Genesis - Abacab Live | A world of music

Genesis perform “Turn It On Again” live on the Abacab tour in 1981, with behind-the-scenes footage, originally released as part of the “Three Sides Live” DVD. Watch the full performance here: https://youtu.be/kAH3dLmqk5I #tbt | Genesis

Genesis released ‘Abacab’ as a single, from the album of the same name, on this day in 1981. Phil, explaining the song’s name: “Well “ABACAB” originally was a way of remembering the sequence of the song. “A” was the verse, “B” was the chorus, “A” was the verse [again], “C” was the bridge. So it went verse, chorus, verse, bridge, verse, chorus. We didn’t do the song like that in the end. But our way of remembering it was, “It goes A-B-A-C-A-B, all right?” The way we did it in the end was unpronou

Genesis released "Abacab" as their eleventh studio album #OnThisDay in 1981. The album marked a shift away from progressive rock into a pop-oriented sound. It reached #1 in the UK, and became the band's first US top 10, later receiving a double-platinum certification. | Genesis