Genesis - Gabriel Lies Down On Broadway

ivan_2068 wrote: Hey Gdub, here is my list of top Kansas tracks not in order: Miracles Out of Nowhere Closet Chronicles Portrait (He Knew) Journey from Mariabronn Song for America Mysteries And Mayhem Icarus Born on Wings Of Steel The Pinnacle The Wall Lamplight Symphony Opus Insert Magnum Opus Iván

What albums are these songs on? I could do it the hard way and spend the next half an hour doing this, but why when i know you can list em in 5 minutes or less.

There's also a DVD called Device Voice Drums where you can find almost every song here except Closet Chronicles and a couple more.

Despite the terrible voice of Walsh due to his throught operation, the DVD is outstanding.

Iván

Wrath_of_Ninian wrote:    Interesting you say that, as I remember hearing Jeff Buckley cover 'Back In NYC' on Sketches, and of all the songs on the double album, that was the one that immediately stuck in my head - I didn't even know it was Genesis at the time!

It's a great track isn't it? Made all the better for the lo-fi treatment Buckley gave it. There is also a 'tribute' album out there which has a version of 'Back in NYC' that was a really downtempo affair which I liked a lot too. I only ever heard it once however, so I can't tell you who did it.

Genesis and then Floyd were my 'in' on prog and even though Genesis doesn't really do it for me any more I still have fond memories of where and when I first discovered each album.  

charliefreakz wrote:

Let me answer that question with another.  Have you spent much time listening to the 5 albums prior to Monolith?  You should check them out starting with the self titled album released in 1974.

As for Monolith itself the band was staring to fragment and were not talking much to each other at this point.  The most prog song was left off the album (but it did show up on Audio Visions) No One Together due to time constraints.  While they have some interesting things on it, it is neither good as a progressive album nor as an AOR album. It almost seemed schizoid.  I mean I like On the Other side but it could have been much better.  It seems long for a Radio hit but the instrumental parts do not seem to be overly adventurous like their heart really wasn't in it anymore.

But it is strill better than Power or In the Spirit of Things or Freaks of Nature.  I think the reunion album Somewhere to Elsewhere was much better and I think Proto-Kaw is better still.