Awesome interview! -Mostly due to the relaxed delivery and well-informed hosts, Ken & Steve. I love that Peter as a young man got to experience friendship and hospitality in America via these two kind, humble, and knowledgeable young men with great taste. I bet their show of respect and admiration gave him a lot of encouragement/inspiration. Thank you Ken & Steve for sharing your interview and representing our people.
This interview from 1974 is fantastic,a jewel that was missing in my collection,listening to Peter is wonderful,i am a sick fan of this group,which i have been listening to since the age of 15.Now at 64 i never get tired of hearing their masterpiece,especially THE LAMB.Until my end.....thanks GENESIS.
I heard the Phil interview and now this one and they are just remarkable documents in time. Just to hear Gabriel talk about Lamb before it happened and to hear his growing uneasiness with the dynamics within the band already. Not to mention his insights into his music. Just great stuff. I got more out of listening to these two interviews than I have from biographies or interviews attached to remastered collections. Twenty-four year old Gabriel being so candid. Just incredible stuff.
Thanks! There's a big difference between a radio show with a time limit and cookie cutter host, and real fans who love the band having a regular conversation.
I absolutely agree. In both Peter and Phil's interviews, they were like most honest and candid of all the interviews I've ever seen. So young and unguarded in so many ways. Amazing!!
Ahhhhh, Peter playing the piano. He played more piano on this interview tape then his entire time in Genesis! Thank you for sharing - it is simply wonderful!
Yeah, fans who pull the 'Pete vs Phil' crap forget the two were/are friends. Though they were a band 1st & foremost, Tony Banks was the defacto unofficial leader of Genesis which caused of a lot of strife between him & PG.
I read about a thousands explanations on what supper's ready is about, ....ask peter ... and you got it, I loved how he described it, perfect. Thanks Bill, always surprising me, this time a never heard interview.
@@GenesisMuseum jaja, my mistake, I always watch genesis, Peter and phil stuff, by Bill films, thank you for the video, this time, Bill, got nothing of the Credit,. It's all yours
6:40 definitely sounds like Peter playing the song Deja Vu that he and Steve wrote during the Selling England sessions. Hackett released it as his own in one of his Genesis Revisited albums. Surely it was fresh in his mind during the time of this tape.
Very cool. Quite a lot of Genesis insight here, and very candid and honest. Confirms and elaborates on a lot of erstwhile rumor. While we were living this, Peter Gabriel's comments and emotions were reflecting and driving what had just taken place, and what was soon to come. Now we know how it all turned out, and because of this splendid interview, we have some deeper insight as to the "why". Steve Hackett's comments these days on the Genesis band dynamics are also especially revealing. He is opening up lately, and is letting it all out, chips falling where they may. It's all pretty clear now. Thanks for posting, and for hanging on to this little cassette tape. It is indeed... pure gold.
This is incredible, thinking that is more Genesis content out there, ready to be discovered and shared, makes me feel so happy and glad...keep up the awesome job, guys!
It took 47 years to reveal to the whole world where the party pooper ran off to. But seriously, this is a real treasure to any Gabriel-era Genesis fan, and definitely count me in. I was one state over, in Indiana, at the time, getting into Genesis starting with Selling England by the Pound. It's great to listen to this conversation of musicians talking to musicians.
Incredible interview! My first Genesis show was later that year-- opening night on The Lamb tour in Chicago at the beautiful Auditorium Theatre. The album hadn't been released yet, but we had side 1 because a radio station played it and we taped it. What an amazing show that was. Do you have any with Yes? Here's Steve Hackett on Topographic Oceans: STEVE HACKETT “I know this was an album that divided opinion when it was first released, but I liked it at the time, and still do. I recall Chris Squire once telling me that when the band were working on this album they did no more than a few bars of music a day. This meant they could perfect what they had, and explains why Tales… sounds so highly detailed. “I know it was Jon Anderson’s concept, but you can tell from the way everyone got involved instrumentally that all of Yes were at a peak. And here we are, 40 years later, still talking about it. That proves that whether you love or hate it, this album has made a lasting impact.”
The interview was fantastic Peters way of speaking hasn't changed at all, a lot of thinking goes into what he says hence many pauses. His style of talking is very unique almost strained to get it right. My question is...did Ken and Steve ever become full time musicians, start their own band? What lucky individuals to get the chance to sit and talk with PG, you could see with all their Genesis albums hanging on the wall they were/are huge fans it must have been so exciting and memorable for them.
I agree with your entire comment and also about "Peter's way of speaking" - he sounds so wise for his age in his speech and singing. He also sounds like Anthony Hopkins who is Welsh though.
Pete on the piano seems do be creating a few moments from The Lamb here and maybe Family Snapshot. Fascinating how he said he wrote Harold the Barrel at his hous with Phil. I think Pete and Phil connected.
@@Phobero Deja Vu at about 6:40. It’s a song that didn’t make the Selling England album but Steve Hackett released in the 90s and has been playing it at his recent shows.
This interview is simply incredible! I love it because of the relaxed atmosphere. You notice when it's musicians talking with each other. And it's so cool that Steve and Ken are such big fans as well.
Wow, at the start, I thought the sound wasn't clear but I stuck with it and the sound got clearer when they tirned the buzzing amp of and this is an absolut gem! I got kind of spellbound by it. Thanks so much for sharing this.
So gorgeous these rare and precious interviews by Phil and Peter in 1974!!!It's like having a time machine and going into the golden age of prog. It's so fascinating to listen to the very young Phil and Peter, their opinions, their thoughts, when they were at the peak of the Genesis artistic and musical project. From these interviews I get a good feel for Peter's mysterious charisma, and Phil's modesty, simplicity and enormous drumming greatness. Am I wrong or I have the impression that Peter wasn't so happy with Selling. He seems to prefer Foxtrot or am I wrong? agreement with Peter in this case. For me Sebtp is definitely superior to Foxtrot. For me it is the best album of Genesis with 5 line up.
The lamb..... Per i miei gusti e il migliore e penso anche per Peter... Visto che è una sua creatura a tutti gli effetti.. Cmq sia SEBTP sia FOXTROT sono favolosi come lo sono Nursey crime e Trespass
@@massimobigoni9647 Su the Lamb ho un opinione particolare.E,bellissimo nella esecuzione live,in cui le canzoni acquisiscono molta potenza(i nostri erano al top in quel periodo).Il disco studio soffre di una produzione sonora che non lo valorizza,e che lo appiattisce.Intendiamoci dentro the Lamb ci sono idee fantastiche,ed una varietà di spunti ed atmosfere sonore,che mai avevamo visto nei dischi precedenti(ci sono addirittura cose funky quasi,come The Supernatural,anesthetist ed It, l quasil'hard rock di Lilywhite Lilith,Fly on a WindshieldL,il protoponk di Back in NYC,le ballad splendide ed intense come Chambers of 32 Doors,Carpet Crawlers,In the Rapids....gli episodi più prog dominati dalle tastiere e tempi composti,come In the Cage,Riding Scree ecc.Ma non ha la produzione sonora bella e curata di SEBTP.Gli effetti sulla voce di Gabriel curati da Eno,se all'epoca erano innovativi,oggi alle mie orecchie suonano datati,preferisco il canto di Gabriel nudo e crudo,in tutta la sua varietà e bellezza(come in Dancing on the Moonlit Knight e Chamber of 32 doors per l'appunto).Per quanto mi riguarda The Lamb è un voto sotto Sebtp ,mezzo sotto Nursery Crime e pari a Foxtrot.
@@massimolombardi1367 concordo sui live soprattutto per Waiting Room... The Lamia però solo Gabriel canta con tanta intensità. Forse Kevin Gilbert era il solo all altezza...... E oi c è the colony of slippermen fantastica
@@massimobigoni9647 Slippermen è un ottimo esempio di quello che asserisco.La versione live è molto migliore.A me nella versione studio la voce di Gabriel "effettata" non entusiasma per niente Phil gigantesco nella sua performance batterisrica,sia in studio,che ancora di più live.Riding Scree non c'è paragone tra studio e live.I rulli furiosi di Collins da metà pezzo in avanti,in studio non ci sono
Many thanks to G music for posting this revealing interview...and at last we hear the story from the horses mouth that underpins Supper’s Ready which is up there in my all time top 10. Fabulous stuff!
Amazing that he mentions Castaneda when he was explaining the Supper's Ready story, i always felt that Don Juan Matus influence all over his work, from the lyrics to his own behavior, i wasn't wrong! Gabriel used mexican ancient shaman techniques to develop his art! I KNEW IT HAHAHA I LOVE HIM EVEN MORE!
I’m so glad finally knowing that Peter Gabriel wrote Harold the Barrel because that’s the song that got me hooked on them. It was obvious that he wrote the lyrics but I was never too sure about the music.
Thanks for this rare gem! Thank God they were using the "Low Noise" tape - you don't wanna know what the "High Noise" one would've sounded like. 😂 (EDIT: Considerably improved audio quality from ca. 24:00 onwards... 👍)
As much as i dislike the "Turn it on Again" medley from the Mama and IT Tours, Genesis have always done covers, well, on rehearsals or while making an album. While people say that Genesis throws their past to the trash, i find interesting the amount of stuff they bring back that's very small, probably a section of a piece or even an inside joke like the "awkward step" on "I Can't Dance", i really like those things... while Genesis maybe got a little too electric, they still tried bringing back accoustic on "Calling All Stations" but that might have to do with the popularity of "unplugged" shows. I'm very thankful for this interview, lots to learn and hear, Peter is a slow talker (specially compared to Tony) but i don't mind since there is text so DOUBLE THANKS
40:04 For some reason I like the foxhead character at the end of Musical Box better, because it's just SO bizarre. The enhanced quality footage is also fabuloud.
With A.I. the tape hiss could may now be removed and the jam's instruments be separated and remixed, as well as hearing the interview more clearly. A proposition to anyone out here who knows how it's done :)
Peter was always honest about who did what in Genesis, for example he mentioned Banks and Rutherford wrote Cinema Show and Firth Of Fifth, words and music. It was the public and press that started deifying Gabriel, not Gabriel himself. In actuality, Banks and Rutherford were the primary song writing team in Genesis. For example they wrote Watcher Of The Skies, words and music, and The Light Lies Down On Broadway, words and music, and they wrote the bulk of the music in Suppers Ready and The Lamb.
@@GenesisMuseum they both seemed like really nice humble guys. Really likeable characters. I found it amazing that Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins were so easily accessible and candid in speaking to a couple guys in Cleveland. Nowadays, you'd have to go through 10 layers of agents, managers, and "handlers" in order to get access to a big name musician. Well done Ken and Steve 🙌
Hi just saw this after a long time. We formed bands for many years but the fates were not kind to us. Steve has graduated to the next level and after many years I (Ken) am working on an Anthology spanning three decades of our work together and the various entities of our band Nautilus. We would see Genesis each time they visited the area or go to a nearby town for many years and had great times and more insights from them as they progressed. In the 90's I asked Phil if he ever had a chance to get out and relax and enjoy the towns. He said he couldn't since no one would leave him alone and spent most of the time in the hotel room with a drum machine writing new ones. We did many interviews with Tony and Steve too but alas lost in the eons of time. All great guys but Phil surprised me the most by getting so famous. And Steve is very prolific regarding many types of music which is unique as well. The anthology will total 9 CD's. hundreds of photos, video and a film too. Thanks for wondering. Best K Smiles and Light! PS. We were lucky in that we met and played with others such as Pink Floyd, King Crimson, ELP, The Moody Blues, Yes, UK as well. I am retired now after building businesses so I can devote my time again to music.
