As I was listening to Phil Collins' 2002 CD Testify for the first time yesterday, hoping it wouldn't suck like everything else he released since 1989, really being impressed with the Genesis-like keyb intro to the first track "Wake Up Call"... and then realizing it would be almost as dreadful as everything else he'd released since 1989 (except maybe Dance Into the Light, which I only played once and never wanted to again). So when I found this clip on YouTube this morning I thought we could go back 40 years to when Phil was still pretty dandy... Here's Genesis on The Mike Douglas Show from almost 40 years ago - March 29, 1977 - performing what would be their first US hit single: "Your Own Special Way," which would hit #62 on April 2. We all should be glad Phil Collins later removed all the Joe Cockerisms from his stage performance, and I was unaware that they had Chester Thompson on drums that early on. Anyway, it's a pleasant little tune, even if Phil looks a bit too Charles Manson/Dennis Wilson-y.
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