Genesis and Christmas

Mozo · Dec 15th 2023

It might not seem like an obvious connection, but the 2 are very much linked to me.

I imagine we have a few people who saw the Abacab tour, and in particular at the NEC in Birmingham?

The first ever Genesis show was 23/12/81 at the NEC. So I spent the whole month furiously listening to Genesis, and then saw them live 2 days before christmas day. And then spent ages furiously listening some more.

Even The Lamb seems Christmasy to me because I listened to it obsessively that month

Any other tales of Genesis Christmas past?

raelway siding · Dec 15th 2023

I tried to come up with a wintry/Xmas playlist of Genesis tracks a while back. It was harder than I thought, there's not many! But I think this sequence works very nicely:

Fireside Song

A Winter's Tale

Shepherd

Twilight Alehouse

All in a Mouse's Night

Undertow

Snowbound

Ok Twilight Alehouse and Mouse's Night are a bit of a stretch, but the atmosphere of the tracks works quite well!

FeelItComing · Dec 15th 2023

Quote from raelway siding

I tried to come up with a wintry/Xmas playlist of Genesis tracks a while back. It was harder than I thought, there's not many! But I think this sequence works very nicely:

Fireside Song

A Winter's Tale

Shepherd

Twilight Alehouse

All in a Mouse's Night

Undertow

Snowbound

Ok Twilight Alehouse and Mouse's Night are a bit of a stretch, but the atmosphere of the tracks works quite well!

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Blood On The Rooftops?

thewatcher · Dec 15th 2023

I remember getting the Land of Confusion CD with Feeding the Fire and Do The Neurotic on it, and listening obsessively. So I associate those strongly with Christmas, especially the days following Christmas when the childlike buzz cools.

rkive · Dec 16th 2023

For my birthday December 16, my brothers gave me Trespass with White Mountain and Vision Of Angels.

An album for Christmas?

bromleybruce · Dec 18th 2023

Genesis and Christmas are linked by magic and melancholy too. Most of Genesis's material are linked by those two traits. 'Stagnation' has no lyrical connection with Christmas but to me this is a piece of music best played on Christmas Eve.

Simon1967 · Dec 18th 2023

Jesus he knows me? 😉

Backdrifter · Dec 18th 2023

Lurker's got chimes in.

IWishItWouldRainDown · Dec 19th 2023

Snowbound, obviously.

And maybe Another Day in Paradise.

Snowbound · Dec 19th 2023

Quote from rkive

For my birthday December 16, my brothers gave me Trespass with White Mountain and Vision Of Angels.

An album for Christmas?

Dusk evokes a wintery mood for me.

Henry Hamilton-Smythe · Dec 19th 2023

Quote from IWishItWouldRainDown

And maybe Another Day in Paradise.

Not Genesis

choccy · Dec 19th 2023

I got WCD as a Christmas Present when it was originally released

IWishItWouldRainDown · Dec 19th 2023

Sorry I had realised later that only Genesis songs could be included.

IWishItWouldRainDown · Dec 20th 2023

And could I forget Blood on the Rooftops?

"We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day

Won't you stay?"

Genesis and Christmas

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