"Play me my POLL" - The "Nursery Cryme" poll

I guess "The Musical Box" will walk this, so I vote for "The Fountain Of Salmacis" instead, because it's equally good. Also love "The Return Of The Giant Hogweed" and "Harlequin".

I dunno I rathr like Harold the Barrel, myself!

Again prefer the sum to the parts but "Musical Box" is far and away the best part. That track + the cover have haunted me since I was a kid.

Of all the Genesis back catalogue, this is the one I come back to most often.

My problem here is I think you are all correct, but I'm going to vote for Seven Stones for the same reason Geir is voting for Salmacis. But it could be any of 6 of the 7 tracks (and I even like the one I missed out (For Absent Friends - it just doesn't stand up to the rest.)

Actually, I've just changed my mind - I'm voting for Harlequin for the same reason Geir is voting for Salmacis.

IMHO they still hadn't really got going with this album. Foxtrot was the one where it all came together.

Harold The Barrel

IMHO they still hadn't really got going with this album. Foxtrot was the one where it all came together.

Kind of agree, although I love "Nursery Cryme" too. "Foxtrot" was still a great leap in the right direction, even from there.

if everyone else is going for The Musical Box i'm gonna vote for The Return of the Giant Hogweed

I can see why someone would vote for Harold the Barrel, but Musical Box is particularly striking. Just kinda puts its teeth in you right away and tears.

So great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFBY4dvoISc

("Harold" brings me joy too.)

Best bit of "Harold" is the way the middle 8 suddenly stretches out and soars after all the pantomime-y franticness before it.

This album is a shade stronger than Foxtrot for me, btw. Maybe because it's more inward looking or maybe cos there's a few less comedy voices which are ALWAYS A BAD IDEA GUYS. Looking at you, Phil Collins Doing Mockney.

That youtube clip is epic, thanks for that. Is it from a longer concert film, and has it ever been officially released?

maybe cos there's a few less comedy voices which are ALWAYS A BAD IDEA GUYS. Looking at you, Phil Collins Doing Mockney

Really? From the credits:

Phil Collins / drums, voices, percussion, lead vocals(2)

yeah, pretty sure the whole "what a hrorible thing he's disgusting, what a horrible thing to do" bits are the work of ex-stage schooler phil

also pretty sure 'harlequin' is to a large part phil too

Part of "Get'em Out By Friday" was definitely sung by Phil. I don't agree there is something wrong with that though. (And - mockney? Remember, Collins came out of much more of a working class background than the other guys in the band, who were art school and (Tony and Mike in particular) indeed quite posh.

Well I don't have my copy of Foxtrot close to hand, but this page
seems to reproduce the credits and says that Collins just did backing vocals. "Get 'Em Out By Friday" was probably Gabriel doing all the voices.

Mighty Hogweed will be avenged.

collins didn't sing get 'em out by friday. he did sing the primary vocal on 'for absent friends'. he didn't have a solo lead vocal until "more fool me". all the comedy voices on everything else are Gabriel.

Hogweed! Oh my god, no human being should be made to choose tracks of this.

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Looks like The Musical Box will be the runaway winner going by these posts.

My class hated that "Musical Box" video.:(

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there are > 40 ilxors who care about prog genesis enough to have an opinion on this

ugh

Some of them care enough to SB haters too, the rogues.

the guy hasnt been around ilx long i assume

I played Musical Box at the gym today and it really flipped my lid, so this is a nice result to see.

Some of them care enough to SB haters too, the rogues.

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thankfully while there are > 40 there are < 50 of you

so suck it, progfag

i think you probably guaranteed you will get 51 now

the guy hasnt been around ilx long i assume

Ah, those wistful Fridays of yore when ILM got all Yessed out...

(Yeah, I didn't think anyone was still seriously ragging on prog in 2009, to be honest.)

thomp must be an NME reader

I wonder if thomp isn't just a trolling sockpuppet of someone else.

even noodle vague wouldnt fight with himself (on the internet at least)

so suck it, progfag

Cut shit like this out please Thomp.

Yeah I was trying to think of who might be behind the sockpuppet because J0hn D. had said that he really swore off prog rock when he sold his prog records for Lou Reed & Iggy Pop or Bowie or whatever he said. So I thought Thomp might be J0hn's version of a sock joke, just to entertain us all, but I doubt even he would stoop as low as "progfag" I mean, jeez, what little imagination. Haven't you heard that fag isn't a derogatory term, dipshit?

As far as I know thomp is a poster of some years and I think his - admittedly not cool - use of fag was more cos he was pissed off that I SBd him rather than setting out to be deliberately aggro. And y'know, sorry about that mister but yr initial comment was kinda unnecessary and if you really have been round ILX for years you might have noticed lots of people don't give a fuck about what we're not supposed to like or care about.

Okay folks, Noodle just PWNED it. What do you have to say for yourselves? I came SO close to putting "progfag" in my screen name, but then you see Noodle did and took it a step further. I can't compete. Jim, I salute you. *salute*

I know. I've said this before. A zillion times. To anyone I know who would listen. But let me say it just one more time. Because I want to know why this video isn't god. I want to know exactly why this isn't god. I mean, I'm an atheist, but this is about the closest thing I've ever experienced to something like god until this moment, so...tell me why this isn't god, thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFBY4dvoISc

Also Gabriel can fucking stomp Eno under his platform shoes, don't you think? For this era?

no

hahahahahah were the feathers too much? It was the feathers you think put Eno over the line, huh?