Who Polldit - The "Abacab" Poll

Going for "Dodo/Lurker", just ahead of "Me And Sarah Jane". The rest mostly doesn't hold up, although "Man On The Corner" is a nice Collins-ballad.

"No Reply At All" for Mike Rutherford absolutely tearing it up on the bass.

"Man on the Corner" is not my favorite Genesis song, but it gets points for sounding so sinister and minor key.

Keep it Dark!

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Love this record. If this were a "which track on this record deserves more attention" I could vote for the winsomely arcane "Keep It Dark" or "Dodo/Lurker" or even "Like It Or Not," one of the only Genesis power ballads I really like. But I take it I'm supposed to vote for the best song and I can't deny the title track that honor. Probably this is the rock song that first taught me that rock songs could be about things other than cars, girls, and spaceships.

I loved "Man on the Corner" at the time but now I see it as the weakest song here, presaging all that was overwrought and bad about solo Phil.

My favourite Genesis album. Voting "Dodo/Luker" despite finding the bouncy keyboard sqwronk sound somewhat annoying, because the rest of the song is just so great. Though the Earth Wind and Fire horn section in "No Reply at All" is great too.

Correct title of this poll: "Wake to find you're covered in POLLophane."

despite finding the bouncy keyboard sqwronk sound somewhat annoying

That is part of my problem about the "Abacab" album. A couple of the keyboard sounds on that album were made absolutely horrible on purpose. See also the annoying synth sound in "Whodunnit".

That keyboard sound had 'incredible resonance' when I was five and listening to this cassette for the hundredth time.

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Sorry, my mistake: the correct title for this poll was "I know there's a poll in there somewhere."

By the way, "Abacab" was playing at Trader Joe's yesterday afternoon. They followed it up with "Come Sail Away."

woke up this morning with 'no reply at all' in my head

had a pretty good day

great little groove on that song

Still bummed neither "Who Dunnit" nor "Like It Or Not" got a vote in this

the buck stops here

wozzit u or wozzit me

Listening to this album today, I was struggling to think of a worse song than "Whodunnit" in their entire catalog.
("Illegal Alien" was the only other contender i could think of)

They must have improvised that shit in the studio.

Illegal Alien would be a pretty decent tune if it had a completely different set of lyrics

whodunnit good

Verse:
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Who Dunnit?

Pre-Chorus:
I didn't, I, I didn't do it
I, I, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't do it
I, I, I didn't, I, I didn't do it
I, I didn't, I didn't
I, I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it

Chorus:
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know
We all know, yeah, we all know, yeah
We all know, yeah, we know
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know
We know who did it!

Verse:
So!
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it you or was it me?
Who Dunnit?

Pre-Chorus:
I, I, I didn't, I didn't do it
I, I didn't do it, I, I, I didn't do it
I didn't, I didn't, I didn't do it, I didn't do it
I, I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I, I didn't
I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it

Chorus:
But!
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know, we know, we know
We know, we know, we know, yeah we know, yeah
We all know, yeah, know we know
Yeah we know, yeah we know
We know, we know, yeah
We know, we know, yeah
We know, we know, yeah
We know, we know, yeah
We all know, we all know, we all know, we all know, yeah!
We all know, we all know, we all know, yeah, we all know!
We all know, we all know, we all know!
We all, we all know, we all know, we all know!

Outro:
We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know, We all know...

The infamous 'booing' concert from Leiden with Phil going mental is a fun listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8d3-CKPupM

"Whodunnit" should have been replaced with "Submarine." Or maybe "You Might Recall" or hell, "Paperlate," all the good songs that ended up on "Three Sides Live."

no, it's a cool and fun song

It's a pretty crap song, but even if it wasn't it would be fine at half the length (since it already feels twice as long as it is). Usually I skip it when it hits the "we know section," and this is an album and band I *love.*

Whodunnit rules, and both zero-vote-getters here (that and "Like It Or Not") are good songs that are better than "Man on the Corner"

I do love "Like It or Not", but if I was on ILM 12 years ago, I'd have been more likely to toss a vote to "Another Record" or "Dodo"

Who Dunnit is so much fun! I'm glad at least a couple of you agree. I seem to like Abacab more than most; I think it's easily the best Collins-era Genesis album and their best overall after the Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Foxtrot