Peter Gabriel

Another great soundtrack deep cut is this weird, lovely one from Wall-E

His catalog is full of hidden gems, some of which were collected on the recent "Rated PG" and others on "Flotsam And Jetsam" comps.

And who could forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySkA91dT5Rg

and..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkS_zcgV3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fylPc2INzio

(Co-produced by Nile Rodgers and Peter Gabriel)

^^ Raises a "what if" if Rodgers had produced So.

I think he's on "So," by way of the Laurie Anderson collaboration.

For some reason The Family and The Fishing Net slapz way harder in German
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGT-oAhzCW8

The whole Scratch My Back/New Blood/Live Blood/And I'll Scratch Yours cycle bums me out so hard, idk if I've ever listened to any of them in full

Like 'Up' has some jams, but then it's like is there anything that's really popped off in the last 20 years besides Wall-E

well he hasn't really put much new material out since up and it might very well be for the better considering how dire the covers album was

I agree, that cycle bummed me out, too. It's like he had so little to say he finally resorted to a (boring) covers album, a (boring) orchestral album, etc. Just spinning wheels. That's why I was so relieved his tour with Sting proved so lively, even if it was just another case of wheel spinning. That (2011) RS interview I alluded to showed he's at least self-aware of stuff.

Someone might look at your career and say, “This man has committed career suicide. He had this gigantic breakthrough album in 1986, and then he waited six years to follow it up. Then he waited 10 years to follow that up, and here we are 10 years after that and the next one isn’t even close.” How would you respond to that?

I’m sure that’s correct, commercially. But I have had a really interesting life. And that seems to be a much more sensible goal at age 61. If I can still pay my bills, which does become an issue sometimes, then I’m a happy guy.

i did not care for him in genesis but spank the monkey and sludge hammer were pretty good!

he looks like a guy who invested his So-era money well

Lol I bet he didn't! He looks like a guy that sunk a whole bunch of his money into the studio and recording other people and elaborate stage sets and VR theme parks and shit like that who now occasionally has to tour with Sting to refill the coffers.

I call that investing wisely (I'm aware of the studio expenditures).

screw VR theme parks, I want a real Gabriel theme park

Apparently Real World Studios was a wiring nightmare, I heard he designed it so that there were multiple recording interfaces all around a large space which all had to be connected to the control room. This of course was before it could be done wirelessly. Probably soaked up the royalties for "Red Rain" on its own!

Gabriel theme park - go on the Solsbury Thrill rollercoaster, then the Sledgebumper cars.

Grab a Moribund Burger before heading over to the Washing of the Waterpark, with its Red Rain sprayground.

In winter, check out our new ski resort, Excellent Snow.

For those that dont know, I wasn't joking, he really did, with Laurie Anderson and Brian Eno, plan for a long time on some sort of futuristic theme park in Spain.

https://ew.com/article/1994/05/20/peter-gabriels-real-world-experience-park/

That performance with Liz Fraser and Paul Buchanan is cool, although Liz is almost lost in the mix.

not so sure about the Home Sweet Home ride

the "Don't Give Up" ride is the best, where you and your buddy embrace each other on a spinny platform 100 feet up in the air and have to hold on for dear life. safety not guaranteed

My fave attraction at the Washing of the Waterpark is the "Here Comes the Flood" wave pool.

Fair to say now that Pete would have put one to better use than MJ did

Obvious Shock the Monkey experiential “ride” joek withdrawn.

Just don't go into the Milgram's 37 booth.

At the DIY stand you make your own Peter Gabriel playlist.

for the record I still staunchly oppose a genesis kitchen sink poll. a watered-down mess for all parties

PG’s solo career is long and deep and deserves its own poll (with option to vote for PG-era genesis tracks).

Collins and Collins-era Genesis would be fine too I guess.

I'd love a PG poll.

thanks for all the PG tips in this thread :-)

We need to watch our language or else the thread will be designated PG-13.

A lost opportunity that Peter never released that many solo albums.

Although I guess the Rated PG compilation has already made use of that idea

ITT pitch your concepts for horrible '70s album titles/covers in the style of I've Got My Own Album To Do

The Minneapolis tribute band PG-13 has, on their Shows page, a 2021 gig called Let's Take The Boat Out (on a boat).

Ooh ooh! I know!

In the spirit of From Genesis to Revelation, Gabriel could release a greatest hits collection but with every song redone with explicit lyrics. Call it From PG to R.

Jerking off on Solsbury Hill...

Something in me, white and sticky
All the time it's getting stronger...
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my c**k, that's the place it goes

In your butt
The light, the heat
In your butt
I am complete

But not F**k the monkey, that's a bridge too far

I grieve is great but y'all sleepin on no way out

woah I need to check out PG-13

I grieve is great but y'all sleepin on no way out

No Way Out is extraordinary. Upthread I mentioned how the music and lyrics of I Grieve add to one another, the same might be said for the riff of No Way Out hammering the realization of 'what happened' in. The sequencing of these two ultra powerful songs makes perfect sense as well and even add positive resolution to the sad theme.

^^ OTM the sequencing puts the songs in conversation in a way that enhances both

+ in a body of work not lacking for good lyrics, I find analogy of goldfish:bag::spirit:body deployed here just exceptional. indelible shit. also a really beautiful contribution from Tony Levin... and then that riff

Listening to the second album this morning -- my first in more than a decade -- I still think it forces Gabriel into unbecoming drag. Given rock 'n' roll arrangements, he bellows, which means even good tunes like "D.I.Y." and "On the Air" sound like affectations.

The quieter things like "Mother of Violence" come off best. I'm glad he got this phase out of his system; or, rather, learned what his limits and strengths are. The punk-influenced guitar things on Melt are vast improvements.

PG2 feels like stuff that had to get worked out, but yeah for sure.

3 was really such an inspired shift

speaking of bad investments, wasnt womad funded by the mob or something?

Vastly disagree with that (Alfred's) take on PG2. That album is a direct continuation of PG1 with some kind of eclectic/eccentric rock sound to it that is nowhere as avant-garde as, say, Beefheart or Zappa, but not exactly conventional mainstream either, which I find makes for a unique and highly interesting sound with many great pieces. It may not have a Solsbury Hill butbon the whole I think the songs are much better than on its predecessor. White Shadow and Flotsam & Jetsam in particular rank among my all-time fave PG songs but there is not a track on there which I dislike. If there is anything I mind about the album it is that songs like Animal Magic and Perspectice are a bit sameish in regards to the opening tracks. PG3 on the other hand sounds far more conventional/mainstream, which is probably also why I find it less interesting myself (although very good).

The jagged, abrasive arrangements on III put it over for me. I hear how "No Self-Control" and "Not One of Us" are not dissimilar to similar rock songs on II, but I cringe hearing his I'm-in-character-now voice on, for example, "DIY."

I'd say that the third album is more "theatrical" than the second, in that it's a change from presenting the tracks as songs to setting them as small movies with sampled sound effects and expressionistic backgrounds. I see Scratch as his only really "song-based" record (rather than based on sound or concept); I basically agree with Valentijn's assessment.

I think this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_All_Odds_(soundtrack)

might be the only time Phil Collins successfully ethered PG