My first thought was that the vast majority of Collins’ work is not rock and roll. But, that hasn’t stopped the R&R HOF in recent years. Lots of non-rock acts have been getting in.
Posts by Henry Hamilton-Smythe
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Here's the Trespass album cover by Paul Whitehead
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I'm not sure if I know how to upload a photo to this site....
Willy Pogany, Illustrations for TannhäuserWilly Pogany (1882-1955) was born Vilmos Andreas Pogány in Szeged, Hungary, but he left his home country in 1902 and never lived there a...benedante.blogspot.comHere's the original artwork from Willy Pogany
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If we want to talk about artwork plagiarism, Genesis related.....one of the drawings that Paul Whitehead did for Trrespass is a blatant copy of an existing work. I'll try to find the link.
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Is there a face palm emoji here?
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Quit while you’re behind.
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What about the handwriting?
What about it?
The handwriting is not similar in any way.
P.S. Shouldn't this be under the Phil Collins section?
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I'm with DecomposingMan on this one.
I absolutely love Tony Banks. My favorite musician in my favorite band. 90% of the time, my favorite songs on any Genesis album are songs that Tony wrote. This song just doesn't do much for me. I think there are some real nice sections, but overall something is missing.
FYI, I feel the same way about Fading Lights, another Tony-written piece that a lot of people love.
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"Swirling Phrygian runs, insistent sax, full on vocals and blistering guitar!" It's Steve Hackett's new single Circo InfernoSteve Hackett will release his new concept album The Circus And The Nightwhale in Februarywww.loudersound.com
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Latest track to be released.....Circo Inferno
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Gabriel, Banks, Phillips
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Well I never knew that. I knew of his many references to “sheets of double glazing” and “undinal songs” but not this one. However he did sound bored when singing it, particularly live, and he does have a point. I mean, “snowflake drifting on the breath of a breeze” belongs more to a Keats poetry book than a rock album.
I would agree. Having said that, it is by far my favorite song on that album.
Phil and Tony have very, very different writing styles. Phil’s is much more popular. I like Tony’s much better.
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Well he took about 15 years to "finally" come to that decision then.
Hahaha! Blimey.
The song that made Phil Collins leave GenesisRevisiting comments from Phil Collins about his hatred of the Genesis song 'Burning Rope', which he said was part of the reason he left the band.faroutmagazine.co.uk -
I kind of get what you mean about Rope being the last 'fantasy' song, though I'm not convinced it is. Earlier comments here suggest (eg) HBTS and Domino as continuing the theme but, as it were, transferring the fantasy DNA into a new host, which I absolutely do see. I think Domino's a very good example actually, as it sets out a fantastical-sounding scenario, but within the trappings of the 80s trio sound and approach it feels very different from something like BR so perhaps doesn't come across so readily as 'fantasy'. Those two longer Banks tracks on ATTWT will certainly seem to many as possibly the last two fully prog-sounding tracks. Except for Heathaze, BR is for me the last one to feature Banks's ponderous faux-profound philosophising.
M&SJ is another possible example of continuation of the fantasy notion. It seems to me that "I invent a name" suggests everything that comes after is possibly a fantasy, or at least imagined.
Re the live renditions. In a way it's a shame Seconds Out happened when it did, although I completely understand the timing. Some of the live performances of its classics, such as DOAV, 81 Firth and 82 SR blow the SO ones clear out of the water. But at least we have those later ones available via the BBC discs and the various unofficial but good quality radio broadcast releases.
EDIT - by the way I meant to ask, what did PC say about BR?
He said something along the lines of having to sing a song like that is what finally made him decide to leave Genesis. Also made disparaging remark about how the song doesn’t belong in this century.
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7 for me, too. I like the instrumental introduction, but the lyrics and the song itself don't do much for me
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What did John Lennon think of Genesis?
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15 without a doubt. Pure perfection.
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Wild orchids was arranged by the same guy …
And, who is that? Honestly have no clue.
Wild Orchids is all over the place musically, but for the most part each individual song maintains a mood. Recent albums of his, there are really abrupt changes in a lot of songs. Abrupt changes by themselves aren’t necessarily bad, but what he’s been doing recently just doesn’t work for me. At all.