OFF: Genesis

[Michael Habiby]

Captn.

I agree with you wholeheartedly but have to nitpick on Wind and Wuthering...

Unquiet for the sleepers...
.. in this quiet earth

Is written soley by Steve and it is the most amazing cut(s) on the vinyl.

IMHO of course

Mike

:::-----Original Message-----
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:::Behalf Of Captain Bl at ck
:::Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 1:16 PM
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:::Subject: Re: OFF: Genesis
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:::To me, Genesis will only ever be with Steve Hackett on guitar.
:::His writing
:::and playing is totally inspired unlike some of the more cod prog-rock
:::compositions of Tony Banks.  Its no co-incidence the only track on Wind &
:::Wuthering worth listening to is Blood on the Rooftops.
:::
:::Its interesting to listen to the early albums and pick out the
:::bits Hackett
:::obviously wrote - Dance of the Moonlit Knight has some of his trademark
:::chord progressions for one.
:::
:::Hackett's first four solo albums also deserve a good listen  -
:::after all,
:::has anybody ever done anything quite like Tiger Moth Chances before or
:::since?
:::
:::How could they possibly consider reforming, albeit as a one off, without
:::him?
:::
:::Captain Bl at ck.
:::
:::
:::
:::
:::----- Original Message -----
:::From: Nick Medford <nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK>
:::To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
:::Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 4:29 PM
:::Subject: Re: OFF: Genesis
:::
:::
:::> In message <mPPyqHAJvU$6EwMT at comics.demon.co.uk>, Jon Browne
:::> <jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK> writes
:::> >
:::> >Disc 3 has this amazing live Supper's Ready from the Rainbow '73.
:::>
:::> Ah. OK. It's simple then- I have to buy it.
:::>
:::> > They are simply a great band who finished in 1979.
:::>
:::> Maybe even a little earlier, I reckon Steve Hackett's departure was the
:::final
:::> nail in the coffin, though the corpse did twitch a bit- there's the odd
:::half-
:::> decent track on Abacab for example, and the single "Mama" had a
:::> surprising sound- although I recall reading a review of it, in Sounds I
:::think,
:::> which said simply "They thought about making an experimental record.
:::> They were pleased with the results. Somewhere up in the hills, the
:::> archangel Gabriel laughed". Which was probably about right.
:::> --
:::> Nick Medford
:::