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''The palpitating cherry-red organ was returned to its rightful place and began to beat faster as it led our hero, counting out time, through his first romantic encounter.''
I'm counting out time,
Got the whole thing down by numbers
All those numbers!
Give me guidance!
O Lord I need that now
The day of judgement's come,
And you can bet that I've been resting,
for this testing,
Digesting every word the experts say
Erogenous zones I love you
Without you, what would a poor boy do?
Found a girl I wanted to date,
Thought I'd better get it straight
Went to buy a book before it's too late
Don't leave nothing to fate
I studied every line, every page in the book,
Now, I've got the real thing here, I'm gonna take a look, take a look
This is Rael!
I'm counting out time, hoping it goes like I planned it,
'Cos I understand it. Look! I've found the hotspots, Figs 1-9
Still counting out time, got my finger on the button,
"Don't say nuttin - just lie there still
And I'll get you turned on just fine."
Erogenous zones I love you
Without you, what would a poor boy do?
Touch and go with 1-6
Bit of trouble in zone No. 7
Gotta remember all of my tricks
There's heaven ahead in No. 11!
Getting crucial responses, dilation of the pupils
"Honey get hip! It's time to unzip, to unzip, zip, zip-a-zip-a-zip, whipee!"
(Take it away Mr. Guitar)
- Move over Casanova -
I'm counting out time, reaction none to happy,
Please don't slap me,
I'm a red blooded male and the book said I could not fail
I'm counting out time, I got unexpected distress from my mistress,
I'll get my money back from the bookstore right away
Erongenous zones I question you
Without you, what would a poor boy do?
Without you, what would a poor boy do?
Without you, mankind handkinds thru' the blues
| felix_the_man (Puget Sound) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:57 linden wrote: Some of PG's best songs are the ones where he sings about his penis. That is probably the funniest thing I have ever read here. I certainly hope the next song I hear from him is not "Shock the Monkey." |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:47 Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks felix_the_man wrote: AND Steve Hackett  !! |
| felix_the_man (Puget Sound) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:45 tiggers wrote: Yes but Genesis also gave us Peter Gabriel which more than make up for Colins. Yes Gabriel is THAT good!  AND Steve Hackett !! |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet waiting for the ticket home) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:44 Please count this song out of your playlist. Thank you so VERY much.  |
| rachlan (nyc) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:44 Zep wrote: I think this song is borked - which might not be a bad thing. yeah. it's borked. I wouldn't mind hearing this song unborked. Its new to me and I like it. I hope bill reads this and realizes its problems. |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Sep 16, 2008 - 14:43 Some of PG's best songs are the ones where he sings about his penis. |
| sjuttiosju (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Aug 16, 2008 - 01:02 I also heard distortions in this song, as others noted below. I don't think it was my connection. The song itself was new to me and although I did not dislike it, I probably won't look deeper into the old Genesis stuff... |
| Dior (Sherbrooke, Quebec) | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 07:28 redfern777 wrote: Phil Collins? Peter Gabriel is singing... I meant the drumming part. The drum pattern is great on this (and throughout the whole album). The proof that Collins could be, and once was, a terrific musician. Call Ripley's team! Maybe I'll take flak for it, but I think that between 1972 and 1976 (by the way that's FIVE studio albums in four years, including a double length from which this song is taken, and the last two of those fronted by Collins - that's 20+ years of Radiohead output!) , Genesis produced some of the most interesting and groundbreaking period signature music of the 20th century and for that is up there with King Crimson, The Beatles (a special case, admittedly), Pink Floyd, Elvis before the Army, Ravel, Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Miles Davis, Bob Marley, the Clash etc.(list obviously not exhaustive). But more than that, although they are often accused to be a leading part of of the "bombastic" prog movement (I think they went more or less their own way - and in fact left the multi-act market early on) they were the ones on the creative side (the bombastic prog scene was inflated by the hundreds of less talented bands that were axed later by Punk to the jubilation of many rock critics - the most important so called prog bands mainstreamed and survived, at least the British ones). Not only those Genesis records showed remarkable musicianship and a knack for well crafted melodies, they had to be recreated on stage - hardly a Rock 'N Roll proposition. So the band had to be imaginative on stage as well. Of course their shows became a Trademark over the years - from theatrical in the early 70s to Grand Rock Circus in the 80s, and that's part of their legend, but few people seem to know that on paper they "invented the shows" before knowing what was technically possible and so always pushed the envelope - and I might add they did so also from a compete lack of showmanship (they used to sit down to play and even Gabriel had to fight shyness). So it started with masks, in between stories and costume changes, then black lights, magnesium bombs, "flying gear", projections, Boeing 747 headlights, computerized mirrors, the list goes on and on. And even the infamous Vari Lite was created on specs for them. http://www.vari-lite.com/index.php?submenu=Company&src=gendocs&ref=About-Vari-Lite&category=Company I saw the first Vari Lite show given by them in the 1981-82 tour and I can tell you it changed the way arena shows had to be delivered. So, maybe, there is a little bit of Phil Collins in the U2 shows we like...   |
| Zep (Bleacher Seats. Beer me!) | Posted: Jul 22, 2008 - 11:36 I think this song is borked - which might not be a bad thing. |
| tiggers | Posted: Jul 16, 2008 - 09:02 fredriley wrote: Aargh! Genesis! The group that launched Phil sodding Collins on an unsuspecting world. Is there such a thing as a Music Crimes Tribunal? If so Collins should be hauled before it toot sweet to answer for his crimes. It was nice to see him make a complete arse of himself on the satirical TV programme Brass Eye, the (in)famous 'pedophile' edition, where he was conned into backing a campaign of "nonce-sense". Even better, when he realised he'd been had, instead of just taking it on the chin and shrugging his shoulders, he went ballistic, completely ape, which only added mightily to the entertainment.
Yes but Genesis also gave us Peter Gabriel which more than make up for Colins. Yes Gabriel is THAT good! |
| gekkosan (Ithaca, NY) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:49 Wow... I suppose that "eclectic" truly goes for the audience as much as the music that gets played here. Amazing the level of shallowness and sheer ignorance shown in some of the comments posted about this song.  |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:47 reason06 wrote: Umm, whats wrong with this? bad file? I think the feed was scrambled somehow. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:46 Aargh! Genesis! The group that launched Phil sodding Collins on an unsuspecting world. Is there such a thing as a Music Crimes Tribunal? If so Collins should be hauled before it toot sweet to answer for his crimes. It was nice to see him make a complete arse of himself on the satirical TV programme Brass Eye, the (in)famous 'pedophile' edition, where he was conned into backing a campaign of "nonce-sense". Even better, when he realised he'd been had, instead of just taking it on the chin and shrugging his shoulders, he went ballistic, completely ape, which only added mightily to the entertainment. |
| plight | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:45 good, it's not only me it's skipping/gapping/dying for then. i'd guess bad network before bad file though. at least it's not happening to a good song. mutex0r! -PL- |
| redfern777 (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:45 Dior wrote: Listen, even Phil Collins is getting into it...
This is great music and lyrics. Phil Collins? Peter Gabriel is singing... |
| tiggers | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:44 Art_Carnage wrote: Wimp-rock at its very worst. Just awful.
Stick to your country shit 'dude' |
| strawberryblonde (omaha,ne) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:44 not a good one... |
| reason06 (Kansas City MO) | Posted: Jul 15, 2008 - 09:43 Umm, whats wrong with this? bad file? |
| andrewimft (North Californie) | Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 21:23 Art_Carnage wrote: Wimp-rock at its very worst. Just awful.
Evidently you have no understanding of this song at all. It's about a teenage boy thinking he can have sex with a girl by following a procedure he read in a book but by doing so he just upsets her. It's a satire of the macho stereotype of how a guy's supposed to bed a woman and pretty funny. I have no idea where you get 'wimpy' on that except maybe for some brain dead Texas idea of whatever you don't like you label 'wimpy' or liberal. Get your head out of the sticks, there's a world of facts out there. You simply don't understand the song. |
| V12Silly (It's not about the bike, it's about the basket that carries the beer.) | Posted: Jun 13, 2008 - 21:20 Art_Carnage wrote: Wimp-rock at its very worst. Just awful.
Wimp-rock? Go away, far far away. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 11:08 rockasaurus wrote: It's not as good as "Groovy Kind of Love", but really, what is?  |
| rockasaurus | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 10:40 It's not as good as "Groovy Kind of Love", but really, what is? |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 10:38 Art_Carnage wrote: Wimp-rock at its very worst. Just awful. So sorry, I believe you may have posted to the wrong page. Childish heckling should be posted to http://www.kissmybigass.com
Have a nice day! |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Apr 11, 2008 - 22:27 Wimp-rock at its very worst. Just awful. |
| renlat (Montreal, Canada) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:56 robco1 wrote: What a fantastic album. It is kind of strange for me to hear this out of "context" of the rest of the story. I always thought of this as the comic relief interlude.
"I've got unexpected distress for my mistress"  |
| grimid | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:53 This reminds of why I used to like Genesis. |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:52 MAKE IT STOP........!  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:52 Great Album...I'm hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:52 What a fantastic album. It is kind of strange for me to hear this out of "context" of the rest of the story. I always thought of this as the comic relief interlude. "I've got unexpected distress for my mistress" |
| renlat (Montreal, Canada) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:52 Dior wrote: Listen, even Phil Collins is getting into it...
This is great music and lyrics. Mets-en !!! :o) |
| pvcnote (SP/SP) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:52 cracka wrote: Definitely not their best. How about leaving this one off the playlist for a while?
Ditto |
| Dior (Sherbrooke, Quebec) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:50 Listen, even Phil Collins is getting into it... This is great music and lyrics. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:49 Holy crap! I never expected to hear this outside the confines of my teenage bedroom. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Mar 11, 2008 - 10:49 OH YES BABY! |
| masterhead | Posted: Apr 21, 2004 - 09:34 I think this song should be play over and over..there I said it...Open your eyes and ears people...Even Brian Eno contributed here... |
| kevinc (Richardson, TX) | Posted: Aug 01, 2002 - 10:32 Originally Posted by cracka:
Definitely not their best. How about leaving this one off the playlist for a while? I'd agree, from a music POV. But the lyrics are absolutely hilarious. But I'd rather read them than hear the song ;) |
| tailwaggers (Lake Sumpineranuther) | Posted: Feb 18, 2002 - 20:17 Is there a better song about teenage male sexual consternation? |
| cracka (Hanover, IN) | Posted: Feb 18, 2002 - 19:48 Definitely not their best. How about leaving this one off the playlist for a while? |