Phil Collins - Against All Odds (cover on piano)

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  • Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
  • Pleased to hear he is out of retirement - one of the smoothest voices in the industry. This song is big on character and has been on my radar for some time because of its highly distinctive chord progression and defiant use of suspensions, inversions and pedal tones. Phil Collins performed this song during the original Live Aid concert while he was in the UK before taking a Concord to Philadelphia to play drums at the same event.

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  • @luigi104
    @luigi104 7 років тому +20

    Watching these video performances motivated me to buy a keyboard... hopefully one day I will be able to play something....Paul, great job! Keep it up and thanks for the inspiration!

    • @WolfStory
      @WolfStory 6 років тому

      Same here... watching him play motivated me so much. Would be great to be half as good as him one day. Practice! Practice!

    • @walofe
      @walofe Рік тому

      Então, conseguiu? Aprendeu tocar teclado ?

  • @noviafirdha6035
    @noviafirdha6035 7 років тому +2

    How can I just let you walk away,
    Just let you leave without a trace?
    When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh
    You're the only one who really knew me at all
    How can you just walk away from me
    When all I can do is watch you leave?
    'Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain
    And even shared the tears
    You're the only one who really knew me at all
    So take a look at me now
    'Cause there's just an empty space
    And there's nothing left here to remind me
    Just the memory of your face
    Take a look at me now
    Well there's just an empty space
    And you coming back to me is against the odds
    And that's what I've got to face, oh
    I wish I could just make you turn around
    Turn around and see me cry
    There's so much I need to say to you
    So many reasons why
    You're the only one who really knew me at all
    So take a look at me now
    Well there's just an empty space
    And there's nothing left here to remind me
    Just the memory of your face
    Take a look at me now
    See there's just an empty space
    But to wait for you is all I can do
    And that's what I've got to face
    Take a good look at me now
    'Cause I'll still be standing here
    And you coming back to me is against all odds
    That's the chance I've gotta take
    Take a look at me now
    Take a look at me now
    Take a look at me now

  • @steevenare7160
    @steevenare7160 4 роки тому +8

    This is so perfect...I am in 2019. This song is amazing.

  • @Xavie1219
    @Xavie1219 8 років тому +18

    I swear you cover every song i love, Love it Paul! Perfect as usual! :)

  • @StephanedeleauPianostef
    @StephanedeleauPianostef 7 років тому +1

    Nice song and nice cover. But where are you now Paul ? Please come back on You Tube !

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  7 років тому

      Hi Stephane - I will be back soon with new songs

  • @westfield90
    @westfield90 Рік тому +1

    Magnificent

  • @gslifeondnd
    @gslifeondnd 5 років тому +4

    Sheets please

  • @ErnestRichardsOfficial
    @ErnestRichardsOfficial 2 роки тому

    Amazing sound patch and layering! Could you please let me know the sounds and layers that you use here? Many thanks!

  • @Alpha9Z
    @Alpha9Z Рік тому +1

    flawless

  • @tomtaylor5577
    @tomtaylor5577 3 роки тому

    Easy 10" rating!
    You absolutely matched it!
    Phil would b impressed
    Defo👍👍
    Do you do
    Requests!
    As u r amazingly brilliant..

  • @monakotec
    @monakotec 2 роки тому +1

    I love this arrangement. Where can I get the sheet music? Please let me know 🤞🏽

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  2 роки тому

      Hi - sorry, I did not make sheet music for this song.

  • @musicmakesyoustrong
    @musicmakesyoustrong 8 років тому +2

    I always get so happy and excited when I see you have uploaded a new cover in my inbox! I know it will be a excellent cover :) Thank you

  • @elsamartin6933
    @elsamartin6933 6 років тому +1

    how can you just walk away from me,
    when all i can do is watch you leave
    cos we´ve shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears
    you´re the only one who really knew me at all

  • @ZipGB8
    @ZipGB8 6 років тому

    Very very good song this was. But a really terrible movie. lol

  • @DBR00
    @DBR00 7 років тому +1

    Great job!! Love what. You did at 1:31!! I'm going to subscribe to your channel.

  • @charismaivan8298
    @charismaivan8298 8 років тому +2

    i usually play drums on the band but damn this makes me wanted to learn piano so bad :( really great job, all i can say is your cover is very smooth and satisfying.

    • @davegill7614
      @davegill7614 3 роки тому

      I'm the opposite to you..I play piano and sing and always wanted to play drums....so I started with a drum teacher a year ago.
      .doing ok....have to say out of the 2 instruments
      .piano was harder to learn

  • @hilarious112
    @hilarious112 8 років тому +1

    This sounds amazing! Suggest playing life on Mars by David Bowie?? :)

  • @thewingpiano4222
    @thewingpiano4222 3 роки тому

    I ABSOLUTELY love your arrangement of this song!! I see you have the music sheet of other songs, but I coups not find the one for this one, do you happen to have it? Do you still do lessons? Would love to learn it. Thanks!

  • @sarcromal
    @sarcromal 4 роки тому +1

    Soo good. You hit everything perfectly

  • @sarcromal
    @sarcromal 5 років тому +1

    Sir. How did you make the arrangement so beautiful in piano? It’s perfect 👌 😍

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  5 років тому +1

      Thank you Romel - I'll try to give you the best answer I can to your question. I try lots of songs and only develop the ones which sound good. In other words, I accept that some songs cannot sound good on piano. I usually play three parts, left hand bass, right hand melody and accompaniment. I play the melody loudly and the accompaniment quietly and I occasionally use my left hand to add accompaniment. I play the song lots of times, adjusting the arrangement a little bit each time I play it to make incremental improvements. I hope this at least partly answers your question. Paul.

  • @danieldinardo5591
    @danieldinardo5591 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful version...best I've heard after the original !

  • @petrjanek7763
    @petrjanek7763 3 роки тому

    great song, is this in orginal key?

  • @fnonaka
    @fnonaka 5 років тому

    Very nice! Can you write the sheet music? I would buy! I finnaly got my Roland piano now, after years, almost a decade! Lol

  • @computersolutions164
    @computersolutions164 8 років тому

    Hi Paul - Any chance of a tutorial for "Look Through Any Window" by The Hollies please ?
    great song I really want to play

  • @djwiliangabriel5064
    @djwiliangabriel5064 3 роки тому

    Nice

  • @IsaacEvFan
    @IsaacEvFan 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutamente perfeito

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Isaac. I've just had a quick look at your channel - some nice covers you have made.

  • @davidhanssens8832
    @davidhanssens8832 7 років тому

    Hi paul! Great cover! love it! Can you tell me which sound from the roland you use? Thanks a lot! David :)

  • @isyolsen1018
    @isyolsen1018 5 років тому

    I know this song because for the pitch, today i have this video... This is impactanc.. this song exist!!

  • @gigigonzales5859
    @gigigonzales5859 Рік тому

    Love this💖💖💖

  • @cbmusic-conni
    @cbmusic-conni 8 років тому

    comment might be boring - but again perfect and amazing as usual. Always a big pleasure to listen to all your covers and learn overall how to play some piano parts.
    All Thumbs up.

  • @donnadaisy333
    @donnadaisy333 2 роки тому

    I knew this song would sound great with a solo keyboard. Rock on, Paul! Peace out, man. ☮️

  • @talbs13
    @talbs13 7 років тому +1

    Bloody fantastic! Love this cover!

  • @kentmiddendorf
    @kentmiddendorf 2 роки тому

    That was good.

  • @karlburchill2704
    @karlburchill2704 7 років тому +1

    that was magical
    the ending gave me goosebumps

  • @sandeepsreehari9188
    @sandeepsreehari9188 6 років тому

    Sounds lovely. Excellent use of the keyboard for a fantastic song!

  • @fafrancki0
    @fafrancki0 8 років тому

    Glad I discovered your channel! You play amazing, keep at it!

  • @venessasamson2488
    @venessasamson2488 3 роки тому

    hello 2021!!! this is perfection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jmsdizzle1
    @jmsdizzle1 7 років тому

    Awesome. I love this version. Cut away all the crap.

  • @joeschneider67
    @joeschneider67 6 років тому

    Please, add the FM sound...DX7 yamaha, the E. Piano

  • @duongquangtrung15
    @duongquangtrung15 8 років тому

    can you share your chords that you play ??.. so good

  • @okeedokeepokee
    @okeedokeepokee 6 років тому

    No wonder it sounds so good...it's Paul! BEST version.

  • @jonblock
    @jonblock 5 років тому

    @paulwells where did you learn to play like that? I've never seen anybody put two fingers on top of each other to play a single note or use your index finger to go between notes. Very curious.

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  5 років тому

      Thanks BrownBindle for your comment - I tried playing this piece just now and without thinking crossed fingers on the Eb which is carrying the tune, to give it a bit more emphasis. It feels comfortable.

  • @ZipGB8
    @ZipGB8 7 років тому

    A great song. A great cover to a great song. But a terrible movie.

  • @maryannarep
    @maryannarep 2 роки тому

    Gosh I have such trouble in any key with sharps! Great job!

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  2 роки тому

      Yes - it's venomous ua-cam.com/video/7A8NgPVizP4/v-deo.html

    • @maryannarep
      @maryannarep 2 роки тому

      @@paulwwells such great musicianship from this old lady's era! No auto tune baloney. Just the real deal! I'm working on Joni Mitchell's Help Me and this aging diva (me) is having a hell of a time working on my vocal break (chest into head voice). I hate getting old. Oh well. At least I was accepted to sing at Carnegie Hall and get called any time to join the chorus. Just search my name in UA-cam. Enjoy the madness!

  • @StephanedeleauPianostef
    @StephanedeleauPianostef 8 років тому

    Great cover ! We can heard a nice melody at the right hand and a bass at the left, so close to the real song.

  • @equesfuscus
    @equesfuscus 8 років тому

    I love the way you synthesize the piano's upper notes and the melody. I was worried for a second that you'd do one or the other. But as always, you showed me that Paul's got it ALL under control! :-) Wonderful improvisations and additions in the second verse. Fantastic work, sir.

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  8 років тому +1

      +equesfuscus Thank you. I'm starting to do that more and more and it feels quite liberating. The piano is sensitive enough, and the recording and play-back is clean enough to distinguish between melody and accompaniment - so why not? The melody doesn't have to be the top line.

  • @TimKebel
    @TimKebel 8 років тому

    First: Awesome Cover! But you dont like to use your 4th Finger of your right Hand. Right?
    Greetings from Germany! :)

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  8 років тому

      +Bruder Tak (Sh0th3ad) Thanks. It depends what for.

  • @elsamartin6933
    @elsamartin6933 6 років тому

    walk away, just let you leave without a trace
    when i stand here taking every breath with you, ooh
    you´re the only one who really knew me at all

  • @kensu1231
    @kensu1231 8 років тому

    Excelente cover del piano saludos desde mexico

  • @insertyourquarters
    @insertyourquarters 8 років тому

    Wonderful renedition as always. Could have a whole album of them.

  • @Jasmin-ff7th
    @Jasmin-ff7th 7 років тому

    Can you share the chords or the sheets to this song? It is really good

  • @orlandocruz6890
    @orlandocruz6890 7 років тому

    tocas muy bien, sigue sacando covers.

  • @danieldinardo5591
    @danieldinardo5591 5 років тому

    Beautiful interpretation of this magnificent song...Thank you :-) Wish I could play it like you :-)

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  5 років тому +1

      Thank you Daniel. I am putting together more tutorials so that you can dissect my arrangements.

  • @kathrynwright4484
    @kathrynwright4484 4 роки тому

    Absolutely perfect, Phil Collins would probably think so too 😊

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  4 роки тому +1

      Thanks again Kathryn for your comments. I'm not sure what Phil Collins would make of my version - I only hope that he would understand how much I appreciate his music.

  • @waeldri921
    @waeldri921 8 років тому

    Love it. Hope you do some more Phil Collins stuff!

  • @pauloiapar
    @pauloiapar 5 років тому

    what a great performance .... congrats ...

  • @dynamitekid8967
    @dynamitekid8967 8 років тому

    That's great! well done! I listen to this while playing the drums. if it's okay with you Sir Paul? Thanks.

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  8 років тому +1

      +Dynamite Kid Please go ahead. If you could record and upload the result I'd be very happy.

  • @crazydave48
    @crazydave48 6 років тому

    you play great, how long have you been playing?

  • @Cortez1990-b1b
    @Cortez1990-b1b 6 років тому

    Wooowww beautiful Brazil

  • @josemlucero7589
    @josemlucero7589 3 роки тому

    One of the best on UA-cam

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you José, I'm glad you like my version of Against All Odds.

  • @HellRobot89
    @HellRobot89 4 роки тому

    YOU ARE LEGENDARY

  • @DynamteKid316
    @DynamteKid316 4 роки тому

    I love the piano sound on the Roland! Rich & full! Love it!

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  4 роки тому +1

      Thank you Armen. I don't have this piano any more (although I do still have its sound with a Roland expansion module - Integra), but when I listen back to these old videos I hear that the sound is broader than I remember.

  • @HuguesDejardin
    @HuguesDejardin 8 років тому

    Great performance !

  • @mattrie2730
    @mattrie2730 2 роки тому

    Nice piece 👍 💕

  • @williamhrivast
    @williamhrivast 7 років тому

    amazing!!!

  • @pRome91
    @pRome91 8 років тому

    wonderful!

  • @EmpirePreciousMetals
    @EmpirePreciousMetals 5 років тому

    Bravo! Bravo 👏🏻

  • @kenreopa6720
    @kenreopa6720 7 років тому

    I love this cover 😍😍😍😍

  • @jimsskot1
    @jimsskot1 8 років тому

    Super great Mr Paul.:-)

  • @AdikaraDwiAtmaja
    @AdikaraDwiAtmaja 4 роки тому

    the best so far

  • @rhecoy2007
    @rhecoy2007 8 років тому

    wow its so nice to hear .

  • @paulomacgiver2705
    @paulomacgiver2705 7 років тому

    Just AMAZING!

  • @undertaker1662
    @undertaker1662 8 років тому

    That was awesome man

  • @danieldinardo5591
    @danieldinardo5591 5 років тому

    Great job ! Love it :-)

  • @noelochoa9734
    @noelochoa9734 5 років тому

    Excellent!

  • @adrianacedaro
    @adrianacedaro 6 років тому

    Beautifull!

  • @lsneiva
    @lsneiva 6 років тому

    Amazing!!!

  • @JohnSmith-cl2sq
    @JohnSmith-cl2sq 7 років тому

    So so so good! You are the greatest pianist in the world!

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  7 років тому

      John, thank you for your inspiring comment. I try my best, but I can always do a little better with support like this. :)

  • @karolinenovacov
    @karolinenovacov 8 років тому

    Muito bom. Adorei.

  • @marialourenco9797
    @marialourenco9797 4 роки тому

    o que dizer! sem palavras parabéns lindo d+

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  4 роки тому

      Obrigado pela sua mensagem. Fico feliz que você tenha gostado do meu vídeo.

  • @mobo4511
    @mobo4511 6 років тому

    This is absolutely beautiful!!

    • @paulwwells
      @paulwwells  6 років тому

      Thank you Mo, I am really glad you like it

  • @pianocrisante90
    @pianocrisante90 8 років тому

    What key is this song in?

    • @ajgnexus
      @ajgnexus 7 років тому

      Omar Crisante seems like minor key, because the song sounds pretty sad and depressing