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Needing to cleanse myself from my anger at the Dominion settlement, I watched some reaction videos to Phil Collins’ live performance of In the Air Tonight. One of the greatest stage performances of all time.

If you haven’t watched it, you need to.

But here’s the thing: I am absolutely
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convinced that song is about a record exec who did Phil dirty early in his career, and when Phil was about to blow up as a solo artist, the exec comes back to Phil asking for some kind of deal.

The song is about how hurt and disappointed he was when the exec burned him, and how he feels the clap
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back is about to happen when his solo album blows up.

Yes, I made all of that up.

But it is an explanation that makes the WHOLE SONG actually make narrative sense.

I think he prevaricated about the meaning of the song when asked because for some reason he didn’t want to throw the guy under
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the bus for some reason.

But this is NOT a heartbreak, break up song. Yes it’s about feeling like he got screwed over. But not by someone who held his heart. He was screwed by someone who came in and out of life briefly, and who wanted him to forget and forgive a betrayal.

THAT’S my view.
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