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There's a great point to be made there. I'm American, and most of the Genesis I was exposed to as a kid was the 80s pop rock stuff by them. Granted, that era is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me; however, once I listened to their 70s work, I instantly knew why they never blew up in the U.S. until Follow You Follow Me. I get the sense that a lot of the American audience would have seen them as too avant-garde or perhaps too "English" whereas bands like Yes and ELP were a bit more willing to cater to the American market back then. 

Still, I'm incredibly grateful to have discovered their 70s work over time... not just the Gabriel-led work, but also the Collins-led albums that I find quite underappreciated (particularly W&W and ATTWT)

Is there a complete list of his shows somewhere? Been looking for it!

Thx in advance

Hi,

I just quit his site and its membership. Was truly disappointed that his website was not updated with the new stuff, and it looks like it's just sitting on the same stuff a week later.

ATM, is special for me, and I'm not surprised that some folks "don't get it", or "don't like it", because in the end, it is NOT a rock song per se, but a suite of music, and rock fans have an aversion to most things that do not fit their conformity and style, or a song that belongs in the top ten, AND does not have a guitar solo!

ATM speaks beautifully for a time when a lot of bands experimented and tried a lot of different things. I think that composer Ron Geesin deserves more credit for this one, though, as the orchestration was magnificent and the music stood up, even today and we're talking 50+ years.

It is, by far, likely to be one of the most obvious "examples" of "progressive music" and how far people tried different things. Most folks that ever used an orchestra or choir (DD did mention that), was to make sure that the orchestra was second best and only supported the band, and in the case of ATM this is not what you thing, or I think, or DD thinks ... it is a magnificent piece of "classical music", with a few more sound effects, which is something that Ron Geesin did a lot with in his own solo albums (a lot of fun to listen to, btw). But, it fit PF (at the time) and the whole conceptual nature of ATM, if there was such a thing and could be considered that, and how they eventually worked their "quadraphonic sound" into the music itself, and then a few years later ended up with The Wall. 

As such, it is a tremendous piece of history in music, although most rock fans don't think in terms of "music" at all ... they think in terms of their favorite guitar solo, or singer, or the overly done impression that most bands tend to offer as a show of their "importance" ... PF did not need to show their importance. They just worked with a composer to create something that 99 out of 100 rock bands could not even conceive or appreciate.

Enough said. Shame I could not post this on the DD site ... but it is what it is and I am not enjoying his MOR style of choices. I appreciate him having done "Echoes" and then "Atom Heart Mother", but all in all, more than half of his stuff I am not impressed with at all. Too much middle of the road stuff that is over played and not worth the mention.