Posts by Liquid Len

  • GENESIS Dublin shows 2021 postponed

    Quote from thewatcher

    It's a peculiar situation. In most countries the vocal minority opposed to vaccines and other public health measures is just that - a minority. But in the US, some states have a majority that vehemently oppose these measures, and have surging cases and hospitalizations, while other states like in New England have vaccination rates comparable to the best in the world. Not sure such a patchwork of philosophy and culture is so manifest anywhere else and will be interesting to see if the surge spills over into well protected areas. As such, there is no real firewall between them, I'm not aware of any restrictions across state lines.

    There is talk in the US in some states of making the vaccine mandatory for healthcare workers. Actually it’s already happening. As the push to end this pandemic strengthens, you may see more private companies creating policy that enforce vaccination. There is no restrictions across state lines that I’m aware of either.

  • GENESIS Dublin shows 2021 postponed

    Quote from thewatcher

    My earlier suggestion to relocate the entire tour to Massachusetts is increasingly looking like a no-brainer. Maybe with a stop in PA, since one of our newly minted moderators lives there. Can someone put me in touch with their management so I can sort this whole mess out 😃?

    Yeah. This is all a shame. Especially since the guys are not getting any younger here. They have the two shows scheduled for Philadelphia at the beginning of December. Things are not getting any better here in the states either. It might turn out that the US leg is the beginning of the tour, followed by the UK dates in 2022. Im just speculating, we will have to wait and see.

  • GENESIS - "The Last Domino?" on 2CD and 4LP-set

    Quote from thewatcher

    Yes. Anyone remember this?


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    That’s really cool. How wild would it be to have the complete set of tapes for all their concerts?

  • Best opening song on a Genesis album?

    Quote from DecomposingMan

    OK, here's a question related to opening songs: Do you prefer "Where the Sour Turns to Sweet" or "Calling All Stations"? :)


    For me, it's the first one -- best song on FGTR IMO.


    I almost didn't buy CAS because of the initial impression I had of the title track. It's one of those songs that took me a while to warm up to. (Once I heard the whole album I was glad I bought it, though.)

    I like both. To me CAS, like many of the opening tracks in their canon, is a strong statement. I actually think it was a strong promise for an album opener, which didn’t quite live up to the rest of the album. That being said, I don’t dislike the album, I mostly enjoy it. The album as a whole though does drown in mid tempo bloat though by ‘If That’s What You Need’. But overall, the dark, grittiness of the title track does set the mood.


    Also, my favorite track on FGTR is In the Wilderness. Great 60’s pop tune.

  • Seinfeld

    Some of the best episodes are from the first three seasons. The busboy is one of my favorite early episodes.


    Busboy: La puerta está abierta?

    Busboy: La puerta está abierta?!!

    Who left the door open?!

  • STEVE HACKETT / STEVE HOWE - GTR turns 35 today ... your thoughts?

    Quote from MoonlitKnight

    I listened to an interview yesterday on Rolling Stone.com. The host was interviewing Andy Greene (who was introduced as one of leading “experts” on Genesis, though I must admit I’ve never heard of him). At one point they started discussing GTR, and one of them (I don’t recall which one) claimed that Steve Hackett was driven to record the GTR album by his jealousy over the commercial success of Genesis as well as Phil and Mike’s solo careers. I’ve never heard such a claim before. Just wondering if anyone else has heard this explanation? It just sounds so “un-Steve.”

    That’s sounds like an opinion statement. Where is the source for that type of comment?

  • New Moderator: Liquid Len

    Quote from foxfeeder

    Indeed, congrats, Liquid Len. :thumbup:


    (Nice to know that, if things get "heavy", you'll likely have the backup of the Smashed Bottle Men to sort things out! ;))

    hahaha, thanks foxfeeder! Although I won’t go as far as to say that I’ll be breaking anybody’s legs, as you say I do indeed have the SBM posse to help me deal with any riff-raff on the forum!

  • New Moderator: Liquid Len

    Thanks everyone! I look forward to helping the forum in all of the above ways Christian mentioned, while also continuing to contribute to some meaningful discussions about the band we all love!