Five Songs by Genesis
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Topic: Five Songs by Genesis
Posted By: Boboulo
Subject: Five Songs by Genesis
Date Posted: September 02 2020 at 23:11
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Regarding the art of melody, Genesis are up there with The Beatles. As the very last poll that is posted by myself, here are my five faves by Genesis, of course from their "symphonic" phase. I will go with "Entangled". Which song you prefer?
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 02 2020 at 23:58
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cinema ------------- 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: richardh
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 00:18
| Entangled |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 00:28
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Hah!~This time I went with Seven Stones, it's such a sweet and ancient tune! But really, The Cinema Show is the right answer.
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 01:07
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The Cinema Show. The other songs here are good choices, but they just don't have the complexity of Cinema Show, which was originally part of a 20-minute suite with DWtMK and Aisle of Plenty. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 01:15
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Entangled. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 01:56
| Tough choice between the last two but I think Cinema Show just edges it. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 02:29
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Watchers, then Cinema Show. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 02:55
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The Cinema Show just pips Watchers and Stagnation. But they're all fantastic. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 03:02
Was it? I mean, I've heard The Cinema Show was conceived as a ~20 minute epic piece, but they ultimately decided against it in order to fit After the Ordeal and appease Hackett. If it was meant to be played with Dancing with the Moonlit Knight, it's already 20 minutes, so why was it cut & split in the first place? Just wondering what's the real story behind it.
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FatherChristmas wrote:Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 03:42
To avoid comparisons to Supper's Ready. That was, I think the main reason. It was the same reason they cancelled the Duke suite, and a few others too. I ran a thread on the subject a while ago: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=123788 I actually think it was a more strategic idea to have one, uncontested masterpiece, than what for example Yes and Rush did (make loads of possible masterpieces), so people argue about which was the best one all the time. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 04:50
| Seven Stones, one of my favorite Genesis songs (from my favorite Genesis album). |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 05:21
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Cinema Show, just ahead of Entangled (and that awesome outro). ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 06:44
| Watcher of the Skies, Cinema Show, Entangled, all very close. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 07:03
| Stagnation. Absolutely fascinating song. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 07:16
Maybe you should vote for it then?
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 09:02
| The Cinema show is a masterpiece and any song with a long Banks solo is usually a great song---also love Entangled. The band doesn't talk about this being part of an epic long piece like they do with Duke so not sure why people are always talking about it so much. Either way for me SEBTP has always been a concept album about England in the 70's. So it doesn't matter what order the songs are in. |
Posted By: countdm
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 09:16
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1. Watcher of the Skies 2. Stagnation 3, The Cinema Show 4. Entangled 5. Seven Stones |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 09:59
Point one - people talk about it so much here now probably because of my thread I posted in response to thief's posted. I don't know the band and the music press don't talk about it and the Lamb and Dodo suites so much. Point two - I agree, SEBTP, Duke, Foxtrot, and a few other Genesis albums could be concept albums. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 10:29
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Seven Stones +1 Cinema show Stagnation Watcher Entangled I like all of them. ------------- 
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 10:32
Surely 8 stones then?  ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 10:42
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Watcher of the Skies ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 11:00
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. Point two - I agree, SEBTP, Duke, Foxtrot, and a few other Genesis albums could be concept albums. [/QUOTE]
Get the others but --why Foxtrot?
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 11:17
| Cinema Show |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 11:20
Same sort of thing as SEBTP, accept Foxtrot is more themed on England's past, wheras SEBTP was about England at the present (when it was released, anyway). Watcher of the Skies - about a John Keats poem. Great intro. Time Table - a lament about how old England deteriorated through constant war. Get 'Em Out By Friday - about corrupt property developers. Admittedly, this seems more SEBTP than Foxtrot, but actually it's been happening since property development and renting flats began in the 12th century. Can-utility and the Coastliners - about the legendary king Cnut (or Canute). Horizons - instrumental, no comment Supper's Ready - who knows? But there are a lot of allusions to old England in there - and, funnily enough, the Book of Revelation from the Bible. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: September 03 2020 at 11:49
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 04 2020 at 02:05
Really? I thought it was about aliens. EDIT - so the title comes from a Keats poem but the lyrics are about aliens looking down on a deserted Earth.
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Posted By: Boboulo
Date Posted: September 04 2020 at 03:59
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: September 04 2020 at 12:57
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Entangled. But I would vote Stagnation perhaps the next time I'm asked. ------------- 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: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 04 2020 at 23:32
If it was actually thought about being made an epic like that, the why the hell didn't they? For comparisons to Supper's Ready? What's with them and their fear of comparisons being made with that song... this other epic would have given it a good run for it's money... it might even have ended up being my favourite of the two. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 05 2020 at 05:03
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The Cinema Show. ------------- 
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Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: September 05 2020 at 05:03
So we were both right.
Well, like I said, I think it was a more strategic idea to have one, uncontested masterpiece, leaving us to argue endlessly about it. Slightly ironic, really, since all the people who didn't comment on my Genesis Hidden Suites thread are now talking about the subject. ------------- "Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence" - Robert Fripp "I am an anti-Christ" - Johnny Rotten |
Posted By: Scorpius
Date Posted: September 05 2020 at 19:31
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stagnation for sure. the instrumental section in the middle of that song is one of the most brilliant arrangements to come from Gabriel-Era genesis and its probably the best song on Trespass next to The Knife. ------------- The most dangerous man in America. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 10:28
Seven Stones needs a vote. 
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Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 10:40
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Cinema Show ------------- Cause its only knock and know all, but I like it... Writing (Or Suffering from Writers Block) Working on a New Album| https://atmosprog.bandcamp.com/album/atmos-i" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 10:41
| Watcher of the Skies |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 10:45
Another vote for Watcher Of The Skies. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 10:56
| Went for Cinema Show. I'm not sure if WotS is even in my top ten. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 12:19
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Cinema Show. Everywhere I go they hand me bags of socks. ------------- ---------- 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: Cristi
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 12:29
Lucky you!
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 14:10
I know. I'm going to build a planet out of them! ------------- ---------- 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: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 14:33
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 20:31
or smell it 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 30 2023 at 23:12
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Quite a different list from the majority: 1 Stagnation 2 Cinema Show 3 Entangled 4 Seven Stones 5 Watcher of the Skies ------------- 
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Posted By: Lumenko
Date Posted: December 28 2023 at 01:55
| "Entangled" |