Genesis: No Son Of Mine; Good, or Bad?
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Topic: Genesis: No Son Of Mine; Good, or Bad?
Posted By: sbrushfan
Subject: Genesis: No Son Of Mine; Good, or Bad?
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 20:10
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The song is one of my favorites. It helped me through some really hard times in '91-'92, when I finally put an end to the abuse I recieved at the hands of my stepfather. What about you guys? All opinions are welcome.
By the way....I just saw their video for ILLEGAL ALIEN...wow. I didn't suspect Genesis could be so topical and tacky. Yikes! They should be ashamed of themselves. Collins' pseudo-hispanic voice is...AWFUL! No wonder people hate it. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 08:10
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It's a good pop era Genesis song. I quite like it. I hate illegal alien! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
It's not in the least bit funny, and yes, Phils fake Hispanic accent is appalling. Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 08:54
| It's a good song with a powerful lyric. I can see why it means a lot to you sbrushfan. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 09:13
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pretty indiferent...
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 09:45
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I like it. The lyrics are good, it's one of their best hit singles. Even the video is good. (Illegal Alien is good too, though not as good as No Son Of Mine. The video is funny.) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 09:50
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I voted Yuck...but thats probably going too far...I do dislike the song though. Its the sort of thing they've done before but far better! Its genensis going through the motions. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 14:39
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Thank You. I knew some people had a soft spot for it, and I wanted to see just how many. More than I thought, actually. But, man...that ILLEGAL ALIEN video. I should start a poll asking "How many of you hate this song"? Wonder how many replies I'd get? ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
chopper wrote:
Posted By: shyman
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 14:46
| I like it. It is a quite smooth and warm song, one of those when at least they showed that the knew what they were doing |
Posted By: Heraclea
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 14:52
| I like it. As I've mentioned before , We Can't Dance was my first Genesis album, and my first prog album (please let me say that unharmed...) and even though the songs on it aren't as great to me now as they once were, I still like them quite a lot (even though Since I Lost You is on the edge between okay and not, worst song they ever did up to that very moment), and No Son of Mine is one really good track on that album. As always, Genesis open their album with a good track. Those clock ticking sounds still give me some shivers, and reminds me of the time when I could listen to that album all day and knew all songs by heart. |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:04
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I'm pleased someone likes it as much as I do. I had to go buy the album yesterday, and now the songs is on permanent repeat in my CD player. Don't think it'll be leaving it for a while. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Heraclea
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:08
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Actually, I
just voted "good", and then, when I thought about it, regretted it. But
there's no changing it now... I must confess I haven't listened to the
album in quite a while, but somewhen this winter, I'll try to come
around and get all the Genesis albums Ihaven't done so already with
stuffed into my computer, including We Can't Dance. This thread made me want to listen to it... |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:29
| I'd say it was a pretty good song myself- it has thought provoking lyrics and an excellent vocal by Phil Collins to make up for the fact it's not prog. |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 16:20
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