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She seems to have an invisible talk show

posted by jamie | 09.03.08 | permalink |

"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

7 Comments

  • On 09.03.08 matt wrote these pithy words:

    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/

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  • On 09.03.08 matt wrote these pithy words:

    Also, I’m pretty sure you submitted this about 10 years ago to KissThisGuy.com

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  • On 09.04.08 Bill wrote these pithy words:

    I still hear Peter Gabriel’s “In your Eyes” line as “I wanna touch the light fajita”

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  • On 09.04.08 matt wrote these pithy words:

    @Bill -

    Bill, that was so great, I had to dedicate a new post to it, in your honor.

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  • On 09.04.08 Bill wrote these pithy words:

    @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.

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  • On 09.05.08 jamie wrote these pithy words:

    @Bill - But Bill, we already HAVE a post dedicated to I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight…or have you forgotten?

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  • On 09.05.08 Bill wrote these pithy words:

    @jamie - I had forgotten. Its a good thing I trusted my subconscious then.

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