Trick of the Tail
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Topic: Trick of the Tail
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Subject: Trick of the Tail
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 18:20
God help me I cant choose just one 
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Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 19:21
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Hard to choose... but Ripples probably today. ------------- 
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 19:50
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Probably Dance on a Volcano or Squonk, guess I'll vote for Squonk. Obviously really good album. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 21:42
| Can you give every song on the album 10 out of 10? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 22:47
| Entangled I guess. On this one my favourite ones are the poppier ones: Entangles, Squonk, and Trick of the Tail. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 00:20
"Ripples" for me, although I prefer Annie Haslam's version on the Genesis tribute album, "Supper's Ready"  |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 01:34
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Dance dance dance ------------- 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: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 02:11
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all of them, except maybe Squonk (it was an early fave, but I grew tired of it quite quickly) I went for the TT, but I felt that RA&B gets a vote as well. TOTT is an amazingly even album, with no real weak points.
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 03:07
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All are top, this is my fav Genesis album ever, trully an elegand and smooth prog album. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 03:21
I like that, and will always love Annie's voice, but no way do I prefer that to the original. As far as Genesis covers from this great album go, I also really like this, but again it can't touch the original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNHZ-dvgSHo" rel="nofollow - Hydria - Entangled What do you think? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 03:23
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My favourite Genesis album. My vote goes to Dance on a Volcano as its the song that got me into Genesis. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 07:25
Yes, it's indeed a hard choice, but Ripples also gets my vote, because of Hackett's excellent guitar playing. The rest are also magnificent.
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 08:03
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Dance on a Volcano
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 08:14
| I'll take the opener... |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 10:17
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Hard to pick, so many great tracks on this album. I went with Ripples. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 10:22
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Entangled. After that, Squonk, Ripples (beautiful version by Annie!), Trick of the Tail. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 10:52
| The only weakness on the album for me is that Dance On A Volcano and Los Endos were not knitted together like they were in the live shows. The ending of Dance On A Volcano (studio) is especially weak. The title track and Robberry, Assault and Battery are also slightly below the level of the other songs . I voted Squonk as I think I did the last time this was done. Mad Man Moon , Ripples and Entangled are also brilliant tracks of course but not as powerful to my ears. |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 12:26
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Los Endos ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 12:46
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To poll, the impossible poll.. Aaagh damn you all to hell. But I will go along with Ripples and leave you to ponder just why I picked that one.... ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 13:09
| My fav Genesis album. Maybe the best album by any group after losing their lead singer. Dance on a Volcano is a great way to announce to the world that you're still here and better than ever. |
Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 13:13
Not better than the original but wow, that is really good. I don't know Haslam's work. Something I need to check out.
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Posted By: judahbenkenobi
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 14:59
| For me it's between Dance and Entangled, but since I am a die-hard fan of volcano climbing, I have to do the Dance on a Volcano. I had that song playing outloud during the final attack on my 37th volcano climbed in my home country (Guatemala) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 16:49
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Entangled. That outro!!! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 17:08
| While I didn't vote for it I actually like "robbery, assault and battery" and can't understand why only one vote(or why so many seem to dislike it so much). That mellotron break on that track is really good and one of their best imo. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 17:18
exactly...take away the outro and I guess Squonk might be my favorite. But then part of why I like Squonk is the way it follows the outro in Entangled!
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 18:55
so true and Banks said he thought it was his favorite song on the album even though he wrote Mad Man Moon alone---Entangled is always the song I hear and think why can't Steve and Tony collaborate again?
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Posted By: Machinemessiah
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 19:05
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Trick. Los Endos second. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 23:12
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Entangled over Mad Man Moon. I love the guitar lead in Ripples, but not too much the rest of the song. Los Endos needed to be longer. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 29 2019 at 01:06
Collins in 'mockney gangster' mode maybe?
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 29 2019 at 02:57
Musically, RA&B is great, but Collin's comedy cockney performance is fairly embarrassing IMO, although I have heard Genesis do far worse when it comes to 'comedy' tracks. Illegal Alien springs to mind, which would probably register somewhere in my top 20 worst pop songs of all time. I actually don't mind RA&B, and some of the instrumental parts are superb. I never skip it, put it that way. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 29 2019 at 09:08
I guess I never really paid that close attention to that part but it doesn't really bother me. He was trained in the theater as a kid so I suppose that part comes out every so often. I don't think it's something worth being offended by unless Phil Collins actually said somewhere "I don't like people with cockney accents."
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 29 2019 at 09:56
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Los Endos ------------- |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 29 2019 at 23:24
You should check Renaissance. I do love them. Their sound is sort of folkis, I guess, with some very beautiful piano too (besides Annies singing, of course), and lot's or orchestrations. Very little or no electric guitars and synths, though (which is part of what makes them great, in my book). My first album from them, and the one I would recommend also, is Live at Carnegie Hall. It's got just my favourite songs on my favourite versions. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 30 2019 at 00:38
Would be funny if he did say that but probably not. Actually it doesn't bother me that much but just stops me from taking it that seriously even if the drums are great on it (but they are on most of the album)
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Posted By: thief
Date Posted: October 30 2019 at 07:07
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Today I pick Squonk. Great rhythm and that fantastic melody kicking in at 1:45, it always moves me. Most of these songs need to grow a pair though |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 30 2019 at 08:48
That's why I tend to skip that track, musically good otherwise.
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Posted By: The Shrubbery
Date Posted: October 30 2019 at 14:22
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Have you seen the beautiful things that Ray Wilson (guy who briefly took over for Phil) has done with Entangled? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igWCdFy91hI" rel="nofollow - ------------- Let's make Prog a family again. Tired of Snobbery and trolling. We all have a right to love what and who we love so lets respect and appreciate all who care about the finest music in the world... prog |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: October 31 2019 at 05:05
There's a poll lurking there, surely?..................... BOT, yes, great album, not so keen on RA&B (why did Genesis somehow always seem to manage at least one poor track per album?), so maybe Squonk today....
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 31 2019 at 15:04
| Superb album. MMM gets my vote. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 01 2019 at 00:39
interesting idea cetainly Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast Yes - Drama are a couple that spring immediately to mind , but struggling a bit after that. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 01 2019 at 00:49
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: November 01 2019 at 01:54
"Holy mother of God, you've got to go faster than that to get to the TOP! Dirty old mountain, covered in smoke; she can turn you to stone; so you better start doing it RIGHT..." ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: SquonkHunter
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 08:42
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So many great songs to choose from. My favorite Genesis album and the one that made me a die-hard fan. That said, I must go with Entangled. With Steve and Tony collaborating it is their best by far. Too bad they didn't do more together. What might have been . . . ------------- "You never had the things you thought you should have had and you'll not get them now..." |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 18:45
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Ripples is pretty nice. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: progaholic6
Date Posted: November 08 2019 at 08:23
| This was my first experience of prog, and it never IMHO been surpassed. Couldn't possibly choose a fave, but Los Endos was a bit pointless. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 02:51
Los Endos pointless? It's broadly regarded as being among their best tracks. You're entitled to think what you want of course, but in what way is it pointless? ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 16:13
| Yep that does seem a strange comment although I much prefer it when they knitted it together with Dance On A Volcano on those great live shows from 1976 through to 80. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 11 2019 at 17:16
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Dance on a Volcano is one of my favorite Genesis songs. Its energetic but really subtle in its complexity. I never thought about how complex it was until I watched this video. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 12 2019 at 02:28
Yep! Agree. The live versions I've heard are all superior to the studio version, although it is a great closer to the album. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 15 2020 at 11:07
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Mad Man Moon ------------- 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: Mortte
Date Posted: April 15 2020 at 11:26
| Dance On Volcano |