Legend SANG Made-Up Word as a JOKE--Became A #1 Smash & Now its in the Dictionary!-Professor of Rock
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- COMING up the story of the #1 1985 smash Sussudio by Phil Collins. Based on a made-up word…. One that just fell out of Phil’s mouth while he was singing. Even Phil had no idea what it meant. Unable to think of anything better, Collins decided to just make up a meaning. But as weird as it is, this song completely captivated listeners. However, as Sussudio started gaining traction as part of Phil Collin’s 1985 blockbuster album No Jacket Required, it also stirred up controversy. Critics noticed that its central riff was nearly a carbon copy of another huge hit from a few years earlier. 1999 by Prince. And not long after, Phil Collins confessed it was a rip-off job. But the question was “to what degree?” The parallels were unmistakable. But were they enough to nail Phil Collins for plagiarism? Find out… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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It’s time for another installment of our series ‘Career Suicide.’ In this show where we break down a song or album that took a massive risk. And maybe the gamble paid off. Or maybe it was a complete disaster. In this show, it could go either way. But whatever the outcome, it’s a guaranteed great story. Today we’re featuring a musician who by his own admission intentionally ripped off another artist’s iconic track and made it a smash… From the 1980s hit-making machine, it Phil Collins with his third studio album No Jacket Required and Sussudio.
So what song did he rip off? If you don’t already know, make your guess down in the comments. And we’ll see if you get it right. So when No Jacket Required dropped on February 18, 1985, Phil Collins was already well on his way to dominating the 80s. The two-headed monster of solo-Phil and Genesis-Phil would kick out a slew of hits throughout the neon decade. We’re talking songs like In the Air Tonight, Invisible Touch, Against All Odds, and That’s All. But that wasn’t all… Year after year, it seemed like you couldn’t turn the radio dial without hearing Phil do his thing and then do it again. Which I loved since Phil’s a favorite.
In the midst of all this success, No Jacket Required became the high-water mark of Phil’s solo career. No Jacket was his first #1 album in the US and would stay on top for 7 weeks. Internationally, it reached #6 in France, #5 in Finland, #4 in Japan and Italy, and get this, #1 in Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Yeah, not a bad showing at all. No Jacket Required also scored Collins the 1985 Grammy for Album of the Year. And in 1986 it received two American Music Award nominations for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist and Favorite Pop/Rock Album back when people actually watched and cared about those shows. And at the Brit Awards it received two more awards, one for British Album of the Year and another for Best British Male Solo Artist. - Розваги
Poll: What is your pick for the MOST ANNOYING Hit from the Rock era?
Annoying...most Madonna hits other than Vogue.
"We Built This City" - Starship
*Waiting for all of the amazing song titles to pop up* That's how these always go. 😂
You’re Georgous by Babybird. Hearing it actually made me nauseous.
Anything by Mutley Crud
Disco Duck
My favorite nonsensical word in rock has to be the pompitous of love from The Joker by Steve Miller
Steve Miller got 'pompatus of love' and 'sweet words of epismetology' from a song Vernon Green wrote in the 50s, but he misunderstood what they originally said, which was 'puppetutes of love' and 'sweet words of pizmotality'.
That's a good one,but I like groos from Don't Bring Me Down. Because I can use it when I'm asked stupid questions at Walmart like Do you work here? Groos. What? Exactly
@@garyseven710 I am Groos......this is my brother, Groot.
@@jefffather4663 hi I'm Groos. This is my brother Groot this is my other brother Groot
@@garyseven710 Thanks Darryl...I thought about going there, but it's a def Boomer giveway....lol
This channel has quickly become my favorite. It is like comfort food for us kids born in the 60's.
.and the late 40s..
And the late 50s .... Respect for the Boomers 🎉
I was born in 77, listened to 60s rock until my mid 20s when I started discovering 70s & 80s. Now those three decades are what i listen to most.
My friends said I’d never get over my obsession with Phil Collins…well Take a Look at Me Now!!!
Honestly, I Don't Care Anymore.
@@ahhamartin Would you look at that; two weeks with No Reply at All.
My 25 yo daughter recently picked up No Jacket Required on vinyl. She was so excited to tell me about it LOL. She's been a Phil Collins fan since her early teens. I raised my kids right! 😂
You sure did!
'If leaving me is easy' is a powerful song from that same album.Very haunting.
Weird that children our kids ages first exposure to people like Phil Collins and Elton John was Disney movies.
My kids absolutely loved him also...we would jam out to him and other awesome bands that's now classified as classic rock in the car with the volume way up. ❤❤❤ Such great memories
I work at a children's hospital. One of the kids I saw in the ER a few months the back was named Susudio. The dad straight up told me that they couldn't agree on a name for her and had "agreed" to call her that if they couldn't come up with anything good. Surely, they thought, THAT alternative will make them come up with something they can both like. Guess not.
At least she can go by "Su(e)" if she wants. 😊
@chrisbenson6683 "Sudie," actually.
@@Bard2dbone Sudie is cute. Id go with that if i were her.
I Love that! 😂
If you remember scheduling your Saturdays around "American Bandstand", "Soul Train", and "Solid Gold", this channel is for you!
Agreed
yeh we watched those burned out from school practice bball am then pm those midnight special low volume nit wake up parents sisters friends house watch nice stereo parents oppsiite side of the house not too loud cook not so good frozen pizza put hot dogs on not exactly rocket science haha extra cheese on top but what we did in school
pretty much was it was only had 3 channels bandstand soul.train.then midnight special sat night
Or even if you listened to Casey Kasem AT 40.
Yes
After my son passed, i couldn't listen to 'In The Air Tonight' without bawling my eyes out. But, I've loved Genesis and Phil Collins my whole life...I can't dance, I don't Care Anymore, One more night, In the Air Tonight, It's Just A Shame and Against All Odds are my absolute favorites from him. ❤❤❤
I love both 1999 and Susudio, never related to me they sound like each other...at all, which is weird since I normally quickly pick up on things like that.
I remember my Da and I having a discussion. I loved hair bands. He was saying all my music just said the same word over and over again. I said yaaaa i guess it doesn’t have as much meaning as lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli ! He said you have a point lol.
When Phil teamed up with Miami Vice in the opening scene of the first episode was brilliant and just added to his popularity.
The Rat Race
I remember that! It was really great
....and "Take Me Home" in S2E1, "Don't Care Anymore" in the Bruce Willis episode, and epically "Long Long Way to Go" in the episode where Orlando Calderone murders Angelina. Oh and the already mentioned "Rat Race".
Love Phil Collins!! Met him in 2004 with my middle son and he was gracious and amazing! Spent quite a bit of time talking to my young drummer (he was 10) - and then gave us tickets up front - and a pair of his drumsticks from the kit onstage! Always a fan!!
When I heard it on the radio, thought it was a stutter of the word “studio” and I couldn’t figure out why someone would sing so exuberantly about a studio. 😂
the studio is where the magic happens...eh
Hahaha! 😅
Yeah me too, honestly.
When I heard this, I thought the girl on his mind was named Sue. A weird nickname for her
😮
Back when I was growing up hearing a Phil Collins Song on the Radio was about as common as It's a Wondeful Life being played on Television during Christmas.
It very true. I understand.
He was really big!
If people quit listening to songs that were created by influences from other songs, they wouldn't have NOTHING to listen to. So quit comparing and enjoy the great songs we have been given! Cheers!!
I remember when this song came out..ha ha. It was always Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston & PHIL COLLINS who ruled the airwaves in those days. Don't let anyone tell you different.
The Big Four!
MTV when the M was for music!
We were so lucky to have our radios playing this eh !
You forgot Springsteen
Forgot Springsteen
If you can remember having 50 cents in your pocket and be able to buy an ice cream from the Good Humor Man , this channel is for you
THANKS FOR THE SHOUT OUT 😂 Here's another; IF YOU USE TO PUT A COIN ON YOUR RECORD PLAYER ARMATURE IN HOPES IT WILL POWER THROUGH THE SCRATCH ON YOUR ALBUM,,,,,, YOUR GONNA LOVE 💕 THIS CHANNEL!! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎
Ha ha! Love it!
....As a Dude who has a dime, quarter & nickel on me THREE turntables, I'm DEEPLY offended....that you know me SO well! ....ha-HAA!!
@@RBS_ Ha!
Gave me a smile to start my day, thanks.
OMG! I had forgotten that trick!
I heard Susudio seemingly every day in 85, but never heard 1999 in it. 🤷
BuuHm buuuum bum bum. Look up the 12" version because it plays the 1999 synth at the very beginning.
I can’t say it enough how the 80’s was such a magical decade for music. So much was breaking out across all genres you were going to find something on the radio dial.
"He looks like he's one of us". We all wish we had that level of talent!
Never heard the "1999" similarities myself, just loved the song. One song you didn't mention was Inside Out, another great song from the album. Phil was on fire in the 80's, solo and with Genisis
I love Inside Out.
The drum sound on Inside Out is incredible. Just listen to the intro.
"No Jacket Required" always make me think of a memory from my childhood. I had gotten it as part of the famous Columbia House "12 albums for a penny" offer. So the day I got my tapes, I listened to them all and, of course, being a kid I did not put the tapes back into their cases; I just left them laid out on the shelves where the stereo tape player was.
My mom later came into the room and started to fuss at me and my sister about leaving a mess and not taking care of the tapes because we did not put them back into the cases. Me and my sister were just standing there, silent, being fussed at. My mom started to put some tapes in their cases and then grabbed the Phil Collins tape and said "What's this mean, 'No Jacket Required'?! This tape doesn't need a case? Why doesn't the tape need a case! This tape came with no case?!" LOL
Me and my sister just started laughing so hard, reminded me of "Who's on First". LOL
Dodge Ram trucks also came with the instructions helpfully printed on the outside of the product. 😊
YES! I remember also getting Private Dancer as part of my penny selections. The rest escape my memory.
Cute story- our moms were not in the loop. Because of that I
😂 I made a point, as a mom, to try and stay in the “loop” 68 now.
If you remember having your 8 track tape being eaten by your player you are old and will love this show!!! Loved most of his songs. I always thought he was saying "Sue's studio ".. good choice for a show.
Thanks!
yep the tape monster crappy old kraco hamd me down 8 tracks friends oldee brothers then have to dig out kept screwdriver pluers in car driving along jamming cha chunk eerr eer eer tape monster was hungry
ridicous by todays standards but had to dig out old eaten up.8 track plunk in another haha would skip also forwards backwords repeat
I was driving from Michigan to California with 3 8 track tapes. The first two were eaten by the machine by Indiana! The third was one only one I had left, no radio. So it was Hotel California all the way, it survived. By the way, the truck was changed from stick to auto transmission but the clutch pedal was still there connected to nothing . So I “played” the drum pedal all the way. I still really cant listen to that album, still burned out on it after all these years. It was 1978!
My least favorite Phil Collins song, but even his "worst" song is better than most musicians will ever create.
🤗 Bless you for saying that.
I have an acquaintance who HATES Phil Collins. We used to be friends but when she declared her disdain for him, she lost friend status!
I agree. It’s just silly fun.
Haha! Phil Collins is one of two artists who I love, despite having a dozen songs I absolutely can't stand! The other one is Tom Waits. 😅
🙂 That "No Jacket Required" I wore it out so much I had to buy another album. It's masterpiece.
I actually hated that song and video on MTV. It was SO popular in the day, played everywhere, yet it was like fingernails down a chalkboard (for those who remember what a chalkboard was).
I saw the interview with Phil when he was asked "What does it mean?" and he replied that often songwriters will use a made-up word as a placeholder until they could find a better or proper word to put it in place... but he couldn't figure out an actual word to replace that filler word, so it became "Sussudio". He then came up with some hokey explanation.
I think it was just overplayed on the radio and MTV that got me to hate that song. I love almost all Phil Collins songs... but not "Sussudio".
Radio had a nasty habit of making me hate my favorite songs.............
I feel the same way about Aquarius by The 5th Dimension (1969) I was 16 in 1969 and I swear every TV show or movie made about my generation, if there's one hippie in it, so will be the song Aquarius. 🙄
I remember painting a house with my friends and complaining that Susudio was driving me nuts as it was constantly repeated on the radio. My friends liked it. Ugh. I was a classic rock person in hell.
Agree totally 😂
Yeah, same here. Now, as vapid and silly as Sussudio is, I miss the days when at least the music was still mostly musical.
Lol 😆 🤣 😂 in Dallas, the radio station had " No Phil Collins Weekends " 🤣 😂 😆
I always thought of "Hang in long enough" as the "1999" child of inspiration... Absolutely love that song!
My daughter, born in '82, and learning music, was able to recognize Phil Collins' songs before anyone else. Led Zeppelin and Fleetwood Mac were probably next. 😊
This song is a BLAST to sing. I actually sing it in my local big-band-style jazz band, and it is AWESOME to do... I love Phil Collins, and sing along to his works every chance i get
"But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite." I love this quote from "American Psycho", the way Christian Bale delivers it is just top notch.
THanks!
I don’t watch scary movies but Patrick is right here!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Me neither, they can be hit or miss for me, but Christian Bale absolutely slayed that role.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980You could read the novel, if you don't like the scary movie.😅
My autistic son was playing a couple of Phils songs today. I played another right after him. Then he started humming another one and could only remember one phrase. I couldnt pick it out so I showed him a list of Phils songs, then started playing a couple more. He finally was done listening to me guess. He was getting mad that I couldn't tell him what song he was wanting to hear. He said Leave Me Alone. So I grabbed my phone, amd found my favorite music channel playing Phil. A great day when we all want to hear Phil !! Sussudio wasn't the song he wanted to hear either.
We loved 1999, and we couldn’t wait to party with it, and especially on New Year’s Eve 1999.
We never once thought it sounded like Phil Collin’s song Su Suido.
Phil Collins is probably the world's greatest collector of artifacts from the Alamo. You should do a series on interesting obsessions if rock musicians showing their variety of life outside the music. Rod Stewart and Neil Young were obsessed with model trains, for instance.
If I'm not mistaken Phil gave his collection to a museum as a gift.
Geddy Lee collected baseball memorabilia!
Cool idea!
Made up words in songs couldn't be complete without:
Medallions, featuring the lead voice of Vernon Green, recorded a 1954 R&B; hit called “The Letter.” During Green’s unintentionally hilarious recitation in the middle of the song, he murmured: “Oh my darling, let me whisper sweet words of pismatality and discuss the pulpitudes of love, and put ‘em in together and what do you have? Matrimony.
Now it's not done yet Steve Miller, who was a student of old music, but misheard the lyric and wrote the Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker.” which included the line “Pompatus of Love”
Thanks!
This song is king of nonsensical words:
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The Joker was filled with nonsense but being as creative as they were made it work to their advantage...I think the chorus truly saves the song lol
but I take it as a song about a guy trying to boast himself up to his would be GF but it's his coolness and ability to just go with it that wins the day lol
what was it Tyler Durden said? "the ability to let that which does not matter truly slide" it's just the ability to be confident all the time and adapt to changing conditions...when others learn they've been had it no longer matters cus they've been motivated out of their ruts [in the movie's fiction, IRL it's the simple slight of hand, what the eyes see and the mind believes]
And that inspired Steve Miller to make The Joker! “Pompatus of love”
@@judgedrekk2981 you're exactly right.
"Good artists borrow, great artists steal" -Pablo Picasso
I tend to agree. Before and after we invented copyright this has been done. This song was inspired by that song or that book or whatever. The question is not did he or didn't he, the question is how much did Prince really care? If he didn't care, neither should we.
I love Phil Collins. I had "No Jacket Required" on cassette tape in the 80's. Thank you.
Never thought about it but the groove reminds me a little bit of " Don't stop till you get enough" from MJ
I'll never forget the reference to Sussudio on Two and a Half Men, where Alan (Jon Cryer) said he's still trying to figure out what a Su-su-sudio is!
As a kid I always thought he was singing "Stu-stu-studio!" 😂 Like rocking out with the boys laying down some tracks in the studio, lmao.
I honestly don't hear the similarities between "1999" and "Sussudio". It's not that obvious. Of the two songs, I prefer "1999", but "Sussudio" is a great song too. Not my favorite Collins song, but very well done.
Team 1999 as well! But they’re both fun.
To me it's so obvious that I always thought 1999 was coming on! I was so disappointed when it turned out to be Phil instead.
I can hear it in the tune, the part where there’s no singing.
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When Susudio came out, I recall some rumors that it referred to a percussion technique. Boy was that far off! But still, since it was just a made up word, anything was possible back then
I’m a fan of Phil’s and a lifetime drummer. I went with 2 other drummers to see Phil play at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby PA, outside of Philly in the 80’s. I was bummed how little he played the drums. When in the Air Tonight was played it started with the tour drummer and Phil singing from the back of the auditorium. Then the stage lights were dimmed and during the big drum solo Phil was on the kit. That was magic.
Back to Sussudio I was a Mobile DJ in the 80’s and also a guy who mad up my own words to songs long before Weird Al. My words were “Sue Sue Sue Your Ass” as in I’ll Sue you, not the girl’s name.
Thanks Professor for another insightful one. I was waiting for where the song 1999 topped out at in the year 1999 or was it not re-released? It was on constant rotation.
Thanks for sharing.
im a child of the 80's and this song always reminded me of my cousin b/c her name was suedie and she had kids around my age at the time my 2nd cousins which i kinda grew up with ...whenever i hear this song i think of her ...she has passed on now ...but i remember calling her suedio not suedie lol i dont know if she knew that i called her that b/c of that song or i was just a silly little kid around 5 or 6 yrs old lol but i wish i could have seen her and told her b4 she passed but i never got the chance i hope she knows now its very endearing when i hear this song and think back to the good ol days hanging out on the trampoline with my cousins on hot summer weekends with no worries in the world and wearing myself out jumping on that trampoline and drinking sweet tea to get a sugar rush lol oh man those where the good days when fun was free !!!
Not a "matchbox", a "matchbook"in your 8Track player. Big difference!
Yeah, I was confused by that mental image for a moment.
Phil Collins is just amazing and what we totally forget about him is his amazing session work with everyone you can name in rock music and also as a producer to check out his awesome production for the 1984 classic Philip Bailey Chinese wall and Eric Clapton',s 1985 gem behind the sun
I love Easy Lover!
I knew the picture in the video teaser was Phil, but not sure if it could be Abacab from Genesis, or Sussudio. Both great songs with nonsense words. I love them both. Nice video Professor.
This song I hear so many say they cannot stand it yet whenever it comes on I hear people singing it. 🤷🏻♂️. I know in concert (seen him many times) people would be dancing and singing. It’s a great song live. He had a great career.
As for Prince, he had a song that (Purple Rain) sounded very close to a Journey song (Faithfully) and had to call Journey and play the song to get approval from Journey. So in turn I say both artists were “influenced” by another song and leave it at that.
I like how they were _civilized_ about it.
Hey! This Album was released on my 16th birthday! Crazy! Awesome album no jacket. My favorite song was A long long way to go. With sting doing vocals at the chorus...a masterpiece!
Loved Sussudio but Inside and Out was by far my favorite song from this smash album. I was a freshman in college and while I loved - and still do- all genres of music I’ve never been a snob that insists pop music is easily dismissed. It’s part of the soundtrack of growing up and that’s why LOVE your channel! All the Phil Collins fans will be glad to hear he was a stand up guy in other ways too- one of his long time back up singers was a client and he treated her VERY well 🥳
Absolutely. The only album I bought of his because of Inside Out
I have Inside Out on my playlist.
I like that one too, and PC is hit/miss with me.
I love this channel. I always get that undeniable warm, fuzzy wave of nostalgia when I watch. Nowadays not much of anything makes me feel instantly happy like that. Thanks for bringing back all of great memories for me!
I've thought since I first heard this as a child that he was singing "studio" and using a stutter as a flourish. I'm in my 40s and grew up with this song being played so much I lost my mind.
I did eventually find most of it.
Had the 12” version of this. Great song. Saw him at Knebworth where he played some solo stuff then brought out the rest of Genesis. Great to hear this live
Very cool!
Did you have the UK 12"? That's the one with a gatefold jacket that folded out 4 ways showing a world atlas map
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 yep. Don’t have it now but have the 12” er mini album on CD
Was it in the 80s?
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 if you’re talking about Knebworth, that was 1990.
Great job professor, you finally stumped me on some trivia. Didn't know about this controversy and didn't catch it with my ear until now.
Right on!
He is super!
Went to a Christmas party at work and nobody was dancing to the music. They were too shy to be the first on the floor. 1999 came on and I grabbed a co-worker and we started to dance and by the end of the song the dance floor was full. Good times.
Ha ha! I was _just_ talking to my husband about nonsense words in music just last weekend. We were listening to September and he asked what 'Badeeyah' meant. I replied that it was just made up for the flow like "Wop-bam-a-loo-bop-ba-ding-bam-boom" or "Oh blahdee, oh blahdah" That led to a mini-discussion about it, but I'd love to see a deeper dive😊
That said, my favorite song off of No Jacket Required was "Take Me Home" 😁
And I actually _didnt_ guess which song it ripped off, but as soon as you played the clip, I heard it👍
Very cool!
@@ProfessorofRock I was just commenting on this in a recent Rick Beato video. There's a clear difference between nonsense words thrown into otherwise meaningful lyrics, like Doo Wah Diddy Diddy or the Police's De Doo Doo Doo, De Da Da Da, or Da Doo Ron Ron, and really strange, lyrics with vague or little meaning. In that respect, a lot of songs are rather vague, like Phil's In The Air Tonight. But my favorite for nonsense would be ZZ Top's Sleeping Bag. Yes, the lyrics are all more or less intelligible, but they not really *saying* anything!
Also, why are song lyrics always supposed to rhyme? It's music, not poetry. A good rhyming scheme might make a song more catchy and "sing-songy", but really, all the lyrics have to do is fit the melody.
I remember buying the UK 12" single for "Take Me Home" strictly for the gatefold packaging that would fold out into a a world atlas map.
Yup. We all like to vocalize to the flow of the music!
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 i sang that song to my brother when he was late getting out of school and I had to wait in the car a half hour after we were out for the day😆 It was on the radio as he was walking towards the car
Never realised how similar the songs were until now, thanks professor.
I always thought it was a word he made up to describe the feeling he felt when he saw that woman. That feeling you get when you look at a woman you truly love. That stoic feeling that you get
The years 1980 and 1981 were pivotal in my life as a young woman in my mid 20s. The Genesis album Duke was like the theme of my life at that time. I have always loved Phil Collins’ music. Never listened to Prince, so I had no clue of the connection between the two songs.
Always wondered about that title! I'm OK with a little diversion from songs that sound like other songs... That's how we get musical growth. I don't see it as plagiarism...
Sussudio has similar melody as Prince 1999.
I am a Phil Collins fan and like the No Jacket Required album.
Maybe I can name my next parakeet, Sussudio
How many birds do you have?
@ProfessorofRock I had three birds in the past. Sherry, Scoobie and Chip. No pet birds now. I feed hummingbirds now.
That's a great parakeet name!
I’m sure a lot of people have named their dog Sussudio and nicknamed them Sussie.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 If you knew Sussie like I know Sussie...
He was a big deal.Loving the legacy. So lucky to have grown up in his prime. Quality
Phil was not only a great drummer but also influential in the 80s regarding innovations in the field of drumming. Apart from making the gated drum sound popular with the song In The Air Tonight, he was famous in the following few years for his experimentation with drum machines and technology
Faithfully(Journey) and the Purple Rain similarities. Cordial phone call between Cain and Prince and the rest is history.
Right?
_"Do you like Phil Collins? I've been a big Genesis fan ever since the release of their 1980 album, Duke. Before that, I really didn't understand any of their work. Too artsy, too intellectual. It was on Duke where Phil Collins' presence became more apparent. I think Invisible Touch was the group's undisputed masterpiece. It's an epic meditation on intangibility. At the same time, it deepens and enriches the meaning of the preceding three albums. Christy, take off your robe. Listen to the brilliant ensemble playing of Banks, Collins and Rutherford. You can practically hear every nuance of every instrument. Sabrina, remove your dress. In terms of lyrical craftsmanship, the sheer songwriting, this album hits a new peak of professionalism. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little. Take the lyrics to Land of Confusion. In this song, Phil Collins addresses the problems of abusive political authority. In Too Deep is the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. Their lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock. Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your a**hole. Phil Collins' solo career seems to be more commercial and therefore more satisfying, in a narrower way. Especially songs like In the Air Tonight and Against All Odds. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it. But I also think Phil Collins works best within the confines of the group, than as a solo artist, and I stress the word artist. This is Sussudio, a great, great song, a personal favorite."_
American Psycho
Honestly, Easy Lover was much better. The drum part alone blows many pop songs completely out of the water, and it wasn't even Phil's best...just very, very good.
I loved this movie! As crazy as it was, I enjoyed it; Christian Bale was excellent.
Yup.
Wow there really is a marked schism with us Genesis fans.Gabrielites or Collinsites ? Former for me but they had some good moments subsequently with Phil at the mike imho, 'Invisible Touch' distinctly wasn't one of them.Compare it with 'Ripples' or 'Blood on the Rooftops' (PC on both vocally) ....light years apart quality wise ?
16:01 "Little Red Corvette" was probably helped by Chevrolet's introduction of the C4 Corvette for the 1984 model year - and the song gave the all-new Vette free publicity.
The Brass rifs in Ssuddio make it such a different (and better) song in my mind. So many songs inspire other songs. I think it’s different enough that I never noticed until you mentioned it. Ironically I am a DJ and love both songs. Heh
Yep, & he recorded it in a stu-stu-studio!!!!!
Touchė!
Ha ha!
I SECOND THAT!
I had once heard that he su-sued-the-studio
He sure did! 😂
I could never not like this song. I know it was everywhere when I was five, along with Phil's other singles from then. I understand why other people dislike it, but, as per my attitude about whether Phil copied Prince or what the word "Susudio" even means, I "don't care anymore". I just enjoy the song.
If anything was a thorn in my side, it's not about the song itself. One member of my family remains convinced *No Jacket Required* is Phil's debut album (and that "In theAir Tonight" didn't surface until Miami Vice hit the airwaves). I have played this person *Face Value* and explained that that album predated this one by 4 years. Didn’t help, however.
I get it. It can get stuck in your head. Thanks Eric!
Turn him onto "Risky Business" featuring Tom Cruise's epic slide across the floor in his underwear as "Old Time Rock n Roll" is starting.
Which, of course, directly inspired one of the most memorable segments from the sitcom The Nanny.
I used to think No Jacket Required was his debut too!
I love all the “IF YOU …” nod head every time
You should have showed the clip from the Letterman show that showed Larry "Bud" Melman giving Phil Collins the idea for the title. It was hilarious 😂
I personally didn't like this song very much. Being overplayed on the radio, I'm sure that helped with my dislike.
The lick sounds a lot like "1999" by Prince.
I picked up No Jacket after I saw Susudio on Friday Night Videos. I was upset that in the air tonight wasn't on that album but it didn't matter, front to back, No Jacket is a total banger. Every song is amazing.
Whoa…Is it 1999? How have I not noticed this before?!
Haha that’s what I was thinking too
Back in the Saddle Again Naturally
Hello constipated, have a super weekend!
Yes! Do an episode on non-sensical words in rock songs, please. That will be so much fun. By the way, you rock!
Omgoodness! I forgot these songs and i had the cassette. Thank you for reminding me of them and hopefully someday you will fit me into your one of your videos…..and reference this comment!
I remember the Letterman interview. During the first part of the show, Paul Shaffer joked that Phil was stuck in the "stu-stu-studio"
This whole album was gold. I would replay this cassette in my Camaro until it finally broke and I had to buy the CD.
As 5th grader attending Catholic school in Puerto Rico when this song came out, we were advised to not heed a song that sang about a terrible sin 😕. Unfortunately in Spanish, the made up word “sussudio” sounds too similar to a word that cannot be mentioned on UA-cam . I was a Phil Collins and Genesis fan since age 7 and I was sad this peppy song sang about something “terrible” according to the nuns at school 🙄. As I got older, I realized it was a BIG misunderstanding and now I don’t feel guilty liking this fun song 😊.
If you were ever late for school trying to call in to win something on the Radio. (I was late winning tickets to see Loverboy with the Hooters! YES I WON them!)
I believe Laura Nero did the same thing with the non-word "surry" in the song ["surry down to the"] Stone Soul Picnic, which was a hit for the 5th Dimension in 1968. The word didn't mean anything, but it fit. I can't say that either song did much of for me, but the stories were interesting.
I absolutely love this song and they never ever realized the prince connection! Thank you so much for shining Light on that and the background to 1999, I remember being a kid watching that music video over and over again and of course this song too, 85 was one of the best years for music ever!
The Beatles famously said they "borrowed" from other artists, and everybody did it. George Harrison was taken to court over "He's So Fine" / "My Sweet Lord" -- so I wonder why Prince didn't take Collins to court for copyright violations.
I remember when the song came out, the explanation was : He was entering the STUDIO to record, and a young Asian woman was in the group in front of him (she was evidently there as a guest of someone to watch the process) .... and she kept asking "where's the sudio... the s-s-sudio" (obvious broken english) ... and that stuck in his head. (Note: she was there to see him, but was obviously somewhat oblivious... which kind of fits the lyrics) I remember this explanation clearly coming from an interview.
COO COO Ka Choo..was also used in The Beatles song I AM THE WALRUS
While we're at it, when i was young, Abacab by Genesis was one of my favorite albums. Never knew what that meant either. 😊❤
I can't believe I never made the connection between those songs, loved them both.
Never entered my mind. Love em both!
This song annoyed my mother so much when I was a kid that I recorded it off the radio and used to blast it from my room whenever we got into an argument. 40 years later, she's visiting with me today, and I just showed her this Prof piece . . . and she became just as irritable as ever 😂
Lol. Poor mom.
1. "1999" by Prince
2. "Steppin' Out" by Joe Jackson
3. "Every Little Thing She Does ls
Magic" by The Police
4. "Run to You" by Bryan Adams
5. "December, 1963 (Oh What a Night") by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
“Sussido, great song” (i used to have that entire speech from American Psycho memorized🤣), but i do remember the end “Don’t look at it. . .” 🤣🤣🤘🤘
Ha ha!
Had No Jacket Required as a kid. Love it still
I must admit this is one of my favorites from Phil! It always puts me in a good mood!
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I remember when I first heard "Sussudio" on the radio. While I've always enjoyed Phil Collins music and liked the song, I had no idea what Sussudio meant. I looked it up in the dictionary and couldn't find it. I figured it was a made-up word (which there are many of those songs throughout rock history). I'm glad to finally get the inside story behind this song.. Musically, I can definitely hear some similarities between Phil Collins' "Sussudio" and Prince's "1999".
I remember hearing that "abacab" was the chord progression.
But I don't care any mow 😆
When this record came out, I was in the military stationed in Japan which was my first duty station out MOS school. I remember getting this record on CD as back then, Japan had a lot of new records going on CD before the US got them. I bought my first CD player while stationed in Iwakuni, Japan. Sus was not my favorite song off the album. Too much of a dance song for me. Long Long Way To Go was one of my favorites which was a duet with Sting. Great song. Inside Out and Take Me Home are also fantastic tracks from the album. This album brings back memories of my time in Japan which was a year-long deployment. I loved my time there. Thanks for this in-depth review of the song. I had no idea what the title meant. Now I know it was completely made up word by Mr. Collins.
I read once that Phil Collins’s was open about taking inspiration from Prince’s “1999”. Also, he said he recorded it in the Stu-stu-studio…