worst genesis song
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Topic: worst genesis song
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Subject: worst genesis song
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 11:54
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what is the worst genesis song out of your opinion? ------------- 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:01
| Most of them. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:06
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Inb4 "Everything after W&W"
Illegal Alien.
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:08
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Thread is in the wrong section. And taking up server space with an already over discussed matter of opinion -------------  
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:09
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how is it in the wrong section it said prog rock discussions so there -------------
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:10
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It's an List/Artist discussion. Though at this point they might as well add a "Genesis Discussions" section as well
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:11
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yea it is an overrated matter -------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:43
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We do not seek to stifle intelligent debate here, it is what the site thrives on. This is though a site dedicated to the appreciation of prog.
Negative threads such as this generally serve little constructive purpose and simply serve to irritate fans of the target band.
Perhaps it would be helpful if you were to expand on your reasons for starting such a thread KCF, and declare your own thoughts on your topic.
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:46
Can we stop with the "It's subjective" or "it's just your opinion" arguments? Let's just assume that since this is a music site, EVERYTHING said here is subjective and a matter of opinion. ------------- 
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topographicbroadways wrote:Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:48
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yea you know i just wanted some peoples opinions and easy livin i hate the 80s genesis maybe except a few songs off duke id like to hear your opinion on the matter -------------
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Posted By: DavetheSlave
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 12:53
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"We can't dance" - - - or is it "I can't dance" . Dam - shows how much I dislike it - can't remember the name and couldn't be bothered looking it up - lol ------------- I'm a normal psychopath |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:01
A fair number of people don't believe that, though.
Some punctuation and capitalization would be nice. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:01
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Suppers Ready
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:10
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My opinion is that there is no worst Genesis song.........Please close this thread now
Thank you..have a great day! -------------   
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:15
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:16
Can you in all honesty say you like every pop song they ever did? |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:42
You lie.  I haven't heard anything post Wind & Wuthering so I couldn't really say. I'm sure the post-Hackett stuff isn't that bad. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:44
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Almost everything on their first album ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 13:49
Absolutely.......the problem is you people call them "pop" songs. Open your mind, clear all your thoughts and go to that happy place
 ...they are good songs...none of them are the worst songs.-------------
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 14:03
I couldn't put it better myself. The only things that are "rubbish" or "worst" are those of the writer's personal perception. One person's crap is another's gold dust. I love Collins era Genesis. They have given me years of pleasure. I have tracks I personally dislike (Illegal Alien & Whodunnit spring to mind), but, in essence, they remained a great rock band who have brought joy to millions of people. Is that such a bad thing? ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 15:57
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Who Dunnit. I could not last the full 3+ minutes. ------------- Just give it all an hour by the concrete lake. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:07
| Am I the only person on Earth that actually likes Illegal Alien and Who Dunnit? |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:49
jep, it really is! |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:51
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We can always use this time to find new prog bands -------------
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:51
... ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:52
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Posted By: Garden of Dreams
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:53
Nope. Tony Banks likes Who Dunnit? so that makes two. ------------- Just give it all an hour by the concrete lake. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 16:57
if I want to open my mind, clear my thoughts and enjoy being in some place, Collins era Genesis will definitely not follow me there. crap is crap even if millions people like it. if someone like later Genesis, that's ok with me. if someone asks my opinion (as quite often is the case here) I'll answer ... to be honest I'm little bit tired of all these Genesis polls .... |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:21
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^ So you are saying that all Collins era Genesis is crap? Which is fine.....that's your opinion. But millions and millions of people will disagree with your opinion ...which is fine also.
I don't have a problem with all the Genesis polls.......I just wonder did I miss something?? Why are there so many Genesis polls all of sudden? -------------
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:26
| And millions and millions of people listen to Justin Bieber, what is your point? |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:37
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Well that's my point......those millions of people listen to Bieber because they like it. If you tell them its crap, that means nothing, that's your opinion only. And guess what, those millions of people will disagree with your opinion.
The better answer is just to say......I don't listen to that artist/music/genre......rather than say its crap.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:37
 Sums up this thread.
Well they play Illegal Alien on the radio, so I guess not. Anyone else admitting to liking it seems unlikely, though. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:40
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:40
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Ea but early Collins is not crap at all now Abacab and forward to a degree is but that's just my opinion I know others on this forum differ -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:44
Use some punctuation, please. It's painful. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:44
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How many people here have actually listened to every Genesis studio album? I haven't ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:45
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Plainview I get it I need punctuation that's the least of my concerns right now -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:50
I've only heard Foxtrot and SEBPT. I guess that makes me a bad prog fan or something.
Is it? Well that's fair, I can imagine a lot of things that would make punctuation the least important thing in your life, but maybe you should attend to those very pressing matters before you post. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:52
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Plainview why so serious man prog is awesome it's just punctuation does not have to be always first -------------
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 17:58
Fixed. -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:00
So is it not first or is it the least? Because I admit punctuation is not the most important thing in my life, but I see no good reason to abandon it unless it is literally the least of your concerns. For example, if you were kidnapped and you were writing a note to try to get someone's attention, it would be acceptable to leave the period off of HELP ME ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:01
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This thread has done some interesting wandering! I dislike Whodunnit (I know I'm piling on!) and most of everything after the Genesis(The Shapes) album. That said, since there are many people who like every Genesis song, can there really be a worst song?
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:01
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lol Clearly troll at work here -------------
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:02
If you were kidnapped and you were writing a note to try to get someone's attention, you would use a period instead of an exclamation point? Man, Henry, you are one cool cucumber. -------------
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:03
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Who's the troll here? Haha and plainview yea punctuation is good to have -------------
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:07
Omg, lol.  (anything from calling all stations is pretty bad in my opinion it's not easy to choose they have so many songs I don't care about maybe I would say who dunnit is definitely one of the worst but there are bad songs on other albums as well as on that one for example well on pretty much all of their albums from 80s |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:07
I don't like coming off too strongly.
I would say it is more than merely good. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:10
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"So Serious Man-Prog" I would name my band that. Look, our first rave review!
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:12
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evolution of PA...gotta love it. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:18
Lol god damn..
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Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:20
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wow a major freaking typo haha -------------
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:20
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So this is the troll thread. I don't like Genesis, but I love Steve Hackett. But regardless... ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 07 2011 at 18:30
I remember liking that on LR. |
Posted By: DaniMoon
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 00:26
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I have to say "Invisible Touch" is the worst Genesis song IMO. The music and lyrics are so 80s pop. Well duh, cuz it was the 80s lol. "I don't really know her, I only know her name But she crawls under your skin, you're never quite the same And now I know She's got something you just can't trust It's something mysterious And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her" I rest my case . . . |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 00:44
| A guy played Invisible Touch at work and I almost stabbed him. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 01:29
I don't normally condone a violent assault with a deadly weapon but in this case there would have been strong mitigating circumstances.  |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 04:28
Pity, we wouldn't have seen this otherwise. ------------- 
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 07:58
I'm gonna be honest here, I have no idea why you posted a Bic mac, but I think it may be one of the funniest posts in this thread...and I'd like to point out, there are a lot in here that made me laugh. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 07:58
Have you considered decaf? ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 08:03
No....I especially love Whodunnit? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 08:08
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: July 08 2011 at 08:12
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Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: July 09 2011 at 08:05
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Posted By: Juan Carlos de Mulde
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 07:18
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I am bored a little bit, so I made this list of "good and bad" Genesis Songs of the studio albums and no b-sides or sth. else. Don't blame on it and make your own list, if you have the "right "opinion..... So I have 71 songs I dislike (47%) and 81 songs I like (53%). Hahaha this is absolutely unimportant, but nice to know that I don't listen to almost the half of all the songs of my "favourite band". "bad songs":
"good songs":
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 11:30
Juan - there are some utter classics amongst your "bad" list - remind me not to seek your opinion in the future when discussing Genesis ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 12:12
...and there are some terrible wastes of album space in your "good" list  |
Posted By: Juan Carlos de Mulde
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 12:56
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That`s a matter of opinion. ------------- http://www.lastfm.de/user/SSsebastian/?chartstyle=SidebarPlain" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 14:57
| I kinda like your list Juan. Heavy on the Lamb, my fav, and not ashamed of Abacab. I would have swapped Suppers Ready with Epping Forest however. Suppers is slow simple and sluggish to me. Epping took a while and some nice noise cancelling headphones, but I'm still waiting for that aha moment with Suppers... |
Posted By: Juan Carlos de Mulde
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 16:39
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@hobocamp: I'm not a fan of the studio version of Suppers Ready. I prefer the live version with Phil Collins on vocals from Seconds Out. It is way better than the Peter Gabriel performance. Maybe you will have the "aha-moment" with this version :-) ------------- http://www.lastfm.de/user/SSsebastian/?chartstyle=SidebarPlain" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: July 10 2011 at 21:11
| Funny you should mention it Juan. I'm a huge Gabriel fan but the vocals on Suppers Ready are not very good. There's even a video about why they are poorly sung. He wasn't using his diaphragm as the MILF in this http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhppjm_supper-s-ready-part-2-guaranteed-eternal-sanctuaryj-man_music" rel="nofollow - video clearly explains. |
Posted By: brainstormer
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 00:08
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I think a better thread would be, "what is your worst Genesis song before 'Duke.'" Most real Genesis fans still like And Then There Were Three." Which, I think is a tough question. Mine would probably be "Knife" because of the violent lyrics, although it has a good melody and song structure. I also like the band Soulfly but also don't like some of their lyrics and I have the version of the Primitive album with the &*#(%# words silenced (didn't buy it that way on purpose, it was serendipitously found). ------------- -- Robert Pearson Regenerative Music http://www.regenerativemusic.net Telical Books http://www.telicalbooks.com ParaMind Brainstorming Software http://www.paramind.net |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 00:14
Now what's wrong with violent lyrics it's what makes a song interesting like the knife is a song I highly acknowledge in genesis's catalog -------------
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 10:27
No disrespect, but are you a flaming PG fan? for your entertainment from a Phil Collins fan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiDhmL_zFo&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiDhmL_zFo&feature=related
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 12:20
lol you know nothing about my musical taste. Bad music is bad music regardless of which of them sings it. But Invisible Touch is on a whole new level. |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 22:07
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Trespass: "Looking for Someone" Nursery Cryme: "Harlequin" Foxtrot: "Time Table" Selling England: "More Fool Me" Lamb Lies Down on Broadway: "Riding the Scree" Trick of the Tail: "Robbery, Assault and Battery" Wind and Wuthering: "Your Own Special Way" ATTW3: "Down and Out" Duke: "Behind the Lines" Abacab: "Who Dunnit?" Genesis: "Silver Rainbow" Invisible Touch: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" We Can't Dance: "Never a Time" Calling All Stations: "Small Talk" |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 11 2011 at 22:20
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"The Battle of Epping Forest", without question. Twelve minutes of meandering tripe. 1/5 of an album. Think of all the poor little vinyls that had to be sacrificed for that waste of space. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Juan Carlos de Mulde
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 05:36
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@catfood: Only one song from each album? But why do you hate, or why is Down and Out not a favourite for the most Genesis listeners? I really really like this song with its uptempo, main riff, odd times, the agressive vocals, the doodle-keyboard parts etc. It reminds me of early prog metal songs in the 80ies. The ATTWT is not really good, but IMO Down and out is the best track from this album. ------------- http://www.lastfm.de/user/SSsebastian/?chartstyle=SidebarPlain" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 06:53
Like I said there's not many Genesis songs I hate. Ok, so Like It Or Not could have joined Who Dunnit? for least favorite for Abacab for example, but I like it just slightly more than the latter.
When I consider all the songs from ATTW3 this one just isn't as good as the others. For me its musical progression from verse to chorus feels a bit too awkward and the entire song is a bit noisy, my favorite part of the song is the intro where Mike's guitar comes in. But you have Burning Rope, The Lady Lies, and Deep In the Motherlode as "bad" songs on your list. Those are my favorites! We do agree that ATTW3 is not one of the bands best, perhaps someday I'll rank the albums, but that's for another thread. These Genesis threads don't come around that often, y'know!  |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 14:22
MILF? I wouldn't do her if you paid me.....well perhaps 10K, then I'd think about it..... Suppers Ready is an absolute CLASSIC and probably influenced more of the prog - 1980-the present day than most other tracks in the progressive era.... It suffers from you young-uns listening to the super-slick modern recording studio productions and then listening to the some-what dated sound equipment of the seventies. It's like comparing modern CGI with the original King-Kong..... If somebody re-recorded SR - it would be AWESOME! ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 14:36
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 15:16
Everything post Abacab's cd and I know what I like that has a refrain that i hate...especially with Collins who use to sretch out this song for too long...
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 15:25
Well Supper's Ready is overrated
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Posted By: DaniMoon
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 16:15
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Supper's Ready is overrated? *gasp!* I think the song is the Mozart of prog. Epic story and lyrics, classic keyboard, and omg Peter Gabriel's vocals at the close of part 2 -- a "cathartic climax" |
Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 16:33
| I've only heard 5 albums (and 2 live albums), and the only song that I've heard from those albums that I ALWAYS skip is: I know what I like |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 16:35
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Yea have you noticed on turn it on again Collins says "all I want is a tv show" that proves how commercilized he has gotten son I really can't stand post duke songs that's the reason. -------------
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: July 12 2011 at 17:20
That's quite possibly the funniest post I've ever read on PA.
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Posted By: esky
Date Posted: July 18 2011 at 17:00
| Illegal Alien. It's clear the boys just didn't have enough steam in them to complete the album with something worthier. Just horrible. Give me fingernails on the chalkboard in its place. I hope Tony Banks has come to some kind of peace with himself after first realizing his band actually released the song. Shame on you, sir! As for Collins, he was doing anything by that time. (Remember his production of Adam Ant?) |
Posted By: AlastairGrimley
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 18:40
| Well said. Despite being a huge "Gabriel era" fan, the "Phil era" was just as great, better in some cases. Too many people dislike that part of their career simply because it wasn't Peter Gabriel singing |
Posted By: kingcrimsonfan
Date Posted: October 04 2011 at 18:52
No simply because it was pop music -------------
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 09:37
I have, From Genesis to Revelation honestly sucked -------------  
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Posted By: criticdrummer94
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 09:44
No I don't know anything about your music taste and you don't know mine but I think you are one of the many people who hate on Phil because he is not a Peter Gabriel clone -------------
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 20:29
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In my opinion, the worst Genesis song is "I Can't Dance". Collin's voice during the chorus is just so awful. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: October 07 2011 at 21:46
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such a negative thread... ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |