WOW! One of the EMP presentations was on Phil Collins' "Against All Odds."
and what was that about? they defended it? trashed it? compared it to "I'll Never Love This way Again"?
The mystery of his critical/cultural rehabilitation, mostly: Mariah Carey covered "Against All Odds" and went to #2 in England with it, and a bunch of R&B artists did a covers album of his work called "Urban Renewal." It included a schizo reimagining of "Sussudio" by Ol' Dirty Bastard.
The presenter took great pleasure in exposing Phil as an ass: Around this time he did an interview with Playboy in which he took great pains to rag on Barry Manilow and distinguish his meaningful work from Barry's fluff. (I know, I know.) Highly entertaining.