Phil Collins says something I didn't expect

Any links or video footage?

After all he said in the 80's and 90's, I don't believe him.

Yeah, close study of Phil Collins will suggest the guy is very calculating. He knows that history treats his prog output much kinder than his pop output. I wouldn't put it past him for that to be a disingenuous answer in order to make critics and the old guard feel more kindly towards him.

Like I said, I would very much like a transcribed account or video footage of this interview so I can see for myself how quickly and honestly he seemed to respond to the question.

He once claimed that The Lamb was his favourite album overall, which I thought was completely bizarre, but then perspectives can change over time. How he felt about the band when they were doing Invisible Touch may be very different to how he feels now with hindsight.

In any cse he wasn't being asked his favourite Genesis song, but which song was most representative of the band. There's a difference.

Tony Banks wrote most of and then there were three up to mama and he always says the most complete genesis recording is supper's ready so it's not a surprise that they all still have a soft spot for the prog

Roj M30 wrote: More like what we expect of Phil is what he said as a prelude to a solo show of his I saw recently on Sky Arts.  "Motown has always been my life" was the long and short of it.   Given that, I guess he actually prefers Sussussudio to anything Genesis ever made.

I expect so. I saw that too. He was a massive Motown fan before joining Genesis, but he must have had a taste for progressive music to have spent the best part of a decade making it. He also used to go and see Yes at the Marquee club regularly as a teenager, and had expressed an interest in auditioning for them.

I guess he just prefers performing Motown music. I quite like Motown, but when Collins re-works those old classics, it just doesn't work for me at all. They are pale and weak immitations of how that music should be performed and produced.

sigod wrote: Blacksword wrote: I guess he just prefers performing Motown music. I quite like Motown, but when Collins re-works those old classics, it just doesn't work for me at all. They are pale and weak immitations of how that music should be performed and produced. Amen to that sentiment sir. There are very few artists who's covers can actually top the originals (The Tide Is High by Atomic Kitten being the exception to the rule of course )

Well naturally..

Good to see you on here again Simon. Hope all is well sir.

^^^ Indeed.

Evolver wrote: lazland wrote: Oh well, more Phil bashing. Lest we forget, he was the drummer in one of the all time (some say ALL TIME) greatest prog bands of all time, and was, latterly, the singer and a writer. In other words, an integral part of the band, not a bit part player. Why the hell wouldn't he be proud of this song and of his band? Phil  [On bands copying Genesis]:" I wouldn`t wish it upon anybody to try and be successful in this day and age being a parody of a band nobody likes anyway."

He's right, in the context of the modern music media, surely?

These days, you need to be a bunch of goons paradying a pile of crap on Simon Cowell's shows, mumble obscenities into a mic, or pretend you're hard and indy in order to get any publicity or mass record sales. You wouldn't get that by copying Genesis, I'm afraid. That's why a lot of modern prog is called "cult" by the media.

Thus, this was a comment on the media, not his band.

Give the guy a break, eh?