If DT covered a Genesis Album...

So if DT were to cover a Genesis album as part of Portnoy's 5 "planned" album covers (the first three of which were Metallica's Master Of Puppets, Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast, and recently Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon), which Genesis' 15 albums would they cover?

I would say Wind & Wuthering, and for very many good reasons. The album itself sounds heavier, IMO, than ATOTT, which has a lot of slower/ballad type songs (Entangled, Mad Man Moon, Ripples). W&W has some harder/heavier music with the likes of Eleventh Earl of Mar, One For The Vine, and plenty of instrumental goodness. There are plenty of parts in the album for each member to shine (and I think the keyboard parts/solos are very fitting for Jordan, although ATOTT's Robbbery, Assault & Battery keyboard solo would sound awesome...).

So which album would you pick? As a prediction, I'm willing to bet that ATOTT, SEBTP and Foxtrot will probably end up with a majority of the votes, but I still stick with W&W!

-Marc.

IMAGINE JAMES LABRIE SINGING I CANT DANCE

Before they started their Pink Floyd cover thet biuldt up the tension by playing several intro's from "classic" rock albums, 2112 was one of them. I think they are more likely to cover that one then anything by Genesis.

I would like to see them cover The Lamb...

I would love to see them do Suppers Ready

I think it would sound bloody awful whichever one they did...

I think some people are confusing the question. It's not "Which album would YOU LIKE them to cover", it's "Which album do YOU THINK they would cover", meaning, if it's an album you like, do you think they'll cover it? If so, why?

With my choice, I gave some pretty good reasons why they would choose that album. Also, it was one of the three albums they mentioned during the Live Scenes From New York DVD commentary, the other two being Lamb and Trick. They called them very good albums, and it's why I think, of those three, they'd pick W&W.

Foxtrot would be my second guess/choice that they would play if it wasn't W&W. Supper's Ready would be great to hear, and fitting for this tour since they even mention Supper's Ready in III. Full Circle (from the song, Octavarium).

-Marc.

I don't believe DT would like to cover a whole Genesis album, they are agressive, so they should go with the hardest and most Hard Rock oriented songs, if they cover SEBTP, they would sink with More Fool Me (Well, anybody sinks with that song) and I don't believe Petrucci would work the guitar solo as Hackett did on Firth of Fifth.

My songlist would be:

1. The Knife: Strong and dark
2. Musical Box: Would love to listen this track by DT
3. Watcher of the Skies: A good chance for Jordan on keyboards
4. Supper's Ready: I'm sure they would make an excellent work with the final instrumental section, it's so violent.
5. Can-Utility and the Coastliners: Another great chance for Jordan.
6. Get 'Em Out by Friday: Great changes should be a pleasure for DT.
7. Los Endos: Simply I would make an excellent and more violent version of this good closer on DT style.

Iván

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I can't imagine LaBrie singing Battle of Epping Forest (my God... would be a disaster!) And Lamb Lies have nothing in common with DT (sometimes too complex, sometimes too simple...)

Then, I prefer imagine they makin W&W, because IMO, is a work with a hard feeling, but dominated by keyboards. How it would sound with the heavy guitar of Petrucci? And the drums of Portnoy in the middle section of One for the Vine? And LaBrie singing Afterglow? And the bass of Myung replacing Rutherford? Well, this would be very interesting...

 

Sorry guys but I wouldn't like to see Dream Theater cover any Genesis albums.

If Portnoy was serious about doing a Genesis album in full then I suggest he re-form Transatlantic and have a go at Foxtrot.