Phil Collins Singles 1988-1994

Dog peed on his foot iirc

man it's weird that some things that were in heavy rotation on MTV back in the day aren't on YouTube at all

ah n/m had to click around but i found it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijIAKR7Ob6Y

"Something Happened On The Way To Heaven" is actually pretty great until it hits the chorus

^^ I'd say it's merely pretty good but yeah otm

I haven't heard the live version of "Who Said I Would." I'm assuming it's the same as the original (which also boasted kalimba) except...live?

Oh, interesting. I didn't know "Groovy Kind of Love" was a cover.

I mean, I knew it was a Clementi rip but I didn't know the pop song itself was written in the 60s.

"Something Happened..." is sort of a rewrite of "No Reply At All," but inferior. Though you take what you can get at this point.

I used to sing "Wish You Were Here" over the chorus of "I Wish It Would Rain Down"; if I'd recorded it I could have been a mashup pioneer along with Pet Shop Boys

Man, I'm stoked to see this much love for "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven!" I have a very clear memory of having it stuck in my head in the front foyer/entry area of my elementary school, waiting for my ride home at the end of the day - must have been in third grade.

We Can't Dance and ...But Seriously were both heavily discussed in the New Jersey thread; otoh it was much more ridiculously successful that you'd guess by its presence today is a key determinant of New Jersey status.

"No Reply At All" may be my favorite thing Phil/Genesis have done so i'm ok with retreads of that

kinda weird that the poll cuts off before "Dance Into The Light," which might've been a contender (for my vote but nobody else's).

In '96 Collins was DOA in the American charts. 1999's "You'll Be My Heart" was his last hit.

I haven't heard the live version of "Who Said I Would." I'm assuming it's the same as the original (which also boasted kalimba) except...live?

Actually I don't know the live version, just the No Jacket one. Don't think he's someone who mixes things up that much live though.

I used to sing "Wish You Were Here" over the chorus of "I Wish It Would Rain Down"; if I'd recorded it I could have been a mashup pioneer along with Pet Shop Boys

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haha yes I remember noting the resemblances when I first heard WYWH

I used to sing "Wish You Were Here" over the chorus of "I Wish It Would Rain Down"; if I'd recorded it I could have been a mashup pioneer along with Pet Shop Boys

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Yeah, total ripoff of that.

man the Phil Collins and Genesis discography is competitive with Megadeth in the ellipses department:

...And Then There Were Three...
The Best...Genesis
...But Seriously
...Hits
Serious Hits...Live!
Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New

you know what is a totally underrated Phil Collins song and one that I could have sworn was a single, is "Don't Lose My Number"

it was!

xxpost portly, middle-aged Phil, catching his breath having just come up the stairs while thinking of titles for the next album

The third single....from...No Jacket Required...

"Don't Lose My Number" is probably my favorite No Jacket Required single, but Soto bracketed out the first couple records here to make us focus on the more overlooked late-80s, early-90s adult-contemporary stuff, I think.

xpost

Number ... was a total single. With a plot-driven video, iirc.

With dialogue?

haha okay I thought I was going crazy

fucking great song

it's sort of amazing the gigantic schmaltzhole Phil Collins fell into post No Jacket Required

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7Z-eUmR2bM

Video was a bored, eye-rolling Phil meeting with various video directors and trying on their wacky proposed video scenarios! Hilarious meta-commentary on this MTV era where the music has to have pictures to go with it! What'll they think of next??

we should poll his solo album covers

Huh, all sorts of weird stuff in that video. Parodies of the Police and David Lee Roth, the Road Warrior ...

It's like Talking Heads Wild Wild Life.

would vote for Hello, I Must Be Going! because the title is all vaudevillian levity but his facial expression makes it seem more like a suicide vow (xpost)

NJR has terrific album tracks.

Soto bracketed out the first couple records here to make us focus on the more overlooked late-80s, early-90s adult-contemporary stuff, I think.

yep

Phil/Genesis prob one of the top 10 best singles acts of the '80s, can't believe how many jams Phil turned out

omg remember that terrible pseudo-dub remix of "In The Air Tonight"

Soto bracketed out the first couple records here to make us focus on the more overlooked late-80s, early-90s adult-contemporary stuff, I think.

I was confused because "Who Said I Would?" was a NJR album track; I didn't realize that a live version was later released as a single

We've talked about it before, but man, if you include all his assists and non album tracks, from "Against All Odds" to Frida to Philip Bailey to Robert Plant, Howard Jones' lovely "No One is To Blame," John Martyn (!), "Do They Know It's Christmas" ...

Plus he had his solo career, Geness, and Brand X (for a bit).

Wow, never realized the "No One Is To Blame" connection before, I saw balls bring it up earlier but thought he was just making a sonic comparison. I love that track.

My favorite Phil story:

Apparently Phil played congas on "Art of Dying" on a session for All Things Must Pass, but there were no congas in the final mix and he wasn't credited on the album. Years later, when he heard that George was remastering ATMP, he mentioned this to a mutual friend. A few days later, a tape showed up in the mail with a note from George saying "is this you"? Phil played the tape and heard a version of "Art of Dying" with absolutely horrible congas, at the end of which he could hear George saying to Phil Spector "let's try it again without the conga player." Phil was mortified. A few days later, George called and asked if he got the tape. Phil started to say George didn't have to embarrass him like that, but George laughingly interrupted and said that it wasn't really Phil's congas, that he had Ray Cooper play really bad congas on purpose and sent it to Phil as a joke, and that Phil's congas were fine. Phil was finally credited on the ATMP reissue.

He really jolted that song to life; the original is limp as fuck.

Sing it now, with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fiba80YVyM

Phil fills come in around 1:30.

lol George Harrison was such a bro

It's a pretty song. I'm shocked Glee or something hasn't done it.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha that conga story is great, <3 george harrison

good Phil harmonies too xpost to Josh

Phil played drums on a couple Taking Tiger Mountain tracks iirc (xp to Josh, is that what you're talking about?)

Phil played a bunch of drums on "Another Green World,' actually, and a bit of "Before and After Science." Oh, and Peter Gabriel's third album.

Oh, forgot he was playing on all those Clapton albums in the '80s, too. Busy guy.

For those who have never heard Phil in fusion mode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7mYqaMKXA&feature=related