Tony Banks - ...And Then There Were Three...
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Topic: Tony Banks - ...And Then There Were Three...
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Subject: Tony Banks - ...And Then There Were Three...
Date Posted: July 22 2014 at 21:50
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Which one of these tracks penned by Tony Banks is your favorite? Burning Rope's meaning still eludes me to this day, but a good song nonetheless. I gotta go with The Lady Lies, fantastic song live.
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Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 22 2014 at 21:54
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Undertow, for me, is one of the best songs Banks ever wrote. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:34
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Undertow for me too. Burning Rope a close 2nd. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:54
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I picked "Undertow," a fine song!!
Banks did fantastic stuff throughout this LP, one of my favorites of that year.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 00:33
Exactly my choice too  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
HolyMoly wrote:Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 00:46
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Wow !! Five excellent tracks. I'd have to go for 'The Lady Lies'. ATTWT is such an under appreciated album. Banks has been a virtuoso for years by this time, and he's really on fire throughout this period. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 00:54
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Burning Rope!! ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 01:02
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I've never heard the B-side to Many Too Many (The Day The Light Went Out), but from first listen, it's not big on my list. I'm actually surprised at the results!! Usually the song longest in length wins polls. So far, Undertow's winning. And I'll put my vote into that pool. Strong emotion, that one. Everything's in its right place. Drums are tight, Phil's voice is soaring, and Banks' keyboards set the whole atmosphere.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 01:17
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The Day The Light Went Out Didn't make the album as it was deemed to be too much like early Genesis apparently. Its a killer track much better than most of the album imho ( I would only put Deep In The Motherlode above it) and I really like the album as it is.
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 01:20
Good one there  ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 02:06
Also there's the Spot The Pigeon EP, which I always came across lumped in with the 'Rarities' section at record fairs, but many vendors had a copy for sale either way. It has the wonderful track 'Inside And Out'. Off topic, there's something special about Duke. I loved it when I bought my copy in 1987, forgot about it for years, then re-discovered it a couple of years back and it hit me for six.......(I must be getting old.......) Oh, I feel that Phil has bought an element of his Brand X playing to his drums on ATTWT. Just blowing. |
Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 02:11
I've seen that Pigeon EP at nearly every record store I've been to. Most of the time, they have nothing from Genesis but 5 new copies of that EP. When I find it used, I'll pick it up and listen. I thought maybe it was shotty bootlegs at first glance. Leftovers from Wind & Wuthering, eh? I'll definitely check it out. AND that Vancouver song, haha. Thanks
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 03:48
| Spot The Pigeon = not rare at all..... |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 04:13
When was this said? Would love to read/hear/watch whatever interview this was from. I quite like the song as well, would have been a great fit for the album, both musically and lyrically. Vancouver could have worked but I don't know, sounds like it would have fit better on Duke. -------------
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 04:19
I think it sounds quite like pre Trick Genesis, but with the modern Dave Hentschel production. It would have been a welcome addition for the album, perhaps replacing 'Scenes from a nights dream' or maybe replacing Your own Special Way or Wot Gorrila on WAW. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 05:24
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Undertow - never realised he wrote so many great songs on that album!
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 05:36
| a quite under rated album by Genesis, Undertow gets my vote, the rest are more then ok to my ears |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 07:25
This. -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 09:21
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5 great songs! My favorite: Undertow
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 10:18
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Undertow +1
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 14:59
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Burning Rope with Undertow a close second---can't get over that big synth opening of Rope---with Hackett on this song it could have been even more amazing. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 16:00
Exactly this. ------------- 
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: July 23 2014 at 20:43
Exactly this |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 01:37
I read it on here unfortunately
 . The comment makes sense so I went with it. The thread was discussing the fact that Genesis had recorded a whole prog album which was subsequently discarded for Abacab. I think it was Rutherford who mentioned this in an interview but I've got no links. Sorry! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 01:39
| Undertow |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 01:40
I like Scenes From A Night Dream , probably one of my favourite tracks on the album. I would not be to miserable if Follow You Follow Me made way for it
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 01:43
I once said that I want "Burning Rope" played at my funeral. I guess that says it all  ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 03:32
| Even though they've gone the shorter composition styling, these songs still pack a punch and are quite complex.... |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 03:35
| Burning Rope! And to the OP, the song has always been about wasted time and wasted life to me. Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal, the only survivors on this world of us are... |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 05:33
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The chorus and last verse make sense with the interpretation, but what is the significance of the first verse? To poke another hole, who is "The man in the moon who seduced you and finally loosed you"?
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 05:59
I'm the other way round on those two songs.. Although when I first got into that album I would have agreed with you. My perspective changed. Don't know why. SFAND has some strong melodies and nice well placed key changes in good Genesis tradition, but structurally I find it a lazy song that could have been developed more, but then you could probably argue that for a lot of the shorter songs on ATTWT and Duke. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: July 24 2014 at 07:20
I agree, lyrically it fits so well with the album but I can't help but feel that if it was more developed it would be a much better song. -------------
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: July 26 2014 at 22:20
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Undertow.
------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |