Beedster Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 And was really surprised just how much I liked itĀ š Ā A while back my daughters insisted on a bloody Alexa, and while it took me a while, I've learned to shout "Alexa, play...." and then say the first band name that comes into my head. And today it was Genesis, and amazingly the first track was from Duke, an album I had heard and dismissed a long time ago but which just worked today.Ā Ā Wasn't so good when the first band that came into my head was Steps however. And not so good when Alexa's hearing aid failed and UFO become JLS. But otherwise, the Alexa game can be quite good funĀ š¤ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Good start - just hit Duke on repeat for a while, and enjoy the ride youāre about to embark onā¦ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 First album I bought was Selling England By The Pound and have devoured everything they did before and since (apart from CAS obvs). Went through a phase of getting just about every bootleg I could lay my hands on. Some of them are rather excellent. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I still have my double vinyl copy ofā Swelled & Spentā (Birmingham Hippodrome 1975) which was the Holy Grail of Genesis bootlegs at one point. I think it was the only full Lamb set back then.Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Duke was the first album I bought by genesis that I couldn't get into - it remained one of my most unlistened to albums, and I never really went back to it. Maybe I should give it another chance at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Just now, Woodinblack said: Duke was the first album I bought by genesis that I couldn't get into - it remained one of my most unlistened to albums, and I never really went back to it. Maybe I should give it another chance at some point. I understand exactly what you mean. I had the same reaction with the album that followed it - Abacab, but I grew to love it. I think Duke is closer to ....And Then There Were Three than Duke is to Abacab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Ā I have never listened to post-Gabriel Genesis, not for any real reason, I just didn't then and don't now. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is my favourite album. Once Gabriel left I suppose it was A Trick of the Tail or Peter Gabriel 1, why I didn't try both I don't know? The stupidity of youth I suppose. I kicked all my prog music into touch for years after deciding punk and new wave was 'my' music, it was lovely to get off my high horse and reconnect with bands from before 1976-77 years later. I'm waffling, sorry. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Ā I have never listened to post-Gabriel Genesis, not for any real reason, I just didn't then and don't now. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is my favourite album. Once Gabriel left I suppose it was A Trick of the Tail or Peter Gabriel 1, why I didn't try both I don't know?Ā Ā For no particular reason - although possibly that I loved Gabriel's first solo album - I felt the same. What surprised me yesterday was that the tracks I heard felt like they were recorded a lot earlier than was the case. It actually took me a while for the 'It's Collins' voice' moment to happen.Ā Ā Having said the above, I still count Follow You Follow Me as one of my favourite all time songs, a bit out of character for me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintoid Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 30 minutes ago, Beedster said: Having said the above, I still count Follow You Follow Me as one of my favourite all time songs, a bit out of character for me! Ā Such a great record. Ā I don't listen to Genesis much these days, but when I do, I usually reach for Foxtrot, especially Supper's Ready.Ā I do still listen to Peter Gabriel quite a lot. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Back in the day, the Lamb was my favourite album, followed by Selling England. The one that has really grown on me in recent years was their first 'real' (ie, not Jonathan King produced) album, Trespass. The arrangements are brilliant (even without Steve Hackett ... shows how much they owe to Anthony Phillips) and its a great taster of what's to come in the next 4 or 5 years Ā Post Gabriel my fave is Wind and Wuthering. The first album I ever bought on its release (with my hard-earned 13 year old cash from washing up in a restaurant) Edited August 5, 2022 by Clarky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I never really got into Genesis when I was growing up although my mate was as big a fan of them as I was of Yes. But I was persuaded to go and see them live in the early 90's and I was smitten. I prefer their Peter Gabriel era output now and through that I got into his stuff. Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopsdabassist Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Selling England pre PG or Trick of the Tail post PG, plus ALL of his solo stuff, all still on pretty constant rotation even 40+ years after release!Ā My wife bought me CAS for Xmas on vinyl a coupla years back, cos she hadn't seen it in my collection!Ā Played it once and vowed never again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I like Invisible TouchĀ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acidbass Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Cracking band, love the post-Gabriel era!Ā Invisible Touch and Duke are my go-to's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I never really got the issue with changing singers, PG or PC, both were fine. For me, genesis were genesis with Steve Hacket, and something else later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Thanks to my Dad's vinyl/tape collection, Genesis was among the first music I discovered - he had Nursery Cryme on vinyl and a tape of Selling England by the Pound (in a very distintive khaki green cassette casing!).Ā The first post PG track I remember hearing is "That's All" - I vaguely recall it was on a freebie compilation tape that I had to eat a lot of something to get tokens to send away for and receive in the post - isn't that something which has died the death these days?Ā Do you still get toys in breakfast cereals?Ā Oh no, my brain's nostalgia centre has just gone into overdrive! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Nursery Crime for me is the killer discette 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dand666 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 All about the PG era. Prog at its finest.Ā 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merello Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) Tom Bukovac is one of the top Nashville based session guitarists in the world. Currently playing live with Heart so into Rock and Country Rock big time. But during lockdown his passion was playing in his garage. Here he is with his soon to be ex wife Sarah Buxton (look her up) doing Ripples. It's magical. (If you search his vids, he also does More Fool Me and Your Own Special Way. (ps - Trick of the Tail is my favourite Genesis Album) Ripples Ā Ā Ā Edited August 5, 2022 by merello 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, merello said: his soon to be ex wife Sarah Buxton (look her up)Ā It's quite far away, and I gather she doesn't want us turning up one by one, so I propose we take a bus and look her up together - after a proper appointment has been made. I think we should bring the cookies and coffee ourselves, seeing as we're quite many. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 I actually prefer Phil Collins era Genesis, I know that probably puts me in the minority here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, shoulderpet said: I actually prefer Phil Collins era Genesis, I know that probably puts me in the minority here Ā I do too, as TOTT is clearly their best, but that is back to my prefered Hacket ere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Genesis are one of my 3 or 4 favourite bands. I love both the Phil and PG eras. I discovered Genesis via Follow You and ATTWT in ā78, then bought Seconds Out and worked my way gradually backwards, so the problems many have with the Phil era, them having heard PG first, donāt exist for me. If anything it was a little jarring the first time I heard PG! Ā My favourite studio albums remain the relatively unloved ATTWT - which I absolutely love, one of my all-time favourite albums - and TOTT. The much-loved W&W I like, but not as much; same with Duke. Seconds Out is my favourite Genesis album (in fact my favourite live album ever, along with Space Ritual). The PG-era stuff is mostly great, but I do feel the playing and production isnāt as good as on later albums. The Seconds Out version of Supperās Ready blows the Foxtrot version (as good as that is) away IMO. But either way, I love them; they mean the world to me.Ā 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rib13Bass Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) Nursery Cryme and Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are my faves but I also like 80s prog/pop Genesis as well.....something for everyoneĀ Edited August 6, 2022 by Rib13Bass 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Duke's pretty good with a small handful of clunkers - seek out the 1980 Lyceum show for the Duke Suite in it's intended form end to end (Behind the Lines/Duchess/Guide Vocal/Turn It On Again/Duke's Travels/Duke's End) Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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