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Trick of the Tail was their first album with the distinctive gated drum sound. Made their previous albums sound flat and 2 dimensional. BTW, as a musicophile - I think you might enjoy Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia
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Ripples, Entangled, Los Endos...some of the best Genesis tracks all on the same album. Was lucky enough to meet Genesis back in 1984 - great bunch of guys.
Once started using reverse gated beats and all that popular 80’s stuff. It was all the rage back, but always felt he went a little overboard with that sound
Wrong. Phil's drumming work was actually great on the first Genesis albums, because it was just that: drums. It does sound amazing on Trick because of the little machines he started using, which come to their summit during the 80's. I think.
When studying in England in 1991, my friend and I called Tony Banks at home (he was in the phone book!) and ended up visiting his home in Guildford Surrey. In his house was the piano used on "The Lamb" and "Trick": I got to play this piano (the one used on Ripples). A very long story, but this changed my life.
@@laurabusse1832 If I post my photo with him in his living room, it's gone. It's a prisoner of the digital universe. If you're not being ironic, you'll just have to trust me. :-)
The entire Trick of the Tail album is a masterpiece from the first note to the last. Always love seeing it, and it's songs, getting the credit and attention it so richly deserves.
True. It's a masterpiece. I had a mate who told me about it but he never had the album. That was weird. He wasn't a fan really but I became one. I think Trick is their peak - but maybe Selling Enfland is. Some will say it's The Lamb. That's so out of sequence from the albums either side. That's the originality of those guys. I think Trick had a lot of music and lyrics that had been busting to come out but got delayed by The Lamb. There is kind of an explosion of gorgeous musical harmonies on it.
Genesis did many gorgeous, symphonic tunes but “ Ripples “ is easily one of their finest. Truly a special gem that contributes heavily in making “ Trick of the Tail “ a masterpiece, one of several consecutive, great releases by this remarkable band.
@Peter Hammer I can understand that. Tony Banks once said that " Foxtrot " was his personal favorite out of everything Genesis had done. That really says something in itself.
Saw Steve Hackett in Atlanta a few years ago. Was incredible. He carried on this vibe throughout his solo career.. Would love to have Hackett on Beato's channel. He and Donald Fagen are probably my two most wanted guests.
Add to that the fact that Steve is the only bandmember not to run from the past. Maybe it's because the others did more stuff after (not that Steve didn't - not at all) but he still tours playing whole old Genesis albums. His interpretations (!) of the old catalog are often better than just a Genesis cover band playing the songs perfect note by note.
@@poorwotan It's really cool to be able to hear what the guitar is doing when Steve plays the old stuff. It was often buried in the mix on the originals.
@memmalley YES YES YES - Rick needs to interview both of them. They are touring right now and available. With Steely Dan on hold looking for a new Keyboard player, it would be a good time for Rick to catch Donald.
An interview with Tony Banks would be sooooo interesting... The guy who wrote Everest songs like Mad Man Moon, One For The Vine, Me And Sarah Jane, etc... Man, he's a very very underrated genius of songwriting, who deserves his place up there with Macca, Brian Wilson, Sting, all the masters. Hope you get to talk to him someday.
Yes it would but with the right questions asked. I saw/read several interviews with Tony where generic, ever-recycled questions attract predictable and repeatable answers. Whereas there are many interesting things to ask nobody seems to ask him before. In fact, of all bands, all Genesis members seem to have bad luck with poor quality superficial questions, resulting in the same old stories being recounted dozens of times. On any such interview I know beforehand what will come next and sadly it does. So that would require a really carefully and knowledgeably prepared set of questions delving deeper and more specific than most.
So many great albums acros the whole discog, and I love PG to bits, but there is something honestly so magical about Trick, especially when you consider it started as a shot in the dark after PG left. It's such a brilliant evolution of everything they had done before.
Its a beautiful fairy-tale of a song , my favourite hands down . Musically quite complex and the piano almost classical but with the vocals just gorgeous
I can’t believe you didn’t address the interplay between Hackett and Banks in the long instrumental section in the second half of the song! THAT is one of the most magical sections of progressive music EVER!
I always thought the chord progression in that section lifted a bit from the title track from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, as if it was composed during The Lamb sessions.
Just after I read this comment, he did actually address the interplay. At roughly 32:20. He doesn’t specifically mention the long instrumental but he does call the interplay phenomenal.
And why not mention that both Phil’s hihat and Steve’s guitar are recorded in reverse in that section! Yeah, loved Genesis all my live, best music in every universe.
@@ParavaneNiceBeaverKingEider What a great subject to be covered by Rick - guitars recorded in reverse over the history of rock music. How a part has to be planned and rehearsed THIS way to succeed the OTHER way, with examples given live. Or, more likely, how it is planned in the final form, then learnt to be played in reverse, played that way and re-reversed into the final product identical to the initial sketch, but with the charming distortion the reversal brings. Great subject!
Trick of the Tail is such a great record, I remember buying an old vinyl copy for like a dollar, knowing nothing about it, and being completely blown away. So many beautiful and powerful songs.
I have a special place in my heart for Genesis also. I remember being a kid and my parents getting together with my Aunt and Uncle and playing cards and listening to Genesis and all the old great music from that time.
Their melodies and the way they performed their music, their musicianship…incredibly talented musical genii. It’s not that I just listen to Genesis music. It goes straight into my core and speaks to my inner being.
My favorite part of this song is the instrumental bridge. The way Tony's and Steve's parts weave in and out of each other is simply mesmerizing -- one moment Tony is playing the melody and Steve the counter-melody, then just a few moments later it's the reverse. I also love the effect Steve puts on his guitar to make it sound as if it's backmasked.
Steve did more of that sound/effect - check his solo on his brother John Hackett's album _Checking Out of London_ - first song entitled Late Trains. Again, the guitar sounding like it was tape-reversed (I know, the Beatles were first in this area, in I'm Only Sleeping).
Jesus. Don't know if you've seen it, but on one of Rick's vids (I can't recall which one but saw it in the last couple weeks), he's putting, like, a 9 year-old kid through ear training. Rick sits at the piano and the kid is facing away from him. Rick then plays some monster chord on the piano and asks the kid to name the chord. After the kid correctly names the chord, Rick then asks him to sing a particular note. I can't remember if the note was in the chord or not but either way, the kid hummed the right note each time. It was mind blowing. So yeah, Rick figuring out those chords is a walk in the park for him. Hell, he probably made that kid do it! 😜😜😜
Been in love with this song for so many years. Those first couple of post-Gabriel albums are just brilliant and filled to the brim with fantastic, melodic songs.
Agree. My friends and I would see them for every album, but when they started playing bigger venues like Madison square garden. It just wasn’t the same as those concerts in the theaters.
Steve Hackett called Tony Banks "the chord king" for a reason. Love this song. Genesis was one of the biggest inspirations for my music. The early prog stuff especially.
Part of why Rick's vid's are so great is that he isn't pretentious! He's so down to earth and it's great to see and hear him kinda "fan boy" over things he enjoys... His positive attitude is contagious!
OMG I love "Ripples" !! You should do an episode of "What makes this song great" on their song "Firth of Fifth". To me, Genesis is the peak of progressive rock, and Firth of Fifth is the peak of Genesis.
To me, this is one of the few songs where the live version is better than the one off the album. Along with "In The Cage", they're some of the best live performances I've heard (and seen).
Genesis has so many luscious chord changes that seem so simple, but are not. They make it sound so easy because they flow so smoothly. Then you lay over Phil's voice. Perfection.
In fact the song ( lyrics and chord progressions) is written by Mike Rutherford. Tony is credited as a co-author because of the instrumental break based on his arpeggios on piano.
Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering are great albums. Still a great band but not the same after Steve Hackett left. An interview with him would be cool. 🖖
One of my all time favorite Genesis songs and albums. Steve Hackett is amazing on these songs and Phil's drumming is arguably at its best! Wind & Wuthering.
Please do more prog related content. Yes, Genesis, King Crimson. It seems to fit your interest in complicated chord progression, and guitar and keyboard emphasis.
This particular song is so complex it shows the skill and talent of the men who wrote it. I take my hat off to them. They played it when I saw them in Rome in 2007 and it was one of the many highlights on the night. Wonderful song.
This is a brilliant Mike & Tony song! Phil was a reluctant front man after Peter left. But he got to learn how to write songs from the best 4 guys possible. Side note: PG's acapella melody from "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" that opens Selling England By The Pound is a literal work of genius! It OPENS THE RECORD! lol. If you listen. In Genesis Peter would mostly sing pentatonic melodies to weave between the prog elements and keep the vocals pretty, catchy, and fill them with ear worms. Phil certainly followed Pete in the early days. Like on "More Fool Me". Amazing stuff. Sadly most folks today have no clue that Phil was once one of the kings of prog rock drumming and Peter Gabriel wore a red dress and a fox head on stage. Oh, and PG was 25 when we left Genesis 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯Five exploding heads is right! 25 and he left with the Lamb, then Genesis put out A Trick of the Tail & Wind & Wuthering the same year. Afterglow 🤯Then PG I (Car) in 77. Hit single in 7. Solsbury Hill is in 7 right? They don't make them like that anymore. Then Gabriel puts out SO & US 🤯All out of exploding heads. Phew!
Yeah Genesis (Peter, Tony, Anthony P, and Mike) got their first recording contract when they were all 16 years old. People forget how early they started.
Hackett is still keeping all the early Genesis alive in concert. I've seen him a dozen times and every time I'm shocked how fantastic he performs it all and the incredible power of all those early Genesis masterpieces. Going to Poland in July to see him at a prog festival with my other favorite prog band IQ.
This and Entangled are directly connected to the early Genesis, with Anthony Phillips, Rutherford and Banks all playing 12 strings in some songs. Pure love. Beautiful.
Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb lies down on Broadway are two masterpiece albums. Genesis, in my opinion, are the greatest band that has ever existed.
I agree there were some cool prog bands in the 70s. ELP. YES. but I find myself returning continously to Genesis they had such a unique sound in my opinion Steve Hacketts guitar alone sold me. Horizons omg. Fox Trot was my first Genesis album and then I saw them in Atlanta March 74. Became a huge fan of all members. Just saw Steve Hackett in Atlanta last year. Awesome musicianship. This song that beato is analyzing is brilliant. Love seeing Genesis getting love. I agree they are one of the best bands that ever existed.
@@richardrobbins9660 I was at that Atlanta show as well. Phenomenal. I was too young to see Genesis in their prime, so this was the next best thing. I broke down in tears a couple of times, hearing these beloved songs played live, by Steve Hackett himself! Looking forward to next tour this fall.
Every woman I've ever known has been slain by this song. There's something about the inevitability of lost youth, lost beauty, that's painfully felt by girls, and Tony and Mike somehow captured it in this heartbreaking way. Tony revisited this theme more than once, in a more universal way with Fading Lights, another melancholy classic. Musically, I've always been amazed at how brilliant songwriters go the extra miles to create a gorgeous and unique sonic palette, instead of just setting their lyrics to some basic "easy" chords. Thank you Rick, for spotlighting this work of genius!
I used to play ripples when my son's girlfriend at the time,and was so into herself rode along with the family , she disliked the song and finally asked why I always played it and told her to actually listen to the lyrics and when she did I believe it opened her eyes to her self amazement, I've Always loved that song, album and Genesis 👍
Drove from Albany to Syracuse to see Genesis at the Dome a bunch of times. Trick of the Tail still pulls me in at 57, just like it did when I was 15, Masterpiece!
Genesis are a great band because throughout their career and all their albums they have a song for every moment and feeling you have at any point in time. Awesome......they really are a soundtrack of your life type of band. Not many can say that
It was those arpeggiated 12 string lines that really got me into the early Genesis stuff. Both Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford are both underestimating guitar players and of course Mike is stellar on the bass. Tony Banks, incredibly he’s not classically Trained but has this ability to write compelling memorable songs. Actually every one of the members wrote some great songs.
The instrumental break is without question my favorite part of this song - the way Steve Hackett plays over Banks' rolling chords and synth part - the expressiveness and beauty of that guitar sound cannot be overstated. For years I had heard it was recorded "backwards" and it does sort of have that sound, but Steve has said he was using a guitar synth effect to bring the sound up after the attack on the string - to my ears it makes for such a achingly longing, almost crying sound. Just amazing.
Genesis were the king of inversions. I learned this song years ago and really there’s a myriad of ways to play it. Also, when Steve, Mike, and Tony all played guitars in the same song it really does challenge the ear to pick out parts and chords because each guy is playing something different. Also, Rutherford was a master of alternate tuning. Ripples is a good study. The three part intro to Cinema Show is even more astounding. Great video.
Cinema Show is my all time favorite Genesis song (specifically the live version on Seconds Out, much prefer it to the studio version). Hope Rick covers it some day.
Mike had his 12 strings retuned and later couldn't remember how he'd done it when it came to live, that must have been a complicated puzzle to fix in retrospect.
Also came here to mention "Cinema Show".. a Genesis classic. Seeing them perform that live in front of 80,000 ppl and flooring the entire crowd, just an amazing experience. Ripples is pretty amazing too though.. the pre chorus and chorus just gives me goosebumps
Love to see you pulling apart one of my favorite albums of all time. I'm 25, but I'm an avid musician in my scene... only a couple cats around me would ever wanna go this deep on some old school Genesis
What I never get is how it is possible that so many great musicians (Peter, Tony, Mike, Phil, Steve, not to forget Anthony Phillips) happen to find themselves in the same place in a very young age to create a band and write lots of famous songs. Similar with Pink Floyd.
Or most prog bands in general. They were in their young age who composed a lot of incredibly complex songs. Imagine in your 20s compose a song like Supper's Ready, Close to the Edge, or even 25 or 6 to 4 guitar solo made by Terry Kath even though Chicago is not a prog but you can't deny that they were a top-notch musicians before Kath's death.
I don't know I mean it was all there even from their earliest days but it could have easily fizzled out. same could have happened with Pink Floyd. some bands run out of juice real quick some bands figure out how to they did their strengths and just grow from there. Genesis grew and changed continuously, but never really fell off until phil left. even then Congo is pretty catchy, I just wish the calling all stations was a bit more unique you know?
I love it when Phil sings in "i know what I like" with Peter The voices matches so good together I am to young for the experience of an old genesis live show but i have seen the group "the musical box" and that was impressive
Friends invited me to see them play in a great venue in early 1975 back when Peter Gabriel was still fronting the band. They were touring the Lamb in those days. Incredible shows.
I had the privilege to see them here in Buffalo NY in I think early 74 selling England tour then in 77 in Toronto wind & wuthering tour just phenomenal.
Great pick! My absolute favourite Genesis track is Dodo/Lurker. There were 2 unreleased tracks that are played as part of Dodo's suite named Naminanu and Submarine. Anyone seeing this who hasn't heard the full suite, I recommend you find it on UA-cam because it's brilliant. Trick of the Tail is a great album and Hackett was a huge loss when he left the band. Still some very good music after he left but his influence is vacant for the rest of the band's existence.
Great comment. Dodo/Lurker is bizarrely brilliant in a Genesis kinda way. I will have to go back and listen again to the other two. I also love their final tune on their last album with Phil, 'Fading Lights'. It is a perfect ending because it has the drum machine with the live drums added over it while they go back to their prog roots. Plus the lyric is poetry and sadly beautiful.
One of the great, great songs about aging, narcissism, and grieving the loss of youth. Maybe second only to Joni's "Sweet Bird" from Hissing of Summer Lawns. It's the beauty of this chord narrative and where it takes you that makes Ripples great. It soars, it sweeps, it gives you goosebumps and reminds you of your first experiences of desire and obsession. I could write a whole essay on POV in this song, how it focuses on women, girls really, who age beyond their allure, but it's really about the man who sees that happening, and knows that the same is happening to him. I truly, truly love this song. And Phil's vocal is amazing. Thrilling, chilling and totally moving. Another one for the "As I Lay Dying" playlist....
This is the stuff that everyone should remember Phil for. His vocals on Anthony Phillip's albums and these core mid-late 70's releases. He is such a massive talent.
It's the walk on the beach. Genesis has an affinity with water. Riding the scree. Ripples. On the shoreline. Me and sarah jane in silence walk along the shore.the fountain of salmasis
I'm glad you chose that song. It was the song that grabbed me when I first listened to Trick of the Tail long ago, and it stuck over time. But I agree there are many good songs on this album....
Genesis has thousands of great songs. For me Mad Man Moon is one of the best songs ever and I don't almost no one talks about. Ripples is great, I love the entire Trick Of The Tail.
Rutherford is a musical savant on guitar, he will never be confused with Van Halen etc surely, however his alternate tunings are so intuitive and interesting structurally that it leads to songs like The Musical Box, Cinema Show and Ripples. Not sure if you ever heard his first solo album, Smallcreeps Day but sonically and guitar wise it's a hidden gem
Exactly right. I’m sure this section is by Rutherford, not Banks. It’s a beautiful song but those chord symbols are overcomplicated. The opening is basically a series of descending triads over an open B string (tuned up from A). The bass notes are only added in the second verse.
Rutherford wrote a lot of songs with Anthony Phillips, and this song has elements of their style on display. There’s also kind of an awkwardness to some of Rutherford’s songs. Tony probably smoothed out some of those tendencies to make this such an enduring and compelling piece.
I chuckled to myself when I saw you were doing Ripples. I too had never taken an effort to figure out the chords but the progression is so unusual sounding, I knew it would be weird. “Rick will have a ball with this one…”
My Favorite band of all time!! So much depth to their music. I am a drummer and while Phil was never considered one of the real greats....his chops on a lot of Genesis songs are amazing and still give me chills.
@@patepulkkinenvtec2403 I agree....just think the rest of the world did not compared others. I had seen them 3 or 4 times and when Phil hopped on the kit it was magical. Watching his son Nick play Cinema Show or Firth of Forth is spectacular.
@@SPAZZOID100 I agree,,just saying he was not recognized for his talents as much as others believe he is..I think he was a great drummer and underated for sure.
Only listening to Duke forward, I had never heard this song before, then I saw Tom Bukovac's beautiful cover with his wife. Now this is my favorite song and this video helped me figure out the chords and theory. I love this song and going back to Foxtrot and Trick of the Tale and loving it! Thank you, Rick :)
A Trick of the Tail is truly a masterpiece and I think Ripples is its climax. I always like to borrow something I heard from Steven Wilson in an interview, in that I believe the “spirit of genius” flowed through the band when making this album. Each song stands on its own, yet each flow with such ease into each other that it feels like the album is meant to be listened from beginning to end. It feels like book full of fairytales, each song being a chapter. I could go on but truly I think it stands of one of the best albums ever made. Edit: maybe the best version of the song was done live at Lyceum in 1980. Such a powerful rendition of it
Massive amounts of respect for your ear and chord knowledge. This song is brilliant and you have de-mystified it for a long time Genesis fan, without ruining the magic of the song. THANK YOU !
Ripples is an outstanding, beautiful piece and for me is Genesis' best song by far and helps make Trick of the Tail a masterpiece. Thank you for breaking it down and giving it the respect it deserves.
TOTT is a great album.. Selling England was the culmination of their early prog style and then followed by three great albums; Lamb, TOTT and W&W.. a slightly more modern sound 1974-76. Not just fidelity and production.. their musicianship in the mid-seventies is not just a peak for Genesis but a peak for music and humanity itself.. Let´s just say that it´s the peak of our multiverse and exists outside of time.
I can't believe I missed the stream, but at least I can watch it back. Thank you for covering this song - I never would have expected it, but I'm so glad you did. My parents brought me up on Genesis, but Trick of the Tail was the first album by them that I discovered for myself; I heard the the title track on the radio (I still remember listening to it and the exact show it was on: Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 here in the UK), and after listening to the song in its entirety, spell-bound, I turned off the radio and went out to buy the album from the independent record store across the road. I lived in Trick of the Tail for a month after that, listening to practically nothing else, and even all these years later, the album still holds a special place in my heart, with this song and Mad Man Moon among my favourites from the album. I got to see Genesis live a year and a half ago, and I'm so glad I did. They are truly one of the great bands of all time. Thank you again for covering this. Your analyses are truly the best out there, and I can think of no song more worthy than this one.
The musical mastery of their composition and arrangement is truly stunning! ..... And then, you shift your focus to the exquisite poetic art within their lyrical expression! .... At the risk of sounding like an over zealous fan - I must continue to rank them alongside the greatest names throughout more than 500 years of our musical history!
Freshly 52yo and Genesis has been such a presence in my youth as well as the rest of the time. But the music hits differently when we experienced it through the innocence and immagination of youth. Their music is perfect to take us on amazing journeys.
Correct and all the other albums before he was with genesis and still making great albums and brilliant live shows with his own stuff and genesis with a great band of musicians with him
I always thought that was one of the best recorded albums ever,.it rules in headphones and you can meditate to the flow of that album,..thanx for this one Ripples is such a great composition
More Genesis! So happy you did this song. “Trick of the Tail” is probably my desert island album. It’s perfect and should be required listening in music school.
Had a girlfriend years back and we used to go this awesome, really special Italian restaurant on 2nd Av. She got all bent with me when I told my friends about it and they stared going. As good as it is: This breakdown has me understanding how she felt.
Always loved the inversions and changes in this tune. Still givesme chills. Could be the best Genesis album. Could it be the best sounding album of the 70s?
I could listen to the chorus of this song for hours... perfect movement of melody over chords, and Phil's voice was always best when he got to open the pipes a bit more.
Rick I don't know if you've seen Bukovac and his wife's cover of this but they did a GREAT one in his garage recorded on a phone. It is so good. Love your content my friend!
Tony Banks doesn't play the 12 string according to the rules which may help to explain the unusual voicings. He is a keyboard player on guitar and that gives this music a unique sound. Hackett's guitar is sublime.
Ah, Genesis. If I could ask for a What Makes This Song Great for them, it would be Watcher of the Skies. Fantastic song, and probably my favorite Genesis (Peter Gabriel version) song of all time.
Rick the trick of tail album is one of my favourite Genesis albums since 1986 Ripples is well written it gives me positive energy and I enjoy listening to it. Hats off to Ruthford and Banks for writing a wonderful song.
Being born in England ( but lived in Australia for 44 yrs) Genesis to me is one of my musical foundation bands. I like their British Public School take on their lyrics. The Cinema Show is fascinating example of that pov with its reference to Father Tiresius.
As obsessed as I am for the stupefying beauty of this song, I’ve been searching for the best live rendering of it. Interestingly, Genesis didn’t play Ripples on the A Trick tour, they premiered it live only in 78. My favorite performances are Knebworth 78 and London May7,1980. But the perfection of the studio original could never be achieved live.
I remember being in college in 1978 hearing this slow song and just hating it. Fast forward a couple of decades and it's one of my top Genesis tunes. Been listening to a live version of it for years from what I think is the Lyceum Ballroom in London recorded on May 7, 1980. You can actually hear Mike counting down the song which is so cool. Have no idea what Rick was talking about for 90% of this video but loved every minute of it.
My favorite Genesis song is probably "Firth of Fifth". I love "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" too. And "One for the Vine". But it's hard to rank them. Almost everything from "Nursery Cryme" till "Wind and Wuthering" is brilliant. For me this band has the most tasteful sound and best compositions & atmosphere...love Yes as well though.
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Trick of the Tail was their first album with the distinctive gated drum sound. Made their previous albums sound flat and 2 dimensional. BTW, as a musicophile - I think you might enjoy Oliver Sacks’ book Musicophilia
Brother, I love your commentary and everything about your videos. I have followed you for years. Please change your thumb shot for the vids. The animation style representation of your handsome face does not look like you. I thought that I was looking at a thumb nail for a video about Jeffrey Epstein. Hopefully you keep your great sense of humor with this 😊
Ripples, Entangled, Los Endos...some of the best Genesis tracks all on the same album. Was lucky enough to meet Genesis back in 1984 - great bunch of guys.
Trick Of The Tail is one of the greatest albums of all time. Phil's drum work on this album is amazing.
...in every album.
Once started using reverse gated beats and all that popular 80’s stuff. It was all the rage back, but always felt he went a little overboard with that sound
Wrong. Phil's drumming work was actually great on the first Genesis albums, because it was just that: drums. It does sound amazing on Trick because of the little machines he started using, which come to their summit during the 80's. I think.
@@bassaniobrokenhart5045 All acoustic drums on the album.
@@bassaniobrokenhart5045 Which machines?? You must be thinking of a different album.
When studying in England in 1991, my friend and I called Tony Banks at home (he was in the phone book!) and ended up visiting his home in Guildford Surrey. In his house was the piano used on "The Lamb" and "Trick": I got to play this piano (the one used on Ripples). A very long story, but this changed my life.
Ah... WOW!
No way! 😁
@@laurabusse1832 If I post my photo with him in his living room, it's gone. It's a prisoner of the digital universe. If you're not being ironic, you'll just have to trust me. :-)
Genesis was full of very talented musicians but I can say that without Tony Banks this would not be the best prog band ever
Amazing! How did you manage to persuade him to invite you to his house?! You must be one helluva smooth talker!!
The entire Trick of the Tail album is a masterpiece from the first note to the last.
Always love seeing it, and it's songs, getting the credit and attention it so richly deserves.
True. It's a masterpiece. I had a mate who told me about it but he never had the album. That was weird. He wasn't a fan really but I became one. I think Trick is their peak - but maybe Selling Enfland is. Some will say it's The Lamb. That's so out of sequence from the albums either side. That's the originality of those guys. I think Trick had a lot of music and lyrics that had been busting to come out but got delayed by The Lamb. There is kind of an explosion of gorgeous musical harmonies on it.
System Shock and Genesis. Great taste.
@@coanjos Kudos to you for recognizing Shodan! Excited for the remake to finally get released!
Mostly tony banks
Stuff he wrote for a possible solo album
@@laurabusse1832 And still marvelous nonetheless. Mike and Steve still have some great moments on it on the songwriting front.
Ripples is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.
Not if you are OLD 😂
True so true
When I was 20 this song was about me.
Now that I'm 68 this song is about me.
Wistful and beautiful song.
Genesis did many gorgeous, symphonic tunes but “ Ripples “ is easily one of their finest. Truly a special gem that contributes heavily in making “ Trick of the Tail “ a masterpiece, one of several consecutive, great releases by this remarkable band.
Foxtrot, Selling and Trick is the Holy grail of Genesis for me.
@Peter Hammer
I can understand that. Tony Banks once said that " Foxtrot " was his personal favorite out of everything Genesis had done. That really says something in itself.
Saw Steve Hackett in Atlanta a few years ago. Was incredible. He carried on this vibe throughout his solo career.. Would love to have Hackett on Beato's channel. He and Donald Fagen are probably my two most wanted guests.
Add to that the fact that Steve is the only bandmember not to run from the past. Maybe it's because the others did more stuff after (not that Steve didn't - not at all) but he still tours playing whole old Genesis albums. His interpretations (!) of the old catalog are often better than just a Genesis cover band playing the songs perfect note by note.
@@poorwotan It's really cool to be able to hear what the guitar is doing when Steve plays the old stuff. It was often buried in the mix on the originals.
He’s an ex-member of a band that rather than spiteful, seems genuinely proud to have been part or a unique band in a magical time. That’s pretty rare.
Oh Michael, oh Jesus ........
Donald and Steve together? My dream😍
Genesis and Steely Dan are the most beautiful worlds in music👏🥰
@memmalley YES YES YES - Rick needs to interview both of them. They are touring right now and available. With Steely Dan on hold looking for a new Keyboard player, it would be a good time for Rick to catch Donald.
An interview with Tony Banks would be sooooo interesting... The guy who wrote Everest songs like Mad Man Moon, One For The Vine, Me And Sarah Jane, etc... Man, he's a very very underrated genius of songwriting, who deserves his place up there with Macca, Brian Wilson, Sting, all the masters. Hope you get to talk to him someday.
Me and Sarah Jane is one of my favorites by the band.
well said
Banks would be pompous and insufferable
Yes it would but with the right questions asked. I saw/read several interviews with Tony where generic, ever-recycled questions attract predictable and repeatable answers. Whereas there are many interesting things to ask nobody seems to ask him before. In fact, of all bands, all Genesis members seem to have bad luck with poor quality superficial questions, resulting in the same old stories being recounted dozens of times. On any such interview I know beforehand what will come next and sadly it does. So that would require a really carefully and knowledgeably prepared set of questions delving deeper and more specific than most.
STEVE HACKETT's guitar work for this song is absolutely BRILLIANT. His work during the instrumental passage brings this song to next level.
Every single song in that Album is a damn masterpiece.
So many great albums acros the whole discog, and I love PG to bits, but there is something honestly so magical about Trick, especially when you consider it started as a shot in the dark after PG left. It's such a brilliant evolution of everything they had done before.
Its a beautiful fairy-tale of a song , my favourite hands down . Musically quite complex and the piano almost classical but with the vocals just gorgeous
I can’t believe you didn’t address the interplay between Hackett and Banks in the long instrumental section in the second half of the song! THAT is one of the most magical sections of progressive music EVER!
I always thought the chord progression in that section lifted a bit from the title track from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, as if it was composed during The Lamb sessions.
Just after I read this comment, he did actually address the interplay. At roughly 32:20. He doesn’t specifically mention the long instrumental but he does call the interplay phenomenal.
And why not mention that both Phil’s hihat and Steve’s guitar are recorded in reverse in that section! Yeah, loved Genesis all my live, best music in every universe.
@@ParavaneNiceBeaverKingEider What a great subject to be covered by Rick - guitars recorded in reverse over the history of rock music. How a part has to be planned and rehearsed THIS way to succeed the OTHER way, with examples given live. Or, more likely, how it is planned in the final form, then learnt to be played in reverse, played that way and re-reversed into the final product identical to the initial sketch, but with the charming distortion the reversal brings. Great subject!
Trick of the Tail is such a great record, I remember buying an old vinyl copy for like a dollar, knowing nothing about it, and being completely blown away. So many beautiful and powerful songs.
I can't explain why they are my favourite group but they had such a special chemistry together.
The heart has reasons for which reason knows nothing. That’s what I tell myself.
I have a special place in my heart for Genesis also. I remember being a kid and my parents getting together with my Aunt and Uncle and playing cards and listening to Genesis and all the old great music from that time.
Me too man….fave group of all time… Al eras
Their melodies and the way they performed their music, their musicianship…incredibly talented musical genii. It’s not that I just listen to Genesis music. It goes straight into my core and speaks to my inner being.
My favorite part of this song is the instrumental bridge. The way Tony's and Steve's parts weave in and out of each other is simply mesmerizing -- one moment Tony is playing the melody and Steve the counter-melody, then just a few moments later it's the reverse. I also love the effect Steve puts on his guitar to make it sound as if it's backmasked.
Steve did more of that sound/effect - check his solo on his brother John Hackett's album _Checking Out of London_ - first song entitled Late Trains. Again, the guitar sounding like it was tape-reversed (I know, the Beatles were first in this area, in I'm Only Sleeping).
The fact you can hear and transcribe all these intricate chord changes and voicing is incredible.
Jesus. Don't know if you've seen it, but on one of Rick's vids (I can't recall which one but saw it in the last couple weeks), he's putting, like, a 9 year-old kid through ear training.
Rick sits at the piano and the kid is facing away from him. Rick then plays some monster chord on the piano and asks the kid to name the chord. After the kid correctly names the chord, Rick then asks him to sing a particular note. I can't remember if the note was in the chord or not but either way, the kid hummed the right note each time. It was mind blowing.
So yeah, Rick figuring out those chords is a walk in the park for him.
Hell, he probably made that kid do it!
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The kid is Rick's son 😊
Been in love with this song for so many years. Those first couple of post-Gabriel albums are just brilliant and filled to the brim with fantastic, melodic songs.
Agreed on the 2 albums after Gabriel left. I actually like them best 😊
@@ShadesingreyTrick of the Tail was a musical masterpiece.
Agree. My friends and I would see them for every album, but when they started playing bigger venues like Madison square garden. It just wasn’t the same as those concerts in the theaters.
Steve Hackett called Tony Banks "the chord king" for a reason. Love this song. Genesis was one of the biggest inspirations for my music. The early prog stuff especially.
Part of why Rick's vid's are so great is that he isn't pretentious! He's so down to earth and it's great to see and hear him kinda "fan boy" over things he enjoys... His positive attitude is contagious!
❤❤love your comment
"If you think, that it's pretentious, you'll be taken for a ride" ;)
OMG I love "Ripples" !! You should do an episode of "What makes this song great" on their song "Firth of Fifth". To me, Genesis is the peak of progressive rock, and Firth of Fifth is the peak of Genesis.
Agreed, I think Rick could do a whole episode just about Steve's brilliant solo!
To me, this is one of the few songs where the live version is better than the one off the album. Along with "In The Cage", they're some of the best live performances I've heard (and seen).
This would be a three-parter.
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Some of his solo work is far better !!
I know what I like.
Genesis has so many luscious chord changes that seem so simple, but are not. They make it sound so easy because they flow so smoothly. Then you lay over Phil's voice. Perfection.
Well said!
That transition leading to the chorus always gives my chills, even after all these years. Perfect.
Sounds like it's time for a Tony Banks interview? He could explain it.
That would be awesome ❤❤❤
Sounds like classic Tony banks chord progression!!!
In fact the song ( lyrics and chord progressions) is written by Mike Rutherford. Tony is credited as a co-author because of the instrumental break based on his arpeggios on piano.
Tony Banks n'est pas un personnage sympathique... toujours plein de ressentiments et surtout imbu de lui-même... aucun humour, un balai dans le cul...
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I don't think that's correct. The lyrics to Ripples have Banks' written all over them.
Sí, estoy de acuerdo. Sería una entrevista interesante.
Huge Genesis fan, my third favorite band. They wrote some of the most unique beautiful songs every recorded. They were one of a kind!
@@DRourk Beatles, Steely Dan
@@joedecker3900 My top 3 too. You got impeccable taste and knowledge of music... lol.
Joe, the same for me, but.......
1) Genesis
2) Don and Walt
I like Beatles too, but nobody is like Genesis and Steely Dan 😍
It’s my no.1, millimeters above Led Zeppelin
Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering are great albums. Still a great band but not the same after Steve Hackett left. An interview with him would be cool. 🖖
Yes on the interview. I've seen some of his interviews. He is a cool, down to earth guy, and I bet he'd do it!
Absolutely that would be a supreme delight
I agree they are my go to albums. Love the stuff before but TOFT and WAW are my favourites.
Sorry, but “Duke” was a standout. Probably their best after Gabriel left.
Steve Hackett was on those two albums. 🦧
One of my all time favorite Genesis songs and albums. Steve Hackett is amazing on these songs and Phil's drumming is arguably at its best! Wind & Wuthering.
I saw Steve perform right before Covid and it was a great show!
Please do more prog related content. Yes, Genesis, King Crimson. It seems to fit your interest in complicated chord progression, and guitar and keyboard emphasis.
Camel too, with Andy Latimer's unbelievable guitar playing.
This particular song is so complex it shows the skill and talent of the men who wrote it. I take my hat off to them. They played it when I saw them in Rome in 2007 and it was one of the many highlights on the night. Wonderful song.
Always happy whenever 70s-era Genesis gets some love--they wrote many perfect songs in that period. :)
This is a brilliant Mike & Tony song! Phil was a reluctant front man after Peter left. But he got to learn how to write songs from the best 4 guys possible. Side note: PG's acapella melody from "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" that opens Selling England By The Pound is a literal work of genius! It OPENS THE RECORD! lol. If you listen. In Genesis Peter would mostly sing pentatonic melodies to weave between the prog elements and keep the vocals pretty, catchy, and fill them with ear worms. Phil certainly followed Pete in the early days. Like on "More Fool Me". Amazing stuff. Sadly most folks today have no clue that Phil was once one of the kings of prog rock drumming and Peter Gabriel wore a red dress and a fox head on stage. Oh, and PG was 25 when we left Genesis 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯Five exploding heads is right! 25 and he left with the Lamb, then Genesis put out A Trick of the Tail & Wind & Wuthering the same year. Afterglow 🤯Then PG I (Car) in 77. Hit single in 7. Solsbury Hill is in 7 right? They don't make them like that anymore. Then Gabriel puts out SO & US 🤯All out of exploding heads. Phew!
W O N D E R F U L! 🤣
Yeah Genesis (Peter, Tony, Anthony P, and Mike) got their first recording contract when they were all 16 years old. People forget how early they started.
You write posts like how a crazy cat lady would talk
So what you're saying is, they're quite talented.
@@StockportJambo 🤣👍
Hackett is still keeping all the early Genesis alive in concert. I've seen him a dozen times and every time I'm shocked how fantastic he performs it all and the incredible power of all those early Genesis masterpieces. Going to Poland in July to see him at a prog festival with my other favorite prog band IQ.
Saw Hackett and band last year in NJ and this year in Boston. Absolutely phenomenal. Steve is a guitar monster at 73! ❤❤❤
HUGE Genesis fan, and this is my ALL-TIME fave Genesis tune, and one of my all-time faves, period.
This and Entangled are directly connected to the early Genesis, with Anthony Phillips, Rutherford and Banks all playing 12 strings in some songs. Pure love. Beautiful.
Preach
Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb lies down on Broadway are two masterpiece albums. Genesis, in my opinion, are the greatest band that has ever existed.
I agree there were some cool prog bands in the 70s. ELP. YES. but I find myself returning continously to Genesis they had such a unique sound in my opinion Steve Hacketts guitar alone sold me. Horizons omg. Fox Trot was my first Genesis album and then I saw them in Atlanta March 74. Became a huge fan of all members. Just saw Steve Hackett in Atlanta last year. Awesome musicianship. This song that beato is analyzing is brilliant. Love seeing Genesis getting love. I agree they are one of the best bands that ever existed.
The Beatles will ALWAYS be the GREATEST - And I love Genesis 😃
Agreed on your album choices. Yes may have had better chops, but with Gabriel - unlike pretty much any other Prog group - Genesis had SOUL.
I agree on Selling but Trick of the Tail is much better for me than Lamb.
@@richardrobbins9660 I was at that Atlanta show as well. Phenomenal. I was too young to see Genesis in their prime, so this was the next best thing. I broke down in tears a couple of times, hearing these beloved songs played live, by Steve Hackett himself! Looking forward to next tour this fall.
Every woman I've ever known has been slain by this song. There's something about the inevitability of lost youth, lost beauty, that's painfully felt by girls, and Tony and Mike somehow captured it in this heartbreaking way. Tony revisited this theme more than once, in a more universal way with Fading Lights, another melancholy classic.
Musically, I've always been amazed at how brilliant songwriters go the extra miles to create a gorgeous and unique sonic palette, instead of just setting their lyrics to some basic "easy" chords.
Thank you Rick, for spotlighting this work of genius!
I used to play ripples when my son's girlfriend at the time,and was so into herself rode along with the family , she disliked the song and finally asked why I always played it and told her to actually listen to the lyrics and when she did I believe it opened her eyes to her self amazement, I've Always loved that song, album and Genesis 👍
Amen
Ok so use this song to score chicks...gotcha!
Funny you mention Fading Lights. The choruses of both songs sound very alike. Compare 'Far away, away' in FL with 'Sail away, away' in Ripples.
this song is the king henry the XIII of music
Drove from Albany to Syracuse to see Genesis at the Dome a bunch of times. Trick of the Tail still pulls me in at 57, just like it did when I was 15, Masterpiece!
Genesis are a great band because throughout their career and all their albums they have a song for every moment and feeling you have at any point in time. Awesome......they really are a soundtrack of your life type of band. Not many can say that
It was those arpeggiated 12 string lines that really got me into the early Genesis stuff. Both Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford are both underestimating guitar players and of course Mike is stellar on the bass. Tony Banks, incredibly he’s not classically
Trained but has this ability to write compelling memorable songs. Actually every one of the members wrote some great songs.
I think Ripples is what made me a definitive fan of Genesis…what a great song
The instrumental break is without question my favorite part of this song - the way Steve Hackett plays over Banks' rolling chords and synth part - the expressiveness and beauty of that guitar sound cannot be overstated. For years I had heard it was recorded "backwards" and it does sort of have that sound, but Steve has said he was using a guitar synth effect to bring the sound up after the attack on the string - to my ears it makes for such a achingly longing, almost crying sound. Just amazing.
Truly.
Genesis were the king of inversions. I learned this song years ago and really there’s a myriad of ways to play it. Also, when Steve, Mike, and Tony all played guitars in the same song it really does challenge the ear to pick out parts and chords because each guy is playing something different. Also, Rutherford was a master of alternate tuning. Ripples is a good study. The three part intro to Cinema Show is even more astounding. Great video.
Cinema Show is my all time favorite Genesis song (specifically the live version on Seconds Out, much prefer it to the studio version). Hope Rick covers it some day.
Mike had his 12 strings retuned and later couldn't remember how he'd done it when it came to live, that must have been a complicated puzzle to fix in retrospect.
Also came here to mention "Cinema Show".. a Genesis classic. Seeing them perform that live in front of 80,000 ppl and flooring the entire crowd, just an amazing experience. Ripples is pretty amazing too though.. the pre chorus and chorus just gives me goosebumps
Tony Banks is a harmony genius , you should interview him !
Of course, this is why Genesis sounds so different than Phil C. solo. For instance, he created a great synthe line in the track "home by the sea"
+100. Tony is the soul of Genesis.
A Tony Banks interview would be amazing. Please Rick, please!!
No one strings together chords like Tony Banks. So unpredictable and beautiful! His voice leading is Genesis’s secret weapon.
Yes, please interview Mr. Tony Banks!
This Guy knows more about the music that was the soundtrack to my life than I do, Rick Beato is Cool
An interview with Phil Collins would be very cool
Drumeo interviewed Phil & his son Nic recently if you’re interested.
MAKE IT HAPPEN!
yea he is in Miami and I know is down to Earth and receptive to things like this.
Also a interview with award winning pianist ROB CHRISTIE
Or Steve Hackett
Love to see you pulling apart one of my favorite albums of all time. I'm 25, but I'm an avid musician in my scene... only a couple cats around me would ever wanna go this deep on some old school Genesis
What I never get is how it is possible that so many great musicians (Peter, Tony, Mike, Phil, Steve, not to forget Anthony Phillips) happen to find themselves in the same place in a very young age to create a band and write lots of famous songs. Similar with Pink Floyd.
It’s Tony’s doing. If he hadn’t suggested that Pete sing on Ant and Mike’s song who know what could have happened.
Or most prog bands in general. They were in their young age who composed a lot of incredibly complex songs. Imagine in your 20s compose a song like Supper's Ready, Close to the Edge, or even 25 or 6 to 4 guitar solo made by Terry Kath even though Chicago is not a prog but you can't deny that they were a top-notch musicians before Kath's death.
Yes, it was a very special era for creative young individuals. The heavens were opened. =)
I don't know I mean it was all there even from their earliest days but it could have easily fizzled out. same could have happened with Pink Floyd. some bands run out of juice real quick some bands figure out how to they did their strengths and just grow from there. Genesis grew and changed continuously, but never really fell off until phil left. even then Congo is pretty catchy, I just wish the calling all stations was a bit more unique you know?
Thank The Beatles.
Since I was a teen in thr 80s I've loved this song. As beautiful a song as has ever been written.
I love it when Phil sings in "i know what I like" with Peter
The voices matches so good together
I am to young for the experience of an old genesis live show but i have seen the group "the musical box" and that was impressive
Steve Hackett is touring Genesis Revisited this year. Highly recommended.
@Mark Jacobsen but who's singing on this?
Friends invited me to see them play in a great venue in early 1975 back when Peter Gabriel was still fronting the band. They were touring the Lamb in those days. Incredible shows.
I had the privilege to see them here in Buffalo NY in I think early 74 selling England tour then in 77 in Toronto wind & wuthering tour just phenomenal.
A million thumbs up Rick. Fantastic album from begging to end. Love to hear you do "Blood on the Rooftops" from wind and the wuthering.
Great pick! My absolute favourite Genesis track is Dodo/Lurker. There were 2 unreleased tracks that are played as part of Dodo's suite named Naminanu and Submarine. Anyone seeing this who hasn't heard the full suite, I recommend you find it on UA-cam because it's brilliant. Trick of the Tail is a great album and Hackett was a huge loss when he left the band. Still some very good music after he left but his influence is vacant for the rest of the band's existence.
Great comment. Dodo/Lurker is bizarrely brilliant in a Genesis kinda way. I will have to go back and listen again to the other two. I also love their final tune on their last album with Phil, 'Fading Lights'. It is a perfect ending because it has the drum machine with the live drums added over it while they go back to their prog roots. Plus the lyric is poetry and sadly beautiful.
One of the great, great songs about aging, narcissism, and grieving the loss of youth. Maybe second only to Joni's "Sweet Bird" from Hissing of Summer Lawns. It's the beauty of this chord narrative and where it takes you that makes Ripples great. It soars, it sweeps, it gives you goosebumps and reminds you of your first experiences of desire and obsession. I could write a whole essay on POV in this song, how it focuses on women, girls really, who age beyond their allure, but it's really about the man who sees that happening, and knows that the same is happening to him. I truly, truly love this song. And Phil's vocal is amazing. Thrilling, chilling and totally moving. Another one for the "As I Lay Dying" playlist....
This is the stuff that everyone should remember Phil for. His vocals on Anthony Phillip's albums and these core mid-late 70's releases. He is such a massive talent.
@@GLOBALHEDD Have to love his vocals on ATTWT and Duke as well. His voice peaked right there in the late 70s.
Ripples! My favorite song of all... A Trick of the Tail, the perfect album. Genesis always the best, ever!!!
... their best album, by far....Mad, man moon, every freaking song ----
This whole album is an underrated classic. One of my all-time favorites.
The interplay between el gutar and keyboards in the instrumental section, is What makes this song great!
My personal favorite? Kind of an oddball but "Me and Sarah Jane"... that last section gives me goosebumps every time.
Agree..
Yep, that one always got to me too.
And Tony Banks loves it too. That & Duchess; he has said so in interviews many times....
🚬😎👍
It's the walk on the beach. Genesis has an affinity with water. Riding the scree. Ripples. On the shoreline. Me and sarah jane in silence walk along the shore.the fountain of salmasis
I'm glad you chose that song. It was the song that grabbed me when I first listened to Trick of the Tail long ago, and it stuck over time. But I agree there are many good songs on this album....
Genesis has thousands of great songs. For me Mad Man Moon is one of the best songs ever and I don't almost no one talks about. Ripples is great, I love the entire Trick Of The Tail.
Mad Man Moon is definitely my greatest love on that album. All the tracks are awesome, but it's just a little extra special to me.
For me too - the best song on the album! Dance on a volcano comes as close second
I love that tune too Leo...
Thousands?
The only problem with Mad Man Moon is it has never been performed live, so it was somehow swept away from the public ear.
All music comes from the subconscious. The deeper your level, the more art it is.
Rutherford is a musical savant on guitar, he will never be confused with Van Halen etc surely, however his alternate tunings are so intuitive and interesting structurally that it leads to songs like The Musical Box, Cinema Show and Ripples. Not sure if you ever heard his first solo album, Smallcreeps Day but sonically and guitar wise it's a hidden gem
Exactly right. I’m sure this section is by Rutherford, not Banks. It’s a beautiful song but those chord symbols are overcomplicated. The opening is basically a series of descending triads over an open B string (tuned up from A). The bass notes are only added in the second verse.
Rutherford wrote a lot of songs with Anthony Phillips, and this song has elements of their style on display. There’s also kind of an awkwardness to some of Rutherford’s songs. Tony probably smoothed out some of those tendencies to make this such an enduring and compelling piece.
I chuckled to myself when I saw you were doing Ripples. I too had never taken an effort to figure out the chords but the progression is so unusual sounding, I knew it would be weird. “Rick will have a ball with this one…”
My Favorite band of all time!! So much depth to their music. I am a drummer and while Phil was never considered one of the real greats....his chops on a lot of Genesis songs are amazing and still give me chills.
Phil is definitely considered among the greats.
@@patepulkkinenvtec2403 I agree....just think the rest of the world did not compared others. I had seen them 3 or 4 times and when Phil hopped on the kit it was magical. Watching his son Nick play Cinema Show or Firth of Forth is spectacular.
@@TheRoadSMITHS listen to all the studio albums he played on both with Genesis and many other artists. He’s one of the most distinct drummers ever.
@@SPAZZOID100 I agree,,just saying he was not recognized for his talents as much as others believe he is..I think he was a great drummer and underated for sure.
@@patepulkkinenvtec2403 check out Phil’s chops with Brand X. Definitely an amazing drummer.
Only listening to Duke forward, I had never heard this song before, then I saw Tom Bukovac's beautiful cover with his wife. Now this is my favorite song and this video helped me figure out the chords and theory. I love this song and going back to Foxtrot and Trick of the Tale and loving it! Thank you, Rick :)
A Trick of the Tail is truly a masterpiece and I think Ripples is its climax. I always like to borrow something I heard from Steven Wilson in an interview, in that I believe the “spirit of genius” flowed through the band when making this album. Each song stands on its own, yet each flow with such ease into each other that it feels like the album is meant to be listened from beginning to end. It feels like book full of fairytales, each song being a chapter. I could go on but truly I think it stands of one of the best albums ever made.
Edit: maybe the best version of the song was done live at Lyceum in 1980. Such a powerful rendition of it
Massive amounts of respect for your ear and chord knowledge. This song is brilliant and you have de-mystified it for a long time Genesis fan, without ruining the magic of the song. THANK YOU !
Put on the headphones and close your eyes. What a masterpiece.
Ripples is an outstanding, beautiful piece and for me is Genesis' best song by far and helps make Trick of the Tail a masterpiece. Thank you for breaking it down and giving it the respect it deserves.
TOTT is a great album.. Selling England was the culmination of their early prog style and then followed by three great albums; Lamb, TOTT and W&W.. a slightly more modern sound 1974-76. Not just fidelity and production.. their musicianship in the mid-seventies is not just a peak for Genesis but a peak for music and humanity itself.. Let´s just say that it´s the peak of our multiverse and exists outside of time.
I can't believe I missed the stream, but at least I can watch it back.
Thank you for covering this song - I never would have expected it, but I'm so glad you did. My parents brought me up on Genesis, but Trick of the Tail was the first album by them that I discovered for myself; I heard the the title track on the radio (I still remember listening to it and the exact show it was on: Ken Bruce on BBC Radio 2 here in the UK), and after listening to the song in its entirety, spell-bound, I turned off the radio and went out to buy the album from the independent record store across the road. I lived in Trick of the Tail for a month after that, listening to practically nothing else, and even all these years later, the album still holds a special place in my heart, with this song and Mad Man Moon among my favourites from the album. I got to see Genesis live a year and a half ago, and I'm so glad I did. They are truly one of the great bands of all time.
Thank you again for covering this. Your analyses are truly the best out there, and I can think of no song more worthy than this one.
The musical mastery of their composition and arrangement is truly stunning! ..... And then, you shift your focus to the exquisite poetic art within their lyrical expression! .... At the risk of sounding like an over zealous fan - I must continue to rank them alongside the greatest names throughout more than 500 years of our musical history!
Freshly 52yo and Genesis has been such a presence in my youth as well as the rest of the time. But the music hits differently when we experienced it through the innocence and immagination of youth. Their music is perfect to take us on amazing journeys.
Steve Hackett did an incredible job playing guitar on this record and all of “A Trick of the Tail”. He would be a great interview.
Correct and all the other albums before he was with genesis and still making great albums and brilliant live shows with his own stuff and genesis with a great band of musicians with him
Decoding the magic of Genesis. More please!
Damn I never released how clever and complex a lot of these older songs are, love the chord progressions in this
It's why old farts like us find new music boring and simple.
I always thought that was one of the best recorded albums ever,.it rules in headphones and you can meditate to the flow of that album,..thanx for this one Ripples is such a great composition
i love Ripples, is my favorite too. This entire album is incredible.
Ripples bring back so many memories, such a melancholy and beautiful song.
More Genesis! So happy you did this song. “Trick of the Tail” is probably my desert island album. It’s perfect and should be required listening in music school.
Had a girlfriend years back and we used to go this awesome, really special Italian restaurant on 2nd Av. She got all bent with me when I told my friends about it and they stared going. As good as it is: This breakdown has me understanding how she felt.
Always loved the inversions and changes in this tune. Still givesme chills. Could be the best Genesis album. Could it be the best sounding album of the 70s?
I could listen to the chorus of this song for hours... perfect movement of melody over chords, and Phil's voice was always best when he got to open the pipes a bit more.
The 1 to 2 / 1 thing happens in The End by the Beatles also. Right after the words “you make” is Cmaj to Dmaj /C and it’s so beautiful.
Rick I don't know if you've seen Bukovac and his wife's cover of this but they did a GREAT one in his garage recorded on a phone. It is so good. Love your content my friend!
Yeah, everyone needs to see that. So good.
Tony Banks doesn't play the 12 string according to the rules which may help to explain the unusual voicings. He is a keyboard player on guitar and that gives this music a unique sound. Hackett's guitar is sublime.
Particularly Hackett's "Horizons"
also, Mike Rutherford is the king of alternate 12-string tunings.
Definately one of my favourite Genesis songs,probably one of my favs full stop.
So happy to see/hear your appreciation of music I have found to be so influential in my life.
Such a beautiful song - brings tears to my eyes!
My favorite Genesis album. I could listen to it every day, I think.
Honestly anything Genesis Duke/Abacab back to the beginning of it all is borderline perfection.
Who Dunnit?😄
Duke is a masterpiece.
Thank you for reminding me about Abacab! Now off to listen…..
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Don't like the production - shallow!
Genesis sang the soundtracks of my younger life…and still moves me today…one of the greatest bands ever
Ah, Genesis.
If I could ask for a What Makes This Song Great for them, it would be Watcher of the Skies.
Fantastic song, and probably my favorite Genesis (Peter Gabriel version) song of all time.
What a beautiful song! I love it since the first time I heard it. One of the best Genesis songs ever.
Yep- one of the best songs, truly, ever written.
It goes on a bit !
Rick the trick of tail album is one of my favourite Genesis albums since 1986 Ripples is well written it gives me positive energy and I enjoy listening to it. Hats off to Ruthford and Banks for writing a wonderful song.
Being born in England ( but lived in Australia for 44 yrs) Genesis to me is one of my musical foundation bands. I like their British Public School take on their lyrics. The Cinema Show is fascinating example of that pov with its reference to Father Tiresius.
Firth of Fifth...The sands of time are eroded by the river of constant change...greatest closing lyric of the greatest song ever
As obsessed as I am for the stupefying beauty of this song, I’ve been searching for the best live rendering of it. Interestingly, Genesis didn’t play Ripples on the A Trick tour, they premiered it live only in 78. My favorite performances are Knebworth 78 and London May7,1980. But the perfection of the studio original could never be achieved live.
I remember being in college in 1978 hearing this slow song and just hating it. Fast forward a couple of decades and it's one of my top Genesis tunes. Been listening to a live version of it for years from what I think is the Lyceum Ballroom in London recorded on May 7, 1980. You can actually hear Mike counting down the song which is so cool. Have no idea what Rick was talking about for 90% of this video but loved every minute of it.
My favorite Genesis song is probably "Firth of Fifth". I love "Can-Utility and the Coastliners" too. And "One for the Vine". But it's hard to rank them. Almost everything from "Nursery Cryme" till "Wind and Wuthering" is brilliant. For me this band has the most tasteful sound and best compositions & atmosphere...love Yes as well though.
one of my favorites too....along with Entangled and Carpet Crawlers