Phil Collins
Sep 30th 2004 | 9:08 am
#31
Forum Regular
Joined: May 2004
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Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Manc
not a fan then?
Sep 30th 2004 | 9:50 am
#32
Lurk Lurk Lurk
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 689
From: Denver, CO
Re: Phil Collins
Phil Collins- great drummer, great singer or balding pepperpot*?
Pepperpot!
He should be banished to Outer Mongolia along with the likes of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
Sep 30th 2004 | 10:31 am
#33
Get em out by Friday
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,493
From: Oregon
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
But to compare Phil Collins to The Clash is sort of like comparing Andy Williams to The Doors. It may be a relative choice, but it's not a hard one.
Sep 30th 2004 | 10:32 am
#34
Get em out by Friday
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,493
From: Oregon
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Big Vern
I thought it was after he bought a building housing a homeless shelter, closed it down and evicted the tenants, and then released a single called 'Another Day in Paradise' banging on about 'the terrible plight of the homeless'.....
Sep 30th 2004 | 11:52 am
#35
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,385
From: East Seaxe
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by tony_2003
I'd put my house on there being more people with But Seriously in there CD collection than London Calling...so yes you're right, not a difficult choice
Sep 30th 2004 | 11:55 am
#36
@matthewb76
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 21,886
From: Missouri
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
I bet you wear cardigans too.
Sep 30th 2004 | 12:02 pm
#37
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,385
From: East Seaxe
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Manc
I liked their album "emmerdale"
The shareef don't like it.
Sep 30th 2004 | 1:27 pm
#38
The Missus
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 6,239
From: Northwest of Chicago
Re: Phil Collins
Strange, we never come to this particular expats forum, and yet I was attracted for some reason to this thread! Heh, here's the story.....
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P.
We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.
I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P.
We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Last edited by SecretGarden; Sep 30th 2004 at 1:29 pm.
Sep 30th 2004 | 2:15 pm
#39
Get em out by Friday
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,493
From: Oregon
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
I bet you wear cardigans too.
Sep 30th 2004 | 2:18 pm
#40
Get em out by Friday
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,493
From: Oregon
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by SecretGarden
Strange, we never come to this particular expats forum, and yet I was attracted for some reason to this thread! Heh, here's the story.....
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P. We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.
I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P.
We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Sep 30th 2004 | 10:02 pm
#41
Thems the Vagaries
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 666
From: Maine
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by dbark
OK, I've always wondered about Phil Collins - how true is the story of In The Air Tonight? It always put me off him a bit ...
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/someair.htm
Claim: Phil Collins wrote the song In the Air Tonight after witnessing an incident in which a man refused to come to the aid of a drowning swimmer.
The story has to do with Phil Collins supposedly watching his close friend drown from a nearby cliff, while he stood helpless, too far away to rescue. In addition, supposedly there was a man who could have rescued the friend but just stood idly by. Then, Phil writes a song about the experience and gives the man a front row ticket to the show where he premieres the song. While Phil sings the song to him, the spotlight is on the man in the front row.
Does anyone know the truth?
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/someair.htm
Claim: Phil Collins wrote the song In the Air Tonight after witnessing an incident in which a man refused to come to the aid of a drowning swimmer.
The story has to do with Phil Collins supposedly watching his close friend drown from a nearby cliff, while he stood helpless, too far away to rescue. In addition, supposedly there was a man who could have rescued the friend but just stood idly by. Then, Phil writes a song about the experience and gives the man a front row ticket to the show where he premieres the song. While Phil sings the song to him, the spotlight is on the man in the front row.
Does anyone know the truth?
Its a song about male masturbation, hence "i can feel it coming in the air tonight"
Sep 30th 2004 | 11:34 pm
#42
You Are All Diseased
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,511
From: Farnham, UK
Re: Phil Collins
Phil Collins' singing is as good as his acting. If you've seen him act, you'll know what I mean
Oct 1st 2004 | 12:42 am
#43
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,385
From: East Seaxe
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by SecretGarden
Strange, we never come to this particular expats forum, and yet I was attracted for some reason to this thread! Heh, here's the story.....
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P. We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.
I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Mr. P and I met almost four years ago on a NG dedicated to Gabriel. He was in England and I was in the US, and as they say, "the rest is history"......
A group of us got together from all over the world and started posting about the possibility of an organized, weekly chat. This was obviously a logistical nightmare because we had members from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, South America, Australia, etc, etc, etc, etc. Timezones do not make things easy!
Anyway, I took over the planning of the organized chat, and apparently this level of skill impressed our Mr. P.
We got to know one another as friends, soon became Instant Messenger partners, and eventually realized that this 4,000 mile distance was going to kill us if we didn't conquer it.I am a die hard Gabriel fan (Genesis and solo) and Mr. P. is somewhere in between the two. He is a musician and can appreciate both the drumming skill of "Phildo" (OMG, LOL!) and the "out there genuis" of Mr. Gabriel as well. He has recently gotten his first American car and I was treated to a particularly obnoxious version of Collins on the car CD player screeching "Mama".....to which I rolled my eyes, but to each his own?
To make a long story even longer.......the Gabriel song "Solsbury Hill" is basically like a theme song for our relationship. A year ago last July I visited him in the UK and we actually climbed the Hill on my 39th birthday. He got down on one knee and proposed, hit "play" on the CD player, and our beloved Peter belted out "I've come to take you home". Champagne, the works.....it was perfection.
So, I guess you could say our household favors PG for sentimental reasons, but there is room in hubby's heart for Phil as well.
It's ok.....I love Mr. P despite his faults.
~SecretGarden
~and Mr. Pink
(Climbin' up on Solsbury Hill.....)
Peter Gabriel - whole different cup of tea from Phil Collins.
Oct 1st 2004 | 12:51 am
#44
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 79,385
From: East Seaxe
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by tony_2003
Eh ok if that's how you wanna play it, you must be on the dole then
Actually, I was never a full-blown punk with all the adornments, and a lot of the music I like more now than I did then (got more to be angry about now,older and wiser and all that).
Oct 1st 2004 | 1:18 am
#45
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,398
From: California since 1997 now back in UK since July 2004
Re: Phil Collins
Originally Posted by rincewind
Phil Collins' singing is as good as his acting. If you've seen him act, you'll know what I mean
I thought buster was a great movie actually.....
