Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

[mister d]

"Guys! He left Genesis to go solo? Hello?"

that would have nailed it.

The Mike Tyson air drum / punch song in "The Hangover" would be my go-to for a younger person. And if they said "who's Mike Tyson" or "whats The Hangover", I'd jump out of the nearest window.

[DaveInSeattle]

"Guys! He left Genesis to go solo? Hello?"

that would have nailed it.

The Mike Tyson air drum / punch song in "The Hangover" would be my go-to for a younger person. And if they said "who's Mike Tyson" or "whats The Hangover", I'd jump out of the nearest window.

That's Phil Collins, not Peter Gabriel.

[Steve of phpBB]

Oof.

[mister d]

I thought we were talking about Phil Collins???

[mister d]

"Guys! He left Genesis to go solo? Hello?"

that would have nailed it.

I missed a lot. I'm dumb. But I do know the difference!

[MaxWebster]

"Guys! He left Genesis to go solo? Hello?"

that would have nailed it.

I missed a lot. I'm dumb. But I do know the difference!

[sancarlos]

I was chatting with Mr.D

• He had zero idea Peter Gabriel was in Genesis.

Fixed it for you.

[mister d]

Sooo ... I would say if you asked me to name any member of Genesis, past or present, I would have just said Collins. But if you then said what about Peter Gabriel it would have probably rang a bell?

[Steve of phpBB]

[The Sybian]

Sooo ... I would say if you asked me to name any member of Genesis, past or present, I would have just said Collins. But if you then said what about Peter Gabriel it would have probably rang a bell?

I'll sign on to this. First thing that pops up for me is the Sledgehammer video. I remembered he had several similar ones. Googling, I recognize a lot of his songs but don't recall the videos. Most of the songs I knew I don't think I could have said who sang them. It was mostly just before my time.

[Ryan]

Glory of Love, anyone?!?

[rass]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

[Giff]

There was an awesome montage of NBA dunks set to All I Need Is A Miracle when I was a kid, but can't seem to find it.

Thanks in advance, rass.

[govmentchedda]

Just a fantastic run of posts here on page 34. Well done, all.

[Steve of phpBB]

Just a fantastic run of posts here on page 34. Well done, all.

Yeah, Gabriel being before Syb's time is kind of a killer.

[cerranoredux]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

Hey, who here loves The Hooters?

[MaxWebster]

this thread - this *page* specifically - is, in fact, making me feel old.


<weeps listening to Supper's Ready>

[DSafetyGuy]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

Hey, who here loves The Hooters?

My college buddy's older brother, but he is not here.

[EdRomero]

this thread - this *page* specifically - is, in fact, making me feel old.


<weeps listening to Supper's Ready>

Not sure this will help, but that video was a bit shocking and good for me. I knew 80's I Can't Dance Genesis. This youngster in his very late 40's is impressed

[MaxWebster]

yeah that mid 80s-and-after Genesis was not... really ... Genesis.

I mean obviously like what you like (my wife loves a lot of that Invisible Touch stuff. ...hmm.) but I Know What I Like and it's their old/original stuff which is gloriously weird.

this thread - this *page* specifically - is, in fact, making me feel old.


<weeps listening to Supper's Ready>

Not sure this will help, but that video was a bit shocking and good for me. I knew 80's I Can't Dance Genesis. This youngster in his very late 40's is impressed

[The Sybian]

Looking forward to watching this when I have some time. Scrolled through the first video for a few minutes, and WTF was that? The flute guy scared me, but I want to hear more! Never would have guessed that was Genesis, I only know the mid-80s Invisible Touch, Land of Confussion (I thought that was the greatest video ever, with the world leader puppets) and of course In the Air Tonight. Did they just sell out, or was Gabriel the creative force and they were left with the more pop sound after he left?

yeah that mid 80s-and-after Genesis was not... really ... Genesis.

I mean obviously like what you like (my wife loves a lot of that Invisible Touch stuff. ...hmm.) but I Know What I Like and it's their old/original stuff which is gloriously weird.

this thread - this *page* specifically - is, in fact, making me feel old.


<weeps listening to Supper's Ready>

Not sure this will help, but that video was a bit shocking and good for me. I knew 80's I Can't Dance Genesis. This youngster in his very late 40's is impressed

[sancarlos]

Did they just sell out, or was Gabriel the creative force and they were left with the more pop sound after he left?

You can certainly find people who agree with each, or multiple, of the above sentiments. Gabriel himself publicly agreed with all of them.

[MaxWebster]

ya as sc says there was definitely a lot of chatter around that, but it's also maybe a simplistic view that Phil Collins "made them go pop" - I love that 70s Genesis shit but honestly i think maybe my favourite album front to back is the first after Gabriel left: A Trick of the Tail (1976). Definitely some more concise melodies (thinking of the title track) but then again... I Know What I Like is pretty poppy (1973) so who knows. And it wasn't until a few albums after that that they changed more but who's to say they wouldn't have under Gabriel too? I mean by 1986 the top 2 albums in the world were probably Invisible Touch and So which is fascinating but Sledgehammer* isn't exactly prog...

TL;DR: it's complicated and they probably would have moved out of longform prog anyways. e.g. look at Yes who in 1973 had a double album of FOUR SONGS (terrible) and then 9+ years later put out "90125" which was brilliant 80s complex pop. It was probably just the times.


*I always hated that song even if the album was <ahem> so-so. But oddly Harry Styles' live-in-Stern-studio version made me appreciate the song.

Looking forward to watching this when I have some time. Scrolled through the first video for a few minutes, and WTF was that? The flute guy scared me, but I want to hear more! Never would have guessed that was Genesis, I only know the mid-80s Invisible Touch, Land of Confussion (I thought that was the greatest video ever, with the world leader puppets) and of course In the Air Tonight. Did they just sell out, or was Gabriel the creative force and they were left with the more pop sound after he left?

yeah that mid 80s-and-after Genesis was not... really ... Genesis.

I mean obviously like what you like (my wife loves a lot of that Invisible Touch stuff. ...hmm.) but I Know What I Like and it's their old/original stuff which is gloriously weird.

this thread - this *page* specifically - is, in fact, making me feel old.


<weeps listening to Supper's Ready>

Not sure this will help, but that video was a bit shocking and good for me. I knew 80's I Can't Dance Genesis. This youngster in his very late 40's is impressed

[DaveInSeattle]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

Hey, who here loves The Hooters?

Who doesn't love mediocre chicken wings served by scantily clad women?

[mister d]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

[GoodKarma]

I saw Genesis during the Last Domino tour because I had never seen them live and wanted the experience even with Phil Collins half the singer he used to be. That tour along with their 2007 they had settled into a nice mix of the old and new. Just because they got popular doesn't meant they still weren't good...similar to what Max said I think they just changed with the times. Yes, I never need to hear the song Invisible Touch again but each album had some longer instrumental/prog cuts (Fading Lights, Domino, Home by the Sea, etc.). What was kinda cool on the last tour was they played the majority of I Can't Dance with just the three remaining members.

For my money Duke and the self-titled album was their peak.

[The Sybian]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

Maybe she'll appreciate the scantily clad women when she is a little older.

[Giff]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

Hey, who here loves The Hooters?

Who doesn't love mediocre chicken wings served by scantily clad women?

We've finally shamed our one friend who used to always recommend this place enough to where he doesn't anymore. Breastaurants creep me the fuck out.

[EnochRoot]

I mean, my username on my latest instance of Kali is Rael.

I dunno. I just always figured like everyone knew Peter Gabriel was the original frontman in Genesis. But hell, nothing should surprise me considering I once talked to a lawyer a couple years ago at a bar as he tried to argue what he thought hurricane season "really was" despite the technical window (June through November). I said, "man, you've got this Cliff Clavin vibe going pretty strong for you."

"Huh?"

"Cheers. Cliff Clavin arguing the most banal things to pass the time?"

"I can honestly say I've never seen an episode of Cheers in my life."

"Of course you haven't..."

[HaulCitgo]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

Maybe she'll appreciate the scantily clad women when she is a little older.

!!! No hooters in jerz. Phooey

[rass]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

Maybe she'll appreciate the scantily clad women when she is a little older.

!!! No hooters in jerz. Phooey

You chastise me over the summer for being surprised there was one in Dedham and suggesting their footprint has lessened and then miss that there is at one in NJ in AC?

[Johnnie]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

Maybe she'll appreciate the scantily clad women when she is a little older.

!!! No hooters in jerz. Phooey

You chastise me over the summer for being surprised there was one in Dedham and suggesting their footprint has lessened and then miss that there is at one in NJ in AC?

AC, East Brunswick, Princeton, and Somerset.

https://www.hooters.com/location-list/index.php/USA

[The Sybian]

My 8 year old, for one. First experience with breaded wings and it didn't go well.

Maybe she'll appreciate the scantily clad women when she is a little older.

!!! No hooters in jerz. Phooey

You chastise me over the summer for being surprised there was one in Dedham and suggesting their footprint has lessened and then miss that there is at one in NJ in AC?

AC, East Brunswick, Princeton, and Somerset.

https://www.hooters.com/location-list/index.php/USA

Yeah, I drive past the Somerset one to get to my daughters club soccer field.

[MaxWebster]

small note - i took my dad to the (lousy but still cool) Sabres opener last night and they had a live band performing in the arena at huge volume with terrible fidelity and we sit down and OF COURSE the first song they play would be ....

...me blathering...


*I always hated that song [Sledgehammer]even if the album was <ahem> so-so. But oddly Harry Styles' live-in-Stern-studio version made me appreciate the song.

[govmentchedda]

[Steve of phpBB]

Sometimes it all just accumulates and wears you down a bit. My wife had nasal/sinus surgery last week. All three of our pets are fading fast. And, yesterday I had my fifth eye surgery this year (so far).

But then I read a post like DiS’s yesterday about life in the corporate world, or some news about things in Israel or Afghanistan or Ukraine and I’m jolted into remembering that my lot really isn’t so bad.

It's not a competition. Those things you're talking about are real, and they'd definitely wear you down. My pets are all at least 12 or 13, with one of the cats having lost a ton of weight and the dog slowing down way earlier on the hikes than he used to.

Here's hoping this round of surgeries takes and you can move on.

[EnochRoot]

I’ve been watching the Wales v Argentina match in the Rugby World Cup today.

It’s freakin exhausting. Half the guys on the field are built like Aaron Donald. And when one of the speed guys get the ball to start a breakaway, they often get de-cleated before they can reach open space.

That’s all I got.

[HaulCitgo]

The pick 6 guy didn't

[Rush2112]

Max knows my love for Supper's Ready, I didn't really know Gabriel / Genesis did prog until I went to college, then again my parents were folkies so all I'd heard was the pop stuff. I also fought listening to early Genesis because Gabriel is responsible for making us suffer through fucking Kate Bush.

I relented, and the early stuff is done off the proggiest of prog.

"A flower?"

[bfj]

Mike and the Mechanics had some bangers. Or maybe a banger. And one sad song.

Hey, who here loves The Hooters?

I saw them play at Towson University a long time ago.