Tony Levin is like "hey Peter, put THIS in your fruit cage."
― sayonara, capybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:51 (ten months ago) link
Show me round your toot cage
― sayonara, capybara (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:54 (ten months ago) link
the US tour with the full Lepage stage was likewise the greatest giant arena show I've ever seen, even with Paula Cole doing the Sinead parts
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:58 (ten months ago) link
I read an interview with one of his band members once, and they claimed the vegetarian diet Peter put them on made them all gassy, and all those bits where one them came up to the front to mug with Peter was often them sidling up to fart on him.
That reminds me of one of the grossest stories Andy Richter liked to tell about his time on Late Night back when they were on NBC. It involved Sting, but it was basically him making fun of his vegetarian diet as well - apparently Sting forgot to flush the toilet in his dressing room and when Richter went in there, all he was this green cloud in there and naturally he had to tell the whole office about it.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
*all he saw was
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:00 (ten months ago) link
xxpost Yeah, it was super rad. I got to see his "Seven Streams of the River Ota" here some years back (all seven or eight hours of it), and the staging was just as neat.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 6 June 2023 21:02 (ten months ago) link
Okay, dark-side mix of the new one out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9sTZBCbco
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 18 June 2023 17:51 (ten months ago) link
once again, I prefer this Tchad Blake mix, but could do without that splash ending.
just occurred to me that he's yet to actually release a video for anything
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 18 June 2023 19:42 (ten months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pekWm8tvA9Y
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 June 2023 20:24 (ten months ago) link
Seeing him tomorrow night in London, the set list is heavy on the new stuff and not enough pre-So material for my preferences but I'm guessing it'll still be a good time.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 18 June 2023 21:54 (ten months ago) link
Update: Concert was great! Yes, not the setlist of my dreams but still a joy to see him. What a warm and generous stage presence he has, introducing the band at the beginning, the end, several times in between, and soliciting a round of applause for the tech and stage crews too. Seems like a very sweet dude. Hell of a band, great production, video, etc.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 20 June 2023 00:27 (ten months ago) link
Saw him last night, have been wanting to for many years.... but 9 new songs was just too many, sad to say.
― PaulTMA, Friday, 23 June 2023 10:33 (ten months ago) link
I didn't realize Wolfgang's Vault had the Amnesty International show that was broadcast from Giants Stadium back in June 15, 1986. I thought Peter Gabriel's set was the best, with "Biko" one of the highlights - a stronger performance than, say, the one in the 1987 concert film done in Athens (where it felt a little rushed to me):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LwbSeZx990
Lots of VHS recordings are on YouTube, but this is not surprisingly the best looking/sounding upload, probably coming from the broadcast master.
FWIW, back in 2009, Lincoln Center projected this as part of a larger Amnesty International/Secret Policeman's celebration. IIRC the turnout was actually pretty low for this screening, which was more like a casual all-day thing they held in the Walter Reade Theater - I didn't even have to get a ticket, the usher just let me in. I arrived just in time for Lou Reed's set and stayed to the end except for a quick meal break during Bryan Adam's set. I think by the end it was just me and a group of women a few rows up who were a delight - they didn't talk over the music, but between songs, they reminisced about attending the show in their 20's, at one point making a crack about not realizing it would be 20+ years before they saw the Police again. Anyway, it was great to see in the best possible quality on a great sound system.
― birdistheword, Monday, 26 June 2023 05:30 (ten months ago) link
God, I remember those screenings at the American Cinematheque and the Beverly Hills Paley/Museum of Television and Radio (which, sadly, no longer exists; all of their holdings are duplicated in the NYC location), and I’m disappointed that I didn’t go to them. I believe the Secret Policeman ones were in 35mm, and I hope those prints are still in good shape
― beamish13, Monday, 26 June 2023 05:42 (ten months ago) link
Yeah bird, that Amnesty performance is excellent
― pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 26 June 2023 12:01 (ten months ago) link
Actually found the whole set here, possibly ripped from the Shout Factory DVD set (which I wasn't aware of until now).
I didn't realize Paley had a location in Beverly Hills - I looked it up and it sounds like there were several factors that may have led to its closing. This was announced weeks before the pandemic and lockdown hit, so if there's any positive spin to it, it's that they closed up before they had to deal with that headache.
― birdistheword, Monday, 26 June 2023 16:25 (ten months ago) link
Also that Vimeo account user (David M Kabot) seems to host quite a bit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel-related content, FYI
― birdistheword, Monday, 26 June 2023 16:26 (ten months ago) link
And here's the newest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urEbRC3PSY4
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 July 2023 17:25 (nine months ago) link
Super unusual to tour behind a record that's not even out yet. I wonder if his hand was forced?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 July 2023 18:58 (nine months ago) link
I mean that's not unusual in general, though. The Cure just finished a massive US tour doing just that!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:03 (nine months ago) link
Eh, but how many new songs did the Cure really play? Two or so? Gabriel's set is apparently 50% new stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:10 (nine months ago) link
Hardly that, more like six or seven regularly per set. Very heavily featured!
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:13 (nine months ago) link
impressive! still pretty unusual I think.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:16 (nine months ago) link
It also helped that the tour was fully branded with the new album's name, so it's on all the shirts, a lot of the posters, etc., and Robert generally introduced every new song as such.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 July 2023 19:21 (nine months ago) link
"Road To Joy" is a great uptempo song that lives up to it's title. Still no official album release date?
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 17 July 2023 00:50 (nine months ago) link
God knows, maybe he started the song in 1986.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 July 2023 01:04 (nine months ago) link
writing it or singing it
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Monday, 17 July 2023 01:26 (nine months ago) link
yes
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 17 July 2023 17:35 (nine months ago) link
Fripp is full of great stories, this one about Peter Gabriel (and Steve Lilywhite) —https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e57g_tPUgYw
― Xgau Murder Spa (nikola), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 11:50 (nine months ago) link
That's great.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 12:24 (nine months ago) link
Never listened to fripp interview, he’s charismatically persuasive. Are all of his interviews like that?
― rick james, critical moralist (Hunt3r), Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:38 (nine months ago) link
P much
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 22 July 2023 19:07 (nine months ago) link
Here's the newest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7JrmwYj4g4
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 14:54 (eight months ago) link
okay that bouncy chorus is 100% lifted from a 70s TV theme song
― poster of sparks (rogermexico.), Thursday, 3 August 2023 22:17 (eight months ago) link
meh. been fairly disappointed with the last few songs; album is shaping up to be less experimental than I was hoping.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 4 August 2023 15:56 (eight months ago) link
Jerry Marotta interview in which he talks quite a bit about working with PG:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jerry-marotta-drummer-peter-gabriel-paul-mccartney-1234788532/
― the phantom flim-flammer (Matt #2), Sunday, 6 August 2023 03:27 (eight months ago) link
Great piece, thanks for sharing that. I had forgotten Marotta was the guy staring at the cover in this:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Orleans_-_Waking_and_Dreaming.pngHis falling out with Gabriel is … odd.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 18 August 2023 00:30 (eight months ago) link
Staring at the **camera**
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 18 August 2023 00:31 (eight months ago) link
His falling out with Gabriel is … odd.
they don't seem to have had a falling out so much as Gabriel just chose to work with katche instead; Marotta's contention that Gabriel chose to diversify his band to head of criticisms of appropriation strikes me as a valid perspective. His other criticisms of Gabriel seem very OTM, particularly re: technology working against him. that anecdote about Gabriel adding more tracks to a song after Tchad Blake was done with a mix is pretty funny.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:06 (eight months ago) link
so much is, the second to last one released, is so so good
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 18 August 2023 20:08 (eight months ago) link
I do have to disagree with this statement: "Everybody thought Orleans was going to be what would now be the Dave Matthews Band — like, a band that’s very hip, not every song is a pop song, but just a badass group." Maybe Jerry should read ILM's DMB thread
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 18 August 2023 20:09 (eight months ago) link
it's fine but it also sounds like Playing for Time which sounds like Washing of the Water and I don't know how many songs we need that sound like that.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 18 August 2023 21:11 (eight months ago) link
And here's the latest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us5JFGeKRQo
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 August 2023 16:25 (seven months ago) link
That's pretty.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 16:42 (seven months ago) link
this and 4 Kinds of Horses are the standouts on the album. Not sure they hit the highs of any previous album standouts, but they are very good.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 1 September 2023 14:36 (seven months ago) link
Peter Gabriel / Security might finally be really grabbing hold of me after years and years of thinking of it as "I Have the Touch," "Shock the Monkey," "Kiss of Life" and some other stuff in between. The mix of the icy, grating qualities of 3 with this thicker fog of enveloping sounds is really fantastic. I'll admit, though, I'm noticing that a lot of the lyrics are suffused with "rich English guy encounters indigenous religious practices." Curious if there's any good writing out there that parses through that in this case.
― not the one who's tryin' to dub your anime (Doctor Casino), Friday, 29 September 2023 14:24 (seven months ago) link
anyone see him on this tour? heard a lot of good things
― frogbs, Friday, 29 September 2023 14:30 (seven months ago) link
I saw him live a couple weeks ago. I think it was the oldest crowd I've ever seen at a concert!
The performance was really solid. He faltered on a few high notes during the first song and I got a little worried, but after that his voice was in top form for the entire rest of the show. Very impressive for a guy his age, he's still got the range! His band was great too, a whole lot of talent there. They played "Don't Give Up" and their singer actually did Kate Bush's part justice.
I'm a pretty casual fan, so I was taking Gabriel's measure as a person for the first time. He seems like a genuinely great guy who is way too ready to jump on every passing silicon valley hype train. His opening monologue had HUGE TED Talk energy. Later on, he introduced Panopticom and did this whole tech evangelist monologue about how humanity is about to give birth to a new child called AI, and it’s going to be dangerous but it’s also going to revolutionize medicine and it’s going to give every child their own affordable, personalized, perfect education, and everybody’s gonna be surveilled all the time but it’ll actually be good cuz it’ll prevent bad behavior. I was squirming in my seat!
But like I said, he also seems like a really good person. He really went out of his way to feature his band members and talked them up constantly, making sure everybody knew their names. The show’s visuals were extensive and featured the band members on the same level as Gabriel pretty consistently. If you didn’t know better you might assume it was more of a collective than a solo artist show. I respect that! They certainly deserved it, they were fantastic.
He played waaaay too much of his new stuff, but that's to be expected I suppose.
― OneSecondBefore, Friday, 29 September 2023 14:40 (seven months ago) link
thanks for the review - going on tuesday, pretty excited!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 September 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
going in a few weeks. Looking forward to it because I'm a fan of 40 years, though I feel like this album is kind of limp and most of the set is devoted to it (plus sledgehammer and big time, two songs I really wish he'd stop doing). I've watched a lot of youtube videos so already know what to expect staging wise.
tour seems to have sold very erratically across the US; apparently lots of seats in some venues didn't sell, and prices got cut day of show. didn't happen in the bay area though.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 29 September 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link