Progressive Rock - Psychadelic Galaxies in 7/4 Time - General

would it be too corny to say Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the "Apocalypse Now" of albums?

Yes probably Also just going to put it out there that lamb lies down on broadway is not THAT good

for me it's their most euphoric by a mile, thereafter probably foxtrot then selling england. i've listened to lamb about 7 times all the way through... didn't really get it the first few times.

I haven't listened to Lamb, but if Akayz thinks that it's their best it's probably not very good

back in N.Y.C. is just damn explosive... them drums.. probably phil's best performance. [editline]18th February 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Hakita;39632005]I haven't listened to Lamb, but if Akayz thinks that it's their best it's probably not very good[/QUOTE] how can [I]you[/I] not have listened to lamb. :pwn:

[QUOTE=AK'z;39632012]how can [I]you[/I] not have listened to lamb. :pwn:[/QUOTE] Because Genesis only have 2 albums that I really care about.

[QUOTE=Hakita;39632033]Because Genesis only have 2 albums that I really care about.[/QUOTE] yeah but it's like me not listening to Stevie Wonder's innervisions, makes no sense bro.

[QUOTE=AK'z;39632072]yeah but it's like me not listening to Stevie Wonder's innervisions, makes no sense bro.[/QUOTE] ~breakign the norm~

[QUOTE=AK'z;39631043]would it be too corny to say Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the "Apocalypse Now" of albums?[/QUOTE] what i meant by this is that seeing as how broken the band were when making Lamb, it reminded me of how broken up the production of Apocalypse was. but instead of resulting in a half-hearted project, it ended up to be something very worthwhile. the interviews on making the album are on youtube, worth watching all of them tbh. [editline]18th February 2013[/editline] listened to a bit of this too: [url]http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rewiring_genesis/a_tribute_to_the_lamb_lies_down_on_broadway/[/url] more jazzy than the original, pretty cool.

[QUOTE=Hakita;39632033]Because Genesis only have 2 albums that I really care about.[/QUOTE] No offence but that's just a rubbish attitude in general if you haven't even listened to them but yeah I've watched all the interviews, they're pretty interesting I feel that the band was too demanding on Gabriel during this point and I also love that bit where Steve Hackett refused a lift from Phil Collins just after he quit the band because he knew Phil could have convinced him to stay :V In all honesty though, the Lamb's music is rushed. it's one of those unfortunate albums with such an ambitious concept that the music gets pretty much flayed so the concept can remain in one piece. The music definitely suffered for it. There are some great songs, and there are some real shit ones on it. Back in NYC is very good, but then you have to measure that against stuff like Counting Out Time, which isn't that great. One of my favourite Genesis tracks is Anyway though, the lyrics on that one do at least stand out a little bit from the album. Like it's not a bad album but out of the entirety of all 70's prog concept albums it doesn't match up as well as others imo and I feel that when bands get a concept-heavy album done by their vocalist (ie, final cut, tales of topographic oceans, lamb), something in the sound of the band suffers a little and it's noticeable. It's still good music - but it doesn't sit right with me. Then again you could say that these albums are the greatest pieces by the band because they are so divisive and that's what true art is like Anyway, that said, I think Nursery Cryme is actually a criminally underrated album - the band is so proud of that album as well and Musical Box was like a direct influence on all their shit to come. Same goes for Wind & Wuthering - I'm starting to put that one up in the top 3.

yeah Nursery Cryme is pretty damn good. I do understand that where Lamb Lies begins to get a bit "one-sided" in terms of conceptual ideas but musically I think it was a time when some of their best work pulled through. I'm kind of biased towards what Gabriel does so I'm not put off by his "taking over" for that one. It's a damn shame it was never filmed live though... even though they did 100+ shows of it in its full length. Are there any 70s prog live shows really well filmed, as in released in HD? Or maybe that's asking for too much. :(

[QUOTE=killerteacup;39637805]No offence but that's just a rubbish attitude in general if you haven't even listened to them[/QUOTE] I know, but I already have a craptillion things that I want to listen to, so I tend not to listen to things that I'm not very interested in. Also, forgot about Nursery Cryme, thats good too.

I guess you've got a point I just have an uncharacteristic love of Genesis speaking of which, I never hear much from people about love for their early solo stuff - not Phil or Peter or even Steve Hackett, but Mike Rutherford's early solo stuff is great, like Smallcreep's Day. Also, some of the best solo prog I've heard is from Anthony Phillips who was in Genesis quite early. Geese and the Ghost is a great english album.

you guys hear this? [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51yMUJFTtBL._SL500_SS500_.jpg[/img] yeah, that's phil collins in 1969. :v:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVPUgEbEIXE[/media] Soooo english [editline]20th February 2013[/editline] In fact Anthony Phillips really defined a good portion of the early Genesis sound. His albums are fucking gold.

Spock's Beard's new album is out I think. Sounded pretty good from the previews, and Neal Morse is back in a writing capacity for some of it, which is cool. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcnpG6Yx1E[/media]