Phil Collins

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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    crazymerrie wrote:
    My boyfriend bought the greatest hits album and was blasting it from our car one day. The situation made me laugh. We are both in our early 20s and it just seemed like something people our age wouldn’t do. Some music is timeless… I’m not sure Phil Collins is.

    He also told me that In the Air Tonight should be translated literally. He was certain that it was about Phil Collins’ friend who had drowned in front of another person who made no effort to try and save him. And that phil wrote the song to be performed the night that guy was at one of his shows… that he would sing it and the police would rush in and then arrest the dude… some how I don’t think that was the case.
    It made me laugh though.
    actually your bf is semi-right. it was written cause one night phil saw a murder happen out on his boat
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
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  • Duder5k
    Duder5k Posts: 278
    Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite.
  • augustwest
    augustwest Posts: 739
    tybird wrote:
    ....Find the Archive set Volume I and listen to that wonderful drumming on the live version of the "Lamb" and tracks from "Selling..."....

    A very good call indeed. That Volume 1 archive box set is something else!

    Phil is one hell of a drummer...good enough for Clapton!
  • lars
    lars Posts: 524
    Mentioning Phil Collins....are you sure you´re a pearl jam fan?
    You can´t trust a vegetarian.
  • cc10106
    cc10106 Posts: 385
    Rushlimbo wrote:
    Phil Collins sucks as bad as Oasis. I'd see Nickleback before that hack. And I'll never see Nickleback.

    Thanks for sharing. Dumbass.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Any fans here? I know its not very cool to admit liking his music but he has made some great tunes solo and with Genesis. His Greatest Hits stayed in my car for almost a year straight at one time because it was such great driving music.


    I LOATH Phil Collins. almost as much as I loath Peter Gabriel, but not quite
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • jackrabbit slim
    jackrabbit slim Posts: 565
    I'm glad someone made a thread about this because i'm on a serious phil collins/genesis roll right now.
    Like him or not he has made many quality tunes. get over yourself and listen.
  • eclectic
    eclectic Posts: 244
    wcsmith wrote:
    I'm a huge Genesis fan and if you think that Phil Collins is 'pure evil', simply:

    1) Listen to his drumming on Foxtrot, Selling England By the Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and Trick of the Tail (also, his drumming on Peter Gabriel's "No Self Control")

    2) Find the following songs: Dance on a Volcano, Ripples, One for the Vine, Star of Sirius (on Steve Hackett's "Voyage of the Acolyte"), God If I Saw Her Now, Heathaze, Many Too Many, et al.

    Granted, Peter Gabriel's solo stuff is much more interesting, but it's hard to deny Phil's work with Genesis (even snippets of Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance). In my opinion, Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering are masterpieces...

    I would agree with that , I love The Lamb lies down on Broadway............................but then he mysteriously morphed into Rod Stewart minus the gravel swallowing!The loss of his hair seemed to run alongside the loss of his credibility as a serious Rock artist.
    'All the rusted signs,we ignore throughout our lives,
    Choosing the shiny ones instead'

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  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Phil Collins. Phil Collins would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that.
    Cock Fight.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    Tek Money wrote:
    Phil Collins. Phil Collins would be another person who's a hero. The music he's created over the years, I don't really listen to it, but the fact that he's making it, I respect that.

    are you challenging me to a walk-off, BOO.....lander?
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • Rushlimbo
    Rushlimbo Posts: 832
    cc10106 wrote:
    Thanks for sharing. Dumbass.

    Awwww, did I hit the nerve of a Nickleback fan? So sorry (for your shitty taste).
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