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: Life and How to Live It
"Life And How To Live It" Is The Fourth Song On R.E.M.'s Third Album Fables Of The Reconstruction Released In 1985. Both The Studio Recording And A Live Version Are Featured On The Retrospective Collection And I Feel Fine... The Best Of The I.R.S. Years 1982-1987. Songwriter And Lead Vocalist Michael Stipe Has Explained That The Song's Narrative Represented A Departure From The Stream-Of-Consciousness Writing Of Previous Albums. The Story Is Based On An Unknown Author By The Name Of Brivs Mekis Who Resided In Athens Georgia. Mekis Lived In An Apartment But Grew So Tired Of The Same Thing Day After Day He Built A Wall Down The Middle. Mekis Lived Back And Forth On Either Side Until His Death. Upon His Death Unsold Copies Of The Man's Self-Published Book Were Found Stacked In A Closet Bearing The Title From Which The Song Takes Its Name. Bassist Mike Mills Recalled The Song As A Personal Favorite Describing The Bassline As "McCartney-Esque."