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Good news, everyone! Genesis has announced that they'll reform for a tour next year. This is not the weird version of Genesis that your older brother listened to, where they all dressed like creamed corn; no, this is the Phil Collins-Mike Rutherford-Tony Banks line-up, the one that gave us such righteous political songs as "Land Of Confusion" and the prescient "Illegal Alien." It's a few months away, of course, but we've already got plenty of questions: Will Collins still insist on the old "I'm a drummer! No, I'm a singer! No, I'm a drummer!" on-stage back-and-forth? Will members of Mike and the Mechanics be on the road with the band, this time actually working as mechanics? And will the Ronald Reagan puppet and the Bruce Springsteen puppet agree to be in the same room?
Genesis Will Reform For Tour Next Year [Gigwise]
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I simply cannot believe that there is a market for this...
Do we have so much disposable income that we say "well I have $175 to spend on some concert tickets...OH LOOK! GENESIS!"
Were they to make nice with PG, then this might be worth the time and money...but another tour of the sheds to play "In Too Deep" and "Take Me Home" is more than the American public should have to bear...
I guess republicans need something to rock out to.
Well I'm interested at least! Expect to hear some solo Phil stuff worked into the set, though, because we know and he knows that no one goes to "Phil Collins" shows in 2006, but they might go to a "Genesis Reunion" show.
Will the crowd be subjected to "The Living Years" or will Phil be the only one allowed to trot out solo material?
As long as Paul Carrack is nowhere to found, I'm cool with that happening.
I'm intrigued by the relatively light hateration in the comments for this post, vs. the all-out disemboweling of Zach Braff about a half-dozen posts up. Phil Collins is now so forgiven, after spending all of the '90s as a punchline (and South Park villain), that he's now less hateful to snarky blog-dwellers than the guy who made a sweet (okay, dull) little movie with Shins and Nick Drake music.
To paraphrase the Woodman, hipster acceptability is tragedy plus time.
That's a good point, but I think what sets people off about Braff--who, again, I love on Scrubs, and who could be the nicest guy in the world, someone who rescues stray bichon puppies and nurses them back to health--has somehow been elected as the taste-making representative of a certain demographic (including myself). And the fact is, while I like a lot of the bands he puts in his soundtracks, I resent that a guy who clearly listens to only one or two kinds of music is supposed to summarize the all-encompassing music-nerd lifestyle. A little silly and defensive, I admit.
As for Collins: I realize he's an easy hipster ironicon, but the fact is, he wrote a lot of songs in the '80s that people love (again, myself included). For better or worse, his music still gets lots of airplay, and so clearly there's a legitimate appreciation of his music. That said, "Illegal Alien"-as catchy as it may be-is one of the most offensive songs I've ever heard.
Either way, they both need to stop smirking so much.
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