This sounds made up. PG could not sing very well in the range he sang in the past. The recent PG vocal performances are over a wide range, and so what if Phil has to help him in the higher notes. I do not believe that these guys really made these statements.Originally Posted by 2steves
O you could just go see TMB for the "real" deal.
I love the four-piece lineup too, but it's not just Tony who won't do that. It was unanimous when PG decided not to do the reunion in 2006/7 that the four-piece lineup was not the way to go (well, Hackett might have disagreed, but...)
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I'm one too, so your statement must be accurate!
"Wouldn't it be odd, if there really was a God, and he looked down on Earth and saw what we've done to her?" -- Adrian Belew ('Men In Helicopters')
Gotta admit, many of these guys i've never heard of, but Ron Howden of Nektar is a left-handed drummer (belongs on that list). Now back to less limb specific news....
"Wouldn't it be odd, if there really was a God, and he looked down on Earth and saw what we've done to her?" -- Adrian Belew ('Men In Helicopters')
A couple of interesting articles :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...beginning.html
http://www.express.co.uk/entertainme...yer-Tony-Banks
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Together with the forthcoming BBC documentary, all of that has, predictably, set tongues awag about a new Genesis get-together, perhaps even of the vintage five-piece line-up of the 1970s. Banks handles the question calmly.
“We have talked about various things,” he says. “A year ago I think Phil would definitely have said no. But he’s probably not quite capable of playing Duke’s Travels [from 1980’s Duke] any more. I think that’s what did him in a bit the first time around.
“But they’ve got [the BBC] documentary coming out, and we had a meeting, with Peter and Steve as well. I’m always pretty much up for anything, I don’t see any reason why not to. I really don’t know. We never say no. We all get along fine. Don’t hold your breath.”
I'm amazed at you people picking The Battle of Epping Forest to death. It's full of atrocious puns, some of the rhyming couplets make me cringe.. and that's its charm. It's like a big long comedy sketch set to music. I wouldn't change a word or a note, and same applies to The Colony of Slippermen. There is just so much content in these songs, musically and lyrically, that they practically define the term "progressive".
Trick and Wind are great albums for entirely different reasons. They are much smoother, slicker you might say, less pretentious perhaps but also much less spontaneous sounding. Peter was the one cheifly responsible for bringing the humour into Genesis, and that's just one reason why they were unique. I love both periods of Genesis, the Peter period and the 4-man period.
Is that really what's happening?
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Regarding PG's vocals not being up to the old songs, neither were Phil's on the TIOA tour, where some songs had key changes to accommodate his lowered register. It would simply be the same for PG, although whether they'd all be up for learning some of the more complex material in a new key is a different story - The Musical Box is a little more substantial than I Can't Dance.
However, given that only Steve has played the classic songs (with the odd medley as an exception) in the last 30 years, the 3 man lineup would probably have to relearn everything anyway, regardless of the key. Steve's chops are better than ever, so I reckon he'd cope fine with anything thrown at him. It's Phil & Mike that I think would baulk at it. Phil, whilst able to hit a drum again, is unlikely to be able to handle 2+ hours of very physical playing, and Mike gives the impression that it's all a bit too much effort (or maybe it's just his laid back manner).
Nice interview with Anthony Phillips there. He seems to have a nice attitude about the whole thing, but it would have been nice if the guys would have insisted that Ant be included in the photo. (Just speculating - maybe they did, but maybe those decisions were out of their hands).
Steve Hackett says he is open to the idea of a Genesis reunion – although he insists there are no such plans in place.
The guitarist took to Twitter to address rumours of a reunion of the original line-up of the prog rock heroes. The five musicians – Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford – have been spending time together for the recording of an upcoming BBC documentary called Genesis: Together And Apart.
But Hackett says: "To my knowledge there are no plans for a Genesis reformation including the five of us. We only met to be interviewed for the documentary.”
In a later tweet, he adds: "Yes I'm always open to the possibility of a reunion and I hope the others are too, but it's not currently on the table.”
Peter Gabriel told Rolling Stone this year he though there was “a small chance” of a reunion, although he added “but I don't think it's very high.”
Gabriel pulled out of proposed comeback 10 years ago. Gabriel officially left the band in 1975 but briefly joined his former bandmates onstage in Milton Keynes in 1982 – the last time the five musicians performed together.
No release date for the documentary has yet been confirmed.
Same old thing-- If it was up to Steve it would have happened years ago.
Yeh, a not very high, small chance of a reunion. Maybe he should retire if he is making stupid statements like that.
I didn't make anything up--Peter said this in an interview I read. He spoke of his voice changing in his old age. He also said the Lamb and Supper's Ready were the things that interested him most---And I read all things Hackett---and he said he wanted Second's Out line-up to tour---back in 2006--they told him --no Peter no reunion. Hackett has always wanted to reunite with the guys no matter what the line-up.
semantical, but the proposed reunion (and press conference) was in 2006.
by the way, the last reunion of a kind is on YouTube for anyone wondering.
Back in N.Y.C. (Intro)
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (Excerpt)
The Carpet Crawlers
Firth of Fifth
The Musical Box
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel song)
Turn It On Again (with Phil on vocals and Peter on drums)
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Fly on a Windshield
Broadway Melody of 1974
In the Cage
Supper's Ready
Encore:
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (with Steve Hackett)
The Knife (with Steve Hackett)
I didn't necessarily mean you made it up, but somebody did, and perhaps Gabriel did, since he wants every excuse to masturbate his own portfolio.
bump.
October 4th 9:15PM BBC2
http://prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-0...cumentary-date
BBC America? Trailer?
Apparently, there is. Showtime special on Genesis at about the 40th anniversary of the Lamb release.
It's followed by a Genesis at the BBC!!!!
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