Genesis reformed

[chesterbells]

All personal taste I guess, but for me, Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, Selling England and The Lamb - these were they heyday never to be matched, or even close for that matter.

Collins was a superb musician but for me, Genesis is all about Gabriel as front man. I saw them many times live, in some of the most memorable band formative moments of my entire life.

Fair comments pal, came too soon for me. My top 3 albums nowadays would be The Lamb, Foxtrot and Genesis (83).
I would actually rank Trick and W&W below them, but I can’t get past how good Seconds Out is. If I could only take 1 of their albums to a desert island it would be that one. Side 4 with Cinema Show then Volcano/Los Endos is so powerful and I actually think Collins does a fabulous job on their greatest track Suppers Ready.
Of course though, if it was tied to a special period in your youth though I can see why those Gabriel tours must hold a treasured place in your memories. His costumes and stories were magical too weren’t they?

 

[chesterbells]

Stockport lad isn't he Geoff?. Asia were one of the most gifted bands I ever saw live. Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, John Wetton and Geoff Downes.

I saw Howe and Hackett together at the Apollo on the GTR tour with local lad Max Bacon on vocals. Fuck me they were loud when they started. I was staggered. It felt like “Motörhead loud”! Toned it down a bit after a few tracks but dear me, it was a deafener.

 

[bavarian blue]

Never saw them unfortunately, anyway we best get back to all things Genesis before we are reprimanded.

 

[Marklr]

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Saw them I think four or five times in the space of two years. The first time was the Charisma tour which was all of 6 bob to get in, to see them, Lindisfarne and Van Der Graaf Generator. Lindisfarne were a great singalong band, VDGG always bored me (and I left before the end of their set, because I had the last train out of Piccadilly to catch!).
When Gabriel left they were much less interesting to me. The early Genesis were nothing short of riveting. Gabriel the perfect front man — he was a theatrical weirdo right from the start — for a bunch of highly talented musicians behind him. Their whole set, as I remember it, consisted of Trespass, which is an album I never owned, but must revisit some day. About eight months after that I saw them in an upstairs room at the Oval Tavern, and I am barely exaggerating when I say that there were almost more people on stage (stage! it was a slightly raised platform) than there were in the room.
This may be an unpopular opinion, but it saddens me slightly when I hear of these groups reforming. I always suspect that it means that the big groups who should have replaced them never quite showed. I grew up with the music of Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde and Billy Fury, and all that sank without trace once what I considered to be real pop and rock got going. Round about the time of Please Please Me (although we can argue about dating). Once I'd heard that, I knew that music had moved into a different zone entirely.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

The man of many faces

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Bataclan 73 long version ...16mm mastered in 4k. For hardcore fans this is like seeing them play live for the first time.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Wow! just wow! Absolute goosebumps. I didn't know that that existed. Thank you @ Two Gun Bob.
That's the Genesis that I knew and loved in those years. For the umpteenth time, I find myself admiring Phil Collins so much as a drummer. Why oh why did he think he had to become a crooner? He's got probably a better voice than Gabriel, technically, but it's just far less interesting. Anyway, no need for comparisons. What a group! And what years they were for prog rock, those ones.
In the summer of 1970 I'd got out of what had felt like a ten year jail sentence — boarding school! A group of us had been mad about blues and rock, bought Melody Maker religiously, looked longingly at all those gigs announced at the back. We handed round Fleetwood Mac (the dog and dustbin one) between us like a kind of samizdat. Handled like a holy relic. I can laugh a bit at my younger self, but those first years of getting out of prison were wonderful ones. Girls, gigs, flares, a little bit of drugs. Getting a grant — money in my pocket for the first time! — for going and studying what I loved anyway.
And City of course…
Yes, sorry, I am an unreconstructed hippy at heart. And this group was centrally part of all that.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Wow! just wow! Absolute goosebumps. I didn't know that that existed. Thank you @ Two Gun Bob.
That's the Genesis that I knew and loved in those years. For the umpteenth time, I find myself admiring Phil Collins so much as a drummer. Why oh why did he think he had to become a crooner? He's got probably a better voice than Gabriel, technically, but it's just far less interesting. Anyway, no need for comparisons. What a group! And what years they were for prog rock, those ones.
In the summer of 1970 I'd got out of what had felt like a ten year jail sentence — boarding school! A group of us had been mad about blues and rock, bought Melody Maker religiously, looked longingly at all those gigs announced at the back. We handed round Fleetwood Mac (the dog and dustbin one) between us like a kind of samizdat. Handled like a holy relic. I can laugh a bit at my younger self, but those first years of getting out of prison were wonderful ones. Girls, gigs, flares, a little bit of drugs. Getting a grant — money in my pocket for the first time! — for going and studying what I loved anyway.
And City of course…
Yes, sorry, I am an unreconstructed hippy at heart. And this group was centrally part of all that.

It's and excellent piece of remastering for sure and deserved of the watch. Gabriels vocal range and stage presence gets me every time and I never tire of listening in. Glad you liked it.

 

[chesterbells]

Bataclan 73 long version ...16mm mastered in 4k. For hardcore fans this is like seeing them play live for the first time.

Wow, that is a revelation. I’ve heard the bootleg audio from that show going back years, but never seen the video before. Incredible quality. Thanks ever so much posting this.

My only gripe, and it’s minor, is to note that they don’t show enough footage of the guitar player ;-)
He was/is a fabulous player - in fact I’m looking to the next tour and hoping my ticket is still valid. Hackett has done a better job of keeping the flame of Genesis going strong more than anyone.