Phil Collins can no longer drum...

[sleepytako]

...after surgery to his neck, but that wont stop him from putting out an album of Motown covers that "sound exactly like the originals."

*sigh*

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/19/surgery-left-phil-collins_n_325719.html

[senorcorazon]

Maybe he can just do an extended version of the beginning of In The Air Tonight.

I like to think of a Hellscape where this would come true:
"the only way he could drum is if he were to 'glue drumsticks to my hands.'"

[Christina]

Maybe he can just do an extended version of the beginning of In The Air Tonight.

I like to think of a Hellscape where this would come true:
"the only way he could drum is if he were to 'glue drumsticks to my hands.'"

What if they glued a stick to each one of his fingers? GAH!

[masterofsparks]

It's too bad there's no way to insure that he'll ONLY drum. Keeping him behind the kit and away from a microphone would be the best thing for everybody who loves music.

[daveB from Oakland]

Maybe he can just do an extended version of the beginning of In The Air Tonight.

Or maybe he could get Mike Tyson to be his drummer.

[chrisfoll577]

...but that wont stop him from putting out an album of Motown covers that "sound exactly like the originals."

You know, when it comes on the radio at work, I can't tell the difference between his version of 'You Can't Hurry Love' and The Supremes'.

[buffcoat]

It's too bad there's no way to insure that he'll ONLY drum. Keeping him behind the kit and away from a microphone would be the best thing for everybody who loves music.

Sometimes the best thing requires more drastic measures than this.

[whaleplane]

...but that wont stop him from putting out an album of Motown covers that "sound exactly like the originals."

You know, when it comes on the radio at work, I can't tell the difference between his version of 'You Can't Hurry Love' and The Supremes'.

My mom loved the Phil Collins album with that cover on it, she played it in the car all the time when I was young. I'm entirely too familiar with it... I still shudder when I hear the opening bars of "You Can't Hurry Love".

[nec13]

It's too bad there's no way to insure that he'll ONLY drum. Keeping him behind the kit and away from a microphone would be the best thing for everybody who loves music.

I don't know. I think "No Jacket Required" is a decent album.

(prepares for flogging)

[akaJudge]

"sound exactly like the originals."

What a fantastic idea!  jesus christ.

[fletcher munson]

Maybe he can just do an extended version of the beginning of In The Air Tonight.

Or maybe he could get Mike Tyson to be his drummer.

Mike Tyson in a pink satin shirt.  Distressful.  


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgXW7m_QSc8

[Martin]

Drum machines made real drums obsolete in the 80s, so I don't see what the big deal is.

[fonpr]

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Lemme see da ears dere!

[JonFromMaplewood]

I saw Phil Collins in concert three times: Once solo and twice with Genesis. He and Chester Thompson did a pretty good job drumbing. This news makes me sad.  I would never deny that Phil Collins has saturated the radio with the musical equivalent of Stinking Bishop cheese, but he did beat the shit out of the drums with Genesis back in the 70's.

[senorcorazon]

I saw Phil Collins in concert three times: Once solo and twice with Genesis. He and Chester Thompson did a pretty good job drumbing. This news makes me sad.  I would never deny that Phil Collins has saturated the radio with the musical equivalent of Stinking Bishop cheese, but he did beat the shit out of the drums with Genesis back in the 70's.

That is the sign of a life well lived.