Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihlpg!rios From: rios@ihlpg.UUCP (m. rios) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Genesis died when Pete left Message-ID: <791@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 14:45:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.791 Posted: Tue Jul 9 14:45:43 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 07:54:41 EDT References: <288@cmu-cs-g.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 29 > Genesis died when Peter Gabriel left many years ago. I'm > continually astonished that people continued to listen as they > embarrassed themselves more and more without him. And Phil Collins > is now another pop star like Michael Jackson or Prince! Sad. > > Chris Koenigsberg *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH A HOME BY THE SEA *** Genesis dead without Gabriel? Maybe the Gabriel influenced Genesis sound (i.e. The Silent Sun, Foxtrot, Lamb Lies Down) died when Pete left, but a fresher Genesis came out of it. Gabriel leaving Genesis gave Collins a chance to do some writing, and he did/does some great songs (Abacab, ...and then there were Three.); this also gave Banks some breathing room to pull together some good songs, notably most of the work on Trick of the Tail. Gabriel also benefitted from leaving the band, with some very good (though moody) music on his first two solo albums, and some real roarers on the ones after that. Hackett, however, has not done so well (at least from what I heard. Anybody hear any different?). Lastly, Collins's popularity as a pop star is due to the fact that he's an excellent writer/producer. What band would be dead with him in the lead?... -- "I dare you to flame me." (famous last words of someone eaten by the line-eater) Michael A. Rios, the summer student :-)