Makes a change from my old heavy metal,

One song-In the air tonight on loud

Got me thinking.....

Ross

 

i like phil

 

phil collins make very good music. i like to listen to it in the car.

 

I only like that one song

 

Nice to know Im not the only one then, What does everyone else listen to?

For me its usually

Led Zeppelin

Jimi Hendrix

Black Sabbath

Judas Priest

The Clash

The Stranglers

Many more, will think of them later

 

for me mostly pop music from the 80's and 90's

 

Stick to your usual music m8,it's far better.

 

Cheers mate

Ross

 

at the moment....

Whitesnake,

Thunder

Magnum

Def Leppard

Rainbow

Dido

 

.....Of ????

 

I'm more into my pop punk stuff, and a lot of rock i.e. green day, new found glory, blink 182, foo fighters etc.

 

Whether I should really be listening to this in a sierra cosworth, dont worry I am Mad (or so im told)

 

Im really like early Rainbow stuff, fuckin excellent

 

i guess anything makes a welcome change from that load of filthy metal shit youve just listed though ROFL

got some jumping jack frost @ nemesis blasting at the mo myself

 

Filthy metal shit Everyone to thier own

Whats Jumping jack frost?

 

bigs lips

 

jungalistic bad bwoy dj innit bruvva

 

Ahhhhhh i see ..........

 

fpmsl,i read it as flash

 

PMSL

yer too old to understand (and read) pops pal

 

 

im good at body popping though

 

im doing some now as i type

 

what an awful thought

 

thats just your joey like twitch pal

 

guns & roses
sweet child of mine very loud..

 

i like to call it a LESS twitch

 

Who knows teh story behind "In the air tonight"? Its very interesting, and the song comes alive when you know what its about and what he planned for it when he wrote it!!

 

the grim reaper

 

phil collins has some good tunes and is a top songwriter to this day

 

I dont know, whats it about mate?

 

WTF old man

 

now now less,dont be silly

 

I am calm tonite pops so your okay

And somedays do have a sense of humour

Anyways most pyshcopaths look normal so that rules me out as one

 

Ive dug this off google to save me explaining wrongly...

The myth (or urban legend, if you will) surrounding Phil Collins' haunting "In The Air Tonight" has been circulating since the song was released on his Face Value album in 1981. Here's the part of the song that started the rumor mills:

Well, if you told me you were drowning,
I would not lend a hand.
I've seen your face before, my friend,
But I don't know if you know who I am.
Well, I was there and I saw what you did,
Saw it with my own two eyes.
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been.
It's all been a pack of lies.

According to the myth, Collins watched a close friend drown from a nearby cliff, too far away to help, while a man standing nearer to the drowning man stood idly by. Collins then supposedly wrote the song, gave the man a front-row ticket to the show where the song was premiered, then sang the song as the spotlight illuminated the man.

The supposed results of Collins' musical revelation vary: the invited stranger is humiliated (sometimes leading to a divorce or job loss), commits suicide or is arrested by waiting policemen. In another telling, Collins never learns the man's identity and sings the song at every concert as an anonymous accusation. There are as many variations of the tale as there are people to spread it--including infamous rapper Eminem, who included the myth in the lyrics of "Stan" on his Marshal Mathers album released this year:

So there you have it

To highlight the story somewhat, here are the lyrics...

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I've been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord

Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before my friend
But I don't know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin, I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord

Well I remember, I remember don't worry
How could I ever forget, it's the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you don't fool me
The hurt doesn't show; but the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you or me

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord...

 

wasnt it something to do with watching one of his mates drowning and he couldnt do anything about it?
but this was his tribute to him?

 

Why don't you ask the man himself?

Where's Martin H when you need him

 

Cheers for that Stu, now I know

 

its explained in some eminem lyrics

edit.......

Dear Mister-I'm-Too-Good-To-Call-Or-Write-My-Fans,
this'll be the last package I ever send your ass
It's been six months and still no word - I don't deserve it?
I know you got my last two letters;
I wrote the addresses on 'em perfect
So this is my cassette I'm sending you, I hope you hear it
I'm in the car right now, I'm doing 90 on the freeway
Hey Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka, you dare me to drive?
You know the song by Phil Collins, "In the Air of the Night"
about that guy who coulda saved that other guy from drowning
but didn't, then Phil saw it all, then at a a show he found him?
That's kinda how this is, you coulda rescued me from drowning
Now it's too late - I'm on a 1000 downers now, I'm drowsy
and all I wanted was a lousy letter or a call
I hope you know I ripped +ALL+ of your pictures off the wall
I love you Slim, we coulda been together, think about it
You ruined it now, I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it
And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you SCREAM about it
I hope your conscience EATS AT YOU and you can't BREATHE without me
See Slim; {*screaming*} Shut up bitch! I'm tryin to talk!
Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screamin in the trunk
but I didn't slit her throat, I just tied her up, see I ain't like you
cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more, and then she'll die too
Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the bridge now
Oh shit, I forgot, how'm I supposed to send this shit out?

 

INteresting, I never knew that. I like Phil and the genesis stuff, but I blame my dad who used to play it in the car the whole time. Can this be classed as child abuse?