TotW [02/07 - 08/07/10]: GENESIS - Driving The Last Spike - Genesis News Com Forum

**martinus** · 06-16-2010, 06:45 PM

Track of the Week - 02/07/2010 - 08/07/2010

GENESIS - Driving The Last Spike

year: 1991
album: We Can't Dance [review]
working title: unknown
credits: Banks/Collins/Rutherford
lyrics: yes
length: 10:08
musicians: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
played live: 1992
mp3 downloads: amazonMP3 | iTunes
known cover version: none

notes: Driving The Last Spike is a rather unusual long song for Genesis. It tells a story about the building of the English railways based on historical documents. Unlike many other of Genesis' 10-minute songs Driving The Last Spike does not have an instrumental passage; it is rather like one long song made up of two similar songs.

**martinus** · 07-01-2010, 10:42 PM

Ladies and gentlemen, arriving now on platform one is the new Track Of The Week.

Brummie · 07-02-2010, 12:01 PM

I like the historical context of the song. About the railway navvies. Is it true that Phil got the idea for the song from a book about the Railway Navvies from the 19th century ?. I've given 13 points anyway.

There are help books if you are tracing your family history and you find that an ancestor was a railway navvy. I heard that Phil was reading one of those types of books when the idea came to mind. Great track.

Sir_drummer · 07-03-2010, 04:02 AM

the album version is perfect. Awesome vocals and perfect drums. the live version is ok. Doesn,t match the album version.

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06-16-2010, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
martinus Administrator Site Admin Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,560	TotW [02/07 - 08/07/10]: GENESIS - Driving The Last Spike Track of the Week - 02/07/2010 - 08/07/2010 GENESIS - Driving The Last Spike year: 1991 album: We Can't Dance [review] working title: unknown credits: Banks/Collins/Rutherford lyrics: yes length: 10:08 musicians: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford played live: 1992 mp3 downloads: amazonMP3 \| iTunes known cover version: none notes: Driving The Last Spike is a rather unusual long song for Genesis. It tells a story about the building of the English railways based on historical documents. Unlike many other of Genesis' 10-minute songs Driving The Last Spike does not have an instrumental passage; it is rather like one long song made up of two similar songs. __________________ ... cried a voice in the crowd. Last edited by martinus : 06-16-2010 at 07:23 PM.

07-01-2010, 10:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
martinus Administrator Site Admin Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,560	Ladies and gentlemen, arriving now on platform one is the new Track Of The Week. __________________ ... cried a voice in the crowd.

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07-02-2010, 12:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Brummie GNC Forum User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Birmingham, England Posts: 7	I like the historical context of the song. About the railway navvies. Is it true that Phil got the idea for the song from a book about the Railway Navvies from the 19th century ?. I've given 13 points anyway. There are help books if you are tracing your family history and you find that an ancestor was a railway navvy. I heard that Phil was reading one of those types of books when the idea came to mind. Great track.

07-03-2010, 04:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sir_drummer GNC Forum User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: South Chicago Posts: 33	the album version is perfect. Awesome vocals and perfect drums. the live version is ok. Doesn,t match the album version.