Phil Collins Cant Turn Back The Years
Like Face Value before it, Both Sides could be characterized as a "divorce album," but marriage wasn't the only thing Phil Collins was leaving behind in 1993. He was two years removed from We Can't Dance, the 1991 album that turned out to be his last with Genesis, so at a personal and professional crossroads, Collins holed up in his home studio to write and record the songs that became Both Sides. Apart from the relatively chipper "We're Sons of Our Fathers" and "We Wait and We Wonder," a percolating number that feels like a retort to Peter Gabriel's Us, Both Sides is moody without being menacing; it never slides into the stark, skeletal territory that gave "In the Air Tonight" a sense of unease. Rather, Collins turns inward, reveling in a hushed melancholy that conveys heartbreak and loss while skirting the edge of desperation. Song titles tell the tale: there are "Both Sides of the Story," but you "Can't Turn Back the Years," and "Can't Find My Way" and you wind up as "Survivors." By abandoning his thirst for big pop hooks and swapping introspection for art rock, he winds up with an album that is quietly compelling: it lacks the big hits but it feels complete as an album.
Phil Collins Cant Turn Back The Years
Collins has wrestled with back problems in recent years which have limited his ability to play drums. In his recent solo performances, Collins sings from a chair for most of his set, while his son Nicholas plays drums.
"I prefer to concentrate on the positives, and say what a fine collection of songwriters they were, [not just] collectively, but individually as well," Hackett said of his former bandmates. "I can't really be anymore positive than that. I know we'd all love to turn the clock back."
The world is overrun with content and most of it is trash. The media is an outrage machine on both sides. Turn off the tv news and turn it back on 3 months later. It's the same people saying the same things. The interwebs are full of clickbait. McUSA Today is written on a 3rd grade level and designed for the modern, micro attention span. I'm done. I don't care anymore. That's right. I just dropped a Phil Collins reference.
PFW: You have successfully combined two players into one, and you still have the wrong guy. Jim Miller was a backup quarterback for the Patriots in 2004. I assume you're also referring to Josh Miller, who was New England's punter from 2004 through 2006. The player you are crediting is Chris Hanson, who made a great play to take down Sproles on that punt return against the Chargers, so, in essence, I agree with everything you said. I didn't think the special teams' play was all that bad Sunday. Unfortunately for the Patriots, that's about the only thing that went right. Get your Millers right and lay off the Miller Lights! M.P. 041b061a72