"Why is Genesis singing about us Reeg?...Reeg? I can't see you!"
When I was a kid, whenever I heard Invisible Touch by Genesis, I always thought Phil Collins was singing, “She seems to have an invisible talk show”, and it never made much sense to me. Then, when I discovered the name of the song, it all became clear.
I can hardly be blamed, as he sings it like, “she seems to have an invisible touch-UH”. One of my pet peeves in music is when singers make one syllable words into multi-syllable words. “Touch” is one syllable, not two, so I always heard “talk show”.
Pat Dinizio from The Smithereens was famous for this. He was always making monosyllabic words into polysyllabic words. Take their song A Girl Like You, for instance. During the chorus, he somehow makes the word “you” a 5 syllable word. I mean, come on. Let’s get with it, Pat Dinizio and Phil Collins.
Let’s get the hell with it.
Watch the video and try NOT to hear “invisible talk show”. I DARE you.
Tags: 80s music, a girl like you, dare, genesis, invisible talk show, invisible touch, monosyllabic, pat dinizio, pet peeve, phil collins, polysyllabic, the smithereens
Remember when I thought Phil Collins sang, “it’s all been a pack of ice”? Your little kid self is forgiven for misunderstanding him.
http://www.songspeak.com/its-all-been-a-pack-of-ice/
Also, I’m pretty sure you submitted this about 10 years ago to KissThisGuy.com
I still hear Peter Gabriel’s “In your Eyes” line as “I wanna touch the light fajita”
@Bill –
Bill, that was so great, I had to dedicate a new post to it, in your honor.
@matt – I’m pleased to be so honored. Though if I had to do it again, I might have suggested Cutting Crew’s “Died in your Arms” if only because it has those extraneous syllables on died.
@Bill – But Bill, we already HAVE a post dedicated to I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight…or have you forgotten?
@jamie – I had forgotten. Its a good thing I trusted my subconscious then.