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    Posted: July 08 2019 at 21:06
This is a question that popped into my head earlier. I like all of these but Get Em Out by Friday takes it for me with Epping and Robbery in a close second and third
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Hogweed 
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All In A Mouses Night always makes me smile
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Originally posted by dougmcauliffe dougmcauliffe wrote:

This is a question that popped into my head earlier. I like all of these but Get Em Out by Friday takes it for me with Epping and Robbery in a close second and third
Pretty much. Definitely “Get ‘em Out” and “Robbery.” I also like “A Trick of the Tail” and “Squonk.”
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

All In A Mouses Night always makes me smile


All in a mouses night always makes my toes curl..

My favourite from that list Return of the Giant Hogweed, especially the version on Genesis Live.
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Somehow I'm missing "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel".


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There are quite a few story based Genesis songs. Another one that comes to my mind is White Mountain.

I pick Slippermen just over Hogweed.
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Battle of Ep^ping Forest is so well told and soooooo funny LOLthat it stands in a class of its own. Heart
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Somehow I'm missing "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel".
Agreed, I would have gone with Musical Box.
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From the list, "Get Em Out By Friday", but my favourite is "One For The Vine".
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Somehow I'm missing "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel".


Wanted to stick with one per album, also didn’t wanna throw in a song like musical box that would likely run away with it
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Somehow I'm missing "The Fountain of Salmacis", "The Musical Box" and "Harold the Barrel".

Agreed, I would have gone with Musical Box.


Ditto, a staggering piece of work from a group of people who were barely out of school.

From the list, Get 'Em Out.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Battle of Ep^ping Forest is so well told and soooooo funny LOLthat it stands in a class of its own. Heart

Agree and when the gang leaders says after all their followers have died-- "There's no one left alive--must be a draw. SO the black cap barons toss a coin to settle the score!" I get chills down my spin when Hackett comes in with his moving guitar lick. Sublime.

But All in a Mouses night a close second ...
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From this list, Get 'em Out by Friday.
I would've voted for either Harold the Barrel or One for the Vine over these.
Still, it's Genesis.  It's all good.


Edited by TerLJack - July 09 2019 at 09:24
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Hogweed and Get 'Em Out, vote for Hogweed.
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1st vote for "Robbery."
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All in a Mouse's Night is wittily told from a number of perspectives. It also has some wonderful melodies
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Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

There are quite a few story based Genesis songs. Another one that comes to my mind is White Mountain.

I'm actually trying to wrap my mind around what makes a song story or non-story based.

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Originally posted by Tapfret Tapfret wrote:

Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

There are quite a few story based Genesis songs. Another one that comes to my mind is White Mountain.

I'm actually trying to wrap my mind around what makes a song story or non-story based.


I think I was going for the more quirky songs where There’s multiple characters
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I´ll have to think very hard before I can vote. Lots of great sories here. 
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