Genesis Formed In 1967 In Godalming Surrey United Kingdom And Was One Of The Most Popular Progressive Rock Bands In The 1970s 1980s And 1990s. During The 1970s Peter Gabriel Was The Lead Singer Until His Departure When Drummer Phil Collins Stepped Up To The Mic And Replaced Him. Starting As An Amalgam Of Two Bands Formed By Schoolboys Attending Charterhouse School In Godalming England The Original Lineup Consisted Of Peter Gabriel Anthony Phillips Tony Banks Mike Rutherford And Chris Stewart Though Stewart Was Soon Replaced As Drummer By John Silver And Then John Mayhew. By The End Of 1970 Phillips And Mayhew Had Left The Band With Collins Joining As Drummer And By Early 1971 Guitarist Steve Hackett Had Filled The Gap Left By Phillips. The Lineup Of Gabriel Banks Hackett Rutherford And Collins Remained In Place Until Gabriel's Departure In 1975. During The Period Of 1970-1975 The Band Produced Some Of The Most Widely-Acclaimed Albums Of The Progressive Rock Era Including "Nursery Cryme" "Foxtrot" featuring The Side-Long Epic "Supper's Ready" And The Seminal Album "Selling England By The Pound" Which Generated Genesis' First Foray Into The Charts With "I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe ". This Lineup Culminated With The Band's Magnum Opus "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" In 1974. Following The Tour Promoting The Album Frontman Peter Gabriel Left The Group In Mid 1975. Genesis Decided To Continue On As A Four-Piece Producing Two Albums "A Trick Of The Tail" And "Wind & Wuthering" Which Found The Band Proving To Themselves And To The World That They Could Move On After Gabriel's Departure. Collins Stepped Up To Fill The Role Of Lead Vocalist After Countless Auditions For A New Singer Proved Fruitless By The Completion Of Recording For "A Trick Of The Tail". Hackett Quietly Departed After The "Wind & Wuthering" Tour In 1977 Feeling That His Creative Input For The Band Was Being Repressed. In 1978 Tony Banks And Mike Rutherford Contributed Music To A British Movie Called "The Shout" Based On A Short Story By Robert Graves Directed By Jerzy Skomilowski And Produced By Jeremy Thomas. More Credits And Info Here Http //
Frogtoon Musique - Informations sur la chanson: Everybody Hurts
"Everybody Hurts" Is A Song By R.E.M. Originally Released On The Band's 1992 Album Automatic For The People And Was Also Released As A Single In 1993. It Peaked At #29 On The Billboard Hot 100 #7 On The UK Singles Charts And #3 On The French Singles Chart. Much Of The Song Was Written By Drummer Bill Berry Although As R.E.M. Shares Songwriting Credits Among Its Members It Is Unknown How Much He Actually Wrote. Berry Did Not Drum On The Song — A Univox Drum Machine Took His Place — But He Was Responsible For The Sampling Of The Drum Pattern On The Track. The String Arrangement Was Written By Led Zeppelin Bassist John Paul Jones. In The Liner Notes Of The Album In Time - The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 Peter Buck Writes That "the Reason The Lyrics Are So Atypically Straightforward Is Because It Was Aimed At Teenagers" And "I've Never Watched Buffy The Vampire Slayer But The Idea That High School Is A Portal To Hell Seems Pretty Realistic To Me." Incidentally The Song Was Used In The 1992 Film Of The Same Name That Preceded The Show. In The Video For The Song Directed By Jake Scott And Filmed Along I-10 In San Antonio Texas The Band Is Stuck In A Traffic Jam. It Shows The People In Other Cars And Subtitles Of Their Thoughts Appear On Screen. At The End All The People Leave Their Cars And Walk Instead They Then Vanish. In 1995 British Emotional Support Listening Service The Samaritans In Response To The High Suicide Rate But Low Crisis Service Take-Up Amongst Young Men Launched A UK Press Advertising Campaign Consisting Solely Of The Lyrics To "Everybody Hurts" And The Charity's Hotline Number. The Song Was Placed On R.E.M.'s Warner Brothers "best Of" Album In Time - The Best Of R.E.M. 1988-2003 In 2003. It Was One Of Four Songs From Automatic For The People To Make The Compilation More Than From Any Other Album. In A 2006 Poll For A Five Program "Britain's Favourite Break-Up Songs" "Everybody Hurts" Was Voted 4th. In October 2007 MuchMoreMusic Placed "Everybody Hurts" As Number 5 Of The Top 40 Most Memorable Music Videos On "Listed". The Song Is Included On R.E.M. Live.