Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread

[Zydar]

How I would rank his solo albums (that I've heard):

1. Car
2. Melt
3. So
4. Scratch
5. Security
6. Us

Car is absolutely incredible.

[Phoenix87x]

Car is absolutely incredible.

agreed and Here comes the flood is godlike

[snapple]

I can't decide if I like Car better than So or not. So is too damn good.

[DebraKadabra]

Car is absolutely incredible.

AND underrated, comparatively speaking.

[snapple]

I'm surprised Gabriel doesn't get more love on these forums. Dude's a genius.

[Phoenix87x]

I'm surprised Gabriel doesn't get more love on these forums. Dude's a genius.

agreed

[Zydar]

Yup.

[Pols Voice]

Yeah, he is a genius, but the fact he hasn't made an album of original material since 2002 made me lose some interest in him.

[Lolzeez]

Yeah, he is a genius, but the fact he hasn't made an album of original material since 2002 made me lose some interest in him.

This.

[Paris is Burning]

Yeah, he is a genius, but the fact he hasn't made an album of original material since 2002 made me lose some interest in him.

Well, the two covers albums were really good. While it doesn't excuse a lack of new material it was definitely an interesting venture.

[skydivingninja]

New Blood was really good.  Scratch My Back was hit-or-miss.

The way I'd rate them:

Us
IV
III
So
Up
I
II

II is really the only one I'm kinda iffy on. 

[Paris is Burning]

Up
IV
III
So
II
I
Us

Really though, everything is gold.

[Phoenix87x]

From the one's that I have

III
I
So
Up
Us

with Family Snapshot being my favorite PG song.

[Paris is Burning]

From the one's that I have

III
I
So
Up
Us

with Family Snapshot being my favorite PG song.

You should really check out IV (Security) and II (Melt)

[Pols Voice]

So
Up
III
Security
I
Us
II

II's production is just weird. Plus Peter sings in either a thin, high-pitched voice or sorta yells, and it's hard to understand a lot of the lyrics.

[Lolzeez]

Up
III
So
IV
II
I
Us

Easy. Up is the album that changed my life and got me into Genesis etc.

[Paris is Burning]

Up is the album that changed my life and got me into Genesis etc.

Same. My first concert experience was the Growing Up the World Tour and from that day on is where I say my love for music was first ignited.

[KevShmev]

Consequence...KEYBOARD SOUND

[Lolzeez]

Up is the album that changed my life and got me into Genesis etc.

Same. My first concert experience was the Growing Up the World Tour and from that day on is where I say my love for music was first ignited.

Oh my.. Back in like 2004,A friend of mine brought me a DVD of the Milano concert from 2003. It was love on first sight. (Both Melanie and the music.)

[snapple]

Never gets old

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JHpmy7RV9Y

[ColdFireYYZ]

I listened to Security for the first time today. I knew Shock The Monkey (didn't know that Peter Hammill sang backing vocals on it, so that was cool to find out!) from hearing it on the radio, but I was unfamiliar with the rest of it. I was very impressed with the whole album, especially Wallflower and The Family and the Fishing Net.

[DebraKadabra]

You should really check out IV (Security) and II (Melt)

Um... II is Scratch, III is Melt.

I listened to Security for the first time today. I knew Shock The Monkey (didn't know that Peter Hammill sang backing vocals on it, so that was cool to find out!) from hearing it on the radio, but I was unfamiliar with the rest of it. I was very impressed with the whole album, especially Wallflower and The Family and the Fishing Net.

Security is amazing, and amazingly underrated.

[Beowulf]

The most intense live moment (aside from me being chosen by PG for his stage dive during "Lay Your Hands On Me"), was definitely "Mercy Street" during the SO tour.  The mantis-looking lighting was stark, and almost showed emotion as they "turned away" from him as he asked for mercy.  Powerful moment.  It was on the "POV" video from the 1987 tour.

[snapple]

holy shit Red Rain is a fantastic song

[Paris is Burning]

holy shit Red Rain is a fantastic song

indeed sir. i love the gritty way he sings that song.

[snapple]

yeah. though, it can sound a tad rough live.

[Pols Voice]

Peter Gabriel's one of the best singers ever. I feel he really found his voice on III, and transitioned from his early days to his classic, more mature and controlled voice. The first time I hear it is in the "I don't know how to stop" lines on No Self Control.

[snapple]

His daughter is pretty cute.

[Zydar]

Oh yes. One of the highlights from the Growing Up Live DVD

I revisited some songs yesterday. And yes, Here Comes The Flood still blows my mind.

[snapple]

Oh yes. One of the highlights from the Growing Up Live DVD

I revisited some songs yesterday. And yes, Here Comes The Flood still blows my mind.

Yeah. And I think the version of Mercy Street on Growing Up Live is superior to any other versions.

ALSO! If anyone has missed this..

https://www.cbs.com/shows/liveonletterman/artist/154960/peter-gabriel/

About a 70 minute string set on Letterman. Songs like Solsbury Hill are in a slower tempo, and it gives it a really cool vibe. I don't think Gabriel can do any wrong.

[Lolzeez]

His daughter is pretty cute.

Well,I had a crush on her when I was like 5. 

[Beowulf]

Snapple, do you really think the Growing Up Live version is better than the haunting version from POV?  26 years later that version STILL gives me chills.

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

[KevShmev]

The Growing Up live DVD is pretty great from a visual standpoint, but PG's aging voice resulted in most of the songs not sounding as great as the original studio versions or earlier live versions (for the older songs).  Secret World Live is a hundred times better, in every regard.

[snapple]

Snapple, do you really think the Growing Up Live version is better than the haunting version from POV?  26 years later that version STILL gives me chills.

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

I haven't seen that one.

[Beowulf]

I saw that show in Dallas in '87, and that will stand as one of the most emotional songs I've ever seen live.  The lighting structures were practically alive as he begged each one for "mercy", and they turned their "heads" away.  Plus, PG's voice was simply stellar.  Words cannot express.