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scriptgirl

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80s Jam of the Day: "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey

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Reply #1 posted 10/21/09 7:58pm

dannyd5050

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Used to love this song! What a unique paring. music

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Reply #2 posted 10/21/09 8:41pm

funkpill

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was humm'n this tune the other day music

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Reply #3 posted 10/21/09 10:58pm

bashraka

This is one of the rare pop songs, where the song and video wasn't cheesy or too sappy ("ebony and ivory") and one of the best musical pairings of the eighties that to my memory that actually enhanced each other's profiles for the better.

3121 #1 THIS YEAR
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Reply #4 posted 10/22/09 12:01am

japanrocks

this song is the soundtrack to my life

love it

used to sing Phillip's part when nobody was around

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Reply #5 posted 10/22/09 12:02am

Timmy84

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"Easy Lover" is the shit! dancing jig

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Reply #6 posted 10/22/09 8:56am

SoulAlive

headbang This takes me back to Christmas 1984.This song was really popular around that time.

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Reply #7 posted 10/22/09 10:28am

johnnyvulture

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thats my jam!! boogie

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Reply #8 posted 10/22/09 10:32am

blessedk

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Luv this!

GOD IS GOOD...ALL THE TIME.
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Reply #9 posted 10/22/09 3:35pm

alphastreet

loved this since I was a baby

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Reply #10 posted 10/22/09 4:44pm

ernestsewell

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That's the shiz right there! It's still in my top favorite songs of all time.

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Reply #11 posted 10/24/09 6:42am

japanrocks

both of them are 58 years old now

yikes time flies

fuck

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Reply #12 posted 10/24/09 6:58am

vainandy

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Great pairing of the two Phils. They sound really good together and I absolutely love Phillip Bailey's falsetto.

Andy has spoken dammitt.
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Reply #13 posted 10/24/09 7:03am

zaza

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Love that song..you can't compare this to todays "hits". Immortal song..classic! music

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Reply #14 posted 10/24/09 9:15am

ernestsewell

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vainandy said:

Great pairing of the two Phils. They sound really good together and I absolutely love Phillip Bailey's falsetto.

When Phil Bailey did some Christian music in the 80's, his record, The Wonders Of His Love, in the gospel field was really, really good.

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Reply #15 posted 10/24/09 9:49am

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ernestsewell said:

vainandy said:

Great pairing of the two Phils. They sound really good together and I absolutely love Phillip Bailey's falsetto.

When Phil Bailey did some Christian music in the 80's, his record, The Wonders Of His Love, in the gospel field was really, really good.


Phil's first solo album in 1983 was excellent too. I actually like
that a little better than 1984's Chinese Wall.

Bone made me stand up and get into the groove
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Reply #16 posted 10/24/09 1:48pm

ernestsewell

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phunkdaddy said:

ernestsewell said:


When Phil Bailey did some Christian music in the 80's, his record, The Wonders Of His Love, in the gospel field was really, really good.


Phil's first solo album in 1983 was excellent too. I actually like
that a little better than 1984's Chinese Wall.

Yeah, Chinese Wall didn't quite hit the spot for me. I'm not sure if I've heard his first solo. I'll see if I can "find" it tonight. wink Thanks for the tip.

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Reply #17 posted 10/24/09 2:04pm

vainandy

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ernestsewell said:

phunkdaddy said:



Phil's first solo album in 1983 was excellent too. I actually like
that a little better than 1984's Chinese Wall.

Yeah, Chinese Wall didn't quite hit the spot for me. I'm not sure if I've heard his first solo. I'll see if I can "find" it tonight. wink Thanks for the tip.


I know what you're talking about doing....same here. evillol

Andy has spoken dammitt.
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Reply #18 posted 10/24/09 2:13pm

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Classic song, no doubt about that. A lot of good memories attached to that song. I remember a few years ago when I was working at a retail chain that had a lot of back-to-school related products and during the peak of that back-to-school season the store was open later than usual during one week and after we closed the store late in the evening we used to LOVE blasting this song through the in-store sound system which is surprisingly punchy. biggrin
This is also a great song to show off your system or to put on a test CD when you're shopping for a hi-fi. I've always loved that Phil Collins drum sound, especially in this song.

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Reply #19 posted 10/24/09 7:01pm

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one of the greatest 1980s songs ever. cool

great sound and voices.....

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Reply #20 posted 10/24/09 10:20pm

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zaza said:

Love that song..you can't compare this to todays "hits". Immortal song..classic! music


Co-sign. nod

Tupac "Makaveli" Shakur (RIP 1971-1996) & Michael Jackson (RIP 1958-2009)

2 men that had their lives taken away the moment they were speaking out AND rebelling against the dark side of the music industry once too often.
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Reply #21 posted 10/24/09 11:00pm

sosgemini

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Poor Phillip Bailey thought his solo career was going to skyrocket after this hit.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Reply #22 posted 10/26/09 2:14am

SoulAlive

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Phil's first solo album in 1983 was excellent too. I actually like that a little better than 1984's Chinese Wall.


I remember his first solo album.Produced by George Duke.Contains the hit single "I Know" and a great uptempo track called "Your Boyfriend's Back".This album was released around the same time as EW&F's 'Electric Universe' album.

I like the 'Chinese Wall' album.Alot of forgotten gems on that one,such as the excellent first single "Photogenic Memory",a song that I really expected to catch on with the public.I also like the last track "Children Of The Ghetto".

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