15 January Is For Videos: Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight

Today Apple Computers announced their latest addition to the Mac family, the MacBook Air. Despite my Mac fanboism, I’m somewhat skeptical. This new all wireless subnotebook has only one usb port, no firewire, no optical drive (making an external drive or another computer necessary to install or use anything on CD or DVD), no user-replaceable battery, no audio input jack, memory soldered to the board (meaning no upgrades), a 1.6Ghz processor (a big step back in speed), and another new proprietary DVI connection. The hard drive choice is either a small 80GB drive or an even smaller 64GB solid state drive (which, if like flash, I undestand would have limited rewrites. I could be wrong on that though.) So, yeah, I’m not impressed at all with this new offering from Apple. Regardless, the MacBook Air has inspired today’s edition of January Is For Videos. I have a Phil Collins tune for you that talks about air. Not the French Duo Air, the stuff we breathe. Collins is a rare breed. As a former member of Genesis, he served as both the drummer and eventually the lead singer, after Peter Gabriel left for a solo career. He’s kind of like the Dave Grohl of his era; a switch hitter with lots of hits. In 1981, Collins himself endeavored into the realm of solo work and released his debut album “Face Value,” featuring a bunch of tracks he had done at home. “In The Air Tonight,” the first track off that disc and features one of the best known drum fills in rock history. This is Collins performing “In The Air Tonight” on his “First Final Farewell Tour,” a jab at the rash of relic rock bands hosting multiple farewell tours attempting to milk out a pension plan with their former status.