marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Just wow! I love all the eras of genesis (Gabriel and Collins), so sad how I never got to see them in concert, I guess the dvds will have to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Top Man! I too thought like until, until 1982 when it was announce a 1 off special concert at MK Bowl, featuring all the original members, including PG. It was the wettest, most back achingly painful day I spent in my entire life, but when they all hit the stage..I was in heaven!! I have a bootleg of the gig somewhere, a lovely reminder of a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 what a great band they were, im not one to take sides on the Gabriel/Collins hate, just listen and love the music for what it is , jealous that you saw that gig, would of been a blinder!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Just been listening to Selling England by the Pound... the section in Cinema Show featuring the keyboard solo is hairs on the back of the neck stuff. Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 phenomenal track sir, I love the version from seconds out , featuring bill bruford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I have never listened to genesis. I'm off for a run now. I will listen while running. Review later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 About to head out. Can anyone recommend an album quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='the boy' timestamp='1375803000' post='2165878'] About to head out. Can anyone recommend an album quickly. [/quote] Seconds Out (live album) Dance on a Volcano is sublime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 selling England by the pound & duke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Probably not great running material, as they have [size=4]d[/size][size=3]y[/size][size=2]n[/size][size=1]am[/size][size=2]i[/size][size=3]c[/size][size=4]s[/size]! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Don't go running when listening to Seconds Out. Too many odd time sigs, you'll keep falling over They're all good from Trespass to Abacab and the first half of Genesis. From 1977's And Then There Were Three, quality starts dropping off due to Phil Collins' first divorce and the slush starting to creep in, despite everyone telling him to go do a solo album and get it out of his system. After "Home By The Sea" finishes on Genesis, pretend nothing else happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Genesis were a machine for converting a good drummer into an MOR singer. (Discuss.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 I didn't really want this to turn into a discussion that ends up slating each side of the genesis wagon... :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) I find Genesis to be a bit of a guilty pleasure. I like the music, but I'm concious of how overblown it all is. Some great music in there though if you can get past that. I like Selling England by the Pound and the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Supper's Ready from the album Foxtrot is quite something too, not such a fan of the album though. Edited August 6, 2013 by Wil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1375804364' post='2165910'] I didn't really want this to turn into a discussion that ends up slating each side of the genesis wagon... :s [/quote] Sorry... just thinking of PC's solo stuff, which is another story, as is Gabriel's. Back to the band: Loved them up to Wind and Wuthering - and thinking of the guitar solos thread I'd mention Firth of Firth and The Lamia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1375804623' post='2165922'] Sorry... just thinking of PC's solo stuff, which is another story, as is Gabriel's. Back to the band: Loved them up to Wind and Wuthering - and thinking of the guitar solos thread I'd mention Firth of Firth and The Lamia. [/quote]in that quiet earth is another great guitar solo.... I like both their solo projects too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1375803681' post='2165891'] Probably not great running material, as they have d[size=3]y[/size][size=2]n[/size][size=1]am[/size][size=2]i[/size][size=3]c[/size]s! [/quote] This is very true. I think The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway might have the biggest dynamic range of any non classical recorded music I've heard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1375803441' post='2165885'] Seconds Out (live album) Dance on a Volcano is sublime [/quote] +100. Genesis was my first love, musically, and Seconds Out quickly became my go-to album. Thirty years on not much as changed, except that I'm as likely to stick on the '76 "In Concert" DVD as the Seconds Out CD. But the last side of SO is just spine-tingling, from the first notes of Cinema Show to the last climax of Los Endos. It never ceases to move me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='mart' timestamp='1375805016' post='2165937'] +100. Genesis was my first love, musically, and Seconds Out quickly became my go-to album. Thirty years on not much as changed, except that I'm as likely to stick on the '76 "In Concert" DVD as the Seconds Out CD. But the last side of SO is just spine-tingling, from the first notes of Cinema Show to the last climax of Los Endos. It never ceases to move me. [/quote] cinema show and the instrumental section of robbery assault and battery are just phenomenal!!!!! great band! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Seconds Out is a great primer. I recently got the remastered sets - the remixes are revelatory. They have dynamics! The 1970-75 stuff is fantastic, and the Live Box is amazing. On Seconds Out there's a whole new percussion track on Cinema Show which is totally buried on previous mixes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1375805193' post='2165943'] Seconds Out is a great primer. I recently got the remastered sets - the remixes are revelatory. They have dynamics! The 1970-75 stuff is fantastic, and the Live Box is amazing. On Seconds Out there's a whole new percussion track on Cinema Show which is totally buried on previous mixes... [/quote] ill be sure to check this out, I often surprise people when I first tell them my first love musically is level42 and various funk outfits, then I come out with genesis and you should see their faces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 By the way, my old Seconds Out had a hilarious typo in the lyric booklet. '...and the lava's the lover who licks your boobs away...' Way-hey-hey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Never quite got into Genesis in the same way I got into Yes but they have grown on me a bit more in recent years. I might go to see one of the Hackett 'Regenesis' shows in October, I've seen some very positive reviews. I quite like 'And then there were three' as I came to it without listening to earlier albums and just accepted it for what it was. Never really got 'Supper's Ready', still think it's overrated as a song sequence. Prefer Gabriel's solo stuff over any of the latter day Genesis output and even over some of the stuff he did in classic era days with them too. Edited August 6, 2013 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Love the band. Not a bad note throughout their career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus bell Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1375807139' post='2165977'] Love the band. Not a bad note throughout their career. [/quote] amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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