Comments on: CD/DVD Review: Genesis 1970-1975 Box Set http://www.bloggernews.net/118633 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:51:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chris Katris http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-778272 Chris Katris Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:47:18 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-778272 Genesis were a band in the true sense of the word. All songwriters working together. Always trying new approaches to what they did. For me it's the 12 string guitars and the volume pedal leads that hit me hardest. Something in the music got lost once Steve left. We missed Peter so much when he left but the next 2 records still had THAT SOUND (MAGIC) This box set just blows me away - I feel like a kid again. I couldn't wait to get home to put the records on. I haven't stoped listening for a week now now now now now -Chris Genesis were a band in the true sense of the word. All songwriters working together.
Always trying new approaches to what they did.
For me it’s the 12 string guitars and the volume pedal leads that hit me hardest.
Something in the music got lost once Steve left. We missed Peter so much when he left but the next 2 records still had THAT SOUND (MAGIC)
This box set just blows me away - I feel like a kid again. I couldn’t wait to get home to put the records on. I haven’t stoped listening for a week now now now now now -Chris

]]> By: pjpsl http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-771817 pjpsl Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:28:05 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-771817 Indeed Tony Banks has been Genesis musical soul but curiously none of his solo has been as successful as other member’s solo albums. I would say that Banks is the critical element for Genesis music. With the creativity and originality of Gabriel and the softness of Rutherford composing made 70 – 75 period the Genesis golden musical period, with a fantastic guitar player Steve Hackett and the best drummer in the world and singer Phil Collins who have contributed more and more, in the periods after, for the great commercial success of Genesis. PJPSL Indeed Tony Banks has been Genesis musical soul but curiously none of his solo has been as successful as other member’s solo albums.

I would say that Banks is the critical element for Genesis music. With the creativity and originality of Gabriel and the softness of Rutherford composing made 70 – 75 period the Genesis golden musical period, with a fantastic guitar player Steve Hackett and the best drummer in the world and singer Phil Collins who have contributed more and more, in the periods after, for the great commercial success of Genesis.

PJPSL

]]> By: Baz http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-771157 Baz Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:06:11 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/118633#comment-771157 Would take issue with your assertion that Peter Gabriel was the creative force within the band at this time - its a commonheld fallacy, along with the notion that Genesis abandoned all progrssive tendencies following Gabriel's departure. In fact, the musical force was always Tony Banks, he was the reason that Genesis were different (and superior to) their contemporaries! The DVD extras in this set are revealing in this respect and the set remarkable for the quality and clarity of recordings made nearly 40 years ago. Would take issue with your assertion that Peter Gabriel was the creative force within the band at this time - its a commonheld fallacy, along with the notion that Genesis abandoned all progrssive tendencies following Gabriel’s departure. In fact, the musical force was always Tony Banks, he was the reason that Genesis were different (and superior to) their contemporaries! The DVD extras in this set are revealing in this respect and the set remarkable for the quality and clarity of recordings made nearly 40 years ago.

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