Posts by Henry Hamilton-Smythe
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. I used to speculate, years ago, what it would have been like in some alternate universe where, instead of Ant leaving Genesis, Tony had left. I then imagined what it could have been like if Ant had moved on to keyboards and Steve had still come in on guitar. It could have been very interesting indeed! (They could also have played duel guitars on some tracks too).
It would definitely be a very different Genesis. To me, Tony has always defined Genesis' "sound". I don't doubt that the band as imagined above would have put out some good music, but it would have been radically different from what Genesis became.
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Just listened to it for the first time in about 30 years. While the music is quite interesting in places, I'm put off by the sound of the album......everything is very synthetic sounding, no warm, natural sounding instruments.
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Backdrifter's post got me thinking of the original intent of the OP. I took it to mean that the vocals come in before any instruments or at the same time as the first instrument.
So, to me a song like The Musical Box wouldn't fit. But, I can't be 100% sure how the OP meant it.
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Like others, I have had no interest in this album and have only heard a few tracks. I respect that Phil loves this song catalogue (as do I) and enjoys singing these songs. I don't care to hear him be a Motown cover artist.
That sums up my feelings, although I haven't heard any of Phil's covers from this album
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And I'm 62
So, you're one of those young 'uns
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Remember Tony said on the album they participated in writing the violins and brass arrangements to gain some control over it, as opposed to the preceding singles in which they had zero control over the violins.
This is the first time that I’ve ever heard that the members of Genesis had any control of the strings/brass. Everything I have ever heard/read is that the members of the band ( especially Ant) were really pissed off when they heard the brass and strings all over the album.
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rkive Thank you!
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Can you put this in context for those of us who don't recognize this person? Thanks.
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No Track of the Week for 8/14-8/20?
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Only a four from me I’m afraid. Beautifully sung but to me it’s boring and never gets anywhere. In a longer song I’d be looking for more drama or a complete change of pace, more light and shade etc.
You've described exactly my thoughts on 'Driving the Last Spike', which we discussed recently.
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Worst: ITC/TCOS/ITQT/The Colony of Slippermen/AG (the transition from ITQT to TCOS is too jarring and having the latter as well as the former makes the medley a little too bloated - either one or the other, guys). The 1992 Old Medley is another contender (starts off with a good strong half but the second half starting with Firth of Fifth pretty much kills the momentum for me, plus the I Know What I like sub-medley puts the brakes on everything save for the extract from Stagnation), which is curious because the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway/Musical Box medley from the 1977 tour is brilliant.
I'm a little confused. What is ITQT? Also, I assumed TCOS was Colony of Slippermen, but then you Have Colony of Slipperman typed out later in the same medley.
I'm confused as to what the actual medley is.
In the Cage
The Colony of Slippermen???
The Colony of Slippermen (again?)
Afterglow
Welcome to the board!
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The show in 2007 for me was pure joy and the unexpected reunion at the time had elements of SOTB feel which I didn't really get last year.
What is SOTB?
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The light show was incredible. The musicianship was first rate. But, definitely not as good as the 4 times I had seen them previously.
I remember being in seventh heaven after hearing In That Quite Earth and parts of Supper's Ready.....which segued immediately into Invisible Touch. I was not ready to go from those highs to that low.
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Actually, in my opinion, ASD ranks pretty high among the tracks on IT. I think it helps that it's the only one that there isn't at least one official live version of!
Same here. I'm not fond of the album overall, but Anything She Does is one of the songs I actually like.
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5/15 Never did anything for me, lyrically or musically
seems that I’m the only one who doesn’t love this song. I’ve tried, but it just doesn’t work for me. Quite honestly, the entire album leaves me cold. I don’t dislike it, it just does nothing for me.
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5/15 Never did anything for me, lyrically or musically
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I gotta say I'm surprised that more people don't like Silver Rainbow on here. I'm personally not a huge fan of it myself, but in other past forums (that have long since closed down sadly), I would hear fans gush over how great of a song it is-and I was the one thinking it was overrated LOL!
At the end of the day, it's all personal preference I suppose. For example-It's Gonna Get Better (though seemingly forgotten by many fans) is actually one of my favorite Genesis songs!
For me, the brief instrumental passages in ‘It’s Gonna Get Better’ are interesting, but the song itself I find very dull. Like you said, it’s all personal preference.
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I'm not surprised to see SEBTP is #1.
I AM however, surprised to see Genesis is 2nd from the bottom!! That one is my #3:
1. WCD
2. ATOTT
3. Genesis
Interesting. I would have WCD at the absolute bottom of all Genesis albums. There is literally nothing on it that would make me want to listen to it ever again.
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I'm really enjoying this CD and was surprised when I logged on here to not find any discussion of it - or am I missing something ?
It's a bootleg. I think there was some discussion of it within the BBC release thread.
P.S. Why is this posted under the "New Members" section, and not under the "Music" section?
