Nice to have comments on this lovely instrumental piece !
After living with the Lamb since its release all those years ago, I have only recently listened to it again and given it some deeper thought. It is an incredible piece of work by any standards and holds up today extremely well. The music , concept, story and lyrics all work together to produce a musical which, for me, is up there with Sondheim.
And there is so much conjecture about meanings etc - the wonders of the internet ! So much love of this album, and very creative responses from fans from all over the place.
My own thoughts revolve around this instrumental, and more tellingly, its location at the hairy or not so hairy heart of the Lamb.
For me it seems to mark a turning point. The previous track Back in NYC seems to boil down to an internal dialogue – go the route which will put one back behind bars , or go another route which will unite one with the rest of humanity ( counting out time , carpet crawlers and 32 doors ) as opposed to the lifeless grand parade view of humanity he has held to date. For me, the heartfelt 32 doors could almost have been the end of Rael´s story – listen to the beautiful final tinkle of Tony Bank´s piano.
This could be the end because, after very many listenings, the second record now runs parallel in my head with the first ( er um , am I making sense doctor ?) , kind of looping back to this very point. The first record seems to be Rael at the upper level of his mind, while the second deals with his deeper drives . On disc two his mum and dad ( seemingly absent on the upper level) , for me at least, loom very large from a psychological perspective . My somewhat potty notion is that these figures affect the events on the first record rather than following them in a linear fashion. Outlandish I know, and probably the result of my over active imagination ! But pretentious fun nonetheless.
Nice to have comments on this lovely instrumental piece !
After living with
the Lambsince its release all those years ago, I have only recently listened to it again and given it some deeper thought. It is an incredible piece of work by any standards and holds up today extremely well. The music , concept, story and lyrics all work together to produce amusicalwhich, for me, is up there with Sondheim.And there is so much conjecture about meanings etc - the wonders of the internet ! So much love of this album, and very creative responses from fans from all over the place.
My own thoughts revolve around this instrumental, and more tellingly, its location at the hairy or not so hairy heart of
the Lamb.For me it seems to mark a turning point. The previous track
Back in NYCseems to boil down to an internal dialogue –go the route which will put one back behind bars, orgo another route which will unite one with the rest of humanity( counting out time , carpet crawlers and 32 doors ) as opposed to the lifelessgrand paradeview of humanity he has held to date. For me, the heartfelt32 doorscould almost have been the end of Rael´s story – listen to the beautiful final tinkle of Tony Bank´s piano.This could be the end because, after very many listenings, the second record now runs parallel in my head with the first ( er um , am I making sense doctor ?) , kind of
looping backto this very point. The first record seems to be Rael at the upper level of his mind, while the second deals with his deeper drives . On disc two hismum and dad( seemingly absent on the upper level) , for me at least, loom very large from a psychological perspective . My somewhat potty notion is that these figures affect the events on the first record rather than following them in a linear fashion. Outlandish I know, and probably the result of my over active imagination ! But pretentious fun nonetheless.