{"id":76,"date":"2016-10-20T08:03:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T08:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/?p=76"},"modified":"2016-10-20T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T08:46:21","slug":"against-all-odds-why-phil-collins-comeback-could-save-pop-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/2016\/10\/20\/against-all-odds-why-phil-collins-comeback-could-save-pop-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Against all odds: why Phil Collins&#8217; comeback could save pop music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know not whether some deceitful spirits haunt this spot, or whether it be the warm, celestial fancy in my own heart which makes everything around me seem like paradise.<\/p>\n<p>Descending a gentle slope, you come to an arch, where, some twenty steps lower down, water of the clearest crystal gushes from the marble rock. The narrow wall which encloses it above, the tall trees which encircle the spot, and the coolness of the place itself, \u2014 everything imparts a pleasant but sublime impression.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"77\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/2016\/10\/20\/against-all-odds-why-phil-collins-comeback-could-save-pop-music\/hkvipxgdrguigns6wv5s_img_5317\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?fit=2048%2C1365\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hkvipxgdrguigns6wv5s_img_5317\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?fit=300%2C200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-77\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683\" alt=\"hkvipxgdrguigns6wv5s_img_5317\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=768%2C512 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=1800%2C1200 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?resize=600%2C400 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinepro.themejack.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/10\/hKViPxgDRGuiGns6wv5S_IMG_5317.jpeg?w=2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not a day passes on which I do not spend an hour there. The young maidens come from the town to fetch water, \u2014 innocent and necessary employment, and formerly the occupation of the daughters of kings.<\/p>\n<p>As I take my rest there, the idea of the old patriarchal life is awakened around me. I see them, our old ancestors, how they formed their friendships and contracted alliances at the fountain-side and I feel how fountains and streams were guarded by beneficent spirits. He who is a stranger to these sensations has never really enjoyed cool repose at the side of a fountain after the fatigue of a weary summer day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qt2mbGP6vFI?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Persons who can claim a certain rank keep themselves coldly aloof from the common people, as though they feared to lose their importance by the contact; whilst wanton idlers, and such as are prone to bad joking, affect to descend to their level, only to make the poor people feel their impertinence all the more keenly.<\/p>\n<p>I know very well that we are not all equal, nor can be so; but it is my opinion that he who avoids the common people, in order not to lose their respect, is as much to blame as a coward who hides himself from his enemy because he fears defeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know not whether some deceitful spirits haunt this spot, or whether it be the warm, celestial fancy in my own heart which makes everything around me seem like paradise. 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