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"Your Own Special Way" is a song by the English progressive rock band Genesis.The song was written by the band's bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford.Released (in edited form) as the first and only single from their eighth studio album Wind & Wuthering, it became the band's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 62. [3]
The song has had a strongly positive critical response as one of the best examples of progressive rock. Particular highlights of the track include Banks' piano introduction and Hackett's guitar solo. [1] Rock author Edward Macan describes "Firth of Fifth" as "one of the finest nine and half minutes of music that Genesis ever put down". [10]
"Blood on the Rooftops" is a song concerning "the tedium and repetitiveness of television news and the overall mocking disgust that must sometimes accompany watching the news happen". [5] The music to its chorus was written by Collins with Hackett writing the music to the verses, the song's lyrics and its classical guitar introduction. [27]
"Supper's Ready" is a song by English progressive rock band Genesis, recorded for their 1972 studio album Foxtrot. At 23 minutes in length, it is the band's longest recorded song. [a] A common misconception is that it occupies an entire side of Foxtrot; in actuality, the guitar piece which opens the side is a separate work titled "Horizons". [5]
Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel wrote the lyrics for "The Carpet Crawlers" first; bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks then wrote a chord sequence for it. [4] Gabriel said he spent "hours and hours" on an out-of-tune piano in the house of his wife Jill's parents in Kensington to develop the melody for the song. [4]
"The Lady Lies" is the tenth track on the Genesis 1978 album …And Then There Were Three…, with music and lyrics written by Tony Banks. [1] The lyrics tell the story of a man who rescues a woman from the mouth of a monster, but is later seduced by the woman, or as the band refer to her during the song, a demon, and led into an unknown fate.
"Watcher of the Skies" is the first track on English progressive rock Genesis' 1972 album Foxtrot. It was also released as the album's only single. The song was re-recorded in 1972 in a radically altered and shortened single version. This version was re-released in 1998 as part of the Genesis Archive 1967–75 box set.
It was produced by Genesis and distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group. [2] The song, mainly written by Mike Rutherford with Tony Banks and Phil Collins with lyrics by Rutherford, was featured on Genesis' album of the same name and was a top 10 hit on the British pop chart, where it peaked at No. 9. [3]