Rain
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Vickie,
Good pick.
May I suggest you reconsider your point of view on "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time" as well as the rest of the So album if necessary.
While I can see your point, I don't think either of these were necessarily designed to be radio hits. All of the innovative musical stylings that people had come to expect from Gabriel were (and are) still there in spades on So.
I think much of the reaction to that album and those songs was chance. I also think the fact that Genesis got really big with the release of Invisible Touch (an album I wouldn't be defending) at virtually the exact same time probably also served to bring Gabriel more to the attention of the masses.
With "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time," Gabriel should also be given props for trying to bring some innovation to a medium that, as far as I'm concerned, with only rare exception, has been rather lackluster since its inception....the music video.
Good pick.
May I suggest you reconsider your point of view on "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time" as well as the rest of the So album if necessary.
While I can see your point, I don't think either of these were necessarily designed to be radio hits. All of the innovative musical stylings that people had come to expect from Gabriel were (and are) still there in spades on So.
I think much of the reaction to that album and those songs was chance. I also think the fact that Genesis got really big with the release of Invisible Touch (an album I wouldn't be defending) at virtually the exact same time probably also served to bring Gabriel more to the attention of the masses.
With "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time," Gabriel should also be given props for trying to bring some innovation to a medium that, as far as I'm concerned, with only rare exception, has been rather lackluster since its inception....the music video.