Well he was part of Jean Luc Ponty's recording band as was Patrice Rushen. No harm done. He had played on the albums "Aurora' "Imaginary Voyage' and ' Enigmatic Ocean' (also with Allan Hodsworth) and the album 'Civilized Evil'. His photo was on the back of the album 'Aurora.'
Checked the comments to make sure this had been noted! At least Daryl's on the album :-) However, at 6:41 that's a Prophet 10, not a 5! But, again, Tony used a Prophet 10 to replace organ and Mellotron sounds, so.. hmm.. mebbe it's passable..! Still, these are minor details - another good episode, thank you for all work that went in to it!
I took my oldest daughter to see Jean Luc at the historic Ohio Theater in 86 or 87 and he was spectacular. That was her first concert, she was 4 or 5. She behaved so well I took her to see Pink Floyd a few years later, she remembers too.🎶✌💖
Peter Gabriel has always been my favourite artist - but the reality is Phil was an absolute beast. A monster of a songwriter, an awesome singer, and an unrivalled drummer. Talk about a ringer!
@@Producelikeapro These guys are fabulous! Capable of making 23 minutes epic jam like Supper's Ready and powerpop superhits like Invisible Touch and I can't dance. I mean. You gotta love them!
As the drummer, Phil was the 'glue'. But such a well balance group. Their playing and writing always complimented each other. Truly a genius rock band never to be duplicated.
Only just found this. I saw Genesis in 1969-70 at the Clouds disco in Derby , we were all sat on the floor, I was immediately taken by Peters introduction to each song with a weird story!..I was the only female in the audience and have been an avid fan since. I have introduced many female friends to Genesis over the early years and sold my original L.P. collection to raise money for Guide Dogs as I am now at 72, a puppy raiser for the charity. I love to relax with the headphones on watching their DVDs and listening to their stuff on CD.
I know, I try to watch every single video from Warren, he is one of the best on the net! His "Reaction" video/documentaries are also very deep with insightful commentary that is not just "opinionated drabble". He dives super deep into so many genre's, his passion and Love for music is contagious. He is a master at what he does
15m into this video and I was hoping there was at least 5 hours more content to look forward to. I so deeply love these videos that cover everything from the history, to the line ups, to the specific equipment the bands use. Thank you so much for providing us this content.
I grew up in the 80s and Invisible Touch was my favourite album as a teenager. During Covid, I finally got around to going back and listening to their earlier albums, starting with Abacab and working back to Trespass. Oh my God. I had no idea what I'd been missing. I still love the later albums though. Some of the best songs of the 80s are on Genesis and Invisible Touch. I'm glad you noted the influence of New Wave music, which I think 80s Genesis came closer to than most people acknowledge,
We practically had the same experience: I grew up with Genesis (album), Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance. When the 1994 remaster came out, I bought all their previous albums on cassette...my mind was absolutely blown. Still love their last few albums (yes, even Calling All Stations has some great tracks-The Diving Line is a banger), but those first albums are masterpieces.
Take a listen to Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums if you haven't. They're all solid, and the last two Peter Gabriel 3: Melt and Peter Gabriel 4: Security are amazing.
Same, got Invisible Touch in 6th grade, recognized several earlier songs from the radio growing up. Got We Can't Dance, then heard Foxtrot and And Then There Were Three in college. I didn't dig into the rest until 2015, via live TH-cam concerts and then into the albums. Early material was totally different to me. And that's OK. I prefer the 1977-1982 range best if I am poking around, but it's all so good. Cheers!
I realize this is outside the scope of your discussion, but Genesis had a massive effect on the touring industry through their incredibly innovative lighting and stage designs. They help fund the development of the first 'intelligent' light fixture, the VariLite w/ their production company ShowCo. But outside of the technology, the designer(s) they used had brilliant ideas. When I was a small time semi-pro lighting designer I used to shamelessly rip off some of the things they did like using mirrors to redirect light beams to make it look like more fixtures than you actually had. (Used on the Then Their 3 tour, prior to the VariLite) The second to last tour (the one before 'Last Domino') had one of the most amazing stage designs I've ever seen. The 3 layers of lighting was spectacular. The 'When in Rome' DVD is a great chance to see this, along w/ behind the scenes of the development of the tour. Thank you for your excellent video btw.
As a drummer, Genesis was a HUGE influence on my musical development. I came to know them post-Gabriel but appreciate all of their catalogue. Thanks for the in-depth review of this great band.
Really enjoyed this chronological journey of one of my favorite bands. I could write a few paragraphs right now, but I'll be brief. Tony Banks owned an Ensoniq VFX keyboard in the early 1990s. I don't know if he ever recorded with it, but he did tour with the VFX. I know because I was Ensoniq's service manager and Tony's keyboard tech needed spare VFX parts during the tour which I shipped to specific venues. On a separate topic; during the summer 1981, Genesis played New York's Forest Hills Tennis Stadium on a night when I was free. So I drove to the stadium without a ticket but with $20 in my pocket. Met a guy who sold a $20 ticket - a great seat and it was an outstanding summer night concert. They played Suppers Ready. I'll cherish that night as long as I live. By the early 1980s, Genesis fans were voluminous, they knew the words to every song and little did we know what lay ahead. Warren, you captured the nuance of those exciting years in this video. Thanks again.
I turned 60 this year, I've been listening to Genesis since 1976, when I first heard the Lamb. I watched Phil and the band walk off stage at the O2 Arena to a standing ovation. I play Suppers Ready most days. Yesterday, I decided I would like to learn to play piano, not knowing anything about music, and chose Mad Man Moon as the first piece to learn. A day later I can manage the treble (right hand) for the first eight bars. I'm smiling inside with pleasure! The Bass; (Left hand) may take a few more weeks......
No collection of artists can top the five members of the classic Genesis line up. Period. Imagine all of them being together for five albums and all the music they've created and a nod to Anthony Phillips who is stellar in his own rights.
Great video! Unfortunately some errors have crept in this one: @5:23 That's not Daryl Stuermer, that's Jean-luc Ponty. Daryl was one of the guitarists in Ponty's band. @12:14 Tony did not use the DX7 on Abacab, it wasn't even released at that time. He did use the NED Synclavier on some of the tracks (notably Another record and the B-side Me and Virgil). Ironically, Genesis did not get rid of the tambourines, both Abacab and the Genesis album are littered with tambourine overdubs, perhaps even more so than on Duke. Mama was released in 1983, not 82 :) That's all does not have the MXR Phaser on the Synclavier (as far as I can tell, the Synclavier was never processed with modulation effects, mostly because it already had chorus as part of some of the sounds, he only used a compressor to keep the dynamic range consistent between lead and chord work-it's not velocity sensitive-and a Roland SDE2000 delay). Most of the bass on That's all is also the Synclavier (same organ patch, just in the low register). The CP70 also ran through the Roland JC120 amp. MXR was used for regular organ sounds which were provided by the Prophet 10. It's Gonna Get Better has that sound very prominently. The SHBTS jam, I think the story was that Phil was actually absent and they programmed the groove on the Simmons. Then picking the sections they liked. Bank's more important additions to his keyboard rig of 1991 were the Korg Wavestation and Ensoniq VFX. These two keyboards make for 80% of the sounds on that album. Not touched up on in this video but worth noting: compare the drumsound from In the air tonight with the one from Mama. The arrangement idea of breaking in with loud drums is the same but the actual drum sound is very different. Rutherford experimented a lot with guitar synths since And then there were tree. Burning Rope features the Arp Avatar and it sounds like the Hexfuzz was used a lot too. The Avatar also made appearances on Duke. Genesis album had a lot of GR300, most prominently on Home by the sea. He also used the Roland Compuphonic (also known as the Promars, kind of like a jupiter 4) for bass synth sounds (like on It's gonna get better). Another point which deserves some recognition is that Genesis was very key in live lightning technology. It was Genesis who funded Showco for the development for lights which could change colour, shape, and would move. The Varilite (named as such by their manager Tony Smith). Genesis premiered these lights on the Abacab tour and captivated audiences and professionals. Especially In the Cage would utilise the fast movements and colour changes. The Mama tour had a very impressive lightning rig where all the beams were motorised and move. This allowed for the rig itself to change shape in addition to the lights being able to rotate and tilt.
34:35 What a great way to describe his solo career lmao, the songs have so much going on and then a change creeps in while an insane row of changes appear later to the point that the song becomes unrecognizable and then brings you back... yes, it is insane.
I have always loved Genesis alongside Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hacketts Genesis revisited concerts in Brisbane. This has to be the best documentary on their history and a deep insight on how they make their music and their instruments they used. From a Warren to a Warren, this was fantastic to view
As a just music lover, the way you present this great band, makes me wish I would be able to play an instrument, and understand it even better. I was on the Invisible Touch concert in Basel in 1987. The first song they played was "Mama", after all of us got soaking wet by a heavy summerrain. It still gives me goosebumps now, 35 years later. Thank you so much for your fine and emotional presentation.
Phil’s Genesis’ shows are among the best pieces of live music I have listened to, specially the medleys like Old Medley from “The Way We Walk” and The Cage Medley from “Genesis Live Over Europe, 2007”
I’m a big Genesis fan and yet you brought the stories alive as if I was hearing them for the first time. Along with the great Rick Beato, Andertons TV (I know your shared history with Lee) and That Pedal Show, YOURS is one of the very best music channels on TH-cam. All power to you Warren-best wishes for continued success.
I saw them in the 80s they had a monster line up of great songs They played for almost 4 hours.. The audience was exhausted we were all quiet walking to our cars, Amazing show..
I was always amazed that even after making the more radio friendly songs, they still sounded like Genesis. That prog sound of their early material actually made it to the top of the charts. For years!
I was a teen in the 80's. Genesis came to me in 1983 through MTV. I love the playfulness of the video, and the song was contagious. I was hooked. Eventually I made it to the record store, and back the their back catalog was readily available back then. Each cassette was an adventure unto itself. I loved it all. The summer of 1986 Genesis, and their associated acts were everywhere. The radio dial was saturated with Genesis, Phil Collins, Mike + the Mechanics, Peter Gabriel, GTR. Phil also worked with Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Tears for Fears, Frida of Abba, The Prince's Trust concerts, Band Aid, and that little concert with the Concorde stunt. For me I loved it. It is the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for these videos the technical aspects always get lost in the "story" of Genesis. That gated drum sound changed the world. I loved their use of technology all around. They had one of the best light shows ever. They invested in Vari-light from the beginning and it became the standard for concert lighting. Tony Banks solo material is an amazing look into one of the most prolific minds of music. There are many hidden gems.
It's easy to forget how important Genesis was to the progression of pop music in the 80s/90s. Everyday, I have at least one Genesis song run thru my head and I'm forced to sing along. "Throwing It All Away" comes up a lot, it's such a subtle but powerful song, expertly executed. Thanks for this, Warren.
Yes. God bless them and you and your team for these videos. I was 14 when I first heard Home by the Sea at the local "disco club". I was astonished. So, some time later my aunt came up with this "cassette". She had asked me which band I liked and I said Genesis although I only new that "genesis" album. The cassette was Nursery Cryme and I was mind blowed for the second time. I was buzzled and a bit angry or I could say dissapointed ,for that was not the sound of HBTS or Mama, nor the music at all. Time went on and as I always did, I kept listening to the cassette and that Album became the entering gates into being a Prog Rock fan .
Excellent videos. Great work. Been a Genesis fan since '74 when I was 14. Recently revisited "And Then There Were Three" and have found a new appreciation for it. Thanks Warren
There are some mind blowing songs on And Then There Were Three for sure, I just wish the album was more even... but it seems like they were trying on a lot of things at that point. I heard somewhere that instead of combining ideas into longer songs like usual, they decided to keep them separate and shorter. Makes sense.
Warren, these vids are doing a great job of historical documentation in a very concise but respectfully heartfelt packages. Thanks for this double feature on one of my favorite bands (I still have the tape I recorded off the late night King Biscuit Flour Hour radio broadcast of the Invisible Touch tour!). I more often credit Rush as most influencing my arranging and composing, but Genesis' influence cannot be denied.
Thank you for this Warren. I am 65 and have been a massive Genesis fan since their inception all the way through the end. I am also a big fan of all the member's solo careers. Phil Collins is my absolute favorite drummer of all time. Musical AF and chops to burn. There are just too many incredible songs to pick a favorite. Back In New York City, The Cage, Watcher Of The Skys, Los Endos, Wot Gorilla, Blood On The rooftops....I could go on and on.
I can't say better than you what Genesis represents in modern music. For me the greatest band ever with a unique catalog. 14 albums all different and at the same time incredibly awesome. God bless them. Congratulations, this work is amazing. Thanks.
11:58 - I absolutely _looove_ Tony's patches on "Abacab", especially in the solo section -- it's like the keyboard incarnation of distorted guitar. Been fascinated with the sound of that song since first hearing it in '81. Warren, I'm so thankful for you. Most of my friends are musicians, but I'm the biggest trivia nerd by far. I'm so glad that an uber-nerd like you puts the effort into amazing videos like this that give me so much joy. Thanks *ever so much!* 😉
It's kind of a miracle that the people in the classic lineup: Gabriel, Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, Collins, were able to find each other on this huge planet. What a treat for many years to follow!
Have had the privilege of meeting them all over the years. Most surprising was Steve Hackett, with Kim Poor in the audience at the Hammy Odeon to see Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley for a benefit gig for Bill Duffield who was a lighting engineer who unfortunately died early on Kate's 1979 UK tour. From memory Steve / Kim were sitting in M13 & 14. Gabriel backstage at Reading in the same year. Kept bumping into Phil during the summer of 79, Glastonbury with Gabriel, Reading again with Gabriel (brilliant encore of The Lamb lies down with both singing), then a few weeks later at The Venue in Victoria, London where Brand X and Bruford were playing a double header. He was in front of the stage being grabbed for autographs, when down and said " Hi Phil, how you're going ", to which he said "Oh, hi Tone, long time no see", had a quick chat and wished him luck for the gig. The autograph hunters were somewhat miffed as he quickly left to go back stage. Also met both Phil and Peter at Selhurst Park in 1983. Phil stepped in at the last minute as Jerry Marotta had food poisoning, however on the night Jerry was fit to play, but both doubled up towards the end of the set. This was also the last time Phil Lynnot played, he unfortunately died a week later. Met Messrs Banks & Rutherford and Tony Smith coming out of the old Charisma Records office in Ladbroke Grove, probably around 1987. Never met Darryl, but spoke with Chester after he played with Phil on his 1985 Australian tour. The one person still on my list is Chris Stewart, not so much as a drummer, but for his books based around Andalucia.
Warren and Staff, Wow! you guys are doing these documentaries at the highest level. Better than everyone else from youtube to the most high end major commercial enterprise! Your presentation and your video production staff are stellar! Congratulations and thank you for all the work that goes into these productions. As always, you and your team put out a VERY Great PRODUCT!
Love the commentary on all of the equipment and studio outfitting. I know the music and lyrics so well but the evolution of the equipment used by each member was fascinating. Especially liked the way the equipment added roughness to Phil’s voice and how Tony samples Mike’s guitars through his keyboards.
My favourite album from the Peter Gabriel era is “Selling England by the Pound” and my favourite album from the Phil Collins era is “Abacab”, both are fantastic albums and have some great synth solos too!! 😁👍
Genesis are in my top 5 favorite bands. Every single album has something I enjoy, and some are 5 star classics. The 80s era Genesis/Phil Collins sound actually had a huge impact on the sound of hip hop according to interviews I have seen. In fact Bone Thugs had a minor hit from the early aughts which sampled Collins' Take Me Home.
Great video! Genesis was an amazing breeding ground for fantastic musicians. Let's not forget Anthony Phillips, who had an amazing career post Genesis. The Geese and the Ghost is a masterpiece of pastoral prog.
Absolutely brilliant videos! I too am a huge fan of what I consider to be all 3 eras of Genesis. The Peter Gabriel era, early Phil Collins, which for me includes A Trick of the Tail (my favorite Genesis album) through And Then There Three, and the later Phil Collins era, Duke through Dance. I refuse to call it a “pop” era because while they were more radio friendly songs, they were still distinctly Genesis. Nobody else sounded like them and nobody else could write music like that. And the biggest misnomer in rock music for me is the idea that it was Phil who made them more commercial. The fact is that Tony and Mike were always the chief songwriters and chief conceptual leaders of the band both in the studio and live.
Another great video in this series! Genesis and Phil Collins are one of my favorite bands that’s hugely influential on my own music. I can’t wait to try out the vocal limiter technique you explained in so much detail.
Great job, Warren! You summed it up beautifully. Obviously there are a million more details that could be elaborated upon, but that is the brilliance of Genesis. They wrote their own book... and it has many chapters.
Really, I mean truly, appreciate all the work you guys do to give us all the details on production, recording, everything on these deep dive videos. Absolutely brilliant.
“I am the one who guided you this far, all you know and all you feel……You're on your own until the end There was a choice but now it's gone..... I said, "You wouldn't understand Take what's yours and be damned!"” The power in just one section of music is astonishing. I find it difficult to identify any favorite Genesis material or extended family material, even the rarities and oddities are amazing. I grew up with Mama on, but love all “eras”.
Great Video! Love Genesis, long time fan but only recently discovered "It's Gonna Get Better," which I've discovered is a B side the Mama single 1983. I could listen to that song all day At the moment my all time favorite Genesis song
Thanks for this documentation about Genesis.I can't answer your question about my fav tune throughout all the decades. In the earlys, me wasn't thinking about one tune or song, it was a whole album concept that was the adventure and story. It changed in time to single tracks and tunes later. To answer it somehow, every decade has it's Genesis album or song for me. I'm thankful about they being part of my life. My personal fav timeless one is Trespass. I got my tickets for Peters i/o 2023 tour and can't await it.
When did they release 3 sides live? I won that one in a Air Guitar contest lol...I loved Late 70's early 80's Genesis but after MTV played Land of Confusion to death and you couldn't get away from Phil Collins I had enough of Genesis by 88'
Feel your pain which is why I was grateful Peter Gabriel filled the void stripped-down 80's pop Genesis could not fill. Phil Collins may have been heavily influenced by Motown, but Peter Gabriel was the former Genesis member with SOUL.
I'm a much bigger fan of Gabriel-era Genesis but it has to be said: Phil Collins is one of the hardest working musicians of the 20th century. And he's an insanely good drummer, no hyperbole here. When I first found out that was him drumming on the records when Peter was still the vocalist, I was floored. My respect for him went through the roof.
Fantastic reportage, well done! I was so lucky to see them in 1977 and 1978 in Zurich. The '77 Zurich concert was recorded in a good audio quality (for that time) and may be listened to on TH-cam. Genesis has always been and will continue to stay my favorite rockband.
Just fantastic thank you for doing this Warren, I have been a Genesis for so long, love knowing about the gear used, Steve Hackett is my guitar hero. They all write incredible music, The Genesis live shows in 79 and into the 80's that I attended were amazing, those memories will stay with me forever.
Great job on one of the greatist bands ever. By the way I believe that was Jean Luc Ponty not Daryl Strummer on the photo though they do look very simeller.
Thank you so much for this video. Am new to the early Works of Genesis, and this truly gave me a great beginning to experience this wonderful music. Again, fantastic video!
Just WOW again! I can't imagine the amount of research to make these videos. And the tech stuff as well. Great! I feel like I've been to class with the best teacher ever on one of the most inspiring and interesting subjects available. Beat that! Thx.
Thank you so much for doing this Warren. Like you, I have the appreciate for the FULL BREADTH of what Genesis is from "Revelation" to We Can't Dance. As a keyboard guy and classically trained, early Genesis and Tony Banks was (and is) my idol. I am much more a composer and less comfortable with performing as was he so I always felt him a kindred spirit. I especially enjoyed your commentary and technical background information which I always find fascinating. For years I tried to get that damn Slipperman sound from 3 Sides Live finally realizing I was not going to get it because the Quadra had 2 independent portamento's. Sure wish I knew that before I spent hours trying to get that sound on my modern Roland!
I discovered Genesis through Phil's solo career via hearing them on the radio and on MTV. Yes, Invisible Touch is a great song, and I Can't Dance, but once I dug into the deeper cuts I found they never gave up on their prog roots, and those songs grabbed more. I remember really zoning out on Driving The Last Spike, the album Duke, and even Calling All Stations (I love Ray with the band, and highly endorse this album). Yes, they went radio friendly, but getting beyond those radio hits is a treasure chest just waiting to be heard. The one good thing about CD's/albums. You get the hits and more. Today, sadly, folks will download the hits and never know the later prog.
from a Genesis fan forum site they stated the most used keyboard on their We Cant Dance album is the Korg Wavestation, which has the great percentage of usage particularly on this mentioned album
Minor correction - the Synclavier II wasn't a sampler, that option only came with later upgrades. It also got a facility called resynthesis, whereby the system could break real sounds in to the additive synth components used by the Synclavier - and then play them back without the usual sample pitch/speed change connection. Normally, pitch and speed of a sound go together, like playing a record at different speeds, but resynthesis allowed those to be manipulated separately. The results weren't always musical ..!
Your outro completely nails Genesis' brilliance. Aside from growing up through their 80s period, I will never be able to listen to their post-Hackett catalog and think it is inferior. It's simply different. Yes, they were pop. But what might be getting overlooked in that statement is that they reinvented pop as they went. Much like Phil's solo material did. I hear the difference between the two. A solo artist writes different songs than a band full of writers. Collins' influence is clearly there in the mid 80s material, but his lyrics and drums already were. When I did eventually dig deep into their entire catalog, I found myself zeroing in on their Duke era. Their Lyceum show from 1980 is absolutely incredible, and I've watched it over and over. I also love the 1987 Wembley concert, which is completely different. Doesn’t matter. I guess I place the 70s/80s pivot point at Duke, when their songs tightened up and their production leapt into the 80s. HUGE drums, more direct songwriting, and Phil's mastery of his vocal and recording techniques really made the difference for me. But all of the music is good, because Genesis are amazing songwriters and performers! I love them.
i always enjoy your documentaries, and you're doing a great job, both on the information, and the graphic presentation. a little longer audio snippets would be nice, but i don't know if that's not a copyright problem. basically you make the "behind the music" for music makers, and the production/gear/studio/workflow information is much appreciated, and something that separates your videos from those on vh1, in its day. i like this balance between the bios, discography, studio anecdotes, collaborations - al the info on the jacket/booklet - and the technical side. i also enjoy your love for music, which we all share.
Correction: at 5:22 we incorrectly used a photo of Jean Luc Ponty and when we should be showing a photo of Dartl Steurmer. Sorry about that!
ooooh...maybe there's a Mahavishnu episode coming up...
Well he was part of Jean Luc Ponty's recording band as was Patrice Rushen. No harm done. He had played on the albums "Aurora' "Imaginary Voyage' and ' Enigmatic Ocean' (also with Allan Hodsworth) and the album 'Civilized Evil'. His photo was on the back of the album 'Aurora.'
Checked the comments to make sure this had been noted! At least Daryl's on the album :-)
However, at 6:41 that's a Prophet 10, not a 5! But, again, Tony used a Prophet 10 to replace organ and Mellotron sounds, so.. hmm.. mebbe it's passable..!
Still, these are minor details - another good episode, thank you for all work that went in to it!
I took my oldest daughter to see Jean Luc at the historic Ohio Theater in 86 or 87 and he was spectacular. That was her first concert, she was 4 or 5. She behaved so well I took her to see Pink Floyd a few years later, she remembers too.🎶✌💖
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Peter Gabriel has always been my favourite artist - but the reality is Phil was an absolute beast. A monster of a songwriter, an awesome singer, and an unrivalled drummer. Talk about a ringer!
Every member of this band is truly amazing!
@@Producelikeapro These guys are fabulous! Capable of making 23 minutes epic jam like Supper's Ready and powerpop superhits like Invisible Touch and I can't dance. I mean. You gotta love them!
How about the year 1986 when Genesis, Phil, Peter, and Mike and the Mechanics, and Steve’s band GTR were ALL charting at the same time!!…amazing!!
Thats ok, but there is no such thing as Pg era or PC era.
Genesis has just one : the Tony Banks era.
As the drummer, Phil was the 'glue'. But such a well balance group. Their playing and writing always complimented each other. Truly a genius rock band never to be duplicated.
Genesis brought prog rock to the pop-rock format. The music world desperately needs another Genesis.
kinda like polyphia
What makes you think there isn't?
You should listen e-molecule
prog rock didn’t need to be popified. Great beginning, crap end. So it goes.
And another XTC.
Only just found this. I saw Genesis in 1969-70 at the Clouds disco in Derby , we were all sat on the floor, I was immediately taken by Peters introduction to each song with a weird story!..I was the only female in the audience and have been an avid fan since. I have introduced many female friends to Genesis over the early years and sold my original L.P. collection to raise money for Guide Dogs as I am now at 72, a puppy raiser for the charity. I love to relax with the headphones on watching their DVDs and listening to their stuff on CD.
seconds out is the most played album of my life. I’ve been listening to it for 40 years and I will never get tired of it, it’s in my DNA.
I had up to that point never heard a better live album recording. Actually, don't know if have till today.
The Tony Banks solo album A Curious Feeling is so underrated. One of my all time favourite albums.
Thanks ever so much
With you on that one!
Love the album.
I played it one time and took it off the turn table.
I found it on my vacation, LP format and only 5€!
@@ramdom_9 a true bargain
Warren, you work so bloody hard on all this content. Huge amount of research and archive wrangling. Just to let you know it's hugely appreciated.
Thank you! We have a very hardworking and dedicated team to bring this content to you.
I know, I try to watch every single video from Warren, he is one of the best on the net! His "Reaction" video/documentaries are also very deep with insightful commentary that is not just "opinionated drabble". He dives super deep into so many genre's, his passion and Love for music is contagious. He is a master at what he does
Absolutely! Genesis is without question, one of the top bands in music history. Their contribution and influence cannot be understated.
15m into this video and I was hoping there was at least 5 hours more content to look forward to. I so deeply love these videos that cover everything from the history, to the line ups, to the specific equipment the bands use. Thank you so much for providing us this content.
I grew up in the 80s and Invisible Touch was my favourite album as a teenager. During Covid, I finally got around to going back and listening to their earlier albums, starting with Abacab and working back to Trespass. Oh my God. I had no idea what I'd been missing. I still love the later albums though. Some of the best songs of the 80s are on Genesis and Invisible Touch. I'm glad you noted the influence of New Wave music, which I think 80s Genesis came closer to than most people acknowledge,
We practically had the same experience: I grew up with Genesis (album), Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance. When the 1994 remaster came out, I bought all their previous albums on cassette...my mind was absolutely blown. Still love their last few albums (yes, even Calling All Stations has some great tracks-The Diving Line is a banger), but those first albums are masterpieces.
Take a listen to Peter Gabriel's first four solo albums if you haven't. They're all solid, and the last two Peter Gabriel 3: Melt and Peter Gabriel 4: Security are amazing.
Same, got Invisible Touch in 6th grade, recognized several earlier songs from the radio growing up. Got We Can't Dance, then heard Foxtrot and And Then There Were Three in college. I didn't dig into the rest until 2015, via live TH-cam concerts and then into the albums. Early material was totally different to me. And that's OK. I prefer the 1977-1982 range best if I am poking around, but it's all so good. Cheers!
I realize this is outside the scope of your discussion, but Genesis had a massive effect on the touring industry through their incredibly innovative lighting and stage designs. They help fund the development of the first 'intelligent' light fixture, the VariLite w/ their production company ShowCo. But outside of the technology, the designer(s) they used had brilliant ideas. When I was a small time semi-pro lighting designer I used to shamelessly rip off some of the things they did like using mirrors to redirect light beams to make it look like more fixtures than you actually had. (Used on the Then Their 3 tour, prior to the VariLite) The second to last tour (the one before 'Last Domino') had one of the most amazing stage designs I've ever seen. The 3 layers of lighting was spectacular. The 'When in Rome' DVD is a great chance to see this, along w/ behind the scenes of the development of the tour.
Thank you for your excellent video btw.
As a drummer, Genesis was a HUGE influence on my musical development. I came to know them post-Gabriel but appreciate all of their catalogue. Thanks for the in-depth review of this great band.
Me too! As a drummer-turned-songwriter/singer, he is a HUGE influence on me.
Really enjoyed this chronological journey of one of my favorite bands. I could write a few paragraphs right now, but I'll be brief. Tony Banks owned an Ensoniq VFX keyboard in the early 1990s. I don't know if he ever recorded with it, but he did tour with the VFX. I know because I was Ensoniq's service manager and Tony's keyboard tech needed spare VFX parts during the tour which I shipped to specific venues. On a separate topic; during the summer 1981, Genesis played New York's Forest Hills Tennis Stadium on a night when I was free. So I drove to the stadium without a ticket but with $20 in my pocket. Met a guy who sold a $20 ticket - a great seat and it was an outstanding summer night concert. They played Suppers Ready. I'll cherish that night as long as I live. By the early 1980s, Genesis fans were voluminous, they knew the words to every song and little did we know what lay ahead. Warren, you captured the nuance of those exciting years in this video. Thanks again.
I could have used a full time support for my ESQ-1! I loved it, but the power supplies, it went through them. That filter was a beast though! Cheers!
I turned 60 this year, I've been listening to Genesis since 1976, when I first heard the Lamb. I watched Phil and the band walk off stage at the O2 Arena to a standing ovation. I play Suppers Ready most days.
Yesterday, I decided I would like to learn to play piano, not knowing anything about music, and chose Mad Man Moon as the first piece to learn. A day later I can manage the treble (right hand) for the first eight bars. I'm smiling inside with pleasure! The Bass; (Left hand) may take a few more weeks......
What is your favourite Genesis tune from 1977 to Present Day? Please comment below!
Me and Sarah Jane. Thank you for your great work and hello from the old homeland 😀
Mama! With Home by the Sea a pretty close second.😁
Abacab
Cage melody on "When in Rome".
Dodo/Lurker probably.. what an absolutely epic prog masterpiece
No collection of artists can top the five members of the classic Genesis line up. Period. Imagine all of them being together for five albums and all the music they've created and a nod to Anthony Phillips who is stellar in his own rights.
I love Anthony Phillips’ ‘Private Parts and Pieces’
Great video! Unfortunately some errors have crept in this one:
@5:23 That's not Daryl Stuermer, that's Jean-luc Ponty. Daryl was one of the guitarists in Ponty's band.
@12:14 Tony did not use the DX7 on Abacab, it wasn't even released at that time. He did use the NED Synclavier on some of the tracks (notably Another record and the B-side Me and Virgil). Ironically, Genesis did not get rid of the tambourines, both Abacab and the Genesis album are littered with tambourine overdubs, perhaps even more so than on Duke.
Mama was released in 1983, not 82 :)
That's all does not have the MXR Phaser on the Synclavier (as far as I can tell, the Synclavier was never processed with modulation effects, mostly because it already had chorus as part of some of the sounds, he only used a compressor to keep the dynamic range consistent between lead and chord work-it's not velocity sensitive-and a Roland SDE2000 delay). Most of the bass on That's all is also the Synclavier (same organ patch, just in the low register). The CP70 also ran through the Roland JC120 amp. MXR was used for regular organ sounds which were provided by the Prophet 10. It's Gonna Get Better has that sound very prominently.
The SHBTS jam, I think the story was that Phil was actually absent and they programmed the groove on the Simmons. Then picking the sections they liked.
Bank's more important additions to his keyboard rig of 1991 were the Korg Wavestation and Ensoniq VFX. These two keyboards make for 80% of the sounds on that album.
Not touched up on in this video but worth noting: compare the drumsound from In the air tonight with the one from Mama. The arrangement idea of breaking in with loud drums is the same but the actual drum sound is very different.
Rutherford experimented a lot with guitar synths since And then there were tree. Burning Rope features the Arp Avatar and it sounds like the Hexfuzz was used a lot too. The Avatar also made appearances on Duke. Genesis album had a lot of GR300, most prominently on Home by the sea. He also used the Roland Compuphonic (also known as the Promars, kind of like a jupiter 4) for bass synth sounds (like on It's gonna get better).
Another point which deserves some recognition is that Genesis was very key in live lightning technology. It was Genesis who funded Showco for the development for lights which could change colour, shape, and would move. The Varilite (named as such by their manager Tony Smith). Genesis premiered these lights on the Abacab tour and captivated audiences and professionals. Especially In the Cage would utilise the fast movements and colour changes. The Mama tour had a very impressive lightning rig where all the beams were motorised and move. This allowed for the rig itself to change shape in addition to the lights being able to rotate and tilt.
"home by the sea I/II" is my favorite thing they ever di, "Driving the last spike" a close second
Thanks ever so much for sharing
34:35 What a great way to describe his solo career lmao, the songs have so much going on and then a change creeps in while an insane row of changes appear later to the point that the song becomes unrecognizable and then brings you back... yes, it is insane.
Haha thanks ever so much! Glad you enjoyed it
I have always loved Genesis alongside Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hacketts Genesis revisited concerts in Brisbane. This has to be the best documentary on their history and a deep insight on how they make their music and their instruments they used. From a Warren to a Warren, this was fantastic to view
As a just music lover, the way you present this great band, makes me wish I would be able to play an instrument, and understand it even better. I was on the Invisible Touch concert in Basel in 1987. The first song they played was "Mama", after all of us got soaking wet by a heavy summerrain. It still gives me goosebumps now, 35 years later. Thank you so much for your fine and emotional presentation.
I’ve seen Genesis 15 times starting in 1973 at the Felt
Forum in MSG. My favorite band of all time❤
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Phil’s Genesis’ shows are among the best pieces of live music I have listened to, specially the medleys like Old Medley from “The Way We Walk” and The Cage Medley from “Genesis Live Over Europe, 2007”
I’m a big Genesis fan and yet you brought the stories alive as if I was hearing them for the first time. Along with the great Rick Beato, Andertons TV (I know your shared history with Lee) and That Pedal Show, YOURS is one of the very best music channels on TH-cam. All power to you Warren-best wishes for continued success.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks ever so much for your wonderful comment
I saw them in the 80s they had a monster line up of great songs
They played for almost 4 hours..
The audience was exhausted we were all quiet walking to our cars,
Amazing show..
I was always amazed that even after making the more radio friendly songs, they still sounded like Genesis. That prog sound of their early material actually made it to the top of the charts. For years!
I was a teen in the 80's. Genesis came to me in 1983 through MTV. I love the playfulness of the video, and the song was contagious. I was hooked. Eventually I made it to the record store, and back the their back catalog was readily available back then. Each cassette was an adventure unto itself. I loved it all. The summer of 1986 Genesis, and their associated acts were everywhere. The radio dial was saturated with Genesis, Phil Collins, Mike + the Mechanics, Peter Gabriel, GTR. Phil also worked with Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Tears for Fears, Frida of Abba, The Prince's Trust concerts, Band Aid, and that little concert with the Concorde stunt. For me I loved it. It is the soundtrack of my life.
Thank you for these videos the technical aspects always get lost in the "story" of Genesis.
That gated drum sound changed the world. I loved their use of technology all around. They had one of the best light shows ever. They invested in Vari-light from the beginning and it became the standard for concert lighting.
Tony Banks solo material is an amazing look into one of the most prolific minds of music. There are many hidden gems.
You are so interesting and passionate, Genesis to mark a whole generation, You almost made me cry. Many THX
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
It's easy to forget how important Genesis was to the progression of pop music in the 80s/90s. Everyday, I have at least one Genesis song run thru my head and I'm forced to sing along. "Throwing It All Away" comes up a lot, it's such a subtle but powerful song, expertly executed. Thanks for this, Warren.
Yes. God bless them and you and your team for these videos.
I was 14 when I first heard Home by the Sea at the local "disco club". I was astonished. So, some time later my aunt came up with this "cassette". She had asked me which band I liked and I said Genesis although I only new that "genesis" album. The cassette was Nursery Cryme and I was mind blowed for the second time. I was buzzled and a bit angry or I could say dissapointed ,for that was not the sound of HBTS or Mama, nor the music at all. Time went on and as I always did, I kept listening to the cassette and that Album became the entering gates into being a Prog Rock fan .
Excellent videos. Great work. Been a Genesis fan since '74 when I was 14. Recently revisited "And Then There Were Three" and have found a new appreciation for it. Thanks Warren
There are some mind blowing songs on And Then There Were Three for sure, I just wish the album was more even... but it seems like they were trying on a lot of things at that point. I heard somewhere that instead of combining ideas into longer songs like usual, they decided to keep them separate and shorter. Makes sense.
Warren, these vids are doing a great job of historical documentation in a very concise but respectfully heartfelt packages. Thanks for this double feature on one of my favorite bands (I still have the tape I recorded off the late night King Biscuit Flour Hour radio broadcast of the Invisible Touch tour!). I more often credit Rush as most influencing my arranging and composing, but Genesis' influence cannot be denied.
Thanks ever so much Gary! Really glad you enjoyed the video
This is forensic! Absolutely incredible work Warren. Hugely appreciated
Thanks ever so much
What a band and history!
Thanks ever so much
Thank you for this Warren. I am 65 and have been a massive Genesis fan since their inception all the way through the end. I am also a big fan of all the member's solo careers. Phil Collins is my absolute favorite drummer of all time. Musical AF and chops to burn.
There are just too many incredible songs to pick a favorite. Back In New York City, The Cage, Watcher Of The Skys, Los Endos, Wot Gorilla, Blood On The rooftops....I could go on and on.
I can't say better than you what Genesis represents in modern music. For me the greatest band ever with a unique catalog. 14 albums all different and at the same time incredibly awesome.
God bless them.
Congratulations, this work is amazing. Thanks.
Thanks ever so much Charly
11:58 - I absolutely _looove_ Tony's patches on "Abacab", especially in the solo section -- it's like the keyboard incarnation of distorted guitar. Been fascinated with the sound of that song since first hearing it in '81.
Warren, I'm so thankful for you. Most of my friends are musicians, but I'm the biggest trivia nerd by far. I'm so glad that an uber-nerd like you puts the effort into amazing videos like this that give me so much joy. Thanks *ever so much!* 😉
It's kind of a miracle that the people in the classic lineup: Gabriel, Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, Collins, were able to find each other on this huge planet. What a treat for many years to follow!
Have had the privilege of meeting them all over the years. Most surprising was Steve Hackett, with Kim Poor in the audience at the Hammy Odeon to see Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley for a benefit gig for Bill Duffield who was a lighting engineer who unfortunately died early on Kate's 1979 UK tour. From memory Steve / Kim were sitting in M13 & 14.
Gabriel backstage at Reading in the same year. Kept bumping into Phil during the summer of 79, Glastonbury with Gabriel, Reading again with Gabriel (brilliant encore of The Lamb lies down with both singing), then a few weeks later at The Venue in Victoria, London where Brand X and Bruford were playing a double header. He was in front of the stage being grabbed for autographs, when down and said " Hi Phil, how you're going ", to which he said "Oh, hi Tone, long time no see", had a quick chat and wished him luck for the gig. The autograph hunters were somewhat miffed as he quickly left to go back stage. Also met both Phil and Peter at Selhurst Park in 1983. Phil stepped in at the last minute as Jerry Marotta had food poisoning, however on the night Jerry was fit to play, but both doubled up towards the end of the set. This was also the last time Phil Lynnot played, he unfortunately died a week later.
Met Messrs Banks & Rutherford and Tony Smith coming out of the old Charisma Records office in Ladbroke Grove, probably around 1987. Never met Darryl, but spoke with Chester after he played with Phil on his 1985 Australian tour. The one person still on my list is Chris Stewart, not so much as a drummer, but for his books based around Andalucia.
Warren and Staff, Wow! you guys are doing these documentaries at the highest level. Better than everyone else from youtube to the most high end major commercial enterprise! Your presentation and your video production staff are stellar! Congratulations and thank you for all the work that goes into these productions. As always, you and your team put out a VERY Great PRODUCT!
Love the commentary on all of the equipment and studio outfitting. I know the music and lyrics so well but the evolution of the equipment used by each member was fascinating. Especially liked the way the equipment added roughness to Phil’s voice and how Tony samples Mike’s guitars through his keyboards.
My favourite album from the Peter Gabriel era is “Selling England by the Pound” and my favourite album from the Phil Collins era is “Abacab”, both are fantastic albums and have some great synth solos too!! 😁👍
YES! Was waiting for this. Last week's episode was amazing.
Genesis are in my top 5 favorite bands. Every single album has something I enjoy, and some are 5 star classics. The 80s era Genesis/Phil Collins sound actually had a huge impact on the sound of hip hop according to interviews I have seen. In fact Bone Thugs had a minor hit from the early aughts which sampled Collins' Take Me Home.
The Wimbley stadium concert that I watched on TH-cam was amazing.
I still need to go back and listen to the "Gabriel years."
Great video! Genesis was an amazing breeding ground for fantastic musicians. Let's not forget Anthony Phillips, who had an amazing career post Genesis. The Geese and the Ghost is a masterpiece of pastoral prog.
And Then There Were Three is my favorite Genesis album.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Brilliant exposé of the band. I'm a long time Genesis fan and there were loads of things in here to make me think. Excellent.
Thanks ever so much
Thank you . The best Genesis doc/videos I've ever seen. You truly are a fan of all things Genesis.
Aw shucks! We love Genesis!!
Another great video about the BRILLIANT band Genesis. Genesis' music has pretty much been the soundtrack of my life. 😃
Another excellent video!
Thanks ever so much
Absolutely brilliant videos! I too am a huge fan of what I consider to be all 3 eras of Genesis. The Peter Gabriel era, early Phil Collins, which for me includes A Trick of the Tail (my favorite Genesis album) through And Then There Three, and the later Phil Collins era, Duke through Dance. I refuse to call it a “pop” era because while they were more radio friendly songs, they were still distinctly Genesis. Nobody else sounded like them and nobody else could write music like that. And the biggest misnomer in rock music for me is the idea that it was Phil who made them more commercial. The fact is that Tony and Mike were always the chief songwriters and chief conceptual leaders of the band both in the studio and live.
Thanks ever so much Jeffrey! I really appreciate your wonderful comment
Glad that you, like me, love it all their periods!
Great Job! Thank you so much!!!
My favourite band of all time.
Surely No Jacket Required was Collins Third solo album, not second, as stated at around 21 mins.
His second was "Hello I must Be Going".
I can only agree to your words about this band. So after the Beatles and Pink Floyd, Genesis is my all time favorite band no 3 at atll !!!
Thanks ever so much
Another great video in this series! Genesis and Phil Collins are one of my favorite bands that’s hugely influential on my own music. I can’t wait to try out the vocal limiter technique you explained in so much detail.
Thanks ever so much
Thank you for this video! God bless all the members and periods of Genesis for their craftsmanship and commitment to the music.
I'm so in love with their production in the 80's, thank you for going in detail :)
Thanks ever so much
Great job, Warren! You summed it up beautifully. Obviously there are a million more details that could be elaborated upon, but that is the brilliance of Genesis. They wrote their own book... and it has many chapters.
Really, I mean truly, appreciate all the work you guys do to give us all the details on production, recording, everything on these deep dive videos. Absolutely brilliant.
“I am the one who guided you this far, all you know and all you feel……You're on your own until the end
There was a choice but now it's gone..... I said, "You wouldn't understand Take what's yours and be damned!"” The power in just one section of music is astonishing. I find it difficult to identify any favorite Genesis material or extended family material, even the rarities and oddities are amazing. I grew up with Mama on, but love all “eras”.
Thanks for another fascinating episode! This is absolutely one of the best series on TH-cam!
Wow! Thanks ever so much
Thanks for the insight from part one and part two. Such a great band. Thanks for sharing Warren!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Video!
Love Genesis, long time fan but only recently discovered "It's Gonna Get Better," which I've discovered is a B side the Mama single 1983.
I could listen to that song all day
At the moment my all time favorite Genesis song
marvellous!
thank u Warren!
after this you always want to re-listen all the albums😊🤝🏻🔥🎸👍🏻
Thanks ever so much
Thanks for this documentation about Genesis.I can't answer your question about my fav tune throughout all the decades. In the earlys, me wasn't thinking about one tune or song, it was a whole album concept that was the adventure and story. It changed in time to single tracks and tunes later. To answer it somehow, every decade has it's Genesis album or song for me. I'm thankful about they being part of my life. My personal fav timeless one is Trespass. I got my tickets for Peters i/o 2023 tour and can't await it.
When did they release 3 sides live? I won that one in a Air Guitar contest lol...I loved Late 70's early 80's Genesis but after MTV played Land of Confusion to death and you couldn't get away from Phil Collins I had enough of Genesis by 88'
Feel your pain which is why I was grateful Peter Gabriel filled the void stripped-down 80's pop Genesis could not fill.
Phil Collins may have been heavily influenced by Motown, but Peter Gabriel was the former Genesis member with SOUL.
1986…the year that Genesis, Phil, Peter, Mike and the Mechanics and Steve’s band GTR were all on the charts!!…amazing!!
I'm a much bigger fan of Gabriel-era Genesis but it has to be said: Phil Collins is one of the hardest working musicians of the 20th century. And he's an insanely good drummer, no hyperbole here. When I first found out that was him drumming on the records when Peter was still the vocalist, I was floored. My respect for him went through the roof.
Fantastic reportage, well done! I was so lucky to see them in 1977 and 1978 in Zurich. The '77 Zurich concert was recorded in a good audio quality (for that time) and may be listened to on TH-cam. Genesis has always been and will continue to stay my favorite rockband.
I love this series so much. Enhances my joy for listening. Thank you for this!
You are most welcome!
Just fantastic thank you for doing this Warren, I have been a Genesis for so long, love knowing about the gear used, Steve Hackett is my guitar hero. They all write incredible music, The Genesis live shows in 79 and into the 80's that I attended were amazing, those memories will stay with me forever.
Great investigation. Loved this, Part 1 and your Mike Oldfield videos.
Thanks ever so much Brian!
Great job on one of the greatist bands ever. By the way I believe that was Jean Luc Ponty not Daryl Strummer on the photo though they do look very simeller.
Yes i think this is Jean-Luc Ponty
Yes, it's the cover photo of Jean-Luc Ponty's "Enigmatic Ocean" where Darryl Stuermer plays guitar. A fantastic record. 🙂
Just seen parts 1/2:
An amazing amount of accurate informations about our
Beloved Ones . . .
Thank🙏U so much Warren ❤
What would we do without U ??
Thank you so much for this video. Am new to the early Works of Genesis, and this truly gave me a great beginning to experience this wonderful music. Again, fantastic video!
Just WOW again! I can't imagine the amount of research to make these videos. And the tech stuff as well. Great! I feel like I've been to class with the best teacher ever on one of the most inspiring and interesting subjects available. Beat that! Thx.
Thank you so much for doing this Warren. Like you, I have the appreciate for the FULL BREADTH of what Genesis is from "Revelation" to We Can't Dance. As a keyboard guy and classically trained, early Genesis and Tony Banks was (and is) my idol. I am much more a composer and less comfortable with performing as was he so I always felt him a kindred spirit. I especially enjoyed your commentary and technical background information which I always find fascinating. For years I tried to get that damn Slipperman sound from 3 Sides Live finally realizing I was not going to get it because the Quadra had 2 independent portamento's. Sure wish I knew that before I spent hours trying to get that sound on my modern Roland!
Wow. Amazing content and insights. Goodly done!
Glad you liked it!
I discovered Genesis through Phil's solo career via hearing them on the radio and on MTV. Yes, Invisible Touch is a great song, and I Can't Dance, but once I dug into the deeper cuts I found they never gave up on their prog roots, and those songs grabbed more. I remember really zoning out on Driving The Last Spike, the album Duke, and even Calling All Stations (I love Ray with the band, and highly endorse this album). Yes, they went radio friendly, but getting beyond those radio hits is a treasure chest just waiting to be heard. The one good thing about CD's/albums. You get the hits and more. Today, sadly, folks will download the hits and never know the later prog.
Great video series. A little correction:
6:13 Brand X - Product was released 1979.
15:09 The Mama-Single was released in August 1983
from a Genesis fan forum site they stated the most used keyboard on their We Cant Dance album is the Korg Wavestation, which has the great percentage of usage particularly on this mentioned album
Minor correction - the Synclavier II wasn't a sampler, that option only came with later upgrades. It also got a facility called resynthesis, whereby the system could break real sounds in to the additive synth components used by the Synclavier - and then play them back without the usual sample pitch/speed change connection. Normally, pitch and speed of a sound go together, like playing a record at different speeds, but resynthesis allowed those to be manipulated separately. The results weren't always musical ..!
Thankyou for this wonderful piece of work.
Lifelong massive fan.
Thanks ever so much
Fantastic video, love this!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’ve been looking forward to this video for days! Thanks
Starting following you because of this. Thanks
Thanks ever so much
Great Videos enjoyed no end
Awesome thank you!
Your outro completely nails Genesis' brilliance. Aside from growing up through their 80s period, I will never be able to listen to their post-Hackett catalog and think it is inferior. It's simply different. Yes, they were pop. But what might be getting overlooked in that statement is that they reinvented pop as they went. Much like Phil's solo material did. I hear the difference between the two. A solo artist writes different songs than a band full of writers. Collins' influence is clearly there in the mid 80s material, but his lyrics and drums already were. When I did eventually dig deep into their entire catalog, I found myself zeroing in on their Duke era. Their Lyceum show from 1980 is absolutely incredible, and I've watched it over and over. I also love the 1987 Wembley concert, which is completely different. Doesn’t matter. I guess I place the 70s/80s pivot point at Duke, when their songs tightened up and their production leapt into the 80s. HUGE drums, more direct songwriting, and Phil's mastery of his vocal and recording techniques really made the difference for me. But all of the music is good, because Genesis are amazing songwriters and performers! I love them.
Great series on one of my most favorite bands.
great job Warren as for part one ! the Hackett departure can be the frontier of the two eras but it's with Duke that Collins found his pop vocals !
i always enjoy your documentaries, and you're doing a great job, both on the information, and the graphic presentation. a little longer audio snippets would be nice, but i don't know if that's not a copyright problem. basically you make the "behind the music" for music makers, and the production/gear/studio/workflow information is much appreciated, and something that separates your videos from those on vh1, in its day. i like this balance between the bios, discography, studio anecdotes, collaborations - al the info on the jacket/booklet - and the technical side. i also enjoy your love for music, which we all share.
We can’t dance has some great songs on it. Driving the last spike being one. Awesome video
I always though the farm was equipped with an SSL from the start! You learn something new everyday 🎉
Thanks ever so much for the great comment
Thanks for the great vid and production Warren....much appreciated.
Labour of love this one. Good work.
Brilliantly portrayed....well done!
Another fantastic analysis....super enjoyable....
Excellent video about my favourite band! Thank you Warren!
Thanks ever so much Darrell