In this bonus “mini” podcast, the members of Tabletop Genesis put on their sunglasses and crank up the boom box as they reflect on the Mama Tour Video and the integral part it played in their fandom.
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Yes, absolutely criminal that they cut so many of the older songs from this.
Really hoping they ‘ll be brought into the light of day in future….
Criminal, indeed! I find it REALLY hard to believe that they were intentionally not filmed – Dodo, the first old medley and Los Endos – and that this footage doesn’t exist SOMEWHERE.
I’ve never seen the video in its entirety but I was at the 27th Feb. show. Regards the final medley, I guess they thought they had done two medleys of Genesis material so they figured a third was too much, (although the crowd wasn’t impressed by Karma Chameleon!), especially as it had to blend in with Turn It On Again, (don’t forget the music media then still saw them as prog dinosaurs).
But, a left-field alternate selection of not oft-heard Genesis material, would have been better, so if I had had a say on that medley it would’ve been (something like)
The Knife; The Lady Lies; Match of the Day; It; Harold The Barrel; The Conqueror;