Comments on: Hold On, Heart Of Texas: Phil Collins’ New Love Is The Alamo

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:27:58 +0000

@T'Challa: If loving "Easy Lover" is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:23:59 +0000

@Thierry: That Howard Jones song was way better when he produced it, too. I like him because he's the most unlikely superstar maybe ever. Prog rock background, short, drummer, strange-looking, sings like a cricket. Sure, make him and his weird band two of the biggest hit-makers of the 80s and 90s. Why not?

And even "Invisible Touch" has its strange moments..."The Brazilian"?

I love Phil Collins and love him without equivocation.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:20:28 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Hey, he's my schlock merchant too! I was given tickets to see Phil Collins in Paris in 1997 - I sang in the mic when he came down in the crowd during "Sussudio" and I can see myself quite clearly in a crowd shot on the live dvd of the show - and Genesis last year. I have no interest in anything he's released from the 1990s onward, and he's largely responsible for turning Eric Clapton into the Godfather of Mayer-rock but, music credibility be damned, he's a great drummer and a surprisingly engaging live performer.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:49:05 +0000

What about the fact that The Alamo was a battle to preserve slavery, Phil? Eh? Where’s that in your little diorama?

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:28:25 +0000

Forgive me if I'm repeating myself, because I've said this 'round these parts before, but: I'm fascinated by Collins's recent mass reputational redemption. That is, after the '90s, his decade in the critical/public-opinion wilderness, when he was such a punchline that an entire South Park episode revolved around dissing him, and Amiee Mann felt emboldened to talk smack about him publicly when she lost an Oscar to him in 1999-2000.

The fact that commenters here can't decide how much to hate on him is a case in point.

I was a teenager in the '80s, and I don't feel like I have to hide the many nights I spent listening to Face Value or Abacab anymore. He's a schlock merchant, but he's my schlock merchant.

By: T'Challa

T'Challa — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:29:32 +0000

If you find yourself “DJing” at a party and really want to set things off, cue up Phil’s duet with Phillip Bailey, “Easy Lover.” And then stand back.

By: T'Challa

T'Challa — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:29:32 +0000

If you find yourself “DJing” at a party and really want to set things off, cue up Phil’s duet with Phillip Bailey, “Easy Lover.” And then stand back.

By: Whigged

Whigged — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:19:20 +0000

@bcapirigi: Yes.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:19:03 +0000

@17Vargas17: How about Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World, Before and After Science or Music for Films or John Cale's Helen of Troy? Yeah, Collins is on all of these as well. That's almost enough to redeem him for the "Illegal Alien" video, but not quite.

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:13:37 +0000

@Chris Molanphy: Add [Collins flees in shame and confusion, and is unable to know which direction to go]