I listened to Genesis throughout college and followed Phil’s solo career closely. Great musician. I’ve learned from Leland Sklar that Phil is a great guy and consumate professional. Lee played bass for Phil in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Search his youtube channel for Phil Collins. There’s some great stories of touring with him. Lee was also James Taylor’s original bass player and toured with him for ten years.
Which Genesis albums or songs do you love most? Phil Collins albums?
Quoting Phil’s daughter Lily Collins. What a wonderful tribute.
I was interested in trying to catch this tour (I’ve never seen Genesis), and have some friends who went and really loved it . . . I’ve been burnt too often by musicians in poor health giving concerts that were big disappointments and so decided to not risk creating depressing memories. It sounds like I should have taken the risk. Ah well.
I was a pre-teen during Genesis’ peak fame - videos all over MTV and lots of radio play. Not necessarily the coolest band for the youth to be into, but one of the few albums I went out and bought myself with limited funds during middle school was the 2-disc “The Way We Walk” live album.
In high school we did a production of The Who’s Tommy that I played keys for. Our drama coach and I were talking one day, and he really enthusiastically mentioned that he wanted to one day do a staged production of “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.” So, I bought my second Genesis album and truly fell in love with the band.
Favorites? I really love so much of their work. If anything, I have a few un-favorites. To me, their late 70s early 80s albums (And Then There Were Three, Duke, Abacab) are boring and uninspired as prog, and lack the songwriting tightness that later albums brought to the table. If I never hear anything off of any of those albums again I won’t shed a tear. But everything up through Wind & Wuthering, and everything from Genesis through We Can’t Dance is just full of magic.
I admit to never digging into any of Phil’s solo albums, though I really enjoy most of what made it to the radio from that body of work.
Huge fan of early Genesis, or the mystical, whimsical, magical, pastoral, powerful, quintessentially English prog they crafted from the late '60’s to the late '70’s.
I prefer the mid 70’s Genesis albums. A Trick of the Tail is on my playlist. It’s the first with Phil on vocals. Duke is another album that I still play.
No Jacket Required is my favorite solo album. Lot of good material.
I also like his R&B tribute album Going Back. There’s a documentary about making it on YouTube. Phil’s drumming was heavily influenced by Motown. He hired several of the original musicians to record with him in 2010. I really like his covers of Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Some of Your Lovin, and Take Me in Your Arms.
Big fan of Genesis through most of the 80s, saw them three times, sort of lost interest when every other song on the radio seemed to be either a Genesis or Phil Collins solo number - that guy was everywhere for a few years. Glad he was able to make it through one final tour. I’m surprised they didn’t have Gabriel and Hackett at that final gig.
Another vote for Trick of a Tale. I learned only recently that a squonk is a mythical creature from my home state of Pennsylvania. I never got to see Genesis in concert, much to my regret.
Yeah, “Foxtrot” is my favorite Genesis album, and not only because of “Supper’s Ready”, which is one of the most astounding musical pieces I’ve ever heard, but also for the rest of the album.
The Musical Box, Supper’s Ready, and Tull’s Thick as a Brick are my three favorite long-form prog songs, mainly because they all stick the landing so beautifully. In the final moments of each song’s 10, 20, or 40 minutes’ duration (respectively), I find myself either back where I began but with a whole journey behind me (Supper’s Ready and Thick as a Brick) a la The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings, or having been launched into some place new and unexpected (The Musical Box).
I was a big fan.
Favourites :-
Nursery Crime, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies down on Broadway.
Saw them several times, first at Knebworth.
I was also at the Milton Keynes bowl, where they were joined by Peter Gabriel & Steve Hackett !!
IMHO, it went downhill after Wind & Wuthering, I always suspected Hackett
was the best songwriter. btw, he’s still touring and playing lots of older genesis
stuff, much of which is on Youtube.
Fun Phil Fact: Growing up, Collins was a huge fan of Davy Crockett. When Genesis was touring the US he collected Crockett memorabilia and ended up with a substantial collection, which he ended up donating to The Alamo Foundation for display in the museum.
If you want to hear some really tasty jazz fusion drumming by Phil, check out his work on the first two Brand X albums.
