The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging (track) by Genesis

The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging by Genesis
Year: 1974
From the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #6)
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From 07/22/2020 14:47
Certainly a song that gets better as it goes on, building from this sort of low stomp into a full-scale march. It's definitely a strange one, and an odd bridging choice after the madness of the In the Cage, but it's really not half bad. The choruses are actually pretty catchy. I will warn you, you've got to have an ear for prog if you want to appreciate Gabriel's distorted vocals, or else they come off as kind of grating. Probably the weakest song on the album up to this point, but never one that you should skip.
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From 06/06/2019 08:58
Beautiful track. Very quirky but quite interesting lyrics generating odd images. Silly, but this is what makes the album so intriguing.
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From 01/05/2012 21:18
It's a comical farce built upon precise lyrics and imagery, always building upward and onward as an oncoming parade would. A bunch of fun lyrics in this. "got people stocked in every shade / must be doing well with trade. / stamped, addressed, in odd fatality. / that evens out their personality." I love phil's drum/cymbal work -- he's the master again. Probably the most uplifting song on the album, ironic due to its content, like when gabriel proclaims "i see no signs of free will so i guess i'll have to pay, pay my way!"
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