...was sind das für Vögel, die bei solch einem einzigartigen Meisterwerk auf "Daumen runter" klicken !? Die müssen schwerhörig sein, anders ist das wohl nicht zu erklären...
Da steckt so viel know how und Perfektion drin - wahnsinn !
Excellente chanson de Genesis 2eme manière, toujours 10 minutes et des progressions même si le son est bien changé depuis les seventies, les vocaux de phil ont la pêche et de la sincerité. merci
Genesis is my first band, after 35 years of acute listening (since 14). This is fine to hear, but nothing they did from "And Then There Were Three" onward was better than what came before. Apples and oranges perhaps, and they survived where many folded. Some may say sold out. They survived using that infernal drum machine. Great...kudos. Firth of Fifth is indispensible. This isn't.
I was lucky enough to go to Canada and actually see and touch The last Spike in honour of all the men who died to create that railway. I knew of this beautiful song before I went, it was made even more powerful and poignant to see what Genesis were singing about, I actually had a few tears even though I didnt know those who lost their lives It was so very touching. Genesis i am not one who is really bothered about meeting famous people but would love to meet
I was lucky enough to go to Canada and actually see and touch The last Spike in honour of all the men who died to create that railway. I knew of this beautiful song before I went, it was made even more powerful and poignant to see what Genesis were singing about, I actually had a few tears even though I didnt know those who lost their lives It was so very touching. Genesis i am not one who is really bothered about meeting famous people but would love to meet you!!! Ps my son is a drummer LOL
I think that the era in music changed in the late 70s and early 80s think prog rock was on the wane and the band had to turn towards the popular side of music, the band didn't change but the music and market did.
A surprise song from this album, I use to listen to this at work not long after the album came out. I love how the song builds up and has such a nice groove to it. Music isn't this well written anymore. Phil Collins deserves a lot of credit for being such a diverse artist. That douche from Oasis seems to hate Phil Coolins but is just a second rate hack who steals from the Beatles Ha!
as a huge genesis fan...this is probably my favorite album! i mean invisible touch, genesis, and duke was superb too...but this album has something special about it!....i only wish i was born in the genesis era, i'm only 16 :( ...also a huge phil collins and peter gabriel fan :D like huge, like enormous. like almost obsessed xD
@RonyBonyman I'm not a fan of the album because the production made it sound so generic, but a lot of good songs came from here. They really blossomed in the live setting.
I know this song was written in honor of all the men that worked and sacrified to build the railways in the UK. However, this song reminds me everytime of my grandfather going off to build pipelines in Michigan in the 20-30's to put fod on thetable back home. The stories he told me and the times we were together all come back when I listen to this song. How hard he worked and how much he gave to make sure everyone was taken care of, he is my hero and measure of a man. Thank you GENESIS!!!
Terrific song. I learned this song and played it at a 9-11 commemoration. A song about working on the railroad, and then it mentions a cave-in. Tell your friends about this. One of the best songs Genesis ever did. Great song to remember 9-11.
Why even talk negatively about what genesis came to be, if it "isnt the same", go watch vids that reflect your ideas of the "true genesis"... internet warriors
How true is that....how sad and true. Nowadays people will not move their behinds for anything less than 8-10 euros per hour. Will not engage in any activity, but prefer to cash the social security check. And will not build another "Rail Track"...
@RonyBonyman that's awesome, I'm 16 too, just whenever I'm listening to them my friends are like 'the fuck is that shit?' I knew there'd be kids who like it, just none I know aha
@Zandapanda44 Some things never change. I was a Senior in High School when this one came out and my buddies were the same way. They didn't get it. In my view, what they were listening to was shit. This here is classy stuff. My brother took me to see them in Indianapolis in May of 92. Incredible gig and I met Mike Rutherford after the show! :)
My uncle died this was played at his funeral as a way of him saying goodbye leaving his family behind... Phil collins was his favorite.. if only he would of passed away young... this song as little as a knew him hardly at all. this song still brings emotions into me he was full of life so why... its life i bet your wondering why i wrote this please dont judge this in a bad way as i feel the need to do it and as after years the emotion has calmed in my family after this song is played it starts
@Zandapanda44 .....the hell are u talking about...lots of kids like genesis...they are my favorite band...i barely even listen to other music...i love genesis...phil collins...peter gabriel...and thats pretty much my selection haha....and im 16...but seriously you'd be suprised how many kids like genesis
makes you think how lucky we are, god knows what it would have been like to work the railways back then! Too many people complain about the little things in life this song really makes you appreciate what you have. Top track by a top band \m/
peter gabriel with genesis sucks in my opnion, Trick of the tail, wind and wuthering were best, but the three, duke, abacab and Mama were freaking awesome too. Then came invisible touch, in my opinion its sound more like a phil collins solo album then genesis. But then came this album and it made it good again for me. just my opinion.
This song in this album was one of the best of Genesis with Collins as a leader. Everything else from Duke to this song is pure and clear shit. And maybe some of the ..and then there were three .. songs could be included in this category.. pure shit.
Epic chorus. Can you hear me? Can you see? Actually this song is very dark. It's about bad accident that happened to poor railway workers. And the company they worked for tried to cover the accident up.
A beautiful song for the masses of Irish and british simple folk who built an Empire. You don't often get songs about them, usually its the kings and warriors that take the spoils. One notices theses things if he is an historian...
One lost lonely man disliked this song. For some reason I think it goes really well with the solemn and sobering tale the song tells, that only one person dislikes it. But I'm one of those deep thinkers, so whatevers!
I remember hearing this song not long after 9/11 and thought that this song could also describe all the Fire Fighters, Police Officers & EMT workers that risked and lost their lives that day saving others too.....
@Mugsysam--I was thinking the same thing, I started listening to this song again after a long long time without. First got this album on cassette back in 1991 and got the CD as part of the reissue packages they put out a few years ago. "Driving The Last Spike" has dynamics and lyrics that could fit into what happened on 9/11: The early morning, the sudden impact, the relentless digging, all of it
excellent taste my friend .......my brother turned me on to this way back when we were friends.......now we dont talk anymore..........i can still see his face but i don't remember his voice...............whens Phil gonna come around again? read the rolling stone article & it depressed me when he said he was fed up being phil collins......i'd give my right arm to have that catalogue under my belt as a musician...........
excellent taste my friend .......my brother turned me on to this way back when we were friends.......no we dont talk anymore........hurts to hear this one but in a good way cause we aint' here long..........
@Jimbo1151960 no I'm not ... It's just my opinion :) otherwise, Gabriel in band was like a solo artist. Everything was focused on him, everytime they were playing live. And I think, that his "colorful" design would never be as popular as Genesis was after his departure. Look how he changed, there was no more crazy clothes, fantastic decorations and so other. So he can't be bigger legend than Collins and whole Genesis. But it's just my opinion. Oh, and btw. its @too0pathetic :)
@too0pathetic : Genesis with Gabriel was not all about crazy clothes or decorations. I was a kid when Genesis was playing in the 70's so I couldn't go and watch a concert of Genesis. The music the used to perform was amazing, comparable to an Orchestra. The songs were written by all the members and all of them were part of each song as a musicians. Listen to the songs they played, they are pure music. With Collins Genesis was another band playing disco-pop-rock music.
@too0pathetic same thoughts as me...also..Pink Floyd anyone?with Waters being the "leading star" of the band,where everything MUST relate to him?good riddance...he went his own way,doing hissolo albums..although not as succesful as Gabriel's solo projects.i liek both Gabriel's and Phil's Genesis,and yes i like this album very much
@too0pathetic Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, and Collins composed almost all of the music for earlier Genesis. That's pretty big, especially for a prog band with such emphasis on instrumentla skill. Gabriel just did the lyrics; and he was a damn good lyricist. Genesis was definitely not a Gabriel solo effort. I do concede, however, that the live shows were more focused on Gabriel than the others.
@Jimbo1151960 Phil and Peter were two sides of the same Genesis coin. Even with Peter as the lead singer, they released singles, they just never went anywhere. Peter's strength was in the lyrics, his costumes, his stage presence, very commanding. Phil is a great musician, a fantastic crowd rouser (for lack of a better term i can't think of right now), and more accessibly funny on stage. What they lacked in costumes after Peter left they made up for in elaborate pioneering light shows
@Jimbo1151960 : True. Nothing is comparable with "In the Cage" or "The Colony of Slippermen" after that album. maybe with "Invisible touch"? or "we can't dance"?. haha :-)
@Jimbo1151960@tooOpathetic if I may, i think Genesis was the best when they were playing Rutherford, Banks, Hackett and both Gabriel and Collins. Together they did the best albums, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound.
In my opinion the Genesis between '70 to '75 was the best.
My uncle died this was played at his funeral as a way of him saying goodbye leaving his family behind... Phil collins was his favorite.. if only he would of passed away young... this song as little as a knew him hardly at all. this song still brings emotions into me he was full of life so why... its life i bet your wondering why i wrote this please dont judge this in a bad way as i feel the need to do it and as after years the emotion has calmed in my family after this song is played it starts
It's just my opinion. Opinion's are like assholes everybody has one. Don't get me wrong Phil is great but Peter is a legend. There are no "fakt's" just opinions
@Jimbo1151960:Also there are different tastes of music. Some like good music others like disco music. Genesis with Collins was the latter. Steve Hackett hold it for a bit during " trick of the tail" and "wind & Wuthering", after those albums everything was pure and clear shit. Maybe Duke saved a little bit the new style. You are right, Collins is great, no question, but I don't like that Genesis. They should have stopped there and create or rename the band I think that would have changed all.
@sebastienpaproki2000 All of this hating is ribiculoous to me. They are all great musicians and the debate of newer vs. older material is just stupid. Taste is one of those things that can't be argued about (well you can but you shouldn't) I for one like both. And what good would changing the name of the band do? It's just a name, the music matters more
@HaistaPaska92 : It is not that I hate Collins. I love him 'cause was part of one of the greatest bands until 1974 and I hate him for what he converted that band. The problem is that Collins was using Genesis as throwing on it his bad songs instead actually separating this music with the band. What good was to have his music and his solo albums if everything was the same? This is maybe the only song with a similar progressive style that Genesis inherited from the old 5 members of the great band.
I just discovered this song a month ago, before then I didn't know it existed. I fell in love with it since then. I like how it's 10 minutes long...nice, long, and enjoyable... like Home By the Sea, Fading Lights, etc.
Does anyone know of an instrumental/karaoke version of 'Driving the last spike'? The music is beautiful
I WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF PHIL COLLINS,I WORKED FOR HIM FOR 3,5 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU I HAS BETTER SONGS THAN THIS,BUT THIS SONG IS GREAT,AND THE MUSIC, AND THE DRUMMER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL
@debterr , i didnt know that i was the only one who liked this song. i just came back to this song for many years. it's an 11 min song but the last part is well worth hanging around for !
My wife is watching X factor, while I listen to this, talk about compare genius to shite!! there is no comparison, not one of the clowns on X factor can sing a single note in tune!!.
I agree this is the best song off of the best album that hardly anybody heard. In 1991, I was a high school senior just marveling at how Phil Collins could actually.....GET BETTER after NJR and But Seriously. Well he did and this was the album that made him a true renaissance artist. The railroad men who carved out England also carved out the frontier country of the US in the mid to late 19th century. What a story!
@happyhoman , i thought i was the only one who liked this song. There was somebody out there like you, i never thought ! i love the last part were Phil screams with a driving bass line. True music escatic measures and orgasims on the last scream !
The only reason why this moving song would never make it to the radio, or much less the top 40, is because the radio caters largely to an audience with short attention spans. Qualitatively, this song is so varied in melody, and so rife with substance lyrically. Rarely has anything on the top 40 matched the gravitas of this song.
its hard to overstate the brilliance of this epic track... so many layers, so many changes. the dynamics are outstanding. the musical solo midsection sublime. And as a long standing genesis fan since the age of 10 (i am now 27) i love the trade mark way that phil collins doesnt compromise his accent in words like CAN'T. It just adds something to the gravitas of his tracks! Much respect.
@das545701 I'll try to make a karaoke, but I promise nothing, cause I have a school in a week :( and it's laborious. But anyway I'll try :) make or look for, whatever.
In my opinion that's not the only Genesis' underrated track. I've come to this page hungry of other great songs. And it's quite normal these songs aren't on radios, because Genesis aren't a commercial band. That's why I get angry when someone tell me "But no one listens to genesis anymore!" and then? -__- Wanna talking about (second) home by the sea, domino, and many other forgotten MASTERPIECES? I don't mind what the world thinks about, I'm gonna keep listening to the music I love 'till I die.
@WonderfulSilence yeah, genesis is precursor of a progressive rock and their music is just priceless, but somehow people still used to listen a computer's scribble, calling it "great music", and I just can't. I'd rather go back to those days, when music was music.
@JWReichert this whole album is good. i think the main reason its so under rated is that it didnt get any air play. least that i know of. usually when you get a song that runs more that 5 or 6 minutes long, you dont hear it on the radio that much. if at all.
...was sind das für Vögel, die bei solch einem einzigartigen Meisterwerk auf "Daumen runter" klicken !? Die müssen schwerhörig sein, anders ist das wohl nicht zu erklären...
Da steckt so viel know how und Perfektion drin - wahnsinn !
nightlight9000 2 weeks ago
This is such a powerful song! Another one by the unmistakeable voice of Phil Collins! Great job!
kenpalmer1965 2 weeks ago
Das Lied ist schon über 20 Jahre alt! Ich kann es gar nicht glauben!!! Und ich liebe es immernoch wie damals!!!! ♥
naddl31077 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Epic jam. They really handled this song with care.
banjovi22 1 month ago
This video went viral on Kenya
rafaelsalinas58 1 month ago
i remember driving my parents crazy with this album when it came out. i played it every day!!
biddicahira 1 month ago
gritty and one of the best ever tracks they ever did....
freddielaker2 1 month ago
one of the most POWERFUL songs in the history of the group and its absolutely one of my favorites!
Thank you
Amisbro 2 months ago
Excellente chanson de Genesis 2eme manière, toujours 10 minutes et des progressions même si le son est bien changé depuis les seventies, les vocaux de phil ont la pêche et de la sincerité. merci
markusmala 2 months ago
Your video is a favorite on Panama
elvinhickma12k 2 months ago
I still love his voice and his music since now 25 years---- land this is one of my favorites
Jurin32 2 months ago
yabadabadoo!!
diederikification 2 months ago
Epic. His vocals are incredible.
001Danc 2 months ago
Genesis is my first band, after 35 years of acute listening (since 14). This is fine to hear, but nothing they did from "And Then There Were Three" onward was better than what came before. Apples and oranges perhaps, and they survived where many folded. Some may say sold out. They survived using that infernal drum machine. Great...kudos. Firth of Fifth is indispensible. This isn't.
triarii11 2 months ago
I was lucky enough to go to Canada and actually see and touch The last Spike in honour of all the men who died to create that railway. I knew of this beautiful song before I went, it was made even more powerful and poignant to see what Genesis were singing about, I actually had a few tears even though I didnt know those who lost their lives It was so very touching. Genesis i am not one who is really bothered about meeting famous people but would love to meet
you!!! Ps my son is a drummer LOL
beachbaby53 3 months ago
I was lucky enough to go to Canada and actually see and touch The last Spike in honour of all the men who died to create that railway. I knew of this beautiful song before I went, it was made even more powerful and poignant to see what Genesis were singing about, I actually had a few tears even though I didnt know those who lost their lives It was so very touching. Genesis i am not one who is really bothered about meeting famous people but would love to meet you!!! Ps my son is a drummer LOL
beachbaby53 3 months ago
Leute Leute Leute...das geht unter die haut! GROßARTIGER SONG !!!
MrToddi76 3 months ago
I think that the era in music changed in the late 70s and early 80s think prog rock was on the wane and the band had to turn towards the popular side of music, the band didn't change but the music and market did.
johnjmayoh 3 months ago
immer noch eines der Besten stücke ! ! ! wie soviel von Genesis ...einfach super
MarioZwingmann 4 months ago
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MarioZwingmann 4 months ago
one of the most underrated genesis songs. awesome!
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jatheist25 1 month ago
An absolutely stunning tribute to fathers everywhere who work in dangerous jobs, and are forgotten, except by their children.
From 6:00 on especially, the song is a masterpiece.
karlwhubbard 4 months ago
Greatest Phil Collins moment. This song is just wonderful.
TheScriabin 5 months ago
!!! Awesome Drums !!!
DiddyTheDuck2 5 months ago
Das Music is Beatiful ... Genesis is in my heart<3 4ever
MrKrawiiec 5 months ago
definitely in the #10 of my favourite songs ever
Krazee2XXL 5 months ago
A surprise song from this album, I use to listen to this at work not long after the album came out. I love how the song builds up and has such a nice groove to it. Music isn't this well written anymore. Phil Collins deserves a lot of credit for being such a diverse artist. That douche from Oasis seems to hate Phil Coolins but is just a second rate hack who steals from the Beatles Ha!
ViciousAlienKlown 5 months ago 2
the magic from his last good cd is just genuis ! wow
ahfaxthis 6 months ago
NO Q about it, this is the best song ever writen. WOW ! SO well sung and genuis produced. OMG ! WOW !
ahfaxthis 6 months ago
@ThroughRock : the only 10 minutes of garbage slipped through your moms ass when you were born........turd
cartyekrut 6 months ago
@cartyekrut THAT's FUNNY !
ahfaxthis 5 months ago
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the best group on the planet that there is
top Muzik
super sound
great lyrics
ONE OF THE BEST ALBUM OF THİS PLANET
ynadik1 6 months ago
as a huge genesis fan...this is probably my favorite album! i mean invisible touch, genesis, and duke was superb too...but this album has something special about it!....i only wish i was born in the genesis era, i'm only 16 :( ...also a huge phil collins and peter gabriel fan :D like huge, like enormous. like almost obsessed xD
RonyBonyman 6 months ago
@RonyBonyman I'm not a fan of the album because the production made it sound so generic, but a lot of good songs came from here. They really blossomed in the live setting.
66hourenergy 5 months ago
anyone else have problems playing this video? mine keeps stopping at the 00:49 second mark... ????
Grrr036 6 months ago
@Grrr036 naaah. low internet I think.
too0pathetic 6 months ago
@Grrr036 : By my own, it`s playing wonderfull!
naddl31077 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
I know this song was written in honor of all the men that worked and sacrified to build the railways in the UK. However, this song reminds me everytime of my grandfather going off to build pipelines in Michigan in the 20-30's to put fod on thetable back home. The stories he told me and the times we were together all come back when I listen to this song. How hard he worked and how much he gave to make sure everyone was taken care of, he is my hero and measure of a man. Thank you GENESIS!!!
747mrjohnson 6 months ago 12
@747mrjohnson
Terrific song. I learned this song and played it at a 9-11 commemoration. A song about working on the railroad, and then it mentions a cave-in. Tell your friends about this. One of the best songs Genesis ever did. Great song to remember 9-11.
Raelspark 6 months ago
Why even talk negatively about what genesis came to be, if it "isnt the same", go watch vids that reflect your ideas of the "true genesis"... internet warriors
luvinriverp 6 months ago
@84heroes1 You don't even know Genesis. If there's no Peter or Steve, it's not the same band.
ThroughRock 7 months ago
Do you reckon it's possible to have a Genesis song without all the "Peter vs Phil" bullshit?
Jesus Christ, just enjoy the fucking song......
Marcuskristicus 7 months ago 2
Gee! Given the comments around here, it feels pretty darn upbeat that there are kids these days going out of their way to explore great music.
ThailandEducation 7 months ago
Eines meiner liebsten Lieder !!
breiteloog 7 months ago
We came from the North,
and we came from the South
with picks and with spades
and a new kind of order
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
They'll never see the likes of us again
How true is that....how sad and true. Nowadays people will not move their behinds for anything less than 8-10 euros per hour. Will not engage in any activity, but prefer to cash the social security check. And will not build another "Rail Track"...
poorcku 7 months ago
wife left with my kids still remember waving to em through tears
llandir 7 months ago
epic!
CFBmag 8 months ago
@RonyBonyman that's awesome, I'm 16 too, just whenever I'm listening to them my friends are like 'the fuck is that shit?' I knew there'd be kids who like it, just none I know aha
Zandapanda44 8 months ago
@Zandapanda44 Some things never change. I was a Senior in High School when this one came out and my buddies were the same way. They didn't get it. In my view, what they were listening to was shit. This here is classy stuff. My brother took me to see them in Indianapolis in May of 92. Incredible gig and I met Mike Rutherford after the show! :)
padawan23 7 months ago
3 people didn't drive the last spike
tk421ification 8 months ago
It's hard to top this tune, Fading lights, Invisible Touch, and many of Phil's solo works.
danchan85 8 months ago
My uncle died this was played at his funeral as a way of him saying goodbye leaving his family behind... Phil collins was his favorite.. if only he would of passed away young... this song as little as a knew him hardly at all. this song still brings emotions into me he was full of life so why... its life i bet your wondering why i wrote this please dont judge this in a bad way as i feel the need to do it and as after years the emotion has calmed in my family after this song is played it starts
TheLyndon1 8 months ago
to really understand this Brlliant track Read The Railway Navies by terry coleman. from which it is all based a very powerfull read ,,
dadduke1 8 months ago
wat a choon
chelseaxoxo100 9 months ago
fuck... makes me sad no other kids like genesis
Zandapanda44 9 months ago
@Zandapanda44 .....the hell are u talking about...lots of kids like genesis...they are my favorite band...i barely even listen to other music...i love genesis...phil collins...peter gabriel...and thats pretty much my selection haha....and im 16...but seriously you'd be suprised how many kids like genesis
RonyBonyman 8 months ago
phils da man........RIGHT!!!!!
chelseaxoxo100 10 months ago
Peter ended an era when he left.
Phil started another...
rikhorror 10 months ago 2
when men were made of steel and bridges were made of wood
paulbetz78 11 months ago
makes you think how lucky we are, god knows what it would have been like to work the railways back then! Too many people complain about the little things in life this song really makes you appreciate what you have. Top track by a top band \m/
howlinmadmaidment 11 months ago
peter gabriel with genesis sucks in my opnion, Trick of the tail, wind and wuthering were best, but the three, duke, abacab and Mama were freaking awesome too. Then came invisible touch, in my opinion its sound more like a phil collins solo album then genesis. But then came this album and it made it good again for me. just my opinion.
(srry for bad english.)
RezzKalozzTV 11 months ago
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i thought phil collins had retired. 20 years ago
ljwjfac110369 11 months ago
i thought phil collins had retired. 15 years ago
ljwjfac110369 11 months ago
I bought this album when it came out-I was 6. I remember listening to this song-it's such a bizarre nostalgia it gives me.
Neongrapes 1 year ago
Lets no forget Selling England by the Pound and Nursery Crimes two other classics !!! Gabriel in his prime
Jimbo1151960 1 year ago
Classic GENESIS is The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway..............period.!!!
Jimbo1151960 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 : True. I like also Trespass but yes, the master piece was The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
sebastienpaproki2000 1 year ago
This song in this album was one of the best of Genesis with Collins as a leader. Everything else from Duke to this song is pure and clear shit. And maybe some of the ..and then there were three .. songs could be included in this category.. pure shit.
sebastienpaproki2000 1 year ago
Epic chorus. Can you hear me? Can you see? Actually this song is very dark. It's about bad accident that happened to poor railway workers. And the company they worked for tried to cover the accident up.
xxashyy 1 year ago
A beautiful song for the masses of Irish and british simple folk who built an Empire. You don't often get songs about them, usually its the kings and warriors that take the spoils. One notices theses things if he is an historian...
alexgatos78 1 year ago
yes, yes, yes. this is my drug
MrToddi76 1 year ago
One lost lonely man disliked this song. For some reason I think it goes really well with the solemn and sobering tale the song tells, that only one person dislikes it. But I'm one of those deep thinkers, so whatevers!
rogerthat155 1 year ago
I remember hearing this song not long after 9/11 and thought that this song could also describe all the Fire Fighters, Police Officers & EMT workers that risked and lost their lives that day saving others too.....
Mugsysam 1 year ago
@Mugsysam--I was thinking the same thing, I started listening to this song again after a long long time without. First got this album on cassette back in 1991 and got the CD as part of the reissue packages they put out a few years ago. "Driving The Last Spike" has dynamics and lyrics that could fit into what happened on 9/11: The early morning, the sudden impact, the relentless digging, all of it
owenbb505 1 year ago
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this album is pure garbage..sorry
leonakita 1 year ago
As I ffirst listened to this, I thought these are 2 tracks. Awesome!
P.s. the guitar after 5:55 sounds a bit like played by "The Edge" from U2.
SH1974 1 year ago
excellent taste my friend .......my brother turned me on to this way back when we were friends.......now we dont talk anymore..........i can still see his face but i don't remember his voice...............whens Phil gonna come around again? read the rolling stone article & it depressed me when he said he was fed up being phil collins......i'd give my right arm to have that catalogue under my belt as a musician...........
marbleheadband 1 year ago
excellent taste my friend .......my brother turned me on to this way back when we were friends.......no we dont talk anymore........hurts to hear this one but in a good way cause we aint' here long..........
marbleheadband 1 year ago
Peter has more talent than phil.
mikapromotesobesity 1 year ago
@tooOpathetic......................are you nuts ? After the Lamb the group never the same even though they still sounded fantastic
Jimbo1151960 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 no I'm not ... It's just my opinion :) otherwise, Gabriel in band was like a solo artist. Everything was focused on him, everytime they were playing live. And I think, that his "colorful" design would never be as popular as Genesis was after his departure. Look how he changed, there was no more crazy clothes, fantastic decorations and so other. So he can't be bigger legend than Collins and whole Genesis. But it's just my opinion. Oh, and btw. its @too0pathetic :)
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@too0pathetic : Genesis with Gabriel was not all about crazy clothes or decorations. I was a kid when Genesis was playing in the 70's so I couldn't go and watch a concert of Genesis. The music the used to perform was amazing, comparable to an Orchestra. The songs were written by all the members and all of them were part of each song as a musicians. Listen to the songs they played, they are pure music. With Collins Genesis was another band playing disco-pop-rock music.
sebastienpaproki2000 1 year ago
@too0pathetic same thoughts as me...also..Pink Floyd anyone?with Waters being the "leading star" of the band,where everything MUST relate to him?good riddance...he went his own way,doing hissolo albums..although not as succesful as Gabriel's solo projects.i liek both Gabriel's and Phil's Genesis,and yes i like this album very much
Zontar82 10 months ago
@too0pathetic Banks, Hackett, Rutherford, and Collins composed almost all of the music for earlier Genesis. That's pretty big, especially for a prog band with such emphasis on instrumentla skill. Gabriel just did the lyrics; and he was a damn good lyricist. Genesis was definitely not a Gabriel solo effort. I do concede, however, that the live shows were more focused on Gabriel than the others.
apieceofeight23 9 months ago
@Jimbo1151960 Phil and Peter were two sides of the same Genesis coin. Even with Peter as the lead singer, they released singles, they just never went anywhere. Peter's strength was in the lyrics, his costumes, his stage presence, very commanding. Phil is a great musician, a fantastic crowd rouser (for lack of a better term i can't think of right now), and more accessibly funny on stage. What they lacked in costumes after Peter left they made up for in elaborate pioneering light shows
owenbb505 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 : True. Nothing is comparable with "In the Cage" or "The Colony of Slippermen" after that album. maybe with "Invisible touch"? or "we can't dance"?. haha :-)
sebastienpaproki2000 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 @tooOpathetic if I may, i think Genesis was the best when they were playing Rutherford, Banks, Hackett and both Gabriel and Collins. Together they did the best albums, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound.
In my opinion the Genesis between '70 to '75 was the best.
messvideos1 10 months ago
My uncle died this was played at his funeral as a way of him saying goodbye leaving his family behind... Phil collins was his favorite.. if only he would of passed away young... this song as little as a knew him hardly at all. this song still brings emotions into me he was full of life so why... its life i bet your wondering why i wrote this please dont judge this in a bad way as i feel the need to do it and as after years the emotion has calmed in my family after this song is played it starts
TheLyndon1 8 months ago
@Jimbo1151960
as you said, they are fantastic
just think about it as one of the best band we had the chance to listen to
even if it turned to shit
we are all bound to turn to shit
they even call that life ;-)
MonTicheDansTaMere 8 months ago
It's just my opinion. Opinion's are like assholes everybody has one. Don't get me wrong Phil is great but Peter is a legend. There are no "fakt's" just opinions
Jimbo1151960 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960:Also there are different tastes of music. Some like good music others like disco music. Genesis with Collins was the latter. Steve Hackett hold it for a bit during " trick of the tail" and "wind & Wuthering", after those albums everything was pure and clear shit. Maybe Duke saved a little bit the new style. You are right, Collins is great, no question, but I don't like that Genesis. They should have stopped there and create or rename the band I think that would have changed all.
sebastienpaproki2000 1 year ago
@sebastienpaproki2000 All of this hating is ribiculoous to me. They are all great musicians and the debate of newer vs. older material is just stupid. Taste is one of those things that can't be argued about (well you can but you shouldn't) I for one like both. And what good would changing the name of the band do? It's just a name, the music matters more
HaistaPaska92 11 months ago
@HaistaPaska92 : It is not that I hate Collins. I love him 'cause was part of one of the greatest bands until 1974 and I hate him for what he converted that band. The problem is that Collins was using Genesis as throwing on it his bad songs instead actually separating this music with the band. What good was to have his music and his solo albums if everything was the same? This is maybe the only song with a similar progressive style that Genesis inherited from the old 5 members of the great band.
sebastienpaproki2000 11 months ago
To bad Peter Gabriel left the group back in the 70's.
Jimbo1151960 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 don't think so. It's probably the best thing he did for the band :)
too0pathetic 1 year ago 10
@too0pathetic Quite correct, fella.
fulcrum300 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960
This is right, but Phil is better than Peter. This is fakt!
naddl31077 1 year ago
@Jimbo1151960 could'nt agree more
but we won 2 great bands instead of 1
they are both awesome
don't you think ?
MonTicheDansTaMere 8 months ago
1 person won't driving the last spike ! it can't be !
too0pathetic 1 year ago
The recording of this track is brilliant! If you ever get the chance, get this on Vinyl or CD, it sounds AMAZING through good speakers.
thomasoring 1 year ago
@thomasoring yesss! I've got whole album, it's brilliant !
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@thomasoring Absolutely agree! I've got all the Genesis albums on 12" vinyl
and my moving coil equipped Thorens turntable loves to play them...
;-)
(No digital recording can bring so crystal clear high tones and such a warm bass!!)
SH1974 1 year ago
Love this song, especially the second half. I still have this record somewhere, just can't find it...Thanx for uploading!
steffiedrees 1 year ago
I just discovered this song a month ago, before then I didn't know it existed. I fell in love with it since then. I like how it's 10 minutes long...nice, long, and enjoyable... like Home By the Sea, Fading Lights, etc.
Does anyone know of an instrumental/karaoke version of 'Driving the last spike'? The music is beautiful
EachToTheirOwnKind77 1 year ago
5:50 -> ab da soooooooooooooo geil!
naddl31077 1 year ago 9
EPIC!
TheAntman1265 1 year ago
I have this on my mp3 player.
Now, there is just one rule when listening to this song: Once it starts, it ain't gonna stop until it finishes.
11/10.
YellowLickilickyXL 1 year ago
i thought i was the only one who loved this song ! Thanks mates !
k3304 1 year ago
I WAS ONE OF THE DRIVERS OF PHIL COLLINS,I WORKED FOR HIM FOR 3,5 YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU I HAS BETTER SONGS THAN THIS,BUT THIS SONG IS GREAT,AND THE MUSIC, AND THE DRUMMER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL
twotonful 1 year ago
@twotonful Thanks. Do you have any anecdotes or stories you can share? What's Phil really like?
nurktwin1960 1 year ago
Definitely one of the greatest songs ever written and performed.
joemac356 1 year ago
i ve got the had...have you got the dock ??? had-dock ..or haddock!
human20freedom 1 year ago
wow when you really listen to the song and understand its meaning it gets very emotional i almost cry every time
debterr 1 year ago
@debterr , i didnt know that i was the only one who liked this song. i just came back to this song for many years. it's an 11 min song but the last part is well worth hanging around for !
k3304 1 year ago
progressive rock at it´s best
leeeoooz 1 year ago
About the many railworkers of the 1800s who sadly died building Britain's rail network. A fitting song to remember them. RIP .
Coruscant98 1 year ago 2
<3 this song!
sunshineface0014 1 year ago
fanstastica, Genesis forever, the best
pigsonthemoon 1 year ago
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pigsonthemoon 1 year ago
My wife is watching X factor, while I listen to this, talk about compare genius to shite!! there is no comparison, not one of the clowns on X factor can sing a single note in tune!!.
hornslane 1 year ago
Awesome. My favorite song from the We Can't Dance album. Genesis is a great band.
Chuloloc 1 year ago
Can you heeeear me,
Can you see? :3
zack8789 1 year ago
Twin song to Telegraph Road by Dire Straits. Great songs.
somsom1 1 year ago
Escuche bien esta cancion, habla de los mineros en Inglaterra en los los años 1800´s, hoy en todo el mundo...
earregui03 1 year ago
absolutely underrated song...great!!!!
edge2704 1 year ago
I agree this is the best song off of the best album that hardly anybody heard. In 1991, I was a high school senior just marveling at how Phil Collins could actually.....GET BETTER after NJR and But Seriously. Well he did and this was the album that made him a true renaissance artist. The railroad men who carved out England also carved out the frontier country of the US in the mid to late 19th century. What a story!
happyhoman 1 year ago
@happyhoman , i thought i was the only one who liked this song. There was somebody out there like you, i never thought ! i love the last part were Phil screams with a driving bass line. True music escatic measures and orgasims on the last scream !
k3304 1 year ago
this man had such impact on my drumming if it wasnt for him i would not be drumming and he plays left handed
dm6testa777 1 year ago
@dm6testa777 I know what you mean :) Tony Banks is one of my keyboard heroes - it's thanks to him that I play them.
SPeacock 10 months ago
Showing NO FEAR of what lies up ahead, they'll never see the light of us, agaaaain! *-*
WonderfulSilence 1 year ago
Wow, even in 1991 he could sing the high notes. As far as I remember they lowered the key on the second part on the tour
mulleops 1 year ago
The only reason why this moving song would never make it to the radio, or much less the top 40, is because the radio caters largely to an audience with short attention spans. Qualitatively, this song is so varied in melody, and so rife with substance lyrically. Rarely has anything on the top 40 matched the gravitas of this song.
alphacause 1 year ago
its hard to overstate the brilliance of this epic track... so many layers, so many changes. the dynamics are outstanding. the musical solo midsection sublime. And as a long standing genesis fan since the age of 10 (i am now 27) i love the trade mark way that phil collins doesnt compromise his accent in words like CAN'T. It just adds something to the gravitas of his tracks! Much respect.
skinona 1 year ago
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this is the best song phill collins has ever done , any one got a karaoke version please.
das545701 1 year ago
this is the best song phil collins has ever done , any one got a karaoke version please.
das545701 1 year ago
@das545701 I'll try to make a karaoke, but I promise nothing, cause I have a school in a week :( and it's laborious. But anyway I'll try :) make or look for, whatever.
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@das545701 dont forget Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks, they helped too on this one. :)
natebalser 1 year ago
I agree. IMO best song of Genesis
SchwererBart 1 year ago
A GREAT EPIC TUNE!!! I love when he sings the parts " Can you hear me,can you see?"
saurian11 1 year ago
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@WonderfulSilence
You're right Mama, you can turn them on again!
That's All !!
LudwigLemmens 1 year ago
In my opinion that's not the only Genesis' underrated track. I've come to this page hungry of other great songs. And it's quite normal these songs aren't on radios, because Genesis aren't a commercial band. That's why I get angry when someone tell me "But no one listens to genesis anymore!" and then? -__- Wanna talking about (second) home by the sea, domino, and many other forgotten MASTERPIECES? I don't mind what the world thinks about, I'm gonna keep listening to the music I love 'till I die.
WonderfulSilence 1 year ago 11
@WonderfulSilence yeah, genesis is precursor of a progressive rock and their music is just priceless, but somehow people still used to listen a computer's scribble, calling it "great music", and I just can't. I'd rather go back to those days, when music was music.
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@WonderfulSilence
You're right Mama, you can turn them on again!
That's All !!
LudwigLemmens 1 year ago
@WonderfulSilence @WonderfulSilence
You're right Mama, you can turn them on again!
That's All !!
LudwigLemmens 1 year ago
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@WonderfulSilence @WonderfulSilence
You're right Mama, you can turn them on again!
That's All !!
LudwigLemmens 1 year ago
@WonderfulSilence Fkin' A, Man!
fulcrum300 1 year ago
This song really touched my heart.
timbo2008 1 year ago
cette chanson , est un chef d'oeuvre.
alainbriare 1 year ago
5:54........so beautiful..................
romangeorg 1 year ago
This song should be in the top 100 of best songs ever.
In Holland: "top 100 aller tijden"
It never was a hit because it is too long for radio
LudwigLemmens 1 year ago
@LudwigLemmens yeah. and that's why I don't like the radio :]
but I do listen to it everyday :D
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@LudwigLemmens Bestimmt!!!!!!!!!
orioleman5 1 year ago
i aggre JW
defjam4122 1 year ago
This is an extremely underrated track, probably the most underrated song of the entire 90s.
JWReichert 1 year ago 3
@JWReichert I agree with you in 100 % :)
too0pathetic 1 year ago
@JWReichert this whole album is good. i think the main reason its so under rated is that it didnt get any air play. least that i know of. usually when you get a song that runs more that 5 or 6 minutes long, you dont hear it on the radio that much. if at all.
yogaman1919 1 year ago
Just one of the best songs they made.!
TSchoonheim 1 year ago
Great album, crap name for an album
skintrade 1 year ago
One of their best "long" songs. Unique.
costellodan 1 year ago
..meravigliosa!...
RE8245 1 year ago
word
XdeinVattaX 1 year ago
..con la tua "list"riscopro i Genesis e Phil Collins grazie!!! thank you!!!!
RE8245 1 year ago
@RE8245 it's all for you pleasure :) thanks for comment :)
too0pathetic 1 year ago