Genesis - Watcher of the Skies - Live (1973)

Just came across this tasty little nugget. I posted earlier a clip where Phish did a cover of Watcher of the Skies as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Genesis.

This is the TRUE original.

Totally rad. Gotta love Peter's getup.

Genesis - Supper's Ready Live with Bill Bruford

When I was 17, I saw this show on TV that blew my mind. I was already a fan of Yes and Genesis and other progressive rock bands, and had seen Yes live at the Boston Garden (Drama Tour), but this was the craziest thing to do with music that I'd ever seen on television. The first Genesis tour sans-Gabriel featured Phil Collins as their new lead singer. When he was doing this, somebody had to play the drums, and the only guy they trusted to do the job was Bill Bruford. This is them playing Supper's Ready in France.

Check it out, it's sweet.

Trey Anastasio - Genesis Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech

Wow, I'm floored. I always thought of Phish as a lot more like Genesis than anyone else I've ever met, so when I saw this speech by Trey Anastasio, lead guitarist of Phish, telling about his appreciation of their music and the differences he saw in their music compared to most of the rest of the music out there, I was deeply gratified.

Apparently, he was influenced by them as much as I suspected he might have been. Anyone who thinks Phish doesn't have the soul of a true Progressive Rock band, watch this speech...

Phish Inducts Genesis into Rock n Roll Hall of Fame with rendition of Watchers of the Skies

Wow. I can hardly believe it. After all the debate about whether or not Phish is a "Progressive Rock" band (which I think is surely true by any real definition), they finally laid the debate to rest, in my opinion, and hit it out of the park with their great rendition of "Watchers of the Skies" at the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Great footage. Priceless.

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