Genesis' hardest rocking song

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   The Knife by far.  It doesn't really fit with the Genesis "sound", making it a rare curio IMO.

Poll Question: Which song by these guys rocks the most?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
The Knife	43	[45.26%]
The Musical Box	10	[10.53%]
The Return of the Giant Hogweed	7	[7.37%]
Get 'Em Out by Friday	3	[3.16%]
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight	3	[3.16%]
In the Cage	4	[4.21%]
Back in N.Y.C.	19	[20.00%]
Dance on a Volcano	4	[4.21%]
Supper's Ready	2	[2.11%]
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Wanorak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 09 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4574	Posted: February 08 2014 at 14:18
	The Knife by far. It doesn't really fit with the Genesis "sound", making it a rare curio IMO.
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	That final section on the Knife is perhaps among the top ten prog moments ever! The bass in particular is booming!
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Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15926	Posted: February 08 2014 at 14:53
	The end section of Hogweed is bloody heavy......

Progosopher Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6499	Posted: February 08 2014 at 15:30
	Overall, I would say The Knife, but there are parts of many of these other songs that rock just as much if not more.
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	The Knife
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genbanks Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 08 2010 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 956	Posted: February 08 2014 at 17:48
	I think that Genesis has heavier moments after these songs in the list, like Down and out, Abacab, Mama or Calling all stations. But as someone said before, these tracks of the list, some of them have heavy sections. Apocalypse in 9/8 is one, Giant Hogweed (the ending), Musical box, and of course The Knife. In the cage, especially on the live versions sounds rough and heavy, mainly the central section. Volcano tool. I think the list is ok, maybe except Friday and Moonlit knight. I will vote for Musical Box.

Barbu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30855	Posted: February 08 2014 at 18:07
	The Knife

Guitarnoize Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: March 21 2011 Location: Wichita, KS Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: February 08 2014 at 19:32
	Down and Out

HackettFan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2012 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 7951	Posted: February 08 2014 at 20:09
	1 Lillywhite Lilith 2 Back in NYC 3 The Knife 4 Return of the Giant Hogweed

Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34100	Posted: February 08 2014 at 20:24
	Watcher of the Sky has Phil Collins inventing blast beat, later taken futher by Black Metal. The Knife is pretty awesome as well


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	The Knife
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	Los Endos must be one of the hardest rock songs of all and second home by the sea. The earlier material whilst heavy, still easier on the ear
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	Knife rocks hardest. TMB rocks best!
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	"Supper's Ready" for the movement "Apocalypse in 9/8" gets my vote.

Bald_Jean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: November 11 2013 Location: Cologne, Germny Status: Offline Points: 34	Posted: February 09 2014 at 03:50
	The Knife, but in the live version only.. if only studio albums count: Lilywhite Lilith

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	The Musical Box ending


Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12901	Posted: February 09 2014 at 13:02
	I guess "The Knife" is the obvious choice here, but also, more so on the live version. Genesis might not have rocked hard very often, but they usually added an edge to their songs live that usually makes me to prefer them. Both "Musical Box", and even more so "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" are wonderful live, and I particularly love Collins drumming in such songs, which usually is too subdued in the studio versions. Songs such as "Return of the Giant Hogweed" and "Get 'em out by Fryday" may be kind of hard rocking too... but for me they are just annoying. Also, as far as harder songs is concerned, the album "And then there were Three" has it's good share of them (though the songs may be more keyboard heavy, in kind of an ELP way, instead of guitar heavy).

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	The Knife as a whole. (As for sections, the ending of Hogweed wins)

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	So, where is Watcher of the Skies?
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	Hogweed closely followed by The Knife (both live versions).