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HolyMoly 
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 Posted: July 21 2011 at 15:52 |
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5 favorite Genesis songs (this is HARD)
1. Watcher of the Skies
2. Looking for Someone
3. Deep in the Motherlode
4. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight
5. Turn it on Again
Kind of a rococo bunch, but what the hey
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DreamInSong
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Posted: July 23 2011 at 12:14 |
- After the Ordeal
That's really all I need of Genesis. Most of their stuff strikes me as good, not great great, not amazing.
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zwordser
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Posted: July 25 2011 at 14:29 |
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in short:
1. Supper's Ready One of the top all-time prog epics--excellently arranged, strong, emotional theme, but with interesting free-association type stuff.
2. The Fountain of Salmacis. Excellent symphonic-prog arrangement, hard-rocking yet with a air of aloof classicalness.
3. Cinema Show Beautiful somewhat dreamy theme/arrangement with superb extended keyboard solo.
4. The Knife Powerful anti-war song with strong driving rhythm and other superb sound mix/vocal touches.
5. Los Endos. A finale (?) of themes on TOTT. A little too short though, wish it would continue.
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edgor123
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Posted: January 13 2013 at 20:49 |
This Is A tough Task: I'm only 17 but I've been listening to Genesis for most of my life, something which you can credit my father for. I could make a Top 50 list and barely scratch the surface.
That being said...
1. The Musical box 2. Supper's Ready 3. Duke's Travels 4. Home By The Sea/SHBTS 5. Deep In the Motherlode/Land Of Confusion 6.Firth Of Fifth 7. In The Cage 8. Man On The Corner/Mama 9. Duchess 10. Eleventh Earl Of Mar/Keep It Dark/Driving The Last Spike
I Know I'm Kinda cheating with the ties, but I can't help it.
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zeqexes
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Posted: January 14 2013 at 21:08 |
Unfortunately I only have 2 Genesis albums, so I'll have to pick from those ones.
1. Firth of Fifth 2. Supper's Ready 3. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 4. Time Table 5. Watcher of the Skies
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HackettFan
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Posted: January 14 2013 at 23:59 |
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The Lamia
The Waiting Room
Fountain of Salmacis
Blood on the Rooftops
The Musical Box
Looking for Someone
Stagnation
After the Ordeal
Supernatural Anaesthetist
White Mountain / Fly on a Windshield / The Knife / Harlequin / Horizons / Dancing with the Moonlit Knight / Entangled..
-I can't decide on the last one.
I liked the group its ability to set a mood and tell stories.
I like how their playing was always subordinated to the mood and direction of a piece, yet never sacrificed.
I like how the arrangements moved and shifted about and often ended up in a different place from where they started.
I like Steve Hackett's guitar playing.
I liked Peter Gabriel's voice.
Some of Genesis' contributions to Prog were:
Lyrical and instrumental storytelling
Dynamic contrast
Texture with 12 strings
Ambiguity of instrument timbre - guitars that sounded like keyboards, keyboards that sounded like guitars
Playing innovations - two handed tapping, unusual chords often with unusual tunings, strange sounds in general, ...
Edited by HackettFan - January 15 2013 at 00:28
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: January 15 2013 at 00:08 |
I can't choose my favorite songs are you kidding me The 5 things I love about Genesis are to your left <<<<<<<<< 
Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - February 05 2013 at 15:28
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: January 15 2013 at 23:00 |
Ahh what the hell...
1. Supper's Ready 2. The Colony of Slippermen 3. The Fountain of Salmacis 4. The Knife 5. The Battle of Epping Forest 6. The Cinema Show 7. It 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 9. Get 'em Out By Friday 10. In The Cage 11. Domino  ...seriously |
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Posted: January 17 2013 at 19:34 |
1. The Cinema Show 2. Firth of Fifth 3. Supper's Ready 4. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight 5. One For the Vine 6. Eleventh Earl of Mar 7. Watcher of the Skies 8. Can Utility 9. The Musical Box 10. Dance on a Volcano
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: January 17 2013 at 19:44 |
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1. The Musical Box
2. The Knife
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed
4. Blood On The Rooftops
5. Watcher Of The Skies
Maybe it's due to Genesis Live being my first album by them, and my only one for the longest time that those songs resonate strongest with me even now. W&W was my second, hence my love for BOTR. My fav album of theirs for the longest time was Lamb, but I always enjoyed listening to it as a whole, so the individual tracks didn't stand out so much even though a lot of them are great.
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Kirillov
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Posted: January 18 2013 at 09:28 |
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My fave five:
1. The Musical Box
2. Firth of Fifth
3. Can-Utility & The Coastliners
4. Carpet Crawlers
5. Stagnation
For some reason, it took me years to appreciate 'Can-Utility' as one of their finest moments.
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wjgs
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Posted: January 23 2013 at 09:22 |
1. The Knife
2. Fountain of Salmacis
3.Supper's Ready
4.Dance on a Volcano
5.Trick of the Tail
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Posted: February 01 2013 at 13:42 |
One for the vine Supper's Ready Fly on a windshield Entangled Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Watcher Of The Skies Dancing with the moonlight knight In the cage Can Utility and The coastliners Dodo
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LittleMilton
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 13:17 |
The Cinema Show
The Musical Box
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
Back In NYC
Carpet Crawlers
Here Comes The Supernatural Anesthetist
Squonk
Time Table
Supper's Ready
Watcher Of The Skies
The thing I dig about Genesis, other than the songwriting and craftsmanship, is their theatrical yet studious approach to the tunes. And in the beginning they sat down to play, and the lead singer sat behind a bass drum.
What attracts me to art rock/prog pop is that "other thing". The music is being performed and can be heard and experienced, but there is also something palpable, some other thing that I can't quite grab ahold of or describe, but it is there in and around and next to the music nonetheless.
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 14:39 |
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Okay, this was really hard to do. The ranking between those ten is pretty much gut feeling and could change at a whim, and I still don't feel good about leaving out certain songs like "Squonk", "The Musical Box", "The Lamia" and "Home by the Sea". But anyway:
1. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
2. Blood on the Rooftops
3. Mama
4. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
5. Cuckoo Cocoon
6. The Fountain of Salmacis
7. Behind the Lines
8. Dodo/Lurker
9. Watcher of the Skies
10. Turn It On Again
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: February 05 2013 at 14:47 |
The Fountain of Salmacis
Harold the Barrel
Supper's Ready
Back in NYC
Dance on a Volcano
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Help me I'm falling!
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LittleMilton
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Posted: February 07 2013 at 08:49 |
Oh man, I just listened to Can-Utility and the Coastliners twice, it had been quite a while, and that tune packs a serious punch. It's got just about everything I'm lookin' for in a tune, great lyrics, some different and interesting movements, and a beautiful jam section that builds into a cool finale.
This forum has already paid dividends in my musical world. Thanks. Oh and, this tune has now moved into my Top 10 from Genesis.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: February 07 2013 at 21:49 |
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In chronological order:
The Musical Box
The Fountain of Salamacis
Can-Utility and the Coastliners
Supper's Ready
Dancing with the Moonlit Knight
Firth of Fifth
The Carpet Crawlers
Entangled
Squonk
Blood on the Rooftops
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: March 31 2013 at 11:01 |
here goes...
1) The Fountain of Salmacis 2) The Lamia 3) Blood on the Rooftops 4) The Colony of Slippermen 5) Mad Man Moon 6) The Battle of Epping Forest 7) Visions of Angels 8) Can-Utility and the Coastliners 9) Inside and Out 10) Me and Sarah Jane
5 things that makes Genesis great:
1) The songwriting and arrangements were top notch 2) Tony Banks' lead synthesizer solos 3) Peter Gabriels' lyrics and theatricality 4) Steve Hacketts' aggressive electric guitar approach 5) They created The Lamb Lies Down...IMHO the greatest concept album ever!
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Icarium
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Posted: March 31 2013 at 12:39 |
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top 5 Genesis songs (or 10)
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