Best Song Off This Album, Poll # 16: Genesis - A Trick of the Tail (1976)

[ecisgod]

definitely squonk...

 

[Canadian Air Force]

Bump

 

[LG]

Dance on a Volcano for me.

But I have to say this whole album is very good...I had a hard time picking one song over another.

The Japanese import CD I have sounds awesome.

 

[architect]

To be honest, I really can't get into Genesis much, but Squonk rocks my socks!!!

 

[electric funeral]

I listened to a handful of these songs on YT. Can't say I recognized any of them. I do have to say that of the ones I listened to, Squonk was definitely my fave. (BTW, wtf is a 'squonk')

Wiki:
The Squonk is a legendary creature reputed to live in the Hemlock forests of northern Pennsylvania.[1][2] Legends of squonks probably originated in the late nineteenth century, at the height of Pennsylvania's importance in the timber industry.


The third track on Genesis's 1976 album A Trick of the Tail is "Squonk". The song recounts the legend of the hunter who captured a squonk, as described above, but the creature was described as having a retiring disposition (not fearsome).