Angreee!
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Hendrix Ibsen:
I've read some people who think it is his ex-wife Heather. There is an interview with McCartney where he speak about the song and he say that it's not about anyone specific, only the kind of people that when you try to be their friend and they don't want to know. My guess could also be his son James. I don't think they were completely in tune at the time when the song and Chaos and Creation was made. Not that it is necessarily meant for him, it's a song... but one of the ingredients that inspired it. I don't know... I know it's a great song. A great performance.
Thanks so much. Heather seems the obvious choice, and the James theory is interesting. As you say, it's a song. Sorry for the brief hijacking of this thread! I've thought about this a long time!
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Hendrix Ibsen:
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HaileyMcComet:
audi:
People scoff at PTP's heavy-keyboard, sequenced production; yet they still love Genesis' "Tonight Tonight Tonight," which is STILL a soft-rock radio staple.
It's not about the production. It's trendy to dump on Press To Play but not on Invisible Touch. Ironically, it's even more trendy to dump on Phil Collins.
Good points.
I recently saw an interview with a new popular singer who cited Phil Collins as a favorite. It made me wonder if the trendy dumping of him is over. It's a new "countercultural" generation who say that he is great because all the "oldies" say he sucks.
I'm guilty of losing track of Phil Collins on my radar (as I had with Clapton for a while until a couple of years ago). A few years back, a friend had me burn a CD for him and requested a 2005 Phil Collins song that I was totally unaware of: "Testify." It's pretty epic.
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Riding to vanity Fair. Yeah I have thought about it myself. I find it a bit unusual McCartney song. Maybe it does not come from a good place but it is creatively good. Phil Collins. The last Collins album I bought was "But Seriously..". It should be 1989. I love "Face Value" with "In the Air Tonight". And "Hello, I Must Be Going" have some good moments". I also have "No Jacket Required". I remember it as a huge hit with many singles and hits but I never actually played it a lot on my stereo. Genesis with Phil Collins as a leader was huge when I was a teenager. "Abacab", "Genesis" with "Mama" and "Invisible Touch". These were records I heard a lot in the 80s because friends and others played them a lot. Of 80s' Genesis I'm most fond of "Duke". So... there are Collins I like. Can't say I've ever understood the hate. He is a genius drummer.. And I have all the early Genesis albums with Peter Gabriel as a lead singer. Phil Collins has played on many great records.
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Off track, I know, but my problem with Phil Collins was always his vocals. His voice is so vanilla, and so annoying. I did like Land of Confusion (I think it was that, with the puppets in the video), but I just feel flat as a messy pancake every time I hear him.
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Is this vanilla?
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I'm listening to "No Jacket Required" by Phil Collins right now. His smash hit 1985 album. I never played it much back then. I don't think there are many good songs on it, it's more like a prodcution number, state of the art period production. By Hugh Padgham. It sold ten times more than"Press to Play", also produced by Hugh Padgham, but I take PTP any day to NJR.
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HaileyMcComet:
Is this vanilla?
Turned it off after 20 seconds. Horrible. Turgid. Dripping in Collins.
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moptops:
HaileyMcComet:
Is this vanilla?
Turned it off after 20 seconds. Horrible. Turgid. Dripping in Collins.
My neighbours' dogs started howling in distress when I playd that ... And when I say neighbours, I mean New Zealand.
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Must say I enjoyed the songs with a horn section on "Hello, I Must Be Going!" I like the general sound of this song, including the drums:
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I suppose you people think this isn't headbanging rock and roll.
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I can hear it...he sounds royally ticked off on his song "Angry" to me
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It doesn't make you "cringe"?