Genesis

[ok_cpu]

Poll question: Genesis

[tridim]

1. Great after 1969 and until 1974

Somewhat great until 1979, Okay up until 1987, pure crap after that.

[kedrys]

5. I Second

From "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" to Phil Collins' lovelife woes. Aaaiiieeee!!!!

[RagingInMiami]

2. I just can't buy that Adam and Eve story

[Cocoa]

3. great through "Duke"

:hi:

[grace0418]

12. agree

That gets my vote. Although now I absolutely abhor Phil Collins.

[no name no slogan]

27. I still really like "Duke" for some reason

I just listened to it last week. It must be the wall of keyboards since I've always been a Tony Banks fan.

And "Supper's Ready" can still kick the hiney off anything ELP ever did in the 70s.

[sportndandy]

4. Suppers Ready. Gradually downhill since Seconds Out.

But still interesting through the Invisible Touch album.

[nytemare]

6. I love Peter Gabriel

And I admit, I like a lot of Phil Collins. Throughout their time, except the last album without Phil, they have done longer tracks that have long instrumentals, and I like that. My favorite album by them is Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

[TheMightyFavog]

7. Was a pretty good console system.

I have a nice Genesis emulator, and am currently addicted to Pirates! Gold.

[cestpaspossible]

8. Me? I'm just a lawn mower.

[nytemare]

11. You can tell me by the way I walk! n/t

[CrownPrinceBandar]

22. coo-coo to you!...........................

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

33. Can you tell me where my country lies?

[nytemare]

43. Keep them mowing blades sharp!

[Parche]

9. genesis

One of my favorites
all of their albums were awesome
and their concert video at wimbly stadium is the best

[Huckebein the Raven]

10. Had a Super Nintendo instead

some good games on that console though

[grace0418]

13. Oddly enough I have "Cul de Sac"

in my head and was thinking how appropriate the lyrics were.

"Wake up now, this is the time you've waited for

Far below, where shadows fester as they grow
An army thousands strong, obsessed by right and wrong
Sense their time is coming near
So they turn towards the light from their region of the night
Marching on and on
They near the air, it won't be long

You know you're on the way out
It's just a matter of time
You thought you'd rule the world forever
Long live the king, don't spare the loser

After all, you're not what you thought you were at all
You're just a natural fact, another cul de sac
On nature's hard unfeeling trail
And all those dreams of old will be stories left untold
Cut off in your prime, extinct until the end of time

Now the host emerges, a shadow starts to fall
Not one knows what hit them, none can see at all
Even as the end approaches still they're not aware
How can you fight a foe so deadly
When you don't even know it's there
And now that the job is almost done
Maybe some escape, no, not even one"

[Deja Q]

14. of the Daleks

[jmowreader]

15. Their road drummer is better than their studio drummer

In the studio Phil Collins plays the drums. On the road most of the drumming chores are handled by Chester Thompson.

I like Chester's drumming much better than Phil's. He keeps time better.

Put on "Illegal Alien" on the studio version and try to play along with Phil. Unless you're into really weird-ass meters, it's hard to do. Illegal Alien's drum pattern isn't that complex, but the time drifts.

[Guaranteed]

16. Great AFTER "Invisible Touch"....

Can't stand prog rock...sorry, man.

[General Zod]

17. After "Duke" and "Abacab", they went downhill fast.....

[alvis]

18. I like both.

One of my favorites from the Phil Collins Genesis:


Jesus He Knows Me

You see the face on the TV screen
coming at you every Sunday
see that face on the billboard
that man is me

On the cover of the magazine
there's no question why I'm smiling
you buy a piece of paradise
you buy a piece of me

I'll get you everything you wanted
I'll get you everything you need
don't need to believe in hereafter
just believe in me

Cos Jesus he knows me
and he knows I'm right
I've been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I'm right
and he's been telling me
everything is alright

I believe in the family
with my ever loving wife beside me
but she don't know about my girlfriend
or the man I met last night

Do you believe in God
cos that's what I'm selling
and if you wanna get to heaven
I'll see you right

You won't even have to leave your house
or get outta your chair
you don't even have to touch that dial
cos I'm everywhere

And Jesus he knows me
and he knows I'm right
I've been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I'm right
well he's been telling me
everything's gonna be alright

Won't find me practising what I'm preaching
won't find me making no sacrifice
but I can get you a pocketful of miracles
if you promise to be good, try to be nice
God will take good care of you
just do as I say, don't do as I do

I'm counting my blessings,
I've found true happiness
cos I'm getting richer, day by day
you can find me in the phone book,
just call my toll free number
you can do it anyway you want
just do it right away

There'll be no doubt in your mind
you'll believe everything I'm saying
if you wanna get closer to him
get on your knees and start paying

Cos Jesus he knows me
and he knows I'm right
I've been talking to Jesus all my life
oh yes he knows me
and he knows I'm right
well he's been telling me
everything's gonna be alright, alright

Jesus he knows me
Jesus he knows me, you know...

[njdemocrat106]

19. Dedicated to Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson!

Well, I dedicate it to those 2 televangelists anyway!

[alvis]

24. I'll see your dedication

and raise you a Jimmy Swaggart and Oral Roberts.

:)

[njdemocrat106]

20. Pretty much like everything by them

I lean toward the Collins stuff more often (though We Can't Dance is the weakest album with him), but I enjoy all their music, be it the prog-rock of Gabriel or the pop-rock of Collins.

[Minstrel Boy]

21. I have no time for anything after A Trick of the Tail.

And I don't have much time for A Trick of the Tail these days, either. Though I loved the hell out of it when I was 16.

[Kat45]

23. My bad -- I thought this was a thread about the Bible.

:D

[orleans]

25. hahahahaha

me too and i used to love genesis. i listened to selling england by the pound for years

[Gelliebeans]

31. I still have that one on vinyl

eeeeek showing my age lol:wow: (btw I bought it second hand in the 80's)

[truebrit71]

26. After Seconds Out it was pretty much all downhill...

..and as each successive album got more and more Collinized the crappier they became...

[Emops]

28. What a coincidence

I just got Foxtrot today, my first Genesis album.

"Watcher of the Skies" has been playing nonstop.

[no name no slogan]

29. GREAT Album!!!

Be sure to listen to "Supper's Ready", too-- it's their classic track in every sense of the word. Simply amazing.

[Sufi Marmot]

30. So what the hell was "Supper's Ready" all about? Acid trip?

I love(d) early Genesis but I don't think I ever understood "Supper's Ready". I didn't understand a lot of their stuff, come to think of it...

-SM, who at least understands what "Counting Out Time" is all about...

[mr blur]

32. The Apocalype, as I understand it

Or as Peter Gabriel once said, years ago

[nytemare]

34. "Walking across the sitting room, I turn the tellie-vision off"

:)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

35. Peter Gabriel is wonderfully twisted

Listen to "The Musical Box", and read the story that comes in the lyrics sheet.

And don't get me started about "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"!

[nytemare]

36. I had a video about Genesis that was made in the early 90's

I love the triangle mullet that Peter used to have. It showed all the freaky costumes he would wear, a slipperman costume for "Lamb Lies down", and the Foxhead for foxtrot.

Since then, though, he has done so much for world music, and he is very involved in Amnesty International.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

37. In short, he rocks. And he manages not to be annoying like Sting.

Despite having got SMS (Sting-Morrisey Syndrome).

[ok_cpu]

39. The triangle-mullett

was sweet! If we're talking about the same video, there's a hysterical part where Phil is talking about his audition and sitting by the pool and waiting. And he must say "drum kit" about 800 times in just a couple sentences.





Edited because I found a pic of said mullett.

[nytemare]

40. The funny thing is, I generally hate mullet cuts

I hated them in the 80's, I hate them now. But the triangle mullet was special!

[nytemare]

41. ooops, dupe!

browser froze on me!

[no name no slogan]

45. I always thought it was a reverse-mohawk

Y'know, becuzz the stripe down the middle shaved out, while the rest of it long and flowing.

Kickass hairdo, though. Makes Ziggy Stardust look like a low-rent hussy.

[ok_cpu]

38. Lamb Lies Down...

I think that's a top-5 rock album of all time. It's brilliant.

[nytemare]

42. That was some trippy stuff on the album!

My favorite song on it is "Back in NYC". The whole album is great though!

[Dr Fate]

44. Well, I like the whole book-especially when everyone starts sinning.

n/t