Unfortunately we can’t see him play anymore due to all of the stuff going on with his body. He was one of the best drummers ever. Edit: He really should’ve changed his setup over the years though, having the snare really low and the hi-hat low to have clearance for the concert toms, meant that he had to play in kind of a bent style, which is not great for your back.
@@trapt29 I know. I wasn’t saying that what he was doing with his kit set up that way was bad or anything, I was just saying that he should’ve maybe changed up his set up to prevent his back damage. Playing with the snare that low and the hi-hats low can really take a toll on your back over time.
+Both Sides of Phil Collins AMEN!!!! I have wished and waited for a chance to see video of a Collins show that is totally isolated on him behind the kit. The director Jim Yukich always did outstanding work capturing the amazing stuff he did back there, and this definitely shows it. This is BRILLIANT....if you have more, please keep them coming! What I wouldn't give to see the same isolated camera for he and Chester Thompson for the "Invisible Touch" tour at Wembley Stadium in '87. Thank you so much this!!!!
I could not agree more. BTW, Jon Anderson, from Yes, asked him to join early in their career but he never went to audition. Anywho, freaking Phil Collins, man! Amazing!!!
Typical Phil Collins at 6:05s - something which he did throughout his career (those of us who have been Genesis fans for over 40 years AND play the drums) - he does ultra tasteful touches which are simple, yet so creative and imaginative, I've never seen anyone play drums like at 06:05s. Sums Phil up for me.
Jez I am, have you went back in the old times of genesis and see how phil zones out when he was playing his drumms and just chewing his gum and really getting into it? If not go back and watch it is funny but awesome.
@@amandabooth6138 I know exactly what you mean, and actually, being a 70's Genesis fan, think that Phil's best playing is when he was in his 20's and 30's. When he plays, whatever the tempo of the tune, he seems to have all the time in the world. I cannot say enough about how beautiful a drummer I've always thought him to be (and that's before anyone says anything about all his other talents and skills).
Don't worry an out the snarky comments.... Phil himself has spoken of how he feels his grooves in terms of kinds of body movement, dance-like......and Phil WAS a trained musical-theatre performer from childhood, with incredible coordination (the dude was still nailing the tambourine-dance on "I Know What I Like" into his 40s... not that it was Cirque du Soleil level stuff, but keeping a BEAT on all his bodily surfaces? Not easy). He described playing a complicated odd-time bit like "Apocalypse in 9/8", or "...in that quiet earth" as a "smooth, machine-like circular motion", or, rather than dividing beats into easy chunks (MUCH easier to play Rush covers than Genesis prog-covers, for some of us, because their rhythms are modular, like rhythm-legos you can stick together to build more complicated ones), Phil would sing the bass line or another part which carried the pattern of the tune, and improvise over that thread.... by feeling and response, rather than by the math or any formal technique. Phil's basic technique - his posture, his wrist position, his favoring of double and triple strokes with his hands - all reflect how Phil drums from FEEL. People criticize his technique because it is not "correct", and in fact it is the main reason why he suffered the nerve impingement in his neck which led to his paralysis, pain, succumbing to it by way of alcoholism after a relatively clean-living life for a rock star. But "technique" isn't determined by how perfectly you match the textbook. Most professionals who've studied can read music and get into the stylistic recipe for a particular project. Steve Gadd knew the differences between what he needed to bring to a Steely Dan gig, to a Janis Ian gig, or the Manhattan Jazz Quintet.... or a Peter Gabriel vs a Tony Banks solo album. And Steve may be the single best at that, one of the true elite professional hired guns in music history. Steve played everything correctly, was a master technician, but also a consummate MUSICIAN, an artist. There are countless solid pros who have no particular artistic voice, who simply don't have the feel, the infectious time and tone of a Steve Gadd. Phil's technique was personal, unconventional, but it was still the technique of a master. An eccentric master....Neil Peart sang Phil's praises in a 2010 article in Rhythm, particularly his "refined technique", the lyricism, the physical command, the creative groove in any time signature, the touch and perfect execution - for the purpose of the song, in a much wider range of dynamics and feel than required for Neil's own playing. But Phil wasn't a Steve Gadd, though he was just as reliable in a different way. Phil would always play what felt right, and there was immense variety in his drumming. His groove and pocket would be fat and deep, precise, but just a shade behind the beat which gives that delicious feeling of tension - or perfectly on the beat if the R&B was more pop than funk. It could be twisty and complicated (see Rafael Rudd, "Awakening", produced by Pete Townsend - Phil learned those unique jazz-classical-folk-rock parts in a run-thru or two), or it could be straightforward (see Easy Lover), but the drums would be perfect, with just a few little accents to make it special, no matter how basic. Feel would always win. And those arm movements in Hand in Hand was Phil dancing as he played.
It's so sad to see Phil Collins so run down by his medical issues. So sad to think that illness has stolen such a great talent. We'll never see his like again. ❤❤❤❤
I saw him twice in the 80s when he was a his peak. I couldn't bring myself to go to the last concert tour and watch such an amazing talent & hero to me, ravaged by time & injuries. Time can be so cruel.
I love how he sits in that groove, spicing it up with delicious little flourishes, but keeping it moving forward. What a wonderful feel he has for the kit.
Tom George Absolutely! His feel is incredible. Every note he plays is perfect for the song. And he’s busy but I️t doesn’t distract. His cymbal hits are dead on too.
Yeah, hes mostly trying to replicate the record since it's all based on sporadic horn stabs. The drums are best when played verbatim on a composition that is meant to be a specific way. Hes not just grooving randomly. He hit them all here.
Phil is god ! He doesn't deserve the stick people give him ! the man is an absolute genius an inspiration to me as a drummer sit back and listen to the music !
@@amandabooth6138 The difference between a good musician and a great musician is song writing. Yes there are better drummers but not ones as prolific as Phil.
@@jeffwelsh8030 You can see it from 2:30 onwards, basically after he hits the snare drum normally, he then gently/quietly hits it again on the off beat. Drives the beat forward.
Phil Collins was my favourite drummer when I was a teenager and started playing drums. I moved on from Genesis to different music over the years. BUT - and it's a big but - I still love his drumming to this day. Just love it. I can't say why exactly. It's not so much his technical ability and timing, which are great, but it's his approach to the drums, the melodic style of his playing, how he makes everything he plays heard, he has a fantastic understanding of drums as an instrument, his drumming just sings on its own.
amazing drummer, you watch him closely on the snare, adding various amounts of dynamics ( ghosting) throughout, that's skill and totally in the groove. Wish I could play like him
You're right, it does help keep time! But the technique is wonderful, I see what Phil means when he says" His playing is all about touch (feel) " the ghosting is top stuff
In Phil's recent Autobio 'Not Dead Yet' ( which is a brilliant read) he writes under a photo of himself drumming in the 70's and I quote....' Me in my element, not one of the greats as many would claim but very good' Phil mate you were definitely NOT very good, you were absolutely amazing!
@@brianpeters867 i'm saying that you are entitled to have an opinion on Phils playing, but he himself saying i'm just" very good", carries little water, even though he is great. hence the saying about self praise..... hope that makes sense...all the best.
Been in lockdown for 3 months due to Cov-19... 2020. Can listen to him For hours, hours, and day after day. Best time in my Life was going to his concert in the 80's and 90's. Best drummer in my time. Music was amazing he is so talented 😍. GOD bless him since he fell Off the stage. He may be walking on a cane now. But, he will always be the BEST drummer, piano 🎹 Player and Singer EVER. In my 30's!!!! God Bless 🙌 him for his talented career 🙏.
it's way more than drumming it is the composition, the ensemble, the magic of what this man has created both behind and in front of the drum kit is unmatched, anywhere, by anyone.
I think such an inspiration is an understatement. When Neil Peart of Rush first heard Phil’s drumming with Genesis and Brand X, he knew he had to step up his game. Many drummers got started because of Phil and his playing.
I am not a drummer, but watching him play is absolutely amazing! It's like he's in a different world. I was lucky enough to see him play in Atlanta in the 80's - one of the best concerts I ever went to!
The combinations he put into that song were amazing. I saw that concert in 1990 and here I am, 2019 and still blown away. He is, or was a master of his craft. Legend Phil...
The musical genius of legendary Phil Collins and the wonderfully talented musicians he surrounded himself with time and again! Hand In Hand, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, The Westside etc were some of the greatest pieces ever written and played! Phil never overplayed and gave such harmony to each piece. Add in the horns and Wow! Thanks for this absolute gem!
That relentless back gated reverb beat in Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" was harder to record than you think, you can't get bored and wander, that's ruthless precision.
Absolutely right, I went to the PC not dead yet concert in Brisbane last month It was just awesome and his band Oh man so tight "tight as a fishes bum hole" and that's water tight. LOL
Phil has had 'several surgeries for Nerve Damage on his left arm, hand, wrist'. Sad. He really played well and for decades. Since age 3 and it caught up with him. Thank you Phil for the memories. We are sorry you paid this price. Be well sir...
This is one of my favorite videos to watch. Love watching him play his drums. Multifaceted artist (all arts) . I can see how much he enjoys playing the kit. He grooves right through. Such a great song. I get a kick out of Phil suiting up & primping to go up front. 🤭🥰 #getphilvotedin to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. He deserves it. Join the campaign #getphilvotedin
A man content in the moment that’s he’s created. Say what you will about him but he’s one hell of an entertainer. Countless hours listening to his work.
Phil is SO MUCH MORE than "In the air tonight" and this song is a sample of what else he has to offer. His Genesis music with Gabriel on lead vocals is ball tearingly brilliant.
Exteremly under-rated this song is, and album. Been a blast enjoying Phil's music, and what an inspiration he is with his music and Genesis. Wishing you all the best bud, and thank you for everything, and inspiring. One of my favorite tracks. True masterpiece. Especially with his live concerts.
Really listen to the drum work on I Cannot Believe It's True from Hello, I Must Be Going.The fills seems simple but the way they are timed and vary are really difficult. Phil's genius is not being the most technical drummer ever but his groove and tasty fill work is unique and no one plays like it.
Magnum Muscle yes exactly! Phil’s sticking in “I Cannot Believe It’s True” from Hello Tour (Perkins Palace) is phenomenal. I wish he’d played that song more than some of his other “must plays” but it’s all good. Outstanding musician. 🥁
Remember something about technique: by itself it is just gymnastics. Phil's technique allows him to play anything he felt like playing. It was, in Neil Peart's phrase, Phil's "refined technique". , and "fills that were imaginative and exciting, alive with energy and variety" - not a textbook on drum mechanics, but a complete body of skills necessary to create his art, musically, beautifully, flowingly. He has great four-limb independence, better bass drum and hi-hat control and subtlety than lots of better "technicians", listen to the grooves, to the micro-dynamics of the hats, the way he shades or pumps with the bass drum - and, if you listen to his best work with Genesis and especially Brand X (and a little known album by Raphael Rudd called Awakenings, produced by Pete Townsend, who tapped Phil specifically for the project, with every odd-time you can think of, played fluidly and with great groove and complexity), the ability to keep that groove going "lyrically", in Peart's term, in any time signature. His burning, Cobham inspired work with Brand X, especially on unorthodox Behavior, is a holy icon for serious drummers and fusion-lovers. So, the word "technique should be redefined - the ability to create what you want to create - which Phil did seamlessly and always with incredible time, pocket, and groove - and complexity, if that was needed. Imagine this scene: John Bonham double drumming with Jason Bonham, teaching his son how to figure out the sticking and "technique" on the 15/8 of Turn it On Again, as well as other Genesis tunes. Bonzo and Phil were huge fans of each others' playing. And Neil Peart wrote a glowing tribute to Phil's abilities, which he cites as a primary influence (as did Mike Portnoy, among many others). Not to mention the whole R&B and hip-hop community over the last 25 years. That says something, even if you don't like that kind of music. It is about the groove. Peart wrote: "Phil Collins was an enormous influence on my drumming in the '70s, and thus remains a part of my playing even today. His recorded drum parts with Genesis and Brand X in those years were technically accomplished, yet so musical - even lyrical. His rhythmic patterns were woven into the intricacy of the music, while lending a smooth, fluid pulse to the songs and extended instrumentals. His fills were imaginative and exciting, alive with energy and variety, while the refined technique was always in the service of the music. Even within those fills, Phil applied a jazz drummer's sense of dynamics, which also guided his ensemble playing, and inspired me to try to incorporate that sensibility into my own triple-f approach...Plus, his drums sounded so good. Good-sounding drums are always the result of a good-sounding drummer, and speak of the player's touch. Phil's combination of that quality and the natural drive of his playing produced truly melodic-sounding drum parts - flowing and musical. One outstanding piece of work that reflected all of those qualities was the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound, from '73. In the summer of '74, just before I joined Rush, I attended one of the shows on that tour (at the Century Theater, Buffalo, New York), and it was simply a galvanising performance". Elsewhere, Peart called Phil's playing on SEBTP "an enduring masterpiece of rock drumming".
@@mortcola ...and the hammer of Thor just came down on all the ignorant clowns , fools and haters of the genius, prodigy and just the "special kid", as described by one of Phil's teachers in England, after the famous incident during the local school choir's performances, when then 6 years old "Phily" had stopped the orchestra in the middle of their singing due to their being ever so slightly off the note. On the side note, he and Tony Banks are the best musical duo of all time, hands down, which has been proven over and over again during their instrumental performances with Genesis. It's impossible not to be induced by an emotional orgasm, when their sounds and tones prominently complement. "The beginning of "The Brazilian", "In That Quiet Earth", or "Apocalypse 9/8 come to mind. I only wish the two composed just mere one album of their mastery without other instruments being present. Phily is definitely in the very exclusive group of geniuses and prodigies, which essentially include only opera composers, with him being the sole exception to the reality. Who needs conventional notes when one plays by ears and feel? Certainly not geniuses.
@@88BigEtrain Love it. Phil describes himself - and the other guys in the band emphasize, that Phil was both the arranger who made all the individual parts flow into Genesis' compositions, and was the arranger from behind the kit, the way the grooves flowed, making the transitions organic no matter what the time signature. There's just a unanimity of admiration from a pantheon of prog, metal, and other drummers, and R& B artists, and young hit-machine "artists" - the good ones and the auto-tune robots. They just have to get past the South Park-level stereotypes. Loved when Ice-T told an interviewer who chuckled while seeing Phil albums among his album collection "Don't mess with my Phil, man..."; Pharell a devoted fan. Not my music, but I spend some time with it for the nutritional value, and Pharell is no joke, on any level. As for written music. I learned mine, but not well, and I always put it away so I could play. Written music is a professional necessity in many settings, but otherwise, it is a code for western orchestral players, players in big bands, orchestras, pit bands, etc, people who have to come in an play a composer's part as noted, classical soloists who need to interpret...but most of the work, for most of history, played music as music, not as a written semiotic code, and some of them are the Creators of music. Some are just local kids who love to play, some discovering that they're good enough to speak to great numbers of people. Dude matters, and his playing is a watershed for every creative rock drummer post 1975....just ask. Or, read the compendium of opinions I brought, helped in part by Lackowski's book.
Saw Phil Collins in 1990 at the Spectrum in Philly. What a top-notch showman. Played for about 3 hours..wow....great sound with drums and horns. On opening song he broke a stick and sent Bridget ducking. So sad to see Phil not drumming...gotta be frustrating to him....thanks for the memories!
Imagine you find a brass lamp as a kid. You rub it. A genie appears. Asks for three wishes. He’ll grant one. You say, I’d like to be a great songwriter and write some of the best pop tunes of all time. OR I’d like to be a great singer and front a mega successful band that sells a hundred million records. OR I’d like to be one of the best drummers ever, and come up with the most famous drum riff in history. And imagine the genie says, “it’s your lucky day Phil, you lucked out mate, you’re such a nice guy I’m granting all THREE wishes.”
Was in my youth when Phil come on in the early 80’s, have been to every concert he has played here in Sydney, AU up to and including the recent January 2019, such a talented and wonderful performer, and many of his band members in this clip are still with him. Now that’s got to be an excellent group of musicians he has kept. Cheers.
I'm not saying I'm anywhere on the same planet as Phil, but it's scary when I listen to and watch him how much he influenced me as a drummer. Saw him on his Face Value tour and the Genesis tour in 1983ish. I'm still playing at age 57. And singing.
Would Love to see his son play this !!!!!! Saw Phil Collins recently in concert and his son filled in and that young man did not even fall off the tree from his father !!!!! Good Lord, the talent was passed on !!!!
I have been a fan of Phil Collins and Genesis since 77before all the solo started. I just love the dude. I saw this. Tour at gund arena in Cleveland. A nite I will never forget
That is the way to start a show. What a true legend. He makes drumming look effortless, yet what he plays is mind blowing. My biggest influence as a drummer and songwriter. I can’t thank him enough for the years of pleasure he has given me. You can only love him x
Just the intro to this song give me goose bumps....I know what's coming. Plus, this, "Droned," & "The West Side" kept me from losing my mind from sleep deprivation during 2 weeks at a field marine station with about 50 million gulls SCREAMING 24/7; I made a tape with those 3 playing over & over, stuck the earphones on, & slipped into blissful sleep listening to 3 of the great instrumentals of all time. Not that they're boring, mind you. plus lovely images of Phil Collins playing...
what impressed me most, is to play through the percussion-loop from the CR-78 without a click-track or inear-monitoring...the same did Nic Collins on the last tour!
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Phil was the scariest drummer ever. When you can get in close like this, it's terrifying how easy he makes it.
He's great isn't he. He's been that good since his late teens as well
Unfortunately we can’t see him play anymore due to all of the stuff going on with his body. He was one of the best drummers ever. Edit: He really should’ve changed his setup over the years though, having the snare really low and the hi-hat low to have clearance for the concert toms, meant that he had to play in kind of a bent style, which is not great for your back.
@@nickavenoso7851 he did the best with what he had which is far better than any of us could do……..period
@@trapt29 I know. I wasn’t saying that what he was doing with his kit set up that way was bad or anything, I was just saying that he should’ve maybe changed up his set up to prevent his back damage. Playing with the snare that low and the hi-hats low can really take a toll on your back over time.
@@nickavenoso7851 I hear you, my apologies. I get a little worked up when it comes to Phil 😁
Phil Collins definitely deserves a lot more credit than he gets - tremendous drummer and songwriter
I agree! I am a female 79 & have watched him from when music changed in Genius. Never liked when Peter Gabriel was in it! Jealous of Phil I believe!
Artist 💯🕯♥️
Phil and Chester. There will never be another duo.
Best drummers in the world. Simply Genius.
I'll take Phil and Bill Bruford.
Every Genesis and Phil Collins concert on DVD should've come with a Phil Drum Cam view. Prog, Rock, Pop...one of the greatest drummers ever.
I agree, they should do the same with all the other dvd's, maybe in a future re-release?
+Both Sides of Phil Collins AMEN!!!! I have wished and waited for a chance to see video of a
Collins show that is totally isolated on him behind the kit. The director Jim Yukich always did outstanding work capturing the amazing stuff he did back there, and this definitely shows it. This is BRILLIANT....if you have more, please keep them coming! What I wouldn't give to see the same isolated camera for he and Chester Thompson for the "Invisible Touch" tour at Wembley Stadium in '87. Thank you so much
this!!!!
I could not agree more. BTW, Jon Anderson, from Yes, asked him to join early in their career but he never went to audition. Anywho, freaking Phil Collins, man! Amazing!!!
you got that right...he makes it look so easy
minus 'one of the'
Typical Phil Collins at 6:05s - something which he did throughout his career (those of us who have been Genesis fans for over 40 years AND play the drums) - he does ultra tasteful touches which are simple, yet so creative and imaginative, I've never seen anyone play drums like at 06:05s. Sums Phil up for me.
Jez I am, have you went back in the old times of genesis and see how phil zones out when he was playing his drumms and just chewing his gum and really getting into it? If not go back and watch it is funny but awesome.
I just noticed he uses his neck like a dog uses his tail to bounce balance and time his rythm
04:04 is uniquely him as well
@@amandabooth6138 I know exactly what you mean, and actually, being a 70's Genesis fan, think that Phil's best playing is when he was in his 20's and 30's. When he plays, whatever the tempo of the tune, he seems to have all the time in the world. I cannot say enough about how beautiful a drummer I've always thought him to be (and that's before anyone says anything about all his other talents and skills).
The way he moves his arms back and forth, to keep in time, is pure natural talent, I could watch this dude Collins all day.
It’s called drumming
@@fuzzy1237 lol
@@fuzzy1237 I think he meant at spots like 2:20, but I don’t know.
Don't worry an out the snarky comments.... Phil himself has spoken of how he feels his grooves in terms of kinds of body movement, dance-like......and Phil WAS a trained musical-theatre performer from childhood, with incredible coordination (the dude was still nailing the tambourine-dance on "I Know What I Like" into his 40s... not that it was Cirque du Soleil level stuff, but keeping a BEAT on all his bodily surfaces? Not easy). He described playing a complicated odd-time bit like "Apocalypse in 9/8", or "...in that quiet earth" as a "smooth, machine-like circular motion", or, rather than dividing beats into easy chunks (MUCH easier to play Rush covers than Genesis prog-covers, for some of us, because their rhythms are modular, like rhythm-legos you can stick together to build more complicated ones), Phil would sing the bass line or another part which carried the pattern of the tune, and improvise over that thread.... by feeling and response, rather than by the math or any formal technique.
Phil's basic technique - his posture, his wrist position, his favoring of double and triple strokes with his hands - all reflect how Phil drums from FEEL. People criticize his technique because it is not "correct", and in fact it is the main reason why he suffered the nerve impingement in his neck which led to his paralysis, pain, succumbing to it by way of alcoholism after a relatively clean-living life for a rock star. But "technique" isn't determined by how perfectly you match the textbook. Most professionals who've studied can read music and get into the stylistic recipe for a particular project. Steve Gadd knew the differences between what he needed to bring to a Steely Dan gig, to a Janis Ian gig, or the Manhattan Jazz Quintet.... or a Peter Gabriel vs a Tony Banks solo album. And Steve may be the single best at that, one of the true elite professional hired guns in music history. Steve played everything correctly, was a master technician, but also a consummate MUSICIAN, an artist. There are countless solid pros who have no particular artistic voice, who simply don't have the feel, the infectious time and tone of a Steve Gadd. Phil's technique was personal, unconventional, but it was still the technique of a master. An eccentric master....Neil Peart sang Phil's praises in a 2010 article in Rhythm, particularly his "refined technique", the lyricism, the physical command, the creative groove in any time signature, the touch and perfect execution - for the purpose of the song, in a much wider range of dynamics and feel than required for Neil's own playing.
But Phil wasn't a Steve Gadd, though he was just as reliable in a different way. Phil would always play what felt right, and there was immense variety in his drumming. His groove and pocket would be fat and deep, precise, but just a shade behind the beat which gives that delicious feeling of tension - or perfectly on the beat if the R&B was more pop than funk. It could be twisty and complicated (see Rafael Rudd, "Awakening", produced by Pete Townsend - Phil learned those unique jazz-classical-folk-rock parts in a run-thru or two), or it could be straightforward (see Easy Lover), but the drums would be perfect, with just a few little accents to make it special, no matter how basic.
Feel would always win. And those arm movements in Hand in Hand was Phil dancing as he played.
Don't forget his drum partner Chester Thompson!!
Joel Mills 100% awesome Chester was to have to adapt to Phil and what was in his head. Brilliant
Agreed but he's playing Phil's score. He is the author. The master. He exudes rhythm.
Yes let's not forget Chester Phil's partner in crime.
It's so sad to see Phil Collins so run down by his medical issues. So sad to think that illness has stolen such a great talent. We'll never see his like again. ❤❤❤❤
I saw him twice in the 80s when he was a his peak. I couldn't bring myself to go to the last concert tour and watch such an amazing talent & hero to me, ravaged by time & injuries. Time can be so cruel.
I love how he sits in that groove, spicing it up with delicious little flourishes, but keeping it moving forward. What a wonderful feel he has for the kit.
Tom George Absolutely! His feel is incredible. Every note he plays is perfect for the song. And he’s busy but I️t doesn’t distract. His cymbal hits are dead on too.
Yeah, hes mostly trying to replicate the record since it's all based on sporadic horn stabs. The drums are best when played verbatim on a composition that is meant to be a specific way. Hes not just grooving randomly. He hit them all here.
I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.
Here with you...❤
That's fucking awesome, didn't realize he was that good.
Huhh??? He's been one of the best drummers in the last 35 years.
Since I first saw Genesis live in, I think, '73, but he'd already drummed on Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot, you'd better make that 45 years...
listen to Phil playing in Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour ( Full Album ), you'll know seasoned a drummer he really is
Fantastic artist all round genius, brilliant drummer Larry Mullen from U2 and Roger Taylor come to mind too as brilliant drummers
For me, Phil Collins is the best drummer ever.
halcyon289 very drummer ..👌👌
yeah for you and a million more.
He's good, not the best ever by a long shot.
i disagree, innovation, unique influences , supreme talent, song writing and technically he's in a league of his own.
M. S. I agree with you 100%. He is legendary! God Bless.
Phil is god ! He doesn't deserve the stick people give him ! the man is an absolute genius an inspiration to me as a drummer sit back and listen to the music !
He does deserve the stick. Two of them!
jamie donaghy He gets the stick because of his personality rather than his drum skills
Jamie, I love phil also but he isn't God and there are some better drummers but phil is very good.
@@heftyalan1152 he always seems like a lovely guy to me in interviews.
@@amandabooth6138 The difference between a good musician and a great musician is song writing. Yes there are better drummers but not ones as prolific as Phil.
Phil Collins is such a great drummer even his ghost notes sound great.
Whats a ghost note
@@jeffwelsh8030 You can see it from 2:30 onwards, basically after he hits the snare drum normally, he then gently/quietly hits it again on the off beat. Drives the beat forward.
@@jeffwelsh8030 Sarcastic or not? If not, it’s extra tap(s) after a normal hit of the snare drum. It can give a groove more feel or drive it forward.
Oh My God.... I could watch this over... and over... and over....
So glad to see the more obscure tracks got some attention. The average Phil Collins fan probably has no idea what they just heard.
If a take the whole packaging(singer,songwriter,musician),Collins is definitetly one of the best artists of our times
I can watch Phil Collins drum all day. Such pure talent.
wonderfully rhythmic drummer and a beautiful instrumental I had the fortune to watch live 4 times. Best. Drummer. Ever.
Phil Collins was my favourite drummer when I was a teenager and started playing drums. I moved on from Genesis to different music over the years. BUT - and it's a big but - I still love his drumming to this day. Just love it. I can't say why exactly. It's not so much his technical ability and timing, which are great, but it's his approach to the drums, the melodic style of his playing, how he makes everything he plays heard, he has a fantastic understanding of drums as an instrument, his drumming just sings on its own.
amazing drummer, you watch him closely on the snare, adding various amounts of dynamics (
ghosting) throughout, that's skill and totally in the groove. Wish I could play like him
BIGALUK he also does that to keep in time
You're right, it does help keep time! But the technique is wonderful, I see what Phil means when he says" His playing is all about touch (feel) " the ghosting is top stuff
Bar Chester, very few if any can.
In Phil's recent Autobio 'Not Dead Yet' ( which is a brilliant read) he writes under a photo of himself drumming in the 70's and I quote....' Me in my element, not one of the greats as many would claim but very good' Phil mate you were definitely NOT very good, you were absolutely amazing!
lazycalm41 well said.
Phil is in Top 10 Rock drummers of all time.
@@brianpeters867 your claims are fine, but self praise is certainly no commendation . As my father once told me.
I'm sorry, what are you saying exactly?
@@brianpeters867 i'm saying that you are entitled to have an opinion on Phils playing, but he himself saying i'm just" very good", carries little water, even though he is great. hence the saying about self praise..... hope that makes sense...all the best.
The best drummer ever!
ever notice how Phil has a whipping action when he hits those cymbals? he's so fluent
Yea he does!!!
And a 100% natural drummer.
I love his swagger too! it looks like arrogance, in fact he's taking the piss out of himself. genius in capital letters
that's his point, for him it is innate, it is effortless, totally natural.
Been in lockdown for 3 months due to Cov-19...
2020. Can listen to him
For hours, hours, and day after day. Best time in my
Life was going to his concert in the 80's and 90's.
Best drummer in my time.
Music was amazing he is so talented 😍.
GOD bless him since he fell
Off the stage. He may be walking on a cane now.
But, he will always be the BEST drummer, piano 🎹
Player and Singer EVER.
In my 30's!!!!
God Bless 🙌 him for his talented career 🙏.
it's way more than drumming it is the composition, the ensemble, the magic of what this man has created both behind and in front of the drum kit is unmatched, anywhere, by anyone.
Thats a fact..jack😅
This rhytm is at that time fabulous, and now it is still nice to hear. TOP drummer.
What a real treat… Phil is an amazing artist, songwriter and drummer.
what a great musician he is i love everything he has done. what a great drummer
And a songer! The combination of the two talents is what makes him unique! I don't know anyone else who would be near as god in performance?
I love phil collins and the Genesis band
one of the best forever hands down had a chance to be on both genesis and his solo stage crews back in the 80's
the fill at 3:54 is exactly what I love about Phil's drumming
was thinking the exact same thing that moment :-D
...and he comes out of it totally locked into the drum machine/click. Sooooo good.
I never heard a drummer that can compose a drum fill like Phil
Absolutely - moments like that are why he's a god. Period.
He got God in him!!!!🎵🎤🎬
Phil Collins is my favorite singer in the world.
If anyone doesn't love Phil Collins in 2017 then blame me.
We're so '90s and it's always been a fight.
Phil is one of my biggest inspirations,his early work in Genesis is beyond amazing
Phil is THE man! You guys ever listened to brand x? Phil's jazz fusion group 😎
Yes sir :)
yes, And so to F. Magical. He did it with this band too.
In my opinion there was no better drummer than Phil when he was in Brand X, unbelievable talent!
Phil is so precise. Such an inspiration, isn't he?
indeed
I think such an inspiration is an understatement. When Neil Peart of Rush first heard Phil’s drumming with Genesis and Brand X, he knew he had to step up his game. Many drummers got started because of Phil and his playing.
@@nickavenoso7851 Okay but your evidence suggests that he was such an inspiration to other greats. In any event, Happy New Year!
@@pajamasflannel I know, but he’s influenced so many drummers (including me 😉), that it’s hard to count. That’s all I’m saying. Happy New Year!
Much Love, Respect and Prayers to Phil Collins.
I am not a drummer, but watching him play is absolutely amazing! It's like he's in a different world. I was lucky enough to see him play in Atlanta in the 80's - one of the best concerts I ever went to!
The combinations he put into that song were amazing. I saw that concert in 1990 and here I am, 2019 and still blown away. He is, or was a master of his craft. Legend Phil...
The musical genius of legendary Phil Collins and the wonderfully talented musicians he surrounded himself with time and again! Hand In Hand, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, The Westside etc were some of the greatest pieces ever written and played! Phil never overplayed and gave such harmony to each piece. Add in the horns and Wow! Thanks for this absolute gem!
There are atomic clocks that don’t keep time as well as Phil
That relentless back gated reverb beat in Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" was harder to record than you think, you can't get bored and wander, that's ruthless precision.
You won the internet with that comment
You won the internet with that comment
The trick is to surround yourself with players from the premier league of music. Tight band.
Absolutely right, I went to the PC not dead yet concert in Brisbane last month It was just awesome and his band Oh man so tight "tight as a fishes bum hole" and that's water tight. LOL
No words at all, the best of the best. who was the idiot which marks the finger down!!??....
Alberto De Oliveira they pushed up so hard it flipped over! Crazy imho to dislike this!
Chester killing it on the xylophone and Phil is as funky as ever!
watching poetry in motion ❤👏
Phil has had 'several surgeries for Nerve Damage on his left arm, hand, wrist'. Sad. He really played well and for decades. Since age 3 and it caught up with him. Thank you Phil for the memories. We are sorry you paid this price. Be well sir...
We need to gather all together again like this and stop being in fear of this coronaViolence!
Um, no, especially not 4 months ago.
@@sgtpepper1138 You are correct, wishful thinking on my part.
What happens at 6:35 must surely qualify and the coolest way to start a gig ever. That was Fonzy level.
It's a nod to Morris Day
What time is it!?!
This is one of my favorite videos to watch. Love watching him play his drums. Multifaceted artist (all arts) . I can see how much he enjoys playing the kit. He grooves right through. Such a great song.
I get a kick out of Phil suiting up & primping to go up front. 🤭🥰
#getphilvotedin to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. He deserves it. Join the campaign #getphilvotedin
Hello Mare,how are you doing i hope you and you family are safe!
Jamás me cansaré de escucharlo Mr colins.
Phil is in a total transcendental zone as he drums. He is truly an all-time great on the kit.
Definitely the best drummer ever!!
This is freaking gold!
This is awesome footage of Phil and his amazing orchestra! Phil just flows thru his drumming, and the Vocalsawesome!
Phil Collins en su mejor momento!!!..un artista completo!! de la mejor escuela del rock pop a nivel planetario...desde siempre!!
Repare! Phil é tão genial que ele toca sem precisar olhar pra bateria!
Ele nem olha pra batera meu!! 😱
Um verdadeiro master!
É tão fantástico que chega doer o coração 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💓💓💓💓💓
Phil Collins divino único amo maravilhoso 💙💙
A man content in the moment that’s he’s created. Say what you will about him but he’s one hell of an entertainer. Countless hours listening to his work.
Phil is SO MUCH MORE than "In the air tonight" and this song is a sample of what else he has to offer. His Genesis music with Gabriel on lead vocals is ball tearingly brilliant.
2 of the best Drummers in 1 Sequence
Exteremly under-rated this song is, and album. Been a blast enjoying Phil's music, and what an inspiration he is with his music and Genesis. Wishing you all the best bud, and thank you for everything, and inspiring. One of my favorite tracks. True masterpiece. Especially with his live concerts.
Phil is genius...There are no musicians like him anymore nowadays😢
Creative guy..and a great performer *****...who else does this..?
i agree that phil collins is super artis amazing
I've never been a Phil Collins fan but I gotta admit he and his band jammed on that song.
Really listen to the drum work on I Cannot Believe It's True from Hello, I Must Be Going.The fills seems simple but the way they are timed and vary are really difficult. Phil's genius is not being the most technical drummer ever but his groove and tasty fill work is unique and no one plays like it.
originality, timing and creativity trumps technical prowess, but even there he's not too shabby.
Magnum Muscle yes exactly! Phil’s sticking in “I Cannot Believe It’s True” from Hello Tour (Perkins Palace) is phenomenal. I wish he’d played that song more than some of his other “must plays” but it’s all good. Outstanding musician. 🥁
Remember something about technique: by itself it is just gymnastics. Phil's technique allows him to play anything he felt like playing. It was, in Neil Peart's phrase, Phil's "refined technique". , and "fills that were imaginative and exciting, alive with energy and variety" - not a textbook on drum mechanics, but a complete body of skills necessary to create his art, musically, beautifully, flowingly. He has great four-limb independence, better bass drum and hi-hat control and subtlety than lots of better "technicians", listen to the grooves, to the micro-dynamics of the hats, the way he shades or pumps with the bass drum - and, if you listen to his best work with Genesis and especially Brand X (and a little known album by Raphael Rudd called Awakenings, produced by Pete Townsend, who tapped Phil specifically for the project, with every odd-time you can think of, played fluidly and with great groove and complexity), the ability to keep that groove going "lyrically", in Peart's term, in any time signature. His burning, Cobham inspired work with Brand X, especially on unorthodox Behavior, is a holy icon for serious drummers and fusion-lovers. So, the word "technique should be redefined - the ability to create what you want to create - which Phil did seamlessly and always with incredible time, pocket, and groove - and complexity, if that was needed. Imagine this scene: John Bonham double drumming with Jason Bonham, teaching his son how to figure out the sticking and "technique" on the 15/8 of Turn it On Again, as well as other Genesis tunes. Bonzo and Phil were huge fans of each others' playing. And Neil Peart wrote a glowing tribute to Phil's abilities, which he cites as a primary influence (as did Mike Portnoy, among many others). Not to mention the whole R&B and hip-hop community over the last 25 years. That says something, even if you don't like that kind of music. It is about the groove.
Peart wrote: "Phil Collins was an enormous influence on my drumming in the '70s, and thus remains a part of my playing even today. His recorded drum parts with Genesis and Brand X in those years were technically accomplished, yet so musical - even lyrical. His rhythmic patterns were woven into the intricacy of the music, while lending a smooth, fluid pulse to the songs and extended instrumentals. His fills were imaginative and exciting, alive with energy and variety, while the refined technique was always in the service of the music. Even within those fills, Phil applied a jazz drummer's sense of dynamics, which also guided his ensemble playing, and inspired me to try to incorporate that sensibility into my own triple-f approach...Plus, his drums sounded so good. Good-sounding drums are always the result of a good-sounding drummer, and speak of the player's touch. Phil's combination of that quality and the natural drive of his playing produced truly melodic-sounding drum parts - flowing and musical. One outstanding piece of work that reflected all of those qualities was the Genesis album Selling England By The Pound, from '73. In the summer of '74, just before I joined Rush, I attended one of the shows on that tour (at the Century Theater, Buffalo, New York), and it was simply a galvanising performance". Elsewhere, Peart called Phil's playing on SEBTP "an enduring masterpiece of rock drumming".
@@mortcola ...and the hammer of Thor just came down on all the ignorant clowns , fools and haters of the genius, prodigy and just the "special kid", as described by one of Phil's teachers in England, after the famous incident during the local school choir's performances, when then 6 years old "Phily" had stopped the orchestra in the middle of their singing due to their being ever so slightly off the note.
On the side note, he and Tony Banks are the best musical duo of all time, hands down, which has been proven over and over again during their instrumental performances with Genesis. It's impossible not to be induced by an emotional orgasm, when their sounds and tones prominently complement. "The beginning of "The Brazilian", "In That Quiet Earth", or "Apocalypse 9/8 come to mind. I only wish the two composed just mere one album of their mastery without other instruments being present.
Phily is definitely in the very exclusive group of geniuses and prodigies, which essentially include only opera composers, with him being the sole exception to the reality.
Who needs conventional notes when one plays by ears and feel? Certainly not geniuses.
@@88BigEtrain Love it. Phil describes himself - and the other guys in the band emphasize, that Phil was both the arranger who made all the individual parts flow into Genesis' compositions, and was the arranger from behind the kit, the way the grooves flowed, making the transitions organic no matter what the time signature. There's just a unanimity of admiration from a pantheon of prog, metal, and other drummers, and R& B artists, and young hit-machine "artists" - the good ones and the auto-tune robots. They just have to get past the South Park-level stereotypes. Loved when Ice-T told an interviewer who chuckled while seeing Phil albums among his album collection "Don't mess with my Phil, man..."; Pharell a devoted fan. Not my music, but I spend some time with it for the nutritional value, and Pharell is no joke, on any level. As for written music. I learned mine, but not well, and I always put it away so I could play. Written music is a professional necessity in many settings, but otherwise, it is a code for western orchestral players, players in big bands, orchestras, pit bands, etc, people who have to come in an play a composer's part as noted, classical soloists who need to interpret...but most of the work, for most of history, played music as music, not as a written semiotic code, and some of them are the Creators of music. Some are just local kids who love to play, some discovering that they're good enough to speak to great numbers of people. Dude matters, and his playing is a watershed for every creative rock drummer post 1975....just ask. Or, read the compendium of opinions I brought, helped in part by Lackowski's book.
simply awesome, the one and the only
Watching Collins drum is one of the wonders of the universe.
That’s gold Jerry I tell you gold!
a true master @ work. sublime talent, top geezer & spurs supporter too😎😉✊💪🖒
Spud fan is his only human flaw. Up the Gunners
You can see he's in his comfort zone, when he's on the drummers, wonderful talent, we were blessed to witness it, thank you,
A gifted talent like Phil is a one in a million!!!! I am so glad hes one of my fave artist!!!
it must give you a great high to see so many people there enjoying you talent and responding to it!!! Amazing Phil!!
Great vid, love to see the legend work. So often overlooked, that handiwork!
Incredible.
Saw Phil Collins in 1990 at the Spectrum in Philly. What a top-notch showman. Played for about 3 hours..wow....great sound with drums and horns. On opening song he broke a stick and sent Bridget
ducking. So sad to see Phil not drumming...gotta be frustrating to him....thanks for the memories!
He really gets into it by his expressions:)
💙 Drums, horns and Phil singing! 🥰 Can't get better than that!🥰 👍 He's the total package!👏👏👏
I can’t believe his son doesn’t consider his father as his favorite drummer! He is so amazing on the drums!
Imagine you find a brass lamp as a kid. You rub it. A genie appears. Asks for three wishes. He’ll grant one. You say, I’d like to be a great songwriter and write some of the best pop tunes of all time. OR I’d like to be a great singer and front a mega successful band that sells a hundred million records. OR I’d like to be one of the best drummers ever, and come up with the most famous drum riff in history.
And imagine the genie says, “it’s your lucky day Phil, you lucked out mate, you’re such a nice guy I’m granting all THREE wishes.”
Well said 🙂
excelente tema.. maestro Collins.. eres el mejor...
I saw this show in Brussels. In my top 10 !
Pure genius on the drums. So sad he can no longer play
Was in my youth when Phil come on in the early 80’s, have been to every concert he has played here in Sydney, AU up to and including the recent January 2019, such a talented and wonderful performer, and many of his band members in this clip are still with him. Now that’s got to be an excellent group of musicians he has kept. Cheers.
The master in action for this incredible concert but this song was great in 1997 too !!! at Bercy in Paris : city of the music: )
I'm not saying I'm anywhere on the same planet as Phil, but it's scary when I listen to and watch him how much he influenced me as a drummer. Saw him on his Face Value tour and the Genesis tour in 1983ish. I'm still playing at age 57. And singing.
jeff porcaro and phil on stage together would have been magic.
Would Love to see his son play this !!!!!! Saw Phil Collins recently in concert and his son filled in and that young man did not even fall off the tree from his father !!!!! Good Lord, the talent was passed on !!!!
Applaud’s to this Genthenmen …..love him 🤗
I have been a fan of Phil Collins and Genesis since 77before all the solo started. I just love the dude. I saw this. Tour at gund arena in Cleveland. A nite I will never forget
That is the way to start a show. What a true legend. He makes drumming look effortless, yet what he plays is mind blowing. My biggest influence as a drummer and songwriter. I can’t thank him enough for the years of pleasure he has given me. You can only love him x
Not only was he a great drummer but producer!!!!!
Just the intro to this song give me goose bumps....I know what's coming. Plus, this, "Droned," & "The West Side" kept me from losing my mind from sleep deprivation during 2 weeks at a field marine station with about 50 million gulls SCREAMING 24/7; I made a tape with those 3 playing over & over, stuck the earphones on, & slipped into blissful sleep listening to 3 of the great instrumentals of all time. Not that they're boring, mind you. plus lovely images of Phil Collins playing...
Awesome! I can pick out his playing style immediately! Classic Gretch drum sound.
All day long, watching him NEVER gets old!!
what impressed me most, is to play through the percussion-loop from the CR-78 without a click-track or inear-monitoring...the same did Nic Collins on the last tour!
And with only floor monitor.
Didaehoooo thanx so much, Monsieu Collins:-) Fan since 36 years, , oh Lord and still go on!!!! Best wishes!