Tony Banks is a lyrical genius. Here he constantly shifts the narrative focus so that sometimes you hear the omniscient narrator, then the narrator talking to the Squonk, then it shifts to the first person for the hunter, who breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the audience about what he's going to do, then it ends back with the omniscient narrator to round up the moral of the story. Brilliant.

The album is the pinnacle of the Genesis period. There is no other band that made this kind of music. Magic...

The sqounk is such a beautiful rabbit hole to dive down, Such a painfully underrated cryptid.

It's a perfect song, especially when opening the live album "Seconds Out".🎸🎶♥️🎧

Love the BOOMING bass pedals on this song!!

The best album I´ve seen in my entire life, when I die I want them to play in at my funeral !! I really love this band, Genesis forever !!

I'm always amazed by how heavy that intro sounds without having any distorted guitar or bass at all. That right there, is fine musical arrangement.

THAT TAURUS PEDAL! You can finally hear it in the intro!

Phil wasn't just a great vocalist, he was a brilliant drummer. My favourite drummers of all time are the prog rock drummers. The top 3 for me are Carl Palmer (a biased opinion because ELP are my favourite group of all time), Bill Bruford of Yes and of course Phil Collins. Seen them all more than once and all 3 are amazing.

Such an inspiring and moving tale - it can be interpreted on so many levels. Looking forward to listen to it again, this time simultaneously together with other genuine Genesis fans! Let's send some positive thoughts and energy to all the "Squonks" out there...🥰

If you don't stand up you don't stand a chance.......... Classic 🤟

The best post Gabriel Genesis album by a country mile

Like father like son Not flesh nor fish nor bone A red rag hangs from an open mouth Alive at both ends but a little dead in the middle A tumbling and a bumbling he will go All the King's horses and all the King's men Could never put a smile on that face He's a sly one, he's a shy one, wouldn't you be too? Scared to be left all on his own He hasn't a, hasn't a friend to play with the ugly duckling The pressure on, the bubble will burst before our eyes All the while in perfect time His tears are falling on the ground But if you don't stand up, you don't stand a chance ey ey ey yeh-yeh You don't stand a chance Go a little faster now, you might get there in time Mirror mirror on the wall His heart was broken long before he ever came to you Stop your tears from falling The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night All to see at night They come at night In season, out of season Oh, what's the difference when you don't know the reason In one hand bread, the other a stone The hunter enters the forest All are not huntsmen who blow the huntsman's horn and by the look of this one You've not got much to fear Here I am, I'm very fierce and frightening I come to match my skill to yours Now listen here, listen to me, don't you run away now I am a friend, I'd really like to play with you Making noises my little furry friend would make I'll trick him, then I'll kick him into my sack You better watch out, you better watch out I've got you, I've got you You'll never get away Walking home that night The sack across my back the sound of sobbing on my shoulder When suddenly it stopped I opened up the sack, all that I had A pool of bubbles and tears, just a pool of tears Just a pool of tears All in all you are a very dying race Placing trust upon a cruel world You never had the things you thought you should've had And you'll not get them now And all the while in perfect time Your tears are falling on the ground Songwriters: Anthony Banks / Michael Rutherford Squonk (2007 Remaster) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Concord Music Publishing LLC

Definitely one of the highlights on this album. Phil's vocals are amazing, they wasted so much time looking for a replacement vocalist for Peter, they had one already in the band! 😉 Gonna dig the album out now, and enjoy it all!

The drum roll / power chord / Moog bass intro is unrivaled in Prog Rock history . Iconic.

Trick Of The Tail picks up where Trespass, Nursery Crime, Foxtrot, and Selling England By The Pound leaves off. I was so glad when Trick came out, felt like I got my old Genesis back!.

🎶 An Excellent, Awesome & Powerful Song From The Best Band Of The World 🎶 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼

My favorite album from Genesis but also one of my favorite songs even though the whole album is OUTSTANDING and also it doesn't hurt to do a couple of bongs while listening...😎

One of the best and my favorite songs!!!! I relate to it very much. Thank You for everything Genesis, You'll be in my heart forever

Years ago my friend had this great VW car with an incredible stereo system in it. He used to crank this track. The bass was amazing. It practically moved you in your seat. Great days.

I played this song (live version) in my 8 track stereo in my car. Blew out of few pair of speakers, thanks Mike for that killer base.

Have not listened to this in 30 years wow forgot how good this is. I used to blast seconds out when I was a kid. They were so good back then.

A prog song that is accessible to non-prog fans.

One of the best riffs in progrock of all time!✌️

Amazing Song! Divine Album! I love you Genesis! ❤️🎼🎶

Merci d'exister ! vous êtes extraordinaires, uniques et irremplaçables. La voix de Phil est fabuleuse et unique, envoûtante, comme son jeu de batterie. Surtout prenez grand soin de vous, on vous aime.

Excellent song, also famous for being the one that convinced them all that Phil was the new singer.

My favourite track from this outstanding album. I also love the live version on Seconds Out.

One of my favorites from this awesome album! Genesis for me is the best prog rock group.

I was in a regular (classic) rock band back in the late 70s that played this song every night. Everyone in the clubs never heard it and thought is was an original song. Went over great all of the time.

Highly original and wonderful story tellers.

Glad to of seen these fella's in the old days , at the top of there game ...excellant concert indeed

A Masterpiece!!!!

Fabuleux comme tous les albums de Genesis. 2021 et Genesis reste le meilleur groupe dans ce monde. Merci pour tout le bien que vous nous faites à vous écouter chaque jour et encore à ce jour. Votre musique et vos paroles aident à garder la santé, prenez grand soin de vous, vous êtes uniques et irremplaçables. Nous sommes des millions à vous aimer. Merci pour ce que vous faites. Respectueuses salutations de Paris.

If you don’t stand up You don’t stand a chance 💪🏽

Love the growl of the bass synth.

Amo a GENESIS !!! Toda mi familia ama a Genesis, cada tarde de cada dia de años y años de nuestra adolescencia la pasamos escuchando, tarareando y chiflando sus magnificas canciones! Que epoca extraordinaria fue para la musica, el cine, y el Arte en general... fuimos unos privilegiados! Crecimos envueltos en esos sonidos gloriosos, libres y felices, soñando con un mundo de magia y cuentos... Gracias Genesis por remontarnos a esos vuelos !!!

one of their best albums for sure - and Squonk is right at the top of my list for fav Genesis song too :-). Tony's usual devices, amazing as always... but remember this was pre MIDI pre ProTools - just amazing! I don't even hear any razor blades.... just a masterpiece from the best era of music...

I absolutely love the ending, if you want to know what happens after it fades out, they continue on a loop in the "pre-release" recording until they just stop playing.

An all time favorite 🤩

This remaster is really heavy sounding in a good way.

An absolute masterpiece in every conceivable respect.

🎶 Squonk 🎶 Thanks Genesis For This Excellent, Awesome, Great & Fantastic Masterpiece, You're The Best!!!!! GENESIS FOREVER!!!!! 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎸🎼

The best Drums of any music, Flat Out!!!

I really love this album. All the great elements of the band fall into place here. For me, they really didn't have a bad record up until the overly commercial pap of later career releases.

A mais de 45 anos escuto Genesis. Squonk é Show!

Love bass on this

Thank you for Sharing Absolutely Fantastic Group {{ Genesis}}

Hope to hear them play this in December!!!

The Heaviest🎼 Genesis Tune!!

Masterpiece!! 🙌😊❤️👍🙏🙋💯🔝

Squonk with the Los endos is my favorite now. .piece of Genius,work of art, cant stop playing it!!

excellent song

ese bajo es aniquilante. que tema!!!

Such a FANTASTIC song!!! Genesis forever!!!!

pill collin totalmente desatado..un genio....en genesisi siempre debieron haber cantado los dos

I absolutely love this song and the way Entangled leads into it.

wendigoon cryptid tier list brought me here. nice song.

Per sempre nella mia pelle...

I love this tune. It’s very dear to me. It should have millions of likes!

Holy Genesis!🤩

This is one of those songs that made me feel compassion for the character and made me very sad. It reminds me of Gollum.

Great song. Great album.

Definitely one of my favorite songs ❤❤❤😊

A friend of mine turned me on to this and many other bands back in the late 70's he has since passed on but I always think of him while hearing this .

SENSACIONAL!!!

❤so spiritual ✨️ just smoking some weed chill love this Phil Colin's is talented man genesis rocked out.The band is amazing..

Nessa época do "A Trick of the Tail" (1976), o Genesis (sem Peter Gabriel e com Phil Collins no comando) veio pela primeira vez ao Brasil. Eles fizeram shows em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, e voltariam pra cá na turnê do disco seguinte "Wind and Wuthering" (de 1977), com datas marcadas em Porto Alegre (RS) e novamente em São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro. Boa época!

Love love love this album 💜💙❤️❣️💜💙

First time i listened this song when i was junior high school 1984, but till now when I listen all genesis tracks include squonk, never feel boring...

This song was my 1st introduction to music where words and drum could be explored, and expressed.

Newcastle City Hall 1977 - The Wind and Wuthering tour opened with Squonk on a dark stage; the first chords were slightly off-key but the power of that sound meant the world to me then.

Wow the song hits me on so many levels

The very first time I had heard this song I was HOOKED by it even though I I had Always Loved Genesis . There were a few other songs I I heard that I never heard before from them like Home By The Sea, Carpet Crawlers and the like. One of the better Prog-Rock groups in history besides the Obvious Others for those who know what I’m talking about that Love Prog-Rock Music .

Back when growing weed was like you were a burglar and the swat team declared you an deplorable without wheels

very dark sounding, masterpiece!!!

Truly amazing so talented so incredible thanku so much love and God bless x

This song was inspired by Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir, and i’ll tell you a little personal story about how this song improved that one for me. I used to really not like Kashmir, but when i first found out this was inspired by it my opinions on both songs changed in a good way. I now dearly love both Squonk and Kashmir.

Did they create another song in a week? Goh, they're such madlads

Good day, good people 💜

🎙vocal top! 🥁❤🎹🎸🎶💯👍

Thanks dad I love this album

Just learning about early genesis and this only with musical box are my favorite songs up to this point in their catalog.

Just think about the background to this track: they found out about this obscure American mythical creature, decided to write a song about it, and came up with this beauty!

My first show in Montreal forum One of the best, Genesis!

THANK YOU GENESIS

My favorite gen song

Los pelos como escarpias! gran tema

Great album, beginning to end.

Great Song 🌞🌞🍀🍀💫💫

Amazing song.

Io ce l' avevo questo disco quand'ero piccolo 😊😊

Absolutely fucking Magick

Phil To Excellent Singer

HOLY CRAP! I just discovered that the Squonk is a mythical creature from the forests of Pennslyvania! Here is what I learned: Pennsylvania: The Squonk Pennsylvania, known for its rich history and scenic beauty, hides a quirky and melancholic legend - the Squonk. 🐽😢 Yeah, you heard right. This creature is more likely to make you feel sorry for it than scared. The Squonk legend originates from the forests of northern Pennsylvania, particularly around the hemlock forests. Described as an ugly, wrinkled creature with ill-fitting skin covered in warts and blemishes, the Squonk is known for one thing above all - its perpetual sadness. The poor creature is so ashamed of its appearance that it spends most of its time weeping. Imagine stumbling upon this tearful beast while hiking through the woods. It’s more likely to break your heart than make you run in fear. 😢🌲 The Squonk is said to be incredibly elusive, not because it's dangerous, but because it’s always hiding and crying. Hunters who’ve tried to capture it have reported that it’s almost impossible to do so. The Squonk’s unique defense mechanism? It dissolves into a puddle of tears when cornered or frightened. Talk about having a rough life. 🌧🐽💧 The first detailed account of the Squonk comes from a book published in 1910 titled “Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods” by William T. Cox. In it, Cox describes the Squonk’s pitiful existence and the creature’s habit of crying itself into nonexistence when confronted. The story struck a chord, and the Squonk became a part of Pennsylvania’s folklore, a symbol of self-pity and sorrow. 📚📝 Despite its sad nature, the Squonk has found a place in local culture. You can find references to this weepy beast in books, music, and even festivals. The legend of the Squonk serves as a curious reminder that not all mythical creatures are fierce and terrifying. Some are just heartbreakingly sad. 🎶📖 Today, the Squonk remains a beloved and sympathetic figure in Pennsylvania folklore. Hikers and campers in the forests of northern Pennsylvania still share stories of hearing faint sobs among the trees, wondering if they’ve encountered the elusive Squonk. It’s a tale that adds a touch of melancholy and wonder to the natural beauty of the state. 🌲🧭 So, if you ever find yourself wandering the forests of Pennsylvania, listen carefully. You might just hear the soft, mournful cries of the Squonk echoing through the trees. Whether you believe in the legend or not, it’s a story that brings a unique and poignant twist to the rich tapestry of Pennsylvania’s folklore. And remember, sometimes even mythical creatures need a good cry. 🐽😢🌌 See less

Love the bass on this

quel album

I always feel as though i could do with hearing this in the chapel of my old school, especially the instrumental bit at the end. Don't ask me why i just do.

This is deeper than we thought... thank goodness this is our trick! Got it?

For those times when you fancy a hunt in the Sea of Clouds.