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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 327992" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Purple Acid! I was more an orange sunshine man myself!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="Rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p> </p><p>I watched a program the other day about Syd Barrett, original guitarist/song writer for Pink Floyd and how acid/LSD destroyed him. Well known in the Floyd world. A lot of Syd is written into Darkside of the Moon, Wish you Were Here especially and the character of Pink from the Wall is based on Syd. Roger Waters said the lyric line "black holes in the sky" were taken from Syd's appearance of his eyes after the ravages of acid and LSD and taken their toll.</p><p> </p><p>Yeah that era of Genesis was my fav. and I was able to see them live in 73' and again in 75' just before Peter left. Saw them once more before Hackett left and after that the band went in a more commericial/pop direction that just didn't hold my interest. I found out about Genesis thanks to a Jethro Tull Soundman in 1971' who was wearing a Genesis T-Shirt and when I asked about the religious statement, he filled me in and even pulled up a song called the Knife from their Trespass album and played it over the house PA. It has this real heavy plusing, almost metalish rythem to it but contains a soft melodic feel as well. I was hooked from the get go. Lyrics are political/social in nature as the song is about revolution and how generally revolution ends in tyranny and despotism thus the name, "The Knife!" </p><p> </p><p>You should check these guys out being you live in Toronto.</p><p><a href="http://www.themusicalbox.net/" target="_blank">http://www.themusicalbox.net/</a></p><p>They play the Danforth Music Hall on 6/6/08 and 6/7/08.</p><p> </p><p>They are based out of Toronto and I saw their Selling England By the Pound show 5 or 6 years ago and having seen the original, I can say it was spot on! My wife and I started dating about the time Peter left the band in 75' so she never got to see them with me but I told her after that night that IMO she can say she saw Genesis. Those guys were that good and the real Genesis gave the band their old costumes, stage backdrops and they even use the old instrumentation including the bulky, cantakerous mellotron which I happen to just love to no end but thank God for computer software now. LOL.</p><p> </p><p>Check em out if for a couple of hours you wanna go "back in the day" and see an advant garde band who incorporated symphonic rock with mime, theater and a bit of opera! Genesis used the visual along with the music to tell the story of the music and this was what set them apart from other bands in the day IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 327992, member: 2189"] Purple Acid! I was more an orange sunshine man myself! :rofl: I watched a program the other day about Syd Barrett, original guitarist/song writer for Pink Floyd and how acid/LSD destroyed him. Well known in the Floyd world. A lot of Syd is written into Darkside of the Moon, Wish you Were Here especially and the character of Pink from the Wall is based on Syd. Roger Waters said the lyric line "black holes in the sky" were taken from Syd's appearance of his eyes after the ravages of acid and LSD and taken their toll. Yeah that era of Genesis was my fav. and I was able to see them live in 73' and again in 75' just before Peter left. Saw them once more before Hackett left and after that the band went in a more commericial/pop direction that just didn't hold my interest. I found out about Genesis thanks to a Jethro Tull Soundman in 1971' who was wearing a Genesis T-Shirt and when I asked about the religious statement, he filled me in and even pulled up a song called the Knife from their Trespass album and played it over the house PA. It has this real heavy plusing, almost metalish rythem to it but contains a soft melodic feel as well. I was hooked from the get go. Lyrics are political/social in nature as the song is about revolution and how generally revolution ends in tyranny and despotism thus the name, "The Knife!" You should check these guys out being you live in Toronto. [URL]http://www.themusicalbox.net/[/URL] They play the Danforth Music Hall on 6/6/08 and 6/7/08. They are based out of Toronto and I saw their Selling England By the Pound show 5 or 6 years ago and having seen the original, I can say it was spot on! My wife and I started dating about the time Peter left the band in 75' so she never got to see them with me but I told her after that night that IMO she can say she saw Genesis. Those guys were that good and the real Genesis gave the band their old costumes, stage backdrops and they even use the old instrumentation including the bulky, cantakerous mellotron which I happen to just love to no end but thank God for computer software now. LOL. Check em out if for a couple of hours you wanna go "back in the day" and see an advant garde band who incorporated symphonic rock with mime, theater and a bit of opera! Genesis used the visual along with the music to tell the story of the music and this was what set them apart from other bands in the day IMO. [/QUOTE]
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