Friday, February 18, 2011

Phil Phridays!


http://www.myspace.com/video/camfromnorway/mama-genesis-phil-collins/4190998

I love this song and video for a few reasons:
- "Mama" is not about anybody's mother, at least not in the usual sense of the word. So at first you're all, "Aww, he's singing about his Mama." Then you're all, "Eww."
- The creepy laughter was inspired by Grandmaster Flash's laughter in "The Message." I can't imagine Phil Collins listening to early rap music, or I can, but it's a quite humorous mental image.
- Regarding the video, it's not just film noir, it's sweaty sweltering Key Largo-esque dark shadowy film noir. All it needs is a fat man.
- Phil Collins can be surprisingly terrifying. All it takes is either a low-angle flashlight or massive door frame back-lighting.

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