Genesis
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Turn It On Again
(1981)

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jhannescool
Feb 09, 2013 - 11:56
lily34 wrote:
i love genesis. i dislike this song very much.


SWAK!

Blackdragon
Oct 13, 2012 - 06:17
What a GREAT Song, love this!


mikec09
Oct 13, 2012 - 06:15
What a horrible, annoying song!


suesblues
Oct 13, 2012 - 06:12
they should have left this as an instrumental. I've never heard this before, but before he started singing, this sounded so powerful, really evocative of a large epic stage production, mechanical and atmospheric, full of steam and darkness. The singing wrecked it, IMHO


kcar
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:59
fatcatjb wrote:
Love Genesis

Deeply admire Peter Gabriel

Suspicious of Phil Collins

Loathe this weird song

As always, thank you Mr. Riley for the Nottingham Jury's perspective

Mostly agree although some of Genesis' more pop-oriented works—which seem to have Collins definitely leading the band—aren't bad. I came to like "Invisible Touch" for instance, esp. "Land of Confusion." The video with the Spitting Image puppets was a lot of fun, and the cover by Katzenjammer was great.

Some of the pop hits that I've hated back in the day weren't that bad. It was all the relentless hype and excessive number of plays that got to me.


DD rabbi_phil
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:57
haljordan wrote:
Anyone else remember that episode of Magnum P.I. where they used this as the background music when Thomas was closing in on a serial killer?

More of the useless crap that's rattling around in my head.


I'm thinkin Miami Vice.......you know it's 2 a.m...... crocketts driving the black daytona,all brooding and self absorbed...Tubbs is sittin there starin' straight ahead after stuffing shells into the sawed-off......this is playin strong in the background.. intermittent flashbacks to their ex-cop buddy who just took 2 to the ticker......they're blasting thru the deserted streets of cocaine infested 80's Miami.....they're gonna Get those bad guys!!!


lily34
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:55
i love genesis. i dislike this song very much.


westslope
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:54
Poacher wrote:
I have just rated something from Phil Collins an 8. . . I now feel dirty and confused.

Me too! A strong 8. One of the best ex-Peter Genesis numbers. I found the rating experience rather exhilarating. Positively 'liberating'. In light of some of the vehement commentary on this thread......


Stranglersfan
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:51
I Love all the Gabriel Genesis albums, and I feel opposite about Collins Genesis.


scraig
Sep 11, 2012 - 16:50
This song was used during one of the best episodes of "Magnum PI."


fatcatjb
Jul 10, 2012 - 19:20
Love Genesis

Deeply admire Peter Gabriel

Suspicious of Phil Collins

Loathe this weird song

As always, thank you Mr. Riley for the Nottingham Jury's perspective


LuvWilloughby
Jul 10, 2012 - 18:58
Awe don't. Back in the day he/they ruled... there live shows were awesome. The band was tight with Lee Sklar on bass and Darryl Strummer on guitar and Chester Thompson on drums (except on "in the air tonight"

Poacher wrote:
I have just rated something from Phil Collins an 8. . . I now feel dirty and confused.





fortheloveofpete
Jul 10, 2012 - 18:48
The lowest of the post-Pete period.


drife
Jul 10, 2012 - 18:48
Here is a song I thought I'd never hear again in my lifetime. I distinctly remember when this song came out (I was in high school) as it received a lot of airplay in my neck of the woods.


donnyballgame
Jul 10, 2012 - 18:48
Trent Reznor could really drill this song!

{#Fire}


ChrisH
Jun 09, 2012 - 05:57
Wow Wow Fred. Genesis in the studio from 1969 - 1997. Whilst longevity is not an indicator of quality, the band certainly had something going for them. In my view they were certainly a great, original and innovative band certainly up to and including the album, "And Then There Three" in 1978. Whilst I am not a great fan of Phil, I think he really damaged the band, I am great fan of Peter Gabriel and particularly the music he continues to produce since leaving Genesis.


Seahunt
May 08, 2012 - 07:23
I've been vindicated. I like Genesis (with Phil at lead) and Bill plays them so {#Ass}


Red_Dragon
May 08, 2012 - 07:22
no.


h8rhater
Apr 06, 2012 - 14:18
fredriley wrote:

I loathed, and still loathe, Genesis' output, and until I started listening to RP I'd always associated Peter Gabriel with that pretentious pile of prog, but I now realise that PG did himself a big favour by leaving Genesis and that he's close to a musical genius. Phil Collins, on the other hand, is a self-regarding pillock with barely a musical bone in his body. I loved it when the brilliant and vicious satirist Chris Morris gulled Collins bigtime in the (in)famous Brass Eye 'paedophile special'. Instead of taking it on the chin, Collins was so egotistical that he considered legal action against Morris. A pompous prick of the highest order who's deservedly sunk into the dustbin of history.


Wow, Fred... just wow. Tell us how you really feel.

Phil Collins was one of the heaviest handed drummers in the business back in the day. Eric Clapton tabbed him to do all of his drumming in the mid-80s. This while he was having incredible successes on his own as a solo artist and with Genesis.

Even though you don't like his work with Genesis, he did guide the band to phenomenal success in the 80's. Duke, Abacab, Genesis, and Invisible Touch (all albums that he was integral in creating with the band) ALL went #1 in the UK. His solo albums Face Value, No Jacket Required, and Seriously Folks... ALL went #1 in the UK. No Jacket Required was the Grammy winning album of the year in 1985 and featured 3 #1 songs in the US. No other artist had as much success in the world in 1985. In the Air Tonight is one of the most iconic songs of all time. We get it that you don't like a particular type of music but you are WAY off base saying that Phil Collins has "barely a musical bone in his body".

As for Brass Eye... I can't imagine why Phil was upset. Everyone likes to have a good paedophile joke played on them, don't they?!?

BTW: The reason Phil doesn't play anymore is that he has damaged vertebrae in his neck and can no longer use his hands properly. It's probably just karma because he is such an egotistical, pretentious, and pompous prick.

At least we agree on Peter Gabriel. That is something!


Jörg_Asmussen
Apr 06, 2012 - 14:18
I love the extended versions even more.


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