# Name your Top 5 Genesis Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612 "2016-05-12T15:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/1 "2016-05-12T15:34:17Z")
One for the Vine Ripples Seven Stones Supper’s Ready Firth of Fifth ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/2 "2016-05-12T16:00:29Z")
Man it’s hard to cull this list down to five. Genesis is one of my favorite bands by far. Since the OP already mentioned _Supper’s Ready_ and _Ripples_, I’ll leave them off of my top five. 🙂 The Colony of Slippermen Back in N.Y.C. Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea Fading Lights The Musical Box ---
**Author:** ![TheInimitableMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TheInimitableMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInimitableMaven)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/3 "2016-05-12T16:08:46Z")
1. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight 2. Firth Of Fifth 3. The Battle Of Epping Forest 4. Follow You, Follow Me 5. Turn It On Again Honorable Mentions: The Musical Box Squonk Your Own Special Way Scenes From A Night’s Dream Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/4 "2016-05-12T16:20:58Z")
1. Firth of Fifth - especially the live version from Seconds Out. Steve Hackett’s guitar solo never fails to blow me away. 2. The Musical Box 3. The Knife 4. Afterglow 5. Duke’s Travels/Duke’s End Picking only five is hard! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/5 "2016-05-12T16:22:06Z")
1. Man on the Corner 2. Turn it On Again 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 4. Paperlate 5. Supper’s Ready ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/6 "2016-05-12T16:55:49Z")
1. In the Cage/Cinema Show/Slippermen/Afterglow (Three Sides Live version) 2. Turn it on Again 3. Fading Lights 4. Duke’s Travels/Duke’s End 5. The Knife ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/7 "2016-05-12T17:00:26Z")
I second these other selections: Second Home By The Sea Fading Lights The Knife Squonk ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/8 "2016-05-12T17:04:43Z")
1. The Battle of Epping Forest 2. Dancing Out with the Moonlit Knight 3. The Musical Box 4. Supper’s Ready 5. Anyway ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/9 "2016-05-12T17:09:28Z")
I’m almost afraid to post in this thread, but I’m a fan of their more radio friendly hits. Invisible Touch Illegal Alien Land of Confusion That’s All Abacab ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/10 "2016-05-12T17:19:34Z")
In no particular order 1: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2: Misunderstanding 3: Mama 4: Alone Tonight 5: Jesus He Knows Me I don’t know too much from the Gabriel era as I was young and only got to hear it via my older brother. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/11 "2016-05-12T17:20:54Z")
I am struggling with ranking their Top-5 albums… ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/12 "2016-05-12T17:30:05Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > I am struggling with ranking their Top-5 albums… I’ll handle that for you. Selling England by the Pound Wind and Wuthering A Trick of the Tail Foxtrot Nursery Chrymes ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/13 "2016-05-12T17:41:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’m almost afraid to post in this thread, but I’m a fan of their more radio friendly hits. > > Invisible Touch > Illegal Alien > Land of Confusion > That’s All > Abacab Yeah, let me add Misunderstanding to my list. I know that makes six, but I have more than five favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/14 "2016-05-12T17:54:59Z")
Supper’s Ready The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Misunderstanding Turn It On Again Abacab Honorable mentions for Mama, No Reply At All, Man On The Corner, That’s All, I Can’t Dance and most of _Selling England by the Pound_ and _A Trick of the Tail_. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/15 "2016-05-12T18:13:36Z")
Dancing With the Moonlit Knight Abacab Dodo/Lurker No Son of Mine Mama On the whole, I prefer the newer material, but my favorite Genesis song is one of their old school ones. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/16 "2016-05-12T18:30:14Z")
1. Squonk 2. Anyway 3. No son of mine 4. Dodo 5. Unquiet slumbers for the sleepers / In that quiet earth / Afterglow ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/17 "2016-05-12T19:05:51Z")
1. Watcher of the Skies 2. The Musical Box 3. Back in N.Y.C. 4. Can-Utility & the Coastliners 5. Either The Return of the Giant Hogweed or Get 'em out by Friday ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/18 "2016-05-12T19:05:54Z")
Harlequin Entangled Wot Gorilla Turn it on Again Blood on the Rooftops ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/19 "2016-05-12T19:09:56Z")
The Knife The Carpet Crawlers it. Turn It On Again Abacab ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/20 "2016-05-12T19:38:50Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Blood on the Rooftops For the win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612.md?page=2)