{"id":22055,"date":"2014-03-05T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=22055"},"modified":"2014-03-05T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T19:12:11","slug":"genesis-the-cinema-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/03\/genesis-the-cinema-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Genesis: The Cinema Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>Recently brainstorming with colleagues, I mentioned to one who teaches Classics that there are references to classical literature in really old Genesis lyrics, such as \u201cThe Cinema Show.\u201d And since it also contains one of my favorite keyboard solos to play at the end, here it is.<\/p>\n<p>And if, like my colleague, you are a Phil Collins fan, he actually sang the lead part on one song on the same album as \u201cThe Cinema Show.\u201d The song is \u201cMore Fool Me\u201d and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-jS4e3zacI\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the album<\/a> is, of course,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000002J1O\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000002J1O&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Selling England By The Pound<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000002J1O\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RARE!!!!!! Genesis - More Fool Me 1974\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ql7vpx94V5E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>You can listen to the entire album on YouTube:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-jS4e3zacI\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E-jS4e3zacI<\/a>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently brainstorming with colleagues, I mentioned to one who teaches Classics that there are references to classical literature in really old Genesis lyrics, such as \u201cThe Cinema Show.\u201d And since it also contains one of my favorite keyboard solos to play at the end, here it is. 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