Genesis -- Trespass

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"I fagged for Mike Rutherford in Genesis"

Think Steve Hackett also didn't come from a particularly privileged background

so just to check, is it readily accepted that "the knife" is a parody of the theme to "the flashing blade", or is that just some crazy idea i came up with?

Lol I don't think I've ever thought of that but I like it

the second half of this is really something, isn't it? whipped this out for the first time in forever, there are some really pretty sections in it, especially "Dusk". what a cool sound they had. too bad most of the pressings of this sound like garbage, with Gabriel right in front of the mic while Mayhew languishes in a room 500 feet away. it's still interesting to hear Mayhew's playing, maybe he ain't quite got the technique but he's kind of a force, just pounding away like crazy on tunes that don't really call for it.

There are so many nice bits on this, but also so many awkward transitions, lyrics, drum fills... There's a cloud of group self-consciousness over Trespass. I honestly don't hear any atmospheres or pastoral visions that they didn't improve upon somewhere in the next four records.