Genesis, Phil Collins

I just downloaded a bunch of Genesis and Phil Collins tracks. I re-fell in love with Genesis when I happened upon an old mint condition "Invisible Touch" album from my favorite second hand store (that now is harder to get to without a car, I'm going green). I had it on the record player for over 2 months. Morning, noon, and night I had to play the whole album. "Land of Confusion" just touched a cord in my heart strings. I guess because it was the 2008 elections and Obama was in the air, war and finally most people in America feel that Bush is retarded. There is hope for the United States of America.

Anyway, once in a while I would hear "Separate Lives," "Sussudio," or "In Too Deep" on the radio while driving down to SoCal or driving around SoCal...because in the city I only drive short distances that I don't really get to hear a lot of songs through the end. But when a jam comes on I may have to drive around Dolores Park once, twice or maybe even three times if jam after jam comes on. Radio stations in NorCal aren't that great. Well maybe in the afternoon, on the gay station. It's probably because not a lot of people are in their cars driving long distances. Now that I'm pounding on the concrete jungle on foot and public transport my ears have been stuffed with my IPod music. I've been filling it up with music that I didn't appreciate when I was younger but now I just can't get enough of. And Genesis/Phil Collins is filling the musical void. It's the type of music you want to hear when you just broke up with someone you've been with for 7 years. Phil Collins is just spot on with each and every word. Every song is a potentially good song to sing on karaoke.

I'm gonna make it a point from this moment until my birthday to learn at least a whole albums worth of songs by Phil Collins/Genesis and sing all the tracks that's available in the songbook. It would definitely be impressive in more ways than one.