465. Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel 1977

Amongst all the chaos and anarchy that 1977 brought with the advent of punk rock there were a few songs that slipped through that came from sources I would never have looked at. Genesis was a band I never had time for and after buying one of their albums it took me less than a week to get it back to the second-hand shop I bought it from. The album I bought did have a major fault. Both sides were exactly the same! That it took me a few plays to even realise. This shows how much I cared about it. I guess that copy might be worth a fortune now. As misprints usually are.
So I was unprepared for how much I would like Solsbury Hill. Completely different to Genesis. Actually, the records Genesis brought out after Peter Gabriel left are completely different to their old stuff too as Phil Collins took over the driver's seat.
But Solsbury Hill resonates with it's strange rhythm pattern and its life-affirming lyrics. I know it might seem a little corny but I have used this song to motivate me to make leaps and changes. He nails the feeling of leaving. Getting out of a rut. Not in an angry shouty way which the punks were doing. But making it joyful. Mind you I was a shouty punk in those days playing dives into the wee hours.
I did eventually find a Genesis song I liked "I Know What I Like (in your wardrobe)"