Phil Collins is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, drummers of all time. Absolutely sublime, and is a master of many different genres. From progressive rock to jazz fusion to pop to big band to whatever else you can name. One of the masters! Legendary chops.
This song on the Live at Perkins Palace video 82, is prob the best 5 mins you’ll see of Collins on the drums, at least in terms of appreciating how good he was. Back then was he was still a top drummer, he had his chops, and it was before he got dragged into the limelight with Live Aid, Films, Miami Vice and all the other distractions. All other video of him on the drums - with the odd exception of Fly on a Windshield 75/76 (Genesis) and some of the restored Genesis Lyceum Show (esp Los Endos) - either miss the really good stuff, have the wrong camera angle, or the camera doesn’t stay on what he is doing behind the kit, long enough to fully appreciate his skills. So this song at Perkins is pretty awesome - not only was he lightening fast, he was incredibly musical and grooved in a way that surpasses the likes of Peart and so on..
I remember a good friend of mine saying Phil Collins was just a basic drummer!! I showed him this plus dozens of other videos of the man & he soon changed his tune..... The greatest drummer ever, Simply the best.
I'd say he Is way underated by a lot of people because most people don't know about Brand-X. Hell most people don't even know he was a drummer. He Is a hell of player but far from the best ever. I mean what about Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Bill Bruford, Billy Cobham the list goes on.
I've been marveling at Robbery Assault and Battery lately. Starts off basic disco and sneakily becomes incredibly complex and you're suddenly not sure how you're still grooving to whatever is happening but it's amazing
Phil Collins at his drumming best - I was so young during this period (15 ?) and as a drummer myself at the time, I idolised Phil. His playing is so efficient and beautiful, very relaxed posture and playing, I don't know of any current drummer who plays any where near as fluidly as this. The clip, which I'm eternally grateful for, really took me on a trip (and I don't smoke anything) - I could have died during the watching of it and would have died a happy man. What an era to have grown up during. I feel incredibly blessed to have been a part of it all.
I could not agree with you more Jez! I am a tad older then you as i was 17 when Product came out & saw Brand X live at Hammy that same year, they were supporting Bruford would you believe so that went down as one of my all time best gigs ever! completely stunning! I still listen to Brand X ( & Bill) even now for many trips down memory lane back to the 70's, the best decade for real music & proper musicians by a long way! I too wish there was more footage of the band live but seeing the great Percy Jones here with Phil & Goodsall was such a treat!!
I'm 16, i loved phil collins since brother bear in 2003, 2007 i became obsessed with Genesis, and now even more with Phil Collins as a fan alike. This is probably the best instrumental ive ever heard and Phil created one of the most perfect drum fills that fills into the whole fusion jazz genre of this song. One of the best drummers ill ever listen to. :)
thanks the gods that this was recorded for posterity to see what a true drummer could do i'm not knockin the skill of todays drummers but you just don't see the passion from most of them that you see phil play with here
This is simply Phil Collins at his very best. Sure, on most of the songs he’s held back (even in Genesis), but in Brand X, he made everyone who thought he was a bad drummer look like they belong in an institution. Absolutely superb in Brand X, Genesis (with and without Peter), his solo work, and even other projects.
You can all call me stupid, I know I am. Coz I was there when they played Knebworth, and farly closeup in front of the stage. However, I'd started off the day diving heavily into some heavy beer. By the time Brand X came on I was pretty comatose and can't remember a thing. Duhhh, the stupidity of youth.
Just seen this! Never saw them live 😭 Love the albums I own, though. Gem of a clip -- shame about Annie's embarrassing interview. And I did see Genesis about this time, so it must have been the tour he mentioned. He drummed with Charlie Charles iirc.
There is more pure talent on that stage in those 4 guys than all of todays 'groups' & boy bands put together! I saw Brand X live just the once in the very late 70's at Hammersmith ...supporting no less...Bill Brufords band! the whole evening was virtuosity of the highest standard from start to finish!
@@smashdalde9713 Probably not. I saw Bruford and Brand X in May 1980 in Liverpool and he had left the Bruford band by then but I don't know about the Hammersmith concert that was mentioned.
Collins has a mind for business. While some of his simpler drumming and songwriting is heard on his later genesis and solo works, he shows here just how talented he is. Made his millions off of the "sell out" stuff while still holding true to his talents.
So true. He's such a talent. What a sell-out those solo albums were. Dreary too. OK, we know you're going through a divorce Phil. Just don't write a series of albums based on it.
And here I thought only snotty teens called artists sellouts. I don't think you're selling out unless you feel nothing you are putting into it except the desire for wealth. So a guy has a breakup and makes sad songs and feels nothing in those songs? I don't see it. You sir have never done one thing noteworthy in life. How do I know you're asking. Because you're a fucking loser, and it's obvious to everyone even you, and you fucking hate that about yourself you fucking pathetic little girl
Bands are not allowed to make music like this anymore. Their producers and record companies forbid it. It MUST be commercial. Glad I grew up listening to this stuff when it was available on record and live. Genesis, Yes, RUSH, Zep, Jethro, ELP. Those days are now gone and the world is lesser for it.
What a pity there was so little video of the day Brand X Collins ... I have all the albums of this period, I do not get tired quel dommage qu'il y ai si peu de vidéo de Brand x de l'époque de Collins… j'ai tous les albums de cette période, je ne m'en lasse pas
Christ, I remember this......wonderful!!! Has ANYONE got the end of the song? Can't remember if the programme finished before the song did! And does anyone doubt that Mr. Collins can actually play? I'm a drummer meself, and he's one of Britain's greats as far as I'm concerned! Thank you, Scatterac!
alilacherruse I Hear ya Brother ..... they both move you in different ways ! Ex - "Can Utility and the Coastliners" and "Toussaint L'Ouverture" ... : D
Love this stufff!!! I know everyone on this page does, but not enough people realize what a truly Bad Ass drummer Phil Collins is... Thanks for posting!!
I remember this song when I first saw this programme when it was shown in '79 and it blew me away. I think this TV version is actually much better than the album version. The only other song that stuck in my mind because of the title was 'Disco Suicide' - brilliant name for a song!
@@stephenhuggins4710 a video footage exists so people at this time was able to film, record and take pictures but do you still have a souvenir or do you still have the ticket?
Just saw them at the Keswick last year...Percy, Goodsall, kenwood...They played this and essentially the entire X Trax album...It was profound to see them live in a small Venue...After going to concerts for 4 decades They're one I never saw...It was well worth the wait...They nailed everything, just like the consummate pros they all are...
@@SPAZZOID100 I was up pretty close to them, and as a drummer for decades, Kenwood is a beast! Is he Phil? No. But...He is not a slouch either.. He played And So to F like he wrote it... .Phil can't do what he was doing back when he Started Brand X....Pro drummers like Phil get destroyed in their bodies...
Remember this first time round on Whistle test was around 16/17 - Let’s be honest this is all about PC - immensely talented crafted musician . And so cool
Tho best drummer in my lifetime phil, most influentual... I don't think I would have ever picked up a stick and I've been a drummer myself without this guy and also Bill Buford and John Bonham, Mick Avery and Charlie Watts
Brand X with Phil Collins. He was a fantastic percussionist back in the 1970's and 80's. Hopefully he has recovered from his back problems and alcohol now..
He's back on the road but only singing, he has serious nerve problems and a "lose foot". I don't think he'll truly give up drumming, maybe when he gets better he'll try it but I seriously doubt he'll ever be able to drum like this again.
@@FHDTV I know this is an old reply, but I figured I'd give it a shot. How big was Genesis at this point (pre-Duke)? I know that had "Follow You Follow Me" in '78, but they were not yet hugely popular. Yet it seems like the host indicated they were relatively well know, at least, at the time.
@@frankswarbrick7562 I'd say they were nowhere as popular as they were in the 80s, especially with Phil Collins' success, but at that point they had released 'follow you follow me' in 1978 which did really well all over the world. They were more popular in Europe at the time than they were in the US as well. Albums post 1980 especially like Genesis, Invisible Touch, and maybe even Duke and Abacab really made them popular in the US and around the world as well
the guitar melody sounds like "every step of the way" (santana) & they did a number around the same time where the keyboard line sounded like "black market" (weather report). maybe they "wore their influences lightly", if that makes any sense
god I so want that footage wasnt cutted at the peak moment of the song! :( Still thank you for sharing, I come back to watch this video again and again ;)
Saw the original on OGWT and saw that it was advertised as one of the best of clips in the Hogmanay edition, so stayed up until around 2 before heading out to a party and got to the end and it was announced that there had been a problem with the tape and it wasn’t going to be played. Replaced with the live film of LS Freebird, - you know the one with the bass player and his short lead anyhoo the epitome of gutted. I think that’s why we’ve never seen a decent version. Some numpty fucked up the tape. Just wonderful to see Phil just playing so easily.
It's a shame about the poor quality of the recording, but I can remember when this was first aired. I reckon the reason for the 20th Century Fox fanfare beginning is Phil's sick humour influenced by Thin Lizzy's "Johnny the Fox" album on which he appears where it says in the credits, "Special thanks for Fox sake..."
Carl Palmer was a pioneer as Collins in seventies' rockage but sorry Carl didnt'have the terrific sense of groove and dynamics that Phil has always had(David Garibaldi,superfuky drummer of Tower of Power, talked about Phil in this way, making examples of great drummers with very good solid groove)and the others that you mentioned wouldn't exist without people like Phil Collins,John Bohnam,Stewart Copeland,Steve Gadd,Billy Chobam.......hear Phil with Brand X better....it's futuristic style
Pretty sure that on this same programme the other live band was UK featuring John Wetton. There was also a broadcast of the Japanese electronic group Yellow Magic Orchestra. Great days!!
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one of the best drummers in the world, period
And then there's Pseu-Pseu-Psuedio!!! HAHAHAH JUST kidding!!! He rules!
totally agree,,,gofted
I saw him live with Brand X in 1982, he absolutely shredded on the drums.
Absolutely,,,,not these days but back then no question,,he was awesome.
PERIOD!!!!!!!!
Phil Collins is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, drummers of all time. Absolutely sublime, and is a master of many different genres. From progressive rock to jazz fusion to pop to big band to whatever else you can name. One of the masters! Legendary chops.
But today there is Gavin Harrison or Marco Minnemann for example.
This song on the Live at Perkins Palace video 82, is prob the best 5 mins you’ll see of Collins on the drums, at least in terms of appreciating how good he was. Back then was he was still a top drummer, he had his chops, and it was before he got dragged into the limelight with Live Aid, Films, Miami Vice and all the other distractions. All other video of him on the drums - with the odd exception of Fly on a Windshield 75/76 (Genesis) and some of the restored Genesis Lyceum Show (esp Los Endos) - either miss the really good stuff, have the wrong camera angle, or the camera doesn’t stay on what he is doing behind the kit, long enough to fully appreciate his skills. So this song at Perkins is pretty awesome - not only was he lightening fast, he was incredibly musical and grooved in a way that surpasses the likes of Peart and so on..
I remember a good friend of mine saying Phil Collins was just a basic drummer!! I showed him this plus dozens of other videos of the man & he soon changed his tune..... The greatest drummer ever, Simply the best.
I'd say he Is way underated by a lot of people because most people don't know about Brand-X. Hell most people don't even know he was a drummer. He Is a hell of player but far from the best ever. I mean what about Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Bill Bruford, Billy Cobham the list goes on.
I've been marveling at Robbery Assault and Battery lately. Starts off basic disco and sneakily becomes incredibly complex and you're suddenly not sure how you're still grooving to whatever is happening but it's amazing
Phil Collins at his drumming best - I was so young during this period (15 ?) and as a drummer myself at the time, I idolised Phil. His playing is so efficient and beautiful, very relaxed posture and playing, I don't know of any current drummer who plays any where near as fluidly as this.
The clip, which I'm eternally grateful for, really took me on a trip (and I don't smoke anything) - I could have died during the watching of it and would have died a happy man. What an era to have grown up during. I feel incredibly blessed to have been a part of it all.
+Jez2008UK A shame he doesn't play anymore...
I could not agree with you more Jez! I am a tad older then you as i was 17 when Product came out & saw Brand X live at Hammy that same year, they were supporting Bruford would you believe so that went down as one of my all time best gigs ever! completely stunning! I still listen to Brand X ( & Bill) even now for many trips down memory lane back to the 70's, the best decade for real music & proper musicians by a long way!
I too wish there was more footage of the band live but seeing the great Percy Jones here with Phil & Goodsall was such a treat!!
I’m 15 now and love Phil Collins! Biggest drumming influence
Same hear..first 2 albums *
He's my favorite to man!
I'm 16, i loved phil collins since brother bear in 2003, 2007 i became obsessed with Genesis, and now even more with Phil Collins as a fan alike. This is probably the best instrumental ive ever heard and Phil created one of the most perfect drum fills that fills into the whole fusion jazz genre of this song. One of the best drummers ill ever listen to. :)
Loved him since Tarzan!
Phil is the one of best ever drummers for me.
thanks the gods that this was recorded for posterity to see what a true drummer could do i'm not knockin the skill of todays drummers but you just don't see the passion from most of them that you see phil play with here
This is simply Phil Collins at his very best. Sure, on most of the songs he’s held back (even in Genesis), but in Brand X, he made everyone who thought he was a bad drummer look like they belong in an institution. Absolutely superb in Brand X, Genesis (with and without Peter), his solo work, and even other projects.
I fear there will never be talent of this caliber unleashed ever again. No computers here. Just pure writing and playing at the top level.
La mejor versión de Phil Collins como baterista la pudo expresar en Brand X. Un monstruo..!!
The late great John Goodsall. What an excellent band they were.
Still listen to Brand X regularly. Just wish there was more film footage available? If only I could have seen them live.Fantastic band.
You can all call me stupid, I know I am. Coz I was there when they played Knebworth, and farly closeup in front of the stage. However, I'd started off the day diving heavily into some heavy beer. By the time Brand X came on I was pretty comatose and can't remember a thing. Duhhh, the stupidity of youth.
Ha Ha, it's not stupid. Bloody regrettable tho'. Guilty of the same too. Oh well. I guess we know we were there though lol
Brand X started first, at 11.00am, as phil was playing in Genesis later...
Saw them in Kent, Ohio c 1978, with Burghi on Drums and Morris Peart on percussion. Jaw dropping.
Just seen this! Never saw them live 😭 Love the albums I own, though. Gem of a clip -- shame about Annie's embarrassing interview. And I did see Genesis about this time, so it must have been the tour he mentioned. He drummed with Charlie Charles iirc.
Phil’s hihat work and modulating it with his left foot is incredible,he has a real dynamic with his hats and snare.
Best ever. Period.
he plays a left handed kit and opens his hi hat with his right foot.
@@IsGallefreyTaken h Oh yeah,I forgot about that.
I cannot believe this is the only footage of Collins with Brand X!! Phil was simply amazing!!!
There is more pure talent on that stage in those 4 guys than all of todays 'groups' & boy bands put together! I saw Brand X live just the once in the very late 70's at Hammersmith ...supporting no less...Bill Brufords band! the whole evening was virtuosity of the highest standard from start to finish!
Wow! What a night that would have been!
Oh yes! Was Holdsworth in Bruford's band that night?
@@smashdalde9713 Probably not. I saw Bruford and Brand X in May 1980 in Liverpool and he had left the Bruford band by then but I don't know about the Hammersmith concert that was mentioned.
@@craiggerrard5117 ok mate.Been looking to get that first Bruford album for aeons..
@101S Vinyl for me:just found a smashing copy on eBay..on it's way now!
The incomparable Percy Jones playing what appears to be a Shergold Marathon fretless. Phil Collins amazing here also.
Seit 79 eine meiner Lieblingsscheiben - einfach großartig und immer noch so trendfrei
Collins has a mind for business. While some of his simpler drumming and songwriting is heard on his later genesis and solo works, he shows here just how talented he is. Made his millions off of the "sell out" stuff while still holding true to his talents.
So true. He's such a talent. What a sell-out those solo albums were. Dreary too. OK, we know you're going through a divorce Phil. Just don't write a series of albums based on it.
+Andy Coppice Why would/should he listen to you? Just don't buy his solo stuff, if you don't like it.
+Hin Bieger ...and that's exactly what I did: I didn't buy them.
And here I thought only snotty teens called artists sellouts.
I don't think you're selling out unless you feel nothing you are putting into it except the desire for wealth.
So a guy has a breakup and makes sad songs and feels nothing in those songs? I don't see it.
You sir have never done one thing noteworthy in life. How do I know you're asking. Because you're a fucking loser, and it's obvious to everyone even you, and you fucking hate that about yourself you fucking pathetic little girl
Taco Crisma The sell out stuff was down to Tony Banks remember.
So blessed to have seen them live twice concerts I will never forget, bless dear Phil
Collins just owning the kit.
No kidding. He really hammers it here, especially right after Goodsall's solo.
Can't figure out why, but Phil always plays interesting stuff when he's bearded....
lol - far more interesting than his solo stuff, but of course didn't make money. It was all Poly gigs for sweet fa.Loved Brand X
this is the best comment I've ever read in all my 9 years on youtube, LOL, I wish I had a prize to give you :D
when he wasn't bald also
he fucking sucks
you suck!
I grew up with this, as a drummer, in the 70’s!
Bands are not allowed to make music like this anymore. Their producers and record companies forbid it. It MUST be commercial. Glad I grew up listening to this stuff when it was available on record and live. Genesis, Yes, RUSH, Zep, Jethro, ELP. Those days are now gone and the world is lesser for it.
Wow, you stole my play list of bands!
There are literally hundreds of Prog bands out there releasing killer music every year.
@@LuchaLibertaria But not receiving the record company or media support they used to which makes it more difficult to find a wider audience.
Holy smokes... when Phil started singing I had to change my religion!
Now we shall read from the book of Genesis...
What a pity there was so little video of the day Brand X Collins ... I have all the albums of this period, I do not get tired
quel dommage qu'il y ai si peu de vidéo de Brand x de l'époque de Collins… j'ai tous les albums de cette période, je ne m'en lasse pas
en tout cas moi j'ai tous les bootlegs disponible sur ma chaine et dans la playlist others stuffs les 2 footages de Brand X
Phil Collins is one of those rare guys who are great musicians, commercially successful and nice people...
And aTexan.
but made really bad choices in women !
Nice guitar work , great band . Love so to f. TALENT you don't hear now.
The bearded Phil was a motherfucking monster on drums.... for real !
Im growing my beard starting today !!!!!
Remember watching this as a kid. Seeing brand x on british tv was rare indeed. Not seen it again until this was posted thank you.
RIP John Godsall 🎸💔🎸💔🎸💔
Christ, I remember this......wonderful!!! Has ANYONE got the end of the song? Can't remember if the programme finished before the song did!
And does anyone doubt that Mr. Collins can actually play? I'm a drummer meself, and he's one of Britain's greats as far as I'm concerned!
Thank you, Scatterac!
Bloody marvelous. Phil is brilliant as usual
Phil's best drumming is on "Unorthodox Behavior." Buddy Rich gave it the highest compliment at the time, thought Phil was great.
Love them since I knew them during the 70s. tq for the sharing.
I remember seeing it on OGWT in 1979. Loved it then & still do now.
apparently they played Dance Of The Illegal Aliens can you confirm?
I remember this first time round, Brilliant, Thanks so much for finding and posting..wonderful stuff.
+Paul Evans Me too! I'd just discovered Genesis' Selling England at the time so was utterly blown away to see Collins on TV. Staggering drumming!
Bloody hell made me emotional listning to this superb musicianship and that dont happen often!
Very Santana like from the "Welcome"period.
You're not kidding!! Oddly enough, or not so, early Genesis & early Santana are my two favorite all-time bands!
Good catch!
alilacherruse I Hear ya Brother ..... they both move you in different ways ! Ex - "Can Utility and the Coastliners" and "Toussaint L'Ouverture" ... : D
Sounds like Camel to me .Lol
smyffmawzz brand X is kinda camel but more jazz fusion in some of the earlier stuff I feel
@@alilacherruse once saw Santana At the Albert Hall and two nights later in Frankfurt. Rounded of the next night with Rush at Deeside. 😀
I loved John Goodsall's airy floating guitar sound, funny guy too.
Phil is a great great drummer I would be happy to play with him
Love this stufff!!! I know everyone on this page does, but not enough people realize what a truly Bad Ass drummer Phil Collins is... Thanks for posting!!
This was Collins drumming at his best!
I remember this song when I first saw this programme when it was shown in '79 and it blew me away. I think this TV version is actually much better than the album version. The only other song that stuck in my mind because of the title was 'Disco Suicide' - brilliant name for a song!
Incredible song!!! great Instrumental Stuff!!!
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME WAS LISTENING TO BRAND X AT 30 BELOW ZERO ALL THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL IN N.W. IOWA. GREAT BAND !
Priceless. Thanks for sharing👍🏼
RIP, “Goods”🥺
Il piu bel periodo per il jazzrock grazie di averlo condiviso
Thanks John for adding this never thought I would see and here it again
I'm surprised at how much this actually sounds like Genesis. I was expecting a jazz combo.
Robert Martin hmmm. A bit, but not quite. Go and buy the Brand x albums.
Talent of this caliber will never appear again.
If you ever get a chance, see Snarky Puppy live. They will restore your faith in music and young people. And you'll dig it.
Thanks drum machines!!😣😣
Chris Henson agreed - I’m an old time 70’s prog fan, and my 14 year old son blew my mind when he introduced me to Snarky Puppy last year!
Sons of Apollo play at this level, whether you're a fan or not.
a nice full beard and magnificent ogwt performance.
this is them at their best. masques and product, great albums
Tree introduced me to all this...mad for it...
And lucky me got to see Brand X perform at Guildford Civic Hall, playing this song, and many others from Product. Plus, even met Phil afterwards.
How was the BJ?
any audio, picture or footage of it?
@@brandxbootlegs it was 1979, the tech available now wasn't even a dream then.
@@stephenhuggins4710 a video footage exists so people at this time was able to film, record and take pictures but do you still have a souvenir or do you still have the ticket?
@@brandxbootlegs I was a hard up student in those days. And no, it was just a straightforward gig, no merchandise on sale.
RIP John Goodsall
i used to love brand x, not heard em in ages - great video mon amis.
what an absolute gem. Thnx for posting!
Wow...Phil, Tu siempre!!!
thanks so much
i ve been searching this for centuries
it's a pity the sound quality. but it's Brand X
Just saw them at the Keswick last year...Percy, Goodsall, kenwood...They played this and essentially the entire X Trax album...It was profound to see them live in a small Venue...After going to concerts for 4 decades They're one I never saw...It was well worth the wait...They nailed everything, just like the consummate pros they all are...
godbluffvdgg not as good without Phil.
@@SPAZZOID100 I was up pretty close to them, and as a drummer for decades, Kenwood is a beast! Is he Phil? No. But...He is not a slouch either.. He played And So to F like he wrote it...
.Phil can't do what he was doing back when he Started Brand X....Pro drummers like Phil get destroyed in their bodies...
I got John, Percy’s autographs
nobody ever looked cooler behind a kit!!!!!!
He reminds me very much of Pierre Moerlen from Gong when he gets the jazzy funk out like this
FLY HIGH, CLEANING heart &soul
As a singer.....started great and tailed off.
Remember this first time round on Whistle test was around 16/17 - Let’s be honest this is all about PC - immensely talented crafted musician . And so cool
this is where it all began.
Yes, much better quality...and probably my favorite Brand X jam! Needs more views. not enough people getting to appreciate this!..
Wow, the headstock on that fretless bass is humongous!!
WOW! unespected video for me!
Tho best drummer in my lifetime phil, most influentual... I don't think I would have ever picked up a stick and I've been a drummer myself without this guy and also Bill Buford and John Bonham, Mick Avery and Charlie Watts
There's a great version of the song from Phil's Perkins Palace concert in 1982.
Brand X with Phil Collins. He was a fantastic percussionist back in the 1970's and 80's. Hopefully he has recovered from his back problems and alcohol now..
He's back on the road but only singing, he has serious nerve problems and a "lose foot". I don't think he'll truly give up drumming, maybe when he gets better he'll try it but I seriously doubt he'll ever be able to drum like this again.
He is still a Knob .
His son Nick, does a bang up job on Genesis' "Last Domino" Tour. 2021-2022 While he has to sing sitting, Phil's voice still has the magic.
@jalcruces this video was aired in 1980, but was recorded october 6th 1979
John Waters recorded 7 months before genesis May duke tour
@@FHDTV I know this is an old reply, but I figured I'd give it a shot. How big was Genesis at this point (pre-Duke)? I know that had "Follow You Follow Me" in '78, but they were not yet hugely popular. Yet it seems like the host indicated they were relatively well know, at least, at the time.
@@frankswarbrick7562 I'd say they were nowhere as popular as they were in the 80s, especially with Phil Collins' success, but at that point they had released 'follow you follow me' in 1978 which did really well all over the world. They were more popular in Europe at the time than they were in the US as well. Albums post 1980 especially like Genesis, Invisible Touch, and maybe even Duke and Abacab really made them popular in the US and around the world as well
the guitar melody sounds like "every step of the way" (santana) & they did a number around the same time where the keyboard line sounded like "black market" (weather report). maybe they "wore their influences lightly", if that makes any sense
Just LOVE!
god I so want that footage wasnt cutted at the peak moment of the song! :(
Still thank you for sharing, I come back to watch this video again and again ;)
Saw the original on OGWT and saw that it was advertised as one of the best of clips in the Hogmanay edition, so stayed up until around 2 before heading out to a party and got to the end and it was announced that there had been a problem with the tape and it wasn’t going to be played. Replaced with the live film of LS Freebird, - you know the one with the bass player and his short lead anyhoo the epitome of gutted. I think that’s why we’ve never seen a decent version. Some numpty fucked up the tape. Just wonderful to see Phil just playing so easily.
It's a shame about the poor quality of the recording, but I can remember when this was first aired. I reckon the reason for the 20th Century Fox fanfare beginning is Phil's sick humour influenced by Thin Lizzy's "Johnny the Fox" album on which he appears where it says in the credits, "Special thanks for Fox sake..."
Carl Palmer was a pioneer as Collins in seventies' rockage but sorry Carl didnt'have the terrific sense of groove and dynamics that Phil has always had(David Garibaldi,superfuky drummer of Tower of Power, talked about Phil in this way, making examples of great drummers with very good solid groove)and the others that you mentioned wouldn't exist without people like Phil Collins,John Bohnam,Stewart Copeland,Steve Gadd,Billy Chobam.......hear Phil with Brand X better....it's futuristic style
not sure anything is better than Brand X.
genesis0932 it's just so pure, I've loved genesis for the longest time but brand X definitely is up there
Brand X lineup this is the best!
so thankful this exists
I sincerely hope that some musical genius has written all this notation down so this music can be orchestrated at some future date.
i forgot about that. one of the greats
Phil at his peak. As a player, up there with the other Ps.....Peart, Palmer Paice. And the two Bs.....Bonham and Bruford
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Saw them at Reading festival, brilliant
"...faster Phil..."
:D
Its called Jersulem Boogie.
"A little faster"...Lol!
Brand X was the best thing uncle Phil ever did......
Goodsall. Allan and Phillips yooo i had the 3 first albums yooo
JUST INCREDIBLY AMAZING
thank you so much for posting!
Collins was a serious musician once...then started singing songs for old grannies...then became one.
1:57 Hidden startup/opening sound before it becomes a trend
David Bendeth Band opened @ O'keefe centre Toronto. 1of all time best shows EVER!!
do you have any record, audio or footage of it?
@@brandxbootlegs It's very poor but it's all I know of, sorry ruclips.net/video/Oc2fKig1n4Q/видео.html
Looking at the patterns phil is playing. Two different beats, two different hands. Very complex
And singing
I saw the ‘79 Brand X tour. Phil, and the rest of the band for that matter, were in top form.
do you have any footage, audio or picture of it?
I didn't know William F. Buckley Jr. played the bass...
Pretty sure that on this same programme the other live band was UK featuring John Wetton. There was also a broadcast of the Japanese electronic group Yellow Magic Orchestra. Great days!!
PLEASE SOMEONE RESTORE THIS JEWEL!!!!!!