Album : Genesis – Foxtrot

CB was already 2 albums into his Genesis journey (Live and Selling England By The Pound) when he jumped into Foxtrot. I had to go back to older records because Selling England was their latest. I had no idea what songs were on the record because they weren’t labelled. It had some cool artwork though. I was going solely on my past listening experience and hoping for the best. I cracked open the seal and folded out the cover. Song titles, lyrics and pictures.

The album opened up with ‘Watchers Of The Skies’ which I was familiar with from the ‘Live’ album. I liked this tune a lot. Genesis had a way of making me really listen and to engage in the songs and the music. They set a mood for sure. ‘Get ‘Em Out By Friday’ was another tune from ‘Live’ . Difference was that I got to read the lyrics as I went along. I was also becoming more and more a fan of Gabriel’s vocals. He was narrator and the characters in this tune. And I believed him.

The album wasn’t doing anything to diminish my liking of this band. The vocals, music the songs all came together to engage me. It helped that I had time to spend and really listen to this stuff. A song like ‘Can-Utility and the Coastliners’ is a hard one to describe other than it is a musical ride with lots of ideas that fit the album. I don’t know if the previous songs were a set- up for ‘Suppers Ready’ but it felt that way to me. It was a head trip similar to ‘Battle Of Epping Forrest’.  CB was in for the ride. All 20 minutes of it and he loved it. Lots going on to stimulate my head. So much. Actually feel a little tired after it’s over. Gabriel goes to town on this one while the band supplies the great music to help him along.

So you get an idea what I was doing with a lot of my time. Listening to music like this and enjoying every minute of it. Foxtrot was listened to many times.

“CB are you burning that incense in your room again?”

“No ma just a little science experiment”