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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29452 |
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yep for sure but I would extend that to many prog bands in the 80's. Genesis get a kicking more than most but at least I can name a handful of tracks on Abacab onwards that were decent and I would happily listen to. Even the much hated The Way We Walk hasd a couple of decent 10 minute tracks imo. I would much prefer to listen to them in the 80's than Yes who were just AOR pop nonsense at this point. At least Genesis retained some semblance of art in their music albeit occasionally. Collins rise as one of the big pop artists in that decade certainly skewed the band's output but as we find out later he was irreplaceable. No Collins no Genesis.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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Abacab or shapes?
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Boojieboy ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 02 2016 Location: Earth Status: Offline Points: 664 |
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They were basically wasting our time at that point.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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I like Abacab also and unlike many I consider it and not Duke to be their last real stab at prog. Abacab the album has not one but two prog tracks which are the title track and dodo and possibly others if you can count keep it dark and man on the corner. Yes it's a bit patchy but the title track at least makes up for the so called stinkers (like who dunnit and another record).
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29452 |
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I quite like at least 2 of those (the first 2). I know you like Abacab as an album, I can get into some of it for sure, but Whodunnit is the prog equivalent of post ironic dad dancing.
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progaardvark ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover/Symphonic/RPI Teams Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Sea of Peas Status: Offline Points: 52608 |
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I like Who Dunnit? Where do I hand in my prog credentials?
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i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
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Steve Wyzard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2017 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2835 |
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"Who Dunnit?" is by far the better track.
"The Waiting Room", "Jesus He Knows Me", "Tell Me Why", and "Living Forever" are all much worse than these two.
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Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 7707 |
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Ouch. Both are "meh". Illegal Alien, I guess.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 45685 |
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The second half is better than the first ![]() Ray could have brought something interesting, if Tony and Mike had let him. ![]() I don't know what happened with Chester and Daryl, why not use them?! But i guess the two of them were much closer to Phil than Tony & Mike.
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 29452 |
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There just isn't anything on it, avoiding any creative ideas. I tried listening to it earlier in the year but managed about 4 tracks and then was done. For 1997 it was especially weirdly bad as rock music was on the rise again and I would have thought Ray Wilson could have brought something interesting to the mix. I think Banks and Rutherford were intent on proving to the world they could prosper without Collins but it was one domino too much (see what I did there
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 45685 |
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Silver Rainbow is fine. I need a special mood to enjoy Brazilian, the 80s synths and drums are a bit too much for me.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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CAS is actually a pretty solid album imo (yes, I know that's not popular opinion at all). It doesn't have many highs but there aren't really many (if any) real lows either imo.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43455 |
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Totally agree. I prefer Calling All Stations over any of the five previous Genesis albums, and that includes Duke.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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Because of the voice thing that Phil Collins does during that song which I suppose is a big reason they don't like Illegal Alien also. You know, I kind of like "anything she does." It's not as good as the Brazilian or others on the album but I still like it the same way I still like "silver rainbow."
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Big Sky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2022 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 771 |
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I would disagree with Robbery, Assault and Battery. I know my brother and a good friend of mine who is a prog fan like that song. Rick Beato called A Trick of the Tail a perfect album. I don't think there is a bad track on that album. The title track is a little meh, but bad, no. Calling All Stations is just blah for the most part. No song on that album is as bad as the songs involved in the poll or Throwing it All Away, In to Deep, Invisible Touch or pretty much most of the We Can't Dance album. |
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 45685 |
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I've never understood why some people dislike Robbery... ![]() There are no songs on CAS as bad as Whodunnit or Illegal Alien. Anything She Does on Invisible Touch is another bad one IMO.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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Other so called bad Genesis songs would be more fool me, robbery assault and battery (which I like quite a bit to be honest) and the entire calling all stations album. I doubt throwing it all away and in too deep have many fans on here either.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 18941 |
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I guess maybe I'm able to sit through Illegal Alien because I grew up with it and also because I'm not taking it too seriously. I realize it was recorded during a different time. I seriously doubt the band were trying to be racist or offensive. I don't really know what they were thinking exactly but I doubt they were intentionally trying to make fun of people. Anyway, that's the one I voted for here.
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Big Sky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2022 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 771 |
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Whodunnit vies for the worst song ever produced by Genesis. Illegal alien is bad, but not as bas as Whodunnit.
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