He’s a great talent. My generation in the 90s and 2000s was less than kind to him and his contributions. I think he represented the music our parents liked to listen to, so he got a raw deal from people my age. I always stood up for him. He’s an incredible musician, singer, and songwriter.
The reason as an 18 yr old girl 😁 in little old New Zealand, wanted to play drums. Phillip Collins Legend of music is an understatement. I've loved you for 40 years😊xxx Thankyou my hero
I also grew up in little old New Zealand and openly adored Genesis and especially Phil & Chester's drumming, I took so much flak from friends but I didn't care. Funny thing is years later I rubbed shoulders with some fairly famous high-level drummers/musicians and it turns out they have a lot of love & respect for Phil (as do a lot of famous soul/hiphop/R&B artists) so I felt completely vindicated.
The man amassed a $15,000,000 collection of "The Alamo" artifacts, ephemera, Etc. and then donated it to The Alamo Museum with the agreement that all of it would be on display permanently for people to see. If he couldn't sing a lick, I'd admire him for doing that...and boy can he sing!
Compared to 99.9% of any other artist out there, Phil comes across a totally approachable...to the point where he'd go out of his way to take a struggling junior artist into the studio and work with them to teach him/her how to find his/her OWN sound & persona...rather than allow thier HANDLERS to control thier destiny. It would not only be an honor to take-on & create a project with him...but FUN, too. So glad I was there to enjoy all his work as it was released, year after year.
Too bad we didn't have a hundred more of him on this Earth, any one man that can do what he has done in his lifetime , deserves his greatness.but there's very few who have
Phill is a musical genius. Even my kids and grandkids know his music. Can help but to sing along if a Phil Collins song comes on. He can play all the instruments and do it live to.
My 11 year old son's first concert was Phil Collins, Oct 2019. Proud Mom, he knew the words to every song. We had great seats on the floor, he had on a neon yellow hat and he swears Phil saw him and waved. I hope he did but either way, great memories. He got his first pair of drum sticks that night too!!
The best artist and person ever. I dont have the right words to describe this guy. I love so much his work. Im from Brazil. And i was to London just to go to the pub when the video One More Night was filmed. I spend about 2 hours just walking alone around the pub and listen this song on my headphones. This is crazy but was one of the best days of my life. Thanks for so many memories Mr Collins
As a 70s child phil was mad dads favourite, so car jouneys were genesis queen /eagles. But phil was my favourite and as a drum teacher he has always been a hero of mine. And 😢musically he's astonishingly good and the drumming on the early genesis stuff particularly the album selling England by the pound, and the track dancing with the moonlit knight which is amazing .
I live in Baltimore and we tried to tell people about Genesis since 1970. Alot did not listen to us but we knew they were special then .Alot of these songs were done by the band.
Dear Mr Collins. You can't get it all right. We're human and that's life. But I think the millions of fans including myself ... feel you got it all right . Best Regards Paul
Phil I ADMIRE YOU VERY VERY MUCH. I WISH I COULD HAVE MET YOU IN 1985 AFTER YOUR NO TICKET REQUIRED SHOW AT GLASGOW'S APOLLO MUSIC VENUE. Thanks for your HUGE contribution to music. Thanks again James Rock 😮
I saw Phil Collins by himself once and once with Genesis. He was great both times. I love, his drumming I still love him and I'm 68 years old. Even my daughter, and my ex liked him
As a drummer I became more serious about music around age 10 -1980… all of his 80s music was a lesson in drumming for me. I did learn and listen to other groups and styles of music but I’ve always felt the 80s was his time… then (1991) I found the old Genesis stuff from the 70s… more drum lessons but much harder.. songs that changed in meter and by then I knew music well enough to understand what was happening. But by the 90s it seemed to me he was mellowing out. He wasn’t finished by any means but it didn’t seems he had anything to prove. Musically speaking. He is still an inspiration to me.
Still a standing DISGRACE that this guy is not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame... yea I get it, he's in as part of Genesis. But he should easily be in as a solo artist. HoF is not legitimate til he gets in imho.
Hello, I must be going is one of the best albums ever made. I’m so glad to have seen Phil Collins, my youth idol, live a few years ago here in Holland.
I nearly thought that Phil is allready done now, burned out. All these guys like Elton John, Billy Joel and of course Phil are workaholics. But it seems that only the dead can stop him.
Like him till now. Was at the 2009 tour in Stuttgart... Awesome performance with Genesis... But it's sad to see him suffering from the pain. Breaks my heart
Obviously Phil was originally a drummer, but what I don't really think a lot of people are aware of is the fact that he never attended any classes or had any real kind of professional tutoring. Phil taught himself to play the drums, using his own technique which I imagine a lot of people who listen to his records will undoubtedly know what I am talking about. The other thing I would say about him is that he must be bloody good at it, because many of the top drummers who have been doing it for years have a load of respect for him as a drummer and as an artist and a very decent human being. One of his best friends is the industry is fellow drummer Roger Taylor of Queen. Taylor has even stood in for Collins on the drums and vice versa at least once. I would like to see Collins recognised with perhaps a knighthood before it becomes too late.
Phil, I'm your 16 years younger double. I work so very hard with special needs students, my doctorate, and as many cultural/diversity classes I can fit in. I take things personally too. Funny, I listen to Big Band music when I study. It's nice to know there is someone else like me on this Earth. Best wishes, Holly from Nevada.
8:32 - that was a very small mistake, hitting the adjacent key as well, which happens a lot with sweaty hands. It's just that the piano was completely exposed. A lot of top notch pros make worse mistakes, because it's so damn difficult playing everything clean under a lot of stress. I admire Phil for continuing.
Interesting to have found out his attempt to shed a light on the growing CRISIS of homelessness got the reaction of expecting him to do something. He did. He put a light on it to say let's US DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Still nothing is being done. I saw it coming to take me down calling out for help. Yep. I spoke to those I thought might want to know. Since 1998... I've been in my car for two years now. I made some stupid choices. Spoken to a lot of homeless ppl. It is better to call them hopeless. That's what it is.
