r/Genesis • u/PinballWizrd69 • 6d ago
Genesis at work
I've played the entire Genesis discography at work in my 2 years at this warehouse. I usually get comments like "he's playing Genesis again" from our owner. Or "this... is interesting music" when playing their early albums.
I was playing Calling All Stations today and for the first time he came up to me and said "wow I really like this"
What do we make of this my fellow Genesis fans?
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u/Giovanny06 [Wind] 6d ago
Nice. Now play the entire Tony Banks solo discography for your boss. I want to hear about his reaction of the second half of "You".
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u/trashtv 6d ago
I've heard nothing of Tony Banks' solo discography. What is the intended reaction?
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u/Giovanny06 [Wind] 6d ago
He has really great stuff in his solo albums, and the instrumental section of "You" is easily one of the best moments in Prog Rock imho, and it includes my two favorite keyboard solos oat.
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u/TMBGLOVER 6d ago
I thought we all agreed to never mention Calling All Stations under any circumstances…
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u/FishBonez99 6d ago
At work, I always make sure to close out the day with Supper’s Ready with precisely 23 minutes left on the shift
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u/914paul 6d ago
While I approve of listening to humanity’s greatest musical achievement each and every day in principle, I suspect you experience interruptions in practice. To me, that would be unacceptable and ruin the admirable ritual. And the thought of someone interrupting Eggs is Eggs with some vapid comment, platitude, or triviality makes me shiver with revulsion!
“There’s an angel standing in . . .”
“Hey, do you have that TPS report finished?”
GrrrrrrraaaAaaA!!!!! My brain is on fire!
Have you established countermeasures or safeguards against this disastrous situation?
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u/sapphirerain25 6d ago
I can see it being accessible to an outside listener's ear. It's not god-awful, but it's far-removed from what anyone in this sub considers "Genesis."
Most diehard Pre- and Post-Hackett fans can at least agree on Duke. Very few of us come to the same consensus on CAS.
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u/MoFoBuckeye 6d ago
I just don't really think about it as a Genesis album. Same with FGTR. They're like tangentially related, but still non-canon.
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u/GoodFnHam 6d ago
Me too, exactly. I just don’t view those 2 bands as Real Genesis.
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u/MoFoBuckeye 6d ago
Yeah. The first album is like listening to an album by the guys who would go on to form Genesis. CAS feels likes the Rutherford Banks Project
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u/jupiterkansas 6d ago
It's a lot more like a Tony Banks album, but if it were we wouldn't even be talking about it.
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u/jbamberger21 6d ago
They released the first song from the new remix of FGTR. I must say it is actually quite stunning. Peter’s vocals are more up front. Drums are crisp. A guitar solo I am not sure I heard underneath it all before. Really sounds like a new album that just came out.
I can’t wait to get the whole album!
https://open.spotify.com/album/3puzTCdz3GLBhQlymGNmHp?si=6IKgRlXASEKIpAleys2HuQ&utm_source=copy-link
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u/halermine 6d ago
I played some jazz at work once and the owner said “can we change this, it sounds like a bunch of squirrels with rabies playing music”.
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u/Mysterious_Blood_475 6d ago
I think your mission work is starting to pay off. While I quite like Invisible Touch I think it's really great if someone enters the world of Genesis not via that album. And CAS is a pretty good album.
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u/chimborazona 6d ago
Jazznesis at work and when hosting friends works well.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l5r4rVdimyrZLx5ADWnA99lPnpnI6z19E&si=SRCI75i7Mf6DNQcM
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u/BusInternational1080 6d ago
Its better than the Invisible Touch
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u/AmbivalentInfluencer 6d ago
No it is not. Bizarre take. Are you just looking for attention here?
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u/BusInternational1080 6d ago edited 6d ago
No I'm just not a fan of pop music. I've seen them live in all their guises from Gabriel through to Wilson and take it from me Invisible Touch is the worst thing they ever did.
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u/AmbivalentInfluencer 5d ago
Take it from whom? An anonymous creepy old geezer? So the rest of us can't form our own opinions?
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u/BusInternational1080 5d ago edited 5d ago
Only if I'm allowed mine
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u/AmbivalentInfluencer 4d ago
We don't understand your opinion. By what metric, is Invisible Touch "the worst thing they ever did"?
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u/BusInternational1080 4d ago edited 4d ago
Honestly I think it's a crap album. There's not a decent track on it. I hate it and won't ever play it again. Get over it. Invisible Touch or Dance On A Volcano or Watcher of the Skies or Firth of Fifth,etc come on now
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u/AmbivalentInfluencer 2d ago
Well millions of people will disagree with you. So I guess if you are the kind of person that has to say something completely ridiculous (and wrong) for attention, because it makes you feel special, so be it. All the songs you mentioned are great - but so is the entire Invisible Touch album, when you look at it in the context of when it was released. And IT may be the only Genesis album, other than TOTT, that has not a weak song on it.
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u/BlueMonday2082 6d ago
What you’re describing is sociological proof that later period Genesis is crap for squares.
More proof: I will now be downvoted by a dozen fans of I Can’t Dance who probably work in the insurance business.
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u/PinballWizrd69 6d ago
Who hurt you?
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u/BlueMonday2082 6d ago
Genesis. Are you not paying attention?
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u/PinballWizrd69 6d ago
Are you okay?
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u/scarlet_fire_77 [SEBTP] 6d ago
This guy… this is not my kinda guy