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“The whole essence of why the sound was so interesting is because it is going from all to nothing in milliseconds”: The classic hit that defined the sound of the ’80s — and features the most famous drum break in rock
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| 2 May 2025
| Neil Crossley
Posted on 05/05/2025 10:46:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:49:02 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
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05/05/2025 10:49:05 AM PDT
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BipolarBob
(AA told me to quit hanging around drunks. So I quit going to AA, cuz that's where they were.)
To: nickcarraway
Never cared for Phil or Genesis. Billy Joel either.
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:49:41 AM PDT
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BigFreakinToad
(All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:51:45 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BigFreakinToad
To: nickcarraway
The lyrics are famously misunderstood - I once heard Eminem babbling about his understanding of the song. Something about how Phil Collins witnessed a murder take place and then saw the murderer at one of his concerts - one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, and not unique to Eminem, others have stated the same thing. I always understood it to be something about Collins' troubled love-life and infidelity by whoever he was dating or married to in the early 80s.
It's always a mistake to pay too much attention to rock lyrics.
To: dfwgator
I guess the sound of the “famous” drum was an accident.
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:56:28 AM PDT
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1Old Pro
To: dfwgator
Great Scene.
I thought it was great choice for Risky Business as well
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:58:32 AM PDT
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shotgun
To: AnotherUnixGeek
From the TV show ‘You’re the Worst’:
“Remember when Phil Collins drowned a guy.”
“That’s not the story at all. That didn’t happen. It was disproven a billion times.”
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:59:19 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BipolarBob
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:59:32 AM PDT
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gundog
(The ends justify the mean tweets. )
To: shotgun
Probably most famous due to Miami Vice.
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posted on
05/05/2025 10:59:44 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/05/2025 11:01:19 AM PDT
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shotgun
To: nickcarraway
"The classic hit that defined the sound of the ’80s"Not really.
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posted on
05/05/2025 11:01:29 AM PDT
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frogjerk
To: shotgun
I thought it was great choice for Risky Business as wellCan't beat The talking heads - Swamp
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posted on
05/05/2025 11:02:43 AM PDT
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1Old Pro
To: frogjerk
It’s a really boring song and trying to create some kind of “legend” around it is humorous.
OTOH, that doesn’t mean it didn’t “define” the techno-crap sound of the 80s.
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05/05/2025 11:04:13 AM PDT
by
PermaRag
(Facts, context, and more facts)
To: gundog
To: dfwgator
Probably most famous due to Miami Vice. With Crockett and Tubbs in the Ferrari Daytona Spyder, one their way to confront the Columbian drug lord. I remember watching every moment as at 16 year old in 1984. What a pilot! Ah, the 80s.
To: dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
Ugh. Everything he touched, he ruined.
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