Genesis - Me And Sarah Jane (Three Sides Live) [Abridged] HQ

[g7usl]

Well I got the whole concert on betamax video but sadly, i can't view it anymore as the player expired. :(

[powerpro21]

Takes me back to 5 th grade listening to this in my friends room then rushing to buy the LP..wow 30 years ago already....brought me right back there...stuff like this is 1000x better than lady gaga and the crap from today

[SJ1987cool]

My name is Sarah Jane...

[kingcrimson234]

i've got this laserdisc too, great stuff! i buy all the genesis laserdiscs i can get my hands on, there is some great rare stuff available only on LD.

[shire2005]

Beatle like and great vocals by Phil even if cut off. 

[WintersWar]

the torture and crime committed here...they cut off the damn song.

[popomatic1970]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that this song was somewhat difficult to perform live, and that might be why there are so few performances of it available. Still, thanks for sharing this (it's one of my favorites of that era too).

[basquait1]

As a black bloke, I can recall how I got a copy of this album. It can from one of those subscription offer- For a 1cent you can get a boatload of albums! I thought it was a joke...until I got a package in the mail! It was on and poppin!

[20120285]

i am named after this song :)!

[borgduck]

God Rest You Elisabeth Sladen. I'm so glad to have met you, my childhood crush, MY Sarah-Jane!

1/2.1948 - 19/4/2011

[Tigernightstar]

I was named after this song. it's mine. it's always in my heart

[BlackestEyes1963]

was Sarah Jane = Sula = Anna Grant?

[Maebashi]

Is this song written about Sarah Jane Smith, the Doctor Who companion?

[spaceheater1]

@Maebashi I like to think it is, although Tony Banks said in a 1982 interview "it's got nothing to do with Dr Who" but still.....I tend to think of her when I hear this song. In a way she's the gold standard for women, to me. :-)

[zenpaganwarrior]

Best. Band. Ever.

[triptikboy]

Damn! Tease! But I read your explanation. Thank you so much for posting. Man, I hope that there is video somewhere of this whole thing and that somebody will post it.

[skintrade]

mikes guitar sounds steve hacketty in the intro

[Skipjack1076]

If there was any live concert I wish I had been at - this would be it ... 3 sides live

[ohreely1]

This songs kick's Obama's ass !!!!! yehhhhhhh

[brodyworld]

My favorite Genesis song! Anyone know where the full video of the song can be found?

[PhilGenesisDB]

@brodyworld Imposible unless Genesis in their careless ways, where they have a tendency to lose half of they stuff they produce, find the original film reels from the concert...sorry.

[brodyworld]

@PhilGenesisDB Well, where did this portion of the video come from?

[PhilGenesisDB]

@brodyworld It came in the middle of one of the long interviews on the LaserDisc called "Genesis Three Sides Live" and it cuts off at the end of the video you see here to go into more interviewing.

[excelerater]

sleeper of a song....... underrated and often forgotten Gmen tune.........AA++

[joeglimmix]

mike does look like shaggy

[jonmonbuckeye1]

I give this a THUMBS DOWN because you abbreviated it right in the middle of the song!

[PhilGenesisDB]

@jonmonbuckeye1 I'm sorry you feel this way. If the rest of the song even existed in the source i had taken this from, i assure you that the entire performence would have been here. This was entirely out of my control and I only uploaded this as it was presented on the official release that the band put out.

[chinwildchicken]

Look at 1:04 how he walks back , Moonwalk? :D

[PhilGenesisDB]

This was performed live on November 28th 1981.

[drowninginthedesert]

My friend was named after this song! :P

[snwbrdr65]

Amazing tune. Ska rhythm elements. Tony's counterpoint Yamaha electric grand. Chester not just copping Phil's drum lines, but taking it up a notch with his own smoooooth locked in style. Mike skanking the up stroke strat. Daryl pounding the bassline. Phil wrenching every note out of the vocals. Amazing. Extraordinary.

[snwbrdr65]

Amazing tune. Ska rhythm elements. Counterpoint Yamaha electric grand. Chester not just copping Phil's drum lines, but taking it up a notch with his own smoooooth locked in style. Mike skanking the up stroke strat. Daryl pounding the bassline. Amazing. Extraordinary.

[Lozzer81]

I love Phil I grew up on Genesis.That's the reason why I started to play the drums.Phil's voice at this stage in his career(81-84)but nobody can doubt that he lost it later on in his career. This makes me sad because, as a lyricist, I feel he has blossomed as he has got older, but his singing ability has diminished significantly. I still love his voice, his heart and his belief in the songs he writes, but I wish he had invested in either a voice coach,or somebody to tell him to take it easy!!L

[jmkmsc]

ha ha i am named after this song :)

[PhilGenesisDB]

just deleted a bunch of comments because they seemed to be nothng just random crap about genesis and phil collins that had absolutly nothing to do with the video and was basically from one person.

[MICHITO62]

0:58, como maneja la pandereta.

1:36, un payaso. Que divino !!!!

2:07 que canchero !!!!

2:14 otro genio. Grande Chester !!!!

2:24, jaja. que cara, que gesto.

2:30 Mike. Que bien llevas el ritmo.

2:46 que divertido que sos, phil !!!!

3:03. Chester rompe un palo y lo cambia sin problemas. Ni se nota. Y, si, es todo un maestro. Que gran tema. Me encanta.

[freiheitsalv]

@MICHITO62 hey es cierto lo cambia!!!! bien chester!!! XD

[blockleg]

Best song ever

[Bluespeyer]

Yeah, like kevycanavan points out, phil was/is a terrific piano player, basically to the point of being known much more as a pianist than a drummer during his solo years. The guy was/is simply one of the best musicians of all time -- great drummer, excellent piano player, amazing voice, impeccable sense of melody and timing. It's impossible to overstate how popular he was in the 80s, for those of you born yesterday.

[GaryNull]

>> phil was/is a terrific piano player . .

wouldn't go that far. I probably knows the basics but he's no where near Tony Banks.

Don't know how many people know this fact, but Phil Collins was in the beatles movie "A Hards Day night", at the very beginning of it I think.

[Kohntarkosz]

Actually, he said he was in the audience in the theatre scene at the end of the movie. They brought in a couple busloads of kids from the drama school he was attending. I remember Phil telling this story on David Letterman back in the 80's. He said "Don't look for me. I've tried!".

[GaryNull]

Didn't know that, thanks.

[sharethemusic]

@Bluespeyer NOT TRUE AT ALL..A FAMOUS,INNOVATIVE DRUMMER..A BEGINNER ON THE PIANO

[Microsloth]

Cool......learning something new today.

[kevycanavan]

should have had phil play some keys on this. Doesn't sound nearly as good as the album version without the overdubbs

[Microsloth]

I didn't know Phil was a keyboard player!

[kevycanavan]

yeah, he played keyboards on a lot of his solo stuff

[fab4art]

Agreed. The album version is an overlooked masterpiece : )

[stevedrums]

In my top 5 Genesis tunes of all time. Surprising since I was not a big fan of Abacab except for this and "Keep it Dark".

[MICHITO62]

Que lastima que le falte un pedacito de la ultima parte. Pero igual esta buenisimo este video.

[batatacollins]

Genesis es lo maximo !!! Yo tengo 3SL

en DVD is es demasiado bueno !! Tambien lo tenia en VHS en los 80`s !!

[GrendelPL]

I love this song... One of the best tunes from PhC era on voc. I really enjoy all Genesis albums (maybe with one exception for "From Genesis to Revelation") and i don't make any big distinction between "eras" GP/PhC+H/PhC-H etc...

[RichardMMPs]

Used to watch this a lot in 1982 on the 3 Sides Live video and it anoyed the hell out of me that they faded the song as it came to the final part of the song. Aaaargh!!!

[Bluespeyer]

God ... I had forgotten what a great song this is. The funk/rock/jazz groove from 1.35 to 2.40 is just killer. Hard to believe it's been 25 years since they were the biggest band on the planet. Seems like yesterday.

[derneueuntergang]

Best Song on ABACAB ;)

[yotties100]

Theres was better songs of the post Hackett Gabriel Era buddy

[mamelaurent]

The best song of the post Hackett and Gabriel Era!

[Eldanoth]

you are Very Right!

[turbojet18]

one of the best genesis' songs!!! i love it

GENESIS 4E

[russolo]

I love this song

[whitebanner]

This song is so special to me-Bummer that it got cut off,But Phil is so fricken' funny doing the Cha-Cha or whatever dance he's doing...

[popale2]

the best music ever!!!!

[ABittenfeld]

Why no complete song???

[PhilGenesisDB]

The home video cuts off the rest of the song for some damn reason and goes into a boreing interview.

[ABittenfeld]

What a shame! :-(

[ybrband]

Arrrghh! right at the best part of the song....

[MoonchildMindaugasRo]

luv it :)

[atkezsagin]

waiting in the rain....

[felsner1]

I invent a name...

[yesfangin]

@felsner1 you are so right :)