August 1, 200718 yr I think Rush is getting better with age too and they seem to enjoy playing together. Don't own one Genesis album not for any reason, but I've not had much of any exposure to them. What should be my first Genesis CD? Seconds Out is a really good place to start. If you want to start with a studio album, Trick of the Tail would be my recommendation. My favourites are Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme and Selling England by the Pound. ...Lamb... is considered their creative peak, but it would be like getting into Pink Floyd by getting The Wall -- great album, but not indicative of their spacier/space-rockier moments at all (DSOTM, Animals, WYWH, "Echoes", "One of These Days", etc.). Genesis are very accomplished songwriters, with a proggy bent, so that's what you should want to hear, methinky.
August 1, 200718 yr Seconds Out is a really good place to start. If you want to start with a studio album, Trick of the Tail would be my recommendation. My favourites are Foxtrot, Nursery Cryme and Selling England by the Pound. ...Lamb... is considered their creative peak, but it would be like getting into Pink Floyd by getting The Wall -- great album, but not indicative of their spacier/space-rockier moments at all (DSOTM, Animals, WYWH, "Echoes", "One of These Days", etc.). Genesis are very accomplished songwriters, with a proggy bent, so that's what you should want to hear, methinky. I second Seconds Out, its a fantastic live album with lots of great tunes (and it starts with "Squonk"!!!). Studio I'd either start with Selling England By The Pound or Foxtrot. But then when you are ready for the REAL intense Genesis, check out Abacab or their self-titled. Some folks can't handle the Collins/Banks/Rutherford three headed 80s single-cranking juggernaut though, i.e. jpak.
August 2, 200718 yr A bagpipe concert at a local park, it was part of a Scottish heritage festival. Man those things are loud, and the sound easily carries for well over a mile.
August 2, 200718 yr 420 dollars for the saturday B concert series (7 concerts) with the San Francisco symphony OR.... New Power cord for my dac and some tubes...... (hard decision!)
August 3, 200718 yr Going to see Freddy Cole and his trio play at the Blues Alley in DC tomorrow. In case you don't know, he's Nat King Cole's brother.
August 3, 200718 yr thanks, Dusty Chalk and postjack for the Genesis album suggestions. i'll probably hit the cd trader this weekend and select one for a listen.
August 9, 200718 yr I saw Band of Horses two nights ago at the 9:30 Club in DC. It was meh. I mean the band was tight, and they sounded well enough. But they didn't do anything new, at all. Basically played the album note for note. I usually like it when a band tries a different spin on their old materials in a live set.
August 9, 200718 yr I usually like it when a band tries a different spin on their old materials in a live set. you should listen to the dead.
August 10, 200718 yr Yah, the grateful dead put on a great show. Just have to get over the smell of decaying flesh from the zombies.
August 27, 200718 yr saw joshua bell and mozart's requiem performed by the Mostly Mozart House Orchestra Joshua was friggin great, Requiem wasnt so great. Made me very sad that requiem wasnt that great
August 31, 200718 yr thanks, Dusty Chalk and postjack for the Genesis album suggestions. i'll probably hit the cd trader this weekend and select one for a listen. shit i went to the CD trader on Sunday and completely forgot about getting anything from Genesis, though, i was rushing it. tonight my wife and I are going to see Cirque Du Soleil's Corteo.
August 31, 200718 yr Saw Stanley Clarke, Dr. John, Tinsley Ellis (sucked), and Eric Culberson within a two week period about a month ago. I'm in withdrawal, but nothing around I'm interested in right now. I miss living in NYC.
August 31, 200718 yr saw joshua bell and mozart's requiem performed by the Mostly Mozart House Orchestra Joshua was friggin great, Requiem wasnt so great. Made me very sad that requiem wasnt that great he'll be coming to mobile to play with the symphony. My buddy does percussion with them, so he can get me comps.
August 31, 200718 yr Regina Spektor is coming to out campus in september. I may attend, I ahve not decided yet.
August 31, 200718 yr i'm planning on seeing Regina Spektor in October, i can't wait! Shit, color me jealous.
September 1, 200718 yr he'll be coming to mobile to play with the symphony. My buddy does percussion with them, so he can get me comps. hes such a nice guy. It was kinda cool that he signed autographs after the concert. But waiting in front of ~20 year old socialite girls asking him out is not so cool
September 2, 200718 yr Lewis Black - Red, White & Screwed @ the Hampton Casino Ballroom last night. Too fuckin' funny!
September 2, 200718 yr Lewis Black - Red, White & Screwed @ the Hampton Casino Ballroom last night. Too fuckin' funny! he is amazing live, isn't he? anything you see on tv is like, diet black. live you get him full strength.
September 2, 200718 yr He's coming back to campus next month. I'm planning on trying to get tickets. dew eet! I've seen him 3 or 4 times now and never failed to laugh until my gut hurt.
September 2, 200718 yr dew eet! I've seen him 3 or 4 times now and never failed to laugh until my gut hurt. the only stand up I've seen live who had better stage presence and, in his own weird way, confidence was Mitch Hedberg, RIP.
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