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| Genesis – Living Forever Lyrics
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Tony Banks wrote the lyrics based on how people are being bombarded with health information by the media and 'health experts' and how it changes from one day to the next. Things that were declared healthy in the past are now declared unhealthy and vice versa. |
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| Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song is indeed about drug addiction, a druggie needing a fix and seeing his dealer. According to Mike Rutherford, it's broader meaning has to do with the nightlife in general, but originally it was about a drug addiction. The song was originally called "Monkey Zulu". Monkey was a term used for heroin. Zulu came from the sound of the synthesized percussion, which had an Afro-beat feel to it. Phil Collins wrote the lyrics. |
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| Genesis – Driving The Last Spike Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The sleeve note for the song says it all. Great lyrical work by Mr. Collins. Proves that when he wants to he can measure up to the more complicated lyrics of Tony Banks. |
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| Genesis – Land Of Confusion Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Mike Rutherford wrote the lyrics to this song. He said it was his first real protest song. It was about how wonderful a place the world is and how man is mucking everything up with violence, crime and corruption. |
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| Genesis – Home By The Sea Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song is in fact about a haunted house. The line 'home by the sea' was improvised by Phil while they were recording it. Tony Banks, the writer of the lyrics, pictured in his head a haunted house overlooking the sea and wrote lyrics of a story of a burgler breaking into this house and finding out it's haunted by ghosts who can't seem to set themselves free. Not a philisophical song at all. |
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| Genesis – Abacab Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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A_B_A_C_A_B was a method used to remember the original sequence of the song when it was in it's embryonal state. "A" was the verse, "B" was the chorus, and "C" was the bridge. So the original version went verse, chorus, verse, bridge, verse, chorus. However that sequence was later changed, but the name stuck. I am almost sure the lyrics were Mike Rutherford's. |
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