r/petergabriel

Peter Gabriel

One of the reasons I love Genesis is for their many meaningful, evocative and poetic lyrics. Two of my favorite lines are by Peter:

...and I'm hovering like a fly, waiting for a windshield on a freeway.

Like a forests fight for sunlight which takes root in every tree

What are some of yours?

I’ll start off by saying that I’m usually a very biased fan and sometimes (oftentimes) blindly appreciative of anything PG puts out- now that being said:

I’ve been having perpetual anxiety while listening to the live WOMAD 1982. It feels like many of the songs (namely I Go Swimming) are just a tempo struggle between the drums and the rest of the group. To a point where it actually makes me feel a little stressed. As if I was one of the musicians on stage trying to fix it.

Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I being too nitpicky?

I also know the bandcamp notes mentioned some tempo troubles, but it’s more apparent than I would have anticipated.

Looks like extended versions of the footage used as b-roll during the full moon club video. Some moments match up to the song so it really does seem it’s from the time in the studio working on this particular track. Since we aren’t getting deep dives this time around, it would be pretty cool if once the full album is out there is a documentary on the making of the album or something.

I wonder if they have the entire show recorded. That would be an awesome watch. It looks like the footage is in bad shape, but with the tools available today, it could certainly be cleaned up or at least edited in a way to make the artifacts stylistic. Would love to watch the whole show… and, if I can be greedy, maybe include some bonuses of Dog 1 and the other tracks not on this album :D

Hey guys I've recently been thinking about a Peter Gabriel DVD we had when i was a kid. I was curious to know which one it was i always thought the box looked nice. It had jewels on it ? Like rubi stones or something i dont really remember we lost everything in a house fire. And i dont really have anyone else to ask. Tried looking for it on google but no luck. Hopefully it was actually a peter Gabriel dvd, i dont want to waste your time!!!

Thanks

Had So not been so wildly successful, how would you see PG's career going forward after this?

Remember when Peter would have some drastically different mixes of songs? I'm thinking especially of US. It might be refreshing to hear that kind of drastic difference between a Bright and Dark-Side mix. For example, Won't Stand Down would sound great on the inverse: something more...dynamic, punchy, driven.

Thank you for your time.

Been Undone is probably my favourite Peter Gabriel track in years, but I think we all know the best thing about it is making up new lyrics like:

By the seat of my pants, by a hat full of ants, I've been undone.

By a badger from Spain, by a sheep on a train, I've been undone.

And I now open the floor for your contributions.