Lee Sklar is horribly underrated and unrecognized as a bassist.

No one ever recognizes his straight up talent!

Absolute Legend!

The man's a legend

He's got a great KZfaq channel also

It is about his divorce after all

Poor guy ends up having THREE divorces!

I don't really understand what's so impressive about that? He's a drummer, if he can't handle bars, who can? He knows how long it takes him to get from A to B, he knows when he has to get to B, he knows his speed! So it just has to start at the right moment! What do you think they do during rehearsals? They certainly don't just play cards and drink.

I agree I know they set up markers, pieces of tape on the floor or other markers. So he can judge when to be in the right place at the right time. It doesn't make it any less impressive with his level of professionalism he probably didn't even need them.

Right? If he had been a fraction of a second too late…

It’s like theatre as he sings/tells a story from his life. Perfect

It's the difference between musician and performer. Just brilliant.

This song always reminds me of Miami Vice.

Drum Phil 😉

This was by far the longest wait for it ever!

Air drumming that drop is just too compelling for anyone to resist. Love it.

@@michellemiles9966 so true! My steering wheel certainly gets a beating when it comes on 😂

On top of that singing is hard to do while sitting down and you have to drum at a certain pitch to not block your own voice or sing so loud you can't hear yourself hit your drum notes. Like this is ultimate skill. Glad you pointed out how simultaneous multitasking drumming is.

Yo and those drum rhythms he's doing aren't exactly obvious/basic - they're super creative ways of manipulating the expected rhythm of a 4-beat bar. In most pop music, when you have a drum fill, has a common end-point. Most often a fill sets up the next bar's downbeat - the "1". But what I love about Phil is that he's playing with that timing in a way that adds even more tension, for instance in one case by STARTING a fill on the "and of 4" (or basically the 1), and carrying it through for a bar all the way to land on the next bar's 4. It's really just heavy in the feels department, and is a huuuge part of Phil's "voice" on drums. Masterful manipulation of how we hear rhythm.

To think how casually people dismiss him. He is off the charts amazing. And have you played much of his music? The chord progressions are deceptively complex and creative.

I second that

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Genius! 💜

In a interview, Phil said it was so iconic it prevented it from using it ever again... He felt like he trapped himself there. LOL

He was always very much in control of everything and already back in Genesis had great sound. Genesis always was a incredible rhythmic band thanks to Collins.

Leland said in an interview that he has been on over 2000 albums.

I had the pleasure of seeing Leland perform on three different tours with Phil. He is truly on under rated master of music. Of course, Phil only took the best on stage with him. That should say everything that needs to be said about Leland Sklar, and Chester Thompson, and Daryl Steurmer, and The Phoenix Horns, Richard Thomas, and so many more.

Legend has it, Gandalf is still guitaring to this day...

What live version was this plz?

That man is obviously a _wizard,_ and the guitar just happens to be his magical implement of choice to cast spells of cosmic vibration.

Phil Collins has been playing drums since he was 5 years old 🥁

It broke my heart when I found out that Phil can't play drums anymore because of ill health. This man's abilities have been incredibly influential on music and I hope his genius can carry on in the other areas of his craft for a long long time

Shit, he had me in the palm of his hands, and I'm sitting on my couch. Lol

There's a thing performers get taught about gaining attention. Actor's get told "the stiller you are, the more attention you hold." And it's true for singers too. He moves so languidly across the stage, and has these moments of stillness that commands attention. It's a masterclass in performance theory and practice.

One reason was also that it was ”the” song in Miami Vice with Sonny in his car.

I might be wrong but I think when it came out originally in the UK it only made number 2 in the UK pop charts, that I really don't understand. Please correct me if I am wrong

@@robertklasson5885 What do you mean? iTunes, and KZfaq didn't exist when Miami Vice (1984) used it. So don't think there's a connection with Miami Vice for the 2020 increase in popularity. 😀

I LOVE that drumming!

That song is one of the defining moments of the 80's. In the pilot episode of the MIAMI VICE TV show, the song's slow build worked for the slow build of the approaching confrontation in the episode. In a way, it's the unofficial theme song of MIAMI VICE and a watershed musical composition.

Even before Miami Vice, this song was in the soundtrack of the 1983 movie, RISKY BUSINESS with Tom Cruise. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gLCHe9WlxqeuoIU.html

and to think that the hightened drum sound came from a studio effect that had been left turned on for something else....ie accidental sound effect, that sound effect became something that became an effect in its own right

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I do in 2023 lol

100% truth!

I do every time I hear this song. Just can't help it.

It's actually nowhere near his biggest hit. He has had 7 songs go to #1 on the charts. This didn't even make the top ten. (It peeked at either #11 or #12.) Sussudio, One More Night, Against All Odds, those stupid Tarzan songs, Take Me Home, Two Hearts, Another Day in Paradise were all bigger hits than this song was. This song feels like a bigger hit than some of those because none of those songs were ever featured on Miami Vice like this song was. It is however the most natural and obvious choice of all of his songs to open a concert with. I would have surprised if he had led off one of his shows with anything other than this song. It is a perfect show opener.

True, but she didnt under rate the singing and drumming. Phil is a master and this performance proofed it. 💪🏼

The Charismatic Voice mentioned that as a percussionist he has a different style of singing, that takes in account the timing of the drums. Drums are the time keeper of a rock song. 4,8,16 bpm etc.

So this is an interesting subject; singing and playing. The human mind is actually incapable of multitasking, which means that it is impossible to consciously play and sing at the same time. What this means is that we have to put parts into our subconsciousness (ie performing some parts by mere muscle memory), or find a way to combine the playing and singing into a "single" action that we perform consciously. Once we do this, it becomes possible to play and sing. It takes practice, and often lots of it. But once we do, we can perform something seemingly impossible. And in all honesty, it becomes rather trivial what two actions you perform simultaneously. I could practice singing Genie in a Bottle over a Rachmaninoff concerto and get it to a point where it requires just as much concious effort as this piece. He had to practice and analyze the nature of all parts unanimously for quite some time, undoubtedly. But once he did, he was able to focus on a single part, likely the vocals. The rest is muscle memory. Just goes to show that hard work and practice can lead to some amazing performances.

Do you have the right song? The lyrics certainly don't seem to back that up.

Love letter is being used ironically. It's about being on the brink of divorce.

@@tyghe_bright Totally.

Read my explanation above. That's what really happened and what the song was all about. Do your research.

@@gordowg1wg145 Collins has confirmed the divorce inspiration for the song many times. Like here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obKCrMKD0NW4e3U.html

Well, his guitarist is obviously a _wizard,_ and the combination of guitar and Collins' voice and _goddamn drums_ casts a spell of cosmic vibration that reaches out through the Astral, Ethereal, and all four Elemental Planes before reverberating back to the Prime Material Plane, and those vibrations come back carrying all of the cosmic energies they picked up to hit us listeners like ten tons of pure magic. That drop drop _alone_ could banish Demon Princes and summon minor deities.

@@AaronLitz Maybe summon major deities. Magic for sure.

Didn't Phil basically invent that (percussion) sound? I think he used it a lot on Peter Gabriel's first few solo albums aswell

💯% Mate. Don Henley was another who had this skill nailed down, like you say, it`s not easy 👍👍

love this song

Yup, the First Final Farewell Tour. Fantastic DVD, too.

Cannot imagine how awesome that concert was.

You are not alone and I've been listening to this since 1981.

Ah wow thank you for highlighting that!! I was so taken by it all that I would not have gone back to listen for that crying. Wow! I've heard the song many times and listened as a teenager, almost feel lucky to listen again in a more mature way. Thank you for pointing that 11:15 out. Just wow.

You should check out Firth of Fifth if you haven't, and also Carpet Crawlers, to hear where it's coming from. Daryl came into his own eventually, but in the beginning he was really just there to imitate Steve Hackett's expression, and there's no doubt it heavily influenced his style. Both are highly emotional and never flashy.

@@ze_rubenatorWill do. And thanks for the suggestion.

@@ChristinaaArmani In this case no, heard stories from different accounts on that case and first wife cheated on him. He was on tours with the band often, guess she felt she's bored at home. He did however cheat with second wife, she was everywhere with him, guess this time he felt he was too constricted? Who knows.

@@lorgrenbenirus maybe shy did find someone towards the end but didn’t consider it cheating since she did tell him she was done if he went on tour. Apparently he didn’t believe her at first or thought she’d change her mind. Dunno why she wasn’t supportive of his music career but yeah they divorced.

He's acted in some movies so people can look them up and see that ( talking ).

100% agree the emotions in this song with all those instruments coming in man this concert is by far the best live concert , Phil Collins is a true legend absolutely amazing

I like him and Genesis, I grew up with some "best of CD" that featured this song as well as I Can't Dance from Genesis and some other great songs. Definitely one of my favourite artists.

And before he was the face of Genesis, he was the drummer of Genesis.

@@carstenschultz5 and one of the better drummers of that era. This whole live bluray is great! Especially the bonus material gig from 1998 Montreal Jazz festival, where Phil plays drums the whole gig.

If you are under 35, sure.

This comment makes me feel so old! lol! But I am so...😆

Menacing! That's the word I was looking for. Even his face looks menacing

@chrisvaughn4399 perfectly said 💯💯💯

His name is Brad Cole. Awesome!

He was angry because she left him. She told him not to pursue his music career. She ultimatumed him. He was pissed and angry and expected her to support him. I wonder if he was fantasizing about her drowning or if it’s a metaphor for his resentment towards her. Don’t know how he feels about things now but this song is his big FU to her.

Thanks for sharing this.

I love when younger people hear the vocoder and instantly spit out the term autotune. They do the same thing when they hear a talk box for the first time. 😀

For me, it's the gated reverb on the drums. Just screams 80s, lol.

@@joshgreiner2599 Exactly !!!! Gated Reverb is one of the most iconic things to come out in 80s, other than the Synthesizer and Neon lights :)

@@joshgreiner2599 He actually single handedly created that sound by accident. The new added microphone hanging above the mixing console for talking to the band picked up his drums. The mic had a compressor on it while the console had a gate on it. The result was gated reverb. Thanks Phil Collins.

And...amazingly..she tried to sue him for 50% of the songs royalties, saying "without the pain I put him through, he wouldn't have written it". Yep. Thank goodness she lost that case!

@@timothyblazer1749 Wow, she actually tried to sue him for 50% of the royalties?? I'm sorry, but that just makes her out to be a Gold Digger

@@karlsmith2570 she's worse than that, IMO.

@@timothyblazer1749 what's worse than a gold digger??

@@karlsmith2570 a sociopath.

There can be only one.

@@cayhle Fortunately, there is only one.

Parking lots was kind of scary place in those years.

@@jasperdevries1726 Well, one true one and some impersonators.

I wont. I know it, Es kann nur Einen geben.

please!

Yes I agree the way you react is excellent really feeling the layers, , mood & music 😀👏