As the final strains of Bad echoed over an aerial shot of Wembley Stadium, they cut to footage of Phil Collins about to board the Concorde.
"Who's that?" Nolan asked.
"That's Phil Collins. He just finished performing in London, and now he's going to fly to Philly to perform there too," I said. "It was pretty cool."
"Phil Collins?!" Ryan said, "The wussy Tarzan guy?!"
I shrugged my shoulders. "Well . . . yeah."
"He was cool?"
"Phil Collins was . . . " I cleared my throat. "He was an international superstar."
Ryan looked at me, genuinely confused. "Why?"
I took a deep breath and gave the only answer I could.
"It . . . it was 1985." I said, suddenly not that uncomfortable to take another step toward becoming my parents, and silently grateful that the kids hadn't been in the room when I was rocking out to Adam Ant.
To me, in the 80's, Phil Collins was 'da man.... he was an amazing drummer with a cool voice who did amazing music with an amazing band (that just happened to have some guy named "Peter Gabriel" left in the dust somewhere...)
It wasn;t until maybe 1990 that Peter Gabriel was my obsession and not Collins. After hearing all the early Genesis I fell in love. Now its hard for me to listen to Collins era Genesis, and most of his solo stuff....
Though I really enjoyed the Brother Bear soundtrack and all the stuff on the last few Genesis albums with him on them (and thier new singer Ray Wilson did pretty decent on "Calling all Stations", he was a sound somewhere in between the two).
(Yes I'm a huge Genesis fan, in fact thats my next choice in music for today)
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Date: 2005-01-07 08:30 am (UTC)"Who's that?" Nolan asked.
"That's Phil Collins. He just finished performing in London, and now he's going to fly to Philly to perform there too," I said. "It was pretty cool."
"Phil Collins?!" Ryan said, "The wussy Tarzan guy?!"
I shrugged my shoulders. "Well . . . yeah."
"He was cool?"
"Phil Collins was . . . " I cleared my throat. "He was an international superstar."
Ryan looked at me, genuinely confused. "Why?"
I took a deep breath and gave the only answer I could.
"It . . . it was 1985." I said, suddenly not that uncomfortable to take another step toward becoming my parents, and silently grateful that the kids hadn't been in the room when I was rocking out to Adam Ant.
To me, in the 80's, Phil Collins was 'da man.... he was an amazing drummer with a cool voice who did amazing music with an amazing band (that just happened to have some guy named "Peter Gabriel" left in the dust somewhere...)
It wasn;t until maybe 1990 that Peter Gabriel was my obsession and not Collins. After hearing all the early Genesis I fell in love. Now its hard for me to listen to Collins era Genesis, and most of his solo stuff....
Though I really enjoyed the Brother Bear soundtrack and all the stuff on the last few Genesis albums with him on them (and thier new singer Ray Wilson did pretty decent on "Calling all Stations", he was a sound somewhere in between the two).
(Yes I'm a huge Genesis fan, in fact thats my next choice in music for today)