Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis when this album, Selling England By The Pound, came out. Steve Hacket was the lead guitarist until he left in 1977.
If ever I were marooned on a desert island, with little chance of returning to civilisation and little, if any access to music - all I would long to have is every album of Genesis and every album of Supertramp! ...😍🎶😍
Nad Sylvan is a U.S. born Swedish progressive rock musician and songwriter, who is currently the vocalist in Steve Hackett's band Genesis Revisited and has also maintained a solo career and collaborations with several other
This was my favorite album when purchased fresh from the oven in the early 70s, and it has never faded in my estimation. This is the best song as well. I would put it at the very top of all rock songs, along with Close to the Edge, Awaken, Court of the Crimson King, and Echoes.
Just an amazing performance, with such a beautiful orchestral backing that adds such depth and dimension to this classic. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Robert. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Indeed, whenever I hear that orchestrated version, I can't help thinking that this is the way the song was meant to sound in the first place. We're lucky that Steve Hackett is keeping the Genesis flame alive. Greetings from Montreal 🐝
I saw him and his band in Toronto at Massey Hall on October 5th. They were toring the 50th anniversary of the album Foxtrot. He played some of his solo album songs ar first, had a break and then he and his band came back and did the whole Foxtrot album in its entirety, including Supper's Ready. Then with the crowd yelling for more, they came back and did 4 songs for the encore. Firth of Fifth was one one of them and I was blown away because that is one of my favourite songs by Genesis. What a brilliant guitar solo by Steve. It was an incredible concert.
Harri mate. You should check out the whole concert in your own time, it's on YT. It's bloody mind blowing. He brings on different people during the show. I wonder who scored all the parts for the orchestra! Great channel dude. ✌️❤️🇬🇧
Great reaction, and thanks Harri and Robert! I just saw Steve Hackett in concert 5 days ago in Washington DC. They played Genesis' Foxtrot LP and added Firth of Fifth as a crowd favorite bonus!
I love the way singer Ned Sylvan went away from stage when the instrumental part starts and come back on exactly the right moment. Great raction. Sylvan's voice (and his theatrical moves) reminds me more to Peter Gabriel.
Thank you for reacting to this. I was at this concert with my Brother. It was an amazing evening of music. I always thought that certain Genesis tracks would sound great with the addition of an Orchestra, and was not disappointed. From the same concert, “Suppers Ready” is just as good, particularly Steve’s much extended ending.
I'm soooo happy you've reacted to this one, Harri 💙! This song is a Progressive Rock classic and the guitar solo, the most iconic of the entire Progressive catalogue. Glad you liked it! As for Nad Sylvan's vocals, I think he sounds more 'Peter Gabriel' than Gabriel himself 😊
I saw Steve and his band in Toronto on October 5th. They were touring the 50th anniversary of the album Foxtrot. The first part were about 4or 5 songs from his solo albums after he left Genesis. They had about a 20 minute intermission then they came back and did the whole Foxtrot album. After that with the crowd screaming for more, they came back and did 4 songs for their encore and this was one of them. Firth of Fifth is one of my favourite songs by Genesis, so I was blown away, especially when Steve did that brilliant guitar solo. It had to be close to 50 years since I saw Genesis, so this was worth the price of admission. It was a great concert.
Love the original, first time hearing Steve Hackett’s Live Version and Love it, Great reaction Harri, in fact Love all of your reactions! Keep up the Awesome video, from Canada take care!
Pete Gabriel was the original singer. Phil Collins was able to sound surprisingly like Pete when performing these early Genesis songs. Nad is great at doing both Phil and Pete's songs on his own way. The song was written by Tony Banks including the fabulous guitar solo, which steve delivered in his own brilliant way.
Trust Phil never sounded like PG however in his own way did an incredible job! PG’ had an unusual voice however his singing not as good as you might think but his stage presence was/is unmatched (masks or not). Phil was a good singer while PG was okay but on stage you’d pick PG over Phil any-day...
Well, to each his own. I’d say Phil Collins was a genius drummer and a very good singer. Peter Gabriel was a genius, singular vocalist. Steve Hackett was a genius guitarist whose unique playing style largely defined early Genesis. Mike Rutherford was an underrated bassist/guitarist who contributed significantly to song writing. And, of course, Tony Banks was the genius squared composer (and very good keyboardist) who made it all possible.
Originally sung by Peter Gabriel on the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound, but I much prefer the live version from Seconds Out with Phil Collins on vocals. Its really cool seeing Tony Banks' keyboards on that one section being substituted with winds and strings. Really nice arrangement.
I grew up on Seconds Out and developed a love for its versions of Suppers Ready and Carpet Crawl in particular. However, after many years I've expanded my listening and can really appreciate the studio versions equally. Not much better out there .... now blended with these classic instrumental arrangements blows me away.
He was the lead guitarist! And I'll have the pleasure of seeing him here in Des Moines this Sunday, November 5th. And this song is from the Gabriel era.
The song was originally sung by Peter Gabriel when it came out in 1973, but he left the band in 1975 before Phil Collins became the lead vocalist, but I agree, their voices are very similar and can be confused. The song is beautiful, progressive rock mixed with classical symphony.
Steve Hackett was the guitarist (and a great one) in the original Genesis band. With that said, it was actually written by the keyboardist Tony Banks though Hackett and the rest of the band contributed to the final composition and were credited. In any case, it's a great song from the album Selling England by the Pound which is one of the greatest Prog-Rock albums of all time. It's a classic.
Glad you pointed out that the composer is Tony Banks, as it's easy to think it is Steve Hackett, due to his legendary guitar solo. With all due respect to Tony Banks, however, I don't think the solo would have had the same impact without Hackett's guitar. A classic indeed.
I grew up on Seconds Out and developed a love for its versions of Suppers Ready and Carpet Crawl in particular. However, after many years I've expanded my listening and can really appreciate the studio versions equally. Not much better out there .... now blended with these classic instrumental arrangements blows me away.
Hello Harri.Great reaction! I just saw Steve and his band play this last night at the Ryman Audirorium here in Nashville Tennessee.There was no orchestra but it still was fantastic!
In the original there were Phil collins on the drums. Peter Gabriel lead singer.. steve Hackett lead guitar. Rutheford on bass lines. MONSTER piece of musical genious.
I went to a Genesis concert at the NEC, which is now the Utilitarian Arena Birmingham in 1984. The now King Charles and the late Diana were there. I understand they were fans.
Not be confused Harri : Firth of Fifth was on the album "Selling England by a pound" by GENESIS, released in end of 1973 !!! The composer of this masterpiece was Tony Banks, the awesome keyboarder of Genesis !!! The original singer was Peter "Pete" Gabriel !!!! Later on live, Phil Collins was singing. The original guitarist of this unique solo was Steve Hackett, who left Genesis in 1977 !!! On live perfomances of Genesis later Daryl Stuermer was playing that part till 2022 !!!
Actually the basic composition of this piece is mostly by Tony Banks (keyboardplayer of Genesis) worked out by the band. But Hackett's contribution is indeed legendary !
57 now and loved Genesis forever especially the early stuff but how good does it sound with an orchestra 👌....theres another song by the moody blues called whiter shade of pale which i I think most of you know but try the version where they sing with a choir and i think an orchestra on around 2006 in Austria ,i think again😅,havent heard for a while but that is👌as well...at this rate ill be listening to James Last😊
I have been a Genesis fan for many years. To be honest, I never cared for Peter's vocals, but have come to appreciate the bands earlier stuff. I was introduced to Genesis by my US Marine Corps barracks roommate in 1978. That was with the double live album, "Seconds Out". I was hooked. This Steve Hackett version of Firth of Fifth, is just fantastic. The full orchestra, coupled with Prog. Rock is phenomenal. In fact, my own term for the genre is "Precision Rock". That is because the pieces are very complicated and orchestrated like a fine symphony. Every note of every instrument is precise. Tony was a great composer of music and was classically trained. Thank you so much for your reaction to this piece. There are many more out there.
Hi Harri. Just to pull all the band versions and music together…..this is Steve Hacketts Genesis cover band you are watching. I saw them several times over the past 7 years of so. Always excellent (try the Musical Box). Hackett was the lead guitarist during Genesiss most important period. Also he never sang for Genesis. Collins also not a member of Steve’s troope. Neither is Tony Banks who several folks thought was playing the piano at the start. “Real “ Genesis is gone. Some would say they disappeared in 1983 ! But if Steve reforms a band you must go to experience true Genesis - it’s wonderful. Also the best cover band I have seen is Geneticks/Genetix. Can’t remember how to spell it. From Argentina. Enjoy Genesis. One of the greatest bands of all time (until 1983!
Hackett is a special talent. Love that he is keeping the marvelous music of Genesis alive! But NO Harri, this was sung originally by Peter Gabriel. Phil also would cover this tune later with Genesis. Their voices were very similar which is one of the things that made Genesis sound so unique.
You should react to some funk classics like "Get Up to Get Down" by the Brass Construction (Live version) "Back in Love Again" by LTD (Live version from Soul Train) and "Dazz" by Brick (The live version) All these songs are funkier than a skunk's butt.
Very beautiful version of this masterpiece, I love the orchestra ! By the way, I still prefer the original track, maybe because I listened to it so many times that it's in my head (and more "punchy"). Anyway, I really enjoyed your video (check the original song just for you to compare). Thanks and love ❤
Genesis is a band with (at the time) four different songwriters (Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Hackett--Collins wasn't writing yet), but after Foxtrot with its 23-minute song, Suppers Ready, the writers were pretty much out of ideas when it came to writing the songs for the next album which would eventually be titled Selling England by the Pound. All they really had were three or four pieces of music that Tony Banks had brought into the sessions. Apparently because the band didn't want this to be a Banks-only album, they stuck all of the music that Banks had brought into one song, and since they didn't have anything else going at the time, they hyper-developed the song. (Spent too much time on it, according to some members.) So as it turns out, they spent far more time on Firth of Fifth than most of their other songs. Most of the other songs on the album came from improvisations with the entire band or two-or-three-man units. For example, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight was mostly Gabriel and Hackett. Cinema Show was mostly Banks, Ruthorford and Collins (foreshadowing the eventual three-piece version of the band). But all the tunes in Firth of Fifth were pre-written by Banks. Of course each member of the band put in their signature parts, especially Gabriel on the flute and Hackett on his guitar solo. (Ironically, both of those were working on the same tune.) Genesis all shared writing credit at the time, but basically the writing for this one goes to Banks. Note: I probably misused the term "ironically" above. Apologies to the word police.
If you want solo fireworks from Hackett, there is a lot from which to choose. I highly recommend the opening two tracks from his album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon. They are Loch Lomond and Phoenix Flown, best played back to back in one listen since the second is an instrumental playing off melodies from the first.
Oh my gosh, Harri! I've always loved Genesis, especially the old Genesis (pre-Abacab). I went to see Steve Hackett and band last year, and it was absolutely magical! And Nad Sylvan is the perfect cross between the two original lead singers of Genesis, Peter Gabriel and then Phil Collins. This was such a treat! Truth be told though, it's MUCH better without the symphony orchestra. Go listen to it on the Seconds Out CD, maybe the best album ever.
The title 'Firth of Fifth' is just wordplay and comes from the 'Firth of Forth' in Scotland. A 'firth' in Scotland is a river estuary and in this case the estuary of the River Forth, not to be confused with the word 'fourth'.
Great reaction but I thought Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis during that time but I could be wrong. p.s. when Peter Gabriel quit the group they had auditions to replace him and the reason they picked Phil Collins, at least from what I read, is that he sounded a lot like Peter Gabriel and now we know that Steve Hackett sounds like Phil Collins, so there's a connection.
It’s a Tony Banks song originally on Selling England By The Pound. I like the orchestra but prefer the slightly faster versions on other Hackett recordings and on the Genesis original
This song is off of the Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". Hackett was never really a lead vocalist for the band. The original singer of the song is Peter Gabriel. Mistaking it for Phil Collins is an easy mistake to make as the early Collins material is when Phil Collins was very much trying to sound like Peter Gabriel, as he replaced him..
Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis when this album, Selling England By The Pound, came out. Steve Hacket was the lead guitarist until he left in 1977.
The whole album Selling England by the Pound by Genesis is a MASTERPIECE
It still sends shivers down my spine after all this time - used to wait for this at all early genesis concerts
If ever I were marooned on a desert island, with little chance of returning to civilisation and little, if any access to music - all I would long to have is every album of Genesis and every album of Supertramp! ...😍🎶😍
What a masterpiece. Hackett's soaring, emotive guitar is the highlight, but the piano and oboe solos are epic as well.
One the best prog rock masterpieces in history, and this is the best performance of it I've ever heard, better than the original recording.
Best song ever!
Great music that will live on forever!
Best band, best song, best solo ever
Nad Sylvan is a U.S. born Swedish progressive rock musician and songwriter, who is currently the vocalist in Steve Hackett's band Genesis Revisited and has also maintained a solo career and collaborations with several other
This was my favorite album when purchased fresh from the oven in the early 70s, and it has never faded in my estimation. This is the best song as well. I would put it at the very top of all rock songs, along with Close to the Edge, Awaken, Court of the Crimson King, and Echoes.
Same here. Nothing ever topped this track, or this album!💥
Beautifully arranged, orchestrated and performed!
Just an amazing performance, with such a beautiful orchestral backing that adds such depth and dimension to this classic. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Robert. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Indeed, whenever I hear that orchestrated version, I can't help thinking that this is the way the song was meant to sound in the first place. We're lucky that Steve Hackett is keeping the Genesis flame alive. Greetings from Montreal 🐝
I saw him and his band in Toronto at Massey Hall on October 5th. They were toring the 50th anniversary of the album Foxtrot. He played some of his solo album songs ar first, had a break and then he and his band came back and did the whole Foxtrot album in its entirety, including Supper's Ready. Then with the crowd yelling for more, they came back and did 4 songs for the encore. Firth of Fifth was one one of them and I was blown away because that is one of my favourite songs by Genesis. What a brilliant guitar solo by Steve. It was an incredible concert.
Majestic.
Please, react to Steve Hackett featuring Randy Crawford - Hoping Love Will Last. A truly beautiful song with great vocal part from Randy Crawford.
Harri mate.
You should check out the whole concert in your own time, it's on YT.
It's bloody mind blowing.
He brings on different people during the show.
I wonder who scored all the parts for the orchestra!
Great channel dude.
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Great reaction, and thanks Harri and Robert! I just saw Steve Hackett in concert 5 days ago in Washington DC. They played Genesis' Foxtrot LP and added Firth of Fifth as a crowd favorite bonus!
Just saw him in concert. Amazing show, great musicians.
An absolute classic piece of music
Hackett is Fantastic.
That was awesome, thanks Robert for the submission and Harri for the great reaction.
Masterpiece!!!! GENESIS FOREVER!!!!!
I love the way singer Ned Sylvan went away from stage when the instrumental part starts and come back on exactly the right moment.
Great raction. Sylvan's voice (and his theatrical moves) reminds me more to Peter Gabriel.
Thank you for reacting to this. I was at this concert with my Brother. It was an amazing evening of music. I always thought that certain Genesis tracks would sound great with the addition of an Orchestra, and was not disappointed. From the same concert, “Suppers Ready” is just as good, particularly Steve’s much extended ending.
Saw Steve Hackett in Bournemouth last year and this is one of my favourites. Good work Harri. From Austria 😉
I'm soooo happy you've reacted to this one, Harri 💙! This song is a Progressive Rock classic and the guitar solo, the most iconic of the entire Progressive catalogue. Glad you liked it! As for Nad Sylvan's vocals, I think he sounds more 'Peter Gabriel' than Gabriel himself 😊
Yikes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is so untrue, and impossible ,I might add.. he sounds nothing like Peter...JMHO !
@@Newfie-zc7ug We're obviously not hearing the same thing! 😉
@@Newfie-zc7ugHave you actually seen him live in concert with Steve he is great.
This is honestly the best version of this song I have ever heard.
Absolutely exquisite!
I saw Steve and his band in Toronto on October 5th. They were touring the 50th anniversary of the album Foxtrot. The first part were about 4or 5 songs from his solo albums after he left Genesis. They had about a 20 minute intermission then they came back and did the whole Foxtrot album. After that with the crowd screaming for more, they came back and did 4 songs for their encore and this was one of them. Firth of Fifth is one of my favourite songs by Genesis, so I was blown away, especially when Steve did that brilliant guitar solo. It had to be close to 50 years since I saw Genesis, so this was worth the price of admission. It was a great concert.
Best of the best
Steve Hackett was also in the short lived band GTR who had a great hit song "When The Heart Rules The Mind."
Sir Hackett so discreet so excellent as lucky to see this solo on concert !
Love the original, first time hearing Steve Hackett’s Live Version and Love it, Great reaction Harri, in fact Love all of your reactions! Keep up the Awesome video, from Canada take care!
I have a ticket to see Steve Hackett on March 30, 2024. He's doing Foxtrot At Fifty. I can not wait to see that show.
It's a very good set, I enjoyed it at Manchester the other year😊
It was fab.,
The energy of this song will live on for eons to come.
How grand a performance. So well arranged and coordinated.
S-tier musicians for sure.
I saw Genesis play this live in October 1973 with Gabriel on vocals - great song!
Beautiful performance. Thanks Robert and Harri. 🌺✌️
Just saw their show (without an orchestra) last night. My fourth time seeing them. If you ever get the chance, do not miss them.
Pete Gabriel was the original singer. Phil Collins was able to sound surprisingly like Pete when performing these early Genesis songs. Nad is great at doing both Phil and Pete's songs on his own way. The song was written by Tony Banks including the fabulous guitar solo, which steve delivered in his own brilliant way.
Trust Phil never sounded like PG however in his own way did an incredible job! PG’ had an unusual voice however his singing not as good as you might think but his stage presence was/is unmatched (masks or not). Phil was a good singer while PG was okay but on stage you’d pick PG over Phil any-day...
Well, to each his own.
I’d say Phil Collins was a genius drummer and a very good singer. Peter Gabriel was a genius, singular vocalist. Steve Hackett was a genius guitarist whose unique playing style largely defined early Genesis. Mike Rutherford was an underrated bassist/guitarist who contributed significantly to song writing.
And, of course, Tony Banks was the genius squared composer (and very good keyboardist) who made it all possible.
Gabriel wrote most of the lyrics and the others contributed to the music.
Selling England By The Pound released fifty yrs ago. A masterpiece!
Originally sung by Peter Gabriel on the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound, but I much prefer the live version from Seconds Out with Phil Collins on vocals. Its really cool seeing Tony Banks' keyboards on that one section being substituted with winds and strings. Really nice arrangement.
I grew up on Seconds Out and developed a love for its versions of Suppers Ready and Carpet Crawl in particular. However, after many years I've expanded my listening and can really appreciate the studio versions equally. Not much better out there .... now blended with these classic instrumental arrangements blows me away.
Agree except they leave out the piano at the start.
The Collins version cannot hold a candle to Gabriel's original album version. "Firth of Fifth" is basically Gabriel's and Hackett's song.
@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 as far as vocals go, Phil Collins can out sing Peter Gabriel on any Genesis song, as proven by the live versions
PG sang this mate. Nice reaction. Now do Supper's Ready.
This is a bit slower than the original. But still magical.
I love Steve Hackett's compositions and superb guitar playing. I saw him and Nad on tour and it was fantastic. This was a great performance!
He was the lead guitarist! And I'll have the pleasure of seeing him here in Des Moines this Sunday, November 5th. And this song is from the Gabriel era.
The song was originally sung by Peter Gabriel when it came out in 1973, but he left the band in 1975 before Phil Collins became the lead vocalist, but I agree, their voices are very similar and can be confused. The song is beautiful, progressive rock mixed with classical symphony.
Peter Gabriel sang the original Going to see him in November 🎶🥳
Is he coming to Thailand? lol
Omg dear you just step in area of Masters.
one of the best prog songs - ever
I’m not a prog-rock fan, nor am I someone who dislikes it. But I totally get why you would say this.
At times, this reminded me of Procol Harum.
@@NathanVeenstra I like the original more though. It has more definition.
I will check it out@@stevedotwood, thanks!
Steve Hackett was the guitarist (and a great one) in the original Genesis band. With that said, it was actually written by the keyboardist Tony Banks though Hackett and the rest of the band contributed to the final composition and were credited.
In any case, it's a great song from the album Selling England by the Pound which is one of the greatest Prog-Rock albums of all time. It's a classic.
Glad you pointed out that the composer is Tony Banks, as it's easy to think it is Steve Hackett, due to his legendary guitar solo. With all due respect to Tony Banks, however, I don't think the solo would have had the same impact without Hackett's guitar. A classic indeed.
Incredible!!!
In questo video si capisce la grandezza compositiva dei Genesis.
Capolavoro del rock progressive
Peter Gabriel sang on the Genesis original version
I grew up on Seconds Out and developed a love for its versions of Suppers Ready and Carpet Crawl in particular. However, after many years I've expanded my listening and can really appreciate the studio versions equally. Not much better out there .... now blended with these classic instrumental arrangements blows me away.
Hello Harri.Great reaction! I just saw Steve and his band play this last night at the Ryman Audirorium here in Nashville Tennessee.There was no orchestra but it still was fantastic!
Nothing better than old Genesis.
Maybe old Yes. I love them both.
In the original there were Phil collins on the drums. Peter Gabriel lead singer.. steve Hackett lead guitar. Rutheford on bass lines. MONSTER piece of musical genious.
I think you forgot about Tony Banks on keyboards and if I'm not mistaken, Tony wrote the song.
I went to a Genesis concert at the NEC, which is now the Utilitarian Arena Birmingham in 1984. The now King Charles and the late Diana were there. I understand they were fans.
I was there too
hi Harry love your channel and your appreciation of music
Not be confused Harri : Firth of Fifth was on the album "Selling England by a pound" by GENESIS, released in end of 1973 !!! The composer of this masterpiece was Tony Banks, the awesome keyboarder of Genesis !!! The original singer was Peter "Pete" Gabriel !!!! Later on live, Phil Collins was singing. The original guitarist of this unique solo was Steve Hackett, who left Genesis in 1977 !!! On live perfomances of Genesis later Daryl Stuermer was playing that part till 2022 !!!
Hackett and Mike Rutherford also helped on the composition.
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Actually the basic composition of this piece is mostly by Tony Banks (keyboardplayer of Genesis) worked out by the band. But Hackett's contribution is indeed legendary !
Brother your channel absolutely rocks. Great music and great reviews. Thanks
I appreciate that!
57 now and loved Genesis forever especially the early stuff but how good does it sound with an orchestra 👌....theres another song by the moody blues called whiter shade of pale which i I think most of you know but try the version where they sing with a choir and i think an orchestra on around 2006 in Austria ,i think again😅,havent heard for a while but that is👌as well...at this rate ill be listening to James Last😊
"Whiter Shade of Pale" was done by Procul Harem.
@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 I corrected myself, read below !! 🤣😅
Now you must review 'Supper's Ready', another Genesis classic. I believe Steve Hackett has a cover of it.
I have been a Genesis fan for many years. To be honest, I never cared for Peter's vocals, but have come to appreciate the bands earlier stuff. I was introduced to Genesis by my US Marine Corps barracks roommate in 1978. That was with the double live album, "Seconds Out". I was hooked. This Steve Hackett version of Firth of Fifth, is just fantastic. The full orchestra, coupled with Prog. Rock is phenomenal. In fact, my own term for the genre is "Precision Rock". That is because the pieces are very complicated and orchestrated like a fine symphony. Every note of every instrument is precise. Tony was a great composer of music and was classically trained. Thank you so much for your reaction to this piece. There are many more out there.
It was Peter Gabriel who sang on this originally.
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You're a really nice man, and I prefer your reviews to almost anybody else's...
Yep his voice is quite similar to Peter Gabriel's in my opinion..😉Great version of a fantastic song, love it! 😊
Hi Harri. Just to pull all the band versions and music together…..this is Steve Hacketts Genesis cover band you are watching. I saw them several times over the past 7 years of so. Always excellent (try the Musical Box). Hackett was the lead guitarist during Genesiss most important period. Also he never sang for Genesis. Collins also not a member of Steve’s troope. Neither is Tony Banks who several folks thought was playing the piano at the start. “Real “ Genesis is gone. Some would say they disappeared in 1983 ! But if Steve reforms a band you must go to experience true Genesis - it’s wonderful. Also the best cover band I have seen is Geneticks/Genetix. Can’t remember how to spell it. From Argentina. Enjoy Genesis. One of the greatest bands of all time (until 1983!
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Hackett is a special talent. Love that he is keeping the marvelous music of Genesis alive!
But NO Harri, this was sung originally by Peter Gabriel. Phil also would cover this tune later with Genesis. Their voices were very similar which is one of the things that made Genesis sound so unique.
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It took 2 years for Tony to write this masterpiece
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It wasn't Phill Collins it was PETER GABRIEL
Very beautiful version of this masterpiece, I love the orchestra ! By the way, I still prefer the original track, maybe because I listened to it so many times that it's in my head (and more "punchy"). Anyway, I really enjoyed your video (check the original song just for you to compare). Thanks and love ❤
Sound like the Moody Blues band.
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I wonder what the great composers of the past would think of this?
Genesis is a band with (at the time) four different songwriters (Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Hackett--Collins wasn't writing yet), but after Foxtrot with its 23-minute song, Suppers Ready, the writers were pretty much out of ideas when it came to writing the songs for the next album which would eventually be titled Selling England by the Pound. All they really had were three or four pieces of music that Tony Banks had brought into the sessions. Apparently because the band didn't want this to be a Banks-only album, they stuck all of the music that Banks had brought into one song, and since they didn't have anything else going at the time, they hyper-developed the song. (Spent too much time on it, according to some members.)
So as it turns out, they spent far more time on Firth of Fifth than most of their other songs. Most of the other songs on the album came from improvisations with the entire band or two-or-three-man units. For example, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight was mostly Gabriel and Hackett. Cinema Show was mostly Banks, Ruthorford and Collins (foreshadowing the eventual three-piece version of the band).
But all the tunes in Firth of Fifth were pre-written by Banks. Of course each member of the band put in their signature parts, especially Gabriel on the flute and Hackett on his guitar solo. (Ironically, both of those were working on the same tune.) Genesis all shared writing credit at the time, but basically the writing for this one goes to Banks.
Note: I probably misused the term "ironically" above. Apologies to the word police.
There is about 1000 "tony banks" keyboardists in England" ... but sadly Tony is one, the Master of the Genesis ... the greatest band ever exists.
If you want solo fireworks from Hackett, there is a lot from which to choose. I highly recommend the opening two tracks from his album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon. They are Loch Lomond and Phoenix Flown, best played back to back in one listen since the second is an instrumental playing off melodies from the first.
Oh my gosh, Harri! I've always loved Genesis, especially the old Genesis (pre-Abacab). I went to see Steve Hackett and band last year, and it was absolutely magical! And Nad Sylvan is the perfect cross between the two original lead singers of Genesis, Peter Gabriel and then Phil Collins. This was such a treat!
Truth be told though, it's MUCH better without the symphony orchestra. Go listen to it on the Seconds Out CD, maybe the best album ever.
Original vocals Banks and Gabriel
I guess you should compare with the original record from 1973 " Genesis, Selling england by the pound, Firth of Fifth" you can find it on UA-cam
The title 'Firth of Fifth' is just wordplay and comes from the 'Firth of Forth' in Scotland. A 'firth' in Scotland is a river estuary and in this case the estuary of the River Forth, not to be confused with the word 'fourth'.
Great reaction but I thought Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis during that time but I could be wrong.
p.s. when Peter Gabriel quit the group they had auditions to replace him and the reason they picked Phil Collins, at least from what I read, is that he sounded a lot like Peter Gabriel and now we know that Steve Hackett sounds like Phil Collins, so there's a connection.
If you are referring to the vocalist in this recording as sounding like Phil Collins, that’s Nad Sylvan. 😉 It’s not Steve Hacket singing. 😊
Symphonic version of a Peter Gabriel headed Genesis, please review the original version
It’s a Tony Banks song originally on Selling England By The Pound. I like the orchestra but prefer the slightly faster versions on other Hackett recordings and on the Genesis original
Pater Gabriel sang this one.
Someone needs to do his homework, former Genesis singer indeed !
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Tempo is a little slow. Maybe for the orchestral arrangement. Its a masterpiece of musical excellence.
please also listen to the original!
This song is off of the Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". Hackett was never really a lead vocalist for the band. The original singer of the song is Peter Gabriel. Mistaking it for Phil Collins is an easy mistake to make as the early Collins material is when Phil Collins was very much trying to sound like Peter Gabriel, as he replaced him..
Actually it was sung by Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel was the singer.
Pretty sure Tony Banks wrote it.