128. Genesis’ We Can’t Dance (1991) - Was It Too Long?
Genesis can’t dance. We can’t dance either 🕺 So let’s travel back to 1991 & revisit the group’s final studio album with solo superstar Phil Collins - ‘We Can’t Dance’ (1991) 🎤 ✂️ 🎧 Hosts Stephen and Paul were listeners of the album on original release. Both thought it an overlong (CD bloated) disappointment compared to the band’s previous release ‘Invisible Touch’ (1986) 💿 Do they like it more now? 🤔 Can they improve it by reducing its runtime to less than 50-minutes? ⏰ There’s some great tunes on there like the title track, Jesus He Knows Me & No Son of Mine 🎵 Will they make the TTMF Supercut? 🤷 There’s also time to critique the album, share Genesis facts, discuss seeing the band live, look at their sales figures, and revisit 1991 📰 Hit play 🟢 It’s time for Trimming The Musical Fat ▶️ 00:00 Genesis interview - setting the scene 01:08 Titles 01:25 Show introduction 02:27 Level of fandom 04:32 Tale of the tape - album facts & figures 06:10 We Can’t Dance TV promo 06:20 Critical reception & sales info 08:11 Phil Collins interview 08:30 Trim the Talk 14:27 UK TVAM band interview 16:29 Album art discussion 18:16 Selecting the songs i 19:13 Mike Rutherford interview 19:38 Selecting the songs ii 23:05 Mike Rutherford discusses I Can’t Dance 23:26 Selecting the songs iii 30:53 Genesis in the studio recording ‘Hold on my Heart’ 31:22 Selecting the songs iv 34:08 Top selling Genesis members’ solo albums 35:37 Selecting the songs v 38:46 Top news stories of 1991 39:05 Selecting the final songs i 41:42 Genesis discuss “Irish” 42:46 Selecting the final songs ii 46:26 Top selling Genesis members’ solo singles 48:49 Discussing the songs that didn’t make the cut 51:30 Joke of the pod 52:14 Revealing the TTMF Supercut of We Can’t Dance 53:43 The Final Question 58:49 Outro 59:14 Closing credits 59:42 Phil Collins joke Thanks for watching/listening 👂 👁️ ☕️ Like the podcast? Why not show your appreciation by buying Paul & Stephen a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trimmingthh / 💻 Podcast website - trimmingthemusicalfat.com / 📧 Email us - [email protected] / 👋 Join our Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/274805337346926 / 📺 Check out our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_P5WlRZ0i3tR3jEavD_5A / 📱 TikTok - @trimmingthemusica --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ttmf/message