I'm starting in to some 80's Genesis now (since Eric Johnson is 1990...dammit), feeling overwhelmed.
Genesis was good in the 80's but better in the 70's. Check out the album 'Trick of the Tail' or 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
Well, most 70's-80's bands were better in the 70's (even if their 80's stuff is still good). But I have been listening to "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" the last several months and will continue to slowly progress backwards [oops: and some forwards] through their discography.
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
Genesis was good in the 80's but better in the 70's. Check out the album 'Trick of the Tail' or 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
Concur. The band lost most of its progressive edge when Gabriel left and they eventually evolved to mainstream rock by the time of "We Can't Dance".
Genesis was not unique in this though. Both Rush and Yes also became less and less progressive and more and more mainstream as the years went on.
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#4481606 - 07/05/1906:11 PMRe: Our music was the best...
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The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
#4481608 - 07/05/1906:13 PMRe: Our music was the best...
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Genesis was not unique in this though. Both Rush and Yes also became less and less progressive and more and more mainstream as the years went on.
This is true about Yes, at least. I find early Rush to be more mainstream. Even Geddy Lee has admitted that he didn't understand a lot of Neil Peart's lyrics. I found myself listening to more Rick Wakeman solo material than Yes, as I got older.
I watched ELPs last concert performance (I believe) not that long ago on TV and it was absolutely fantastic ("Take A Pebble" matching "Lucky Man" as my favorites)!
Very sad endings for two of them (quoting Wikipedia)...
"Keith Emerson died on 11 March 2016, of a gunshot wound to the head ruled as suicide. Greg Lake died on 7 December 2016 from cancer."
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
#4481618 - 07/05/1906:36 PMRe: Our music was the best...
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I saw Pat Benatar live in Dearborn, Mi. about 8 years ago. She could still belt it out. Her husband is one of the most under rated guitar players ever. Live song from that time era.
Genesis was good in the 80's but better in the 70's. Check out the album 'Trick of the Tail' or 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
Concur. The band lost most of its progressive edge when Gabriel left and they eventually evolved to mainstream rock by the time of "We Can't Dance".
I think Steve Hackett's departure. was a bigger influence in moving to a more mainstream/pop sound. After Gabriel left they still produced "Trick of the Tail" and "Wind & Wuthering," two excellent and very much progressive rock albums. After Hackett left, they produced "And Then There Were Three...," which in itself is a commentary on their situation. The first tune on the album, "Down and Out," is about a band confronting the need to change their sound to be able to continue to be successful. Autobiographical maybe? Or maybe I'm reading something into it, but the album has a much different sound than their previous material, none of the long epic tunes that is synonymous with progressive rock, and a downright pop song in "Follow You, Follow Me," which of course became a pretty big hit for the band.
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#4481633 - 07/05/1907:51 PMRe: Our music was the best...
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