TotW 6/27/2022 - 7/03/2022: PHIL COLLINS - All Of My Life

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    PHIL COLLINS - All Of My Life
    Year: 1989
    Album: ...But Seriously
    Working title: ?
    Credits: Collins
    Lyrics: Yes
    Length: 4:56
    Musicians: Phil Collins, Steve Winwood, Dominic Miller,
    Played Live: 1990
    Cover versions: (?)

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    Notes: Every musician somehow comes to terms with parental/father conflicts and losses. Roger Waters did it eloquently, Mike Rutherford with a regretful bitterness, Collins with a gentle regret. All of My Life is one of those songs you can't write until you've lived something. Collins played it live in 1990 - in an interesting version.
  • What a great track. I was just thinking recently that the track listing of BS is a bit off around this song, imo.


    Putting Saturday Night after this track seems a bit jarring. And I think the beauty of All of My Life (about his dad) into Father to Son (about his son) and into Find a Way... (about love in general) would've been a really nice closer. Saturday Night really comes at an odd place. Maybe it was to break up the three sad songs...

  • I didn't know that this song was dedicated to his children.


    I thought It was a balance of his life as it happens at a certain age.


    A good ballad, finally with a not-tearful interpretation. ;(

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    For me, it's probably the most touching song on ...BS

    I lost my father quite unexpectedly a few years ago and can really feel what lines such as "playing records upstairs while he watched TV, I didn't spend my time I should" really mean.

    So it has grown over the years. A great live version came from the 1990 tour as well.


    13pt

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    Phil Collins- All My Life (traduzione in italiano).


    I found this video, and I would like dedicated to all fathers! <3