Favorite Genesis Instrumental?

I tried editing the poll to include the other songs you've all mentioned but for some reason I couldn't add extra poll choices. Maybe I'm missing something?


Edited by Jozef - December 12 2008 at 16:22

Jozef wrote: I tried editing the poll to include the other songs you've all mentioned but for some reason I couldn't add extra poll choices. Maybe I'm missing something?

As a member, you cannot add more options to the poll, but only edit current ones.

Second that. Not being erect after hearing though, but choosing After the Ordeal.

None of the above.  Instead, the 1+ minute intro to "Blood on the Rooftops" - gotta be one of Hackett's best instrumental acoustic guitar sections when playing with Genesis...

Wot Gorilla? is a splendis instrumental with Hackett shining here

Los Endos rocks too hard to be skipped.

The Doctor wrote: You left off two great ones.  Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth;  and, Do the Neurotic.  And those are my two favorites.  Technically, 2nd Home isn't really an instrumental, as it does have lyrics at the end.

Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth,  I think was a fine way to end the great era of Genesis. Beautiful song.

Horizons to me is just an intro to Supper's Ready, while I do not think that the short instrumentals of the Lamb can stand up as strong songs, more are they like interludes in my opinion. Wot Gorilla? is not a bad track, but nothing particular special. As I see Los Endos more as a "repeat themes and then end"-ing, it also does not get my vote. Second Home by the Sea and Behind the Lines are nothing spectacular, and I don't dare losing many words about The Brazilian. In conclusion, After the Ordeal makes it due to it being a solid song with probably the best ideas the band had in creating instrumental songs. Also, in comparison, it CAN actually stand up against the rest of the individual album.

Honorary mention of the closing of Wind & Wuthering though..

This poll is absurdly difficult. So many of the choices do their job as a part of the album perfectly and/or they are highly enjoyable.

First I get rid of "Second Home" because the electronic drumming is a huge turn-off. It's the only one of the choices that I don't like. Then I have to eliminate "Behind the Lines" and "The Brazilian." While I like both of them, they can't hold a candle to the music produced while Steve Hackett was a member of the band.
As stand-alone songs, I'd have to get rid of "Hairless Heart" and "Silent Sorrows." They simply aren't exciting enough and are parts of a concept album. When taken out of context (especially "Silent Sorrows") they both lose a huge amount of character. "The Waiting Room" stays in contention only after I saw "The Musical Box" perform it live a few years ago. Prior to that show I thought it was a bunch of pointless noise. Seeing it live breathed new life into the song and opened my ears to so much of what I was missing before. I absolutely love it now.
I cannot narrow it down any further, so from my remaining choices I have to go with whatever has fewer votes. "The Waiting Room" and "Horizons" both have 3, but more people have picked "Horizons" as their second or third choice, so my vote will have to go to it. "The Waiting Room" is also much more of a niche song.

Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth