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"Carpet Crawlers", also sometimes listed as "Carpet Crawl", "The Carpet Crawl" or " The Carpet Crawlers", is a song originally from the 1974 Genesis concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
In this portion of The Lamb story, the main character Rael finds himself in a red carpeted corridor, filled with strange creatures that are slowly crawling towards a red door at the end of the hall. Rael is able to move freely, so he dashes by them towards the door and goes through it. Behind the door is a table with a candle-lit feast of food on it, and behind that, a spiral staircase that leads upwards out of sight.
[edit] Recent appearances
"Carpet Crawlers" reappears on the 1976 Genesis: In Concert with Bill Bruford on drums, Seconds Out, Genesis's 1977 live album, and was also played on subsequent tours in 1978, 1980 and the Six of the Best reunion concert with Peter Gabriel. A re-recorded version, called "Carpet Crawlers 1999", was released on the compilation album Turn It on Again: The Hits; here, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins both share lead vocals. The B-sides of the 1999 single were Turn it on Again and Follow You Follow Me. The song is also included as the final track of the 2007 live album Live Over Europe 2007 and on the live DVD When in Rome 2007.
[edit] Cover versions
The song was covered by the French band Matis on their album "Encore" released in 2006. A version was also recorded by John Ford (ex-The Strawbs) for a tribute album. Another version was covered by the jazz band Fragile on their 2007 cover album smile and by Human Drama on their 1993 'Pin Ups' release.
[edit] Personnel
- Peter Gabriel: Vocals
- Steve Hackett: Electric Guitar
- Mike Rutherford: 12 String guitar, Bass pedals
- Phil Collins: Drums and Hi-Hats, backing vocals.
- Tony Banks: ARP Pro-Soloist, RMI Electra-Piano
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