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E-Dub 
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 Posted: August 29 2007 at 00:21 |
 febus wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
febus wrote:
I don't know what could worse than WHO DUNNIT |
I do: "I Can't Dance"!!!!
I actually like all of the Collins songs listed, except for "Who Dunnit".
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i agree with you but this song was not listed!  .......but it should have been there 
.......would have made a strong contender to win this poll  for sure! w |
If it's not listed, then I won't render a vote. As much as I like Collins-era Genesis, that song is just heinous. I think that, "Jesus Knows Me", and "Whodunnit" are the only Genesis tunes that I'll actually skip when listening to the discs. E
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Tapfret
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 00:23 |
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To me, 'Your own special way' is a harbinger of the greatest sellout in the history of the universe.
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russellk
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 00:46 |
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I don't get this hatred of pop songs for their own sake. However, I reserve a special place of distaste for 'Illegal Alien.' Racist and in such poor taste, the track makes me cringe. The music is poor too. It's the only GENESIS track I'll skip.
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zbida
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 02:23 |
Peter wrote:
 I don't know all of their newer stuff (don't know the last six songs listed), but I honestly can't think of any Genesis track that I strongly dislike -- let alone "hate."
(You see, I think that when they wrote pop songs, they were mostly rather good pop songs -- though some were just "okay.")
Even at their "worst," they're still better than most of what I hear on the radio these days!
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It couldn't have been said better!!!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 03:03 |
Musically: The Way Of The World, because it's much too mediocre for Genesis. Mediocrity and Genesis? Never the twain should meet.
As it comes to lyrics: I Can't Dance.
(BTW, one of the worst lyrical lines: "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, we're gonna make it right".)
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iguana
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 03:47 |
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the one that i actively hate is not on your list. it has to
be “throwing it all up, errrrr, away“, esp. with that annoying
sing-along routine that phil always does live...
out of your entertaining yet a tad useless list i would vote for
“the way of the world“ – among the others are some very fine and
timeless pop songs with sometimes more than a progressive twist.
Edited by iguana - August 29 2007 at 04:14
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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Hercules
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 03:57 |
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I don't like some of what they did after Hackett left (I think he affected the band more than Gabriel when he left) but they did some good pop stuff amongst the dung.
For me, More Fool Me has to get the vote because it sticks out like a sore willy on the Selling England album. Wrong singer, wrong atmosphere, wrong subject matter. Foul.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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richardh
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 03:58 |
Invisible Touch .Horrible pop drivel that hasn't improved with age (some pop does).
Who Dunnit? actually makes me laugh.It was obviously intended as a joke |
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Bastille Dude
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 04:06 |
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DEATH TO FALSE PROG!
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Tapfret
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 04:27 |
russellk wrote:
I don't get this hatred of pop songs for their own sake. However, I reserve a special place of distaste for 'Illegal Alien.' Racist and in such poor taste, the track makes me cringe. The music is poor too. It's the only GENESIS track I'll skip. |
I equate it to modes of locomotion. Once you learn to walk, you rarely go back to crawling. Unless you need to get into some tight area where you can't really stand to do some job that requires the crawl function. Pop songs are like crawling, prog is lke walking. Once you have discovered prog or jazz or some other thoughtful music you only need pop for the odd job like dancing with a hot chick or something. Otherwise, what the hell's the point?
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Casartelli
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 04:34 |
The two worst Genesis songs are not in the list (i.e. *ll*g*l *l**n and * c*n't d*nc*), so I went with the monumentally insipid In Too Deep. This one takes the cake just before Whodunnit, which has a kind of fun in it, it just lasts a bit too long (can you imagine, three entire minutes of fun?).
Harbinger or not, I think Your Own Special Way is a beautiful song and I'm a bit sad it's on this list and even more sad that it's 4th position in the number of votes now. Wot Gorilla is excellent as well. Some other songs are likable as well (Me And Sarah Jane, That's All and of course the three Calling All Stations songs (especially Not About Us)).
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iguana
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:09 |
Tapfret wrote:
I equate it to modes of locomotion. Once you learn to walk, you rarely go back to crawling. Unless you need to get into some tight area where you can't really stand to do some job that requires the crawl function. Pop songs are like crawling, prog is lke walking. Once you have discovered prog or jazz or some other thoughtful music you only need pop for the odd job like dancing with a hot chick or something. Otherwise, what the hell's the point? |
oh, my, it's quotes like these why us prog fans cannot walk around in public without people jeering and pointing the finger at us...
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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Zargus
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:20 |
More fool me, Its not becuas its a simple pop tune i dont like it. Its caus its a very bad song and what its doing on SEBTP i have no idea, filler song if there ever was one.
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Jared
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:26 |
I'm sorry, but 'Who Dunnit?' is an offence to the sensibilites...and for me, 'wins' (or is that 'loses'?) by a country mile.... 
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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
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Passionist
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:44 |
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I feel ashamed when people hear Who Dunnit, and know that I listen to Genesis. But now you all made me want to listen to Duke again...
/me digs the album from the shelf
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Man Erg
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:50 |
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On the list,'Me and Sarah Jane'
But I really do not like 'Ballad of Big'
Those lyrics! Arrrgh!
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 Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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A B Negative
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 07:54 |
sheeves wrote:
i actually love all of those songs, pretty much except for who dunnit, but i think that one is ok still
the one song that i hate by genesis is Mama |
Mama is the only Genesis song I'll turn off if it comes on the radio. I can't stand the "ha ha heh heh" part.
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"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."
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ProgBagel
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 09:31 |
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Only listened to their big albums...so More Fool Me it is
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ghost_of_morphy
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 11:12 |
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Three Sides Live and the first album are both shockingly underrepresented in this poll. And surely Harlequin deserved a mention.
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jimidom
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Posted: August 29 2007 at 11:19 |
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Who Dunnit
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