Genesis reunite for a new BBC 2 documentary

Really great news! 

twosteves wrote: Just saw Gabriel in 2011 on a talk show saying the door is not locked for a Genesis reunion---but once he agreed to it--it all got very big --very fast and he didn't think he could commit the time to it---also Hackett said recently he's in touch with all of them now and then--it's not like they hate each other or don't speak---from all I read it's really all up to Peter, as I know Banks won't do it without Peter. I mean a one off performance of Lamb---to be filmed would be cool.

Mirror Image wrote: twosteves wrote: Just saw Gabriel in 2011 on a talk show saying the door is not locked for a Genesis reunion---but once he agreed to it--it all got very big --very fast and he didn't think he could commit the time to it---also Hackett said recently he's in touch with all of them now and then--it's not like they hate each other or don't speak---from all I read it's really all up to Peter, as I know Banks won't do it without Peter. I mean a one off performance of Lamb---to be filmed would be cool. I doubt a whole performance of The Lamb will happen, but realistically they could very well perform a selection of songs from Gabriel years.

genbanks wrote: twosteves wrote: Mirror Image wrote: twosteves wrote: Just saw Gabriel in 2011 on a talk show saying the door is not locked for a Genesis reunion---but once he agreed to it--it all got very big --very fast and he didn't think he could commit the time to it---also Hackett said recently he's in touch with all of them now and then--it's not like they hate each other or don't speak---from all I read it's really all up to Peter, as I know Banks won't do it without Peter. I mean a one off performance of Lamb---to be filmed would be cool. I doubt a whole performance of The Lamb will happen, but realistically they could very well perform a selection of songs from Gabriel years. Gabriel said in a recent interview that the Lamb and Supper's Ready are the two things that interest him when he thinks back to those times---can't see him doing Hogweed or I know what I like for example. Did he say this?, well sounds good, I thought that he is not interested in anything from those times. In any case these two masterpieces have lyrics from his own. Yes, I can understand what he is saying. Where did you read this? such an interesting thing... or you listened it somewhere?

Actually, if a reunion would happen, which once again, I still think is not very likely, I would be rather disapointed if they did it for a complete performance of The Lamb. That one is my least favourite of the classic era albums, and has very few songs I really like. I would very much prefer a collection of songs from the classic era.

Can agree with the previous 2 posts by Richardh and Kirillov. Love Richard's song-selection, but have my doubts anything will come of this 'reunion' other than an historical retrospective interview with their current perspectives....
"Pete, I can't believe you shaved a wedge out of your head - what were you thinking ??"
"Oh, that mellotron was a real pain in the ass to work with - never again"
"What time sig was that in again ??"
........

Edited by Tom Ozric - June 18 2014 at 04:59

If Gabriel is turning down a reunion of this band, then he is a bigger douche than I thought.

I think there is a frustration because they do get along and seem to like one another (unlike Yes or Floyd or Zep) and their 70's music is so important to their career no matter what Banks thinks lol---Gabriel says he can't sing that high anymore--but sometimes creative people don't want to revisit something they did in their 20's ---I think they don't want to think that the best they did was then (which is what I think) --as artists they want to believe their best work came as they got older and wiser.

^Brilliant Richard. No wonder why the UK is the home of prog.

^ Not sure where all this is at at the moment but I assume a lamb album celebration is out of the picture.

Edited by SteveG - June 19 2014 at 17:43