Genesis reunites

[Crimson Tide]

http://www.genesis-music.com

Looks like the three-man lineup from 1978-1993 has gotten back together, so no Peter Gabriel.

Should've figured that it would happen not long after Phil has the First Final Farewell tour. I saw the San Jose show and his voice was strong and the music was well-performed. Only European dates for now, so probably no US tour until late 2007.

I've got a credit card with no balance waiting. ;D

 

[slappy4428]

http://www.genesis-music.com

Looks like the five-man lineup from 1978-1993 has gotten back together, so no Peter Gabriel.

Should've figured that it would happen not long after Phil has the First Final Farewell tour. I saw the San Jose show and his voice was strong and the music was well-performed. Only European dates for now, so probably no US tour until late 2007.

I've got a credit card with no balance waiting. ;D

they gonna play up in the mountains?

 

[Crimson Tide]

I traveled from Idaho to San Jose for a show, I'll do it again.

 

[BYH]

Somewhere Sam Mills is leaping for joy.

Everyone gets back together eventually. Except apparently The Police.

 

[Chi City 81]

Somewhere Sam Mills is leaping for joy.

Everyone gets back together eventually. Except apparently The Police.

Yeah, too bad old Gordie won't swallow his pride on that one.

 

[blondebomber]

Can't wait to shell out $250 to hear Phil sing Illegal Alien.

 

[DyePack]

Sting is a tool.

And sadly, I don't care much about this Genesis reunion. Maybe they'll surprise me, but hopes are not high.

 

[Crimson Tide]

$250? I hope not. I only paid $75 for the show in 2004. I think they know that they're not worth as much as, say the Eagles or Stones.

Illegal Alien is not a song you hear get a lot of airplay on the AC stations anymore. Wonder why. </sarcasm>

 

[Bubbler]

Someone (Sam Mills, etc.) correct me if I'm wrong, but the five-man lineup was only around from about 1975-77?

If it's that lineup, then that's a period when they weren't in the mainstream. Doesn't mean they wouldn't PLAY stuff from their mainstream period, but if they played a lot of stuff from that late 70s era, it would be pretty interesting. That's the kind of prog rock I can get behind.

 

[Crimson Tide]

Whoops. You're right. Typo on my part. Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford, Hackett and Collins were considered the five-man lineup from about 71-76. The three from the pop-rock days are the ones reuniting (along with the two touring members in Thompson and Strumer).

 

[Bubbler]

Thompson? Didn't he die of cancer?

 

[Crimson Tide]

Not unless they propped his corpse up in the press release photos.

http://www.ldcommunications.co.uk/secure/Genesis/

 

[Claws for Concern]

Chester Thompson is alive and well. You are likely confusing him with Tony Thompson, the drummer for Chic and The Power Station who did, unfortunately, pass away.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Thompson? Didn't he die of cancer?

He got better.

 

[Twoback]

Saw the 3-man Genesis in 1980, when they were touring in support of the Duke album. Excellent show. Sadly, Abacab followed shortly thereafter, and Phil Collins lost his way.
If they'd promise to do no music -- none -- that anybody in the band made after 1980, I'd go see them. Something tells me they'll play almost nothing from before 1980.

 

[Freelance Hack]

Can't wait to shell out $250 to hear Phil sing Illegal Alien.

EEEEET'S NO FUN BEEE-AHN AHN EEEEEEELEEEEGAL ALEEEE-AHN

Personally, I'd rather hear Jesus, He Knows Me.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

A grateful nation rejoices.
When do Mike and the Mechanics get back together?

 

[Bob Cook]

Saw the 3-man Genesis in 1980, when they were touring in support of the Duke album. Excellent show. Sadly, Abacab followed shortly thereafter, and Phil Collins lost his way.
If they'd promise to do no music -- none -- that anybody in the band made after 1980, I'd go see them. Something tells me they'll play almost nothing from before 1980.

It's not that Collins lost his way. It's that after "Duke," with the success of his solo released, he started figuring out he was getting bigger than the band.

One of the funny undercurrents in the long history of Genesis is keyboard/synth ****** Tony Banks' belief he should the band's centerpiece, particularly as he watched Collins inexplicably (in his mind) take off as the center of fans' attention a few years after he became the lead singer. Remember that, first, Genesis auditioned something like 300 potential lead singers and picked Collins as a default, and second, Banks was responsible for making Genesis totally "his" after Collins left, with disastrous results.

 

[Bob Cook]

Oh, for a discount, you can see a group out of Quebec called The Musical Box, a tribute band that redoes shows from the late Peter Gabriel period (1972-75). I haven't seen them, but I've read many raves about them. And right now they're touring North America with separate shows dedicated to the Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound tours.

http://www.themusicalbox.net/tour.html

 

[HeinekenMan]

Maybe no Peter Gabriel, but I read today that Boy George is thumbing his nose at Culture Club. Perhaps he could be a cham-cham-chamelion and morph into Peter Gabriel.

Either way, I'm not going to the concert. I didn't like them all that much in their prime. My guess is that most Genesis fans are 35-45. I'm probably a border-liner...at 33.

As it happens, K-Fede was on VH-1's weekly video countdown special last week and said that Genesis was one of his favorite bands. Then, when asked to name one of his favorite songs, he stuttered and blurted out some bastardized form of In the Air Tonight. Had they not been discussing Genesis, the host never would have drawn the parallel to what K-Fed called it and the name of the actual song. Brittany's divorce plans came out a few days later. I'm not sure that was a coincidence.