We had rain and thunderstorms last night, temperatures cooled down to pleasant (some 22°C-ish). Had the hottest day so far on Tuesday (37°C). Honestly, these heat waves and droughts aren't so shocking any more after the years 2018 (7 months of heat wave) and 2019 (42°C). Which does not mean I wouldn't enjoy a normal summer for a change.
Posts by Schrottrocker
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Clearly none of you guys has ever been travelling with trains in Germany.
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started thinking of others doing Genesis covers.. of the top of head can remember Keane doing Thats All and Paul Carrick doing YOSW...will have to remind myself of some others
A whole bunch of cover versions of Land Of Confusion: Katzenjammer, Disturbed, some other metal band, Alcazar...
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The only time Genesis really performed a number of cover versions, other than in their earliest days - the Turn It On Again medley - was never well-received from fans. Once bottles are thrown at you you might think about going back to original songs ;P
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Been nice and surprisingly low-temperatured for the last couple days. According to forecasts, however, the next heat wave is already on the horizon...
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There's a few song writing contributions on Genesis albums from ex-members or people around Genesis. John Hackett had his little share of Get 'em out by Friday as well as Cuckoo Cocoon. Anthony Phillips wrote the basics of The Musical Box and Twilight Alehouse, both songs being recorded after he was no longer a member of Genesis. Mick Barnard also had his tiny share of The Musical Box. Peter Gabriel wrote the lyrics of Los Endos. And finally, Chester Thompson is credited for the Drum Duet.
Besides the Turn It On Again medley, they also performed that Supremes' song in the solo medley since Phil covered it. And in the early days they had a number of cover versions in their set lists. For the sake of mentioning it: the bootleg demos from Selling England feature them jamming 'You Really Got Me' and 'The Last Time'; and, let's not forget about Peter's regular introduction to Supper's Ready which featured a short whistled version of some folk song, I can't recall its name.
The Lamb has a number of quotations and references: The Drifters' 'On Broadway', 'Raindrops keep falling on my head', 'It's only rock'n'roll but I like it', 'Broadway Melody of 1923', 'In The Mood' (referenced in the lyrics); and indeed the story mentions "subterranean homesick dues" Rael won't have to pay.
But yea. Basically all this rather confirms your statement. Genesis never made cover versions in the real meaning.
As for guest musicians, well, David Thomas sang on FGTR, Arthur Greenslade arranged the brass and violins, and John Anthony had his moment in The Knife. And there's still that live version of Your Own Special Way with that Australian string orchestra. And those two little boys singing "We will rock you rock you little snake"...
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If it counts, he did that soundtrack music together with Mike in 1978. I think Tony has stated at some time he is "terrible" at guesting for other artists.
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It's certainly true that Biden inherited a terrible situation from the previous (n)inc(ompoop)umbent, but I still think he was only the least worst candidate.
It has become a habit for too long that the ones who win in politics are the smallest evil, the least worst as you phrase it. Where's any good rulers?
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As for Climate protection, I'd be interested to learn more about what the Chinese government plans to reduce emissions.
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On New Year's Eve. Slightly bad scheduling for posting this
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Also Watcher Of The Skyes single 45.
What edition of Turn It On Again - The Hits is that? I have both the 1999 and the 2007 version and neither of them has Watcher.
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Really, guys. I am getting tired of the constant "he's only doing it for the money" rants. Steve is the only Genesis member who plays the old albums and he does it in a more authentic manner than anybody else. When I saw his Selling England show it was a dream come true since I've been born way too late to see the original show. Accusing Steve of milking the cash cow is quite retarded - just my humble opinion.
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Hottest weekend so far. 35°C. Official warning of going outside in daytime.
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The "thousands of creatures" in Keep It Dark could actually be aliens, not animals. Then again, this brings up the question why we humans tend to imagine alien populations on other planets or dimensions as human-like along with possible alien animal-like species - which in itself raises the questions why it matters so much to us to distance ourselves from other animals though we are animals ourselves, to the extent we imagine the same distinction in aliens... So taking an extreme viewpoint, it might be valid to take any references of humans in song lyrics as animal references.
Oh dear, what's wrong with my mind?
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Complex chords or chords progression mean literally nothing and don't guarantee the song is going to be great, Hold on to my Heart is a good example, if I'm not mistaken the working title was Bacharach which is telling and the chords progression was Tony's and they are interesting chords but they decided to slap some trite lyrics on it, turn on the saccharine factor on and use some really cheesy keyboards sounds, thus drowning any sense of originality in the song. I trust many here will be familiar with Rock's Beato's YouTube channel, here's a good example of a quite complex song with an outrageously sappy melody:
Thanks, I love stuff like this. What pop music can do when jazz musicians get at it! I never understood the arrogance of the self-acclaimed prog experts who rub their noses at brilliant music like this.
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Both have a drum machine throughout, both have real drums kicking in in the middle, both have similar chords over a bass note drone, both have a sinister long buildup that creates more and more tension. But yea, all that aside, I really can't hear any similarities...
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I always loved that song but the strange laughter irritated me at first. Then I got used to it and took it as one of the quirkinesses Genesis used to come up with. I never made the connection to The Message though I knew that song and I always liked it too.
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Regarding Duke this is quite obvious imho: They had the Duke Suite, and then each of them contributed a fast song and a ballad. Tony had Heathaze and Evidence of Autumn as ballads, Mike had Open Door and Alone Tonight as ballads. In both cases they picked the songs that went better with the flow of the album.
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Not to be picky, there is also the Elephant sound in No Son of Mine.
Not to be picky but it's a slowed down guitar sample. I always wondered why this is commonly referred to as "elephant". All I can hear is a guitar.
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And of course, the Sea Bee on Archive #1.
