"Anything She Does" is a song by the British band

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. It appears as the fifth track on their highly successful 1986 album ''

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'', opening the second side of the

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and

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editions. The lyrics were written by their keyboardist Tony Banks. Lyrically, the song is about a man who is in love with a

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. He feels the pain that he can never have a relationship with her in real life, instead of his imagination.

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has described the song's words as "a humorous look at pin-up models". The brass sound in the song is played on an

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by Banks. The sample itself is taken from a horn chart of one of the band's previous songs, " Paperlate", which featured the

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horn section. "Anything She Does" was the only track from ''Invisible Touch'' that the band did not perform live on their subsequent tour. Banks stated in the documentary portion of their ''Visible Touch'' home video that it was too difficult to play.

Music video

Though not released as a single, a

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of the song exists. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich (of FYI – Flattery Yukich, Inc.) and features British comic

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(in his "Fred Scuttle" characterization) as a bumbling security guard whom many fans sneak past to get backstage while the band rehearses. He later finds the people who have sneaked past him have made a mess of the hospitality room, yet manages to clear them all out and restore the room to its original condition just as the band returns to see it. Interspersed with footage of the band rehearsing, the clip is essentially a 6-minute musical Benny Hill sketch, complete with his trademark "Running Gag" near the end. The video was used to introduce the band during the

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. It features the

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models

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and

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. Another point of interest is that a 'lookalike' of the late

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appears in the video briefly.

Personnel

* Tony Banks – keyboards *

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– vocals, drums *

Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, co-founder of the rock band Genesis. Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks are the group's two continuous members. Initially servin ...

– electric guitar, bass guitar

References

External links

*
Genesis – Anything She Does (Official Music Video)
at

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*
Anything She Does
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{{authority control Genesis (band) songs 1986 songs Songs written by Phil Collins Songs written by Tony Banks (musician) Songs written by Mike Rutherford Song recordings produced by Hugh Padgham