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Points: 17957 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 09:51
I guess this is the official, official release from Phil.......I just read the CNN post on this. I agree, before coming here he did sound very disappointed with what he now hears and sees on MTV and probably Grammy award shows. I also hear undertones of depression...hopefully that is just a sign of retiring...but I agree with all.
 
I am not surprised if there is depression, I mean he made his living playing drums and singing...he can't play drums anymore and with hearing issues probably has difficult time singing comfortably...What else does he have?
 
Hopefully he will at least continue to write music and maybe produce for other artists.......in time.
 
I hope all the best for him....this is one band I never got to see live and is one I will always regret not seeing!!
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Points: 10665 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 08:33
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

This recent vocal is lovely and feels like a goodbye.  Check out the look on his face during the break about half way through.  I don't play Phil solo stuff much, but I'll miss the guy too if he stays retired. 


Amazing, as you say at the break it's like he is in the zone, a moment of clarity or quiet resignation


Brr. I found that harrowing.
By the quotes posted in here, I'd really like it if he had a long talk with someone Unhappy
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Points: 651 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 02:30
I thought he already hadn't been doing anything for a while...?
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2011 at 01:54
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

This recent vocal is lovely and feels like a goodbye.  Check out the look on his face during the break about half way through.  I don't play Phil solo stuff much, but I'll miss the guy too if he stays retired. 


Amazing, as you say at the break it's like he is in the zone, a moment of clarity or quiet resignation
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This is very sad. And he indeed sounds depressed...

Anyways, has there been any official announcement? I can't find anything on his official site.

Anyways, he will really be missed.
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I thought he'd retired from 'music' years ago?
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

 
 
Phil Collins: "I don't think anyone's going to miss me"
 
 


I won't lol
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Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 17:38
my favourite Phil song, todays pop music do not reach this level of emotional expression
 
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Points: 12808 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 15:49
However, for me he did much better pop music than the one that is being done nowdays.
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Points: 1119 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 10:22
Dunno, as a solo artist he was still like Elton John: you could tell which Disney-tunes were his and which ones not. I'm going to miss his contributions. But it's true what he says, there's no place for his ballads in the mainstream world of today :(
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Points: 19557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 10:06
It was about time.

I was already sure the band would never reunite except the pathetic trio.

I wish the best for Phil, and hope his ears and hands get better, but I won't miss his music or him as a singer.

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Points: 3577 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 09:16
bad news, hope that he recover and can play again




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Points: 1584 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 06 2011 at 06:48
This is terrible news.  He makes it sound like he's in major pain too from his statement.
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Points: 4395 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2011 at 18:44
Some quotes from him
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Quote "I look at the MTV Music Awards and I think: 'I can't be in the same business as this',"

Quote "I don't really belong to that world and I don't think anyone's going to miss me. I'm much happier just to write myself out of the script entirely.

"I'll go on a mysterious biking holiday and never return. That would be a great way to end the story, wouldn't it?"

He claims that it was this success and the overplaying of his music which made people "want to strangle" him.
Quote "It's hardly surprising that people grew to hate me. I'm sorry that it was all so successful. I honestly didn't mean it to happen like that,"

Yeah. He sounds pretty damned depressed.


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  Wait wait wait, More Fool Me is your favorite song on SEBTP!?
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

I read another piece somewhere where he talked about being suicidal, not sure if he was kidding or not.  I wonder if the guy has some undiagnosed depression goin' on.  To say "no one will miss me" is either delusional or joking, but sounds a bit dark again.  

He's probably upset about the hipsters celebrating Phil Collins day. 

Edited by Henry Plainview - March 05 2011 at 09:00
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This recent vocal is lovely and feels like a goodbye.  Check out the look on his face during the break about half way through.  I don't play Phil solo stuff much, but I'll miss the guy too if he stays retired. 


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Points: 7826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2011 at 08:23
Damn... No Genesis reunion after all. Cry Really a shame this is due to health issues. 

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Points: 13777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2011 at 08:20
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Didn't he announce this before, possibly several times?

 
 

Yes he has, and I think Jim is right about there being underlying depression issues.

Still, a shame, he's given me a great deal of pleasure over the years.
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2011 at 08:07
I do feel sorry. Another drummer stops after Bruford, though for totally different reasons.
I do hope he finds some fun in being retired, and he doesn't fall into a depression.
 
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Points: 659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2011 at 07:59
I briefly caught some of his recent concert in NY on tv yesterday, where he was singing all those old Motown tunes, the first thing that struck me was how old and frail and a little unsure of himself he was, it shocked me, i hope there isn't something more serious wrong with him. It is a sad day that he's retiring and that he also feels hated.
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