why is it suddenly cool to listen to phil collins

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phil collins has always been awesome

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s1ocki OTM, the reason it's cool to like phil collins now is that there's no God

its cool like phil collins now because it wasnt cool 10 years ago

thats how cool works, if you dont get it then youll never be cool

lol

it's cool b/c it was so uncool for so long, isn't that how it always is?

i saw that you already posted that max, but i submitted it anyway becuase i wanted you to see that i see

it's cool b/c it was so uncool for so long, isn't that how it always is?

Generally this. But God makes an exception where hating Phil Collins' music is concerned. It's still cool to hate Phil Collins' music.

i like some solo phil collins but not other solo phil collins. i also like a lot of the later-period genesis more than i like the earlier stuff.

hahaha daniel

i hate phil collins

thing i hate more than phil collins: logging in to post something and then being logged out by an intercepting xpost.

sorry, meta

phil collins tho is a really good party subject-of-conversation. people have things to say

Things to say like, "man he went bald early!"

its only cool to listen to "in the air tonight" also its always been cool to listen to "in the air tonight"

NO HAIRPIECE REQUIRED

he is a good drummer

phil collins is a weird figure that gets cathected with a lot of nonsense

i think if you bring phil collins up at a party someone inevitably wants to put him on

its impossible to have an opinion about the guy without it being a challops i think

its only cool to listen to "in the air tonight" also its always been cool to listen to "in the air tonight"

-- jhøshea, Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

ie it's all michael mann's fault.

either being like, "i hate that dude, hes awful" or ppl like me who want to 'reclaim' him or whatever

jbr's stance is the most sensible but who wants to be sensible where phil is concerned

hating on this guy is so not challenging.

challenging is saying "but aaaaah! 'jesus he knows me' had some great drum fills" or whatever the fuck.

instead of letting this phil collins drive us apart we should focus on our agreement that the lyrics of "in the air tonight" are indeed some profound shit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Air_Tonight#Urban_legend

"in the air tonight" is stone-classic esp. when youre high but there are a lot of gems in his catalog--"im not moving" for example. even sussuido is pretty great.

my ringtone is "just a job to do"

"even sussuido is pretty great."

no-one wants to call you bateman, but you don't make it easy.

bought that 12" for some reason

sounded good hearing it again in the store :-/

PHILL COLLINS FAQ

i have the sussudio seven inch

i was v into the genesis album invisible touch when i was 10

lol great name for an album

Voting Conservative, he declared a while ago, used to be as uncool as liking Phil Collins - but not any more.

'Once a party becomes too aligned with fashion you're on dangerous ground,' warns Bronwyn Cosgrave.

As usual, Bronwyn's so right - look what happened to Himmler's SS. Once black wasn't the new black they became so yesterday.

- Chubbarow, Nottingham, 19/5/2008 12:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xtbWjiXNzo&feature=related

^^^ fantastic video for i wish it would rain down feat. jefferey tambor

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we need Chubbarow on ILX now.

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the words of the song are so true

Phil Collins is every bit as cool as Jethro Tull.

i am listening to the invisible touch now

still remember all the lyrics

the way you bold that is really cracking me up for some reason

it demands it really - i am just the vessel

invisible touch video was so fucking ridiculous

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/InvisibleTouch86.jpg/200px-InvisibleTouch86.jpg

Answer to thread title:
Collaborating with Bone Thugs N Harmony can do that do a guy is all.

Phil Collins is awesome because of this:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=339

In the wake of a break-up, writer Starlee Kine finds so much comfort in break-up songs that she decides to try and write one herself—even though she has no musical ability whatsoever. For some help, she goes to a rather surprising expert on the subject: Phil Collins.

Is Phil Collins's vesion of "You Can't Hurry Love" the lamest cover attempt of all time? Might be.

Are you forgetting "Groovy Kind of Love"?

why is it suddenly cool to dress like phil collins... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSfJSJcDHkA

anyone else have a soft spot for Cafe Jacques? I think phil played drums on Round the Back.

"I Can't Dance" = AKA the we-cant-pee-we-cant-poo song.

Alfred OTM, plus the album it comes from is a pile of dicks.

"No Son Of Mine"... *shudder*

-- HI DERE

OK, thanks for the answer(s)!

I wasn't sure if you were maybe drawing a line in the sand on the dancefloor and taking some kinda stance in an imaginary war between the forces of good (dancers) and evil (non-dancers), in which case I would've had to protest on behalf of choreographically-challenged folks like myself who want no part in such a struggle. I'm a proud owner of hundreds of disco albums and think that dancing is a wonderful activity for other people, but will never set foot on a dancefloor ever again without a hefty dose of horse tranquilizer (which could only help me improve, who knows?)

What about his artistic, enlightened take on illegal immigration?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7q1H3VKdp0

his least defensible song is "another day in paradise." jesus christ does that shit suuuuuck

What is some recent music with drum breaks?

"Another Day In Paradise" is perfectly fine musically. I agree those "I want to pretend I care without saying anything controversial" lyrics suck bigtime though.

Is Phil Collins's vesion of "You Can't Hurry Love" the lamest cover attempt of all time? Might be.

Are you forgetting "Groovy Kind of Love"?

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, June 12, 2008 5:26 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Lou Reed, "Soul Man"

"I Can't Dance" was my favourite song when I was nine.

I should point out that I loathe Phil Collins and have on occasion enjoyed Lou Reed, so...

Is Phil Collins's vesion of "You Can't Hurry Love" the lamest cover attempt of all time?

Lamont Dozier absolutely loves it. Surely, it may be because he thinks the original is perfect, because Phil Collins didn't really add anything to it other than male vocals.

He's just an inconsistent guy. Genesis s/t is pretty good with its moody numbers, but then in the middle of it you get this number.

Other than the lyrics, "Illegal Aliean" isn't all that bad. (And lyrics aren't music)

Early 80s Collins with the atmospheric synths and and stuff is awesome. I thought that was just a given.

I think that's the answer to the Phil Collins resurgence. The 20-somethings now were raised on Genesis ruling the airwaves.

that illegal alien vid has been posted something like 3 times now. i'd never heard the song until today. i was embarrassed for them while watching it. ugh.

"Illegal Alien" is the most explicitly political song the group has yet recorded and their funniest. The subject is supposed to be sad -- a wetback trying to get across the border into the United States -- but the details are highly comical: the bottle of tequila the Mexican holds, the new pair of shoes he's wearing (probably stolen); and it all seems totally accurate. Phil sings it in a brash, whiny pseudo-Mexican voice that makes it even funnier, and the rhyme of "fun" with "illegal alien" is inspired.

but he's not any of those things you're supposed to glean from Ellis' tone.

Lewis and Collins seem to be down to earth blokes who anyone would enjoy having a beer with. It's just a complex relationship, how their music was produced, the particular culture of the time and place and context in which they were consumed...

this is a good one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7q1H3VKdp0

make that four

I can't believe no one's mentioned the wonderfulness of "Easy Lover," but maybe because Philip Bailey deserves as much if not more credit.

Parody thread I will not actually start:

"Why is it suddenly cool to listen to Dr. Phil call-ins?"

Easy Lover

I'd be happy having that song on a desert-island mix.

EL is Phil Collins's best work as a clotheshorse.

Is Phil Collins's vesion of "You Can't Hurry Love" the lamest cover attempt of all time? Might be.

No. Nothing can top this hideous abomination.

Good timing, thread. Last week I caught myself enjoying 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven', and this week I played the entirety of 'Genesis' without vomiting. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

and right now I'm listening to 'Invisible Touch' (sans 'In Too Deep, obviously) and actually appreciating parts of it. Someone's putting something heinous in the water, dead set.

People people, it's all baout the Tony Banks love, come on.

Trying to sit through Abacab, failing. He's doing that awful 'oi didn't do it guv' routine.

Someone's putting something heinous in the water

Spoiler alert. "The Happening"? Phil Collins.

Misunderstanding is great. So is Man On The Corner. I like his drumming (80s-ish as it was) on I Know There's Something Going On.

But the vast majority of the rest of his stuff . . . ugggghhh.

i like will's pox, although sub out the last 2 for "in the air tonight" and "easy lover."

tipsy's right. I was meant to give "Easy Lover" an honorable mention, but you could definitely replace "Anything She Does" with "In the Air Tonight". And i think when I put down "the Brazilian" I actually meant "Domino", but after just listening to the Braz I'm not sure anymore...

was

I have to say, Collins is about the only thing I dont like much about Genesis. I watched the new live DVD from their 2007 tour the other night and there's a scene where he hams it up with a tambourine err... "dance" that he's done since the 70s (copied off Gabriel, I assume?) and it was painfully cringeworthy.

Also, on the extra DVD "behind the scenes" doco, he was being a complete grumpy little old cunge. "wah wah I have to get home to my kids".

Also, that bit in "Mama" with the "HA HA HA!" - classic or ridic?

Ridic.

Classic the first time, ridic by the 97th

PWEI ripped off the "Mama" drum loop as the riff in one of their songs, which I only realised recently.

I like "Abacab". I only discovered this the other day. I never realised it was a genesis song! I am slow.

C'mon guys, "Against All Odds" should be all over this thread. A brilliant song, and that's no even taking its karaoke potential into consideration!

I made a cd with this cover

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/2487686581_7b49b904db_m.jpg

I only just realised that, thanks to this thread, the only music I've listened to all day is Phil Collins. Fuck this thread.

Anyway, if the kids find Phil Collins cool again, hopefully they will also check out what he contributed to pre the 80s. That was better than his 80s material, even though the latter (particularly the first three solo albums) is better than its reputation as well.

hopefully they will also check out what he contributed to pre the 80s. That was better than his 80s material

we have ^^^ truth bomb and we have ^^^ challops but we don't have ^^^ der freddie

Adverts, drugs, the re-emergence of Maroon 5?! I don't know. I'm too drunk for this shit.

phil collins/genesis songs that i like:

"in the air tonight"
"mama"
"take me home"
"i don't care anymore"
"home by the sea" (this is a "suite," right?)
"misunderstanding"
"follow you/follow me" (god help me)
"illegal alien" (if you can ignore the borderline [no pun intended] racist lyrics)
"that's all" (why so little love for THIS one, given this board's unabasbed pop love?!?)

Eleventh Earl of Mar is all flavours of epic.

this is why:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_Pitch