# Phil Collins and Genesis play their last Gig **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 28, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842 "2022-03-28T16:56:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/1 "2022-03-28T16:56:03Z")
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. > [@](#): > > “Tonite [sic] marks the end of an era. To have witnessed this last show was truly the memory of a lifetime and an event I shall hold in my heart forever,” Lily wrote. “Endlessly grateful doesn’t begin to do it justice. So much love was left on that O2 stage and an even bigger amount shared between an audience who didn’t want it to end.” > > “Thank you @genesis\_band for the memories, thank you dad for being such an inspiration and thank you @nic\_collins for making me the proudest sister there is,” she continued. “50 years of songs later and still generations more to celebrate you long after this tour has finished…” > **[Phil Collins Bids Farewell to Fans at Final Genesis Concert](https://www.etonline.com/phil-collins-bids-farewell-to-fans-at-final-genesis-concert-181532)** > > His daughter, Lily Collins, posted a tribute to her dad on Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/2 "2022-03-28T17:19:51Z")
One of my top 5 favorite bands. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/3 "2022-03-28T17:44:56Z")
> When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench > I can always hear them talk > Me, I’m just a lawnmower > You can tell me by the way I walk ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/4 "2022-03-28T17:49:51Z")
Ok. Two favorite albums: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and Trick of the Tail. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/5 "2022-03-28T17:55:43Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/6 "2022-03-28T17:56:50Z")
Let’s hear it for “Supper’s Ready” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/7 "2022-03-28T17:59:10Z")
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. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/8 "2022-03-28T18:07:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/9 "2022-03-28T18:13:53Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I prefer the mid 70’s Genesis albums. I agree they peaked there, with Selling England & Lamb, and were almost as excellent from Nursery through to Trick. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/10 "2022-03-28T18:20:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/11 "2022-03-28T19:03:17Z")
I saw a headline somewhere (sorry, no cite) that Peter Gabriel was at the concert. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/12 "2022-03-28T19:05:24Z")
There are pictures of [Peter and Phil backstage](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/b1/o/2022/03/27/b141dd0a72944bf994d4e1e8444a818d.png). ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/13 "2022-03-28T19:38:49Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Let’s hear it for “Supper’s Ready” 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. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/14 "2022-03-28T19:51:42Z")
Cool! The third guy, Richard Macphail, was their tour manager back in the old days. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/15 "2022-03-28T20:20:45Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Andy\_L](#): > > > > Let’s hear it for “Supper’s Ready” > > 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). ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/16 "2022-03-28T20:22:59Z")
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.](https://www.ukrockfestivals.com/knebworth-festival1978.html) I was also at the [Milton Keynes bowl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_of_the_Best), 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. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/17 "2022-03-28T20:35:58Z")
I’m still waiting for @GESancMan to join in! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/18 "2022-03-28T20:55:23Z")
Ah! I don’t think I’d connected the user name to the lyric until now. Fun! ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/19 "2022-03-28T21:19:54Z")
Look at his avatar and all is clear. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842/20 "2022-03-28T21:22:26Z")
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. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49704212168_8907b1f1ba_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49704212168_8907b1f1ba_z.jpg) [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49705083042_36ba9ea876_z.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49705083042_36ba9ea876_z.jpg) If you want to hear some really tasty jazz fusion drumming by Phil, check out his work on the first two Brand X albums. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-collins-and-genesis-play-their-last-gig/961842.md?page=2)