I didn't know that this song was dedicated to his children.
I thought It was a balance of his life as it happens at a certain age.
A good ballad, finally with a not-tearful interpretation. 
Posts by rkive
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One concert with guest Paul Carrack, it could be a nice surprise!
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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.
Sorry, It was an example of edit song that I like it.
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My list:
PC: No Jacket Required.
PG: So.
MR: Mike + Mechanics 1985.
TB: Strictly Inc.
SH: Access All Areas.
AP: The Living Room Concert.
RW: Change.
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Steve sat down for large parts of Wednesday's show, and Nad did indeed 'shuffle on and off'. I get the impression Sydney was not a good show from the band's perspective.
Steve as pope Francis?
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In Genesis- Turn It On Again: Hits, there are many radio edit songs that sound better, e.g. Abacab or Tonight Tonight Tonight.
Also Watcher Of The Skyes single 45.
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Nad Sylvan Is a nice singer, but it would take another like Ray Wilson.
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Python- Going Out To Get You.
Nightingale- Let Us Now Make Love.
Chicken- It.
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What I'm sorry that Genesis could write pop songs like PG or Police.
But G3 like The Beatles.
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@DrJohn.
For example Follow You, That's All, Land of Confusion, No Son of Mine have more "variations" than Mama.
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Carpet Crawlers has an incredibly simple chords progression, I'd say it's a fantastic song anyway. As for the similarity with ITAT, personally I don't hear it. Mama is built around and upon a quite ominous drums machine pattern, ITAT, again very simple chords, is literally based on said chords on keyboards and the melodic line of the guide vocals. Yes, Phil's drum kicks in at a certain point and that sound is unmistakable but the drum fill on ITAT alone is enough to make it different from Mama.
Mama and ITAT for me are similars because writing over a base of the drum machine.
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Good song, unusual for Genesis but too simple as chords.
It's similar but don't reach In The Air Tonight.
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Cuckoo Cocoon itself.
Squonk - horses, duckling
" wonder if I'm a prisoner locked up in some Brooklyn jail
-or some sort of Jonah shut up inside the whale".
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"Laudetur Jesus Christus, in saecula saeculorum".
It's a christian greetings.
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Big Surprise, It was a different sound from Genesis' Music.
Great production by Bob Ezrin!
My preferits Modern Love, Humdrum and Slowburn.
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"and the Tickler takes his Stickleback".
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The Serpent- FGTR.
Sheep- Firth of Fifht.
Whale- Cuckoo Cocoon.
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It's a good album, but I prefer the TB albums with one singer or Bankstatement.
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A concept album about war !?
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I think a problem for the release of the album, It will be the rewriting of the lyrics, due the unexpected war in Ukraine.
Maybe also the title of the album could be influenced.