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kolossusuk View Drop Down

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 09:41

Trespass for me though Nursery Cryme was the first one I really 'absorbed'

Favourite ever was, and still is Foxtrot - a classic in all senses

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 17:05

It was around '77 when I noticed these three records in the local record store's cheapie bin. They were on a record label called Buddah (I believe), and they were by a group a friend had raved on about in the last couple of months. They were Genesis Live, Foxtrot, and Nursery Crymes (repackaged). You could actually see depressions in the grooves that would make for a dull thump of a noise when the stylus ran over them. Once the listener got past that, the records were an interesting listen. The trio was my introduction to the band, and Foxtrot remains my favorite of it to this day.

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Posted: May 09 2011 at 20:37

On 1976, I recorded on tape from a radio "The Musical Box" and few days later I bought "Nursery Cryme".
Sometimes later "Trespass"

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Posted: May 10 2011 at 04:44

The first Genesis album I heard was Selling England by the Pound. I've heard it many times since and dislike it more with every listen. The same is true for Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme.

More than anything, I can't stand Gabriel's vocals. The vocals and the lyrics often seem very silly to me. Because of that, I find it very difficult to take Gabriel or Genesis seriously.

Edited by Earthsmoke - May 10 2011 at 04:47

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Posted: May 10 2011 at 05:12

I bought Duke when it came out, having never heard a Genesis album before

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Posted: May 12 2011 at 20:23

I started with the 80s and went back to the good stuff - I think it was Duke or Abacab.

EDIT: haha, checking thru this thread to read others posts I noticed I had already posted pages ago that I bought Duke, Abacab and Invisible Touch on vinyl all at the same time. Weird how I had forgootten Invisible Touch.... terrible album of course for prog as none was on it.

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - May 12 2011 at 20:28

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Posted: May 13 2011 at 05:50

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

I started with the 80s and went back to the good stuff - I think it was Duke or Abacab.

I've already posted that my first Genesis album was Nursery Cryme, and beside I am a Genesis fan it's weird that I never listen a new Genesis album after "and then there were three" that I didn't like at all.

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Posted: May 13 2011 at 15:41

Nursery Cryme was the first.

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Posted: May 13 2011 at 20:26

Selling England By The Pound. I didn't like it at first, second or third listen except for Dancing With The Moonlight Knight. Now, one of my favorite albums.

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Posted: May 13 2011 at 21:07

I think that it was either SEBTP or Foxtrot.

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Posted: May 14 2011 at 06:44

Hmmm, "Invisible Touch" on the strength of the title track when it was re-released in the early 90s. Found the LP in a 2nd hand record shop. Didn't really like it! I wonder if I would like it now?

Many years later I bought "Selling England by the Pound" - liked that one a lot!

Edited by boysmithers - May 14 2011 at 06:44

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Posted: May 14 2011 at 06:53

From Genesis to Revelation (some special version which had a bonus disc of a few tracks and the rest were Jonathan King interviews Shocked

). I was confused, but still picked up the live album, which resulted in me being even more confused (since it sounded like a completely different group!), but made me so interested in the rest of their output that I ended up getting everything up to A Trick of the Tail.

Edited by Ludjak - May 16 2011 at 07:55

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Posted: May 14 2011 at 07:11

My first Genesis purchase was "Greatest Hits". Awful, awful starting point.

But then I got Foxtrot and Selling England by the Pound, which were much better.

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Posted: May 14 2011 at 17:44

Mine was Nursery Cryme... Good album. Later I heard Foxtrot and liked it even more.

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Posted: May 15 2011 at 00:15

First disc was their Greatest Hits compilation Turn It On Again. First actual album was Selling England By the Pound: I was out at a CD store and I saw SEBTP and recognized I Know What I Like off Turn It On Again. So I bought it, discovered that the music on it was completely different, and fell madly in love. Incidentally, also my first prog experience.

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Posted: May 16 2011 at 21:54

Earthsmoke wrote:

The first Genesis album I heard was Selling England by the Pound. I've heard it many times since and dislike it more with every listen. The same is true for Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme.

More than anything, I can't stand Gabriel's vocals. The vocals and the lyrics often seem very silly to me. Because of that, I find it very difficult to take Gabriel or Genesis seriously.

i cant believe what im reading.

the way i see it, is down to this: either you're stupid and you cant tell the difference between great music and brilliant creativity and composition, or in the other option we have: your taste sucks!

just the fact of reading that you're insulting a masterpiece like SEBTP makes me want to throw up, like if i was having the worst hangover ever. and then i keep reading non-sense bu l lsh it about foxtrot and nursery cryme. 'vocals and lyrics often seem very silly to me'. take the lyrics of 'land of confusion' and you'll find pure geeky and ridiculous stuff. god! the fact of just thinking about those genesis times scare the hell out of me.

and so,

if you have poor taste in music, or you're too dumb to tell the difference between great music and crap, in either case why you are in a prog rock website is something i dont understand.

you look like you dig 80s genesis and yes. like you are into some shi tty 'pseudo' prog metal bands.

please do yourself a favor, a very significant one, and listen to genesis again, to progressive genesis i mean, and i hope you get to really appreciate it, 'cause it's pure prog class

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Posted: May 17 2011 at 01:21

juandhaltrich wrote:

More than anything, I can't stand Gabriel's vocals. The vocals and the lyrics often seem very silly to me. Because of that, I find it very difficult to take Gabriel or Genesis seriously.

i cant believe what im reading.

and so,

if you have poor taste in music, or you're too dumb to tell the difference between great music and crap, in either case why you are in a prog rock website is something i dont understand.

you look like you dig 80s genesis and yes. like you are into some shi tty 'pseudo' prog metal bands.

please do yourself a favor, a very significant one, and listen to genesis again, to progressive genesis i mean, and i hope you get to really appreciate it, 'cause it's pure prog class

you might not like that person's opinion, but it doesn't mean he's wrong or worse still, that he's dumb. To say that makes you a musical bigot and in danger of being guilty of the very things you're accusing him of.

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Posted: May 17 2011 at 01:41

Apart from hearing songs on the radio in the 70s, the first time I heard an album was in 1981 at an after pub party, when a lass put on A Trick of the Tail, because she wanted us to hear Ripples. That was then also the first album I bought on vinyl not long after. The first new album I heard in its entirety was Invisible Touch, which was also the very first CD I bought, when it was released. Which if I'm not mistaken was also the first Genesis new release on CD.

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Posted: May 17 2011 at 01:46

juandhaltrich wrote:

More than anything, I can't stand Gabriel's vocals. The vocals and the lyrics often seem very silly to me. Because of that, I find it very difficult to take Gabriel or Genesis seriously.

i cant believe what im reading.

and so,

if you have poor taste in music, or you're too dumb to tell the difference between great music and crap, in either case why you are in a prog rock website is something i dont understand.

you look like you dig 80s genesis and yes. like you are into some shi tty 'pseudo' prog metal bands.

please do yourself a favor, a very significant one, and listen to genesis again, to progressive genesis i mean, and i hope you get to really appreciate it, 'cause it's pure prog class

Hey man, I like Genesis as much as the next guy, but to each their own. You won't get too far insulting people just because their taste is different from yours.

"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen

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Posted: May 18 2011 at 21:20

i dont like his opinion.. i dont agree with his opinion. and he's not wrong. the main point of my argument was that, either if he CANT appreciate this music ('cause he doesnt GET IT), or if he just has a very different taste in music, in either case i dont understand WHAT he's doing writing in this forum, spending time in this website. 'cause it's clearly that he doesnt like this, whatever the reason might be.