Favorite Genesis Instrumental?
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Topic: Favorite Genesis Instrumental?
Posted By: Jozef
Subject: Favorite Genesis Instrumental?
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:10
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So what is your favorite instrumental Genesis song? I'm going to discontinue the other poll series I had (What's your favorite song by....) and do something a little more specific. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:15
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Is it me or Unquite Slumbers for the Sleepers and In that Quite Earth aren't there? Anyways, Los Endos gets my vote. Amazing song, it could have been longer though. In that Quite Earth would come second, and then Horizons |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:15
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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. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:17
| ^also Duke's End isn't here, while not as great as Duke's Travels it's a good inclusion. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:19
Yeah....what kind of poll is this anyway? 
 ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:31
^since you're a Collab can't you close it? |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:39
Haha, no Pablo. I think only an admin can do that. Besides, the poll doesn't warrant closure. He can put whatever songs on it he wants. If he wants to make a best Genesis instrumental poll and put Invisible Touch, I Can't Dance and Owner of a Lonely Heart on it, that's his choice. 
Seriously, just messing with you Jozef, but you might want to consider editing the poll and putting the three instrumentals on that me and Pablo mentioned. They are all good ones. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:50
^and they will be demanded by other members 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 12:58
| Second Home by the Sea, thanks to the absence of Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth. Horizons is third. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 13:51
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The Waiting Room is quite possibly my favorite Genesis song discounting Supper's Ready.
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Posted By: Isengard
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 13:57
| As "Driving the Last Spike" wasn't included, I'll go with 2nd fave "Los Endos" |
Posted By: AngleofRepose
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 14:01
| After the Ordeal and Hairless Heart are both great. |
Posted By: AdamHearst
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 14:02
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Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers would have been my pick as well. I voted for After the Ordeal...by far my favorite on the list. Los Endos is pretty awesome too... After the Ordeal just has a better atmosphere to me. I never cared much for most of the instrumentals from Lamb Lies Down... those tracks always felt like filler to me. Horizons is musically very good but doesnt feel like a Genesis track to me (just a good Hackett solo composition) so i've never been a huge fan of that track (on a Genesis album) either. ------------- I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 14:09
Mr. Random Noises would say that one. As for me, I could easily go with "After the Ordeal," but there's also something about "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats." I'll have to listen again before I choose. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
MovingPictures07 wrote:Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 14:25
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LOS ENDOS...
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Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 15:32
| "After the Ordeal" barely beats "Silent Sorrows in Empty Boats"--I love Hackett on the former, Banks on the latter. |
Posted By: acelxpro
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 15:34
| If "Second Home" is up, one would think that would warrent "Dukes Travels" or "The Supernatural Anaesthetist". Oh well, "Wot Gorilla?" for me. There's just something about it, baby, so right. ( I should be shot for this.) |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 15:37
Driving the Last Spike isn't instrumental  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 15:44
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Doubting between After The Ordeal and Los Endos.
I choose the first one. I love the first half especially, with the acoustic guitar part and the piano in the background.
Seeing the list and the extra tracks that other people suggest makes me realise: Genesis made many good instrumentals
 , more than I thought. I also like Duke's Travels / Dukes End a lot, some instrumentals on The Lamb, Second Home By The Sea... I also like Submarine. Do The Neurotic isn't bad, but still a bit throwaway. The last two tracks were only B sides, of course.I'm not a big fan of The Brazilian: I found that a bit disappointing, but I know others do like it (like Iván). Wot Gorilla: I'm surprised that it got two votes, and are actually some peoples favorite Genesis instrumentals. Horizons: I like it mainly because it opens for some wonderful music in Supper's Ready. I noticed that Horizons sounds very much like a well known Bach cello solo piece, by the way.
Idea for a next thread some time: Steve Hackett instrumentals.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 16:14
he must have made a confusion with Fading lights, which still is not an instrumental but nevertheless has an amazing keyboard solo.
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 16:19
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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? -------------
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 16:21
| Los Endos for me |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 16:21
As a member, you cannot add more options to the poll, but only edit current ones. -------------
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 16:39
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I'm still erect from the last time I heard After The Ordeal
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Posted By: Divine_Invasion
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 01:19
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Second that. Not being erect after hearing though, but choosing After the Ordeal.
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 01:35
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I came in all ready to plop down "After the Ordeal"...
Then I saw "Horizons'."
Hor-f**kin'-RIZONS man.
Gotta go with that. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 03:33
| 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... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 11:38
| Los Endos! |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 12:53
| Wot Gorilla? is a splendis instrumental with Hackett shining here |
Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 19:45
It was definitely hard for me NOT to choose "Horizons", which is a beautiful song........but I had to go for "Los Endos".
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 20:23
| Los Endos rocks too hard to be skipped. |
Posted By: KingCrimson250
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 20:38
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Section Five And A Half of Supper's Ready LOL In all seriousness, it's a tough choice. Hairless Heart is pretty rad... After The Ordeal doesn't require comment... Los Endos... Man. Some good stuff in there. Reminds me of how good the band really is. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 13 2008 at 23:26
 Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth, I think was a fine way to end the great era of Genesis. Beautiful song. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: December 14 2008 at 00:42
| Hairless Heart. I always have liked it. |
Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: December 14 2008 at 01:02
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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.. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: December 14 2008 at 10:25
| I went for "After the Ordreal" |
Posted By: alerxst
Date Posted: December 14 2008 at 13:46
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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. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: December 15 2008 at 04:04
Alex, I'm voting for The Waiting Room too. This seems to be almost universally disliked and I suppose it's because it's quite an un-Genesis type track. It fits in so well on The Lamb though. The rocky part at the end is particularly brilliant with the whole band in really top form.
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Posted By: thought-house
Date Posted: December 23 2008 at 15:26
Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth 
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