Musical Box, Baltimore MD, 11/8/2006
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Topic: Musical Box, Baltimore MD, 11/8/2006
Posted By: mapman
Subject: Musical Box, Baltimore MD, 11/8/2006
Date Posted: November 15 2006 at 12:38
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My initial impression of the album "Genesis Live", acquired in a budget bin for ~ $1.99, I believe back in ~ 1976, was of curiosity resulting from the concert photo on the front cover. "This looks different" i recall thinking and this provided my motivation to check out this group called Genesis. Their albums from the Gabriel/Hackett era remain some of my favorites. I saw them live after Hacket left during their "Duke" tour. It was good, but I recall being somewhat disappointed in not hearing all my favorites from their "prog" era. What a thrill then in 2006 to discover this group caled the "Musical Box" coming to my area and performing a reproduction of a Genesis "Foxtrot" era concert with exacting detail. Based on the description, I plunked down ~ $40 for the ticket without hesitation. Frankyl, my expections were so high that I expected a good chance of being dissapointed. I was not. These guys delivered to the tee! What a thrill to hear almost all the great Genesis prog classics from Trespass/Nursery Cryme/Foxtrot era rendered with such skill and attention to detail in both arrangements and visual and spoken presentation. If you are one of the many Genesis fans that have raised the group to such high stature on the Prog Archives sight, and "The Musical Box" comes to your area, you must see them. Do not wait. They will not be doing this forever. You could miss the vintage prgressive rock concert experience of a lifetime. |
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Posted By: billm57
Date Posted: November 21 2006 at 08:28
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just saw them in Chicago..they did Foxtrot one night then Selling England By The Pound the next..i attended the latter..great show..lousy sound mixer..
great seats (2nd row) although form there we could see those costumes are getting a bit threadbare :) |
Posted By: JohnGargo
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 08:27
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Saw them in New York City yesterday... they told us it was their 500th show. This is what they played... -The Knife [Encore]
-The Musical Box
-Watcher of the Skies
-Horizons
-Supper's Ready
-Dancin With the Moonlit Knight
-I Know What I Like
-Firth of Fifth
-The Battle of Epping Forest
-The Cinema Show
It was UNBELIEVABLE. I went with very high expectations and they blew me away. I'm reminded of a clip I saw with Mike Rutherford saying that they were "better than the real thing." That's not too much of a stretch... |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 10:20
On January 29th 2007 I will see The Musical Box during the SEBTP tour in The Hague, Holland  I have seen TMB four times, amazing, awesome, outstanding, mindblowing ... They do it perfect, only the singer his voice is a bit more high-pitched but his story telling is excatly Peter Gabriel (they use a lot of footage from bootlegs) 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 22:21
damnit... only a month late in hearing about this.... I would have driven up to Baltimore to have seen this.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 14 2006 at 22:23
see previous damnit and raise one  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
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