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From: cjbiggin@watmath.UUCP (Colin Biggin)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Genesis died when Pete left
Message-ID: <15778@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 18:26:01 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 16 18:26:01 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:15:20 EDT
Reply-To: cjbiggin@watmath.UUCP (Colin Biggin)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <484@wdl1.UUCP> kimery@wdl1.UUCP (Sam Kimery) writes:
>Too bad Phil never learned how to play drums ..........
>
>	I enjoy Phil and Genesis much better when Phil stays in front
>of the drums and behind the mike.
>					Sam

Sam, are you serious, yes you must be, no smiley face.  Then you must
have no taste.  Anybody who knows anything about anything knows that
Phil is an excellent drummer.  A better drummer than singer!!

However, I will concede you one point.  If you are basing your
statement on his last album (No Jacket Required), then you might
be right.  Since on most of the songs he uses a drum machine.
This leads one to ponder the question...  Why is a perfectly
capable and talented drummer using a drum machine ???  

I know the drum-machine discussion took place about two months ago, 
but I still can't-for-the-honest-to-GOD-life-of-me understand why
Phil Collins used drum machines on NJR.  They add NOTHING
to the album, but detract from it...  And NJR is not as good as
'Face Value' or 'Hello, I Must Be Going'...

-- 
cheers,
Colin Biggin
University of Waterloo

"I woke up, read the Toronto Star, and discovered I was a 'yuppie'"