Favourite Genesis track

[Arkwright]

Home By The Sea and anything off The Lamb Lies Down album.

 

[brakespear]

'Firth of Fifth', 'Los Endos/Dance on a Volcano' (all from 'Seconds Out'), 'The Knife' and 'Duke's Travels/Duke's End'. Oh and 'Domino'. And 'The Waiting Room'.

 

[swindonseagull]

Ripples.......gets my vote

 

[GT49er]

Anything in the Peter Gabriel years - the first couple of albums after he left sort of SOUNDED the same, but all the real creativity and spark had gone. The Fountain of Salmacis, best for me, plus Harold the Barrel and The Return of the Giant Hogweed.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Anything in the Peter Gabriel years - the first couple of albums after he left sort of SOUNDED the same, but all the real creativity and spark had gone. The Fountain of Salmacis, best for me, plus Harold the Barrel and The Return of the Giant Hogweed.

I sort of agree with you, but I felt that genesis at the time of Gabriel became the backing group for his antics, especially on stage. If you remember the giant hogweed, and his huge costumes, to be honest it detracted from the music, in fact banks and Rutherford when interviewed said exactly this. Whe. Collins took over, yes the band became more commercial, but again, the days of the progressive bands, greenslade, yes etc were coming to an end and they needed to reinvent themselves.

Collins had a superb voice and was widely acknowledged by the industry to be an excellent drummer....certainly him and chester Thomson provided a very tight unit. Bruford guesting also did the same.

My favourite albums are selling England by the pound and trick of the tail, although and then there were three had some great songs on it.

 

[Marxo]

Regular readers will recognise the signs

late into the evening, with the Scotch open and youtube on, and i can't resist sharinga nother another music video wiv you lot

I just found this. Just bloody marvellous IMO

Thanks mate, couldn't agree more, great stuff!

 

[Wally Gould]

'Follow you follow me' and the Lawn Mower Song: 'I know what I like' (in your wardrobe)

 

[ozzygull]

'Follow you follow me' and the Lawn Mower Song: 'I know what I like' (in your wardrobe)

When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench, you can always her them talk. Me! I'm just lawn mower you tell me by the way i walk.

Classic

 

[Wally Gould]

When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench, you can always her them talk. Me! I'm just lawn mower you tell me by the way i walk.

Classic

I agree, that song started my love of Genesis.

 

[tweenster]

Genesis = Complete and utter tosh. I cannot find anything in their music that is either original or interesting.

 

[ozzygull]

Genesis = Complete and utter tosh. I cannot find anything in their music that is either original or interesting.

That's one opinion I guess. Loads of people slag of genesis, nothing new. I'm taking my daughter to see one direction at the O2 in april, now that is unoriginal tosh if I have ever heard it. But each to their own, she likes them and if she liked genesis I would think she was odd.

 

[Norman Potting]

Reminds me of a lads week on a boat on the Norfolk Broads in '82 or '83. Various heavy music tapes would soundtrack our drunken shenanigans but occasionally a Genesis track would appear on the compilation. One of our party, Phil, had musical tastes of which Nazareth was the sole concession to melody and subtlety, wherever he was on the boat a voice would boom out on these occassions -"Genesis, f***ing shit"!

Be that as it may any of their "what on earth are they on about" songs such as "I know what I like (in your wardrobe)" or "Squonk" get my vote.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Genesis = Complete and utter tosh. I cannot find anything in their music that is either original or interesting.

Oh do f*** off

 

[smillie's garden]

Get 'em out by Friday, Supper's Ready, The Knife, The Cage, Carpet Crawlers. I'm another who's not a fan of the post-Gabriel years. Incidentally, are there any decent, non-European prog bands? I can't think of any....