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Flight123 
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 Topic: Phil Collins 'Not Dead Yet'Posted: January 14 2017 at 12:06 |
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The wife got me this for Christmas. There is a lot of personal stuff here but of interest to PA readers will be the reminisces about Genesis. Collins does not add much new material (read 'Chapter and Verse' for that), although there is a bit more detail, for instance, on the day he auditioned for Genesis and how chuffed he was to get the gig. It certainly disabuses the notion that he was responsible for the band's shift to pop. Apparently, on two occasions he proposed that they become an instrumental group after Gabriel departed. Imagine that! The band did meet in 2005 to discuss resurrecting the Lamb, but it came to nought. I get the feeling that Collins has been demonised too much in the past; he set about being a professional drummer with single-minded determination and you can't knock him for that. He also explains why he is was not responsible for the Led Zeppelin 'Live Aid' debacle. Go on - have a read - you know you want to!
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Darious
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Posted: January 14 2017 at 12:45 |
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I saw this book at Tesco's the other day, had a look through it, and I quickly realised that I need to read it in a wholly. It does look like a nice piece of work, well worth a read
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Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth)
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BunBun
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Posted: January 15 2017 at 09:41 |
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Good to hear, I plan on picking it up at some point this year. Trying to get through some other books atm though.
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progaardvark
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Posted: January 17 2017 at 06:01 |
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I've only just started Rutherford's The Living Years biography. Maybe I'll get to this one by 2021? Now we need Banks to write his memoirs.
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Blinkyjoh
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Posted: January 17 2017 at 08:15 |
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I read both. I think the Living Years spends more time talking about Genesis stuff than Phil's book. Both were good reads. I had no idea of Phil's health issues the last half dozen years.
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Rednight
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Posted: January 17 2017 at 08:41 |
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I do, I do! By the way, what does "chuffed" mean?
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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Flight123
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Posted: January 18 2017 at 02:53 |
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Chuffed? Slang - very happy, delighted - can also mean something else (consult Roger's Profanisaurus)
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SteveG
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Posted: January 18 2017 at 13:56 |
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I'll always have a soft spot for Phil, but after last year, this book's title seems most inappropriate.
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Rednight
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Posted: January 18 2017 at 14:29 |
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^Oh yeah? What happened last year (I'm on freaking pins and needles)?
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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SteveG
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Posted: January 18 2017 at 14:58 |
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Ah...never mind.
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moshkito
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 07:19 |
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Hi,
I will probably end up getting and reading these, but I doubt that I will review them or comment on them a whole lot. In some ways, I look at these as "the star speaks", and I am not sure that this helps explain the art and the work as much as something else can ... and for this reason, I stick to the books that are unusual and out of the norm. The kinds of things that helped develop new musics and arts ... not just another pop song!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Rednight
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 09:20 |
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Collins' account will probably hit the discount shelf at the local Barnes & Noble in about six months (or sooner). Will buy it only then as I can expect that a good deal of it will, naturally, coincide with his "solo career," that period wherein he achieved his greatest fame. I don't expect him to wax poetically on the recording of Genesis' 1976 landmark album A Trick of the Tail, so my desire to read the book is limited.
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 09:34 |
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@ProgFollower on Twitter. Tweet me muzak.
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Rednight
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 09:36 |
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Ohhhhhhhh ... !
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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SteveG
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 13:07 |
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Who are you kidding? I can almost hear you humming Su..Su..Sussudio.
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biglevel
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Posted: January 23 2017 at 17:42 |
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I like the story of that book so much. But reading it really takes time.
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Rednight
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 12:29 |
Edited by Rednight - January 24 2017 at 12:30 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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SteveG
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 13:34 |
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I can't lie! I subconsciously turned up the volume on Sussudio once in my car!
Edited by SteveG - January 24 2017 at 13:34 |
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Rednight
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Posted: January 26 2017 at 14:50 |
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Lemmy Lake Prince Emerson Bowie ... you mean there was more?!
Edited by Rednight - January 26 2017 at 14:54 |
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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DiamondDog
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Posted: February 10 2017 at 12:41 |
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Interesting to read the comments by members. I'm curious to read Phil's story, despite some reservations about the man himself.
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