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Reprinted without permission from Q Magazine, August 1996
In which Stories catches up with a slippery rock 'n' roll personage.
Q. When did you decide to leave Genesis?
A." Halfway through my last record Both Sides. It's hard to leave
something you've been involved with for 25 years, but when you're
past 45 you're not taken seriously when you walk up on stage
and you start thinking of other things to do. If you keep adding things,
you never have time to do anything, so I started taking things away."
Q. How's the solo album going?
A. "It's taking longer than I planned. Originally, I wanted to take the band
into the rehearsal room, then take it out on the road, play it in clubs,
come back and record it as a band. But as we started rehearsing, I
felt myself losing my grip, because musicians were adding bits which
I didn't like. Consequently I cancelled the tour and went straight into
the album. It's not that I am a megalomaniac, I was just losing sight
of what I wanted."
Q. Does it have a new direction?
A. "It's much happier, more up-beat which is the way I feel at the moment.
There's a couple of ballads and a lot of new African influences because
that's what I was listening to on the last tour. It should be out October
or November. I think of Dire Straits as being BMW CD music but people
think of my music like that. The more I can do to change that, the better.
I want to make something as rough as Oasis."
Q. Any Film music?
A. "I'm doing the music for a Disney cartoon, Tarzan, which will be out in
two or three years. So far I've written three songs and they're already
drawing to them. They also want me to get involved in the soundtrack
as well as the songs, so that's a foot in the door in that world."
Q. Why move to Geneva?
A. "The press really went to town on me with the personal thing and it made
me see England differently. It made me see people differently too, because
you feel threatned if you're on the street and you think people are
talking
about you. My private life is treated with more respect here and I
don't really
miss England. I do the same things here I did back there so it's not a
dramatic
change. I never thought I'd leave England but these things happen and you
end up going where your heart is. And my missus lives here."
All typos are mine.
On a side note, I noticed that PC was doing Genesis songs with his band. I
wonder what Mike and Tony think about that. Can he perform any song he wants
any way he wants, or is he limited to songs that he wrote or mainly wrote? Why
would he want to perform Genesis songs anyway?
Pat Peasley
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 23:46:06 -0400
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From: Pat Peasley
Subject: PC In Q Magazine
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Just picked up the August issue of Q magazine. (I get it about a month after issue) and found a small article about PC in it.
Since nobody brought it up, I'd thought I'd post it for comment/
review. It's pretty interesting. "Where Are You Now Phil Collins?"
Cincinnati, Ohio
