Yes, "Peter Gabriel."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:43 AM (forty-three minutes ago) lol unavoidable
― i'm right back on my shit (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 17:33 (one year ago) link
Could there be a more Peter Gabriel-y album title than i/o ?
he's stuck with that as the title for this album for like 20 years, I'm surprised he actually went through with it
― akm, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
also have always heard the VW song that way
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 17:41 (one year ago) link
in disbelief that this is happening. torn between biting the bullet and getting london tix and waiting for a US tour announcement. I don't have a job right now so waiting probably best
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
Thanks for bumping the thread, I don't think I would have heard about this otherwise. My wife and I were just talking last night about a summer trip that could include a London stop (we want to see the Hilma af Klint show at the Tate), so I just went ahead and bought some cheap seats for the June 19 show.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
PG is high on my list of longtime faves who I've never seen perform. Pretty psyched about it, regardless of what the new album is like.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
I've mentioned before that I did see him on that dual tour with Sting in 2016 or so, and he was still pretty good! They both were, honestly.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
I've seen him 5 times, I think (an amnesty show in 88/89, twice on the Us tour, again at a festival after Us, and then not again until the Back to Front So tour). I still kick myself for not going to the Growing Up shows and the Sting tour; don't regret, per se, skipping the orchestral ones though, as I find those albums a dire slog.
― akm, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Miami was the last stop on his Secret World tour and it remains a top fiver.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
yeah those shows blew my mind. the video release doesn't really capture how great they were.
― akm, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
The Growing Up and Secret World tours were as cool looking as any concert I have ever seen. I have a feeling we won't get anything so elaborate again, the guy needs to refill his coffers. Then again, while I didn't see it, as I understand it the So Redux tour, while relatively subdued, visually, was still pretty striking.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
The most I know is The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Sledgehammer, and the end credits for WALL-E.
― gauzestromboli, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
the Back to Front tour was very stripped down, yeah, I think the idea was to have it visually compliment the original So tour (everyone dressed in black and white). There were projections, but no elaborate staging.
― akm, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:15 (one year ago) link
I have a feeling this tour might be more elaborate though. that said, peter is old and I don't expect him to ride a bike around the stage (and obv he's not going to fall backward into the audience again...I actually can't recall if he did this on the Secret World tour but I think no? He did it at the Amnesty show I saw)
― akm, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
As long as there are white oxford cloth shorts and ethnic waistcoats, I'm in.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
collarless shirts!
― akm, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
*shirts duh
― MaresNest, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
I saw him on the Still Growing Up tour - the tour following the Growing Up tour, which I think was basically the same but with some setlist changes, not sure if there were other changes. Maybe riding segways on Games Without Frontiers? Anyway, it was visually the most impressive concert I've ever been to. The hamster ball was obviously a highlight, as was Peter and Melanie walking upside down on the inner ring of the circular stage during the second half of Downside Up.
I saw him once more afterwards, on the next tour in 2007 where the idea was that they would fill the setlist with songs that they hadn't played on the previous tours (some big ones like Sledgehammer, Solsbury Hill, In Your Eyes were repeated nonetheless), which meant for an awesome set including songs such as Rhythm Of The Heat, On The Air, Intruder, Family Snapshot, Mother Of Violence. There were no props or anything for that show, but the setlist (and the nice location - stage in a park) made it really special.
While liking the material, I skipped the New Blood and Back To Front tours, but am very excited to see him next year. I got tickets for some seats in the back of the arena, which still came at 135 euro's a piece... possibly twice as much as those Growing Up tour tickets were back then, so I'd say they should be able to afford some more hamster balls, but I'm also not sure if Peter is still able to bounce around as he used to.
― Valentijn, Thursday, 10 November 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
I'm expecting the return of the Slipperman costume at those prices.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
Slipperman costume currently on loan to The Musical Box.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
OK, I'll settle for a convincing impersonation of a teenage Puerto Rican gang member.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
He'd get cancelled!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
Just the fox mask please
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
Singing flower or stay home.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 November 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
https://i0.wp.com/musicalbrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/flower02.jpg
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 10 November 2022 21:40 (one year ago) link
Just came back from a screening of the new King Crimson documentary, where Tony Levin appeared for a Q&A. He mentioned that he'll be joining Peter Gabriel's tour next year AND that it will indeed come to the U.S. as well as NYC (though dates have not been announced yet). He also mentioned that he plays on the upcoming album, enough that he knows what the music's like (this was in the context of an earlier answer where he mentioned that he's been recording more for what sounded like unknown indie artists, thanks to his ability to record on his own home set-up which means clients don't need to fly him anywhere or book studio time). However, he has no idea when the album will be released.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 04:13 (one year ago) link
Idk about this, kinda weak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIDu6a9COmg
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 January 2023 10:55 (one year ago) link
not a great sign that the music he's been working on for 20 years sounds so by-numbers
― ufo, Friday, 6 January 2023 11:31 (one year ago) link
maybe there is a different mix? this is pretty boring, especially given the players.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 6 January 2023 11:50 (one year ago) link
PG completing a circle by sounding like Big Big Train
― moving on from the Corby 4400 era (Matt #2), Friday, 6 January 2023 11:55 (one year ago) link
Also reminds me slightly of "It's Raining Men"
― moving on from the Corby 4400 era (Matt #2), Friday, 6 January 2023 12:00 (one year ago) link
it... sounds like a PG song!
― StanM, Friday, 6 January 2023 12:04 (one year ago) link
When the drums come in at 34" the keyboard bit really reminds me of 'This is the Picture'
― MaresNest, Friday, 6 January 2023 12:10 (one year ago) link
I quite liked his contribution to last year's Leonard Cohen tribute on Blue Note, even if his LC impression is a bit over the top.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-e__5L9Kt0
Makes me wish he played with different musicians more often.
― dinnerboat, Friday, 6 January 2023 14:13 (one year ago) link
New one's goofy but I like the unabashed progginess of the concept. Peter Gabriel in 2023 earnestly bellowing PAN-OP-TI-COM is like Neil Peart never died.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 6 January 2023 14:52 (one year ago) link
ha, you are correct...and I find them unbelivably boring and dull. his voice saves this for me but only just. weird choice for a single.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 6 January 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
xpost lol! I'm digging it. Kind of Steve Kilbeyish lyrics.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 6 January 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
not a great song but it does sound like vintage gabriel, fwiw
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 6 January 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
the acoustic guitars are a bit of a throwback
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 6 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
yeah. I think it's nice just to hear him again. after 20 years away though I was kinda expecting something a bit...I dunno...fresher
― frogbs, Friday, 6 January 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
Is this album going to have an equivalent of "The Barry Williams Show", where he takes on a hot-button topic from a previous decade?
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 6 January 2023 16:39 (one year ago) link
not to be all "well actually," but everybody's running around saying that this is the first self-composed shit he's put out since Up, but he put out singles as such here and there, most recently two songs in 2016, one concerning Muhammad Ali, "I"m Amazing," that I remember thinking was good when I heard it…
― veronica moser, Friday, 6 January 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
Got a horrible feeling some of those singles will reappear on the album
― PaulTMA, Friday, 6 January 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
I don't think they will, he already put them out on that flotsam and jetsam compilation.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 6 January 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
Gabriel isn’t one to put one-off songs into studio LP’s proper.
I really like this, although the mixing is odd
― beamish13, Friday, 6 January 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
PG says in the Full Moon Club update that "we're finally starting out with a new record of new songs and slightly used... items." :/ That might include a couple of songs that were premiered on the So Back to Front tour (which I can't say as I remember).
Based on what he says in the video it sounds like they're releasing a song every month in the running order of the album. This invites the suspicion that he's still tinkering with it.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
is this more old-guy-diddling-around-on-synths stuff
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
Would you prefer old socks
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link
"old socks" would be my two-word review of Up.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 7 January 2023 18:45 (one year ago) link
not really, I would probably like that more tbh
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 7 January 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link