Five classic artists who were too good to be backing singers
Humble beginnings.
Phil Collins
‘Against All Odds’: Why Phil Collins initially “discarded” his number one hit song
Too downtempo for his solo beginnings.
The Phil Collins song his bandmate thought he would screw up: “What are you doing?”
Making things needlessly complicated.
The legendary rock band Phil Collins wants to delete from history: “They’re just horrible”
“There’s nobody they think is worth anything, apart from them.”
The song Phil Collins never wanted to give to Genesis: “They wanted it on the record”
Never quite right for the band.
The Genesis song Phil Collins said was too complicated: “All the air had been sucked out”
Going beyond being complicated.
“Our best spontaneous moments”: the Genesis song Phil Collins calls one of the band’s finest
The height of their musicianship.
“I didn’t hear back from her”: the pop star who once rejected Phil Collins
Not finding the right time.