{"id":3626,"date":"2015-11-08T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T01:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.squealermusic.com\/madclips\/wordpress2\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2015-11-08T21:31:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T02:31:48","slug":"the-one-where-i-somehow-end-up-defending-phil-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.squealermusic.com\/madclips\/wordpress2\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"The One Where I Somehow End Up Defending Phil Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not that he needs it, but I\u2019m here to defend Phil Collins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yes, that Phil Collins (or, as my husband refers to him: Phil\u2019s Colon.)<\/p>\n

I am here to defend his right to make beautiful music or complete dreck\u00a0if he wants to.<\/p>\n

In my news feed today, I saw about a zillion stories about the petition<\/a> asking that Phil Collins stop making music \u2013or at least stop sharing it. I get that it was a joke. Honestly, I do. And I might have even said, in the past, that the world doesn\u2019t need another (insert name of any multitude of bands here) album. I might have said that we didn\u2019t need to see Mick Jagger after 1983. But I was wrong.<\/p>\n

If I don\u2019t want to hear those albums, I don\u2019t have to listen. If I don\u2019t want to see Old Mick, or the Old Monkees, or Old Madonna, or Old Morris Day, or Old Butthole Surfers, or the Old Replacements (who were great by the way), I don\u2019t have to watch. But as I age up, there is something comforting about knowing these guys are still strutting around a stage. There is something comforting about knowing that Jeff Lynne<\/a> can put out a new album (in stores Nov. 13th<\/sup> in case you were wondering) and someone out there\u00a0will buy it.<\/p>\n

Artists need to create. It\u2019s what they do. Maybe it\u2019s all they can do. And there\u2019s no reason for them to stop when they get old, just because when we see them, with their leathered skin and post-menopausal physiques, we feel old, too.<\/p>\n

Closer to home for me is JK Rowling, who clearly\u00a0doesn\u2019t need me to defend her, either, but here goes: It\u2019s true that she will probably never achieve what she did with Harry Potter, no matter how much longer she writes. But just because she peaked early doesn’t mean she should disappear and never write again. Personally, I\u2019ve liked the other stuff she\u2019s created. It\u2019s still art. And for me \u2013 maybe not for you but for me \u2013 it\u2019s still well worth the read.<\/p>\n

I am hoping that I have not yet peaked in my own writing career. And I\u2019m lucky that nobody\u2019s yet said (publicly) that I\u2019m a wanker and that I should go crawl into a Dumpster. I\u2019m lucky that nobody is trying to save the world from me. Should that happen, I hope there will be someone out there to tell everyone else to leave me alone because I’ve still got something to say. Apparently, Phil Collins still has something to say, too. So go ahead, Phil: Do what you need to do. We don’t all have to listen, but we hear you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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