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Yorkie X 
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 Topic: Robbery, Assault and Battery ?
Posted: September 06 2007 at 07:20 |
seriously I don't know if this a bad song , I don't think its a good song though 
Edited by Yorkie X - September 06 2007 at 07:33
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zbida
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 07:38 |
I can help you. If it isn't a bad song (better: you're not sure), it's surely a good one. 
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LeInsomniac
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:17 |
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I like it very much; funny and well written.
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Happy Family One Hand Clap, Four Went On But None Came Back
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The Letter M
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:28 |
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It's not a bad song OR a good song. It's a GREAT song. The middle section in 13/8 with the keyboard solo is amazing, while the verses/choruses are clever and entertaining, an attempt at Gabriel's humoristic lyrical content from when he was in the band.
-Marc.
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I know what I like and I like what I know. I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose free will. If I die tomorrow, I`d be alright because I believe that after we`re gone, the spirit carries on.
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Raff
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:31 |
I don't know why, but I've always had a thing for this song. Perhaps it's not really good, but it sure is FUN - which is much more than can be said for "More Fool Me" or "Your Own Special Way"  .
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cuncuna
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:36 |
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A good song from a very good album. Great album, in fact.
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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Nigel66
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:38 |
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It's a good song but A Trick Of The Tail is such a strong album that it is vying with the title track to be the least good song on the album.
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iguana
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:38 |
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listened to the live version on “seconds out“ the other day. and just
after the first ARP-solo, when hackett's guitar sneaks in over that
mellotron crescendo with the 13/8-beat, i thought “whoa, if anyone
asked me, i'd play him this part for an epitomy of 70's prog rock!“
apart from that, the song is a lot of fun. not early GENESIS's finest, but
a good song
nonetheless!
R.I.P. luciano. god bless.
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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fuxi
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 09:20 |
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Not a good song, but a superb instrumental middle section!
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Bj-1
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 09:22 |
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Love it, although it's not the best cut from ATOTT. It is one of my personal favorites though.
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Melomaniac
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 10:02 |
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I always considered this song to be a Collins' era version of songs like Harold The Barrel and The Battle of Epping Forest, only I like this one a whole lot more.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Chicapah
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 10:23 |
Tony shines on the middle instrumental section. The song sorta plods along and then WOW! The whole track turns into a monster. Worked very well live, too.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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ProgBagel
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 10:26 |
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I don't know....more on the positive side so I guess a good one, a middle option would help.
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scandosch
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 10:56 |
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I remember back in 1977 not having bought the two albums sung by PHil Collins, as I was convinced that nobody could sing for Genesis if not PG. Well, I happened to see the video (yes, even if MTV wasn't born yet!) of Robbery from the middle section, hence the keyboard solo. I was in exstasy and wondering "who the hell is this band". Then Phil singing comes in...The next thing I remember is me junping on a train to go in the city and buy "Trick" and "Wind" right away. YES, a monster song!!!
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jimidom
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 11:32 |
Excellent song! It might have even been the first Genesis video I ever saw.
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"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 12:48 |
It's a bad song with a nice ending! 
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Nightfly
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 15:57 |
 fuxi wrote:
Not a good song, but a superb instrumental middle section! |
Agreed the mid section is brilliant and the song would be pretty average without it.
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chopper
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 15:59 |
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Well, it's better than "Your own special way" and the ending is good, but I find this style of Collins a bit annoying, so I normally skip over it.
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JesusisLord
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 16:53 |
a little poppy, a little cheesy, but a good song nonetheless... Maybe in the spirit of Harold and his barrell !!!
Anyway, I do enjoy Banks run on the keyboards
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And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:11
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White Shadow
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 18:28 |
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I enjoy it very much.
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