Peter looks so young there!
Were he and Kate ever in a romantic relationship with one another? I thought I remembered reading this, but I can't find anything confirming it. I must have made it up.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Doesn't he? I'm not sure, but it would be kind of weird, like siblings making out. Which is also creepily awesome in their case (and only in their case, right?).
― Lostandfound, Monday, 10 March 2008 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link
aaaaaaahhhhh! It's the performance of "Another Day"! I haven't seen this in awhile. WOW. Thanks!
― Bimble, Monday, 10 March 2008 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
No really, this has made my night. Oh my god.
― Bimble, Monday, 10 March 2008 05:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I know. Mine too.
― Lostandfound, Monday, 10 March 2008 07:10 (sixteen years ago) link
New album is called "Big Blue Balls"!!
― King Boy Pato, Monday, 10 March 2008 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Here Comes The Flood
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 28 February 2009 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn306/Floridian_20/GabrielCatII.jpg
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 28 February 2009 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link
IS HE GOTH OR NOT? LOOK AT THAT PICTURE!
He's going to marry Kate Bush and they're going to rein as king and queen of the desert island. And we're all going to be happy. Just you wait.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 28 February 2009 23:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Peter Gabriel is even more heavenly than Brian Eno, and that's saying something.
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, 28 February 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Here Comes The Flood― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You)
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You)
Here comes the late-night revive of the borderline goth thread by drunken Bimble, amirite?
― ilxor, Sunday, 1 March 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahahah too right
― Sleep Tundra (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Sunday, 1 March 2009 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
― Still More Goth Than Your Cat's Asshole (Bimble), Sunday, 1 March 2009 10:58 (fifteen years ago) link
HCTF = epic
― cutty, Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:15 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa kate in the clip
― cutty, Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
As good as that is, the version on Fripp's Exposure is ten times better.
I saw PG live on the So tour, which was some big poppy stuff amid a lot of other stuff I didn't really get. And yet it was still a quasi-religious experience, although I couldn't really tell you why.
― mitya, Sunday, 1 March 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
san jacinto KILLIN me right now
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
BLAST FROM THE PAST:
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 2 April 2009 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it just me, or does Pete look more than a little like Ed Helms in that HCTF clip?
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 2 April 2009 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
SAN JACINTO SAN JACINTO
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Monday, 6 April 2009 08:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Just to take me to heaven on that live album, goddamnit, wings, take me...take me there
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Monday, 6 April 2009 08:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Solsbury Hill.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Monday, 6 April 2009 08:29 (fifteen years ago) link
HERE COMES THE FLOOD
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
"White Shadow" is awesome! Are there any other songs in this world where pedal steel sounds so epic?
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Thursday, 5 November 2009 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
not a rhetorical question btw
― we are normal and we want our freedom (Abbott), Thursday, 5 November 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Passioni: walloping beats, Fairlights backing violin lines, something called "Arghul drones," * a boys choir singing "With This Love," a track called "It is Accomplished" waiting to become a pop song. I love this album.
* I learned much about music by studying Peter Gabriel instrumental credits.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
It's a good'n'.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
Sharing "your eyes" with a stranger at a bar
― calstars, Saturday, 27 September 2014 03:39 (nine years ago) link
It must be hard holding that jukebox up over your head.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 27 September 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
Someone tell Axl that it has been 12 years since the last Peter Gabriel album of original material.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 November 2014 14:30 (nine years ago) link
he said recently maybe he'll be done soon. yeah right!
― akm, Friday, 7 November 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
PG is part of a group that teaches the world how to take better videos when filming brutality as a firsthand witness.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/teaching-citizens-shoot-better-video-witness-brutality/
― pilate is my cogod (Crabbits), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 00:58 (nine years ago) link
Aw he's a good guy
Birdy ost is my favorite pg album now. No words just vibes for miles.
― demonic mnevice (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 01:23 (nine years ago) link
Has Gabriel ever spoke about Gary Brooker from Procol Harum as being an influence? Listening to A Salty Dog right now and man sometimes the melody and phrasing and even tone of his voice reminds me of Gabriel (or I guess it could be an coincidence or even vice versa as they are essentially contemporaries)
― Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 14 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
He supposedly has brought him up as an influence, though I don't know when/where. At the least Brooker (and most of Genesis, a couple of years later) all went to Charterhouse.
And, ha!, I've never heard this before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct_R6CPD5-o
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
So Peter Gabriel is doing a co-headlining tour with Sting this summer. Following his anniversary tour of "So," I think it's safe to say Peter Gabriel has officially ended his epic winning streak of originality and invention.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:27 (eight years ago) link
Pretty sure that ended with this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TC8dwdz7Yg
I'm looking forward to the all-lute cover of Rhythm of the Heat.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:48 (eight years ago) link
Riding Pernwaves
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 18:55 (eight years ago) link
Well then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_OtfstmDgo
― doug watson, Thursday, 16 June 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
So the guy follows up doing the most boring thing possible - a summer tour with Sting - by releasing something new? Relatively speaking, of course, because that sounds like a leftover from "Up." Wish the rhythm, track weren't so generic and boring. Guy used to be so good with drums and percussion. Backstory:
"I wrote a song a few years back – 'I'm Amazing,' which was, in part, inspired by Muhammad Ali's life and struggles," Gabriel wrote. "At the time of his death, when so many people are celebrating his life and thinking about all he achieved, it seemed the right time to release it."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
Mentioned this on another thread but I'm pretty sure I would rather see this than Peter Gabriel proper these days:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjOCaL-rmOM&feature=youtu.be
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
Gabriel live is still pretty great. He really knows how to stage things, and I heard amazing things about the "So" redux tour (despite it being the most boring choice short of touring with Sting; someone's got to pay those Real World bills).
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 June 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
His voice is well-preserved and there's still a hint of menace in even the new track, but yes, he's mostly boring now. Which he's certainly entitled to — after a lifetime on the road and a ruined marriage behind him, I can empathize if he just wants to be a wealthy family man for a while. As a selfish fan, though, I wish he took more risks. Someone like Robert Plant is the kind of late career I'd hoped for him. Or, more ambitiously, David Bowie — though it's clear now that Gabriel isn't nearly as restless or daring.
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 16 June 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
can't bring myself to go see him with Sting this year, but yeah the So tour was amazing.
― akm, Friday, 17 June 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
i thought he'd done quite a lot to not be thought of in the same breath as Sting these days, ah well
― PaulTMA, Friday, 17 June 2016 11:57 (seven years ago) link
oh I dunno. i saw a live DVD from an early '00s show in which Gabriel mostly played with a laptop or behind keyboards and his voice heaved with the sound of alimony and boredom.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 June 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
Huh? What tour was that? The boring orchestra tour behind the boring orchestra albums?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 June 2016 12:33 (seven years ago) link
Growing Up Live, was it?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 June 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
Is that the one where he was on a Segway for part of it? Can't remember, but I know I saw the Up tour (which, like the Us tour, was designed by Robert Lepage), and it was cool. In the round? Also, literally in the round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh80jJNgRrY
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 June 2016 13:22 (seven years ago) link
Honestly, I don't know much of what he's done the last 20 years or so, but the rot seemed to set in w Us. There really didn't seem to be the same energy once he hit the, uh, big time.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 17 June 2016 14:07 (seven years ago) link
I can't think of anyone better suited to sound like Peter Gabriel in 2023 than Peter Gabriel. That it sounds like Peter Gabriel is icing on the cake.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 December 2023 01:43 (five months ago) link
He said in the latest NYTimes interview that he has a bunch more in the can and that the next album should come quicker. Here’s hoping he brings on a producer who’ll nudge him out of his familiar grooves a little.
― dinnerboat, Sunday, 3 December 2023 02:41 (five months ago) link
the next album should come quicker
lol. Well, it couldn't come any slower!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 December 2023 03:54 (five months ago) link
I, for one, look forward to his next release at 93.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:45 (five months ago) link
2093.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 December 2023 13:25 (five months ago) link
its weird how this full album finally being out has made me reassess the whole thing even though I kept a running playlist of every song as they came out and listened to it all year. I'd been 'meh' on some of it which is often the case when an act like this that was so important to me musically when I was younger releases something after a long time; I'd thought the same about Up when it came out (whereas I'd obsessively loved Us on the day of release). I eventually came around on Up but it took years. I'm inclined to think this is every bit as good as Up and some tracks are superior. When it works it really works; when it doesn't quite work, its really only barely missing...nothing makes me cringe here. Anyway, very happy with the album in the end.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:45 (five months ago) link
Some of the lyrics are little cringy, but he's been in introspective new age self-help mode since "Us."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:52 (five months ago) link
Only skippers for me after a few listens to the Darkside mix are "The Court" and "Road To Joy"
"Four Kinds of Horses" is sublime
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:58 (five months ago) link
Wild that this isn’t making any Year End Lists
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 7 December 2023 22:08 (five months ago) link
yes! when these were trickling out I was worried there wasn't a standout track, a "mercy street" or "I grieve" etc, but I was wrong, Horses is it.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 7 December 2023 22:39 (five months ago) link
I love that song.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 December 2023 22:44 (five months ago) link
"And Still" gets me every time I hear it.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 8 December 2023 02:56 (five months ago) link
Yeah that is also a profoundly moving song for me, having lost my mom this year.I’m really enjoying the inside mix of the album via AirPods btw. The dark side mix is what I listen to in the car and on vinyl, and it sounds great there. But the inside mix is really rewarding and I like having to listen to it closely via headphones to appreciate it, it makes for a more intimate listening experience.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 8 December 2023 03:01 (five months ago) link
This album is pretty great. I guess what happens when you take 22 years between records is that a lot of people move on and stop paying attention?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 01:48 (four months ago) link
There's at least a handful of albums I can think of that are like that, where I immediately enjoy them and wonder if I'm misjudging the quality, only to realize that it's been over a full decade, maybe even two, and it's likely the artist was able to stockpile or carefully sculpt an album's worth of solid material thanks to the extra time.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 02:47 (four months ago) link
I still don't know how to respond to this album
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 03:02 (four months ago) link
Which in and of itself is an intriguing response.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 03:56 (four months ago) link
is there like a dark and light album im afraid to get involved
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:01 (four months ago) link
I didn't get much out of the singles as they were released, but spending time with the album as a whole, I've come to look past some of the PG-in-a-can grooves and melodies and enjoy it for what it is. His late albums (from Ovo onwards) are a different beast from what came before, slower, more reflective, less experimental, more focused on the message than on chasing exciting sounds. I also think his self-production (or "perfectionism") tends to bury the musicians in murk. But accepting all that, his voice is still great, and some of these songs have grown on me: Four Horses, Love Can Heal, even This is Home.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:55 (four months ago) link
I really like that you can hear a lot of live Manu this time as opposed to the loop-heavy stuff
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 17:05 (four months ago) link
was not expecting "road to joy" to sound so scritti politti
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 08:32 (four months ago) link
this is such a 90s-album-by-80s-star album
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 09:12 (four months ago) link
it's definitely better than i expected, though inconsistent and the tracks tend towards being longer than they need to be (though that's long been the case with him). very possibly his best in over 30 years regardless
truly do not understand the point of the two mixes and the release strategy didn't do him any favours
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 09:48 (four months ago) link
― ufo, Thursday, December 14, 2023 4:12 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
love this record but will begrudgingly admit that this is otm
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 14 December 2023 12:51 (four months ago) link
^^this
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:02 (four months ago) link
it's like exactly the album he would have put out in 1997 or so
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:07 (four months ago) link
other things "road to joy" reminds me of: music from the spyro games, nine inch nails in a major key
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:30 (four months ago) link
"i'm afraid of americans"
― ufo, Thursday, 14 December 2023 13:33 (four months ago) link
There are a few songs on this album that definitely echo other Peter Gabriel records, or at least the last two. Again, probably because he reportedly started this one in 1995! As early as 2000 Gabriel was saying that "i/o" was supposed to be a quick follow-up to "Up."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:01 (four months ago) link
Especially interesting because Up came out in 2002.
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:31 (four months ago) link
Yeah. People forget, Up came 10 years after Us, and people were complaining that *that* one was taking too long!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:33 (four months ago) link
i think i slightly prefer the dark-side mixes but not enough to justify the gimmick.
― kissinger on my list (voodoo chili), Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:40 (four months ago) link
I'm just glad he didn't release it as this:
https://www.stemplayer.com
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 14 December 2023 14:48 (four months ago) link
wish it were a little weirder maybe, but this album is good! it's also poppier than I expected: I can remember many of the choruses after two listens
― Vinnie, Saturday, 16 December 2023 13:16 (four months ago) link
As fairly casual fan (I listened to So a lot when I was 8, and that’s about it) the songs here seem more interesting and accessible than anything else I’ve heard post-So
I’m not sure I get the “90s record” reference - it sounds more like a sheen-y 2010s album to me. It’s missing that “someone’s just heard NIN for the first time” vibe
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:07 (four months ago) link