They really should have checked with me first.
I say that about a lot of things but no one ever does!
They really should have checked with me first.
I say that about a lot of things but no one ever does!
I've never been much on acquiring compilations from bands from whom I already have basically everything anyway, but I did get a couple of these.
Rock Theatre - Back in vinyl days I got this one solely for the aforementioned WOTS single version.
Turn It On Again (The Hits) - I really only got this one for the re-recorded "Carpet Crawlers," but I did find most of the single edits to be interesting, especially the one for "Congo" which gives it a better ending. I had to fix "Abacab" using some sound editing software to get rid of the weird vocal hiccup near the end. As for the packaging, I don't like the way it focuses on the albums represented as if they were the band's only albums.
The worst thing about the feckless is their total lack of feck.
I've noticed a similar problem with reckless people.
I would rank it as one of Genesis’ top 15 studio albums 😀
Hey! I made that joke before!
(See here)
Given how long ago it was, I'll assume you just happened to come up with it independently and didn't steal it!
Just to add to this, of all the members who have ever been in Genesis, only one (John Mayhew) has passed.
Yep. It's hard to name any major band from the '60s or '70s with that good of a "survival rate."
For example, both the Doobie Brothers (founded 1970) and Traffic (founded 1967) have had 14 members of which 7 are deceased. (And in the case of Traffic, the surviving members include 3 guys who didn't join until the 1994 reunion tour. So, from the band's original 1967-74 run, only 4 out of 11 guys are still around.)
From Dance On A Volcano:
Well that's the way the heroes go, ho-ho-ho
It sounds spoken to me.
Nope, not spoken.
Great question. I think all of the original line up of the Hollies from 1963/4 are alive. I’ve had a quick check add will double check later.
But they are not really a rock band so may not count
I would count them as a "rock band," but according to what I see in Wikipedia, their original bassist died in 2019.
I don't know what made me think of this, but here it is.
As of right now every one of the founding members of Genesis is still alive: Peter, Ant, Tony, Mike & Chris. The band was formed in early 1967.
Can any rock band that was formed earlier than Genesis make the same claim? Or does Genesis currently hold the record?
Quote"They're gonna change you into a human being!" - Phil chattering in Willow Farm
"Understand Rael, this is the end of your tail!" - Phil in Colony of Slippermen
The first one would most likely be Pete, and the second one would definitely be him. Phil did the "human being" (and "fly away") bits in live performances, though.
QuoteActually, I've just come up with a theory about those high-pitched voices (and the "Mum to mud to mad to Dad" segment). They may have recorded these with their real voice but with the instrumental tape playing at a lower speed, so the overall pitch also gets down. Then, after the recording, they put the tape back at normal speed > Chipmunk effect done.
No theory needed. That's exactly what would have been done.
One could also make a topic about slowed-down or sped-up voices in Genesis songs. Example: "Let the dance begin" in "Dance on a Volcano" is slowed down.
Quote"Cause You Know We like It" at the end of Another Record.
That's not spoken. It's just sung in an unusually low voice for Phil.
My favorite Genesis song. Period.
Steve has released both live & studio versions of this, with drummer Gary Toole on vocals; but no other singer can match the magic that Phil brought to it in the original.
Angel Face
Red Day on Blue Street
Don't Turn Your Back on Me
Something to Live For
Queen of Darkness
Spectral Mornings
Every Day
Narnia
Rebecca
Serpentine Song
Blood on the Rooftops
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Turn it on Again
Entangled
Inside & Out
Nightmare
Sisters of Remindum
Scottish Suite
Sunrise & Sea Monsters
Sistine
WATE is a problematic album for me. There's some stunning songwriting, but most tracks are brought down by weak vocals (with Ant's "creaking" effect being especially annoying), and some pieces just leave me scratching my head.
That said, "Now What" is one of the better tracks on the album, and a strong, effective closer. It's the first song I ever heard described as "widescreen," and it fits well. (The early demo version from ARCHIVE COLLECTION #1, "Hunt Song," which isn't nearly as good, is interesting for having some different lyrics.)
Vocally, Ant sounds a lot better to me on INVISIBLE MEN.
I would love for him to play... “Black Lightning”.
Is that related to "Black Thunder"?
I just watched the video
I watched it as well and agree it's crap. But then most of Steve's videos are... and, honestly, I think most music videos in general are.
I like the song a little better on second listen, though. Sure, it has all of Steve's trademark nonsense, but he's done worse stuff on his recent albums.
Update to my list:
SURRENDER OF SILENCE: Held in the Shadows.
(Don't have a definite pick from UNDER A MEDITERRANEAN SKY.)
Yep, it sounds pretty much like what I can expect from Steve these days. There are bits of promising ideas, shoved together in a way that has no logic or flow, making Steve sound like he has about a 20-second attention span. The best ideas fail to be explored to any satisfying extent, and the time they should have been given is instead handed over to a bunch of pointless meandering. Overall, the result is more interesting for what it could have been than for what it actually is.
So... it's got good stuff in it, but it isn't what it could have been.
I think Steve is the only artist I've ever wished would make his material a little more conventional, if only in terms of song structure.
Sounds fine as far as it goes, but it's not enough to really tell anything from. It's unmistakably Steve, anyway.