Dispatches

"If Genesis had packed it in when Gabriel left in 1975, the band would never sniff the Hall of Fame.

Those first six Gabriel-fronted records were cult favourites – the kind critics swear changed their lives while the charts politely ignored them. The last three made the UK Top 20, sure, but none cracked the US Top 40. They were nominated for zero awards during Gabriel’s tenure."

Yep.

I love both Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. I love old Genesis and new Genesis (okay, Calling All Stations is a dud).

But I will bow to no prog rock purist who despises Collins for. . .creating hits? Home by the Sea? Domino? Just as good as any Genesis song. . .and so is Abacab. Just as prog. Sure, Supper's Ready is the greatest but Three Sides Live remains a great live prog rock album (throw it on the turntable and turn up the volume if you doubt me).

Collins AND Gabriel both belong in the Hall of Fame.

Turns out Smart Steve™️ 's college roommate knew Cindy Crawford growing up and she was a very nice person.

The Monkees were decent musicians. Nes was better than decent and wrote some good songs.

However, the goal was to have new hit songs weekly, written to order by the best writers around and performed by top studio cats like Louie Shelton, Fast Eddie Ho, The Candy Store Prophets, etc. then release the records and reap the rewards.

It was never that the Monkees couldn’t write or play. It wasn’t what they were cast for.

Hey kid, gimme something like Paperback Writer, wouldya?

Sure Mr. Kirshner, how’s this?

By the way, none of us cared who wrote or played what back then.

@delphi-star You do recall correctly!! She does not give a shit about that man! She's happily married! She tipped him for being a witness at her wedding!