― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 February 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
But my favorite is probably Selling England...
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 3 February 2005 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Thursday, 3 February 2005 20:27 (nineteen years ago) link
I like "Seconds Out" quite a bit as well.
― kwhitehead (stephen schmidt), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pangolino again, Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Thursday, 3 February 2005 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't mind Trick of the Tail or Wind and Wuthering, but...anyway, "Battle of Epping Forest" and "Firth of Fifth" are the two best Genesis tracks, I'd say. I guess maybe I'll get a CD of Lamb Lies Down and give it a whirl
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:34 (nineteen years ago) link
That's the prob with most of the Genesis albums IMO, tracks that are alright, but just somehow spoil the shape. On Trespass it's "The Knife" - good as it is, it really belongs on its own, cos it's closer to Nursery Cryme than the sound on the rest of that album. On Nursery Cryme itself, it's Fountain of Salmacis - bad idea to finish a Victorian Gothic ghost story of an album with an overlong Greek myth. Even The Lamb seems to lose impetus on Side 4.
Maybe the folks arguing for the poppier albums are onto something, tho in that case I'd have Duke any day.
― noodle vague (noodle vague), Thursday, 3 February 2005 22:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― bahtology, Thursday, 3 February 2005 23:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― captain easychord (captain easychord), Saturday, 5 February 2005 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 5 February 2005 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 5 February 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― rubylove, Monday, 26 December 2005 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 00:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 00:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I could be wrong though
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― chill pollins, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― chill pollins, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:53 (eighteen years ago) link
I am dating myself a little bit, but in my recollection, Phl solo got huge (in the US) when "In the Air" tonight was used on Miami Vice. And that gave momentum to Genesis (the yellow album). They may have had hits, even big ones, before that but -- as Alfred notes -- that's what made them huge.
― Mitya (mitya), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 04:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Straight Toxic (ghostface), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I don't think "Me And Sarah Jane" was a single, but I agree its a great tune. "Like It Or Not" was another good one from Abacab. I also remember digging one of the studio tunes from 3 Sides Live - "You Might Recall" it was.
I think I have to give the album nod to the Lamb. It has the best collection of tunes for me - title track, Back in NYC, In the Cage, Grand Parade, etc. I would love to have seen that tour!
― erv (Abe Froman), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― howell huser (chaki), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mitya (mitya), Friday, 24 March 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Friday, 24 March 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 24 March 2006 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 24 March 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Friday, 24 March 2006 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Friday, 24 March 2006 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 24 March 2006 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link
I find it sounds more distinct, with better stereo separation and more treble, than their earlier work.
Musically, I prefer the best of the Gabriel era work, but I still think "Trick..." and "Wind...." are the ones that sound best.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Why does the birds always shitting on me? (noodle vague), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Friday, 24 March 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lotta Continua (Damian), Saturday, 25 March 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Lotta Continua (Damian), Saturday, 25 March 2006 22:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 25 March 2006 23:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 25 March 2006 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link
I've never heard a whole album by the quintet, but I have a hard time accepting that anything they did could be as thrilling as Queen II. Jesus, the intro to "Ogre Battle" !!
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Marmotdeth (marmotwolof), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:39 (seventeen years ago) link
The message board version of "Gates Of Delirium "!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 14 July 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
"X band is clearly superior to Y band on the following Z criteria" is the part of ILM that deservedly gets written out of official history.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
X, the band, is clearly superior to Yes on the following Zomg! criteria.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
^^^^ allowable
― Tim F, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:47 (six years ago) link
*cranks Moving Pictures*
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
One thing I was wondering last night was "who was heavily influenced by the post-prog Genesis albums?"
Duke is too prog I think to sound too much like stuff that isn't also at least partially steeped in prog traditions. As I said upthread it reminds me a lot of Marillion's Clutching at Straws, which I guess was an example of a band who had effectively been histrionic early-Genesis understudies grappling with the same question of how to transition to "proper" songwriting (rather than just "pop" per se), and is also the only Marillion album I listen to very much.
But surely there must have been many artists influenced by Abacab / Genesis / Invisible Touch? And I don't mean in a generic "no one got out of the 80s alive" sense, but as in, these particular albums (or maybe just one of them!) were a specific stylistic touchstone??
In some ways these three albums sound very, erm, "Canadian" to me? I wonder if Jane Siberry was a fan of this era of Genesis?
― Tim F, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
That's an interesting question and one that I've been pondering myself over the last couple of days - the most obvious answer I could come up with was Marillion, who you've mentioned as being heavily influenced by Gabriel-era Genesis, although I'm sure they continued to follow Genesis into the '80s. Ultimately, though, I don't know - a lot of what I'm thinking of that happened after Invisible Touch could be considered to be a reaction against it in some way.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
I've always thought that Tears for Fears "Songs from the Big Chair" was very influenced by post prog Genesis. Especially at its, well, proggiest - Broken, Mother's Talk - but also how the drums, Strats and synthesizers sound.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:12 (six years ago) link
God, "You Might Recall" from the Abacab sessions is insanely good. I don't know why I hadn't heard it before.
― jmm, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
xpost oooh yes that's a good answer. Also just the general glassy grandeur of the songs is kind of positioned halfway between Duke and the rest of new pop.
― Tim F, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link
Prog coincidence or no, credits on that TfF album include Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel's drummer) and Mel Collins (from King Crimson). Phil himself plays drums on the next album, on "Woman in Chains."
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 July 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Ha, when you put it that way, I bet Gowan was into pop Genesis.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Friday, 14 July 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Indio's Big Harvest (also Canadian) has always reminded me of post-So Peter Gabriel. ha, I see that David Rhodes played with both.
― doug watson, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
But really, Tim, speaking as a Canadian, I have no idea WTF you mean
― doug watson, Friday, 14 July 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
Songs from the Big Chair doesn't remind me of Genesis at all.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
It's basically a mid '80s synthpop record with a bicycle pump shoved up its arse.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Vinnie Colaiuta could play anything Peart could, and then some, but Peart could not play "Nightshift" by the Commodores. And I have no doubt that Jeff Porcaro could play Rush songs, too, but Peart could not play "Billie Jean."
Josh, you complete me.
― didgeridon't (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:51 (six years ago) link
the "who had better chops" thing is always pretty silly but particularly silly in this case. I mean by any measure both these bands had a buttload of chops, more chops than any band would reasonably need and both used them to make some of the most ludicrous and awesome rock music, by no reasonable standard would you say well the problem with Rush or Genesis? just didn't have the chops, shoulda taken more lessons
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
Of course not, but Rush do have the superior chops.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
Also the idea that Neil Peart couldn't play 'Billie Jean' is hilarious - of course he could, but it probably wouldn't interest him to do so.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
Stop now
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, July 14, 2017 4:58 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
someone get me out of this loop
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
lol ok man like I just listen to Supper's Ready and all I can't think is man too bad Banks isn't even more of a wanker cuz this really could use Rick Wakeman jizzing Canterbury Tales analog synth all over the track like a frickin firehose
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:06 (six years ago) link
off this topic I think it's interesting, Abacab is 81 and Signals is 82, which at that point the two bands are as stylistically similar as they ever got, like there's not a million miles between Abacab's title track and Subdivisions.one thing we never considered is a band that was influenced by post Gabriel Genesis might have been Rush themselves
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:08 (six years ago) link
Geddy picked Nursery Chryme as of his favorite albums of all time in The Quietus:Genesis - Nursery CrimeWell I was a big fan of Genesis and Peter Gabriel. That was when I first discovered the notion of a 'concept' and that it could be an adventurous and lively place and not dull at all. It is a very playful and compelling record. I fell in love with the sound of it. I was totally entranced by it and wanted to know how they had done it. This is part of the roots of Rush. The creation of a flexible concept. The parallels are obvious.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
Nah, Signals is just basically natural evolution from Moving Pictures... they were headed in that direction anyway.
It's well known they were influenced by Gabriel-era Genesis, though... Lifeson claims one of the lead guitar parts on 'The Fountain of Lamneth' is influenced by Hackett. It doesn't matter though, the took those influences and improved on them colossally.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:20 (six years ago) link
Cosigning Tim's request to stop as I'm getting flashbacks to Grade 10
― doug watson, Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
This discussion would have been over again if the Genesis hardcore hadn't protested so much... but I agree, let's suck it up and move on.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:32 (six years ago) link
*again=ages ago.
Yes Turrucan it was definitely the.... Genesis faithful...that were belaboring the point
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
we're just like the stevie nicks coven that keeps ruining he fleetwood mac threads
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Saturday, 15 July 2017 00:56 (six years ago) link
Haha
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 July 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
To be fair Brad, suggesting that music doesn't necessarily resolve into a rigid hierarchy of objective greatness is pretty ruinous.
― Tim F, Saturday, 15 July 2017 01:16 (six years ago) link
Ok, the moment that none of you have been waiting for..
The Lamb Lies Down On BroadwayAbacabGenesisFoxtrotDukeSelling England By The PoundTrick Of The TrailWind & Wuthering
(bit of a drop in quality here)
TrespassNursery CrimeThen There Were ThreeInvisible TouchWe Can't Dance
I haven't heard the first and last albums yet but nothing I've read has convinced me I should give them a shot.
A big thank you to the posters on here who've made me listen to the Collins era with an open mind. I was missing out on some really great music (especially Abacab).
― kitchen person, Sunday, 16 July 2017 02:40 (six years ago) link
― kitchen person
the first album is really good if you're into '60s-era bee gees!
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Sunday, 16 July 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
Stopped reading that list after the third entry, tbh.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 16 July 2017 10:03 (six years ago) link
Glad you found some new titles to enjoy. Turrican is toxic; pay him no mind -- i called him the new "Gier" but that's too good for his foul, over-bloated ego. Call him Turdican, or just Turd for short.
― bodacious ignoramus, Sunday, 16 July 2017 13:22 (six years ago) link
Ha!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
this is so the most metal non-metal song evah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuJQL8GBqY
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:25 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I fucking love that track - both musically and lyrically. In fact, if we were to poll this band, all three of the Nursery Cryme epics would make it onto my ballot without hesitation.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:28 (six years ago) link
I haven't heard it in many years but there are so many great parts I forgot about, listening to it now.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:31 (six years ago) link
The swelling mellotron on the intro to 'The Fountain of Salmacis' is one of my favourite moments in a Genesis song ever, as well as the rocking out sections in 'The Musical Box' etc. etc. As much as I find Nursery Cryme, in a way, to be a bit of a dry run for Foxtrot, it's got some stunning moments on it. With a better production job it could have even been one of their best ever.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
The early epics rock hardest on Genesis Live. Plus that album cover is one of my favourite rock images.
― dinnerboat, Sunday, 16 July 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
The shredding guitar solo bits on "Musical Box" feel a bit proto-Maiden to me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 16 July 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
Are Iron Maiden the Ramones of prog?
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 16 July 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link
something something two-handed tapping something
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Monday, 17 July 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link