Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Genesis is awesome.
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hippie_chick @ 06:40pm
Turn it on again...
I thought I'd treat myself since I feel pretty good about getting a brand new job, so I visited Amazon. I purchased the 3 CD set Genesis: Platinum Collection. I couldn't pass this one up for it is that cool.
I wasn't really keenly aware of the band, I'm afraid, till the Phil Collins led era, with their really catchy, mainstream stuff and great videos. I did know they'd had something of a cult following as a prog rock phenomenon in the 70s when led by Peter Gabriel. So loving Peter because of his earlier solo hits post Genesis, I thought I'd investigate. I dug up "Supper's Ready" which is really great in that pretentious, long, prog rock kinda way. Clocking in at a whopping 23 minutes, I think it's an incredible piece.
This set is something that I think anybody who enjoys Genesis, even if for just the 80s Phil Collins fronted hits, should own. It neatly ties up the best of everything the band has done since the beginning. A perfect career retrospective. I mean to give an example of just how crazy divided the "eras" were and the fan base each brought in, Phil says in the liner notes that there were fans that came to shows in the 80s that didn't even know he played drums. :)
I mean, everything is here that counts. Well, pretty much. CD 1 includes all that commercial 80s stuff, like No Son of Mine, Mama (which is crazy good, I love it) , Home By the Sea, That's All, and Land of Confusion. CD 2 includes the post Gabriel early Collins fronted transitional period, with songs like Misunderstanding, Turn It On Again, and A Trick of the Tail. CD 3 is all prog rock goodness, with stuff from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the aforementioned Supper's Ready from Foxtrot among a few others.
The only little niggling I have is that the version of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight on here is edited. That one should have remained in tact, full length IMO, as it's a great song.
I will leave you with some downloadable Genesis goodness. Five songs. Enjoy it. And let me know what you think.
A Trick of the Tail
Afterglow
Supper's Ready
Jesus He Knows Me
Mama
I thought I'd treat myself since I feel pretty good about getting a brand new job, so I visited Amazon. I purchased the 3 CD set Genesis: Platinum Collection. I couldn't pass this one up for it is that cool.
I wasn't really keenly aware of the band, I'm afraid, till the Phil Collins led era, with their really catchy, mainstream stuff and great videos. I did know they'd had something of a cult following as a prog rock phenomenon in the 70s when led by Peter Gabriel. So loving Peter because of his earlier solo hits post Genesis, I thought I'd investigate. I dug up "Supper's Ready" which is really great in that pretentious, long, prog rock kinda way. Clocking in at a whopping 23 minutes, I think it's an incredible piece.
This set is something that I think anybody who enjoys Genesis, even if for just the 80s Phil Collins fronted hits, should own. It neatly ties up the best of everything the band has done since the beginning. A perfect career retrospective. I mean to give an example of just how crazy divided the "eras" were and the fan base each brought in, Phil says in the liner notes that there were fans that came to shows in the 80s that didn't even know he played drums. :)
I mean, everything is here that counts. Well, pretty much. CD 1 includes all that commercial 80s stuff, like No Son of Mine, Mama (which is crazy good, I love it) , Home By the Sea, That's All, and Land of Confusion. CD 2 includes the post Gabriel early Collins fronted transitional period, with songs like Misunderstanding, Turn It On Again, and A Trick of the Tail. CD 3 is all prog rock goodness, with stuff from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the aforementioned Supper's Ready from Foxtrot among a few others.
The only little niggling I have is that the version of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight on here is edited. That one should have remained in tact, full length IMO, as it's a great song.
I will leave you with some downloadable Genesis goodness. Five songs. Enjoy it. And let me know what you think.
A Trick of the Tail
Afterglow
Supper's Ready
Jesus He Knows Me
Mama
Feeling: 
good
Listening to: Home By The Sea - Genesis
good
Listening to: Home By The Sea - Genesis
