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Song of the Day #3,790: ‘You Know What I Mean’ – Phil Collins

Welcome to the latest edition of my Decades series, wherein I feature celebrated albums from a single year across several decades. So far I’ve covered 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002, and (most recently) 1971. That brings me to the year I’ll focus on over the new few weeks: 1981.

The first year of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. The year of the first test tube baby. The year Raiders of the Lost Ark came out. The year I turned nine. Of the five albums I’ll count down first — my personal favorites from 1981 — I listened to only one at the time. The rest I’ve discovered since.

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Song of the Day #883: ‘In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins

I recently read an article in Rolling Stone about Phil Collins and his withdrawal from public life as a reaction to relentless bashing of his music.

Collins, who was one of the 80s biggest stars thanks to hits such as ‘Sussudio’ and ‘Against All Odds,’ not to mention his popular work with Genesis (‘Land of Confusion’ and ‘Invisible Touch’ to name just a couple), now spends almost all of his time curating an impressive collection of Alamo memorabilia.

He is actually one of the world’s top collectors of artifacts from the Alamo and was touched and proud to be accepted into their world as an equal. Fascinating.

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