GENESIS - Watcher of the Skies (Live Shepperton Studios 1973) | FIRST TIME REACTION

[@steeleye2112]

It's been over forty years now and that damn intro still raises the hairs on the back of my neck. How can music affect you emotionally for so long. Stunning way to open a gig.

[@garya7893]

I love Peter He is one of my favorite singers So much expression in his vocals and stage performance

[@tomwagner4406]

The progressive rock era was a time of creativity, freedom of expression and testing boundaries, I don't think it will ever be matched

[@lesblatnyak5947]

Brilliant theatrical prog. 🙏🍁

[@intothesunset3]

Fantastic request and reaction😊❤ It's amazing to me that it's been 50 years since this concert, and Peter Gabriel's new album 'i/o' just hit #1 on the UK charts, a week or two ago (his last #1 album was 'So' in 1986).

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Wow, that's awesome! His passion for his performances is very admirable 😁

[@rk41gator]

Great reaction. Excited you found this early Genesis. As you read, 'Watcher of the Skies' is about the destruction of life on Earth. "Has life again destroyed life" Such a very Goth approach and atmosphere, they were way ahead of the times. I never saw this performance live but earlier this month saw the Canadian tribute group The Musical Box. They opened with this production, using some of the original slides. Could not believe how avant-garde it was. Two huge eyes made the whole stage look like a giant alien. Peter Gabriel loved his drama, true. Gabriel's new album is fantastic. Saw his concert tour last month! Very creative. Very musical. Very dramatic with the visuals. The dude is a creative genius.

[@eddiecriglington400]

I saw this Live in the early 70’s, as a teenager, at my hometown venue. Peter Gabriel as frontman, Phil Collins on drums. Amazing Show. 🎶❤️🎶

[@lukaf2393]

Yeah, it was the best lineup: Phil drumming and Peter singing and "acting". Too bad they moved from masterpiece like this to sappy song like "Ripples" 😐

[@robertcartier5088]

This band is full of talent all around! When you get to "Supper's Ready", make sure you include the previous intro-track, "Horizons'... these are on the same album as "Watcher...". No hurry, just thought I'd mention that. ;-]

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

Creative music at its best !!! 70’s Genesis & Yes we’re epic….. what a time to be alive during this decade ! Glad I got to experience it in real time 🔥❤️🎸

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

Whoa **Mesmerizing** Peter Gabriel another most **BeautifulBeing** LUV everything ya were sayin bout the theatrics he is very intense & fun as well

[@maraboo72]

This was the first song I ever heard of them after buying their LIVE album in late 1973 without any clue what to expect. Oh , those first chords. And 1.5 years later I saw them perform The Lamb. Until one of the best shows I ever saw.

[@blitztim6416]

Early Genesis is the way to go. Love Pete’s vocals. I was always impressed with Peter’s mime like movements also. Pete had several costumes and mask he used during these concerts to portray different characters.

[@Andy-Capp]

My favourite early Genesis song.

[@semchen9]

The 73' Genesis Shepperton Concert, was 4K Remastered within the last two Months. Very worth Watching here on KZbin.

[@BrianR.]

Thanks, great reaction.

[@ursgeiser6570]

Opening song from the grandiose album Foxtrott of the Selling England tour 1973, for me the best, although I also attended a concert at Second's Out, with guitarist Steve; Phil was different to Peter as a lead singer, but also fantastic.

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

WooooW he LOOKS Amazing!!! ha k shhhing

[@ronjm945]

One of my favorite live Genesis songs and progressive rock is still one of my favorite genres…

[@doriwiljt]

Oh wow. You need to watch this whole performance. Love Peter Gabriel Genesis. This performance sounds exactly like the record

[@stevedotwood]

"Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" from the "Selling England By The Pound" album. It's the 1st track of the album.

[@joelliebler5690]

An amazing legendary tune and atmosphere of the whole song!

[@MisterWondrous]

The ancient masters knew that to be a poet you had better delight and inform...and your show is pure poetry. Thanks for explaining this song I've heard a hundred times, but never much understood. I know better now. Best wishes over the holidays!

[@user-ph9wt3ue7c]

Gotta love that Mellotron

[@TerryJ950]

Always love when you react to Genesis. Hope someday you get to Mad Man Moon on the Trick of the Tale album.

[@theartistformerlyknownasje6358]

Great reaction

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

YAY!! new to me...k gonna shhh & watch heh

[@AirDOGGe]

i do like the live versions of this track over the studio ones. Same with The Knife and Attack of the Giant Hogweed. Better reviewers out there? One advantage you have over most music reviewers is that you do not stop the music to make comments. I HATE that! The worse of them may pause the song even before it actually gets going. You got my vote bro. They need to let the song play through and then talk about it later. Else too many times they kill the mood that the musicians worked so hard at putting us under, and that doesn't come back when they resume playing it. Real music lovers know what I speak of. LET THE MUSIC PLAY!

[@maraboo72]

I totally agree to every single word. The first song of ELP's first album is made for them.

[@raymondregis6219]

Phil said he was playing like Bruford in Yes. He'd been Brufords roady when he was young.

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

LUV **Peter Gabriel** indeed

[@sarahlouise7163]

such amazing music, and lordy, Peter was hot 😆

[@keithisaacs6092]

Im a die hard Genesis fan of over fifty years and much prefer their older more creative music. This recording sounds amazing taking into account of how old it is. Peter Gabriel was a great loss when he left but Steve Hackett's was even greater his guitar work along with the key board's of Tony Banks made Genesis music so beautiful and engaging.

[@lukaf2393]

Genesis with Phil Collins singing is a very good band... Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Phil "just" drumming... well it's really another music. Aliens like "the watcher". Nothing can't be compared.

[@davidstobie2751]

saw them In Kingston Ont. when they recovered lost lighting hmmmmmmmmmm 73 ish. 500 ppl auditorium 10 bucks

[@onsesejoo2605]

Funny enough, during the live performances' long instrumental breaks, Tony Banks dismissed the idea of Peter Gabriel playing some extra keyboards. At the same time, Gabriel started to tell stories to entertain people while Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett were tuning their instruments between the songs. If watching the interviews they gave for the Gabriel - era CD - Box, it is no wonder Gabriel left, Banks complaining about Gabriel singing over his keyboard parts.

[@lukaf2393]

True.On the other hand after "The Lamb" it would be impossible make even better, they riched their peak. After Peter left, it was another story with a lot of ups and (especially) downs. Bank (probably the main genious among other genious) told he loved "hits" and easy song... too bad.

[@onsesejoo2605]

@@lukaf2393 But then both Gabriel and later Genesis have songs both of them could have performed, "Solsbury Hill" and "Follow You Follow Me" for example, or "Games Without Frontiers" and "It's Gonna Get Better".

[@lukaf2393]

@@onsesejoo2605Yes, but nothing they did as solo can compare with what they create as an "ensemble", imho.

[@onsesejoo2605]

@@lukaf2393 Many former band members have fallen into that pit but to be fair, often it happens that the certain "feel" around the band vaporises when "classic line-up" member or members leave.

[@stevedotwood]

Another name for it was "Art Rock"

[@jackknife8317]

pls continue early 70s prog!!

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

Whoa Phil Collins WITH kinda lots of hair WoW k serious shhhing NOW

[@flubblert]

Wild... but good.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

Ah yes....when Genesis was great .

[@CosmicVagabondPixie]

tension-y

[@lemming9984]

The audience noise sounds like an overdub, and the silhouettes of the audience are completely stationary. Was there actually an audience there? Seems unlikely to me, why use a film studio rather than a normal concert hall? Looks like post production effects to me.

[@steeleye2112]

and Stephen Hackett still sounds so utterly wrong.