Anybody watching this?
Cream, Hendrix, Stones, Who.......
This is tremendous stuff.
Anybody watching this?
Cream, Hendrix, Stones, Who.......
This is tremendous stuff.
Tonight......Velvets, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Roxy Music, Genesis.......
Just brilliant. Even kept Wheeze out of the pub!
no, it didn't. when is it repeated?
Tomorrow night I think!
must watch out for it -need to see gabriel-era genesis again.Originally Posted by Toffer
Just watched it. I guess you have to be of a certain age but the vintage velvets/bowie/floyd/genesis just transported me back to those incredibly exciting early teen years. WOW! Kids of today...what do they have that comes anything as close?
I am now flooded with memories of Brut, flares, cheesecloth shirts, Freeman Hardy and Willis platforms, zits, two stroke exhaust and ultraviolet lights for the last snog!
I think this series could prove to be a bit expensive becuase it either reminds you of an old vynl album you haven't played for a while and must know go get on CD (in my case Velvets, Roxy Music) and some bands that I never realy heard properly before (Genisis & early Pink Floyd). Can any body suggest the best Genisis CD to buy?
I thought it was ok Toffer, though i do think they overplayed the influence of Roxy Music and Genesis a bit.
Don't get me wrong I've nothing against either of them. In fact i admit to quite liking the Gabriel-era Genesis when I was a nipper, but unlike Floyd/Velvet Underground/Bowie (and those highlighted last week) they didn't exactly do anything that important in the history of music.
Martin, you can't go wrong with 'Seconds Out', a double live LP of the best of their early work. It is that rare beast, a live recording that generally sounds better than the studio versions, all the more remarkable because it is post Gabriel with Collins doing a credible job in his pre-mawkish days.
Of the original early albums, Selling England By The Pound is tops for me. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is an epic piece but a bit more of an acquired taste.
Danbert, before last nights programme, I would have tended to agree with you about Genesis. A bit like a damp sunday afternoon in Bognor...terribly english but somewhat wet, grey and depressing. But after seeing that remarkable footage of Gabriel at the peak of his costume phase, they certainly had something. He presaged New Romantic face painting by 10 years and Wayne Coyne's onstage theatrics and love of the bizarre by 25 years. Anyone who likes Elbow will find much to admire and any bands that play to a classical structure will have to admit to the Genesis influence.
Post Gabriel, I agree, they sank into a tacky commercial mess with only a few highlights after Trick of The Tail.
As regards Roxy Music, I'll take a firm stand here. They were absolutely brilliant, exciting and unique. They created the bedrock for a whole raft of music, style and creativity that few, if any other, bands have matched before or since. Like Genesis, their flame burned brightest for a brief early period during the Ferry/Eno years but if I had been blessed with any musical talent Roxy would definately have been an inspiration to get up on stage and just do it.
Imagine, seeing Virginia Plain and Starman for the first time on TOTP. It was heady stuff, I can tell you!
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