....anyone out there live near the Runcorn area? Moonlit Nite play their first gig on saturday 13th march at The Norton Arms. Show starts 21:30. Be there!!
@sbrushfan It's a Coral Sitar, an atempt made to make a guitar like instrument sound like a sitar. Hackett play's it in The Colony of Slippermen also.
How I wish I could have see them in concert its to bad that Peter left the band. I had just barely bought my first album in 74. I would like to see someone make a DVD of
Gensis in the early days. At least I can imagine how great the sounds were along with the theater stuff. Great job boys you made me proud that I have supported you.
In order to truly understand how awesome Peter Gabriel was in Genesis you would have to imagine how impossible it would be for someone like this to exist in the modern mainstream today.
I could only imagine how many people would be screaming at him for insisting on wearing that hat putting the straw in his mouth and paint his face like that and act out in the manner he does even his band mates at times had to thought what the hell are you doing?
Genesis would have been a band of geeks if it wasn't for him!
He brought coolness to the band! It is thanks to his silly acting that genesis and prog rock in general made it to the mainstream and got the spotlight it deserved... They conceiled their quest for musical perfection under a cape of artistic weirdness! Like jethro, zappa...
i see Peter's old jokes are STILL working on everyone here who takes his stage presence so seriously, or thinks that he did. He was a true performance artist as much as a singer and musician, and the songs were often done in some kind of character. Genesis has always been a mixture of the serious and the absurd, comic and sexual, mystical and political.
Ok, sorry, mixed that up but (so let's change my comment to "late 70s" and "early 70s" which still is a great difference from style and trends). Still, I personally don't think one can compare these bands. It's like comparing Led Zeppelin and Velvet Underground. And within the genre, Genesis was one of the best bands (amongst King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator)that ever happened to appear on stage.
Just because you changed over to the Smiths doesn't make Genesis less brilliant. I like the Smiths as well but I could never compare them to progressive Rock and if that was pretentious, everything that isn't, just is pale and boring. You have to consider the time being and then rethink. In the 80s everything was over the top, so joy division and the smiths were different with their music but in the 70s this was different. I mean, The Lamb lies down is one of the best pieces in music-history.
Don't you think that maybe the grandeur of the music itself makes it sound pretentious?. I'm fine with that. Great compositions have that air. Besides the bullshit that Peter started doing on stage, I think the pretentiousness issue was an excuse used for the record companies to exclude music talent like this one, out of the equation in Rock music. BTW I love The Smiths and J. D. but I think they have little progressiveness in their delivery, I would rather say they went to basics and that's OK
Whoa, and I thought Robert Plant could be over dramatic. That said, like plant, he's a damn good singer. I much prefer his sound over phil collins. Phil leaving the drums was the worst thinh that happened to that band imo.
yes its like a bunch of serious musicians with a silly sod up front. Amazing Genesis facts though - PG left the group when he was 25 and the first drummer Chris Stewart left the band because his parents suggested he would be better off finishing he A levels - how big do they feel now? Although without PC's skins work and harmony - would they be as big today (or then)
Fellippe Collins looks really bored when gabby is doing his mime bit - I reckon he is thinking "When is this joker going to leave the band so that i can do the singing?"
this is such a lot of money - like 300 quid now - must havce been black market - I would rather see "real" genesis than JD - but its a toss up with the smiffs - all great bands in their day
whoa. just when i thought i'd seen it all along comes this mindmelter. EXCELLENT, still so full of life after 30 years, and so cute with the boys like pin-up stars at the beginning
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Perverted confidence is a perfect description. Especially the spectacle he made of himself humping the air at the end of The Musical Box!
That's your opinion, and I can respect that. We all have our favourites. Personally, I'm a Gabriel era fan. His nutty antics, his unique beauty, and that voice! To me, he made an already fab show, brilliant!
I prefer Peter too, even considering that Collins have more voice. Peter is more rough and dramatic, Collins is more sweet and is voice performance is more predictable (not by chance he became a pop star).
Like the brothers/sisters have said before, that is your opinion nik0la007. It is a shit opinion, in my opinion, but an opinion nonetheless. I dislike the corny songs which Collins seems to absolutely adore (for example: "Hold on My Heart" as opposed to "The Battle of Epping Forest") but if you like that stuff, so be it. God knows every pedestrian in the known world likes solo Collins, so you're not alone there; but those same people believe Iraq had WMD as well (sorry for getting political).
I'm glad the Collins solo train derailed a few years back. The Gabriel years of this band, along with 70s vintage Tull, Yes, and ELP. Was there ever better music than these bands?
Who would have known how much of a classic this song would have become decades after it's initial release on "Selling England By The Pound". Gabriel and Hackett need to return to the Genesis fold and show all of the fake music clowns out there how it's supposed to be done!
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Friggin Peter would have cheesed me off if I were a band member - the music is beyond compare, but his antics are the stuff of wankery. I wish he could have focused more on the audio, and less on the stupid frivolities. These guys are gods, but he could have behaved himself more properly.
You sound like you don't know what you're talking about. Theatrics help the music not take away from it. Do you think the same about Mick Jagger? David Bowie? Freddie Mercury? They all pranced around to an extent. Even your namesake, pigpen from the GD, did had his own brand of theatrics. I mean, you wouldn't rather a choir boy just stand there and sing, would you?
Yes, Peter made the band interesting...lovely, lilting tunes...entertainment...theatrics....trippy and provocative. Phil's influence (ultimately) made it...er-um-uh...commercial.
Invisible Touch makes me shudder; I lit it on FIRE.........
I find this video a bit depressing, the way the band are blanking out Peter Gabriel. Phil Collins seems to be deliberately avoiding eye contact with him. Whatever you may think of him, it was Peter Gabriel that made Genesis stand out, his eccentricity and showmanship that took the band into a different, unique direction and diluted the pomposity and excessive use of technique, associated with Prog rock.
Genesis - Six Hours Live, 1972-1980. Genesis was a progressive band in the 70s. When Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett left the sound changed to what you hear today. This 2-DVD set shows Genesis in concert during those creative years and it's a side of Genesis newer fans should get to know. We revamped the audio, the video is excellent and THESE particular versions of these shows in compilation form are available NOWHERE else.
I think the other version on here (the shorter one on the dark stage) sounds a little better. They look like they're having more fun in that one, too.
I made a mistakey-the excellent French-Canadian tribute band which performed the the entire "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" was "The Music Box".I checked out the baseball cap I got at the show to make sure.Sadly,a person responded with the comment they have lost their lincense for "Lamb"and will be doing only a few tribute shows in North America and Europe before retiring.Good,Canada does not deserve it with the seal hunts.
If you never saw early Genesis live,be sure to catch the French-Canada tribute "The Musical Box" and their complete performance of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". I saw it here in Brooklyn...Amazing!
Too late. They lost the liscensing agreement to perform it. They are doing one more tour of Europe of the earlier shows and a few black shows like Genesis did in 74 in North America, no more lamb. That is it. Retiring. Peace
This has been pissed around with. What's the silly jingle playing over it?
TheExcelsior1 9 months ago
@TheExcelsior1 Don't be so angry. This is just a footage from french TV in the seventies. Vintage.
Berniedru 6 months ago
Oh my god, WMG is watching us... every step we take !
klausgroi 1 year ago
"Michael Rutherford", "Stephen Hackett"... why not "Anthony Banks" and "Philip Collins" ???
klausgroi 1 year ago
esa era la epoca q Peter Gabriel perdia pelo estaba loco y se violaba a los perros q bueno q ahora esta mas tranquilo
maxi1989ful 1 year ago
Peter Gabriel was insane and not a bufoon like Collins
azazelmorza 1 year ago
that was so freaking werid
and funny
but great song :]
StragonRage 1 year ago
@Tengocuentadeyoutub you are a cunt!
saintellins 1 year ago
Peter Gabriel = genius!
binitials 2 years ago 3
....anyone out there live near the Runcorn area? Moonlit Nite play their first gig on saturday 13th march at The Norton Arms. Show starts 21:30. Be there!!
SHAKEDOWN72 2 years ago
What kind of instrument is Hackett playing? Is that a sitar? It doesn't LOOK like a guitar; not at least any that I recognize.
sbrushfan 3 years ago
@sbrushfan It's a Coral Sitar, an atempt made to make a guitar like instrument sound like a sitar. Hackett play's it in The Colony of Slippermen also.
KeysBR 2 years ago
How I wish I could have see them in concert its to bad that Peter left the band. I had just barely bought my first album in 74. I would like to see someone make a DVD of
Gensis in the early days. At least I can imagine how great the sounds were along with the theater stuff. Great job boys you made me proud that I have supported you.
Emilylenore 3 years ago
In order to truly understand how awesome Peter Gabriel was in Genesis you would have to imagine how impossible it would be for someone like this to exist in the modern mainstream today.
I could only imagine how many people would be screaming at him for insisting on wearing that hat putting the straw in his mouth and paint his face like that and act out in the manner he does even his band mates at times had to thought what the hell are you doing?
He must know what true freedom feels like
InfidelAntichristian 3 years ago
peter liked to ba a bit of a tit really on stage,but that song has a great chorus which should have been developed more in the song.
karajaneperrio 3 years ago
What kind of character is Gabriel performing? He was sure ahead of his time.
robin14669 3 years ago 3
Erm.. a lawnmower-man/alien?
PunkCabaretDoll 3 years ago
The way Peter grabs the mike at 3:06 is so cool!
Genesis would have been a band of geeks if it wasn't for him!
He brought coolness to the band! It is thanks to his silly acting that genesis and prog rock in general made it to the mainstream and got the spotlight it deserved... They conceiled their quest for musical perfection under a cape of artistic weirdness! Like jethro, zappa...
Kairou57 3 years ago 2
"Genesis would have been a band of geeks if it wasn't for him!"
LMAO.
PunkCabaretDoll 3 years ago
Phil is singing most lead vocals while Peter is doing his show and usually missing the mike.
MargusKiistheCritic 3 years ago
I remember this the first time round.
I am Soooo old...LOL ;-))
SarahJane1960 3 years ago
Dispite he's an asshole went he went solo, Collins is an excellent drummer and singer.
Refrescospepito 3 years ago
What I always respected about Peter Gabriel was that he always stayed true to his artistic self when he went solo.
upchuck69 3 years ago 14
i see Peter's old jokes are STILL working on everyone here who takes his stage presence so seriously, or thinks that he did. He was a true performance artist as much as a singer and musician, and the songs were often done in some kind of character. Genesis has always been a mixture of the serious and the absurd, comic and sexual, mystical and political.
misterpetey 3 years ago 13
Ok, sorry, mixed that up but (so let's change my comment to "late 70s" and "early 70s" which still is a great difference from style and trends). Still, I personally don't think one can compare these bands. It's like comparing Led Zeppelin and Velvet Underground. And within the genre, Genesis was one of the best bands (amongst King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator)that ever happened to appear on stage.
sickcellmate 3 years ago
Just because you changed over to the Smiths doesn't make Genesis less brilliant. I like the Smiths as well but I could never compare them to progressive Rock and if that was pretentious, everything that isn't, just is pale and boring. You have to consider the time being and then rethink. In the 80s everything was over the top, so joy division and the smiths were different with their music but in the 70s this was different. I mean, The Lamb lies down is one of the best pieces in music-history.
sickcellmate 3 years ago
Don't you think that maybe the grandeur of the music itself makes it sound pretentious?. I'm fine with that. Great compositions have that air. Besides the bullshit that Peter started doing on stage, I think the pretentiousness issue was an excuse used for the record companies to exclude music talent like this one, out of the equation in Rock music. BTW I love The Smiths and J. D. but I think they have little progressiveness in their delivery, I would rather say they went to basics and that's OK
vivelavidarocka 3 years ago
Whoa, and I thought Robert Plant could be over dramatic. That said, like plant, he's a damn good singer. I much prefer his sound over phil collins. Phil leaving the drums was the worst thinh that happened to that band imo.
cmb3366 3 years ago
yes its like a bunch of serious musicians with a silly sod up front. Amazing Genesis facts though - PG left the group when he was 25 and the first drummer Chris Stewart left the band because his parents suggested he would be better off finishing he A levels - how big do they feel now? Although without PC's skins work and harmony - would they be as big today (or then)
sandprof 3 years ago
Fellippe Collins looks really bored when gabby is doing his mime bit - I reckon he is thinking "When is this joker going to leave the band so that i can do the singing?"
sandprof 3 years ago
this is such a lot of money - like 300 quid now - must havce been black market - I would rather see "real" genesis than JD - but its a toss up with the smiffs - all great bands in their day
sandprof 3 years ago
over the garden wall
two little lovebirds
cucù to you!
PS: Phil Collins at the drums... where they should have chained him (and hiding him the existence of microphones)
CeeLord76 3 years ago
WOW, really weird!! I knew Geneses since 70s, but never realize what kind of performance they played. And this is a great song!!!
Thiago1950 3 years ago
wonderful stuff, subtle flute from the electrifying Gabriel reminds me of Traffic's 'Paper Sun', thanks for posting this!
666eggsiseggs 4 years ago
whoa. just when i thought i'd seen it all along comes this mindmelter. EXCELLENT, still so full of life after 30 years, and so cute with the boys like pin-up stars at the beginning
misterpetey 4 years ago
Those Genesis boys looked like ur pin-up stars, yes I agree. All but one. Heheh.
Gabby was a little too 'insane' to be ur average pin-up poster boy. Hehe. I loooove his perverted confidence!
PunkCabaretDoll 4 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Perverted confidence is a perfect description. Especially the spectacle he made of himself humping the air at the end of The Musical Box!
drunk3director 4 years ago
Can Anybody tell me where this footage is from or if it is available for purchase somewhere? Thanks!
NIvory6 4 years ago
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fucking disgrace for genesis, the band was a whole crap till collins took the lead
nik0la007 4 years ago
Just different, that's all. Whether or not you like early Genesis, the standard of their musicianship is remarkable!
nimos1 4 years ago
That's your opinion, and I can respect that. We all have our favourites. Personally, I'm a Gabriel era fan. His nutty antics, his unique beauty, and that voice! To me, he made an already fab show, brilliant!
Arryn77 4 years ago 2
well man he doesn't have a voice like collins... i respect your opinion too, but it's too dark era for me
nik0la007 4 years ago
I prefer Peter too, even considering that Collins have more voice. Peter is more rough and dramatic, Collins is more sweet and is voice performance is more predictable (not by chance he became a pop star).
Thiago1950 3 years ago 2
Like the brothers/sisters have said before, that is your opinion nik0la007. It is a shit opinion, in my opinion, but an opinion nonetheless. I dislike the corny songs which Collins seems to absolutely adore (for example: "Hold on My Heart" as opposed to "The Battle of Epping Forest") but if you like that stuff, so be it. God knows every pedestrian in the known world likes solo Collins, so you're not alone there; but those same people believe Iraq had WMD as well (sorry for getting political).
Pyrethryn 4 years ago 3
I'm glad the Collins solo train derailed a few years back. The Gabriel years of this band, along with 70s vintage Tull, Yes, and ELP. Was there ever better music than these bands?
drunk3director 4 years ago
As much as I disagree with pigpen66's comment, do enjoy his use of the word "wankery". Excellent. As for the clip, fantastic.
geoffmac1174 4 years ago
i love this song brilliant
markmondotcom 4 years ago
Who would have known how much of a classic this song would have become decades after it's initial release on "Selling England By The Pound". Gabriel and Hackett need to return to the Genesis fold and show all of the fake music clowns out there how it's supposed to be done!
SFCBenny57 4 years ago
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Friggin Peter would have cheesed me off if I were a band member - the music is beyond compare, but his antics are the stuff of wankery. I wish he could have focused more on the audio, and less on the stupid frivolities. These guys are gods, but he could have behaved himself more properly.
pigpen66 4 years ago
You sound like you don't know what you're talking about. Theatrics help the music not take away from it. Do you think the same about Mick Jagger? David Bowie? Freddie Mercury? They all pranced around to an extent. Even your namesake, pigpen from the GD, did had his own brand of theatrics. I mean, you wouldn't rather a choir boy just stand there and sing, would you?
MadJohnEscapes 4 years ago 3
I agree. Peter Gabriel's eccentricity adds value
westpenninewoman 4 years ago 3
SMACK!
frinkmhey 4 years ago
To pigpen66:Gabriel behaved himself properly as the brilliantly creative artist that he is.
vcasalnova 4 years ago
Peter gabriel @ 3:06! I love it! What I would give to be able to see this era of genesis perform. Gabriel the master showman!
MadJohnEscapes 4 years ago
Great crazy dancing by Peter.I read that the others in the band used to laugh about Peter's dancing which I guess he thought was good.
vcasalnova 4 years ago
Please watch my own video footage including the original audio single version.
philipsmovies 4 years ago
phils dreaming that hes actually in weather report.yeah pg does look like bowie-its the sneer.hes well angry.
widefilth 4 years ago
For some reason, Peter's face reminds me a little of David Bowie's face in this clip.
5177845 4 years ago
Yes, Peter made the band interesting...lovely, lilting tunes...entertainment...theatrics....trippy and provocative. Phil's influence (ultimately) made it...er-um-uh...commercial.
Invisible Touch makes me shudder; I lit it on FIRE.........
Fabulous video...thank you!
XO's ~
widowdesign 4 years ago 2
Ricky Gerry and Charlie know what I like.......
ehs3000 4 years ago
I find this video a bit depressing, the way the band are blanking out Peter Gabriel. Phil Collins seems to be deliberately avoiding eye contact with him. Whatever you may think of him, it was Peter Gabriel that made Genesis stand out, his eccentricity and showmanship that took the band into a different, unique direction and diluted the pomposity and excessive use of technique, associated with Prog rock.
UKSleepwalker1 4 years ago
Genesis - Six Hours Live, 1972-1980. Genesis was a progressive band in the 70s. When Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett left the sound changed to what you hear today. This 2-DVD set shows Genesis in concert during those creative years and it's a side of Genesis newer fans should get to know. We revamped the audio, the video is excellent and THESE particular versions of these shows in compilation form are available NOWHERE else.
Tommygun1028 4 years ago
Wow...
luketube 4 years ago
...the beautiful Firth of Fifth at the start!
FoxtrS2 4 years ago 2
does mike not play his unique shergold double kneck with its 12 string option on this vid?as a matter of interest?
annejim5 4 years ago
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Genesis is the second greatest band of all time right behind Kevin Cronin led Reo Speedwagon.
Thanks for great video:)
Satori1800 4 years ago
hey , PC always looks like he is so embarrased/jealous of PG
memalley 4 years ago
I think the other version on here (the shorter one on the dark stage) sounds a little better. They look like they're having more fun in that one, too.
sirarthurfiggis 4 years ago
Phil really thought gabriel was off his rockers.
15scottie 4 years ago
As the song begins, Collins, Rutherford and Hackett all have these looks on their faces like: "Dear God, please get on with it already!".
Funny!
ravello99 4 years ago
It's like they're the bystanders watching a street performance that just goes absolutely nowhere...
TiramisuHappy 4 years ago
They (as was too the audience, no doubt) were proably wondering "What in gods name is he going on about now?"
MadJohnEscapes 4 years ago
not knowing it was the cosmic lawnmower!
MadJohnEscapes 4 years ago
It's one o clock and time for lunch, dum de dum de dum...
ratsouffle 4 years ago
Peters tilling some imaginary soil
Biguns 4 years ago
mowing the lawn
mcjockey1 4 years ago
Is Steve Hackett playing the bass lines on the guitar?
bliss647 4 years ago
from the album selling england by the pound. best album they ever made. a classic. eddie connolly.
eddieconnolly 4 years ago
Typical Mike Rutheford melody.
MargusKiistheCritic 4 years ago
It might be Margus. Never thought be it makes sense definetely
bliss647 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this!! It's a real treat to watch Genesis in its prime, and PG from more than 30 years ago.
ord1711 4 years ago
Well,he was such a creative genius as well!
polarbearkat 4 years ago
WTF?
sverrir48 4 years ago
I think the other band members are embarrassed by him. LOL. He's still cool, though.
bubbleglass 4 years ago
Yes-I got the news from Hamwinkle in these comments.
polarbearkat 4 years ago
I made a mistakey-the excellent French-Canadian tribute band which performed the the entire "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" was "The Music Box".I checked out the baseball cap I got at the show to make sure.Sadly,a person responded with the comment they have lost their lincense for "Lamb"and will be doing only a few tribute shows in North America and Europe before retiring.Good,Canada does not deserve it with the seal hunts.
polarbearkat 4 years ago
I love the fact that Hackett plays the Coral electric sitar. Wish I had one....wish I could play an instrument period.
Efrasnel 5 years ago
I remember getting this video snail mail, as a lot of Gennis videos in its time, I think I have it all.
dipshit00 5 years ago
This song is just great! Gabriel is a freak hehe...
spepper 5 years ago
Man, Peter Gabriel was such a sick freak - what the fuck was wrong with him?? lol
mike584 5 years ago
If you never saw early Genesis live,be sure to catch the French-Canada tribute "The Musical Box" and their complete performance of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway". I saw it here in Brooklyn...Amazing!
polarbearkat 5 years ago
Too late. They lost the liscensing agreement to perform it. They are doing one more tour of Europe of the earlier shows and a few black shows like Genesis did in 74 in North America, no more lamb. That is it. Retiring. Peace
hamwinkie 5 years ago
Peter Gabriel is talent and performatic artist. Great song!
gdbernoli 5 years ago
Excellent.Keep those mower blades sharp!
vcasalnova 5 years ago
great band with a sound of their own.
peter gabriel undeniably has made some radical contributions to music. phil collins (and chester thomson) wicked drummers.
kiwijak 5 years ago
Peter rules...the lawnmower!
elutej 5 years ago
Special mention for Gretsch Rounbadge sound!! Thats great Gretsch sound!!
balihew 5 years ago
one of my absolute favorite songs from them, thanks for putting this up here.
jeffreycollins 5 years ago
lmao its a great video with one of the best bands..
a cut above the rest in their genre..dont worry bout the hat rofl
akablueeye 5 years ago
excellent post..thank you. classic, timeless, gabriel was just so special
eusbom 5 years ago
ok peter gabriel seems to be a nazi.... great song though
JimiHindrex 5 years ago
Seems to be a Nazi? What are you smokin?
hamwinkie 5 years ago
the hat... ok i think i'm a bit confused here...
JimiHindrex 5 years ago
A little. No need to bring up those buttheads anymore. Their generation is dead.
hamwinkie 5 years ago
right on
JimiHindrex 5 years ago
That hat is an upside down turned flower. But because the footage isn't that clear I can see te confusion.
WouterJ 5 years ago
This must be how rumors start. That's not a Nazi helmet...
CygnusRoc 5 years ago
He must think it is a German WWI helmet with the point at the top. The Nazi movement wasn't until almost twenty years later before WWII started.
thegorn68 5 years ago
It's a bluebell flower...
numberstation 5 years ago
New Genesis DVD - Six Hours Live
- Contains all the Pro-shot live concerts from 1970s
- Also includes Lyceum Theatre, London 1980
- All audio improved over anything in circulation now
- NTSC
- Specifically designed for TV viewing
- For previews/details/ordering info type keywords:
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TommyGun 5 years ago