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From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Phil Collins sucks
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Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 14:21:41 EDT
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From nessus@mit-eddie (Doug Alan)
> > From: evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus)

> > Boy, I hate to see Phil lumped into the same class with Michael Jackson and
> > Prince(ss)!  .... In my opinion Prince is talentless.
> 
> If Phil Collins is good and Prince is talentless, then why did Phil rip
> off Prince's music?  The only good music Collins ever did was when he
> was ripping off Peter Gabriel, and even then it was only a bleak pale
> imitation.  Prince may be mediocre, but he has more originality is his
> Trojan than Phil has in all of his pseu-pseu-pseudo-musico (thanks
> Rich!).  Phil Collins is a complete charlatan!
> 
> > In my opinion Prince is talentless.  My theory about why he never
> > showed up at the USA for Africa sessions is because he would have
> > melted like the Wicked Witch, in front of all that real talent.
> 
> In front of all that talent like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie?
> Right!
> 
>			 Doug Alan
As I also said in part of my article (I think) this album of Phil's is not
his best, but his previous 2 are really marvelous.  You're the 2nd person
I have heard accuse Phil of ripping off Prince's music (both netters replying
to my article).  Besides the fact the I don't particularly the that S-S-Song,
I don't really see too much similarity to Prince.

And as for Prince melting in front of the other talent, maybe you didn7t hear
that MJ recorded his stuff separately (he might have melted too).  As for LR,
he may not be that talented, but he has a very commanding personality, as
evidenced at Live-Aid, where he showed up for the finale and seemed to take
over.  By talent, I was referring to Stevie Wonder, Harry Belafonte, Bruce
(pardon me, I like him) Springsteen, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles,
Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, and Paul Simon, to name but a few (in NO particular
order).  Not only does Prince have no talent, but he also has no personality.

--Evan Marcus

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