1986 Songs: Throwing It All Away

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Yesterday I mentioned the interesting overload we had with this band and current/former members in the mid-80s. And waddaya know, thanks to alphabetization, here the band is! We continue the look back 40 years with one of the dominant acts of the decade. Throwing It All Away - Genesis Programs! Get your programs here! Can’t tell a Phil Collins solo song from a Genesis song without a program!! Honestly, I had trouble keeping up with which was which. Collins was so prolific, and his songs were all hits. Then Genesis released a band album, Invisible Touch, and IT was successful! Then along came ex-Genesis lead singer Peter Gabriel and he’s got the biggest hit of his career! A funny note I found regarding Gabriel’s success with “Sledgehammer”: it knocked the single “Invisible Touch” out of the #1 spot. Collins later said that they were busy with the tour and weren’t aware of that, or “we would have sent him a telegram saying, ‘Congratulations, b*st*rd.’” (For the record, they remain friends even after Gabriel’s departure from the band…in fact, Gabriel sang back-up vocals on Collins’ song “Take Me Home.”) This song was written by guitarist Mike Rutherford. Don’t read anything into the breakup lyrics (“we cannot live together, we cannot live apart”): he’s celebrating his golden wedding anniversary this year! Great songs aren’t always inspired by heartache. Throwing It All Away Written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford Recorded by Genesis From Invisible Touch, 1986 You know I know better: