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... and phoenix rose up from the ashes and spread his blessings over 50.000 souls, who came to check out their heroes, or should I better say - celebrate. Going for the slogan - the come, see and win. With Genesis we got another rocklegend in the line of all those reunions within the past two years. Okay, reunion is maybe the wrong word, because like the Who or the Police, also Genesis never really split. All those bands have just been put on ice for a while, always with an open eye, maybe to be back again one day. The reasons for the come back of Genesis ain't surely financial ones. Because one thing is for sure, - that every musician is a millionere yet. Peter Gabriel has been asked to join as well. But he decided to concentrate on his solocarriere furthermore. And that one is more than just successful, as we all know. But at least Gabriel kept an option open for maybe joing the other guys now and then for a stint. However here in Munich we
got the famous trio of the second and more successful Genesis era, who
is Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks. Successful what's
up to chart positions, sale figures. But we don't have to argue about
the first Peter Gabriel era, which was definately morre sophisticated.
The average guy prefers the simple popsongs with a sing along bonus like
Phil Collins always used to produce. For music pieces like ‚Supper’s Ready’ , ‚Selling
England By The Pound’ or ‚The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway’ you need
more intellectual understanding. And many of us do not owe this. So
let's stick to ‚Land Of Confusion’ and ‚Invisible Touch’.
Because these tunes Mum, Dad, Granddad and grandson know for sure. The
sales talk for themselves. and with aprox 159 Mill. worldwide sold
records, Genesis belong to the 30 bands with the most record sales. And last but not least
there
is Daryl
Stuermer (Git./Bass) who works with Phil Collins for a long time. The stage is high, and we are only
allowed to take pics from the far left thanks to local conditions. It's
not easy at all, but we're getting to it. He says his welcome to the audiance in
german. And yes it goes down very well on the audiance and they thank
him with a huge applause. But I must admit, that his german knowledge is
rather low, when you think, he did have a relationship with a swiss
woman for quite a few years. But that's not important for this show here.
It's more the typical english humour which puts out a special kind of
charming aura. It helps to increase his popularity, that's for sure. Getting an almost 3 hours show, everybody
is well served with an average acoustical sound, a glamouros visuel
aspect, a rather simple looking band and tons of popular music. Indeed
it is a success in every way. And apart from individual tastes of music
which rather goes to the Gabriel era songs in my case, and is not
important for tonight.This here is definately a 100% well done show. |