Cinema Show vs Firth of Fifth
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Topic: Cinema Show vs Firth of Fifth
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Cinema Show vs Firth of Fifth
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 10:34
| Please keep in mind I am including "aisle of plenty" as part of Cinema Show. |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 10:44
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Love both, but I really love "Cinema Show". Those are my favourite tracks off Selling England by the Pound. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 10:48
both, I could not choose between these two, so "both" option is the easy way out. 
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Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 11:51
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Firth of Fifth is my favourite track of that album. I'm not so fond of The Cinema Show. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:01
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Now THIS is a good poll! I can't choose between the two. Both are powerhouse tracks. Some of Banks' finest work is in Cinema show. Both. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:09
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love both so voted both---rare for one album to have the greatest prog guitar and keyboard solo on one album.
the way they both play long solos with nuance and rising and falling power is really amazing for some 23 year olds.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:12
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Firth Of Fifth ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:20
| Can't choose between them - first heard them when I was 13, I am 57 now. Still make me cry. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:22
| I guess equally! Each have their strengths and moods to go with them |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:22
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The Cinema Show
Yeah, I tend to think of Aisle Of Plenty as part of The Cinema Show. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:29
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Couldn't be easier…  Cinema Show.Firth of Fifth a bit classical and plain to me... I like jazz (fusion) so on the other hand, I like Cinema's 'jazzy malice': syncopated drums and synth passages (also love the beautiful and more mellow first part : )) |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:37
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TCS ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 12:42
| Can't choose between them - first heard them when I was 13, I am 57 now. Still make me cry. |
Posted By: A Bard
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:10
| I cant choose, they are both timeless masterpieces. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:12
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Another tough one... Probably my favourite Genesis album just edging out Foxtrot. I'll have to go with FoF. I love the piano intro and the overall vibe of the song. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:32
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Both. One for Hackett's guitar solo, the other for Tony Banks' keyboard solo. Amazing. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:33
| Firth Of Fifth. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:33
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Always been a big Cinema Show fan. That's my vote. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 13:46
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The two truly sensational tracks on that album are Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and... Cinema Show. Firth of Fifth is still excellent though. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 14:00
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FoF is a master piece. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 14:10
| I almost went with firth of fifth since if I were to do a list of my top Genesis songs it would probably be ahead of Cinema Show, however, ultimately they are more or less equal to me though. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 14:32
| Firth of Fifth for sure. Cinema Show is an excellent piece of music, and the keyboard solo is quite amazing, with a nice flute section in it, but Firth of Fifth has a great piano intro, excellent flute playing (if only a little), a great keyboard solo, and the amazing guitar solo by Steve Hackett, so overall, a more complete song, with a better melody, and all the members of the band (the bass and the drums are quite amazing too) contribute big time to make it and out of this world listening experience. |
Posted By: Sacro_Porgo
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 16:56
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Firth Of Fifth. Not enough Hackett in The Cinema Show. ------------- Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 02 2020 at 22:11
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Cinema Show has always been one of my fav Genesis songs... -------------   
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Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 00:41
| Unfair contest. Firth Of Fifth beats everything else. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 01:37
Ditto. ------------- 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 01:54
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Fifth for me. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 03:48
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Firth of Fifth is perfection. Cinema Show - I prefer the more bombastic live version from Seconds Out , the studio version just seems to 'die' before going into Aisle Of Plenty.
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 08:28
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Cinema Show: the acoustic beginning (Gabriel and Hackett) is wonderful but then, when Banks take the control... To my ears, Cinema Show isn't a masterpiece just as Musical Box isn't. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 17:03
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Firth Of Fifth, really. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 18:47
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FoF by a hair. Man, that guitar solo! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: May 03 2020 at 21:46
Firth of Fifth, its my favorite Genesis song 
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: May 04 2020 at 07:46
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Both equally, 2 absolute classics, love them both. |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: May 04 2020 at 08:17
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Firth easily but I like Cinema as well. ------------- We all live in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 04 2020 at 08:27
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If were talking the originals from SEBTP, then Firth of Fifth gets my vote. Te piano intro and Hackett's lead guitar work wins out here. Equals if we were voting on the Seconds Out live versions. Two of the greatest live performances ever recorded. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: May 05 2020 at 07:32
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I love SEBTP as a whole but if I have to choose, then it's relatively easy for me. FoF is one of the finest progrock song ever written and it gets my vote. Fantastic piano intro with long instrumental part full of Hackett in the second half of the song make this composition almost perfect. Then it'd be DwtMK from SEBTP and third TCS (with or without Aisle of Plenty). ------------- 
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Posted By: Steve Wyzard
Date Posted: May 05 2020 at 09:57
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Not only is Firth of Fifth better than The Cinema Show, it's the greatest single composition the band has ever done. Yes, even better than Supper's Ready!
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: May 05 2020 at 10:06
| Love both but I'll take the Fifth on this one. |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: May 05 2020 at 10:25
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Firth of Fifth is perhaps my favourite Genesis track so it gets my vote ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: May 06 2020 at 01:04
| I love both of them. But since I like guitars slightly better than keyboards, I went for FoF. It has one of the best guitar solos in the history of rock music. Only Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb ties with it. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 06 2020 at 18:13
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Piling on the Firth. Of course Cinema Show is a close second. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 06 2020 at 22:49
| Firth of Fifth, I guess... though both are part of Selling England's holy trinity, along with Dancing with the Moonlit Knight. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: May 08 2020 at 16:34
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Cinema. Firth is a bit overdramatic and depressing. Honestly both songs overrated but still good  ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Quirky Turkey
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 03:08
| Firth of Fifth is perfect |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 03:39
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Both incredible. Cinema Show gets the nod today ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: May 09 2020 at 04:07
| I’ve waited this long to say something (not that anyone gives a sh*t) but, to pit gold against gold, well, it’s impossible. Two of the best Genesis pieces ever. |