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Band: Genesis

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:44 pm
by hebjam_Archive
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.

Band: Genesis

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:06 pm
by Redline_Archive
Wood Goblin wrote:
Sitting down to play guitar live?

No. No fucking way.


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Band: Genesis

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:19 pm
by Sebastian J_Archive
what I hear was crap in my book

Band: Genesis

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:54 pm
by Jason Errander_Archive
does anybody like cave in? you can tell that they have taken a lot from genesis, they just made it heavier

Band: Genesis

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:59 pm
by Abductor
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.

Band: Genesis

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:47 am
by fancyjamtime_Archive
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'...

Band: Genesis

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:13 am
by Redline_Archive
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.

Band: Genesis

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:41 am
by cesb_Archive
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.

Band: Genesis

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:32 am
by iembalm_Archive
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."

Band: Genesis

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:33 pm
by SecondEdition_Archive
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.