Let’s go… Slaho!

Those who know me know that I am a huge U2 fan. I would have to say that they are my favorite band right now and have been for a few years now. But they have not always been my favorite band. No, siree! In fact for most of my adult life (and a good chunk of my adolescent life) my favorite band has been Genesis. Most of my old friends know this. My siblings absolutely know this (I used to put on a different cassette by my bed every night and listen to the until I fell asleep). Most people who have only recently come to know me well, probably had no idea. This is mostly because they haven’t released any new material in over 12 years (and nothing worth listening to in almost 20!). And when they decided to do their reunion tour they chose to not come within 100o miles of Miami. HOW DARE THEY!!! Well, Genesis, I guess my new favorite band will have to be… let me look at my CD collection… ah, here we go… U2! So there!!

All kidding aside (that should be difficult for me to do), I have liked Genesis music since I first heard “Abacab” when I was 12 years old. I heard the song on 103.5 WSHE (She’s only rock n’ roll!) and fell in love with it instantly. I quickly recorded using my cassette recorder and listened to it until the tape almost snapped in half. I then heard their next single, “No Reply At All” and I was hooked. This was my favorite band, hands down, with a sound nothing like any other I had heard. Little by little I began to acquaint myself with their music. This all culminated with me going to my first concert at the age of 17 (I was a late bloomer there, my parents didn’t like the idea of going to concerts and always forbid it). I almost didn’t make it to that concert, but I was not going to be denied. I had to tell my parents that they were a religious group, hence their name, and that I really wanted to see them. they said I could go but I had to take my little brother along. Not a problem, he liked them too! (It helped that I forced him to listen to them every night apparently).
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