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Topic: Peter Gabriel Plays Down Genesis Reunion
Posted: October 02 2011 at 11:06

According to Peter the possibility of a Genesis reunion is slim:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-gabriel-possibility-of-a-genesis-reunion-is-slim-20110927

Edited by Adams Bolero - October 02 2011 at 11:11

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 11:14

Sadly i hear too much of this.

But he has a point - he is enjoying the music he does now so why stop to make a flawed tour that people have been wanting for so long?

Supper's Ready would be cool to hear on his tour though!

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 11:15

I like PG's reply to this remark :

AG : As I'm sure you know, the tribute band The Musical Box recreates 1970s Genesis shows and plays to gigantic crowds.

PG : I know. It's amazing. They're probably making more money from it then we did at the time.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 12:03

Never Say Never.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 12:26

I saw the Milton Keynes reunion gig. It was chucking it down, and all of us got exceptionally wet.

The gig itself was magical, but only from a nostalgia point of view. The band themselves said it was not good musically, and that is why it has never been released officially, even though it would have sold by the truckload.

The time is past. Let's remember a great band in their time, and look forward to new things.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 13:09

This, to me, is the most important part:

"But in a way, you want to hang on to a moment that has come and gone. And you may be able to bring back a lot of memories of that moment, but you are no longer in that moment – and nor are the other ones."

Things like this are why I respect Peter so much.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 13:30

I long since gave up hope on this ever happening. Would be great if it did but I wont hold my breath.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 14:12

I think that time will tell.....I have some hope reading this interview. I never read a strong NO from any of his interviews of past couple years.

He is a perfectionist, as are the others.....So you can read he is not gonna do anything that does not meet his expectations as a group, it really sounds like he wants to perform some of the songs live.

I also think he wants to do something with The Lamb....apperantly there is no film so it could be a movie or a tour around The Lamb.

At the end of the day they are like athletes, they all want to end their careers on a high note, get that last TD, hit that last HR and kick that last goal!

I'm not holding my breath but I have hope.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 14:13

In all honesty, I don't have much respect for him. How he didn't show up to the Genesis rock hall of fame induction because he was rehearsing for his personal tour. All his fans and the other members of the band would love to have a reunion tour, but Peter's only reason for not doing it is "meh... I don't really feel like it". He seems to think that he's the only person in the world.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 15:39

I thought the entire world had already been under the impression that Peter Gabriel and Genesis were never going to reunite. Are people still seriously bugging them about this slim possibility? If I were Peter, I'd probably refuse to rejoin Genesis, if not only for the reason that people keep buggin'.

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Posted: October 02 2011 at 16:42

Gabriel is making me sick with his contradictions! If we check the cover of the new Classic Rock presents prog, we see a quote from him: "Genesis, if the project is right, it could happen!" But at the same time, he says to another magazine that the chances are slim? Oh, come on, Peter! Why don't you just retire as well? Scratch my back and New Blood are plain boring, I'll scratch yours hasn't even appeared, I/O has also been announced ages ago but haven't appeared either, so why keep giving fans false hope for a Genesis reunion that will never ever happen at all! We all know it was you that pulled the plug out of the reunion tour, so we got the hits lineup instead!

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Posted: October 03 2011 at 01:22

I thought the main stumbling block for this was Phil Collins and his back problems. Someone on PA said he could no longer play. Was that exaggerated? Collins had previously said he would only be happy with a full reunion if he could play drums only.

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Posted: October 03 2011 at 01:32

richardh wrote:

I thought the main stumbling block for this was Phil Collins and his back problems. Someone on PA said he could no longer play. Was that exaggerated? Collins had previously said he would only be happy with a full reunion if he could play drums only.

He can't play and doesn't really want to. According to Wikipedia he managed to play some drums for the Motown album, but he had to tape the sticks to his hands.

I honestly don't see why anybody would care about Genesis reuniting for one show/tour.

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Posted: October 03 2011 at 02:14

Phil also is almoust deaf on one ear (heavy Tinitus)

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Posted: October 03 2011 at 02:18

lets face it......i know people who work for some big newspapers and what not and he never probably said that all.....i was totally mis qouted in a local newspaper several weeks ago when the Prime Minister turned up at my workplace....

it will never happen....and if it did it wouldn't be the same....realistically it would probably turn out quite bad.....

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Posted: October 03 2011 at 16:28

Yes but still u have to admit it would be the experience of a lifetime-all the members except pete wud play the same as they always have

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Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:11

Hi,

I think it's a dead horse ... I keep thinking that all we're trying to do is to re-live a moment from yesteryear, and I'm not sure it can be done. If they did it and they had new material for an hour, it would be worth it, but watch everyone here immediately say that it is not as good as something else, or say that it sounds terribly outdated and boring because it does not have the edge of the music these days. Something like that ...

In my book, Phil burned himself out with too much work and touring ... and is paying the price for it, and is the main reason why he is "retired". Steve Hackett is all over the place with everyone and the kitchen sink. Peter is on his own trip. Mike, who knows ... maybe another evening with another mechanic! ... and Tony ... comes off like another lazy person that does not do anything except a Genesis song once every month!

These guys have toured enough and burned themselves up enough. So for them to spend the rest of their time resting and doing something else is just fine with me. We all age, and have to slow down, except that a rock audience does not like to believe that their heroes should die and go to PA heaven!

Let it go!

There are others out there just as good and deserving that you are not listening to.

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