best genesis song?
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Topic: best genesis song?
Posted By: alchemist
Subject: best genesis song?
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:42
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I think firth of fifth is there best song, but waht do you guys think?
------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
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Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:45
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someone say something! ------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:48
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my faves are dancing with the moonlit knight, more fool me, the cinema show, watcher of the skies, horizons, i know what i like, the musical box, return of the giant hogweed ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:49
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Cor! Talk about murdering your darlings! 
Firth of Fifth ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:49
| You did not list my two favourites: Mad Man Moon and Carpet crawlers. Of the ones listed, Cinema show gets my vote, although Supper's ready, Firth of Fifth and Dancing with the moonlit knight are brilliant as well. |
Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:50
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how about super... its really complete...
------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: Xanadu
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:52
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right now im into harold the barrel. I just cant get it out of my head, sure not a bad thing though. ------------- "Oh, yes, sitting-the great leveler. From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:55
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I have always loved Battle of Epping Forest but not a lot of people/fans/critics seem to mention it -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Xanadu
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:56
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Great song! reminds me of Samla Mammas Manna...in dull kind of way ------------- "Oh, yes, sitting-the great leveler. From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?" |
Man Erg wrote:Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:58
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one i like a lot is blood on the rooftops but i wouldn't think its a
song you guys would like, i love the intro by hackett (he plays classic
guitar as if he was paco de lucia, doesn't he?)...
------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:26
not one vote for supper that is very strange?
------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:45
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Cinema Show ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: BlackWinterDay
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:50
| SUPPER'S READY |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:51
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White Mountain Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage, ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: firth_of_Fifth
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:57
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I only voted for Firth of fifth as White Mountain wasn't there. Tuxon knows what i'm talking about! ------------- http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/chrisblackwell |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 12:57
| Dancing With The Moonlit Knight. Steve Hackett is just fantastic on that track. |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:24
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Bah no Silent Sun?!?
Seriously though, this is a tough poll for me, but I think Dancing...gets my nod. |
Posted By: Yams
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:26
| Dancing With The Moonlit Knight, Firth of Fifth, and Cinema Show are the greatest Genesis tracks. And some of the greatest tracks in prog. |
Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:30
| Firth Of Fifth |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:32
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Supper's Ready Cinema show is awesome though ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Rick4001
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 13:52
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Hey alchemist, have you ever been asked to choose between your children? How on earth do you choose between tracks of a band that has produced so many brilliant ones? My favs are : Canutility; Salmacis; Blood on the Rooftops; Firth; Unquiet Slumbers; Ripples; Mad Man Moon; White Mountain; Harlequin; Broadway Melody 1974; Horizons; Cinema Show; Anyway; Afterglow; Stagnation ..... ....but I could just as well list every track between FGTR to WAW ------------- "...seems Helen of Troy has found a new face, again ..." |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 14:01
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The one after Harlequin ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |
Posted By: easy does it
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 14:08
| Heathaze. I dont know why, but i LOVE this song. |
Posted By: eriksalkeld
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 14:21
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Best Genesis song!! now that's impossible to figure out... ok, maybe it can be done... my top 10 genesis songs right now is: 1. The Musical Box damn it hurts so much to leave aside such hymns like The Return of the Giant Hogweed, Eleventh Earl of Mar, The Knife, Dance on a Volcano, Burning Rope, Can-Utility and the Coastliners... aaarggghhh..... Down and Out!!!!! ------------- Autenticidad, actitud, pluralidad, espiritu e inteligencia, si es prog bien, si no, tambien. |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 14:36
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My nine favourite Genesis songs, all masterpieces: http://www.lu-art.com/Music/Genesis.html - http://www.lu-art.com/Music/Genesis.html |
Posted By: Gentle Ronnie
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 14:37
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From "Nursery Cryme" to "Selling England..." every 7+ minute song is a masterpiece, as well as the Fountain Of Salmacis and After The Ordeal, a great instrumental. |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 15:08
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Cinema show for little ole me..... ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 15:12
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I love all those songs, and plenty more besides. I voted for Dance on a volcano because it was the first Genesis song I heard as a prog band. I was hooked after hearing that one song! Thanks Tommy Vance ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 15:33
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From the selection:Firth Of Fifth My all time favourite; Blood On The Rooftops |
Posted By: Guillermo
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 20:32
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It``s a hard question, because I like a lot of their songs, but from the Peter Gabriel years I think that "Supper``s ready" is the best. From the Phil Collins years, maybe "Dance on a volcano". |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 20:48
Gotta go...Supper's Ready ------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: April 08 2005 at 23:21
| The Musical Box |
Posted By: VLADO
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 10:27
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Dusk ------------- ...and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make... |
Posted By: Keke
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 11:29
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Hard to choose between Firth of Fifth and the Knight, but... Dancing with the Moonlit Knight it is. |
Posted By: con safo
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 11:55
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Musical Box.. Amazing song ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 13:09
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Those are all great, in my book. I can't assign numerical values to them -- they all have their strengths, and can be equally appealing at different times. Besides these more "powerful" pieces, I also really like the "prettier" classic Genesis songs. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Gentle Ronnie
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 14:36
| Oh my, look at the poll. Somebody wanted to hackett. |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 17:42
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Re the post above. When i open this page from a watched item link, I get a pop up of inviting me to enter an MSN Messenger user and password for the following site http://www.cfaraujo.eng.br - www.cfaraujo.eng.br Anyone else? I have pm'd Maani to let him know. ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |
Posted By: Hierophant
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 18:16
Yea i did too, whats up with that?  |
Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 18:32
Interesting and very difficult poll. Everyone will have their favourites, and as Genesis were alwasy my fave band, I could choose many, many more than those listed. However, if the criteria is songs from Gabriel Hackett era, does that mean when both were in the band together? If it does, then The Knife is out, as it is from the Gabriel Phillips era, and Dance On A Volcano and Eleventh Earl Of Mar are from the post Gabriel era, so should they count? And if we mean any era that includes Gabriel, and/or Hackett, then Entangled and Los Endos would surely have to be included. I have to go with the epic Supper's Ready, but Musical Box, Fountain, Harlequin and, like a colleague of mine on here from Sweden mentioned, Harold The Barrel, all have their merits. Oh, and Watcher Of The Skies, Blood On The Rooftops, I Know What I like, anything off the Lamb, etc etc 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 18:47
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cinema chaud! ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 18:54
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broadway melody of 1974, the grand parade of
lifeless packaging, chamber of 32 doors and entangled are my favorites which I dont see here. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 19:38
Supper's Ready - the first track that made me really appreciate Genesis as a prog rock legend ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 19:56
Remember this is a POLL so I can't post every single GENESIS song because everyone has a differnt taste, thats why I posted the most popular or known songs... ------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 14 2005 at 22:22
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Two of the best Genesis tracks are not on the list, White Mountain, simply beautiful and In the Cage, outstanding. From the list: Musical Box, followed by Can Utility, Supper's Ready and Fountain of Salmacis. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 00:49
Yes - as I speak - it keeps coming up - looks like a dead-end link to someones "prog rock" site. Heeeelp Maani - please?!!? Thanks -------------
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 00:59
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Yeap, I have the same problem, watch out with spyware or Browser Hijack attempts. After this message appeared I used Ad Aware and it detected two browser hijack attempts, lets be careful with that site. The guy is not using a simple invitation, in my computer appears a Microsoft request for authorization to connect to a net, so this guy may get some access to our information. Iván -------------
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 01:18
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: April 15 2005 at 01:42
very nasty ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Johnik(Genesis)
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 20:31
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I voted for supper's ready ------------- I know only Russian. Apologies for bad English. I translate by means of the computer program |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 21:05
| Same, Supper's Ready is just absolutely amazing for me. |
Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 21:14
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161 votes for eleventh earl of mar ? By the way, my votes goes for Supper's ready, the best epic track ever. Here's my other choices
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Something definitively goes wrong on this poll.Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 21:26
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Yea I definitely wondered, why does Eleventh Earl of Mar have 161 votes and I thought Supper's ready was the best Genesis song during the Hackett/Gabriel period. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 21:33
I love "The Lamia"  !!! Voted For "Supper's ready", though..nice thread, pal
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Posted By: Kaztor
Date Posted: April 21 2005 at 21:47
| As usual my favourite (Giant Hogweed) isn't listed, so I choose it's sound-a-like, Get Em Out By Friday. |
Posted By: Cluster One
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 03:35
It's just someone trying to show that polls like this aren't worth squat if you can vote multpile times
------------- Marmalade...I like marmalade. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 03:52
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Suppers Ready.. Difficult choice. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 07:08
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Hard Poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I went for "Cinema Show" although the others are Great!! ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 07:10
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To Tell You the Truth when I first got into Genesis I only knew the Phil Collins era albums then I discovered the Peter Gabriel era albums and I had a Shock how much better the "P.G." era ones sounded. I've Got all the Pter Gabriel era albums incl. From Genesis to Revelation. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH
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Posted By: gleam
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 11:13
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"It" from The lamb, great way to close a masterpiece.
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Posted By: joniox
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 14:48
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I could never say wich song is best or favourite.
------------- I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat myself when under stress, I repeat... |
Posted By: TBWART
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:13
Supper's ready , also the song with the most potential, just listen to what Collins does to it on Second's Out.....a musical orgasm ------------- ''progression is trying to eliminate boundries'' |
Posted By: haas
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:35
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Supper's ready, and especially the live version on Second's out! Simply amazing, one of the few good things Collins ever did in his life! ------------- "the attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. there is always the hope that something dangerous may happen" - Claude Debussy |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 16:43
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Firth of Fifth, the only song I drool both when listening to it and when trying to pronounce its title ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Andhi
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 17:29
| That is difficult... From the list I picked The Musical Box, but I think my actual favourite of all time might be The Lamia. (Really it's the whole of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, but I guess that doesn't count, at least not outside of brackets...) |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 17:35
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Sorry to be a pedant but the front runner in the poll is not of the gabriel hackett era. ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |
Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 17:47
lad, u misunderstand, the poll was of the 5 man (GABRIEL) 4 man (HACKETT) era... ------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: Harlequin
Date Posted: April 22 2005 at 17:53
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then i stand corrected To be understood is a luxury! ------------- Information is not knowledge Knowledge is not wisdom Wisdom is not truth Truth is not beauty Beauty is not love Love is not music Music is the best... |
Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 03:05
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Battle of Epping Forest !!! ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 05:15
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Firth of fifth is definitely the best thing Genesis have done. And maybe the best prog song ever! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 10:52
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I voted for Musical Box, although I also really like 'In The Cage', especially the live version on 'Three Sides Live'. It just shows a band in transition, when they shove 'Misunderstanding' on the same album!! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 15:48
| I love pretty much anything the band did until around 'Duke', but I chose 'Fountain Of Salmacis' due to some of the best mellotron and guitar work ever recorded. |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 06:08
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"11th earl of mar"... the best genesis song !?!?!?!? R U JOKING !?!?!?! I vote Supper's ready
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Posted By: rushaholic
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 18:55
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Supper's Ready!!! Fantastic song! |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 19:01
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Somebody got trigger happy with Elevenenth Earl Of Mar SUPPER'S READY BY A MILE |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 12:25
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Now it's good ! SUPPER'S READY !!! 2) The Musical Box 3) The Lamia
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Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: May 16 2005 at 12:35
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Supper's Ready
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 16:34
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1) Firth Of Fifth 2) Cinema Show 3) After The Ordeal So you can easily guess what my favorite Genesis album is... |
Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 16:37
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I voted for The Musical Box... Twice! Well I had to; for any song to beat it in any poll is a travesty and makes me want to poison the Earth's water supply!!! (O.K. fine Supper's Ready I can understand) ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: a flower?
Date Posted: May 18 2005 at 22:42
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i voted for supper´s ready but i would like to see "the fountain of salmacis" in the poll. i think i would go with salmacis. /grrrrrrr sorry i didn´t see it! ------------- and you and i and the musical box and the lamb lies down on broadway and it´s... hello baby |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: May 20 2005 at 06:46
| Supper's ready. |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 04:47
 Supper's Ready is just too good. My first true love in prog.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 14:18
Everyone is brilliant 
Supper's Ready The Knife The Musical Box ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 19:08
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1. Firth of Fifth 2. Fountain of Salmacis 3. Suppers Ready |
Posted By: ChadFromCanada
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 19:43
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My favourite is Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, but then again, I've only heard these four albums: Selling England By The Pound, Trespass, Foxtrot, and Genesis. Horizon's and Watcher of the Skies from Foxtrot are great as well. I also like I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe). |
Posted By: calgary669
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 22:33
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Everything is brilliant (well, except I can't dance and a few others ) but Supper's Ready really does it for me! ------------- What happened to this song we once knew so well??? |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 22:56
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My favorites are Supper's Ready, Dancing with the moonlit knight, and Can utility. ------------- 
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 05:29
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??????????They're all AWESOME!!!
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 05:37
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This poll is dead. Here goes:
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Posted By: moonlapse
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 09:09
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Totally dead, and the numbers are meaningless. Fountain of Salmacis got 109 votes overnight, if I remember correctly (was at about 22 last night), Firth got about 62 (was at 43), and Suppers Ready (the leader at 229) a grand total of 8. Some people have too much time... |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 28 2006 at 12:13
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went for Dancing with the Moonlit Knight GREAT SONG, , and the song that got me interested enough in Genesis to explore all their albums. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |