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Dancing With The Moonlight Knight
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“Dancing with the Moonlit Knight” is the first track on the Genesis album Selling England by the Pound, released in 1973.
The a cappella voice of Peter Gabriel opens the track. Then, the song progressively gets louder and more upbeat, becoming a powerful rock number. This song is notable in that it is one of several tracks where Tony Banks used his newly-acquired Mellotron M400; toward the middle of the song the 8 Voice choir is featured prominently, and in the closing section the strings are used. It is also of special mention particularly that guitarist Steve Hackett used the tapping and sweep-picking techniques on this song.
in the costume, “Britannia”, worn during “Dancing with The Moonlit Knight” 1974]]
The lyrics are an ironic commentary on contemporary England that...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Knights of the green shield stamp and shout ... The captain leads his dance right on through the night ... Follow on! till the gold is cold ♫
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