Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - "Easy Lover" 1984

To clarify this is a video about the making of a video of a video. Video.

 

The video starts with the Phils sitting, being interviewed about their music video "Making Of" video for their new video. Phil Collins thinks it's interesting. And it is.

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The Phils fly over London to the studio in a helicopter and we get a glimpse of the main music video. Then they arrive separately into the studio so each of them can relish in their fame with the Music Video crew. All this is captured by the "Making Of" crew, or the "Making Of the Making Of" crew. That parts unclear. No it's the "Making Of" crew. I think.

Wearing some nice jumpers the lads hang around the studio we get a lovely montage of the set up for their awesome music video, we get a glimpse of the video they're going to be making. It's at this point that you understand why they made a "making Of" the music video because the music video is really, really dull. So much so that we get to see a collective eighteen seconds of it. The actual music video is just them on a stage in suits singing. it's boring. 

You've been saved form 4 minutes 47 seconds of this

But the "Making Of" which is secretly the actual music video your watching is really good. See what they did there.

So Phil Collins has to get his hair done and so he sings over the "Music Video" to learn his lines. Then Phil Bailey comes to check on him and they have a joke about Bailey having no hair.

"Your hair is short JK"

The fun doesn't stop their they mess about and even go to a cafe and eat and read the paper and for the bridge they dance around and try out some cool microphone stand tricks the Collins just can't get eh hang of. They sing over the music video again but together and then have what every 80s music video needs A Suit Up Montage!

Pictured: Cool

And then we see more of the dull actual Music Video.

Over all this is a fun little video of two musicians just having a laugh. Shame about the "Music Video" but the "Making Of" is awesome. Cracking tune. Love it.