Breaking Down The Strangest Phil Collins Hit Song

In today’s video I break down Phil Collins’ strangest and most complex hit song. Can you guess which one it is?

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[mercyrn]

Against All Odds is THE most beautifully intense ballads I’ve ever heard. Phil Collins is an amazingly talented man.

[JT-xydl]

The sadness and pain are in the vocals. The anger is in the drums.

[DRuddful]

I've always loved how much of a slow burn this song is. Engineered to build until your heart wants to explode with emotions.

[ozzyprogdomino]

The song was written for his first album “face value” but he left it off thinking it was not good enough. He was busy with Genesis when he got asked to write a song for the film, so he resurrected this song changed a few lyrics and it became one of his biggest hits. Phil Collins is amazing.

[jem]

Hey Rick. You make me want to care about music again. After an education in music and teaching drums full time for over 20 years, I’ve lost my mojo. It’s refreshing to see someone passionate about music as I used to be. This song gives the feels for sure. Gold.

[karlfoxlow]

Rick Beato, I'm 60 and love music and love the way you break down a song even though most of what you describe goes completely over my head . Your video's are compulsive viewing. Much love from London.

[simonwrigley]

I love the complexity and range of Phil's work in Genesis and solo. Then there's all his session work too. What a musical genius.

[ericlee]

I saw Genesis play live twice in my life and it was one of the most amazing concerts i've ever seen. I had a drummer friend that turned me on to Genesis and Phil Collins drumming was truly genius and just damn entertaining to listen to. His drum solos with Chester Thompson just mind blowing, melodic, dynamic, and the complexity of his drumming just awesome. Wow! What a performer and musician! Still a Phil Collins and Genesis fan to this day. Thank you for reminding of those amazing times.

[koko]

It's tragicomic that Phil's solo career is considered to be crap by many deaf people simply because such pop is 'not cool enough' for them. He made brilliant pop songs through the 80s - exciting and fun to listen to, great ballads, great horn sections, great melodies, ambient sound. There's nothing like it today.

[chuckamok]

For a drummer who become synonymous with the biggest snare sound in history, Phil was always a very nuanced player, very agile and sneaky with his little touches. AND he wrote his songs from the heart - his breakup/divorce tunes always sound real, despite whatever sheen they have.

[grousgrek]

Even drummers don’t realize how great a drummer Phil collins was. A complete drummer with unique style and chops

[hermanoben]

I love this song. Without even looking at the cleverness of the lyrics, the chord progression takes you from grief, to entreaty and hope, through to the anger of a heart in pain and then to rage, exasperation, desperation and finally acceptance. Heartbreak in a song. Genius.

[MSmith-Photography]

From what I remember reading in the Phil Collins: The Definitive Biography by Ray Coleman book, he said that this song was based on an unfinished song from the Face Value sessions. And when he was asked to create a song for the movie, he didn't have time to start from scratch and used the unfinished song and modified it.

[kaylow]

Those kicks help reinforce the rhythm and power of the lyrics over the top of them. Collins is a genius. That's why he plays them.

[ds]

I was at the O2 for the last Genesis gig last March. When Tony played the first few piano bars off of Carpet Crawlers, well that is when I lost it - I wish I could go back to my teens and be a music geek :) Great channel!

[michaelwilliams]

I’m not a huge Phil fan, but probably more than I would be otherwise in reaction to the haters. You gotta hand it to a guy who came out from behind the drums in a progressive band, helped make them even more successful, and then became even more successful as a solo act. He’s a very good singer, Great drummer with an iconic sound, and this happens to be a great ballad from an interesting movie. Sorry to see his health problems, but he’s out there doing it!

[SphericalHang]

Such a powerful voice, especially considering how relatively timid his voice started out in Trick of the Tail.

[jameslewis]

I think Phil is an instinctive musician whose instinct happens to also be very sophisticated and genuinely emotional. That might be why it feels so good to play along with Phil’s/Genesis’ better late ‘70s and early ‘80s pop songs, like “Follow You, Follow Me”, “No Reply at All”, “ABACAB”, “I Missed Again”, “Turn It On Again”, etc…

[mandiferrer]

Phil Collins was handpicked by Sir George Martin to perform the Beatles' "Golden Slumbers Medley" in his Beatles tribute album. Collins was even prodded to play another 8 bars of drum solo, in addition to the existing 8... Martin even mentioned in the album's inner credits that Collins was so talented that he did all the backing vocals in that track, and if he weren't around to guard him during the sessions, Collins might have even played all the instruments himself 😁

[travismatern]

With Phil being the drummer and vocalist, my take (as a drummer) is that these bass drum hits, and dramatic drum fills accentuate the vocal phrasing, you nailed it with his vocal phrasing, the drums mirror the vocals.