Phil Collins in the Progarchives!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Wuschel wrote:   Hell, we even have PeterGabriel here, and Phil's a former Genesis member,just like him.   So he should also run under prog-related?   Their solo stuff is  equally pop to me..... The Peter Gabriel solo albums are much more related to prog than the Phil Collins albums ... in fact Collins has the reputation of being responsible for the downfall of prog by turning Genesis into a pop group. Surely Gabriel wrote some pop hits too ... but they were much more artistic ... I'd call them "Art Pop". And I don't think that there'll be any rap versions of Gabriel's hits ...

Chus wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Wuschel wrote:   Hell, we even have PeterGabriel here, and Phil's a former Genesis member,just like him.   So he should also run under prog-related?   Their solo stuff is  equally pop to me..... The Peter Gabriel solo albums are much more related to prog than the Phil Collins albums ... in fact Collins has the reputation of being responsible for the downfall of prog by turning Genesis into a pop group. Surely Gabriel wrote some pop hits too ... but they were much more artistic ... I'd call them "Art Pop". And I don't think that there'll be any rap versions of Gabriel's hits ...    How could you possibly make a rap version of "Sledgehammer" for starters

You can turn *any* song into Rap by simply removing 90% of the musical content, adding a simple beat and finishing it off with some "uh, yeah, come on" samples.

progismylife wrote: We might as well, we have Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Steve Hackett on here already.

1. Voyage of the Acolyte
2. Please Don't Tuch
3. Spectral Mornings
4. Defector
5. Bay of Kings
6. Guitar Noir
7. Genesis Revisited
8. Tokyo Tapes
9. Darktown
10. To Watch the Storms
11. Wild Orchides

Are 100% Prog albums, there's no doubt about this, the rest of his albums have moments of Prog but incredible quality, you can't put his name in the same phrase as Phil Collins, unless you're talking abut Genesis.

*damn*  I was going to sneak Duran Duran in while everyone was dropping dead over that hahahhaha

Me too, but there are limits!

Never!!!!!! we'll fight him on the beaches, we'll fight him on the seas, we will never let him in the archives and never give in!!!!

Though I still do think Phil had some say in the music of Genesis during he's influence as the drummer and later drummer/singer. So let's not forget he did compose prog in a prog band. I agree he should be added, even though I really don't like most of he's solo ballads. Whereas I do like his movie soundtracks, like for Disney's Tarzan.

...slightly off-topic remark:

Just a word of warning, and my personal 2 eurocents' worth on the matter: let's be careful, because including Phil (whose solo output doesn't have an ounce of prog in it) would lead down a very, very slippery slope - which could mean including every artist who was a member of a prog band, even if for a single album.

Therefore, we would probably have to include The Police, two of whose members were involved with prog bands - as well as a myriad of other artists, such as quite a few Italians, or the dreaded Demis Roussos, former vocalist with Aphrodite's Child. For those of you who've been so lucky as to have never heard anything from his solo output, let's just say that he makes Phil Collins sound like a RIO artist.

chopper wrote: micky wrote: *damn*  I was going to sneak Duran Duran in while everyone was dropping dead over that hahahhaha and don't forget Spandau Ballet!

hahhahah... yeah... thanks...

I have Duran Duran's bio and discography ready.... and just biding my time for when chaos hits PA's... and I can slip them in...

first Duran Duran, then BOC,  the Talking Heads, Beck, and every other hair-brained suggestion I've had shot down in the last year