Genesis: The Cinema Show
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Back in their prime, Genesis was one of my favorites. Could
have been because of my classical music upbringing: I sang tenor is such things
as Handel’s “Messiah”. Could also have been on account of Peter Gabriel and
Phil Collins’s innate musicality. (J. David has touched on Genesis here before)
Genesis’ 1973 release
“Selling England…” reeks of British history (of which “the Bard” is an obvious
part). In “The Cinema Show”, from this album, Genesis bring Shakespeare’s Romeo
and Juliet into the modern age, singing:Home from work our Juliet
Clears her morning meal
And later …
Romeo locks his basement flat
And scurries up the stairs
As Gensis prove: so little has changed in 500 years: the plight of Romeo and Juliet is more or less the same: a daily struggle. Indeed: a cinema show for Romeo & Juliet! A chocolate surprise in 1600...
I particularly focus regularly on the line in the song: "there is indeed more earth than sea." We are taught in school that the oceans comprise 2/3 of the surface of the Earth - but we don't learn that that which supports the seas is in fact "earth" - and that it goes miles deep.
While the Genesis versions of "The Cinema Show" are the definitive ones,
Soundcloud offers less well-known renditions that may pique your fancy as well.
For example:
