rmgman wrote: 

Yea I am one of those few people who actually preferred Genesis lead by him than Gabriel (sacriledge!!).  They started to fade in the mid to late eighties, but they did have a window late 70s and early 80s where they were really good.  Phil put out some pretty underrated solo material as well in my book.  I mean it was pop music after all, gotta put it all in perspective.  He was not trying to create some big, philosophical art!

 sirdroseph wrote: 
SD:

I'm in your group; you are not alone! He's one of my favorite artists (and a fellow Freemason Brother). I saw that news report also. 

I know there are a lot of Phil Collins haters out there, but I am not amongst them.  Here is a cool story about him though:

Phil Collins made an 'honorary Texan' by the state legislature