The NZA Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 When people go on about 80's music, they're often full of one-hit-wonder bullshit. For me, there was MJ, The Police, U2, and Genesis. sure, sure, make arguments for Depeche Mode, Alan Parsons Project, Talking Heads etc but frankly if you're talking good music from the era and Genesis doesnt come up, you're lying. Which prolly goes a long way to explain why i see the band synonymous with Collins - i obviously wasnt around/exposed to nearly as much of their work with Peter Gabriel. Truth be told, i love Collins like Bateman in American Psycho, and i do think he's worthy of his own thread, but fuck it, i'm putting it here. My first experience (past what flooded the radio) was hearing "Follow you, follow me" on the vinyl "...and then there were three", which i dont remember many other songs off of. "Abacab" and "No reply at all" apparently came from later albums but before eponymous album where i think they started getting a lot more play, and i recall "That's All" being one of those songs i couldnt get tired of playing. If i had to pick one album, itd be Invisible Touch: between that song, "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", "Land of Confusion", "In Too Deep", and "Throwing it all away" (arguably one of the best breakup songs, i think), its nothing but quality. Still, the pic up top was of the first album of theirs i bought myself (on CD no less!), and it was noted for the track title, but "Jesus he knows me", "No son of mine", and my favorite off the album, "Driving the last spike", its easily my 2nd favorite of theirs. ..and all of that gets trumped (for me) by Phil Collins - Serious Hits...Live. but more on that later: cmon, someone back me up here. I cant be the only hondonian gay for Genesis. In the air tonight > your favorite song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 I r gay for Genesis and collins and so is george, Jesus he knows me being a personal fav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 haha...its also a fantastic video. it might be my favorite video of theirs, offhand. also, found one live performance of "Driving the last spike", goes on forever, but i love this song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 28, 2009 Author Share Posted May 28, 2009 what the...? i know damn well jax, bish and others here are big ol' fans of this shit. collins frowns on ya'll frontin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Genesis is aight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 < this is you, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Phil Collins could kill a small child before my eyes, but the minute he sits down and plays the drum solo from "In the Air Tonight" all is forgiven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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