quoted 14 lines On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:>On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Zenon M. Feszczak wrote:
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>> >report that "Dead Cities" has entered the pop charts (the UK Top 40) at
>> >number 26! However, Phil Collins is still at # 9. Does this mean we
>> >drop them like a hot brick!
>> >
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>> Perhaps Phil Collins should play on the next FSOL album, and get it over
>> with then? As long as he doesn't sing.
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>If it matters to anyone, Phil Collins played on Eno's "Another Green World"
>and all the Genesis albums before they began to suck. I'm no fan of
>his recent output, but there was a time when he was in with the in crowd.
>
Not only that, but it was Peter Gabriel who taught Phil Collins the
production techniques to get the signature Phil Collins gated reverbed etc.
drum sound.
Oh, around the time of Peter Gabriel's 3rd self-titled record.
Wherein one can hear said cannon-like drum sound to full effect (especially
in "Intruder").
Still fair to say - he's an exceptionally talented drummer.
It's a crime that for the most part he's wasting that talent now on trivial
music. Does he at least do any interesting session drumming?
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