ATH:
The video that I am referencing was not part of the HOF televised show. This was a after the fact, news conference type of thing where the 4 lads were on a podium together. Answering press questions and posing for photos.
So, if I gave the impression that Anthony did this at the televised award ceremony, I apologize.
Jim
This Steve snubbing was evident back in the MILTON KEYNES reunion where I am sure you have all heard that story. Steve has always been the most accessible and fan friendly member of GENESIS. Which is not to say, the other lads aren't just that Steve definitely goes out os his way for the fans.
Jim
Hackett wasn't an original member of the band and was with the band for about six and a half years. Phil Collins wasn't an original member either but he stayed with the band way after Hackett left. I can see how the core three would have their little clique and are close. Steve should not feel resentful or left out and to be honest I don't really get that sense from reading the above comments.
He's said this tune was about his departure from Genesis.
"Henry Cow always wanted to push itself, so sometimes we would write music that we couldn't actually play – I found that very encouraging." - Lindsay Cooper, 1998
"I have nothing to do with Endless River. Phew! This is not rocket science people, get a grip." - Roger Waters, 2014
"I'm a collector. And I've always just seemed to collect personalities." - David Bowie, 1973
Tony is a genius and my fav all round keyboard player---and writes beautiful melodies. But his need to marginalize Steve's contribution to Genesis is ridiculous --- Steve and his work with Genesis is pure magic---and those early albums would not be what they are without him.This is painfully obvious to everyone but Tony--although he has thrown some compliments in Steve's direction recently.
Banks's best work is limited to what he did with Genesis & he couldn't write or play a decent tune as a soloist if his life depended on it! He comes across as a 'frustrated' artist when he talks about his solo career not taking off & maybe that's where a bit of the resentment comes from! I don't even think he has ever done a solo tour or even a show so the proof is in the pudding! His solo albums are very weak! People have no interest in his work outside of Genesis but they of the other members. History has proven that without Hackett, Gabriel, Rutherford et al he's extremely limited as a composer!
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I think it's sad that Hacket is still going on about a job he lost 40 years ago.
But not as sad as posters here who have developed their own Good Guys and Bad Guys narrative around events they have absolutely no first-hand knowledge of whatsoever.
Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
Steve took his shots at being more commercial, but it didn't catch on. Tony took his shots at being more commercial, but that didn't catch on either. I don't think pop music is a natural way to write for them although TB has had a couple of songs that I thought if he toured and supported like Rutherford, Collins or Gabriel, he could have made a go of it. But being front and center is not his style and a couple of cringeworthy videos didn't help his cause either. It's also much easier for a singer to make the leap especially if they are going after a different type of audience. MR can't sing at all so he got 2 stellar singers, made good videos at a time when it was very important and followed it up on the road.
Banks reminds me a bit of Richard Wright in that they wanted a solo career, but did so little in promotion and didn't tour that they did not even get much support from their main bands fans.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
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As already of public acknowledgement, making pop music never was his cup of tea.
While I can just partially agree with you, Hackett's singing skills and style were not bad at all, regardless whether liking or not liking his vocals. I'll give you just one example: one can perfectly realize what I mean by listening Serpentine Song.
"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. ". Ludwig van Beethoven
There is some awkwardness between Steve and the other Genesis guys (except for Gabriel who doesn't give a shit).
Steve was the last guy hired into a band the other's established and built and sacrificed for. Steve walked into a good situation (well functioning band with record company support and touring experience). As the junior member, they wanted him to be subservient, but he wanted more and more to have a bigger role. They gave him a few crumbs, but pretty much told him his writing contributions were not up to snuff. So he goes out and does a solo album and proves them wrong. Voyage was a success and became a prog classic and is well liked by Genesis fans. That has to breed jealousy and envy - especially for Banks (Mr Genesis) whose solo albums are not as highly regarded as Hackett's.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I would not be so sure about it, no doubt it's a prog classic but this fact alone imo wouldn't give it enough credentials to be liked by the majority of the Genesis fans had it not been made by an ex-member. VOTA already featured some of Hackett's unique character stamped on it, let alone the fact that its music wouldn't fit Gabriel singing style, by any stretch of imagination!, not to say Phil's 'easy lover' style - even though he indeed sang there on a couple of tracks.
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"Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. ". Ludwig van Beethoven
"Second Chance" is a beautiful little guitar and flute piece which I loved from the moment I first heard Bay Of Kings as a teenager. Was pleased to see Steve play it the first time I ever saw him, with the 'acoustic trio'... I had no idea it "sold in big quantities" however..?
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^It didn't. Not aware of a 'TV show theme' that did, although certainly, in the late 70s/early 80s, his Charisma solo albums had a devoted following in the UK and Europe. Another was 'Tales From The Riverbank'. Anthony Phillips has had the more lucrative career when it comes to TV work.
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