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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Genesis was their attempt to come back after Abacab (yeah I know you love it but it was the beginning of their slide into pure pop) and as such featured some more proggy songs but again mostly it was charty stuff like "Illegal alien" and "That's all". Duke was their last concept album and gave them top ten hits too, but I prefer it. If you think Tony was off his game, listen to the instrumentals "Duke's Travels/End" and the intro to "Behind the lines", "Alone tonight" and "Heathaze" to name a few. Collins was also a lot less annoying on Duke, which makes it for certain to me anyway their last great album.
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No where did I say that Tony was off his game on Duke. Music-wise Tony Banks retain a lot hooks and tricks from Genesis' past while incorporating newer stuff. If Genesis had a certain sound in the 70s with Peter Gabriel it was because they were incorporating different styles that were popular back then at the time. So while the album doesn't have that "70s" Prog sound, they still retains the spirit of Prog of melding different music styles together on the album. Tony Bank is a true music alchemist the way he can play the keyboard. I like a lot of his work on that album and that is why I said he was in top form. "Taking It All Too Hard " could easily fit on Duke, both the music and the lyrics. You could easily imagine that the song is being sung to the Duchess.
GENESIS - Taking It All Too Hard
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Originally Posted by mord
Actually, I like you a lot, Nea. That's why I treat you like ****. It's the MB way.
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