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Los Endos was the closing track on A Trick if the Tail (1976), the first album where Phil sings lead vocals. It includes bits and pieces of the other sings on the album. The first tour with a second drummer so Phil can stand out front and sing, and the only tour with (then) former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Brofird on drums. The only player at that point that Phil trusted coukd play his parts. Though mainly known by his 1980s-90s fans as a great pop singer, Phil is one of rock's greatest drummers. This song is one of his showcases. This is actually my favorite Genesis album, despite having no hits the average person knows.
Maybe not the best song to introduce yourself to Genesis with. Los endos was often played in tandem with Dance on a volcano ( they feature on the same studio album, A trick of the tail ) as it incorporates parts of the melody ,as the show finale.
The most important thing to remember about Genesis is that, throughout their LONG career, they had three different distinct eras...the Peter Gabriel era, in which they were some of the pioneers of the entire Progressive Rock genre, the Phil Collins prog era, where Phil became the singer after Gabriel left, and then the "pop" Genesis era after long-time guitarist Steve Hackett left. Songs from that last era you might know would be 'Land of Confusion', 'Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", "No Reply At All", "Mama", etc. This isn't the best introduction to them as this track was the ending track of their A Trick of the Tail album and comprises sections of different tracks in a medley. Makes more sense if you listened to the album start to finish. As for suggestions for songs to get a better idea of their sounds, try Firth of Fifth, Watcher of the Skies, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Supper's Ready (perhaps THE greatest prog rock track ever), The Musical Box, Dance on a Volcano, Eleventh Earl of Mar, and One for the Vine. And those don't even take you past when Hackett departed. It's a DEEP rabbit hole, but suggest you start from the beginning and work your way forward to experience the different sounds/era in chronological order. Cheers, brother, enjoy your reactions.
They were so good live. Just as Mark Farner WAS Grand Funk Railroad, for me, Peter Gabriel WAS Genesis. Phil was always a bit too pop for me. I agree this most definitely isn’t the best song to review first.
Yes, there is a really great Traffic concert from 1972 from Santa Monica. It doesn't have Dave Mason, but has Steve Winwood playing almost every instrument at times.
THE greatest band to walk this planet... you scratched the top thinnest layer of an incredibly diverse and creative iceberg with this pick. If all you know of Phil is "In the air tonight"... you have no idea.
It's the last track on the album it was released on (A Trick of the Tail) and it's really just a medley of the themes of the other tracks on the record, which is why it doesn't sound like it belongs to together most of the time, because it really doesn't, but in context of the album it works better because at that point you would recognize the themes. But going in cold it probably doesn't seem to make much sense.
This is the final song on the album Trick Of The Tail. It comprises sections of "Dance On a Volcano", "Squonk" and a song that didn't make the album, "It's Yourself" which is why, out of context it sounds a bit disjointed.
Great that Bill Bruford (former Yes-drummer) joined on tour to drum when Phil did vocals. Two drum stars. Later, Chester Thompson would join the band on live shows.
EVeryone who said you’d understand Los Endos better if you listened to the album A Trick of The Tail is correct. It kind of brings everything together and wraps the album up. And they often used songs like that in concert to help the audience relive emotions and moods from the concert.
This is a rabbit hole of a band my friend. The further back you go the better in my opinion. You sized them up properly Avant-garde theater art. An amazing journey. Like a beer. Your first one isn't great but it gets better.
My favorite band ever - do yourself a favor and listen to everything - then you will get it. Interesting one to start with. This song is a combination of a few songs on the album - which is why it may sound weird to you. Listen to the whole thing - then it will make sense. They are SO talented that it's impossible to describe. They have my heart and always will
If you listen to "A Trick of The Tail" from start to finish, this is the last cut, and it's kind of a reprise of the whole album. It's like listening to Pink Floyd's "Great Gig In the Sky" by itself - without the context of the album, or even just that side of the album, it doesn't make any sense.
The first cassette I bought was, "Selling England by the Pound." So many songs to recommend. I would suggest, "Firth of Fifth" Much more accessible, and quite beautiful.
I love this band. From the lead by Gabriel to the transition to Collins, this was a fantastic band top to bottom. Doesn't get the recognition it deserves in my opinion.
This song you just reviewed is the last song on the 1976 album off Trick of the Tale .. it is a hard one for new reviewers as it combines a lot of song influences from the whole Trick of the Tail album. A great way to end the album but in my view works best if you heard the whole album. I suggest start with Try Firth of fifth from Selling England by the Pound 1973 a spectacular song that shows how gifted this band is and go from there. All the best
This was their encore for many years, combining briefly, themes from other songs and ending triumphantly. Absolutely outstanding if familiar with their music. Without that context it's a tricky first listen. Definitely recommend diving deeper with Genesis.
This wouldn't have been my choice of introductions. "Follow You, Follow Me" would have been an easier entry. But Genesis, and the members who had solo careers, are VERY much worth exploring. Very diverse. This song is sort of a sampler or a patchwork.
This was NOT the best introduction for you to check out Genesis with. I can see why they chose this one, and it's certainly a novel choice, but you don't really get a good, unobstructed view of their range and scope with this piece. I do appreciate the fact that you gave it a shot, though. Had you the proper context, you'd've gotten more out of it, especially since its rare footage. But there certainly are better choices for song selection and era - though kudos to the Patreon for choosing a live clip. Genesis live was always something unique to hear and behold. Will think on this.
It's a little tough to judge on its own. It is the last song on the album, and the different sections you heard are drawn from the previous songs on the album. So it's like a summation of what came before. I think you would really enjoy several songs from the album itself: Squonk, Ripples, Dance on a Volcano...
Start with Firth of Fifth, then Ripples, And then Stagnation.after that, you will know who Genesis are, which is one of the few bands who can sit down at the same table with Pink Floyd!
This was from their first album (and first concert tour) after Peter Gabriel left the band. They subsequently played this on every tour thereafter... and they played it Much better on later tours! usually as the ending of a 12-15 min. medley. Perfect ending.
I think a few good signpost songs to start with would be Firth of Fifth (early days with Gabriel) Dance on a Volcano (early days with Phil) and Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea (80s pivot). They’re not necessarily my favorites but I think they capture different periods of the band well. If you like the intensity of In the Air Tonight, I’d give the album version of Mama a listen.
I was a general fan of Genesis in the 80's, then Phil Collins after that. There are many more listenable songs without getting into deep "Progressive" songs. My favorite is "It's Gonna Get Better" (th-cam.com/video/57rIjdqeI2Q/w-d-xo.html), but other good songs are "In Too Deep", "Throwing it All Away", "Follow You Follow Me", etc.
Los Endos was the last track on the album A Trick of the Tail. It's an instrumental that incorporates themes from many of the other songs on the album. This is a brilliant live performance at the very end of a concert from 1976 (I think), but it would have been wiser to start your Genesis experience with a different tune to give you a better feel for what Genesis was doing in the 1970s. Especially a tune with vocals like Dance on a Volcano, The Cinema Show or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Great band! Ever evolving what with Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins both having been lead singer there. Mike Rutherford also had his band Mike and the Mechanics….so TONS of talent in that band!
polo check out "supper ready" it has to be one of the greatest songs ever written,also "in the cage medley/afterglow-1984 hq audio" on youtube has to be one of the most epic performances to ever grace the stage
As someone else commented, perhaps not the best Genesis song to start with. Since I know you like songs with a story line, I would recommend "Home By The Sea." It's not as well known, except for hard-core Genesis fans (like me) 😊 Much more "listenable", and a little spooky to boot. I'd recommend researching the song to learn the backstory. Thanks so much for all your music reactions. I find them addictive! ❤
This is from my favorite album. The trick of the tail and and it is one of those albums that is best. Listened to start to finish as i'm sure was the show. Having said that, you cannot go wrong with any track on this album. This just was not the best choice for launching your genesis journey
My husband who is 70 years old has followed Genesis from when they first came on the scene and has every album they have produced,he still watches their concerts when they are on tv.
This was not the tightest version of Los Endos live to be fair. I still like the version here cause it's a little rough and edgy. It was one of the earlier performances and they were still finding their feet with it. You can hear Rutherford struggle to keep the bass tight - but boy did it improve musically on the next couple of tours!
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Not the best introduction to Genesis. It was the concluding track on an album, and stitched together bits and fragments from several of the earlier tracks. Plus, it is the only instrumental track on the album that otherwise featured Phil Collins’ lead vocals. Dig deeper. An influential band with an incredible prog phase, and a later, massively successful pop phase.
Genesis was formed in the late 60's as a UK prog band by a group of rich kids who got together to make the most challenging and artistic music they could produce... Peter Gabriel (vocals) was the original singer w/ Tony Banks (keyboards), Mike Rutherford (guitar/ bass) and Anthony Phillips (guitar)... Genesis debuted in 1969 w/ 'From Genesis to Revelation' ... but it sold poorly. Steve Hackett (guitar) replaced the departing Anthony Phillips and Phil Collins (drums) joined around 1970 and recorded the 3rd Genesis album 'Nursery Cryme'... but few got the band's brand of prog rock. In 1972, Genesis released 'Foxtrot'... and Peter Gabriel started drawing attention by wearing elaborate costumes onstage depicting the fictional characters in Genesis albums. The band started to get good press and built a small, dedicated fanbase by 1973 but still had trouble paying the bills that had racked up... Genesis were in debt after their 1974 album 'The Lamb lies down on Broadway'... and it would be Peter Gabriel's last Genesis album... Peter Gabriel's newborn daughter developed health issues and he couldn't spend time away w/ the band anymore, so he announced he was leaving Genesis in 1975... The press assumed that Genesis was over without their lead singer, but they were just getting started... They wrote a new album 'A trick of the tail' while auditioning new singers for Genesis and drummer Phil Collins sang backup to guide the auditioning singers... but Banks, Rutherford and Hackett noticed that Phil Collins sounded better singing than any of the potential singers... Collins was quite happy as the drummer and couldn't see himself as a lead singer at the time... However, as the list of potential singers ended without anyone picked, Phil Collins gave in and decided to do the vocals for the album 'A trick of the tail'... It surprised Genesis insiders because Phil Collins was a much better singer than Peter Gabriel, and the album actually sold much better than any of the previous Genesis albums in 1976. It sold gold in the UK and gold in the US as well... the band's $400K debt was recouped by the success of the album on both sides of the Atlantic... Because Phil Collins was expected to sing lead live, Genesis hired Yes/ King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford for the tour. 'Wind & wuthering' (1976) was the last album to feature guitarist Steve Hackett, who left the band by 1977... This clip was filmed from the live Genesis album 'Seconds out' released in 1977. Genesis decided to carry on as a trio (Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) in 1978 w/ the next album aptly titled "And then there were three"... The sound of Genesis also began to change from a technically challenging prog rock band to a more streamlined pop rock band... They had a huge single in '78 - "Follow you, follow me"... as Genesis toured successfully in Europe and America w/ session musicians added onstage. Many older Genesis fans were irritated by the band moving away from their older prog rock and embracing the new pop sound... but the newer songs were drawing numbers and record sales that pushed them into superstar status... After taking a break following his separation & divorce, Phil Collins had penned a bulk of new songs that became his debut solo album 'Face value' in 1981... but his priority was Genesis... and the 1980 album 'Duke' became a platinum success and included some of Collins' songs... 'Abacab' (1981) was a bigger hit selling 2x platinum in the US. Ironically, Phil Collins' solo debut album 'Face value' outsold those 2 Genesis albums combined! Their self-titled 'Genesis' album was released in 1983 and it sold 4x platinum in the US... it scored the hits - "That's all" ... 'Mama' With Phil Collins a superstar by 1985, Genesis released the album 'Invisible touch' in 1986... It became their biggest album selling 6x platinum in the US and had the hits - 'Land of confusion'... 'Throwing it all away' ... 'Invisible touch'. In 1991, Genesis released their last studio record w/ Phil Collins - "We can't dance"... another mega success selling 4x platinum in the US and scoring the hit singles - 'Jesus he knows me' ... 'Hold on my heart' ... 'No son of mine' ... "I can't dance" Phil Collins opted to scale back his touring and musical output in the 90's and decided to amicably part ways w/ Genesis by 1995... Genesis hired new singer Ray Wilson and released 1 album 'Calling all stations' (1997)... but the record was a commercial failure (100K sold in the US) and Genesis quietly parted ways w/ Ray Wilson... They decided to mark Genesis' career in 1999 w/ a best of album 'Turn it on again - the hits' and the band re-recorded their 1974 song 'The carpet crawlers' w/ Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel recording new vocals. Genesis reunited the classic three (Collins, Banks and Rutherford) to tour again in 2007... Genesis opted to do a final tour in 2021/ '22 but Phil Collins had been suffering from a back injury; he was unable to play drums and sang while seated... His son Nic Collins played drums on the tour.
"Follow You, Follow Me" is one of my favorite songs from the 70s and the only Genesis song I own. They were musically a solid band, but I never got into their entire catalogue.
Commenters are correct, not best one to get to know Genesis. Try, There must be some misunderstanding, mamma, abacab, tonight, tonight, tonight, no reply at all. Home by the sea. I think you will like these better.
'The cinema show' from the album 'Selling England by the pound' would be a nice introduction to Genesis with Peter Gabriel. The title track also (Selling...)
Polo, it might help to put this in the proper context. In the early post-Peter Gabriel years, Los Endos was the set closer. I used to really dread when they’d start playing this song, because it meant that the show was very nearly over and we’d be in our cars soon going home. The beginning of Los Endos to me was the band just burning off some energy and setting up the climax at the end. I wished they would have a longer set list, especially since I don’t believe I ever saw them with an opening act. At least I got to see them perform the entire Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (double LP) plus encore on the tour before this one. This band made some of the most beautiful, passionate, and intense music ever, typically all in the same song. Firth of Fifth (studio version) would be a much better track to get your feet wet. ❤️✌️🔥
Phil's drumming with Genesis alone show's there's so much more to him than just "in the air tonight" ... his side project "Brand X" also ... Phil was in beast mode back then
Must be some misunderstanding, must be some kind of mistake were the lines that I remember from the song that got me through dating my Japanese girlfriend.
Not the best recording of this song, which is not the first song I'd use to introduce someone to Genesis: from the Peter Gabriel era, "Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty" or "Firth of Fifth" would be good, and from the Phil Collins era, "Turn It On Again" or "Dance on a Volcano." Great reaction to a so-so video!
Genesis is my #1 band. Such a diverse catalog. People who love the Phil era usually also love the Peter era. However, most diehard fans of the Peter era despise the Phil era, or at least everything post-Hackett (78 onward). That’s when they started having hit singles. They became hugely popular in the 80s, simultaneous with Phil’s own commercial success as a solo artist. Phil was everywhere in the 80s.
I’m in the minority but I wasn’t a fan of Peter Gabriel Genesis. It’s way too artsy. I know people want you to deep dive his lead songs but Misunderstanding, Home by the sea, Man on the corner, Mama, Turn it on again….all better because Phil. Peter had cheesy Sledgehammer as a solo. Only solos I can stand of Peters are Shock the monkey and Solsbury Hill.
I share this opinion. I just cant get into almost any of Genesis with Gabriel, apart from a few songs on The Lamb. I love pretty much everything Genesis did after Phil Collins took over as frontman.
This is them after losing Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins taking over lead vocals. In studio he was the drummer. Live would be others with he taking a seat at the kit for double drums at certain points. It was hard to see but I think it was Bill Bruford of YES and King Crimson here. After this tour in 76, Chester Thompson became their permanent touring drummer. All three of them among the best drummers out there. Some in studio great examples of Phil on drums, Squonk of this album, Down And Out from, And Then There Were Three, and Behind The Lines, 1st song from the Duke Suite
I have loved a lot of their music over the years. With the different incarnations of band members such as Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, there’s a great difference in their music over the years. The lamb lies down on Broadway is a classic from the early years that is great and the way you walk, which is led by Phil Collins is also great.. I believe you ended up with one of the worst songs that you could’ve listened to for your first time
Possibly the worst choice for a first track to listen to. :) As others have said, it's a medley of other songs, and you're correct that it seems incoherent as a single song. Go to Firth of Fifth, Dance on a Volcano, or frankly anything off that same concert/album... except the closing medley. :)
It was one of my 3 picks...shoulda chose something else in hindsight...I requested Dance On A Volcano from 78 tour, and Sqonk from 1980 tour... wanted Polo to see some of the early Phil era, and there's not much live video from that period (oddly for one of the best live bands at the time)...looking back it's not a great choice for an intro to the band, but it's a personal fav from that period.
Maybe best to sit down with the final concert of their final world tour in 2007 'When in Rome'. From start to finish musical masters at their brilliant best showcasing the best of the best, with an audience in raptures...Genesis the best ever!
Without early prog rock bands like Genesis, Yes, Curved Air, King Crimson, etc. there would be no TOOL. Taking a turn as you put it is what progressive rock does.
Los Endos is the last track of the album ‘A Trick of the Tail’ and reprises all the major themes from the previous songs which is why it seems unstructured. It became a much loved concert closer.
Looks to be post-Peter Gabriel Genesis, I can identify Mike Rutherford on the double-neck Guitar, Phil Collins on the Drums and Tony Banks on the Keyboards, but I can't name the other two gents on the stage. The music is quite creative and complex, like most Genesis compositions, and eventually, it does go somewhere. Interesting choice for a first listen.
Yep… this is a medley of pieces of several songs from the 1st “Phil Collins is taking over as lead singer now that Peter Gabriel has left” album. This band has a very apparent schism cuz after Peter went solo, Genesis went pop (actually, Gabriel did too!)… and had a long string of hits that took them from an ‘art band’ with worldwide acclaim, to a must-see pop act. Still great - I saw them in 1978 - but not much of the early material played, despite the fact that Collins sound a lot like Gabriel when desired. Then when Collins went solo, Uber-guitarist Steve Hackett did too, and Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks formed Mike and the Mechanics, which had a few big hits, too! They were all just talented!
this when they are FIRMLY implanted in PROG ROCK...the stuff in the 80's is much catchier and commercially appealing... "Invisible Touch" "Throwing it All Away" stuff like that...I think Peter Gabriel's spin of work was completely amazing..."Shock the Monkey" "Solsbury Hill" so many really unique sounds but also very musical and catchy...
yeah this was a medley from TriSQUONK ....GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO REACT TO THck of the Tail and they put together all the songs on the album or all the themes ...the last one was Squonk guess you might want to react to that song
Not a good choice to be introduced to Genesis, imho. They're an incredible band. Please try something like "Firth or Fifth" or "In the Cage" (which is from an amazing album called "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Or if you really want to immerse yourself, you'll hear all aspects of Genesis in "Supper's Ready".
Not the best choice of pieces by Genesis to get your feet wet - "Los Endos" is a show closer that incorporates themes from a previous number, "Dance on a Volcano". I'd recommend studio version of "Firth of Fifth". Live, I'd say "Turn it on again", "Misunderstanding" or "Afterglow" from "Three Sides Live". I gather the live album Seconds Out has good stuff but I'm not familiar with it. "Squonk" as a banger, so perhaps the live version from Seconds Out is a worthy start.
Check out the live version of their tune “Cinema Show.” Los Endos is basically like a “reprise” in a Broadway play, where pieces of each song in an album get revisited before the big ending.
As others have said, this isn't the best song to start with. It's intended as a coda to the album as it relives multiple themes previously introduced. As far as getting a good start with the band and it's rabbit hole, people are giving you their early prog songs. I get the sense you'd be better off starting with some of their later work to get your feet wet, then moving into the prog stuff. I'd recommend "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (album version), "Land Of Confusion", "Abacab" (album version), Mama, Home By the Sea/Second Home By the Sea, Man On the Corner, Turn It On Again, or No Son Of Mine. These are from the more pop era and a bit more accessible musically. Once you get a feel for them there, DEFINITELY move into the Peter Gabriel era, and the Phil prog era. Each era has it's own sound and each era kicks ass. Prog snobs thumb their nose at the pop era, but it's unwarranted. Hope to see more from both Genesis and Phil's solo career on your channel. Solid reaction, man!
I had the incredible good fortune of having seen Genesis 4x in concert. Three times at Massey Hall in Toronto and once in Spain. The costume, lighting and set designs were brilliant. Peter Gabriel was an amazing front man. All their albums were amazing! You’d learn all the bizarre lyrics and sing along, particularly to Supper’s Ready, a brilliant early song. When Genesis broke up, l was devastated! They continued on without Gabriel and Phil Collin’s took over. That’s when l lost complete interest. To me it just sounded like a watered down version of Genesis the first. Too many riffs were awfully familiar. Phil Collin’s song ‘Hold On My Heart’ is a lovely song, but doing that version of ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ ( a Supremes song) was embarrassing. You need to sit down and listen to a whole album like ‘Supper’s Ready, or Nursery Crimes. In those years when Peter Gabriel was the lead singer, his showmanship was amazing! Take the song ‘Watcher Of The Sky’ which is a song he opened his concert with the first time l saw them. It is stunning! He was stunning! The whole band was extremely talented. If you start at the beginning with their first album and continue on with each consecutive album, you may come to see them as less disjointed. Thank you.
That's Progressive Rock for you. It's kinda like Jazz/Fusion. A little disjointed but the musicianship is excellent and it is there for your mind to interpret for itself.
A bit odd choice for an introduction to Genesis. As the name implies it's a final track of the album "A Trick Of The Tail" from 1976 which is a personal favorite from their catalog. The track itself is comprised of a few of it's own bits but medleys in a lot of the material from the other songs of that album. From your reaction and the bits you liked I'd wager you would like the tracks "Dance On A Volcano" and "Squonk" both from that album. Check them out at your convenience and keep up the good work :) - cheers
Defenitely not the best song to start Genesis journey. Genesis is the best band on the planet with masterpieces that they creates in 70s. They have so much masterpieces, it's just crazy. In 70s they played progressive rock. Listen to any album in their 70s era, you will be amazed. Songs like Firth Of Fifth, Musical Box or The Cinema Show would be great start. This song is just their later album close up, please listen to my suggestion, Genesis will become your favorite band for sure
Please listen to more Genesis later on I think it’s better this song is too intense. Their old stuff is tense you know the hippy generation but 70s it gets amazing!!!!
Thanks for this one. Genesis is my absolute favorite band of all time. And the album A Trick of the Tail is a gem. I can reccommend a listen to all the tracks. They are all unique.
People think Phil Collins is a great drummer because of what they see him do in "In The Air Tonight". They don't know about this Phil Collins. F**king tragic.
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Los Endos was the closing track on A Trick if the Tail (1976), the first album where Phil sings lead vocals. It includes bits and pieces of the other sings on the album. The first tour with a second drummer so Phil can stand out front and sing, and the only tour with (then) former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Brofird on drums. The only player at that point that Phil trusted coukd play his parts. Though mainly known by his 1980s-90s fans as a great pop singer, Phil is one of rock's greatest drummers. This song is one of his showcases. This is actually my favorite Genesis album, despite having no hits the average person knows.
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Maybe not the best song to introduce yourself to Genesis with. Los endos was often played in tandem with Dance on a volcano ( they feature on the same studio album, A trick of the tail ) as it incorporates parts of the melody ,as the show finale.
Definitely NOT the best song for an introduction to the band.
@@BomageMinimart Carpet Creepers would have been better..
Crawlers moron…and great song to be introduced to Genesis with….Bruford and Collins…..what are you…2.
And Squonk, and other themes from other songs on the album.
Not on this album, for this album Madman Moon @@robdee9341
Firth of Fifth is the track you have to listen to.
The LIVE VERSION of Firth of Fifth from the SecondsOut album is the most superior version in my opinion!
@@uncletom618first listen should be studio version
Yes... this!
@@uncletom618i prefer the 2007 live in Rome version.
But hey... Every version is great.
Phil Collins was AMAZING on the drums !!!
The most important thing to remember about Genesis is that, throughout their LONG career, they had three different distinct eras...the Peter Gabriel era, in which they were some of the pioneers of the entire Progressive Rock genre, the Phil Collins prog era, where Phil became the singer after Gabriel left, and then the "pop" Genesis era after long-time guitarist Steve Hackett left. Songs from that last era you might know would be 'Land of Confusion', 'Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", "No Reply At All", "Mama", etc.
This isn't the best introduction to them as this track was the ending track of their A Trick of the Tail album and comprises sections of different tracks in a medley. Makes more sense if you listened to the album start to finish.
As for suggestions for songs to get a better idea of their sounds, try Firth of Fifth, Watcher of the Skies, Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Supper's Ready (perhaps THE greatest prog rock track ever), The Musical Box, Dance on a Volcano, Eleventh Earl of Mar, and One for the Vine. And those don't even take you past when Hackett departed. It's a DEEP rabbit hole, but suggest you start from the beginning and work your way forward to experience the different sounds/era in chronological order. Cheers, brother, enjoy your reactions.
They were so good live. Just as Mark Farner WAS Grand Funk Railroad, for me, Peter Gabriel WAS Genesis. Phil was always a bit too pop for me. I agree this most definitely isn’t the best song to review first.
Make that six eras although they only did one album in each of the other three and the first and last probably aren't that interesting.
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Very poor choice for an intro to Genesis. This is an album finale wrapping up other songs. Don't judge Genesis from this song ... The End.
True this song blends several of their songs together into one finale. That’s why it seems disjointed and without continuity.
It’s a great song. Not disjointed at all. It’s high information music.
Still a great song. 😊
Nearly 50 years on and people still talk in awe of the albums, songs and the band.......🥰
another group that isn't getting the coverage they deserve is Traffic, Steve Winwood was such a genius with lyrics and sounds.
Good call.
oh yeah, and low spark and, like MORE, but for sure these
Steve Winwood doesn't write lyrics on most of his songs.
Oh for sure. I liked every band Winwood was in
Yes, there is a really great Traffic concert from 1972 from Santa Monica. It doesn't have Dave Mason, but has Steve Winwood playing almost every instrument at times.
This album needs to be heard in its entirety...I promise it will all "fit together!"
Wind and Wuthering is better
THE greatest band to walk this planet... you scratched the top thinnest layer of an incredibly diverse and creative iceberg with this pick. If all you know of Phil is "In the air tonight"... you have no idea.
It's the last track on the album it was released on (A Trick of the Tail) and it's really just a medley of the themes of the other tracks on the record, which is why it doesn't sound like it belongs to together most of the time, because it really doesn't, but in context of the album it works better because at that point you would recognize the themes. But going in cold it probably doesn't seem to make much sense.
This is the final song on the album Trick Of The Tail. It comprises sections of "Dance On a Volcano", "Squonk" and a song that didn't make the album, "It's Yourself" which is why, out of context it sounds a bit disjointed.
Great that Bill Bruford (former Yes-drummer) joined on tour to drum when Phil did vocals. Two drum stars. Later, Chester Thompson would join the band on live shows.
EVeryone who said you’d understand Los Endos better if you listened to the album A Trick of The Tail is correct. It kind of brings everything together and wraps the album up. And they often used songs like that in concert to help the audience relive emotions and moods from the concert.
This is a rabbit hole of a band my friend. The further back you go the better in my opinion.
You sized them up properly
Avant-garde theater art. An amazing journey. Like a beer. Your first one isn't great but it gets better.
My favorite band ever - do yourself a favor and listen to everything - then you will get it. Interesting one to start with. This song is a combination of a few songs on the album - which is why it may sound weird to you. Listen to the whole thing - then it will make sense. They are SO talented that it's impossible to describe. They have my heart and always will
Yea just listen to everything. How much time do you think he has?😂
I love Genesis but not this song. Just me personally ... So many more bangers!
I’ve listened to a lot of GENESIS. I’ve never heard this. It’s over my head.
If you listen to "A Trick of The Tail" from start to finish, this is the last cut, and it's kind of a reprise of the whole album. It's like listening to Pink Floyd's "Great Gig In the Sky" by itself - without the context of the album, or even just that side of the album, it doesn't make any sense.
Same- odd first song imo 🤷🏻♀️
You haven't listened to a lot of Genesis, if this is over your head
I guess I missed Genesis in their early years. I’ve never heard this before either.
Agreed...not what I would recommend for a first introduction to the band
The first cassette I bought was, "Selling England by the Pound." So many songs to recommend. I would suggest, "Firth of Fifth" Much more accessible, and quite beautiful.
I bought that on LP and still have it. "Cinema Show / Aisle of Plenty" is, to me, perfection.
dancing with the moonlit knight is a banger of an opening track! such a great album from start to finish.
Genesis was an incredible band, you'll have many nice reactions to them moving forward I suspect
I love this band. From the lead by Gabriel to the transition to Collins, this was a fantastic band top to bottom. Doesn't get the recognition it deserves in my opinion.
In 80s and 90s that was stadion band. So I can't agree with 100%. But of course today slightly forgotten.
You would Have to see them live in the ‘70’s with Gabriel. Pure art and majesty.
Agree with others - so many better songs. I hope you try again, and choose one from their catalog before the departure of Peter Gabriel
This song you just reviewed is the last song on the 1976 album off Trick of the Tale .. it is a hard one for new reviewers as it combines a lot of song influences from the whole Trick of the Tail album. A great way to end the album but in my view works best if you heard the whole album. I suggest start with Try Firth of fifth from Selling England by the Pound 1973 a spectacular song that shows how gifted this band is and go from there. All the best
This was their encore for many years, combining briefly, themes from other songs and ending triumphantly. Absolutely outstanding if familiar with their music. Without that context it's a tricky first listen. Definitely recommend diving deeper with Genesis.
Please listen to Peter Gabriel - “In your Eyes”(Secret World Live)
Give a listen to Firth of Fifth on Genesis live 1973 the musicianship is amazing. FYI there live shows are way better than early album versions.
This wouldn't have been my choice of introductions.
"Follow You, Follow Me" would have been an easier entry. But Genesis, and the members who had solo careers, are VERY much worth exploring. Very diverse.
This song is sort of a sampler or a patchwork.
The live album Seconds Out has a lot of great songs.
One overlooked Genesis song where I love Phil's drum work is "Fading Lights." The keyboard and drum interplay is sublime!
Best closing concert ever from the best band ever.
This was NOT the best introduction for you to check out Genesis with. I can see why they chose this one, and it's certainly a novel choice, but you don't really get a good, unobstructed view of their range and scope with this piece.
I do appreciate the fact that you gave it a shot, though. Had you the proper context, you'd've gotten more out of it, especially since its rare footage. But there certainly are better choices for song selection and era - though kudos to the Patreon for choosing a live clip. Genesis live was always something unique to hear and behold.
Will think on this.
It's a little tough to judge on its own. It is the last song on the album, and the different sections you heard are drawn from the previous songs on the album. So it's like a summation of what came before. I think you would really enjoy several songs from the album itself: Squonk, Ripples, Dance on a Volcano...
Why this Genesis song?? This isn't even in my top thirty songs for them
Have to agree
The album “The Lamb Lies down on broadway” and also “Foxtrot” are phenomenal albums and definitely worth checking out. 👍
Start with Firth of Fifth, then Ripples, And then Stagnation.after that, you will know who Genesis are, which is one of the few bands who can sit down at the same table with Pink Floyd!
This is a collective summary of the entire album at the end of the album which includes bits of all the songs.
First of all, you have not done Genesis yet???
Secondly, LOS ENDOS!!!!!! YEAH, BABY!! 🎉🎉🎉
This was from their first album (and first concert tour) after Peter Gabriel left the band.
They subsequently played this on every tour thereafter... and they played it Much better on later tours!
usually as the ending of a 12-15 min. medley. Perfect ending.
I think a few good signpost songs to start with would be Firth of Fifth (early days with Gabriel) Dance on a Volcano (early days with Phil) and Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea (80s pivot). They’re not necessarily my favorites but I think they capture different periods of the band well. If you like the intensity of In the Air Tonight, I’d give the album version of Mama a listen.
Genesis-Fifth of Firth
It's a must.
I was a general fan of Genesis in the 80's, then Phil Collins after that. There are many more listenable songs without getting into deep "Progressive" songs. My favorite is "It's Gonna Get Better" (th-cam.com/video/57rIjdqeI2Q/w-d-xo.html), but other good songs are "In Too Deep", "Throwing it All Away", "Follow You Follow Me", etc.
Los Endos was the last track on the album A Trick of the Tail. It's an instrumental that incorporates themes from many of the other songs on the album. This is a brilliant live performance at the very end of a concert from 1976 (I think), but it would have been wiser to start your Genesis experience with a different tune to give you a better feel for what Genesis was doing in the 1970s. Especially a tune with vocals like Dance on a Volcano, The Cinema Show or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Great band! Ever evolving what with Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins both having been lead singer there. Mike Rutherford also had his band Mike and the Mechanics….so TONS of talent in that band!
polo check out "supper ready" it has to be one of the greatest songs ever written,also "in the cage medley/afterglow-1984 hq audio" on youtube has to be one of the most epic performances to ever grace the stage
As someone else commented, perhaps not the best Genesis song to start with. Since I know you like songs with a story line, I would recommend "Home By The Sea." It's not as well known, except for hard-core Genesis fans (like me) 😊 Much more "listenable", and a little spooky to boot. I'd recommend researching the song to learn the backstory. Thanks so much for all your music reactions. I find them addictive! ❤
Love the band but not this so much. Phil Collins had an amazing career with and without Genesis. So much to hear ❤❤
This is from my favorite album. The trick of the tail and and it is one of those albums that is best. Listened to start to finish as i'm sure was the show. Having said that, you cannot go wrong with any track on this album. This just was not the best choice for launching your genesis journey
Saw this tour and the next three. Sadly, I never saw them with Gabriel.
My husband who is 70 years old has followed Genesis from when they first came on the scene and has every album they have produced,he still watches their concerts when they are on tv.
This was not the tightest version of Los Endos live to be fair. I still like the version here cause it's a little rough and edgy. It was one of the earlier performances and they were still finding their feet with it. You can hear Rutherford struggle to keep the bass tight - but boy did it improve musically on the next couple of tours!
You need to listen to “Dance on a volcano” from the same album as this song.
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You should really watch the arrangement played by The Phil Collins Big Band! This song simply SHINES with alternate instrumentation.
SteveHackett did a version of this on his Genesis Revisited album.
Tip of the iceberg brother
Not the best introduction to Genesis. It was the concluding track on an album, and stitched together bits and fragments from several of the earlier tracks. Plus, it is the only instrumental track on the album that otherwise featured Phil Collins’ lead vocals. Dig deeper. An influential band with an incredible prog phase, and a later, massively successful pop phase.
Genesis was formed in the late 60's as a UK prog band by a group of rich kids who got together to make the most challenging and artistic music they could produce... Peter Gabriel (vocals) was the original singer w/ Tony Banks (keyboards), Mike Rutherford (guitar/ bass) and Anthony Phillips (guitar)... Genesis debuted in 1969 w/ 'From Genesis to Revelation' ... but it sold poorly.
Steve Hackett (guitar) replaced the departing Anthony Phillips and Phil Collins (drums) joined around 1970 and recorded the 3rd Genesis album 'Nursery Cryme'... but few got the band's brand of prog rock.
In 1972, Genesis released 'Foxtrot'... and Peter Gabriel started drawing attention by wearing elaborate costumes onstage depicting the fictional characters in Genesis albums. The band started to get good press and built a small, dedicated fanbase by 1973 but still had trouble paying the bills that had racked up... Genesis were in debt after their 1974 album 'The Lamb lies down on Broadway'... and it would be Peter Gabriel's last Genesis album... Peter Gabriel's newborn daughter developed health issues and he couldn't spend time away w/ the band anymore, so he announced he was leaving Genesis in 1975... The press assumed that Genesis was over without their lead singer, but they were just getting started...
They wrote a new album 'A trick of the tail' while auditioning new singers for Genesis and drummer Phil Collins sang backup to guide the auditioning singers... but Banks, Rutherford and Hackett noticed that Phil Collins sounded better singing than any of the potential singers... Collins was quite happy as the drummer and couldn't see himself as a lead singer at the time... However, as the list of potential singers ended without anyone picked, Phil Collins gave in and decided to do the vocals for the album 'A trick of the tail'... It surprised Genesis insiders because Phil Collins was a much better singer than Peter Gabriel, and the album actually sold much better than any of the previous Genesis albums in 1976. It sold gold in the UK and gold in the US as well... the band's $400K debt was recouped by the success of the album on both sides of the Atlantic... Because Phil Collins was expected to sing lead live, Genesis hired Yes/ King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford for the tour.
'Wind & wuthering' (1976) was the last album to feature guitarist Steve Hackett, who left the band by 1977... This clip was filmed from the live Genesis album 'Seconds out' released in 1977.
Genesis decided to carry on as a trio (Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford) in 1978 w/ the next album aptly titled "And then there were three"... The sound of Genesis also began to change from a technically challenging prog rock band to a more streamlined pop rock band... They had a huge single in '78 - "Follow you, follow me"... as Genesis toured successfully in Europe and America w/ session musicians added onstage.
Many older Genesis fans were irritated by the band moving away from their older prog rock and embracing the new pop sound... but the newer songs were drawing numbers and record sales that pushed them into superstar status... After taking a break following his separation & divorce, Phil Collins had penned a bulk of new songs that became his debut solo album 'Face value' in 1981... but his priority was Genesis... and the 1980 album 'Duke' became a platinum success and included some of Collins' songs... 'Abacab' (1981) was a bigger hit selling 2x platinum in the US. Ironically, Phil Collins' solo debut album 'Face value' outsold those 2 Genesis albums combined!
Their self-titled 'Genesis' album was released in 1983 and it sold 4x platinum in the US... it scored the hits - "That's all" ... 'Mama'
With Phil Collins a superstar by 1985, Genesis released the album 'Invisible touch' in 1986... It became their biggest album selling 6x platinum in the US and had the hits - 'Land of confusion'... 'Throwing it all away' ... 'Invisible touch'.
In 1991, Genesis released their last studio record w/ Phil Collins - "We can't dance"... another mega success selling 4x platinum in the US and scoring the hit singles - 'Jesus he knows me' ... 'Hold on my heart' ... 'No son of mine' ... "I can't dance"
Phil Collins opted to scale back his touring and musical output in the 90's and decided to amicably part ways w/ Genesis by 1995... Genesis hired new singer Ray Wilson and released 1 album 'Calling all stations' (1997)... but the record was a commercial failure (100K sold in the US) and Genesis quietly parted ways w/ Ray Wilson... They decided to mark Genesis' career in 1999 w/ a best of album 'Turn it on again - the hits' and the band re-recorded their 1974 song 'The carpet crawlers' w/ Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel recording new vocals.
Genesis reunited the classic three (Collins, Banks and Rutherford) to tour again in 2007... Genesis opted to do a final tour in 2021/ '22 but Phil Collins had been suffering from a back injury; he was unable to play drums and sang while seated... His son Nic Collins played drums on the tour.
"Follow You, Follow Me" is one of my favorite songs from the 70s and the only Genesis song I own. They were musically a solid band, but I never got into their entire catalogue.
I forgot about that one... YES
Hi, Polo, I recommend you Genesis ...FIRTH OF FIFTH.!!!!!
Commenters are correct, not best one to get to know Genesis. Try, There must be some misunderstanding, mamma, abacab, tonight, tonight, tonight, no reply at all. Home by the sea. I think you will like these better.
One of the greatest bands ever. Period
Their album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is a masterpiece.
Every album with Peter is masterpiece
'The cinema show' from the album 'Selling England by the pound' would be a nice introduction to Genesis with Peter Gabriel. The title track also (Selling...)
Love that song!
Polo, it might help to put this in the proper context. In the early post-Peter Gabriel years, Los Endos was the set closer. I used to really dread when they’d start playing this song, because it meant that the show was very nearly over and we’d be in our cars soon going home. The beginning of Los Endos to me was the band just burning off some energy and setting up the climax at the end. I wished they would have a longer set list, especially since I don’t believe I ever saw them with an opening act. At least I got to see them perform the entire Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (double LP) plus encore on the tour before this one. This band made some of the most beautiful, passionate, and intense music ever, typically all in the same song. Firth of Fifth (studio version) would be a much better track to get your feet wet. ❤️✌️🔥
They played a two hour set with no break, then an encore.
There's a lot of good songs from Genesis but I hate this track.
Phil's drumming with Genesis alone show's there's so much more to him than just "in the air tonight" ... his side project "Brand X" also ... Phil was in beast mode back then
Must be some misunderstanding, must be some kind of mistake were the lines that I remember from the song that got me through dating my Japanese girlfriend.
Waited in the rain for hours... ya, that 1. it'll come to me. Lol ✌🏻
Not the best recording of this song, which is not the first song I'd use to introduce someone to Genesis: from the Peter Gabriel era, "Cinema Show/Aisle of Plenty" or "Firth of Fifth" would be good, and from the Phil Collins era, "Turn It On Again" or "Dance on a Volcano." Great reaction to a so-so video!
Phil Collins was a member of Genesis from 1971 to the end. So they were NOT seperate eras, they played TOGETHER from 71>75.
Genesis is my #1 band. Such a diverse catalog. People who love the Phil era usually also love the Peter era. However, most diehard fans of the Peter era despise the Phil era, or at least everything post-Hackett (78 onward). That’s when they started having hit singles. They became hugely popular in the 80s, simultaneous with Phil’s own commercial success as a solo artist. Phil was everywhere in the 80s.
I’m in the minority but I wasn’t a fan of Peter Gabriel Genesis. It’s way too artsy. I know people want you to deep dive his lead songs but Misunderstanding, Home by the sea, Man on the corner, Mama, Turn it on again….all better because Phil. Peter had cheesy Sledgehammer as a solo. Only solos I can stand of Peters are Shock the monkey and Solsbury Hill.
I share this opinion. I just cant get into almost any of Genesis with Gabriel, apart from a few songs on The Lamb. I love pretty much everything Genesis did after Phil Collins took over as frontman.
This is them after losing Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins taking over lead vocals. In studio he was the drummer. Live would be others with he taking a seat at the kit for double drums at certain points. It was hard to see but I think it was Bill Bruford of YES and King Crimson here. After this tour in 76, Chester Thompson became their permanent touring drummer. All three of them among the best drummers out there. Some in studio great examples of Phil on drums, Squonk of this album, Down And Out from, And Then There Were Three, and Behind The Lines, 1st song from the Duke Suite
I have loved a lot of their music over the years. With the different incarnations of band members such as Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, there’s a great difference in their music over the years. The lamb lies down on Broadway is a classic from the early years that is great and the way you walk, which is led by Phil Collins is also great.. I believe you ended up with one of the worst songs that you could’ve listened to for your first time
Possibly the worst choice for a first track to listen to. :) As others have said, it's a medley of other songs, and you're correct that it seems incoherent as a single song. Go to Firth of Fifth, Dance on a Volcano, or frankly anything off that same concert/album... except the closing medley. :)
It was one of my 3 picks...shoulda chose something else in hindsight...I requested Dance On A Volcano from 78 tour, and Sqonk from 1980 tour... wanted Polo to see some of the early Phil era, and there's not much live video from that period (oddly for one of the best live bands at the time)...looking back it's not a great choice for an intro to the band, but it's a personal fav from that period.
Maybe best to sit down with the final concert of their final world tour in 2007 'When in Rome'. From start to finish musical masters at their brilliant best showcasing the best of the best, with an audience in raptures...Genesis the best ever!
Without early prog rock bands like Genesis, Yes, Curved Air, King Crimson, etc. there would be no TOOL.
Taking a turn as you put it is what progressive rock does.
Lamb lies down on Broadway.
You need to hear them with Peter Gabriel's vocals.
Los Endos is the last track of the album ‘A Trick of the Tail’ and reprises all the major themes from the previous songs which is why it seems unstructured. It became a much loved concert closer.
Mama is a Great song Genesis!
Looks to be post-Peter Gabriel Genesis, I can identify Mike Rutherford on the double-neck Guitar, Phil Collins on the Drums and Tony Banks on the Keyboards, but I can't name the other two gents on the stage. The music is quite creative and complex, like most Genesis compositions, and eventually, it does go somewhere. Interesting choice for a first listen.
SteveHackett on guitar, Bill Bruford on drums/percussion
Thanks uncletom, I should have recognized both of those guys. @@uncletom618
Please watch home by the sea and home by the sea 2
Yep… this is a medley of pieces of several songs from the 1st “Phil Collins is taking over as lead singer now that Peter Gabriel has left” album.
This band has a very apparent schism cuz after Peter went solo, Genesis went pop (actually, Gabriel did too!)… and had a long string of hits that took them from an ‘art band’ with worldwide acclaim, to a must-see pop act.
Still great - I saw them in 1978 - but not much of the early material played, despite the fact that Collins sound a lot like Gabriel when desired.
Then when Collins went solo, Uber-guitarist Steve Hackett did too, and Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks formed Mike and the Mechanics, which had a few big hits, too! They were all just talented!
this when they are FIRMLY implanted in PROG ROCK...the stuff in the 80's is much catchier and commercially appealing... "Invisible Touch" "Throwing it All Away" stuff like that...I think Peter Gabriel's spin of work was completely amazing..."Shock the Monkey" "Solsbury Hill" so many really unique sounds but also very musical and catchy...
I agree, not a great start to Genesis!
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great you did genesis. but weak song. "Firth of Fifth", "Music Box", "Supper's Ready"
The cage live would be the one look at also
Glad you're checking out Genesis in their prime...But; You're just looking at a delicious meal on a menu...You haven't even tasted the meal...
Try 'Supper's Ready' though it is 26 minutes long.
Ok but what a weird pick to start with..
yeah this was a medley from TriSQUONK ....GUESS YOU'LL HAVE TO REACT TO THck of the Tail and they put together all the songs on the album or all the themes ...the last one was Squonk guess you might want to react to that song
Not a good choice to be introduced to Genesis, imho. They're an incredible band. Please try something like "Firth or Fifth" or "In the Cage" (which is from an amazing album called "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". Or if you really want to immerse yourself, you'll hear all aspects of Genesis in "Supper's Ready".
Never was a genesis fan…and this is why
my brother actually had a genesis tribute band called "the carpet crawlers" liverpool,he can do a great gabriel if you give them a nose on youtube
Not the best choice of pieces by Genesis to get your feet wet - "Los Endos" is a show closer that incorporates themes from a previous number, "Dance on a Volcano". I'd recommend studio version of "Firth of Fifth". Live, I'd say "Turn it on again", "Misunderstanding" or "Afterglow" from "Three Sides Live". I gather the live album Seconds Out has good stuff but I'm not familiar with it. "Squonk" as a banger, so perhaps the live version from Seconds Out is a worthy start.
Check out the live version of their tune “Cinema Show.” Los Endos is basically like a “reprise” in a Broadway play, where pieces of each song in an album get revisited before the big ending.
As others have said, this isn't the best song to start with. It's intended as a coda to the album as it relives multiple themes previously introduced. As far as getting a good start with the band and it's rabbit hole, people are giving you their early prog songs. I get the sense you'd be better off starting with some of their later work to get your feet wet, then moving into the prog stuff. I'd recommend "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (album version), "Land Of Confusion", "Abacab" (album version), Mama, Home By the Sea/Second Home By the Sea, Man On the Corner, Turn It On Again, or No Son Of Mine. These are from the more pop era and a bit more accessible musically. Once you get a feel for them there, DEFINITELY move into the Peter Gabriel era, and the Phil prog era. Each era has it's own sound and each era kicks ass. Prog snobs thumb their nose at the pop era, but it's unwarranted. Hope to see more from both Genesis and Phil's solo career on your channel. Solid reaction, man!
I had the incredible good fortune of having seen Genesis 4x in concert. Three times at Massey Hall in Toronto and once in Spain. The costume, lighting and set designs were brilliant. Peter Gabriel was an amazing front man. All their albums were amazing! You’d learn all the bizarre lyrics and sing along, particularly to Supper’s Ready, a brilliant early song. When Genesis broke up, l was devastated! They continued on without Gabriel and Phil Collin’s took over. That’s when l lost complete interest. To me it just sounded like a watered down version of Genesis the first. Too many riffs were awfully familiar. Phil Collin’s song ‘Hold On My Heart’ is a lovely song, but doing that version of ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ ( a Supremes song) was embarrassing. You need to sit down and listen to a whole album like ‘Supper’s Ready, or Nursery Crimes. In those years when Peter Gabriel was the lead singer, his showmanship was amazing! Take the song ‘Watcher Of The Sky’ which is a song he opened his concert with the first time l saw them. It is stunning! He was stunning! The whole band was extremely talented. If you start at the beginning with their first album and continue on with each consecutive album, you may come to see them as less disjointed. Thank you.
That's Progressive Rock for you. It's kinda like Jazz/Fusion. A little disjointed but the musicianship is excellent and it is there for your mind to interpret for itself.
A bit odd choice for an introduction to Genesis. As the name implies it's a final track of the album "A Trick Of The Tail" from 1976 which is a personal favorite from their catalog. The track itself is comprised of a few of it's own bits but medleys in a lot of the material from the other songs of that album. From your reaction and the bits you liked I'd wager you would like the tracks "Dance On A Volcano" and "Squonk" both from that album. Check them out at your convenience and keep up the good work :) - cheers
Defenitely not the best song to start Genesis journey. Genesis is the best band on the planet with masterpieces that they creates in 70s. They have so much masterpieces, it's just crazy. In 70s they played progressive rock. Listen to any album in their 70s era, you will be amazed. Songs like Firth Of Fifth, Musical Box or The Cinema Show would be great start. This song is just their later album close up, please listen to my suggestion, Genesis will become your favorite band for sure
Please listen to more Genesis later on I think it’s better this song is too intense. Their old stuff is tense you know the hippy generation but 70s it gets amazing!!!!
Thanks for this one. Genesis is my absolute favorite band of all time. And the album A Trick of the Tail is a gem. I can reccommend a listen to all the tracks. They are all unique.
People think Phil Collins is a great drummer because of what they see him do in "In The Air Tonight". They don't know about this Phil Collins. F**king tragic.