tankus@hsi.UUCP (11/13/84)
>> Munch Line << I have to disagree with those of you who seem to categorize the post-Gabriel Genesis as drivel. I find Phil Collins work, both with Genesis and as a solo, to be much more accessible then Peter Gabriel's work, both with Genesis and as a a solo. Compare (solo) 'I Can Feel It Coming in the Air Tonight' (Collins) with 'Shock the Monkey' (Gabriel). Collins seems to be much more emotional lyrically than Gabriel. I can identify with his style and the present Genesis much more easily than with the early Genesis material. Not to talk out of both sides of my keyboard but I also enjoy some of the Gabriel-Genesis. And I do cringe when I hear such Collins-Genesis tunes as 'Illegal Alien' or 'That's All'. I find the tune 'I Don't Care Anymore' (see MTV video) one of Phil Collins most powerful and well crafted works. I guess it's all what you grew up with. I'm 29. I've heard 'both' Genesis'(sssss ... :-) ). I like a little of both. >> And now for more worms .. A similar situation exists with Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Bros., et al. I like 'Bare Trees' and 'Mystery to Me' (Bob Welch-Mac). The Welch-less Mac is just that, welchless and ludicrous. The Tom Johnston Doobies are great and so are the Michael McDonald Doobies (I'm gonna get KILLED on this one!). But they both produced some drivel too. If you devour the music on today's radio stations than your mind is as tighten closed as the door to the stall in which you entered. 8-}. -- " For every word there is a song upon which inspiration lies ..." Ed Tankus {noao, ihnp4, yale}!hsi!tankus Health Systems International New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 562-2101
strock@fortune.UUCP (Gregory Strockbine) (11/19/84)
>I guess it's all what you grew up with. I've heard 'both' >Genesis'(sssss ... :-) ). I like a little of both. > > >A similar situation exists with Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Bros., et al. I >like 'Bare Trees' and 'Mystery to Me' (Bob Welch-Mac). The Welch-less Mac >is just that, welchless and ludicrous. The Tom Johnston Doobies are great >and so are the Michael McDonald Doobies (I'm gonna get KILLED on this one!). >But they both produced some drivel too. > Going back even further than Bare Trees is "Then Play On" Fleetwood Mac's best album ever.
isiw@druri.UUCP (WattIS) (11/20/84)
Well, first off, to say that Phil Collins is a better lyricist than Peter Gabriel is patently absurd from a quick review of their work. This also applies double for their respective musical abilities. Collins has never and will never pen a tune to match "Solsbury Hill", "Lay Your Hands On Me", "Humdrum", "Waiting For The Big One", "Shock The Monkey", or the luminescent "Biko". Collins is too busy raking in the bucks to pause to make a great album. Although, it must be said that "Trick of The Tail" is a great album - but Collins didn't have such a hammerlock on the band's creative drive then as he does now. Face it - Collins is a hack, Gabriel is an artist. And as far as Fleetwood Mac goes, there are some *great* tunes with Bob Welch (and no, I don't like him much either), and at least one great album that stands right up there with "Bare Trees" and "And Then Play On" - that album is "Mystery To Me". And to be frank, Fleetwood Mac was going downhill long before Welch joined the band, when Peter Green left. Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie "Please Get Me Some Cough Drops" Nicks just sealed the envelope. Davis Tucker AT&T Information Systems Denver, CO