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"A Trick of the Tail" was the third Genesis song to be accompanied by a promotional video, and the first single featuring Phil Collins as the band's lead vocalist. Previously their drummer, frequently singing backing vocals, Collins was now the band's lead singer, while continuing to play drums and percussion.
A Trick of the Tail is the seventh studio album by English progressive rock band Genesis.It was released on 13 February 1976 on Charisma Records and was the first album to feature drummer Phil Collins as lead vocalist following the departure of Peter Gabriel.
Banks, who worked on the lyrics with Mike Rutherford, later dismissed them, saying they were "one of the worst sets of lyrics [I have] been involved with". [citation needed] The song has three distinct musical parts. It starts out with a classical-style grand piano introduction played by Banks in the key of B flat. [5]
Entangled may refer to: Entangled state, in physics, a state arising from quantum entanglement; Entangled, a 1993 film starring Judd Nelson and Pierce Brosnan; Entangled, a 2004 abstract sculpture created by Brose Partington "Entangled" (song), a song by Genesis from the 1976 album A Trick of the Tail
Before the lyrics were added, the song's title was "Do The New Thing", possibly referencing Tony Banks' opening keyboard notes, which are heard again in the bridge. According to the behind-the-scenes documentary Genesis: No Admittance , the first lyric Phil Collins wrote out of improvisation was the chorus line "Jesus, he knows me, and he knows ...
Gabriel contributed English-themed lyrics to "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", because the music press thought that Genesis were putting too much effort into appealing to the American audiences. He also included some references to Green Shield Stamps in the lyrics. [4] Rolling Stone wrote that the song was an "epic commentary on contemporary ...
Live – The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs is the fifth live album by British band Genesis and was released on 4 January 1993 in the United Kingdom, [5] having been recorded during their 1992 tour for We Can't Dance.
In the end, We Can't Dance saw Collins contribute a greater amount of lyrics than before; his efforts praised by Rutherford who considered his words for its songs among his best in Genesis history. Collins went further and rated his lyrics on We Can't Dance as some of the best of his career and said, "Obviously, the music stimulated me". [15]