Next week same time same place maybe? I'll talk to the boss.

@@themidnightspecialtvshow Sounds like a date! Deal!

Yeah, please!

@@themidnightspecialtvshow FINGERS CROSSED!

@@themidnightspecialtvshow Also please talk to the boss about posting footage of Sparks from November 1974, or the complete episode hosted by George Carlin. I haven't seen the footage since it aired! Thank you. 🙂

Wow that is an amazing fact. And they were all brilliant at their instruments. I know that there are still many young and brilliant musicians but what there isn't now is an organized industry that wants to sign them to a recording contract and nurture them. Instead the entire industry now just seems to use people for a song if they have come up with one and then spit them out and look for the next one. I'm happy that this special band and song was recorded for all of us to enjoy nearly 50 years later!

...by the Pound. Just saying. You make an excellent point.

Unbelievable and unrepeatable.

They were the Beatles of the 80's 👍🏻😊

​@@stevebird9510Nah. Way more creative.

Burt hired the best sound people back when everyone else was content to just have bands lipsync.

Just wish the camera work was better.

@@mikelmart It's better than most from that era. It was horrible in the late 60's/early 70's.

Watched it all thur my youth 👍

For 72, it did sound great, album quality.

We've got Taylor Swift now..😂

Me too. 🙏

@@stevedickson5853 HAHAHAHH oh my god..... I am 25 and I envy ANYONE who's had the chance to live back then... It really does feel like life was a lot simpler and people happier.. You people had luck!

Brilliant 🤣

Haha!

😂 Nice one squirrel ☺

Good point.

😂😂😂😂

Hackett thought he was playing in the worlds best band......humble man Hackett ....really he knew it.

Yes

And he's still performing these classics today. Got tickets to see him this November.

And hear them sing together.

And with hair!!!

Well said, this may be the best performance I have seen of this song.

The word "genius" is overused. Is this great? It is. But genius? Let me give you an idea of what genius is--JS Bach was a genius. This is not Bach...

@@Stratmanable Comments like yours contribute little to nothing, but thank you, anyway.

@@jmugm Neither does using words improperly and without precision.

Same response as above 😊 Have a nice day.

OMG!

About 4 years before (VH1 was 78) ... but yeah.

@@chadjohnson-authormusician8072 and indeed I was a massive fan of Eddy too. No disrespect intended.

@@randlerobbertson8792 Of course! I often wonder whether Eddie got the idea from Hackett. It's remarkably similar!

​@@chadjohnson-authormusician8072 It's very obvious he did.

I noticed that too. Was getting ready to google EVH tapping. No doubt hackett was doing it earlier. I’m sure there were people doing before him too.

It's actually sort of a satire of itself, maybe for the time interesting. But looking at this it seems contrived.

he is great, but some of the solos he did over the early genesis years were a bit corny. prefer rick wright any day.

@@ryrythefryguy4645 No need to choose - we can enjoy both

@@ryrythefryguy4645 Wrong. Not corny. This is badass!!

@@jimhardiman3836 i didnt say this track nor this video was corny.( I enjoyed it, watched it 10 times in a row) the musical box is in the top 5 of my fave genesis songs. i said some of tony banks keyboard work over the early years of genesis was a bit corny.

@@ryrythefryguy4645 Wrong again

I still own a handful of DVD's you put out back in the day!

Yeah, I grew up with that show-- in the '70's it was thee premier rock show on, it and Don Kirshners In Concert was the best thing to ever show up back then-- Does anyone remember Genesis' best song? I'm thinking it could be---?

Shame it was not a full version. Priceless footage.

@@richardbarrick1492 I could never be so bold as to pretend I could claim what their 'best' song was but one of my all time favourites is "The Knife". To me it's like a movie about the absurdity of human politics filmed in sound. One of the best satires of human nature in musical form I've ever heard.

Hoping Watcher goes up soon!

I doubt it's a master, becuz it's look like they put this in upscale video machine, but it's alright, I'm still willing to watch this, watcher of the skies pleaseee....

@@minormajor11 It is most definitely not AI upscaled. This is just a really good transfer of the master tape.

@@UhIdk204 He didn’t say AI enhanced. He meant upscaling.

I remember he had the project to make a movie from the 1975 superb album "The lamb lies down on Broadway", but he gave up

And an amazing writer

And is.

..un genio..!!!

The rest of that band played some killer music at the same time. He was part of that band until they grew apart.

What about Yes?

@@lisazinn866 Milan 1984. Great concert!

welcome to our world of 50 years ago.

Just as I read your comment, out comes the old man.......

And he sings the part like an old man

It was a very unique time in music history. Actually quite brief. Creativity, concepts, experimentation. I guess it lasted from 67 to 74. Most sold out to 747’s and stadiums after that.

Peter .a truly Genius of creation at this synphonic era rock

You just don’t know where to look homie

@@theshimmyking1514 homie! I just love it.😍

@@theshimmyking1514 I don't agree with you. That music was superior. The world today lacks substance and excitement. Thanks for your contribution.

It's a small world indeed. My family had moved from Tijuana to San Luis Rio Colorado in '71/'72 when I was about that same age but I wasn't as lucky as you because I didn't get to watch them when they appeared on the show. I didn't even know they existed then, I was starting to get interested in Frank Zappa around that time. In San Luis, it was transmitted on channel 13 from Yuma if I remember correctly, right after a 15-minute-long boring program called "Midnight Rap".

@@pedroi9008 I was 10 too! But I was in San Antonio TX. You won't hear anything like THIS at his show but I'm sure you will have a BLAST!

@@pedroi9008 wow ! Love this response, paisanos ! Geographically and Musically…indeed , channel 13 or 9

Saw him last night in Milwaukee 😉👍. STELLAR performance!! ❤

I worry that he mimes now

Nay he doesn't mime , over dubs at live shows maybe

Sure does. Creativity rules!

These musicians are artists. Now all you get is derivative banality. Those truly were the golden years . I was extremely lucky to have been there to experience it.

Seem? They are. There was and never will be anything era like the 20th century. 🥲🥰🖖🏻🇺🇸🌺

Check out the band Ghost for creativity and great songs!

@@JK-ld8cdAbsolutely not.

not so little. 2 racks, 2 floor toms. .. Lots of cymbals. Same as most people, more than some less than others.

One of the best drummers ever, ..regardless of genre

He messed up his neck with the singing posture looking off to the side like you can see here so I remember his saying.

The point is, he was / is a fantastic drummer,, however many drum pieces he had. Understand now? ​@@morbidmanmusic

If you want drum stuff on a budget try Mike Shrieve in Santana. Insane!

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@@themidnightspecialtvshow more genesis coming soon??

@@KazBodnar yes, make sure you subscribe and keep your notifications on.

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VERY similar experience here!

And Emerson, Lake and Palmer would take you into another galaxy in some other universe. That is a fantastic journey also.

@@undergroundwarrior70 Yes i'm totally agree with you.

All amazing albums, I own them all.

@@undergroundwarrior70 I own every one of their albums, I think Tarkus might be my favourite, but love quite a few of them.

Hippie….😂😂😂😂😂

Funnily enough, nobody ever chastised film makers for being too serious while making drama movies or writers for being too serious but when it comes to music, you are suddenly supposed to create with tongue in cheek. Strange - I'm not looking for a chuckle when listening to progressive rock masterpieces, I want to lose myself in the music... music that came about due to being seriously committed.

It'll always grind my gears when I hear criticism directed at rock artists who inject a little maturity and seriousness into their work. Such remarks reek of elitist condescension toward the genre! God forbid musicians in an ostensibly puerile musical genre like rock have the pretension to challenge the emotions and intellect of the "simple-minded" consumer; just keep feeding them the doggerel head-bangers they are deserving of!

Hear hear! 👍@@Ryan-on5on

Costume work reminds me of mid-70s Split Enz.

This is my favorite period of Genesis. After Peter and Steve left the band, I did as well. To transition from this to a pop band was truly disappointing.

This was the best of Genesis if anyone ever saw them live back then you saw incredible productions. There was show in NY back in the day where they wired up Peter Gabriel and he came flying out of one of the theater private boxes down to the stage slowing while he was singing. I believe if I remember correctly it was on the Foxtrot tour.

​@@alinchitown7556what I wouldn't give to go see that

I grew up in a house that didn't like the Peter Gabriel period of Genesis. Now my dad finally at 66 says "I prefer the Gabriel stuff" :)))))

Is really cool! I was born in the late 70s and grew up with a very different Genesis. This is my first time seeing this and I almost didn't recognize Peter Gabriel, but then I recognized his voice and teeth. I would've loved this as a teen in the 90s too. I now wonder if I ever passed over a record from this era not knowing it was a different Genesis.

sad thing is to think music stopped growing when your tastes stopped growing. Stuck in your hayday. It happens ... I can't argue the brilliance of the early Genesis. But I can't compare it to any other era, as they all are important and important to someone. As a producer and musician of 45+ years, this can't be not said... It is sad.

​@morbidmanmusic Sorry to disillusion anyone, but there is absolutely nothing today that has either the creativity or musical coherence of the prog-rock era. Porcupine Tree as close as we got. Or pop below anything to contradict, and I'll have a listen gladly. Love and Peace. ❤

I know what you mean, seems like only yesterday. Where does the time go? And then you die!

@@morbidmanmusicI hope you are not part of the 'formulaic' music that is being pumped out today. There is still creative music in all genres but loses to the mind-numbing xeroxed garbage.

​@@coled2048today music is shity especially k-pop

The drummer’s Phil Collins… 23 years old 🙌

Phil Collin’s when he was young and had some hair 😂

Peter Gabriel is incredible with any performance

Almost the whole song! You can see Peter grabbing his flute at 1:30 in preparation for his solo, then putting it right down when he realizes they've moved on to the guitar/organ solo section.

@@FacePomagranate Good point. The slow part with flute and guitars was omitted. Still, not mimed.

@@briane5706 Not mimed but I believe there may have been a couple of takes. Notice Hackett breaks a string towards the beginningbut at 4:44 the string is repaired and right before the downbeat you notice Tony waiting for the cue to stop. I wonder if Hackett was unable to play the latter half of the instrumental wihtout that string.

Shades of Savile

I remember seeing this live in London as a 15 year old wasn’t sure what I was witnessing a obsolete masterpiece. How uncanny that the Old Man now resembles Phil all these years later 👴🏻👴🏻👌

agree completely, genuinely disturbing although an amazing performance.

Amazing, these guys are just unbelievible geniuses. What does the old man persona means in the song's context?

@@diogomori9624 Nursery Cryme album tells the story. Basically Cynthia on the front cover, chops off young Henrys head with a croquet mallet. A short while later she finds his Musical Box plays it and the ghost of Henry appears who begins to age rapidly.

Untrue. It's not mainstream is all.

Ever see Greta Van Fleet?

Eddie was far from first he just incorporated it into his flashy solos and brought it more into the mainstream. RIP EVH.

There were people doing it earlier than either of them. But to be accurate since Steve was playing a solo he recorded at least 2 years earlier it would have been 6 years before the first VH album but like Steve I am sure Eddie was doing it earlier than that.

goes back 100s of years. Nobody lays claim. eveyone has a take on the technique.

Steve actually hit the strings with the edge of the pick, not his index finger. But, as others have said, the idea had been around for years; EVH just took it to a different level. In a hilarious coincidence, Van Halen was actually calling themselves Genesis in 1972, but gave up on the name because one of them saw a copy of either Foxtrot or Selling England by the Pound in a record shop.

Holdsworth, Hackett, tapped to accent the notes. .Eddie made a career out of tapping. .😂😅

Indeed...Considering Peter & Phil's Vocals Sound Rather Similar[To Me At Least]...One Sometimes Can't Tell Unless Seeing Them Perform...

Yeah, that back-up singer sounds like he has some potential...

🤣😂@@paulm749

​@@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970Similar for sure, even EXACT in some songs...to me anyways 😉

Back in the early 80s, when i was in junior high, just getting into old Genesis for the first time after discovering them with their 'Genesis' album, i honestly couldn't tell the difference sometimes.

no, there isn't, but this is great.

Same here. The studio version is soft compared to the Live version. They rock the f**k out of this song live.

Same here, still on the fence Genesis or Gentle Giant, love them equally.

Agree Without him they don t exisr

Forever and ever. Long live to Peter Gabriel Era

WAS?! He’s STILL a freaky dude!

He's on tour right now!

@rcpsammy7186 Thank you for sharing that information. He isn't the only one touring right now. A lot of the oldies but goodies are back on stage! Isn't that awesome ?!! 🙌 Have a sensational day! 😊🌞

@@WhyTheHorseface I can't disagree. He was definitely unique!! 👌

So.. Sorry. I couldn't resist 🤗

And pristine color corrected HD footage at that. Never thought I’d see this.

I'm amazed he was able to keep up!

This is Selling England By The Pound era. Lamb Lies Down tour would begin later in the year.

The camera man missed Hackett's taping.

@@pablodufranc I reckon it was deliberate so as to not embarrass Hackett as Eddie Van Halen would have dubbed that bit in for Hackett no doubt. Ha Ha Ha. Yes it was a shame for the camera to hone in on Hackett's face at that particular moment. They did that face filming far too much back in the good old days.

@@valhallacoldwind3362 I agree. In the same way, in this video we can see how the camera point to another musician while other are playing a solo. A sign of that music filming era.

Only all the time

Really beats the hell out of ABACAB ...🤨

there were others less know and more known in the time too. All great. Prog, a different story for everyone.

Genesis, Yes, ELP, King Crimson. The best of the best

That’s cool 😎

Hope he will use an ear protector so he will not got a damaged on his ear like nowaday Phil