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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cosmiclawnmower Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 16:02
The question, as posed by the OP, is one i cant really answer as there are too many to choose. But if the question is slightly changed to 'you can pick one PG era track to play for the day but thats all' it would have to be either 'Twilight Alehouse' or 'Can-utility and the Coastliners'

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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

Its a tie between "Watcher Of The Skies and The Knife"  
 
Those two outstanding songs are in my Genesis Top 5 too, which goes something like this:-
 
1. Firth of Fifth
2. Watcher of the Skies
3. The Musical Box
4. The Knife
5. Supper's Ready
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I can never really decide. I suppose to humor you, The Colony of Slippermen.
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Firth of Fifth, just over The Musical Box.
Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Gerinski Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 12:15
So difficult to pick just one... Can-Utility, Firth of Fifth or Cinema Show.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Progosopher Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 11:41
Although I resist appellations such as the single best, I will humor you Smile and say the Musical Box, which was my first thought. So many other great tracks have also been mentioned.
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Dancing with the Moonlit Knight. I might even like it more than Supper's Ready.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (2) Thanks(2)   Quote ForestFriend Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 10:56
I think I'd have to vote for Dancing With The Moonlit Knight.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Nursery Cryme. The epitome of English progressive rock.


Well that's an album not a track, but I have to go for a track from that album - Musical Box.

I was in a rush. I meant Musical Box Embarrassed
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Single best is a hard call. Can-Utility and the Coastliners is a stand-out for me, with The Fountain of Salmacis close on its heels.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Catcher10 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 10:10
I hate the word "best" in music comparisons........There are too many IMO to pick from. So this doesn't get too boring.
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Its a tie between "Watcher Of The Skies and The Knife"  
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The Musical Box
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The Musical Box.
Levitating downwards,
atomic feedback scream.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 07:29
Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Nursery Cryme. The epitome of English progressive rock.


Well that's an album not a track, but I have to go for a track from that album - Musical Box.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 07:23
Can-Utility and the Coastliners. English myth concerning King Canute trying to stop the tide and the great interplay between all the bandmembers on that song are quintessential Genesis. There are parts of the song that sound more like Yes than Genesis (and that's a good thing).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote lazland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 07:07
Nursery Cryme. The epitome of English progressive rock.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Manuel Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 07:06
For me, it's between Firth of Fifth and The Musical box.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 07:00
Firth of Fifth  has always been the firth of first Genesis song for me, with my firth of fifth song being Supper's Ready. Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 05 2020 at 06:37
Originally posted by Umeda Umeda wrote:

I don't want to seem like a copycat, but Firth of Fifth is my favorite Genesis song ever, so I'd pick it too.

This thread is me proving to myself that by proxy, FoF is the best Genesis Gabriel-era song outside of Supper's Ready Wink.

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