Genesis The Return Of The Giant Hogweed

great song by genesis
album: nursery cryme

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Music

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• genesis
• the
• return
• of
• giant
• hogweed
• nursery
• cryme
• album
• peter
• gabriel
• phil
• collins
• mike
• rutherford
• tony
• banks
• steve
• hackett

[scorpion779946]

This is probably the only band

EVER that could use the scientific name of a plant as an actual lyric in a song and make it sound good... This is a band that makes you think of how shitty music is nowadays unlike of the real stuff like this...

[Reilly444]

The ending is SO EPIC. 

[tnecniv1952]

This brilliant song is actually a pretty accurate retelling of the introduction of the Giant Hogweed into Britain. It is not fatal, but causes burns when handled. I have never heard a horticultural story told like this. Heracleum mantegazzianum!!!!!!!

[ThroughRock]

@gonzataker The best era is the era lasting from 1967-2007.

[dayvenkirq]

I bet the ending of it was inspired with the ending of "Visions of Angels", both long and repetitive.

[dayvenkirq]

@FredericoCoelhoNunes lol :D .

[dayvenkirq]

@Reilly444 thumbs up ... can't do it right now.

[gonzataker]

The best era is not Peter Gabriel era is Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford era

[maximumsatann]

@FredericoCoelhoNunes The Giant Hogweed is a poisonous plant, fatal to humans. There was an outbreak of it in England in the early 70s which is where Gabriel got the idea.

[FredericoCoelhoNunes]

i think the 'hogweeds' are the nazis :o

dunno why, the overall mood of the song... makes me think of the nazis.. although i can make no sense of the part about the victorian explorer xD

oh well, awesome song

[bassidol]

Yes, tapping existed before Hackett, but he was the first to be able to be skilled enough to play it in a viable way for recording. Guitar Player magazine concluded that Hackett was the first rock guitarist to successfully incorporate tapping in his playing. He was also a pioneer in sweep picking. Finally, Hackett has established excellence not only in electric guitar, but in classical guitar as well. Perhaps the most overlooked great guitarist of our era.