wajobu
11-12-2006, 10:55 AM
Sigh...
http://www.genesis-music.com/genesisdates.htm
I have been a fan of their music (and in particular, their concerts) since the US days in the early 1970s (oh the first time I saw "Supper's Ready" being performed and then again in 1982 in New Haven, CT...). I've seen many of their tours, but not all (from art rock to pop). Their shows (from the early A/V slides, The Lamb, the Boeing 747 landing lights, The Mirrors, The Lasers to the Roto-lights that their Showco company helped develop) were typically stunning. Sadly, I missed the "We Can't Dance" Tour with the Jumbo-Trons (I was deeply immersed in early parenthood and couldn't afford the tickets!).
I have always felt that the group effort for their band was greater than the sum of their parts, whether in the Phillips, Gabriel, Collins or whatever era. An interesting song-writing consortium that start performing their own music in the late 1960s. Their musicianship was as intense as the show and the pieces (anybody doesn't believe me, listen to "Apocalypse in 9/8" from "Supper's Ready"...that's right, a time signature of 9/8...what rhythm and counterpoint in THAT piece to the incredible musical bridge from "Living Forever" from "We Can't Dance"...these guys can/could cook! :yes:).
The "Calling All Stations" tour never made it to the USA--the tour was canceled before it existed (apparently due to lack of interest in the US--we had moved on to RAP music here in the States).
Anyway, the cynical side of me says that a tour like this is for money, but it will be based on material from their retrospective boxed-set Turn It On Again spanning from their early career to the present, so it should be a treat for those in the UK and Europe. It will be a tour back to Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Steurmer & Thompson. Might need to get myself a ticket to the Twickenham date!
http://www.genesis-music.com/genesisdates.htm
I have been a fan of their music (and in particular, their concerts) since the US days in the early 1970s (oh the first time I saw "Supper's Ready" being performed and then again in 1982 in New Haven, CT...). I've seen many of their tours, but not all (from art rock to pop). Their shows (from the early A/V slides, The Lamb, the Boeing 747 landing lights, The Mirrors, The Lasers to the Roto-lights that their Showco company helped develop) were typically stunning. Sadly, I missed the "We Can't Dance" Tour with the Jumbo-Trons (I was deeply immersed in early parenthood and couldn't afford the tickets!).
I have always felt that the group effort for their band was greater than the sum of their parts, whether in the Phillips, Gabriel, Collins or whatever era. An interesting song-writing consortium that start performing their own music in the late 1960s. Their musicianship was as intense as the show and the pieces (anybody doesn't believe me, listen to "Apocalypse in 9/8" from "Supper's Ready"...that's right, a time signature of 9/8...what rhythm and counterpoint in THAT piece to the incredible musical bridge from "Living Forever" from "We Can't Dance"...these guys can/could cook! :yes:).
The "Calling All Stations" tour never made it to the USA--the tour was canceled before it existed (apparently due to lack of interest in the US--we had moved on to RAP music here in the States).
Anyway, the cynical side of me says that a tour like this is for money, but it will be based on material from their retrospective boxed-set Turn It On Again spanning from their early career to the present, so it should be a treat for those in the UK and Europe. It will be a tour back to Banks, Rutherford, Collins, Steurmer & Thompson. Might need to get myself a ticket to the Twickenham date!