I had forgotten about Genesis so thanks for pointing it out. I love Phil Collins too, but my point was that just because you were a singer or actor etc., your political views are not that relevant unless you are still in the political scene and have a working knowledge of current events. Wack-A-Mole pop-up attention-getters are irrelevant to the issue.
If Gabriel doesn’t want his song used by Rush, so be it. However, I had a hard time remembering what he sang until this FR article. Sledgehammer was an interesting song but I don’t rank it up with any of the betters songs of that era.
Does anyone remember the words to Tom Waite’s song about “dancing on the table?” Again, a nice song but it’s way back on the jukebox list.
I had to explain to my granddaughter that her tshirt which said the “Bird is the word” came from a song by the Trashmen back in the 60’s, if I remember correctly. She had no idea that the song existed. She’s of the “Angry Birds” generation so I had to teach her a little music history.
Amazing how many songs you can remember and forget after 56 years. Genesis I remember; Gabriel, not so much.
“Sususudio”
I'm amazed at how I can remember songs. On August 20, 1961, I was traveling from Laramie, Wyo. to Denver in a 1958 Edsel Villager station wagon when I heard a song on the radio whose lyrics caught my attention. I never heard the song again until February 28, 2012, when I again heard it over the radio. After 50+ years, I was finally able to identify the song as Poor Folks by Bill Anderson, a hit in the summer of 1961.