Posts by Schrottrocker

I got an answer on facebook:

'Wir spielen eigentlich überall wenn es Veranstalter und Veranstaltungen gibt, die eine so große Band "vertragen" können, d.h. auch die Logistik dahinter verstehen. Aber prinzipiell ist natürlich auch UK möglich und auch ein Ziel für uns.'

Translation:

'We play anywhere as long as there are events and event managers who can handle such a big band, meaning people who understand the logistics behind this. That includes the UK and yes, playing there is a goal we are aiming at too.'

As far as I know yes, they are still active only on a regional basis. Let's see if they will expand. I'll ask them.

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I always found Dodo a bit odd. The lyrics are basically off-the-wall stream of consciousness centred on certain themes. But then you get this big dramatic music that sounds like the sort of thing they would have put a bit dramatic story to in the past. I can remember when I couldn't make out the lyrics on Three Sides Live, I always assumed there was some meaning or story there I wasn't quite getting. "I'M BACK IN THE SEA!" *huge dramatic chords*

It is by any means one of their strangest lyrics. When I first heard it on Three Sides Live I was somehow sure it has to be about animals in zoos that live under miserable conditions and dream of going back to their old natural habitats. I couldn't make out that message when I was only reading the lyrics, it needed the music to fill the words with meaning.

I always had a soft spot for this song as it was on a cassette tape my sister recorded from the radio back in 1983, the tape somehow got into my hands soon and I listened to it over and over. So I was familiar with the song long before I even knew it was Genesis. At the same time I was listening to Selling England on high rotation and I wouldn't make the connection.

As a matter of fact, That's All has always been my favourite song off this album besides It's Gonna Get Better. (I know, I'm a heretic and stuff.)

Youtube has a lot of cover version of this little song. Here's just one example:

I finally got my copy this week, this far I gave it a few listens and yes, Anthony Phillips never disappoints, on the contrary, the album exceeds my expectations!

I happened to see this Phil Collins / Genesis tribute band last night and I was blown away. They are incredibly good.

Check them out:

They played mainly a Phil Collins show but they had a bunch of Genesis songs too: Land of Confusion, Tonight Tonight Tonight / Invisible Touch medley, No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance, Mama.

In a way the same could be said about Inside and Out. As a non-native speaker I just liked the music of this song, then I found out what the lyrics are about. Quite a contrast, I did not expect such a depressing story set to this gentle sweet music (the first half of the song) but I saw it as an intentional contrast.

I guess the point of this thread is rather finding bad mismatches that don't work. I don't have any examples at hand, maybe I'll find some.

Another Cup of Coffee and Word of Mouth get regular airplay too but Over My Shoulder has to be the most ever played Mechanics song.

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Am I the only one seeing a link to "It's Gonna Get Better" on YouTube in Christian's original post? Rather than a link to "You Might Recall"?

Christian has a habit of smuggling easter eggs like this into his track of the week posts.

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GENESIS - You Might Recall Year: 1982 Album: Three Sides Live Working title: Jangley Credits: Banks/Collins/Rutherford Lyrics: Yes Length: 5:35 Musicians: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford Played live: 1983, 1984 Cover versions: ?

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They played this one live? That's news to me.

Ordered it at justforkicksmusic. Finally got mail, it had the other CD I ordered (Steve's Foxtrot at Fifty) plus a free bonus (Ukrainian prog sampler) - and a notice Golden Hour is currently out of stock and they will send it when available. Wow, that escalated quickly...

Yes, all the chord and key changes scream Banks too.

One of my top-favourites. This seems to be one of those Genesis tracks a vocal fan minority agrees it is terrible so lots of other fans seem to feel a necessity to apologize for liking it as a guilty pleasure. Never understood this. I always loved this one.

Tough one, I like both versions.

The linked page for the FGTR songs credits In Limbo as Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford/Silver, opposed to individual credits for the other songs. Is this intentional? What kind song writing input would John Silver have had? This seems odd.

Plus the lyrics in the cover say:

The Knife

For those who trespass against us.

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Spot on. You just described the upcoming election in the US perfectly. For me Trump absolutely falls into the “ANYONE BUT HIM”category. Biden may be a semi-doddering old man but at least he has some moral compass, doesn’t perpetually lie morning noon and night, and can empathize with others.

When Trump won the first time, a US friend of mine told me she voted for him because she wanted to vote for anyone but Hillary. This seems to be a general trend these days. Don't give people any qualified candidates, force them to go for the least evil if that's possible at all.

One of the best and rather underrated songs on CAS. Also one of the most "what might have been" tracks for me.

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At this point, Ripples must have one of the highest average scores for TOTW?

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Yes, joint top with The Cinema Show based on my hurried analysis of average scores which makes the top 10 as:

14.6 Cinema

14.6 Ripples

14.3 Solsbury Hill

14.2 Moonlit Knight

14.2 In The Cage

14.0 Fly On A Windshield

13.9 Red Rain

13.9 Eleventh Earl

13.8 Behind The Lines

13.7 Duchess

Below that comes the next 20 which are:

13.6 Abacab

13.6 Secret World

13.5 Mama

13.5 Driving The Last Spike

13.5 Heathaze

13.3 In Your Eyes

13.3 Squonk (average of 2 sets of votes as it was entered twice)

13.2 Lamia

13.2 Hogweed

13.2 Sledgehammer

13.1 Family Snapshot

13.0 Mercy Street

12.9 Dodo

12.9 Fountain

12.9 Horizons

12.9 Me & SJ

12.8 Tonight

12.8 Inside & Out

12.7 Land of Confusion

12.7 Undertow

I must point out this was done purely by inspection so it's subject to error and there may be one or two tracks excluded as a result. Taking it as it is, it's interesting. In these top 30 tracks PG is the only solo artist to feature, getting 7 slots. But I didn't look at how many TOTW entries each member has had (I think that's in another thread). If you take PG's two entries out of the top 10 to focus on Genesis only, Mama and Abacab get bumped into the top 10. That gives us a top 10 of four 5-man, two 4-man and 4 trio.

For some reason I'm fascinated by the grouping of Dodo, Salmacis, Horizons and Sarah Jane all ranked equally. Two quite taut yet very different ones from the trio album that was a major turning point, a prog classic from the first album of the iconic lineup, and an elegant solo acoustic guitar piece. I'm not sure why I like that cluster so much but maybe it somehow sums up both the band and its core fanbase, if the latter can be represented by the membership here.

Each track seems to get 20 to 30 votes, by the way.

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You missed out on Blood On The Rooftops:

15 outstanding - 23

14 very good - 5

13 very good (-) - 1

no other votes

That has to be Quique playing the guitar.

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Or some of the Pet Shop Boys titles. Very... very what? They tend to use pithy one word titles for their albums, but are they necessarily related to the music?

Because the album is very Pet Shop Boys? They always use one-word titles, sometimes it makes sense like "Pet Shop Boys, please." or "Pet Shop Boys, actually." Their latest album is called 'Nonetheless'. Open for interpretations. I recall an interview in which they talked about their album 'Super' and they said something like as simple as the title is, it was the end of a long creative brainstorming. I'm never sure when they cross the line from serious to ironic in their interviews.