PSB VS Phil Collins

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Re: PSB VS Phil Collins

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Sandy Shaw wrote:A top class drummer.
Yup, that gorilla was immense.



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Phil Collins is an amazing song-writter, singer and musician. One thing I like from him is that his look is not the kind of look you can expect from a pop idol, he looks like any other man you can see on the street.
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#33 Post by TallThinMan »

The very existence of this thread makes me want to retch heartily from the pit of my stomach. It makes me think I must have a very different set of values to some of the posters in this little corner of the web.

Having said that, Against All Odds is a tremendous song (utterly destroyed by Pariah Carey's oh-so-sincere banshee wailing on her cover version) and the big drum fill on In The Air Tonight is a classic early 1980s moment, much like the introduction of the Austin Maestro.
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TallThinMan wrote:The very existence of this thread makes me want to retch heartily from the pit of my stomach. It makes me think I must have a very different set of values to some of the posters in this little corner of the web.

Having said that, Against All Odds is a tremendous song (utterly destroyed by Pariah Carey's oh-so-sincere banshee wailing on her cover version) and the big drum fill on In The Air Tonight is a classic early 1980s moment, much like the introduction of the Austin Maestro.
"Against All Odds" is a great song to do on Karaoke. :wink: :shhh:
Although I don't really listen to him, I do think that Phil Collins has one of the most distinct male voices in pop/rock music in the last 40 years, along with Robert Smith from The Cure.
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I do know that Neil likes the song Against all odds.
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#36 Post by joeythecat »

The drum break/roll on "No Time For Tears" is essentially a nod to Phil, nearly identical to In the Air Tonight.
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As much as I can't abide him, I have to admit I like some of his more electronic 80's stuff, and some Genesis too.


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#38 Post by In A Secret Life »

A girlfriend of mine back in the day, upon hearing the intro to Love Is A Catastrophe commented it was a rip off from Against All Odds intro.

Ah...young,foolish,pretty....wrong.
The odds are good but the goods are odd
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