Every week, we encourage you to let your guard down, crawl out of the indie rock bunker, and embrace your guilty pleasures. You’re welcome…
Phil Collins: Five reasons why he seems to have that invisible touch.
1. “In the Air Tonight”
Do you re-MEMBA? Twenty-five years on, Phil?s voice has become a parody of itself, but this is still a pretty badass song. And that?s before the drums kick in. If you haven?t seen the original Miami Vice pilot, we suggest you check out the sequence that features this song. Then go ahead and sneak it back onto your iPod where it belongs.
2. The Sinead O?Connor Awards
SNL sketch (1991) in which Sinead O?Connor presents Phil Collins with ?The Award for Embodying Everything I Despise About Material Success.? Such a classic, it?s not even available on YouTube.
3. “Land Of Confusion”
Take the beat from ?People Are People,? a bit of paranoid, Reagan-era nuclear angst, add some puppet dinosaurs, and you get one of the best videos of all time. And while Little Richard (or is it Prince?) eating his own tongue like a hot dog remains one of the most disturbing things we had forgotten we ever saw, it?s puppet Phil who makes the whole thing go. Watch the band sequences ? he is carrying puppet Mike Rutherford?s ass!
4. Drummers Who Also Sing
Oh, and who?s your choice? Ringo Starr?
5. He Cares About Stuff
For most artists, being in the original Band Aid would have been enough. But not Phil Collins. He?s written songs raising awareness of homelessness (?Another Day In Paradise?), chorophobia (?I Can?t Dance?), and immigration reform (?Illegal Alien?). It is not much fun being an illegal alien. You are goddamn right Phil, you are goddamn right.
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The guy can write a song!
Have you heard “no son of mine” – okay its a genesis one, but it’s Phil at his best with the lyrics…
Phil is a legend – he’s actually not a bad actor either – anyone seen ‘cons’ or his short cameo in Steven Speilberg’s ‘Hook’ as the police detective investigating the kidnapping of Robin William’s kids.
I’m allergic to Phil Collins. Seriously. I can hear it from a mile away, and it throws my body into some really awful convulsions…
no it’s not.
Drummer who can sing:
Deen Castronovo of Journey. He can belt it out, especially on songs like “Open Arms”, and “Faithfully.” Best singing drummer since the Catman, in my opinion.
Also Don Henley on “Boys of Summer.” ‘Nuff said.
do u sing on half and half?
Holy mother…..!!!! I’m a medical student doing some research on Hydroencephalitus; based on the watermellon sized head shown in the photograph above, this individual is an ideal candidate for my investigation. Does anyone know how this individial managed to survive this disease? One thing is obvious: he was not vaginally delivered in birth and if he was, what type of doctor would allow such cruelty for a mother?
U should see his boobs.