they are usually portrayed as geese, which explains the sound effect heard during this section (18:48–18:53 on ''Foxtrot''). They are also known as "Gabriel's Hounds". The programme for the 1972/3 tour refers to this section as "co-starring the delicious talents of wild geese".<ref name="genesismuseum.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.genesismuseum.com/programs1.htm|title=Genesis Programmes - Gabriel Years|website=The Genesis Museum|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> | |||
The programme describes this section as follows: "At one whistle the lovers become seeds in the soil, where they recognise other seeds to be people from the world in which they had originated. While they wait for Spring, they are returned to their old world to see the [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Apocalypse of St John]] in full progress. The seven trumpeters cause a sensation, the fox keeps throwing sixes, and Pythagoras (a Greek extra) is deliriously happy as he manages to put exactly the right amount of milk and honey on his corn flakes."<ref name="genesismuseum.com"/> | |||
===== VII: "As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)" (20:51 – 22:54) ===== | |||
"As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs" is a folklore variation of the logical [[wikipedia:tautology (logic)|tautology]] that "X = X"<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/81/5663.html Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable]</ref> and in this context is a reference to certainty and faith—being absolutely convinced of the ultimate victory of good over evil and that God and Heaven do indeed exist. "Aching Men's Feet" is a play on "making ends meet".{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} "Apocalypse" [[wikipedia:segue|segue]]s into this part via a slower section that reprises the lyrics from "Lover's Leap" in combination with the chord progression from "The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man", backed by a pressed [[wikipedia:snare drum|snare drum]] roll and [[wikipedia:tubular bell|tubular bell]]s. During live shows, a flash charge would be fired and Gabriel would discard his Magog costume to reveal himself in shining white apparel that glowed when exposed to [[wikipedia:black light|black light]]. During one gig, he attempted flying on a [[wikipedia:Kirby wire|Kirby wire]], and was nearly strangled.<ref>{{citation|last=Bonanni|first=Andrea|title=Genesis Gabriel Fly|date=August 21, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8jBId7gm00|access-date=March 4, 2019}}</ref> From this point to the end, drums, deep bass pedals and Mellotron brass are present, as are [[wikipedia:William Blake|Blakean]] lyrics which reference [[wikipedia:The New Jerusalem|The New Jerusalem]] (The Crystal City of God that is established after the death of the Anti-Christ) and the [[wikipedia:Second Coming of Christ|Second Coming of Christ]] with reference to the biblical [[wikipedia:Book of Revelation|Revelation]] 19:17: "There's an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God." | |||
After completing the lyrics in this section, Gabriel would pick up and raise an active blacklight tube, holding it near himself, upraised with both hands, as though it were a sword. Gabriel would be the only one lit onstage at this point and would actually appear to be glowing from the combination of blacklight, his reflective white costume and fluorescent makeup. Gabriel considered this effect to be a theatrical way of symbolizing the victory of good/light over evil/darkness. | |||
The programme describes this section as follows: "Above all else an egg is an egg. '[[wikipedia:And did those feet in ancient time|And did those feet ............]]' making ends meet. [[wikipedia:Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] = place of peace."<ref name="genesismuseum.com"/> | |||
=== The Lamb lies down on Broadway === | === The Lamb lies down on Broadway === | ||
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'''''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''''' is the sixth studio album by the English [[wikipedia:progressive rock|progressive rock]] band [[wikipedia:Genesis (band)|Genesis]]. It was released as a double album on 18 November 1974<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.needsomefun.net/november-18-1974-genesis-released-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway/ |website=NeedSomefun.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Genesis-The-Lamb-Lies-Down-On-Broadway/release/3858055/ |website=discogs.net}}</ref> by [[wikipedia:Charisma Records|Charisma Records]] and is their last to feature original frontman [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]]. It peaked at No. 10 on the [[wikipedia:UK Albums Chart|UK Albums Chart]] and No. 41 on the [[wikipedia:Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the US. | '''''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''''' is the sixth studio album by the English [[wikipedia:progressive rock|progressive rock]] band [[wikipedia:Genesis (band)|Genesis]]. It was released as a double album on 18 November 1974<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.needsomefun.net/november-18-1974-genesis-released-the-lamb-lies-down-on-broadway/ |website=NeedSomefun.net|title=Genesis released the Lamb lies down on Broadway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Genesis-The-Lamb-Lies-Down-On-Broadway/release/3858055/ |website=discogs.net|title=Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway}}</ref> by [[wikipedia:Charisma Records|Charisma Records]] and is their last to feature original frontman [[wikipedia:Peter Gabriel|Peter Gabriel]]. It peaked at No. 10 on the [[wikipedia:UK Albums Chart|UK Albums Chart]] and No. 41 on the [[wikipedia:Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the US. | ||
While the band worked on new material at [[wikipedia:Hedley Grange|Hedley Grange]] for three months, they decided to produce a [[wikipedia:concept album|concept album]] with a story devised by Gabriel about Rael, a Puerto Rican youth from New York City who is suddenly taken on a journey of self-discovery and encounters bizarre incidents and characters along the way. The album was marked by increased tensions within the band as Gabriel, who insisted on writing all of the lyrics, temporarily left to work with filmmaker [[wikipedia:William Friedkin|William Friedkin]] and needed time to be with his family. Most of the songs were developed by the rest of the band through [[wikipedia:jam sessions|jam sessions]] and were put down at Glaspant Manor in Wales using a mobile studio. | While the band worked on new material at [[wikipedia:Hedley Grange|Hedley Grange]] for three months, they decided to produce a [[wikipedia:concept album|concept album]] with a story devised by Gabriel about Rael, a Puerto Rican youth from New York City who is suddenly taken on a journey of self-discovery and encounters bizarre incidents and characters along the way. The album was marked by increased tensions within the band as Gabriel, who insisted on writing all of the lyrics, temporarily left to work with filmmaker [[wikipedia:William Friedkin|William Friedkin]] and needed time to be with his family. Most of the songs were developed by the rest of the band through [[wikipedia:jam sessions|jam sessions]] and were put down at Glaspant Manor in Wales using a mobile studio. | ||
The album received a mixed critical reaction at first, but it gained acclaim in subsequent years and has a [[wikipedia:cult following|cult following]]. The songs "Counting Out Time" and "[[wikipedia:The Carpet Crawlers|The Carpet Crawlers]]" were released as singles in the UK in 1974 and 1975, respectively; both failed to chart. A single of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" was released in the US. Genesis promoted the album with their [[wikipedia:The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour|1974–75 tour]] across North America and Europe, playing the album in its entirety. The album reached Gold certification in the UK and the US. The album was remastered in 1994 and 2007, the latter as part of the ''[[wikipedia:Genesis 1970–1975|Genesis 1970–1975]]'' box set which contains a [[wikipedia:5.1 surround sound|5.1 surround sound]] mix and bonus material. | The album received a mixed critical reaction at first, but it gained acclaim in subsequent years and has a [[wikipedia:cult following|cult following]]. The songs "Counting Out Time" and "[[wikipedia:The Carpet Crawlers|The Carpet Crawlers]]" were released as singles in the UK in 1974 and 1975, respectively; both failed to chart. A single of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" was released in the US. Genesis promoted the album with their [[wikipedia:The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour|1974–75 tour]] across North America and Europe, playing the album in its entirety. The album reached Gold certification in the UK and the US. The album was remastered in 1994 and 2007, the latter as part of the ''[[wikipedia:Genesis 1970–1975|Genesis 1970–1975]]'' box set which contains a [[wikipedia:5.1 surround sound|5.1 surround sound]] mix and bonus material. | ||