Songs that Changed Music: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

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  • Опубліковано 5 січ 2021
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    This week was the 40th anniversary of the release of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight, the legendary debut single off his first solo album "Face Value"!
    Phil Collins’ 1981 debut single, “In the Air Tonight,” is one of the most influential pop songs of all time. The song has many striking features. It starts with drums from a Roland CR-78 drum machine and an electric guitar, after which a pulsating synth pad and a Fender Rhodes piano come in. Together they set a strong, melancholy mood, over which Collins angrily and sadly ponders the separation from his wife. The CR-78 beat is mixed in the background, providing punctuation rather than a groove, making the song sound like a low-key ballad.
    The ballad feel lasts for a full 3 minutes and 40 seconds, with the only moments of true drama provided by Collins singing “I remember,” masterfully dramatized by a Roland VP-300 vocoder, delays and a panned cymbal roll. At this point most people would expect a saxophone or synth solo, and for the song to end. If that had been the case, the song would most likely have sunk without a trace.
    By contrast, at 3:41 one of the most dramatic, legendary and talked-about moments in the history of music arrives: the entrance of Collins’ gated drums, in particular THAT astonishing 10-note tom-fill, leading to a proper backbeat and the introduction of John Giblin’s bass.
    The gated reverb drum sound was first heard a year earlier on Peter Gabriel’s song “Intruder,” on which Collins also played drums. Engineer Hugh Padgham heard Collins play drums through the heavily compressed reverse talkback mic on a new SSL desk, which also had noise-gates on every channel, and was awe-struck by the unexpected new sound. Gabriel and Collins also loved it, and the SSL was duly rewired so the talkback mic could be recorded easily.
    For “In The Air Tonight” a year later, Collins and Padgham recreated the sound with heavily compressed and gated ambient mics.
    The resulting thunderous gated drum sound has since been imitated countless times, and is now so deeply engrained in popular culture that it’s easy to forget how revolutionary it was at the time.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 819

  • @Producelikeapro
    @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +59

    Which other songs would you like us to cover in this series?

    • @rudolfbaethge282
      @rudolfbaethge282 3 роки тому +12

      One of the most recognizable to me is Sweet Child o Mine from GnR

    • @snookerjulian
      @snookerjulian 3 роки тому +18

      Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    • @aleksik4028
      @aleksik4028 3 роки тому +2

      Stevie Wonder - Another Star =)

    • @JeremyRobberechts
      @JeremyRobberechts 3 роки тому +16

      Africa by Toto or Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles. :)

    • @DanielGuillaud
      @DanielGuillaud 3 роки тому +15

      Grandmaster flash the message.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 3 роки тому +37

    Phil's first solo album is so great, partly because it *isn't* overly-polished. The emotional content really comes through so much stronger because of that.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +4

      Yes! Masterpiece! Thanks ever so much!

    • @k.chriscaldwell4141
      @k.chriscaldwell4141 3 роки тому +2

      In the original release of this album, Face Value,_ on the then new compact disc, one could hear as Phil turned on and off his tape machine. So cool. Well, cool for us teens of the time.
      _The 80s: Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._

  • @mrt77wv
    @mrt77wv 3 роки тому +10

    I'm more a punk/new wave/indie guy, but I have a soft spot for Phil's solo work and his work with Genesis. I was about 7 or 8 when Sussudio came out. And Face Value is a helluva great album. Shame a lot of people won't give it a fair shake because it's Phil Collins.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +3

      Completely understand!! Agreed 100%

    • @allgonewrongful
      @allgonewrongful 3 роки тому

      Im of a similar age. And I have been lucky enough to be able to drop old prejudices about musicians. And I'm so glad, because I can appreciate so much more good music than I could 20 years ago.

  • @POGFROGULPOP
    @POGFROGULPOP 3 роки тому +64

    Thanks to Hugh Padgham for discovering the Gated Reverb Drum sound. Thanks to Phil for the Caveman Drum Fill. Thanks to Ex-Wife for the Divorce Fueled Lyrics.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +10

      Ouch! Haha

    • @rockostiffredi4276
      @rockostiffredi4276 3 роки тому +3

      @Anders Eriksson That's what Rick Beato calls it. You can thank him for that one.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому +1

      @@rockostiffredi4276 cool of you to give credit. Rick is fantastic.

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому +4

      'Divorce Fueled Lyrics' is so true. How so much pleasure could come out of so much pain is spectacular. But each of his 3 wives got a nice big piece of that pie for their trouble!

    • @rkress9349
      @rkress9349 3 роки тому +2

      @@emilyadams3228 Yes, without the homework and 'skill' there is no art. People like to forget that detail and think people are just 'gifted'. They ARE gifted but that is the Misery part. Artists can translate misery into their medium WITH SKILL. Great quote.

  • @wild_lee_coyote
    @wild_lee_coyote 2 роки тому +14

    The song is so timeless, and the drums so iconic, that in 2020 it reached #2 on iTunes. Just from people reacting to it on UA-cam. A whole new generation is getting to enjoy it for the first time.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  2 роки тому +3

      It’s an incredible song, a true masterpiece

    • @weepingscorpion8739
      @weepingscorpion8739 11 місяців тому +2

      This is why I don't get the hate for reaction channels. I mean, sure, if they're not your thing that's fair, and yes, there is a huge quality difference between the various channels. But when they can, if not often but at least every now and then, reinvigorate a song's or movie's or video games's popularity, then surely that's a good thing, right?

  • @edalder2000
    @edalder2000 3 роки тому +58

    The greatest air drum fill in history.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks ever so much!

    • @geob3963
      @geob3963 3 роки тому +1

      The dark buzz saw guitar on top of the drums takes it to 11

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 3 роки тому +7

      YESSSS! And when Phil Collins became FILL Collins ;)

    • @bgorski6937
      @bgorski6937 3 роки тому +2

      @@DarkSideofSynth ah, I see what you did there!

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 3 роки тому +1

      @@bgorski6937 You saw it with your own 2 eyes... :))))

  • @joetheman74
    @joetheman74 8 місяців тому

    Here in the US In the Air Tonight only topping at 19 is a surprise to hear when I recall what a massive influence the song had in the early and mid 80's. When the song was used in the hit show Miami Vice I remember you couldn't go anywhere without kids in school and on the bus singing that song and air drumming to that iconic drum part. I remember one of the best drummers in my schools jazz and rock bands telling me that In the air tonight was a major influence in him becoming a drummer.

  • @DolganoFF
    @DolganoFF 3 роки тому +84

    Nobody expected back then (before it came out) that Phil's solo album would be so great.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks ever so much!

    • @MrThedonhead
      @MrThedonhead 3 роки тому +9

      @@Producelikeapro are you Phil?

    • @doktormcnasty
      @doktormcnasty 2 роки тому +2

      @@MrThedonhead I've never seen them in the same room together so you may be on to something there.

  • @LarsRyeJeppesen
    @LarsRyeJeppesen 9 місяців тому +1

    Miami Vice was what made this insanely popular

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  9 місяців тому +2

      It was already a huge worldwide hit in 1981. Miami Vice certainly kept the momentum going and of course the Cadburys Ad as well! Such a huge song

  • @stevenbrown1225
    @stevenbrown1225 3 роки тому +11

    Some of his hits were silly, but Collins hit the bullseye with this one.

  • @neckcheese1356
    @neckcheese1356 3 роки тому +17

    I can't believe this song is 40 years old, I remember listening to it as a kid. I'm old lol.

  • @madderthanever
    @madderthanever 3 роки тому +3

    Hugh Padgham is indeed a genius.
    Thank you, good sir, for helping make my childhood a whole lot better.

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 3 роки тому +11

    How did this only reach 19 in the US charts?! I know the music scene was more competitive back in those days but I wonder if any of those 18 songs ahead of it back then will stand the test of time like this song will

  • @1wretchedsoul
    @1wretchedsoul 3 роки тому +5

    What makes In The Air Tonight so incredible is when Phil Collins performs it live!!!!

  • @jpwieczorek
    @jpwieczorek Рік тому +1

    Genesis brought me here... I Love this!!! I had no idea there was this much involved...!!! Awesome!!!

  • @harbonip
    @harbonip 2 роки тому +1

    Yes sir , play it on a full moon night. I remember this tune from Miami Vice .

  • @frogdogink4415
    @frogdogink4415 4 місяці тому

    When Phil 'found his voice', so did we! 😅❤

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 3 роки тому +1

    I was 21 in 1981. Honestly, I hated much of the 80s music. But this song was a masterpiece.

  • @nunofernandes4501
    @nunofernandes4501 3 роки тому +59

    John Giblin's bass line is awesome too, this man played bass in so many hits and nobody knows him. You could do a series on unsung studio musicians!

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +19

      I know him well and he will crop up A LOT! Thanks ever so much!

    • @nunofernandes4501
      @nunofernandes4501 3 роки тому +12

      @@Producelikeapro I love his work with Kate Bush, his fretless playing is amazing.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +11

      @@nunofernandes4501 YES!! I love Kate Bush

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 3 роки тому +2

      @@nunofernandes4501 - Didn't he also replace Derek Forbes in the Simple Minds? 🤔🙂

    • @nunofernandes4501
      @nunofernandes4501 3 роки тому +2

      @@mightyV444 I'm not sure but I read somewhere that he had played in the SM. He's a great bass player.

  • @youtert
    @youtert 3 роки тому +4

    "You like Phil Collins?"
    "I have two ears and a heart, don't I?"

  • @georgetheta
    @georgetheta 2 роки тому +1

    ... and few months later the genesis of ABACAB!
    by genius musicians in a genius mixing & production

  • @DavidLee07
    @DavidLee07 3 роки тому +45

    Hugh should get royalties for that drum sound; it made the song a legend.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +13

      He will get Royalties as a Producer and very well derived indeed!

    • @DavidLee07
      @DavidLee07 3 роки тому +1

      @@Producelikeapro I certainly hope so! I want sure since he was credited as assistant producer with Phil taking producer credit.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +2

      @@DavidLee07 I'm sure he did! Thanks ever so much!

    • @midwestconcertvideo
      @midwestconcertvideo 3 роки тому +1

      I presume the Kate Bush song you're talking about is _Sat In Your Lap?_

    • @mightyV444
      @mightyV444 3 роки тому

      @@DavidLee07 - Not only that one song! It basically became Phil's signature sound!

  • @SonovaBish
    @SonovaBish 3 роки тому

    That drum roll is the signature of the song.

  • @ditch9802
    @ditch9802 3 роки тому +8

    When "Intruder" started I instantly heard "I know there's something going on" by Frida; Phil played the drums on that song too.

  • @hpatss4966
    @hpatss4966 2 роки тому

    He didn’t mention the other Phil Collins masterpiece that used gated reverb... WHO DUNNIT!!

  • @GoodSneakers
    @GoodSneakers 3 роки тому +5

    Imagine that after each solo success, he went back to work with great Genesis albums.

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 3 роки тому +3

    I remember... the first time we all heard that song❣️ I was in the two hour mechanical engineering class senior year ending high school. There were nine of us, and we never got tired of it, even though we heard it at least three times in that class and again a couple hours later in Architectural Drawing. I was the only girl in the Engineering class. That was fun! One of my friends from that class happened to be climbing the cliff face on the right side of the amphitheater from the stage point of view that day I thought I was alone, lol.
    Anyway, he also was a big fan of that song, about as much as he was of KISS, which to me was the biggest fan of KISS that I've ever known in my life, so for him to sing along with Phil Collins and acknowledge how great this this song was that was not, a KISS song, was pretty amazing. 🤣 "You are not alone, truly. No one is alone!" 😳 I waited till those I rode with were down in the tunnel several levels, and I made sure I was downwind. 🤗 Then I sang an aria at the top of my lungs, to see if I could project to the back of the amphitheater, and then there was applause from several people hanging off grappling hooks from the cliff faces. 🤭😳😶
    "Oh no! That means they heard everything!" The grapplers on the left side said it was worth it, and gave me an ovation, and then I hear my friend Arthur, dangling off the right cliff singing "I can feel it, coming in the air tonight!" 😱😂 It's a mixture of feelings, at seventeen. 😅 I have a picture of him somewhere on my old computer that another climber took of him in 2014 or 2015, on the cliff face again, just 2 and half weeks before he died after a long lung cancer battle. He loved climbing and skiing. Four of the guys in that class where we heard this song first, all went skiing together every chance they got, even of it was just out to what they called, "Watte Basin." They were all good guys. It was a class not unlike what you have here❣️❤️
    Thanks Warren, and Jim Ruff, if you happen to be on one of these virtual cliff faces of engineering. 🌹🌷🌼🌸🌻

  • @k.chriscaldwell4141
    @k.chriscaldwell4141 3 роки тому

    Many alive then, especially we youth of the time, can remember where we were and what we were doing when we first heard this song. For me it was from a radio just after midnight during my first teen sans parents sleepover at a friend's house. We kept the radio on all night so as to be able to hear it again and again every two hours.
    _The 80s: Lived 'em. Loved 'em. Miss 'em._
    * In those days, late night radio DJs had more leeway as to what they could play. So much new and other music could be heard after midnight. I was privy to nascent hiphop coming out of New York's ghetto as it was being birthed. Madonna, too. What a time.

  • @robertcronin6603
    @robertcronin6603 8 місяців тому

    Ever start watching something you've never seen before and then realize you've not only seen it but 'liked' it and commented on it, lol? ....no, me neither 😆

  • @mamanmatty
    @mamanmatty 3 роки тому

    I think Phil thinks everyone hates him. Great musician, great music.

  • @gasleona
    @gasleona 2 роки тому

    I think the most iconic fill of the song was probably Phil Collins

  • @grizcuz
    @grizcuz 3 роки тому +6

    I once heard this played as the last song of the night at a rave, some time at the end of the 80's or start of the 90's. It was incredibly effective, that slow, almost ambient first section and then those crushing drums. I tipped my hat to the DJ, he obviously understood the value of dynamics.

    • @grizcuz
      @grizcuz 3 роки тому

      @Luke Not really, people were dancing to all kinds of weird shit at the start, when Balearic was a thing. You could hear DJ's all playing the same tunes because there wasn't that many new records coming out every week. That DJ probably took a chance and it paid off.

  • @tom_machine
    @tom_machine 3 роки тому +7

    The most influential song, from the greatest drummer/composer/singer! Phil is a living legend. Stay with us for a long long time master!

  • @mikecozart2505
    @mikecozart2505 3 роки тому +4

    This song still gives me chills. Gated reverb is making a comeback!

  • @ktreier
    @ktreier 2 роки тому +1

    How cute that you have your kids artwork on your board. I'm slowly working through your extensive library of videos and learning something from every one.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  2 роки тому +2

      Wow! Thanks Karl, I really appreciate it

    • @ktreier
      @ktreier 2 роки тому

      @@Producelikeapro It is amazing that you reply to all my comments. I'm going to try and mirror this same practice in my soon to launch music tech/live stream/performance UA-cam channel.

  • @wagnerribeiro4061
    @wagnerribeiro4061 3 роки тому +7

    Phil Collins has enormous talent. A very great artist, a master indeed.
    Thanks for sharing these stories with us!
    Cheers!

  • @HowardCharlesUK
    @HowardCharlesUK 3 роки тому +1

    De Dum, De Dum, De Dum, De Dum Cah Cah 🥁

  • @MalstormMusic
    @MalstormMusic 3 роки тому +2

    Its mind blowing to think that an accidental button press at just the right moment shaped the drum sound of the 80's!

  • @marc_leblanc
    @marc_leblanc 3 роки тому +12

    Phil Collins has always been one of my favorite artists!

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Mine too! Thanks ever so much!

    • @MrBjorn6
      @MrBjorn6 3 роки тому +1

      Anyone who lived through the 80's was a Phil Collins fan!!

  • @PaulGTerry
    @PaulGTerry 3 роки тому

    The origin of the 80s gated snare - Amazing!

  • @jhwheuer
    @jhwheuer 3 роки тому +1

    If you ever get the chance to hear this one live, jump on it. Drop your stuff and run to the stage. Run.

  • @jellyboy123
    @jellyboy123 2 роки тому

    i remember in the 1980's as a kid and we all was watching Miami vice and this song kicked in " in the air tonight" everyone stopped talking we was all looking at the screen i could feel the hair's on my body going up couldn't here a pin drop and then the drums kicked in. wow!!! it was awesome. i didn't have a clue who Phil Coilns was but damn i was 6.

  • @Guitarmalade
    @Guitarmalade 3 роки тому +1

    Super digging this series oh man.. Im glad I didn't go to bed!

  • @davetbassbos
    @davetbassbos 3 роки тому +10

    Phil Collins had a bunch of awesome pop tunes in the 80's! Against all odds, Easy Lover and I don't care what anyone says: Sussudio!. I loved Prog and Metal but also MTV pop (although I couldn't admit it then, lol)

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I love it all! Great music is great music!

    • @JPMJPM
      @JPMJPM 2 роки тому

      Prog? What’s that? I’m American (age 50), and I’ve never heard that term.

    • @talideon
      @talideon 2 роки тому

      @@JPMJPM Progressive Rock

  • @JohnLloydDavis
    @JohnLloydDavis 2 роки тому +1

    I remember watching a video (probably on UA-cam) about Genesis having Chester Thompson as the drummer for when they played live and Phil was up front singing. One of Chesters' most famous drum rolls is on a Frank Zappa tune called Trouble Every Day, Phil Collins loved that and got Chester to show him. Phil says this was the influence for the drum intro on this song. There's a funny part about the live show and how Phil is walking around the big stage set while the drum machine part is going on knowing he has about 3 minutes before he has to be back behind his kit for the drum fill. If he mis times it, he has to hurry!

  • @urltom
    @urltom 3 роки тому +20

    I can feel it coming in the air tonight, (Oh lord)
    And I've been waiting for this moment, for all my life, (Oh lord)
    Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord, (Oh lord)
    Well, if you told me you were drowning
    I would not lend a hand
    I've seen your face before my friend
    But I don't know if you know who I am
    Well, I was there and I saw what you did
    I saw it with my own two eyes
    So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been
    It's all been a pack of lies.
    And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, (Oh lord)
    Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, (Oh lord)
    I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
    Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life oh Lord, (Oh Lord)
    Well I remember, I remember don't worry
    How could I ever forget
    It's the first time, the last time we ever met
    But I know the reason why you keep this silence up
    No you don't fool me
    The hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows
    It's no stranger to you and me
    I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh lord
    Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, (Oh lord)
    I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, (Oh lord)
    Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh lord
    I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh lord
    And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh lord
    I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, (Oh lord, Oh lord)
    Well I've been waiting for this
    Moment for all my life, oh lord, (Oh lord)
    I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
    Well I've been waiting for this moment all my life, oh Lord, Lord.

  • @aussernllc
    @aussernllc 3 роки тому +5

    40 years later, still being played. Still awesome.

  • @dwaniscool
    @dwaniscool 2 роки тому +1

    FANTASTIC EPISODE!

  • @petehernandez1476
    @petehernandez1476 3 роки тому

    Warren,
    THIS was incredible.
    I was 5 years young in '81. By that time, with credit to my dad, I was already familiar with bands like Triumvirat, Judas Priest, Peter Frampton, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, and The Brothers Johnson. But when I was old enough to actually purchase my very first 'cassette tapes', Phil Collins' Face Value, No Jacket Required, and Genesis' Invisible Touch were among the handful. It wasn't until the following year that I had experienced Def Leppard's Hysteria and Judas Priest's Defenders of the Faith where everything changed.
    Recently, as we locked things down for the pandemic I began searching out live concerts and watched Phil Collins live in '85 show - in total awe of his voice and his incredible band!
    Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and these incredibly inspiring videos!
    Cheers!
    -p

  • @bobbykanemusictube
    @bobbykanemusictube 3 роки тому +16

    This song infuriated me when I first heard it. I was coming off of having heard the teaser for the tune, hearing the portion used on the old, Miami Vice theme, and went to give it a listen on my own. I think the antici... ... ...pation nearly killed me. I was so angry at the wait. I hated it. I hated the song. I hated Phil. Then I realized I was addicted to it. I can't tell you how many times I listed to it once I ran out and bought it later that week. I still love it to this day. The song, and Phil.

    • @petesawchuk
      @petesawchuk 3 роки тому +1

      He
      Does
      Make
      Us
      Wait!

    • @rk41gator
      @rk41gator 3 роки тому +2

      That 'wait' is why I am amazed SO many people in this generation LOVE the tune. Phil's LIVE version from Bercy, Paris, France 2004 is one of the best solo performances I have ever heard from any artist. But as 'The Twins' remarked, 'He dropped that beat THREE MINUTES INTO THE SONG!' and it went viral. With all the instant gratification around, I find it fiendishly delightful that so many people are spellbound and shocked when Collins walks up and casually drops his bomb. A master. He knows what he is doing. Genius.

  • @charlesseymour1482
    @charlesseymour1482 2 роки тому +1

    Great value this rock review. Phil Collins rocks.

  • @tribunation
    @tribunation 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely love this song. I remember as a kid hearing it on Miami Vice. To this day, it is my summer evening drive with the windows down song. 🙏👍

  • @katdroidd
    @katdroidd 3 роки тому

    I am very surprised to learn that the lyrics were improvised, as they sound so meditative and controlled.

  • @xrandy11
    @xrandy11 9 місяців тому

    People always read so much into lyrics, thinking that there must be a grand story behind everything. More often than not lyrics capture a general emotional stance (joy, anger, sadness) rather than a specific event. Some words are used in a song simply because they rhyme, nothing more, nothing less. Sometimes a phrase is used just because it sounds good or fits the meter and there is nothing more to it than that. When you hear Henley say that "they stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" you can ponder for hours what he is referring to, but you may want to consider that he just needed a rhyme for feast.

  • @BassistPaul
    @BassistPaul 3 роки тому +1

    History hasn't accorded due respect to the duty maintenance engineer that night!

  • @Hellseeker1
    @Hellseeker1 3 роки тому +8

    I think I was concived while this song was playing.

  • @steviecritiquenewby7874
    @steviecritiquenewby7874 3 роки тому +3

    One of the most underrated Artists/Drummers ever and definitely one of the top artists in the '80s up there with Michael Jackson Prince Madonna George Michaels #PhilCollins

  • @semprini77
    @semprini77 3 роки тому +5

    It is not just the noise gate, it’s the deeply resonant tone of the drums combined with the gating that makes it so intriguing. My non-pro opinion of course.
    Love this series, keep it up!🙂

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +2

      Of course! It's a recording of an amazing performance by a great drummer on a well tuned drum kit!

  • @josephsteve9949
    @josephsteve9949 3 роки тому +1

    This is the first time I have a watched a video to the very end

  • @jurgenschuler8389
    @jurgenschuler8389 3 роки тому +22

    I was slightly too young to appreciate the song when it was released, but I've heard it countless times watching Miami Vice. It's an amazing and powerful song and it illustrates to beautifully what can come out when you combine experimenting with your toys, some (electrical) engineering and taste of music. Thank you so much for this awesome video.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks ever so much Jürgen!

    • @akagerhard
      @akagerhard 3 роки тому +1

      this song is born out of pain, loss and having too much time. The outcome doesn't make the means okay. Try getting the bigger picture. Experimenting with toys, a certain kind of taste and some engineering is not what it takes. It takes trying to remain sane and letting some of that pain out, while you have nothing else to do or to live for. That's not beautiful, it sounds beautiful, but that's torture.

  • @BlueCityProductions
    @BlueCityProductions 3 роки тому +2

    Great episode of a great iconic song.

  • @makrown
    @makrown 3 роки тому

    Yes! 😊🌟👍💖🌟👋🏿

  • @FriendGaugeShotgun
    @FriendGaugeShotgun 2 роки тому +1

    I NEED SOME BALL N BISCUIT IN MY STUDIO!!! Just so i can say "Ball n Biscuit" in a professional setting!!

  • @assistantassistant5516
    @assistantassistant5516 3 роки тому +1

    Great great video. Thank you so much.

  • @FalconXit
    @FalconXit 3 роки тому +3

    Just goes to show that even during a very dark time in life, it can give birth to something unforgettable and beautiful.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Exactly, very well said

    • @GRAHAMAUS
      @GRAHAMAUS 3 роки тому

      That's true of all the really great art.

  • @gweeds334
    @gweeds334 3 роки тому +1

    I love how your monitors are constantly changing but your Kali's remain constant :) I love mine.

  • @wlaaaaaaaaaa123
    @wlaaaaaaaaaa123 3 роки тому +4

    when I was 13 I found this song an I blasted it for 3 months till I couldn’t listen to it anymore for a while lol

  • @mikehydropneumatic2583
    @mikehydropneumatic2583 3 роки тому +6

    Was about to go to bed, then this video!

  • @Rodneytheproducer1986
    @Rodneytheproducer1986 2 роки тому

    I seen him recently on TV in concert poor guy can't even play the drums anymore it's very sad but other than that he seemed to be a very good spirits able to sing all of his hits he sat down the whole time but just him being there performing with his former bandmates made it worthwhile

  • @nickdryad
    @nickdryad 3 роки тому +1

    I suggested this song on the Turn it On Again video. Great minds

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Haha yes, indeed! We've been working on it for a while! Many thanks Warren

  • @tiedupsmurf
    @tiedupsmurf 3 роки тому +5

    Hugh is a good storyteller

  • @Mixingmachine774
    @Mixingmachine774 3 роки тому +1

    My favourite is Easy lover from Phil Collins

  • @aclockworkreview
    @aclockworkreview 3 роки тому +5

    One of my personal favourite drummers that got me into drumming thanks to my mum walkman with a alot of cassettes with this song on all of them and it made me love music from the 80s, 90s, 70s,60s and some 00s

  • @k.chriscaldwell4141
    @k.chriscaldwell4141 3 роки тому

    Many that did not live 'em, believe the 80s was the decade of Jackson, Madonna, and Prince. Those of us that lived 'em, know that it was Collins' decade. His voice, as part of Genesis, solo, and with others, was front and center at the beginning of the decade, at the decade's end, and in all the years in between.
    _The 80s: Lived 'em. Loved 'e'm. Miss 'em._

  • @BassByTheBay
    @BassByTheBay 8 місяців тому

    1:45 - Misheard Warren as saying, "Hugh Padgham is a legend in his own *mind."* 😮
    Re-listened because I couldn't believe Warren would say that! 😄

  • @saulgoodman1390
    @saulgoodman1390 3 роки тому

    At Phil's suggestion, i started playing this song at 11:56:20pm on Dec 31... When the drums kicked in, it was possibly the best way to bid good riddance to 2020!

  • @aimeedean1
    @aimeedean1 3 роки тому

    Love this song! It's all about the drums.

  • @paddy1225
    @paddy1225 3 роки тому

    I live a 2 minute walk away from where phil recorded in the air tonight. Man I wish I was 30/40 years older to be around then.

  • @demonweber666
    @demonweber666 3 роки тому +3

    More air-drumming to this great tune, than any other song in history!

  • @kickbiker7920
    @kickbiker7920 3 роки тому +1

    "Somewhere down the crazy river" Robbie Robertson produced by Daniel Lanois. I read somewhere that Robertson wrote the song around a rhythm motif that the drummer Manu Katche had been messing around with. Its a gloriously atmospheric song

  • @eilrach299
    @eilrach299 3 роки тому +1

    Great informative film. Thank you!

  • @roscoechance5155
    @roscoechance5155 3 роки тому +1

    40 year anniversary !

  • @kaalen24
    @kaalen24 2 роки тому

    I was born in 1983. This song along with other Phil Collins songs always elicit strong emotion because I feel like they are a part of me since I heard them everywhere growing up.

  • @antonellomascarello4698
    @antonellomascarello4698 3 роки тому

    Wooow!!! So this is basically where the gated snare drum sound is coming from ... Just incredible !!! Thank you for another monster piece of the series !!!! In the future, would love anything about Prince or Dire Straits !!!! Cheers 😀

  • @oktfg
    @oktfg 3 роки тому +2

    With things not going well in his life, Phil reached deep to make this track. But a series of moments allowed Hugh to craft Phil’s talent and raw energy into something amazing that came to define an era. That’s something really special.

  • @AlexeySolovievMusic
    @AlexeySolovievMusic 3 роки тому +4

    Love this song! Thank you Warren! 😀👍

  • @roxythefoxsayfurismurderan3187
    @roxythefoxsayfurismurderan3187 3 роки тому +5

    More about the genius of XTC!

  • @darrylrossetti394
    @darrylrossetti394 3 роки тому

    I heard this yesterday and was hoping you'd do it. The initial sounds are just haunting.

  • @danpepperell5692
    @danpepperell5692 3 роки тому +2

    What a truly amazing song. Nothing compares to this masterpiece of simplicity. I always love hearing how musicians/producers 'found a certain sound', it makes the production of music real. That stuff just doesn't happen anymore. Thanks for the video.

  • @evankeal
    @evankeal 3 роки тому

    Abacab started my journey in many things at age 11, this song was a quick minor hit at best until much later to the record buying public. I never really connected with this song as much as most people,I was far too busy exploring 8 older Genesis albums and also everything Genesis and PC were putting out every single year through 84 at the time. It really didnt become more than a moderately played FM radio song until the late 80s.

  • @ParadNorthProd
    @ParadNorthProd 3 роки тому +1

    This Helios console from Townhouse Studio #1 is just down the street from me at a friend's studio. He also has the talkback switch that was used for the room mic.

  • @GRAHAMAUS
    @GRAHAMAUS 3 роки тому +4

    I must have heard this song thousands of times. Yet I can still remember the moment and place I first heard it -- it really grabbed my attention! Still a track I could never get sick of hearing I think.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks ever so much

    • @graceblanchard5648
      @graceblanchard5648 2 роки тому

      I first heard this song when I was 7 (im 19 now) and I still love it just as much. This song sparked my love for music and I now have an A-Level in music technology all thanks to this song :)

  • @stephanleo
    @stephanleo 3 роки тому

    Thank you for mentioning XTC in that context !!!

  • @dgmvs
    @dgmvs 3 роки тому +1

    oh that was awesome. thank you for this video.

  • @mxcrec
    @mxcrec 3 роки тому +4

    That's the music - intuitive, subtle and powerful at the same time, with lyrics coming "out of the air".
    Great song. Great video. Thank you.

  • @robertcook2572
    @robertcook2572 3 роки тому

    That wallpaper in Phil's bedroom...no wonder he had so much pent-up emotion

  • @chachabends3823
    @chachabends3823 3 роки тому +4

    XTC! You should talk to Andy. Amazing song crafter & witty to boot!

  • @floaty10
    @floaty10 3 роки тому +10

    On a night when protesters march on the senate, you picked a most appropriate tune. I salute you sir.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks ever so much!

    • @matteframe
      @matteframe 3 роки тому +2

      It's the End of The World as We Know It, tomorrow?

  • @kickbiker7920
    @kickbiker7920 3 роки тому +10

    With your recent content, you're really pushing the boat out on your output. Some excellently put together clips. No filler. Love it. And you have a media friendly voice!

  • @viva1924
    @viva1924 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks ! I appreciate all your knowledge and hard work making these videos.

    • @Producelikeapro
      @Producelikeapro  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks ever so much! I’m glad to be able to help