Eric Clapton and Phil Collins - Behind the Mask

[Blackheathguy]

Co-written by MJ.... RIP.

[eyotter]

Does anyone recognise who was in the audience at the start of this vid

[FooMath666]

Wtf why there i man with a guitar for metal lool it look like a ibanez but im not sure, he got a floyd rose and he play clapton wtf XD

[JesusTrueLightToMJ77]

Wow what an Honor for them to be given a song from Michael Jackson. MJ's version is a one take demo, if he wanted he could have owned this song YMO fans don't be nieve. Clapton is a great great artist in his own way. But Michael Jackson, they could have outdone Michael Jackson, lets just be realistic please.

[Draliongirl]

Michae Jackson should be credited

[mjdiehardfans]

michael jackson original version is way better than this one and greg's one.

[TheJellybaby1988]

@mjdiehardfans You gotta be joking....MJ only written half of this song & EC's version has more energy & meaning to it than MJs version has.

[NippleOfNippon]

far better than original.

[garnetsfriend]

both MJ and Eric say they wrote this. I see a lawsuit in the works

[zeromarcy]

@garnetsfriend it was greg who wrote it. and he worked with them both.

BTw the songs are a little different in the lyrics.

[smoovebuttah]

Michael's version wins HANDS DOWN..sorry Greg Phillinganes and Eric Clapton..you are NOT in the running for best version of "Behind the Mask". That is all.

[changemeization]

I like MJs version way better ;-)

[ipoths]

is good,but really Michaels version is light of years better,2bad it didnt make it in a album,i think was gonna be great as singhle too....

[pollyspfong]

I like Michael Jackson's vocals on the new album but not new arrangements.

[cap65]

Man, you people can be stupid. Once and for all...

This song was written by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Chris Mosdell and originally performed by YMO.

In the mid 80s, Michael Jackson was responsible for additional (godawful) English lyrics. This version was first recorded by Greg Phillinganes on a solo album of his, then a year later, Clapton covered the Jackson/Phillinganes version.

These facts are easily available for anybody with brains and the willingness to find them. You're welcome.

[ItsABeautifulMorning]

@cap65 Yeah MJ's "godawful" lyrics thats why every friggin artist that has covered it since has used those same "godawful" lyrics. stop kidding urself

[cap65]

@ItsABeautifulMorning - "Kidding myself" about what, exactly? The reason they would have used those is because obviously this version is better known to more people at this point in time than the original was. That doesn't mean they're "better" lyrics. If you like them, then good for you. I happen to think they're godawful, so I said so. In any case, that wasn't my main point anyway. What I was pointing out was the idiocy of people here making claims about something they know nothing about.

[ItsABeautifulMorning]

@cap65 sounds good!

[marsarsfight]

すげえメンバーだね。Mark King に Phil Collins リズム隊が豪華。

[welshcorgi14]

backing singers dancing lol!!

[motormusic1]

Why doesn't this happen anymore... it'd be great!

[boardgames69]

LOVE ITTT!!!!

[sorenrules]

Mark King does play with his bass kind of high....when you play a bass in the sitting position it will still be up high like that too, especially with a large bodied bass lik the JD or a MK Alembic. So from a technical and comfort viewpoint I see nothing wrong with the way he carries his bass. You can't argue with his skill. I play up kind of high too. So does Billy Shehan.

[xwingclass]

@sorenrules mark king had his hands insured for cool million.

[akocalec]

is the bassist from LEVEL 42? he laso holds his bass all the way to his neck, and he looks like him..

[russ13b]

yes it is, mark king

[royseahawks]

man he used to caress that basslike a good woman....

[xiaofeilong]

Yellow Magic Orchestra !!

[MrKnopf]

@xiaofeilong 80ies were the only era in music were cover versions were actually better than the original (something which never worked again after the end of the 80ies - you can't make a better version of ANY 80ies - song while not being in the 80ies ;-)). Great track (in all versions BUT the original from '79)!

[SpiffaJ]

How high is that guy's bass? lol

[SpiffaJ]

Legend with a ridiculously high bass lol

[AD210081]

who cares who wrote what, its a brilliant classic

[AD210081]

Ace guys playing alltime classics

[peelben]

It's sooooo cool to love the original song/movie etc more than the remake. "oh I new this song years before blah blah blah. Yawn. This is the best version.

[consect]

No, simply that this version sucks. It is everything wrong with Corporate rock. And I am a fairly big Genesis fan.

[HelloMarco]

This is everthing right with corporate rock. For everything wrong see U2.

[RabbiPabblo]

@HelloMarco u2 are hardly corporate

[orriblebob]

@RabbiPabblo U2 are hardly music mate.

They been makin' the same record over and over again since 1980!

[consect]

Well, is not quite as good as YMO, but great musicians obviously... just hate the Michael Jackson lyrics...

[BillyIsATwat23]

Micheal Jackson did not write this song. Where the heck did that "fact" come from?

Lyric: Chris Mosdell (British Poet and Songwriter)

Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese Musician most famous for the Yellow Magic Orchestra and his solo work including the score for "Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence")

[jfbprivate]

As a matter of fact, Michael Jackson wrote it. You better check your sources again.

[vodude]

Actually he is right. According to several lyric websites, it was written by Chris Mosdell, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Michael Jackson. I think it was supposed to originally be on Jackson's "Bad" album but was give n to Clapton instead.

RE: Micheal Jackson did not write this song. Where the heck did that "fact" come from?

[dvd1731]

it was going to be on the off the wall album

[Superbizzee]

@dvd1731

No it wasn't.

[Superbizzee]

@vodude

Michael in fact did co-write this song. I was recorded by a musician that had been on the recording sessions for both Off The Wall and Thriller named Greg Philinganes. Search this song title with Greg's name on You Tube and the video will pop up. It was released on Greg's solo album in 1985. This Clapton/ Collins version came much later.

[renehofhuis]

@bigworld, yes it is.

[bigworld1001]

was that Mark King of Level 42 on bass back there?

[consect]

yes that's him

[thebassbat]

the backing singers are class ,them guys back paul young for years and all so did very well solo remember the band london beat and the song i've been thinking about you ,well this is them .

[thuginyou]

That's right. Ryuichi Sakamoto's song!

[minoru817]

good drum!!

坂本龍一の曲だね。

[earthacademy]

looks great that all these famous musicians are playing a Japanese techno pop song. :-P

The original: "Yellow Magic Orchestra"

[Butterbust44d]

Giggity giggity lol ghost of quagmire

[drummerboy7117]

God this sucks, they look like a bunch of poser hipsters jumping around up there to someone else's song.

[maestermoo]

I got a user just to tell you that only half the song is a cover. Clapton's solo is all original and amazing!

[BillyIsATwat23]

No maestermoo, the song is 100% cover version.

Any solo is simply an improvisation on a song's original theme/melody. That is how all music publishers, copyright royalty collection societies, the musician's unions and the law regard it.

That said, in some countries a session musician can (but not the band/artist themselves, so Clapton would not qualify) claim a small percentage of any artist's (but not the composer's) fee when a track they play on is played on the radio, tv or where ever.

[Rmelcher77]

no one cares about the "laws of music" my friend. and clapton took a horrible song and made it so not only robots can listen to it

[BillyIsATwat23]

Rmelcher77, "no one cares about the laws of music"? WTF?

I was just making the point that this is 100% cover version. End of story.

--- Clapton took a horrible song and made it so not only robots can listen to it ---

Rmelcher77, have you ever heard Clapton's original recording of this song? It's a 80's Phil Collins production, and as such pretty dated.

But I guess at least Collins and Clapton play proper instruments, not synths and drum machines. Just a minute... LOL

[BillyIsATwat23]

Can not get into the YMO? I own 5 LPs, 2 CDs, 2 7" singles plus another album on MP3 (I own only 2 Clapton LPs). Think you misenterpritated my comment :-)

The point I was making was that all these people who go on about EC being a "real musician" should actualy listen to the records. "August", the LP this is from, is a very 80's and synthetic record, and that is in no small way due to Phil Collin's variable production skills.

[consect]

Well, I'll admit if you own that much YMO you must like them... so excuse my judgement on that one... Now, insofar as EC bring a real musician, etc and Collins, I'm not sure why anyone would call them more real musicians then YMO - Hosono, Sakamoto and Takahashi are quite accomplished musicians and YMO is only their most famous project. And yes, "August" is a very synth laden 80's record. Very much a product of its time. Whereas a lot of YMO's music still sounds pretty fresh IMO

[eblancjnr]

shut up talkin shit moron a classic track with a stage full of musical legends

[xbabzxdarkemo]

clapton is god. away and get some musical education

[LyndonTCorbett]

drummerboy7117 - I couldn't agree with you more! YMO rule - Clapton sucks (and this proves it).

As for getting some musical education, at least he KNOWS where this song came from - xbabzxdarkemo, you seem to think this is Clapton's song - WTF???

[eblancjnr]

a classic 80s hit what a line up collins a leg on the drums

[j4f4r]

Mark King from Level42 is on stage too playing the guitar

[cap65]

Patti Boyd seems to think Eric wrote this about her. Ryuichi Sakamoto and (later on) Michael Jackson must find that slightly amusing...

[PhilCollins4LIFE]

i just got a boner listening to this, best singer/drummer/songwriter ever..THE BEST THERE IS, THE BEST THERE EVER WAS, THE BEST THERE EVER WILL BE

[sn0wdog]

You must be gay...

[acetennischick]

lol must be..

[alvarool]

SONIDO MEJOR POR FAVOR

[geminidavies]

awsome to see Mark King on this one! He's a God!!

[Deblly]

Wow! I love YMO's original for so long, but I have never known that EC did this with PC.

[2002declan]

Its Midge Ure on the Pink Guitar Mark King on Bass & Jool Holland on Keyboards & Phil Collins on the Drums

[rockhardy1]

Do you suppose this combination of musicians has somewhat of a library to choose from?

You know it.

[techy2sus]

song written by ruichy sakamoto and michael jackson...strange mix ,isn't it?

[dlrobs]

Good version of this song - Like it because they do away with the 2nd chorus and simply replace it with a longer guitar run.

[MUFCElMikeO]

Yeah thats Jools on piano

[Braveheart1984]

It's Midge Ure on the other guitar

[cheRRymanJ]

is that jools holland on piano?

[djr2096]

Eric Clapton, Phill Collins, what looks like MArk king from Levil 42 on bass, But who is the other guitar palyer??

[vistablista]

The other guitarist is Midge Ure of Ultravox fame, the other drummer is Mark Brzezicki of Big Country.

[djr2096]

I didn't recognise him. Must be the hat!

Tar very much!!