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If Elvis had a little brother it would be Larry Collins

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Wow that really takes me back. Although they were a few years older by this time I haven't seen those two since a Hollywood Palace appearance in the mid-60's. I heard later on that he wrote some country songs but the only one I remember was Delta Dawn.
 

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Wow that really takes me back. Although they were a few years older by this time I haven't seen those two since a Hollywood Palace appearance in the mid-60's. I heard later on that he wrote some country songs but the only one I remember was Delta Dawn.
From what I’ve heard they were really gaining momentum in the late 50’s. Lorre was engaged to Ricky Nelson but ran off with another man to get married when she was 16. That broke up the Collins Kids duo until her marriage ended. Larry got back with his big sister and they began to tour again but by then the music scene had shifted dramatically.

I just love Larry’s exuberance. You can see the joy in his face while performing
 

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Just got back from Yuma. The Easton Corbin concert on Friday night at the fair was absolutely packed.

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I absolutely loved this song when I was a kid. Not sure why. Strong message, but I was too young to consider that.

Phil Collins did some songs that delivered a strong message. I like his music a lot.

IMO, Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" had a similar overtone.

 

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Phil Collins did some songs that delivered a strong message. I like his music a lot.

IMO, Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" had a similar overtone.


I remember my dad being a big fan of the Police back when I was young and then Phil Collins sort of fell out mind for me as a teenager until I became a dad. My daughter's favorite movie as a toddler was Disney's Tarzan, which Phil Collins composed the score for. I'm surprised it wasn't more popular like Elton John's work on the Lion King almost a decade earlier. Ever since then Phil Collins has been my favorite calming yet nostalgic artist to listen to.
 

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I remember my dad being a big fan of the Police back when I was young and then Phil Collins sort of fell out mind for me as a teenager until I became a dad. My daughter's favorite movie as a toddler was Disney's Tarzan, which Phil Collins composed the score for. I'm surprised it wasn't more popular like Elton John's work on the Lion King almost a decade earlier. Ever since then Phil Collins has been my favorite calming yet nostalgic artist to listen to.

I've gone back to a lot of singers I didn't fully appreciate the first time around, Phil Collins is one of them.
 

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I've gone back to a lot of singers I didn't fully appreciate the first time around, Phil Collins is one of them.
For me, the one I appreciate so much more now than back when is Phil Collins adjacent. I've become quite fond of Mike and the Mechanics. I know The Living Years was a huge hit but for personal reasons the story did not work for me and as a result I tended to ignore his later songs. The past 20 years though I've revisited his catalog and found a lot of songs that I love.
 

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@Cardsmasochist - your cartoon brought this to mind

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A song for the ages
I love Simon and Garfunkel and this is a great song.


The song I’ve been thinking about a lot lately:

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“The nazis never really went away”
 
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