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Post by julesd68 on Mar 4, 2020 13:44:49 GMT
Genesis are reforming for a tour.
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Post by Slinger on Mar 4, 2020 13:52:17 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Mar 4, 2020 14:39:21 GMT
I read that Phil Collins will not be drumming, with probably Chester Thompson on the drums. That means he'll be at the mic for the whole gig. Genesis were always at their best with either Peter Gabriel up front or when they were even-keeled.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2020 16:32:42 GMT
The ticket prices at £240 seems a bit high.
I have to say though, from my point of view, Genesis got good following Phil Collins taking over the singing responsibilities.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 4, 2020 16:42:07 GMT
That's when I think they went downhill, although A Trick of the Tail was a great album.
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Post by Clive on Mar 4, 2020 16:47:02 GMT
In early Trespass era they played at my school. I kid you not. Peter Gabriel dressed as flower. I didn’t pay £240!
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Post by petea on Mar 4, 2020 16:47:33 GMT
It seems his son will be drumming.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 4, 2020 17:32:32 GMT
In early Trespass era they played at my school. I kid you not. Peter Gabriel dressed as flower. I didn’t pay £240! LOL - where was this Clive? Personally I would prefer to put pins in my eyes rather than listen to Phil Collins et al, but I appreciate one or two might be eager to part with 240 quid even if it is a barking mad price .. |
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Post by Clive on Mar 4, 2020 17:36:42 GMT
In early Trespass era they played at my school. I kid you not. Peter Gabriel dressed as flower. I didn’t pay £240! LOL - where was this Clive? Personally I would prefer to put pins in my eyes rather than listen to Phil Collins et al, but I appreciate one or two might be eager to part with 240 quid even if it is a barking mad price .. I'll be a bit secretive and just say it was a school about 15 miles west of Peterborough, it was in Northants in those days. |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 4, 2020 17:38:57 GMT
Ah, that will be the Borstal then ...  |
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Post by mikeyb on Mar 4, 2020 18:11:48 GMT
The ticket prices at £240 seems a bit high. I have to say though, from my point of view, Genesis got good following Phil Collins taking over the singing responsibilities. That'll be a reseller site no doubt, I don't expect tickets to be anything like as high as that |
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Post by Tim on Mar 4, 2020 19:48:21 GMT
Seen Genesis quite a few times - saw The Lamb Lies Down tour at the Empire Pool, which still ranks as an all time favourite gig. Gabriel hovering over the stage for Watcher of the Skies was quite a moment at Reading festival too (Rory Gallagher was there that year as well).
I wouldn't give you 2.40p to see them now - I might consider going if they paid me £240.00, but I'm really not a Phil Collins fan. My stomachs just not strong enough anymore. To be honest, I think they should have called it a day after Gabriel left, rather than morph into a pop band. Agree about ATOTT though Martin, after that, not so much.
This is the Genesis I care to remember . . .
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Post by Pinch on Mar 4, 2020 19:53:47 GMT
I’ve been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that I didn’t really understand any of their work, though on their last album of the 1970s, the concept-laden And Then There Were Three (a reference to band member Peter Gabriel, who left the group to start a lame solo career), I did enjoy the lovely “Follow You, Follow Me.” Otherwise all the albums before Duke seemed too artsy, too intellectual. It was Duke (Atlantic; 1980), where Phil Collins’ presence became more apparent, and the music got more modern, the drum machine became more prevalent and the lyrics started getting less mystical and more specific (maybe because of Peter Gabriel’s departure), and complex, ambiguous studies of loss became, instead, smashing first-rate pop songs that I gratefully embraced.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 4, 2020 20:19:51 GMT
First saw them at a new bands Charisma night at The Marquee
Most impressed
Trespass should have been wonderful but wasn't for me
Next was at Farnborough Tech when they were becoming well known
Steve Hackett had just joined
Ok but not so impressed. Went off them for a while and rediscovered in the classic period for me
Trick of the tail
Wind and Wuthering
Seconds Out
Those are the three albums you need if you don't have them
The Lamb lies down is good too
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Post by Clive on Mar 4, 2020 20:50:11 GMT
Genesis are a band you can view through your favourite lens, or listen via your favourite hearing trumpet if you grew up with them 😜. Prog rock to art rock to plain old pop.
So many great tracks, it's a shame the earlier recordings weren't mastered better but that's in their heritage now. Even if you don't like early Genesis you gotta love The Knife.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 4, 2020 21:29:37 GMT
Those are the three albums you need if you don't have them About as much as I need a scrotectomy ... |
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Post by Clive on Mar 4, 2020 21:58:23 GMT
Those are the three albums you need if you don't have them About as much as I need a scrotectomy ... They can do it when they come round for your C-19 tests. I must admit I'd have chosen some different albums but much depends whether or when you grew up in the era...early..mid or late. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 4, 2020 22:23:22 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Mar 4, 2020 22:28:42 GMT
Peter Gabriel, who left the group to start a lame solo career Wow, Tom, I've never heard his rather interesting solo material called 'lame' before. I'm actually surprised as I would have expected Genesis' earlier classical-influenced complex soundscapes to be more up your tree than the later pop material. For me, Selling England by the Pound was their pinnacle album. |
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Post by Pinch on Mar 4, 2020 22:33:49 GMT
I should have cited that quote! Those are of course the words of fictional serial killer (and audiophile), Patrick Bateman.  |
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