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Tom Ozric

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Posted: April 29 2016 at 23:22

^ ....but you loathe Genesis, right ??

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Posted: April 30 2016 at 00:51

Follow You, Follow Me .... just kidding! I go for the brick in the wall

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Posted: April 30 2016 at 03:53

None of the above

PROGMATIC

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Posted: April 30 2016 at 06:43

Tom Ozric wrote:

^ ....but you loathe Genesis, right ??

since when have I ever said that. I love Genesis.. I just think they were a better pop band than a prog one. They could write good songs.. but were out of their league as a prog group. Didn't have the chops, creativity to cut it as a 1st division prog band which many here rank them as. I enjoy songs by them in their prog incarnation.. but every single one of their albums tends to be the same. A few good songs.. the rest.. filler... and without the chops that made other 1st rate prog bands still interesting to listen to even when guilty of failing to hit the G-spot of great songwriting.. an interesting concept or what have you.

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Posted: April 30 2016 at 08:56

I guess Wonderous---but almost voted for Wall---catchy tune

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Posted: May 01 2016 at 05:00

Floyd this time.

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Posted: May 01 2016 at 20:07

Wondrous Stories for me, although all the songs here, I think, are bloody amazing.

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 00:04

None of the above LOL

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 02:43

Wonerous Stories > Another Brick in the Wall pt 2 >> Follow You, Follow Me

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 02:50

Wanorak wrote:

Follow You, Follow Me.

I'm ashamed to say it, but I agree.

The others are pretty good, but Follow You Follow Me is lovely.

If you forget that they are by Genesis so you don't compare them to the Trespass to Wind and Wuthering era, some of the later Genesis albums aren't bad.

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 03:07

Hercules wrote:

Wanorak wrote:

Follow You, Follow Me.

I'm ashamed to say it, but I agree.

The others are pretty good, but Follow You Follow Me is lovely.

If you forget that they are by Genesis so you don't compare them to the Trespass to Wind and Wuthering era, some of the later Genesis albums aren't bad.

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 06:22

Wond'rous Stories (even though FYFM was my wedding song).

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Posted: May 02 2016 at 22:52

Another Brick in the Wall isn't even in the top 20 Floyd songs, yet it's better than the other 2 tracks. (Wonderous Stories is in 2nd place.) Gilmour's solo? I learned it lick for lick, yet I could never play it even half the way he does. It's that solo which makes it magic for me. What a touch.

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Posted: May 03 2016 at 07:20

micky wrote:

Tom Ozric wrote:

^ ....but you loathe Genesis, right ??

Funny how perspectives differ so much...

I think they had great chops but were mostly appalling as a pop act..

Often embarrassing and overshadowed in terms of song writing by many contemporary pop acts at the time. As a prog act they were fantastic thoughtful composers of music, not just shredding show offs and noodlers..

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

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Posted: May 03 2016 at 21:58

Blacksword wrote:

micky wrote:

Tom Ozric wrote:

^ ....but you loathe Genesis, right ??

Funny how perspectives differ so much...

I think they had great chops but were mostly appalling as a pop act..

OK, I think they were great as both a prog band and as a pop band, though they do have some sub-par songs on both eras... and even some very annoying ones (more of them on the prog era for me, actually). However, I prefer prog over pop, so I do prefer prog Genesis over pop Genesis.

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Posted: May 03 2016 at 22:06

jude111 wrote:

That's the greatness of Gilmour in my book. There are many guitar players who could learn the notes and play them perfectly. We have heard covers, we have heard live versions from Roger Waters concerts. However, they all loose something... you might hear the same melody, the same playing... but it just doens't sound the same... the feeling is gone. Perhaps if a live album from the Waters tour with Eric Clapton was released, he might have done a better job at getting the feeling right, in his own way.

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Posted: May 04 2016 at 12:36

The Yes for it being quite eloquent on a very classy album by the boys. The other two are radio fill.

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Posted: May 04 2016 at 12:43

^ oh well

Brick > FYFM> Stories Big smile

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Posted: May 04 2016 at 13:53

someone_else wrote:

Wonderous Stories > Another Brick in the Wall pt 2 >> Follow You, Follow Me

This, but not really impressed by any of them.

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Posted: May 04 2016 at 19:46

I don't really like any of them. Maybe Another Brick in the Wall?

Poll Question: Which do you purr-fur?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Wond'rous Stories	34	[41.46%]
Follow You, Follow Me	15	[18.29%]
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2	33	[40.24%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted