Posts by Liquid Len

I first heard Nursery Cryme when I was maybe 10 years old. I was obsessed with Phil and his solo stuff, and the mid 80’s Genesis stuff. I got it as a Christmas gift one year, it probably was the first CD my parents randomly picked off the shelf at the store (it could have been the Lamb with that being the case; what 10 year old doesn’t want to learn about testicle monsters!) Hearing N.C. for the first time was like someone pouring a bucket of cold water on your head. I was shocked. How can this be Genesis?! It sounded so Victorian or Baroque or something very foreign at the time to my ears. I listened to it a handful of times, liked it in an obligatory kind of way, and put it away. Occasionally through the years I would listen to it, never getting the meaning behind the songs. It eventually clicked for me, and it’s one of my favorites now. Hogweed is freakin hilarious! Those first few lines, “Turn and run, nothing can stop them!” get me every time. Peter singing about killer plant life with such seriousness makes me laugh out loud. The Musical Box is epic, especially the old man lyrics at the end. Harold the Barrell is like Monty Python-esque in a way. Their sense of humor is one of the things I adore about this band. For absent Friends, Seven Stones, and Harlequin, are perfect beauties on this album. Fountain of Salmacis is a grand epic finale, Hackett’s guitar work is amazing. It’s like a perfect lead in to Watcher of the Skies on their next album. Is it perfection? No, definitely not. But it is a perfect buildup to Selling England, which may just be perfection, in my opinion.

How Can I? with Richie Havens is amazing.

Dude, Supper’s Ready just recently clicked for me. It might be my favorite song from the PG era! Apocalypse in 9/8 is incredible! It singlehandedly raised Foxtrot to another level for me.

Yes, Zeppelin at Earls Court in May of ‘75 would be amazing. I have a bootleg of one of the Earls Court nights. It’s amazing. I also have a boot of the Munich show in ‘80, where Plant is telling the crowd to back up, give people space. Great stuff.

I also totally agree with you, I find myself totally envious of people who got to see Genesis in their prime! Imagine being in the crowd on a good night in say 1973 on the Selling England tour! If I close my eyes I can almost see and smell it! Or in 1976-77 on the Trick or W & W Tour? Would be incredible!

Yes Genesis and Led Zeppelin, my top two -and the two greatest bands to grace our planet in my humble opinion. Beautiful, powerful, and hauntingly majestic music.

I agree that everyone in this forum seems pretty cool and accommodating. I’ve only been a member on here for maybe a week and half. I’ve never seen Genesis live but it doesn’t seem like that is a qualifying factor for having to be apart of this forum. For me, I was two young in ‘86 and ‘92, and just couldn’t get to a concert in ‘07 because of where I was at in my life. I think a lot of people In their late thirties and early-mid 40’s may be in the same boat. If they do come to the states on this next tour, I’m determined to see them. In the end, it doesn’t diminish my love for the band.

Well said. Bravo.

Aw, Harold the Barrel is great! The part with Harold’s mom on the ledge next to him is hilarious.

Could you picture Genesis fans doing a wall of death to The Knife or something? 😂

Someone on here with more insight than I might be able to give you an accurate answer. I remember getting this album as a Christmas present from my Dad. I was probably 9 or 10 at the time. I was obsessed with Phil Collins’s solo stuff, and the Genesis stuff off of Invisible Touch. I had Serious Hits! Live, I played that CD so much I probably wore it down to nothing . When I got Nursery Cryme and played it for the first time, I was confused. Wait a minute this is Genesis, this sounds nothing like Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, or Something Happened on the Way to Heaven. I would play it occasionally, but it wasn’t until I was older that I really appreciated it for what it is. Like you said, it’s complex, yet simplistic. It’s funny in a dark comedy type of way. To me it’s in their top three or four albums, and a classic prog album.

I also like the grittiness of Ray’s voice, it gave them an edge that they maybe didn’t have previously.

I remembering buying CAS when it was released. Also here in Philadelphia, local stations played the hell out of Congo. I really enjoyed the album, and still to this day feel that they gave up too easily on their new sound. To me, CAS was darker and heavier than what came before it, and they could have really ran with that mood. The music reminded me of Brother Cain, Fools Shine On. It had that type of feel to it. It was the late nineties after all, alternative music was darker and heavier than the some of the music of the earlier part of the decade. I also love The Dividing Line, and the Title Track. Not About Us is my favorite ballad on the album.

Yes!! The more I listened to Scene’s from a Night’s Dream, the more it grows on me too.

Being born in ‘79, I wasn’t a thought in my parents mind. This is always in my top two favorite Genesis albums. The other one may rotate out, but this stays top two. I love White Mountain, Stagnation, and the Knife. That pause between Dusk and The Knife before it barrels into the Knife’s intro is perfection. I could imagine people in the UK and Europe listening to this album for the first time being lulled into a peaceful trance by the closing notes of Dusk, and then hearing the intro to The Knife roar out from their turntable or headphones and being like, what the.....

You know what’s funny, for years I only focused on his albums up through and including But Seriously. I heard his various singles on his later albums on the radio. I listened to this album a few weeks ago and heard Wear My Hat for the first time and can’t get enough of it. It’s great. And the video is hilarious with Danny Devito.

I really like this album. My favorites are Undertow, Burning Rope, and Follow You, Follow Me. I really like Snowbound too, even though it’s a little repetitious.

It’s one o’clock and time for lunch, bum de dum, de dum...

I also get such a kick out of Epping Forest. When Peter does his street tough impersonation with Liquid Len, I laugh out loud every time. Hence my name. “I’m breaking the legs of the bastard who got me framed.” Lol.

Yeah I have to agree with everybody. The album is sooo good. It’s hard to pick just three. But I would go with Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, I Know What I Like, and More Fool Me. I love the lines “Young man says you are what you eat, eat well. Old man says you are what you wear, wear welllll! Know what you are, you don’t give a damn...”