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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L9fOGg9wO8 Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[Music/ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L9fOGg9wO8 Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[Music/ThePolice Sting]] Music/{{Sting}} proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?
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--> "Okay, men, fire over their heads!

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--> "Okay, men, fire over their heads!heads!"
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--> ''[A child is heard screaming]

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--> ''[A child is heard screaming]screaming]''
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-- "Okay, men, fire over their heads!

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** There's a part where Peter Gabriel begins chanting "We are only wanting freedom" which begins progressively creepier as more voices join in, giving a VoiceOfTheLegion effect to it. Towards the end of this, we hear an officer giving a command to his men:
-- "Okay, men, fire over their heads!
--> ''[A child is heard screaming]
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* The "Land of Confusion" music video is pretty creepy, with its UncannyValley puppet versions of celebrities (made by the folks behind ''Series/SpittingImage'') and Genesis themselves (''ESPECIALLY'' the Phil Collins puppet, who looks like a squashed tomato).

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--> ''Fang, son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek\\

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--> ''Fang, son of Great Fang, the Fang\\
The
traitor we seek\\



Must'' '''''DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!'''''

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Must'' '''''DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!'''''
'''''DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!'''''
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--> ''Fang, song of Great Fang, the traitor we seek\\

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--> ''Fang, song son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek\\
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* "White Mountain" is about a wolf named Fang who seeks to take control of his pack by killing its leader. After stealing the packs crown and sceptre, the pack realises what he's up to and go to kill him. The pack leader's declaration that Fang must die is accompanied by ''very'' loud bass kicks from the drums, adding a very dark tone to what had mostly been a by the books prog rock song with its acoustic guitar and keyboards.
--> ''Fang, song of Great Fang, the traitor we seek\\
The Laws of the Brethren say this:\\
That only the King sees the crown of the gods\\
And he, the usurper,\\
Must'' '''''DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!'''''
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* Visually, many of Peter Gabriels costumes count, such as [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/196d435df03184cdb14593a8d68c2422/3600723.jpg the Watcher Of The Skies]], [[http://api.ning.com/files/UUEeUWW5l*lv*jIcLd0j70qLK6n*-UUCZwvUdVg3RvVWwq-QEiUAR9-nZDZv8I4FoiIsJl1XC0E*v9QRA6ScL66k*gRSk3C6/slipperman.jpg the Slipperman]] from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/3ae17e4d04a9e4dc9f4e3895e4e55ad8/3600713.jpg the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man]] from ''SuppersReady'' can send nightmares.

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* Visually, many of Peter Gabriels costumes count, such as [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/196d435df03184cdb14593a8d68c2422/3600723.jpg the Watcher Of The Skies]], [[http://api.ning.com/files/UUEeUWW5l*lv*jIcLd0j70qLK6n*-UUCZwvUdVg3RvVWwq-QEiUAR9-nZDZv8I4FoiIsJl1XC0E*v9QRA6ScL66k*gRSk3C6/slipperman.jpg the Slipperman]] from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/3ae17e4d04a9e4dc9f4e3895e4e55ad8/3600713.jpg the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man]] from ''SuppersReady'' can send nightmares.
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* Visually, many of Peter Gabriels costumes count, such as [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/196d435df03184cdb14593a8d68c2422/3600723.jpg the Watcher Of The Skies]], [[http://api.ning.com/files/UUEeUWW5l*lv*jIcLd0j70qLK6n*-UUCZwvUdVg3RvVWwq-QEiUAR9-nZDZv8I4FoiIsJl1XC0E*v9QRA6ScL66k*gRSk3C6/slipperman.jpg the Slipperman]] from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jur5A0fpBgs/TYqtdpBPbtI/AAAAAAAAABM/2dlt1bMlEUA/s1600/still+9.jpg the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man]] from ''SuppersReady'' can send nightmares.

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* Visually, many of Peter Gabriels costumes count, such as [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/196d435df03184cdb14593a8d68c2422/3600723.jpg the Watcher Of The Skies]], [[http://api.ning.com/files/UUEeUWW5l*lv*jIcLd0j70qLK6n*-UUCZwvUdVg3RvVWwq-QEiUAR9-nZDZv8I4FoiIsJl1XC0E*v9QRA6ScL66k*gRSk3C6/slipperman.jpg the Slipperman]] from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jur5A0fpBgs/TYqtdpBPbtI/AAAAAAAAABM/2dlt1bMlEUA/s1600/still+9.[[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/3ae17e4d04a9e4dc9f4e3895e4e55ad8/3600713.jpg the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man]] from ''SuppersReady'' can send nightmares.
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L9fOGg9wO8 Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L9fOGg9wO8 Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[ThePolice [[Music/ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?
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* "Return of the Giant Hogweed" should be {{Narm}} or NightmareRetardant due to being based on the invasion of a plant species. However, when you actually listen to it, it doesn't come out that way, due to the sheer [[LastNoteNightmare darkness of the ending]], what with its dissonance and proto-[[NewWaveOfBritishHeavyMetal NWOBHM]] galloping rhythms. "The Musical Box" from the same album can also qualify, what with its StalkerWithACrush lyrics and bloody backstory/ending.

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* From ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', the Lamia, the Slippermen (again!), and Doktor Dyper.

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* From ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', the Lamia, the Slippermen (again!), and Doktor Dyper.



* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." That is all.
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** The ending: [[spoiler: "We have '''''woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]

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** The ending: [[spoiler: "We have '''''woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]'''''woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]
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* The subject of wrongful imprisonment in "Inside And Out" is a real AdultFear. It is strongly implied that the man's actions were consensual, but that the parents of the girl he made out with have it in for him. The song states that the event took place in August '53, and that he has been out (as of 1977) for 20 years, meaning that he spent four years in prison and then was let out, likely due to insufficient evidence. Several summers pass where he tries to explain his story differently (most likely modifying his story to get a lesser sentence) and he eventually gets out, but the judge tells him that he's 'paid for his lies'. Then, 'with that behind you, you can't plan ahead' - he's been found (technically) innocent, but nobody will hire him. It's still however implied that they can imprison him again, regardless of his claims of innocence, if more 'evidence' turns up, and this time they definitely won't let him go. The effect symbolises the way the man is still paying for the crime he did not commit. It also highlights how sadistic some authority figures can be.
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* Visually, many of Peter Gabriels costumes count, such as [[http://rymimg.com/lk/l/w/196d435df03184cdb14593a8d68c2422/3600723.jpg the Watcher Of The Skies]], [[http://api.ning.com/files/UUEeUWW5l*lv*jIcLd0j70qLK6n*-UUCZwvUdVg3RvVWwq-QEiUAR9-nZDZv8I4FoiIsJl1XC0E*v9QRA6ScL66k*gRSk3C6/slipperman.jpg the Slipperman]] from ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and [[https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jur5A0fpBgs/TYqtdpBPbtI/AAAAAAAAABM/2dlt1bMlEUA/s1600/still+9.jpg the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man]] from ''SuppersReady'' can send nightmares.
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* Steve Hackett has an instrumental track on his debut solo album, ''Voyage Of The Acolyte'', sandwiched in between two gentle pieces, called "A Tower Struck Down". It is an aggressive, [[HellIsThatNoise increasingly chaotic and dissonant]] piece with persistant, distorted electric guitars and analog synths, [[spoiler: a sound effects JumpScare in the middle]], and [[spoiler: the sound of a [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler rally]] of "Sieg Heil"s at the end]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxl6RLlKkHI Sweet dreams, kiddies]].

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* Steve Hackett has an instrumental track on his debut solo album, ''Voyage Of The Acolyte'', sandwiched in between two gentle pieces, called "A Tower Struck Down". It is an aggressive, [[HellIsThatNoise increasingly chaotic and dissonant]] dissonant piece with persistant, distorted electric guitars and analog synths, [[spoiler: a sound effects JumpScare in the middle]], and [[spoiler: the sound of a [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler rally]] of "Sieg Heil"s at the end]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxl6RLlKkHI Sweet dreams, kiddies]].
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* "The Knife", about a soon-to-be dictator rallying his followers...

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* "The Knife", about a soon-to-be dictator rallying his followers...followers.
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OzuXh_n3E Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OzuXh_n3E com/watch?v=3L9fOGg9wO8 Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?
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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M Snowbound]]" certainly qualifies for this trope. A method of "waste management" that would have done [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] proud.

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M com/watch?v=eqgKiFxeQtg Snowbound]]" certainly qualifies for this trope. A method of "waste management" that would have done [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] proud.
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* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." Talk about [[Uncannyvalley]]...

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* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." Talk about [[Uncannyvalley]]...That is all.
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* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." Talk about [[Uncanny Valley]]...

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* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." Talk about [[Uncanny Valley]]...[[Uncannyvalley]]...
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* The puppets used in "Land of Confusion." Talk about [[UncannyValley]]...

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** The ending: [[spoiler: "We have '''''wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]

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** The ending: [[spoiler: "We have '''''wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]'''''woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnn!!!'''''"]]
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-->''I'll give you the names of those you must kill''
-->''All must die with their children''
-->''Carry their heads to the palace of old''
-->''Hang them high, let the blood flow, now!''

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-->''I'll give you the names of those you must kill''
-->''All
kill''\\
''All
must die with their children''
-->''Carry
children''\\
''Carry
their heads to the palace of old''
-->''Hang
old''\\
''Hang
them high, let the blood flow, now!''flow''\\
''Now, in this ugly world''\\
''Break all the chains around us''\\
''Now, the crusade has begun''\\
''Give us a land fit for heroes, '''NOW!'''''
**The remastered edition for the 2007 ''Tour Edition'' of ''Turn It On Again: The Hits'' manages to be even worse, with Gabriel's voice now distorted in a way that sounds as though he's talking through a megaphone as he says the following:
-->''Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the freedom that I shall pro'''viiiiiiide'''!''
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* From ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', the Lamia, the Slippermen (again!), and Doktor Dyper.

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* From ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', the Lamia, the Slippermen (again!), and Doktor Dyper.



* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M Snowbound]]" certainly qualifies for this trope. A method of "waste management" that would have done [[TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] proud.

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* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M Snowbound]]" certainly qualifies for this trope. A method of "waste management" that would have done [[TheSopranos [[Series/TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] proud.



* The twisting, loud, deathly melodies at the end of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01CnBGWvBpEd Entangled]]'', played on mellotron and a warbly synthesizer, particularly as the song's lyrics concern a patient's discussions of mental illness with a psychiatrist, definitely count on their own.

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* The twisting, loud, deathly melodies at the end of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01CnBGWvBpEd Entangled]]'', played on mellotron and a warbly synthesizer, particularly as the song's lyrics concern a patient's discussions of mental illness with a psychiatrist, definitely count on their own.
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** "And I'm hovering like a fly, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9Kuvn5E34 waiting for the windshield on the freeway...]]"
** Don't forget ''the epic dissonance'' of "The Waiting Room"!
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxvSxv7O8M Snowbound]]" certainly qualifies for this trope. A method of "waste management" that would have done [[TheSopranos Tony Soprano]] proud.
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o02v0hkq3IA The Day The Light Went Out]]", the B-Side to "Many, Too Many", also available in ''Genesis: 1976-1982''. See also: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
--> ''When they went to bed that night no one would have believed''
--> ''That in the morning, light would not be there''
--> ''The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man''
--> ''No place was there known to have been spared''
--> ''Then panic took control of minds and fear hit everyone''
--> ''The day the light went out of the daytime sky.''
* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_OzuXh_n3E Mama]]". Mechanical drum machine? Check. Ominous music? Check. Big drumming finale, like in "In The Air Tonight"? Check. Phil almost doing a MetalScream? Check. Phil's EvilLaugh? Check. StalkerWithACrush [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Guy]] lyrics that would make [[ThePolice Sting]] proud? Check. Is there a HONF bingo?
* There's also the thief trapped forever in a disembodied state in "Home by the Sea", the global disaster and "beautiful river of blood" from "Domino" - for a band so many people think of as pretty light and fluffy, the Collins-era Genesis had a ''shitload'' of really chilling lyrics.
* The twisting, loud, deathly melodies at the end of ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01CnBGWvBpEd Entangled]]'', played on mellotron and a warbly synthesizer, particularly as the song's lyrics concern a patient's discussions of mental illness with a psychiatrist, definitely count on their own.
* "The Knife", about a soon-to-be dictator rallying his followers...
-->''I'll give you the names of those you must kill''
-->''All must die with their children''
-->''Carry their heads to the palace of old''
-->''Hang them high, let the blood flow, now!''
* Steve Hackett has an instrumental track on his debut solo album, ''Voyage Of The Acolyte'', sandwiched in between two gentle pieces, called "A Tower Struck Down". It is an aggressive, [[HellIsThatNoise increasingly chaotic and dissonant]] piece with persistant, distorted electric guitars and analog synths, [[spoiler: a sound effects JumpScare in the middle]], and [[spoiler: the sound of a [[ThoseWackyNazis Hitler rally]] of "Sieg Heil"s at the end]]. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxl6RLlKkHI Sweet dreams, kiddies]].
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