I Appreciate You, Phil Collins
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Poor Phil Collins. Not literally, as the guy is just rolling in it. But after 30+ years the guy still has a hard time getting respect from rock fans. I posted on Breaking Rock News today that Phil recently told a newspaper that he would be retiring from touring and recording. This information came from the NME, whose website is now full of people posting about how great it is that Phil will be “retiring”, saying how he’s never written a good song. Snobs everyone one of them, I say.
Now I’m not oblivious to the fact that Phil Collins has put out some schlock in his time. I never need to hear “Groovy Kind of Love” or “Against All Odds” again, and there’s no way his song from Tarzan should have beaten Aimee Mann’s “Save Me” at the Oscars, but Phil’s also the guy behind “In The Air Tonight”, “I Don’t Care Anymore”, “Take Me Home” and freakin’ “Sussudio”! And no, I’m not kidding about that last one.
And what about Phil’s time in Genesis, where he helped take a succesful prog rock band with Peter Gabriel as frontman and transform them into a stadium-playing, multi-platinum selling, chart topping group? You don’t do that by sucking. And then there’s the fact that he’s one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock. You can hate Phil Collins because he was so successful, but I don’t understand how some people can deny how good he was at what he did.
On that note, let’s check out the video to one of Phil’s excellent contributions to music (we’ll send this one out to Christian Bale). When you’re done, use the title for your weekend bonus code. Have a good one, and long live Phil Collins (preferably in Genesis, on a reunion tour with Gabriel and Hackett).