Nails on a blackboard would be preferable.
Big Phil Collins fan, up to a point. Did not like any of his solo work.
With Genesis, as a drummer, check out The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
With Genesis, as a singer and drummer, listen to Seconds Out.
In particluar, Cinema Show with last part having Phil and Bill Bruford on drums. That is probably my favorite.
Also check out Phil playing drums on several tracks of Robert Plant’s first 2 solo albums. In particular, Burning Down One Side. Magnificent.
Same here.
Huh. The drums in that song sound to me like that typical 80s sound that always reminds me of lids being smashed onto big metal trash cans/bins. Random example: Roxette’s “Joyride.”
Is this the “gated reverb drums” of which you speak, and do I understand correctly that Phil Collins was an early innovator/popularizer (even if he didn’t use it so much on his own 80s output)? If so, that’s cool (even though I personally don’t like the sound).
IIRC, when they were recording Gabriel’s third album (melting face), his direction to Collins and Jerry Marotta was that there should be no cymbals, only drums. Which inspired Collins to develop the gated reverb technique. I know the 80s drum sound that you’re referring to, but I always thought that sounded more like “electronic cymbal crashes”.
Here’s the Wikipedia page on gated reverb: Gated reverb - Wikipedia
Thanks. Yes, this was it. “Born in the USA” is the iconic example for me (and featured in this helpful video, cited in the Wikipedia article): How a recording-studio mishap shaped '80s music - YouTube
The effect could be done tastefully, as in most of the Phil Collins examples, or (in my mind), awfully — the garbage-can lids — as in the Springsteen example.
Blood on the Rooftops
End of discussion.Like others here, my favorite Genesis song came long before Phil stepped out from behind the drum kit.
Great backing vocals and harmonies from Phil though. And, oh my, what a drummer he was.
Lovely—thanks. The lyrics (by Steve Hackett) are as English as anything by, say, the Jam.
One more Phil Collins trivia item: He was in the film A Hard Day’s Night.
He also is a huge fan of Alamo history:
https://www.history.com/news/phil-collins-has-always-remembered-the-alamo
Oh, and Genesis is going to go on tour again (yes, Collins too): Genesis to tour with Phil Collins in 2020 | CNN
I’ve seen them twice. However, all the dates I’ve seen for the 2020 tour are in the UK. That doesn’t do me any good.
Looks like you’re right. You can arrange for an alert here when any US dates are announced, though: https://www.stereoboard.com/genesis-tickets
Does the terrible, awful thought cross anyone else’s mind that this might be some kind of “last wish” for Mr. Collins?
I hate to even articulate that thought but after his appearance in my area several months ago, I was sure that would be his last tour.
I certainly hope that’s not the case.
The CNN article I linked to above quotes Collins as saying he expected their 2007 tour to be their last.
My favorite Phil Collins (not Genesis) songs, BTW:
“Why Can’t It Wait 'Til Morning”
“Son of Man”
The Liebrand radio edit of “In the Air Tonight”
"Revenge of the “Giant Hogweed”.
If you require Genesis songs with Phil as vocalist, I’ll go with “Turn It On Again” and “Abacab”.
I like the jazzy feel of That’s All
Paperlate was not a Phil solo tune that became a Genesis tune. It was derived from Genesis soundchecking 1973’s “Dancing With the Moonlit Knight”, where the lyric “paperate, cried a voice in the crowd”, was riffed on.