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Subject: Re: Genesis and Peter Gabriel or Genesis with Phil Collins
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Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 10:56:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 10:56:52 1984
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Well, first off, to say that Phil Collins is a better lyricist than Peter
Gabriel is patently absurd from a quick review of their work. This also
applies double for their respective musical abilities. Collins has never
and will never pen a tune to match "Solsbury Hill", "Lay Your Hands On
Me", "Humdrum", "Waiting For The Big One", "Shock The Monkey", or the
luminescent "Biko". Collins is too busy raking in the bucks to pause to
make a great album. Although, it must be said that "Trick of The Tail"
is a great album - but Collins didn't have such a hammerlock on the
band's creative drive then as he does now. Face it - Collins is a hack,
Gabriel is an artist.

And as far as Fleetwood Mac goes, there are some *great* tunes with Bob
Welch (and no, I don't like him much either), and at least one great
album that stands right up there with "Bare Trees" and "And Then Play
On" - that album is "Mystery To Me". And to be frank, Fleetwood Mac
was going downhill long before Welch joined the band, when Peter Green
left. Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie "Please Get Me Some Cough Drops"
Nicks just sealed the envelope.

Davis Tucker
AT&T Information Systems
Denver, CO