Genesis Fly On A Windshield

[herpen96]

Paid for a remastered edition, where this song was cut down to a short instrumental...tossed it in the garbage. Kissed the $16 up to heaven, can't mess with the original like that!

[MrSecretworld1]

Timless album Genesis at there best , !

[roccotool]

People can relate to each track on the album. And for good live versions of certain songs, check out Steve Hackett's renditions.

[ralucagymnast]

Why the hell would anyone dislike this, let alone three people?????Obviously deaf and frustrated.

[NiteSprite76]

@ralucagymnast - my thoughts exactly!

[NUGENTKING]

Can you imagine not knowing this album?

[ProgressiveMachinery]

I was introduced to this when I was only 12...glad my brother exposed me to good music...this is EPIC! Gabriel is a genius!

Great post!

[prog4evr]

"...and I am hovering like a fly - waiting for the windshield on the freeway..." - what a rush!!

[bolton0001]

manchester apollo what a night if only i could travel back in time gabriel the master never the same when he left

[NUGENTKING]

Far and away the greatest double album of all time; musically, lyrically, emotionally it is peerless and the benchmark for that greatly overused word 'genius'. Even God listens to it.

[CoreaKixx420]

@NUGENTKING I must concur with your observation my friend!! I was introduced to "the lamb" in '79...five years after it was released; and throughout the past 33 years, it has remained my favorite album of all time as well. Take care & happy listening!!! from Tim in Ontario, Canada.

[TheOneEyedHound]

So... you know those kinds of songs that you just can't listen to unless you're either drunk or high?

...

This isn't one of them.

[koro901001]

2:45 ... it's Led's Kashmir.

The Lamb 1974

Phiysical Graffiti 1975

[jcast18k]

@koro901001 no way

[koro901001]

@jcast18k no ? Listen to the riff !

[jcast18k]

@koro901001 I don't see any conection between these 2 songs, but its ok, I've seen many comments on this video saying that this souds like Kashmir xD

[roccotool]

@koro901001 Both bands made albums in the same house.

[koro901001]

@roccotool Same House ? I don't understand....

[therehastobeme]

One Of The Best Double Concept Albums Ever Made

[clyde8her]

The reference to Caryl Chessman, who died in the gas chamber at San Quentin in 1960, is errie to say the least. A last minute stay of execution phone call was dialed to the wrong number and Chessman died as the chamber was already filled with gas. Haunting.....

[kipp0man]

@clyde8her I didn't know that Clyde - nice background info, makes sense now - The Cheerleader waves her cyanide wand, there's a smell of peach blossom & bitter almond - Cyanide gas, which presumably was used, is said to smell of almonds !

Everyday's a school day - LOL - thx .

[clyde8her]

@kipp0man Interesting....now I'm back at school....the lyrics of this song blow my mind.

[ralucagymnast]

Arent enough superlatives to describe this.

[davidvollmar]

AWESOME ALWAYS

[donnahlogerot]

1 man, so many voices.......:-)

[1280ardd]

Kramers coffee table book of coffee tables gave me the idea for a coffee table book on the history of the mellotron in rock music. Probably not a great seller, but I'd buy it. Keep it in the bathroom. Open it to any page at any time and be taken away to tha magic land of the mellotron.

[1280ardd]

Not to mention the mellotron. Synths just don't do it justice. Banks was a master of the most underrated instrument in the history of rock. He makes it float,key to key,note to note. It has a haunting sound like some sort of orchestra of ghosts.

[1280ardd]

Memorizing the lyrics for singing along is as good as doing crosswords for this 51 year old and they're so damn good!!!

[kyucka]

hope not..good luck kids

[mediascribble]

this was genius time for Genesis. Won't ever be duplicated. Gabriel was awesome along with the rest. Magic.

[Carlospm93]

Wish i was born in the 60's or 50's to enjoy the 70's

[theendlessenigma]

2 dipwad tone deaf Bieber/Gaga fans chimed in I see.

[marticus9]

Zeppelinesque

[WingNutLCC]

theres only one genesis no one can truly copy them wow!

[projotech]

best prog rock album of all time. period. the soundtrack of my life.

[T0X1CSPIKES]

@projotech so you travel underground, have group sex with snake women and then eat them, chop your dick off, and then find yourself in the end every day of your life?

[ponanaful]

@projotech para mi el mejor progresivo se llama YES

[bcbest]

@projotech ...and director William Freidkin came that close to making a movie of this soundtrack back in the day...can you imagine?

[Sanguo3]

@bcbest woulda bin better than quadrophania

[einatmaler]

@projotech

agree

[SkewerLad]

Wow. And you can really feel the tension leading up to that HIT on the windscreen

[roccotool]

When you put Genesis,with Eno, you know a masterpiece will result. All the music was finished before Gabriel had the lyrics ready. The rest of the band gave the song a tentative title of "Down the Nile".

It shows Gabriel at the height of his imagination in that group.. before he left the band.

When things don't seem quite right in my life, when things just don't seem to add up, I play this song.

[moheeshe]

what a classic, the music of yesterday has got to be some of the best ever.

[CoreaKixx420]

Still to this day, my favorite lp. Stunning in it's visual presentation. Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, and The Wall would have to follow it. Then again we could probably throw Selling England by the Pound in there too. I've got to get another beer, and possibly a hook(puff) and no doubt my favorite album will alter once again. Good Lord, there were so many great albums to experience in the '70's. Thanx for the terrific post!!!!!!!!!!!

[joverboss]

after 2:45 is actually Broadway Melody of 1974

[10squonk]

The song that got me into The lamb...athmosphere that really puts you into Time Square in late afternoon with a dark cloud descending...Man, I'm such a geek!...

[corum428]

Hackett's guitar is just other worldly and so majestic. No wonder why they turned to much simpler poppy music after his departure in 1977.

[jhillst]

I'm willing to bet Radiohead was influenced by this song.

[JamesCharles1971]

no, the music adds to the drugs.... anyone who says different is lying....alchohol is a drug btw.

[JamesCharles1971]

no, the music adds to the drugs.... anyone who says different is lying....

[starless64]

che pezzo.............

[Pookatube]

Needles= Heroin needles to shoot.

Pins= Cutting, mutilate

[chaletbelnet]

orsom

[waveoflight]

@chaletbelnet

Mork Calling Orsom

[TheOneEyedHound]

You know, this is possibly one of my favorite songs played live. (: The first time I heard this, it was live.

And although I stand in shock as this song plays, I still feel like I like it better live. Possibly it was just seeing Rael. (:<

[shackle5]

the synth sounds are out of this world!

[howwdoyousleep]

@shackle5

Ohhhh yes.

[BoBodahKLOwN]

delete smalll on thr winshield!!

[dreamoperator303]

Wonderful song, wonderful album. Recorded the year before Zep's Physical Graffiti was, I'd like to add. :)

[1961vampire]

One sad troll has passed here, and he or she left his or her footprint. How dare someone dislike this beautiful melody. The Lamd Lies Down on Broadway is a masterpiece.

[ayews]

@1961vampire speakers must have broken

[ottoramsaig]

Greatest album ever recorded

[aga3736]

if you don't goose bumps at 1:17 or after 2:43, you are not human ...

[mypalchester]

@aga3736 I get goose bumps between 1:17 and 2: 43 !

[messvideos1]

one of the best from album, simply great

[dwc311]

Winstons ewwwww

[aftereight01]

1:17-2:44 Collins effects many rhthmic nuancesthat create this driving hypnotic pulse. That piece of drumwork is masterful. I play that section over and over sometimes because of the variations in the drum rhythms that add a sense of purpose beneath the eerie melody looming above it. That is real ensemble playing.

[dwc311]

@aftereight01 ya man collins is a beast i dont care what anybody says....hah

[GunBroker100]

@dwc311 When this album was produced, Peter Gabriel, not Collins was the front man, Lead Singer & driving force of the band. However, Phil Collins is arguably one of the worlds premier percussionists. The band has changed personnel a few times over the span of it's career, Collins replace Gabriel as front man and lead singer after lengthy search for a replacement, with no one making the grade, as it were. I actually prefer the music with Gabriel as front man. But, later works were good, too.

[dwc311]

@GunBroker100 Ya i prefer Gabriel too, most people do. My favorite from the Gabriel era is definatly Selling England by the Pound but Suppers Ready is probably the most epic song ive ever heard. There are not many well known dummers that can sing and play drums like Collins except for Roger Taylor from Queen and some other people i dont know. Lol I really like the entire invisible touch album i know most people dont. Trick of the Tails most like the Gabriel era thats a good 1 too.

[teddingtontcu]

My own little story is simple..............the overarching brilliance of this album was lost on me when it came out, aged 14 I expected more of Selling England. It was many years later that I took the whole thing onboard. After this album Genesis were lost. The pinnacle.

[bcbest]

@teddingtontcu This is indeed a brilliant album and probably my favourite from the band. I believe Genesis continued to put out superb albums after Gabriel's departure and this despite the music becoming less progressive rock as the years went on. Trick of the Tail at the time, outsold all of their previous albums combined, but I often wonder how it would have sounded with Peter still on board. You cannot take away from Hackett his contributions to the music up until his departure after 1977.

[MCristina999]

Mr. Hackett - THE BEST!!!! Great music and Gabriel´s voice is perfect!

[JackBlair2]

It's all those Banks chords...

[davidvollmar]

Gabriel and the band were at the top - bringing "the concept" album to a new level...

[bll758]

This, to me, completely BURIES "When The Levee Breaks"...

[ombelicodivenere]

@bll758 If this buries "When The Levee Breaks" Led Zeppelin started their career in 1976.

[bll758]

@ombelicodivenere You obviously didn't make it all the way to 1:15...listen all the way through and have your mind blown...

[ombelicodivenere]

@bll758 when I was younger I listened to Led Zeppelin and they were my favourite band, Genesis too were one of my favourites, so I know the argument. I can say Led Zeppelin ripped many songs from blues artists, and When The Levee Breaks has the form of a blues song. This, elsewhere, except for the initial two mellotron chords has nothing to do with blues. Just listen to the whole atmosphere Tony Banks creates, do not think about rips off when you're listening to Genesis.

[Caiosama205]

@bll758 In the interview of the DVD version of ¨The Lamb¨, Phil quoted ¨When The Levee Breaks¨ as an influence in the album

[SirBuymoore]

1:17 i felt a lighting traveling along my spine. it lasted for about a hundred years.

[barrybackhome]

psychedelik

[fredrums1952]

I being I guess was one of the lucky ones w/ my friend Mike J. that got to see Genesis play this whole album, after the concert I had a different feeling in my body I never felt before (I was only a pot smoker at that time and stayed that way till 2001 and then I began w/ the lung disease C.O.P.D. which then I had to quit smoking). I was very sadden later on that Peter left the band and Genesis was never that Genesis again

[lungsounds1]

where is Barbara?.... from 1978

[slipperman87]

BEST ALBUM EVER!!!

[andrewzeegers]

I find, the whole album is a monument, it is a story that equals the Odessy.... timeless...

[LiquidLen333]

"And as the song and dance begins, the children play at home with needles . . . needles and pins"

The delivery of that vocal is one of my all time favorites in ANY song.

SOLID.

[Progrose]

Simply put, this song is a CLASSIC! What's left to say???

[Mr10000000Volt]

furz komm raus

du bist umzingelt

[coxdrummer]

Nothing, absolutely nothing in the history of music beats this piece.......

[sungretsch]

This is, for me, one of the best solo's of all time. Magic.

[rameez12345678910]

if there is any album that deserves to have a book written or a movie made about, it's this one.

[Madman007]

Big Classic Genesis fan. Always loved this song from The Lamb. I was listening to this album in the late 80's of my HS years while my friends were still on Bon Jovi and Whitesnake. I am so glad that I wasn't alone in appreciating this band's genius. All members are great, but IMO, Tony was always the heart of Genesis!

[SaneRogue]

please tell me who disliked this so i can track him down and beat the shit out of him cuz thats just not right

[turboslag]

@SaneRogue

Don't stress, that'll be the guy that trawls all the vids on YT looking for the ones with zero dislikes so he can feel the deep satisfaction of disliking it !! Sad, very sad !

[Possesssed666]

Mindblowing. This whole album is just mindblowing.

[prinoski]

This song was written the year before Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" .... I hear a strong resemblance to that song.

[bwc3821]

@prinoski As great as Zeppelin was, they were notorious for ripping off other artists.

[Hawkeye156]

This was the first time I listened to this song. Found my way here from Jeff Buckley's Back in NYC cover. I thought this song was pretty incredible.

[TheInternetTroll100]

one person is an idiot

[farscapeone]

when I first heard this i shit my pants.. I haven't changed them since.. its made a crust I can not remove....

[bwc3821]

@farscapeone Jeez, so you shit your pants EVERY time you hear this song?

.....me too

[chasedspleen]

My God!!!!! I'd forgotten how brilliant this is. How come there's only 22,000, not 2,000,000 views?

[chasedspleen]

My God!!!!! I'd forgotten how brilliant this is. How come thers's on;y 22,00, not 2,000,000 views?

[ombelicodivenere]

This song is the reason why I smoke Winston cigarettes :)

[adamtzsch]

fucking seminal. excuse my language. it's English. i know you will.

[funkster007]

I haven't listened to this album in years. I forgot how intense this damn song is.

[OfekTheQueenFan2]

Truly amazing song! The complex lyrics and the atmosphere are breath-taking!

I have one question: Why does the part from 2:45 until the end seem to be included on both Fly on a Windshield and Broadway Melody of 1974? If anyone knows, please reply. Thanks

[murcuryvapor]

There's Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes,

Smiling at the majorettes smoking Winston Cigarettes.

And as the song and dance begins,

The children play at home with needles; needles and pins.

[murcuryvapor]

Sirens on the rooftops wailing, but theres no ship sailing.

Groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline failing.

Klu Klux Klan serve hot soul food and the band plays In the Mood

The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand,

There's a smell of peach blossom and bitter almonde.

Caryl Chessman sniffs the air and leads the parade, he knows in a scent,

You can bottle all you made.

[adamtzsch]

@murcuryvapor Ku

[adamtzsch]

@murcuryvapor One thing I've never understood is, with a scent, you CAN'T bottle all you made. Was Peter having me on, all this time?

[murcuryvapor]

@adamtzsch It's poetry-only PG knows.

[murcuryvapor]

@adamtzsch If you listen to the previous couplet, Chessman is responding to peach blossoms and cyanide-but the theme is generally counter to each celebrity's character make-up. Lenny Bruce died fighting against obscenity charges; Marshall McLuhan was an astute media theorist; so Chessman leading the parade means...(in addition to the other wordplay)?

[adamtzsch]

@murcuryvapor I was joking, but thanks for the lecture.

[murcuryvapor]

Echoes of the Broadway Everglades,

With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades:

Lenny Bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand.

Marshall McLuhan, casual viewin, head buried in the sand.

[TheSeptemberRose]

This has always been my Number 1 favorite Genesis album!

[streetspiritlive]

surely...

a mosquito

breakin out of the pool...

hits the air

n something else

like this!  ; )

[donkeykong502]

btw this video actually includes "Fly on a Windshield" and "Broadway Melody of 1974" which beings around 2:44

[aftereight01]

As the song and dance begins, the children play at home with needles...needles and pins. Interesting.

[BludLuss]

Someone had the same album up and it got took down due to copy right reasons i hope they dont take this one down.Amazing album one of my favorite prog bands.

[maddogj7]

and im hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield of a [ plane ] and the wall of death NY-C ,the twin towers of death NY-C ,and the dust covers my skin , see the news of the real event as the dust covers the people. sirens on the rooftops wailling , in a sent you can bottle all you want . that bloke that had his member removed by his lass was what i remember coz his name was JOHN . jj7

[bigwo56]

@maddogj7 yeah! I thought that I was the only one who saw the parallel between this song and 9/11! Well said John!!

[murcuryvapor]

@maddogj7 'in a scent , you can bottle all you've made'

[murcuryvapor]

@murcuryvapor which sounds like a wordplay: "in a scent"="innocent"-Chessman tried to appeal his execution.'Scent' could also mean gas-he was put to death in the gas chamber.

[adamtzsch]

@murcuryvapor Really?

Innocent?

"You've"?

[maddogj7]

and im hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield of a [ plane ] and the wall of death Ny-C ,the twin towers of death NY-C ,and the dust covers my skin , see the news of the real event as the dust covers the people. sirens on the rooftops wailling , in a sent you can bottle all you want . that bloke that had his member removed by his lass was what i remember coz his name was JOHN . jj7

[Progrose]

What a song! What an amazing album. Gabriel era Genesis is my favorite but I love mostly all of Genesis. No need to divide ourselves into seperate----divided----units. Be thankful that we experienced this great music. Every member of Genesis was/is special.

[not3bad13]

@Progrose Every member of Genesis was/is special, but I think the first solo album I'll buy is the one by Steve Hackett.

[BokjeDeGeus]

@not3bad13 Good choice !

[bananvanji]

nice Drumming Phil ;-)

[Jellybeantiger]

My fav album of all time.

Incredible music!!!!!!!

[laudemirogordiano]

Genesis is the best !!! I can fly away when listening them...!!!

[SIXXTUBE10]

What a piece of work, this song makes you think so deeply. Keep smoking Winston cigarrettes Mr Hughes

[dillinjaesc]

Genius album

[clyde8her]

If this song does not make the hair on your neck stand up, I have no cure for you...

[mikekalUK]

@clyde8her Except a hair transplant perhaps?

[clyde8her]

@mikekalUK Roger on the hair transplant ! Great song though, huh? The Lamb is a work extrordinare in the world of music, not just rock or whatever everyone calls it.

[acca2esse]

@clyde8her it is true...

[clyde8her]

@acca2esse Glad to see someone elses nerve-endings are working...I sure wish I could have seen this live...was in the Air Force and dirt poor at the time...

[These4walls05]

@clyde8her Yes, it makes me do that too.

[LadyHae]

Yeah! Go get 'em Peter! <3

[txeire]

what a great song

[driftingtrucker]

It's like taking a trip without leaving the barn

[hinault1985]

@driftingtrucker What does that mean? Cool song isn't it.

[rowdymax1]

"There's something solid forming in the air...and the wall of death is lowered in Times Square..." chilling, haunting music by one of the most celebrated of all prog-rock bands..Phil collins absolutely sounds like he's going to punch a hole straight thru his Ludwig drums and Zildjan crash cymbals. "The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand, there's a smell of peach blossom and bitter almond"...indeed.

[maida1982a]

the creative level and musicianship on this album are unparalleled

[Jhensy2012]

At their most intense. It's hard to recall now but way back when Genesis was kind of a sinister band.

[racookster]

@Jhensy2012 I'm not sure they ever stopped being kind of sinister. "Mama" and "In the Air Tonight" were pretty damned sinister, but both were released after Genesis supposedly got "cheesy."

They never did. People who accuse them of that must've not kept listening to their albums. I can only suppose they made that judgment based on what was played (and overplayed) on the radio and MTV.

[daftvader75]

@racookster dead right.

[Chrisbajs]

Just a little pedantic comment:

Why is it "And as the song and dance beginS..." with an S at the end of it? English is not my native language, but shouldn't it be "begiN"?

[papalazerus22]

@Chrisbajs only because it rhymes with pins !!! it would not work as a lyric ... otherwise xxxx

[racookster]

@Chrisbajs To be equally pedantic (and this might be useful information for someone whose native language isn't English) "begins" would be correct if you take "song and dance" as a singular unit. In idiomatic usage, it is, as in "the whole song and dance." If you didn't know the idiom, that could be confusing.

[aftereight01]

@Chrisbajs You are right, if you substitute song and dance for it as in one event, then you have to say begins. If you mean song and dance as two separate events you have to say begin( as in they begin.)

[mellotrongirl]

Interesting a British band says "windshield" instead of the usual "windscreen"...

[johnnydelbravo]

@mellotrongirl This is a story about a Puerto Rican kid in New York City. Gabriel is just doing his homework.

[papalazerus22]

@mellotrongirl i guess its because its set in new york ... not england ...... one of the best albums ever written .. in my opionion ....

[Amebixfan]

@mellotrongirl This album is 100 percent American. Much like Selling England is 100 percent English.

[klarahajok]

Oder: Ist das nicht exakt das, was jeder "Krone der Schöpfung" irgendwann einmal passierten MUSS ?

Klatscht einfach unverhofft an die Windschutzscheibe der Evolution.....

Geniales Stück, regte schon 26 Jahren meine Jugendphantasie an, somit: thanks to Peter

[TheExeter]

This is the part of the story where Raoul sits on the streets of Times Square and does a shot of junk in his arm, then after the word freeway the buzz kicks in as does the music.

Genius.

Drugs are bad.

[aftereight01]

@TheExeter The musical expression of the drug's effects is better than being on drugs.

[UniversityOFIlly]

@aftereight01 what no its not lol