In The Cage

Album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
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  • This is prog-rock era Genesis from their last album featuring Peter Gabriel as lead singer. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is a concept album telling the story of the character Rael. In this track, he finds himself trapped in a cage, and spots his brother John. How much is Rael's imagination is open for interpretation.
  • Genesis performed this on their 2007 world tour. The act consisted of a giant screen and for this song it was a person running, trying to escape the cage which was in front of him. >>>
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    Mathieu - Ottawa, Canada

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  • Karol from Pori, FinlandEnding of this track is very "Eno". Brian Eno is credited on the album with "Enossification"
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