OFF: Genesis

[Steve Moody]

Tigger, your obviously a person of fine taste and selective breeding.

 Steve The Moonman
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From: Tigger <Tigger at PUDDYTAT.FSNET.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: OFF: Genesis


> In article <VICa8FAJ6X$6EwaB at hermit0.demon.co.uk>, Nick Medford
> <nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK> writes
> >In message <001701c0db07$50248ac0$430c28d5 at starfield>, Captain Bl at ck
> ><starfield at SUPANET.COM> writes
> >>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.
>
> At least on that album although Gabriel had gone, they still sounded
> like Genesis. After Hackett left, they became Phil Collins backing band.
>
> >>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.
> >
> >He's often been quoted as saying that "Selling England" was his favourite
> >Genesis album. The track "After The Ordeal" has some of his most haunting
> >guitar work.
> >>
> >>Hackett's first four solo albums also deserve a good listen
> >
> >I'll always have a soft spot for Steve Hackett- first gig I ever attended
was
> >Hackett and backing band (including Ian Moseley, who was mentioned in
> >the drummers thread), Southend circa 1983. His earlier solo albums are
> >intriguing - some majestic playing and some truly remarkable
eccentricity:
> >
> >>  -  after all,
> >>has anybody ever done anything quite like Tiger Moth Chances before or
> >>since?
> >
> >or "Carry On Up The Vicarage" and "Sentimental Institution" for that
> >matter...
> >
> >Fifth album "Cured" was mostly dreadful,
>
> IMO 'a cradle of swans' is fantastic, 'overnight sleeper' is good. Says
> something about the rest of it that I those are the only 2 I ever play
> off that one.
>
> >but there's some excellent stuff on
> >the later "Till We Have Faces". Completely lost touch with whatever he
was
> >up to after that- I know he was in some bloody awful AOR/prog-hasbeen
> >supergroup for a while,
>
> GTR, with Steve Howe
>
> > and he's done an album of dodgy Genesis remakes...
> >so perhaps I don't really need to know any more than that...
>
> I think some of his later albums are excellent, especially Darktown and
> Guitar Noir - and the almost solo classical live one, 'there are many
> sides to the night'. I can't think of a better word to describe his
> playing on them than beautiful.
>
> >>How could they possibly consider reforming, albeit as a one off, without
> >>him?
> >
> >Well in the recent Mojo retrospective on the band, he says he would only
> >participate if they let him black up and play harmonica! Which would seem
> >to be a roundabout way of saying he's not interested.
>
> Add to that the part of the Top 10 of prog rock that covered Genesis not
> only didn't feature him, he didn't even get mentioned at all.
>
> --
> David Blair