Genesis-And Then There Were Three.

Kati wrote: I am all for three, after all it's not their fault Gabriel left. After many vocalist auditions, Phil decided to be a singer instead of drummer., this is all good really. So far prog or not Genesis fans like the track "I can't dance" arghhhh it's two left feet awful to me and corny really I do not understand why this pop blues brothers version is liked by many it's stupid to me really arghh I do not like that track. bah xxxx

 
but Phil was singer and drummer

I Can't Dance was meant as a joke (just watch the video), why do people take the song so seriously, I dunno...

Kati wrote: I am all for three, after all it's not their fault Gabriel left. After many vocalist auditions, Phil decided to be a singer instead of drummer., this is all good really. So far prog or not Genesis fans like the track "I can't dance" arghhhh it's two left feet awful to me and corny really I do not understand why this pop blues brothers version is liked by many it's stupid to me really arghh I do not like that track. bah xxxx

Ah, Gabriel left long before "three" and really wasn't an issue at that point. No, "Phil" rather reluctantly took over the mike when a suitable enough replacement for Gabriel couldn't be found. If you've ever seen interviews with him around the time of A Trick of the Tail being released, he was a nervous sort who was clearly showing outward signs of feeling somewhat uneasy in his newfound role as frontman. And he never let anyone else touch the drums in the studio. Your mention of "'I can't dance'" here was out of place and just plain weird! Refreshing, though, was your exclusion of pointless, annoying Emoticons with this post. Thanks.

Edited by Rednight - May 28 2015 at 10:26

Rednight wrote: Kati wrote: I am all for three, after all it's not their fault Gabriel left. After many vocalist auditions, Phil decided to be a singer instead of drummer., this is all good really. So far prog or not Genesis fans like the track "I can't dance" arghhhh it's two left feet awful to me and corny really I do not understand why this pop blues brothers version is liked by many it's stupid to me really arghh I do not like that track. bah xxxx Ah, Gabriel left long before "three" and really wasn't an issue at that point. No, "Phil" rather reluctantly took over the mike when a suitable enough replacement for Gabriel couldn't be found. If you've ever seen interviews with him around the time of A Trick of the Tail being released, he was a nervous sort who was clearly showing outward signs of feeling somewhat uneasy in his newfound role as frontman. And he never let anyone else touch the drums in the studio. Your mention of "'I can't dance'" here was out of place and just plain weird! Refreshing, though, was your exclusion of pointless, annoying Emoticons with this post. Thanks.

... I still would like to hog (hug) you tho' very tight

Rednight wrote: ... I still would like to hog (hug) you tho' very tight

Anytime, baby. I'll pick you up at the airport. By the way, I can't dance.[/QUOTE]

I think why this album gets such a hard time is because it was the first sign that they were going in a new direction - shorter songs and the dreadful Follow You, Follow Me. At the time I thought it okay but the weakest album by miles with the exception of From Genesis To Revelation. It's certainly better than most their 80's output and with hindsight not a bad album really. 

I love this album. Prefer it to Duke.

Down and Out gets my vote. I'm surrised Burning Rope hasn't got a few more votes.

Undertow.

Kati wrote: I am all for three, after all it's not their fault Gabriel left. After many vocalist auditions, Phil decided to be a singer instead of drummer., this is all good really. So far prog or not Genesis fans like the track "I can't dance" arghhhh it's two left feet awful to me and corny really I do not understand why this pop blues brothers version is liked by many it's stupid to me really arghh I do not like that track. bah xxxx

Actually Phil was both drummer and singer. (Wonder if he got two wage packets for that?)

This drumming may be one of the reasons why the last inception of Genesis failed. The new guy had a totally different feel.

I Can't Dance is a pun. Roger Waters wrote to Phil Collins telling him he thought it sucked badly. But it was just a joke satirizing jeans commercials; just Genesis being light-hearted. Anyway they finished with a singer who initially found fame - singing in a jeans commercial. (Calling All Stations DVD interview).

The Lady Lies.