kinda funny story:
things have been crazy lately in alot of ways, and while it wasnt alot, i figured a few new cd's would brighten my day.
like many of you, ive bought a compilation or two over the years, but i havent bought a studio genesis cd in........God, probably not since the 80's!!
when you have them all, you have them all right?
that said, a few albums (trespass, trick, and duke were the ones i was out to get yesterday) i only have on vinyl. sure, it dates me, but whatever.
anyway, i asked my wife to take me to best buy. she had looked at another record store ("cd" store? what DO you call them anymore?) the week before and couldnt find ANY of those three titles. not surprisingly she found compilations, greatest hits, I.T., we cant dance, but none of the titles i wanted.
well, im not normally a lucky person (and life has been throwing curves lately), but amazingly best buy DIDNT have any of the usual genesis titles but DID have all three that i was looking for!! they also had abacab (another i only have on vinyl) but i skipped that one as its my least favorite genesis album and i didnt want to get TOO greedy (ill go back for it another time
)
im rambling on a bit, but can i tell you how nice it was to hear those songs in that clarity?
also, unbeknownst to me, genesis has added a dvd to many of these cd's (duke and trick being two of them) that includes the audio album, a 2007 interview with all three band members, AND the videos and some concert footage from that tour.
REALLY outstanding stuff, and needless to say the dvd's never left the player (except to be exchanged
) and my excitement for the concert rose to a frenzy.
to make a short story long (as i often do), i went on and on....and on and on to my wife about genesis.
old stories, setlist info, band info, and everything else you can imagine.
eventually, after what felt like 5 mins but was really well over an hour (of nothing but me sharing my excitement with her) she said:
"honey, i love you and im SO glad youre so happy, but we're gonna see them in two weeks right?"
of course i said yes. then she says "then would it be okay if we talk about ANYTHING else for awhile?"
funny stuff. moral of the story?
dont bore your wives (or husbands) with excessive genesis talk, and run out and buy those re-release cd's to get that dvd!!!