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Another Cup of Coffee- Mike Rutherford Board
/ Re: finally got Acting Very Strange! |
on: Today at 09:45am |
| Started by progfan | Post by Dougal |
I had problems, and still have to this day, with both Acting Very Strange and The Fugitive after the brilliance of both Smallcreep's Day and A Curious Feeling.
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Jacuzzi- Steve Hackett Board
/ Re: The Guardian - Review |
on: Today at 09:31am |
| Started by Down And Out | Post by Narnialady |
on Yesterday at 5:20pm, gabbleratchet63 wrote:| The Guardian article is less of a review and more of a statement about what SH is doing. Making money selling poor quality old rope masquerading as the real thing. Glorified tribute act. Spot on. |
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Why do you bother posting if you cant make valid comments? Try telling that to the thousands of fans who attended and enjoyed the gigs!!!
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Jacuzzi- Steve Hackett Board
/ Re: Tour Merch |
on: Today at 09:28am |
| Started by littleal44 | Post by Narnialady |
Quite soon I think will, check for updates with Adrian in merchandising cheers Steph 
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Tribute Bands
/ Re: A Flower? Or not to flower, that is the questi |
on: Today at 09:05am |
| Started by MrDoug | Post by santibanks |
Its an interesting point and I think it differs from band to band. Lets phrase it like this: there are all kinds of concepts behind a tribute and all kinds of markets that fit with those concepts. The Musical Box and Turn it on a again (from Canada) are the best examples of tributes that want to create the original thing as close as possible, not just the music but also the lights, clothing, stage setup and visual side.* Some people want that and these guys can deliver it.
Other bands only focus on the music and want to bring this as close as possible, or sometimes loosely interpret this and play in bars and cafes. There is audience for that.
Other bands want to deliver a Genesis "vibe" by re-creating a lot and stick as close to the original as possible. This might involve a costume here and there, maybe some projections, some similar light concepts, the same instruments etc. And there is all kinds of shades in between.
I would not dress up like Tony Banks (come on… blue suit and white sneakers ??  ), but I do use a setup similar to his and use 99% of his original sounds. We don't have the stage setup of Genesis, nor the light/video rig (I wonder if those Jumbotrons are still stored at the Farm), but we do use some of the original effect units from the Collins era.
WCD just does what we feel that's needed to bring the music as good as we can do, as close as possible/needed. But in the end, it's the entertained audience (and the entertained bandmembers/crew) that count for us.
* It's still the thing I never got with TMB: they recreate the show exactly as it was but somehow, they always play the studio versions instead of the live versions. I never got that concept because it seems so odd to me to recreate a full show with everything right, except the music which are studio versions and studio sounds…
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Tribute Bands
/ Re: G2 - Stables - Two Nights Live |
on: Today at 08:55am |
| Started by peteofpompey | Post by SteveHammond |
on Yesterday at 07:40am, Mozo wrote:Last night was quite simple the BEST EVER Genesis tribute performance I have ever seen
In a word - Perfection (IMHO)
Thanks to G2 (+ Nigel) for recreating the 'The best live album from the best live band in the world' 
No more words, you just had to be there...........
.......... and a BIG thanks to all the Forumites, the SDC and G2 for great company all over the weekend
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I've just read all the post-gig comments and could have quoted virtually any of them but Oz wrote exactly what I felt. Sue58 then beat me to expressing the intensity of emotion that was in the room on Saturday evening, particularly the 2nd half...enough to make a grown man cry.
Lovely to have so much time to chat with so many friendly people, who share our good taste in music
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets from us; we paid in £50, when we drove Rich back to college last night and almost all were bought by you kind folks. Hope that someone wins a prize.
Finally, thank you to the whole G2 team.
Steve, Julie & Richard
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Tribute Bands
/ Re: A Flower? Or not to flower, that is the questi |
on: Today at 08:54am |
| Started by MrDoug | Post by TheEllanory |
I'm with Alan and Nigel.
I would never claim to be young any more (!) but certainly too young to have seen Genesis in the Peter Gabriel era. And it was the music that attracted me to Genesis - starting with ATTWT and working forwards a bit before I worked back in terms of acquiring albums, it was probably a while before I realised the early Genesis was so theatrical.
I'll happily go and watch any of the tribute bands, wearing costumes or not, as long as they play well. I don't mind if a band uses costumes or not, but if the show tries to be too theatrical, I might start to worry that it's trying to cover up a lack of musical proficiency. Thankfully, that's not the case with any of the Genesis tribs I've ever seen!
(I might try and find this Queen trib act with the guy with the false teeth out of curiousity though.....).
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Supper's Ready- The Genesis Music Board
/ Re: General discussions about Genesis lyrics |
on: Today at 08:11am |
| Started by Schrottrocker | Post by Moribund |
Although a big fan of Gabriel (solo and with Genesis) I actually prefer Genesis lyrics after he had left the band. Too many of the lyrics before TOTT were too obscure and Peter's obsession with word play (Tess cooperates, Mum to mud etc) was a bit meaningless. As for the Lamb album....don't get me started.
Some highlights for me from the band's career..
Undertow - Having suffered from depression I find the chorus lyrics here to be inspiring.
BOTR - Very quintessentially English
Please Don't Ask - A moving statement about relationship breakup
Musical Box - good story telling song
Driving the Last Spike - again a lyric that tells a tale and drives the song on
Genesis were always a band that wrote decent lyrics. When I think my other favourite bands there are few to match them..perhaps Rush, Marillion or Floyd
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