I saw them on that tour at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, CT...2nd row, left. The place was only about 1/3 full, but they still played their hearts out. You could almost tell that the end was near, though. It was the first time I saw them live. Saw them twice more in NY and Hartford on the Seconds Out tour. Great shows, even without Gabriel but after Hackett left, I wouldn't pay 2 cents to see them.
Bernie
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "tony1" <atm655@...> wrote:
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> I was lucky enough to see "The Lamb Lies down on Broadway" at the auditorium theatre in Chicago about a month before Gabriel left, and have been a fan since.
> Prefer Gabriel over Collins to be sure, I listen to the music and not much of the vocals, period.
> Just never have with any bands and prefer instrumentals, no surprise eh?
> http://auditoriumtheatre.org/wb/
> What a venue!
> Tony
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Pring
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] What's after supper?
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> Thanks Tony, Peter Gabriel was still there for "Selling England by the Pound" . The later Genesis doesn't appeal to me as it seems to be primarily aimed towards what would sell and of course it did.
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> In "Selling England by the Pound" I think I can hear the first signs of that change which makes me think that perhaps Foxtrot is the last album for me. I have to admit there is some nice tron in SEBTP but nice tron isn't quite enough, the songs seem a lot stronger in the previous albums "Times Table", "Can utility..." and "Seven Stones" being my favourites.
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> I think "The Lamb lies down.." is the next album and I wondered if SEBTP was a "blip" or the start of a trend.
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> Mark
> --- On Fri, 8/28/09, tony1 <atm655@...> wrote:
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> From: tony1 <atm655@...>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] What's after supper?
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 10:51 PM
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> Mark the wealth of good music made by post Gabriel Genesis, I suggest you retry them.
> Selling England by the Pound is a personal favorite, def one of the best post PG releases, imho.
> I'm afraid it you are unable to warm up to that album, you might just not have anything left you'll like.
> I hope this is not true!
> Good luck and keep listening!
> Tony
> #510
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mark Pring
> To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:11 AM
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] What's after supper?
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> I have learnt to like Genesis, "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Crime" in particular, I am even quite fond of Supper's Ready and if I had to choose between being stuck in a lift listening to it or Lizard, I would choose the former. I didn't care for "Selling Engand by the Pound" and I am not interested in anything post Peter Gabriel, so are there any other albums I might like?
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> Mark
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