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Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
Kevin Holm-Hudson
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Description for Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
hardcover. In 1974, the British progressive rock group Genesis released their double concept album "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". This study analyses "The Lamb" both within the context of progressive rock, examining its special place in Genesis' recorded output and in the progressive rock genre as a whole. Series Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B.; Burns, Professor Lori; Hawkins, Professor Stan. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Includes 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
In 1974 the British progressive rock group Genesis released their double concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The story was described by Genesis's then front-man Peter Gabriel as a 'moral fable' about Rael, a half-Puerto-Rican New York City street tough who is engulfed by a solid cloud into a series of strange adventures in a metaphysical realm. The album is a surreal allegory drawing its material from religious, literary and psychological themes. More than thirty years after its release, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway still enthralls listeners, earning the distinction of being Genesis's most consistently selling back-catalogue ... Read more
In 1974 the British progressive rock group Genesis released their double concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. The story was described by Genesis's then front-man Peter Gabriel as a 'moral fable' about Rael, a half-Puerto-Rican New York City street tough who is engulfed by a solid cloud into a series of strange adventures in a metaphysical realm. The album is a surreal allegory drawing its material from religious, literary and psychological themes. More than thirty years after its release, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway still enthralls listeners, earning the distinction of being Genesis's most consistently selling back-catalogue ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754661399
SKU
V9780754661399
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About Kevin Holm-Hudson
Dr Kevin Holm-Hudson, Associate Professor of Theory, School of Music, University of Kentucky, USA
Reviews for Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)
'With Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Kevin Holm-Hudson makes a significant contribution to progressive rock scholarship. His discussion of the progressive rock concert as theater is valuable and overdue, and his examination of The Lamb Lies Down in Broadway in the context of the cultural and economic currents of the 1970s is illuminating. His Jungian reading of ... Read more