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My prog hero is Helmut Koellen. Now, he is dead, but if he were alive, i would ask him-"What is your favorite music to listen to, which does the most for you and that you find the most inspiring?"
Good one. He would probably awnser: Seven from Bach.
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Posted: November 15 2011 at 13:05
My prog hero is Helmut Koellen. Now, he is dead, but if he were alive, i would ask him-"What is your favorite music to listen to, which does the most for you and that you find the most inspiring?"
Yeah, he even qoutes Genesis (with a twist, of course):
Turn fast – turn sour Turn sweat – turn sour
(And they had a song called "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet" – that’s pretty elegant!)
Yeah! I, fortunatally, had the chance to watch The Lambr... performed by the canadian Genesis tribute band The Musical Box. The guys are really good, if they go to Rhodes, you shouldnt miss the gig. They got the original costumes from the band, the illumination, everything is exactly like the originals concerts - even the slides projected!
I have also read that Gabriel has said that The Lamb … was inspired by John Bunyan’s ThePilgrim’s Progress. Still, since I have read both books, I feel that The Lamb … is much more like Divina Commedia, and maybe Gabriel wanted to hide it (that is, leave it open to the listener/reader). Personally I think The Lamb … is much more interesting and intriguing than The Pilgrim … However, if I compare Gabriel’s work to Dante’s, I would probably give the Italian poet the first prize (though Gabriel’s postmodern, semi-derridadaistic libretto deserves much more praise than it gets).
Thats for sure. I think people, generally, don´t realize how great the The Lamb... concept is. I mean, you can read it but still you won´t get all the references there...
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Posted: October 24 2011 at 13:35
I have also read that Gabriel has said that The Lamb … was inspired by John Bunyan’s ThePilgrim’s Progress. Still, since I have read both books, I feel that The Lamb … is much more like Divina Commedia, and maybe Gabriel wanted to hide it (that is, leave it open to the listener/reader). Personally I think The Lamb … is much more interesting and intriguing than The Pilgrim … However, if I compare Gabriel’s work to Dante’s, I would probably give the Italian poet the first prize (though Gabriel’s postmodern, semi-derridadaistic libretto deserves much more praise than it gets).
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
I would ask Peter Hammill about the possible connection between The K Group and Franz Kafka (because I’ve read interviews where Kafka isn’t even mentioned, and I’m sure that Hammill has read Kafka’s novels). I would also ask him about A Grounding in Numbers: The songs Mathematics and 5533 seem to rule each other out. Is that deliberate or coincidental? (I guess the first.)
If I met Peter Gabriel, I would ask him if he ever thought about Dante’s Divina Commedia while he wrote the lyrics to The Lamb …
Hum, i heard The Lamb... was more influenced by The Pilgrim´s Progress, a Christian allegory. But sometimes The Lamb... is so cryptic that you can found references from manny stories (and facts). So, id like to ask him too about what his spiritual experiences at the time had to do with the album concept.
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