Talk:The Musical Box (band)

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This article is a reworked translation of the German article. AvB ÷ talk 11:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

The black show and the sebtp show seem to be pretty much the same- any reason to prefer one over the other? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.226.181 (talk) 17:35, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

I added a short sentence to the main article discussing the difference. Merenta (talk) 14:59, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Studio vs. Live re-creation

Despite the claim in the article, The Musical Box does not recreate the studio albums onstage; in fact, they perform the songs exactly as Genesis performed them live, including differences in the songs as Genesis performed them on different tours. For example:

"Supper's Ready": In concert, Genesis always took the last section of the song down a whole step in pitch from the LP to make it possible for Gabriel to sing it in concert without blowing out his voice. On the Foxtrot tour, they "faded out" the ending; on the SEBTP/Black Show tour, they gave it an actual conclusion. The Musical Box approaches the song exactly the same way, depending on what tour they are re-creating.

"The Musical Box": The only song besides "Watcher of the Skies" performed at every Gabriel-era Genesis concert, this had three distinct endings depending on the tour. On the Foxtrot tour, Gabriel sang the entire ending (from "I've been waiting here for so long" onward) as he did on the LP. On the SEBTP/Black Show tour, he put on an "old man" voice for the first part, and shouted the rest as on the LP. As an encore for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour, he sang the entire ending in the "old man" voice. Again, TMB does the same. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.14.94.64 (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)