That's interesting indeed! During recent years my musical taste has developed more and more towards heavier rock, with for instance Dream Theater and Galahad. This song by Better Strangers certainly has enough melody to satisfy my taste. It will be interesting to follow this band.
But of course, had it not been for Nicholas being involved I would have neither heard of this band, nor paid any attention. Always when there is a connection to a group or an artist I like a lot I am willing to explore what the associated musicians are up to.
It would be possible to listen to music by Genesis, by a Genesis member or by a musician with connection to Genesis for a whole day without getting bored.
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.... and remember that on Tony's monitor there was "New Duchess" listed, which obviously means they have been working on new versions.
That sounds very interesting indeed! Well, I trust the judgment of my old heroes and I'm curious as to what they will give us this time. It will be different, but as long as the feeling is there my loyalty and appreciation remains.
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This is reminding me of the rehearsal scene in Rain Or Shine when Collins and Rutherford have an exchange something like "Isn't it blah-dadda blah-dadda blah-dadda blah-dadda blah?" "No, it's more chakkatah-chakkatah-chakkatah-chakkatah-chak"
Wow, I have to watch that documentary again. It's been a long, long time ...
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I had forgotten about ”Living On My Own”. Wow, what an impressive song! It was released in September 1985, so it may well have inspired Phil in the same way as Grandmaster Flash’s “The Message” did in 1982.
What Phil does after “Throwing It All Away” in the Berlin recording linked above actually sounds like one of those vocal intermissions by Freddie Mercury, as far as I remember anyway. I’m trying to find it now in order to compare. Maybe it's on the Wembley live album (recorded in 1986).
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“Throwing It All Away” is a nice song in the studio version, but the live performance is something very special. I really like Phil’s vocal exercises at beginning, middle and end: “Deedaeeeh!” (Or how to spell it …) Also, this is one of the instances during concert when Phil interacts with the audience. I’ve always liked how Phil interacts with the audience in various ways. There’s a truly magic recording of this song from Berlin on 8th June 1987: Phil delivers some really powerful singing and the audience is a bit slow with the response at the start but all the better and enthusiastic later during the song – and for another minute after it finished. Many people rightfully praise Freddie Mercury for his stage persona, but I think Phil deserves to be mentioned too in this respect. I mean, how many artists are actually “playing” with their audience in the way Phil does?
I’ve listened to the very first concert of the Invisible Touch tour, on the 18th of September. The “Deedaeeeh!” is there, although as somewhat of an embryo. Of course it developed during the tour until he reached his vocally strong and very confident performances later on the tour.
Now, I have a question. Where does “Deedaeeeh!” come from? How did that come about? My hypothesis is that this playful vocal exercise actually stems from the recording sessions. We know how the band used to work: they jammed and Phil sang nonsense lyrics. Sometimes the actual lyrics took inspiration from the nonsense singing. When they wrote “No Son Of Mine” Phil sang something that sounded somewhat like that, which then gave the song its title and theme. So maybe it was the same when Mike wrote the lyrics to “Throwing It All Away”? And doesn’t “Deedaeeeh!” sound a little, little, little bit like “Throwing It All Away”?
I’ve never heard the band or anybody else say anything about the live version of this song, so I am curious if you any of you know anything about it.
Detroit 18th of September 1986:
Berlin 8th June 1987:
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I chose “Evidence Of Autumn”, ”Open Door”, “Hearts On Fire”, “Run Out Of Time” and – of course – “Anything Now”. All are nice songs that could have been on the albums.
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David Gilmour is back with a new song – and once again quite different from last time we heard from him. This is a really beautiful song and so is the video.
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Now i am just looking forward to having a great night out and appreciating a band that has been part of my life for 40 years and may be the last tour...it may not be perfect but i can live with that and just make the most of the moment
That's the spirit! I mean, for us real fans the band members are part of our extended family. We discovered and loved them when they where young, creative and inventive and at the height of their performance, but along the way we grew fond of them in a way. I'm a lifelong fan of those guys! When it comes to concerts, it's not that important to me. I would love to see them on this tour, but if the cost is too high I will be just as happy with new audio and video recordings.
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I completely understand why they won't record a whole new album. But if they feel like it they could write one or two songs and play them on this tour. That would be the easy way for them to be a bit creative and test the waters, so to say. But sadly I don't think it will happen.
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Phil at the first concert of the 2020 tour:
“Well, tonight we’re going to play quite a lot of really old songs. [pause for cheering] And yes, most definitely some really, really old songs too. [pause for intense cheering] In fact, we may also play some new songs. [pause for confusion] Yeah, really, here’s a tune we wrote during rehearsals earlier this year.”
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So why did they visit Madison Square garden NYC?
As far as I've gathered Phil lives in NYC nowadays. Tony and Mike may have only visited him there, as old friends do. Then they may in addition have had a meeting or even rehearsals there. I hope that is the case. Tomorrow we will know!
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I knew they were in New York because I saw the photo of them at the basketball game.
Could anyone provide a link to that photo?
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Here's an interview with Nicholas Collins which I would like to recommend. It's actually the first time I've heard him in conversation. Seems to be a really nice guy, but after all he's Phil's son!
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I just found this brand new interview with Daryl Stuermer and listened to it. It's really interesting and nice, so I gladly recommend it!
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This will be the FIFTH Genesis Revisited live album. Of course there will be many more to come ...
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Wow, that was great to see! His singing has improved, and now he's doing that rhytm thing too. This video and other recent videos also show that the emotion is there. I found the first videos from this tour a bit depressing to watch, and hence didn't go to see him, but now I hope he'll do more shows in Europe. I will defintely buy a ticket this time!
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That's a good setlist! And still it's maybe 1/3 of possible hits or major songs to play. What's the drum duo? Is that Nicholas Collins and Luis Conte playing, or has Phil managed to some live drumming?
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i don't think they did, but the wikipedia article for genesis refers to them in past: "genesis were an english band...".
Yes, that's a problem for encyclopedists when the band in question never dissolved and always said "never say never" and so on, while being apparently inactive for years.
There have been discussions about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…)/Archive_3#Status_active???
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…chive_3#2006-2007_Reunion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…/Archive_3#Active_or_not_?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…#Disestablishment_in_2012?
As far as I have gathered there is now a consensus on Wikipedia regarding old bands that are inactive to the extent that renewed activity is regarded as a temporary reunion. But we should always listen to the band members themselves, however much kremlinology we need.
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Will you get this Boxset?
Absolutely! It contains a lot of songs I haven't heard. Then I will use this load of songs as the basis on which to build up a more complete library of all his collaborations. I suppose that will keep me occupied for some years!
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I'm glad they didn't. The 'unplugged' thing seemed to be ubiquitous at one point and it kind of got a bit "who's next". I'd have been a bit miffed to see them jump on that train with everyone else.
As solo artist Phil did an unplugged show for MTV. It was in late 1993 or in 1994. A date and time was announced for broadcast, but then for some reason it wasn't broadcast after all. I was very disappointed at the time. Of course it's available now, but I don't remember since when. It's available on Youtube and I have a bootleg of it.