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I discovered Genesis at an early age when Nickelodeon for a reason I can't recall played the videos for "I Can't Dance" and "No Son of Mine". And up until a year or so ago I wrote off everything Phil Collins as a waste.But Collins has had a pretty sizable resurgence in the hipster community as people have started to realize not only that he was a pretty formidable drummer, but that skill when mixed with his electronic 80's drum timbres result in samples that can be dropped in just about every dance remix out there. Just try to go to a club nowadays and see how much time passes before the DJ spins a tune that features one of Collins boisterous drum fills --I'd go as far as to say electronica historians will look back upon Collins as the James Brown of the 2000's. Perhaps "In The Air Tonight" will even be to our kids what "Funky Drummer" is to our generation.
At any rate, I find it interesting that Clare and The Reasons could cover Genesis' "That's All" without including so much as a single snare hit. Instead they opt for an "Eleanor Rigby" style string arrangement that accentuates what often goes overlooked: Collins' top-notch song-writing. When a song not only stands the test of time, but survives a genre change, gender of vocalist change, and gets stripped down, you know it must be great.
Clare and The Reasosns' new album Arrow is out now via Frog Stand Records.
MP3: Clare and The Reasons - That's All (Genesis cover)
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6 comments:
Agreed, "That's All" is a great song, but this is also an amazing performance by Clare and the Reasons, great arrangement and singing too... Got me!
I can almost certainly guarantee you're referring to the Nick Hit List, a short-lived Nickelodeon program which had a top ten videos of the week. They introduced me to Lita Ford and Boyz II Men.
Recognize this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJoMfLmeaMI
That's totally it. That is also the place I first heard Mr Big's "To Be With You".
As for Kathy, I agree. I had no intentions of slighting the great performance/arrangement of Clare, et al
Phil Collins is indeed the man. He's got a shit ton of good music, too bad he just can't hear it now.
Even sadder that he can't play drums anymore
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