Phil Collins

Phil Collins: Father & Son

  

Relationships between human beings can be complex, and also some of them become essential in our lives and leave their mark for the rest of our days.

Phil Collins has been experiencing increasing difficulty with playing the drums. So he asked his son Nicholas, who is also a great drummer, to join and play in his concert tours. In his autobiography, Phil told us about his relationship with his own father who couldn’t openly support Phil’s passion for music. At this point we can say that maybe Phil has given to his son what he wishes he could have received from his father, just as a repairing behavior and also a sublime act. In that sense, we could hear Phil saying again and again at his live shows, while introducing the band members: «On the drums, my son Nicholas, I’m proud of him «. That line may be what he had always wanted to hear from his father, and saying it of his son could be his way to process his own loss and pain. But that doesn’t mean Phil’s father didn’t love him. He surely must have loved him like a father would: with all his heart.