Genesis — Watcher of the Skies
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Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Two, one-two-three-four!
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Hit it
C'mon, ev'rybody's talking about
Ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Popeyes and bye-bye, bye-byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
Revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Heaven on earth
We need it now
I'm sick of all of this
Hanging around
Sick of sorrow
Sick of the pain
And sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be
Peace on earth
Where I grew up
There weren't many trees
Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you
And it's already gone too far
Who said that if you go in hard
You won't get hurt?
Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth
Tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth
No who's or why's
No one cries like a mother cries
For peace on earth
She never got to say goodbye
To see the colour in his eyes
Now he's in the dirt
Peace on earth
They're reading names out over the radio
All the folks the rest of us won't get to know
Seán And Julia Gareth, Ann and Breda
Their lives are bigger than any big idea
Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth
To tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth
Jesus in this song you wrote
The words are sticking in my throat
Peace on earth
Hear it every Christmas time
But hope and history won't rhyme
So what's it worth?
This peace on earth
Peace on earth
Peace on earth
Peace on earth
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be-e
Yeah, let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Oh, there will be an answer
Let it be-e
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive time
a painful time, a time where cynicism rots to the vine
in a time where violence blocks the summer shine
lifetimes, go by in a flash
in search for love, in search for cash
everybody wanna be some fat tycoon
everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon
nobody wanna sing a little bit out of tune
or be the backbone of a rebel platoon
it's too soon to step out of line
you might get laughed at you might get fined
but do you feel me when I say I feel pain everyday
when I see the way my friends gotta slave
and never get ahead of bills they gotta pay
no way no way!
some make a living doing killilng Colombian penicillin
some are willing to play the villain they just chillin'
to pass the time, pass the information
or pass the wine
pass the buck or pass the baton
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon
the I.R.S. or the upper echelon
I think it's time to make a move on the contradiction
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
This is the dawning of our time I say it one more time
to emphasize the meaning of my rhyme
to rise above all the dirt and grime
add the right spice at the right time
fuck the constitution
are we part of the solution or are we part of the pollution
sittin' by and wonderin' why,
things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me the people over there and the ones in between
check our habitation are we a peace lovin' nation
peace lovin' nation
I have a reasonable doubt I think I'll just spell it out
there's no need to scream or to shout
the N.R.A. just bought a man's soul
then he jumps up and shouts gun control
the government says that killin's a sin
unless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringe
so I ask again "are we peace lover's then"
some of them slang guns when they six years old
some of them end up in some six foot hole
this whole damn place seems to, lost control
so I raise my voice before I lose my soul
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Radio Ragga Mike!
This is the way I'll express my feelings
vibe revealed and revolved spinnin on a record y'all
try to confiscate take what I communicate with
it's ancient gift of the lip steady creating
activating passin vocal vibrations to the blind plus the seeing
human doesn't mean just being
be coming don't believe it just belife it
belongings or beloved rehearse it or recite it
while shining drop your guns and move your tongues
battle motivation in no time lyrics come
sometimes fun others run their mouth or away
my mind co beaming like an early sunray
one day we'll get the picture and all combine
less the talking bout mines is mine and become one mind
every piece of the puzzle has its place
to build the piece of the puzzle called the human race
Taking it long enough we crush the formal journalistic
dyslexic critters talk backwards to rap words
I'm sure raising my hands with questions and demands
statements and a plan with a map of the land
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Photographs of fancy tricks
To get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's goin' to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Everybody's got new orders
Be a nice girl and kiss the warders
Now the teacher is away
All the kids begin to play
Men come screaming, dressed in white coats
Shake you very gently by the throat
One's named Gus, one's named Alfie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Photographs of fancy tricks
To get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's goin' to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Ridin' down the highway
Goin' to a show
Stop in all the byways
Playin' rock 'n' roll
Gettin' robbed
Gettin' stoned
Gettin' beat up
Broken-boned
Gettin' had
Gettin' took
I tell you, folks
It's harder than it looks
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you think it's easy doin' one night stands
Try playin' in a rock roll band
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
Hotel, motel
Make you wanna cry
Ladies do the hard sell
Know the reason why
Gettin' old
Gettin' grey
Gettin' ripped off
Underpaid
Gettin' sold
Second hand
That's how it goes
Playin' in a band
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you wanna be a star of stage and screen
Look out, it's rough and mean
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
Well it's a long way
Well it's a long way, you should've told me
It's a long way
Such a long way
I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine
I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear
I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you
See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time that I'm talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored
I will burn for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist a knife and bleed my aching heart
And tear it apart
I will lie for you
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me
Violate all the love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored
I would die for you
I would kill for you
I would steal for you
I'd do time for you
I will wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you
Ooh it's so good, it's so good
It's so good, it's so good
It's so good
Ooh I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
Ooh fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free
Ooh you and me, you and me
You and me, you and me
You and me
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
Ooh, I got you, I got you
I got you, I got you
I got you
Ooh, What you do, what you do
What you do, what you do
What you do
Ooh, I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
With one light on in one room
I know you're up when I get home
With one small step upon the stair
I know your look when I get there
If you were a king up there on your throne
Would you be wise enough to let me go?
For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go
The unread book and painful look
The TV's on, the sound is down
One long pause, then you begin
Oh, look what the cat's brought in
If you were a king up there on your throne
Would you be wise enough to let me go?
For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go, let me leave
For the crown you've placed upon my head feels too heavy now
And I don't know what to say to you, but I'll smile anyhow
And all the time I'm thinking, thinking
I want to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go
I want to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go, let me leave
Let me go
It's the dark night of my soul
And temptation's taking hold
But through the pain and the suffering
Through the heartache and trembling
I feel loved
I feel loved
As the darkness closes in
In my head, I hear whispering
Questioning and beckoning
But I'm not taken in
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
From the depths of my emptiness
Comes a feeling of inner bliss
I feel wanted, I feel desired
I can feel my soul on fire
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
Can you feel a little love?
As your bony fingers close around me
Long and spindly death becomes me
Heaven, can you see what I see?
Hey, you pale and sickly child
You're death and living reconciled
Been walking home a crooked mile
Paying debt to karma you party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
Mmm
There's no time for hesitating
Pain is ready, pain is waiting
Primed to do it's educating
Unwanted, uninvited kin
It creeps beneath your crawling skin
It lives without it lives within you
Feel the fever coming, you're shaking and twitching
You can scratch all over
But that won't stop you itching
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Blame it on your karmic curse
Or shame upon the universe
It knows its lines, it's well rehearsed
It sucked you in, it dragged you down
To where there is no hallow ground
Where holiness is never found
Paying debt to karma you party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Hey man, take a look out the window 'n' see what's happ'nin'
Hey man, it's rainin'
It's rainin' outside man
Aw, don't worry 'bout that
Everything's gonna be everything
We'll get into somethin' real nice you know
Sit back and groove on a rainy day
Yeah
Yeah I see what you mean brother, lay back and groove.
Rainy day, dream away
Ah let the sun take a holiday
Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play
Lay back and groove on a rainy day.
Well I can see a bunch of wet creatures, look at them on the run
The carnival traffic noise it sings the tune splashing up 'n'
Even the ducks can groove rain bathin' in the park side pool
And I'm leanin' out my window sill diggin' ev'rything
And ah and you too.
Rainy day, rain all day
Ain't no use in gettin' uptight
Just let it groove its own way
Let it drain your worries away yeah
Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey
Lay back and dream on a rainy day.
Well I don't have as many friends because
I'm not as pretty as I was
I've kicked myself at times because I've lied
So I will have to learn to stand my ground
I'll tell 'em I won't be around
I'll move on over to your town and hide
And you be the Captain
And I'll be no-one
And you can carry me away if you want to
And you can lay low
Just like your father and if
I tread upon your feet you just say so
'cause you're The Captain, I am no-one,
I tend to feel as though I owe one to you
Well I have handed all my efforts in
I searched here for my second wind
Is there somewhere here to let me in I asked
So I slammed the doors they slammed at me
I found the place I'm meant to be
I figured out my destiny at last
Did I forget to thank you for the ride
I hadn't tried I tend to runaway and hide
Must have been mid afternoon
I could tell by how far the child's shadow stretched out
And he walked with a purpose in his sneakers down the street
He had many questions like children often do
He said, "Tell me all your thoughts on God
Tell me, am I very far?"
Must have been late afternoon
On our way the sun broke free of the clouds
And we count only blue cars, skip the cracks in the street
And ask many questions like children often do
We said, "Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'd really like to meet her
And ask her why we're who we are"
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'm on my way to see her
So tell me am I very far, am I very far now?
It's getting cold picked up the pace
How our shoes make hard noises in this place
Our clothes are stained
We pass many cross-eyed people
And ask many questions like children often do
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'd really like to meet her
And ask her why we're who we are
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'm on my way to see her
So tell me am I very far?
Am I very far now?
Am I very far now?
Am I very far now?
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
Sometimes I wanna take you down
Sometimes I wanna get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down, let the river flow
Sometimes I'm gonna walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose, it knows your name
A fruit is rusting on the vine
A fruit is calling from the trees
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
Blue, blue is the sun
A brown, brown is the sky
And green, green are her eyes
A million miles, a million miles
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
Centred on silence
Counting on nothing
I saw you standing on the sea
And everything was
Dark except for
Sparks the wind struck from your hair
Sparks that turned to
Wings around you
Angel voices mixed with seabird cries
Fields of motion
Surging outward
Questions that contain their own replies
You were dancing
I saw you dancing
Throwing your arms toward the sky
Fingers opening
Like flares
Stars were shooting everywhere
Lines of power
Bursting outward
Along the channels of your song
Mercury waves flashed
Under your feet
Shots of silver in the shell-pink dawn
Once again she steals away
Then she reaches out to kiss me
And how she takes my breath away
Pretending that she don't miss me
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
And once again she calls to me
Then she vanishes in thin air
And how she takes my breath away (breath away)
Pretending that she's not there
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Somebody's got to see this through
All the world is laughing at you
And somebody's got to sacrifice
If this whole thing's going to turn out right
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Eurus
Afer Ventus
So the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue?
If every man says all he can
If every man is true
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue?
Boreas
Zephyrus
If all you told was turned to gold
If all you dreamed was new
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue
Eurus
Afer Ventus
Boreas
Zephyrus
Africus
If you can play on fiddle
How's about a British jig and reel?
Speaking King's English in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
Water froze
In the generation
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise
There ain't no need for ya
There ain't no need for ya
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Wanna join in a chorus of the Amerasian blues
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
Kiddie say, papa papa papa papa papa-san, take me home
See me, got photo, photo, photograph of you
And mama, mama, mama-san
Of you and mama mama mama-san
Let me tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo, kid
It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boy
Oh, papa-san, please take me home
Oh papa-san, everybody, they wanna go home
So mama-san says
"You wanna play mind-crazed banjo
On the druggy-drag ragtime USA?
In Parkland International, hah, Junkiedom USA
Where Procaine proves the purest rock man groove and rat poison"
The volatile Molatov says
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, straight to hell"
Can you cough it up, loud and strong?
The immigrants, they wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere, most likely could be any frontier
Any hemisphere
No man's land
There ain't no asylum here
King Solomon, he never lived 'round here
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Oh, papa-san, please take me home
Oh papa-san, everybody, they wanna go home now
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
His is a world alone, no world is his own
He whom life can no longer surprise
Raising his eyes, beholds a planet unknown
Creatures shaped this planet's soil
Now their reign has come to end
Has life again destroyed life?
Do they play elsewhere?
Do they know more than their childhood games?
Judge not this race by empty remains
Do you judge God by his creatures
When they are dead?
For now, the lizard's shed its tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
From life alone to life as one
Think not now your journey's done
For though your ship be sturdy
No mercy has the sea
Will you survive on the ocean of being?
Come ancient children, hear what I say
This is my parting counsel for you on your way
Sadly now, your thoughts turn to the stars
Where we've gone
You know you never can go
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own
On your own, your own
On your own, your own
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on across the universe
Jai guru deva, om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Two, one-two-three-four!
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Hit it
C'mon, ev'rybody's talking about
Ministers, sinisters, banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Popeyes and bye-bye, bye-byes
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
Revolution, evolution, masturbation, flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations, congratulations
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Ev'rybody's talking 'bout
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare Krishna
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance
Heaven on earth
We need it now
I'm sick of all of this
Hanging around
Sick of sorrow
Sick of the pain
And sick of hearing again and again
That there's gonna be
Peace on earth
Where I grew up
There weren't many trees
Where there was we'd tear them down
And use them on our enemies
They say that what you mock
Will surely overtake you
And you become a monster
So the monster will not break you
And it's already gone too far
Who said that if you go in hard
You won't get hurt?
Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth
Tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth
No who's or why's
No one cries like a mother cries
For peace on earth
She never got to say goodbye
To see the colour in his eyes
Now he's in the dirt
Peace on earth
They're reading names out over the radio
All the folks the rest of us won't get to know
Seán And Julia Gareth, Ann and Breda
Their lives are bigger than any big idea
Jesus can you take the time
To throw a drowning man a line?
Peace on earth
To tell the ones who hear no sound
Whose sons are living in the ground
Peace on earth
Jesus in this song you wrote
The words are sticking in my throat
Peace on earth
Hear it every Christmas time
But hope and history won't rhyme
So what's it worth?
This peace on earth
Peace on earth
Peace on earth
Peace on earth
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be-e
Yeah, let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Oh, there will be an answer
Let it be-e
Let it be, let it be
A-let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive time
a painful time, a time where cynicism rots to the vine
in a time where violence blocks the summer shine
lifetimes, go by in a flash
in search for love, in search for cash
everybody wanna be some fat tycoon
everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon
nobody wanna sing a little bit out of tune
or be the backbone of a rebel platoon
it's too soon to step out of line
you might get laughed at you might get fined
but do you feel me when I say I feel pain everyday
when I see the way my friends gotta slave
and never get ahead of bills they gotta pay
no way no way!
some make a living doing killilng Colombian penicillin
some are willing to play the villain they just chillin'
to pass the time, pass the information
or pass the wine
pass the buck or pass the baton
but you can't pass the police or the pentagon
the I.R.S. or the upper echelon
I think it's time to make a move on the contradiction
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
This is the dawning of our time I say it one more time
to emphasize the meaning of my rhyme
to rise above all the dirt and grime
add the right spice at the right time
fuck the constitution
are we part of the solution or are we part of the pollution
sittin' by and wonderin' why,
things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to be
for you and for me the people over there and the ones in between
check our habitation are we a peace lovin' nation
peace lovin' nation
I have a reasonable doubt I think I'll just spell it out
there's no need to scream or to shout
the N.R.A. just bought a man's soul
then he jumps up and shouts gun control
the government says that killin's a sin
unless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringe
so I ask again "are we peace lover's then"
some of them slang guns when they six years old
some of them end up in some six foot hole
this whole damn place seems to, lost control
so I raise my voice before I lose my soul
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Radio Ragga Mike!
This is the way I'll express my feelings
vibe revealed and revolved spinnin on a record y'all
try to confiscate take what I communicate with
it's ancient gift of the lip steady creating
activating passin vocal vibrations to the blind plus the seeing
human doesn't mean just being
be coming don't believe it just belife it
belongings or beloved rehearse it or recite it
while shining drop your guns and move your tongues
battle motivation in no time lyrics come
sometimes fun others run their mouth or away
my mind co beaming like an early sunray
one day we'll get the picture and all combine
less the talking bout mines is mine and become one mind
every piece of the puzzle has its place
to build the piece of the puzzle called the human race
Taking it long enough we crush the formal journalistic
dyslexic critters talk backwards to rap words
I'm sure raising my hands with questions and demands
statements and a plan with a map of the land
Bam-Bam, rock the nation
take over television and radio station
Bam-Bam the truth shall come
give the corporation some complication!
Photographs of fancy tricks
To get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's goin' to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Everybody's got new orders
Be a nice girl and kiss the warders
Now the teacher is away
All the kids begin to play
Men come screaming, dressed in white coats
Shake you very gently by the throat
One's named Gus, one's named Alfie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Photographs of fancy tricks
To get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's goin' to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Oh no, it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea
Ridin' down the highway
Goin' to a show
Stop in all the byways
Playin' rock 'n' roll
Gettin' robbed
Gettin' stoned
Gettin' beat up
Broken-boned
Gettin' had
Gettin' took
I tell you, folks
It's harder than it looks
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you think it's easy doin' one night stands
Try playin' in a rock roll band
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
Hotel, motel
Make you wanna cry
Ladies do the hard sell
Know the reason why
Gettin' old
Gettin' grey
Gettin' ripped off
Underpaid
Gettin' sold
Second hand
That's how it goes
Playin' in a band
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
If you wanna be a star of stage and screen
Look out, it's rough and mean
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll
Well it's a long way
Well it's a long way, you should've told me
It's a long way
Such a long way
I would die for you
I would die for you
I've been dying just to feel you by my side
To know that you're mine
I will cry for you
I will cry for you
I will wash away your pain with all my tears
And drown your fear
I will pray for you
I will pray for you
I will sell my soul for something pure and true
Someone like you
See your face every place that I walk in
Hear your voice every time that I'm talking
You will believe in me
And I will never be ignored
I will burn for you
Feel pain for you
I will twist a knife and bleed my aching heart
And tear it apart
I will lie for you
Beg and steal for you
I will crawl on hands and knees until you see
You're just like me
Violate all the love that I'm missing
Throw away all the pain that I'm living
You will believe in me
And I can never be ignored
I would die for you
I would kill for you
I would steal for you
I'd do time for you
I will wait for you
I'd make room for you
I'd sail ships for you
To be close to you
To be part of you
'Cause I believe in you
I believe in you
I would die for you
Ooh it's so good, it's so good
It's so good, it's so good
It's so good
Ooh I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
Ooh fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free, fall and free
Fall and free
Ooh you and me, you and me
You and me, you and me
You and me
Ooh I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
Ooh, I got you, I got you
I got you, I got you
I got you
Ooh, What you do, what you do
What you do, what you do
What you do
Ooh, I feel love, I feel love
I feel love, I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
I feel love
With one light on in one room
I know you're up when I get home
With one small step upon the stair
I know your look when I get there
If you were a king up there on your throne
Would you be wise enough to let me go?
For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go
The unread book and painful look
The TV's on, the sound is down
One long pause, then you begin
Oh, look what the cat's brought in
If you were a king up there on your throne
Would you be wise enough to let me go?
For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go, let me leave
For the crown you've placed upon my head feels too heavy now
And I don't know what to say to you, but I'll smile anyhow
And all the time I'm thinking, thinking
I want to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go
I want to be a hunter again
I want to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again
So let me go, let me leave
Let me go
It's the dark night of my soul
And temptation's taking hold
But through the pain and the suffering
Through the heartache and trembling
I feel loved
I feel loved
As the darkness closes in
In my head, I hear whispering
Questioning and beckoning
But I'm not taken in
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
From the depths of my emptiness
Comes a feeling of inner bliss
I feel wanted, I feel desired
I can feel my soul on fire
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
I feel loved
Can you feel a little love?
As your bony fingers close around me
Long and spindly death becomes me
Heaven, can you see what I see?
Hey, you pale and sickly child
You're death and living reconciled
Been walking home a crooked mile
Paying debt to karma you party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
Mmm
There's no time for hesitating
Pain is ready, pain is waiting
Primed to do it's educating
Unwanted, uninvited kin
It creeps beneath your crawling skin
It lives without it lives within you
Feel the fever coming, you're shaking and twitching
You can scratch all over
But that won't stop you itching
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Blame it on your karmic curse
Or shame upon the universe
It knows its lines, it's well rehearsed
It sucked you in, it dragged you down
To where there is no hallow ground
Where holiness is never found
Paying debt to karma you party for a living
What you take won't kill you
But careful what you're giving
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Can you feel a little love?
Can you feel a little love?
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Dream on, dream on
Hey man, take a look out the window 'n' see what's happ'nin'
Hey man, it's rainin'
It's rainin' outside man
Aw, don't worry 'bout that
Everything's gonna be everything
We'll get into somethin' real nice you know
Sit back and groove on a rainy day
Yeah
Yeah I see what you mean brother, lay back and groove.
Rainy day, dream away
Ah let the sun take a holiday
Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play
Lay back and groove on a rainy day.
Well I can see a bunch of wet creatures, look at them on the run
The carnival traffic noise it sings the tune splashing up 'n'
Even the ducks can groove rain bathin' in the park side pool
And I'm leanin' out my window sill diggin' ev'rything
And ah and you too.
Rainy day, rain all day
Ain't no use in gettin' uptight
Just let it groove its own way
Let it drain your worries away yeah
Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey
Lay back and dream on a rainy day.
Well I don't have as many friends because
I'm not as pretty as I was
I've kicked myself at times because I've lied
So I will have to learn to stand my ground
I'll tell 'em I won't be around
I'll move on over to your town and hide
And you be the Captain
And I'll be no-one
And you can carry me away if you want to
And you can lay low
Just like your father and if
I tread upon your feet you just say so
'cause you're The Captain, I am no-one,
I tend to feel as though I owe one to you
Well I have handed all my efforts in
I searched here for my second wind
Is there somewhere here to let me in I asked
So I slammed the doors they slammed at me
I found the place I'm meant to be
I figured out my destiny at last
Did I forget to thank you for the ride
I hadn't tried I tend to runaway and hide
Must have been mid afternoon
I could tell by how far the child's shadow stretched out
And he walked with a purpose in his sneakers down the street
He had many questions like children often do
He said, "Tell me all your thoughts on God
Tell me, am I very far?"
Must have been late afternoon
On our way the sun broke free of the clouds
And we count only blue cars, skip the cracks in the street
And ask many questions like children often do
We said, "Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'd really like to meet her
And ask her why we're who we are"
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'm on my way to see her
So tell me am I very far, am I very far now?
It's getting cold picked up the pace
How our shoes make hard noises in this place
Our clothes are stained
We pass many cross-eyed people
And ask many questions like children often do
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'd really like to meet her
And ask her why we're who we are
Tell me all your thoughts on God
'Cause I'm on my way to see her
So tell me am I very far?
Am I very far now?
Am I very far now?
Am I very far now?
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
(Tell me all your thoughts on God)
Sometimes I wanna take you down
Sometimes I wanna get you low
Brush your hair back from your eyes
Take you down, let the river flow
Sometimes I'm gonna walk the street
Behind the green sheet of glass
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
A million poppies gonna make me sleep
Just one rose, it knows your name
A fruit is rusting on the vine
A fruit is calling from the trees
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
Blue, blue is the sun
A brown, brown is the sky
And green, green are her eyes
A million miles, a million miles
Hey, don't you wanna go down
Like some disgraced cosmonaut?
A million miles below their feet
A million miles, a million miles
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
I'll be with you, girl, like being low
Hey-hey-hey, like being stoned
Centred on silence
Counting on nothing
I saw you standing on the sea
And everything was
Dark except for
Sparks the wind struck from your hair
Sparks that turned to
Wings around you
Angel voices mixed with seabird cries
Fields of motion
Surging outward
Questions that contain their own replies
You were dancing
I saw you dancing
Throwing your arms toward the sky
Fingers opening
Like flares
Stars were shooting everywhere
Lines of power
Bursting outward
Along the channels of your song
Mercury waves flashed
Under your feet
Shots of silver in the shell-pink dawn
Once again she steals away
Then she reaches out to kiss me
And how she takes my breath away
Pretending that she don't miss me
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
And once again she calls to me
Then she vanishes in thin air
And how she takes my breath away (breath away)
Pretending that she's not there
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Somebody's got to see this through
All the world is laughing at you
And somebody's got to sacrifice
If this whole thing's going to turn out right
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Ooh, bleed to love her
Ooh, I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Eurus
Afer Ventus
So the world goes round and round
With all you ever knew
They say the sky high above
Is Caribbean blue?
If every man says all he can
If every man is true
Do I believe the sky above
Is Caribbean blue?
Boreas
Zephyrus
If all you told was turned to gold
If all you dreamed was new
Imagine sky high above
In Caribbean blue
Eurus
Afer Ventus
Boreas
Zephyrus
Africus
If you can play on fiddle
How's about a British jig and reel?
Speaking King's English in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
Water froze
In the generation
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise
There ain't no need for ya
There ain't no need for ya
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Wanna join in a chorus of the Amerasian blues
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh City
Kiddie say, papa papa papa papa papa-san, take me home
See me, got photo, photo, photograph of you
And mama, mama, mama-san
Of you and mama mama mama-san
Let me tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo, kid
It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boy
Oh, papa-san, please take me home
Oh papa-san, everybody, they wanna go home
So mama-san says
"You wanna play mind-crazed banjo
On the druggy-drag ragtime USA?
In Parkland International, hah, Junkiedom USA
Where Procaine proves the purest rock man groove and rat poison"
The volatile Molatov says
"Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh
Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, straight to hell"
Can you cough it up, loud and strong?
The immigrants, they wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere, most likely could be any frontier
Any hemisphere
No man's land
There ain't no asylum here
King Solomon, he never lived 'round here
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
Oh, papa-san, please take me home
Oh papa-san, everybody, they wanna go home now
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
His is a world alone, no world is his own
He whom life can no longer surprise
Raising his eyes, beholds a planet unknown
Creatures shaped this planet's soil
Now their reign has come to end
Has life again destroyed life?
Do they play elsewhere?
Do they know more than their childhood games?
Judge not this race by empty remains
Do you judge God by his creatures
When they are dead?
For now, the lizard's shed its tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth
From life alone to life as one
Think not now your journey's done
For though your ship be sturdy
No mercy has the sea
Will you survive on the ocean of being?
Come ancient children, hear what I say
This is my parting counsel for you on your way
Sadly now, your thoughts turn to the stars
Where we've gone
You know you never can go
Watcher of the skies, watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own
On your own, your own
On your own, your own
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GREAT TUNE!! Thanx RP! 
PFM wrote:
Thank You! I will check it out!
Thank You! I will check it out!
I love hearing old Genesis tunes on RP. Watcher of the Skies got my speakers turned up!! ...From the album FOXTROT and not Trick of the Tail. Play more from this iconic era of magical music from 1970-74...progs best years
Phish perform "Watcher of the Skies" at the 2010 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
watcher of the skies - Phish
Early Genesis With PG....A perfect 10....
Thanks for this! The most creative band ever, I could never get tired of listening.
However, without Peter Gabriel, band becomes way to commercial for my ears.
However, without Peter Gabriel, band becomes way to commercial for my ears.
I bought this album right after it came out!! I can't hear enough of this tune!!! Thanx RP!
This is real music, not some ditty. Godlike
The opening chords of this song send chills down my back, and transport me back to a magical period in my life. (I just didn't know it at the time)
This quite impressed my 14-year old mind when I saw it performed on "Midnight Special" in 1973.
noe.architecte169 wrote:
So was Peter Gabriel!!!
Phil was so good at this time
So was Peter Gabriel!!!
GODLIKE!!!!! ICONIC!!!!!!
Phil was so good at this time
musicophile wrote:
I have seen Genesis 4 times, Musical Box is awesome for sure! But, if you get a chance to see Steve Hacket's Genesis tour, it is even better!
I think this one is the most creative band ever ! I could listen to their music for hours.
There is a cover band - The Musical Box - which is very worthy to follow on stage, for those of us who were too young to know Genesis live
There is a cover band - The Musical Box - which is very worthy to follow on stage, for those of us who were too young to know Genesis live
I have seen Genesis 4 times, Musical Box is awesome for sure! But, if you get a chance to see Steve Hacket's Genesis tour, it is even better!
This song works better when heard within the entire album. I recommend for all those who weren't born yet to buy ALL the Genesis albums from the seventies ... as well as ALL the Moody Blues albums from the same era. Then listen and enjoy ALL of them in release order.
=> A lifetime experiment guaranteed to haunt you : you'll want to repeat it times and times again, also in 30 years.
=> A lifetime experiment guaranteed to haunt you : you'll want to repeat it times and times again, also in 30 years.
This is on a commercial station. Too cool.
Genesis is not for everyone obviously. Don't think I've seen such a spread in votes. Count me in the upper half.
This is an absolute joy to listen to...indeed, brings back some great memories...Peter Gabriel at his best...as always, RP never ceases to amaze...Many Thx, MKoM, Toronto
Ill give you 100€ if a regular station plays this full length.
This is where it all started for me as a Genesis fan. My dad had this record in his collection and I played it for hours and hours when I was living at home. The only track I never cared for was Time Table, everything else was golden. He had the US Buddha Records release of this album which had no lyrics or gatefold. But the record sleeve had adverts for other albums on Buddha Records and two of the albums displayed were Nursery Cryme and Genesis Live. I knew this band was something special just looking at those covers. When I was in high school one of the first albums I bought was Nursery Cryme, just for the album cover and hung it in my locker. Needless to say, I bought two NurseryCryme albums 1 for school and 1 for home. Another favorite of mine. Then I spent my high school years buying all their albums. And I've been a fan ever since the late 70's.
Check out Bill Films on youtube if you want to see some good videos, some are very rare.
Check out Bill Films on youtube if you want to see some good videos, some are very rare.
Phish perform "Watcher of the Skies" at the 2010 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony- wow
For Genesis fans the intro by Trey is very cool. Treys Genesis intro
For Genesis fans the intro by Trey is very cool. Treys Genesis intro
Carlo9151 wrote:
My opinion is that the departure of Steve Hackett set the turning point in Genesis music, deeper than Gabriel's
Interesting. I had never considered that impact because after "Trick of the Tail" it was obvious without PG they suffered a considerable wound.
My opinion is that the departure of Steve Hackett set the turning point in Genesis music, deeper than Gabriel's
Interesting. I had never considered that impact because after "Trick of the Tail" it was obvious without PG they suffered a considerable wound.
For the naysayers on this track, understand it was recorded in 1972. You might try listening to Steve Hackett's 1996 remake which brings it up to date.
As with any older music, try to focus on the writing, arrangement and skill . Perhaps you'll hear the artistry going on behind the tint of years passed.
As with any older music, try to focus on the writing, arrangement and skill . Perhaps you'll hear the artistry going on behind the tint of years passed.
For those of you who do not understand this music, i say poor you... Lyrics, imagination with supurb musicianship all adds up to paving the way back in the beginning of prog rock...
I really love Taking England By the Pound but this is almost painful. Funny I love Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins separately.
thewiseking wrote:
Nor did you
This hasn't aged well
Nor did you
I absolutely loved this when I was 14. It's getting very hard to remember why. It certainly has a place in music history, and I will always feel a nostaligic loyalty to (early) Genesis, but it's pretty much unlistenable now. //
I think this one is the most creative band ever ! I could listen to their music for hours.
There is a cover band - The Musical Box - which is very worthy to follow on stage, for those of us who were too young to know Genesis live
There is a cover band - The Musical Box - which is very worthy to follow on stage, for those of us who were too young to know Genesis live
I was obsessed with this band when I first saw them at the University of Montreal in the very early 70s. They did this piece!
After 45 years, my favourite piece of theirs is 'The Lamia'.
After 45 years, my favourite piece of theirs is 'The Lamia'.
The live version is really wicked
I love it whenever this song comes on. Thanks Bill.
ptvl wrote:
Great song, even though it doesn't come close to being in my top ten from this band during its classic era. Many of those choices simply present too deep a plunge even for seasoned RP listeners game for a wide range of material. (I love Yes' Gates but not for here, either.)
So I agree that older Genesis is not for anyone, . If you were ever into that era, as I was, you can get your fix from other sources whenever you need it. But I certainly agree that some other classic Genesis belongs in the mix at RP. So the question then is what else might you choose to play to introduce others to that music? Title track to SEPTB would seem appropriate this week. Carpet Crawl from Lamb. Or one of my early favorites, Looking for Someone from Trespass. Others mentioned Get 'em Out by Friday, and that's a good choice as well.
Agree with other commenters that the heart of their catalog is music that really challenges the listener, as much as it did them to play it.
Anyone wanting to explore on their own should try on The Lamia and of course The Cinema Show. I'm a fan of Epping Forest as well, even though the band wasn't. Anyone who hasn't stumbled on Genesis for Two Grand Pianos should also pick that up.
Firth of Fith is already in the RP Genesis list
Would love to see The Cinema Show from Selling England in here.
Lamb & Carpet Crawlers are already in the RP Genesis list
Ripples from Trick of the Tail
Blood on the Rooftops from Wind and Wuthering
Many too Many and Snowbound from And Then There Were Three
Duchess is already in the RP Genesis list
Me and Sara Jane from Abacab
These could all be great additions to initiating someone to Genesis from an RP point of view.
Great song, even though it doesn't come close to being in my top ten from this band during its classic era. Many of those choices simply present too deep a plunge even for seasoned RP listeners game for a wide range of material. (I love Yes' Gates but not for here, either.)
So I agree that older Genesis is not for anyone, . If you were ever into that era, as I was, you can get your fix from other sources whenever you need it. But I certainly agree that some other classic Genesis belongs in the mix at RP. So the question then is what else might you choose to play to introduce others to that music? Title track to SEPTB would seem appropriate this week. Carpet Crawl from Lamb. Or one of my early favorites, Looking for Someone from Trespass. Others mentioned Get 'em Out by Friday, and that's a good choice as well.
Agree with other commenters that the heart of their catalog is music that really challenges the listener, as much as it did them to play it.
Anyone wanting to explore on their own should try on The Lamia and of course The Cinema Show. I'm a fan of Epping Forest as well, even though the band wasn't. Anyone who hasn't stumbled on Genesis for Two Grand Pianos should also pick that up.
Firth of Fith is already in the RP Genesis list
Would love to see The Cinema Show from Selling England in here.
Lamb & Carpet Crawlers are already in the RP Genesis list
Ripples from Trick of the Tail
Blood on the Rooftops from Wind and Wuthering
Many too Many and Snowbound from And Then There Were Three
Duchess is already in the RP Genesis list
Me and Sara Jane from Abacab
These could all be great additions to initiating someone to Genesis from an RP point of view.
Bill is on a roll this Sunday night.
westslope wrote:
No you did not. You provided solid information on yourself. The way you used the term 'retard' is adolescent to say the least.
You had me wondering the following: Hmm.... I would guess that Schmoogsley has at least grade 10. Maybe a couple of years of underwater basket weaving at some liberal arts college where most of the energy went into video games and masturbation?
If that is how you see yourself, well then what can I say? Mission Accomplished!
Butthurt much?
No you did not. You provided solid information on yourself. The way you used the term 'retard' is adolescent to say the least.
You had me wondering the following: Hmm.... I would guess that Schmoogsley has at least grade 10. Maybe a couple of years of underwater basket weaving at some liberal arts college where most of the energy went into video games and masturbation?
If that is how you see yourself, well then what can I say? Mission Accomplished!
Butthurt much?
thewiseking wrote:
some New Yorkers suck. Generalities aside, the question (with regard to both topics) is which ones?
some Prog sucked
some New Yorkers suck. Generalities aside, the question (with regard to both topics) is which ones?
Bluecobra wrote:
A Trick of the Tail, Wind & Wuthering, ...And Then There Were Three..., and Duke would like to have a word with you...
The best of times for genesis.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
A Trick of the Tail, Wind & Wuthering, ...And Then There Were Three..., and Duke would like to have a word with you...
I love this so very very much! 
Bluecobra wrote:
My opinion is that the departure of Steve Hackett set the turning point in Genesis music, deeper than Gabriel's
The best of times for genesis.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
My opinion is that the departure of Steve Hackett set the turning point in Genesis music, deeper than Gabriel's
All right! Another chance to use PSD. Thank god it works well.
some Prog sucked
Ahh the heady days of those mellotron chords wafting across smoke filled festival fields...Genesis at their best....
Schmoogsley wrote:
Yeah, I guess I overreacted.
No you did not. You provided solid information on yourself. The way you used the term 'retard' is adolescent to say the least.
You had me wondering the following: Hmm.... I would guess that Schmoogsley has at least grade 10. Maybe a couple of years of underwater basket weaving at some liberal arts college where most of the energy went into video games and masturbation?
If that is how you see yourself, well then what can I say? Mission Accomplished!
Yeah, I guess I overreacted.
No you did not. You provided solid information on yourself. The way you used the term 'retard' is adolescent to say the least.
You had me wondering the following: Hmm.... I would guess that Schmoogsley has at least grade 10. Maybe a couple of years of underwater basket weaving at some liberal arts college where most of the energy went into video games and masturbation?
If that is how you see yourself, well then what can I say? Mission Accomplished!
The best of times for genesis.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
without peter G they were never the same or as
good.
treatment_bound wrote:
Dude, as the gentleman pictured directly below you would say:
"retard" is not the preferred nomenclature...
Yeah, I guess I overreacted.
Dude, as the gentleman pictured directly below you would say:
"retard" is not the preferred nomenclature...
Yeah, I guess I overreacted.
Need to pull this out, without the kids around as they may ask what the green stuff, probably brown now, is in the middle of the cover.
My GF back then was really in to Genesis and Peter Gabriel, so happy memories for me. 
idiot_wind wrote:
You apparently have heard a very limited amount of today's bands - there are many more bands than your fall-backs of Arcade Fire and The Foo Fighters. To be fair, one would often have to search - the "experimental" bands of today don't get a lot of airplay.
I think what is essential about many of these bands from the 1970s, is that they experimented. Good, bad, ugly.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
You apparently have heard a very limited amount of today's bands - there are many more bands than your fall-backs of Arcade Fire and The Foo Fighters. To be fair, one would often have to search - the "experimental" bands of today don't get a lot of airplay.
Schmoogsley wrote:
Dude, as the gentleman pictured directly below you would say:
"retard" is not the preferred nomenclature...
Wow, can't believe Bill is playing this. Was my favorite band when I was a kid. I'm sure the retards of RP will bitch and complain. 
Dude, as the gentleman pictured directly below you would say:
"retard" is not the preferred nomenclature...
Wow, can't believe Bill is playing this. Was my favorite band when I was a kid. I'm sure the retards of RP will bitch and complain.
kcar wrote:
yep, time to roll the PSD dice
yep, time to roll the PSD dice
Wow! What a throwback!
This was one of my first albums as a kid. Love it!
This was one of my first albums as a kid. Love it!
Liking this more on subsequent listens. Liked it back in '74.
I hear a lot of Steven Wilson in this song. Or perhaps better put, I hear some early Genesis in Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson.
I hear a lot of Steven Wilson in this song. Or perhaps better put, I hear some early Genesis in Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson.
Shmelo wrote:
Love this response, mind if I borrow it? (there are so many luddites!)
This is excellent music. Never mind the luddites.
Love this response, mind if I borrow it? (there are so many luddites!)
Gabriels was a damned rock-singer. Great.
Great song, even though it doesn't come close to being in my top ten from this band during its classic era. Many of those choices simply present too deep a plunge even for seasoned RP listeners game for a wide range of material. (I love Yes' Gates but not for here, either.)
So I agree that older Genesis is not for anyone, . If you were ever into that era, as I was, you can get your fix from other sources whenever you need it. But I certainly agree that some other classic Genesis belongs in the mix at RP. So the question then is what else might you choose to play to introduce others to that music? Title track to SEPTB would seem appropriate this week. Carpet Crawl from Lamb. Or one of my early favorites, Looking for Someone from Trespass. Others mentioned Get 'em Out by Friday, and that's a good choice as well.
Agree with other commenters that the heart of their catalog is music that really challenges the listener, as much as it did them to play it.
Anyone wanting to explore on their own should try on The Lamia and of course The Cinema Show. I'm a fan of Epping Forest as well, even though the band wasn't. Anyone who hasn't stumbled on Genesis for Two Grand Pianos should also pick that up.
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krysthal wrote:
I got to see them do the Lamb when it first came out @ Music Hall in Cleveland (3,000 seat venue with great acoustics and sight lines), complete with the stage show and Gabriel being downright outrageous with his costumes and props. The show was flawless with excellent sound. IIRC Watcher was the last song of the encore. A jaw dropping show that I'm sure was helped along with some very good vito A.
The live version from the first Genesis Live album is fantastic as well. Would have been awesome to have caught live Genesis show back in the 70s.
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
I got to see them do the Lamb when it first came out @ Music Hall in Cleveland (3,000 seat venue with great acoustics and sight lines), complete with the stage show and Gabriel being downright outrageous with his costumes and props. The show was flawless with excellent sound. IIRC Watcher was the last song of the encore. A jaw dropping show that I'm sure was helped along with some very good vito A.
Ah, the good old days ... I still like this.
idiot_wind wrote:
This is definitely some of the good. :)
I think what is essential about many of these bands from the 1970s, is that they experimented. Good, bad, ugly.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
This is definitely some of the good. :)
I always liked the Mellotron solo in Watcher of the Skies 
I think what is essential about many of these bands from the 1970s, is that they experimented. Good, bad, ugly.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
Ya just don't hear the same risk taking in music being created now. It's like the bands today are all working off the same notes.
ski19570 wrote:
Sounds like you and your mates loved it back then—it always amazes me how much our musical preferences are set when we're so young. I usually defend prog rock and the like but I'm not sure I ever would have thrilled to this.
I agree Aspicer.. Not everyone's cup of tea but for those of us who lived thru it how wonderful.. Brings back great memories.. I remember placing this infront of friends and they just went WOW.. Good stuff for the time..
Sounds like you and your mates loved it back then—it always amazes me how much our musical preferences are set when we're so young. I usually defend prog rock and the like but I'm not sure I ever would have thrilled to this.
krysthal wrote:
The live version from the first Genesis Live album is fantastic as well. Would have been awesome to have caught live Genesis show back in the 70s.
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
I wish I can say I saw them with Peter but alas, I did not. I have only seen footage from those days with Peter and his costumes. I can only imagine that concert experience.
A little doobie and 2 hours of pure genius.....or should I say... pure Genesis!
YUCK - PSD
This is excellent music. Never mind the luddites.
torino390 wrote:
Again with this song.....PSD all the way
OMG, this is so so bad... can't listen to the end even. PSD saves the day.
Again with this song.....PSD all the way
Only here and on my turntable can I hear such fine music
OMG, this is so so bad... can't listen to the end even. PSD saves the day.
This a fine relic from the days when a few bands were actually pretty successful with the whole "churchy" orchestral keyboards section!
It's melotrontastic!
Sounds like a failed Tull rip-off!! 1 at best.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!
And the Grammy of the year goes to miss pan
1wolfy wrote:
They have done a fantastic job on the remaster of this.
if it had been recorded on todays equipment, you'd here it differently...perhaps ?..or perhaps not. Decoy wrote:
sounds like it was once good, but time has not been kind to this one.
They have done a fantastic job on the remaster of this.
This tune gets a lot of airplay on RP...perhaps something different from the Genesis catalog is in order?
coloradojohn wrote:
Just FYI, Tony Banks was a founding member... Phil joined Aug 1970... and Steve Hackett in Jan 1971. Most would argue that the "classic" line-up was Gabriel, Collins, Hackett, Banks & Rutherford. After Gabriel & then Hackett left things started to change for the worse. Although I have to confess to getting into Genesis around the time of "...And Then There Were Three" and "Duke" and working my way backwards to the "good stuff".
Parts of Trespass were cool, but Nursery Chryme transcended it by far, and I think that this was similar; Get 'Em Out By Friday is mind-blowing, for sure. It was really interesting, all the changes they went through with the arrival of Tony Banks and Phil Collins. I thought that Trick of the Tail had some really good stuff on it, but...it all went downhill when Phil took them over-the-top Pop after that...
Just FYI, Tony Banks was a founding member... Phil joined Aug 1970... and Steve Hackett in Jan 1971. Most would argue that the "classic" line-up was Gabriel, Collins, Hackett, Banks & Rutherford. After Gabriel & then Hackett left things started to change for the worse. Although I have to confess to getting into Genesis around the time of "...And Then There Were Three" and "Duke" and working my way backwards to the "good stuff".
coloradojohn wrote:
I wore out several copies of this just when it came out. Well, the truth is, the pressings on the Great Charisma Label were so abysmally shitty that I was compelled to return 2 before receiving one that was not so warped that a needle could not track. That aside, this is a great concept album. Maybe a bit, or a lot bombastic, but this represents a time in the history of the world when this was possible and I think it was successful.
Parts of Trespass were cool, but Nursery Chryme transcended it by far, and I think that this was similar; Get 'Em Out By Friday is mind-blowing, for sure. It was really interesting, all the changes they went through with the arrival of Tony Banks and Phil Collins. I thought that Trick of the Tail had some really good stuff on it, but...it all went downhill when Phil took them over-the-top Pop after that...
I wore out several copies of this just when it came out. Well, the truth is, the pressings on the Great Charisma Label were so abysmally shitty that I was compelled to return 2 before receiving one that was not so warped that a needle could not track. That aside, this is a great concept album. Maybe a bit, or a lot bombastic, but this represents a time in the history of the world when this was possible and I think it was successful.
Parts of Trespass were cool, but Nursery Chryme transcended it by far, and I think that this was similar; Get 'Em Out By Friday is mind-blowing, for sure. It was really interesting, all the changes they went through with the arrival of Tony Banks and Phil Collins. I thought that Trick of the Tail had some really good stuff on it, but...it all went downhill when Phil took them over-the-top Pop after that...
On_The_Beach wrote:
80s?! Yes, very Culture Club meets Thompson Twins!
I guess that means it was well ahead of its time.
80s?! Yes, very Culture Club meets Thompson Twins!I guess that means it was well ahead of its time.
Still sounds great after all these years !!
I agree Aspicer.. Not everyone's cup of tea but for those of us who lived thru it how wonderful.. Brings back great memories.. I remember placing this infront of friends and they just went WOW.. Good stuff for the time..
Classic!!! I get that is not for everyone for sure...but THIS is the unbridled talent Genesis was working with originally. Shame they went down in flames in the 80's....but not Peter!!! 
This hasn't aged well
PockettVenus wrote:
Definitely not 80's
Yikes, this is horrible! It sounds very dated (80s), and fails to form a coherent whole. The syncopation just sounds wonky. 
Definitely not 80's
A prog rock classic from the era when Genesis were at their best. 
Downhill after Wind and Wuthering! 
Downhill after Wind and Wuthering! There's music that dates really well and music which doesn't.
That's all I'm saying about this.
That's all I'm saying about this.
PockettVenus wrote:
OK but try to play it once...
Yikes, this is horrible! It sounds very dated (80s), and fails to form a coherent whole. The syncopation just sounds wonky.
OK but try to play it once...
Smell the glove!
When I think about the origins of steampunk music I think of Genesis and Yes. Organs and mellotrons.
more more more! never get tired of hearing this, especially on RP
if it had been recorded on todays equipment, you'd hear it differently...perhaps ?..or perhaps not. Decoy wrote:
sounds like it was once good, but time has not been kind to this one.
40 years later i still sing to these songs- brilliant
Whats next? Yes Roundabout? Sick organ drums and bass....Phil and Peter together...unappreciated genius...
PockettVenus wrote:
80s?! Yes, very Culture Club meets Thompson Twins! (not)
Yikes, this is horrible! It sounds very dated (80s), and fails to form a coherent whole. The syncopation just sounds wonky.
80s?! Yes, very Culture Club meets Thompson Twins! (not)Genius!
Yikes, this is horrible! It sounds very dated (80s), and fails to form a coherent whole. The syncopation just sounds wonky.
krysthal wrote:
Check out Youtube of the tribute band "The Musical Box." You might like.
The live version from the first Genesis Live album is fantastic as well. Would have been awesome to have caught live Genesis show back in the 70s.
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
Check out Youtube of the tribute band "The Musical Box." You might like.
1st year univ. I found myself in a massive co-ed dorm where certain cool dudes did the entrepreneurial thing and supplied their fellow students with 'grass'.
The same entrepreneurs had the best sound systems and introduced me to Genesis. Foxtrot, Selling England by the pound.
The same entrepreneurs had the best sound systems and introduced me to Genesis. Foxtrot, Selling England by the pound.
Okay, folks, this isn't a foxtrot. At best it's a progtrot.
The live version from the first Genesis Live album is fantastic as well. Would have been awesome to have caught live Genesis show back in the 70s.
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
Anyone have stories from when they saw them with Gabriel?
The birthplace of the progressive rock movement. Not only this band but the time frame. Defiantly on the front end of it. I love this older stuff. Not only shows what kind of talent was to be had back then but shows us how we have progressed.
You know, I was never much of a fan of Genesis, but I have to echo the sentiments of others here: Sometimes it's really nice to hear "the old stuff," deep tracks from albums that no longer receive much play. Takes me back to the days of dorm parties, college radio, and wondering what albums my GF was going to bring back from California after the Christmas break.
sounds like it was once good, but time has not been kind to this one.
One of my favorite Genesis tracks ever. Delighted to hear it here.
nice to hear "the old stuff" on the radio.
Have to appreciate the fact that we can listen to "unusual" track like this, but this is a bit of a nutter. :)
Not my cup of tea...
Chaos music...
Chaos music...
Woah never heard this on any type of 'radio' before, well done for playing.
bachbeet wrote:
Depends what you define as their "good ones."
I love Gabriel-fronted Genesis. 8 for me.
Definitely not one of their good ones. Can't see giving it more than a 4.
Depends what you define as their "good ones."
I love Gabriel-fronted Genesis. 8 for me.
Definitely not one of their good ones. Can't see giving it more than a 4.
Maybe this sounds good on a big stereo cranked up. I have my little PC speakers turned down low so I could work and it sounded like they were malfunctioning. Worst song I've heard in a long time.
Great way to start my vacation, thanks Bill!
Powerful song! Made me stop everything I was doing to give it a strong 1 (one).
One of the great numbers from Genesis early period, before they became a predictable pop band.
"Too proggy" ????? No such thing.
I'm an old fart but the older I get the more I'm disappointed with the efforts of most of the newer bands.
"Too proggy" ????? No such thing.
I'm an old fart but the older I get the more I'm disappointed with the efforts of most of the newer bands.
Wow, just made my day, now let's wait for super's ready Bill!
Only on RP 