That Phill Collins is such an awesome drummer, he even toured with a big band playing jazz standards like "Stella by Starlight" when he got sick of the monkey songs.
You see, I remember when Genesis reunited for "We Can Dance" in 1991 or whatever, and I'm not ashamed. Hell George Bush was President, I was in high school, and I saw them perform at the Oakland Coliseum. It was sweet... but I was also listening to the Chick Corea Acoustic Band at the time.
Gen X'ers and Y's have blocked any memory of those years from their minds, partially because this bastard of a 9/11 world has transformed us into cynical, narcissistic executors of style and taste. If you weren't listening to the Smiths, the Pixies, or Janes Addiction, you sucked. Well I've tried listening to those records and maybe one day I'll show my true feelings, but for now I need to change my underwear.
The thing is the nineties kind of sucked ass, and there's no getting around "Too Legit too Quit" or the Tom Clancy Trilogy of Harrison Ford movies.
However, in 2007, Phil Collins seems a lot dated.
And this explains "the dear caught in the headlights" look on his face when he took the stage at Wembley for Live Earth, and why I was moved to write that Genesis' opening number sounded like Spyro Gyro farting in a space suit.......
