Genesis - The Lamia Live in Pittsburgh 1974

I'VE UPLOADED A BETTER SOUNDING VERSION OF THIS VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IkoCZDF1s4


I always thought that a cinematical version of this song could be like this...

The scent grows richer, he knows he must be near,
He finds a long passageway lit by chandelier.
Each step he takes, the perfumes change
From familiar fragrance to flavours strange.
A magnificent chamber meets his eye.

Inside, a long rose-water pool is shrouded by fine mist.
Stepping in the moist silence, with a warm breeze he's gently kissed.

Thinking he is quite alone,
He enters the room, as if it were his own,
But ripples on the sweet pink water
Reveal some company unthought of-

Rael stands astonished doubting his sight,
Struck by beauty, gripped in fright;
Three vermilion snakes of female face,
The smallest motion, filled with grace.
Muted melodies fill the echoing hall,
But there is no sign of warning in the siren's call:
"Rael welcome, we are the Lamia of the pool.
We have been waiting for our waters to bring you cool."

Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind,
He slips into the nectar, leaving his shredded clothes behind.
"With their tongues, they test, taste and judge all that is mine.
They move in a series of caresses
That glide up and down my spine.

As they nibble the fruit of my flesh, I feel no pain,
Only a magic that a name would stain.
With the first drop of my blood in their veins
Their faces are convulsed in mortal pains.
The fairest cries, 'We all have loved you Rael'."

Each empty snakelike body floats,
Silent sorrow in empty boats.
A sickly sourness fills the room,
The bitter harvest of a dying bloom.
Looking for motion I know I will not find,
I stroke the curls now turning pale, in which I'd lain entwined
"O Lamia, your flesh that remains I will take as my food"
It is the scent of garlic that lingers on my choclate fingers.

Looking behind me, the water turns icy blue,
The lights are dimmed and once again the stage is set for you.

lyrics by Peter Gabriel

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[vivelavidarocka]

Signor Salzano: perdonatemi se ho anche l'isc, il gioco sporco di questo ignorante e mi hanno rapito il video. Sono sicuro che era sua intenzione collesano quando il pubblico, ma come potete capire io non solo è di rispondere in meno per gli insulti di questo pervertire sessuale

[mrsalzano]

@vivelavidarocka

"No fame of them the world permits to be; Misericord and Justice both disdain them. Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass" Dante, Inferno, III, 51-53

[JMarchOHare]

@vivelavidarocka: That would be awesome! It would require the performances of other musicians, though... at least on drums for sure. Phil just isn't physically up to it. I guess everyone else can still play, though, if they're willing to. They really need Hackett for that.

It would still be awesome.

[vivelavidarocka]

@JMarchOHare Gabriel said in Prog Magazine (? Or Uncut or Mojo) 2 - 3 months back, he would like to talk with the other members about the possibility of a movie or a Musical based on the album. Most definitely, not a second reunion

[JMarchOHare]

@zana16sioyx: Perhaps that's true, but Genesis will never perform The Lamb again. Phil's shoulder is too messed up, Steve will probably never have anything to do with them again and Peter has lost some of his vocal range -- I've noticed he's rearranged his older stuff to compensate. However, it seems to be verging on classical now to the point that other musicians have learned to play it verbatim. Or, they could just fall back on old recordings.

Who'd play Rael? Tobi-Wan D'Acosta?

[zana16sioyx]

@JMarchOHare NEVER TOO LATE...

[JMarchOHare]

I never considered how well this song fit this scene from Dracula, but it really kinda does. Lord, I wish The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway had been made into a movie. I guess it's too late now. :(

[InProgWeTrust]

@SonicsRevenge You call a 20 smthng person not acting according to his age, juvenile; but you, at 52 yrs, retarded is the only word that comes to mind. Do you read what U write? Doesn't it sound to you like smthng an 8 y o. little punk would write or say?

Btw very convenient from you to bury my last comment with 2 of yours repeating the same crap. I guess you don't want people to read me asking you if you thought it wasn't inappropriate from your part talking w/ a teenager about his erections

[SonicsRevenge]

@InProgWeTrust but it still comes down to you replying... If you didn't reply I wouldn't see the email... this is probably too complicated a concept for your puny brain.

[SonicsRevenge]

@InProgWeTrust the only way to do battle is is you have a formidable opponent... that's certainly not you or him. So it's an exchange of idea's...of which again there is none from you 2.. just crying "foul" when things don't go your way... wow you will never make it in the real world.. just stay in mommy's basement little boys. The real world isn't going to bow to your whims. rofl get ready for a rude awakening.