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    Posted: July 29 2023 at 20:18
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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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.
Just an opinion of course. :)
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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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The Lamia.

The imagery in that song is terrifying. I love it. :)
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

What? Nobody picked Who Dunnit?

I do. It is the only Genesis song of which I know the lyrics by heart. I love it!

The razamataz is a pain in the bum
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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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My first temptation would be to answer After The Ordeal and Los Endos. Clown

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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The lyrics to "The Carpet Crawlers" always moved me.
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

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. 

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....

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Get Em Out By Friday, Undertow, Heathaze, Harold the Barrel

They have tons of good lyrics.  
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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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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:


I want a drink to take all the dust and dirt from my throat


This line has always stuck out to me too. And I love the emotion he sings it with.
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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:


It is my sad duty to inform you of a four foot restriction of humanoid height....

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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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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Genesis' Heathaze, especially the part that starts with "Beware the fisherman..."
"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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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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What? Nobody picked Who Dunnit?
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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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Supper’s Ready
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Originally posted by A Bard A Bard wrote:


I never tried to picture The Battle of Epping forest. I couldn't get plot of it. I know its a gang war that takes in epping forest    
 
Well that's pretty much it.
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