Entertainment Weekly: "Five reasons we'll miss him"

Phil Collins' retirement from music: Five reasons we'll miss him

I’ve always thought Phil Collins was fairly awesome. Here’s five reasons why:

1. As a child actor, he was cast as an extra in A Hard Day’s Night
Okay, so even Collins says he’s never been able to spot himself in the movie—and one assumes he’s looked harder than most. But how many Beatles movies have you been cast in? Exactly.

2. He’s an amazing drummer
He really is. This is the guy who made Genesis funky. Seriously, Genesis!!!

3. Face Value
Collins recorded his terrific debut solo album following the disintegration of his first marriage, and the set still stands as one of the great all-time break-up records, albeit an often nicely swinging one thanks to the contributions of Earth, Wind & Fire’s brass section, the Phenix Horns.

4. He performed “In The Air Tonight” on British TV next to a paint can
Which doesn’t sound that amazing, until you know that the aforementioned disintegration of Collins’ marriage involved his wife running off with a decorator. The drummer would later claim, rather unbelievably, that the presence of the paint can was a coincidence but admitted it was “a fantastic coincidence. And of course the phone rang the next day: ‘What the f—!’”

5. This

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wGbjyrclbs