{"id":131,"date":"2013-10-16T04:24:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T04:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimalfredson.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2013-10-16T04:24:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T04:24:39","slug":"genesis-in-the-cage-solo-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimalfredson.com\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Genesis – In The Cage (solo section)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I first heard The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway<\/a> towards the tail end of my sophomore year in high school. \u00a0This would’ve been 1993 or so. \u00a0My eldest sister got me hooked on Genesis and Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins and it was her collection of tapes and CDs that I listened to. \u00a0I also dubbed them rabidly, so I could block out the world during the excruciating 40+ minute bus rides to and from middle and high school with my headphones and my WalkMan. \u00a0I started listening to Gabriel, thanks to her, in third grade. By high school I had heard almost every Genesis album except The Lamb<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She held The Lamb<\/em> back from me due to its more pronounced adult themes, ie Counting Out Time. \u00a0I remember her handing it over to me like it was some sort of Rite of Passage. Maybe it was. \u00a0I listened to it almost daily for two years, attempting to decode the various mythological references and figure out the meaning of the story.<\/p>\n

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I became obsessed. \u00a0I probably scared numerous people away; certainly plenty of girls. But I didn’t care. \u00a0The music was captivating and atmospheric. \u00a0Tony Banks’ keyboards sounded other-worldly and Gabriel’s lyrics labyrinthine. \u00a0Phil Collins’ drums parts were perfectly played, Mike Rutherford’s bass and pedals and guitar serpentine, and Steve Hackett’s solos just soared. \u00a0But as any Genesis fan will agree, one solo stood out among them all: \u00a0The keyboard solo from “In The Cage”.<\/p>\n