# Favorite Phil Collins/Genesis song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322 "2020-01-12T21:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/1 "2020-01-12T21:51:29Z")
So… I just started rediscovering Phil Collins. I use to think he was kind of a dick because of how he was depicted in South Park, (how Matt and Trey were talking about him at the Oscars on Conan - seemingly disapproving of Matt and Trey’s outfits for the occasion,) and other rumors I’ve heard about him and his marriage. I just love ‘Don’t Lose My Number,’ so much I couldn’t help but develope a taste for the guy again. Check out the music video for that song… What is the back and forth between Phil Collins and the director? I don’t understand it. Could someone explain? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/2 "2020-01-12T22:01:18Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B7Z-eUmR2bM/hqdefault.jpg "Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Z-eUmR2bM) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/3 "2020-01-12T22:58:44Z")
Phil Collins solo: “You Know What I Mean”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wMuGt-RX25U/hqdefault.jpg "You Know What I Mean") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMuGt-RX25U) Yeah, that marriage didn’t end well. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/4 "2020-01-12T23:08:18Z")
I’m a big fan as well. Favorites are [In the Air Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN3x-kAbgFU) and [I Wish It Would Rain Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcY3FH208l8). ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/5 "2020-01-12T23:28:24Z")
**Sefton** stole my choices. I’m also a fan of “Another Day in Paradise.” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/6 "2020-01-12T23:38:27Z")
Well, you said Phil Collins AND Genesis. So I post my favorite Genesis song, which was written and sung by Peter Gabriel, but Collins played the drums. On “Seconds Out”, he also sang it. It’s of course a total contrast to Phil Collins’ later pop tracks, but it’s a very special treat. Hope you enjoy it. [Supper’s Ready](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJq1lwnkNw) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/7 "2020-01-12T23:44:37Z")
Of later pop Genesis with Collins singing, I’ve always liked [Abacab](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbjfesCI254)and [Jesus He Knows Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35K6vQRt67g). ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/8 "2020-01-12T23:45:49Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, you said Phil Collins AND Genesis. So I post my favorite Genesis song, which was written and sung by Peter Gabriel, but Collins played the drums. On “Seconds Out”, he also sang it. It’s of course a total contrast to Phil Collins’ later pop tracks, but it’s a very special treat. Hope you enjoy it. > > [Supper’s Ready](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJq1lwnkNw) Yeah. PLEASE don’t conflate Phil Collins songs with Genesis songs. Totally different. “Supper’s Ready” and “Sussudio” have absolutely nothing in common other than the same drummer. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/9 "2020-01-13T00:15:46Z")
[Squonk](https://youtu.be/TzL-up4ZKgI) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/10 "2020-01-13T02:13:52Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Well, you said Phil Collins AND Genesis. So I post my favorite Genesis song, which was written and sung by Peter Gabriel, but Collins played the drums. On “Seconds Out”, he also sang it. It’s of course a total contrast to Phil Collins’ later pop tracks, but it’s a very special treat. Hope you enjoy it. > > [Supper’s Ready](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJq1lwnkNw) ^This ×1,000. Collins doubles Gabriel’s melody at the upper octave in the first part of that, “Lover’s Leap,” on the original _Foxtrot_. It isn’t easy to sing that softly and nuanced at the tip-top of your vocal range, but Phil pulled it off. I’m also much taken with the Collins-voiced “Entangled.” Plus, most of you guys probably have no idea the full extent of Phil’s music. He drummed for Brian Eno’s _Another Green World_ (the album made in Heaven). He drummed in **Brand X** _and_ sang ([in Sanskrit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzjiNg1JjM)). I was already a Genesis fan when I first heard _Moroccan Roll_ in 1977, and it kicked my ass and blew my mind! You haven’t heard Phil drum until you’ve heard “[Hate Zone](https://youtu.be/TdCF7AYqmUw)” and “[Macrocosm](https://youtu.be/96HTBNl3wd4).” Brand X was the band that allowed Phil to stretch out his drum chops to the full extent. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/11 "2020-01-13T02:15:09Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Squonk](https://youtu.be/TzL-up4ZKgI) Phil said “Squonk” was his John Bonham “When the Levee Breaks” moment. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/12 "2020-01-13T02:39:05Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > …I was already a Genesis fan when I first heard Moroccan Roll in 1977, and it kicked my ass and blew my mind! You haven’t heard Phil drum until you’ve heard “Hate Zone” and “Macrocosm.” Brand X was the band that allowed Phil to stretch out his drum chops to the full extent. I got onboard with Brand X with Unorthodox Behaviour; what a killer album! Back in the day, we heard that Brand X was going to be playing a tiny venue in Davis (The Coffee House), we didn’t waste a second getting tickets. We took off right after work and drove a couple of hours to get there. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to us, Phil had left the band, so we were a bit disappointed. Still, it was a fantastic show with Kenwood Dennard filling in on drums, and John Goodsall was absolutely on fire, one of the best guitarists I’ve ever seen in person. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/13 "2020-01-13T03:24:54Z")
My original favorite was “Turn it On Again” from _Duke_. I think it may still be. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/14 "2020-01-13T03:25:00Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > ^This ×1,000. > Collins doubles Gabriel’s melody at the upper octave in the first part of that, “Lover’s Leap,” on the original _Foxtrot_. It isn’t easy to sing that softly and nuanced at the tip-top of your vocal range, but Phil pulled it off. I never knew this, I thought that it was Gabriel’s voice doubled in the studio. Have to listen to it once more. But their singing voices are really very similar. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/15 "2020-01-13T03:42:04Z")
[Long, Long Way to Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E86cxhOTfFo) from _No Jacket Required_. Sting shares vocals on the chorus. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/16 "2020-01-13T04:35:59Z")
The ones I have on my favorites playlist are Mama, Misunderstanding, Abacab, Throwing it all Away and Turn it on Again. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/17 "2020-01-13T05:17:57Z")
There’s loads, I would call myself a fan indeed. But a couple of underrated faves of mine are in the soundtrack to Disney’s _Tarzan_. [Son Of Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBaBca7-rY) and [Strangers Like Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02h2DJ3GCs). This is my favourite music video of his, though. [Don’t Lose My Number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Z-eUmR2bM). ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/18 "2020-01-13T05:31:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There’s loads, I would call myself a fan indeed. But a couple of underrated faves of mine are in the soundtrack to Disney’s _Tarzan_. [Son Of Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBaBca7-rY) and [Strangers Like Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02h2DJ3GCs). > > This is my favourite music video of his, though. [Don’t Lose My Number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Z-eUmR2bM). Yes… But what is he and the director discussing in the beginning? It just sounds like a bunch of ‘western people’. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/19 "2020-01-13T06:44:43Z")
[Please Don’t Ask](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_oEdKgnWDw) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322/20 "2020-01-13T12:50:34Z")
I really enjoy his cover of You Can’t Hurry Love, more than any of his original material. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322.md?page=2)