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5018667 No.5018667[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Was Genesis a popular enough band to have a console named after them in 1989?

>> No.5018669

>>5018667
that is a very good question.They were on their way out when the console came out, devs should've known this

>> No.5018672

>>5018667
But there's no console named Genesis you silly OP.

>> No.5018676

>>5018669
Which would have sold more: Sega Peter Gabriel or Sega Phil Collins?

>> No.5018679

I like their proggy stuff with Peter Gabriel

>> No.5018691

>>5018667
SEGA was named after the Book of Genesis you godless sinner.

>> No.5018694
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5018694

>>5018676

I'd imagine Phil Collins. Would the Sega Saturn have done better if they named it the Sega Phil Collins? Would the Mega Drive done better in Europe if it was named the Mega Phil Collins?

>> No.5018704

>>5018676
Sega Phil Collins or FM Peter Gabriel?

>> No.5018717
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5018717

>>5018704

>> No.5018742

Peter Gabriel solo is way better than Genesis

>> No.5018786

>>5018679
They were still proggy and good until Steve Hackett left. Trick of the Tail is one of their best albums.

They only got real pop shit at Abacab - there was still a lot to like in Duke despite the piss poor production

>> No.5018816

>>5018691
But I thought the book of genesis was a novelization of neon genesis evangelion

>> No.5018904
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5018904

>mfw this thread

Thanks for bringing yours truly out of a pretty deep slump this afternoon

>> No.5018946

>>5018717
>This
> is
> COOL

>> No.5018960

>>5018667
Fun fact: Remember the infamous blood code in Mortal Kombat? The combination was a reference to the Genesis album, Abacabb. So it's a Genesis game referring to the band Genesis.

>> No.5018971

>>5018960
I heard you like genesis, so we put genesis in your genesis so you could genesis while you genesis

>> No.5018998

I don't know who any of these people are. Is this some boomer le wrong generation crap?

>> No.5019040

>>5018998
It's just another day for you and me in paradise

>> No.5019054

>>5018786
I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and, uh, Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. Sussudio is a great, great song and a personal favorite.

>> No.5019063

>>5018816
(You) Can (Not) Game Boy Advance

>> No.5019070

>>5018998
I won't be coming home tonight. My generation will put it right.

>> No.5019182

I like both Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins Genesis (all the way through We Can't Dance).

Then again, I'm also the same kind of guy who equally enjoyed both Super Nintendo and Genesis, and enjoyed any of X-Boxes and PS2/3/4

>> No.5019184

>>5019182
>equally
Get out leftist scum.

>> No.5019254

>>5018816

Made my day. Thank you.

>> No.5019256

>>5018786

This. Every word of it.
Also, Lamb is the most overrated album of the Gabriel era. It's a mess.

>> No.5019261

>>5019256
>Also, Lamb is the most overrated album of the Gabriel era. It's a mess.
I used to think that at first, then it clicked.
It took me years of listening though, but it became my favorite.

>> No.5019272

>>5019261

The production of Lamb was ridiculous. Gabriel was MIA, leaving the other four to write most of the music.
But since they had to fill a double album without one of their key songwriters, they started digging up everything.
Even old shit from when Ant Philips was in the band. They recycled a ton of stuff from their early BBC show, amongst other places.
Then Gabriel waltzed in, wrote lyrics for the whole mess in under a week that the rest of the band hated, but it was too late to change anything.
I'm glad you dig it, but even the band feels it's an incohesive mix of half-baked music with a threadbare "story" linking it all.

>> No.5019312

This thread's theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN60DR5GQpg

>> No.5019321
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5019321

You made my day, OP. It's been a tough weekend, nice to have a chuckle by the end of it.

>> No.5019381

>>5019321
Me too. Thanks, OP.

>> No.5019491

>>5019256
>>5019272
I like Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, and Selling England by the Pound

>> No.5019526

>>5019491

Nursery Cryme is one of my favorite LPs from the entire 70s.

>> No.5019608

>PG solo> PC solo

>> No.5019610
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5019610

>>5018960

More trivia: Genesis named their album "We Can't Dance" because people were confusing the console with the Michael Jackson game.

>> No.5019614

>>5019610
This truly is a Land of Confusion.

>> No.5019646

>>5018667
God already dedicated the first book of the Bible to them because they're his favorite band, what do you think?

>> No.5019954

ugh! Boomer thread
I'm out

>> No.5019957
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5019957

Get this progressive rock crap outta here, this is a new-wave board.

>> No.5019972

>>5019954
night, kiddo

>> No.5019980

>>5018667
top kek

>> No.5019985

>>5018694
>Sega Phil Collins
would have been a roaring success even if it was using the video chip of a master system.

>> No.5019994

>>5018679
>>5018786
Yeah the Phil Collins/STeve Hackett era was great. Trick of the Tale and Wind and Wuthering are some of their best albums.

>> No.5020009

>>5019957
He stopped making sense.

>> No.5020029

>Invisible Touch pun

>> No.5020087
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5020087

>mfw Peter Gabriel has blast processing.

>> No.5020091

>>5018667
Yes, check out their sales numbers some time. It's insane how popular they were.

>> No.5020365

Phil Collins had, or featured in, more top-40s than any other artist in the 80s.

No joke.

>> No.5020697

>>5020365
There are more people without taste than there are with taste
No joke.

>> No.5020743

>>5020697
>hating 80s Phil Collins

alright Mr. Cool Guy