# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![inscrutable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a88e4f/32.png) [@inscrutable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inscrutable)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/41 "2016-05-23T00:57:15Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > I’ll handle that for you. > > Selling England by the Pound > Wind and Wuthering > A Trick of the Tail > Foxtrot > Nursery Chrymes …so if someone really likes Selling England by the Pound, which other album would they like? Although Sqounk and Turn It On Again are great songs – from Duke? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/42 "2016-05-23T01:34:00Z")
> [@inscrutable](#): > > …so if someone really likes Selling England by the Pound, which other album would they like? > > Although Sqounk and Turn It On Again are great songs – from Duke? Squonk is from A Trick of the Tail. Turn it on Again is from Duke. Selling England fans would like Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering which both feature Collins on vocals. They’d also like the Seconds Out live recording. Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme are the most similar Gabriel records. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/43 "2016-05-23T03:57:59Z")
Tough to narrow it down to five. Hmm. I guess for now I’d say: Mama Home by the Sea Abacab Silver Rainbow Just a Job To Do Honorable mentions: Turn It On Again Man on the Corner Follow You Follow Me ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/44 "2016-05-23T05:09:07Z")
> [@inscrutable](#): > > …so if someone really likes Selling England by the Pound, which other album would they like? > > Although Sqounk and Turn It On Again are great songs – from Duke? The LPs that brackett “Selling” are Foxtrot and Lamb Lies Down. Phil is only featured on one Selling song, you must know. My guess is you would like anything with Steve Hackett on it, all the way from Nursery Cryme to Wind and Wuthering. The good stuff is all in there. Sorry pop fans. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/45 "2016-05-23T05:29:22Z")
The Lamb is pretty light on Steve’s influence, however. But The Lamb is pretty close in style to Duke, which is also worthwhile. ---
**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 23, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/46 "2016-05-23T11:18:39Z")
> [@Doyle](#): > > For the win. I hadn’t heard Blood on the Rooftops until this thread – now that I have, I agree I’d have to squeeze it into my top 5 somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/47 "2016-05-24T03:04:40Z")
1. Squonk 2. Firth of Fifth 3. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) 4. In the Cage + Medley (particularly from the Mama Tour DVD) 5. Cinema Show ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/48 "2016-05-24T03:47:51Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > 1. In the Cage + Medley (particularly from the Mama Tour DVD) I only first heard it 5 or 6 years ago but my favorite iteration of the _In the Cage_ medley is one I believe it was recorded at a concert at Madison Square Garden in 1986 (at least my You Tube link below was). Goes like this: \*In the Cage / In That Quiet Earth / Apocalypse in 9/8 / As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs \*(the closing part of _Supper’s Ready_ It’s kinda one big Banks (the Prog Prodigy) fest. You can hear it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LT6zGQKSQ). Do It Now!!! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/49 "2016-05-24T03:56:38Z")
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) Follow You Follow Me ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/50 "2016-05-25T18:44:14Z")
As a casual fan: Mama Tonight, Tonight Land of Confusion Abacab Ok that’s only 4. But they’re good songs. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/51 "2016-05-25T18:50:20Z")
Dance on a Volcano Home By the Sea Mama (Heh heh hehhhh) Carpet Crawlers Land of Confusion ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/52 "2016-05-26T08:51:33Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > I only first heard it 5 or 6 years ago but my favorite iteration of the _In the Cage_ medley is one I believe it was recorded at a concert at Madison Square Garden in 1986 (at least my You Tube link below was). Goes like this: > > \*In the Cage / In That Quiet Earth / Apocalypse in 9/8 / As Sure as Eggs Is Eggs \*(the closing part of _Supper’s Ready_ > > It’s kinda one big Banks (the Prog Prodigy) fest. You can hear it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3LT6zGQKSQ). > > Do It Now!!! I’d never heard that version before. Thank you for that. Listened to it at work on my little bookshelf speakers. I’m going to have to give it another listen when I get home. > [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Dance on a Volcano Darn it. I forgot Dance on a Volcano, but I’ve got no room in the top 5. It will just have to be an honorable mention. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612/53 "2016-07-11T19:35:10Z")
[Steve Hackett and Todmobile in Iceland-Firth of Fifth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7d0mIeOCE4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-5-genesis-songs/754612.md?page=2)