Talk:The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

message: Set Album to Class B & Top Importance Megamanic 08:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I edited the section which said that the story took place in an "underground realm". In fact the opening song includes the line "And out of the subway, Rael imperial aerosol kid, exits into daylight spraygun hid." Rather than a subterranean world, the story takes place in what would better be described as an alternative dimension. The original article also made no mention of the major theme of duality with the album culminating in Rael's realization that he is John.
:In the Genesis Archives 1967-1975 box, "The Lamb Live" discs, Peter Gabriel says in the intro: "Our hero, named Rael, crawls out of the subways of New York city, and is sucked into the wall, to regain conciousness underground".
:It is also frequently referred to in the music as the cave's or the underground. Sure it may very well be another dimension, but it's one that's underground.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.205.84 (talk) 02:25, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  underground realm? 

message: and i can relate the story of the lamb completely. but im not sure how to cite that. i can also tell you that after seeing them it becomes fairly obvious that the lamb was written for live performances (particulairily on Broadway Melody and waiting room). the purpose of broadway melody is to give gabriel time to get off stage throw off his jacket and appear on the other side. and as for the waiting room thats to go with the pictures that are being projected on stage. so let me know how to cite the story and ill write it up.
I removed the following from the article. --Shepard 02:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't written FOR live performance, perhaps sequenced that way, though. All the music was written before the story was even written- Steve, Mike, Tony and Phil wrote all the music on their own, and Peter wrote the lyrics to it afterwards. It's not like they wrote those instrumentals for the sole purpose of costume changes. "The Waiting Room" seemed to be the piece that the band was most proud of, so I dare say that the projected pictures were set up for the sole purpose of complementing that instrumental. --Progjunky 01:10, 07 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hey, I've seen the musical box...  

message: On 2 August 2006, User:Koavf moved this page from "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" to "The Lamb Lies down on Broadway".  However, the text in the article continues to capitalize the "D" everywhere.
Which is correct?  I have always seen it with a capital D.  The original record sleeve uses all-capitals, but the name of the title track has a capital D, and the current CD booklet uses a capital D in the centerfold with all the albums listed.
I will move the page back unless there's a reason not to.... — Lawrence King (talk) 09:01, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Lamb Lies Down" or "Lamb Lies down"? 

message: "The Lamb is considered to be Genesis' magnum opus." Source this, and it can stay. 70.238.249.216 22:27, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: magnum opus

message: As mentioned in the discussion above, qualifications like "magnum opus" or "the most dense and obfuscated work of art ever created" don't belong in an encyclopedia. I feel like I'm reading some unofficial Genesis website, maintained by a fan. Writing that the album is "more like a quilt than a tapestry" doesn't make things a lot clearer either. If somebody with a better knowledge of Genesis than me could work on this section, it would be much appreciated. Rien Post 10:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced tag on Detailed Description section 

message: I felt the need to change "Aftermath" to "Notable Covers", as "Aftermath" seems, to me at least, to suggest what happened to the band AFTER the album, like Peter Gabriel's departure, further change in sound with "A Trick of the Tail", etc., when it just lists covers. So I changed it to "Notable Covers", which seems more fitting to me. Also, thanks to MrMarmite for tidying up that one section at the beginning of the article, I realize after reading my version over how stupid it looks. =/
Like father like son, nor flesh nor fish nor bone. I am Teh_Squonkz 06:46, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aftermath=/=Notable Covers

message: I'm tempted to remove the entire part of the Overview section beginning with "The Lamb, as it is generally referred to by fans..." to the end.  It reads too much like a review, as it's full of speculation and personal interpretations that are highly arguable.  There are some legitimate points, like the fact that Gabriel wanted something more "gritty" than Rutherford's "Little Prince" idea, but most of it seems really excessive and could probably be edited down if not eliminated entirely.  Anybody disagree?  Jphillst (talk) 02:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole section is some of the most egregious fanblabber PoV crap I've yet seen on wikipedia. Sort it out, guys!--feline1 (talk) 12:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the review-like section.  I kept the tour description for now, though I may make a few tweaks in that section later on.  Jphillst (talk) 16:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive part in "Overview" section 

message: Should Trick of the Tail be the next album, or "The Best".  It's odd how Genesis discography has no mention of "The Best". Is it not considered a release? Does chronology imply studio albums? MrMarmite (talk) 06:55, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a double-disc cash-in by Buddah released between Lamb Lies Down and Trick, and technically a compilation with previously released (and unimaginatively packaged) material. So, I would say no, it doesn't belong. Yeah, that was me you saw buying it at the Harvard Coop one Saturday morning in 1976. -- Fantailfan (talk) 12:32, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Next Album 

message: None of the links mention anything about this album going gold. Can someone find one?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.110.137.50 (talk) 16:49, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gold?

message: I have a "Recording Magazine" in front of me, and in an article about this album, It pulls WORD FOR WORD the first line of the Premise section..."A concept album, The Lamb  tells the surreal story of a half Puerto-Rican juvenile delinquent named Rael living in New York City, who is swept underground to face bizzare creatures and nightmarish dangers in order to rescue his brother, John."   This is directly from the magazine article..A little too similar....I assume this page was up first as this issue is a recent one, but plagiarism just gets to me...I guess nothing needs fixing but I thought I should call out the hack writer, Dave Martin, who wrote the magazine article. It's in the April 2009 issue of Recording Magazine in the Bass Column... Grrrrrr.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.88.60.141 (talk) 15:58, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  PREMISE SECTION 

message: The section titled Background seems to overly focus on Gabriel's imminent departure from the band.
The section titled Live Performance begins with paragraphs concerning the chart position of the recording.
Refactor!
Sweavo (talk) 14:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section Titles 

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--CactusBot (talk) 18:55, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead external links to Allmusic website – January 2011 

message: Allmusic indicates the release date as 18 November 1974. It is conceivable there were different national release dates (e.g. American and British), but the release date in the article should not be changed unless there is a supporting WP:RS reference (WP:V). Dl2000 (talk) 01:25, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Release date

message: Substituted at 08:14, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: "Hipgnosis designed the album's artwork. In a departure from their previous albums that featured more colourful designs.."
To what does "their" refer - Genesis, or Hipgnosis? I know what I suspect to be the answer, but without mindreading skills I shouldn't really make the edit! Harfarhs (talk) 05:13, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Hipgnosis --Viennese Waltz 07:06, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks very much - I'll amend the article accordingly. Harfarhs (talk) 11:38, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sleeve design