It's always the same - when you announce a Genesis show, you can do an hour of solo stuff. When you announce to play the complete Seconds Out, even less.
To be fair: Steve alwyas did play solo tracks from the last 4 albums during these Genesis-related shows but how wonderful would that be if he did a pure solo show.
Well yes, when you put it like that. I know what he's doing and why he's doing it, and still hope to see it next year after two postponements.
For some strange reason, I don't mind referring to Scratch & Melt, but I don't ever say Car & certainly not Security. So if it's an ''official' title that is news to me.
I think we remember the over the top gushing that accompanied the release of the new album. If he thinks it is so great, would it hurt him to play more than two tracks from it?
I DVR’d “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf” off of Turner Classic Movies the other night. It’ll be the next one I watch. I saw it once before. It is without a doubt the most intense movie I’ve ever seen. I highly recommend it. Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at their best. At the risk of sounding like an old fart (I turn 60 on September 30) they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
People who think Elizabeth Taylor was just a beauty queen have never seen Virginia Woolf. It could be argued that neither of them fully lived up to their talent but they did in this film. I also love their Taming Of The Shrew.
Cool mixture there! We Can't Dance gets precious little love around here and I feel bad for it as it was really my induction album for Genesis. I was 10 and my trusty walkman and WCD cassette were a solid foundation for me.
What would an Abacab/WCD tracklist look like?
I am no good at this and I am dreadful at sequencing. However:
Abacab
No Son Of Mine
Jesus He Knows Me
Keep It Dark
Driving The Last Spike
Dodo/Lurker
I Can't Dance
No Reply At All
Dreaming While You Sleep
Me And Sarah Jane
Man On The Corner
Fading Lights
If there was a CD with a bonus track it would be Living Forever. For some reason I think this would work. I am well aware that WCD isn't loved but it's 'my'album and always has been.
Maybe DTLS & Dodo/Lurker should not be together but I couldn't leave either of them out.
I can never work out if this is my favourite or second favourite album. I alternate it with We Can't Dance. If you took the best tracks from this & combined it with the best of We Can't Dance you would have an unqualifed masterpiece
Display MoreJethro Tull were an amazing band. The problem with the 'new' JT is that Martin Barre is no longer in the band; for that matter, the only original member is Ian Anderson, and his inflated ego has turned me off any new stuff. There are numerous bands that are led by inflated egos that over the years have refused to let previous band members rejoin the group, and this to me is very distasteful. Bands I'd love to see get back together are
Martin Barre with Jethro Tull
Roger Waters with Pink Floyd
Dennis DeYoung with Styx
Jon Anderson with YES
Steve Perry with Journey
Don Felder with The Eagles
Lindsey Buckingham with Fleetwood Mac
These bands are all still playing live shows; maybe not Pink Floyd, but these guys were, in my opinion, part of the lifeblood of the band. Without them, the music has suffered, as have their many fans.
I know you're right about both Barre & Anderson. But Don Felder with what now calls itself 'Eagles'? He's better off out of it. What originally happened with his firing was unpleasant, but I took Frey & Henley's side at the time. Now that Frey is no longer with us and Henley still persists with the sham, it tends to confirm Felder's views. Anyway....
Regarding Fleetwood Mac I saw them with Buckingham, and had an entire song which he played directly to me (ironically it was the Stevie Nicks solo song Stand Back). I cherish the memory, bizarre though it was. I have also seen the new lineup with Neil Finn & Mike Campbell and I enjoyed it for what it was worth. They are better with Buckingham.
Rolling Stone does this stuff & then wonders why people laugh at it. I was going to express some astonishment at how low some songs were ranked (never mind Solsbury Hill). When I got to Help! at 447 I realised it was pointless. A Day In The Life only at 24, Stairway To Heaven only at 61. Just one Dire Straits song would have been nice, but there you are.
https://www.loudersound.com/am…2021-phil-collins-insists
I'm sorry, but I don't believe for one second there will be a 'majority' of PG era songs. Where does the word even come from? Who does it quote? Please accept my apologies if I am wrong, but this would go totally against every tour they have done since Peter left.
Having now seen the documentary I can't be objective about it in any way. The buildup was very tense. By the time they got to Mama & I was wondering if Phil could pull it off I was practically in tears (of pride and mixed emotions, not sadness). Mama is supposed to be tense and uncertain, and that's how it was. I liked how Land Of Confusion was even darker than before, but I was less sure about That's All, a song I worship. The biggest surprise for me was that it will be the full version of Domino. By this point Phil was really into it. He will never be who he was, but he can still do it. For those who thought Mike & Tony won't do harmonies, Mike had a mic (!) and I thought the backing singers were fine. It was also weird hearing Nic talk in an American accent. I thought the sound & lighting looked superb. To those of you who are going, just enjoy it.
Burnley 1-2 Arsenal
Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace
Norwich 0-2 Watford
Aston Villa 1-2 Everton
West Ham 1-2 Man Utd
Tottenham 0-2 Chelsea
Huddersfield 2-0 Nottm Forest
Peterborough 0-2 Birmingham
Only two of those songs are new, right? Hmmm.
Personally I'm disappointed at our politics in the World. Nobody has a clue what they're doing anymore.
We vote to get them elected on so called promises only to disappoint us.
Trump likes to make headlines regardless if they are stupid.
But they are stupid. That is the point. It isn't just about making headlines. He had four years and that was all he cared about - how could he improve his 'ratings'? Why not say the most offensive, hateful stuff all the time. That will do it.
Sorry. I said I didn't wish to wade into this so I will stop.
I don't really wish to wade into this, but when the statue of Robert E.Lee was pulled down in Richmond, Trump came out & said that Lee would have won the Civil War except for Gettysburg. A former President wishes the traitors to the Union, the slave states, had won the Civil War. There is no way to sugarcoat this or pretend otherwise.
For me, their best song is "The Day Before You Came", atmospheric, superb lyrics that tell you everything about her future by focusing on her past, pop songs don't really come any better.
It's a favourite of mine too.
It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim
The day before you came....
Wow! Thanks for that! I had no idea! I am currently working my way through purchasing all the Jethro Tull albums. What a great band they were (are - there will be a new album next year called The Zealot Gene).
I would try but I don't follow American Football. If you did Australian Rugby League next season, however....
In Europe the home team is always listed first.
Nice! Still last though...
Arsenal 1-0 Norwich
Brentford 1-2 Brighton
Leicester 1-3 Man City
Southampton 0-2 West Ham
Watford 1-0 Wolves
Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
Blackpool 0-3 Fulham
Stoke 1-2 Huddersfield
Being female and when you meet your friends you haven't seen for a long time, they want to kiss you on the cheek. I don't do that, I've never done it. It feels weird. Also, I'm not good at it. 
