The whole album Selling England by the Pound by Genesis is a MASTERPIECE

Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis when this album, Selling England By The Pound, came out. Steve Hacket was the lead guitarist until he left in 1977.

An absolute classic piece of music

What a masterpiece. Hackett's soaring, emotive guitar is the highlight, but the piano and oboe solos are epic as well.

Nad Sylvan is a U.S. born Swedish progressive rock musician and songwriter, who is currently the vocalist in Steve Hackett's band Genesis Revisited and has also maintained a solo career and collaborations with several other

Best band, best song, best solo ever

Pete Gabriel was the original singer. Phil Collins was able to sound surprisingly like Pete when performing these early Genesis songs. Nad is great at doing both Phil and Pete's songs on his own way. The song was written by Tony Banks including the fabulous guitar solo, which steve delivered in his own brilliant way.

Peter Gabriel sang on the Genesis original version

Just an amazing performance, with such a beautiful orchestral backing that adds such depth and dimension to this classic. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Robert. 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

Beautifully arranged, orchestrated and performed!

One the best prog rock masterpieces in history, and this is the best performance of it I've ever heard, better than the original recording.

This was my favorite album when purchased fresh from the oven in the early 70s, and it has never faded in my estimation. This is the best song as well. I would put it at the very top of all rock songs, along with Close to the Edge, Awaken, Court of the Crimson King, and Echoes.

Peter Gabriel sang the original Going to see him in November 🎶🥳

I'm soooo happy you've reacted to this one, Harri 💙! This song is a Progressive Rock classic and the guitar solo, the most iconic of the entire Progressive catalogue. Glad you liked it! As for Nad Sylvan's vocals, I think he sounds more 'Peter Gabriel' than Gabriel himself 😊

If ever I were marooned on a desert island, with little chance of returning to civilisation and little, if any access to music - all I would long to have is every album of Genesis and every album of Supertramp! ...😍🎶😍

Hackett is Fantastic.

Originally sung by Peter Gabriel on the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound, but I much prefer the live version from Seconds Out with Phil Collins on vocals. Its really cool seeing Tony Banks' keyboards on that one section being substituted with winds and strings. Really nice arrangement.

Majestic.

Great reaction, and thanks Harri and Robert! I just saw Steve Hackett in concert 5 days ago in Washington DC. They played Genesis' Foxtrot LP and added Firth of Fifth as a crowd favorite bonus!

That was awesome, thanks Robert for the submission and Harri for the great reaction.

I love the way singer Ned Sylvan went away from stage when the instrumental part starts and come back on exactly the right moment. Great raction. Sylvan's voice (and his theatrical moves) reminds me more to Peter Gabriel.

Just saw him in concert. Amazing show, great musicians.

Please, react to Steve Hackett featuring Randy Crawford - Hoping Love Will Last. A truly beautiful song with great vocal part from Randy Crawford.

Great music that will live on forever!

Best song ever!

one of the best prog songs - ever

I saw Genesis play this live in October 1973 with Gabriel on vocals - great song!

The song was originally sung by Peter Gabriel when it came out in 1973, but he left the band in 1975 before Phil Collins became the lead vocalist, but I agree, their voices are very similar and can be confused. The song is beautiful, progressive rock mixed with classical symphony.

This is a bit slower than the original. But still magical.

Harri mate. You should check out the whole concert in your own time, it's on YT. It's bloody mind blowing. He brings on different people during the show. I wonder who scored all the parts for the orchestra! Great channel dude. ✌️❤️🇬🇧

Selling England By The Pound released fifty yrs ago. A masterpiece!

Saw Steve Hackett in Bournemouth last year and this is one of my favourites. Good work Harri. From Austria 😉

Nothing better than old Genesis.

I have a ticket to see Steve Hackett on March 30, 2024. He's doing Foxtrot At Fifty. I can not wait to see that show.

In the original there were Phil collins on the drums. Peter Gabriel lead singer.. steve Hackett lead guitar. Rutheford on bass lines. MONSTER piece of musical genious.

Now you must review 'Supper's Ready', another Genesis classic. I believe Steve Hackett has a cover of it.

Thank you for reacting to this. I was at this concert with my Brother. It was an amazing evening of music. I always thought that certain Genesis tracks would sound great with the addition of an Orchestra, and was not disappointed. From the same concert, “Suppers Ready” is just as good, particularly Steve’s much extended ending.

Not be confused Harri : Firth of Fifth was on the album "Selling England by a pound" by GENESIS, released in end of 1973 !!! The composer of this masterpiece was Tony Banks, the awesome keyboarder of Genesis !!! The original singer was Peter "Pete" Gabriel !!!! Later on live, Phil Collins was singing. The original guitarist of this unique solo was Steve Hackett, who left Genesis in 1977 !!! On live perfomances of Genesis later Daryl Stuermer was playing that part till 2022 !!!

Best of the best

This is honestly the best version of this song I have ever heard.

Love the original, first time hearing Steve Hackett’s Live Version and Love it, Great reaction Harri, in fact Love all of your reactions! Keep up the Awesome video, from Canada take care!

PG sang this mate. Nice reaction. Now do Supper's Ready.

How grand a performance. So well arranged and coordinated. S-tier musicians for sure.

Omg dear you just step in area of Masters.

Steve Hackett was also in the short lived band GTR who had a great hit song "When The Heart Rules The Mind."

Absolutely exquisite!

The energy of this song will live on for eons to come.

Actually the basic composition of this piece is mostly by Tony Banks (keyboardplayer of Genesis) worked out by the band. But Hackett's contribution is indeed legendary !

I went to a Genesis concert at the NEC, which is now the Utilitarian Arena Birmingham in 1984. The now King Charles and the late Diana were there. I understand they were fans.

I saw Steve and his band in Toronto on October 5th. They were touring the 50th anniversary of the album Foxtrot. The first part were about 4or 5 songs from his solo albums after he left Genesis. They had about a 20 minute intermission then they came back and did the whole Foxtrot album. After that with the crowd screaming for more, they came back and did 4 songs for their encore and this was one of them. Firth of Fifth is one of my favourite songs by Genesis, so I was blown away, especially when Steve did that brilliant guitar solo. It had to be close to 50 years since I saw Genesis, so this was worth the price of admission. It was a great concert.

It was Peter Gabriel who sang on this originally.

It took 2 years for Tony to write this masterpiece

Sir Hackett so discreet so excellent as lucky to see this solo on concert !

57 now and loved Genesis forever especially the early stuff but how good does it sound with an orchestra 👌....theres another song by the moody blues called whiter shade of pale which i I think most of you know but try the version where they sing with a choir and i think an orchestra on around 2006 in Austria ,i think again😅,havent heard for a while but that is👌as well...at this rate ill be listening to James Last😊

Just saw their show (without an orchestra) last night. My fourth time seeing them. If you ever get the chance, do not miss them.

Beautiful performance. Thanks Robert and Harri. 🌺✌️

Masterpiece!!!! GENESIS FOREVER!!!!!

Great Reaction and Music ❣️

Steve Hackett was the guitarist (and a great one) in the original Genesis band. With that said, it was actually written by the keyboardist Tony Banks though Hackett and the rest of the band contributed to the final composition and were credited. In any case, it's a great song from the album Selling England by the Pound which is one of the greatest Prog-Rock albums of all time. It's a classic.

I love Steve Hackett's compositions and superb guitar playing. I saw him and Nad on tour and it was fantastic. This was a great performance!

He was the lead guitarist! And I'll have the pleasure of seeing him here in Des Moines this Sunday, November 5th. And this song is from the Gabriel era.

I grew up on Seconds Out and developed a love for its versions of Suppers Ready and Carpet Crawl in particular. However, after many years I've expanded my listening and can really appreciate the studio versions equally. Not much better out there .... now blended with these classic instrumental arrangements blows me away.

Hi Harri. Just to pull all the band versions and music together…..this is Steve Hacketts Genesis cover band you are watching. I saw them several times over the past 7 years of so. Always excellent (try the Musical Box). Hackett was the lead guitarist during Genesiss most important period. Also he never sang for Genesis. Collins also not a member of Steve’s troope. Neither is Tony Banks who several folks thought was playing the piano at the start. “Real “ Genesis is gone. Some would say they disappeared in 1983 ! But if Steve reforms a band you must go to experience true Genesis - it’s wonderful. Also the best cover band I have seen is Geneticks/Genetix. Can’t remember how to spell it. From Argentina. Enjoy Genesis. One of the greatest bands of all time (until 1983!

hi Harry love your channel and your appreciation of music

Hello Harri.Great reaction! I just saw Steve and his band play this last night at the Ryman Audirorium here in Nashville Tennessee.There was no orchestra but it still was fantastic!

I wonder what the great composers of the past would think of this?

Incredible!!!

Brother your channel absolutely rocks. Great music and great reviews. Thanks

You should react to some funk classics like "Get Up to Get Down" by the Brass Construction (Live version) "Back in Love Again" by LTD (Live version from Soul Train) and "Dazz" by Brick (The live version) All these songs are funkier than a skunk's butt.

I have been a Genesis fan for many years. To be honest, I never cared for Peter's vocals, but have come to appreciate the bands earlier stuff. I was introduced to Genesis by my US Marine Corps barracks roommate in 1978. That was with the double live album, "Seconds Out". I was hooked. This Steve Hackett version of Firth of Fifth, is just fantastic. The full orchestra, coupled with Prog. Rock is phenomenal. In fact, my own term for the genre is "Precision Rock". That is because the pieces are very complicated and orchestrated like a fine symphony. Every note of every instrument is precise. Tony was a great composer of music and was classically trained. Thank you so much for your reaction to this piece. There are many more out there.

It wasn't Phill Collins it was PETER GABRIEL

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Sound like the Moody Blues band.

Hackett is a special talent. Love that he is keeping the marvelous music of Genesis alive! But NO Harri, this was sung originally by Peter Gabriel. Phil also would cover this tune later with Genesis. Their voices were very similar which is one of the things that made Genesis sound so unique.

The title 'Firth of Fifth' is just wordplay and comes from the 'Firth of Forth' in Scotland. A 'firth' in Scotland is a river estuary and in this case the estuary of the River Forth, not to be confused with the word 'fourth'.

I guess you should compare with the original record from 1973 " Genesis, Selling england by the pound, Firth of Fifth" you can find it on KZfaq

Yep his voice is quite similar to Peter Gabriel's in my opinion..😉Great version of a fantastic song, love it! 😊

Peter Gabriel was the original singer for Genesis (of course). Phil Collins was the drummer during the period this was created, although not the original drummer for Genesis. When Gabriel left they found Phil had a similar voice so they decided to carry on with Collins singing .... and playing drums along with Chester Thompson.

Original vocals Banks and Gabriel

Symphonic version of a Peter Gabriel headed Genesis, please review the original version

Someone needs to do his homework, former Genesis singer indeed !

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It’s a Tony Banks song originally on Selling England By The Pound. I like the orchestra but prefer the slightly faster versions on other Hackett recordings and on the Genesis original

Pater Gabriel sang this one.

FYI KZfaqr Rulie Arifin has the best playlists on Steve and many others….

Genesis is a band with (at the time) four different songwriters (Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford and Hackett--Collins wasn't writing yet), but after Foxtrot with its 23-minute song, Suppers Ready, the writers were pretty much out of ideas when it came to writing the songs for the next album which would eventually be titled Selling England by the Pound. All they really had were three or four pieces of music that Tony Banks had brought into the sessions. Apparently because the band didn't want this to be a Banks-only album, they stuck all of the music that Banks had brought into one song, and since they didn't have anything else going at the time, they hyper-developed the song. (Spent too much time on it, according to some members.) So as it turns out, they spent far more time on Firth of Fifth than most of their other songs. Most of the other songs on the album came from improvisations with the entire band or two-or-three-man units. For example, Dancing with the Moonlit Knight was mostly Gabriel and Hackett. Cinema Show was mostly Banks, Ruthorford and Collins (foreshadowing the eventual three-piece version of the band). But all the tunes in Firth of Fifth were pre-written by Banks. Of course each member of the band put in their signature parts, especially Gabriel on the flute and Hackett on his guitar solo. (Ironically, both of those were working on the same tune.) Genesis all shared writing credit at the time, but basically the writing for this one goes to Banks. Note: I probably misused the term "ironically" above. Apologies to the word police.

There is about 1000 "tony banks" keyboardists in England" ... but sadly Tony is one, the Master of the Genesis ... the greatest band ever exists.

Oh my gosh, Harri! I've always loved Genesis, especially the old Genesis (pre-Abacab). I went to see Steve Hackett and band last year, and it was absolutely magical! And Nad Sylvan is the perfect cross between the two original lead singers of Genesis, Peter Gabriel and then Phil Collins. This was such a treat! Truth be told though, it's MUCH better without the symphony orchestra. Go listen to it on the Seconds Out CD, maybe the best album ever.

If you want solo fireworks from Hackett, there is a lot from which to choose. I highly recommend the opening two tracks from his album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon. They are Loch Lomond and Phoenix Flown, best played back to back in one listen since the second is an instrumental playing off melodies from the first.

Tempo is a little slow. Maybe for the orchestral arrangement. Its a masterpiece of musical excellence.

Very beautiful version of this masterpiece, I love the orchestra ! By the way, I still prefer the original track, maybe because I listened to it so many times that it's in my head (and more "punchy"). Anyway, I really enjoyed your video (check the original song just for you to compare). Thanks and love ❤

Not Collins, nor Gabriel, but an American hired in four the tour. This is a Hackett tour, not Genesis.

please also listen to the original!

Actually it was sung by Peter Gabriel

Great reaction but I thought Peter Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis during that time but I could be wrong. p.s. when Peter Gabriel quit the group they had auditions to replace him and the reason they picked Phil Collins, at least from what I read, is that he sounded a lot like Peter Gabriel and now we know that Steve Hackett sounds like Phil Collins, so there's a connection.

This song is off of the Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". Hackett was never really a lead vocalist for the band. The original singer of the song is Peter Gabriel. Mistaking it for Phil Collins is an easy mistake to make as the early Collins material is when Phil Collins was very much trying to sound like Peter Gabriel, as he replaced him..

Pretty sure Tony Banks wrote it.

Peter Gabriel was the singer.

Dude did some research please. Hackett was lead guitarist but never sang a lick. Love his guitar with Genesis but die hard like me cringe to hear someone say he was lead singer. Ty Peter Gabriel was lead singer until he went solo in 1975. Phil Collins took over from there.