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Phil Collins doing other people's songs? Man, that's like putting them through a wood chipper. And then taking a fat crap on them. And then having Satan remix it.
Read this review from my old college paper. It cracked me up. Thought some folks would like it....
Even liquor can't drown Collins' love hits
REVIEW
By Kevin Yuen
Daily Staff Writer
October 04, 2004
Let's take a look at Phil Collins' latest release, two beers at a time.
Sober
"I've Been Trying" "Everyday" "Against All Odds," but I "Can't Stop Loving You," Phil. I just can't.
The year was 1998. T
he Backstreet Boys had won the Billboard Music Award for group album of the year. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" was released in conjunction with the fi lm "Titanic," and would soon be named record of the year by the Grammy's. And as life has its way of kicking you when you're down, we were bequeathed with the release of Phil Collins' "Hits," a compilation of his biggest solo, well, hits.
The aptly named, single-disc collection of chart-busters was typical of someone who had weathered a long, successful career such as Collins, including his biggest, most-adored songs and nostalgic, middle-of-the-road pop ballads that had given him his signature sound.
Fast forward to 2004.
Celine Dion is hawking cars and one of the Backstreet Boys beat up Paris Hilton. Cue the release of Collins' "Love Songs: A Compilation ... Old and New." The title speaks for itself, and again this is a typical "Best of." But this time, it's because it reeks of a marketing scheme.
The collection is now two discs long, and includes new (and unreleased!) material, live material and a handful of cover songs such as "My Girl" and "The Way You Look Tonight."
Presumably Phil himself tried to cover his own ass and wrote in the liner notes, "This compilation is ... a collection of love songs that I've either written or co-written and that I consider to be amongst my best work ... (This is) not a 'Hits' collection, but I would certainly call it a 'Best of.' "
Can you hear that? That's the sound of someone milking his career for all it's worth. Somewhere an angel just lost its wings.
This compilation won't change your feelings for the ex-Genesis drummer's work, one way or the other. We all know too well the power of nostalgia, and if you have a soft spot for "One More Night," because your mom used to throw it on the record player, that's fi ne.
However, just because this guy scored Disney's "Tarzan" and had a minor radio hit since 1998 does not warrant a total repackaging of his body of work for release as an anthology.
Unless you're just finishing off the 15-year plan here at school or didn't change the radio presets when you inherited the family clunker, this two-disc journey is probably not for you.
Two Beers
Hey, man. Phil Collins? More like Phil Bawlings. Get it? Ha!
Somebody tell this guy to stop whining. He could sing the Declaration of Independence and make it sound like England left all our stuff out in the street. Jeez, I wonder how it feels being Elton John Lite.
This album feels like a two-hour slow dance at a 1984 junior prom. Boy, these didn't age well.
Is it just me, or do all these songs sound exactly the same? Like Collins is just singing different words over the demo button on his electronic keyboard.
Two discs? Are you kidding? Phil Collins doing other people's songs? Man, that's like putting them through a wood chipper. And then taking a fat crap on them. And then having Satan remix it.
Four Beers
Yo, where's that "Stan" song on this thing?
The one that goes, dun dun dun, "Hey Slim, I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? You know, that song 'In the Air Tonight?' about that guy who could have saved that other guy from drowning, but didn't? Then Phil saw it all, then at his show he found him?"
Man, that song isn't even on here. How wack, even Eminem remembered that song. I bet that song is Collins' "Freebird." Oh man, does Dido suck or what?
Six Beers
So take a look at me nooooooooow. This is seriously my favorite jam right now. Seriously. But "Tarzan" still totally sucked. Rosie O'Donnell voiced a male gorilla. Ha!
Disclaimer: The Spartan Daily does not endorse the consumption of alcohol, nor the listening of albums by Phil Collins.
Read this review from my old college paper. It cracked me up. Thought some folks would like it....
Even liquor can't drown Collins' love hits
REVIEW
By Kevin Yuen
Daily Staff Writer
October 04, 2004
Let's take a look at Phil Collins' latest release, two beers at a time.
Sober
"I've Been Trying" "Everyday" "Against All Odds," but I "Can't Stop Loving You," Phil. I just can't.
The year was 1998. T
he Backstreet Boys had won the Billboard Music Award for group album of the year. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" was released in conjunction with the fi lm "Titanic," and would soon be named record of the year by the Grammy's. And as life has its way of kicking you when you're down, we were bequeathed with the release of Phil Collins' "Hits," a compilation of his biggest solo, well, hits.
The aptly named, single-disc collection of chart-busters was typical of someone who had weathered a long, successful career such as Collins, including his biggest, most-adored songs and nostalgic, middle-of-the-road pop ballads that had given him his signature sound.
Fast forward to 2004.
Celine Dion is hawking cars and one of the Backstreet Boys beat up Paris Hilton. Cue the release of Collins' "Love Songs: A Compilation ... Old and New." The title speaks for itself, and again this is a typical "Best of." But this time, it's because it reeks of a marketing scheme.
The collection is now two discs long, and includes new (and unreleased!) material, live material and a handful of cover songs such as "My Girl" and "The Way You Look Tonight."
Presumably Phil himself tried to cover his own ass and wrote in the liner notes, "This compilation is ... a collection of love songs that I've either written or co-written and that I consider to be amongst my best work ... (This is) not a 'Hits' collection, but I would certainly call it a 'Best of.' "
Can you hear that? That's the sound of someone milking his career for all it's worth. Somewhere an angel just lost its wings.
This compilation won't change your feelings for the ex-Genesis drummer's work, one way or the other. We all know too well the power of nostalgia, and if you have a soft spot for "One More Night," because your mom used to throw it on the record player, that's fi ne.
However, just because this guy scored Disney's "Tarzan" and had a minor radio hit since 1998 does not warrant a total repackaging of his body of work for release as an anthology.
Unless you're just finishing off the 15-year plan here at school or didn't change the radio presets when you inherited the family clunker, this two-disc journey is probably not for you.
Two Beers
Hey, man. Phil Collins? More like Phil Bawlings. Get it? Ha!
Somebody tell this guy to stop whining. He could sing the Declaration of Independence and make it sound like England left all our stuff out in the street. Jeez, I wonder how it feels being Elton John Lite.
This album feels like a two-hour slow dance at a 1984 junior prom. Boy, these didn't age well.
Is it just me, or do all these songs sound exactly the same? Like Collins is just singing different words over the demo button on his electronic keyboard.
Two discs? Are you kidding? Phil Collins doing other people's songs? Man, that's like putting them through a wood chipper. And then taking a fat crap on them. And then having Satan remix it.
Four Beers
Yo, where's that "Stan" song on this thing?
The one that goes, dun dun dun, "Hey Slim, I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? You know, that song 'In the Air Tonight?' about that guy who could have saved that other guy from drowning, but didn't? Then Phil saw it all, then at his show he found him?"
Man, that song isn't even on here. How wack, even Eminem remembered that song. I bet that song is Collins' "Freebird." Oh man, does Dido suck or what?
Six Beers
So take a look at me nooooooooow. This is seriously my favorite jam right now. Seriously. But "Tarzan" still totally sucked. Rosie O'Donnell voiced a male gorilla. Ha!
Disclaimer: The Spartan Daily does not endorse the consumption of alcohol, nor the listening of albums by Phil Collins.