tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post8926643820965875685..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: The Lamb Lies Down on BroadwayWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-20886779833070676382016-03-04T20:48:26.246+00:002016-03-04T20:48:26.246+00:00Anthony, as far as Supper's Ready goes, you...Anthony, as far as Supper's Ready goes, you're a very astute chap.... <br /><br />Regarding the Carpet Crawlers. I remember that, at their last UK gig (so far - who knows), it was the last song. Implying for the thousands of us there at Twickenham and all we who loved them down the years - we are all, in a very real sense, Carpet Crawlers.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-33682328974945061002016-03-04T19:52:30.520+00:002016-03-04T19:52:30.520+00:00A beautiful and moving reverie. I agree that The L...A beautiful and moving reverie. I agree that The Lamb in this track stands for a sacrificial victim (primarily Jesus, probably); and maybe for a sign of contradiction, of purity and innocence in a mad world. Peter Gabriel’s lyrics in this period were mind-blowing, and reminiscent (to me) of the pantheistic poetic imagery of Dylan Thomas, which I was studying for O-Levels at the time. (And then Gabriel went off and got interested in African music and Genesis became a pop group).<br /><br />The figure of the lamb appears again later on in this album, in “Carpet Crawl”, where it certainly has a religious significance.“There is lambswool under my naked feet”. Carpet Crawl is an overtly anti-religious song in the manner of Stairway to Heaven. The carpet crawlers who heed their callers are Christians/religious people, “hoping they’ll find peace”, with their faces “upwards to the ceiling, where the chamber’s said to be”. And of course there is also the track “The Chamber of 32 Doors”, clearly a song about why-are-we-here-which-way-to-go. So much for you to get your teeth into. <br /><br />You’ve moved on from “Foxtrot”. I take it you’re saving “Supper’s Ready” for Maundy Thursday.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com