Philip Bailey & Phil Collins · 1984 · drums by Phil Collins
Easy Lover
From Chinese Wall. Intermediate · Straight · pop
Tempo
129BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- 120–150
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 99 and climbs to 129 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
Driving eighths with a big gated snare and tom fills that answer the vocal. The chorus has the kick working under the bass line, so lock those two before worrying about the fills.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Phil Collins
- Read the Phil Collins feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Phil Collins's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1984 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Phil Collins songs
Songs at about 129 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.
- Best of You130
- Fool in the Rain130
- Hot for Teacher128
- Jump130
- Lingus130
- Limelight131