Phil Collins announces his "retirement"

In an interview with the British newspaper The Times, Phil Collins happened to mention that he was retiring.

Collins was quoted as saying: "I won't actually commit to retirement, but you can run a story about maybe sort of retiring!  Please print my name in the newspaper, I need publicity of any kind! "

I thought he already retired from touring. He did a farewell tour a couple of years ago, because his ears were being damaged from touring. I was surprised that he did a comeback, really.

" I thought he already retired from touring. He did a farewell tour a couple of years ago, because his ears were being damaged from touring. I was surprised that he did a comeback, really."

proggy wrote: Tis is old news....This was reported at  www. progressivears.com two weeks ago.......

Moogtron III wrote: I thought he already retired from touring. He did a farewell tour a couple of years ago, because his ears were being damaged from touring. I was surprised that he did a comeback, really.

What a lame excuse ... as a (former) drummer he should know that this kind of damage can be easily prevented.

Genesis popped up on the BBC Breakfast TV couch this week, to promote the DVD of last years tour (or a 'rockumentary' about it. Collins said there, he could not envisage touring again, but said there would probably be one off events and performances with Genesis. When Bill Turnbull asked that old chestnut of a question 'Will you ever get together with Peter Gabriel again' They gave the same answer as their previous 200 press releases on the subject: 'Yes, and No. Never say never etc etc..' Actually, Banks did say that he like the idea of performing 'The Lamb..' again, with Gabriel.

A viewer e-mailed and asked Tony Banks about the equipment he uses to get those 'vintage keyboad sounds'

Be honest now, which one of you lot was that..?    

Edited by Blacksword - May 24 2008 at 06:43

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Moogtron III wrote: I thought he already retired from touring. He did a farewell tour a couple of years ago, because his ears were being damaged from touring. I was surprised that he did a comeback, really. What a lame excuse ... as a (former) drummer he should know that this kind of damage can be easily prevented. For what I read, Phil Collins Tinitus was not caused by drumming, it was cause by an infection: That's what happened to Phil Collins, who, as a result of a viral infection, sustained loss in selected frequencies in his left ear around five years ago. Although his hearing loss wasn't caused by noise exposure, the drummer and producer has stepped away from the mixing board. "I figured if someone was going to pay me to produce an album, I'd better have two good ears," he says. "Also, I was putting too much bass on, because that's one of the things that's gone." http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/philcollins/articles/story/8841090/music_making_fans_deaf Of course, once you got Timitus, high volume music will cause pain, but as Mike said it's a lame excuse, because we all saw Keith Moon using protective headphones 30 years ago to avoid this problem (He only heard John Entwistle bass and filtered the vocals and Pete's guitar).. But Phil is used to say one thing, forget after a while and say a totally different thing some years later. If he retires (what I consider a blessing ), it's because he's tired of touring and has enough bucks to live, so he doesn't need to give lame excuses.. He can retire whenever he wants and nobody has a word to say about that. Iván

Amen!

See. The VR pressure group worked.

russellk wrote: I'm sure the silent majority of people who neither adored nor despised the man are sad to hear this news: age and health catches up with us all in the end. It would be a shame if our reaction to this news is sarcastic rather than respectful. Sarcasm is so easy to do, and it takes guts to say 'I may not have liked everything he did, but I respect him.'

Oh Oh ... common sense popping up. Must be stamped out before the rest of the unwashed get a chance to see the logic of it