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* {{Anvilicious}}: Phil Collins' attempts at setting himself up as an artist with a social conscience were less than impressive. "Tell Me Why" was especially embarassing, while "Land Of Confusion" was saved by its sheer energy and by the popular SpittingImage video.
** Actually, Mike Rutherford wrote the lyrics to "Land Of Confusion".

* OnlySaneMan: Out of all the front men Ray Wilson was this, Peter Gabriel was well... see {{Cloudcuckoolander}})... and Phil Collins was on a mission to ruin Genesis when singing live.
** [[YourMileageMayVary Not everyone agrees with the above assessment of Phil Collins and his contribution to the band]]. Certainly it would have been foolish for him to be "on a mission to ruin" his main bread and butter.
*** OK, the way how live, he just randomly stutters and swears for no reason [[SarcasmMode]] Yeah, totally not ruinin' it, governor.
***** See: BrokenBase above.

* Steve Hackett

* GuiltyPleasures: The albums ''Invisible Touch'' and ''We Can't Dance'' are considered this by some fans. OrSoIHeard.
* HappilyMarried: Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks.
** Um, to their wives. Not [[HoYay to each other]].
*** NotThatTheresAnyThingWrongWithThat.

* CanonDiscontinuity: During/ever since [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether the 2006-2007 reunion tour]], even the band themselves pretend that ''Calling All Stations'' just [[CanonDiscontinuity never happened]]. ''From Gemesis To Revelation'' also qualifies.

* [[strike:''From Genesis to Revelation'' 1969]] See DisContinuity and SoBadItsHorrible.

** As the numbers indicate, the box set ''Genesis: 1970–1975'' doesn't include this album. Looks like it's been officially deleted from the canon.

* AllThereInTheManual: The story Gabriel wrote for the liner notes of ''TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway''. [[YourMileageMayVary Some people]] think that it only serves to [[MindScrewdriver confuser matters even further]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: The video for "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtjqxZMqMTA I Can't Dance]]" had many of these, and the video for "Anything She Does" features BennyHill doing his usual shtick.
** "Jesus, He knows me" mixes an absolutely ''hilarious'' video with a vicious lampooning of televangelism.

* CargoCult: The primitive people that the protagonist of ''Wind And Wuthering'''s "One For The Vine" encounters mistake him for "God's Chosen One who's come to save us from all our oppressors/We shall be kings on this world", [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone with predictable results]]. See also: TomatoInTheMirror.

'''For the video game console, see SegaGenesis. For the [[WebGames Web Game]], see ''[[GeNeSis Ge.Ne.Sis.]]'''''

'''For the video game console, see SegaGenesis. For the [[WebGames Web Game]], see ''[[GeNeSis Ge.Ne.Sis.]]''.'''

'''For the video game console, see SegaGenesis.'''

* ''Wind And Wuthering'' 1976

* [[strike:''From Genesis To Revelation'' 1969]] See DisContinuity and SoBadItsHorrible.

* ''Selling England By The Pound'' 1973

* ''A Trick of The Tail'' 1976

** Which is even funnier because [[OlderThanTheyThink the album predates Vader ...]]
*** No. ''Abacab'' [[DidNotDoTheResearch was released in 1981]]. The original ''StarWars'' [[YouFailHistoryForever came out in 1977]].
** Don't forget (from "SuppersReady") "Oooh, can't you feel arseholes ignite...". The actual lyric is of course "Can't you feel our souls ignite...".

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: in ''[[TheDocumentary Come Rain Or Shine]]'' (which is about [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether the 2006-2007 reunion tour]]), Phil Collins and Tony Banks hug upon Phil's arrival at their rehearsal space. Phil asks, "Have you been waiting [for me] long?" and Tony replies, "Only fifteen years."

* CanonDiscontinuity: During/ever since [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether the 2006-2007 reunion tour]], even the band themselves pretend that ''Calling All Stations'' just [[CanonDiscontinuity never happened]].

* DisContinuity: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending upon who you ask]], the following people (either individually or in any combination) never left/joined the band: Anthony Phillips, John Mayhew, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Phil Collins, and Ray Wilson. Also, no albums were ever recorded with/without some/any/all of these people.
** Similarly, the band's fanbase is split in half: Those who prefer their Peter Gabriel led albums and those who like Phil Collins-led records. What albums exist usually depend on which side you're on.
*** See: BrokenBase above.
** Many people, [[CanonDiscontinuity including the band themselves]] tend to pretend that the album ''Calling All Stations'' never happened. None of the songs from that album were performed on [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether the recent reunion tour]].
** Their first album also qualifies. Not only were Phil and Steve not on it, but the band does not own the rights to it, and it is distributed to the few who want to hear it by another company. Thus, most official discographies and catalogues make no mention of it. It's also pretty different from even their second album.

** Also, "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", "Dance On A Volcano", "Los Endos" and the ending sections of "The Musical Box", "SuppersReady" and "Cinema Show".

** Actually, Mike Rutherford wrote the lyrics to "Land Of Confusion". SoYeah...

*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Three Sides Live'' (although the CD is actually "1½ Sides Live"). Also, from "SuppersReady," "Apocalypse in 9/8"; it's apocalyptic in sound, and (even to a non-musician) it's very noticeably in 9/8.

* InTheStyleOf: In the 2007 interview on the DVD version of ''A Trick Of The Tail'', PhilCollins says that "The Squonk" is basically Genesis doing a Led Zeppelin song. "Vindaloo" by Fat Les is in the same kind of style as Genesis doing "Match of the Day".