Red Dwarf Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I witnessed Genesis live on their 1982 UK Tour for the album Abacab.It was without doubt one of the greatest three hours of my life!The band were just magical throughout the evening,and played superbly! However the highlight had to be when PC announced that it was ten years since they'd recorded Supper's Ready and so therefore "we would like to play it for you tonight",i knew I was going witness something special! Just awesome!For me I can listen to Gabriel-era Genesis and Collins-era Genesis and enjoy them both equally!Also must give a mention to Calling All Stations,the album Banks and Rutherford recorded with Ray Wiison.It's an ok album really,but does miss the writing contributions of PC! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I like Phil Genesis more than Peter Genesis.Me, too. What album is best to try with Phil up front? Like...I've heard most but none stood out to me to play twice. I would take just one and play it more than once. If you want progressive Phil, either Wind & Wuthering or Trick of the Tail. I lean more towards the former, however. If you want something with a bit more pop but want the progressive feel, then Duke is your best bet. For straight out pop, anything between 1983 and 1992 is going to be up your alley. Abacab is kind of in the middle of progressive and pop, which is why I like it more than any other Phil-led Genesis LP. I hardly ever sit down to listen to Genesis anymore. I've been kicking Invisible Touch around the last week at work, and it's been my go-to album for easy listening for a long time. Genesis was just one of those bands that had brilliant moments, but they were either brought about in a dull way or extended to the point where it exhausts the listener. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 This year Genesis was a go to band for me to listen to at work, especially Trick... through Abacab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 This year Genesis was a go to band for me to listen to at work, especially Trick... through Abacab. Genesis's best period IMO. Mick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I witnessed Genesis live on their 1982 UK Tour for the album Abacab.It was without doubt one of the greatest three hours of my life!The band were just magical throughout the evening,and played superbly! However the highlight had to be when PC announced that it was ten years since they'd recorded Supper's Ready and so therefore "we would like to play it for you tonight",i knew I was going witness something special! Just awesome!For me I can listen to Gabriel-era Genesis and Collins-era Genesis and enjoy them both equally!Also must give a mention to Calling All Stations,the album Banks and Rutherford recorded with Ray Wiison.It's an ok album really,but does miss the writing contributions of PC! Awesome that you got to see that show. Technically that was the 3SL tour when they did Suppers. Agree with you on CAS. I listen to it way more than I listen to say We Cant Dance. Its merely really good unlike some of the others which are just merely great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Genesis is and most likely will be my top 5 bands of all time, in both era's. They really dive into a lot of genres of music from prog to pop. Gabriel and Collins were good at what they did for Genesis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 Listened to a lot of Genesis today. Finding that SEBTP is becoming very gradually more enjoyable, and I do already quite enjoy it. Still not finding it as exhuberantly brilliant as Foxtrot or as mesmerizingly beautiful as WAW, but I can see consciously how the peices on that album fit together to create a musical journey. It's just not so obvious. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Just got Genesis s/t. Goodness, just from the hits this is some of the coolest pop music I've ever heard. Brilliant. Can this band do wrong pre-WCD? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prog snob Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Phil ruined Genesis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Phil ruined Genesis! Well I'm going to predict by your name there's no way around this opinion for you, so we'll just have to agree to disagree. I encourage you to try Phil's Genesis with open ears sometime. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dwarf Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Just got Genesis s/t. Goodness, just from the hits this is some of the coolest pop music I've ever heard. Brilliant. Can this band do wrong pre-WCD? Mama has to be one of their best opening tracks on any of their albums! Awesome track!Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea is a quality epic! The final five songs are ok but it's a little too safe and fairly standard music,though I have to admit I enjoy Silver Rainbow a lot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Just got Genesis s/t. Goodness, just from the hits this is some of the coolest pop music I've ever heard. Brilliant. Can this band do wrong pre-WCD? Side two is full of underrated pop gems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Just got Genesis s/t. Goodness, just from the hits this is some of the coolest pop music I've ever heard. Brilliant. Can this band do wrong pre-WCD? Mama has to be one of their best opening tracks on any of their albums! Awesome track!Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea is a quality epic! The final five songs are ok but it's a little too safe and fairly standard music,though I have to admit I enjoy Silver Rainbow a lot! Music should be listened to for what it is. Not for what one thinks it should be. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Without this man, Genesis ain't Genesis http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/Peter_Gabriel_The_Watcher_of_the_Skies_cropped_zpsufv2vsoy.png 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Without this man, Genesis ain't Genesis http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/Peter_Gabriel_The_Watcher_of_the_Skies_cropped_zpsufv2vsoy.png They survived for nearly 30 years without him. Some say they flourished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Just got Genesis s/t. Goodness, just from the hits this is some of the coolest pop music I've ever heard. Brilliant. Can this band do wrong pre-WCD? There's some sketchy stuff on Invisible Touch and the sounds are a bit dated but the B-sides are pretty cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Without this man, Genesis ain't Genesis http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/Peter_Gabriel_The_Watcher_of_the_Skies_cropped_zpsufv2vsoy.png For me, they became Genesis after he left and Gabriel produced an amazing solo career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 Without this man, Genesis ain't Genesis http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w276/custom55/Peter_Gabriel_The_Watcher_of_the_Skies_cropped_zpsufv2vsoy.png Disagreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Listening to The Lamb Rock Opera---Shrine Auditorium LA, 1975------Simply brilliant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Listening to The Lamb Rock Opera---Shrine Auditorium LA, 1975------Simply brilliant. Rhe Lamb is great. Sometimes I dont understand what hes going on about but it begins and ends brilliantly from a purely musical standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytserush Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 The band doesn't really get moving for me until Trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Finally listened through all of the s/t. Awesome album. Love Mama, That's All, Home&2ndHome, Illegal Alien, and Just A Job To Do especially, the other three also being really great. I have no clue how I'm going to rank the Genesis records anymore, they're all so great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip65 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 For me, Steve Hackett was a greater loss than PG. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dwarf Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 For me, Steve Hackett was a greater loss than PG. Interesting point.I honestly believe if SH had remained in Genesis they wouldn't have taken the " pop prog" route during the eighties!Hackett had very little choice to quit after WAW though as he was far from happy that the band were using very little of his material for the album.I think the writing was on the wall after he released his excellent Voyage of the Acolyte album.Still quitting G was our gain as he's released some great records over the years! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pip65 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 For me, Steve Hackett was a greater loss than PG. Interesting point.I honestly believe if SH had remained in Genesis they wouldn't have taken the " pop prog" route during the eighties!Hackett had very little choice to quit after WAW though as he was far from happy that the band were using very little of his material for the album.I think the writing was on the wall after he released his excellent Voyage of the Acolyte album.Still quitting G was our gain as he's released some great records over the years!I pretty much agree with all those points, however Genesis definitely lost something on his departure. SH's solo albums, although in some cases patchy and , perhaps, lacking the investment necessary to make them as good as they could be, all have something of beauty and/or interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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