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Hey, somebody besides me knows who Brand X is!

One of my favorites!

If you all want to know what a incredibly great drummer Phil Collins really is, listen to Brand X.

gryph, did you click on the link in my sig?

Just listening to it now! I didn't realize you had a music sig.

I got the idea from someone...

I was feeling a little "Catholic" today.

Phil Collins peaked on Selling England By the Pound and it's been all downhill from there.

Current listen: Prokofiev 2d Piano Concerto, Beroff/Masur/Leipzig

Phill still had some good moments between SEBTP and Duke. Duke was it for me. The last straw. After A Trick Of The Tail, they should have renamed the band.

I won't argue, but I was thinking particularly of his drumming. I agree with your namechange thought, but the name retention was indicative of the problem. Phil started as front man for a musical group (by Trick of the Tail) and led the band into corporate excess. (He was not alone. The Rolling Stones and Bowie and everyone else started finding big fat corporate sponsors around this time.) Genesis became a brand right around when Gabriel left, too valuable to leave fallow.

I do not begrudge Phil, Tony and Michael their monetary success. They had very little when they wrote and played great music.

I was of course disappointed but I understood exactly what was going on.

Peter even went pop.

The only one who never really did was Hackett.

Hackett is one of the most underrated guitarists ever.

Have you heard Hackett's Momentum CD? It's incredible.

I haven't. I haven't actively listened to prog rock in years, until I recently got the remastered Close to the Edge (which completely floored me) and Octopus by Gentle Giant (which was a bore). And I haven't followed with any intensity any of the solo projects. I pick Howe over Hackett, though, and if you disagree, please get a load of Close to the Edge.

Two different styles and techniques.

Howe is awesome and I will give a edge to him for his sheer versatility.

Close to the Edge? It's in my iTunes library. I know it well.

Momentum is a classical album. Most of the pieces are original classical guitar compositions with some flute and other accompanying instruments.

He does a variation on a theme by Chopin and Boure'e on this album as well.

I believe it took a "Classical Album of the Year" award when it was released.

Here is the variation on a theme by Chopin if you want listen to it.

http://www.pcsincnet.com/music/VariationOnAThemeByChopin.mp3

The Chopin, taken from an etude I believe, is very pretty, but I can't say I'm in love on the first listen. Surely well-played. What's with the bizarre vibrato at around 3:40? Sounds like he had a fit in the middle of the piece.

I never really thought of it as being bizzare.

Well, you certainly can say that ol' Steve never sold out to the pop music scene!

GTR doesn't count.

Steve Miller Band
Sailor
and
Children of the Future.


jf

Gryphon, you need to get beyond this Genesis Jethro Tull thing.....

me........




jf

Anyone get this one?

The Widow is worth the price, but the rest of it is really weird!!!


penny