ILLEGAL ALIEN: Awful or Great?
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Topic: ILLEGAL ALIEN: Awful or Great?
Posted By: sbrushfan
Subject: ILLEGAL ALIEN: Awful or Great?
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 14:45
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Reading the reviews for GENESIS' self-titled album, I kept seeing-time and again-people saying ILLEGAL ALIEN was a terrible song. Stupid me "I'll believe it when I see it" had to go and watch the damn video yesterday! Now, I can safely agree...it is one of the tackiest and dumbest "songs" I believe I'm ever heard! I'm giving it a miss (i.e.; this is disgusting), cause they've done so much better. What do you think? ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:05
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I voted Good...because I like it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: A'swepe
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:11
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It's a good song if taken on its own merit. But compared to other songs on the same album (Home By The Sea, Second Home By The Sea, Silver Rainbow) then its just so-so. Overall I like the album though.
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:18
| To be honest, I know of far worse songs than this one- I'd take it over anything from the dire 'Calling All Stations'. I'd vote so-so.. |
Posted By: Heraclea
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:32
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Voted "good" as
well. Sure, it's quite silly, when watching the video you don't know if
you want to cry or laugh, and it doesn't feel very serious at all. But
it's still quite a good, catchy song in my opinion, and the theme is
okay. It was, and still is a big problem with the illegal immigration
from Mexico to the USA. What I would really like to hear is the opinions from Mexicans about this song. It would certainly add perspective. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:39
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Catchy tune, funny lyrics, very funny video Mind you, I won't compare it with ye olde Genesis, no no no, that's quite a different story. And yes, Home By The Sea, and that other (Second) Home By The Sea are much better as well, but, still... ... it's nice! |
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:42
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Well, when they start taking jobs away from actaul citizens, and I start seeing things in foreign languages all over, I get mad |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 16:18
How true. I'm an American, and I NEED a job! ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Drew wrote:Posted By: geodude
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 20:41
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Having a laugh at the xpense of people enduring hardship is truly cynical A sure sign that these guys were losing the plot did genesis ever really succeed in pop music, despite the record sales? seems to me they never quite made the same quality of contribution to pop as they did prog. in fact they just sank deeper and deeper into absurdity. worst of all, i first got into them around the time of abacab and had my heart broken time and time again...only love can do that. Illegal Alien should be erased |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 21:23
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I think it's OK. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 22:33
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I believe it's the second worst piece of crap ever released by Genesis, beiing the first Who Dunnit? Drew wrote:
Funny, I feel the same when mediocre USA engeneers come to OUR country and gain $ 30,000.00 a month in OUR mines exploiting OUR mineral when there are capable engeneers here working as taxi drivers. The difference is that Illegal Aliens go to USA to gain cents and here USA citizens come to recieve thousands of dollars. Iván ------------- 
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