Rewiring Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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Rewiring Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway; Rewiring Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On
Topic Started: Nov 14 2008, 12:09 PM (712 Views)
zeitgeist	Nov 14 2008, 12:09 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 3,977 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 5, 2005	Rewiring Genesis - A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway I must admit I wasn't a big fan of Genesis. By the time I got into buying records, Peter Gabriel was long gone, and the few people I knew who did like them were trust fund hippies who spent their time laying around their houses pointing at the ceiling and going "woah!". Not an attractive proposition to a teenage Motorhead speedfreak. I didn't really tune in again, until their ill-fated Ray Wilson period, only to discover just how good Messrs Rutherford and Banks were, along with a certain drumer called Nick D'Virgilio. So when this turned up, the more open minded me of the present day was happy to give it a spin. Especially when it turned out that Rewiring Genesis involved the aforementioned Nick D'Virgilio of Spock's Beard, a latter day prog band I have a fair amount of time for. For this release, he's teamed up with engineer / producer Mark Hornsby to re-record the Genesis album "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway", in it's entirety. Seems a slightly odd thing to do, but when asked D'Virgilio, said, "We wanted to see what would happen if we exposed the songs to a different climate of musicians. The early Genesis recordings are so musical and very bluesy when you get right down to it. They really lend themselves to some different interpretations." Which seems to basically involve chucking in an orchestra, a horn section and beefing up the guitars. And, what do you know, it's really rather good. I'm not entirely sure how Genesis fans will take to someone tinkering away at one of their best-loved albums, but as a standalone piece of work it certainly grabbed my attention. It's a largely reverential piece, so it's when they take a few more chances that it really shines. The percussion and vocals only version of 'Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging'. The nods to Dixieland on 'Counting Out Time'. The fantastic guitar playing on 'Here Comes the Supernatural Anesthetist'. The horn section on 'Riding The Scree'. And let's not forget the accordion solo on 'The Colony of Slippermen'! It's those moments that bring a smile to the face and a skip to the heart. An enjoyable journey to days gone by. Buy from Amazon


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