SOTD- Genesis- Land Of Confusion

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I love Genesis. Like top 5 bands I love kind of love. But I am partial to the early Genesis. "Man On The Corner", "Paperlate", Misunderstanding", "The Air Tonite" and "Turn It On Again". As the 1980's started to creep up in years however, Genesis started to become being played less on the 'rock' stations and more on the 'easy pop' stations that they would play in the dentist office, unfortunately. So, by the time this record came out, there they were in this genre, and I had since move onto The Clash and The Smiths, and it was only 'cool' in my music snob group of friends to think Genesis had now sold out and become corny. Yet......there are always things you like on the DL when you're a kid, so you're friends don't think you're a lame-o. Despite thier new standing in the world of music, I still loved Genesis. Had my friends known, much to thier chagrin, I LIKED 'Sussido" and "Illegal Alien" and the above song (and brilliant video, which back then, was intellectually and conceptually WAY ahead of early music videos time) "Land Of Confusion" I loved! Still do. This song came on yesterday on my headset on the train, and I thought to myself for the first time in a long time, "damn, this is a GREAT song" and even more relevant today.

"There's too many men,
too many people,
making too many problems
and not much love to go 'round,
can't you see this is a land of confusion?

THIS IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,
THESE ARE THE HANDS WERE GIVEN
USE THEM AND LET'S START TRYING
TO MAKE IT A PLACE WORTH LIVING IN."

So, Genesis, sorry I publically abandoned you back then on this record. I'm here to give this song my blogpost of the day. And to all of my 80's friends who read my blog, I loved this song, even back then. haha. Why not more songs like this, than pop songs about the same shit? Don't forget about this one if it's not in your library already.