Phil Collins releases another version of Sussudio. Your thoughts.

Out on DVD today.



1. Drums, Drums & More Drums
2. Something Happened On the Way to Heaven
3. Against All Odds
4. Don't Lose My Number
5. Chat to Audience
6. You'll Be In My Heart
7. One More Night
8. Can't Stop Loving You
9. Hang in Long Enough
10. True Colors
11. Come With Me
12. Groovy Kind of Love
13. I Missed Again
14. Another Day in Paradise
15. No Way Out
16. Separate Lives
17. In the Air Tonight
18. Dance into the Light
19. You Can't Hurry Love
20. Two Hearts
21. Wear My Hat
22. Easy Lover
23. Sussudio
24. It's Not Too Late
25. Take Me Home
26. Wear My Hat
27. Easy Lover

I finally just got the old version out of my head. Thankfully, the master of mediocrity has released a BRAND NEW version that will surely be as entertaining as an earwig for the next decade.

He has essentially rereleased the same damn song over and over for an entire career. Might as well cash in one more time. Next thing you know he will be doing exclusive tracks for Disney fims... er, scratch that off the list, already there. State Fair tour coming shortly.

But that movie was awful. As in godawful. As in I wanted to claw my eyes out of their sockets after watching it.

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I Like Phil Collins…from his work with Genesis through his EARLY solo work — then he started writing stuff for Disney. Enough. I got off the bus right there.

I have fair copies of most of the tunes above; I see no reason to give him any more of my money, though.

Funny thing about Genesis fans; I don't remember who is was that said it, Tony Banks or Mike Rutherford: fans of the later Genesis stuff (from "And Then There Were Three") appreciate the older music more than old fans appreciate the new.

It's all in your perspective.

but I'm petty sure I won't be subjected to it.

Please don't throw spitballs at me... :ducks:

Except for that really late 90s crap like "You'll Be In My Heart".

Genesis is officially ended, but nevertheless. Invite Steve Hackett back, too.

Supposedly, it was a bit like George Harrison in The Beatles. Banks, Rutherford & Collins staked their claim as "the songwriters of the group," even though Hackett was a prolific writer himself. He was doled out one tune per album, and maybe a co-writing credit. He didn't care for that. He left. When he did, I realized how much "Trick Of The Tail" and "Wind And Wuthering" gained from his presence. I saw the band live in San Francisco on the "W&W" tour...basically the same set list as the double live "Seconds Out" that followed. Hackett's solo on "Firth Of Fifth"...LOUD, echoing all over Winterland...was a real jaw-dropper.

Collins was also the most amazing drummer I'd seen in my life. In tandem with Chester Thompson on "Los Endos," it was beyond description. When Phil morphed into Elton John and dragged the remains of Genesis with him, I gave up on the entire lot. Hackett still smokes as a solo performer. 2002's "Dark Town" got universally excellent reviews. It was diverse, adventurous, and captured some of the old Genesis vibe without being derivative.



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The new album really wasn't worth the wait, in my opinion. I find the album he wrote for the Millennium Dome ("Ovo") much more satisfying.

...just like The Who, The Allman Brothers, etc. etc. etc. Live albums that won't show up in retail stores.

http://www.petergabriel.com/

For a man to go from drumming on classic Eno and Gabriel-led Genesis albums to doing covers of to Sindei, or Syndee or Cyndie (however it's spelled) Lauper songs is inexcusable.

Easily one of my top 5 least favorite artists of all time.

Well, you asked for my thoughts and there they are.

She had some great songwriters. Eric Bazilian & Rob Hyman of The Hooters, Robert Hazard, Essra Mohawk (who sang on a number of Schoolhouse Rock cartoons), Jules Shear, Tom Kelly & Bill Steinberg (who wrote "True Colors", as well as "Like A Virgin", "Eternal Flame", "I Touch Myself", "I Drove All Night", and "Alone", among countless others) and Prince.

I didn't know that one of her hired hands wrote "I Touch Myself".

But that's still a long way from being the drummer on the "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" album.

but a maker of some of the most sap-filled, lame, crap-filled songs of all time. Proof of the Peter principle. (Don't sing Phil. Don't write either. Oh, and don't act...)

He's a Tory.

Plus, his first wife hates him.

I don't care...but I'm EXCITED about not caring.

was it really recorded live, or was it done in the stu-stu-studio? :)

... exactly what Phil Collins ever brought to the table.

While so many good artists go unnoticed. I'm so sad :)

An unrelated note - that song was playing on the radio the first time I crashed a car.

I always really liked his songs. Genesis was the first CD I ever bought.

....he sort of epitomizes Adult Contemporary throwaway pop, which irks a lot of folks.

But Genesis is good stuff.

....but every album since "Both Sides" has been crap.

rocked. Say whay you will about post-Genesis Phil Collins, but he does surround himself with great musicians.