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    Posted: September 06 2007 at 07:20
  seriously I don't know if this a bad song , I don't think its a good song though  Confused

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I can help you. If it isn't a bad song (better: you're not sure), it's surely a good one.Wink
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I like it very much; funny and well written.

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It's not a bad song OR a good song. It's a GREAT song. The middle section in 13/8 with the keyboard solo is amazing, while the verses/choruses are clever and entertaining, an attempt at Gabriel's humoristic lyrical content from when he was in the band.

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Points: 24392 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2007 at 08:31
I don't know why, but I've always had a thing for this song. Perhaps it's not really good, but it sure is FUN - which is much more than can be said for "More Fool Me" or "Your Own Special Way"Dead.
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A good song from a very good album. Great album, in fact.
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It's a good song but A Trick Of The Tail is such a strong album that it is vying with the title track to be the least good song on the album.
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listened to the live version on “seconds out“ the other day. and just
after the first ARP-solo, when hackett's guitar sneaks in over that
mellotron crescendo with the 13/8-beat, i thought “whoa, if anyone
asked me, i'd play him this part for an epitomy of 70's prog rock!“
apart from that, the song is a lot of fun. not early GENESIS's finest, but

a good song

nonetheless!

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Not a good song, but a superb instrumental middle section!
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Love it, although it's not the best cut from ATOTT. It is one of my personal favorites though.
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I always considered this song to be a Collins'  era version of songs like Harold The Barrel and The Battle of Epping Forest, only I like this one a whole lot more.
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Tony shines on the middle instrumental section.  The song sorta plods along and then WOW!  The whole track turns into a monster.  Worked very well live, too.
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I don't know....more on the positive side so I guess a good one, a middle option would help.
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I remember back in 1977 not having bought the two albums sung by PHil Collins, as I was convinced that nobody could sing for Genesis if not PG. Well, I happened to see the video (yes, even if MTV wasn't born yet!) of Robbery from the middle section, hence the keyboard solo. I was in exstasy and wondering "who the hell is this band". Then Phil singing comes in...The next thing I remember is me junping on a train to go in the city and buy "Trick" and "Wind" right away. YES, a monster song!!!
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Excellent song! It might have even been the first Genesis video I ever saw.
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It's a bad song with a nice ending!  Big%20smile
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Points: 3659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2007 at 15:57
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Not a good song, but a superb instrumental middle section!
 
Agreed the mid section is brilliant and the song would be pretty average without it.
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Well, it's better than "Your own special way" and the ending is good, but I find this style of Collins a bit annoying, so I normally skip over it.
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 a little poppy, a little cheesy, but a good song nonetheless... Maybe in the spirit of Harold and his barrell !!!
  Anyway, I do enjoy Banks run on the keyboards
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Points: 259 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2007 at 18:28
I enjoy it very much.
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