Jimmy Higgins
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Well, I wanted to do an expanded review of prog in the 70s comparing the top acts, their time lines, who was ahead, the best, etc... but I realized I don't know enough about prog to even go there. So that won't be happening. But as I listen to Genesis more, dipping more in Selling England By The Pound, I found it somewhat interesting regarding The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
As I've noted in the past, I can't make out lyrics well. So I stumble along often. But I was thinking about the album and pondering that Rael and Brother John must be the same people, and Rael is just seeing his own conflicted self (which umm... the album cover is screaming!). He seeks Brother John's help, but isn't getting it... because Rael himself is seeking help from a symbol of his own denial. I thought this was more subtle, until I was reading online about how the end of the album almost explicitly says this.
Then when just hearing the end of In The Rapids recently, ah... that's what he said, "That's not your face, that's mine. WTF?! It's mine!" (I'm paraphrasing a little) I felt like one would when smugly (and correctly) guessing the Final Jeopardy question until realizing it was the Teenage Tournament. I solved the riddle that gave itself away already.
I'm not certain why Gabriel would give this away. Maybe he had run out of metaphors, having used roughly a zillion in the album. Obviously for Rael to epiphany up, you need to know he epiphanied up. How can you do that without tipping the hand on Brother John? It'd be difficult for it to be artistic.
As I've noted in the past, I can't make out lyrics well. So I stumble along often. But I was thinking about the album and pondering that Rael and Brother John must be the same people, and Rael is just seeing his own conflicted self (which umm... the album cover is screaming!). He seeks Brother John's help, but isn't getting it... because Rael himself is seeking help from a symbol of his own denial. I thought this was more subtle, until I was reading online about how the end of the album almost explicitly says this.
Then when just hearing the end of In The Rapids recently, ah... that's what he said, "That's not your face, that's mine. WTF?! It's mine!" (I'm paraphrasing a little) I felt like one would when smugly (and correctly) guessing the Final Jeopardy question until realizing it was the Teenage Tournament. I solved the riddle that gave itself away already.
I'm not certain why Gabriel would give this away. Maybe he had run out of metaphors, having used roughly a zillion in the album. Obviously for Rael to epiphany up, you need to know he epiphanied up. How can you do that without tipping the hand on Brother John? It'd be difficult for it to be artistic.