Genesis - the Peter Gabriel era
Discussion
miniman said:
Listened to Invisible Touch on Sunday. A few good tracks, spoiled by some howlers, including Invisible Touch.
You ain't kidding.I started out the decade by having Turn It On Again as my friday night lift song before meeting my mates in the local that always had a rock night on a friday, little did I know at the time that 7 years later they would bring out a single that defines a horrible archetypal mid 80s sound. Heroes to zeros in 7 years.
Look at the lyrics of Squonk, and play the music, how they managed to fit all this in, is quite incredible.
How do you ever come up with lyrics like that. It has the ability to transport you to another magical world.
Carpet crawlers is another classic.
I often sing............ I know what I like, my wife thinks it's a bonkers tune, but it always makes me smile
the absurdity is so funny, a future for you in the fire escape trade
How do you ever come up with lyrics like that. It has the ability to transport you to another magical world.
Carpet crawlers is another classic.
I often sing............ I know what I like, my wife thinks it's a bonkers tune, but it always makes me smile
the absurdity is so funny, a future for you in the fire escape trade
iSore said:
tdm34 said:
One Word........ Drugs 
I'm not so sure. Gabriel just has/had a vivid imagination.Genesis are one of those bands whose members have remained unsullied by substance abuse. There's a recent topic on a prog rock forum about meeting members backstage and one poster blagged his way backstage at a Genesis gig and observed Tony Banks playing table-tennis. Rock and roll!
Halmyre said:
iSore said:
tdm34 said:
One Word........ Drugs
I'm not so sure. Gabriel just has/had a vivid imagination.Genesis are one of those bands whose members have remained unsullied by substance abuse. There's a recent topic on a prog rock forum about meeting members backstage and one poster blagged his way backstage at a Genesis gig and observed Tony Banks playing table-tennis. Rock and roll!
miniman said:
Listened to Invisible Touch on Sunday. A few good tracks, spoiled by some howlers, including Invisible Touch.
Not sure really.Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart. I could have sworn blind "Another Day in Paradise" was a Genesis track. It's all aural corduroy to me.
'Mama' was about the last really good track that wasn't basically pop music. The later eighties stuff seems to have tainted the band's image so that the really immense early stuff remains undiscovered by so many.
Edited by iSore on Sunday 25th March 20:37
iSore said:
... Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart ...
I agree, although having said that it didn't matter too much, as Genesis' worst was still better than most other people's best. All the same though, I couldn't wait for PC to leave. It's just a shame they only made one album after that, as I thought Calling All Stations was a return to form.Evangelion said:
iSore said:
... Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart ...
I agree, although having said that it didn't matter too much, as Genesis' worst was still better than most other people's best. All the same though, I couldn't wait for PC to leave. It's just a shame they only made one album after that, as I thought Calling All Stations was a return to form.iSore said:
Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart. I could have sworn blind "Another Day in Paradise" was a Genesis track. It's all aural corduroy to me.
'Mama' was about the last really good track that wasn't basically pop music. The later eighties stuff seems to have tainted the band's image so that the really immense early stuff remains undiscovered by so many.
The huge success of Face Value was the turning point. Collins and Genesis saw embracing the whole 80s thing was going to be very lucrative and to be fair most albums brought out in the 80s by our heroes from the 70s would sound a bit lacklustre now so they all seemed to be guilty of it, it's just that at the time Genesis/Phil Collins seemed at the forefront of it all.'Mama' was about the last really good track that wasn't basically pop music. The later eighties stuff seems to have tainted the band's image so that the really immense early stuff remains undiscovered by so many.
They made a load of money in the 80s but their cred took a huge tumble.
iSore said:
miniman said:
Listened to Invisible Touch on Sunday. A few good tracks, spoiled by some howlers, including Invisible Touch.
Not sure really.Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart. I could have sworn blind "Another Day in Paradise" was a Genesis track. It's all aural corduroy to me.
'Mama' was about the last really good track that wasn't basically pop music. The later eighties stuff seems to have tainted the band's image so that the really immense early stuff remains undiscovered by so many.
Edited by iSore on Sunday 25th March 20:37
Halmyre said:
iSore said:
miniman said:
Listened to Invisible Touch on Sunday. A few good tracks, spoiled by some howlers, including Invisible Touch.
Not sure really.Genesis basically became the Phil Collins band around that time and even now, I struggle to tell his solo stuff and Genesis apart. I could have sworn blind "Another Day in Paradise" was a Genesis track. It's all aural corduroy to me.
'Mama' was about the last really good track that wasn't basically pop music. The later eighties stuff seems to have tainted the band's image so that the really immense early stuff remains undiscovered by so many.
Edited by iSore on Sunday 25th March 20:37
iSore said:
Active75 said:
I think theres another thread on this, but I was lucky enough to see them perform some of Foxtrot at the Rainbow theatre '73 when the Selling England by the Pound album was released, yes Gabriel used to keep changing outfits through the show. Also saw the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway set in '74..
Fantastic!I've found that a lot of the stuff I used to like before seems a bit dull after listening to Foxtrot. My cousin has seen both Gabriel and Steve Hackett play - something I'd like to do as well at some point.
I saw the same concert. As that video started it took me right back to being mesmerised at the Rainbow. It was my first ever live gig and I was totally blown away, it was quite a spectacle for a young lad. I have seen a lot of great artists live since but that gig has always stuck with me the most. I bought all their albums until Gabriel left. I went with a mate who became a very successful and famous musician a number of years later. I played Selling England until there were no grooves left.
Never liked Genesis post Gabriel. Loved all the early stuff. Loved a lot of Gabriel's solo stuff and his world music stuff has some great gems within, he was the spark that powered Genesis. Phil Collins I cannot abide (in the air tonight is OK, as long as it's the gorilla on the skins)
I note that Steve Hackett is touring "Genesis Revisited" this October with 41 piece orchestra, I shall be getting myself a piece of that.
I note that Steve Hackett is touring "Genesis Revisited" this October with 41 piece orchestra, I shall be getting myself a piece of that.
Gassing Station | Music | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff