For those interested, an account with nearly a million followers asked people what their favorite Genesis song is. Interesting spread of responses with an expected surplus of Suppers Read, Cinema Show etc but a lot of Home By The Sea and several more unexpected choices like Just A Job To Do. I find the variety of choices (and respondents) a testament of sorts to Genesis' breadth of appeal.
Twitter thread of favorite Genesis songs
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I love a response from a guy saying "Why isn't Gabriel in that pic?!" and having it pointed out to him a number of times that, errrm, that's him there on the right... where Peter Gabriel is... He says "Well I've never seen him looking like that which threw me off". He also makes the mistake of pompously saying "Any TRUE Genesis fan knows the 70s classics" which of course yields replies of "Any TRUE Genesis fan can spot Peter Gabriel in a band photo!" Which to be fair he handles with good grace.
Being Penelope Pernickety as I am I enjoyed a number of erratic responses such as "My favourite is In The Cage from Seconds Out" which is interesting, being enough of a fan to know Cage (same guy also cites Undertow) but then placing it on Seconds Out.
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I love a response from a guy saying "Why isn't Gabriel in that pic?!" and having it pointed out to him a number of times that, errrm, that's him there on the right... where Peter Gabriel is... He says "Well I've never seen him looking like that which threw me off". He also makes the mistake of pompously saying "Any TRUE Genesis fan knows the 70s classics" which of course yields replies of "Any TRUE Genesis fan can spot Peter Gabriel in a band photo!" Which to be fair he handles with good grace.
Being Penelope Pernickety as I am I enjoyed a number of erratic responses such as "My favourite is In The Cage from Seconds Out" which is interesting, being enough of a fan to know Cage (same guy also cites Undertow) but then placing it on Seconds Out.
Yes, there are definitely a few off-kilter replies! Some replying with album names, some with the opening lines of a song, and some with solo songs like the woman who said "it's a toss-up between I wish it would rain down and throwing it all away". And there's also the stone cold classic "house by the sea".
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"house by the sea".
Hahahaha! I didn't spot that one.
Got me thinking now, how to get a Genesis song title slightly wrong.
The Carpet Creepers
The Lamb Lies Down On Wall Street
In A Cage
Me & Sally Jane
Sarah Jane & Me
Blood On The Ceilings
In & Out
Between The Lines
Turn It Off Again
It'll Get Better
That's It
Mummy ("Oh man, that evil cackle in Mummy")
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Blood On The Ceilings
Sleeping While You Dream
Jesus I know Him
Reminds me of these bootleg tracklists from Amazon. Favorite is obviously "mom" but worthy runner ups in "colony of Slipper Men" and "skonk".
The idea of "audio participation time" makes me smile too. I imagine trying to coax the bookshelf speaker to wave it's arms in the air.
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This could be a forum game! Let me try:
The Bottle of Elmstreet Springs
First of Fist
Cuckadoo Coon
Isles of Scrambled Eggs
Heartaches
Matchbox of The Day
The Musical Hogs
I Can't, Dennis
Shrimpwreck
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Ok, "Miss Understanding" officially made my day.
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Invisible Tush
I Like What I Know
Abacadabra
Dance On a Vacation
Broadway Malady of 1974
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Ok, "Miss Understanding" officially made my day.
I missed that on my first pass through 😆.
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Keep It Damp
The Lady Lives
Back In NJ
It's hard to know how far to take it.
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Let's not forget these classics:
The Cinnamon Shower
Sad Same Sun
Thatcher On The Skis
Soup Is Dready
Moron Fool Me
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Hahahaha! I didn't spot that one.
Got me thinking now, how to get a Genesis song title slightly wrong.
The Carpet Creepers
The Lamb Lies Down On Wall Street
In A Cage
Me & Sally Jane
Sarah Jane & Me
Blood On The Ceilings
In & Out
Between The Lines
Turn It Off Again
It'll Get Better
That's It
Mummy ("Oh man, that evil cackle in Mummy")
The Carpet CRAWL
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Invisible Tush
I Like What I Know
Abacadabra
Dance On a Vacation
Broadway Malady of 1974
LMAO . . . oh wait, you already said Invisible Tush 😂
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Don't be daft. No-one would ever actually say that...
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That’s always been a real head scratcher to me. I’ve dug around online to try to find out why the song has a different title on different releases but can’t find a satisfactory answer.
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That’s always been a real head scratcher to me. I’ve dug around online to try to find out why the song has a different title on different releases but can’t find a satisfactory answer.
In your digging, apart from The Carpet Crawlers and The Carpet Crawl is it ever Carpet Crawlers, without the The? (Shades of Silent Sun's 'The' or not).
