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The common denominator that initially linked Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford, and later Phil Collins, was their shared passion for black music, especially the sounds of Motown. You can sense a hint of these sounds in some moments of "From Genesis To Revelation," the naive and ambitious debut of a band of teenagers. In the "adult" Genesis, these influences almost completely disappear, except they resurface in the early '80s, first in "Duke" with the superb "Behind The Lines" and then in "Abacab" with "No Reply At All" and "Paperlate", small concessions by the band to their most genuine tastes.
Phil Collins unexpectedly revisits the music he grew up with, creating some of the most famous tracks of his solo career, from the timid debut with "Face Value," which later enjoyed incredible success. "No Jacket Required" was released in 1985 with Genesis on break after the "Mama Tour." The album, from its title, aims to be unpretentious, a work where no "jacket is required" from the listener. Another bestseller from the good Phil, "No Jacket Required" is a carefree, easy album that is appreciated for its pure catchiness. Unfortunately, it begins with "Sussudio", a great success but a bland and chaotic track characterized by a heavy synth bass base and adorned with brass; it aims to be a black song but is exhausting, and even Collins considers it one of his worst pieces. With "Only You Know And I Know" the danceable atmospheres improve significantly, and the trend continues with "Don't Lose My Number" and especially with the beautiful "Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore", written with the half-time Genesis member Daryl Stuermer. Some of the best moments are entrusted to the ballads, particularly the jewel "A Long Long Way To Go", with rarefied atmospheres that open up to a very warm and enveloping reprise sung with Sting.
"One More Night" and "Inside Out" are other moments to remember, as is the closing with friend Peter Gabriel in "Take Me Home".
The following year for Genesis would bring "Invisible Touch". In this "No Jacket Required," there is no trace of it, even though Collins and Hugh Padgham are present in the production, a tangible sign that the responsibility for the plastic sound of that record should be sought elsewhere. Unfortunately, even if it seems heretical to say, the main suspect is Tony Banks.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Sussudio (04:23)
There's this girl that's been on my mind
All the time, Sussusudio oh oh
Now she don't even know my name
But I think she likes me just the same
Sussusudio oh oh
Oh if she called me I'd be there
I'd come running anywhere
She's all I need, all my life
I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussusudio, just say the word
Oh Sussusudio
Now I know that I'm too young
My life has just begun
Sussusudio oh oh
Ooh give me a chance, give me a sign
I'll show her anytime
Sussusudio oh oh
Ah, I've just got to have her, have her now
I've got to get closer but I don't know how
She makes me nervous and makes me scared
But I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussusdio just say the word
Oh Sussusudio, oh
Ah, she's all I need all of my life
I feel so good if I just say the word
Sussusudio I just say the word
Oh Sussusudio I just say the word
Oh Sussusudio I'll say the word
Sussusudio oh oh oh
Just say the word
02 Only You Know and I Know (04:21)
We know you really only wanna hear
The things we like to say
But if I said to you please don't do it
You do it anyway
Sometimes I know, we gotta be cruel
Be cruel to be kind
When I ask you, what you see in me
You say our love is blind
Cos only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Whenever I think I know you better
Better than I know myself
I open up and give you everything
Then you say, O.K. what else
And when I run away you always cry
You always over react
But I don't know if you know how you really feel
But you better know before I get back
Cos only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Just try to remember
Now I'm the one you love
You told me, ooh try to remember
I'm the one you're always thinking of
You told me, please try to remember
Before I walk away
Remember
It's not good enough telling me the way it was yesterday
Cos only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Only you know and I know
The things we mean to say, yes
Only you know and I know
The things we mean to say
Only you know and I know...
05 One More Night (04:48)
Instrumental intro
I've been trying for so long, to let you know,
let you know how I feel
So if I stumble and if I fall, just help me back,
so I can make you see
Please give me one more night,
give me that one more night
Oh one more night, 'cos I can't wait forever
Please give me one more night,
just give me that one more night
Oh one more night,
'cos I can't wait forever
I've been sitting here so long, just wasting time,
just staring at the phone
And always wondering, should I call you,
then I thought, but maybe you're not alone
Oh please give me one more night,
just give me that one more night
One more night, 'cos I can't wait forever
Please give me one more night,
just give me that one more night
One more night, 'cos I can't wait forever
Just give me one more night,
give me that one more night
Just one more night,
'cos I can't wait forever
Like a river to the sea,
I will always be with you
And if you sailed away
I would follow you
To give me one more night,
just give me that one more night
One more night,
'cos I can't wait forever
I know there'll never be a time
you'll ever feel the same
And I know it's only words
But if you change your mind,
you know that I'll be here
And maybe we both can learn
Ah give me just one more night,
give me that one more night
Just one more night,
'cos I can't wait forever
Just give me one more night,
oh give me that one more night
Just one more night,
'cos I can't wait forever
Text from: Phil Collins Serious hits: live.
06 Don't Lose My Number (04:48)
There came a night leaving fear behind, shadows are on the ground
And nobody knew where to find him, no evidence was found
I'm never coming back, I heard him cry, and I believe him
He never meant to do anything wrong, it's gonna get worse if he waits too long
chorus:
Now Billy, Billy don't you lose my number
'Cos you're not anywhere that I can find you
Oh now Billy, Billy don't you lose my number
'Cos you're not anywhere that I can find you, oh
Searchin' through the day and into the night
They wouldn't stop until they found him
They didn't know him and they didn't understand, nobody asked him why
"Get out of my way", I heard a shout, then a blinding light
All I could see was him running down the street
Out of the shadows and into the night
chorus
Don't give up, keep running, keep hiding
Now don't give up, oh Billy, if you know you're right
Don't give up, 'cos you know that I am on your side
Don't give up, oh Billy
You better, you better, you better run for your life
(Solo)
chorus
There came a night leaving fear behind, shadows are on the ground
Nobody knew where to find him, no evidence was found
I'm never coming back, I heard him cry, and I believe him
He never meant to do anything wrong, it's gonna get worse if he waits too long
chorus
Billy, Billy don't you lose my number
'Cos you're not anywhere that I can find you, oh Billy
08 Doesn't Anybody Stay Together Anymore (04:18)
You keep on walking so you don't fall down
It's the same old story
You keep on hiding so you can't be found
It's the same old story
Oh but I know you, you're the one who ran
You know why, it's because you can, oh
It's alright, cos I don't mind
I'm just trying to help, but I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore
I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
My friends keep falling and they can't get up
It's the same old story
Well one says white and the other one black
It's the same old story
And I don't know why you keep emotions walled up
Your heart's on your sleeve, but your sleeve is rolled up
But it's alright, cos I don't mind
I'm just trying to help, but I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore
I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Things can change, from a misunderstanding
Nobody talks, nobody hears, oh oh oh
Makes me wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Oh I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
You keep on looking for that higher ground
It's the same old story
Your glass is empty and the chips are down
It's the same old story
But I don't know why, your emotions walled up
Your heart's on your sleeve, but your sleeve is rolled up
But it's alright, cos I don't mind
I'm just trying to help, but I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore
I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Oh I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Repeat to fade
09 Inside Out (05:15)
Inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
Now everybody keeps on telling me how to be
Everybody tells me do what they say
Ooh I'll help myself it's up to me and no-one else
But till I'm ready just keep out of my way
Inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
Now everybody's got me turning round, up and down
And here I am going out of my mind
But I won't lose sight of all the, the things I'm looking for
They're coming to me and I'm taking what's mine
Inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
I'll play the game
We'll make the same mistakes
It's all the same
If we can give and take
Hold on, hold on, ooh
Hold on, hold on, ooh
Inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
All of my life I've been searching and hanging on
Turn a corner, never know what I'd find
But now I'm back again like I never went away
Ooh let me in I'm through with wasting my time
Inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
Oh inside out, ooh you got me inside out
Oh inside out, oh-oh inside out
10 Take Me Home (05:53)
Take that look of worry, I'm an ordinary man
They don't tell me nothing, so I find out all I can
There's a fire that's been burning right outside my door
I can't see, but I feel it, and it helps to keep me warm
So I, I don't mind,
no I, I don't mind
Seems so long I've been waiting, still don't know what for
There's no point in escaping, I don't worry anymore
I can't come out to find you, I don't like to go outside
They can turn off my feelings, like they're turning off the light
But I, I don't mind,
no I, I don't mind
Oh I, I don't mind, no I, I don't mind
So take, take me home,
'cos I don't remember,
take, take me home
'Cos I don't remember,
take, take me home, oh Lord
'Cos I've been a prisoner all my life, and I can see you
Take that look of worry, mine is an ordinary life
Working when it's daylight and sleeping when it's night
I have no far horizons, I don't wish upon no star
They don't think that I listen, ah but I know who they are
But I, I don't mind,
no I, I don't mind
Oh I, I don't mind,
no I, I don't mind
So take, take me home,
'Cos I don't remember, take, take me home
'Cos I don't remember, take, take me home
'Cos I don't remember, take, take me home, oh Lord
Well I've been a prisoner all my life, and I can see you
But I don't remember - take, take me home
'cos I don't remember - take, take me home (repeats)
11 We Said Hello Goodbye (04:15)
We said goodbye to a dear old friend
And we packed our bags and left feeling sad
It's the only way
We said hello as we turned the key
A new roof over our heads
Gave a smile
It's the only way
Only way
Turn your head
And don't look back
Set your sails for a new horizon
Don't turn around don't look down
Oh there's life across the tracks
And you know it's really not surprising
It gets better when you get there oh
Well it really don't matter much where you are
Cause home is in your heart
It's a feeling that you wake with one day
Some people keep running all their life
And still find they haven't gone too far
They don't see it's the feeling inside - the feeling inside oh
Turn your head and don't look back
Just set your sails for a new horizon
Don't turn around don't look down
Oh there's life across the tracks
And you know it's really not surprising
It gets better when you get there
We said hello as we turned the key
A new roof over our heads
Gave a smile - it's the only way
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