Posts by A Whorish Ant

  • Most Relatable Phil Collins Lyrics

    I've Forgotten Everything reminds me of the opening of I Wish It Would Rain Down, another big favourite of mine. The love, loss, and anger songs are all pretty common, but I think these two go an unusual step beyond that and into the consequences of being reminded of what you once loved, and the associated feelings, when you thought it was all over and done with. I can certainly relate to that but, fortunately, not in an "I wish I had that again" way.


    Totally agree on You Know What I Mean and If Leaving Me Is Easy. For all the stick Phil gets about ballads and love songs, when he gets it right, no one nails it quite like him.

  • Best Opening Song

    Just realised I missed off Serious Hits Live, so Something Happened On The Way To Heaven would probably be around the 4/5 position. I think, taking only the tracks from the album, Don't Lose My Number would have been a better opener.

  • Best Opening Song

    In order:


    1. In The Air Tonight

    2. I Don't Care Anymore

    3. Hang In Long Enough

    4. Dance Into The Light

    5. Sussudio

    6. Wake Up Call

    7. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)


    1 and 2 are very close together, and 4 and 5 are pretty much tied.

  • Most Relatable Phil Collins Lyrics

    Quote from AnythingNow

    When Both Sides was released in 1993 I was 18 years old and liked But Seriously a lot, especially songs like "Something Happened On The Way To Heaven" and "Hang In Long Enough". As a new and enthusiastic fan of Genesis and Phil Collins I had huge expectations on his new album. I bought it on the day of release, but then when I listened to it there was this despair. I really wanted to like the great Phil Collins' new album, but the stripped-down arrangement left me with the lyrics - which I at my age really couldn't relate to. I remember how I tried to suppress my disappointment. Now, 25 years later, I better understand and appreciate the lyrics of Both Sides.

    Very similar to my experience of Both Sides. I was 14 and, apart from Both Sides of the Story and We Fly So Close aside, nothing got me instantly hooked like so much of his previous work. It's now up there with Face Value at the top of the list for me (although the title track is now probably my least favourite on the album).


    Every line of Can't Turn Back The Years, I've Forgotten Everything, Can't Find My Way, There's A Place For Us, We Fly So Close, and Please Come Out Tonight I find immensely moving. I've been very happily married for over a decade, but those songs all remind me of times that I'd otherwise forgotten, that I often didn't enjoy when experiencing them, but look back on now as having shaped me positively and often put a smile on my face rather than reflecting with the sadness of the moment.

  • Food and Drink

    Years ago I had to give up caffeine as it...let's just say, stopped agreeing with me. Switched to decaf, which is largely an ongoing disappointment, but when you find a good one you learn to appreciate it even more!


    Totally with you on water. I know I need to drink more of it but I have to add something to it.


    Your leftovers drink sounds strangely appealing - I may have to give it a go.

  • First record or CD you ever owned

    First CD I owned was Phil's Serious Hits Live, when I was about 12. I don't recall having bought tapes prior to that, but I did buy a few afterwards when getting into Genesis if CDs weren't available and the need to not return home empty handed trumped the patience of a teenager.

  • Misunderstanding

    I chose the middle option. Certainly closer to like than dislike, and if it was any other band I'd probably enjoy it more, but it just doesn't feel quite Genesis enough for me.


    And I appreciate that's terrible logic based on an incorrect assumption that Genesis should feel like something in particular, but there you go!