Burning Rope (track)
by Genesis
Year: 1978
From the album ...And Then There Were Three (track #5)
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Burning Rope appears on the following album(s) by Genesis:
- ...And Then There Were Three (track #5) (this album) (1978)
- 1976-1982 (track #22) (compilation) (2007)
- The Story Of Genesis (track #12) (compilation) (1978)
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AAL2014 06/02/2024 04:42 | #303809
That loooooong drum fill near the beginning is sensational.
The most proggy song on And Then There Were Three, and also one of the best. A very powerful and somewhat uplifting song that tells of breaking free from the pack and following your dreams and aspirations, while also warning not to always be caught up in the future, and instead live for today, as you are not immortal. The glorious imagery is supported well by one of the finest instrumental performances on the album. Banks' piano and synthesizer do most of the driving, but Collins' percussion is exquisite, and Rutherford's guitar is just incredible. The best moment of the song has to be the instrumental bridge, in which Banks' builds in power on both instruments before finally exploding, just as Rutherford begins to belt out a guitar solo so good and so fitting for the song that you forget that it's not Steve Hackett doing it. It's musical euphoria. One of the finest contributions of the three-piece era.
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