17:41 The beautiful chorus you are hearing is Phil singing backing vocals. I cannot get through this song when Phil is singing lead without crying, it's just beautiful and emotional. You HAVE to do a reaction to "Seconds Out Live" or/and even watch 18:38 the "LYCEUM" concert from 1980! It is truly the most amazing thing to witness!
I will be at the Bristol concert as well. Love seeing Steve live, he and his band are incredible. Really enjoying these reactions as they are a very timely reminder of the Lamb, as Steve will be playing his favourite tracks from the Album.
If it's possible to believe, Steve Hackett's playing is even better now. So much emotion he can generate by the speeding up and slowing down, the bending of notes, the pauses. He's brilliant, and his band is all fantastic. Although I love this whole album, you're entering into my favorite stretch now. The Lamia is one of the most beautiful songs from Genesis, musically, vocally, and lyrically. Enjoy!
Everyone loves The Carpet Crawlers but for me, The Chamber of 32 Doors is one of the best tracks on the album. All 5 members of the band provide exactly what is needed from them. Peter's impassioned vocals, Phil's understated drumming, Tony & Steve providing the atmosphere and Mike leading us along with the bass.
I could't fit all of "Seconds Out" on one casette tape for on-the-road play, and it was the easiest decision, ever, to leave Carpet Crawlers off the tape.
I'm with you. For me, the lyrics perfectly match Peter Gabriel's feelings about quitting Genesis. The counterpart to this song is Solsbury hill. He feels part of the scenery, part of a machinery/everyone is pointing but nowhere feels quite right/ Which connection I should cut/help me find a door that doesn't lead me back again. One song shows despair and anguish, the other, liberation. Genesis at its best, IMHO.
The Chamber is not only for me the highlight of this wonderful album but right up there with the greatest of their whole catalogue. Just beautiful stuff
Such an incredibly moving piece of music - I was fortunate enough that my parents brought Genesis music into my life having heard them on the radio in the mid-70's and falling in love. Carpet Crawl/Crawlers was one of their favourites. Sadly, both have since left this world and I'm not ashamed to say that during playback of your video I shed a tear or two and offered my heartfelt thanks to them both for bringing this great gift into my life. Steve, you're a pure 💯% legend mate. Once again, I raise a glass to you - thank you for your open, honest and unfussy reactions which cut straight to the heart and soul of each piece - brilliant 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you so much for your extremely kind praise. I thoroughly enjoyed reacting to this album. I like you am grateful to others for bringing genesis in to my life, for me, obviously it is you amazing roadies. So thank you for being part of that. I'm deeply moved that my video was able to stir you in such a way when it came to memories of your parents. What a lovely attachment to be able to have with them. I know when the time comes with my dad there will be lots of music that will also stir up such emotion in me. Thank you for your honesty and sharing of your story
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions It's my absolute pleasure - your own 'genuity' encourages me to be more honest with myself in that sense and tbh I give you full credit for being able to bring that out of me. I felt like I was in safe hands whilst watching this and I guess in that sense it opened me up. Powerful stuff and proving how the internet can be used for so much good. Keep on rockin, hehe - cheers for now! 👍
To me, the magic of the song came always out from the harmony of their two voices in the refrain. Always when I heard Phil doing the refrain alone in live versions, the magic wasn't there anymore.
I've seen Genesis twice, top notch musicians and concerts. I also saw Steve last winter, the "Foxtrot at 50" tour. I can't begin to explain how good it was.
I saw them in Indianapolis, Indiana Easter weekend of 1974. My ticket cost a whole $5. They played "Supper's Ready" to end the show. The night before we saw The Marshall Tucker Band and Foghat at the same venue. That show was more expensive. It cost $6. lol Both bands were staying in the same hotel as we were and a couple of us got to meet the bands and party in their rooms with them. It was quite the holiday weekend for a 19 yo Indiana kid.
@@raymondregis6219 In 2007, I was there in Brussels, Paris and Lyon. The last decent tour of my favorite band. First concert in Paris, June 87. But my favorite live version is the Seconds out one.
are you starting to understand why it continues to be my favorite album after decades of listening? and the craziest thing is that after listening to it literally hundreds of times, each time I discover a new detail
My son and I saw Steve Hackett in Austin in April, 2024 on his Foxtrot tour. He & his band performed the whole album and it was amazing... I'm so thrilled that Steve, at least is keeping old Genesis music alive!
Just for context, the previous songs (Back in NYC / Hairless Heart / Counting out time) were sort of flashbacks, snippets of Real life before the events of the actual story. With Carpet crawlers the focus Is shifted back to Rael's present
"The tickler takes his stickleback" can also be heard as "The tickler takes his tickle back". Since the verb 'to tickle' is used in angling, this may well be Peter's cleverest piece of wordplay yet.
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Mike may have snatched the bass-player-of-the-year trophy from Yes’s Chris Squire that year. He’s even more on fire on Lilywhite Lillith, the next song (and the start of the second half of the album)
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions I still marvel at how many incredible sounds Steve was able to get out of his guitar. Miles beyond anyone else. And right from the start in his time with Genesis, already on Nursery Cryme - for example on Hogweed, a peal of bells, arco violins - plus sometimes making it almost indistinguishable what he's playing and what Tony Banks is playing on the keyboards. To say nothing of the TAPPING and other techniques too! On TLLDOB he's sometimes using a Hi-Fly guitar synthesizer, now very rare.
Hello, my friend! I've been following your Genesis rabbithole since the start, subbed in the very first video! This album is very dear to my heart, and Chamber of 32 Doors is one of my favourite tracks ever! So personal, so raw, so thoughtful. Glad to see you're enjoying yourself with this one! Kudos from Brazil, mate! Waiting eagerly for the next one :)
@@ggnegrao thank you so much for having been with the channel for such a long time, that means a lot to me ❤. As you say this album hits so many different emotional notes, the skill in which they go from song to song is masterful, and as you'll see on my future videos, they never disappoint!
Hi friend, you need to hurry and get Steve Hackett tickets. He is showing the rest of the month of October in the UK. Promoting his new album as well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of Genesis album foxtrot
Hey, yeah I've seen the odd ticket still floating around near me, no-one wants to go with me though as no-one i know knows him, so it's whether I commit to a solo venture or not
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions well, he came to Jacksonville, Florida back in March. I couldn’t find anybody to go out with.so, by myself. Loved every minute of it. Met some new friends too. If you go, just let the fans around you know that you’re new to Genesis. And they will embrace you as a long lost brother.
Their live version of Carpet Crawlers off the Seconds Out album features Steve Hackett mixed ever so quietly in the background playing a song-length electric guitar solo. Stunning.
Hypnotically beautiful Bank's amazing chords lead the way. Bass adds so much. With every verse the music intensifies and the chorus seems more glorious. Fun to sing when you memorize the verse's. (Near impossible for me to play on my piano.)
Hi Steve. Rutherford has been described as a frustrated guitarist on bass. As a bass player myself I do agree. But having played “Return of the Giant Hogweed”, “Firth of Fifth”, and “The Knife” on Cruise the edge at Late night live. He is a genius. He also plays bass pedals and rhythm guitar at the same time.
Great part of the journey, I have always felt the same way as you with regard to the feelings that the lyrics and tune of Chamber of 32 Doors inspires. 😎 Thanks for the progress so far. Some great moments still to come...
Great comment on Steve Hackett's musical sense as he plays his guitar and brings the emotion. This 'Chamber' tune is one of my favorites. I like your picking up on the heartbeat. Never thought about that put through. Clearly the heart and emotions are a big part of Peter's message in understanding ourselves. Rutherford's bass is a strong element in many of these tunes.
"The Chamber of 32 Doors" is often less considered among so many great songs of the album but I've always tought it is one of the best track. I'm so happy Steve decided play it in his 2024 Lamb tour .
I love how everyone has their favourites, it seems to be an album for all of many tastes, the benefit of an eclectic musical flow in an album, covers all bases!
You just heard some of the following part of Peter's short story on the inside cover of the album, "He returns from his mixed-up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in. This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor. The walls are painted in red ochre and are marked by strange insignia, some looking like a bulls-eye, others of birds and boats. Further down the corridor, he can see some people; all kneeling. With broken sighs and murmurs they struggle, in their slow motion to move towards a wooden door at the end. Having seen only the inanimate bodies in the Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging, Rael rushes to talk to them. "What's going on?" he cries to a muttering monk, who conceals a yawn and replies "It's a long time yet before the dawn." A sphinx-like crawler calls his name saying "Don't ask him, the monk is drunk. Each one of us is trying to reach the top of the stairs, a way out will await us there." Not asking how he can move freely, our hero goes boldly through the door. Behind a table loaded with food, is a spiral staircase going up into the ceiling. At the top of the stairs he finds a chamber. It is almost a hemisphere with a great many doors all the way round its circumference. There is a large crowd, huddled in various groups. From the shouting, Rael learns that there are 32 doors, but only one that leads out. Their voices get louder and louder until Rael screams "Shut up!" There is a momentary silence and then Rael finds himself the focus as they direct their advice and commands to their new found recruit. Bred on trash, fed on ash the jigsaw master has got to move faster. Rael sees a quiet corner and rushes to it. He stands by a middle-aged woman, with a very pale skin who is quietly talking to herself. He discovers she is blind and asking for a guide. "What's the use of a guide if you got nowhere to go" asks Rael. "I've got somewhere to go," she replies "if you take me through the noise, I'll show you. I'm a creature of the caves and I follow the way the breezes blow." He leads her across the room and they leave the crowd, who dismiss their departure as certain to fail. When through the door, the woman leads Rael down the tunnel. The light of the chamber soon fades and despite her confident step Rael often stumbles in the darkness. After a long walk they arrive in what Rael judges to be a big round cave, and she speaks a second time asking him to sit down. It feels like a cold stone throne. "Rael, sit here. They will come for you soon. Don't be afraid." And failing to explain any more she walks off. He faces his fear once again."
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions i have the whole story saved on a notepad from sending it to a friend, and previous reactors. But it is too long of a story to fit in one youtube comment. I will keep posting the bits that go along with the songs. Interestingly, the story starts out with the words Keep your fingers out of my eye" because if you were holding the double album open and reading it, you undoubtedly would have your thumb in the eye of a picture of Rael on the side of the cover.
hi friend, Genesis many of Genesis' records are "concept albums". It means that you have to listen to the full record, for example Selling England by the pound, The lamb lies down on Broadway, Duke... ciao from Italy. marco
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions "Selling England" isn't really a concept album, but more like a collection of short stories, loosely related but stand on their own. Neither is the album "Duke" a singular concept "The Lamb" is really Genesis's only true "concept' album.
There are two re-recorded versions of The Carpet Crawlers. One in 1999 by the band with production by Trevor Horn and one by Steve Hackett in 2011 with Ray Wilson, singer from grunge band Stiltskin and Phil Collins's successor in Genesis.
Glad you're enjoying the ride! I have to be honest, despite being a life-long Genesis & Peter Gabriel fan, I always found this album a bit impenetrable - until I watched this animated version, and suddenly it all made sense! Well, as much sense as Peter's bat-sh** crazy story could make! But seeing the visuals really helped to follow Rael's journey, and to differentiate one track from another. Now it's probably my all-time favourite Genesis album, and I have the T-shirt to prove it!
Wonderful again! You can hardly imagine how much worse it's going to get for Rael on sides 3 & 4... (You've just finished the end of side 2 of the double LP.) I saw Steve Hackett in Eastbourne a couple of years ago, playing the whole Foxtrot album and more - unmissable! Make sure you see him!
The Lamb is an album that should be heard start to finish. It's the only way to make sense of it. Tony didn't care for it much because listening to it out of context would make no sense to anyone other than a Genesis fan. Though The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and The Carpet Crawlers were huge in their live performances. In 1999 Peter, Tony, Steve, Mike, and Phil got together and did a remake of it with a different twist. A must listen.
You are listening to the remix that put extra emphasis on the Vocals. They are more upfront in the mix and there are parts that were basically unheard on the original mix that were brought to the fore.
I always bought double albums with some trepidation - who can create that much good stuff to fill out over an hour of listening? The Beatles "White Album" is one that doesn't disappoint, The Who's "Quadrophenia" is another, and of course this album holds it's place in the pantheon of the best. The contrast between music now and the '70's could not be greater - back then we were happy to be immersed in long songs, long albums, now it's single repetitive themes stretched out to 2 minutes at most. As Neil Young said "Rock and Roll will never die" ...
Il tema sociale di THE CHAMBERS OF 32 DOORS mi ricorda DOGS dei Pink Floyd . Anche se i Genesis lo hanno pubblicato 3 anni prima dell'album ANIMALS dei P.F. Amando entrambe le bands trovo molto spesso similitudini nei loro brani. Una profondità che solo questi due giganti sono riusciti a realizzare.
@@CorradoCasoni no perché pur apprezzandoli come musicisti...e su questo non ci piove non m'interessano le loro carriere da solisti e i nonni rock mi deprimono alquanto.
@@65alef posso capire il punto di vista sui nonni rock: se dev'essere solo una celebrazione in cui rovinano musica fantastica solo perché si sono stufati di suonarla ma la pecunia piace sempre. Io pur essendo vecchio cerco di trovare del buono nella musica nuova, ma bisogna far tanta selezione. Sicuramente chi dice che una volta la musica era buona e ora fa schifo sbaglia: semplicemente ci ricordiamo di Genesis o Pink Floyd ma ci siamo scordati tutta la diarrea musicale che c'era anche 50 anni fa. Solo oggi tocca far selezione, per la musica del passato ci ha già pensato il tempo
@@MusicForTheSoulReactionshow are they doing in legalizing weed in the UK? Has it been de-criminalized? I’m amazed if it’s still illegal. I always thought you guys would be ahead of the US on that matter. Here, only three states still ban it altogether….
I cant say Genesis are a band i know, wasnt one of my dads bands to play as i grew up. No-one I know listens to them either. It'll be on me to convince them they should!
Carpet Crawlers... a "carpet crawler" is a colloquialism for a toddler, and more crudely, "sperm." Honestly, this song appears to be all about sex. "Got to get in (sex) to get out (birth)." It's the cycle of life, being born and seeking to get back into a woman. Disagree with me if you want, but as Peter sings in "Digging in the Dirt," a song which chronicles his own psychological healing: The more I look, the more I find As I close on in, I get so blind I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes
I have my own gauge for determining the very worst song on a prog album. Which one did the record execs select to release as a single? "Carpet Crawlers" was released as a single. I think a lot of fans come to love what they've heard many times before.
@@captainsatellite2112 Who can account for taste? Yours, or mine. Another example I'd offer is that the very worst and least proggy song from ATTW3 was released as a single, the execable "Follow You, Follow Me".
@@Yesquire0 Well, I'm 0-2. I love that song. It's my favorite of pop Genesis, though I much prefer Gabriel era. Maybe I shouldn't say I loved seeing Steve and band perform Seconds Out and other songs on shrooms in 2022. Excellent show.
@@Yesquire0 Oh, I just struck out. I love that one too and extra points for the JL shout out. Anyway, it's tough for me to rank songs on great albums. Like kids, I love them all in their own way.
I think in 'Carpet Crawlers' Peter is commenting on how people think they can game the system. When they 'get in' they will know how to get out on their own terms. Climbing up the social ladder, the employment ladder, pushing past others to reach the door and get into the 'chamber'.....that is their goal. But are they aware of what they are doing. Are they really getting ahead? Free will is an important idea in this journey of Peter's. Also, being mindful; understanding ourselves and where we are truly going. It comes to a head in the next tune.
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Peter says of the crawlers: "For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before" So he seems to be referring to "The Grand Parade" and linking the two songs. But there could be other explanations.
@@rk41gator so many interpretations, all sound feasible and yet none to be know which may be correct, gotta love the ambiguity of it all, makes music fun!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Gabriel sure loves his ambiguity. I think he enjoys playing with our minds. For what it's worth I recently finished an essay on how I feel all the symbolism comes together. (I don't think I mentioned this yet) Now that you have completed the album, you might want to read it. If so, I would be happy to share it. Nothing earth-shattering however. It did take me months of research, thinking about what he's said in articles and other music, and listening to more than a few reviewer comments, to finally piece together the story behind the story. I haven't been able to contact Peter yet, but Steve Hackett humored me by reading it and thought it interesting with some insights he hadn't recognized. Let me know if you are curious.
@@rk41gator wow, well if it has Steve hacketts approval I can only presume it a good read! Super impressive stuff, if you wish to send it my way I always happy to learn new things about music and the creative process I know nought about!
The phrase "get in to get out" contains both religious and social subtext. People are imposed with the possibilities of the dogma that our earthly life is only a prelude to the Heaven, and to get there, we must go through the "eye of the needle" of purgatory. To do this, it is necessary to overcome earthly goods and meet the requirements of their spiritual mentors. People are also imposed with social behavioral stereotypes that set them the desire to become the most successful in life, to climb as high as possible on the career ladder. The song also traces an allegorical comparison of the human desire for success from the spermotozoon to fertilize an egg. The "crawlers", moving along the dark “red ochre corridor” in a single desire, find themselves in a cherished room, reminiscent of sperm found in female solitude, which they need to “get in”, in order to conceive a new life there and, having been born, to “get out” into the light. That’s Peter for you
17:41 The beautiful chorus you are hearing is Phil singing backing vocals. I cannot get through this song when Phil is singing lead without crying, it's just beautiful and emotional. You HAVE to do a reaction to "Seconds Out Live" or/and even watch 18:38 the "LYCEUM" concert from 1980! It is truly the most amazing thing to witness!
Sounds good. How beautiful to have music instill such an emotional response for you ❤
I'm off to see Steve Hackett doing his "Lamb Highlights" show next weekend!
Amazing stuff! Have a great time at what will undoubtedly be an epic night
That'll be Cambridge then? See you there.
No, Bristol the night before ... But enjoy it all the same !
I'll be at the Glasgow show on the 18th. Looking forward to it massively! 😊
I will be at the Bristol concert as well. Love seeing Steve live, he and his band are incredible. Really enjoying these reactions as they are a very timely reminder of the Lamb, as Steve will be playing his favourite tracks from the Album.
If it's possible to believe, Steve Hackett's playing is even better now. So much emotion he can generate by the speeding up and slowing down, the bending of notes, the pauses. He's brilliant, and his band is all fantastic.
Although I love this whole album, you're entering into my favorite stretch now. The Lamia is one of the most beautiful songs from Genesis, musically, vocally, and lyrically. Enjoy!
Everyone loves The Carpet Crawlers but for me, The Chamber of 32 Doors is one of the best tracks on the album. All 5 members of the band provide exactly what is needed from them. Peter's impassioned vocals, Phil's understated drumming, Tony & Steve providing the atmosphere and Mike leading us along with the bass.
Perfect analysis there, couldn't agree more!
Love The Chamber of 32 Doors. Makes the hairs stand up 👍🏻
I could't fit all of "Seconds Out" on one casette tape for on-the-road play, and it was the easiest decision, ever, to leave Carpet Crawlers off the tape.
Totally agree
I'm with you. For me, the lyrics perfectly match Peter Gabriel's feelings about quitting Genesis. The counterpart to this song is Solsbury hill. He feels part of the scenery, part of a machinery/everyone is pointing but nowhere feels quite right/ Which connection I should cut/help me find a door that doesn't lead me back again. One song shows despair and anguish, the other, liberation. Genesis at its best, IMHO.
The Carpet Crawler is the one I loved most. It's a magnificent album.
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The Chamber is not only for me the highlight of this wonderful album but right up there with the greatest of their whole catalogue. Just beautiful stuff
That song took me on a magical journey!
Such an incredibly moving piece of music - I was fortunate enough that my parents brought Genesis music into my life having heard them on the radio in the mid-70's and falling in love. Carpet Crawl/Crawlers was one of their favourites. Sadly, both have since left this world and I'm not ashamed to say that during playback of your video I shed a tear or two and offered my heartfelt thanks to them both for bringing this great gift into my life.
Steve, you're a pure 💯% legend mate. Once again, I raise a glass to you - thank you for your open, honest and unfussy reactions which cut straight to the heart and soul of each piece - brilliant 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you so much for your extremely kind praise. I thoroughly enjoyed reacting to this album. I like you am grateful to others for bringing genesis in to my life, for me, obviously it is you amazing roadies. So thank you for being part of that. I'm deeply moved that my video was able to stir you in such a way when it came to memories of your parents. What a lovely attachment to be able to have with them. I know when the time comes with my dad there will be lots of music that will also stir up such emotion in me. Thank you for your honesty and sharing of your story
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions It's my absolute pleasure - your own 'genuity' encourages me to be more honest with myself in that sense and tbh I give you full credit for being able to bring that out of me. I felt like I was in safe hands whilst watching this and I guess in that sense it opened me up. Powerful stuff and proving how the internet can be used for so much good.
Keep on rockin, hehe - cheers for now! 👍
Carpet Crawlers….another favourite from the live shows. Have a listen to the live version on seconds out!
To me, the magic of the song came always out from the harmony of their two voices in the refrain. Always when I heard Phil doing the refrain alone in live versions, the magic wasn't there anymore.
I've seen Genesis twice, top notch musicians and concerts. I also saw Steve last winter, the "Foxtrot at 50" tour. I can't begin to explain how good it was.
@@joegruber7705 I'm seriously considering grabbing a ticket and going on my own to a show coming up!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Like NIKE says. "Just Do It!" ;)
@@ixtab1000 👌
I saw them in Indianapolis, Indiana Easter weekend of 1974. My ticket cost a whole $5. They played "Supper's Ready" to end the show. The night before we saw The Marshall Tucker Band and Foghat at the same venue. That show was more expensive. It cost $6. lol Both bands were staying in the same hotel as we were and a couple of us got to meet the bands and party in their rooms with them. It was quite the holiday weekend for a 19 yo Indiana kid.
@@allengator1914 Deer Creek? Back then. I saw Genesis at Market Square.
Chamber of 32 Doors ❤❤ never been able to fathom how you can write such masterful stuff at 23yrs old.
💯. Right there with you, well except at 40!
Perhaps my favorite song from Genesis, Carpet crawlers.
This was the encore in 07. Beautiful and sad.
@@raymondregis6219 In 2007, I was there in Brussels, Paris and Lyon. The last decent tour of my favorite band. First concert in Paris, June 87.
But my favorite live version is the Seconds out one.
are you starting to understand why it continues to be my favorite album after decades of listening? and the craziest thing is that after listening to it literally hundreds of times, each time I discover a new detail
I certain am, Sir. So many levels to this album! Crazy stuff
First heard it in 1985 and on it goes 😊
My son and I saw Steve Hackett in Austin in April, 2024 on his Foxtrot tour. He & his band performed the whole album and it was amazing... I'm so thrilled that Steve, at least is keeping old Genesis music alive!
Just for context, the previous songs (Back in NYC / Hairless Heart / Counting out time) were sort of flashbacks, snippets of Real life before the events of the actual story. With Carpet crawlers the focus Is shifted back to Rael's present
Appreciate the information, such tantalising stuff going on here!
Carpet Crawlers is GORGEOUS!!!!!! 💙🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶
💯 Couldn't agree more!
"The tickler takes his stickleback" can also be heard as "The tickler takes his tickle back". Since the verb 'to tickle' is used in angling, this may well be Peter's cleverest piece of wordplay yet.
Thanks for that observation. This album never ceases to amaze me.
The music matches the storytelling so well - especially The Chamber and the Carpet Crawlers is strangely catchy. Great stuff. Thanks for reviewing.
And thank you for watching and commenting
The Chamber of 32 Doors is ❤ It always gets me.
Carpet Crawlers long a live favourite and they’ve recorded it with Pete and Phil sharing vocals
Yeah 32 doors is pure ethereal joy
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Mike may have snatched the bass-player-of-the-year trophy from Yes’s Chris Squire that year. He’s even more on fire on Lilywhite Lillith, the next song (and the start of the second half of the album)
@@mattleppard1970 didn't Squire win 7 years in a row and Howe won 5 at the same time
That ain't no flute weaving in and out in the Carpet Crawlers - that was Steve's guitar
I did wonder by the end if that was some sort of magicians trick of Steve's, oh how he likes to mess with my mind, the bugger!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions I still marvel at how many incredible sounds Steve was able to get out of his guitar. Miles beyond anyone else. And right from the start in his time with Genesis, already on Nursery Cryme - for example on Hogweed, a peal of bells, arco violins - plus sometimes making it almost indistinguishable what he's playing and what Tony Banks is playing on the keyboards. To say nothing of the TAPPING and other techniques too! On TLLDOB he's sometimes using a Hi-Fly guitar synthesizer, now very rare.
My favourite Genesis album because it is a double album. We always listened to albums in there entirety fifty years ago ✨️🎶✨️
Definitely the best way to hear the artists true meaning of their songs in their entirety
Hello, my friend! I've been following your Genesis rabbithole since the start, subbed in the very first video! This album is very dear to my heart, and Chamber of 32 Doors is one of my favourite tracks ever! So personal, so raw, so thoughtful. Glad to see you're enjoying yourself with this one! Kudos from Brazil, mate! Waiting eagerly for the next one :)
@@ggnegrao thank you so much for having been with the channel for such a long time, that means a lot to me ❤. As you say this album hits so many different emotional notes, the skill in which they go from song to song is masterful, and as you'll see on my future videos, they never disappoint!
Hi friend, you need to hurry and get Steve Hackett tickets. He is showing the rest of the month of October in the UK. Promoting his new album as well as celebrating the 50th anniversary of Genesis album foxtrot
Hey, yeah I've seen the odd ticket still floating around near me, no-one wants to go with me though as no-one i know knows him, so it's whether I commit to a solo venture or not
@@MusicForTheSoulReactionsson once he is gone you'll be kicking yourself, GO!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions well, he came to Jacksonville, Florida back in March. I couldn’t find anybody to go out with.so, by myself. Loved every minute of it. Met some new friends too. If you go, just let the fans around you know that you’re new to Genesis. And they will embrace you as a long lost brother.
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions I'm going solo on Sunday. Won't be on my own when I get there; I'm sure I'll find a friend in the seat beside me. GO!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions You must GO!!!! Make a vid of your experience. You gotta get in to get out, lol.
Background voice in these songs is "only" Phil Collins, always beautiful.
Their live version of Carpet Crawlers off the Seconds Out album features Steve Hackett mixed ever so quietly in the background playing a song-length electric guitar solo. Stunning.
@@markfeggeler3479 I can only imagine how great that must be!
Hypnotically beautiful Bank's amazing chords lead the way. Bass adds so much. With every verse the music intensifies and the chorus seems more glorious. Fun to sing when you memorize the verse's. (Near impossible for me to play on my piano.)
Completely agree, apart from the piano part, which I wish I had learned to play!
Hi Steve. Rutherford has been described as a frustrated guitarist on bass. As a bass player myself I do agree. But having played “Return of the Giant Hogweed”, “Firth of Fifth”, and “The Knife” on Cruise the edge at Late night live. He is a genius. He also plays bass pedals and rhythm guitar at the same time.
I saw him with my dad with Mike and the Mechanics and I agree, as a bass player, he is something else! Love it
Their sweetest masterpiece Carpet crawlers and so so different from their previous ones.
Great part of the journey, I have always felt the same way as you with regard to the feelings that the lyrics and tune of Chamber of 32 Doors inspires. 😎 Thanks for the progress so far. Some great moments still to come...
Great comment on Steve Hackett's musical sense as he plays his guitar and brings the emotion. This 'Chamber' tune is one of my favorites. I like your picking up on the heartbeat. Never thought about that put through. Clearly the heart and emotions are a big part of Peter's message in understanding ourselves. Rutherford's bass is a strong element in many of these tunes.
"The Chamber of 32 Doors" is often less considered among so many great songs of the album but I've always tought it is one of the best track. I'm so happy Steve decided play it in his 2024 Lamb tour .
I love how everyone has their favourites, it seems to be an album for all of many tastes, the benefit of an eclectic musical flow in an album, covers all bases!
Love those freaking Bass Pedals at the beginning of 32 Doors!!
Amen to that!
Honesty, vulnerability and insight. Dare i say that this part of the journey digs rather deep. It stills the heart and mind in a way. It's beautiful..
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You just heard some of the following part of Peter's short story on the inside cover of the album, "He returns from his mixed-up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in. This time he discovers a long carpeted corridor.
The walls are painted in red ochre and are marked by strange insignia, some looking like a bulls-eye, others of birds and boats. Further down the corridor, he can see some people; all kneeling. With broken sighs and murmurs they struggle, in their slow motion to move towards a wooden door at the end. Having seen only the inanimate bodies in the Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging, Rael rushes to talk to them.
"What's going on?" he cries to a muttering monk, who conceals a yawn and replies "It's a long time yet before the dawn." A sphinx-like crawler calls his name saying "Don't ask him, the monk is drunk. Each one of us is trying to reach the top of the stairs, a way out will await us there." Not asking how he can move freely, our hero goes boldly through the door. Behind a table loaded with food, is a spiral staircase going up into the ceiling.
At the top of the stairs he finds a chamber. It is almost a hemisphere with a great many doors all the way round its circumference. There is a large crowd, huddled in various groups. From the shouting, Rael learns that there are 32 doors, but only one that leads out. Their voices get louder and louder until Rael screams "Shut up!" There is a momentary silence and then Rael finds himself the focus as they direct their advice and commands to their new found recruit. Bred on trash, fed on ash the jigsaw master has got to move faster. Rael sees a quiet corner and rushes to it.
He stands by a middle-aged woman, with a very pale skin who is quietly talking to herself. He discovers she is blind and asking for a guide. "What's the use of a guide if you got nowhere to go" asks Rael. "I've got somewhere to go," she replies "if you take me through the noise, I'll show you. I'm a creature of the caves and I follow the way the breezes blow."
He leads her across the room and they leave the crowd, who dismiss their departure as certain to fail.
When through the door, the woman leads Rael down the tunnel. The light of the chamber soon fades and despite her confident step Rael often stumbles in the darkness.
After a long walk they arrive in what Rael judges to be a big round cave, and she speaks a second time asking him to sit down. It feels like a cold stone throne.
"Rael, sit here. They will come for you soon. Don't be afraid." And failing to explain any more she walks off. He faces his fear once again."
@@tonys2899 what an amazing comment, thank you for taking the time out to write it and share it ❤
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions i have the whole story saved on a notepad from sending it to a friend, and previous reactors. But it is too long of a story to fit in one youtube comment. I will keep posting the bits that go along with the songs.
Interestingly, the story starts out with the words Keep your fingers out of my eye" because if you were holding the double album open and reading it, you undoubtedly would have your thumb in the eye of a picture of Rael on the side of the cover.
hi friend, Genesis many of Genesis' records are "concept albums". It means that you have to listen to the full record, for example Selling England by the pound, The lamb lies down on Broadway, Duke... ciao from Italy. marco
Bonjourno! Thank you for the comment. Such a talented group to create full album pieces to listen to in their entirety!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions "Selling England" isn't really a concept album, but more like a collection of short stories, loosely related but stand on their own. Neither is the album "Duke" a singular concept "The Lamb" is really Genesis's only true "concept' album.
There are two re-recorded versions of The Carpet Crawlers.
One in 1999 by the band with production by Trevor Horn and one by Steve Hackett in 2011 with Ray Wilson, singer from grunge band Stiltskin and Phil Collins's successor in Genesis.
Glad you're enjoying the ride! I have to be honest, despite being a life-long Genesis & Peter Gabriel fan, I always found this album a bit impenetrable - until I watched this animated version, and suddenly it all made sense! Well, as much sense as Peter's bat-sh** crazy story could make! But seeing the visuals really helped to follow Rael's journey, and to differentiate one track from another. Now it's probably my all-time favourite Genesis album, and I have the T-shirt to prove it!
Yeah it's helped me at times too! Amazing artwork to appreciate on its own merit too!
It’s amazing
Wonderful again! You can hardly imagine how much worse it's going to get for Rael on sides 3 & 4... (You've just finished the end of side 2 of the double LP.)
I saw Steve Hackett in Eastbourne a couple of years ago, playing the whole Foxtrot album and more - unmissable! Make sure you see him!
It gets a lot worse for rael
This is psychosis or acid , when you look at things to intently he is literally about to seriously loose it
Watch Steve Hackett live version of suppers ready ( live at Earl’s Court)
The Lamb rules!!!!
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Brilliant Steve unlike other pod casterd you stick to proper music by the best bands ever.
@@lazarus550 hey, thanks for the kind comment. That's down to you amazing roadies, I simply go where you guys point with your requests 🙂
Impossible to pick the best song on this album but Carpet Crawlers' is definitely one of them. Sod it they're all the best song.
Hahaha got to love an album where all songs are equal
The Lamb is an album that should be heard start to finish. It's the only way to make sense of it. Tony didn't care for it much because listening to it out of context would make no sense to anyone other than a Genesis fan. Though The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and The Carpet Crawlers were huge in their live performances. In 1999 Peter, Tony, Steve, Mike, and Phil got together and did a remake of it with a different twist. A must listen.
I agree. Doing this album in one go was a massive bonus for me and helped greatly with understanding the musical flows
You are listening to the remix that put extra emphasis on the Vocals. They are more upfront in the mix and there are parts that were basically unheard on the original mix that were brought to the fore.
Carpet crawlers sooo good and 32 chambers likewise
Hackett amazing live Steve
I'm definitely swaying towards taking the plunge and going watching him on my own in manchester
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions I’m sure you will really enjoy Steve
Perhaps the greatest loss when Peter left Genesis was the end to his harmonies with Phil.
This is most excellent 👏
Carpet Crawlers is good 👍
Love Your analysis.
Keep Rocking 👍
Roadie Ronnie SCOTLAND
Thanks, Roadie Ronnie 🙂
Oh Peter......you are beautiful !
I always bought double albums with some trepidation - who can create that much good stuff to fill out over an hour of listening? The Beatles "White Album" is one that doesn't disappoint, The Who's "Quadrophenia" is another, and of course this album holds it's place in the pantheon of the best. The contrast between music now and the '70's could not be greater - back then we were happy to be immersed in long songs, long albums, now it's single repetitive themes stretched out to 2 minutes at most. As Neil Young said "Rock and Roll will never die" ...
@@martinellis7156 couldn't agree more! You nailed it right on the head with your analysis there!
If you're loving Steve here, just wait until "The Lamia." 😢
@@mikemicrael5749 Steve never fails to disappoint, a wizard with those strings!!
Il tema sociale di THE CHAMBERS OF 32 DOORS mi ricorda DOGS dei Pink Floyd .
Anche se i Genesis lo hanno pubblicato 3 anni prima dell'album ANIMALS dei P.F.
Amando entrambe le bands trovo molto spesso similitudini nei loro brani.
Una profondità che solo questi due giganti sono riusciti a realizzare.
I'll have to visit Dogs by PF then to see the connection as that sounds fascinating. Thank you for the comment
@@65alef andrai a vedere Steve ? Io sono stato al suo tour due anni fa, e purtroppo questo me lo perderò 🥺
@@CorradoCasoni no perché pur apprezzandoli come musicisti...e su questo non ci piove non m'interessano le loro carriere da solisti e i nonni rock mi deprimono alquanto.
@@MusicForTheSoulReactionsfatti questo regalo.
DOGS è stupendo ma di quell'album preferisco SHEEP.
@@65alef posso capire il punto di vista sui nonni rock: se dev'essere solo una celebrazione in cui rovinano musica fantastica solo perché si sono stufati di suonarla ma la pecunia piace sempre. Io pur essendo vecchio cerco di trovare del buono nella musica nuova, ma bisogna far tanta selezione. Sicuramente chi dice che una volta la musica era buona e ora fa schifo sbaglia: semplicemente ci ricordiamo di Genesis o Pink Floyd ma ci siamo scordati tutta la diarrea musicale che c'era anche 50 anni fa. Solo oggi tocca far selezione, per la musica del passato ci ha già pensato il tempo
This video is great for me, because help me to can understand the lyrics.
Agreed, I definitely benefited from having them there!
When listening to Genesis a herbal medication is the norm.
Psychedelics don't hurt either.
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@@MusicForTheSoulReactionshow are they doing in legalizing weed in the UK? Has it been de-criminalized? I’m amazed if it’s still illegal. I always thought you guys would be ahead of the US on that matter. Here, only three states still ban it altogether….
Now you followed the white rabbit … 🎉❤😊
Hahaha that I have!
I thought you'd at least had heard "The Carpet Crawlers" before. Isn't that a very popular and well known song?
I cant say Genesis are a band i know, wasnt one of my dads bands to play as i grew up. No-one I know listens to them either. It'll be on me to convince them they should!
Great reaction! But it only gets weirder (as you now know...).
Indeed I do!!!
Carpet Crawlers... a "carpet crawler" is a colloquialism for a toddler, and more crudely, "sperm." Honestly, this song appears to be all about sex. "Got to get in (sex) to get out (birth)." It's the cycle of life, being born and seeking to get back into a woman. Disagree with me if you want, but as Peter sings in "Digging in the Dirt," a song which chronicles his own psychological healing:
The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes
@@keithbk ah, that makes a great deal of sense! Good insight there!!
Orgasmic….
I have my own gauge for determining the very worst song on a prog album. Which one did the record execs select to release as a single? "Carpet Crawlers" was released as a single. I think a lot of fans come to love what they've heard many times before.
How does that explain all of us who loved the song since hearing it on Lamb or Seconds and never knew or cared that it was a single?
@@captainsatellite2112 Who can account for taste? Yours, or mine.
Another example I'd offer is that the very worst and least proggy song from ATTW3 was released as a single, the execable "Follow You, Follow Me".
@@Yesquire0 Well, I'm 0-2. I love that song. It's my favorite of pop Genesis, though I much prefer Gabriel era. Maybe I shouldn't say I loved seeing Steve and band perform Seconds Out and other songs on shrooms in 2022. Excellent show.
@@captainsatellite2112 Let's go for 0-3! By far the worst song off the "Yes Album" is "ISAGP". Released as the single.
@@Yesquire0 Oh, I just struck out. I love that one too and extra points for the JL shout out. Anyway, it's tough for me to rank songs on great albums. Like kids, I love them all in their own way.
I think in 'Carpet Crawlers' Peter is commenting on how people think they can game the system. When they 'get in' they will know how to get out on their own terms. Climbing up the social ladder, the employment ladder, pushing past others to reach the door and get into the 'chamber'.....that is their goal. But are they aware of what they are doing. Are they really getting ahead? Free will is an important idea in this journey of Peter's. Also, being mindful; understanding ourselves and where we are truly going. It comes to a head in the next tune.
@@rk41gator great insight, great comment!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Peter says of the crawlers: "For my second sight of people, they've more lifeblood than before" So he seems to be referring to "The Grand Parade" and linking the two songs. But there could be other explanations.
@@rk41gator so many interpretations, all sound feasible and yet none to be know which may be correct, gotta love the ambiguity of it all, makes music fun!
@@MusicForTheSoulReactions Gabriel sure loves his ambiguity. I think he enjoys playing with our minds.
For what it's worth I recently finished an essay on how I feel all the symbolism comes together. (I don't think I mentioned this yet) Now that you have completed the album, you might want to read it. If so, I would be happy to share it. Nothing earth-shattering however.
It did take me months of research, thinking about what he's said in articles and other music, and listening to more than a few reviewer comments, to finally piece together the story behind the story. I haven't been able to contact Peter yet, but Steve Hackett humored me by reading it and thought it interesting with some insights he hadn't recognized. Let me know if you are curious.
@@rk41gator wow, well if it has Steve hacketts approval I can only presume it a good read! Super impressive stuff, if you wish to send it my way I always happy to learn new things about music and the creative process I know nought about!
The phrase "get in to get out" contains both religious and social subtext. People are imposed with the possibilities of the dogma that our earthly life is only a prelude to the Heaven, and to get there, we must go through the "eye of the needle" of purgatory. To do this, it is necessary to overcome earthly goods and meet the requirements of their spiritual mentors. People are also imposed with social behavioral stereotypes that set them the desire to become the most successful in life, to climb as high as possible on the career ladder. The song also traces an allegorical comparison of the human desire for success from the spermotozoon to fertilize an egg. The "crawlers", moving along the dark “red ochre corridor” in a single desire, find themselves in a cherished room, reminiscent of sperm found in female solitude, which they need to “get in”, in order to conceive a new life there and, having been born, to “get out” into the light.
That’s Peter for you
Wow, and now I'm amazed on a whole new level, consider my mind expanded!!