9 I Can't Dance - Genesis
lol
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
i hate every single song on this list other than save the best for last, which i love. so this is pretty easy.
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
actually i dont hate the right said fred track, astonishingly, so that gets second place i guess
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
you hate "I Love Your Smile"???
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
ohhhhhhh yes
― Ass Tchotchke! (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
unless in reviewing it i just found some weird cover on youtube and thought it was the original
Surely this has to be Shanice by a massive margin?
― Willl, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:07 (nine years ago) link
jjjusten, hang tight: I sent the wolves after you.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:17 (nine years ago) link
Third or fourth Radio On, remember the time well. 1. "I'm Too Sexy," 2. "Remember the Time," 3. "Save the Best for Last."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
http://www.music.lt/images/groups/2/1332/Genesis/genesisss.jpg
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:31 (nine years ago) link
Man, what prompted Phil Collins to jump directly into the dad rock toilet with such glee and abandon?
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:35 (nine years ago) link
was thinking recently about how the bracketing of "i'm too sexy" with "i'm too sexy for my love, love's going to leave me" sets the whole thing up as a mea culpa for philandering
― da croupier, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
"i love your smile" is the song that made me realise i loved music
like, i'd hear it on the radio but i didn't know the means by which it got on the radio, and i definitely didn't know one could actually buy it in a shop, so i would sit by the radio with literally only one thing in mind, the hope of randomly hearing it again
"save the best for last" is so so good as well
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
also that little anecdote is not a fond remembrance of the radio by any means, it is an anecdote of frustration and confusion and sitting through so much bad music for this song. FUCK THE RADIO we live in a glorious age when the song we want is at our fingertips :)
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
"I Can't Dance" is a pustule. This is the Phil Collins people remember when they think his NJR stuff sucked
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
"Save the Best for Last" love mystifies me. Love mystifies me too, tho, so.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
There's tension between Williams' wide-eyed everywoman delivery, wistful music, and occasionally sharp lyrics.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
"i love your smile" vs. "good for me"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 17:58 (nine years ago) link
i have a lot of goodwill for the we can't dance singles though
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
oh i missed that "breakin' my heart" is at the end of the list
those drums
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
xpost That's very charitable of you. I can almost choke down the schmaltz enough to give "Hold On My Heart" a pass, but the rest is hot garbage.
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
'round these parts "Hold On My Heart" soundtracked my first summer job. It got tons of airplay, more than its chart position suggests. Then it went into recurrent play for another 183 years.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
i remember "hold on my heart" being on ac radio all the time but i was young enough that my enjoyment for it is basically v v gauzy nostalgia. i don't really have positive or negative feelings about "i can't dance."
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I feel completely indefensible nostalgia for any number of demonstrably horrible songs from my yoot.
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
how is it possible to have anything but negative feelings about "I Can't Dance", it is literally one of the worst songs ever recorded
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
never figured it out
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
the way Collins pronounces "I" as AHHHHHHH is akin to hearing bombs falling on a village.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
TS: singles from We Can't Dance vs. videos of the singles from We Can't Dance. I think the latter might somehow actually be worse, if recollection serves.
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
must I remind you of the existence of "Jesus He Knows Me"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
You made me do this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprQGmZeImw
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
We Can't Dance is a classic New Jersey album.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Oops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EprQGmZ3Imw
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Trying to recall that Genesis song I just remember the Gram Parsons song, thank goodness. The cover of that genesis album ought to be sent to The Hague.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Phil Collins and his toupee each deserve separate multi-year life sentences.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
I'm Too Sexy, without a second thought
― ET sippin the wig (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 7 October 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
well, look at that hair and that wife beater.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
"Tears in Heaven" is probably the least interesting thing on the Rush soundtrack but it still gets my vote. "Save the Best for Last" #2.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link
"Tears in Heaven" is probably the least interesting thing on the Rush soundtrack ever recorded but it still gets my vote.
Fixed that for ya.
― Certified Genious (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
ranking Clapton's nineties singles would be grisly, wouldn't it
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:50 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
4 million copies in the US alone! i had to hold it back from the voting options in this thread just to avoid easy comedy votes: poll: megaselling rock albums released in 1991
― some dude, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
^^
fuck, this album is the bald Thriller New Jersey― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:33 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:33 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Fixed
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Shanice. Never thought I'd type that.
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 01:41 (nine years ago) link
Michael Jackson ditto.
― chris_coolidge, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
oh jeez i love "good for me" so much
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
exquisite phrasing
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
The last gasp of that tinny keyboard sound. The shrieking organ was probably a preset.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:32 (nine years ago) link
Brad, I'd you in mind when choosing this chart. Between this and another two weeks later w/out "Good For Me," I...
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 October 2014 02:33 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
at first i was gonna scoff at the idea of We Can't Dance as a New Jersey just cuz he didn't make a follow-up with them, but if you combine Phil's solo albums with the pop genesis albums, yeah it works
― da croupier, Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
we actually used But Seriously on the poll, as it's phil's new jersey if you keep the two discographies separate
― da croupier, Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
MJ over Mint Condition and Right Said Fred. His best post-Thriller single. "I Love Your Smile" always seems to get a lot of love around here but it has one of the most primally annoying hooks I've ever heard.
― goon kabuki (The Reverend), Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah I mean this Phil/Genesis period defines New Jersey, right? No critical acclaim at all, just singles coasting on the past and a pre-Soundscan way of doing things.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
i liked the Vanessa song
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 October 2014 00:55 (nine years ago) link
ShaniceAmy GrantVanessa WilliamsJackson
a half brilliant list.
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 11 October 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
New Jersey-era Bon Jovi are about 1/10th as memorable as late 80s Phil
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 11 October 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Save The Best For Last is exactly how great early 90s ballads should sound. And its one of the best of the era.
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 11 October 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
Amy Grant is how Vanessa Williams should sound.
― Eric H., Saturday, 11 October 2014 05:27 (nine years ago) link
Judging from Facebook the other day, Fred is now a conspiracy theorist. Not too sexy to argue that the ISIS beheading videos were faked.
― Re-Make/Re-Model, Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:15 (nine years ago) link
just listened to the 12" version of "i can't dance." do you believe the song would be improved if the production vaguely gestured at new jack swing?
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 October 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
I like that this thread has made me feel okay to admit that I like "Save the Best for Last."
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Saturday, 11 October 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
do you believe the song would be improved if the production vaguely gestured at new jack swing?
I believe the song would be improved if the producer vaguely gestured Phil Collins into a flaming dung heap.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
accurate
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
I like how Right Said Fred came along and was like "Oh, Phil Collins, you think you're funny?"
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
http://media.giphy.com/media/VyZ4SqDdTGC0E/giphy.gif
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 October 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 12 October 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
3 Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton 62 To Be With You - Mr. Big 310 Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) - Mint Condition 28 Good For Me - Amy Grant 1
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― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 October 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
Tears in Heaven? !?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 October 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link