I liked this. I really did. The music is good, but the vocals sealed the deal. Phil Collins songs are ubiquitous in America. You can't avoid them. They're in movies, commercials, TV, on the radio, piped into malls and grocery stores, you can't NOT know Phil Collins's voice. I had no idea how much that familiarity comforts me. Like slipping into a pair of super comfortable broken-in leather boots. An old friend. Hearing his son's almost identical vocals come in on a prog masterpiece felt like fate, kismet, like that's how it always should have been and is meant to be. I do hope Sound of Contact makes more music. That would be excellent!
I think Genesis became radio friendly around Duke album. I discovered them in 1983. Genesis with Gabriel,Collins, Rutherford,Banks and Hackett will be my all-time favorite prog band period!
Interesting comments (and of course a surprising band!). Two thoughts (I am much older than you): There are trends and reactions to trends, both in the creativity of artists, and in the commercial activity to sell. True that a lot is coming back (if its good). A thing that struck me are the many skilful children of skilful artists (Lennon, Harrison, Zappa, Collins, Wilson etc. etc.). The combination of abilities to be good, in cultural heritage + real genetics, should be quite complicated and the number of kids after an artist is usually few. Although a biologist, I am surprised! Maybe an interesting subject for reactions: artist's children!
@@jennifer9047 No, that is why I'm surprised. I don't believe father and son Collins voice depend on a single gene like brown and blue eyes. Statistically I think I have met more parent-child couple that looks like twins, than expected. However many characters are connected in the DNA. But anyway... The cultural heritage is easier to explain.
@@jennifer9047 I have a more theoretical answer. In the evolution there is a benefit if some children is very similar to a single parent if that parent is very fitted in the sense of Darwin. But now we have left the Collins family and I have limited knownledge of the latest in DNA explanations for that kind of heritage. Also in medical DNA research a lot is happening and I'm not updated.
A lot of prog bands stopped playing prog when punk and new wave took over and changed their style to more commercial style. One band that didn't was a British band called National Health which was more or less the same band as Hatfield and the North, or at least the sequel. They made their debut self-titled album in 1978. It would be great if you reviewed their song "Tenemos Roads" from the album. It's a wonderful piece of music and the whole album is a hidden gem of progressive rock that got buried under the masses of less interesting music of that time.
I liked this. I really did. The music is good, but the vocals sealed the deal.
Phil Collins songs are ubiquitous in America. You can't avoid them. They're in movies, commercials, TV, on the radio, piped into malls and grocery stores, you can't NOT know Phil Collins's voice. I had no idea how much that familiarity comforts me. Like slipping into a pair of super comfortable broken-in leather boots. An old friend.
Hearing his son's almost identical vocals come in on a prog masterpiece felt like fate, kismet, like that's how it always should have been and is meant to be.
I do hope Sound of Contact makes more music. That would be excellent!
Marillion waved the prog rock banner high in the UK and Europe in the 80s.
I think Genesis became radio friendly around Duke album. I discovered them in 1983. Genesis with Gabriel,Collins, Rutherford,Banks and Hackett will be my all-time favorite prog band period!
Interesting comments (and of course a surprising band!). Two thoughts (I am much older than you): There are trends and reactions to trends, both in the creativity of artists, and in the commercial activity to sell. True that a lot is coming back (if its good).
A thing that struck me are the many skilful children of skilful artists (Lennon, Harrison, Zappa, Collins, Wilson etc. etc.). The combination of abilities to be good, in cultural heritage + real genetics, should be quite complicated and the number of kids after an artist is usually few. Although a biologist, I am surprised! Maybe an interesting subject for reactions: artist's children!
As a biologist, can you explain how Simon Collins's vocal chords seem to be made up 100% of his father's DNA? 😉
@@jennifer9047 No, that is why I'm surprised. I don't believe father and son Collins voice depend on a single gene like brown and blue eyes. Statistically I think I have met more parent-child couple that looks like twins, than expected. However many characters are connected in the DNA. But anyway... The cultural heritage is easier to explain.
@@erikahlander3489 Haha! I was kinda asking in a rhetorical way, but thanks for your answer, man! Rock on 🤘😜
@@jennifer9047 I have a more theoretical answer. In the evolution there is a benefit if some children is very similar to a single parent if that parent is very fitted in the sense of Darwin. But now we have left the Collins family and I have limited knownledge of the latest in DNA explanations for that kind of heritage. Also in medical DNA research a lot is happening and I'm not updated.
A lot of prog bands stopped playing prog when punk and new wave took over and changed their style to more commercial style. One band that didn't was a British band called National Health which was more or less the same band as Hatfield and the North, or at least the sequel. They made their debut self-titled album in 1978. It would be great if you reviewed their song "Tenemos Roads" from the album. It's a wonderful piece of music and the whole album is a hidden gem of progressive rock that got buried under the masses of less interesting music of that time.
According to wiki Simon Collins is no longer in the band.
Yes that's true, they still collaborate on each others projects. Almost all of Simons solo albums has one of the members in it