STEVE HACKETT FULL INTERVIEW- Revised : MY GENESIS YEARS
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STEVE HACKETT, composer and guitarist of GENESIS in their classic 1970s period, talks to Director John Edginton in this FULL LENGTH 2014 interview - Now revised for copyright reasons
ALSO AVAILABLE NOW ON THIS CHANNEL - THE FIVE !
COLLINS , HACKETT, PETER GABRIEL, TONY BANKS & MIKE RUTHERFORD
- THE FIVE : 'SUPPER'S READY' & 'MUSICAL BOX'
• GENESIS REUNION 2014: ...
- THE FIVE : ' THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY' & PETER LEAVES
• GENESIS REUNION 2014: ...
- THE FIVE : STEVE HACKETT LEAVES GENESIS & PETER GABRIEL RETURNS FOR ONE SHOW • GENESIS REUNION 2014: ...
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1980 is the year I got into Genesis, starting with Duke, which I loved. No Steve Hackett, though. The next Genesis album I bought was "Wind and Wuthering" - there's Steve Hackett, and I was blown away by how nuanced and articulate his guitar parts were, even though they were a little low in the mix in some places. I've been a huge fan of Steve ever since, and his solo career has been even more amazing than his work with Genesis. There is a palpable magic to his guitar playing that you simply cannot find anywhere else.
I like all genesis but remember being kind of miffed at Tony because my album for Nursery Cryme had one section where all you could here was the keyboard, which was only playing harmony notes over and over again, and you could hardly hear the lead guitar, which WAS playing lead but you could hardly hear it. Its unfortunate he quit, but I most certainly see his point.
What a revelation this was - he really got short changed in the final documentary. Thanks for showing us what an articulate, thoughtful and erudite person Hackett is. An enjoyably revealing interview.
What a great man Steve is.
At the end, the off-cam joke, “I’m not sure you’ll be using any of this, frankly”, turned out to be almost prophetic. After the documentary was released, Steve was vocal about his role being under-represented.
Sadly that was inevitable. As he admits, he just couldnt' get his stuff in, and the way he left just kind of makes everybody uncomfortable-because he had good points but at the same time you've got Phil "its the band man, do it for the band", and two guys who are leading the light brigade into the crimea. And in a culture that focuses on either flash guitarists or flamboyant front men, well, all I can say is that for fans it was great that he HAD to produce music to make a living.
It's amazing how humble this man can be after having released more material than all the others from the band combined. His newest one is a hit to say the least. Still on top of his game. Gotta love Steve. Thank you John for releasing these jewels in such quality.
Not Anthony Phillips:)
"I'll read anything from a manual to Immanuel Kant" lol 6:24
Steve Hackett true legend. Nice humble Guy to
So many thanks for sharing this!!! Absolutely fascinating to hear Steve's take on everything Genesis.
"From a manual, to Immanuel Kant" 🙂 Steve is such an engaging and extraordinary speaker! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Just a top bloke all the way around.
John - many thanks for this and all of your other interviews!
So happy to have this back up! Thanks John ❤
Fingers crossed that it stays up now !
Anytime a piece of a musical entity is removed that has contributed so much to a group such as Genesis,unless that piece is replaced,normally the essence of the musical phrasing will dissapate. Steve Hackett is one of those pieces,as a huge Genesis fan ,yes he is sorely missed.❤
incredible interview
greatly admire your work
Man, would I like to buy that man a beer!
The facts speak for themselves, Steve's the heart and soul of Genesis, the creative spirit stayed with Steve and Ant ,without a virtuoso Guitarist Genesis floundered and eventually called it a day. Steve however carries on creating innovative Music 🎶 and still tours the Music as it was originally conceived, something the others never managed without him. Thank goodness Steve never lost his integrity to the hit machine ❤
Excellent, Informative interview. I did get to see Steve with the band for The Lamb, Trick and W&W.
Great interview as always.... the reminder of MacArthur Park just took me back 50 years or so.... what a Time Machine. (Just like on TV, the world goes a little wobbly).:D
sensible person, excellent musician, insightful observations "crimea...born to rule", and yes, selling england is their most interesting complete work...imho
Could easily argue Selling is tops.
A real musician, hats off!
Fascinating! Steve Hackett is true musician, and more so, a true full blown artist. No compromise, no non sense, always serving the music and his musical instincts. Always pushing forward and challenging himself. Thank you for posting.
Very interesting. This full-form interview gives a very different perspective. Many thanks!
My pleasure!
Tickets for the Oct 24 gig in the bag-can't wait
Incredible interview! Thanks a bunch! I can't contribute right this moment, but when I can will. ~ p.s. I remember when Steve left the group a lot of people who were fans thought was the end of Genesis-like when Peter Gabriel left, but managed to eek out one vy decent album. Then when Duke hit the scene-though kind of good, the era was ending- I instinctively knew was over. Such is life.
Thanks a lot John, this is new to me.
When Steve left the band they really changed musically even more than when Pete left
Nice John
Makes me imagine Steve playing Invisible touch :)
6:14 Todo lo que está bien!! No solo un virtuoso de la música, sino un grandioso habitante del planeta.
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day John also i have a stomach flu ❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢
Totally agree. Competition by committee just does not work in bands..Unfortunately for a great bands. The great British class system got in the way of the music. What a shame but one of my favourite bands ever.
Your comment makes no sense. So Genesis were never a great band then, of course they were!
Steve tenemos profesiones diferentes, yo soy médico, tenemos algo en común soy un tremendo fan de Génesis, y lo otro en común es sentirme tan identificado contigo en tus forma de pensar, ver y sentir la vida. Soy más joven, solo un poco más que tú, tal vez porque 41:40 música haya sido el hilo de mi vida, o porque estoy atravesando un momento difícil, no se, pero me siento tan identificado contigo. No abundan los humildes en este mundo eres un gran ser humano, y este amigo que no conoces trata de honrar a sus maestros ( tu eres uno de los míos) en su quehacer cotidiano. Doy gracias por ser contemporáneo tuyo Maestro!
Why was there never a Steve Hackett/Anthony Philips guitar album?
Anthony has openly said he’s the one member of Genesis he really doesn’t want to fall out with 😂
From today's perspective, I would say that when Steve left Genesis, he took Genesis with him. The other three kept the name, but in reality they quickly mutated into the Phil Collins Pop Band. The only one who keeps the spirit of the old Genesis alive to this day is Steve.
Clearly you don't know what you're talking about. Steve carried on doing prog, until the 80's when he did everything the rest of the popular prog bands did from the 70s and diluted his sound - only without any real success. When this wasn't very successful, in general terms, in the 90's he set out to become something like a cover band with new proggy music in addition (which let's face it, not many people think is great). yes, he was in the original band so cover band is harsh, but look - mostly people are seeing steve hackett for the genesis stuff and the stuff from his first 3 albums. I love it, I love steve but that is reality. Phil Collins did not control Genesis in the 80's, the whole band moved their style and output and again, if you think he did you don't know what reality is. Read the books and autobiographies, biographies and watch the interviews and you will see.
@@drwugongI remember reading somewhere how it’s rather silly that, generally speaking, fans of progressive don’t seem to care for their bands to grow and.. *progress*.
Turning complex musical structures into simple easy listening pop songs is not progressive, but regressive.
@@DemokratiedesProletariats That's a strawman argument and a bit of a red herring as well for they didn't purposely "turn complex musical structures into simple easy listening pop songs". They kept writing songs as normal, however their tastes and writing styles changed along the way.
Also, Phil had developed quite a bit as a writer after his first marriage had failed thus started contributing more and more, however he still had to get his ideas through Mike & Tony before they'd end up on a record. Mike & Tony (et al) had always wanted to write music that would actually *sell* as just got better and more-streamlined with that process along the way -- regardless or whether or not we prefer the latter material to the former. This is mentioned a few times in their Chapter & Verse book, as well as in the several interviews with longtime photographer/writer Mario Giammetti. The change of producers from David Hentschel to Hugh Padgham corresponded with this shift in their writing. Like other prog bands of the time, they were trying to change with the times and not be left by the wayside.
Whether we refer to all these change as "progressing" or not is a matter of semantics.
@@keykrazy I wonder why you feel compelled to defend your heroes and justify their musical style changes. I don't blame Mike, Tony and Phil at all, they also have bills to pay. It's perfectly fine to write simple pop songs that sell. That's not a reproach, I don't begrudge the guys their millions. All I'm saying is that it's not progressive, it's regressive. Progressive music is not a goldmine and not for the mainstream, but niche music for people who are consciously interested in music. However, most people are simple people who listen to simple music. These people prefer the later Genesis records because they don't understand any of their early work - too artsy, too intellectual! If you want to be a big success, you have to serve this audience, not a niche audience. And that's fine! After all, Genesis are the only ex-prog dinosaur who managed to be successful with commercial music. I'm happy for them, even if their later music bores me to death.
He has close connections to North Wales
Yes Steve, the music changed after you left. It was never as good imho.
It's not just your opinion, it's a fact... after Steve left Genesis released ".... and there were three" : enough said 👎 Anyway "the wonder era" ended with Peter, not just for the role of Peter himself but becouse something broke up forever (but I also think it was simply bound to happen one day...)
This is what perplexes me about Steve's fans, the utter incoherence, they maintain, rightly that Steve was given room to shine within the band, songs credits are quite telling in this respect, and they speak volumes about who had the Lionshare, who was running the band and would decided what. Then Steve leaves, they release a weak album and the fact that the guy who wasn't allowed to contribute enough left was the reason. Where's the logic?
@@fabriziocamisani5477 When Peter left, who was "just" the frontman and the main lyrics writes "strangely & suddenly" no longer legendary album came up , anyway we had 2 very good albums (ATOTT and W&W) then Steve left and Genesis would only released just one "decent" album , Duke... I don't see any incoherence, but obviously, it's also about personal taste 😉
@@lukaf2393It is literally only an opinion
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Nursery Cryme is one of Geddy Lee's top five favourite albums. The ONLY Genesis album on there, nuff said.
Why am I always under the impression with Steve that he is simply unable to let go? He's obviously a decent human being but you can literally feel the bitterness brewing underneath, whereas other band's members have clearly left the bad blood behind them, see Tony and Peter, he seems to be lingering, harping on it and dredging things up. I have never appreciated this ambivalence of his towards the band. He obviously feels he was shortchanged and in a way he was, particularly instrumentally, but from a songwriting point of view, he's very much like Harrison bemoaning Lennon and McCartney for getting more songs on the Albums and while I'm happy he's out there keeping the Genesis legacy alive, since the Band's last tour was nothing more than a travesty, I wish he would display more coherence and shut up about the alleged hard times he had in the band or, since he talks about self-respect, stop playing Genesis music altogether. Also, I find delusional that he keeps talking about his solo album as a success, don't get me wrong I like it but it was hardly Face Value, Acolyte charted #26 in the UK and #191 in the US, much of the curiosity and the traction was generated by the fact that Genesis guitarist was releasing an album, I was around and I remember that so I doubt the lads were scared the band's future was in jeopardy, he should really stop comparing his solo career to Phil's and Peter's and acknowledge that if he has a career today because of that handful of albums he was on, certainly not because the over 20 solo albums he has released. Harsh, I know but sort of factual, otherwise I'm quite sure he would prefer touring his own material.
Don’t think it’s harsh at all. It is a reasonable assessment.
Steve’s contribution to Genesis is overestimated by those who won’t leave 1977 behind.
He was a major writer on around 15 songs, he was best applying his talents as a player to others’ material.
His best solo songs came while still in the Genesis fold when the bar was high, but he didn’t offer many of them to the band.
Frankly, he left Genesis in the lurch by making a solo record in 1975 and missed an opportunity with the band in doing so.
Although the material on Acolyte is pretty variable to say the least, it would have needed input from the others to knock the songs into Genesis-worthy shape (and better lyrics).
Some of Please Don’t Touch and Spectral Mornings could have made the cut, but after that it ain’t great.
Steve is also lauded as someone who didn’t compromise. Yet Cured and Highly Strung are full of less than great attempts at a hit single. Cell 151 was okay, I liked Walking Through Walls. But the reality is he just isn’t as good at writing songs (of any genre) as Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Gabriel or even Phillips in my view.
Thankfully your opinion means jack shit.
People like Steve Hackett destroyed rock music.
😅😂🤣 Really!
Utter bollocks!
If destroying rock music means creating so much beauty then so be it!
@@jonnykhatru 🔥☄🌀🌠💙
Oh dearie me