Phil Collins - Time for re-evaluation?

[ska invita]

Got Groovy Kind Of Love as earworm
possibly the most simplistic song ever written <quite amazingly brazen on that front - verging on genius

 

[mojo pixy]

Got Groovy Kind Of Love as earworm
possibly the most simplistic song ever written <quite amazingly brazen on that front - verging on genius

Even more brazen is the fact that tune is a fairly obvious rip off of this...



(Should begin at the right time, otherwise skip forward till 6'57")

 

[ska invita]

Even more brazen is the fact that tune is a fairly obvious rip off of this...



(Should begin at the right time, otherwise skip forward till 6'57")

wow, well spotted!

turns out its a cover too!


followed by this the next year (66)

 

[mojo pixy]

wow, well spotted! i

I thought that was quite well known, on reflection it could be my nerdery showing.

But it is very cheeky.

Edit, yes! I forgot it is indeed a cover. Man's a covers machine, I guess he err has to be

 

[ska invita]

Phil Collins Roots and Culture

 

[ska invita]

Man's a covers machine, I guess he err has to be

this lists 63 Phil Collins (related) covers!!!

Cover versions by Phil Collins | SecondHandSongs

Phil Collins covered Milestones, True Colors, You Can't Hurry Love, A Groovy Kind of Love and other songs. Phil Collins originally did Zwei Welten, Milestones, True Colors, You Can't Hurry Love and other songs. Phil Collins wrote Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Back in N.Y.C. and...

secondhandsongs.com

its a painful list to imagine him having a stab at all those RnB greats

 

[ska invita]

who knew this is a thing
(i havent read the thread tbh, may have been mentioned)


I love a big band horn section

 

[D'wards]

I don't particularly like this song but there's something about the sentiment that gets me.
I dunno why!

 

[killer b]

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this lists 63 Phil Collins (related) covers!!!

Cover versions by Phil Collins | SecondHandSongs

Phil Collins covered Milestones, True Colors, You Can't Hurry Love, A Groovy Kind of Love and other songs. Phil Collins originally did Zwei Welten, Milestones, True Colors, You Can't Hurry Love and other songs. Phil Collins wrote Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), Back in N.Y.C. and...

secondhandsongs.com

its a painful list to imagine him having a stab at all those RnB greats

He did an album of motown covers a decade or so ago that a former colleague was very keen I listen to. I didn't, but I'm going to check out '(your love is like a) heatwave' right now

 

[killer b]

Well. The band is very tight, Phil is a competent soul singer. But there's no real reason for it to exist. Probably fun to make I guess.

 

[ska invita]

Well. The band is very tight, Phil is a competent soul singer. But there's no real reason for it to exist. Probably fun to make I guess.

fair assessment

i made it half way through, further than expected

 

[ska invita]

I don't particularly like this song but there's something about the sentiment that gets me.
I dunno why!

im more of a Bear Necessities man tbh

 

[Knotted]

I really like this little song.

 

[skyscraper101]

The man looks very frail these days. I was quite shocked to see how old and how much he has physically and mentally deteriorated.

 

[ouirdeaux]

I have never understood the appeal of Phil Collins; there are any number of artists I don't appreciate, but usually I have some idea of why others do. Collins has always baffled me. I suppose I re-evaluate him every time I hear something he's done, but I still don't get it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

turns out its a cover too!


followed by this the next year (66)

I thought it was always quite well known that it was a cover. Wasn't it even lifted as period song for that film Buster he was starring in?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I'm sure I saw a video once of Phil Collins and co trying to figure out what made Prince songs so good. They had a stab at copying Prince production/writing which produced Susudio . . .

 

[Knotted]

The combination of the accuracy of his singing and the qualities of his voice makes me think he sounds auto-tuned before auto-tune was a thing. Sort of ahead of his time, I think.