Is Foxtrot... Boring?

Genesis best album for me.

He's not being an idiot he's telling the truth...

No.

Supper's Ready is awesome but the rest of Foxtrot is made up of filler IMO

Over time some things tarnish.

progadicto wrote: Definetively NO!... It's one of the best Genesis albums and the five songs are great! I still cannot understand why some people don't like this album or (in this case) thinks Foxtrot is bored... I just simply don't get it...

It's primarily a matter of taste, really.  Overexposure can dull the pleasure, as can discovering other things that one prefers.  Depending on what one is into, I could understand people not ever finding a like for it.  If one appreciates the jazz aspect of Prog particulalry, for instance, there are better albums to listen to.

I don't dislike the album, it's more that it doesn't excite me.  I used to enjoy it much more, but as I discovered many albums from the various categories at this site, Genesis palled for me.  In fact, Symphonic Prog on the whole doesn't interest me nearly as much as it used to.  However, there are still many albums and bands I love in that category.  I still like Focus, for instance, after many years even though Genesis and many other bands that I used to love don't hold my interest so much.  Some have expressed that they consider that a second-rate band.  Fine; it's taste.  Gryphon is another band that has held my interest for many years (I still love Gryphon), yet I know some consider their albums poor.  And of course in the last few years I've been exposed to a lot more Prog that I love from the various categories (have to see how I feel about some of those bands after years have passed -- will I still love Gentle Giant, will Acquiring the Taste bore me?  Will I become bored with the many bands I love from RIO/ Avant Prog, Zeuhl, Canterbury and Jazz/ Rock Fusion for instance?  Only time will tell. 

Some people don't like Genesis, let alone this album.  Some, like myself, liked it, then tired of it.

There are just hundreds of albums in the archives that I find more interesting and satisfying than Foxtrot.  But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy Foxtrot... Maybe down the road, I'll be back into it again.  Maybe for nostalgic reasons.

Nostalgia played a big part in my wanting to explore Prog bands again -- particularly a yearning for Genesis (I'd never left some Prog like Yes and Pink Floyd though I don't listen to them much anymore).  But my "Horizons" have expanded greatly since then, and much stuff I once really liked just doesn't hold the same interest anymore.

Certain albums and styles of music can get boring as the decades pass, but eventually I want to revisit everything I once held dear.

I can guess that another factor for Foxtrot and other Genesis albums losing interest for some around here is that they just seem to be discussed to death here.  It helps contribute to the 'stale' factor. 

Foxtrot is an essential album to hear for beginners getting into classic Prog (which makes it a kind of a Prog 101 album and band), but something that some advanced Progressive Music aficionados will move away from... and some will deeply cherish for ever.

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pero wrote: Genesis best album for me. If Foxtrot is boring for you why do you need to anounce here?   A lot of bands here are boring for me but I'm not starting a tread about it.

 

Ghandi 2 wrote: Certif1ed wrote: schizoid_man77 wrote: Certif1ed wrote: I'm not even going to bother going back to see the previous discussion.   Foxtrot is not a boring album - it's one that some people take a long time to discover.   That's not patronising - it's fact.   If it bores you, you're the type that needs "hits", not art.   I hate "hits" ! way to JUDGE, read what I first said loser!     I'm not a loser - I'm a winner.   I wanted to annoy you because you said that one of my favourite albums was boring - and it worked.   Sorry about that - I have an evil sense of humour... Sounds to me less like evil/twisted and more like simple trolling.

aw naw, hell naw. foxtrot is smooth

darqdean wrote: schizoid_man77 wrote: coleio wrote: He's not being an idiot he's telling the truth...   How can he be telling the truth if he is asking a question... thinking is useful It was one of those retorical questions?