What was the first Genesis album you heard?

himtroy wrote: Selling England by the Pound is the only album by them I've ever heard and that was about half a year ago at the insistence of people from this board.  It did nothing for me, so that closes the book on that band for me.

Ha ha! Yeah, I know just what you mean.

Likewise, I heard Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (by The Beatles, yeah) on the radio once and thought it was pretty crap so that closes the book on them for me.

Can't see what all the fuss is about.



 

I remember a friend of my mother's having brought over a box of these CD's that this lady had apparently lent to him. In it were two Genesis albums: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway and Invisible Touch. I picked the The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway simply because it was the one I had spotted first. At the time, I had been listening to bands like Phish, and people like Tom Waits and Beck. Needless to say, it it still one of my favorite Genesis records. As is Invisible Touch, surprisingly enough. I love the title track, and the production is to die for. I was nine then. I am fourteen now. 

Genesis from 1983 was the first for me.  I was 12 and liked "That's All."  What did I know?  I actually owned Invisible Touch as well before my prog transformation.  Now those are my two of my least favorites.

Edited by spacface - February 19 2011 at 14:52

Selling England By the Pound.

The first Genesis album I heard was selling england by the pound back in my senior year of high school. I'd have to say that though I really enjoy Trick of the Tail, foxtrot, nursery cryme, and the lamb lies down on broadway. SEBTP remains my favorite. 

Selling England by The Pound (it was around 2006-2007).... I was already into prog but it wasn't love at first sight I must admit... I had it for a while but never paid much attention to it until I heard Dancing with the Moonlit Night being played at Delicious Agony Prog Rock Radio, I was really impressed and decided to give the album and Genesis another try... I've been a Genesis fan ever since! and SEBTP is one of my all time favorite albums....

Edited by ProgressiveAttic - February 19 2011 at 21:20

The first song I heard by Genisis was "That's All', I think that was on either Duke, Abacab, or Invisible Touch, not sure?

Junges wrote: himtroy wrote: Selling England by the Pound is the only album by them I've ever heard and that was about half a year ago at the insistence of people from this board.  It did nothing for me, so that closes the book on that band for me. I listened to all their so acclaimed "classics" and they also did nothing for me.

No offence, everybody is free to like whatever they like, but I wonder what kind of prog fans are you who do not like Genesis at all? which kind of prog do you like?

Foxtrot. I got it from Borders with a gift card based off Mike Portnoy saying he liked it. I was shocked because I only knew of Genesis as a lackluster pop band, besides some vague memories of them as 'psychedelic' from a Behind the Music I saw as a child.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: I was a Genesis fan fifteen seconds into Watcher of the Skies.

How could anyone not be? I once read an interview with Steve Hackett describing the first time he heard Tony playing that intro. He was on the floor below and he described how the ceiling was vibrating and it was absolutely magnificent. What would you pay to go back in a time machine for that experience?