It (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1974
From the album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #23)
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- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (track #23) (this album) (1974)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/21/2026 14:46 | Siromynian | 18,292 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 17:22 |  Squonk007 | 3,354 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2026 12:36 | dukeboxkool | 8,464 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/26/2026 14:31 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2026 04:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
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Squonk007 05/03/2021 14:58 | #269320
Brilliant, a superb closer for an excellent album. Great lyrics, some of the best written by the band and the level of musicianship is laid out before you. Everyone contributing and on top form. What a way for Pete to close out on.
Wow. What an ending. While the lyrics are left open to interpretation, it is implied to be about enlightenment. With Rael rescuing himself from the rapids, he's reached enlightenment and self-realization, completing his hero's journey: the perfect wrap-up. Throw in some fantastic vocals, another legendary performance from Banks, a balls-out drumming spectacle from Collins, and some wonderfully self-referential and pop-culture-referencing lyrics, and you have a masterpiece of a finale. This was Peter Gabriel's final song with Genesis, and damn, it was a good one.
Yeah this is definitely the perfect closing song. It gives me a very unique feeling when I listen to it. Genesis was pretty good at wrapping albums up (The Knife, Supper's Ready, Fountain of Salmacis).
paladisiac 01/05/2012 21:33 | #34592
This is the celebratory finale. Great, fun song to close this thing out. It, whatever it is (life?), is all around. Tony & Phil play off of each other with Hackett flying above the fray as Peter fills us in (sort of) on what "it" is. My favorite line: "it is chicken. it is eggs. / it is in between your legs." It closes "it's only knock and knowall, but i like it..."
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