Invisible Touch poll!

An album with some poor moments (Anything She Does is the most annoying thing Genesis did save Who Dunnit) and some of their best moments after Wind and Wuthering). I rank the good ones:

Edited by someone_else - August 22 2010 at 10:03

catfood03 wrote: Although Domino is a single track I thought perhaps voters would like the choice of voting for "part A" or "part B", but some of you are saying that I shouldn't have done this.  The Foxtrot poll did not separate Supper's Ready components into individual voting choices. Perhaps I could have offered both the two individually and a third option as a complete track? Live and learn...

No no, mark my words, people are always complaining  If you did them as one track, probably someone would say: why don't you split them? Your choice is quite understandable and defendable.

Moogtron III wrote: catfood03 wrote: Although Domino is a single track I thought perhaps voters would like the choice of voting for "part A" or "part B", but some of you are saying that I shouldn't have done this.  The Foxtrot poll did not separate Supper's Ready components into individual voting choices. Perhaps I could have offered both the two individually and a third option as a complete track? Live and learn... No no, mark my words, people are always complaining  If you did them as one track, probably someone would say: why don't you split them? Your choice is quite understandable and defendable.   My choice: The Last Domino. I love the omimous chords and the rhythm behind it.

Thanks. Its really not a big deal. I guess because of my vinyl copy back in the day I didn't have the CD to cue me to know that it was programmed as one track. I only discovered this recently when I bought the CD version from the new Remastered series. 

Plus I was a kid when I bought Invisible Touch (one of my first records actually). I didn't have a clear understanding of the term "progressive rock" back then, I just thought they were two separate songs with elements from each other thrown in.



Edited by catfood03 - August 22 2010 at 17:43

Lark the Starless wrote: Invisible Touch, am I really the first to vote for it?

yes you are! and i'm glad someone did, because its one of the better songs on the album, IMHO.

oh, i think I will wote for In to Deep that is just a wonderfull ballad, with a nice bridge, and nice chords, but also some odd-time shifts. And the soothing voice of Phil

genbanks wrote: Blacksword wrote: Why is Domino split in two parts in this poll? I regard it as one track, in two parts (not an unfamilar scenario in progressive rock..)   Agree. That`s just a mistake in the poll. Even in the album the track is not divided. Damned by many people, half of the time of this album is not pop rock. Just modern progrock. Domino, Tonight.... and the Brazilian together are almost 25 minutes, and those three songs are far the best for me.   Domino is the highlight, but with the two sections in an only one track, not divided. So I vote for the overall Domino.

yeah, yeah, yeah...  I already addressed this "Damned if I do, Damned if I don't" approach to the Domino track (see above).



Edited by catfood03 - August 23 2010 at 22:11

catfood03 wrote:  The Gabriel years are good too, but I prefer the Collins era from Trick of the Tail onwards.

genbanks wrote: Blacksword wrote: Why is Domino split in two parts in this poll? I regard it as one track, in two parts (not an unfamilar scenario in progressive rock..)   Agree. That`s just a mistake in the poll. Even in the album the track is not divided. Damned by many people, half of the time of this album is not pop rock. Just modern progrock. Domino, Tonight.... and the Brazilian together are almost 25 minutes, and those three songs are far the best for me.   Domino is the highlight, but with the two sections in an only one track, not divided. So I vote for the overall Domino.

Guitar Noir wrote: catfood03 wrote: Lark the Starless wrote: Invisible Touch, am I really the first to vote for it? yes you are! and i'm glad someone did, because its one of the better songs on the album, IMHO.     Not my favorite song.  At the time it was released I was not to pleased with the track however, there are some good moments throughout.  Over the years I have grown to appreciate the song more and more, especially some of the live renditions that I have heard.  I never hated the song, but there was a time when I did not love it.  It will never be in my top 10, 20, or 50 Genesis songs, but overall it is a good track.

I once hated that song (as well as In Too Deep and Land of Confusion)... when it was played 100 times a day on radio and on MTV.  Nothing ruins a song (or a band) more for me than overexposure and that was definitely Genesis in the mid-80's.  After years had passed I re-connected with the album and loved the songs again only after I chose to listen to them.

Guitar Noir wrote:  I love all eras of Genesis, including the short lived Ray Wilson era.  Gabriel's time with the band was epic,  however if I had to pick between Gabriel led Genesis and Collins led Genesis I would have to go with the Collins era.

Me too! I don't care if its an unpopular opinion around these parts to admit loving Collins-era Genesis more than Gabriels's.


Edited by catfood03 - August 24 2010 at 20:17

catfood03 wrote: genbanks wrote: Blacksword wrote: Why is Domino split in two parts in this poll? I regard it as one track, in two parts (not an unfamilar scenario in progressive rock..)   Agree. That`s just a mistake in the poll. Even in the album the track is not divided. Damned by many people, half of the time of this album is not pop rock. Just modern progrock. Domino, Tonight.... and the Brazilian together are almost 25 minutes, and those three songs are far the best for me.   Domino is the highlight, but with the two sections in an only one track, not divided. So I vote for the overall Domino. yeah, yeah, yeah...  I already addressed this "Damned if I do, Damned if I don't" approach to the Domino track (see above).