Legendary Band ARE Time Travelers Because This 80s Hit Describes Our Day To a T! | Professor Of Rock
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2022
- Today, it’s a 1986 radioactive rocker that was one of five Top 5 hits from the exceptional album Invisible Touch. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks of Genesis were on top of the world in 1986. Phil himself had 11 top ten hits counting solo and with the band… Non one had ever done that before solo and with a band. . The story of the hit single Land of Confusion which seems to describe our day to a tee. With a music video that had the spitting image puppets, this song still resonates today.
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It’s time for another edition of #1 in our hearts where we cover a song that was great, so impactful that it should’ve been #1 on the billboard Hot 100 but for reason’s we’ll find out… It came up short… Today we’re covering a song that is probably remembered better for its music video than it’s #4 ranking on the Billboard Hot 100. It really is one of the most memorable music videos of the 80s. It’s a song that describes our day in detail. It’s Genesis with Land of Confusion.
So, by the time Genesis released their 13th studio album Invisible Touch on June 6, 1986, the band had basically taken over the world. There’s no doubt, the 80s were good to Genesis, who at this time consisted of Tony Banks on keyboards and synth bass, Mike Rutherford on guitar, and Phil Collins on drums and lead vocals. These former prog-rockers had transformed themselves into an all-out pop-rock powerhouse. 1980’s Duke, 1981’s Abacab, and 1983’s Genesis all did well across the world. And in the US, they went #11, #7 and #9 respectively, churning out 6 Top 40 singles. But if the commercial success of Genesis wasn’t enough, there were also solo careers to consider. In February 1985 Phil Collins released his third solo record, the massive 12-time platinum #1 album, No Jacket Required. It contained a slew of chart champions… That’s two #1 hits, a #4 spot, and a #7 placement.
Add to that ‘chart-topping cuts’ Against All Odds and Separate Lives and the #2 Phillip Bailey collaboration Easy Lover, and it’s clear Collins was one of the 80s’ biggest acts. Most think that the 80s were ruled by Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, George Michael and Whitney Houston but from 1985-1987 between Solo and Genesis, Phil was bigger than anyone and he looked more like your cool uncle than a pop idol... - Розваги
Poll: What is your pick for the most creative Music Video of the MTV era?
Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel.
....damn, Lewis beat me by 25 SECONDS! ...ha-HAA!! ...well, then, runner up...."BIG TIME"!
Sledgehammer.
@@LewisMarien yup, the first one that comes to mind.
Thriller has to be on the list.
The video for "Land of Confusion" was pure Nightmare Fuel.
Those puppets did look kinda creepy to some.
Yeah that was courtesy of spitting image, which is still around.😊😂
@@bobbystclaire I really wish they weren't. I cannot even begin to say how much I despise their stuff.
Absolutely love Land of Confusion. The reflective lyrics, all the way to the crazy Music Video is such a product of the 80s. Cheers!
...hell, I haven't seen it SINCE the 80's...I wanted to SLEEP, Man! ...ha-HAAA!!
Everything about it is classic!
@@RBS_ How have you not seen it since the 80's, your winding me up right?
@@mikekaraoke ...NOPE...I last seen it, probably that year; "Family Ties" was on Thursdays (NBC), & "Friday Night Videos" showed it (I taped it on VCR), and... I was SO freaked by it, I taped OVER it, with an Ep of "Family Ties" (the next week Ep)...probably around Feb. 1987! ...NOBODY can mess with ME memory! ...ha-HAAA!!
@@RBS_ But that makes no sense, as the classic music video has been shown many many times over the years since feb 1987 of when you taped over it lol
Back on MTV, and other music channels, TV documentaries about the 80's music and other stuff like Spitting Image etc
Still very confused-where you from lol
A ton of talent in that band, not to mention the great Peter Gabriel, who left in the mid-70s. Yet another example of the incredible British influence in the music of that era. Sad to see all the health troubles that Phil has experienced in recent years, though. BTW Adam, you've opened up a lot of eyes to music we may not have gravitated toward, but should at least develop an appreciation for. Keep on truckin', as the t-shirt says! :-)
Please don't leave out Steve Hackett, so much an influence on their 70's music that when he left so did that ultra creative and mystical sound that made them prog legends.
I used to call Phil the best scream-singer in the business. It's been sad, of late, to see him struggling through ballads from a chair on the stage. And the drumsticks have long since been set aside. ... I still wonder, though, if he's got anything left in the songwriting tank.
I go through phases where I decide to revisit Phil Collins' catalogue and listen to very little else while I'm working my way through it and very few musicians can help me time travel back to the 80s better than Phil can. Very few people have stepped out from behind the drum kit to take on the songwriting and lead vocals and even fewer have remained at the drums while tackling the songwriting and lead vocals. What an absolute legend.
He’s one of the most talented people out there. A true genius, for sure.
Foo Fighters.
@@kevinstarski1598 yeah, no. Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down would be a distant second.
No one made the mullet as cool as Swayze in Road House!
I owned both Genesis's Land of Confusion and Phil's No Jacket Required as a teen in the 80s and listened to them endlessly. Phil Collins's music has been a life long love for me!
No Jacket Required - brilliant album!
@@davidhinkson8856 No doubt!
I'm right there with you!
I had them both too-at first on cassette tape! I was in college at the time. I really miss the 80’s
You forgot to mention how good their live performances are to see.
“Superman where are you now?”
This song is still epic.
Along with A-ha's "Take on Me" and Talking Head's "Once In a Lifetime," "Land of Confusion" was one of the most entertaining videos on MTV...
Agreed on all of them and losing out to Sledgehammer for a video award is also a pretty good way to lose.
Oh, and don’t forget “Sledgehammer” and “Hungry Like The Wolf”!
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was
I wonder how many albums Genesis and it’s members solo and group spin-offs have sold? Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett, Tony Banks.
What crazy talent !!!
And they were pioneers of progressive rock. Amazing !!
You missed Anthony “Ant” Phillips. Check out “The Geese & the Ghost”. He played on “From Genesis to Revaluation” and “Trespass”.
@@davidkelly5459 He also seems like the most genuinely likeable in interviews, he's got a few on youtube, its interesting to hear from a musician who left a band and made more success writing songs for television.
Around 267 million records combined between the band and solo careers, which puts them around #7 best selling artist of all time
@@bohunkmusic9473 wow
Phil also hit #1 in 1988 with "Groovy Kind of Love", which pretty much went #1 worldwide. And was Phil's longest running Billboard single at 25 weeks on Hot 100.
It’s a cover of a 60s song!
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I know. I like the original also, but, liked Phil's slowed down piano version better. Both versions are great songs. Was just saying, the professor was saying about Phil's run from '85 to '87, and was just saying it ran well into '88 as well. No biggie.
WOW!! Now this takes me back. I was a US Marine, stationed at the American Embassy in Moscow, USSR this year as an Embassy Guard. I was a fan of Genesis going back to the Peter Gabriel days, so seeing both groups storming the gates of the 80's was awesome! We didn't get American TV there, but would get a "care package" from State Department that included music videos to play in the embassy's night club (Friday nights was our night!), Uncle Sam's. That is how I got to see both Genesis and Sledgehammer videos.
Thanks for the blast from the past!
Genesis enriched my life enormously. I can't imagine my life without Genesis.
Let's not forget the touching anthem "Living Years"... That spoke to me in a way I desperately needed back then...
I'm honored and spoiled to have found Adam and everything he does for us fans of 8Os music! Thanks for all you do for us, your passion is massively appreciated and respected. Cheers my friend. ...
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Keep on keeping the music alive!
I lived in the UK when the video for "Land of Confusion" came out. The puppets in the video were from a sketch comedy TV show called "Spitting Image" that skewered anyone in the public eye...it was f'ing brilliant.
No Jacket Required was the 1st CD I ever bought in 1985...early days for the new format. Thanks for the memories!
So happy I got to see both Genesis and Phil solo twice. What a legend.
The day he passes will be a day everyone remeber. Us fans mourn, and others who never cared to listen finally appreciating his legacy.
My favorite 80s band! Three master songwriters! And Phil was my favorite drummer. I got to see them here in Malaga, Spain, in the Invisible Tour in May 1987! The huge stadium jam packed, and since I'm tiny, and had waited for hours, I got right to the center of the first row! It was so cute to see through the paper Phil used with his song explanations in phonetic Spanish. See through, because of the lights!
Then a little known cult gem: Mike Rutherford's 1st solo album, Smallcreep's Day, made when Phil had to leave the band for a year to Canada to try to solve his marriage, right before Phil's 1st solo album. Listen to Smallcreep's Day. It's a masterpiece.
Oh, and Mike and the Mechanics! What a group, especially with Paul Carrack!
I lived that video, Land of Confusion, though the band themselves weren't excited about their spitting image puppets!
Wow! I just heard that snippet of Abacab right as I was typing! One of my favorite Genesis pop songs.
From their Prog Rock era, my favorite album was Selling England by the Pound, the first one I heard by them, at age 15, back in 1978 at my cousin's house in Madrid. I ran out and bought it!
Such a wonderful feel-good song and time for many of us back then
Invisible Touch was probably the album I listened to the most growing up. During the lockdowns I finally got around to going back and listening to the 70s Genesis albums and I was blown away. It's hard to think of another band that kept up the same level of energy and creativity for so long. I know some people prefer a certain period but depending on my mood I can enjoy Foxtrot or Invisible Touch just as much.
Totally agree, both prog and pop versions of the band are equally enjoyable depending on mood.
The good old days when music was fun and inspiring ✨️
I'm gonna miss Genesis but it's good that their music lives on
I was lucky enough to see Genesis perform every album from 1976 until the end 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Lucky. I never got to see them
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Genesis was/is a band of brilliance and invisible touch was a brilliant CD. I played it almost every day when I left work. Land of confusion was strong; it hit mind and heart with a fist!
Phil Collins is a master of the stage. I went to his concert at The Palace in Pontiac, MI, on a stormy summer night, and the power went out after the first piece. Thousands of people in a dark, rapidly warming arena started a bit of rumbling and then the stage crew managed a single spot and Phil Collins walked out on the stage with a hand mic and he proceeded to do 20 or more minutes of standup - cold. He owned us, every one of us, from that moment on. The power came on and we went crazy! After that, he could have sung Row, row your boat and we would have loved it and him. He gave us a concert of perfection and we loved him for it! And me? I memorized all the songs on the cd.
The only concert that ever came close to that night was Sting at the Opera House in Detroit. We danced through that whole concert!
You've hit my heart with this video.
We absolutely love you Professor!❤ Let's continue to spread the word of love through this wonderful music.✌️
Records in the background: Johnny Mellencamp Lonesome Jubilee, Scarcrow, REM - Automatic for the People, Genesis self titled, MJ, Dangerous, and Jethro Tull I can't quite place. Cheers Professor!!!
Love Phil Collin's music.
No doubt that today's music does not compare to anything of yesterday's masterpieces. Many of the songs will continue to play decades from now while songs of today will fade away. I love your channel it does remind me of when life was just awesome in the 80s. Even my children say they wished to have the 80s reappear. May everyone here stay safe and have the time of your life, we only have one to make it count. Genesis LEGENDARY.
Well, the next time the 80s will reappear will be in the 2080s. And I’m afraid that probably won’t be the same as the great decade of the 1980s. I’m a Gen-Z that is more into Gen-X and boomer stuff than my own generation.
Check out clips of this song from their recent farewell tour. The video montage that accompanied the live song was reworked for current times. Phil even mentions the relevance of the song for today.
Don’t forget Mike Rutherford’s work outside Genesis with Mike and the Mechanics with songs such as “Silwnt Runninf”, “Al I Need is a Miracle” and the always tear jerker “The Living Years”
"Silent Running" has become a bit of an anthem these days. Bowie's "1984" fits these times pretty well, too
Silent Running was unfortunately prophetic for the USA
He didn't...he played clips of both
Love Gensis, Phil Collins and Mike & The Mechanics and of course Peter Gabriel, his solo music is amazing!
Just gave me goosebumps, Man! I listened to this album YESTERDAY while cleaning the house. Great minds think alike!
1985/86 were the absolute peak of the Mt. Everest of music for Phil and Genesis. I saw Genesis in the fall of 86 and it was euphoric approaching the arena knowing that band was in there and ready to take the stage
I connect this song to 1984 and Brave New World. The message is clear and the time is now. Look to the man in the mirror.
The people are divided, so “we the people” is moot. Our concerns and values have drifted apart. Our use of language altered. We cancel each other, taught for a generation or more to walk away from that which you do not agree. We knew it then, it just hadn’t hit us as hard. In the Eighties the problems of the sixties weren’t ours, we were free, amazingly free. The rules have been re written and continue to be. Our ability to speak freely is coming under attack, anything said can be used against one in any manner at the choosing of the powers that be. The first part of divide and conquer is clearly upon us. Even pessimism and realism are shunnable.
The feelings evoked by this and other presentations are powerful reminders that make me curious as to how we can ever get back what once was. But maybe once innocence and naïveté are gone, there is no going back. Thanks for a wonderful walk down memory lane. I will keep searching.
86' Prof. Best yr of 80's music
When I was little, the Spitting Image puppets scared me, but at the same time I'd keep watching the video.
Still love the song!
Thank you Adam for a trip down memory lane without the sugar coating. The commentary on the music, video, people and politics is insightful and not inflammatory. Kindness and joy are in short supply when people only hear themselves talk.
I'm so glad I got to see these guys one last time on their Last Domino Tour in December 2021. Phil Collins was all over the place in the 80's touring solo and with Genesis, writing, producing, and acting in movies and TV. Talk about working class!
Class of '86!! RocknRoll 😎🌟
Genesis is my 5 year old’s favorite band. He knows every word and every scene in this song’s video. 💜
Man... what an amazing collection of talent! Genesis, Phil Collins, Mike and The Mechanics -- all amazing!
At one moment in 1986 they were all together in the US Billbord which had also GTR listed as well. GTR with Steve Hackett.
I saw this one coming! The other day I was talking to a teacher about how this was the #4 song on her birthday. I told her that I feel this song has resonated with so many people for the past two years, considering the pandemic, gun violence, and war! All in this same world! Can’t you see this is the land of confusion?
I bet my mother remembers this music video as well since she was a high school senior at the time it featured prominently on MTV. As soon as I saw those puppets I knew what it was right away. For my money, one of the greatest music videos of the 80s.
The puppets are in the style of British TV satire, Spitting Image from that time period.
@@teresaravenshaw5477 Fascinating fact! I need to check out Spitting Image. It might remind me of Monty Python. Also, I never knew that the puppets at the intro to the video were supposed to be the Reagans!
Genesis is my favorite band of all time. I love each of their phases, the Gabriel prog years, the 4 piece prog years of 76-77, and the more poppy phase of the 80's. This was an awesome review of Land of Confusion. I might also add that they were one of the best live bands to see in concert during the late 70's and throughout the 80's, pioneering the relatively new Vari-Lite technology and top notch sound systems. Spectacular light shows at these concerts. The most recent tour was also spectacular visually. The band members have aged considerably (so have I), but they definitely still have their chops.
Always been a favorite, and as a commentary on the times is right there with Billy Joel and "We didn't start the Fire"
As tortured as those times were, I look back and wish I was there.
Wish I could take my sons (in their mid 20's) back there for a while.....
Paradise. Heard that song and thought “oh how sad”. At the time I was a child and homelessness/poverty was not talked about or seen. Then I heard this song a few years later at Christmas and it just hit me in the feels. I tear up every time I hear this song now.
Graduated in '85 and much of Invisible Touch spoke to me about relationships I never had in high school but wanted with specific people.
Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me" was also one of those songs...
I love all of the Genesis members, extras included, they were in my top three overly abused albums group. I have to say Mike's The Living Years is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. So I am a huge fan on Mike and the Mechanics as well.
This incredible song is as relative today as it was back then. The world IS now a "land of confusion". Great video Professor!
Land of Confusion and Don Henley's End of the Innocence have both proven to be prophetic and highly relevant in our current state.
Indeed it is the Land of Confusion everywhere sadly. Thanks for the flashback😎😀
“Teach your children quietly for some day sons and daughters, will rise up and fight while we stood still.” -Silent Running
This kind of music always makes me cry! Does "Love is the Answer"... It makes me hurt, but I still really love this music!! 😭😭😭🤷😻
Land of Confusion had the most awesome keyboard riffs. Tony Banks is the master of that heavy discordant sound. Domino was another point on the album that his signature sound elevated it. Too often overlooked is the Calling All Stations album, there are songs on there like The Dividing Line, Congo, and Alien Afternoon (among others) that Tony recaptures the same feel of Invisible Touch.
I love Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, and Mike Rutherford. Amazing together, but perhaps even better each on their own.
And Tony Banks too.
@@Jimmersaunt - Irreplaceable! The man's a genius! As incredible as Roger King (from Steve Hackett's band) is, and he is a genius at orchestration, he doesn't play the songs with the same feel that Tony did. Even The Watch, and they are a magnificent Genesis cover band, only captures Tony's stuff at about 98%. Still, that's pretty darn good!
yeh dave several years ago was in the dales tony banks had a solo record out after the news 10 pm there watched bbc entertainment his own band perfomance was tv studio dont believe he played glasto only time can recall fronting his own band was 08 09 must have been his indie side project doing his own songs pretty good recall outside of the familiar genesis hits sorry clarify dales is north yorkshire countryside as you mates uk.well know friends here maybe not so familiar with
I rarely comment on a UA-cam videos, but this hits home so hard, especially these days. Adam is always spot-on in his analysis and his knowledge, but he does a great job of making a great song from my youth relevant to today’s generation. That’s why he’s the Professor!
I found quite a few songs of the 80s being still up to date today. Land Of Confusion being a prime example of these.
I was already a fan of the Spitting Image comedy/puppets before I saw this video, and that was part of what drew me to the music video when it came out.
The song and album were among my most listened to cassette in the 80s. The cassette had scrapes, cracks and pieces missing, but still made it through the 80s. Throwing It All Away is my favorite from the album.
I have learned that the professor of rock is truly a lover of music ! He seems to capture the moment the song was written and what it meant to us as human beings, at the time ! He truly is the professor of rock !
Land Of Confusion
One Tin Soldier
For What It's Worth
That's The Way It Is
Still relevant today.
Music is the universal unifier.
Throwing it all way is one of my favorite songs from genesis. I can’t believe land of confusion didn’t reach number 1 that song was all over the radio and mtv
Every genesis Phil Collin’s song is just genius in my opinion. I mean really. Every single song.
My favorite band by far! Always have been
"Land Of Confusion" is one of my favorite songs from Genesis-The video was first-rate,as well.
This song was on the radio all the time when it came out. It was one of my favorites. Never saw the video till a few years ago.
My Aunt is a HUGE Phil Collins fan and I got to know their music through her. There's just something timeless about the sound.
..me (deceased) Auntie actually wanted to MARRY Phil Collins, she was SO in Love with him...she was about 'humor', before looks....ah, Auntie, I miss ya......
@@RBS_ my Aunt too!!! Lolol
Kudos to Aunt Doobernow!
One of the 70s prog bands that also made it big in the 80s, with Yes and Rush. They all had the willingness to change with the times and were very early adopters of the tech that made 80s music 80s music. They also had the talent and creativity to use the new instruments to their fullest potential. And the production was exceptional.
I love learning things from this channel. I was today years old when I found out there was a link between Genesis & Mike & the Mechanics.
Tonight tonight tonight is my all time favorite from this album
Invisible Touch their masterpiece studio album imho - and I had the privilege of listening to it as a high school freshman teen during the 1986-1987 academic school year
This song is, and will always be, prescient.
You pick my favourite era and music that I remember. 1986 I was 10. Big year in so many different ways. Phil Collins as the soundtrack as I became aware of the world. I have what in today's lingo might be called clips and fragments of 84 and 85. Before that it is just moments or images without context But this without knowing it, helped shape me. British influences like Doctor Who, the anti war/pro pacifisct messaging in 70s era Dr Who we saw in Canada thanks to the replay on the PBS stations that broadcasted across the US border. The writers then of the same generation as Genesis ( who sadly did NOT put it right) Gen X now in our 40s still have boomers hanging around. Refuse to retire and make way. Some nearing their 80s. Worse Silent Generation at the century mark who still meddle long after that kind of thinking should be fossilized and long forgotten. But my generation does its best. How many of us remember Reagan's Shining city on a hill speech. Later I learn that refers to the New Jerusalem of the book of Revelations. The shining hope at the end of strife, of turmoil. Of suffering and atrocity, that we have in our power to tear down the structures built by ' men of steel' to hold down humanity. That love and acceptance is the way. But yes righteous anger to injustice and evil is how we forge a stronger better, brighter more loving future.
This era. This song. That music, movies, culture inspire hope. Many things still do.
Good news is that all our problems are man made and human beings can choose to change. The idea that we are doomed. That the fight was lost long ago and there is nothing to do about it is the biggest lie. These men/women of steel fear true populism. You don't need to spin let us shrink ever expanding intrusion into our lives. Lets get out of the idea adults need permission to live our lives, work, love our families. That we need to do penance for the sins of past generations. Everything that keeps us divided instead of united and throwing off the shackles, is wasted energy. They feared it in the past 100 years ago. They won that fight and we got a century of war. Now the wheel comes back again. Again we can choose and this time choose not to fight. To embrace peace, tolerance, understanding, love of our neighbour as ourselves. The internet makes the difference. Information spreads so fast. Lies exposed before the narrative can be told. The combined power of the people united is more than any force can conquer. Use the tools to educate. Work at ground level and let's build up a structure of peace.
That is what this song means to me.
I will not despair. I will not surrender. Love will win in the end.
Great video by the Spitting Image team
This song is very relevant today, especially what you said about the media.
Man this is the music of all those long drives home from college between Arkansas and the East Coast.
This is my absolute favorite Genesis song
Great song and great commentary on todays world. This song was also recovered by the band disturbed.
Yes! I just got an original copy of this record at a retro store, a week ago!
I'm so happy you focused on this song. It is my favorite song of all time. These lyrics have inspired me to be of service to my fellow man as much or more than any other thing in my childhood. This is the world we live in. These are the hands we're given. Use them and let's start trying to make this a place worth living in. The most powerful lyrics I've ever heard in my life and I'm still using my hands to help others. I became a U.S. Navy sailor and now an FDNY firefighter surely in part to the inspiration I got from this song. Thank you for doing justice in this tribute to my all time favorite song. You rock!
I hear what you are saying! If there is one factor that brings all together… It’s Music!!!
Easy Lover is one of my favorite songs from Phil Collins.
Such a great album, I was spinning it not too long ago and couldn't help notice how good this trio was!
As much as I enjoy the Genesis records after Steve Hackett left, A Trick Of The Tale is my favorite Genesis record.
Abacab is mine.
Hey, I just realized why puppets freak me tf out! Every day is a miracle.
Invisible touch is an awesome album! Great video professor. You need throw that hat of yours in the ring. Professor of Rock for Prez 2024
Love what you did with your tshirt! Eagles and Genesis were both fronted by their drummers! And you did an awesome job bringing out nuances in this song that I've heard dozens, if not hundreds, of times. 👏👏👏👏
This song wasn’t my favorite on the album at the time but over the years it has become my fav
I love this song and I love your
Over arching message throughout this video. The lyrics need to be heeded and thank you pointing them out!
We are divided and we need healing. Anyone reading this I suggest watching Russel Brand, his daily videos try’s to heal the gulf between us.
We all need to come together.
This tremendous song has proven to have transcended time itself.
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Loved how you walked us through this song. I liked it because it rocked back then, but it had most meaning to me now.
You covered a lot of ground in this video…Well Done!! I love Genesis as well as members solo albums back then. Thank You for mentioning “Silent Running”, almost prophetic. I also liked Phil’s deep perspectives with “We said Hello-Goodbye” as well as his social commentary in “Long Long Way To Go”, which was featured in a very poignant scene of Miami Vice. I wish artists would speak out against wrong like they did back in the 60s-80s instead of pushing current political agendas.
I agree, we are better united and respectful,,, values that seem lost or demonized in current times.
Thank You @Professor of Rock for the message, I hope people take heed to your words.
We Said Hello Goodbye is my favorite solo song Phil Collins ever did and Long Long Way To Go is right up there too. They definitely do not get enough love compared to a lot of his others
"Speaking out against wrong" is always political, dude. It's only pushing an agenda when you don't agree.
Rush and Genesis were THE bands of the 80s without a doubt.
The REAL King of the 80's.....Mr. T.!! Movies, Television, a Cartoon, a Cereal, Action Figures, Wrestling, SNL host, a White House visit.
The Spitting Image folks were awesome.
1986 was the year of Genesis. Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins had hits on the charts. Steve Hackett was with GTR and Mike had the Mechanics,
Long Long Way To Go is my fav song, he’s such a talent. All the members of Genesis should get more respect than they do. Thanks for another great episode Professor.
I love the song “Throwing It All Away”.
Love "We Said Hello Goodbye" from "No Jacket Required" released in 1985! Phil Collins was certainly a top selling artist (with and without Genesis) in the 80's! Lucky enough to see Genesis during their "Mama" tour and no let down there, fantastic show.
oh, yeeeeeah, "We Said Hello Goodbye" was his "Imagine"!! ...Also LOVED the B-Side Disco tune "I Like The Way", with Phil at his Soul- Boy BEST!
I remember that during the 80's the radio stations played entirely too much Phil Collins. One night watching Letterman he says (in his best sarcastic tone) "Every night before going to bed I pray, please God, please give Phil Collins more air time" 😄
...you ain't lyin' ....Once, Spring 1986, I heard "Sussudio", "Separate Lives", "Take Me Home", "That's All", & "Misunderstanding", ALL at once, on different Radio stations...and this, was BEFORE "Invisible Touch" (single), was released!
I would had been a huge fan, had Sussudio been limited to dance clubs.
@@RBS_ “No Jacket Required” was HUGE, so I kinda get that.
You can never play too much Phil Collins. NEVER!
As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew it was going to be about "Land of Confusion". For the past couple of years, I've been saying that this song is more relevant today than in the 1980s.