Phil Collins In The Air Tonight LIVE is now my ANTHEM 

This song is Bad A, then! So epic.

You put it so well … I also remember him on Top of the Pops tv show in the UK , bringing on a tin of paint and putting it down right in front of the camera .. we knew it was to signify his wife’s affair with the decorator …. also I don’t Care Anymore is another song that he wrote about the same divorce … boy the anger pours out of every word!!!!

​@@SebsDuran you should read his book Not Dead Yet it's an autobiography an explains a whole lot about this song and other songs he has written it's really a good book

Phil Collins is primarily a worldfamous Drummer. In Genesis the Singer left and the best Singer after him was show up to be Phil. The Drums were elevated up just before he reached them. At one consert it didnt happen and he jumped down to them lol. He is still alive 72 but not able to perform. His son is an excellent Drummer. Thank you for playing This. That performance and Chris Stapleton are my all time favorites.

​@@SebsDuranI knew you would love this song! I have heard it 1000s of times and still get chills when I hear it!

Yes!!!! We did!!!!!

Yes ❤

I no I wish I was born in to that generation. I’m a 90s baby . But I love 80s music especially this song in the air tonight. That is 1 hell of a song a great tune x

Definitely!

Yeah we did!! 80’s baybee!!

❤

Absolutely

Already was legendary before this performance.

THANK YOU! I play piano and have competing beats to what I'm singing and it's not easy. FOR DRUMS??!!!! What singer do you know that can sing with the background drummer being HIM?

@@Fersch13 Eagles, Queen

Actually, this song was released on his first solo album, Face Value, in 1981, and its first significant appearance in other media was in the Tom Cruise movie Risky Business in 1983. But, yes, it had another huge resurgence in the fall of 1984 when it was used several times in the pilot episode of Miami Vice, and in a number of episodes afterwards. Phil Collins actually had a guest-starring role in a Miami Vice episode as well. The drum beat that opens the song and runs throughout is actually a preset, running at a slow tempo and with a couple of drum sounds turned down, from a Roland "Compu-Rhythm" CR-78 - the first commercial "drum machine" that allowed a bit of user alterations of the beats. The same machine is used at the beginning of Blondie's Heart Of Glass and on several songs by Hall & Oates, particularly Kiss On My List - they'd used the CR-78 to record demos of their songs, intending to use a real drummer for the "real" recording, but they liked the demos so much they released them as-is, with the "fake" CR-78 drums. The keyboard pads are coming from a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, which was one of the top synths of the early 80s.

Thinking the same thing, Miami Vice was when I heard it first. Saw Genesis in Cleveland at the stadium..........AH MAZING.

I remember first hearing it in Risky Business, soooooo sexy!🤠

@@juliajohnston7145 Yes, right at the beginning of the "train scene". LOL. It then transitions to a song by Tangerine Dream, who composed much of the score outside the few rock songs. That's definitely a "special" scene...

I was a huge Genesis/phil Collins fan. When his album Face Value dropped and I had to get it right away. I remember hearing this in my apt for the first time losing my mind. When I finally heard it on Miami Vice, I was like ‘oh good, this song is finally going to get the attention and appreciation it deserves”. I had it on repeat for two years, have never tired of it. And turned the volume up when it was on the radio 2 days ago. The very definition of a true classic.

me too, 63~! I love watching these young people enjoying what we did and recognizing it's timeless greatness. Never gets old...

At 53 I still fell it too.

I'm 62:and really miss people like Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, etc. Where has the great music gone?!

I had forgotten about Michael. And I really enjoyed the Jackson 5 as a child. MJ and I were pretty close to the same age, as was Donny. I remember hearing this about Paul.

I wish Peter Gabriel was in those ranks. He was Genesis' first vocalist, and then went solo. Then again, just like his music, he's kind of better kept as a secret.

@@aarteestmj4958 hey, Gabriel is really good! They just did some of him over on other reaction channel (within the last 5-6 weeks) I follow. Sometimes I forget how great his voice is.

don't forget to add Freddie

What about Billy Joel 250 million records sold, still sells out stadiums at 74, wrote every song on all his studio albums

Me too,we grew up during a time when singers could sing without auto tuners..Those were the days my friend ( a song sung by Mary Hopkins back in the day ).

WTF are you talking about? This song came out in the 80s, boomers ends in 64. You boomers really believe you own everything, don't ya?

Me also. These songs bring me right back to my teens through my 20’s.

@@radicalreactions1633 1964 is the last year that boomers were born. Some born in 1964 would turn 16 in 1980. So boomers _did_ grow up with some phenomenal music…and many, many different styles of music. Music changed a _lot_ starting in the 50s so we boomers have been extremely lucky to have lived _while_ the changes were happening. There is still a lot of good music coming out, but there is no mistaking that music changed …a lot…back then.

@@radicalreactions1633Phil is a Boomer!!!

Every time😅

It's a requirement. We don't make the rules.

Some of us play it for real. 😏😁

... & almost everyone does it wrong! 1) Phil is a lefthanded drummer (check out his kit in the video) - so all air drummers should play it "right to left" not "left to right" 2) even his own son Nick, who now covers for him, thought he had it sussed until Phil told him he had the bass kicks wrong.

Same, right after I can't dance came out

60 years old and don’t care what people think of my air drums. lol. Can’t listen without them.

Phil Collins used a bunch of filters on his voice at all times (recording and live) to be fair. He’s amazing, but it is what it is and lots of artists in the 80s used filters - including auto tune which Cher was probably the first to use

And I’m not just talking the metallic reverb/distortion parts - there are filters at all times during this performance, it isn’t his raw voice at any time.

Can literally hear the effects in this vid 🤨

Cher was the first artist to ever issue a commercially popularized album featuring autotune, in 1998. And then there's Phil. Choices...🤔😅

Filters and auto tune are two different things😉

you should try 70's genesis even better

The 60s & 70s were the best!!!! And mYbe 80s.

Amen to this. Loved Phil Collins. I’m 55. Grew up to him, Genesis and Peter Gabriel and all good music from that time. I still have the vinyl records from that time.

Ohh yes agree 100% been listening to it since I was 19, I'm now 61 and it never gets old Dx

Agree 1000%.

Also. Love the Astros logo!

@@margmoe thanks!

I agree 100% ……. I listen to this Almost every day !! PHENOMENAL

This is the perfect description of this song. I don't know how many times I've watched this particular clip, but every time I go through the same set of emotions, even though I know exactly where it's headed.

I’ve watched this I don’t know how many times and I sweat that every single time I’m not sure he’s gonna make it to that drum kit in time…. Lol!!

He doesn't look like a 'rock star'.

@@1838isfake Phil Collins is a Legend!!!

The funniest thing ever is the opera singer reacting to the same performance (clearly not knowing either Phil or the song), who as he finished climbing the steps and walked across the top paused and talked about how much his enunciation was "in the pocket .. like a drummer". And then he sat down and walloped the 'kit and she orgasmed on the spot.

He really is. I went to an Eric Clapton concert (widely considered the best guitarist) in the early 90's or late 80's and was shocked that it was Phil Collins playing drums for him that night! I knew it would be something special, and it so WAS.

@@vaskylark Was that around the "I Wish It Would Rain Down" timeframe?

@@chud1858 I think it was a couple years before that, like '86 or 87. I remember Eric Clapton had some mega hit songs like Forever Man and It's in the Way that you Use it, so I think it was that time frame. I wish though because Rain Down is my FAVE song by Phil Collins (with Eric Clapton)

In 1981 as a 1st year in a university hostel, Kevin two rooms down from me played In The AIr Tonight on high volume repeat seemingly half of every day. Had a damned good sound system too. The guy between us, but the other side of the corridor, Chris, competed with (mostly) side 1 of Deep Purple in Rock (Speed King, Child in Time...). Or maybe it was Made in Japan, as I remember Smoke on the Water too.

@@BruceHoult I always competed with Nazareth's Hair of the Dog just to let them know who they were messing with.

I'm 63 and I so enjoy reliving the music from my youth.

I'm with you spot on.

I’m 71 … yes! Great to see young people finding “our” music and realizing how great it was and still is!

Yes! I was born 1967

While Lee is a big-time studio musician, he's primarily associated with Phil Collins and James Taylor, as beyond recording, he's been both of their touring bassist on nearly all of their tours for 40 years - FAR FAR more than he's worked with any other musicians. So it's not so surprising that you saw him with James Taylor. But he's fantastic to see no matter who he's with, for sure.

Leland is genius and such a cool person.

I love how he does absolutely nothing until he Phil is at the drums.

He had to wait for it to come up out of the floor.

He definitely needs to check out the Cadbury advert it’s an absolute classic 👍

Me too! Twice

So many of the British bands and musicians gave us so many great artists! Til today, even though the bands may no longer be a group. There are individuals that struck out on solo careers writing music and playing on their own. Thank you GB/UK!! After all the list of fantastic bands is endless! Beatles were the OG.... Like Elvis in the US. 🙏🙏💜

And then made a comeback, because of the Cadbury's Gorilla.

The tight shot of the front wheel of Sunny's Jaguar is so beautiful.

The Gunshots turning into Drums was Great.......

1985!!

He also has his own episode on Miami Vice called 'Phil the Shill' and it is very entertaining.

OMG, I forgot about that! And the Concorde...what a bummer!

Me too.

Everyone in their car listening to this song becomes a drummer. Cannot get out of the car til the song is over!!

As one ALWAYS should!!! No other way, & if I ever pull up next to you, drop them windows because we are duetting!!!!

Me too! You know about radios? Thank goodness. I thought it was only me. 😁

@@The1Mommalau hahahaha

Lee has literally recorded 1000s of songs with a lot of famous artists.

It’s my favorite too!

mine too and i prefer the studio recorded version due to Phil's passion and intensity - unfortunately haven't found a live version that compares. Whereas, this version of In the air tonight is my fave for the ambiance, tension and atmosphere... goose bumps every darn time lol.

Agreed. The whole song is great but the sound of those drums coming in and staying in until the unorthodox outro with toms and crash cymbals… I mean , who does that!!??

Agree! That's a great song!

They do a cover of “Against All Odds” on the show Glee & do a terrific job with it btw. I highly recommend checking it out if you all love the song. I hope this kind of music keeps being heard by the younger generations! I’m 35 so it’s not like I’m “old” yet, but I’m afraid some of the truly great & timeless music is going to get lost with these younger gens. I have a very broad range of musical taste personally: heavy metal, rock, pop, rap, country, indie, alternative, R&B, etc. There’s so much good music out there in multiple genres. 😊

Roger Taylor sung all the high notes for Freddie Mercury on live performances... just saying...

@@MrLoris85 yes thank you. Roger does so much that people don't realize how talented he is. Understandable seeing how Freddie had everyone in a trance with his vocals.

The 2nd greatest would be Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb live pulse concert.

@@kens32052 No doubt!

I'd suggest nitewish live at wacken

Me too! LOL, I'm lying. I was in college. So cool that you had great taste as a kiddo! 😎

@@The1Mommalau I was raised on Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles. My mom had great taste 😊

70s 80s 90s we who grew up in those years were blessed! I am 67 and still listening to all the music from those eras...so many concerts I went to...so much talent, I would not have wanted it any other way...so lucky I was!!😢❤

I was 14 when this came out!!

Didn’t know that -thanks!

Me too. I never tire of seeing it.