The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Oct 10, 2026
Scot TurnerHOST
It was-
Ivar HamiltonHOST
Yeah, I remember going to see Gentle Giant there, and, um, when Genesis did The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, that was also the, um, the, the Maple Leaf Gardens Concert Bowl-
Scot TurnerHOST
Concert Bowl
Ivar HamiltonHOST
... as well.
John GarrisonGUEST
You know, I was in my prog phase as a teenager.
John GarrisonGUEST
I was obsessed with Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
John GarrisonGUEST
Who wasn't? Yeah.
John GarrisonGUEST
Yeah.
Mack BHOST
Whereas you might go to a band like Genesis, no shortage of talent in that band.
Mack BHOST
But when Peter Gabriel says, I'm going to write Lamb Lies Down by myself because none of the great novels are written by committee and you will play what I want you to play.
Mack BHOST
All of a sudden they're like, no, I don't like this at all.
Mack BHOST
And you're going to need to go solo.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
You go ahead, patch your marriage up.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
Which, if you think back to... just five years before The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Peter Gabriel's daughter was almost died in childbirth and they resented him going away and trying to spend time with him, with her and his wife.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
A complete change in attitude from those two guys.
John MerrickHOST
I'm sure in Phil's autobiography he talks about going away on the Three Sides Live tour.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
You go ahead, patch your marriage up.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
Which, if you think back to... just five years before The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Peter Gabriel's daughter was almost died in childbirth and they resented him going away and trying to spend time with him, with her and his wife.
Simon HeldrichGUEST
A complete change in attitude from those two guys.
John MerrickHOST
I'm sure in Phil's autobiography he talks about going away on the Three Sides Live tour.
Burke DavisHOST
My next one, and I think I've talked about this song a couple of times on the show before, uh, this is very early Genesis with, uh, Peter Gabriel, uh, as the frontman.
Burke DavisHOST
This is from 1974, and this serves as the title track to Genesis's double album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and this song is The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Burke DavisHOST
This, uh, functions as the overture to one of progressive rock's most celebrated concept records.
Burke DavisHOST
Tony Banks' intricate classical style piano intro immediately establishes a complex musical foundation that anchors Peter Gabriel's surreal theatrical storytelling.
Burke DavisHOST
[gentle music] But rather than adhering to conventional pop tropes, this song utilizes unexpected chord progressions, syncopated rhythms, dense literary imagery to introduce a saga of the protagonist, Rael.
Burke DavisHOST
And it's a seamless blend of art rock ambition, virtuosic m- musicianship, and narrative-driven structure that capture the theatrical essence of 1970s peak era prog rock.
Peter GabrielSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Scott DavisHOST
Now, is Phil Collins' background in this?
Mack BHOST
Whereas you might go to a band like Genesis, no shortage of talent in that band.
Mack BHOST
But when Peter Gabriel says, I'm going to write Lamb Lies Down by myself because none of the great novels are written by committee and you will play what I want you to play.
Mack BHOST
All of a sudden they're like, no, I don't like this at all.
Mack BHOST
And you're going to need to go solo.
CarlaHOST
In between recording Warm Jets and Tiger Mountain, Eno was turning up all over playing gigs and recording with John Cale, Nico, and Keith Ayers, formerly of Soft Machine.
CarlaHOST
He also contributed to Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
CarlaHOST
In exchange, Eno is never hurting for big-name contributors to his solo records, including Fripp and Roxy's Phil Manzanera on guitar, and earning writing credits.
CarlaHOST
Remember, Eno had next to no training as a musician.
Joe SongcoGUEST
...
Joe SongcoGUEST
Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and they, they're playing all these parts.
Joe SongcoGUEST
Uh, Tony Banks and, and Mike Rutherford are writing the stuff with Phil, and he's, he's, he's banging it out.
Joe SongcoGUEST
You know, prog rock-
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AlaskaHOST
Okay.
Zilla RoccaHOST
They would have, like, have, like, something medieval, something about a village, something about water.
Joe SongcoGUEST
Oh, that's the, the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway stuff, which is trippy to me.
Joe SongcoGUEST
Have you ever, you ever go through, like, bo- all front to back on one of those albums? You're like, "Whoa, this is...
Steve HackettGUEST
so that it's, um, equalize it so that it's more mellow than it is in reality.
Steve HackettGUEST
And, um, it was this guitar that I bought, uh, for the, um, Landed Knights Down on Broadway sessions.
Phil AstonHOST
Yeah.
Phil AstonHOST
Yeah.
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