Genesis "Named" Poll!
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Topic: Genesis "Named" Poll!
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: Genesis "Named" Poll!
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:28
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This is a second part of "Named" polls. After the previous Pink Floyd poll ( http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86286&PN=1" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=86286&PN=1 ) we have the Genesis one. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:33
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The Fountain of Salmacis. I think this will be the obvious winner. ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:34
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i thought the Lamia was a mystical being i Like Say it is Alright JOe -------------  
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:47
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Salmacis obviously ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:48
Who is Salamcis then. Your local fishmonger?  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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aginor wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 05:50
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Posted By: DogmaX
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 06:05
| The Fountain Of Salmacis |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 06:17
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Harold it is
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Posted By: snowsnow
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 07:34
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Lilywhite Lilith (great way to start the second disc or side 3 of the old vinyl) just beats The Lamia - another classic for me.
Not too fussed about the others - though I do like Steve's guitar break in The fountain.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 07:42
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The Fountain of Salamacis was the first Genesis track I heard (on the compilation "Charisma keyboards) and it led to a lifelong love of the band's early material.
Great track! ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 08:05
| Lamia---may be one of my top 10 Genesis songs of all time--- |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 08:33
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Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 08:55
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Lamia is some kind of creature. We don't know the name of this particular Lamia. So it shouldnt be included..
Otherwise you could include "All in a mouse's night" too...
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Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:00
| Gotta be the Lamia, Salamacis never has done much for me |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:10
Fair point actually. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:16
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Salmacis. OK, who voted Harold?
Lamia is a daemon from the Greek mythology, a queen-turned-daemon. In "The Lamb" it is three vermilion snakes for some reason. It's interesting that Peter mentioned Lamia because in a way it kind of makes sense: LAMia, LAMb. Oh, well. Sorry for the digression.  |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:23
Depends what lamia is being referred too. Gabriel is referring to the creature lamia and not the Queen Lamia. Otherwise the song would be called "Lamia" and not "The Lamia"
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:26
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Arthur and Merlin encounters a Lamia in the series of Merlin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRE5ccRx_o" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRE5ccRx_o
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 10:28
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^I remember. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 11:58
Guess what i voted for  ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:15
Opposite for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:39
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:41
Salmacis was an individual. It is the name. We don't know the Lamia's name in the song.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:42
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:43
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What about "Duke" from Dukes Travels and Dukes End, its the characters name after all? ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:43
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:44
Yep. This poll sucks. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:45
Sorry I deleted that^^^ ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:47
Yup! thats the one ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:50
I'm sorry, but I'm not knowledgeable in post-Gabriel Genesis at all.------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 12:51
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^Duke is the character. Never mind. No big deal. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 14:33
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Me and Sarah Jane followed by The Fountain of Salmacis(sung by Phil on 3 Sides Live). ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 14:38
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Lamia ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 14:56
| I vote for The Lamia, even if I think it shouldn't be part of this poll. |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 15:27
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What about Squonk? (shown inside the gatefold album sleeve as a rat-like creature crying into a hankerchief) ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 15:44
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A creature rather than a name surely? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 16:02
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louvre_-_La_nymphe_Salmacis.jpg" rel="nofollow"> 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louvre_-_La_nymphe_Salmacis.jpg" rel="nofollow"> La nymphe Salmacis by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Bosio" rel="nofollow - François-Joseph Bosio , 1826 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre" rel="nofollow - Louvre ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NAVEZ_Francois_Joseph_The_Nymph_Salmacis_And_Hermaphroditus.jpg" rel="nofollow"> 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NAVEZ_Francois_Joseph_The_Nymph_Salmacis_And_Hermaphroditus.jpg" rel="nofollow"> The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph_Navez" rel="nofollow - François-Joseph Navez (1829) In http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" rel="nofollow - Greek mythology , Salmacis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" rel="nofollow - Greek : Σαλμακίς) was an atypical http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naiad" rel="nofollow - naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Greece" rel="nofollow - Greek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess" rel="nofollow - goddess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis" rel="nofollow - Artemis in favour of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity" rel="nofollow - vanity and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idleness" rel="nofollow - idleness . Her attempted rape of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus" rel="nofollow - Hermaphroditus places her as the only http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph" rel="nofollow - nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon (though see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dercetis_%28mythology%29" rel="nofollow - Dercetis ). In this context, rape means abduction which leads to ... well, yeah. I voted for this naiad. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: April 21 2012 at 18:43
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The Fountain of Salmacis ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 00:18
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I would have voted The Lamia except, as I think has been established earlier in the thread, it doesn't belong here. As the songs lyric goes "we are the lamia of the pool .." It is the collective name for a group of creatures.
Harold the Barrel is my next favourite song on the list so it gets my vote. I love the the dark humour of the song, the theatrical structure and some very nice melodies. Get em Out By Friday developed the style on Foxtrot and again in The Battle of Epping Forest on SEBTP (though, IMO less succesfully).
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 01:19
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Salamacis. I think it was my first Gabriel-era Genesis song.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 22 2012 at 02:44
Generally: I think that here there was a confusion of terms, what's actually the proper name and what's the general name of any being. I feel it's the think ice. However, I'm not a great expert on mythology, also English is not my native language. So I apologize for this confusion.  ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: April 23 2012 at 04:00
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Too easy - The Fountain of Salmacis for me every time! Possibly my fave Genesis track full stop! ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |