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Some notes on "The Lamb lies Down on Braodway" by Genesis and the character "Rael...from this link...http://www.tnt-audio.com/topics/lamb_e.html

For those of you who are unaware, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is an epic album that many consider a milestone in rock music. This is four sides of one continuous story told (sung) by Peter Gabriel. Though it has several stand out songs like the title cut and Carpet Crawlers, this really needs to be listened to in one continuous sitting to take in the entire experience. It tells story, and a pretty good one at that if you are into fantasy (supposedly). Just look at the cover art and you can tell how bizarre this story (seemingly) is.
Now, the common consensus is this album is about Rael, a Puerto Rican kid living on the streets of New York City. During one of his frequent bouts of graffiti art, Rael finds himself slipping into the netherworld below the streets of Manhattan. This begins an adventure into the surreal that is as bizarre as it will be foretelling.

Has this group of Euro-nuts entered a world as surreal as it is foretelling?

Keep your fingers out of my eye...

I absolutely love "The Lamb", it is still my all-time favorite album. Tony Bank's cross-handed intro to the title track is still the most hauntingly beautiful piece of music I have ever heard, and his solos on "Riding The Scree" and "In the Cage" still make my hair stand on end. To me the Lamb isn't so much about the lyrics or the story, it is absolutely some of the best music that came out of the entire "Prog" era. Unlike most 70s-era prog, the Lamb still sounds as fresh today.

I still hold out that maybe one day, I can see a recreation of that '74 show. Maybe Steve, Mike and Tony could collaborate with another singer (I can't see Gabriel in his 50s playing Rael anymore, and as for Phil, yeah right!!) to restage the show for its 30 year anniversary. Oh well, I can dream, can't I?