
Genesis : Time Table [Purchase] The first time I really sat down to listen to Genesis, I was a kid in boarding school. I'd borrowed A Trick Of The Tail from one of the smartest Seniors on my floor. An eccentric honors student who specialized in French, Latin and wearing his hair in the style some of us called "cumulo-nimbus". Somehow he got one of the prettiest girls in the school to fall for him. What [...]
"Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off/Sitting beside you, I look into your eyes/As the sound of motor cars fades in the night time/I swear I saw your face change, it didn’t seem quite right." Song lyrics are like a treasure trove of memories; good, bad, happy, sad, proud, embarrassing. This particular quatrain kicks off the epic “Supper’s Ready” from the 1972 album by Genesis , Foxtrot , itself a progressive rock landmark for many fans. Well, we used to sing this particular opus from start to finish in a style uncomfortably similar to [...]