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DH told neighbours off for playing Phil Collins

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AtotheZ · 09/06/2021 13:51

Both DH and I are working at home. Terraced house. Next door neighbours are fairly noisy. We are both very stressed at the moment as our autistic child has a serious ongoing health crisis and we're waiting for some important news.

I've thought for a long time now that DH is also on the Autistic Spectrum (as well as his child, his sibling and nieces are diagnosed with ASD). He has sensory issues to do with noise, and he is very, very particular about music. Music snob level. He gets visibly very disturbed if music he hates is played.

This lunchtime our neighbours were playing Phil Collins very, very loudly. It went on for a long time. We could hear it very clearly and loudly even with our back door closed. DH popped his head out of the back door and shouted: "whoever is playing Phil Collins, turn it OFF. And get some musical taste".

I am mortified. Phil Collins ceased immediately, but there was then some very loud and angry sounding discussion between the Syrian couple next door in Arabic or Farsi.

DH has never done anything like that before, but has had a go at the same neighbours because their kids were repeatedly throwing balls into our garden and back off our house.

DH said that people who play Phil Collins don't deserve respect. I was thinking of asking him later to apologise, or apologising myself. Advice please?

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MissLucyEyelesbarrow · 09/06/2021 13:53

Team DH.

WeAreTheHeroes · 09/06/2021 13:53

Could have been worse - they could have been playing Cher.

mogtheexcellent · 09/06/2021 13:54

Yup. I'm team DH here. Especially if it was 'In The Air Tonight'.

Bluntness100 · 09/06/2021 13:54

DH said that people who play Phil Collins don't deserve respect.

Eh what? 😂

CustardSquirrel · 09/06/2021 13:55

Thank god it want The Worsels !

JeanClaudeVanDammit · 09/06/2021 13:55

Love a bit of Phil Collins. I’d probably laugh if one of my neighbours shouted that and play it again later with added singing along

BarefootHippieChick · 09/06/2021 13:55

I hate Phil Collins - I'm with dh
Only thing worse would be U2 or Coldplay

insancerre · 09/06/2021 13:55

Good on him
There is never any reason to listen to Phil Collins

TwittleBee · 09/06/2021 13:56

Team DH here too

BIoodyStupidJohnson · 09/06/2021 13:56

Phil Collins is cool again, didn't you know? (I'm not disputing the noise disturbance element though.)

ShirleyPhallus · 09/06/2021 13:57

Do you think they could feel it coming in the air tonight?

Bagelsandbrie · 09/06/2021 13:57

Poor old Phil!

I love a bit of Phil.

Your dh isn’t unreasonable to hate loud music though. I can’t stand it if I can hear neighbours stuff.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 09/06/2021 13:57

🤣 brilliant!
fucking love your DH.

no apologies needed, he was right.
fuck shit loud music and noise in general.

(what's his view on Green Day?)

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 09/06/2021 13:58

@ShirleyPhallus

Do you think they could feel it coming in the air tonight?
🤣🤣🤣 bravo!
LivingDeadGirlUK · 09/06/2021 13:58

Get him some headphones so he can listen to his technical death metal instead?

QueenAdreena · 09/06/2021 13:59

I hate Phil Collins, and probably would have done the same. I’m of the opinion that if a neighbour is playing their music loud enough for other people to hear, then they’re inviting others opinions on it, which your husband duly gave Grin

GlendaSugarbeanIsJudgingYou · 09/06/2021 13:59

What song?

Beamur · 09/06/2021 14:00

That's pretty funny.
I hate Phil Collins music too.
Probably not enough to fall out with the neighbours over - but they did start it!

namechange30455 · 09/06/2021 14:01

I don't mind Phil Collins tbh but if you play music for a long time loud enough for neighbours to hear then you can't really complain if people choose to pass comment on it

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 09/06/2021 14:02

@LivingDeadGirlUK

Get him some headphones so he can listen to his technical death metal instead?
no. why should he change anything? it's not like the weather is cold so there's nothing to do about it so wear a coat outside.

noisy people need to cut it the fuck out.

Muddydoor · 09/06/2021 14:02

Going to have to watch some old cadburys dairy milk ads now.

Ihatesummertoo · 09/06/2021 14:03

@QueenAdreena

I hate Phil Collins, and probably would have done the same. I’m of the opinion that if a neighbour is playing their music loud enough for other people to hear, then they’re inviting others opinions on it, which your husband duly gave Grin
This
motogogo · 09/06/2021 14:03

Not acceptable to mention the type of music but a please keep the noise down we are working from home would be fine.

If I had been your neighbours I would have cranked the volume up!

ChippyTea16 · 09/06/2021 14:04

Wow totally rude of your DH! Although loud neighbours are really annoying, I think in a terraced house you have to put up with some noise. Although maybe not to those levels. He could have just asked them to turn it down.

But then again, I love Phil Collins. If someone had shouted that at me I would have turned it down but not off. We all have different tastes!

AtotheZ · 09/06/2021 14:05

I came in partway through the playing of Phil's greatest hits so I'm not sure how long it had been going in. There were at least five songs played, including 'In The Air -today-Tonight'.

I was jokingly singing "One more song" when DH shouted out.

He does wear headphones but you could still hear the music through them (I had them on so I know), and he has more or less back to back conference calls during the day.

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