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r/Genesis • u/LordChozo • Jan 01 '23
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 • u/HRCStanley97 • 3h ago
From Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and maybe even Ray Wilson as well.
r/Genesis • u/village-asshole • 9h ago
Holy shiznid, if this isn’t the best, most insanely accurate cover of Suppers Ready I’ve ever seen, even down to the similarity to Peter Gabriel’s vox.
Enjoy. you’re in for a real treat!
r/Genesis • u/itsthenoise • 1h ago
I’m very new to the format and was wondering if some SACD Genesis mixes are better than others?
r/Genesis • u/BigPainterGuy • 1d ago
Have you been in contact with Lamia? Do you look like that? Please be careful.
r/Genesis • u/PacketLoss-Indicator • 1d ago
r/Genesis • u/Appropriate-Farmer16 • 1d ago
Roger King has been fantastic with Steve, I’m especially interested in how the new touring keyboard player is. Anyone seen this newest line up? How is it?
r/Genesis • u/UncertainBystander • 1d ago
Big new interview with Phil (and very flattering photo) in this week's Observer, done by Craig McLean, who was the ghostwriter/collaborator on his 'Not Dead Yet' biography. However it's behind a paywall and I have more than enough subscriptions already. Does anyone who wants to hand over the cash/has an Observer subscription already fancy sharing the text on here?
r/Genesis • u/Dense_Classroom2815 • 1d ago
Looking to get tickets to see Steve Hackett in April. Availability seems to be limited to pre-sales right now... has Hackett provided a password to buy these?
Thanks!
r/Genesis • u/Beautiful_Gap_3516 • 2d ago
This is an attempt at re-structuring IT, into a "concept" album with two sides, A being upbeat and more playful and Side B being dark, longer and serious.
Do the Neurotic
Invisible Touch
Anything She Does
Throwing it All Away
Land of Confusion
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Feeding the Fire
Domino (Pt. 1 & 2)
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r/Genesis • u/MauKoz3197 • 2d ago
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r/Genesis • u/riiidley • 3d ago
There's always been this TERRIFIC short piano piece at the beginning of "Fireside Song" on every digital version I've heard. But now I've listened to the 2026 mix, and the piece has been moved to the end of "In the Beginning" (no pun intended). Does anyone know which track this piece actually belongs to and why it was moved in the new mix?
r/Genesis • u/HotelHobbiesReviews • 3d ago
🔥CONCERT REVIEW🔥 My thoughts on a memorable evening in Aylesbury courtesy of Steve Hackett.
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r/Genesis • u/GenesisPT_Official • 3d ago
Hello! GenesisPianoTranscriber from YouTube here, or Eric for short. I am in the process of starting a Genesis tribute band in the Philadelphia suburbs and am in need of a guitarist, as our guitarist had to take a step back from the group.
The band currently consists of Keyboards, Percussion, and rhythm and bass guitar. We meet bi-weekly in the Ambler/Fort Washington area for rehearsals and plan on performing in 2027.
We are looking for a guitarist who can commit, have passion for the music, and is eager to hit the ground running. And while the technicality of playing Hacketts parts is important, the tone and effects he used is equally important.
If you are interested (and local to the general King Of Prussia/Blue Bell/Ambler/Conshohocken area), please DM me so we can discuss further. We would like to have try outs as soon as possible.
Thank you for reading!
r/Genesis • u/Beautiful_Gap_3516 • 4d ago
Just curious really, the part in Living Forever where Tony has a synth rise, and Mike's guitar comes in (sorry It's hard to describe), sounds very similar to the instrumental before "we worked, how we worked like the devil for our pay" section in Driving the Last Spike. Is it possible they both originated from the same jam when they were developing the tracks?
r/Genesis • u/MauKoz3197 • 5d ago
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r/Genesis • u/MyOpinionBeatsYours • 6d ago
Where The Sour Turns To Sweet and One Eyed Hound
First waveform is the 1990 CD version. The others versions are labeled in the image.
Build Me A Mountain and The Magic Of Time
First waveform is the Archive 1967-1975 version. The second is from the new Deluxe Edition.
