Comments on: Genesis announces tour!

Genesis announces tour!

notmtwain — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:54:58 -0800

Turn It On Again Tour announced - Banks, Collins and Rutherford tour again! Died and gone to heaven, I have! Never thought this would happen again in my lifetime. Phil, Tony and Mike haven't toured since pre-internet days.... Gosh, this is probably the very first announced (real) Genesis tour to ever hit the web...

By: notmtwain

notmtwain — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:57:03 -0800

The press conference today revealed that Peter Gabriel is still... thinking... about ... it... and may be available in the year 2020.

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:05:29 -0800

Wake me up when Gabriel's with them. And I want to see him in that bubble suit thing, if so. Not to mention the giant flower head for Supper's Ready.

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:18:32 -0800

I want a set list before I plunk down my $$$. While anything they did pre-1984 was pure prog gold, their last few albumns sucked gonad.

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:22:27 -0800

Sure I snark, but I'll still go. It'll still be cool to see Chester Thompson and Phil do the drum duel on In the Cage.

By: HyperBlue

HyperBlue — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:23:20 -0800

LOL, my favorite band sucks!

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:24:52 -0800

My amp goes to 11

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:25:40 -0800

The Turn It On Again Tour - Sponsored by Pepsi Blue®

By: notmtwain

notmtwain — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:40:03 -0800

One of the more interesting comments from Phil Collins was that his playing with "The Musical Box", a Genesis tribute band, was one of the things that led him to consider how much fun playing Genesis music was.

By: parki

parki — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:56:08 -0800

For me, if there's no Hackett, there's no Genesis. And Then There Were, oh, forget it.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:57:19 -0800

Wake me up when Gabriel's with them. ditto ... and while they're at it, it wouldn't hurt to get steve hackett, too up in grand rapids, wlav used to play supper's ready all the time ... that's how popular they were BEFORE the collins era around here ...

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:05:29 -0800

ANDY McNAB (ex SAS, author) : If someone tells you to take your clothes off in case your thumbs get too hot. PHIL COLLINS (singer): If someone shows you a model of your hometown and all the houses look like penises. ANDY McNAB (ex SAS, author) : If someone thinks goldfish are the same as flatfish, there's something very wrong. PHIL COLLINS (singer): Nonce-sense.

By: ed

ed — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:44:55 -0800

I'm absolutely certain that Genesis is touring COMPLETELY because they love the music! I'm certain that recent personal developments have NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do for the inevitable three-digit ticket costs to see Phil Collins' speck from far away. Why else is Phil Collins so strenuous that this is NOT ABOUT THE MONEY? As the Great Phil once crooned, "So listen / listen to me / oh / you must believe me." I've been a big Genesis fan since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work.

By: pinespree

pinespree — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:19:22 -0800

I saw The Musical Box a few days ago (on their final tour, I should note), and wow are they great. Phenomenal show. I wish I could have seen the Genesis of SEBTP/Lamb. I did see Collins/Rutherford/Banks on the We Can't Dance tour when I was about 12, and I guess it was fine. Nowhere near as good as the 'Box. I was vaguely hoping, a few days ago, that this might be an actual reunion of the original Genesis...I would have sincerely considered plopping down $65 to see them all do Supper's Ready one more time and to get to see Gabriel do the ending of Musical Box now that he's actually an old man...but they won't be doing that, will they? I'm not saying this isn't a big deal - I'm sure it's a big deal to fans of post-1975 Genesis (or more specifically, post-1977). But for me, Genesis includes the young, kinda brilliant and impossibly pretentious Gabriel. (Hackett too, but they could just hire the guitarist from TMB if he's not available)

By: pinespree

pinespree — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:21:10 -0800

Part of the fun would be seeing the part of young, impossibly pretentious Gabriel played by old, wise Gabriel, of course.

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:10:44 -0800

Part of the fun would be seeing the part of young, impossibly pretentious Gabriel played by old, wise Gabriel, of course. That would be pretty much all of the fun, but great fun it would be. Pretentious is the right word to describe Genesis when Peter Gabriel was front man, but he also made the band ambitious, theatric, and imaginative. If Queen didn't write "Bohemian Rhaposody" Genesis with Peter Gabriel just might have. Pay no attention to the band lead by its former drummer.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:26:25 -0800

Wow, big high school memoiries for me here. I always misunderstood the lyrics to "Me and Sarah Jane" to be, "Me and Sarah Jane, we had this fishsucking going." I think I like it better that way than "special thing," anyway, to be honest.

By: bardic

bardic — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:44:42 -0800

Wow. There are post-Gabriel Genesis fans? Who would pay money to see them perform "I Can't Dance"? /mind blown

By: foot

foot — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:10:09 -0800

Didn't you hear? They've been touring as Coldplay for quite a few years now.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:21:21 -0800

even if gabriel DID rejoin, can collins still play the way he used to? i mean, i haven't seen evidence of it, but for all i know he's still playing along to nursery crimes in his basement every day or something

By: three blind mice

three blind mice — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:34:46 -0800

can collins still play the way he used to? i mean, i haven't seen evidence of it, for all i know he's still playing along to nursery crimes in his basement every day or something Evidence (dated, but still oh so fine)

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:37:17 -0800

The real question here is will Mike Rutherford be able to pull himself away from the wildly successful Mechanics. *crosses fingers*

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:54:57 -0800

I've always said that if I were a pro wrestler, I'd be The Brazilian, and that song would be my entrance music. You don't want to know what my finisher would be.

By: Sr_Cluba

Sr_Cluba — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:15:26 -0800

I can't WAIT for these guys light up our lives with their insights again.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:49:00 -0800

I'm absolutely certain that Genesis is touring COMPLETELY because they love the music! I'm certain that recent personal developments... "Former Genesis star Phil announced the spit from his 33-year-old wife in a statement on Wednesday" She must really not like him. And who would know better?

By: tannhauser

tannhauser — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:27:21 -0800

This is, surely, a Mike and the Mechanics revival with a bollock on drums?

By: SteveInMaine

SteveInMaine — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:29:56 -0800

Lyrical gold: Me, I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I walk.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:31:01 -0800

Wow. There are post-Gabriel Genesis fans? Who would pay money to see them perform "I Can't Dance"? That's pretty funny. Actually, I'm sure this is my jr. high school memory talking and it sounds dated as hell now, but I thought Abacab was a pretty decent album. Not that I'd actually buy tickets to go see these geezers play, but post Gabriel Genesis wasn't all bad. Were they?

By: veggieboy

veggieboy — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:45:40 -0800

Several years before Internet music sharing took off, my college roommate went to New York City and I begged him to bring back the "Musica" bootleg (a c. 1980 recording). If they could recapture themselves from this era or a bit before, it would be a fine tour. But there wouldn't seem to be much chance of that.

By: Gungho

Gungho — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:36:39 -0800

Oh I'm so excited! I can't wait for that special moment when Phil steps into the spotlight to do his Disney Medly. OTOH If they play it straight, and if they play a decent setlist I might pony up a few bucks. High School memories of watching a great band suffocate under Phil's ego aside.

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:36:35 -0800

PHIL COLLINS (singer): Nonce-sense. First thing I thought of too Peter, sums up Genisis post Gabriel nicely too:

By: twistedonion

twistedonion — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:37:02 -0800

crap, images don't work anymore do they? http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/scaryblog2/images/6-picture1.jpg

By: movilla

movilla — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:48:57 -0800

I saw 'Six of the Best' in Milton Keynes in 1982 when I was 16. Pissing rain all day long, a team of undertakers carried Peter Gabriel onto the stage in a coffin. The music was a blur but at the time felt fantastic. Steve Hackett came on for the encore and everyone went apeshit. I can't imagine Phil being carried onto stage in a coffin. Perhaps a zimmer frame.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:21:50 -0800

i mean, i haven't seen evidence of it, for all i know he's still playing along to nursery crimes Nursery Cryme. Please. I was walking in Stanley Park (Vancouver) last week and I saw this weird, big ass, scary looking plant. I was curious, so I actually took the time to phone the university botany department to ask them what it was. After I described it, the lady said, "Oh, that must be a giant hogweed!" And, as it turns out, it was.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:31:31 -0800

And I would give my left testicle to see the five of them together again. I'm sure they all feel that the Foxtrot/Trespass/SEBTP/Lamb era is old news but I don't think I will ever find music that transports me to the Good Place as that did.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:33:39 -0800

And I left out Wind and Wuthering. "Blood on the Rooftops".

By: caddis

caddis — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:54:55 -0800

This too will be like Happy Days or Civil War re-enactment.

By: docgonzo

docgonzo — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:42:24 -0800

People fucking hate cunts like Phil Collins, and if they don't — they fucking should.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:54:30 -0800

Some PG youtube links for those too lazy to search: Genesis, the PG archives Dancing with the Moonlit Knight The Knife I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:56:12 -0800

Cinema Show The Return of the Giant Hogweed In the Cage The Lamb Lies down Carpet Crawlers The Musical Box Twilight Alehouse

By: stevil

stevil — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:26:49 -0800

Ray Wilson fans are incensed over this butchering of their classic lineup.

By: vorfeed

vorfeed — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:35:40 -0800

psmealey: That's pretty funny. Actually, I'm sure this is my jr. high school memory talking and it sounds dated as hell now, but I thought Abacab was a pretty decent album. Not that I'd actually buy tickets to go see these geezers play, but post Gabriel Genesis wasn't all bad. Were they? No, they weren't. "Home By the Sea", "Domino", "Abacab", "Dodo/Lurker", "Me And Sarah Jane", "The Brazilian"... all songs from their pop period that were quite good, and even quite prog. And that's not even mentioning their great pre-pop-period albums -- A Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering are damn good. I never did get to see Genesis, and they're more-or-less my all-time favorite band, so I'll probably shell out the bucks for this tour. It depends on the setlist, but if they're playing any of the above songs plus the Old Medley, I'll be there.

By: movilla

movilla — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:11:24 -0800

Very good links Eideteker. I've never seen this before. Thanks!