Peter Gabriel to Rush Limbaugh: Stop using my music...

[HopeHoops]

22. "In the Court of the Crimson King" was a major problem for Genesis. Think "The Lamb".

That was a serious competition for audiences. With the exception of "In The Beginning" (originally "From Genesis To Revelation&quot , all of Genesis up through "The Lamb" was progressive. I still lump "Trick of the Tail" and "Wind and Wuthering" in there. "And Then There Were Three" was the real divergence, but Hackett had just left the group (hence the name). From there, Collins took it more pop, but he could STILL perform the oldest of the songs with Gabriel's style.

As for the question, I don't think either copied the other. They were doing their own thing and only competing for dominance in the "progressive" field. Genesis was packing stadiums in the late 70's and early 80's and King Crimson always had light audiences at the time. They were very different by then. Genesis had become very formula and Crimson more improv. They went on for at least 45 minutes one time at Merriweather and I didn't recognize a damn thing - all improv.

By the way, herocleamantigaziana (sp? - not looking it up right now) is a real plant, the song is a ballad of what happened, and PA actually has a "Department of Hogweed Eradication". I'm not kidding. It was off of "Nursery Chryme" so I always thought it was fictional. 'Twas not.

There are a bunch of other videos from the studio in Belgium (72) including the only song I know of that never appeared on an album - "Twilight Alehouse". Very pretty song.