Another successful partnership between Phil Collins and director James Yukich, the video for "Both Sides of the Story" offers a curious view of
elements and scenarios that follows the exact things and scenes as expressed by Collins song. Between his performance behind a dark set, Collins appears
on the background of situations such as a couple arguing due to an infidelity as their children watch everything; a man being robbed on the street;
and there's also a civil war scenario; the lyrics capture all of that while reflecting that to any conflict and any situation there's a side to all
parts, and we try to find the reasoning behind crimes, discussions, wars, disagreements and urban violence.
It's a song that I wasn't much familiar with, and I got acquainted with it after finding out that a portion of the lyrics was taken from Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" (a movie that I love to death) - it's a near verbatim quotation of the thief about having a gun and the respect he gets with it. I simply love it when musicians get inspiration from the movies, either with a line, a description and in this case it truly works with effect while the robbery scenario is presented by having many robbers and many victims playing on the same scenario, created with a spin of the camera which changes their faces - great editing here.
Great song and video, though the latter isn't so much of a memorable experience if compared to many others done by the duo Collins/Yukich. 8/10.
It's a song that I wasn't much familiar with, and I got acquainted with it after finding out that a portion of the lyrics was taken from Lawrence Kasdan's "Grand Canyon" (a movie that I love to death) - it's a near verbatim quotation of the thief about having a gun and the respect he gets with it. I simply love it when musicians get inspiration from the movies, either with a line, a description and in this case it truly works with effect while the robbery scenario is presented by having many robbers and many victims playing on the same scenario, created with a spin of the camera which changes their faces - great editing here.
Great song and video, though the latter isn't so much of a memorable experience if compared to many others done by the duo Collins/Yukich. 8/10.