This song is guitarist Steve Hackett's crowning glory with Genesis. He sometimes struggled to have his compositions accepted by the band for inclusion on albums. But this is one song from him that all four members embraced. Nick, you're right. This IS a masterpiece, from a great the Genesis album 'Wind and Wuthering'. Great reaction guys.
@rigelmoon9030 Yes indeed it was. As Steve once put it so eloquently (as he often does), once you give birth to a song, it can never be unborn. In recent years I've come to learn that Steve's writing contribution to Genesis music was bigger than I thought. For instance, it washed and Phol who wrote 'For Absent Friends' (Nursery Cryme album), and Steve was also the major writer for 'Can-Utility and the Coastliners (Foxtrot album)
@@keithf_ Sure sounds like you know your Genesis. I go back to the "Selling.." LP when I first heard "Cinema Show" on FM outa Montreal. And, baby, those were the days.
With Jews fighting for their existence, now, against hamas, the opening stanza came to mind: "the Arabs and the Jews, boy, too much for me. They get me confused boy, puts me off to sleep." This song is very appropriate in 2023, no doubt.
"We always watch the queen on Christmas day" Guess the song rang true for British folks for some 45 years or so. But looks like "The Arabs and the Jews boy..." will go on for some interminably longer period of time.
Wind & Wuthering is quintessential Genesis, the other tracks on this album are all gems, the last 3, Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers, In that Quiet Earth, and Afterglow should be listened to in the same sitting, you will not be disappointed.
Oooooh, great comparison. It so sounds like the album cover. As an American, it sounds so quintessentially English, and enough Brits here seem to agree.
Blood On The Rooftops is pure Steve Hackett. Him and Phil wrote this, and it was one of the few tracks he tried to get on the album. One of the reasons he left the band is because much of his material was getting rejected. This song has such a wonderful romantic feel to it with a beautiful haunting melody. Steve of course is a brilliant classical guitarist too having recorded many classical albums too. It's great that when he tours he still plays all these Genesis classics in their entirety, he was the true romantic spirit of the band. This particular album Wind And Wuthering has a beautiful flow to it. The final suite of songs Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow are just sublime, they are all short tracks but have to be listened to together as they bleed into each other. Live theses tracks are just off the scale! Steve still plays them as off the album, whereas Genesis used to chop them up and uses in medleys. Great reaction again guys, and would love to see you do the aforementioned final suite of tracks from Wind And Wuthering, I think you will be totally moved by them especially Afterglow.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ This is one of my favourite songs and albums by Genesis... it's a masterpiece. Steve, Tony, Mike and Phil are at the top of their game here, as they are on Trick of the Tail and earlier albums.
For me, Pink Floyd and Genesis are my two favorite bands. Each of the two has its own style, and their style corresponds perfectly to my musical tastes. I have always considered these two bands to be in competition with each other, musically speaking but also during live performances.
Same with me! As a teen I only liked the poppy 80s Genesis, but as I got older I learned about and appreciated the wonderful Progressive Genesis of the 70s! Same thing with Pink Floyd. First heard the Division Bell then worked my way back. Both Amazing bands!
It's like you are presenting her with a wonderful present...and it is! Sadly it is no that common that music lovers can share their musical bliss with their gals...man, you are so blessed.
Just so many references to British culture of the 1970s - 'An English film, the Wednesday Play' ... 'The Outlook's fine though Wales may have some rain' ... 'When old mother goose stops, theylre out for 23' ... 'then the rain, at Lords, stopped play'. Being American, you won't get any of that - to us Brits, it evokes everything ...
And it's one of the very few written by Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. Such a shame they never played it live. I saw Steve play it about 10 years ago from the 3rd row at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood NJ.
I was going to basically write something similar. After writing that some Steely Dan Songs are „as american“ as it can get, I have the feeling that this phase of Genesis is amongst the „most european“… Amazing what can be inside pop culture. And yes, this song is to me one of the peaks of civilization. Call me a fan.🖖🏽🍀
Man would I love to be able to hear this song (and other genesis) for the first time again!!!! Nick, I’m 56. I went through a similar discovery of Genesis as a teenager. A friend gave me a cassette of And Then There Were Three. I was HOOKED. Phil’s voice. The compositions. The ethereal sounds of Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. I then went backwards to get earlier albums. Holy cow! I then turned all my high school friends on the this band… and they fell in love as well. Pre-Genesis… I probably like YES the most. Jon Anderson’s voice, and some great prog. Still do! But for me… Genesis just had every aspect of what I personally love. Listening to new albums or old, for the FIRST TIME all those years ago, pretty much defined my life. That’s how much I was into Genesis. I heard you say on another video, “for me, Genesis is probably my favorite.” I was pumped to hear you say that. I like a LOT of music. There are many great bands, of course. Steely Dan… unbelievable. But different. YES… incredible. But a bit more sporadic (like Jazz is) than Genesis. Zeppelin? Hello! But a totally different genre. Genesis is heavenly, smart, deep, soulful, rich, story-telling, classical undertones, etc. When I would get another album to explore (like W&W)… I can remember the experience of hearing the chord changes and just being like, “Yes! That’s the RIGHT place to go!” Or “oh man, that is sooo good!” It happened constantly. So delightful.
similar story ,I'm 56 ,heard a track on a jukebox in a pub in Liverpool ,England, (15 at the time but dont tell anybody😂) that track "a trick of the tail " ,next morning rushed out and got the album, that's where it started for me ,Ripples is still one of my favourites but any of their early is stuff is brilliant !! let's just say I think they are better than when they went commercial, these 70s groups were great ,Floyd ,Supertramp and YES to name a few but I must admit Peter Gabriel and Jon Anderson are 2 of the older generation that have still got great sounding voices especially Jon ...so sad for Phil for obvious reasons but what a performer 👌
@@perrylindsay6682 big supertramp and YES fan. Jon Anderson’s voice may be my very favorite. Puts me in a mood immediately. Probably because of listening to YES at a very early age and loving their softer stuff. And yes, Jon still sounds great! Phil’s downward slide is so sad. I refused to go see them this time around. Too depressing.
@@jeffhenderson3184 I agree with that Phil/Genesis comment , believe this or not but i have not got one of of YESs albums but I know most of their songs or should I say long songs 😀,one of my favourites is starship trooper but I do like roundabout and is it du Soleil, Jon voice is brilliant on that , how I got into yes was my teacher played Jon and vangelis to us in class and I loved state of independence and he said I could have the cassette tape ( still got it to this day) 😃remember them 😀the album was taken from the friend of mr Cairo, take a listen if you already havent ,you wont be disappointed
I first heard this in 1978 and was transported by Steve and then Tony. The synthesizer and Phil's vocals and the words, to this day brings tears to my eyes. How a gang of 20 year olds could play this beautiful is beyond me. Instant classic.
The title seems to refer to 1972 Olympics. Lots of pop-culture references in this song. Specifically British television. So now the "Streets of San Francisco" reference makes much more sense than just a name drop. Episodes of said American television crime drama began broadcasting in the UK in 1973.
I bought this album the day it came out..The last tune before Steve left the band..A farewell methinks.A final feck off to the insufferable domineering patronising TB.I never tire of listening to the beautiful melodies and Phil's singing ..Certainly one of the best and probably my favourite Genesis song..Quintessentially English .. Perfection
I agree with Derwin w, Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers, In that Quiet Earth, and Afterglow of if not just Afterglow from Seconds Out, I think it's Phil's finest performance and when Micheals Bass pedals hit...
They’ve done Wind & Wuthering, One for the Vine and now Blood on the Rooftops. As much as I love this album I always thought the keyboard solo on ‘Your Own Special Way was a bit thin and drawn out. Conversely, ‘Wot Gorilla’ is too short . It’s probably one of the longest time duration vinyl albums I know of .
I can not get enough of this song. Genesis is a group of uber talented musicians, Collins is one of my all time favorite rock drummers, Banks and Rutherford effortlessly create incredible melodies but at the end of the day I always get back to Hackett as my favorite musician in the band.
Just a fantastic Hackett tune (with a Phil-written chorus). Great chord progressions, love the mellotron strings and ARP oboe sounds. Hackett's classical guitar. So cool.
This is one for which the lyrics are SO important. It's about how many people try to avoid what's going on in the world and escape into creature comforts, sports and other entertainment. And the way the music complements the lyrics is unparalleled. Wind & Wuthering is my favorite Genesis album. It's the music that first drew me into them as artists and really helped me shift from being a "pop music" fan (at age 16) to appreciating the sophistication of progressive rock.
You all could benefit from hearing certain Genesis albums in full. I know it's not what the channel does, but it's hearing this combined with the remaining part of this side of Wind & Wuthering that would blow you away, it forms a suite.
So happy that a new generation of people are listening to this because of you. This is the music I listened to with my friends in 1978 and on. It helped me escape the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" mindset that seems to have grabbed our cultures and is causing this huge population of homeless people. The style of rock is fine, but the hedonism that can only lead to difficulties which some bands (not older Prog bands) was never historically anything other than a way to self-destruction.
Happy new year from the Netherlands! Thanks you guys fo choosing this song. After Peter left the band, they did make three albums I really liked and this song is among the best. I think the voice of Phil is recognizably different: it's "sweeter", Peter's voice is more "raw" (this is not a value judgement; I can't say who's voice I like better). In the period before Peter left there was one song that was sung by Phil: "More fool me" on the album "Selling England by the pound". Have a great year!
U know he has such a great voice I saw in one of his interviews that he was afraid people were getting bored with his type of music so he stopped playing. And u here it all the time but he was ahead of his time his voice is incredible his talent his creativity was unbelievable and his music just gets better with time I wish he would have had more success in his personal life Especially his health marriages. Glad to see his son take over drumming.
Steve Hackett and Phil Collins penned this one. Steve the quiet Master Craftsman with his beautifully written and performed classical guitar intro and backing. Phil's great voice, lyrics and of course drums. I saw Steve Hackett and his band perform this and many other Genesis songs at a local theatre 3 years ago with Nad Sylvan on vocals. Steve's guitar work is utterly sublime and his band are tight! Acoustic, Classical or electric, all fantastic. Steve and his band are still touring Europe at the moment until mid 2023, playing a large set of Genesis songs. Supper's Ready is astonishing.
Hi Guys , well this was a lovely surprise and so glad you did this after Nick doing this track solo. Thankyou ! The album is wonderful and just a little future tip .... The last 2 tracks need to be played together....An instrumental leading an immediate segue into "Afterglow" that will have you in tears...Well here in England it's a little over 4 hours until 2023, so wishing you both, and all in the comments a very Happy New Year !! Byeee Jim X ❤
Jim, thank you for pointing this out. I love hearing album sides of these great 70s prog works more than individual songs. Although, Nick and Lex, please note: you'll want to do the last THREE tracks all together, not just two. It's a stunning work that's 11 minutes long.
Actually I think Blood on the Rooftops all the way through to Afterglow is among the best recorded by Genesis. The four tracks really work amazingly together.
Wind 'n' Woodering is such a magnificent record in Genesis catalog, This is the last álbum with Steve Hackett in guitar and is the end of an era for the band. (The intro of blood on the rooftops is remarcable) Please react to the rest of the álbum. you won't regret it the band is magnificent (icluding the instrumental songs: Wot Gorilla and ...In a Quiet Earth).
This one really exemplifies what Genesis lost after Steve Hackett left the band. He felt he wasn't allowed to contribute enough - it's a shame that only a few years later the rest of the band realized they could do both solo albums and still maintain the band (at least for awhile).
So many Genesis masterpieces still untapped, Nick so pleased you did this again with Lex it brings me so much joy all over again, Happy New Year and the very best of health for 2023! x
Peter left the band after "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" so all vocals and music were performed by Phil, Mike, Tony and Steve with help from Chester Thompson (drums) and Daryl Strumer(guitar). Steve left shortly after that. Have a Happy New Year in '23 and keep reacting (together).
Well, what a wonderful way to say goodbye to 2022. One of Genesis' greatest songs, and Steve Hackett's triumphant farewell. It's been an absolute pleasure watching and listening to your musical journey this past year Nick and Alexia, and I look forward to more memorable moments in 2023. It's just one hour to go, here in Cape Town, before the clock turns 12, so have a wonderful New Year everyone and let's keep enjoying NicknLex in the next twelve months xx
So happy to see Lex react to this gorgeous song! Wishing more relief from that pesky back pain and eventually getting more dual reactions! They're the best! I hope 2023 is filled with light, love, laughter and LOTS of great music!! 🎵❤️🎵🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉
The end of this album is probably the best of any of theirs. Instrumental pieces: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers.....; .....In That Quiet Earth; and the wonderful Afterglow.
Definitely this was the sound of early Genesis that I liked so much; I recognized Phil's voice instantly. You're right, he has some unique intonations, inflections, etc. So good to see you both together on New Year's Eve. Surely 2023 will be a great year for you. And for us as we share in your continuning musical journey of discovery,
Good spot on the relative differences in pronunciation between Phil & Pete. Even at this early stage Phil had a little more of that mid-atlantic thing going on.
One of my fondest memories of musical discovery was the day I fell down the Genesis rabbit hole! I enjoy seeing you two discover these gems for the first time. 😊
No podía terminar el año sin que Lex reaccione a esta MONSTRUOSpiece, la trilogía que viene después y cierra este album, es todo un viaje... una movie, las 3 músicas están totalmente conectadas y deben ser reaccionadas juntas ( y juntos ;) ), "Unquiet Slumber For The Sleepers..." [instrumental] misteriosa... oscura y enigmatica, (bajen las luces para la reacción de esta en particular) ... In That Quiet Earth' [instrumental] explosiva y arrasadora, y finalmente "Afterglow" dulce y profunda, un maravilloso sunset para este álbum con feeling de otoño, Wind 🌬& Wuthering 💨. FELIZ 2023 para los 3!!! 🥂✨
Great surprise, thanks! This was a Hackett Collins contribution and someone else mentioned the last album before Steve Hackett departed for a prolific solo career. Interestingly the two of them wrote a short little acoustic gem on Nursery Cryme in 1971 - both joined the band in that year as Genesis were in transition. The song is called ‘For Absent Friends’. It would be worth a listen. Very English, touching…theme of lyrics the mundane routine and meandering of two widows supporting each other without their spouses. They create in that motif quite well (as evidenced by their collaboration on ‘Blood on the Rooftops’) Gracias & Feliz año nuevo, N&L🥰🇨🇦
Pleased you enjoyed this one Lex!! Brilliant. It highlights one of my bugbears about Genesis and thats the little recognition Steve Hackett gets. People always talk of the Gabriel era or the Collins era.but at this point Phil, although a fantastic drummer and vocalist, was not a main writer for the band. Ultimately as we know Hackett left because he didnt feel he was getting enough of his material on but this song is one of his best and the Genesis sound, to my mind, changed completely once he left. Just listen to the difference in atmosphere from this album to the next( And then there were 3) where the guitar sound is much more basic. Also Hacketts solo catalogue is the most ‘progressive’ of all the members. Please as an example i really think youd enjoy the song Shadow of the Hierophant from his first solo album Voyage of the Acolyte. Done while still with Genesis, phil and mike play on it as well. Plus wonderful vocals from Sally Oldfield( mike oldfields sister). A song in two parts with some guitar tapping during the mid section, years before Eddie Van Halen etc…Sorry for the rant but i think Steve has never been given the recognition he deserves for the early Genesis sound.
I am an Genesis - Fans for many, many yeras. I like your analyses of the music.of the Genesis - Songs. Sometimes its like I am back in the 80s. Happy new Year!
This was a great collab between Phil and Steve, who were the original “outsiders” in the group of five members. Phil worked his way into the main band faster than Steve and Steve ended up leaving after this album, mostly as he couldn’t get more stuff like this song onto albums. If you listen to the whole album, with the exception of this piece, so much of Steve is layered under Tony’s keyboards. Beautiful album, caught in no-man’s-land for the band. Trick of the Tail prior was Phil’s breakout as lead singer and And the there were three, following wind and wuthering, was the launch of the three man supergroup.
Great stuff you two. Wonderful track and a lovely, graceful, often gorgeous album. This track reminds me some of "Undertow" from And Then There Were Three.
Nick and Lex, given your love for Genesis and classic '70s prog, I highly recommend that you simply work your way through their peak-period albums chronologically, filling in the tracks that you have not yet heard. All the tracks on these albums, I expect, will appeal to you: 1970 Trespass, 1971 Nursery Cryme, 1972 Foxtrot, 1973 Selling England By The Pound, (you've completed 1974 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway), 1976 A Trick of the Tail, 1976 Wind & Wuthering, and 1978 ...And Then There Were Three. Perhaps you've already listened to more than you've posted here. That's perfectly understandable because I'm sure it's hard to wait to explore more. But if you haven't, I'm sure there are a lot of folks here who will love to spend time with you reacting to all these! And if you do it chronologically you can get a sense of their evolution.
Reminds me being a kid listening to this song in 76 and 77. Summer little league baseball, baseball cards and comic books. Lol you guys missed the great 70s
I gotta congratulate you both because your Videos are Simply Extraordinary! I love them, all your 1st Reactions to my Favorite Band Ever like it’s Genesis…Guys, I cried a little with them because you transmit all your emotions through the screen so strongly & I remember when I discovered this Band through my elder brother who was playing this Wind & Wuthering Album all the time in his bedroom, I was a kid then, and when I was a teenager I listened to One for the Vine, must be at the age of 14 or 15 & I flipped out, I loved it so much..a little later, one summer, I listened to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway whole Album & I flipped even more because it’s a double album so…What a Farewell for Pete, with an Absolute Masterpiece & Timeless Classic Album..So…Thanx so Much for doing this!! Really Glad I discovered your Channel last night..I watched 15 Videos of yours already & reserved 30 other to enjoy today..You really blew my mind, Guys!!
I'd like to recommend a New Year's Resolution for the two of you! 😉 "We pledge to react _soon_ to the studio versions of two of YES' greatest masterpieces from their Classical Period: 1) *Siberian Khatru,* and 2) *America.* We're glad we waited & want to start out the New Year right!"
Hey Raider !!!! This was an unexpected surprise and so glad they did this. Yes, these two have stolen my heart. I look forward to 2023 with NicknLex, and see you there I'm sure. Have a great New Year !!
This song is guitarist Steve Hackett's crowning glory with Genesis. He sometimes struggled to have his compositions accepted by the band for inclusion on albums. But this is one song from him that all four members embraced. Nick, you're right. This IS a masterpiece, from a great the Genesis album 'Wind and Wuthering'.
Great reaction guys.
Yep
The chorus section musically was Phil apparently, lyrics all Steve…
That's the reason Steve walked.
@rigelmoon9030
Yes indeed it was. As Steve once put it so eloquently (as he often does), once you give birth to a song, it can never be unborn.
In recent years I've come to learn that Steve's writing contribution to Genesis music was bigger than I thought. For instance, it washed and Phol who wrote 'For Absent Friends' (Nursery Cryme album), and Steve was also the major writer for 'Can-Utility and the Coastliners (Foxtrot album)
@@keithf_ Sure sounds like you know your Genesis. I go back to the "Selling.." LP when I first heard "Cinema Show" on FM outa Montreal. And, baby, those were the days.
With Jews fighting for their existence, now, against hamas, the opening stanza came to mind: "the Arabs and the Jews, boy, too much for me. They get me confused boy, puts me off to sleep." This song is very appropriate in 2023, no doubt.
"We always watch the queen on Christmas day" Guess the song rang true for British folks for some 45 years or so. But looks like "The Arabs and the Jews boy..." will go on for some interminably longer period of time.
If I had to pick two Genesis keeper albums it would be Wind and Wuthering and Trick of the Tale.
A masterpiece… so ethereal and beautiful.
As well as Hacket's superb guitar, Banks' keys are amazing. Love his use of the Mellotron.
One of my favorite Genesis songs of all time!
1 of Genesis most spectacular songs of all time!
Agree!
It's a peach. I believe Phil Collins contributed as well.
Wind & Wuthering is quintessential Genesis, the other tracks on this album are all gems, the last 3, Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers, In that Quiet Earth, and Afterglow should be listened to in the same sitting, you will not be disappointed.
This song is an absolute masterpiece 👍👍
When he sings "oh Lord"... You know it's Phil.
Genesis’s Eleanor Rigby moment.. Completely timeless and beautiful
Afterglow was song I was trying to place from this album , but this has to be one of Phil’s first vocals with group
Oooooh, great comparison. It so sounds like the album cover. As an American, it sounds so quintessentially English, and enough Brits here seem to agree.
Blood on the Rooftops evokes the pastoral melancholy as seen on the Wind & Wuthering album cover itself.
Blood On The Rooftops is pure Steve Hackett. Him and Phil wrote this, and it was one of the few tracks he tried to get on the album. One of the reasons he left the band is because much of his material was getting rejected. This song has such a wonderful romantic feel to it with a beautiful haunting melody. Steve of course is a brilliant classical guitarist too having recorded many classical albums too. It's great that when he tours he still plays all these Genesis classics in their entirety, he was the true romantic spirit of the band. This particular album Wind And Wuthering has a beautiful flow to it. The final suite of songs Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers/In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow are just sublime, they are all short tracks but have to be listened to together as they bleed into each other. Live theses tracks are just off the scale! Steve still plays them as off the album, whereas Genesis used to chop them up and uses in medleys. Great reaction again guys, and would love to see you do the aforementioned final suite of tracks from Wind And Wuthering, I think you will be totally moved by them especially Afterglow.
The year is 1976 . Phil Collins on lead vocals. Acoustic guitar is by Steve Hackett.
My favourite Genesis album, a real classic. Love this track.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ This is one of my favourite songs and albums by Genesis... it's a masterpiece. Steve, Tony, Mike and Phil are at the top of their game here, as they are on Trick of the Tail and earlier albums.
For me, Pink Floyd and Genesis are my two favorite bands.
Each of the two has its own style, and their style corresponds perfectly to my musical tastes.
I have always considered these two bands to be in competition with each other, musically speaking but also during live performances.
Same with me! As a teen I only liked the poppy 80s Genesis, but as I got older I learned about and appreciated the wonderful Progressive Genesis of the 70s! Same thing with Pink Floyd. First heard the Division Bell then worked my way back. Both Amazing bands!
W&W is my fav Genesis album for many reasons. So dark, cold and beautiful.
Quel album magnifique quel voix de phil un grand merci . Jacques le petit français salut a vous
One of my favorite Genesis songs from my favorite Genesis album.
The great Steve Hackett on guitar, you should really react to his solo material, he’s so underrated, amazing artist…..
And if you want to hear "Genesis" in person, catch one of his concerts.
It's like you are presenting her with a wonderful present...and it is! Sadly it is no that common that music lovers can share their musical bliss with their gals...man, you are so blessed.
Thank you and I am very grateful to have her. She even took up guitar playing recently because the music inspires her so much. Very lucky 😅
Best wishes of a happy year from a fellow guitarist from Italy.
One of my favorite Genesis songs. Love the bass on it.
Just so many references to British culture of the 1970s - 'An English film, the Wednesday Play' ... 'The Outlook's fine though Wales may have some rain' ... 'When old mother goose stops, theylre out for 23' ... 'then the rain, at Lords, stopped play'. Being American, you won't get any of that - to us Brits, it evokes everything ...
Saw them in 1977 to support this album. It has always been one of my absolute favorites.
For me 1978 tour! Best concert of my life.
Possibly their most beautiful song . Rutherford and Banks were big fans of this song.
Surprised since Banks didn't pen it.
@@mikelmart Indeed .
And it's one of the very few written by Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. Such a shame they never played it live. I saw Steve play it about 10 years ago from the 3rd row at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood NJ.
This isn't just one of Hackett's best, the guitar on here is one of the best pieces that mankind has yet produced.
I was going to basically write something similar. After writing that some Steely Dan Songs are „as american“ as it can get, I have the feeling that this phase of Genesis is amongst the „most european“… Amazing what can be inside pop culture.
And yes, this song is to me one of the peaks of civilization. Call me a fan.🖖🏽🍀
Man would I love to be able to hear this song (and other genesis) for the first time again!!!! Nick, I’m 56. I went through a similar discovery of Genesis as a teenager. A friend gave me a cassette of And Then There Were Three. I was HOOKED. Phil’s voice. The compositions. The ethereal sounds of Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. I then went backwards to get earlier albums. Holy cow! I then turned all my high school friends on the this band… and they fell in love as well.
Pre-Genesis… I probably like YES the most. Jon Anderson’s voice, and some great prog. Still do! But for me… Genesis just had every aspect of what I personally love. Listening to new albums or old, for the FIRST TIME all those years ago, pretty much defined my life. That’s how much I was into Genesis.
I heard you say on another video, “for me, Genesis is probably my favorite.” I was pumped to hear you say that.
I like a LOT of music. There are many great bands, of course. Steely Dan… unbelievable. But different. YES… incredible. But a bit more sporadic (like Jazz is) than Genesis.
Zeppelin? Hello! But a totally different genre.
Genesis is heavenly, smart, deep, soulful, rich, story-telling, classical undertones, etc.
When I would get another album to explore (like W&W)… I can remember the experience of hearing the chord changes and just being like, “Yes! That’s the RIGHT place to go!” Or “oh man, that is sooo good!” It happened constantly. So delightful.
similar story ,I'm 56 ,heard a track on a jukebox in a pub in Liverpool ,England, (15 at the time but dont tell anybody😂) that track "a trick of the tail " ,next morning rushed out and got the album, that's where it started for me ,Ripples is still one of my favourites but any of their early is stuff is brilliant !! let's just say I think they are better than when they went commercial, these 70s groups were great ,Floyd ,Supertramp and YES to name a few but I must admit Peter Gabriel and Jon Anderson are 2 of the older generation that have still got great sounding voices especially Jon ...so sad for Phil for obvious reasons but what a performer 👌
@@perrylindsay6682 big supertramp and YES fan. Jon Anderson’s voice may be my very favorite. Puts me in a mood immediately. Probably because of listening to YES at a very early age and loving their softer stuff. And yes, Jon still sounds great! Phil’s downward slide is so sad. I refused to go see them this time around. Too depressing.
@@jeffhenderson3184 I agree with that Phil/Genesis comment , believe this or not but i have not got one of of YESs albums but I know most of their songs or should I say long songs 😀,one of my favourites is starship trooper but I do like roundabout and is it du Soleil, Jon voice is brilliant on that , how I got into yes was my teacher played Jon and vangelis to us in class and I loved state of independence and he said I could have the cassette tape ( still got it to this day) 😃remember them 😀the album was taken from the friend of mr Cairo, take a listen if you already havent ,you wont be disappointed
@@perrylindsay6682 thanks for the tip!!!
The guitar intro is so beautiful which reminds me of 'Horizons'.
I'm not sure Genesis were ever more stately and regal. Just sublime.
I first heard this in 1978 and was transported by Steve and then Tony. The synthesizer and Phil's vocals and the words, to this day brings tears to my eyes. How a gang of 20 year olds could play this beautiful is beyond me. Instant classic.
The title seems to refer to 1972 Olympics. Lots of pop-culture references in this song. Specifically British television. So now the "Streets of San Francisco" reference makes much more sense than just a name drop. Episodes of said American television crime drama began broadcasting in the UK in 1973.
It was such a time for expansion of music , artistic horizons, I remember relaxing to 'Threshold of a Dream' -Moody Blues
I bought this album the day it came out..The last tune before Steve left the band..A farewell methinks.A final feck off to the insufferable domineering patronising TB.I never tire of listening to the beautiful melodies and Phil's singing ..Certainly one of the best and probably my favourite Genesis song..Quintessentially English .. Perfection
The next 2 run into each other Unquiet Slumbers/Afterg;ow will blow your MIND.
There are so many great Genesis albums. Seconds Out live from Paris is an absolute must from beginning to end
'3 sides live' is a monster live experience too.Possibly the best live album of all time ?
Especially the import. That has the fourth side live!!! Instead of studio tracks
I agree with Derwin w, Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers, In that Quiet Earth, and Afterglow of if not just Afterglow from Seconds Out, I think it's Phil's finest performance and when Micheals Bass pedals hit...
Steve, Steve, Steve, why did you ever leave. It was never the same without you.
Listen to the next Genesis album and you'll get the answer 😉
All the albums with Steve Hackett on are greats 😁👏
Wind & Wuthering is a complete treasure. Every track could be a reaction video.
They’ve done Wind & Wuthering, One for the Vine and now Blood on the Rooftops.
As much as I love this album I always thought the keyboard solo on ‘Your Own Special Way was a bit thin and drawn out.
Conversely, ‘Wot Gorilla’ is too short .
It’s probably one of the longest time duration vinyl albums I know of .
I can not get enough of this song. Genesis is a group of uber talented musicians, Collins is one of my all time favorite rock drummers, Banks and Rutherford effortlessly create incredible melodies but at the end of the day I always get back to Hackett as my favorite musician in the band.
Just a fantastic Hackett tune (with a Phil-written chorus). Great chord progressions, love the mellotron strings and ARP oboe sounds. Hackett's classical guitar. So cool.
Maybe their best song
Hackett's last album with Genesis
This is one for which the lyrics are SO important. It's about how many people try to avoid what's going on in the world and escape into creature comforts, sports and other entertainment. And the way the music complements the lyrics is unparalleled.
Wind & Wuthering is my favorite Genesis album. It's the music that first drew me into them as artists and really helped me shift from being a "pop music" fan (at age 16) to appreciating the sophistication of progressive rock.
Best song ever about watching TV. See y'all next year.
You all could benefit from hearing certain Genesis albums in full. I know it's not what the channel does, but it's hearing this combined with the remaining part of this side of Wind & Wuthering that would blow you away, it forms a suite.
So happy that a new generation of people are listening to this because of you. This is the music I listened to with my friends in 1978 and on. It helped me escape the "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" mindset that seems to have grabbed our cultures and is causing this huge population of homeless people. The style of rock is fine, but the hedonism that can only lead to difficulties which some bands (not older Prog bands) was never historically anything other than a way to self-destruction.
Happy new year from the Netherlands! Thanks you guys fo choosing this song. After Peter left the band, they did make three albums I really liked and this song is among the best. I think the voice of Phil is recognizably different: it's "sweeter", Peter's voice is more "raw" (this is not a value judgement; I can't say who's voice I like better). In the period before Peter left there was one song that was sung by Phil: "More fool me" on the album "Selling England by the pound".
Have a great year!
FOR ABSENT FRIEND TOO.
Happy New year! Im alone but... No u are with me thank u
You are NOT alone!! Happy New Year and May you find peace in many things around you! ❤️
@@NicknLex thank u so much Nick. Peace in yur familly . Thank u very much again
Tony had nothing to do with the writing of this song... Yet he says it's one of his favourites.
U know he has such a great voice I saw in one of his interviews that he was afraid people were getting bored with his type of music so he stopped playing. And u here it all the time but he was ahead of his time his voice is incredible his talent his creativity was unbelievable and his music just gets better with time I wish he would have had more success in his personal life Especially his health marriages. Glad to see his son take over drumming.
The greatest band ever
It’s mine for sure
Steve Hackett and Phil Collins penned this one. Steve the quiet Master Craftsman with his beautifully written and performed classical guitar intro and backing. Phil's great voice, lyrics and of course drums.
I saw Steve Hackett and his band perform this and many other Genesis songs at a local theatre 3 years ago with Nad Sylvan on vocals. Steve's guitar work is utterly sublime and his band are tight! Acoustic, Classical or electric, all fantastic.
Steve and his band are still touring Europe at the moment until mid 2023, playing a large set of Genesis songs. Supper's Ready is astonishing.
Hi Guys , well this was a lovely surprise and so glad you did this after Nick doing this track solo. Thankyou ! The album is wonderful and just a little future tip .... The last 2 tracks need to be played together....An instrumental leading an immediate segue into "Afterglow" that will have you in tears...Well here in England it's a little over 4 hours until 2023, so wishing you both, and all in the comments a very Happy New Year !! Byeee Jim X ❤
Jim, thank you for pointing this out. I love hearing album sides of these great 70s prog works more than individual songs. Although, Nick and Lex, please note: you'll want to do the last THREE tracks all together, not just two. It's a stunning work that's 11 minutes long.
Actually I think Blood on the Rooftops all the way through to Afterglow is among the best recorded by Genesis. The four tracks really work amazingly together.
Once you get hooked on The masters you will have to listen to every track they ever did . Honestly.!!!. Happy new year guys.❤️
Peter Gabriel owns SSL near Oxford, England. They make sound desks exported over the world.
Good to see Lex
Wind 'n' Woodering is such a magnificent record in Genesis catalog, This is the last álbum with Steve Hackett in guitar and is the end of an era for the band. (The intro of blood on the rooftops is remarcable) Please react to the rest of the álbum. you won't regret it the band is magnificent (icluding the instrumental songs: Wot Gorilla and ...In a Quiet Earth).
This one really exemplifies what Genesis lost after Steve Hackett left the band. He felt he wasn't allowed to contribute enough - it's a shame that only a few years later the rest of the band realized they could do both solo albums and still maintain the band (at least for awhile).
Tony did throw in some electronic oboe to re-call Peter.
Time to discover Steve Hackett's solo Albums.
Watching your videos is like hanging out with friends. Happy new year!
The David Hentschel production identifies it pretty well with the period in Genesis.
This is a Beautiful song. Steve at his best. Cheers Guys x
This is a classic and I love it because it is such an English life that is being portrayed.
So many Genesis masterpieces still untapped, Nick so pleased you did this again with Lex it brings me so much joy all over again, Happy New Year and the very best of health for 2023! x
Been waiting for y’all to do this one… it’s a doozy! Words can’t express the emotion it stirs in me when I hear it. Thanks and happy new year!
Love Lex' air guitar to Mike Rutherford's sweet bass line :)
Marley sighting time mark 9:16. Woof! 🐶
Peter left the band after "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" so all vocals and music were performed by Phil, Mike, Tony and Steve with help from Chester Thompson (drums) and Daryl Strumer(guitar).
Steve left shortly after that.
Have a Happy New Year in '23 and keep reacting (together).
No help from Chester Thompson and Daryl Strumer on studio tracks (just in live context).
Well, what a wonderful way to say goodbye to 2022. One of Genesis' greatest songs, and Steve Hackett's triumphant farewell. It's been an absolute pleasure watching and listening to your musical journey this past year Nick and Alexia, and I look forward to more memorable moments in 2023. It's just one hour to go, here in Cape Town, before the clock turns 12, so have a wonderful New Year everyone and let's keep enjoying NicknLex in the next twelve months xx
So happy to see Lex react to this gorgeous song! Wishing more relief from that pesky back pain and eventually getting more dual reactions! They're the best! I hope 2023 is filled with light, love, laughter and LOTS of great music!!
🎵❤️🎵🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉
Ooh yes. One of their finest. Cheers 🎉
The end of this album is probably the best of any of theirs. Instrumental pieces: Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers.....; .....In That Quiet Earth; and the wonderful Afterglow.
Definitely this was the sound of early Genesis that I liked so much; I recognized Phil's voice instantly. You're right, he has some unique intonations, inflections, etc. So good to see you both together on New Year's Eve. Surely 2023 will be a great year for you. And for us as we share in your continuning musical journey of discovery,
Such a great album thanks for playing this.
Good spot on the relative differences in pronunciation between Phil & Pete. Even at this early stage Phil had a little more of that mid-atlantic thing going on.
One of my fondest memories of musical discovery was the day I fell down the Genesis rabbit hole! I enjoy seeing you two discover these gems for the first time. 😊
A brilliant Genesis album and song
You both have great musical taste, these guys wrote some fantastic albums in the 70s...which were very underated 🤔
Wind & Wuthering and Trick of the Tail helped shape my musical taste as a young listener. They are just as fresh today, thanks for the reaction
No podía terminar el año sin que Lex reaccione a esta MONSTRUOSpiece, la trilogía que viene después y cierra este album, es todo un viaje... una movie, las 3 músicas están totalmente conectadas y deben ser reaccionadas juntas ( y juntos ;) ),
"Unquiet Slumber For The Sleepers..." [instrumental] misteriosa... oscura y enigmatica, (bajen las luces para la reacción de esta en particular)
... In That Quiet Earth' [instrumental] explosiva y arrasadora,
y finalmente "Afterglow" dulce y profunda, un maravilloso sunset para este álbum con feeling de otoño, Wind 🌬& Wuthering 💨.
FELIZ 2023 para los 3!!! 🥂✨
Great surprise, thanks! This was a Hackett Collins contribution and someone else mentioned the last album before Steve Hackett departed for a prolific solo career. Interestingly the two of them wrote a short little acoustic gem on Nursery Cryme in 1971 - both joined the band in that year as Genesis were in transition. The song is called ‘For Absent Friends’. It would be worth a listen. Very English, touching…theme of lyrics the mundane routine and meandering of two widows supporting each other without their spouses. They create in that motif quite well (as evidenced by their collaboration on ‘Blood on the Rooftops’) Gracias & Feliz año nuevo, N&L🥰🇨🇦
Wishing you two absolute peace mind and beautiful glorious health 🕊️
My favourite Genesis album.
Love this song by Genesis and I really enjoying watching Lex 🥰😍 reacting. I hope you and Nick and all your families have a Happy 2023. 🙏🏽✌🏽♥️
Pleased you enjoyed this one Lex!! Brilliant. It highlights one of my bugbears about Genesis and thats the little recognition Steve Hackett gets. People always talk of the Gabriel era or the Collins era.but at this point Phil, although a fantastic drummer and vocalist, was not a main writer for the band. Ultimately as we know Hackett left because he didnt feel he was getting enough of his material on but this song is one of his best and the Genesis sound, to my mind, changed completely once he left. Just listen to the difference in atmosphere from this album to the next( And then there were 3) where the guitar sound is much more basic. Also Hacketts solo catalogue is the most ‘progressive’ of all the members. Please as an example i really think youd enjoy the song Shadow of the Hierophant from his first solo album Voyage of the Acolyte. Done while still with Genesis, phil and mike play on it as well. Plus wonderful vocals from Sally Oldfield( mike oldfields sister). A song in two parts with some guitar tapping during the mid section, years before Eddie Van Halen etc…Sorry for the rant but i think Steve has never been given the recognition he deserves for the early Genesis sound.
I am an Genesis - Fans for many, many yeras. I like your analyses of the music.of the Genesis - Songs. Sometimes its like I am back in the 80s. Happy new Year!
Another masterpiece ✨️ 👏
thanks mates! best way to start the year! all the best
This was a great collab between Phil and Steve, who were the original “outsiders” in the group of five members. Phil worked his way into the main band faster than Steve and Steve ended up leaving after this album, mostly as he couldn’t get more stuff like this song onto albums. If you listen to the whole album, with the exception of this piece, so much of Steve is layered under Tony’s keyboards. Beautiful album, caught in no-man’s-land for the band. Trick of the Tail prior was Phil’s breakout as lead singer and And the there were three, following wind and wuthering, was the launch of the three man supergroup.
Probably the best song on Wind & Wuthering with Entangled right up there too. Stunning.
What can be said. Nothing like good GENESIS. Nik and Lex get it at 7:29. Look at those smiles.
Great reaction guys.
Happy New Year
Tom from Toronto
My favorite part of the song, too. Tony's piano and Mellotron take this to another level.
Una joya de canción!
One of their very best.
Great stuff you two. Wonderful track and a lovely, graceful, often gorgeous album. This track reminds me some of "Undertow" from And Then There Were Three.
Nick and Lex, given your love for Genesis and classic '70s prog, I highly recommend that you simply work your way through their peak-period albums chronologically, filling in the tracks that you have not yet heard. All the tracks on these albums, I expect, will appeal to you: 1970 Trespass, 1971 Nursery Cryme, 1972 Foxtrot, 1973 Selling England By The Pound, (you've completed 1974 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway), 1976 A Trick of the Tail, 1976 Wind & Wuthering, and 1978 ...And Then There Were Three. Perhaps you've already listened to more than you've posted here. That's perfectly understandable because I'm sure it's hard to wait to explore more. But if you haven't, I'm sure there are a lot of folks here who will love to spend time with you reacting to all these! And if you do it chronologically you can get a sense of their evolution.
Reminds me being a kid listening to this song in 76 and 77. Summer little league baseball, baseball cards and comic books. Lol you guys missed the great 70s
I gotta congratulate you both because your Videos are Simply Extraordinary! I love them, all your 1st Reactions to my Favorite Band Ever like it’s Genesis…Guys, I cried a little with them because you transmit all your emotions through the screen so strongly & I remember when I discovered this Band through my elder brother who was playing this Wind & Wuthering Album all the time in his bedroom, I was a kid then, and when I was a teenager I listened to One for the Vine, must be at the age of 14 or 15 & I flipped out, I loved it so much..a little later, one summer, I listened to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway whole Album & I flipped even more because it’s a double album so…What a Farewell for Pete, with an Absolute Masterpiece & Timeless Classic Album..So…Thanx so Much for doing this!! Really Glad I discovered your Channel last night..I watched 15 Videos of yours already & reserved 30 other to enjoy today..You really blew my mind, Guys!!
I'd like to recommend a New Year's Resolution for the two of you! 😉
"We pledge to react _soon_ to the studio versions of two of YES' greatest masterpieces from their Classical Period: 1) *Siberian Khatru,* and 2) *America.* We're glad we waited & want to start out the New Year right!"
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Happy New Year to two of the nicest people I know. I hope 2023 is the best year ever for you both. Genesis is always a treat. Love you both. 💚
Hey Raider !!!! This was an unexpected surprise and so glad they did this. Yes, these two have stolen my heart. I look forward to 2023 with NicknLex, and see you there I'm sure. Have a great New Year !!
@@jimled50jl49 Wishing you and yours a fantastic 2023 Jim. 🍾🍻🥂🎉