Genesis, King Crimson and Rush were the first stuff I got into as a kid.
At 12 years old I was drumming pretty much note for note to songs like Battle of Epping Forest and Cinema Show. Fun music.
I did actually like Abacab etc... but it's all gotten a bit old now I guess.

Wood Goblin wrote:

Sitting down to play guitar live?

No. No fucking way.

what I hear was crap in my book

does anybody like cave in? you can tell that they have taken a lot from genesis, they just made it heavier

I saw a bunch of Gabriel-era live footage recently. Gabriel was awesome, and dudes were rocking a Rickenbacker double-neck (12-string and bass!) and a Coral electric sitar.

Speaking of the Rick doubleneck, you have to love any band that inspires this level of nerdiness.

Not Crap.

enframed wrote:yeah, that's right, abacab

Guilty also. Add "In the Air Tonight" and "I Missed Again" off of 'Face Value' Collins solo LP.

God damn, I know. It's within spitting distance of 'Huey Lewis and the News'...

fancyjamtime wrote:

It's within spitting distance of 'Huey Lewis and the News'...

So is Duke, but there are a few nuggets on there as well.

Discount everything after Duke, and I go solidly NOT CRAP. Even "Misunderstanding" and "Turn It On Again." Yeah, I know.

Re: Tall Chris/The Musical Box = I hear you brother. One of those songs I find myself thinking about a lot, mostly the live version from "Genesis Live" with the boss crescendo roll right before "You stand there with your fixed expression, casting doubt on all I have to say." Ridiculous and wonderful song.

cesb wrote:Re: Tall Chris/The Musical Box = I hear you brother. One of those songs I find myself thinking about a lot, mostly the live version from "Genesis Live" with the boss crescendo roll right before "You stand there with your fixed expression, casting doubt on all I have to say." Ridiculous and wonderful song.

"That was an unaccompanied bass pedal solo from Michael Rutherford.....and this is The Musical Box."

I don't want to vote crap on this band, but I'm tempted to. Selling England By The Pound mostly bored the snot out of me, though "Firth of Fifth" is one hell of a great progressive-rock song. Steve Hackett was such a fine guitarist. And there's my towering problem with Genesis in a nutshell - if you've got someone as indisputably great as Steve Hackett on guitar, why not use him? Why focus, musically, on Tony fucking Banks, who was arrogant, pushy, and seriously overrated his abilities time and time again? When Peter Gabriel's incomprehensible British prog prophet schtick falls through, this band really has not got much going for them. Parts of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway were really, really great, but the whole...ehhh. It absolutely plummets in quality during the second half. And then going soft-rock in the '80's...I really may have to vote Crap. Which bugs me, cause when Genesis is good, they're great, but when they suck, hoo-boy do they SUCK.