Genesis

Released: June 4, 1982

Featuring: Bill Bruford Steve Hackett

Songwriter: Phil Collins Mike Rutherford Tony Banks Steve Hackett Peter Gabriel

Producer: Genesis

[It]
When it's cold, it come slow
When it's warm, just watch it grow
All around me
It is here, it is now

Just a little bit of it, can bring you up or down
Like the supper, it is cooking in your hometown
It's supper, it is eggs
It is in between your legs
It is walking on the moon
Leaving your cocoon

When you eat right through it, you see everything alive
It is inside the spirit, with enough grit to survive
If you think this is pretentious, and you've been taken for a ride
Look across the mirror sonny, before you choose decide
It is here, it is now

It is here, it is now
It is real, this is Rael

Yes, you know what we know
That it's only knock and know all, but we like it!
It's only knock and know all, but we like it!
It's only knock and know all, but we like it!
Oh yes, we like it!
It's only knock and know all, but we like it!
Yeah!

It's only knock and know all!
It's only knock and know all!
It's only knock and know all!
It's only knock and know all!
It's only knock and know all, but we like it!
Thank you, cheer!

[Watcher Of The Skies]
(Instrumental)

Genesis are an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967. The most commercially successful line-up includes keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Mike Rutherford and drummer/singer Phil Collins. Other important members were singer Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett. The band underwent several significant changes in musical style over its career, from folk music to progressive rock in the 1970s, before moving towards pop at the end of the decade.

Formed by five Charterhouse pupils including Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel and Anthony Phillips, Genesis was named by former pupil Jonathan King who arranged them to record several unsuccessful singles and an album. After splitting with King, the group began touring professionally, signing with Charisma Records. Following the departure of Phillips, Genesis recruited Collins and Hackett and recorded several progressive rock style albums, with live shows centred around Gabriel’s theatrical costumes and performances.

Their discography includes fifteen studio and six live albums, six of which topped the UK chart. They have won numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award for Best Concept Music Video with “Land of Confusion” and inspired a number of tribute bands recreating Genesis shows from various stages of the band’s career. In 2010, Genesis were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their biggest hit to date is Invisible Touch which spent 3 consecutive weeks at #1.

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