Genesis - Atlantic 40th Anniversary Medley - Live 1988

[@dianasmith4381]

phil you have the most special voiçe ever, will never forget you xx

[@ksteffen61]

I was at this concert in 1988...sat behind the sounboard for 13 hours and just died when Genesis came onstage!!

[@elizabethbarrafernandez5368]

Mis hijos crecieron escuchando Genesis, hoy de 23 y 21 años es mi banda favorita. Gracias a la tecnología podemos verlos y disfrutar de esta maravillosa musica. Los amo. Genesis por siempre. Gracias por subir este video

[@udohartmann7799]

We are in tears and I am completely blown away because I was able to experience this concert in Prague. Phil Collins is probably the musician in a row of many wonderful people who made our life so worth living at that time. Thanks for all the nice hours at home and in the concert. You have shaped my musical understanding for over 30 years, have accompanied me in a large section of my life and I cannot be thankful enough for that. Many greetings from Germany from Udo

[@rickshearer]

Best vocal performance by Phil !! He knew who was in the house!

[@mootbooxle]

Hats off to the great Ahmet Ertegun! And wow, Phil was in top form vocally here!! Genesis were such a tight band...always a great live show!

[@Lance37a]

Yes this is near the end of his prime vocally anyway.

[@kjproject8887]

He was vocally prime from 82 to 87

[@mikemYYZ]

One of my favorite bands for that reason....tight, precise, and structured.

[@michaelgriffith381]

What a masterpiece . Fantastic performance yet again by a brilliant band

[@topcat43truffles15]

Let’s see, we got 20 minutes to play with, how many songs do you think we can cram into a single medley…. Genesis always delivered the goods. I time and time again return to KZbin to watch and listen to their live performance’s and they never cease to amaze me. I remember listening to and recording The whole Atlantic show on cassettes…. Like 4 or 5 of them, but never got to see any of the video to go with them. Thank You for this post. It brings back such great memories! 👍🏻🍻❤️😎

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

You're welcome. Did you record it from the radio? Your tape's audio might sound better than this recording from the TV.

[@topcat43truffles15]

@@CthulhuWaitsDreaming Yep, recorded it from the radio. I think I still have the tapes buried somewhere. But I might be delusional….they could have been casualties of a move 3 years ago. Couldn’t even listen to them now…no cassette player (although that could easily be remedied.) One thing I do remember was cuts in songs when the tapes ended and were flipped or changed. Once again, thanks for the post. More relevant today, now that Genesis have played their last show. I couldn’t bring myself to see them on their last tour. I’d rather remember them for the ‘07 tour. An amazing band with an incredible repertoire of music.

[@ajbonmg]

The amazing thing about this is the solo songs - as far as I know this was the only time Genesis played those songs live. It's also great to hear Phil covering Fish's vocals (Shortcut to Somewhere). And Tony has never played his solo material live (possibly one TV studio performance of a song from Strictly Inc) - so this is a unique performance! And Phil singing a Mike & the Mechanics song...😀

[@llapalme4407]

Yeah, wild to hear Phil sing a Fish vocal tune. Absolutely great stuff!!

[@clannad99germany70]

As a medley like this it was unique live, I guess.

[@georgessiam378]

Fantastic band who plays with passion!!!!!

[@rocaliberal]

Histórico, Génesis está en la historia y la cronología del rock mundial como uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos, sencillamente espectacular

[@alessandrobeccatidrummer]

20 minutes for a whole career!!! Always number one! 🤟

[@TheLastOilMan]

Thanks sir Chester and sir Dazza

[@ENGBriseB]

1988 this is when British Music Kick-Ass..

[@stevet7487]

Not in the 60's with the Beatles & Stones? Not in the 70's with Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull or Led Zepplin? But the late 80's huh, when Classic rock was losing air time to rap. 20 years after the British invasion. 😅

[@chasgorman1086]

I love how the bass is miked up , changes the groove of the whole performance.

[@SOLOLULA2]

FANTÁSTICO!!! IMPRESIONANTE!!! LARGA VIDA A GENESIS!!!

[@mikemYYZ]

I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks for posting it!

[@Nito654]

En mi humilde opinión,podria decir que Genesis es la mejor agrupación de rock inglesa de la historia junto con The Beatles.🎼🎵🎼👍

[@keykrazy]

Am SO glad to have found this, having known of it for a while but always forgetting to Google it for some reason... These guys have been my fave band since seeing the Abacab video on the then-new MTV. Really interesting to see them all playing that Quicksilver soundtrack tune, as well as some of Mike's material!

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

My tape isn't the best quality, but the source material was essential to share.

[@thefungoden3978]

Great medley from the Genesis "hits" era with a little Motown and Mike and the Mechanics thrown in for good measure.

[@guillermodidomenica3330]

Simplemente genios

[@stargate1555]

There's a lot of Phil's personal life behind the song Misunderstanding. Same goes for I Don't Care Anymore. Wifes? →"Then there were three."

[@stevet7487]

Those songs reflect what he was going through when his first wife left him. But the album title "Then There Were Three" reflected Steve Hackett leaving the band just before recording that album, leaving just Tony, Mike, and Phil in the band.

[@stargate1555]

@@stevet7487 I know. Of course. I was making a tongue in cheek coincidental correlation connection. I'm a drummer......I think outside the box.

[@stevet7487]

@@stargate1555 Ah, gotcha ya.

[@OlafProt]

Brilliant!! I've never heard of or seen this (Genesis bit) before. The Rubaiyat album was brilliant - proof how loved Ahmet was (including bringing Led Zep together in 2007.. after he'd died!). SO good to see them all doing their own stuff too. They must be one of the few bands with longevity that solo projects having driven a wedge between them all. It puts all that crap you see with bands like Metallica not allowing Jason to do stuff away from the band look so unbelievably petty.

[@benjaminquirartecabrera6205]

Hermoso all you need is a miracle!

[@flavioventura8202]

Thank u, Thank u, Thank u!!!

[@KevinniveK2112]

That was a tight 20 minutes from the band! And the solo stuff sounded amazing. All I Need Is a Miracle could very easily been a Genesis song

[@FukiMakai]

Casi no puedo oír el CP-70 de Tony Banks, realmente lo pusieron tan bajo los ingenieros de sonido en la mezcla?

[@humba1957]

👏👏👏👏🇧🇷

[@martalourelliizidoro4300]

👏👏👏🥰🥰💐💐💐🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@julius923]

Does this mean that Genesis was formed in 1948?

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

Not sure if you are asking a serious question but it means Atlantic Records was formed in 1948. Ahmet Ertegun was the president and co-founder of Atlantic Records.

[@harrisonswift1416]

I didn't know Pete Townsend played with Genesis!

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

If you aren't making a joke that I don't get, I am guessing that you are talking about Daryl Stuermer. Pete Townshend is not on stage.

[@deanoelcapitanno]

@@CthulhuWaitsDreaming pretty sure hes talking about Mike looking a little like late 70s Pete... Thanks for the upload bro, never seen this :)

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

@@deanoelcapitanno I actually wondered if that was the joke, and yes there is somewhat of a resemblance but not terribly much. I watched it live. It was FM Simulcast, but I have never found a recording from the FM broadcast. It would be ideal to synch the video to that audio.

[@reallyretro]

Something about this performance just seemed off to me for some reason. I don’t know if it was the selection of songs, or if they phoned it in here. The band had just come off their huge Invisible Touch tour a year earlier in ‘87, so they were probably still burned out from that, or not enough practice for this gig? Who knows🤷‍♂️

[@santibanks]

I think its a combination of the guitar heavy mix (Tony is almost not audible) and just the very odd mangling of these songs and stitching them together in a weird way. It's not really like the smoother medleys they have done (In the cage medleys, the ones on the Mama tour-though the early ones with Ripples were weird too, the Old medley, or even the regular Turn it on again medleys). On the other hand, I have no idea how to combine this list of songs in a better way either given that they are all over the map.

[@robertociai6205]

Not the best material, but wow, fantastiiiiiiic!

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

It is an excellent performance.

[@seansworld5940]

Just shut the fuck up and watch.

[@robertociai6205]

Not so charming, piccolo ratto

[@deanoelcapitanno]

Imagine they filled the 20 minute slot with suppers....?

[@FukiMakai]

@@deanoelcapitanno Or The Cage Medley with Suppers Ready ending as in 1986.

[@danburnes722]

Looking back at this time and version of Genesis, I now realize the emergence of the pop sound ruined the band for me. This was a horrible set. Did I say I was a huge Genesis fan?

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

I get your point but I am and always will be a fan of Tony Banks. The thing about this performance specifically though is this was a celebration of and for Atlantic Records, not Charisma Records. In that regard it was quite appropriate I think.

[@alvogeljr]

Just as boring the day I recorded it on vhs

[@leechild4655]

played only the commercial stuff they play on the radio. zzzzz

[@MattSingh1]

@@leechild4655 Imagine that! Playing the songs most people know and most people want to hear. What a buffoon and imbecile you are.

[@MattSingh1]

Al Vogel- then fuck off. Total prick.

[@alvogeljr]

@@MattSingh1 I meant that as in comparison to a regular Genesis live show.. this was a fart in comparison.

[@leechild4655]

@@MattSingh1 Most Genesis fans would agree with me so, nuuuh, lol

[@specialk8888]

Man looking at the setlist, it's quite clear Genesis really started to hate their 70's output

[@napomania]

Maybe yes, maybe no . I think that their job here were to celebrate the disc selled during 80es by them, both as solo artist and as group

[@thefungoden3978]

This was to celebrate the Atlantic records era which is why they played the solo songs.

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

@@thefungoden3978 Precisely. This concert was for Atlantic Records, not for Genesis.

[@antoniobax6106]

Bad voice and time of Phil on "Shortcut". It can happen...

[@stankatic8182]

Abacrap .

[@thomassampson7625]

Love the band but THAT was funny!

[@aidanb4477]

Hahahaha, yeah this is rough. Other than the fact that I really don't like some of the songs on here at all (solo tracks, IT) all the transitions are extremely awkward, especially into IT and back into TIOA. The band, of course, since they hadn't played together in months, is in rough shape, but all things considered, they play solidly, just quite bored.