--- Sez Frank Swarbrick to Marla Romesburg ---
 MR> Don't leave yet! I am trying to think of the song that was written to
 MR> a guy  who killed one of the band members' friends...
 FS> The song you're think of is "In The Air Tonight".  It was a Phil
 FS> Collins solo song from his first album _Face Value_.
 FS> In any case, I believe that story is apocryphal.  In other words, not
 FS> true.  But it does make a good story...
I heard that "ITAT" was written while Phil was dealing with emotional
fallout related to an impending D-I-V-O-R-C-E (sing it, Tammy) and
because he found a good drum sound, of course.  If you want apocryphal,
can we discuss whether he announced his terminal marital intentions
to his wife via fax machine?
But on the subject of "In The Air Tonight", is there a version with
additional instrumental bits tacked on at the beginning before the
(album version of) the song kicks in?  A guy at work says he's heard
something like that on the radio but hasn't been able to locate...
Thanks.
DM
NP: Muddy Waters: _Electric Mud_
... Good lawyer: Can plea bargain sodomy down to following too closely.
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