Dear Nathaniel,
I have to start with saying how sorry I am that I haven't been able to play music for you for over a week. I've just been too ill to do it in this capacity. Of course I've still spoken to you every day and I think of you constantly. I've really missed being able to do this with you, I should have been updating a couple of days ago but I suffered some technology related setbacks and had to sort those out before I was able to listen with you.
I think when it comes to quality, this is the finest Genesis album musically. It's also the album I enjoy the most of the three, but only barely. It starts out amazingly with Dancing with the Moonlit Knight and never really dips after that. This album marks a further change towards a more poppy sound from Genesis, of course that is poppy for someone who listens to a lot of Progressive Rock, so it's not to say Genesis were producing anything remotely pop. They were however incorporating hooks and catchy vocals into their music to some extent.
There is, as mentioned before a misconception about what Progressive Rock actually is, the goal wasn't to make music unlistenable at all. It was to experiment and change the face of popular music as it stood, of course it failed spectacularly to change popular music into something more complex in the mainstream but a lot of prog ideas carried over into a lot of modern music. And it resulted in an amazing collection of great albums along the way.
I've already shown you some of the great prog classics, but rest assured there is a lot more where that came from, in an incredible range of different styles. Not only that but we can also build in the bands that I have already introduced you to, but I feel like that will come later. Every now and then I might do an album from a band we've heard before but unless there is some band I feel quite strongly about playing consecutive albums of it won't happen again for awhile.
Ooh I think I just found out what I'll play you tomorrow, we'll play some Camel to ease us back into the Canterbury scene before venturing off into the world that is jazz fusion. I'm not sure exactly which album as a Camel fan I have four greats to chose from. The rest of their albums I have never given much attention to other than cursory listens. I have heard some good things about their latest two efforts and I might give them a listen soon too to see if it's something I should share further with you.
I love the thrill of listening to something I haven't heard before and really enjoying it. Also I said Tomorrow, but it will probably be later on today. I will be playing lots of music to you in the next few days to catch up, hopefully at least two albums a day. This albums makes me so happy, even if the theme of the album is quite angry and even more relevant to society today. But it's hard to not just sit back and smile when the music is this good.
There's something really special about music that is able to capture emotions like this, and it's not like its commonplace, at least not anymore. I find it difficult to listen to albums that don't have some type of influence on emotion, good music really should be able to, in some way, affect how you're feeling. Of course it's easy to pump people up and make them excited, but it's an art to do it really well. Other emotions are more difficult to capture, but Genesis certainly do their best, and with pretty good results.
I love you my angel, I've really missed being able to do this, and I'm so glad that I'm finally able to again. I hope you're okay with the increase in music for the next little while. I might even play you Comus soon, that album is really scary. Goodnight Nathaniel.
Love from Dad.
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