Genesis - Carpet Crawler

[84hendrixnirvana]

this song is trippy!

[svagrod]

Whenever I hear this song,It's like listening to it for the very first time.Brings back so many memories of growing up,good and bad.

[MrSecretworld1]

so so good, one of there best lyrics wonderful

[CatterpillerStoner]

This is horrible, boring and very forgettable. Being that they influenced progressive metal I thought they would be worth listening to. Thinking was my mistake.

[MangoPudding21]

@CatterpillerStoner they were different even amongst the prog community, but not popular for no reason. as composers they are one in a billion. we do NOT remember Hendrix as the greatest guitarist because he could play best. today one in a thousand could play as well but never get famous. go out there and find 6,300,000 people who can write music this beautiful and unique and are not famous your claim to the superiority of your precious Dream Theater will be vaguely valid.

[CatterpillerStoner]

@MangoPudding21 Not that hard to write music "as beautiful as this". Three chords and a few other notes, then get a guy with a high voice. Bam, got this shit.

[MangoPudding21]

@CatterpillerStoner the chord progression is a pattern E, F#maj7 with an inversion of E, repeated once, then F#maj7, C#, C#min, D, A, E repeated once, then D, Emin repeated three times as verse, then F#min, A, G, A, G, D, C, G, D as a chorus. Last two blocks repeat twice. This is more complex than most classical music, which is mostly arpeggio, and much more than death metal. Even if it wasn't, it sounds better, which is a million time more important than difficulty in case you missed my point.

[CatterpillerStoner]

@MangoPudding21 Ok, I know I was being a dick about the whole "few chords and some notes" and thank you for giving that detailed description to make me realize that. but you have the wrong idea about death metal. Its not about difficulty at all. Its about vulgar and aggressive expression of emotions. I was not in any way comparing this to death metal either, that would be as stupid as making that whole "this sucks" comment. I apologize.

[MangoPudding21]

@CatterpillerStoner Its alright i'm sorry about that too. it's just that I get angry sometimes when people hate on music. I mean I might not agree with some people but at least I have the decency not to go and write shit on it. I didn't mean anything personal and I'm sure all music has its beauty. And you're entitled to your opinion, but there are still those of us out there who like "horrible, boring forgettable" music because we think it sounds good. let's agree to disagree

[StrnFn9099]

@CatterpillerStoner I told you not to be stupid you moron. Thank-you.

[bigredjimmy95]

1 idiot lol

[StrnFn9099]

1967 or so to about 1983 are the years of the greatest music ever created

[bladerunner951]

May be the best Genesis song.

[adamtzsch]

Crawlers

[trashcanalive]

You know when it says "You can skip this ad in 5 seconds"? Don't you think it would be more accurate to say "You WILL skip this ad in 5 seconds"?

[SuperLongbeard]

@trashcanalive Get firefox and addblock plus. You'll never have to skip bull like that again.

[Jorsalfar]

This is one of the best and trippiest albums ever made!

[randomguyh8y]

thumbs up if ur still listening to this in 2012

[prog4evr]

@randomguyh8y You mean, say "DAMN RIGHT" I'm still listening to this classic in 2012!

[84hendrixnirvana]

damn,i love this song!

[j23hein]

you gotta get in to get ouuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttt love this song

[TheCtownbrown16]

Peter Gabriel became Peter Gabriel after this song

[perry4steph]

i remember this from my college days, beautiful, so very beautiful, interpret it as you will...

[perry4steph]

I remember this from college days in 75', beautiful, so very beautiful, interpret it as you will...

[prog4evr]

Quintessential Hackett guitar sustain on the phrase "gotta get in to get out" - classic stuff...

[Someonewholovesmusi1]

Seeing as how the top comments are people who love classic music, there will never be good modern music unless you want to find it. This song will mesh well to jump into the Flaming Lips "Going On" or "Do You Realize" if you want to try something new...

[ma1590]

האלבום הטוב והמרשים והכי נחשב של ג'נסיס השיא שלהם זה האלבום הזה , יצירת מופת.

[ILAN2187]

@ma1590 there best song??

[Alpenuris]

this song smells in my youth wonderful

[catcoolishcat]

is he singing about vagina ?

[bibby5000]

@catcoolishcat it's unknown to this day

[jaytotheell]

@catcoolishcat he's talking about bugs in wool.

[DOREMISOLO]

˜”*°• ♥ •°*”˜

˙·٠•●♥ღ.*♫•* ♫♪

[tommydilillo66]

Unici!

[vitor3832]

many years later and this gives me energy for my life ... thank you for existing peter gabriel that still follows my day to day with different but always sublime music as with new blood. that divine voice

[intraining01]

like one of my teachers of electronics used to say....

are you the best of the best of the best.

they might hire you then.

[intraining01]

acid ... do some acid.

Genius indeed , check out his solo almbum with song " Through the Wire" you will love it.

[intraining01]

acid ... do some acid.

[Maravalmusic]

When I was teen (now I'm 51), I loved these guies. And now I like tehm much more.. so many years later and the same fresh spirit in this lovely group (with PG, not the commercial stuff they went in afterwards...)...

[clivepd17]

@Maravalmusic I am very much in the same vein as you. They have got better to my ears with age, I appreciate them even more now!!

[peccoregna]

mitici...forever

[airtonbn]

one person gotta get in to get out.......

[Nina6955]

the best, man x

Genesis will always leave a legacy to the world of music!!

[wendyabitz]

Wow! I was 14, living in Germany when this song came out. I played it so much, my brothers locked it up! I saw Genesis in concert on 7-4-1976, 200 years of usa, in Eppelheim Germany! If you have never kissed a german fraulein with carpet crawlers playing, you have not lived!

[clyde8her]

@wendyabitz I lived in England when I was 14....service brat....I too played this until the vinyl melted...I am green that you got to see them live in that era....Hope you have a great memory !!

[carloxcp]

Sem sombra de dúvida, uma das melhores obras musicais de todos os Tempos. De sempre e para Sempre '' GENESIS'', With Peter Gabriel.

from here, Portugal, Strong Hug

[MsMonsterMouse]

THE best song in the entire universe !

[sirronald69]

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[sirronald69]

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[cotasonante]

...the more i hear other kind of music, the more i like this...

[NULLADIES]

album parfait même avec les années.Great moment

[the13er]

Sounds like made in heroin.

[jaggass]

how much did peter and phil soundalike? i can still tell them apart peter's voice is more raspy.

[hd1pan]

den alten kaisersaal in lübeck kennt wohl niemand hier... dort habe ich dieses lied zu ersten mal gehört - und nicht nur das.

ach war die jugend schön....

danke Genesis

[goldenthug9]

One of the best songs I have ever heard. Banks and Gabriel wrote amazing songs together. Hendawg

[tecma]

Arrechiiiiiiiiisimo!!!!!  estava en 4to de bachillerato.....venezuela....­.!!!

[AmphibiousReconMSOB]

I love the superman part!!!

[corum428]

I saw this tour in 1975 in Lakeland Fl. Can still remember every note. Its hard to believe any band could be that good live.

[Juppyy]

Einfach nur GUUUUT (((;

[one88564]

I Wonder If The Carpet Crawlers Know Who They Are?

[Crazynutsification]

@one88564 yea, its us crackheads.

[watcher171]

This is one of my favourite Gabriel era songs - the 1999 version is very good also.

[bearcabbie]

original track of carpet crawlers wif ptr gabriel so chill for that era. i listen and it makes me sniffle. luv it.

[julesls100]

I was 15 when I first heard Genesis (thanks for my older brother's record collection ). I used to come home from school at lunch, lay on his bed with his headphones on, singing along, reading the lyrics and then have to put the record back carefully so he wouldn't know I'd been in. I listend to all the albums and was equally blown away by them all except The Lamb (although loved this track) Now I'm 45 this is my favourite album of all time & appreciate it more than I did at that age

[donottawaguitar]

cool

[squidwardscyndaquil]

@bru8boy8 crap isnot swearing, ya didnt nedd to censor it!

[thegerrie19561]

Great!

[ger17job]

fuck the modern music

[22xxkaren]

amazing, just doesent get any better!

[ger17job]

einfach nur zu hören, das braucht keine Worte

[ger17job]

einfach nur zu hören, das braucht keine worte

[ger17job]

einfach nur zu hören, das wahr noch "Musik"

[ralucagymnast]

There arent enough superlatives to describe this BEAUTIFUL song.

[allanfmarsden]

@bru8boy8 Chacun a son gout..

[allanfmarsden]

@bru8boy8 OK, I looked up the singles charts for the week The Lamb.. got released. No 1: David Essex, Gonna make you a star. No. 3: Barry White, You're the first, the last, my everything. No. 5: Ken Boothe, Everything I own. No. 6: The Peppers, Pepper box. No. 7: Lydsey de Paul, No honestly. No. 8: The Rubettes, Juke box jive. No. 10: The Bay City Rollers, All of me loves all of you.

Classics, every one?

[epfloripa]

@allanfmarsden Do you mean Genesis ?? Open your eyes and ear ... THIS IS MUSIC....

[allanfmarsden]

@epfloripa: Wut?

I can't work out what you're commenting on. My only comment on this track was to describe it as magnificent. I never commented on Genesis as a band at all.

[allanfmarsden]

@bru8boy8 Selective memory, methinks. Are you honestly saying Max Bygraves, Ken Dodd etc. were any more worthwhile than rubbish is today? As for good music today, I'm still buying it and listening to it, and some of it is magnificent in its own way. My tastes have drifted over the years, but the quality is still there.

Taster of my current favourite band: "watch?v=qt6E5yxy-uc&feature=r­elated"

[theprofitview]

they all rely on the drum machine to make their music

today they all rely on the drum machine to make their music;

Genesis are/ were true musicians.....

rock on guys and show the world how to create...

[allanfmarsden]

@theprofitview I'm old enough to remember when this album came out, and it's a magnificent track. But don't tell me there's no good music being made today, or that all the music back then was great, because neither is true. The cr*p that gets in the charts today is not so very different from the cr*p that got into the charts then, and if you dig a bit deper, there's great music around now as there was then.

[theprofitview]

they all rely on the drum machine to make their music

today they all rely on the drum machine to make their music;

Genesis are/ were true musicians.....

rock on guys and show the world how to create...

[andytinch]

everything about this song is perfect

[ThePixxieboy]

HEY,MAN...,WHAT YOU HAVE DONE to an oldred man??

Tears rolling again....old swayings...and-damned-....this good feeling....

thanks a lot from LP to the net....

[theprofitview]

who needs today's music?

[theprofitview]

who needs today's music?

[dalinaddei]

Maybe the mozart of the modern?

[TheMasa50]

1 of my true favor progressive band from 70´s and what an amazing song and vocalist Peter Gabriel is just phenomenal:)

[jocam32]

now i feel like writing a song about wizards, dragons, labryths, and hobbits...wth??

[TheFloydios]

wow us italians sure like our Genesis.

[codematrix]

@TheFloydios - Yup and I'm another one of them in Vaughan (Maple) as well.

[CaptainEJS]

Peter Gabriel made Genesis the Legend they are.

[utahn3752]

@CaptainEJS Yep-Collins has a great voice, but he is mostly to blame for Genesis' deterioration into the pop garbage. Wish I had seen them when Gabriel was frontman

[choro04]

Beautiful,beautiful,beautiful song...very unique....no words to describe it, Peter Gabriel¨: Genious!

[igalflint]

how could Phil Collins have sang it whitout having any adequate voice?It was a crime!

[caslox]

@igalflint your joking right? having a laugh, yes thats the only explanation for this stupid comment.

[igalflint]

@caslox

his voice is weak!

[sortofsorted]

marillion just ripped this band right off !!!...aylesbury pricks !!!!..

[BLUESMANRONCHICAGO]

last album on which Peter Gabriel appeared with Genesis, and one of the best. This song a surreal masterpiece by Peter.

[igalflint]

CARPET CRAWLERS!

[Byron8388]

If you would like to here John Fords cover of Carpet Crawlers. I have uploaded it. Takes a few plays.

[igalflint]

@Byron8388

to hear or to here?

[Byron8388]

Hands albanianfant a very hot cup of coffee. " Here smell this mate." Thats like saying Oasis were better then the Beatles.

[albanlanfant]

marillion genesis fish the bestttttttttttttt

[skywalk553]

Long live progressive rock!

[oldprogrocker]

@boogertait:  it's 10:30 on a saturday night and here i sit watching genesis on youtube and i'm 52! i miss those days too.

[Elshady7]

Meravigliosa!!

[Zarexu]

Uwielbiam ten utwór :)

[gazmanc1]

Timeless music. Superb!... :))

[RougeTemplar]

These were their best songs

[urlord24]

agreed eurofix, it never will get old...

[ThEsOuNdSoLdIeR]

fuck todays charts! fuck mtv fuck television fuck digitalism fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

[utahn3752]

@ThEsOuNdSoLdIeR agreed

[fucktardickis]

@ThEsOuNdSoLdIeR FUCK THE POLICE, YOU FORGOT THE POLICE

[TheKrakenLegend]

@ThEsOuNdSoLdIeR I completely agree with you... :P

[FuyuAkiWorld]

@ThEsOuNdSoLdIeR Dude. I agree with you, but was it really nescisary to say fuck so many times? There are kids watching this (I know this 'cus I'm only 11)

[MarlenHK]

@FuyuAkiWorld You're supposed to be 14, says your channel :)

[FuyuAkiWorld]

@MarlenHK 14 mentaly, anyway.

[prog4evr]

Oh, the sublime guitar riff during "gotta get in to get out..." That, my friends, is the eternal legacy of the great Steve Hackett...

[euphonix21]

I wasn't really enjoying this... Too proggy for me... Then I realised that my arms are covered in goosebumps... :D

[chuobio]

@euphonix21 Whot's all this then?!

[eurofix]

This song never get old:)

[sirronald69]

*****

[boogertait]

MAN IM GETTING OLD BUT I LOVE GENESIS... I MISS THE OLD DAYS

[OldTooly]

@boogertait  Me too man. God bless us all.

[turboslag]

Bliss , this still trances me out after all these years ! Thanks for youtubing it.