Peter Gabriel

SHOCK THE MONKEY

Wonderful music throughout entire career, although his very best work was with Genesis.

"Humdrum" live from the Plays Live thing is flipping me out of my skull right now. JESUS.

still never listened to this guy

his closing song from WALL-E is kind of amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTQD0weUTF8

haha totally OTM, i loved the closing song from WALL•E when i saw it last week!

still never listened to this guy

you haven't heard 'don't give up' and you call yourself a kate bush fan?

anyway that wall-e song is good, but the big blue ball album is awful as i expected, except for natacha atlas' take on 'habibe'

you haven't heard 'don't give up' and you call yourself a kate bush fan?

LOL Tell it like it is!!!!

I am v. jealous of anybody who hasn't heard "don't give up"

I agree.

i think john meant that differently than you do

Oh really? Look I don't care if Surmounter has heard it or not. It's a great song and I'd like to think Surmounter might listen to it if he hasn't already. End of story.

akm otm, I am jealous of them because their suffering is lesser than mine

OTOH as a Catholic I guess I could always lord it over them: "nyah nyah, I have suffered through 'don't give up' innumerable times, I know Jesus is gonna pay me back for this shit big time"

see what I did there

i thought you were expressing disdain in the same way I may be jealous of anyone who has never heard, say, Ugly Kid Joe, but I shoulda known better

there are so many songs in this life

An underrated ballad I'd love to hear this a.m.: "Wallflower."

and here's Dave Matthews with his version of Gabriel's workhorse: violinist Boyd Tinsley sawed at his instrument as if he was trying to start a fire.

Haha! OMG, I can't imagine him/them doing that song. Priceless.

Last night I realized I had the entire "Car" Gabriel album on my computer without realizing it. I was delighted to just be able to add it to my iPod right away. The studio version of "Humdrum" does indeed have a different sound to it, but I love it just as much as the live version.

Also, yes "Wallflower" never gets enough love.

i used to love that song but find it kind of maudlin now

i used to love that song but find it kind of maudlin now

akm why u support toirturz?

i used to love that song but find it kind of maudlin now

I used to love "Biko" but now I find it kind of overwrought. I mean, it's sad and all what happened but fairlight bagpipes? Really?

Bahaha. I love how there's TWO threads on ILX called "Peter Gabriel". Classic.

Listen, how the fuck can you criticize the bagpipes on Biko?!?
Get one life.

Bimble are you drunk?

(I am!)

I love how there's TWO threads on ILX called "Peter Gabriel".

Yes, but I predict the third eponymous Peter Gabriel thread will be the best.

That's not a fair question, Stephen.

*hint* I'm probably going to the store soon.

I am not officially "drunk".

Yes, but I predict the third eponymous Peter Gabriel thread will be the best.

WINNAR

Bimble i just got back from "the store". awesome.

Hell, that's great, Stephen.

I only came back to this thread to announce that there is no way I can imagine pulling anything out of my iPod as good as "That Voice Again" tonight on my iPod. I feel like I better give up, now. I fear this is the pinnacle of the night. Bittersweet.

I mean all night I am going to try to carve something out of the deepest recesses of my iPod as good as that, and hell. Give up.

Covers album is out soon and has leaked, giving it a listen now. Not sure. I love Gabriel's voice more than almost any other voice I can think of, it has so much depth and warmth, but some of the orchestrations on this are just annoying and overbearing (particularly his cover of Elbow's "Mirrorball" which itself sounded so Gabrielesque in the original). "Heroes" is very nice and "Street Spirit (fade out)" and "Flume" are good but almost too unbearably miserable to listen to...just...depressing. But I'm depressed so maybe that's effecting me.

I wish there wasn't such a singular sound on this album. Gabriel + orchestral backdrop is great for 5 or 6 songs. Not 12.

I like the ones with more piano and less orchestra, certainly. I do think that these could be some really interesting live shows. or very "professional" and old-persony shows.

The posters for his upcoming show here say "ORCHESTRA! NO DRUMS! NO GUITARS!" I wasn't particularly impressed.

He's not going to do some of his usual older songs then I guess?

The Rhythm Of The Heat without drums?

Lay Your Hands On The Conductor/Me After The Orchestra First Carries Me Over The Pit?

Hey at least you guys dammity get to fuckity see Peter Gabriel darnity!

He hasn't toured aus since the early 90s. At this point (in his life esp) we're at the point of considering an OS holiday just so we'll get to SEE HIM before he retires.

Dammity.

BTW Scratch my Back is pretty awesome, heard it last night finally. His cover of "Heroes" is pretty spesh.

only halfway through so far but oh yeah i really like this guy don't i?

<3 Peter

Yeah, Hammersmith Odeon - all of 69LS over two nights, wasn't it? I'd been tipped off it was going to happen but even so - who is this thick-set goateed bald guy? Ah, that voice.

Lucky sods.

Dammity

I think it was the lyric Hammersmith, actually? Wonderful stuff, anyway.

Oh shoosh mookie.

Oh, you're right. Lyric, Jan 2001.

is it true that this lou reed song was written for a commercial? because it sounds like it. but damn if it isn't oddly affecting, particularly that "but mostly I dream of you a lot" line. I must be getting old.

I did a bit of googling when this came out and it looked like that to me, too - maybe for jewelery? I don't remember. I really like the cover; when I first heard it I did find myself hoping that it wasn't something like Coldplay (I didn't look at the list of artists at all), so it was something of a relief to find it was Lou Reed.

so as the reciprocal covers start to emerge, has anyone checked 'em out yet?

Stephin Merritt, "Not One of Us"
Paul Simon, "Biko"

paul simon doing biko. whoa.

can't listen b/c i'm at work...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g4H6Y9wugY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjsFuy5YdoA

Loved the Merrit one, actually. Because it's less "down" than Gabriel's covers and Simon's version of "Biko".

yeah it's really nice

Is the Fever Ray 'Mercy Street' part of this?

no, but thats a rad cover

ok lou reed solsbury hill merits discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RDweK9-j9w

Sure, why not? It's like Lou Reed doing Scott Walker doing the song.

Whoa! wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQib53CUR4

Has anyone seen the vid of PG and Kate Bush doing Roy Harper's "Another Day" on some television show in the late 70s? I'd post the youtube but my computer's fucked.

Is this "i'll scratch yours" still happening now Radiohead and Bowie are out? ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'll_Scratch_Yours )

if anyone ever needs evidence on why our generation of indie/punk/DIY can't hold a candle to older generations, I think I'll just pass them the two youtubes just posted

Radiohead are just dicks if Lou and Byrne can pull this off and they can't be assed to do it.

Eno's doing the Bowie part instead, but Radiohead didn't like his cover of their song, apparently. ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jun/02/peter-gabriel-scratch-my-back :

"But there have been some high-profile drop-outs: Radiohead are no longer covering Wallflower, Gabriel's 1982 song about political prisoners in Latin America, and the involvement of Arcade Fire is now, he admits, "questionable". He adds, a little mournfully, that some of the artists he approached may not have appreciated his versions of their songs. He sent a stream of his cover of Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out) – an elegiac version that Gabriel describes as an "existential cry of mortality" – to Thom Yorke; the code used to access the music showed Gabriel whether the track was played. It was, but only once. "(Yorke) said he hadn't listened (to it)," Gabriel says, "but that seems very strange to me. It's pretty extreme, I guess. And I have heard since that the band didn't like what I did with it." Radiohead's record company declined to comment."

<3 this one too (Elbow are more dadrock than "our generation of indie/punk/DIY" I guess? :-) )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmXs0kBnm9A

So Thom Yorke is turning into Axl Rose?

that radiohead song blows anyway

and the peter gabriel version blows worse, so

i straight up love peter gabriel so I'm super bummed that his taste is like no-brainer alt-rock legends, shitty starbucks music and lol indie blog-rock yawnerz

old man has old man taste in music, story at 11

if hes just going to cover the songs by turning them into schmaltzy orchestral ballads i dont really give a shit what he covers

but thats a dick move on radioheads part

every artist covered by him will see a significant payday on mechanicals alone - like, a game-changing payday - if only somebody with access to PG would have encouraged him to cover some parts & lab0r and one of my jams, whiney & me could have taken you all out to dinner at Le Cirque, but no, you were all too busy posting pictures of cakes

you play music?

LOCK THREAD, SEND TO 77!!!

I thought everybody knew I ghostwrite for wayne

no no - wayne coyne

don't judge me, it pays the bills

you told me it was wayne hussey

lol whiney why u hate fun?

i'm just glad someone, anyone, would think to cover "Come Talk To Me." Us doesn't get enough love, and imo it's an inspired bit of judo to replace the astonishing percussion, which can't possibly be matched head-on, with a banjo roll.

(i mean no shit it doesn't have the heft of the original but it's an honest effort)

Randy Newman should return the favor and cover "Washing of the Water."

x-post The mechanical royalties from a record that's likely sold nil would also likely be nil. No?

That Bon Iver is great. Then again, Vernon is one of the few brave enough to cover Talk Talk live, so there's that.

i wasn't expecting bon iver's cover to be good but was pleasantly surprised. the mercy street cover was kinda boring but at the very least it reminded me just how amazing that song is. definitely one of my favorite peter gabriel tracks.

I dont know who you are but thats an A+ username fwiw.

David Byrne doing I Don't Remember: http://www.petergabriel.com/news/archive/2010/06/26/Listening_Wind_and_I_Don%27t_Remember

Revive - I'm getting stoked for his show with New Moon Orchestra - here's a clip from his sight that gives the gist of what performance will be like - http://www.petergabriel.com/video/detail/nu9lKyd4r-YlCaw./

Does anyone have any reviews/insight as to what to expect this tour?

It looks dull as fuck. First set with the orchestra, doing the covers album start to finish. Second set with the orchestra, doing rearranged versions of PG's song - which is to say, minus all the familiar melodies and good bits. "No drums, no guitars" is the billing. No fun.

New Blood orchestra, btw.

I liked the album a tiny bit, saw some videos of this, and it was ok...but for the money the tickets are going for, I passed on this in Berkeley despite being a really big fan.

Adding to this thread as well, because it is so cool. Live covers of "Passion":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGTCOm1OrMc&feature=share&list=PL5BF7FB4988FDBC71

So the return covers tribute "I'll Scratch Yours" is out. It's a mixed bag as you might expect - the Brian Eno tune is the highlight for me and Randy Newman is the looooooowlight.

Tracklist:
I Don't Remember - David Byrne
Come Talk To Me - Bon Iver
Blood Of Eden - Regina Spektor
Not One Of Us - Stephin Merritt
Shock The Monkey - Joseph Arthur
Big Time - Randy Newman
Games Without Frontiers - Arcade Fire
Mercy Street - Elbow
Mother Of Violence - Brian Eno
Don't Give Up - Feist Ft. Timber Timbre
Solsbury Hill - Lou Reed
Biko - Paul Simon

I remember when Sledgehammer went no. 1 and I thought damn, this is now