In the Air Tonight

Can anyone confirm or deny the myth surrounding the origin of this song. I have heard he witnessed a drowning early on in his life and when the time came, he provided a front row seat to the guy and played the song.... Following which the man was escorted out of the venue by police... IS THIS TRUE???

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Well I was asking myself the

mar, 05/31/2011 - 17:30 — El Fred

Well I was asking myself the same question...there is a lot of urban legends surrounding this song. It would be great to have Phil's input first hand, cutting out rumours and solving this on-going mystery...

The song is about his first

jeu, 08/26/2010 - 17:39 — tstern1971

The song is about his first ex-wife....

the whole myth surrounding

jeu, 08/26/2010 - 16:36 — wolfergirl65

the whole myth surrounding the song is sooooooooooooooooo false man. phil can even tell you that. the whole song was improvised throughout the making of face value. its false. 

Big Urban legend made even

jeu, 08/19/2010 - 17:05 — chin14609

Big Urban legend made even bigger by Eminem in one of his songs.

 

Here's a link to a whole lot of info on the origin of the song and informaiton on the drums used and how they got the great sound:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Air_Tonight

Big Urban legend made even

jeu, 08/19/2010 - 17:05 — chin14609

Big Urban legend made even bigger by Eminem in one of his songs.

 

Here's a link to a whole lot of info on the origin of the song and informaiton on the drums used and how they got the great sound:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_The_Air_Tonight

completely untrue, phil

lun, 08/16/2010 - 19:42 — Phil_Rocks

completely untrue, phil improvised the lyrics theres no story behind the song