What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library

Genesis - Abacab - 1981



On the decline by this point for me, this 11th effort still passes the muster. Even though Collins had come out from behind the kit here, I always prefered the Gabriel years. Collins stage presence could never come close to Peter. Sparse with 9 tracks, the good tracks are very good. Album reached #1 in the U.K. and #7 U.S. Abacab, No Reply At All and Man On The Corner were all singles with No Reply At All charting the highest in the U.S. at #2.

I like this album.

Favorite Track - Man On The Corner

See the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know,
But he waits everyday now.
He's just waiting for something to show.

And nobody knows him,
And nobody cares,
'Cos there's no hiding place,
There's no hiding place - for you.

Looking everywhere at no one,
He sees everything and nothing at all - oh.
When he shouts nobody listens,
Where he leads no one will go - oh.

He's a lonely man, there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know,
But he waits everyday now.
And he's just waiting for something to show - oh.

Nobody knows him,
And nobody cares,
'Cos there's no hiding place,
There's no hiding place - for you and me.

Are we just like all the rest,
We're looking too hard for something he's got
Or moving too fast to rest.
But like a monkey on your back you need it.
But do you love it enough to leave it - ah.

Just like the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know - oh.
But he waits every day now.
He's just waiting for that something to show - oh.

Who's the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know.
But he's there every day now.
And he's just waiting for something to show - oh.

Who's the lonely man there on the corner,
What he's waiting for, I don't know.
Oh but he waits every day now.
He's just waiting for that something to show.


1) Abacab - ** - live
YouTube - abacab Genesis Concert Wembley
2) No Reply At All - *** - live
YouTube - Genesis - No Reply At All (Three Sides Live) HQ
3) Me And Sarah Jane - * - live
YouTube - Genesis - Me And Sarah Jane (Three Sides Live) [Abridged] HQ
4) Keep It Dark - ** - live
YouTube - Keep it Dark - Mama Tour - 1984 - Genesis
5) Dodo / Lurker - * - live
YouTube - Genesis - Dodo / Lurker (Three Sides Live) HQ
6) Who Dunnit? - * - live
YouTube - Genesis - Who Dunnit? (Three Sides Live) HQ
7) Man On The Corner - *** - live
YouTube - Genesis - Man on the Corner
8) Like It Or Not - ** - audio
YouTube - GENESIS- Like It Or Not LIVE
9) Another Record - **

3's - 2
2's - 4
1's - 3

Rating - 1.7

[Tiggi]

^ Definitely a career of two halves.

I have a copy of this, & it marks the point where I decided enough was enough & ceased to be interested.

Having said that, when I hear Abacab tracks on the radio I always like them more than I remember. The disinterest was prolly more to do with how far they'd moved from the stuff I really loved.

[Music Head]

^ Definitely a career of two halves.

I have a copy of this, & it marks the point where I decided enough was enough & ceased to be interested.

Having said that, when I hear Abacab tracks on the radio I always like them more than I remember. The disinterest was prolly more to do with how far they'd moved from the stuff I really loved.

Ditto that. We always agree tiggi:nod:

[Fretup]

I enjoy listenin' to this song ' Dear God ' by Avenged Sevenfold.

[kvincent5555]

...it marks the point where I decided enough was enough & ceased to be interested...

Once again, it seems my strange tastes put me in an awkward spot between two camps. I thought Duke and Abacab were the top of their game: Not too spacy and progressive, and not too pop.

[Tiggi]

Once again, it seems my strange tastes put me in an awkward spot between two camps. I thought Duke and Abacab were the top of their game: Not too spacy and progressive, and not too pop.

It's all good.

We all come at music from differing directions, with different requirements & expectations, so I celebrate the fact that everyone is different.

There'd be nothing to discuss otherwise...

[Tiggi]

The Beatles - The Beatles



For the third time in a couple of months...

[Fretup]

' Angie ' Rolling stones....good old number!

[Music Head]

' Angie ' Rolling stones....good old number!

yes it is. Back when they were good.

[CMB1888]

AC/DC - Back in Black

(Angie is one of the few Rolling Stones songs I like - maybe Wild Horses as well?)