Genesis - Illegal Alien

[torpedogirl100]

so great to hear this song again after many many years.. I had the tape of this a long time ago..

[evenkingrobb]

mark ronson business intl exaactly same back track

[rjinblack1970]

@fekoklop Erasing it and reording something else over the tape would have made it better!

[gazpachou]

quel merde

[THEGAMINGMOPH34D]

@nonh1 it's not racist its all about the mexicans are being treated unfairly

[ElvisTrivelin]

@THEGAMINGMOPH34D It's true! This question is a taboo for some people... Collins was never racist.

[impqwerty]

awsome! (=0

[timmarlow]

this song makes me want to punch th lead singer of gensis.

[nonh1]

@timmarlow Yeah, me too. This crap is racist. No wonder why South Park made fun of that asshole Phil Collins

[nonh1]

@zangief Britney Spears... Don't insult me. Genesis really is a legend, but it is thanks to peter gabriel, not to phil collins.

[zangief]

@nonh1 Hi, Sorry for insulting, it was intended like that girl from braces in South Park, I was very drunk last night and must have been trying to be a smart arse cos you were dissin' the Collinsmeister. Anyway, Peace, big up the gabriel and soz for being a mingepipe. haha *embarrassed face*

[nonh1]

@zangief Well, since you seem to be a Street Fighter 2 fan just like me, it's cool, hehe

[musicalkaratekid]

amazingly hilarious video...but it makes sense....genesis are legendary!!!

[fekoklop]

lol, my fav song at the moment.

unfortunately there is not so much guitar in the song. that would have made the song better

[adamtzsch]

Fantastic!

[choicesman2000]

its labours imigration policy lol

[18jemini]

@choicesman2000 yes yes! i totally agree! you have hit the nail on the head there

[redman8903]

mexicos national anthem

[bigcountrygeorge]

lol its funny but cruel

[Benedingo]

Hi from MX.

One year ago traveling to Tijuana visiting the beaches and looking to the US-Mex fence I recall this song.

[FastDuty]

fabuloso genesis que nota de verdad

[Claubata2007]

a funny song with a political bakcground!!!!!

[amselot]

is that Alfred Molina?

[ZoeTsunami]

cool song

[mindlight81]

bandido

[lesassassins]

I love their 1983 album, one of the best in the Genesis catalogue.

[kingofkeyboards]

@lesassassins sorry i accidently marked your comment thumbs down, i agree with you

[smigbabb]

i love this album personally i think its the best stuff they did plus when done live h b t s part 1and2 and mama is their signiture stuff and silver rainbow well it just blows me away.........

[johnpold1993]

wtf the big deal so what if there dressed as mexicans, what they sing is very often true

[thedmanyo1]

you can be offended if you like the song's shit regardless

[Neosophist]

Unfortuantly we now live in a world where even mentioning skin color gets the 'racial equality' people twitching. Think about the context of this video.. Gensis are poking fun at the illegal immigrant stereotype, sure some people may find it distasteful, some may think it's hillarious. It isn't racist though.

Genesis are not saying 'we hate all Mexicans becuase they are Mexican (which would be racist)

[ThePadre2006]

Finally, an intelligent person. Hats off to you, Neosophist. Read the posts I made to some buttheads above.

[SPeacock]

@Neosophist I agree wholeheartedly. You know what grinds my gears? Your race is judged by your skin colour - and that is the ultimate form of racism/fascism/whatever the hell you want to call it (to me, at least).

[hehehehehehe0987634]

funny

[PhilRebbeck]

Omit the word borderline from my previous comment.

[ThePadre2006]

Shut the hell up, Phil. Let me guess, you must be white. You're not offended by this classic song that was probably written before you were born, but rather, you feel like you should be because you have a Mexican friend or something. Or maybe your family were slave owners and now you're filled with all this white guilt. It's people like you who got shows like "Family Guy" cancelled twice! Lighten the fuck up. BTW, although the video depicts Mexicans, British people can be illegal aliens too.

[PhilRebbeck]

thanks for your beautiful/demented comment. I am British and never been a slave owner-born in 1968 by the way. Imagine if this was about Jamaicans-it would be deemed racist.. Cheers,

[ThePadre2006]

And that's the point I'm trying to make. If this video was a bunch of Jamaicans running around with their pants hiked up to their chests and talking like the stereotypical "white guy" (The way countless black comedians have done over the last thirty years or more), would you deem that racist? Or do you go by the "textbook" definition of racism? (Whites discriminating against blacks) I'm no racist. I just hate double standards and people who express false concern.

[williami99]

dont evern know who u are bruv ya fucking fat piece of flab, your mums got bigger ball then you blood. take advice of her.

im out man, waisting my time typin to a fat waist man like you.

[ThePadre2006]

Haha. I know you're typing like that on purpose, to get to me, but I still can't understand a word you're talking about, "bruv." Take advice of me, buttwipe.

[williami99]

is dis all u do m8, stay on this one fukin vid and moan. no wonder why there so meny arguments on comment blog on youtube. coz of ppl like you bruv.

[williami99]

butwipe

[williami99]

yerr ur mum.. prik

[ThePadre2006]

Learn how to spell. Then take another crack at insulting me, buttwipe. That's right, I brought it down to a third grade level, but at least I can spell "buttwipe," you buttwipe!

[williami99]

buttwipe, wuttwipe. ohh shit dont offrend me. dik head.... oh shit i fink i spelled somming wrong, cant w8 till ya send me bak a message saying that ive spelled something wrong. bruv i dont give a shit

[PhilRebbeck]

It's borderline racist...no pun intended.

[Imaginitivename5]

I don't know why this has 3 thumbs down, I thought this comment was hilarious :P

[joeynevada81079]

holy shit me too

[TzzX78]

phill got an accent! hihihi

[luciogudoemilia]

I love this song!

[brownies4you]

This song gets more fun as it progresses.

It's refrain got stuck in my mind and I ended up hearing it all day long in my memory *sigh*.

Anyway, it has a nice, contagious beat. What a shame it didn't enter the American top 40 pop music chart.

Thank you Phil Collins! I loved this.

[DJRckwl]

Agreed.

[JonathanBigJ]

Isn't this song kinda...offencive? Anyway good song and Phil looks funny in mustach

[annie4horses]

"offencive" LMAO. Get a dictionary, bub.

[Xarcht]

You understood so in modern blog , thats good enough. Have a good day.

[apadilla014]

Funnier is me a american born Hispanic liking 80's mucsic incliuding this song and so called 'white boy music" and geting laughed at by the blacks at my school and being told what kind of mexican are you when i knew no spanish. my reply I'm "merican. Music is good no matter who sings it.

[BadNews88]

The Collins bit with his rug, and the production crew joining in on the finale chorus (The latter an *obvious* homage to John Landis's "Blues Brothers" film finale) are the two bits that are a ROFL hoot!

Too bad the "But I've got a sister..." bit couldn't make it past the censors..

My ULTRA-ALL-TIME-UBER-MEGA-RAVE-­FAVE from the Post-Peter Gabriel era repertoire....

Thanx fer this clip, m8....

[drsc]

Dressing up as hispanics going through the process of becoming citizens. Considering all the current events, I wonder if any bands today can get away with doing this, now?

I love Phil collins/Genesis, btw. I'm just asking.

[GregGumbel]

Yeah you could. But you'd have to insult white people at some point in the video also. To balance things out.

[rko815]

Sure. Just have no fear.

[apadilla014]

I never kenew who the band was but always loved this song

[carlosgaio20]

This is one of my favourites from the Phil Collins era!

[1916rising]

1:14 !!!!

[va4rebs]

That is true, but not like it is today.

[va4rebs]

Genesis was way ahead of their time!

[playerthe2nd]

Not really, I think there were plenty of people who got what they were about..

[va4rebs]

I just mean capitalizing on the illegal alien thing.

[playerthe2nd]

haha oh , your probably right there....

[Rage2552]

This music video makes me laugh. Seeing Phil Collins in a mustache is pretty funny.

[CoreyTheNerd]

I love this video! Phil Collins did great at the accent.

[DrummerBoyOmar]

Wow I always that he said "Being in a league out in the yard" hahaha then i saw the song title

[midwestcity1979]

Freeholeys and illeagal pan8!

[ryanthescooterguy]

Please make a Genesis Singstar game!

[kapakypakhoo]

Yes! I have also wondered why there are NO Genesis tracks on Guitar Hero or Rock Band games..

[MechaBlazeEagle]

Likely due to some kind of rights issues is my best guess.

[tjelect7]

THE Official Anthem for the United States Border Patrol!

[rissyjava]

Is there any music as good as this one today?

[Sheldon66]

Not really dude! Most of the music out there is complete crap! Thank goodness for YouTube, Sirius satellite radio, and MP3 players. Long live the 80's!!!

[Joelesque]

Well Phil is having a lot of fun being an illegal alien

[bigbuckVlog]

im actually surprised Genesis made a song like this? o_0 o well, ITS SO AWSOME :D

[morgangamer22]

COOL

[tjelect7]

When Phil is holding the cucumbers on the stairs he looks just like my friend Jose in Carpenteria. Great comments, guys. It is hilarious.

[CaptStormwind]

Great song. It's funny because he's an Englishman singing as a Mexican; I just can't imagine a Mexican with that voice. lol XD

[GrayLeader2184]

Should I feel guilty for watching this on Cinco De Mayo and laughing?

[hawkhandsaw]

Love this song and video! The three of them are a riot-esp. Collins! Damn catchy song, too-like swine flu. Sorry, that was really bad! Don't hate me please!

[Odieandgarfield]

Mike is pretty skilled to catch the cigarette in his mouth =)

[DonnieDarkoNorthwest]

this would never go in the PC post-1990 world lol.

[UniqueEdge]

especially when the illegals have swine flu

[satansmusic2009]

funny ass song

[villagemojo]

"It's not so fun catching illegal aliens" This is the Obama administrations motto. Future voters for the Democratic(Socialist) Party.

[panhead55]

hey, im a proud socialist.... "something" bless america...:)

[gaae2000]

why be so selfish, let everyone download and post more Genesis videos...is good for marketing.

[Esperance20]

Starting in 2010,...this will become the Mexican National Anthem.

[bassidol]

For fun,someone should send a link to this to Lou Dobbs . . .

[boyclaude]

ace cracking song and vid you haters are camp nancys if you

dont like it, phil collins played the artful dodger and his mum discovered the kid who played him in the movie oliver. i played the artful dodger too and phil and i both lived in east

london, no more barneys or codswallop

[Autronica1]

this is a classical song

[Phoenix4Changes]

hey do u below me personally have an into this man???

something we don't know about???

well

[toniu1234]

Collins is a right wing nut hate gays is Pro north Korea ,scandal in England funding pro nuclear Korea dissing F. Mercury when he was not be at the cemetery he was saying nasty things about Freddie at the time I thought just jealousy but no he hates immigrants.etc nut case

[evacuationplanb]

Right wing nut that is pro North Korea... I don't think I have ever heard that before.

[lordbemylight]

"It's no fun, being in a neon area." Kind of sounds like that.

[bubblt]

this is my fourth straight time listening to this, so catchy.

[levilex]

its no fine... ;P

Genesis is the best band of the world but

[dummmmm76]

funny video,stupid song,lol

[reanimate280]

why so much hate for this tune...its just a song about a man who wants a better life for himself and thinks he can get it over the border....he says its no fun to be illegal.....this was a ballsy tune for its time considering all the immigration issues IE mexico border and all that cuban stuff that happened here in florida....but most genesis fans hated it not for the message but for the extremely catchy pop beat many non genesis fans would sing and hum this one and that pissed the fan base off

[PlumboStudios21]

WTF am I Watching, I'm a Genesis Fan but this is fucked

[kostasxrysogelos]

I don't want to spoil it for the rest who enjoy it, but this is the bottom line of the Collins-era Genesis. Goodbye to prog, enter silly pop. Almost identical to Queen's career, with one exception though: Queen kept on writing great songs during the 80s.

[michaelmoval]

lol at the very beginning

[BroknJokr]

This is great. I remember this as a child. Loved it then, love it now.

[Ellipser]

I'm pretty sure If he ever saw it, this video would've inspired the likes of Weird Al Yankovic.

[gadhaffi]

Freedom to speech and to be solidaric, no matter what culture origin etc. as long its for democratic purposes....viva FARC og PFLP and of course Genesis. Love you

[txkid123]

This is one of the best !!!!! Ironic how much different the times are now 25 years later. This song got much play on the FM in the early years.

[WishesNetwork]

I like the ending where the show all of the people in the vid and even all of the crew.

[pelusa101982]

genial!!

[DevilJosh4ever]

LOL Phil Collins looks more like a Columbian snuff filmmaker than an Englishman in this video. Funny as hell video that's so politically incorrect it's not funny.

[fibers21]

Here are 14 reasons are country is going bankrupt. Scroll down for all 14. You dont have to like it, you should be pissed. It's not a dem or a repub thing....It's a GREEN thing.

[1FreiesRadikal]

It's so sad. The textpart of that song starts just wonderful but then turns into some popblur...

[marcusedell]

I haven't seen this video in 25 years!! Very Cool..Thanks for posting!!

[BelvisTheFirst]

I want to like genesis but all of their music is so self indulgent and shit.

i'm afraid I cant

[lovealbion]

so why is it that you want to like them?

[BebeBebe321]

MTV Cut Lyrics:

Keep your suspicions, Ive seen that look before

But I ain't done nothing wrong now, is that such a surprise

But Ive got a sister would be willing to oblige

She will do anything now to help me get to the outside

Burn in Hell Bush / McCain / Obama Amnesty Traitors

[kevindaman1212]

fuck you liberal,Bush has done many things to get hispanic support,McCain made imagration reform a big issue,and Obama is a huge liberal so you can burn in Hell you Dora loving,amesty,San Franpycho liberal,and don't think about calling me Hitler or else I'll rip you a new a new one,oh wait I can't,you don't have one

[BebeBebe321]

Look up Dwight Eisenhower and Operation Wetback to see what a real American does when the country is invaded.

Bush, McSame, Obama, Ted Kennedy and Dora are birds of a feather - all ready to screw over America to save a penny on their tacos.

[kevindaman1212]

listen I don't want to here Keith Liberalman talking points,or that I hate minorities,if want to talk about illegals and howthey should get amnesty and by the way look up maverick asswipe

[ChildOfFireUVUP]

Such anger. Someone needs to cool off.

[androoow]

Tony looks so awesome in this video...he the man.

[emufan23]

The place at 3:15...Wasn´t that where they shot the Mama video as well? The stairs look the same.

[StanTheRecordMan]

Very Good Song !

I love the Songs of Genesis and Phil Collins !

[Bungle79]

This is missing the third verse in the middle, the bit where he talks about his sister giving favours!

[nym361]

People thought that verse was a little too much so they were forced to edit it so they could get radio play

[gadhaffi]

that's sad mann! repressive

[nym361]

straight up dude

[gadhaffi]

curious people: Why do you give me thumbs down for this

[MarkoRod]

''all you have to do is hold out your hands''. fuckinay scotty , thats true. hold out ur hands and well give u everything. bullshit

[Remeat]

I was delivering papers back in 1983 when I first heard it on my radioman.

[despiserofjunkmail]

when was this song done?

[supremetaco]

1983.

[Satchel334]

Anyone else the Space Invaders sound effect throughout the song? Trippy.  Wonder why they put it in there?

[SakuraStArLuna]

(with all do respect)

i don't hate or like this song

in my opinion I think it's a satirical song(to be taken in good humor)

w/the difficulties of illegal immigrants (hence the chorus)

they're just portraying a stereotypical "mexican" and I think there is always a bad stereotype for any nation & culture

the problem is people tend to forget the unique beauty of everyone

no country is perfect

[pipistrello64]

chewdamax is right, it is craking song! genesis is great !

[chewdamax]

cracking song!

[OfeKool]

this song is so funny and great! Genesis rocks!

[continuumvideo]

DrNoeParra.... its' just a satrical song and he IS poking fun at Mexico or, for that matter, ANY western hemisphere Latinino country. They do seem to come this direction. So take it in the spirit I believe he intended... Telling Phil to F**K Off! is questionable behaviour on your part. Chill out. And besides if Mexico is so cool, why are they killing alot of each other to get their message across? Message would seem to advocate drug running and smuggling desperate people... not a good PR image

[DrNoeParra]

fuck u genesis and fuck u phil, mexico is a beautiful country, and in my city you'll not be a an illegal alien, just another fucker learning good moods an a culture you'll never had, FUCK U FUCK U and your sons go to hell FROM MEXICO..... go to hell

[pivot3214313]

Sorry but assholes like you make Mexico look bad. Good luck on that. Jackass

[DrNoeParra]

a esto si no le vas a entender pendejo, chinga a tu reputa y bomba madre, eres un pendejo q esta de acuerdo con descriminar a las personas, eres solo un pedazo de cagada, no me vengas a mamar los huevos. Fuck U too, and stop talking about Mexico... Asshole

[pivot3214313]

Ok? Typing bullshit in Spanish Don't make you look cool. It makes you look like a fucktard. So go back to sucking your dads tiny shrunken penis

[EmersonsL100]

The guy at 0:41 looks just like Terry Jones

[marcofalzone]

I can hear Cheap Trick cover this tune.

Am I f'd up or what???

pls. reply to this

[squonkness]

this is a fucking disgrace and NOT genesis, just a pile of horse shit by a once great band.

[jarhead12343]

yea. But some of the phil collins stuff is good like everything up to and including duke and some songs on abacab/genesis/it/wcd. Calling all stations is just horrible

[joelmc73]

Wipe the snot from your nose.

Phil Collins is a genius.

[jarhead12343]

how can this be your favorite song by Genesis. This song seriously sucks. It sounds like Phil Collins is doing a bad mexican impression. Its no fun being and Illegallll Aliiieeeeeennn.

[squonkness]

here here man, some people gotta get a copy of seconds out, can you imagine how they would explode after hearing that :O))

[TK421TX]

One of my favorites form the G-men

[nekodekyu]

My most favolite song,this is!!

[vhjunkie]

i love this song too, one of my all time favs.

[OperationAnime262]

love this song

[KeithTonyRick]

Great music video!