tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post2125651519391160937..comments2024-03-27T07:51:05.367-07:00Comments on R S Crabb Presents Record World : Overrated: Springsteen, GenesisR S Crabbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-54843735977386787312014-02-10T16:53:40.950-08:002014-02-10T16:53:40.950-08:00Hey Crabby -- For me, Genesis was at their best ri...Hey Crabby -- For me, Genesis was at their best right after Peter Gabriel left and before the big hits started coming.<br />I have a problem with Gabriel's voice -- it's too ... guttural(?). Except for "Counting Out Time" and "The Knife," every Genesis song PG originally sang lead on sounds BETTER when Phil Collins sings it ... but that just may be because I discovered these guys back-asswards. Might just be me.<br />I was on their bandwagon from TRICK OF THE TAIL through THREE SIDES LIVE (not counting DUKE, everybody falls asleep sometimes), even liked it when they started sounding a little like the Moody Blues, lotsa mellotrons and stuff.<br />But by the time of "Mama" I was starting to lose interest. Some of the later singles are OK I guess, if you don't have to hear 'em every day.<br />But I still think their middle period's classic. For me, PLATINUM COLLECTION actually doesn't have ENOUGH of their best period.<br />Sorry to get in so late on this one....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-84201015058656795922014-01-18T19:28:25.153-08:002014-01-18T19:28:25.153-08:00Howdy 2000 Man,
Most of the Genesis stuff is gath...Howdy 2000 Man,<br /><br />Most of the Genesis stuff is gathering dust on the shelf. But it was a chore going through the 3 CD Platinum Collection. Mike Rutherford did a nice album called Acting Very Strange, somewhat progish and having Stewart Copeland sitting on drums. <br /><br />Some of the lesser known Springsteen stuff does sound at home on Underground Garage but the new album makes me turn the station. I get bored with the repetition very quickly ;) R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-15126810214636773112014-01-18T14:54:27.101-08:002014-01-18T14:54:27.101-08:00Oh, man! I hope you didn't get yourself stuck...Oh, man! I hope you didn't get yourself stuck listening to much of that Genesis! They're spotty enough with Gabriel, but after he left outisde of <i>Turn It On Again</i> I can't stand them. Phil's solo stuff is brutal.<br /><br />I've only got one Bruce album. It's okay. I know <i>why</i> The Underground Garage plays him, but I don't understand how he fits in with their aesthetic.2000 Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448040911386703323noreply@blogger.com