Thx I haven't been called a kid in 50yrs. That has taken me back further than most of the music I listen to. That was scary, I i almost had to ask someone to help me find home. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
So, as with many Gabriel-era Genesis lyrics, the title is a pun. In Scotland a "firth" is an estuary, and there's a famous one at the mouth of the river Forth: the Firth of Forth. A firth fits with the lyrics, so Genesis just went one bigger! I'm in sync with your preferences here, though I push a _little_ later. Just about the only Genesis I return to is the Hackett era; I do like "Trespass" and "And Then There Were Three", but whenever I go to listen to them I end up choosing one of the ones in between instead, usually one with Gabriel. "Selling England by the Pound" is my favourite, and _Firth_ _of_ _Fifth_ is my top Genesis song and very high in my overall song rankings, up there with the likes of _Child_ _in_ _Time_ and _La_ _Villa_ _Strangiato._ I've seen Steve live many times (always a treat), and caught the "Foxtrot at 50" tour so I've seen this live but not with an orchestra. Emppu Vuorinen of Nightwish reminds me of Steve in some ways, not in the sounds they make or even personality, but both are virtuosos who put the music first, happy not to show off in flashy ways unless that's what the song calls for. I also got to see Peter Gabriel last year. He told us he was actually a hologram and the real Peter was off on some tropical beach, but unlike most artists he used the hologram to add 20 years and 20 pounds instead of taking them off! 😂
Thx I haven't been called a kid in 50yrs. That has taken me back further than most of the music I listen to. That was scary, I i almost had to ask someone to help me find home. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
So, as with many Gabriel-era Genesis lyrics, the title is a pun. In Scotland a "firth" is an estuary, and there's a famous one at the mouth of the river Forth: the Firth of Forth. A firth fits with the lyrics, so Genesis just went one bigger!
I'm in sync with your preferences here, though I push a _little_ later. Just about the only Genesis I return to is the Hackett era; I do like "Trespass" and "And Then There Were Three", but whenever I go to listen to them I end up choosing one of the ones in between instead, usually one with Gabriel. "Selling England by the Pound" is my favourite, and _Firth_ _of_ _Fifth_ is my top Genesis song and very high in my overall song rankings, up there with the likes of _Child_ _in_ _Time_ and _La_ _Villa_ _Strangiato._
I've seen Steve live many times (always a treat), and caught the "Foxtrot at 50" tour so I've seen this live but not with an orchestra. Emppu Vuorinen of Nightwish reminds me of Steve in some ways, not in the sounds they make or even personality, but both are virtuosos who put the music first, happy not to show off in flashy ways unless that's what the song calls for.
I also got to see Peter Gabriel last year. He told us he was actually a hologram and the real Peter was off on some tropical beach, but unlike most artists he used the hologram to add 20 years and 20 pounds instead of taking them off! 😂