Uploaded April 2009 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
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Right, well here is Part 2 of the two-part epic Genesis Medley. If you have not watched Part 1 yet, then why not?!!! It's on my Channel.
This bit is what this whole 18 minutes of effort has been all about - 'In That Quiet Earth'. I personally think that this live version is one of the most powerful, epic, wonderful pieces of music Genesis ever put out on a stage :-)
In That Quiet Earth - the tempo is frightening, and it is extremely intricate! And it is in 9/4 time. Or is it 9/8? Or is it 3/4? I count '1-2-3' in my head, 'cos those snare hits almost shout '2-3' at me, but I think this is in reality 9/4! You know me - technically inept on these matters!
Phil does a couple of fast doubles on bass, occasional simultaneous doubles on the bell, but mostly he keeps the bass drum work a bit 'easier' than he does on the studio version.
The real tough thing about this section though is those crash accents! Fuck me, those crash accents are HARD to catch! You sometimes go to start doing a snare fill just before them, and then get em in. Given the speed, and the 9/4 feel, it is REALLY TOUGH! Phil is just amazing. I cannot believe how he finishes singing In The cage, runs round to his kit, and then just bashes this stuff out without any kind of warm up!!! How does he do it?!!
Halfway through the 9/4 section, Phil goes crazy. Potty. Mad. The china / bass drum accents are amazing, and then, on purpose, he starts hitting everything so that the beat starts to float WILDLY across the bar. The 1′ just sort of disappears! I have had to write that section out, and spend a lot of time learning it, cos it is just a HUGE leap of faith that you will ever find the 1′ again!!!! The drumming is totally off kilter for a while - amazing! I would not DARE to this live, as the actual drummer! Mr Collins - hats off to you!!!
Once the '1' is found again, there are a final few flurries in 9/4 with those hectic (and slightly different) crash accents again. The one where he hits the rapidly closing hi-hat instead of the crashes is just beautiful, if horribly difficult at this speed! I love it though!!!
As an aside, you might notice that my china cymbal has something sitting on it - I was finding that during the hectic china work, I was hitting it so hard that it was simply too loud, and overpowering my camcorder! I had to resort to placing Moongel on the cymbal to change it's sound, and using my quietest Flix Sticks. That's why the china sounds a little more like a dustbin lid then it usually does!
And then out we pop, into the massive, slow, powerful 4/4 section. Deep breaths, massive facial expressions that are a mixture of adreneline (you just successfully got out of the 9/4 section!), exhaustion (you just played at 40,000 mph in 9-fucking-4!) and unadulterated joy (this is one of the most powerful, sublime moments I have ever heard in any Genesis concert), and big fuck-off hits on the drums. I love this section. Let me repeat that - I LOVE THIS SECTION. I cannot get across to you how much I love this. Suffice to say, I love it
However, even this 4/4 bit has its difficulties. A wonderful half bar pause, and slightly weird fills (that I think Chester assists on) that throw you if you are not careful. There is a brilliant china cymbal section is here too - wish I had like a 24″ China instead of my pitiful 15″ mini china!
I found that I could not hit a key tom note that signals the start of Afterglow. This is purely because it marks the point at which Chester is left on his own, and he chooses when to start off, and I cannot see him, and it is not in time as it were. I did not want to guess where it is, and get it slightly wrong - it would sound awful. So I purposely not play it. No doubt Ill get some Hecker ranting on about how I missed the most important note in the whole medley!!
'Afterglow' - the fills are different to TSL, by and large, and I keep playing it as if it is TSL! So I have ttried to unlearn some 30 years of drumming!!! There are TWO massive double bass drum moments here (only one on TSL), and they both have a load of toms going on at the same time. Maybe Chester did the bass and Phil the toms, but I will try and do both - it is not easy though!
The end is horribly messy. I'm sorry. It's sounds like I am falling off the kit! Oh well!
And that's it! Hope you enjoy it!
PLEASE PRESS THE 'HQ' BUTTON!
Right, well here is Part 2 of the two-part epic Genesis Medley. If you have not watched Part 1 yet, then why not?!!! It's on my Channel.
This bit is what this whole 18 minutes of effort has been all about - 'In That Quiet Earth'. I personally think that this live version is one of the most powerful, epic, wonderful pieces of music Genesis ever put out on a stage :-)
In That Quiet Earth - the tempo is frightening, and it is extremely intricate! And it is in 9/4 time. Or is it 9/8? Or is it 3/4? I count '1-2-3' in my head, 'cos those snare hits almost shout '2-3' at me, but I think this is in reality 9/4! You know me - technically inept on these matters!
Phil does a couple of fast doubles on bass, occasional simultaneous doubles on the bell, but mostly he keeps the bass drum work a bit 'easier' than he does on the studio version.
The real tough thing about this section though is those crash accents! Fuck me, those crash accents are HARD to catch! You sometimes go to start doing a snare fill just before them, and then get em in. Given the speed, and the 9/4 feel, it is REALLY TOUGH! Phil is just amazing. I cannot believe how he finishes singing In The cage, runs round to his kit, and then just bashes this stuff out without any kind of warm up!!! How does he do it?!!
Halfway through the 9/4 section, Phil goes crazy. Potty. Mad. The china / bass drum accents are amazing, and then, on purpose, he starts hitting everything so that the beat starts to float WILDLY across the bar. The 1′ just sort of disappears! I have had to write that section out, and spend a lot of time learning it, cos it is just a HUGE leap of faith that you will ever find the 1′ again!!!! The drumming is totally off kilter for a while - amazing! I would not DARE to this live, as the actual drummer! Mr Collins - hats off to you!!!
Once the '1' is found again, there are a final few flurries in 9/4 with those hectic (and slightly different) crash accents again. The one where he hits the rapidly closing hi-hat instead of the crashes is just beautiful, if horribly difficult at this speed! I love it though!!!
As an aside, you might notice that my china cymbal has something sitting on it - I was finding that during the hectic china work, I was hitting it so hard that it was simply too loud, and overpowering my camcorder! I had to resort to placing Moongel on the cymbal to change it's sound, and using my quietest Flix Sticks. That's why the china sounds a little more like a dustbin lid then it usually does!
And then out we pop, into the massive, slow, powerful 4/4 section. Deep breaths, massive facial expressions that are a mixture of adreneline (you just successfully got out of the 9/4 section!), exhaustion (you just played at 40,000 mph in 9-fucking-4!) and unadulterated joy (this is one of the most powerful, sublime moments I have ever heard in any Genesis concert), and big fuck-off hits on the drums. I love this section. Let me repeat that - I LOVE THIS SECTION. I cannot get across to you how much I love this. Suffice to say, I love it
However, even this 4/4 bit has its difficulties. A wonderful half bar pause, and slightly weird fills (that I think Chester assists on) that throw you if you are not careful. There is a brilliant china cymbal section is here too - wish I had like a 24″ China instead of my pitiful 15″ mini china!
I found that I could not hit a key tom note that signals the start of Afterglow. This is purely because it marks the point at which Chester is left on his own, and he chooses when to start off, and I cannot see him, and it is not in time as it were. I did not want to guess where it is, and get it slightly wrong - it would sound awful. So I purposely not play it. No doubt Ill get some Hecker ranting on about how I missed the most important note in the whole medley!!
'Afterglow' - the fills are different to TSL, by and large, and I keep playing it as if it is TSL! So I have ttried to unlearn some 30 years of drumming!!! There are TWO massive double bass drum moments here (only one on TSL), and they both have a load of toms going on at the same time. Maybe Chester did the bass and Phil the toms, but I will try and do both - it is not easy though!
The end is horribly messy. I'm sorry. It's sounds like I am falling off the kit! Oh well!
And that's it! Hope you enjoy it!
