In the Air tonight DRUMS - phil collins on LP

Collins is a hell of a drummer. I'll never understand why he gets no respect from some people.

Listen to his work on Brand X's "Livestock".

He gets no respect because he is a pompous ass.
Dan_ed (System | Threads | Answers)

As was Buddy Rich. Legendary pompous ass. Didn't seem to matter when it came to respect for his drumming.

05-11-09: Johnnyb53
Buddy may have been acerbic, moody, unpredictable, self-confident, and
volatile, but pompous he was not.

In my dictionary, pompous fits with several of the other adjectives in the list.

Anyway, the comment was based on anecdotes from musicians with whom I
have spoken. I never met Buddy Rich, so I had no business making the
comment in the first place.

Being this is a thread about Collins' drumming, my comment about not understanding why he doesn't get more respect was in reference to his drumming rather than about his singing, songwriting, or being a cover artist.

Onhwy61, I read the Wiki link you posted, including the section titled "Drum Sound", and I could not find any reference to two drummers and a drum machine being used on "In The Air Tonight". All I found was an explanation of the drum sound being an accidental discovery during a Peter Gabriel recording session when Collin's drums were accidentally recorded with the recording engineer's talkback mic engaged, which resulted in the drum sound that was later replicated on "In The Air Tonight".

Maybe, you would cut and paste the two drummer, drum machine reference.

Onhwy61, I found the section to which you referred. The Roland drum machine
was not used for the now classic "Phil Collins" drum sound, which is
described in detail later in the link, and which I thought was being discussed
when the topic of the "In the Air Tonight" drum solo was mentioned.

Anyway, thanks for getting me to read more thoroughly.