A Musical Note: Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight

Some days ago I posted Carpet Crawlers by Genesis.

The lead singer on that track was Peter Gabriel.  When Gabriel left Genesis, their drummer, Phil Collins stepped up to take over.  Astoundingly he sounded so much like Peter Gabriel the group had no significant change in sound.

Later when Phil Collins began a solo career he produced the amazing song I’m playing for you today…  In the Air Tonight.

Typically I like the studio versions over live takes, but in this case the audience reaction, and the way the stage technicians manage to do live what they could do in the studio, make this video an incredible experience.

Watch—and listen—to the audience reaction when they realize he is moving to his drum set to do the big finale of this song.

Turn it up.

A Musical Note: Buffalo Springfield (Neil Young) – I Am a Child

Buffalo Springfield was an amazing band, one that touched many of us.  Not only did they create the classic, “For What It’s Worth“, their members went on to form other incredible bands like Crosby, Stills and Nash (and sometimes Young), and Loggins and Messina.

In their third, and final album, Last Time Around, Neil Young sings a song he composed called “I Am a Child”.  This number is very much a mirror of the times in which it was born, but more than that, a song that hangs on, one that stays fresh, and can bring honest memories of being a child even now.

Listen to the words, they are worth your attention: