Do you like Phil Collins?

tmcw

If you have the time, read the book or wait for a remake. That film could have been so much better.

pipelaser

Alright, I'm going to weigh in here and call the man a Genius!
The guy wrote some fantastic tunes, great to listen and to move to.

I found out he was the one who wrote this song just a little while ago.
It get serious over play with the covers by Mariah and Westlife. But when you see how he sings it in this clip, you really believe the lyrics, hes entirely convincing.(And nice that he makes the little mistake, and laughs it off)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OiV_5kEt6A

Easy Lover is also a fantastic song.

Didn't know he wrote that song for the four Tops.

His problem is just that he looks hateful! Looking at him I just cant bring myself to like the guy. He does come across as a bit self centered. But he is a bit of an underdog, no hair!, not that great lookin, not a whole lot of charm, but despite all this he still achieved, and that is commendable!

senorwipesalot

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I like Phil Collins but I have come across people who deny liking Phil Collins.
My sister in laws ex left a Phil Collins greatest hits tape in my house one night after a few drinks. To cut a long story short a group of us were out together and headed back to my house for a few drinks and I said " hey you left your Phil Collins greatest hits tape here".
The ex said "thats not mine". I thought but it is why are you being weird. He turned beetroot and said "no thats not mine" so I said "OK".

Phil Collins denial is a crime in Germany.

Phill Ewinn

Can't stand the bastard. Avoid him and his stupid noise making as best I can.

astonaidan

Yeah Hes awesome

Mike 1972

Like the music but cant stand the guy himself.

Isint he one of those fukwits who failed to make good on their promise to leave the UK if Labour won the 1997 Election.

Rocket_Man

Whatever you think about Collins as a singer-and personally I think he is very good-nobody can deny that he is an outstanding drummer.

busyliving

Can't believe that it took 14 posts to get the American Psycho connection

squod

:mad: Hate Phil collins.

Dudess

A few brilliant songs, both solo and with Genesis, up to the early 90s.

- Turn It On Again
- The World We Live In
- Mama
- In The Air Tonight (wish I still associated it with Crockett and Tubbs driving around moodily rather than that damn gorilla)
- Invisible Touch
- Easy Lover

A few of the soppy ones.

Truly hideous after the early 90s, but I still have a good bit of respect for auld Phil. He could deliver a toon.

deathrider

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. Great musician.
When I was a kid, I used to mix him and Bill Murray up. I could never understand why the guy from Ghostbusters was singer about some poor homeless chick

Dudess

bronte wrote: »

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I was trying to listen to the latest Robert Palmer album...

FatherTed

Whatever you like or dislike about Phil Collins, without him this moment of brilliance would be without him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TbnXqhHJkk

Also, he's gone a bit nuts recently:

Genesis frontman Phil Collins says that his R&B covers album, Going Back, will be his last album. His next project? A book about his large collection of Alamo and Texas Revolution artifacts, according to Billboard.com.

“It’s a huge collection of memorabilia from the Alamo and before and after it, basically the Texas Revolution in general,” said Collins, who was first inspired by Texas history as a child after watching the Walk Disney film, Davy Crockett. “It’s basically the history of all the things I’ve collected and putting them in the context of the revolution. It’s in progress and it’s entertaining.”

Duckworth_Luas

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

"http://www.youtube.com/embed/K3TesujRfpY"

Best Phil Collins song ever even if its not his own.

...and I thought one Phil Collins was too many!

krudler

Peter Gabriel ftw

Mars Bar

I absolutely ****ing love Phil Collins. Love him!

I'm gutted I'll probably never get to see him live.

Nevermind_

Possibly the greatest scene from an 80's tv show.
I think i actually cried when miami vice ended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1o-NWNmQLM

karaokeman

Some of his stuff is good, I agree.

I like One More Night.

dark crystal

Nevermind_ wrote: »

Possibly the greatest scene from an 80's tv show.
I think i actually cried when miami vice ended

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1o-NWNmQLM

Aah, the scrumptious Don Johnson...whatever happened to him?

There's a guy who deserves a TV comeback.

Sonnenblumen

enfant terrible wrote: »

I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke.

Well in that case, you've missed the best.

stovelid

Arianna_26 wrote: »

He played the drums after 1978 - where did you get that year from?

He played them way before that.

But I was joking and plucked the year out at random.

tan11ie

Yes some great tunes from that man

washiskin

I loved his first to solo albums - "Hello, I Must Be Going" is particularly great.
Personally, I think it started to slide with "No Jacket Required".
He was great live - saw him in the Point in the early 90's.

JerryHandbag

The bit where the drums come in on In The Air Tonight is the only snippet of his music that I can bring myself to listen to.

john4592

but sure hes been living in sweden since around that time.....

recylingbin

I think Invisible Touch is the group's undisputed masterpiece.

john4592

"the world we live in" is actually called land of confusion.

Underdraft

"The Tarzan soundtrack is his undisputed masterpiece."

I also like how he appears to have turned into a genuinely bitter old man. Check out at 2:33 how he's changed the lyrics from "she'll mess up your life" to "she'll fúck up your life". I also like his delivery of the line and the look of hatred as he says it. Don't know what the story is there but that's defo something biographical for Mr Collins. I like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwXalDEsI7w

Biggins

enfant terrible wrote: »

Do you like Phil Collins?

Except for some earlier stuff, no.

DublinWriter

I recently saw a TV program in which a young, radical journalist was interviewing Ice-T at his home. And the guy asked, "What do you got in the record collection, Ice?" And lo and behold, all my albums were there. The guy said, "Aw, come on, man, what is this bull****?" And Ice-T jumped on him and said, `Don`t mess with Phil, man. Don`t you f*cking mess with my Phil." What can I say? I was flattered that the guy even knew I existed. - Phil Collins.

Haters! Haters all!!! I'd have to concur with Ice-T - don't you f*cking mess with my man Phil either!

Seriously - the whole Phil Collins hating thing has become a little bit of a cliché. No, he never threatened to leave the UK if Labour got in in 1997.

When I think of all of Phil's achievements, having John Martyn as his house guest for nearly a year when both of them were going through messy divorces deserves a f*cking medal. Most people would have had to have been a cross between a zookeeper, barman and psychoanalyst to have put up with Martyn for more than thirty minutes.

Phil Collins' work as producer and drummer on Martyn's 1980 Grace and Danger album is sublime.

As a drummer, I love his session work on Jack Lancaster's forgotten 1976 gem Marscape and all the early Brand X stuff too. There's also the Chinese Walls LP with ex-EWF singer Philip Bailey.

Not to mention the sterling job he did on Live Aid drumming for and holding together a disintegrating post Faustian-pact Led Zeppelin.

Oh, and there's also all that Genesis stuff.

He's always been highly regarded by the black R&B'ers. It only seems to be the skinny white talentless middle class kids like Paul Morley that have a bee in their bonnet. Tall poppy syndrome? Not obscure enough? Too MOR?

loyatemu

his first album (the one with "In the air tonight" on it) is surprisingly listenable & I liked the "Invisible Touch" album at the time (still quite like the title track).

Saw a documentary about the recent Genesis reunion and he came across as a total jerk though.

bullpost

Outside of any work he did with Peter Gabriels Genesis, this is his best work. He doesnt sing on it or write it, but he produced it and plays drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFP-htHmNBk

Mars Bar

I've never heard that song before but it's brilliant. I think if I heard it without knowing who was playing the drums, I'd probably have guessed it was Phil. He has such a distinctive sound and way of playing!

vader65

Favourite Genesis song "I Can't Dance" Favourite Phil song "You Can't Hurry Love" Not a massive fan of either, but both do have a couple of good songs!

demanufactured

Very underrated musician, As a musician myself its actually sad what has happened to him.

Stereomaniac

enfant terrible wrote: »

I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke.

Forgive me if I am covering old ground here. But has no one seen what the OP was doing here?