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Best Genesis Song (1 Viewer)

Best Genesis Song

  • 1. Turn It On Again

    Votes: 3 11.1%

  • 2. Follow You Follow Me

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • 3. Misunderstanding

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • 4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • 5. Abacab

    Votes: 3 11.1%

  • 6. No Reply At All

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • 7. Land Of Confusion

    Votes: 6 22.2%

  • 8. Paperlate

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 9. Mama

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • 10. Illegal Alien

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 11. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 12. That's All

    Votes: 2 7.4%

  • 13. Throwing It All Away

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • 14. Man On The Corner

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 15. In Too Deep

    Votes: 1 3.7%

  • 16. Other

    Votes: 3 11.1%
  • Total voters
    27
Abacab was the first Genesis song I really got into, so it gets my vote. Land of Confusion is a very close second.

 
Turn It On Again, though Mama is a great song, too.

Also, IBT Collins vs. Gabriel throwdown. I prefer the Gabriel-era Genesis but it's much more album-centric than song-centric.

 
For me Abacab and it's not even close. Everything they did after that was crap. I'm not real familiar with a lot of their earlier work though.

 
What is Collins' rep as a drummer?

To my inexpert ears he seems to be pretty good, he keeps a good tempo, he doesn't suck.
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Solid rock drummer ... not a freak of nature, but highly competent.Now and then, Collins has bitten off more than he can chew. In LiveAid '85, he famously performed in both London and Philadelphia on the same day. The only thing was, for his U.S. performance, he cashed in a favor from Robert Plant to get the gig as Led Zeppelin's Live Aid drummer.

Problem was, Plant had already signed up ex-Chic and Power Station drummer Tony Thompson for the job. Plant relented, and Thompson and Collins ended up playing simultaneously behind Plant, Page, and Jones.

Now, Collins had perfomed earlier that day in London, and then flew across the Atlantic ... he had to have had a hectic day. Perhaps he was off his game. But playing behind Zeppelin, Collins was missing cues and flubbing parts. Thompson was on the money and thunderous ... Collins started looking over at Thompson to keep up with the changes and cues.

A lot of drum snobs marked Collins way down for this gaffe ... but that was probably unfair. Collins has done enough work otherwise to recommend himself quite well.

 
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist.

 
Fantastic choices. Their "best" from a strictly musical perspective has to be Abacab. But as far as which I'd prefer to listen to, it's a 3-way tie between Misunderstanding, No Reply at All, and Paperlate.

 
Need I say I love you

Need I say I care

Need I say that emotions,

Something we dont share

I dont want to be sitting here

Trying to deceive you

Cos you know I know baby

That I dont wanna go.

We cannot live together

We cannot live apart

Thats the situation

Ive known it from the start

Every time that I look at you

I can see the future

Cos you know I know babe

That I dont wanna go.

Throwing it all away

Throwing it all away

Is there nothing that I can say

To make you change your mind

I watch the world go round and round

And see mine turning upside down

Youre throwing it all away.

Now who will light up the darkness

Who will hold your hand

Who will find you the answers

When you dont understand

Why should I have to be the one

Who has to convince you

Cos you know I know baby

That I dont wanna go.

Someday youll be sorry

Someday when youre free

Memories will remind you

That our love was meant to be

Late at night when you call my name

The only sound youll hear

Is the sound of your voice calling

Calling after me.

Just throwing it all away

Throwing it all away

Theres nothing I can say

Were throwing it all away

Yes were throwing it all away...

 
Dodo/Lurker on the Abacab album is probably my favorite. Another good one missing from that list is Home by the Sea

 
The Peter Gabriel-era is way underrepresented in this poll. Considering most of their best stuff is from when he was the band, I find this list of songs to be pretty weak.

 
as opposed to Alan S, i find that their best work is from Duke and earlier. their "artsy" progressive side is way better than anything they did post-Peter Gabriel.

i'll take any songs from Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, or Selling England by the Pound before any of those offerings.

 
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Throwing It All Away

followed closely by

Turning It On Again

edit: Hon. Men. - Just a Job To Do.

Bang Bang Bang

 
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I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist.
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Every freakin' time Genesis is mentioned - every time.It was funny the first 17 times it was done - now, not so much.

 
as opposed to Alan S, i find that their best work is from Duke and earlier. their "artsy" progressive side is way better than anything they did post-Peter Gabriel.

i'll take any songs from Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme, or Selling England by the Pound before any of those offerings.
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:goodposting: Genisis with Peter Gabriel was an innovative prog band, The Phil Collins Gesisis is just another pop band. It is much like comparing Peter Gabriel 1,2,& 3 to the mindless drivel he put out on the So album. :confused:

 
I went OTHER as in RIPPLES! It's a sweeeeet long ballet which is typical Genesis pre-Duke stuff. I remember the first time I came to Toronto and there was this bar underground, (the Gasworks I believe), and there was a band playing nothing but Genesis songs, and with a few brews in me I was buzzing over that song.

 
I actually like the post-Gabriel years better. I've never been into ten minute mini-rock operas. It's the same reason that I'm not a big Yes fan. I hate sifting through seven minutes of fancy solos to get to the lyrics and the melody.

That being said, I voted for Turn It On Again. I also like Man on the Corner and Mama alot. The song Behind The Lines off of Duke is also very good.

A lot of people bash Collins because he became more ballad-driven in his later years. While I agree that he became a little sappy in the nineties, I always enjoyed his clown-rocker act. He was a rare rock icon who didn't take himself so seriously. His transformation to a rock-lite balladeer seems to be a natural one with rockers in their late forties/early fifties. Elton John has been a Disney soundtrack singer for the last fifteen years, but it doesn't diminish the great songs he pumped out in the seventies.

 
Home by the Sea for sure is fantastic. I spent two weeks straight in like 1989 or 1990 working the "Super Ex" in Ottawa, in a booth of a radio station promo truck.

Watched the very cute girls from the 'dive show' next door dive to "Home by the Sea" the entire 14 days. Can't hear it without seeing chicks in bathing suits. It's very nice.

Upon consideration, Throwing it All Away is probably their best song, but Mama is not far behind dammit! ha

 
I actually like the post-Gabriel years better. I've never been into ten minute mini-rock operas. It's the same reason that I'm not a big Yes fan. I hate sifting through seven minutes of fancy solos to get to the lyrics and the melody.

That being said, I voted for Turn It On Again. I also like Man on the Corner and Mama alot. The song Behind The Lines off of Duke is also very good.

A lot of people bash Collins because he became more ballad-driven in his later years. While I agree that he became a little sappy in the nineties, I always enjoyed his clown-rocker act. He was a rare rock icon who didn't take himself so seriously. His transformation to a rock-lite balladeer seems to be a natural one with rockers in their late forties/early fifties. Elton John has been a Disney soundtrack singer for the last fifteen years, but it doesn't diminish the great songs he pumped out in the seventies.
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I agree, I can't get into the Gabriel Genesis. But I like Gabriel after Genesis.
 
for what it's worth, if you have not heard the Genesis of pre-all of these quite average songs, you really owe it to yourself to check out some of their earlier albums. most real Genesis fans would scoff at this poll considering how many pop songs are on it. at its heart, Genesis was at its best in the progressive rock genre. at its worst, they sold out to play pop songs at stadium gigs. :boxing:

 
for what it's worth, if you have not heard the Genesis of pre-all of these quite average songs, you really owe it to yourself to check out some of their earlier albums. most real Genesis fans would scoff at this poll considering how many pop songs are on it. at its heart, Genesis was at its best in the progressive rock genre. at its worst, they sold out to play pop songs at stadium gigs. :boxing:
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:goodposting: No Suppers Ready? :wall:

 
Saw Genesis with Phil Collins at the Big O in Montreal, loved it. Gabriel was suppose to be appear but supposedly he was sick and could not perform, which was disappointing but still just fantastic.

(Voted Mama).

 
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From the list I went with "The Lamb" as the entire album is a masterpiece imho.

However, for all-time favorite Genesis I'd have to go with either "Ripples" or "Entangled", both from Trick of the Tail.

 
the one that has the epic drum part halfway through the song. its the one mike tyson sings in the hangover. that might not be genesis.

 
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