― 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
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 22:41 (seventeen years ago) link
"Misunderstanding" hit top 20 before that, so the later success wasn't completely by surprise.
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 30 May 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link
perhaps one should not presume that anyone that doesn't do backflips for the era one likes the most has not heard a particular comp. one would seem condescending if one was to do so.
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:22 (seventeen years ago) link
perhaps one should not presume that anyone that doesn't do backflips for the artist iteration one likes the most has not heard a particular comp. one would seem condescending if one was to do so.
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 03:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Pangolino 2, Wednesday, 31 May 2006 04:14 (seventeen years ago) link
"The Musical Box"?
― LC (Damian), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 12:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:37 (seventeen years ago) link
his worst is his crap Keef pantomime on "I Can't Dance."
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 14:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link
not one person on this Earth would rather hear "Calling All Stations" from '97 than those aforementioned orphaned tunes.
or are you going to defend that tune, GH?
― veronica moser (veronica moser), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Couple that with Hogweed and Seven Stones, and The Musical Box without the self-conscious middle bit, and you've got a magic run of songs.
Foxtrot hurts my brain. Apocalypse 9/8 sounds like primary school kids learning how to play their instruments.
― Hotman Paris Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 3 June 2006 01:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 14 September 2006 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 14 September 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
The Lamb, for me. Although I should give the other albums a chance.
So, all of the post Gabriel shit: DEFEND IT! Wind & Wuthering, Trick of the Tale... I asked Genesis fans about them, and they all say they are not bad but pale in comparison to everything The Lamb and before... and one friend said that Duke was the last Genesis album he didn't want to throw against the wall.
― the dow nut industrial average dead joe mama besser (donut), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 04:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 20 September 2006 07:30 (seventeen years ago) link
I think it is so good, with the fluid running synth lead etc, how it sets up the really tender "play me my song" return, which in turn sets up the huge, monolithic closing. Probably my favorite Genesis song.
― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Wednesday, 20 September 2006 13:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Of course not, but Rush do have the superior chops.
― 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