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fudgenuts64
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Topic: Tony Banks - ...And Then There Were Three... Posted: July 22 2014 at 21:50 |
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: July 22 2014 at 21:54 |
Undertow, for me, is one of the best songs Banks ever wrote.
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:34 |
Undertow for me too. Burning Rope a close 2nd.
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Posted: July 22 2014 at 23:54 |
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: July 23 2014 at 00:33 |
HolyMoly wrote:
Undertow for me too. Burning Rope a close 2nd. | Exactly my choice too
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 00:46 |
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.
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 00:54 |
Burning Rope!!
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 01:02 |
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: July 23 2014 at 01:17 |
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: July 23 2014 at 01:20 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
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. |
Good one there
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 02:06 |
Raccoon wrote:
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. |
I scored the 7" of Many Too Many years ago, plain sleeve, and it features Lights Went Out and a track called Vancouver. 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.
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 02:11 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
Raccoon wrote:
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. | I scored the 7" of Many Too Many years ago, plain sleeve, and it features Lights Went Out and a track called Vancouver.
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'.
Getting back to the 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.......) |
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: July 23 2014 at 03:48 |
Spot The Pigeon = not rare at all.....
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 04:13 |
richardh wrote:
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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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: July 23 2014 at 04:19 |
richardh wrote:
The Day The Light Went OutDidn'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.
| 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.
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 05:24 |
Undertow - never realised he wrote so many great songs on that album!
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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
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 07:25 |
richardh wrote:
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: July 23 2014 at 09:21 |
5 great songs! My favorite: Undertow
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Posted: July 23 2014 at 10:18 |
Undertow +1
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