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TheLadyLies
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Best Genesis Intro?
« Thread started on: Jul 23rd, 2008, 3:24pm » |
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For me it has to be either:-
i) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (The first 50 seconds)
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ii) Dance On A Volcano
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #1 on: Jul 23rd, 2008, 8:17pm » |
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God, so many to choose from.
The ticking of the clock that starts No Son Of Mine; the weird keyboard sound before the drums kick in of Jesus He Knows Me; the drum intro to Land Of Confusion; the infectious riff at the start of Throwing It All Away; the crash of drums that begins Squonk; the guitar riff at the start of Dance On A Volcano; the doomy Mellotron at the beginning of Watcher Of The Skies; Peter's unaccompanied voice at the start of Supper's Ready or Dancing With The Moonlit Knight; the claustrophobic drum machine that heralds the beginning of Mama...
Be quicker to list their worst intros than their best I think!
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 09:08am » |
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I’ll skip the obvious and famous ones for once and go with Heathaze: delicate , evocative and haunting. All in a few seconds.
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 09:10am » |
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Volcano is great.
Entangled as well.
The Musical Box anyone?
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 09:32am » |
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Cinema show?
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 10:38am » |
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Of course everyone knows that Mama has the best intro....
and the best outro.....
and the best middle bit......
and I quite like it........ 
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 1:37pm » |
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Cinema Show, Musical Box - great for sure.
I like No son of mine intro too...and Mama, of course.
But my favourite is Carpet Crawlers, I suppose.
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #7 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 2:13pm » |
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on Jul 24th, 2008, 09:32am, Fabrizio wrote:
Cinema Show has a very delicate & atmospheric beginning to it! 
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #8 on: Jul 24th, 2008, 4:46pm » |
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DANCE ON A VOLCANO 
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #9 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 3:46pm » |
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No brainer
Watcher of the skies
Fantastic opening to a song
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #10 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 4:23pm » |
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on Jul 25th, 2008, 3:46pm, garden wall wrote:No brainer
Watcher of the skies
Fantastic opening to a song |
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Especially when played live!
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #11 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 4:35pm » |
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Another very hard question to answer.
I could name several -
Looking For Someone
Los Endos
Wot Gorilla
The Musical Box
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight
But, overall, I have to go with:
Watcher Of The Skies
A fantastic, stately, atmospheric and very effective opening. Magnificent.
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #12 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 4:36pm » |
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Indeed. Either as an opener or a closer, it really does raise goosebumps.
How about Back In NYC? A grand beginning to a song, for sure.
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #13 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 4:47pm » |
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on Jul 25th, 2008, 4:36pm, LambsWool wrote:.
How about Back In NYC? A grand beginning to a song, for sure. |
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A grand beginning, getting even grander still as the song progresses!
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Re: Best Genesis Intro?
« Reply #14 on: Jul 25th, 2008, 4:53pm » |
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From beginning to end, it rocks out, that is true. I love the big bad bass note that comes when Peter sings about burning the trash of progressive hypocrites. Overall it is in itself a very forward-thinking piece of music, truly progressive when so much at the time was stale and repetitive.
Back In NYC should have its own thread!
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