Tony Banks - You

[chazs001]

very genesis, great.

[Eldanoth]

I'm crying! God, Tony was a ..... supernatural!

[SuperGrayeagle]

God this is awesome!

[thelamb1964]

2:55 : a genius.

[Gooseberry51]

What a beautiful voice!!

[snaildragon]

I love the part of the song where it unexpectedly gets all wild and intense.

[MrNotNiceGuy]

I love Tony but this is hard to listen to, he cant sing, thank GOD he can play. Never thought I would rather hear Ray Wilson sing a song...pathetic

[vcat10]

@MrNotNiceGuy This isnt Tony singing, it is Kim Beacon. Cheers :)

[strbuk]

I adore Tony Banks, and I adore this song...

[SuperGrayeagle]

awesome!!! Tony Banks is without a shadow of a doubt, one the most talented and creative keyboard players and the driving force behind Genesis. This solo album contains some of the most awe inspiring tunes ever featured on any record. Too bad it was so overlooked by the music industry.

[proghead59]

Multiple movements expressing wide range of positive emotion: Introspective at the beginning, joyously energetic starting at 2:55, climatic and mysterious at 3:30, profound at 3:50, pausing to reflect at 4:19... Although I have always admired Banks as a master of melancholy, this shows a side of him that is not often seen. This song is the pinnacle of the album's story before the main character's gradual return to amnesia begins

[quotal]

Tony Banks es el mas talentoso y mejor tecladista-compositor del rock sinfónico. Guardo una enorme admiración por este hombre, sobre todo por su enorme aporte a Genesis.

Tony Banks is the most talented and best keyboardist-composer of symphonic rock. I keep a huge admiration for this guy, especially for their enormous contribution to Genesis.

[vivelavidarocka]

@quotal Yo diria mas melodico, y es por eso que en cierta manera nos gusta mas que los otros. Recuerda que los "otros" a mas de ser mas virtuosos lo eran mas tecnicos, dado que a diferencia de Tony tuvieron una educacion clasica desde muy pequenos. Saludos.

[genesisinsideme]

@quotal Tony es el cerebro, alma y corazon de Genesis, sin lugar a dudas , aunque indudablemente tambien todos los musicos que fueron integrantes de esta maravillosa travesia que fue la mejor banda del mundo, son talentos supremos, y valga una aclaracion a mi querido amigo vivalavidaloca jaja , Tony si tuvo formacion clasica desde muy pequeño, y finalmente donde este Tony hay la mejor musica y los mejores y mas profundas emociones en lyrics♥ son espejos de muchas de nuestras almas genesianas ♥

[ferrywever]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot for sharing this. TB is unique

[LUDWIGPARIS]

Genesis is one of the very few bands in the history of recorded music that seemed to be like a breeding ground for musical genius. Every one that has ever been a member has gone forth to produce a highly successful solo career or side projects.

[hubiex]

Here's an interesting fact that i've yet to see mentioned.Tony plays every instrument on this album, except lead vocals and drums. That includes all keys, guitars, bass, backing vocals, and percussion. A talented englishmen indeed! Word is, he and Chester Thompson had quite a time throw'n back a few during these sessions.

[ksjoyjespeace]

@hubiex Is this the only lp that Tony plays a real bass guitar?! kind of like Peter Hammill on his solo lp's on bass!! thanks!!

[gadzoox1234]

Don't get me wrong I love this song but it does sound like all a combination of other Genesis songs of the past.

[smerrigan]

has a supper's ready feel to it in the first minute or two

[CuyahogaMustang]

Who is singing on this ?

[Bryantn3]

@CuyahogaMustang - Kim Beacon.

[ramonmaza]

what a key solo!!!!!!!!

[Morgena1]

a nice love story

[Morgena1]

Wonder which woman Tony hat in his mind at the time when he wrote this song, must have been a very special person in his life :-)

[cuzzinio]

best solo album ever made

[Morgena1]

Exactly

[cosmicjazzer]

@Morgena1

The song is actually about a character (Alice) in the book Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes.

In fact the whole of this album is very loosely based on this book... Truly great album!

[genesisinsideme]

was not me.....! but I love Tony the same!

[genesisinsideme]

@Morgena1 HOW MANY WOMEN WOULD LIKE TO BE THAT PERSON....!

[Morgena1]

perhaps many  ;-)

[genesisinsideme]

@Morgena1 MANY... TOO MANY...!

[Morgena1]

cos he's a very atractive guy and he is intelligent too, which counts most for me, dont fancy talking to a nutcase

[mario22021]

Jerzy Skolimowski -not this soundtrack Tony musicfrom 1978 year

[RobayoOrtega]

Excelente canción de 1979: "You".

[docmontecristo]

Fantastic!!!!!

[Morgena1]

One of the finest songs of Tony

[vcat10]

Stunningly beautiful song, musically and lyrically!

[krissyrose14]

One of Tony's finest moments in this song. Put elements of Supper's Ready, Inside and Out, Cinema Show, stir them in a pot, and you've got this song. Such great use of harmony in the introduction, and what a killer synth solo! I think it is one of his best pieces, what a beautiful and unique love song. Too bad you can't really hear the chords in the synth solo with the audio quality of this video. Still, I love this piece. :)

[pavelkapaz]

i love you tony. eres lo mejor de lo mejor .nadia de chile.

[kipp0man]

It only takes a couple of listens to this song and you realise that Tony Banks formed the definitive Genesis sound and the songwriting method - A beautiful thoughtful lyrical introduction leading up to an evolving virtuouso technical instrumental masterpiece that has you on the edge of you seat - encompasing breathtaking melodic lines with a huge classical influence mixed with prog rock - I just gotta say it - Tony Banks was Genesis - without him we would have had just another good rock band -

[cosmicjazzer]

Tony Banks is truly a super gifted composer... Beautiful stuff!

[chiagerald]

Great song.... love Tony Banks

[MATTMUDORCK]

Bad song.4,5.

[JackBlair2]

This may not be as good as early Genesis, but it's better than a lot of newer Genesis. I definitely hear many Banks-isms in the chord progressions and instrumentation here.

[Hyardacil]

Sorry, but definetly not as good as Genesis stuff.

[drkam6]

Agree, the music is fine but I don't like the vocals very much.

[topgearrules123]

the album, a curious feeling, is based on Daniel Keye's book, Flowers For Algernon

[markwjazzguitar]

Fantastic album. TB plays guitar on this. Very close to the guitar work that I loved on Suppers Ready.

[misa1952]

super fine,Antoni,thenk ...

[RaysTrack]

Such a great composer and I bought this album when it came out. However it rarely gets played as often as my Genesis material as I find it profoundly melancholy. I have to be really 'up' to listen.

[Kafrifelle]

To me, one of his best solo on keyboards ... Fast, melodic and precise to the bone. A real Banks Classic.

[Morgena1]

@ acoronab, you are not the first one who suggested Tony should have sag the song by himself but as far as I remember from some of his interviews, Tony just thought the opposite. By the way, a curios feeling was always my fevered album and I would never sell it, not even for a million. It's realy a shame that it didn't get the attention by other people except those who also loved his contribution at Genesis.

[thequoon]

IMO the finest "concept album" ever produced. The premise is that you can have love or intellect, but not both. Anyone know what Kim Beacon (the vocalist) did before or since?

[manatthewindow]

thequoon-

Sadly, Kim died about five years ago. His recorded legacy doesn't really do justice to his talent, which was substantial. You can hear a glimpse of his potential on his first solo album, 'Ravenna', but it's hard to find now. Although he was English, he worked with a couple of Scottish bands (Northwind and String Driven Thing) in the 70s. He also did some sessions for Thin Lizzy and Runrig but I don't know if there are any recordings of that work.

[osummuso]

I worked briefly with Kim in the 90's.

Amazing singer.

Sadly passed away.

I know a former recording colleague is trying to compile some of his older material.

[genesisinsideme]

@osummuso Tony has been sent from Heaven !

[genesisinsideme]

@genesisinsideme EXACTLY ...AGREE TOTALLY WITH YOUR THOUGHT !

[kermittheprog]

I guess when I picked up this album in '82,I was expecting a classic old Genesis sound,coming after the fallout from "Duke"(though this was released a year earlier)I did not like this at first;but it quickly grew after repeated listening to become my favorite of ALL releases,band & solos.Which is saying a lot.That's simply my own taste though.

[jimmymoranh]

you right,i´m thinking the same ukdkjfb,maybe the musical industry

[UKDKJFB]

Don't know why this isn't better known. A fantastic love song and the rest of th album isn't bad either.