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Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:

Certain members of Genesis and Jonathan King have stated in the past that From Genesis To Revelation had similarities to the Bee Gees. Are there Genesis fans who agree with that I wonder?


And are there Bee Gees fans that agree with that? I'm into music by both.

I like early Bee Gees and it does have similarities with the Genesis album. They both do the psychedelic/ baroque pop/ pop-rock 60s thing.

Just to cover faves rather than highlight the most similarities: My favourite song off Genesis debut (1969), "The Serpent":



And this is Bee Gees' "Deeply, Deeply Me" off 1968's Horizontal.



Edited by Logan - October 13 2024 at 12:01
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Jacob Schoolcraft Jacob Schoolcraft wrote:

Certain members of Genesis and Jonathan King have stated in the past that From Genesis To Revelation had similarities to the Bee Gees. Are there Genesis fans who agree with that I wonder?


And are there Bee Gees fans that agree with that? I'm into music by both.

I like early Bee Gees and it does have similarities with the Genesis album. They both do the psychedelic/ baroque pop/ pop-rock 60s thing.

Just to cover faves rather than highlight the most similarities: My favourite song off Genesis debut (1969), "The Serpent":



And this is Bee Gees' "Deeply, Deeply Me" off 1968's Horizontal.



There is an influence of Bee Gees but I never observed that until recently. Jonathan King had stated that if artists covered some of the songs from their first album that they could be hit records. I never gave it much thought but it's interesting to think that Genesis started that way...then went more in the direction of Prog...then by 1978 began writing more mainstream oriented music again with Follow You Follow Me... I was totally oblivious to that...but I believe Phil Collins once stated that originally they were trying to write more of a Pop style..which stopped but continued almost a decade later. Sorry to jabberbox everyone to death...but I was in the dark with all that and realize now that it's possibly a reality
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Genesis always had pop in its DNA but apparently King want it to be more straightforward pop.    I think Bee Gees made music that would not be out of place in Proto- Prog. For me Psych and Prog overlap so much, as does pop and rock, and Bee Gees were into Psych. As is common, it depends with Genesis and Bee Gees on the album, period and song.

Genesis - The Silent Sun





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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^Love this one:


That's terrific.

Quite an album from 1967 -- the pre-disco era often gets ignored, including at this site.
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Foxtrot has my favorite mellotron opening of all time in Watcher of the Skies [no disrespect to the original King Crimson album :p] and is my favorite Genesis album. I came to love Selling England by the Pound as well [except 'Battle of Epping Forest' ; I could never make out the vocals on that even after poring over lyrics].

I did give a chance once to Phil Collins' era Genesis when he was the lead singer but never revisited it much. I think I should listen to couple of solo albums from the band members; I haven't heard a single one from that repository.

I listened to Genesis: Live again and loved it [well, except for 'The Knife']. Good thing the band didn't prey to noodling and endless jamming on this unlike other bands [not that it is always a bad thing but it sometimes makes the song seem unfocussed and wavering]. I am listening to Tony Banks' most recent effort right now which is much more classical inspired, I guess.


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I really like Mike Rutherford Smallcreep's Day. I play it around the house and friends say it sounds like Pop Music. Who cares? However it comes across...who knows? All I know is that I am addicted to that album. I like every song!

Mike Rutherford had said something negative about it but I can't recall what that was. It may have had something to do with him not getting what he desired from the project?? Nevertheless I think it's a masterpiece! It's such a great album! It reminds me of how Chris Squire pulled off Fish Out Of Water . I think of Smallcreep's Day as being perfect. It's so damn hard to do an album like that and getting it right. The vocals are outstanding and very unique sounding to me. The way the songs are structured.....I love it!! ❤️
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