“I am Phil Collins. “An I am a drummer”. Yes, that’s him. Even though the 73-year-old can only play the air drums after many physical ailments. This is shown in the trailer for the documentary “Drummer First”, which will be broadcast on the Drumeo YouTube Channel on December 18th.
They are moving scenes. Collins, on his cane, takes a seat behind his drums. In the teaser, bandmates like Leland Sklar talk about Collins, admirers like Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), as well as Collins’ son Nicolas, who took over his father’s drummer job in Phil’s solo band and in Genesis .
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“I’m not the type of singer who plays a bit of drums,” he says. “I’m a drummer who also sings a little.” In the end, Phil Collins could only sing, and only while sitting. On March 26th he played what was probably the last concert of his career with Genesis in London. Peter Gabriel watched.
“Drummer First”: December 18th on the Drumeo YouTube Channel.
New Year’s Eve tip from Phil Collins: Start the new year with “In The Air Tonight”.
The so-called “drum break” in “In The Air Tonight” is world famous – in 1981, Phil Collins established the gated reverb sound (like a jackhammer without reverb) with his use of drums, turning a sultry ballad into a killer sound within seconds. Song. Many consider “In The Air Tonight” to be the best (air) drum song of the decade.
Some time ago, Collins announced on Because then the blows come exactly at midnight.
The question is whether this song would be a good omen: It announces an unknown, approaching, but nevertheless dramatic event. But the song is definitely cult and will probably make it onto many New Year’s Eve playlists anyway.
Phil Collins’ daughter doesn’t know Genesis song titles
“In The Air Tonight”! This is Lily Collins’ answer to the question of which songs she likes most by her father, Phil Collins.
The “Emily In Paris” actress was asked on the show “Watch What Happens”. The 35-year-old didn’t make it easy for herself (and who could blame her). “Probably ‘In The Air Tonight’… I don’t know, there are too many,” she said in response to Andy Cohen’s not particularly original question.
But the moderator went a little further and asked about her favorite Genesis song. Lily Collins actually had to fit in there. But she also had an interesting explanation for her surprising lack of knowledge.
“The funny thing is, as a kid, I have these memories of songs that I don’t know if they’re real,” the actress explained. “Because they were already in my head when I was maybe still in the womb. But then when I went to the first Genesis concert that I actually remember as an adult, there were songs that were playing and I thought, ‘This is a real song?’ I thought it was just a melody in my head. That was really strange.”
Phil Collins and Lily Collins: Not an easy relationship
Although this idea may seem a bit strange, it fits Lily Collins’ life because she wasn’t particularly close to her father growing up. She emphasized this again and again in interviews.
To her credit, it should also be said that many of the most famous songs, especially by Genesis, were recorded before she was born.