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Phil Collins — In the Air Tonight
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Released: 1981
Length: 5:16
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I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight?
Oh Lord, oh Lord

Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before, my friend
But I don't know if you know who I am

Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord, oh Lord

Well, I remember
I remember, don't worry
How could I ever forget?
It's the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep this silence up
No, you don't fool me
The hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you and me

I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord

I can feel it coming in the air tonight
Oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight
Oh Lord
Oh Lord, oh Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight
Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, Lord
Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life
Oh Lord, oh Lord
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The best drum explosion of the history
Posted 1 month ago by dbaggio    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.



Yes! Also, "Risky Business" IIRC.
Posted 4 months ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 Triquel67 wrote:


No no, Miami Vice... Crockett driving the Ferrari clone through Miami at night on his way to pick up Tubbs

Also a finishing scene of the first episode of The Americans. Awesome track choice!
Posted 1 year ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
 boontonite wrote:

This song ushered in a whole new era for the drum sound on records.


Gated reverb!
Posted 1 year ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:

I could talk about that snare alone for like 15 minutes



Ok, go ahead.  We're waiting..
Posted 1 year ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 NotShakespeare wrote:

My favorite reaction video of all time is this vocal coach, who is unfamiliar with Phil Collins reacting to a live version of this song. As he crosses the stage, she pauses and said "he's almost like a drummer."



YES!!  I remember watching this reaction video and getting a great laugh at that moment too (at about the 17:30 mark of the vid) 
'The Charismatic Voice' - has become one of my favorite vocal reaction channels on utube.   Check her out  and LLRP!!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:

I could talk about that snare alone for like 15 minutes



I guess there's a reason why the drummers always sit higher than the rest on the band, like the kings they are.
Posted 2 years ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Love it, always have, complete with the arm actions we ALL do... however whenever I hear it I will always see a BIG gorilla with some drumsticks - and fancy some chocolate. Knowing what the hell I'm talking about gives away where you come from 
Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 boontonite wrote:

This song ushered in a whole new era for the drum sound on records.




Actually this drum sound was not created by Phil Collins. I was created by a technicial at a Peter Gabriel recording where Phil Collins was playning drums. Phil Collins used to do what he does best, make pop out of art.
Posted 2 years ago by junik    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.



Nothin' wrong with that. Great show in its day and an evocative period piece now.
Posted 2 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:


Who down-voted this? and WHY?
Posted 2 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.



first episode. Sometimes I just FF that episode to get there and listen to Sonny in a very dramatic phone call. Awesome everything.
Posted 2 years ago by TheFlakerMan    [ Reply ]
Bumping this up to 9 for John Giblin's bass
Posted 2 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.



 In mine, it will always be associated with a big hairy gorilla.

Posted 3 years ago by captbradders    [ Reply ]
 thatslongformud wrote:


go here for the laugh :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 3 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:


I do this every time when I hear the song. 
Posted 3 years ago by fgrunewald    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.



Yes! So so true! I am not old enough to remember but when I saw this scene... I swear I could feel how people saw it back in the 80s. This moment is so so so well done! Esp. if you compare it to modern series. Ahead of its time!
Posted 3 years ago by jot    [ Reply ]
This song can only be listened to at one volume setting: MAX! ;)
Posted 3 years ago by danielh    [ Reply ]
Apparently he wanted to include this on Duke, but Banks and Rutherford said no (and Banks said he later regretted it).  Ironically, I don't think this would have gotten the attention it did if it had just been another track in the already massive Genesis canon.
Posted 3 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
 maxvonevil wrote:



Nope, as of June 2021 he's still alive and kicking, but there was some aussie tabloid crap predicting he'd kicked the bucket last year.



This one isn't dead either...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...(artist)

I will confess when i saw his first installation I thought it was Genesis Phil with too much time on his hands, but this guy actually has cool stuff.

This song gets a 1 from me.
Posted 3 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
 tgrier wrote:

Did Phil die? Bill generally plays a pop artist/song more once they die.




Nope, as of June 2021 he's still alive and kicking, but there was some aussie tabloid crap predicting he'd kicked the bucket last year.
Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Did Phil die? Bill generally plays a pop artist/song more once they die.
Posted 3 years ago by tgrier    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:

Funny, I was just thinking earlier today about getting ripped and watching this movie again. I wonder how many will get the reference... heh...
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
Gold!
Posted 3 years ago by Aaronosteo    [ Reply ]
Oh really.  An electronic drum beat?  Probably the beat that was stolen from Phil Collins, but it's all good...
Posted 3 years ago by WannabeBanned    [ Reply ]
My favorite reaction video of all time is this vocal coach, who is unfamiliar with Phil Collins reacting to a live version of this song. As he crosses the stage, she pauses and said "he's almost like a drummer."
Posted 3 years ago by NotShakespeare    [ Reply ]
Recently heard this kind of sweet This American Life story with Phil Collins coaching a non-musician in writing a song. 
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
WTF?
Posted 3 years ago by Foggymountain    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
It's like this guy was born old. Phil Grandpa Collins
Posted 3 years ago by maboleth    [ Reply ]
Sucko-Barfo
Posted 3 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
I could talk about that snare alone for like 15 minutes
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 KevinM wrote:

Their react to the ‘drum riff’ is so fake.
 

You were the kid who told everyone else there was no Santa Claus, weren't you?
Posted 4 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
 admascott wrote:
Risky Business - Rebecca De Mornay and that other guy!
 

No no, Miami Vice... Crockett driving the Ferrari clone through Miami at night on his way to pick up Tubbs
Posted 4 years ago by Triquel67    [ Reply ]
Risky Business - Rebecca De Mornay and that other guy!
Posted 4 years ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
 eyeball wrote:
Teens bring generations together listening to Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight for the first time
 
Their react to the ‘drum riff’ is so fake.
Posted 4 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
 tinypriest wrote:
Public Service Announcement: Please pay for RP. Send them $5 a month or MORE. I give and we should all do so. Nothing stays free. Support Radio Paradise. (I'm not paid to say this, just a fan, who pays for you to enjoy).
 
I don't think you pay for me to enjoy anything; certainly not RP.
Posted 4 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Public Service Announcement: Please pay for RP. Send them $5 a month or MORE. I give and we should all do so. Nothing stays free. Support Radio Paradise. (I'm not paid to say this, just a fan, who pays for you to enjoy).
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Teens bring generations together listening to Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight for the first time


{#Drummer}
Posted 4 years ago by eyeball    [ Reply ]
Has to be the song with the most "Air Drums" out there...
Posted 4 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Now that I am not so completely oversaturated and sick of this song, I can enjoy it again. There's a reason it was a huge hit. 
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
I remember this from an episode of Magnum PI. It was a darker moment in the show, where Thomas was hunting someone with vengeance. With intent to kill.
Posted 4 years ago by eyeball    [ Reply ]
 913chick wrote:
For all of you who don,t know why he wrote the song,you should research it. It tells a story about when he was in school and when he finally went back after 20 years for a class reunion......and a murder he witnessed.
 
Yup, interesting read about an enduring urban legend:

Wikipedia: In the Air Tonight - Urban Legend
"It's so frustrating, 'cause this is one song out of all the songs probably that I've ever written that I really don't know what it's about, you know?"

— Phil Collins
Posted 4 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
There's a great Youtube video of this live. Phil is walking round with a radio mic for the first half, then sits down at precisely the moment he needs to start the drumming... Just fekin awesome showmanship that gives me goosebumps!!!
Posted 4 years ago by meanderer    [ Reply ]
 913chick wrote:
For all of you who don,t know why he wrote the song,you should research it. It tells a story about when he was in school and when he finally went back after 20 years for a class reunion......and a murder he witnessed.
 
Phil denies this story and says it is an urban legend.
Posted 4 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 killahfunkadelic wrote:
Now, because of our magical interwebs, I will forever see this in my head whenever this song plays:

Deer In The Air Tonight
 
Once seen, can't be unseen. Thanks for that.
Posted 4 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Got an oddly soft spot for this. Might be Live Aid related. Whatever the reason though... DRUMS!
Posted 4 years ago by be4con    [ Reply ]
Now, because of our magical interwebs, I will forever see this in my head whenever this song plays:

Deer In The Air Tonight
Posted 4 years ago by killahfunkadelic    [ Reply ]
 913chick wrote:
For all of you who don,t know why he wrote the song,you should research it. It tells a story about when he was in school and when he finally went back after 20 years for a class reunion......and a murder he witnessed.
 

I just watched Collins on the Jimmy Fallon show, and he says the song is expressing his anger after his divorce (and it is not about witnessing a murder).



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLRy_RkoTKA
Posted 4 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
This song always makes me feel something in the air....
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Someone below quoted a (fictional) urban legend about this song.
In counterpoint I offer this, quoting Phil Collins in Wikipedia:

"I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going
through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's
obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a
separation. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these
stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of
someone come up to me and say, "Did you really see someone drowning?" I
said, "No, wrong". And then every time I go back to America the story
gets "Chinese whispers;" it gets more and more elaborate.
It's so frustrating, 'cause this is one song out of all the songs probably that I've ever written that I really don't know what it's about, you know?"
Posted 5 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]
 mardisoninnc wrote:
In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.
 
{#Yes}
Posted 5 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
gotta give this one an 8 just for the iconic drum solo 
Posted 5 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
iI wish knew how to imbed a 5 second https://youtu.be/HH9MQmMtilU
Posted 5 years ago by thatslongformud    [ Reply ]
Used to love seeing Phil performing this on Top of the Pops (relevance probably lost on anyone under 50 and non-UK resident). It was years until I learned about the relevance of the tin of paint...
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
Phil Collins:  One of the heaviest hands in Rock and Roll.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]

 

In my mind, this song will always be associated with a dramatic montage from the Miami Vice TV series in the 1980s.

Posted 5 years ago by mardisoninnc    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:
This song is inextricably linked to that Cadbury's Gorilla ad in my brain. When an ad sticks with you for a decade, you know they caught lightning in a bottle (even though I didn't exactly remember it was for Cadbury until after I googled up this article).
 
I always imagine Mike Tyson belting out the air drums in a Vegas suite, myself.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
This song is inextricably linked to that Cadbury's Gorilla ad in my brain. When an ad sticks with you for a decade, you know they caught lightning in a bottle (even though I didn't exactly remember it was for Cadbury until after I googled up this article).
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ft954vXPa4&fbclid=IwAR1dEMTWZY2K6UJtcDCohtjaaX1P1091G4jJYMoFI_Zn4cda3KZpcNCUDx0
Posted 5 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
Awful then, awful now.
Posted 8 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
All Phil Radio, All Phil Day...

https://youtu.be/hcl8lfuwCik

"Once more 'round the toms, Phil!"
Posted 8 years ago by subgyro    [ Reply ]
This song ushered in a whole new era for the drum sound on records.
Posted 8 years ago by boontonite    [ Reply ]

I'm not a big Phil Collins fan, but I always turn this one up.  Thanks RP!

 

Like you said, when he was good, he was really good!


Posted 8 years ago by grahamdillabough    [ Reply ]
 petersteward wrote:
Please do not play Phil Collins 
 

 
Ditto. I always think I've somehow mistakenly tuned to some commercial pop schlock station. I can't PSD on Sonos. Only choice is to tune away.
Posted 8 years ago by raenvald    [ Reply ]
 913chick wrote:
For all of you who don,t know why he wrote the song,you should research it. It tells a story about when he was in school and when he finally went back after 20 years for a class reunion......and a murder he witnessed.

 
Or not.
Posted 8 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
"When he was good, he was very, very good"

Well said, Bill
Posted 8 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
For all of you who don,t know why he wrote the song,you should research it. It tells a story about when he was in school and when he finally went back after 20 years for a class reunion......and a murder he witnessed.
Posted 8 years ago by 913chick    [ Reply ]
Please do not play Phil Collins 
 
Posted 8 years ago by petersteward    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer}
Posted 8 years ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
way overplayed, but I still like the "kick" when the drums come in for the rocking
Posted 8 years ago by joetekubi    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
barf

 
ditto
Phil needs to go to the Alamo and stay there 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
The transition period for Phil, how very unfortunate...
 Anything by brand x...lamb lies down... In the air tonight?
Posted 9 years ago by fortheloveofpete    [ Reply ]
barf
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 blackaddermrbean wrote:
I find it Interesting that prior to this play, that it was the first time in six years that this song was played.
Same for The Doors "Love Her Madly" which hadn't been in the setlist for three years until its airplay today.
What made you choose to pull them off the shelf Bill?
 
It was just something in the air, tonight.  ; )
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I find it Interesting that prior to this play, that it was the first time in six years that this song was played.
Same for The Doors "Love Her Madly" which hadn't been in the setlist for three years until its airplay today.
What made you choose to pull them off the shelf Bill?

 
Posted 9 years ago by blackaddermrbean    [ Reply ]
 stunix wrote:
Did he get popular and sell out, or just get older.

 
Peter Gabriel left the band and Phil took over which lead to Genesis becoming a pop band and no longer a progressive rock band.
Posted 9 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
This entire song sounds like an intro to some gorgeous extended piece that I would love to hear. 
But I love it anyway, happily falling into that rollicking drum solo:
!!{#Drummer}!!
Posted 9 years ago by jackie0    [ Reply ]
Did he get popular and sell out, or just get older.   I think Gilmour, Bowie, Plant, Anderson et al, all got softer in their old age.     The Frog Chorus isnt exactly Live and Let Die styling is it.   Lets not slag them off for surviving.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
Michael Jackson was the self proclaimed king of pop, Phil is the real king of pop!
Posted 9 years ago by ddog    [ Reply ]
You can knock the guy all day, but this is great to my ears.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Because the earlier links to this seem to be dead:
 

 
 
And because, well, just because:

 
 
More here. Don't miss the gorilla's audition.
Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Bold choice Bill, but I still like - nay love! - this song.

If only I could get the thought out of my head, which popped in a few years ago, that because of the chorus "I can feel it coming in the air tonight", this song is really about...

masturbation.

There. Put that on a separate line so you folks couldn't miss it.

Put *that* with your bag of limes and the gorilla, and see if you ever hear this song the same again :)

Posted 15 years ago by NewFee    [ Reply ]
This starts out very good.  But then Phil's undies just get tighter and tighter and tighter. . . .
Posted 15 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Something about this song just makes me want to ride public transportation...
Posted 15 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
 peter_james_bond wrote:

{#Rolleyes} So The Beatles also had no talent?
 
It's if...then, NOT: if and only if, Einstein...

Posted 15 years ago by von_Hayek    [ Reply ]
 newwavegurly wrote:
I always get a kick out of reading the song comments for a more "commercially successful" song like this on RP.
 
Let's get a grip, folks. YES, we could hear this song on commercial radio (if we were commercial radio listeners... ahem), but Bill tossing a song like this into the mix on any given day is one of the things that makes RP so awesome. For example, we just heard "Andare" by Ludovico Einaudi then "My Little Basquiat" by Cowboy Junkies, this track, and now Silversun Pickups' "Three Seed" is playing. Where else are you going to hear a set of songs like that played back-to-back? That's right, NOWHERE else.
 
Thank you, Bill. Thank you for keeping our musical minds sharp by tossing music together that we would never put together ourselves. 
 

{#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
 iscoot4peace wrote:
Nope.  It would never have been missed.
 bbryan wrote:
A brave decision to include this over-played tune in the playlist. And the right decision, I think...
 
 

By which you surely mean that it would've neve been missed by you and any number of others. However, I think there are enough positive comments here on the board, and this has a high enough overall rating, to suggest that it would have been missed by some.
Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
Nope.  It would never have been missed.
 bbryan wrote:
A brave decision to include this over-played tune in the playlist. And the right decision, I think...
 


Posted 15 years ago by iscoot4peace    [ Reply ]
I always get a kick out of reading the song comments for a more "commercially successful" song like this on RP.
 
Let's get a grip, folks. YES, we could hear this song on commercial radio (if we were commercial radio listeners... ahem), but Bill tossing a song like this into the mix on any given day is one of the things that makes RP so awesome. For example, we just heard "Andare" by Ludovico Einaudi then "My Little Basquiat" by Cowboy Junkies, this track, and now Silversun Pickups' "Three Seed" is playing. Where else are you going to hear a set of songs like that played back-to-back? That's right, NOWHERE else.
 
Thank you, Bill. Thank you for keeping our musical minds sharp by tossing music together that we would never put together ourselves. 
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
 cakkafracle wrote:
The bitching and moaning (in general)  is really tiresome.

 
I have to agree. What I dislike about this song is all the screaming. If he toned it down a bit, I'd find the song quite enjoyable.

Posted 15 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
When I hear this song I think of Mike Tyson air drumming.
Posted 15 years ago by danagle    [ Reply ]
The bitching and moaning (in general)  is really tiresome.

Posted 15 years ago by cakkafracle    [ Reply ]
BLÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ {#Razz}
Posted 15 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
A brave decision to include this over-played tune in the playlist. And the right decision, I think...
Posted 15 years ago by bbryan    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this song a lot more when instead of singing "It's all been a pack of lies," I substitute "It's all been a bag of limes."  I can't help grinning after that.
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 ptooey wrote:
Man, I can't stand Phil Collins, but there's something about this song...
 
Exactly. He's done so much dreck, but this really holds up.

Posted 15 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 MsJudi wrote:
I never much liked him solo, too soft and fuzzy for me, but this song rocks the rafters even after all these years.
 

Full agreement from me. This is the one solo song he ever did that always seems to pull me down from whatever else I'm doing.
Posted 15 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
I really don't need to hear this again...{#Stop}
Posted 15 years ago by evansdad    [ Reply ]
Stewie Griffin did a very respectable cover of this, complete with drum break.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6H-OpvATW4

Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Man, I can't stand Phil Collins, but there's something about this song...
Posted 15 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
I never much liked him solo, too soft and fuzzy for me, but this song rocks the rafters even after all these years.
Posted 15 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Oh, Bill, thou disseth Sheryl Crow earlier this afternoon, then subjecteth us to PC? tsk.

Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
 Feghoot wrote:
If you have no talent use an echo chamber, reverb, and repetition.
 
{#Rolleyes} So The Beatles also had no talent?
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over? Why are you subjecting us to this? If I never hear this nauseatingly overplayed song again in my whole life I will consider myself very lucky. You are better than this, folks.
Posted 15 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
 mongoose01ca wrote:
Guilty pleasure. Like ABBA.

But it does have one of the coolest drum breaks of all time, so that's gotta count for something.
 
I agree completely (well, maybe not the ABBA part, but even there, I can sort of get the appeal, even if it doesn't appeal to me).  

I am with everyone who criticizes all the Phil Collins fluff-pop out there, but It should also be said that in this tune he shows that he gets the idea of musical tension, and exploits it well, right up to that drum break.  And the crescendo continues beyond that, too.  A guilty pleasure of mine too.  Luckily, I've avoided classic rock radio, so it's not ruined for me.

Posted 15 years ago by EniwaMan    [ Reply ]
 Feghoot wrote:
If you have no talent use an echo chamber, reverb, and repetition.

  Phil is a talented drummer (do you think Peter Gabriel would have any old drummer back in the Genesis days?) and he stepped up to the mic when Peter left the band.  I do agree that his solo stuff was perhaps less than stellar.  All said, I like this tune.


Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
 SantaFeGrace wrote:
{#Yes}  He put on one hell of a show, too!   {#Drummer}
 
I gave this song a 2 but I must agree with you.  I saw him in a solo concert a few years ago (free tickets and box seats — who can say 'no'?  :) and I give him full points for showmanship.

Even thinking the music was crap, it was a good concert.
Posted 15 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I though this song was dark and deep when I was a teen.  Now I hear it and it just feels bland.  More the imitation of something dark and deep.  Nostalgia can't hold it up for me.  Pass.
Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
When the song ended I was waiting for a "Hits of the 80's, 90's and Today ... Mix-FM" jingle {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by Radio_Dweeb    [ Reply ]
Phil was one of the feature performers on WMIP (White Men in Pain). Others featured include Michael Bolton, (some) Don Henley. The dudes sound like they're having their voice boxes ripped out when they "sing." I'm with the try to refrain from negativity crowd, but this is one song I could go the rest of my existence without hearing again. I'm afraid that's not likely to happen, but I can hope.
Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
If you have no talent use an echo chamber, reverb, and repetition.

Posted 15 years ago by Feghoot    [ Reply ]
 akmegan wrote:
Oh, HELL YEAH!! Love this song. Reminds me of being a little kid & my mom just ROCKING out & loving this song & Phil & Genesis. Thanks for the flashback! {#Music}
 

{#Yes}  He put on one hell of a show, too!   {#Drummer}
Posted 15 years ago by SantaFeGrace    [ Reply ]

Light, accessible, broad appeal, "commercial" maybe.

It's a good pop song.  Some of you folks should lighten up.


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
  I survived the 80's, and yet the strongest memory I have associated with this song is from that scene in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie where Frylock learns his true origins...
Posted 15 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:
I generally refrain from negative comments, but this guy produced some of the most lifeless, commercial drivel in history.  For years, one couldn't escape that insincere, grossly-overplayed pablum.  He has done some great stuff, but I can't get that awful sound from the 1980's out of my ears.

 
Srsly. I decided to tone down my comments because, well, if someone likes a song, good for them. I can keep my trap shut.

But jeeze, this is just awful in every way you can think of but primarily it's been overplayed to the point where I reflexively reach for the "mute" button when it comes on.

Posted 15 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
I've found that if I just imagine Peter Gabriel singing, all Phil Collins/Genesis songs improve by ten fold. Still doesn't make me like Phil any more, though.
Posted 15 years ago by kimacho    [ Reply ]
Guilty pleasure. Like ABBA.

But it does have one of the coolest drum breaks of all time, so that's gotta count for something.
Posted 15 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
This song totally got me into Miami Vice. I heard this was played on an episode (this was around 1989) and I decided, with some acknowledgement of the ridiculousness of the choice, to watch the daily reruns until I saw the episode with this song and the one with PC on it. It took me a couple of years, and by then I'd seen practically every one. I loved the characters - Black Daytona Spyder... White Testarossa... I was so shocked when they blew up Daytona that it is seared in my brain. I can still see the Bad Guy showing the missile launcher off, and then... Boom. Oh, and I guess the people were ok, especially EJ Olmos. Best soundtrack on TV, and (to take it full circle) they played a lot of Phil Collins/Genesis.
Posted 15 years ago by 07734    [ Reply ]
I generally refrain from negative comments, but this guy produced some of the most lifeless, commercial drivel in history.  For years, one couldn't escape that insincere, grossly-overplayed pablum.  He has done some great stuff, but I can't get his awful sound from the 1980's out of my ears.  Millions of people loved him so he obviously did something right.  To each his own.


Posted 15 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]