result #104742 - WHAT IS "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" BY PHIL COLLINS ABOUT?

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WHAT IS "IN THE AIR TONIGHT" BY PHIL COLLINS ABOUT?


[+] ballot by nuckinfutz
created Sun Nov 05, 06
Phil Collins himself has reportedly offered several different explanations at different times himself (possibly having been misquoted at times), and there also many rumors regarding the song.

Collins witnessing his friend drowning from far away, someone closer could've rescued him but didn't 119
his troubled marriage with his first wife 105
no meaning, just lyrics that Collins put together for effect 32
Collins watching a man who raped his wife drown. 14
He had a bad case of gas 9
He had wached his brother drown 9
an ape playing the drums 5
Chappaquiddick 4
a murderer who killed Phil Collins parents 3
he can't stand life anymore. 1
he witnessed someone drown his friend. listen to the lyrics. 1

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I've heard all of the first five stories.

by nuckinfutz on Sun Nov 05, 06 8:00pm [+]

A fart contest?
by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Sun Nov 05, 06 8:20pm [+]

I dont know - but you may not know that during the first gulf war - most of the major Radio stations, including the BBC, banned this song from play.

Thats a fact

They thought it would remind people of the bombings that were going on. Considered it insensitive to play
by Mr_Susan on Mon Nov 06, 06 12:33am [+]

Voted : no meaning, just lyrics that Collins put together for effect
Has reportedly? I've heard most of the above from various sources,usually in print, but the only one that I've actually witnessed coming from Phil Collins himself is the first one. No meaning just lyrics.
by IC on Mon Nov 06, 06 4:53am [+]

Voted : Collins witnessing his friend drowning from far away, someone closer could've rescued him but didn't
I heard it was something to do with a friend of his drowning years ago, so that's my choice.
by Ken_from_Dublin on Mon Nov 06, 06 10:59am [+]

It's his favourite song of all his own compositions I read somewhere too.
by Ken_from_Dublin on Mon Nov 06, 06 11:00am [+]

Voted : no meaning, just lyrics that Collins put together for effect
Who even bothers listening to the lyrics anymore? I only put it in the D player for the drum solo at the end. A friend of mine who's a pilot has a loop of just that, twenty minutes long if memory serves.
by Truthseeker013 on Mon Nov 06, 06 12:19pm [+]

20 minutes! I'll have to give it a listen -
by Mr_Susan on Mon Nov 06, 06 1:59pm [+]

^ sorry - missread your comment - Are the drums good enough to listen to for 20 mins?? Or was this mate of yours a bit of a psycho
by Mr_Susan on Mon Nov 06, 06 2:00pm [+]

Phil Collins mostly sucks but the lyrics of this are kinda cool.
by nuckinfutz on Mon Nov 06, 06 8:44pm [+]

Voted : He had a bad case of gas
Maybe102
by socal_sweetie on Mon Sep 10, 07 11:50am [+]

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by UncleRandy on Fri Sep 21, 07 2:23pm [+]

Mr_Susan, yes and no. He is, IMO, one of the sanest people I've ever counted it an honor to call friend. But he's also a pilot, and that carries insanity as a requirement...
by Truthseeker013 on Thu Nov 22, 07 11:47am [+]

Voted : his troubled marriage with his first wife
He already said it was about his first wife. Just listen to the lyrics and it tells youl.
by piggie8 on Thu Jul 10, 08 9:26pm [+]






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