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Psychedelic Paul
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IN THE BEGINNING there were five members of Charterhouse School who ONE DAY decided to form a band. That band was GENESIS. They were LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to promote and produce their first album when a WINDOW of opportunity came along in the shape of Jonathan King, a DUKE of record producers working BEHIND THE LINES at the time. The album "FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION" entered a LAND OF CONFUSION and MISUNDERSTANDING though when many record stores placed the album in their religious music sections due to the religious-sounding title. The album and first single "SILENT SUN" both flopped, and barely caused any RIPPLES in the music press either, despite Jonathan King CALLING ALL STATIONS to try and promote the album and single on the radio. GENESIS' second single "A WINTER'S TALE" was also met with about as much indifference as A FLY ON A WINDSHIELD by radio stations and barely NO REPLY AT ALL from the music press. Their record company Decca became ENTANGLED in a dispute when it was discovered there was another band in America called GENESIS, but by A TRICK OF THE TAIL, the band managed to keep their name ANYWAY by changing their name to "Revelation" in the United States. The music business has always been as fickle as a HARLEQUIN, where THE DIVIDING LINE between success and failure depends on a combination of good luck and hard work. Every new band is sailing through UNCERTAIN WEATHER where they can easily be dragged down by the UNDERTOW and SHIPWRECKED by having THE KNIFE stuck into them by their record company or by the music press. THAT'S ALL it takes to finish a band's career. There's NEVER A TIME when it's been easy to make it in the tough music business, but LIKE IT OR NOT, that's just the WAY OF THE WORLD. No astrological WATCHER OF THE SKIES can predict who's going to make it in today's cynical music industry, where the chances of success are about as hard as climbing a WHITE MOUNTAIN of snow before the FADING LIGHTS of DUSK close in. AFTER THE ORDEAL of seeing the commercial failure of their first album, GENESIS were IN LIMBO and left out IN THE WILDERNESS during a short period of STAGNATION when the band members returned to their studies at Charterhouse. They weren't DOWN AND OUT or TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD though, because making great music was far more than JUST A JOB TO DO for the five talented band members. Contrary to being IN HIDING, GENESIS were just COUNTING OUT TIME in THE WAITING ROOM of THE CINEMA SHOW of life before returning to the recording studio. The band members were confident of THE MUSICAL BOX of talent they had between them and their HORIZONS were positively bright with the general feeling that IT'S GONNA GET BETTER soon. GENESIS were working to a TIME TABLE and they didn't plan on LIVING FOREVER on borrowed time, or waiting around each day until SUPPER'S READY. They were IN TOO DEEP to consider THROWING IT ALL AWAY at this late stage. The band were more than ready to TURN IT ON AGAIN with an INVISIBLE TOUCH of magic with the release of their next album, "TRESPASS". It would be several albums later though before GENESIS were basking in the AFTERGLOW of a successful album release, followed by the DOMINO effect of success breeding further success in the proverbial AISLE OF PLENTY. ================================================================== 1st song - 6 points 2nd song - 4 points 3rd song - 3 points 4th song - 2 points 5th song - 1 point Here's my Genesis Top 5 to get the poll underway:- 1. Firth of Fifth (6 points) 2. Watcher of the Skies (4 points) 3. The Musical Box (3 points) 4. The Cinema Show (2 points) 5, Ripples (1 point) I'm predicting a win for Supper's Ready, even though it's not in my Top 5, although I could be wrong, again. Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 05 2020 at 12:11 |
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Let's see....
Jesus He Knows Me I Can't Dance Illegal Alien That's All Who Dunnit Classic tracks by Phil, Tony and Mike! Oh.....sorry, couldn't resist, given the news of the Reunion Tour! Seriously..... Supper's Ready Firth of Fifth The Musical Box Cinema Show Watcher of the Skies |
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1. Mad Man Moon
2. Suppers Ready 3. Dukes Travels/Dukes End 4. Firth of Fifth 5. Taking it All Too Hard
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1. Watcher of the Skies
2. Entangled 3. Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers... in that Quiet Earth 4. Hairless Heart 5. Firth of Fifth This was tough, but those are the tunes I get most excited about. Didn’t even get to ...And Then There Were Three, which has so many favorites. |
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Lets see...So hard to select only 5
I would want to include Into he Cage, but I refuse to divide The Lamb by songs Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - March 05 2020 at 21:13 |
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1. The Musical Box
2. Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea 3. The Colony of Slippermen 4. Supper's Ready 5. One for the Vine
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1. Supper's Ready 2. The Cinema Show 3. The Musical Box 4. Watcher of the Skies 5. Riding the Scree |
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1. Supper's Ready
2. Firth of Fifth 3. Watcher of The Skies 4. The Cinema Show 5. The Battle of Epping Forest
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Burning Rope Home By the Sea SuiteDriving the Last Spike Dodo/Lurker (live) Abacab (live) |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Here's how the poll looks so far:-
1. Supper's Ready (24 points) 2. The Musical Box (21 points) 3. Firth of Fifth (19 points) 4. Watcher of the Skies (16 points) 5. The Cinema Show (10 points) Just under the radar:- 6. Home by the Sea (8 points)
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1. Supper's Ready
2. ...In That Quiet Earth 3. The Musical Box 4. The Return of the Giant Hogweed 5. The Cinema Show |
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I wish I'd chosen White Mountain as my 4th song instead of The Cinema Show, but it's too late now.
Anyway, here's the latest update with IPD's votes added:- 1. Supper's Ready (30 points) 2. The Musical Box (24 points) 3. Firth of Fifth (19 points) 4. Watcher of the Skies (16 points) 5. The Cinema Show (11 points)
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Illegal alien Throwing it all away Jesus He knows me I can't dance ;) Oh wait you wanted their best. Firth of Fifth Supper's Ready Unquiet Slumbers for the sleepers The Musical Box Cinema Show/aisle of plenty Edit I scrolled up and saw someone did something similar to my first set of songs. Yeah, I do think the upcoming set list will include some older prog nuggets though. It won't all be just the hits.
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Where is the support for A Trick of the Tail? Only me?
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^^ Great minds think alike! 👍
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They get my vote as Genesis' five worst songs. Latest poll update:- 1. Supper's Ready (34 points) 2. The Musical Box (26 points) 3. Firth of Fifth (25 points) 4. Watcher of the Skies (16 points) 5. The Cinema Show (12 points) Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 06 2020 at 17:24 |
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OK, I know which would be the 5 songs, let's see if I can put them in order:
- Supper's Ready. - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight. - Firth of fifth. - Musical Box. - Cinema Show. |
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Same list I have had in that 20 best Genesis project (hope it will continue)
1. Supper´s Ready 2. Firth Of Fifth 3. Anyway 4. Fountain Of Salmacis 5. Can-Utility & the Coastliners
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A Trick Of The Tail is my favourite Genesis album. I also like the 3 albums that followed. BUT this is a best SONG list so 1) Suppers Ready 2) Dancing With The Moonlit Nit (sorry Moonlit Knight lol) 3) Return Of The Giant Hogweed 4) Squonk 5) The Day The Light Went Out |
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