Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight” (1981): On Second Thought
There’s really no other song that quite has this kind of affect on people like Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”; it’s a brilliant manipulation of our sense of foreboding.
There’s really no other song that quite has this kind of affect on people like Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”; it’s a brilliant manipulation of our sense of foreboding.
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