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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • Phil Collins in 1981 at Radio Station WLIR
    DJ Ray White

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  • @davidnorman4923
    @davidnorman4923 3 роки тому +17

    Loved this era of genesis and Phil doing different projects! He gets a lot of shit but he's freaking awesome! Real talent no celebrity BS !

  • @mariabenavides7213
    @mariabenavides7213 5 років тому +4

    Phil Collins he was a gorgeous handsome man with those blue eyes how's that sexy voice

  • @lornestein7248
    @lornestein7248 2 роки тому +2

    I remember running to the store when Face Value came out. Already loved Duke so I was a very excited Phil/Gene fan. Little did I know I would be hearing In The Air Tonight almost DAILY for the next 41 years and counting...smh.☹

  • @monimania
    @monimania 17 років тому +3

    I love Ray White!

  • @marecl
    @marecl 4 місяці тому +1

    "I run into Peter & run over Steve"
    😎🤭🤣

  • @marmas58ink
    @marmas58ink 14 років тому +1

    (Talking about FV, 3mins in) "Not r-n-r simple but it's simple, it's like got space, more mature." dj replies, 'like turn it on again'?. ..'well the tunes on Duke, we felt, the best were the tunes we co-wrote together.' ...Then he says Duke could've been a double. 'Cause there's an awful lot of material.'
    From Duke sessions: Evidence of Autumn ,Open Door, Vancouver. - As far as finished songs that came out later that's all I know about. That's 3 sides, but what's left to make up a 4th side?

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    Opinion - a personal view, attitude, or appraisal.
    Thanks.

  • @irplane
    @irplane 4 роки тому

    Saying he just made it up is much easier than explaining that he watched a man watch a lady drown, and then later didnt help that man when he himself was drowning.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому +1

      That is just an urban myth BS. Silly really. He just hated being left for another man. It could be irritating, no?

  • @tenbroeck1958
    @tenbroeck1958 2 роки тому +11

    I could listen to him speak for hours, for some reason. Maybe it's how genuine he is.

  • @theresahernandez2350
    @theresahernandez2350 3 роки тому +18

    So cute at 27 years old he was one of my favorite singers I am 65 and I am still listening to him

  • @SweetJoyBG
    @SweetJoyBG 9 років тому +25

    He's still the same, so wonderful and down to earth.

  • @Ron502008
    @Ron502008 14 років тому +14

    Thanks to the UA-cam Time Machine!! I just spent 30 minutes in 1981.

  • @Eire_Go_Deo
    @Eire_Go_Deo 2 роки тому +9

    Thank you for the upload! The period from 1979-1981 with all that was going on in his personal life really inspired some great music. That’s a cool flat cap he’s wearing too!

  • @laura4484
    @laura4484 17 років тому +10

    (swoons)love thoes blue eyes!!! he is sooooo cute :)(squeals!!)

  • @jmd9794
    @jmd9794 6 років тому +11

    Gorgeous man always and forever
    ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @raelraven3
    @raelraven3 9 років тому +11

    Oops . . . so much for the Abacab album being a double album with all songs written by the entire group. It turned out to be comprised of 9 songs, 3 of which were written in a solo fashion (Me and Sarah Jane by Tony; Man on the Corner by Phil; Like it or Not by Mike). All those fantastic less poppy sounding songs that would have make it a double album were left off (Naminanu, Submarine, Me and Virgil, You Might Recall).

    • @ArchieBC
      @ArchieBC 3 роки тому

      Thank God for the box set, am I right?

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  3 роки тому +1

      That’s why there was a studio side of Three Sides Live

  • @VanPebble
    @VanPebble 15 років тому +10

    there is a such thing as a Phil Collin's shirt

  • @Bentom86
    @Bentom86 15 років тому +11

    I can see how this can be misunderstood, but his message here was about breaking down the walls of stupid stereotypes. Stations with mostly white listeners said 'Face Value' sounded too black, and because he was a white British artist, black programmers were also afraid to take a chance with its audience. Attitudes like that still hadn't changed much by 1981. I was drawn to Phil because of his outspoken influence from music of ALL kinds....the way it should be for every artist.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 4 роки тому +4

      I love Genesis, Phil, Peter and black music. ;)

  • @mikeharris6722
    @mikeharris6722 2 роки тому +4

    I miss WLIR

  • @ZedralZ
    @ZedralZ 17 років тому +10

    I love this man.

  • @lizziemartin6113
    @lizziemartin6113 7 років тому +7

    Makes sense now that when I would hear him back in the early 80s (when i was a kid) I thought he was black.

  • @DaveBennettMusician
    @DaveBennettMusician 16 років тому +11

    what an awesome interview!

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 4 роки тому +3

      Definitely! The interviewer does a great job because he just lets Phil talk.

  • @chefjohn777
    @chefjohn777 12 років тому +9

    what an interesting man
    I met Phil backstage in his dressing room at the very last Genesis "turn it on again tour" 10-13-2007

    • @raelraven3
      @raelraven3 3 роки тому +2

      I was lucky enough to meet him backstage during his first solo tour in early 1983, though I was so star-struck that I didn’t manage to say much 😂

  • @moxie6829
    @moxie6829 12 років тому +8

    He said EW&F because he used the same horn players as EW&F, the Phoenix Horns, on his record.

  • @RobindeValkNL
    @RobindeValkNL 11 років тому +8

    A lot of Genesis fans loved, In the air tonight!

  • @SRNF
    @SRNF 12 років тому +5

    For those who doesn't know what "black radio" is this interview can sound really racist LOL!

  • @raelraven2
    @raelraven2 15 років тому +5

    Irony: PC keeps talking about having so much material that the next album might need to be a double album, and they end up releasing Abacab, which was maybe the shortest Genesis album ever.

  • @rk41gator
    @rk41gator 3 роки тому +4

    Hugh Padgham was an amazingly creative man. A rock. Brilliant.

  • @fka.climate
    @fka.climate 15 років тому +5

    I'm 24.
    And I came of age in the wrong age.

    • @Eire_Go_Deo
      @Eire_Go_Deo 2 роки тому

      I’m 24 now - I wholeheartedly agree.

  • @rv57able
    @rv57able 11 років тому +5

    I agree with you girl yes he is!!!!!!

  • @kelseyfranklin1231
    @kelseyfranklin1231 6 років тому +4

    I'm so shocked that he's British!!! I couldn't picture his talking voice and singing voice differently!!! Ahhh!!

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  6 років тому +2

      Ever listen to the song "Like China"? He sings with a British accent!

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому

      Ever heard Adele?....mind bending. You would never expect a thick Cockney.

  • @MrSteviedan
    @MrSteviedan 11 років тому +4

    I like his Steve Martin impression at 8:41

  • @MRix1985
    @MRix1985 17 років тому +4

    this is great, I love reading/listening to old interviews

  • @randomuploadsism
    @randomuploadsism 13 років тому +3

    Anyone know where I can watch / listen to / read an Interview with Phil Collins re his 1979 divorce? Does such an interview exist?

    • @sagbeach1
      @sagbeach1 3 роки тому +1

      I’d like to hear him talk about that.

  • @patriciadenis8767
    @patriciadenis8767 Рік тому +1

    "Face Value" est vraiment un album Remarquable et pas seulement pour "In The Air Tonight", TOUT l'album est un chef d'oeuvre. Phil est LE meilleur et le reste encore aujourd'hui, pour l'éternité. Phil est irremplaçable et est aussi un très bon acteur ("Frauds, "Buster"). Phil me manque et j'espère de tout mon coeur qu'il retrouvera la santé. Phil est un Phoenix. From Paris, thank you so much for this documentary.

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 4 роки тому

    I think "Misunderstanding" is my favorite song Phil ever did...
    It's good to hear that he thought it was good. 🙂

  • @TheChadTI
    @TheChadTI Рік тому +1

    Phil doesn't seem like his humble self here. He seems a bit... cocainey 😀 I've never heard about any of these guys being on drugs though.

  • @The_Walrus_Was_Paul_1984
    @The_Walrus_Was_Paul_1984 Рік тому +1

    Amazing stuff.

  • @nassoloaminah7372
    @nassoloaminah7372 5 років тому +2

    Very handsome man

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 4 роки тому

    Phil always cared about what the critics said, way too much..
    If a bunch of failed musicians on the street have him a bad review would he care?
    It's there same thing, critics can't DO music , so they WRITE about it..... And Their opinion means fuck all...

  • @christinerocher674
    @christinerocher674 3 роки тому +1

    J avais 18ans , maintenant , c'est très lointain , je suis en train de rattraper l âge de Phil . Santé à vous .

  • @derneueuntergang
    @derneueuntergang 16 років тому +1

    Does he realy say that In The Air Tonight would not work as a single?????

  • @squonkynut
    @squonkynut 12 років тому +3

    Phil Collins FTW!

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 4 роки тому

    Critics 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
    If someone can't do music, why would he even care what that someone has to say about music?

  • @ghostship85
    @ghostship85 3 роки тому +2

    He says he regrets his big ego that cane from his huge success. He...like me, is realizing the maybe the biggest problem comes from within ourselves..not others. He does seem a bit cocky here. Certainly understandable, given his huge success on top of huge success. Love all of the Genesis members and Phil too.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому +2

      I think it is less ego, than unpretentious and direct. He's not in your face NY direct, guess more London direct, and some people don't like that. He was just getting going at this time, maybe a little insecure, a little over compensating. But he knew what he was doing, realizing & understanding that, building confidence. Damn, he sure did know what he was doing, eh?

    • @ghostship85
      @ghostship85 3 роки тому +2

      @@rk41gator yes, well stated. He was excited and who could blame him. He just dicovrred that he was an awesome songwriter.....you know what I mean? PUN Absolutely intended for what an awesome song eh!

    • @rkress9349
      @rkress9349 3 роки тому +1

      @@ghostship85 Sorry to keep jabbering, but I really have a lot of respect for Phil Collins. He wrote some great melodies and lyrics. I recently found some 'classical' versions of Genesis tunes on UA-cam. Amazing. Collins and the Genesis guys could 'turn a phrase'. But I often think, even after his selling SO many albums and touching millions of souls, we often don't really know what he means. They try to be ambiguous. Maybe HE doesn't know, really. But great poetry is like that, we bring our own experiences and create our own meanings (like hearing Joni Mitchell). You probably have already seen this video about recording 'You'll Be In My Heart'. The music test Phil slipped in on the great Rob Cavallo is hilarious. Another worth watching is the very recent review of 'In The Air Tonight' by The Charismatic Voice is also interesting.
      ua-cam.com/video/3GxDnvKt2Ko/v-deo.html

    • @ghostship85
      @ghostship85 3 роки тому

      @@rkress9349 oh hey....no problem. Thanks for the recommendations. Thanks for your input. One thing is for sure, if I wasn't incarcerated for a few years, my artistic talent may have well remained undiscovered. If Phil didn't suffer a broken heart......etc. Interesting that Phil could really crank out some great tunes. Peter Gabriel ...though very successful, has struggled with songwriting a bit. It is amazing to me that some people can just continue to write amazing songs.The voice, the fine playing of musical instruments, are impressive. Composing a masterpiece is where the WOW factor lies. Lord Huron is awesome with a Lord Huron sounding song but then come up with " When The Night Is Over". I think Phil was as surprised by his success as much as anybody was. He just followed his passion!

  • @trevizons
    @trevizons 14 років тому +1

    This is part of Genesis History, and the truth came out, at 13:40 when Ray asks have you ran into Peter Gabriel or Steve Hackett and Phil says I ran into Peter and I ran over Steve, Ha! That's the whole truth, very good interview, thanks for posting it !

  • @Crimsonphilosophy
    @Crimsonphilosophy 15 років тому +2

    i want all that vinyl!!!!

  • @Phil-1
    @Phil-1 16 років тому +2

    thanks for the interview.
    wish he'd take his gum out though.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому

      but, me likes me gum. (is that East London or West London?)

  • @freiheitsalv
    @freiheitsalv 14 років тому +2

    sexy!!!!!

  • @moxie6829
    @moxie6829 12 років тому +1

    Gabriel wanted the same thing. He was thrilled black stations talked about "Security"

  • @escaton74
    @escaton74 3 роки тому

    1:24 Queen probably listened to this interview and made a "black" album few months later

  • @gatsbybudd5215
    @gatsbybudd5215 5 років тому +1

    Ray White rocks.

  • @thefungoden3978
    @thefungoden3978 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic!

  • @unsignedmusic
    @unsignedmusic  3 роки тому +1

    RIP Ray White

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 4 роки тому

    Great interview

  • @mhspiper
    @mhspiper 17 років тому +1

    Wonderful! Thanks so much!

  • @TheChadTI
    @TheChadTI Рік тому +1

    24:29 Pan out! pan out! Liquid crystal failure. Stay in long shot guys...

  • @TheGreatAlan75
    @TheGreatAlan75 4 роки тому

    I love this era of Phil Collins..
    I love the songs

  • @elizabethbudd8873
    @elizabethbudd8873 2 роки тому

    That interviewer, though. :)

  • @thomasquinn2win
    @thomasquinn2win 16 років тому

    no they didn't, they evolved into those songs. the shorter songs got better. they still made long songs as they always made short songs

  • @Bryan8329
    @Bryan8329 10 років тому

    Funny that Queen tried to sound like Earth Wind and Fire not that long after this.

  • @WatleyConceptsInc1
    @WatleyConceptsInc1 13 років тому

    @hailiejade1987 What do you think he means?

  • @sagbeach1
    @sagbeach1 3 роки тому

    Great interview… anyone know if any members of genesis, including Phil Collins were part of the creation of the song ‘in your eyes’? Or just P Gabriel?

  • @mantra3000
    @mantra3000 13 років тому

    "Earth wind and fire" is not the blackest music that comes to mind.

  • @tyleragnew
    @tyleragnew 4 роки тому

    Damn - I wish abacab became a double album

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    Perhaps you should think before you start typing.

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    In what way? It's a matter of opinion.

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    And you made a "dumb statement" by saying that I'm "out of my mind." I personally believe that Queen is superior musically and vocally. It was unnecessary for you to disagree with my opinion with an insult. Enjoy your "precious" E,W&F, skippy.

    • @amandabooth6138
      @amandabooth6138 3 роки тому

      V-town1980, queen is a lot better than earth, wind, fire without a doubt and 100% more successful also.

  • @mattblack77nz
    @mattblack77nz 15 років тому

    I wish I had a love truncheon THIS LONG!

  • @franriding6473
    @franriding6473 3 роки тому

    I never knew phil got divorced. Interesting

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  3 роки тому +1

      He got divorced TWICE and on the second one he broke the record for highest alimony payment!

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    Come on Phil. Queen, musically and melodically, could/can blow E,W&F out of the water. None of them could sing anywhere near Mercury.

    • @funklover24
      @funklover24 4 роки тому +1

      EW&F and Queen are both phantastic bands and two of my favourites. No need to say this one beats that one.

    • @anotheryoutubeaccount9852
      @anotheryoutubeaccount9852 3 роки тому

      You don't know and haven't heard enough of/about EWF, to make an ignorant statement,, like that.

  • @trevizons
    @trevizons 14 років тому

    I believe Phil is talking badly about Steve Hackett, it is quite obvious I think, that they definetly had deep problems and that has to do with Steve's departure from the band, and the fact that Genesis changed for a simple commercial cheap way thanks to Phil's hunger for fame, affected deeply the relation between Phil and Steve ... IMHO..

    • @paulsmartialarts
      @paulsmartialarts 7 років тому +3

      what utter shit

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 7 років тому +1

      TMATMATMA totally agree, Steve Hackett has actually said in interviews that Phil was the only person that could have talked him into not leaving Genesis, Phil seen Steve in the street in London when they were mixing seconds out and asked him if he wanted a lift to the studio, Steve said no I’ll catch you later, Steve said he didn’t want to get in the car because Phil would have tried to get him not to leave Genesis and would probably of succeeded. They were very close because they were like the two new boys in Genesis in the 70s and not in the public school clic. So it is utter shite to make a comment when you don’t know shit about the situation. Rant over lol

    • @Drchainsaw77
      @Drchainsaw77 6 років тому

      Whatever Genesis did or did not become after Steve left is obviously well outside your understanding. It's foolish to blame that change on a guy who left because his songs _weren't_ being used, a fact overlooked by pretty much everyone. Not only is Kingdongdingdongdang's comment accurate, but this is being done four years after Steve left, and Phil details why there are hard feelings at this point, and if you knew the band's history, it would be obvious to you that the bad blood was between Tony and Steve -- not Phil and anyone else.

    • @amandabooth6138
      @amandabooth6138 3 роки тому

      Trevizons, that is not the case phil collins didn't make that decision that was genesis in whole not just phil.Why do people think that?

  • @Vasiliki666
    @Vasiliki666 9 років тому +2

    Well, i am a Black man who likes genesis....please stop generalising phil !!
    ....the big difference between gabriel and collins....brains and braun

    • @nema1218
      @nema1218 9 років тому

      I don't think Phil has Braun either.

    • @lizziemartin6113
      @lizziemartin6113 7 років тому +2

      This was the 80s. Besides he didn't say anything really wrong.

    • @paulchoccyt1303
      @paulchoccyt1303 3 роки тому

      Everything you wrote was wrong and dumb and you actually come across as a very stupid human being, who clearly needs to be educated.

  • @v-town1980
    @v-town1980 15 років тому

    Yeah, so why give me shit or question my opinion?

  • @ayubpatel3605
    @ayubpatel3605 7 років тому

    Filming a radio broadcast... Cant see that catching on...

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  7 років тому

      Is that supposed to be sarcasm?

    • @ayubpatel3605
      @ayubpatel3605 7 років тому +3

      Wouldn't put it as strongly as sarcasm but yes it was meant to funny due to the plethora of radio shows that are now broadcast on TV.

  • @Vasiliki666
    @Vasiliki666 9 років тому +1

    ..Black ingredients ? Cut the album like a Black Album ? You see, you can travel all around the world, have all the money and adoration anyone could muster....But you can't put class into that which has none......What a stupid thing to say, and what a racist thing to say. And to compare Queen with Earth Wind & Fire as if this is some kind of legitimate characterisation of Black and White music...I wonder what he called Hendrick ??
    Phil, but you certainly treated your black musicians like slaves, cos they ended up suing you..

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  9 років тому +2

      Sebastian Ward You don't think Motown records are "black"?

    • @jesicaclark5479
      @jesicaclark5479 9 років тому +10

      Sebastian Ward Hiya - I'm going to put myself on the line here and try to defend Phil....I have to admit that I also balked when he said those lines. But I honestly don't think it was racism here. He wasn't making a statement about music or people where one was better than the other. And he wasn't even suggesting segregation of the music or people. He actually was making a point that up until that time there WAS segregation and he didn't understand why it was that way. He was trying to integrate music, something that hadn't really been done in pop/rock up to that point. To have Chester Thompson touring with Genesis in the 70s and to have the Phenix horns up front on stage with him...that was a bold move...even into the early 80s.
      I don't know Phil at all (and I'm guessing you don't either), but I do watch/listen to an intense number of interviews, and yes, he says stupid shit all the time...about people, about women, about himself...but it never seems to me, that in his heart of hearts, the he wants to treat people badly or unfairly. I'm going to throw Eric Clapton under the bus and say that THAT GUY said some racist shit and people seem to gloss over it...and hey, Phil is good friends with Eric, so, maybe sometimes it rubs of on him, and for that I am disappointed.
      As for the lawsuit, again, I wasn't there in the courtroom, but the facts of the case are that Satterfield and Davis were getting paid for work they hadn't done...and ya that sucks that it went on for so long before someone on Phil's end noticed...but you know what would have been the honorable thing? If Lui-Lui and Rahmlee had spoken up before then and said "oh crap Phil, I think you're paying us too much." At that point they had been working with Phil for TEN years, and they know exactly how the music business works. They knew they where getting overpaid and they kept their mouths shut, instead of telling their colleague. Sure, if I were in the same situation, maybe I'd keep my mouth shut too, but I wouldn't have sued the guy when he finally found out and did something about it. Phil didn't try to take the money away (and legally, he wouldn't have been able to), he set the over-payments as pro-rata towards future payments. So in the end, it'd all be squared. And that is what Davis and Satterfield were suing over.
      When Phil did Going Back, he reached out to Chester who then got Eddie Willis and other Funk Brothers involved. They weren't doing it for the money, though I'm sure they got paid well, they were doing it because Phil was honoring the music and the musicians that he loves and it was cool project to get involved in. Certainly he treats the musicians with him well, because they stay with him for over a decade and they help him out when he asks. /rant.

    • @ultramimo
      @ultramimo 8 років тому

      +Sebastian Ward I agree that what he said does sound pretty stupid. I wonder if he would still say the same thing or if it was just a sign of times, and if it was okay or socially acceptable to say these things back in 81. Regardless, looking at it from today's point of view, all that sounds pretty absurd to me.

    • @silentbobpc
      @silentbobpc 8 років тому +4

      If you understand this he's saying that in the 80's "black" radio stations wouldn't play the music of white artists, because obviously there are hundreds of stations playing white music, but he felt his music had soul and could reach that audience. I think he has a point, although in this modern world it is made rather awkwardly. In terms of treating his black musicians like slaves, go look at Leland Sklar.. he takes no sh!t from anybody and speaks highly of Phil.. he actually sue some of his horn section because they were overpaid, he didn't asked for the money back, just paying no more royalties.. of an album that had already reach its peak sales and would likely sell very little more (a live album).

    • @unsignedmusic
      @unsignedmusic  8 років тому +1

      silentbobpc Leland Sklar is white.

  • @marmas58ink
    @marmas58ink 14 років тому

    He looks all bloked out here, doesn' he?
    Around 10:20 it got interesting to me, where he gets into talking about B-sides and rehearsals and 'blowin''... 'some of those cassettes are very good quality... I take great pride over my cassette recordings', and after that his relationship/'relationship' with Peter and Steve...
    According to what's said at the beg., I guess WLIR was/is a NY station.

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 7 років тому +1

      marmas58ink would love to hear some of those cassettes though