Cheeky Genesis?

HackettFan wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: Maybe June is the start of the Summer season - why would there be a snowflake in Summer, and why is it evil ?? Surely Banks wouldn't be sitting there, pen in hand, thinking "now how can I word sexual references subliminally??" C'mon, these comparisons are really preposterous. Before I went into linguistics I got my Bachelor's in Fine Arts. It was actually a common practice for artists to intentionally incorporate phallic symbols into artwork precisely because of prior far-fetched analyses. It was quite a conscious effort and a little joke on those who want to read an artist's subconscious. I could see Banks being of a mind to intentionally burying sexual references. Whether he actually did here... And whether it was done through the whole album... Well, it seems far-fetched to me too.

References? Sure. A concept album about virginity? Well...

Polymorphia wrote: HackettFan wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: Maybe June is the start of the Summer season - why would there be a snowflake in Summer, and why is it evil ?? Surely Banks wouldn't be sitting there, pen in hand, thinking "now how can I word sexual references subliminally??" C'mon, these comparisons are really preposterous. Before I went into linguistics I got my Bachelor's in Fine Arts. It was actually a common practice for artists to intentionally incorporate phallic symbols into artwork precisely because of prior far-fetched analyses. It was quite a conscious effort and a little joke on those who want to read an artist's subconscious. I could see Banks being of a mind to intentionally burying sexual references. Whether he actually did here... And whether it was done through the whole album... Well, it seems far-fetched to me too. References? Sure. A concept album about virginity? Well...

This thread is hilarious! I understand now that I’ve been misinterpreting the lyrics all the time. I thought Dance … was about carreering, Mad … was about how you always feel that what you don’t have is better than what you have, and that Ripples was about aging (btw, "The face that launched a thousand ships" is a famous quote by Christopher Marlowe, and it refers to Helen of Troy: "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium.").

I don’t think Robbery … is more than an attempt to write a witty Gabrielesque song in the vein of The Battle of Epping Forest. They even have a musical quote from Battle … : The lines

Amidst the battle roar, accountants keep the score

and

He's leaving via the roof, the b*****d’s got away

have the same melody.

But by all means, go on and find more sexual imagery. It’s good fun.

dr wu23 wrote: A Trick Of The Tail all about 'masturbation'.....who would have thought ? I can't wait to hear what Wind And Wuthering is all about. Frankly I never really cared much for Collin's lyrics or whoever wrote them post Gabriel...and after Wind I stopped buying Genesis albums anyway. A just for fun thread indeed.

That’s easy. It’s about farting:

Whose seen the wind not you or I,
But when the ship moves she's passing by.

All in a mouses night is about a man going out for sex with a lady of the night but he ejaculates during oral sex. 'Mouse' and 'cat' are euphemisms. 

Edited by Matthew _Gill - June 01 2014 at 13:39

Genesis not me, the Musical Box tackles Paedophilia. 

The Lamia is one of the most sexual songs I've ever listened to, it symbolises a very sensual orgy. 

Edited by Matthew _Gill - June 01 2014 at 14:39

Moogtron III wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: I agree with the Belgian moog, so I moved this to just for fun:-) Yeah, Freudian slumbers shouldn't be taken too seriously. Often they're empty of sound.

Yep, I don't think there's any doubt about the Lamb. And I think it was all quite intentional on the part of Gabriel.

The Fountain Of Salmacis is a good one to analyse.....