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Why is Phil Colins there?
Even if it wasn't the complete opposite, I don't know why anyone would put it with this group
It's a pretty old song that most post-boomer boomers grew up on. I had a sibling who was this exact stereotype and it was just 80's rock blasting on his stereo well into the 2010's and it as entirely overplayed music like this.
Maybe it's the title, "In the Air Tonight"?
Surely the best thing about that song is the little drum solo.
https://youtu.be/bZP4Ugev82I?t=25
Weirdly, every Gen X, wannabe "operator", tacticool, Gadsden flag, black rifle coffee, stolen valor asshole I know LOVES that drum solo.
This pic actually made me wonder if that was somehow universal among them and not just limited to the few dozen in my sample size.
Or maybe it's just a good enough drum solo that nearly every white dude in the desertstorm1 age group likes it.
Cuz it's not the Tupac version?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqZuKjJiuQA
But like, even before Tupac did that, I'm 90% sure "In the air tonight" was literally the song that made Phill blow up with the Black community specifically.
He got sampled a lot and would feature on tracks, which is common now but not 30-40 years ago. But I'm pretty sure all that was because of the original version of this song.