Jan Hammer - Phil The Shill (Miami Vice Music Video)

Music composed by Jan Hammer and covered by Rick Leon, featured in the television series Miami Vice Season 2 Episode 11 "Phil the Shill". Video edited by 512Sonny with remastered Blu-ray footage.
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- Footage: Miami Vice S02E11, Blu-ray Disc (‪@NBC‬)
- Music: Rick Leon cover of Jan Hammer's "Phil the Shill" (‪@officialjanhammer‬)
- Video, Graphics, Thumbnail & Edit: ‪@512Sonny‬
#miamivice #janhammer #80smusic

[@justinroark88]

Phil Collins selling cocaine is awesome and hilarious

[@daryncolley]

yeah

[@pvtrichter88]

@Justin R. he's like a soft version of Jason Statham here : ) and who can forget the glow of 80's fashion i had almost forgotten about this episode it's great to bring a smile to my face ! CHEERS .

[@rk41gator]

Actually he subtly keeps his 'clean' image and doesn't actually deal in drugs. He cause no one to be killed. He only steals shady character's money and then cooperates. Perfect.

[@JamesDeanRivera]

Phil Collins is a legend

[@johndavis-yj5df]

The greatest music, the greatest songs, the greatest show.

[@AC.198]

Hard to find something more 80s than this... pure 80s distillated spirit

[@512Sonny]

Love that!

[@rk41gator]

Positively intoxicating!

God I want these times back.. I would give anything to return to 80s and stay there forever

[@1979or1979]

With Black Magic you can when you sleep. Physically though those days will never return sadly.

[@bobbyt1318]

If you ever find a way, I'm on board!

[@markcraven8386]

I can relate. I lived in Miami from 81-87 and my favorite past time was finding where that days episode was being shot. All you had to do was find the production caravan and I had an "in" with the crew. A lot of the official police props came from where I worked. Those were definitely the best days of my life.

[@TwoPyramid]

I currenly live in Miami. Every now and then you see little glimpses of that aesthetic that still survive.

[@duwaynesnider8821]

When that episode was first aired in 1985, Phily was perhaps the biggest star on this planet.

[@markcraven8386]

I was obsessed about Miami Vice. The day of this shoot I ditched work in NW Miami drove north up 95 to Dearfield Beach and hung out on site all day. You couldn't get close to any of the main three stars (Don, Phillip, and Phil) but everyone else was very friendly and accessible. When the camera wasn't rolling you could take photos of everything. Awesome day. Since it was all shot local I was always looking for the production trucks. Many times I found them and watched another episode in the making. The best days of my life.

[@512Sonny]

Nice share, Mark! Great to hear such stories. At the end of the day, we all are here because Miami Vice has a special place in our lives.

[@markcraven8386]

@@512Sonny Just scoped out your KZbin page because I received a heart. By all appearances you are fond of racing and Miami Vice, which leads me to wonder why you don't have a video clip of the Miami Gran Prix episode from Vice ? It takes place in downtown Miami on Biscayne Blvd in front of Biscayne bay, though I'm not sure if it is still an ongoing event. That was really a hard shoot to crash I can assure you, but, I was obsessed and I eventually found a way. That was before cellphone cameras though I went through two rolls of film. You should definitely Google the episode and add it to your page. Footnote: There were many scenes throughout the series featuring the beauty and speed of the two Ferraris and those would compliment your page as well. If you're not sure which clips best represent, I can help you with that. Like I said back in the 80's...TGIF Thank God, It's Friday LOL

[@512Sonny]

@Mark Craven Another nice insides! Nice that you've been checking out my content. As for now, I have 4 Miami Vice music videos. I'd love to do more, but as you see, this a rendered video, made from several clips and put on top a covered Jan Hammer tune, taking lots of days to complete. You cannot just upload unchanged copyright material, so you are not allowed to upload such clips nor the original music, which limits the possibilities. However, I have a plan for a couple more music videos, but my goal is to get another 1400 watch hours to be finally monetized - so this year there will be more sim stuff and hopefully next year the music!

[@markcraven8386]

@@512Sonny Talk about nice insights, your replies are the closest I have come to information on just what the KZbin police do and don't allow. Where is a concise list of policies (in non-leaglese) to be found ? Why can pages be found with full episodes, concert footage, movies, cartoons, and who knows what else? If I had been aware of these barriers I would never had inferred your page was lacking, I was just selfishly enhancing it to my benefit. I guess I was subconsciously molding it into a page I would find more of what I wanted to see. My bad. I guess that's the reason KZbin has a watch later and favorites function. Btw, did you happen to notice one of the yuppie hipsters by the pool with three watches on one arm ? Can you believe that was a "thing" back then? LMAO.

[@512Sonny]

@@markcraven8386 Haha, 0:47, yes! There is something to it, I may even do it in the future!

[@Anthony-nq4ki]

Phil Collins is the best drummer, singer & songwriter. And he’s the best actor in this episode of Miami vice.

[@butcherboy2008]

He's in the Top Ten. But John Bonham and Neil Peart come to mind.

[@rk41gator]

@@butcherboy2008 Top Five. He is PERFECT for Genesis.

[@o.portista]

Literally Phil Collins is a legend man, A one of a kind 👑

[@llorenstorrespr4409]

iMiss the'80s every time, every day!

[@shamrock32]

Back in the hay day of Miami, they said back in the seventies and eighties people used to go there on vacation and they would never leave, completely different now.

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

Amen to all ur responses. And izzy, la lucha man la lucha. That's a line from a bullet for Crockett episode

[@jairkerker2821]

What's it like to cover Jan Hammer's songs so well that no one in the comments even seem to notice they are covers in the first place?

[@512Sonny]

You are a sharp listener, Sir! But as rightfully credited in the description, the music used in this video is a Jan Hammer cover by Rick Leon (it ain't me), who happens to be not active on KZbin, so I decided to make a proper music video for some of his tunes using also the remastered Blu-ray footage. I think it's great that there a people out there like him (or for example Dadrian Wilson, who was also influenced by Rick Leon), to recreate these tunes, that were missing on all Jam Hammer releases up till this day. So getting back to your point, I got to admit that his remakes do sound a lot like it's been produced by the Maestro himself. Adding some footage to it, makes it this much more special in my view and it gives the chance to reach a broader audience. I published a total of 4 music videos like this one (two in 2018 and two in 2020) and I'm planning to get back to work for some more releases very very soon, as there are many more audio samples to use.

[@mgabrysSF]

Surprised you’re not getting content dings on the music. I featured a synth pro who did covers and got clobbered

[@jairkerker2821]

@@512Sonny Thanks you for your extensive reply, and of course your work and uploads. I guess I'm a better listener than I am a reader :) so thanks for setting things straight. I LOVE Dadrian (and his wardrobe) and because of him I got a KX5 keytar myself, finally, because I never were able to identify that thing before. I'm open to usage of unoriginal sounds but Dadrian and Rick really take the cake with their auhentic Hammer sound (and Dadrian's improvisational skills in Hammer's signature soloing style are nothing but spectacular). Always in great anticipation of every next upload!

[@512Sonny]

@@jairkerker2821 oh, that's great to see, that I have also followers with this much of background knowledge of the scene. Ever thought of publishing something yourself?

[@jairkerker2821]

@@512Sonny I'm trying to get my studio up and running early next year, mostly 80's synths & drums; until then I try and connect with people I like and admire, hopefully even to collaborate one day. You see, as a drummer in mostly the rock scene I've never met synth people (we are a solitary lot) so now is the time to make up for that. If not the music, the aesthetics of the 80's alone offers a lot to bond over ;)

[@rk41gator]

what a stud on drums!

[@UncleDave74]

Groovy kind of love

[@michaelcovel3793]

Miami Vice was so dark, they needed episodes like this. He goes from game show host to televangelist in this one😅😅

[@chickenboy2182]

You see his face on the tv screen coming at you every Sunday

[@michaelcovel3793]

@@chickenboy2182 JESUS! you know him!😆

[@rk41gator]

@@michaelcovel3793 What a hilarious 'reprise' from Genesis.

[@gdprice79]

Phill rockin that feathered mohawk mullet

[@slyfoxie55]

Worst haircut ever.

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

BALD NOW FROM ALL THAT NASAL WHISKEY. I KNOW THE FEELING

[@SummeRain783]

They really capitalized on his receding hairline look

[@benjaminperez7328]

Skullet

[@luckyj.ferguson6308]

It has a very Equalizer feel to it.

[@AndySCHLAUMEIER71]

phil is a great actor,i loved the phils tricks episode...perhaps he is a better actor than musican,no joke

[@rashad051402]

This was a hilarious episode. With Phil Collins aka Phil the drill he was very funny and his first acting a con drug dealer lol lola funny as hell's,

[@MWayne-zz1cr]

Phil wasn't the only music superstar to be on Miami Vice, Glenn Frey from The Eagles also starred in an episode.

[@512Sonny]

and Frank Zappa, and Miles Davis, and James Brown, and Leonard Cohen, and even some more

[@lordsnivyofnottingham2948]

@@512Sonny Gene Simmons as Newton Windsor Blade.

[@AshtonCoolman]

Word is he wasn't acting.

[@loripfadt3142]

my favorite episode which happend to air on my birthday December 13th

[@Couqar]

Eu estava em quase todas essas festas em Miami. Apelidamos, carinhosamente, nessa época, o Phil Collins de "careca cabeludo".

[@rk41gator]

"careca cabeludo" LOL

[@gunnyakdo1653]

1:28 the guy diving is the one who played terry silver in karate kid 3

[@tdiddle8950]

Was Phil Collins given this role because of his acting skills or because of how important his song was the soundtrack track of MVII? Hmm...I think the latter.

[@cuckoonut1208]

Collins as an actor could have been a UK version of Joe Pesci.

[@christschinwon]

Something tells me Sexy Beast wouldn't have been the classic it is had Collins played Don Logan!

[@seaningram3285]

I'd like to see him to "Tommy" from Goodfellas in that Restaurant scene with Ray Liotta and Robert DeNiro "Funny How?"

[@1979or1979]

Vice City Stories

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

Hell yeah!

[@jankowalski6208]

Phil Collins the best

[@rchrismeijer3183]

Background music fits more an adult movie

[@justinroark88]

1:46 looks like he’s about to start laughing

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

HE'S SOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@SummeRain783]

Omg yes, I have such a huge crush on him. Even now with his 70 year old self

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

@@SummeRain783 YES!!!! Girl....I would push him around in his little wheelchair and love on him, lol! He's such a great guy ♡

[@rk41gator]

Wonder if Phil got to keep the watch?

[@母艦真似亜]

フィルコリンズ、マイアミバイスに出てたんだ。知らなんだ！

[@123451248ify]

The people in the beginning of the video were full-blown coke addicts by 1992! 😂😂

[@tdiddle8950]

Nice cell phone.

[@jonathanroman5067]

This sounds like something a stripper would dance to, and I like it!

[@stevusbeavus720]

Dude in light blue shirt in the beginning is my uncle

[@brianjansen3103]

I recognize his house from GTA Liberty city stories

[@Jenny-nc4cu]

Does anyone know the name of the song playing in the background done by Jan Hammer?

[@TokyoJoe703]

Jennifer Boucher darude - sandstorm

[@MadStyle1911]

The song playing in the background where everyone is at the table is Knock on Wood by Eric Clapton.

[@scottboyer8450]

Did uh....did Jan Hammer rip off Prince? 0:45 That part sounds a lot like Raspberry Beret.

[@skull9674]

Terry Silver is in the pool, Kobra Kai.

[@robertgibbs7513]

Yep so was William Sadler

[@Hot80s]

Life is a Rat race.

[@inerttech2570]

So Phil Collins basicaly invented Saul Goodman even before Vince Gilligan do !

[@WShelby.]

I had a crush on him during his Miami vice days weird right

[@SummeRain783]

I have a massive crush on him too. There is a humility about him you rarely see in famous people

[@slingshotwarrrior8105]

I think Phil Collins predicted Shaun Attwood lol!

[@chonnforplay610]

Phil Collins ?

[@tınılıhüma]

:))

[@mikejeater1003]

Great vid, but not Jan Hammer's original track, that's a very good cover by Rick Leon. Original, faster tempo.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpeUm6R3Z5qIedE

[@swastikausa]

no offence to phil but his daughter lily must be adopted

[@jeshkam]

Well his wife looks lovely here 1:11, quite a looker, so...

[@richmkw]

Well she does have some looks that resembles her father, but looks more like her mother

[@emajansen]

Oh my God some people can't be gifted in everything. I'm a fan of Genesis and Phil Collins but really in these scene Phil's play is so unatural and misplaced and so not at ease. I prefer him to play music.

[@astridsegall]

He is so fake.

[@slyfoxie55]

? He's acting

[@tranzco1173]

@@slyfoxie55I think Astrid believes this is a reality show, like Big Brother, set in Miami, about drug dealers and their lifestyles.

[@she_sings_delightful_things]

Astrid....go take your Prozac and leave Phil alone.

[@mkII.]

Dude he's been famous for music since the early 80's, he was a rich man living in mansions with more coke and pussy than anyone could handle if he wanted it. He's acting here but i can assure you that he lived a way cooler and wilder life than anything he acted like he did in the show. I guarantee to this day if he wanted it he could still buy half of Columbia or just make a phone call to a fan down there. The parties hes been to and thrown and had thrown in his name, your being a silly goose calling this man a fake.

[@lordsnivyofnottingham2948]

He is playing a conman.