I've always been a pretty big fan of his (with Genesis and especially the solo stuff, like the whole No Jacket Required album). To me his music perfectly gels with the feeling of the '80s - bright, cheery and well-produced without taking itself too seriously. The upbeat songs were alot of fun (sort of bordering between dance and pop/rock), and the ballads were pleasant and still catchy.

Also, his videos were really good and tended to have the "creative" elements of the early MTV generation, like storylines and action or dialogue mixed into the song. They were humorous alot of the time too, and you could tell he had a good time making them.

Yeah he had some pretty good songs in the 80s - among my favorites are:

I Don't Care Anymore
Sussudio
Take Me Home
Two Hearts
Groovy Kind of Love
Another Day in Paradise

In The Air Tonight and I Missed Again are the only two songs I like from Phil's solo stuff. I guess after Abacab and Phil's first solo album, there isn't much about the 80s Genesis I really like.

My favorites from Phil Collins/Genesis is pretty much all 80's.  :)

Easy Lover
Don't Lose My Number
Invisible Touch
Another Day in Paradise
I Wish It Would Rain Down
Take Me Home
I Don't Care Anymore (one of those "I'm in a bad mood" kind of songs  :D)
Misunderstanding

He's pretty good. He's easy to make fun of, but they're probably jealous. 8)

I like his earlier music too.

I Don't Care Anymore
Sussudio
Take Me Home
Two Hearts
Groovy Kind of Love
Easy Lover
Don't Lose My Number
Invisible Touch
Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away
Against All Odds

I'm kinda inbetween when it comes to Phil Collins. Not really into his music, although his songs don't bother me either.

I'd say I'm a fan of his music.  And you're right about him fitting right in with the 80's.  I think he and Genesis had a hard time breaking away from that sound after the 80's, which would explain their limited success since then.  Although I do remember liking a few songs from their 1992 (?) album, We Can't Dance.

Favorite Genesis/Phil Collins songs:

Groovy Kind of Love
In The Air Tonight
Another Day in Paradise
You Can't Hurry Love
Jesus He Knows Me
No Son Of Mine
One More Night
Against All Odds
Invisible Touch

I have his music on my iPod, but I don't listen to it much.

I'd say I'm a fan of his music.  And you're right about him fitting right in with the 80's.  I think he and Genesis had a hard time breaking away from that sound after the 80's, which would explain their limited success since then.  Although I do remember liking a few songs from their 1992 (?) album, We Can't Dance.

Favorite Genesis/Phil Collins songs:

Groovy Kind of Love
In The Air Tonight
Another Day in Paradise
You Can't Hurry Love
Jesus He Knows Me
No Son Of Mine
One More Night
Against All Odds
Invisible Touch



Right on. :) Yeah I love "Invisible Touch" the most out of anything he ever sang on (for solo songs, it's probably a tossup between "Two Hearts" and "Don't Lose My Number"). Something about it just makes you feel happy, and it reminds me of being 6 years old, lol.


Yeah, I liked Genesis' We Cant Dance album too (it still sounded pretty 80s). Alot of those songs were pretty powerful and sad, like "No Son of Mine", but still catchy.

i always  thought "one more night"  was his best work! ;)

Strangely enough, I prefer the 80s Genesis output over Phil Collins solo.  Overall, Collins solo seemed more pop oriented whereas Genesis as a group retained a bit of the prog rock feel, at least in the beginning.

A couple of his I really liked: "I Don't Care Anymore" and "Don't Lose My Number".
 

I love Phil Collins
Fav solos of the 80's

In The Air Tonight
I Missed Again
Only You know And I Know
Take Me Home
I Don't Care Anymore
One More Night
But my 2 all time favs are ...I Wish It would Rain Down..and my wedding song ...Groovy Kind of Love :)

He Single - Handedly Ruined Genisis!
At Least "Fat Bastard" had hair!

He Single - Handedly Ruined Genisis!
At Least "Fat Bastard" had hair!


They may not have been the progressive band they were with Hackett and Gabriel..but you can't deny he made them more popular,by mainstreaming the songs,more people got a chance to hear the band.

I liked both his Genesis period and his solo. He was as big as they come in the 80's as far as singer songwrighters went.......

I always liked his In The Air Tonight solo hit (which would have been one of his first)

In The Air Tonight and I Missed Again are the only two songs I like from Phil's solo stuff. I guess after Abacab and Phil's first solo album, there isn't much about the 80s Genesis I really like.

"In the Air Tonight" is a great song.  Phil Collins has a great legacy coming from Genesis and Brian Eno.  I'm more of a Peter Gabriel fan talking solo stuff.

My favorite albums by Genesis are Duke, Abacab, and the S/T. My favorite song from them is the title track of Abacab. I always equated it with driving on a lonely road late at night, with the stereo turned up high. There's a certain mystery to it.

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I like Phil Collins, I think he fits the 80's pretty well.

Phil Collins is definitely one of the most talented pop artists of all time, even though I essentially see his work with Genesis from And Then There Were Three onwards as completely separate from the Peter Gabriel era, plus the first two albums with Collins as the lead vocalist.

Ironically, I actually think Collins' best song was "Everyday" from 1993's Both Sides. It has an absolutely gorgeous intro and a flowing, elegant progression that's hard not to get entranced by. "In the Air Tonight" is a very close second, however.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr-SNCtoyPk

I love Phil Collins! Talented and down to earth, despite his background.

Phil favourites:
Groovy Kind Of Love
You Can't Hurry Love
2 Hearts
Against All Odds
Like China (really exaggerated London accent on this, quite amusing)
Find A Way To My Heart
I Don't Wanna Know

Genesis favourites:
Invisible Touch
Tell Me Why
Fading Lights
No Son Of Mine

My favorites are (either solo or with Genesis):

-In The Air Tonight (always wanted to choreograph a dance to that song but never did.)
-Against All Odds
-Another Day in Paradise

And these two which no one else said they like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1oKVm_qiYg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmH1xQ2Pf4


Cat

My favorites are (either solo or with Genesis):

-In The Air Tonight (always wanted to choreograph a dance to that song but never did.)
-Against All Odds
-Another Day in Paradise

And these two which no one else said they like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1oKVm_qiYg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmH1xQ2Pf4


Cat


Those are my favorites too.

I also like 'Easy Lover'.