ATTWT

Jon

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Jun 25, 2010, 10:40:54 AM6/25/10

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... is a bloody great album and anyone who doesn't agree is a total arse!

'Burnning Rope' is brilliant!

Chuck

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Jun 25, 2010, 4:27:08 PM6/25/10

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On Jun 25, 10:40 am, Jon <j...@no-email.org> wrote:
> ... is a bloody great album and anyone who doesn't agree is a total arse!
>
> 'Burnning Rope' is brilliant!

I think it was the last gasp of brilliance from Genesis. BR, TLL,
DitM... carry the record. I've always loved 'Undertow' as well. -->
Duke -----> AbaCrap was the biggest free fall in music from a band in
rock history, IMO.
CB

Relayer

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Jun 25, 2010, 5:14:52 PM6/25/10

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I agree with Chuck. Duke was one of the biggest let downs as far as
buying an album before hearing the music. ATTWT was also the last tour
I saw. There has been an song or three from the entire following
catalogue I can even listen to. I think I tossed it after about 15
minutes and put on SEBTP

raven1

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Jun 25, 2010, 7:30:29 PM6/25/10

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On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:27:08 -0700 (PDT), Chuck <ShorT...@aol.com>
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"Turn it on Again" from Duke was their last brilliant song IMO. And as
much as I might be reviled for saying so, I thought "Follow You,
Follow Me" was a great song from ATTWT. And yes, they fell off a cliff
after Duke.

Chuck

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Jun 26, 2010, 6:06:36 AM6/26/10

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On Jun 25, 7:30 pm, raven1 <quoththera...@nevermore.com> wrote:

> "Turn it on Again" from Duke was their last brilliant song IMO. And as
> much as I might be reviled for saying so, I thought "Follow You,
> Follow Me" was a great song from ATTWT. And yes, they fell off a cliff
> after Duke.

I never understood the "Turn it on Again" thing. No, a song does not
have to be complex to be great... but this is just simplistic, cheesy,
crap, IMO. The beginning of Behind the Lines and some of Dukes Travels
are the only thing that this pretty bad record has that is worth
anything. I don't even own it. Funny when my then girlfriend's son,
whom I turned onto 70's Genesis... took him to see The Musical Box a
few times, etc. He then ventured on his own into the 80's catalogue
and asked me; "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THEM?" lol From the mouth of
babes.
CB

Paul Westcott

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Jun 26, 2010, 9:30:28 AM6/26/10

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raven1 wrote:
> Chuck wrote:

>
>> Jon wrote:
>>> ... is a bloody great album and anyone who doesn't agree is a total arse!
>>>
>>> 'Burnning Rope' is brilliant!
>> I think it was the last gasp of brilliance from Genesis. BR, TLL,
>> DitM... carry the record. I've always loved 'Undertow' as well. -->
>> Duke -----> AbaCrap was the biggest free fall in music from a band in
>> rock history, IMO.
>> CB
>
> "Turn it on Again" from Duke was their last brilliant song IMO. And as
> much as I might be reviled for saying so, I thought "Follow You,
> Follow Me" was a great song from ATTWT. And yes, they fell off a cliff
> after Duke.

I like most of ATTWT, but "Follow You, Follow Me" was pretty much the
first Genesis song that I disliked, and a precursor of the band's
decline. It was and is lightweight, especially lyrically, and belongs
to the "lurve" song genre that Genesis had previously avoided.

Coincidentally, I heard "Follow You, Follow Me" this evening for the
fist time in a very long while, on a classic rock radio station. My
view remains the same.

Paul Westcott

Chuck

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Jun 26, 2010, 11:59:41 AM6/26/10

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On Jun 26, 9:30 am, Paul Westcott

> I like most of ATTWT, but "Follow You, Follow Me" was pretty much the
> first Genesis song that I disliked, and a precursor of the band's
> decline.

Perhaps this is why it is last on the record. A slow intro, saying to
fans; "this is where we will go from here on..." ;-)
CB

Relayer

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Jun 27, 2010, 6:22:40 AM6/27/10

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I was thinking the same thing...

I was a huge Genesis fan for most of the 70's and haven't bought
anything from them since, and can think of maybe 2-3 songs since then
being any good. While they weren't progressive (y), they were still
good songs, like No Son of Mine. Collins solo crap is what destroyed
the band for the main reason.

Chuck

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Jun 27, 2010, 7:49:08 AM6/27/10

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On Jun 27, 6:22 am, Relayer <relayer...@aol.com> wrote:

> I was thinking the same thing...
>
> I was a huge Genesis fan for most of the 70's and haven't bought
> anything from them since, and can think of maybe 2-3 songs since then
> being any good. While they weren't progressive (y), they were still
> good songs, like No Son of Mine. Collins solo crap is what destroyed
> the band for the main reason.

Dominoe(sp?) is a good song off of 'Invisible Touch'. Probably like it
as I do... being a fan of their 70's material. Never bought that disc
however... there is just so many bloody awful, embarrassing songs on
it! uggh!

CB

Relayer

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Jun 29, 2010, 2:51:52 PM6/29/10

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Well, on this subject, the "change" seemed to happen so fast. Even
without PG, you had TOTT,WAW,ATTWT and then...

I just wish I had become a fan earlier than I did. I was more into Yes/
Zeppelin/Floyd and got turned on to Genesis by Lamb. I remember my
first knowledge of a band named Genesis and it was a picture of them
on stage with PG in the Flower costume in Circus magazine and thinking
"how odd of a stage getup" and "who are these people?" LOL...they were
still playing shows that were small relative to the bands named above.
who were filling stadiums on multiple nights..but thats just me