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Plainview · 02-07-2016, 02:49 AM

Peter Gabriel's solo work is far better than anything Genesis released.

Fight me.

grindy · 02-07-2016, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Plainview

Peter Gabriel's solo work is far better than anything Genesis released.

Fight me.

Tried it several times, always sounded like boring, somewhat new agey pop to me.
I'm not even a big fan of Gabriels voice, although it works well with some of Genesis' stuff. Some, since I like just very few of their albums anyway.

Plainview · 02-07-2016, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by grindy

Tried it several times, always sounded like boring, somewhat new agey pop to me.
I'm not even a big fan of Gabriels voice, although it works well with some of Genesis' stuff. Some, since I like just very few of their albums anyway.

I'd say that's a slightly unfair description, though there's definitely a New Wavey element to his music. I feel if you're a Bowie fan, Gabriel's solo stuff should appeal.

Lisnaholic · 02-07-2016, 05:15 AM

Welcome back to Occult Hawk, who I haven't seen since his excellent review of Strictly Personal.
None the less, I'm convinced that Genesis is not a good place for the hypothetical person in the OP to start. It seems such an arbitrary choice in terms of style and chronology. Why start with a rock subgenre from the seventies?

If you're going for rock, Status Quo or Buddy Holly would provide a better example of its power, though personally, I would sooner go back furthur and begin the story at the beginning, in a culture far far away.. Alternatively, try something in the style of Carl Orff, who explored simple music of near-universal appeal:

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OccultHawk · 02-07-2016, 05:26 AM

I wrote up Trout and Clear Spot, but thanks.

I certainly wouldn't go with Genesis either. As stated before I'd go with Perotin

http://youtu.be/__lQZ6Jh1E0

Lisnaholic · 02-07-2016, 05:40 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I wrote up Trout and Clear Spot, but thanks.

I certainly wouldn't go with Genesis either. As stated before I'd go with Perotin

http://youtu.be/__lQZ6Jh1E0

Sorry! I was too lazy to wrestle with the Search function and check my facts so I got you confused with someone else, but anyway, you contributed to an interesting thread. Well done!

grindy · 02-07-2016, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Plainview

I'd say that's a slightly unfair description, though there's definitely a New Wavey element to his music. I feel if you're a Bowie fan, Gabriel's solo stuff should appeal.

I like new wavey music, but I like the vocals in it to have this slightly strained, at times hysteric quality. The kind David Bowie, David Byrne, David Thomas have. (Wow, that's a lot of Davids

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I'm not saying Gabriel has a boring voice, his voice is pretty unique, but his singing is just too smooth.

Pet_Sounds · 02-07-2016, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

This is going to come off as (pick one) too "PC", nitpicky, rude, whatever - but could we maybe not talk about situations where a person once was disabled and then was no longer disabled as that person being "healed"?

The Social Model of Disability

Great thread otherwise, not sure what my answer would be though.

What terminology would you suggest? I'll admit that "healed" sounds kinda biblical.

Welcome back, btw.

OccultHawk · 02-07-2016, 05:49 AM

I thought you remembered that my review was excellent but forgot which record it was...

The Batlord · 02-07-2016, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

What terminology would you suggest? I'll admit that "healed" sounds kinda biblical.

Welcome back, btw.

Would you stop bringing it up? There's no need to keep stepping on the man's toes. He has so few of them.

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Welcome back to Occult Hawk, who I haven't seen since his excellent review of Strictly Personal. None the less, I'm convinced that Genesis is not a good place for the hypothetical person in the OP to start. It seems such an arbitrary choice in terms of style and chronology. Why start with a rock subgenre from the seventies? If you're going for rock, Status Quo or Buddy Holly would provide a better example of its power, though personally, I would sooner go back furthur and begin the story at the beginning, in a culture far far away.. Alternatively, try something in the style of Carl Orff, who explored simple music of near-universal appeal: ..... __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953 Last edited by Lisnaholic; 02-07-2016 at 05:26 AM.

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I wrote up Trout and Clear Spot, but thanks. I certainly wouldn't go with Genesis either. As stated before I'd go with Perotin http://youtu.be/__lQZ6Jh1E0

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OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	I thought you remembered that my review was excellent but forgot which record it was...