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Phil's charisma was palatable on stage. It was surprising, charming. He seemed to bring each of us onto the stage and we felt he was speaking directly to us. His humor was clearly was tongue-in-cheek and we felt we too were 'in on it'. We (and he) were part of the joke, never the brunt of it. Amazing connection. He was so relaxed, confident, and direct. And isn't that what it is all about?
Phil has always been great with the audience. Remember on a solo gig when he jokingly told a bloke in the crowd to f*ck off when he shouted “Do Invisible Touch!”
Phil transformed my life. I didn't hear Genesis on record until 1979 when someone loaned me Seconds Out. I was hooked and got into the back catalogue. As a guy of similar build to Phil but rather introverted, I was struggling in my career as a team manager. Lennon said he aped people he admired ("if they wore green socks, so would I"). I started to adopt Phil's persona, jokes and assertiveness and my career was transformed. Thank you Phil. :-)
Wohooo 🎉 How I love his attitude in the 80‘s concerts. The hyper Duracell bunny 😂 I love every minute of it!!! Thanks for sharing another precious moment with the man himself ❤
He's a funny geezer. When i met him in a restaurant in 1985 he looked like a pile of creased washing. He was unshaven and yet.... An absolute gentleman! Lovely lovely man.
The irony might be that Genesis' most relatable, amiable, honest, not having plots or second agendas up his sleeve member - the guy who single-handedly guaranteed the audience success the (original) members (at the time) were so desperately after - always sounds slightly as if he're on the back foot, as if he did things wrong, as if there were things he still has to apologize for. I'd appreciate it enormously if there could be a talk about Brand X with him. The versatility of this mate is rarely exulted at as courtesy proper demands.
Nice one John! It's interesting to see how this thing completely evolved. On the Trick and W&W tour, the announcement duties were still shared with Mike and Steve though it is clear that during W&W he became very confident in his role and started to have fun with it (including announcing and telling his stories and jokes in foreign languages). From ATTW3 on it was only him doing the announcements. The Duke tour was especially fabulous as in the UK they usually played theatre like settings. The interactions with the crowd are great and the way he continuously deals with hecklers is funny, though the jokes would not always land that well, often when he tries them abroad in foreign languages and is limited to just a few words to do them. I think the Duke Tour was Phil at his height regarding this because the setting of the smaller venues really allowed for some personal touch with the audience. Recordings from the London Lyceum and Sheffield shows are great. Though personally, I do think that some of his jokes from that era would be considered really inappropriate by today's standards and might even got him cancelled (Roland the bi-sexual drummachine, transvestites only, etc.). After Duke, the stages became large again where some of that personal touch was lost, peaking of course with the stadium tours where you see people as far as the eye could see. It was nice though that he didn't do the audience participation stuff etc. on the last tour. If you've heard or seen it so many times, it becomes too predictable and a cliché. So good he kept it simple (in my personal opinion of course, maybe some audience members were dissapointed they couldn't whooo at spirits for Home by the sea).
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Yesterday i bought the Both sides cd in a thriftstore.Can't believe i missed it first time around,maybe because i listened to some critics at the time.Great album!
Made my day to see you’d posted another clip, John - thank you so much for these! Loved seeing the old concert footage, too - 12:02: quintessential Phil. :)
Another great clip john. Thank you for asking Phil something get rarely, if ever, gets asked. When I emailed you about my brief connection with Phil the real point was that he is a normal person, who is successful at what he does. There is no pretence and that is why his stage presence worked I think. It did for me anyway.
Hello, you interviewed these wonderful boys at home a priori. They felt more comfortable confiding in delicious secrets. Could you in your turn tell us their attitude, distant or happy to talk about them, the atmosphere in the living room, the cafes they offered you! In truth, I am clearly jealous (Tony ♥️!!!). Thank you very much from France 🇫🇷)
Phil had some huge shoes to fill. So, yeah, he “borrowed” from the best, Steve Martin. When he played with Brand X In ‘79, he’s talking to the audience. Those were smaller venues, and the audience members were a bit more rambunctious and would like to prove that they knew about the Brand X catalogue by shouting out song titles and all, so at one point (on the live from 1979 release), Phil is talking to the crowd and someone shouts something out, and without missing a beat, Phil says, “oh, hey, I remember MY first beer…” Pure Steve Martin, but PERFECT timing! I’m surprised he didn’t wanna mention that in this interview, maybe he was trying to remember that one bit - because it really was funny! But that’s exactly what he was doing, channeling Steve Martin, and it worked brilliantly. 😊
I was at Wembley and it was spectacular both visually and definitely very powerful musically, the only other band who had that power of production was Floyd. You felt the Mothership had landed.
Und jedes Mal lässt du mein Herz etwas schneller schlagen, und ich freue mich wie ein kleines Kind, wenn du etwas neues aus deiner Schatzkiste zauberst..😍. Vielen Dank dafür....schön das es dich gibt 👍🤗. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.
John, I’m truly enjoying your interviews and footage with Phil and his bandmates, who are really important in the lives of the fans. But a bit of surprise on my part here over a glaring omission in this discussion: Phil’s background in musical theater & acting & stagecraft: Phil was a young stage actor and musical theater entertainer as a teenager, wasn’t he? It actually really surprises me that Phil does not tie that background into his clowning and goading of the crowds - this style of theatrical communication - the complete body language - almost a dance of communication, using arms, erect posture, prancing around the stage… I am a singing drummer with a theater background myself, I can really tie it all together here, at least in my own mind - so it really surprises me that both interviewer and interviewee didn’t touch upon that even a little bit… Or had you,. and it was edited out?
I’ve watched all these Phil interviews lots of times, but it seems this day Phil was very serious and disinterested compared to the video where he’s in the navy polo. In that one, he was very animated and laughing. It’s interesting to see the various moods of Phil. I think this was after his serious hospitalization so maybe he’s on medication. Even the Genesis interview at The Farm Phil seems like he’s on medications. He’s not the same personality as he used to be which is sad to see.
I love these interviews but I’m not a fan of the old concert footage cut in between. I’d rather see the interview uninterrupted. I think all the fans who are interested in these interviews know every official Phil Collins and Genesis concert video by heart. That being said, I love your channel and I’m very grateful that you’re sharing the interviews!
Thanks but I beg to disagree..I have learned never to assume who the RU-vid audience for these interviews is I'll wager that some viewers were not even alive in the 80s . Older Genesis fans are great but I love new ones who are discovering all this material for the first time too !
Comparing this interview to the New York interview - Phil seems to have lost a little more weight and his voice seems more fragile and he certainly comes across more tired in this interview. Just my initial impression.
Phil was jetlagged and taking pain medication. I interviewed him on this occasion for over two hours. Lots of fantastic insights and comments throughout.
He's constantly making these movements with his mouth, as if he is chewing something. His speech has become incoherent and slurred. He appears to be older than he actually is.
