RE: Music You're Listening To:
May 8, 2018 at 8:56 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2018 at 8:57 pm by Rev. Rye.)
Currently listening to Phil Collins' Singles. A bit miffed that this one didn't count as one of his singles: (WARNING: if you hate Phil Collins, you may have to rethink that, as this is him being the most awesome he's been this side of "In the Air Tonight.")
And the bigger revelation: I have somehow managed to mix these two songs of his in my mind for the last decade or so and didn't know that this:
was a different song from this:
I think the lyrics from "One More Night" somehow merged with the production of "Two Hearts."
It can be tempting to just write it off as evidence that Phil Collins is overrated (to be fair, I'm not one of the generation who got sick of him being goddam EVERYWHERE in the late 80s and early 90s, so I think he's managed to warp around to being underrated), but even more universally beloved artists have even more indistinguishable songs; How many of the Ramones' early songs sound similar to "Blitzkrieg Bop", with a different set of lyrics and maybe a different sense of when to change the IV and V chords? And Hell, Hank Williams had no less than three songs with the exact same chord changes and musical and lyrical structure: "Move it on Over," "I'm a Long Gone Daddy," and "Mind Your Own Business." And they were all Top Ten hits! Then again, "Long Gone Daddy" is a little different from "Move it On Over."
And the bigger revelation: I have somehow managed to mix these two songs of his in my mind for the last decade or so and didn't know that this:
was a different song from this:
I think the lyrics from "One More Night" somehow merged with the production of "Two Hearts."
It can be tempting to just write it off as evidence that Phil Collins is overrated (to be fair, I'm not one of the generation who got sick of him being goddam EVERYWHERE in the late 80s and early 90s, so I think he's managed to warp around to being underrated), but even more universally beloved artists have even more indistinguishable songs; How many of the Ramones' early songs sound similar to "Blitzkrieg Bop", with a different set of lyrics and maybe a different sense of when to change the IV and V chords? And Hell, Hank Williams had no less than three songs with the exact same chord changes and musical and lyrical structure: "Move it on Over," "I'm a Long Gone Daddy," and "Mind Your Own Business." And they were all Top Ten hits! Then again, "Long Gone Daddy" is a little different from "Move it On Over."
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.