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Old 11-20-2006, 11:05 AM
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Re: the GENESIS story...

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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll View Post
I suggest that you may find that Genesis may have travelled the same road with Hackett on board.

"Your Own Special Way" is a beautiful tune. But it's certainly pop.
Could be true but we'll never know. "Your Own Special Way" is on W&W and maybe it was the impetus for Hackett's departure?


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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll View Post
And why does Gabriel get a free pass for "Sledgehammer"? Again personally I like the song. but it was as popular, overplayed, and trite as most of later Genesis.
I didn't hand out any free passes. That song was deplorably trite. It might have been an attempt to hook new listeners though to sell the album.
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