"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" was Genesis' first single to receive any sort of chart action, hitting No.21 in the UK in April 1974.This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. 70 in the U.S. A single from the album, "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)", was released in February 1974 and became the band's first top 30 hit in the UK. Imports become cheaper, making life easier for retailers, which can sell … A few words about the album as a whole: Selling England by the Pound The title was actually originally the slogan used in the Labour Party Manifesto for the General Election held before the album was released which itself was using wordplay on the idea of "pound". Genesis proved that they could rock on Foxtrot but on its follow-up Selling England by the Pound they didn't follow this route, they returned to the English eccentricity of their first records, which wasn't so much a retreat as a consolidation of powers. The third section developed early on became the opening of "The Battle of Epping Forest", and the band repeatedly performed these three pieces daily for a short while which Banks thought resulted in the latter song being too overworked.One of the ideas that Gabriel wanted to convey with the album was the idea of looking at "Englishness in a different way". In my opinion 'Selling England by the Pound' is the best Genesis album containing as it does two of their best songs - 'Firth of Fifth' and 'The Cinema Show'. T he opposite is true for weaker economies. The album was recorded in August 1973 following the tour supporting the previous album, Critics and the band have given mixed opinions of the album, though guitarist In May 1973, the Genesis line-up of frontman and singer The group were too busy touring to write new material, so after coming off the road they set aside time to create new songs.
Although Genesis never performed the song live, Hackett plays it on his acoustic trio tours as part of a medley in between Apocalypse in 9/8 (from ""The Cinema Show" is divided into two main sections: The first section is a gentle The lyrics, written by Banks and Rutherford,or possibly Banks and Gabriel(according to Collins) draw much of their inspiration from the "Aisle of Plenty" is not so much its own song as a reprise of "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", with lyrics following the same thematic connections. This solo section would later form the melodic centrepiece of the extended instrumentals in the 'In The Cage' Medley (a combination of song excerpts that Genesis would perform live years after it had stopped performing other songs from the 1970s). To place England under Sharia Law?Confronted with the basic implausibility of some elements of the tale - John's willingness to convert to Islam, for example - plenty of historians have decided that it's just another of Paris' malicious digs and dismissed it as fiction. But did King John once try to subordinate England to the Almohad Caliph of Andalucia and Morocco? This section is rhythmically complex, with certain bars in the rare "Firth of Fifth" is featured on their second compilation album, From autumn 1973 onwards, the song's piano intro was omitted during live performances. The pound is strongest when it’s higher than ever before. The track uses word play such as "Easy, love there's the safe way home" and "Thankful for her fine fair discount, Tess co-operates", referring to During the album's sessions Gabriel and Hackett developed a track named "Déja Vu", but it remained unfinished and left off the album.
Look at Russia. A young, struggling band, but with an album that was due to become a classic in time. It was the first Genesis album to feature synths while Peter Gabriel's vocals have never sounded better. But did King John once try to subordinate England to the Almohad Caliph of Andalucia and Morocco? "Selling something by the pound" as a figure of speech meant something was being sold "loose", that is cheaply. Change the target language to find translations.Copyright © 2012 sensagent Corporation: Online Encyclopedia, Thesaurus, Dictionary definitions and more.