Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 06:29 | |
Bozo wrote: Probably, like Supper's Ready, this is about the Book of Revelations: Jesus coming again (at least that's how I understand it) Boy_Wonder wrote:Ok all you smart folks out there.... what is he singing about!! Answers on a postcard please... just don't send them to me!
The path is clear
Though no eyes can see
The course laid down long before.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.
He rides majestic
Past homes of men
Who care not or gaze with joy,
To see reflected there
The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The scene of death is lying just below.
The mountain cuts off the town from view,
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Let it be revealed.
A waterfall, his madrigal.
An inland sea, his symphony.
Undinal songs
Urge the sailors on
Till lured by the sirens' cry.
Now as the river dissolves in sea,
So Neptune has claimed another soul.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.
The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change
|
|
Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 06:27 | |
Boy_Wonder wrote:Ok all you smart folks out there.... what is he singing about!! Answers on a postcard please... just don't send them to me!
The path is clear
Though no eyes can see
The course laid down long before.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.
He rides majestic
Past homes of men
Who care not or gaze with joy,
To see reflected there
The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The scene of death is lying just below.
The mountain cuts off the town from view,
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Let it be revealed.
A waterfall, his madrigal.
An inland sea, his symphony.
Undinal songs
Urge the sailors on
Till lured by the sirens' cry.
Now as the river dissolves in sea,
So Neptune has claimed another soul.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.
The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change
|
|
ddog
(Midwest USA) | | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 06:25 | |
Boy_Wonder wrote:Ok all you smart folks out there.... what is he singing about!! Answers on a postcard please... just don't send them to me!
The path is clear
Though no eyes can see
The course laid down long before.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.
He rides majestic
Past homes of men
Who care not or gaze with joy,
To see reflected there
The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The scene of death is lying just below.
The mountain cuts off the town from view,
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Let it be revealed.
A waterfall, his madrigal.
An inland sea, his symphony.
Undinal songs
Urge the sailors on
Till lured by the sirens' cry.
Now as the river dissolves in sea,
So Neptune has claimed another soul.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.
The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change
When you're talking Peter Gabriel, there's clearly no way of knowing!  |
|
ddog
(Midwest USA) | | Posted: May 06, 2013 - 06:13 | |
|
Stingray
| | Posted: Apr 05, 2013 - 02:34 | |
Exellent song and possibly their best album!
|
|
Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:10 | |
Ok all you smart folks out there.... what is he singing about!! Answers on a postcard please... just don't send them to me!
The path is clear
Though no eyes can see
The course laid down long before.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Though many times they've seen the way to leave.
He rides majestic
Past homes of men
Who care not or gaze with joy,
To see reflected there
The trees, the sky, the lily fair,
The scene of death is lying just below.
The mountain cuts off the town from view,
Like a cancer growth is removed by skill.
Let it be revealed.
A waterfall, his madrigal.
An inland sea, his symphony.
Undinal songs
Urge the sailors on
Till lured by the sirens' cry.
Now as the river dissolves in sea,
So Neptune has claimed another soul.
And so with gods and men
The sheeps remain inside their pen,
Until the Shepherd leads his flock away.
The sands of time were eroded by
The river of constant change
|
|
Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:07 | |
And after PSD because of Porcupine Tree.... it's reverted back to Genesis who are still going!! Leave it off, boys!
|
|
dig
| | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:06 | |
Sweet. A Genesis song I like. |
|
Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:05 | |
Sorry but have never got into Genesis - too many early 70's teenage memories...various sweaty hormonal young men/boys packed into someone's bed room with a party-7 can of beer (those were the days) and the odd woodbine - playing interminal noodling by hairy hippies - reminds me why I fell in love with Raw Power rather than Genesis, Yes and their like. Me, I'm just a lawnmower... WTF was that about!
And this is now followed by Porcupine Tree,,, god help us all!!
|
|
ottojschlosser
(Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name)) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:05 | |
The thing about progressive rock is that the music is unabashedly excessive about what it is doing, so if you like it (as I do) it's glorious, and if you don't, it's hellish.
|
|
paultron
(Reno NV) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 15:04 | |
dwlangham wrote:This must be how Pink Floyd haters feel when forced to listen to Meddle.  |
|
dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 07:18 | |
This must be how Pink Floyd haters feel when forced to listen to Meddle.
|
|
xtalman
(What dimension?) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 07:16 | |
jazzface78 wrote:lots of Yes in there...lots of Yes. but which came first? Huh? Not even close. |
|
Ken_wallis
| | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 18:45 | |
|
Ken_wallis
| | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:33 | |
One of the all time classic guitar pieces of the late 20th century.
|
|
milaremi
(Land of Enchantment) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:33 | |
For some reason, this Firth (river) never runs dry for me! From when I first heard it back in the early 70's until now, 5 man Genesis was glorious. Thanks for keeping it in the rotation RP!
|
|
iTuner
| | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:30 | |
PopKombo wrote:Haven't heard this is years. I forgot what amazing music is. Thanks, RP Is it because this song has gone on so long that you forgot?  |
|
PopKombo
(Up Against the San Gabriels) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:28 | |
Haven't heard this is years. I forgot what amazing music it is. Thanks, RP
|
|
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:28 | |
|
donnyballgame
(41*53'36.29N 87*38'20.43W) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:28 | |
iTuner wrote:Entertaining for the first 20 minutes, but the last 45 just seem to go on and on. I was going to give it a 7, 15 minutes ago. Down to a 5 now. Great musicianship, but a little self-indulgent. It seems Phish may have had this album as teenagers. |
|
jazzface78
(you're gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to, NY) | | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:27 | |
lots of Yes in there...lots of Yes. but which came first? |
|
iTuner
| | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 14:26 | |
Entertaining for the first 20 minutes, but the last 45 just seem to go on and on.
|
|
Nurs
| | Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 07:06 | |
|
Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land) | | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 06:10 | |
I was priveleged to see them on the "Selling England by the Pound" tour as well as "Lamb Lies Down". Truly great experiences: this was one very talented band: a pleasure to see musicians embracing their craft.
|
|
Propayne
(Richmond VA) | | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 06:00 | |
|
peregrin8
(I'm Swiss, not to be confused with coming from Sweden...) | | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 05:56 | |
d48m02h1918 wrote:Just breathtaking......what an amazing transition from a classical sound to the sounds of pounding drums and dominating organ !! Indeed! |
|
colt4x5
(scree field.) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 20:11 | |
Really, I do like some early Genesis. But this song just makes me think of Renaissance, and other similarly overwrought mood-ring bands. Ugh.
|
|
spiritfla
(Land O Lakes, FL (I still miss Austin)) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2012 - 20:03 | |
MiracleDrug wrote:
agree 100% with this analysis...
well said! |
|
Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 09:48 | |
TuneAgeWhereWoof wrote:Or we could say: Music for highly-intelligent cultured people older than the current lost in angst generation. Hmmm which is accurate? Or we could say: Music for highly-intelligent, cultured people, older than the current lost-in-angst generation. Hmmm, which is accurate? When making such a lofty assertion, one should be judicious with grammar and punctuation; otherwise, the "highly-intelligent" claim loses credibility. |
|
fortheloveofpete
| | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 09:47 | |
|
Share this song
Tweet this song
