r/Genesis Sep 12 '21

Genesis Central - the r/Genesis Discord Server

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r/Genesis Jan 01 '23

Hindsight is 2020 is now Play Me My Song - The Music of Genesis

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Three years ago on this very day, I announced to this community my intention to rank every Genesis song in the entire catalog, one per weekday, alongside "my thoughts about the songs" over the course of 2020. I called the project (quite cleverly, if I do say so myself) Hindsight is 2020. What nobody could have predicted at the time was the way the project grew: to the point that "my thoughts" began looking like full fledged essays, that my research into the songs would become increasingly extensive, and that the community would (after an admittedly rocky start) respond so positively to the exercise.

More than once over the span of the live project, it was suggested to me that I ought to turn the whole shebang into a proper book. After some hemming and hawing, I buckled down and spent not only all of 2021 but also the first half of 2022 making that happen. And so it's with a bit of well-earned excitement and pride that I can announce to you here, three years after the debut of Hindsight is 2020, my book: Play Me My Song - The Music of Genesis. Play Me My Song is set to be published on March 17, 2023 through Wymer Publishing; pre-orders are available now.

If you've read the Hindsight project this may not come as much of a surprise, but Play Me My Song will be (at the time of publication) the largest book ever published on Genesis. It features not only expanded and/or rewritten essays for every single song Genesis ever officially released, but also essays for every studio album (covered originally in my "H'20" companion series) and select solo efforts (covered originally as my "Peripheral Visions" companion series). It's the entire Hindsight collection in one printed package, except more of it.

I want to thank all of you for making this possible. If not for your tremendous engagement with and enthusiasm for the work I did, I'm not sure I would've taken this next step. This book is as much yours as it is mine (though I'd prefer to keep the royalties, you understand).

And hey, if you haven't checked out the original Hindsight is 2020 series, why not give it a shot? I think and hope you'll come away pretty satisfied.

You can read through the entire Hindsight project here.

You can pre-order Play Me My Song - The Music of Genesis here.

See you all in March!


r/Genesis 16h ago

Calling All Stations 30 on YouTube

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I've returned to bring y'all an updated version of the previous upload when I shared my fan-made rework album of CAS, now on YouTube!! Each video has a description of what I changed in the songs. Tell me what y'all think!

Link: Calling All Stations 30


r/Genesis 20h ago

Just listened to CAS B-Sides.

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Wow, how did some of these tracks not make the album? I mean, Run Out of Time, Anything Now and Nowhere Else to Turn... just great tracks.


r/Genesis 21h ago

Wind & Wuthering community rankings

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Wind & Wuthering's 50th anniversary is around the corner, just 3 months left! What are your favorite tracks from the album ranked worst to best or on a tier list? Personally this is my favorite Genesis album as of now. Both sides of the album are just straight gas. Here are my rankings:

  1. One For the Vine

  2. Eleventh Earl of Mar

  3. ...In That Quiet Earth

  4. Your Own Special Way

  5. Afterglow

  6. All In A Mouse's Night

  7. Blood on The Rooftops

  8. Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers…

  9. Wot Gorilla


r/Genesis 23h ago

The Knife Live 1975 (Lamb Tour Liverpool)

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Love this version of The Knife! I always thought of how this song has a certain heavy metal quality to it. It's almost like if Sabbath and Purple had a baby (in a good way, unlike Black Sabbath's 1983 release Born Again) ;-p


r/Genesis 1d ago

Excellent cover of Looking for Someone

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r/Genesis 23h ago

Martin Levac

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WOW! Fantastic version of Supper’s Ready by Martin Levac and his band.


r/Genesis 1d ago

Supper’s Ready’s last section makes me shed tears

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No kidding. Every time I listen to this whole song and then come to this section, it’s just so beautiful it made my eyes a little wet. Other songs that are close to making me have this experience are the climaxes of Duke’s Travels and The Cinema Show.


r/Genesis 1d ago

Wut?

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r/Genesis 1d ago

That life changing moment when Supper’s Ready clicks and Eggs is Eggs hits you:

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r/Genesis 1d ago

Wow, new Supper's Ready Cover by Martin Levac feat. M.Girard, J.-F.Duchesne, F.Larouche !

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r/Genesis 1d ago

Help Required: Looking for insights into Phil's thoughts on the music of Genesis

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"I'm not Genesis' biggest fan." - Phil Collins on Drumeo in 2024.

Phil Collins has always been a bit of a fascination of mine, both sides of him. He seems to have his Proghead years, speaking highly of albums from prog peers such as Yes and King Crimson, namely Bill Bruford. Alternatively, he has professed many times his love of Motown. Of course he is in his right to have a multitude of interests, none of which contradicts the other.

But- and please pardon my pretentiousness here- I've always thought there was a bit more of an "artist" that got buried in there along with his fame. A song like In The Air Tonight has more of an edge, a sense of experimentation, and to my ear, a sense of inspiration that much of his other works clearly lack. Similarly, his debut record Face Value contains an interesting trilogy of songs. "The Roof is Leaking" through "Hand in Hand" show Collins ambitiously arranging something of a Suite, not wholly unlike what he might do with Genesis. Moreover, when he recently was asked about his top 10 favorite songs, to which he was not limited to his own discography, I found it odd that he picked one of his own songs- kind of: he mentioned his love of his cover of Tomorrow Never Knows. What an interesting pick, wouldn't you say?

I digress. I feel like he was not necessarily selling out in the 80s- he genuinely liked his music- but I think that initial artist, the one who would like Tomorrow Never Knows and Prog Rock, never really fully developed. What I'm looking for is insight into what he thought, either at the time or afterwards, about his work in Genesis.

What did he write? What did he think about other parts? What did he encourage or discourage? These could be sourced from quotes from the man himself, or others in the band. What insights can we gleam from this about Phil, and his development as an artist?


r/Genesis 1d ago

CHICAGO BEARS 2026 HYPE VIDEO ᴴᴰ || "In the Air Tonight"

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r/Genesis 2d ago

Short report with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson during Genesis's Wind And Wuthering Tour '77

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r/Genesis 1d ago

Classic Rewind’s Top 40 Cassettes Turning 40 (1986)

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Invisible Touch at 3


r/Genesis 2d ago

Hey, there's a snowman! (art by me)

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r/Genesis 2d ago

This was a tough one but the Duke suite eventually won

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r/Genesis 3d ago

Vision Of Angels 2026 Mix

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r/Genesis 3d ago

Still by Tony Banks is 35 years old now! What's your favorite track?

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r/Genesis 3d ago

There's Genesis without Phil, Genesis without Peter, but no Genesis without Tony

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r/Genesis 3d ago

Los Endos (Genesis) - Live by Seconds Out at Combat Rock 2026

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We’re Seconds Out, a Genesis tribute band from Italy. Here’s our live performance of “Los Endos” from Combat Rock 2026.

Hope you enjoy it — feedback from fellow Genesis/prog fans is always welcome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzz4gb-87oE


r/Genesis 2d ago

Tierlist of the tracks of the last 3 Genesis albums (Invisible Touch, We Can't Dance and Calling All Stations)

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r/Genesis 3d ago

Thoughts on “Evidence of Autumn” and “Open Door” ?

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Personally, I really think they should’ve replaced Man of Our Times and Alone Tonight.


r/Genesis 3d ago

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe…

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Apocalypse in 9/8 and the crowd goes wild