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Just listening to Phil now and his voice sounds terrible just speaking normally. Doesn’t bode well.

She really is milking it isn’t she. Do they think they’ll have trouble selling tickets? I wouldn’t worry if I were them.

Just now, Beedster said:

Age isn’t an excuse these days. There’s a whole generation of lively rock n roll septuagenarians. Neil Young is more animated FFS

Oh come on, give the guy a break. You're implying that everyone ages exactly the same way and Neil Young isn't a rock drummer as far as I'm aware. PC was prolific at his peak, playing with anyone and everyone and he hit hard when he was behind the kit. Given his associated health issues, I'm surprised he's still alive, let alone contemplating getting back on stage again.

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

Just as he did on the 2007 tour.

At least he got behind the kit in 2007. No chance of that again.

1 minute ago, Beedster said:

You must have thought it would be very bad, that was pretty awful. OK, his voice was passable, but the performance was sterile in every sense, from all concerned. And frankly, PC looked like he would rather be at home watching Eastenders 

I think passable is fair on the basis of that clip. Definitely not Hot Tub Club fit as per the first time I saw him solo, but then he is nearly 70.

1 minute ago, steantval said:

There’s plenty of other examples on YouTube from that tour, I just happened to choose that one.

Fair enough. See you guys back here tomorrow after the announcement 😁

That was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be from the description. I've heard an awful lot worse and IMHO, I'm not sure you can really tell how good or bad it was from a camera phone recording of one song.

13 minutes ago, ambient said:

I’ve never heard ripples. It’s relative I guess what’s old to me isn’t for you 😁.

Sorry, when you commented on the last tour, I assumed you were speaking having been to one of the dates. If you did, given they played the same set every night, you would have heard Ripples.

I accept it may be different for others, but my view is that although they changed as a band throughout they’re history, ...And Then There Were Three... was the last of the old school Genesis albums. I love Duke, but it was vastly different from the album preceding it. I really struggled with Abacab when it came out, but have grown to love that too. I can’t say the same for anything that came after it.

My main issue with Genesis as a live band is the disrespect to their back catalogue. I know it’s all bums on seats at the end of the day, but Rush managed a great balance of old and new throughout their touring history. I just wish Genesis had done the same. YMMV, but a twenty minute medley doesn’t cut it as far as I’m concerned.

1 hour ago, ambient said:

Their last tour featured quite a lot of older Genesis material. They’re one of those bands where people seem to like them based on when they started listening to them. My uncle gave me a cassette of Duke when I was a child, that’s the period I like. I don’t really get their early stuff at all, my brother does though. Their three sides live is excellent. It’s funny but I like Peter Gabriel, but only his solo work.

I disagree. The balance was about the same and the old ones they did perform were truncated. 
It was nice to hear Ripples again though.

....on Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show (Radio 2) apparently.

7 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Rumours of a 3-man reunion being announced tomorrow morning. Dates in November / December.

Only rumours, but... rumours nonetheless.

I can't lie, I'm slightly tentative about what it might be like given Phil's physical condition, but I'd go anyway.

I had heard whispers of this. I think the idea is that he sits at the front, as he did with his solo tour, and has a drummer (maybe his son) at the back. Sadly, as much of a Genesis fan as I am, I don’t think they would be playing much of the Genesis catalogue that I would want to hear (again). 

Well done mate. I love that kind of detail. You sound as OCD about getting the show right as me 😁.

Can't wait to see the full show on disc.

I’m not sure what these You Tuber posters have against landscape mode 🙄

Some more from You Tube....

1 minute ago, wateroftyne said:

I'm fine (thanks for asking) but it was a pressure cooker from 9am 'till 11:30pm (when the evening show finished).

Not unexpected, but after a week as intense as that, I'm completely wrecked. ha ha.

Did you do a matinee as well?

Can you now reveal the songs and your thoughts about them and the learning process you went through?

Wakey wakey mate. We need an update 😀.

Break a leg for tomorrow @wateroftyne 🤘

Is the full show from 2018 available anywhere?

5 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

You're just teasing me now, aren't you?

Really? I’ve seen a hell of a lot worse than that.

One of the last ones I set up took me half an hour to get the crud off the fingerboard. The fingerboard on this looks pretty clean to me and the strings look new. If it was mine, I would leave it exactly as it is and enjoy the sound.

FWIW - the bridges on a couple of the CS basses I’ve had look very similar to this, so at least they were reasonably accurate 😀

8 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

As flat as can be. Sounds mint 🙂

You clearly rate the head. Looked at their web site. It’s not a great one to navigate. I think I put an R400 in my basket, but it didn’t say how much it was going to be.

Mmm - no contour 😎

I’m pleased you’ve got the gig again. I’ve love proper structured rehearsals and a solid week of it sounds like heaven with a gig like that at the end of it. Looking forward to all the updates. Good luck 👍

Withdrawn.