Hey Taxi, can you go off topic on an off topic thread I wonder? No doubt the mods will let me know if you can't! Thought you might be interested:
I caught the 'Musical Box' at the Usher Hall Edinburgh on Saturday evening. They are a Canadian/French outfit who tour all over the world playing Gabriel Genesis. This specific tour replicates in every detail the Selling England By The Pound tour of 73/74. When I say replicates, I really mean it - every note, the set design, down to every costume change that Peter Gabriel made on the original tour. The lead singer even had Peter's dad dancing down to a tee.
Musically they were very good in replicating the original Genesis - etherial and rather stark sound when compared to the two drum combo of Collins/Chester Thompson. What struck me was just how 'out there' Gabriel was with his theatrics, intro stories and costumes. There were several moments of almost pythonesque humour that made me laugh out loud. Certainly, you must change with age as what I thought was 'cool as fck' when I was fifteen (batwing outfit with UV eye make up etc for Watcher ), now does seem a little gauche and pretentious when viewed with more cynical eyes. Also, the sound of a couple of thousand 50-60 year olds performing a word perfect 'suppers ready' will live with me for a while. It was a little bit of melancholy that I realised, I was sitting just a couple of rows from where Mrs S and I had watched the original band perform the Lamb Lies down in 1974. Whoosh, what was that? Your life mate!
have a good one.
Enjoyed reading that pal as it brought back many fine memories.
Can there ever have been a genre more defined in depth or lyrical magnitude than prog rock.
So many fine bands out there that defined this moment in time so take a bow for you know who you are..
Not a massive lover of tribute bands persay but do appreciate a good interpretation of the facts never the less.
Musical box appear to cut it well and hold a good following wherever they go.
Peter was and still is a difficult act to master with his stage presence and well advanced of his time.
His voice chasing all the available octaves with it's characteristic shake and warble that's considered unreplicable by todays standards.
They threw the mold away when this character was whelped from the shire and so forever into the annals of prog rock history will his name be shouted.
His solo career has been a mighty fine ride but for me nothing will ever compare with his tenure at Genesis.
Every band member fusing in perfect harmony and delivering as one extended compositions of utter joy and bliss into the prog-rock halls of fame.
Here below are The Many Costumes of Peter Gabriel through the ages.
His Brittania at 4.33 was a masterpiece and taken from the moonlit knight.Some of the sound is very good indeed.
Have a look at Tommyguns re rendering on the you-tube that keep this blast from the past alive and kicking.
And here he is performing the full track of the Musical Box.
Look at his absolute energy and pure showmanship with or without the need for makeup or masks.
After I have listened to this piece I usually have to have a little lie down for ten minutes as it physically drains my energy fields and aura
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