Analysis: Fly on a Windshield

http://www.lileighwhite.com/ For the serious Lamb Fanatic only !
A continuation of the comparative analysis series - highlighting the "restored" portions of the 1975 Shrine Auditorium historic concert of the Lamb. Gabriel and Hackett were called upon to do partial re-trackings of their respective vocal and lead guitar parts, in 1997 - due to injury and technical problems on the night of the actual concert.
It was the only "dry" multitrack recording made on the tour which was Peter Gabriel's last with his originating group.
Accompanying the musical analysis are many of the photographs taken at the (also) historic set of concerts in Cascais, Portugal - which occurred shortly after the country's Carnation Revolution (bloodless coup).
This is an educational, NON-Commercial video series!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fly on a Windshield
• Genesis
• Peter Gabriel
• Steve Hackett
• Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
• Nick Davis

[stonespud]

I should also mention at the time I was heavily immersed in the Romantic period poets(esp. Wordsworth) so when I heard the openning to Colony of Slippermen which is a direct quote from " On Intimations of Immortality " I was gone onto my own vision quest, rumor has it my return could be anyday now.

[LileighWhiteLilith]

@stonespud ~ Haha! I'll check outside my window, tomorrow, Stone...to see if you are outside, wandering lonely as a cloud - somewhere in the sunny Arizona desert sky within my home's vista! *big grin*

[stonespud]

I want to thank you for the open discussion of the lamb. In the area I live, the radio stations did not play genesis. I did not come upon this work until two tears after it was released vis- a - via a poet friend who was teaching me chess and used it as a backdrop ( now these many years removed) maybe a strategy. I spent my entire spring break after the intial exposure listeniing to this work over and over and reading The Tibetan Book of the Dead . Thanks for affirming.

[LileighWhiteLilith]

@stonespud ~ wow, stonespud...heavy stuff for a Spring Break ! *impressed look* Even my eldest daugther (who is currently working on her doctorate) would give herself a break - to go rock climbing - during that second semester (so mentally drained was she, by that point). My hat is off to you - for being so intellectually open to the actual message that Gabriel was attempting to put across with The Lamb. *also recommended - Jung & Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey" writings. ;-)

[SuperGrayeagle]

.. the way you look and mutter the words, oh to die for!

[LileighWhiteLilith]

@SuperGrayeagle *irreverent chuckle* ...yes, "mutter"...that's the descriptive word for my brand of verbal genuflection of early Genesis, SGE! LOLOL !!

[Steedonline]

I was lucky enough to see The Musical Box performing The Lamb in Geneva (Switzerland) a few years ago... and Mr. Phil Collins joined in for the finale. He drummed on The Musical Box (the song) without rehearsals! AMAZING!! Brilliant concert :))

[jkovert]

Leigh knows her Genesis. Personally "Lamb" is not my fave album, but bravo!

[dummytree]

A friend I know was part of a crew that organized two Genesis shows on the french leg of The Lamb tour...I wasn't even born then.

The old CD version tracked "Windshield" and "Melody" wrongly as you said ; was it corrected on the latest release?

[MrLanca2004]

@MyriadKittens ..eu naquela altura tinha 18 anos...os Genesis eram (e são) o meu grupo preferido...tenho todos os LP (vinil) incluindo o 1º "fFrom Genesis to Revelation".

Naquela altura aquele concerto foi um sonho tornado realidade, mas não fiquei com nada a não ser com o bilhete hehehe(oitenta escudos).

Mas para teres uma ideia eu quando fui ver o concetro já sabia as letras praticamente todas de cor heheheher e foi demais.

Depois ainda vi Peter gabriel a solo....