The song I want to feature from this album is titled Abacab. To me is was a real kick arse track that never reached the heights that it deserved. Some Genesis fans bailed after Peter Gabriel left and fair enough, Gabriel went on to have his own solo career and was quite successful. Phil Collins took over from A Trick of the Tail and Genesis soldiered on and thank Gordon they did. This is a great track. By the way Abacab was the structure of the song. Broken into parts and played that way. Enjoy this at your pleasure. I do.
This song comes from a UK band called Yes and I believe that this, Fragile, is about their best album. The track I want to feature is called Roundabout and it’s big down fall was it was too long for popular radio at the time. This is where blues meets classical. Love it. The bass on this track is simply amazing. What a shame that radio insists on 3 to 4 minute tracks. This would have been a number one hit all round the world.
This track just won me over. Whether Dave Dobbyn wrote songs prior or after I didn’t care. This pop tune has every angle covered and I love it. Written for Footrot Flats gives it even more appeal.
Now did you think you would get away from this without something from Steely Dan, you are kidding yourself. One of the best songs never to have made it is No static at All which we all refer to as FM. Beauty personified.
Yes. Even Hung succumbed to this song and why I didn’t really gel with them like the Rolling Stones they did write some great pop tunes. This is the classic of all classics.
An excellently interesting presentation of these numbers, Hung. Your writing as a reviewer is very powerfully sincere. Fancy I even have the luck to be a piglet too in your company.
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Slice of Heaven was great. In our home library we have every Footrot Flats ‘books’ – the lot.
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Stoked the first time I heard it.
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I always liked Genesis but I don’t think I’ve heard that one before. Great musicianship.
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Some Genesis is really dreary but I liked Trick of the Tail best, post Peter Gabriel, and not much after that. Abacab was great though. This word came from the break up of the song, Part A, then B, then A, then C then A then B and that is what it stands for.
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Hung, was Yes from the early 70s. I seem to recall a friend from way back had a huge record collection including a Yes long play which we played. Sounds familiar. More serious, not like T-Rex at all.
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Yes. Yes are a prog rock band from the seventies. They still go around today but have had so many line up changes it is not funny. I have about 20 of their albums, given to me by a fan but I only like one or two. This song came from an album called Fragile which to me was one of their best.
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Two Gems there Hung, the first two. I’ll get to the others later
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Thanks Ace.
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Great stuff, Hung. Especially the classic of all classics.
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Thanks Gez, just us old guys tonight. 🙂
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Having a jam session with a bong ( sorry, cup-o-tea)
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