Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium

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DVD Review: Best Live Genesis video yet
Summary: 4 Stars

So, why only 4 stars? Well, it's not perfect because the "In The Cage/In That Quiet Earth/Apocolypse in 9/8" medley is not here. It wasn't on the video either, but I figured certainly they would include it on the DVD. Nope. Ah, but aside from that ommission, it is the best Genesis concert video yet available. I don't even like the "Invisible Touch" era that much, but these live versions are quite good. And they fixed the sound problem with "The Brazilian" (on the VHS version, the moment in the song where it's just the 2 drummers, the sound is noticeably quieter than the rest of the song -- it's all been fixed).

Highlights for me:

"Abacab" -- best live version of this song I've heard. Ramped up some and not as tired as the version on "Three Sies Live" (1982). I hear this and I remember why I was so smitten with this band.

"The Brazilian" -- This is one of Tony's best songs and, while the version here shows little change over the album version (some solo drumming), it's still great to see this song performed live.

"Domino" -- A better performance than "The Way We Walk" DVD and more energy than the album version.

"Home By The Sea" -- there are actually a few great versions of this song live around, but this one is perhaps the best played. There are parts during the second part that have me aboslutely mesmerized. When Genesis gets to this state, they approach Pink Floyd-type aweness. A drooler song for those of us that enjoy this artsy stuff.

"Drum Duet" -- best drum duet that Collins and Thompson have done. Phil still had speed in 1987. This is one of the only drum solos I know of that has an actual melody and form -- not just some wiz-bang show-off stuff.

"Los Endos" -- not to sound like a stuck record, but this is probably the best live version of this song I've heard. When Mike gets to the "Dance on a Volcano" riff and the band builds to the "Squonk" theme, it is goose-bump inducing. And the power they deliver on the "Squonk" theme makes me wish that they'd do the whole song!

Well, I've gone on long enough. I hope the release other live shows (1976 with Bruford please!!).

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