The song Broadway Melody Of 1974 is performed by Genesis in the album named 1970-1975 in the year 2008 .
The moment of impact bursts through the silence and in a roar of sound, the final second is prolonged in a world of echoes as if the concrete and clay of broadway itself was reliving it's memorie
E last great march past. newsman stands limp as a whimper as audience and event are locked as one. bing crosby coos "you don't have to feel pain to sing the blues, you don't have to holla -
Don't feel a thing in your dollar collar." martin luther king cries "everybody sing!" and rings the grand old liberty bell. leary, weary of his prison cell, walks on heaven, talks
Ell. j.f.k. gives the o.k. to shoot us, sipping orange julius and lemon brutus. bare breasted cowboy double decks the triple champion. who needs medicare and the 35c flat rate fare, when fred as
And ginger rogers are dancing through the air? from broadway melody stereotypes the band returns to 'stars and stripes' bringing a tear to the moonshiner, who's been pouring out his spirit from
Illegal still. the pawn broker clears the noisy t
Ill and clutches his lucky dollar bill.
Echoes of the broadway everglades,
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades:
Lenny bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand.
Marshall mcluhan, casual viewin', head buried in the sand.
Sirens on the rooftops wailing, but there's no ship sailing.
Groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline
Failing.
Klu klux klan serve hot soul food and the band plays 'in the mood'
The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand, there's a smell of
Peach blossom and bitter almonde.
Caryl chessman sniffs the air and leads the parade, he knows
In a scent, you can bottle all you made.
There's howard hughes in blue suede shoes, smiling at the
Majorettes smoking winston cigarettes.
And as the song and dance begins, the children play at home
With needles; needles and pins.
Then the blackout.
Genesis - 1970-1975
1970-1975
- Looking For Someone [New Stereo Mix]
- White Mountain [New Stereo Mix]
- Visions Of Angels [New Stereo Mix]
- Stagnation [New Stereo Mix]
- Dusk [New Stereo Mix]
- The Knife [New Stereo Mix]
- The Musical Box [New Stereo Mix]
- For Absent Friends [New Stereo Mix]
- The Return Of The Giant Hogweed [New Stereo Mix]
- Seven Stones [New Stereo Mix]
- Harold The Barrel [New Stereo Mix]
- Harlequin [New Stereo Mix]
- The Fountain Of Salmacis [New Stereo Mix]
- Watcher Of The Skies [New Stereo Mix]
- Time Table [New Stereo Mix]
- Get 'Em Out By Friday [New Stereo Mix]
- Can-Utility And The Coastliners [New Stereo Mix]
- Horizons [New Stereo Mix]
- Supper's Ready [New Stereo Mix]
- Dancing With The Moonlit Knight [New Stereo Mix]
- I Know What I Like [In Your Wardrobe] [New Stereo Mix]
- Firth Of Fifth [New Stereo Mix]
- More Fool Me [New Stereo Mix]
- The Battle Of Epping Forest [New Stereo Mix]
- After The Ordeal [New Stereo Mix]
- The Cinema Show [New Stereo Mix]
- Aisle Of Plenty [New Stereo Mix]
- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway [New Stereo Mix]
- Fly On A Windshield [New Stereo Mix]
- Broadway Melody Of 1974 [New Stereo Mix]
- Cuckoo Cocoon [New Stereo Mix]
- In The Cage [New Stereo Mix]
- The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging [New Stereo Mix]
- Back In N.Y.C. [New Stereo Mix]
- Hairless Heart [New Stereo Mix]
- Counting Out Time [New Stereo Mix]
- Carpet Crawlers [New Stereo Mix]
- The Chamber Of 32 Doors [New Stereo Mix]
- Lilywhite Lilith [New Stereo Mix]
- The Waiting Room [New Stereo Mix]
- Anyway [New Stereo Mix]
- Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist [New Stereo Mix]
- The Lamia [New Stereo Mix]
- Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats [New Stereo Mix]
- The Colony Of Slippermen [The Arrival / A Visit To The Doktor / Raven]
- Ravine [New Stereo Mix]
- The Light Dies Down On Broadway [New Stereo Mix]
- Riding The Scree [New Stereo Mix]
- In The Rapids [New Stereo Mix]
- It [New Stereo Mix]
- Happy The Man
- Twilight Alehouse
- Going Out To Get You [Demo 1969]
- Shepherd [BBC Nightride 1970]
- Pacidy [BBC Nightride 1970]
- Let Us Now Make Love [BBC Nightride 1970]
- Provocation [Genesis Plays Jackson]
- Frustration [Genesis Plays Jackson]
- Manipulation [Genesis Plays Jackson]
- Resignation [Genesis Plays Jackson]