What Is Your Favorite Peter Gabriel Song?

[Parche]

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. I'm a big fan of "Spiel Ohne Grenzen"

I love Gabriel as is, but he's way better in German.

Spine-tingling.

[BeachBaby]

2. "In Your Eyes"

Hands down. :)

[Parche]

6. and your eyes are burning today because of Delaware

:rofl: :hi: :hug: :loveya:

[LynneSin]

12. Hey, I'd rather have that then her leaky nuclear power plant

nuff said.

[RiffRandell]

28. Totally.

The movie "Say Anything" has nothing to do with that fact, though. ;-)

[ceile]

3. "digging in the dirt" n/t

[Arugula Latte]

4. Lately it's been "Mercy Street"

But I also love "In Your Eyes," "Shaking the Tree," and even the new one from Wall-E "Down to Earth."

Down to Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzNJOfLVJ4&feature=related

[mainegreen]

5. Red Rain.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. "Thunderstruck"

Fuggen awesome!

:thumbsup:

[MilesColtrane]

8. "Don't Give Up"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiCRZLr9oRw

[Mike 03]

30. Forgot about that one. I LOVE it. That is probably why this thread made me think

of Kate Bush.

Lovely song. Got me through some dark hours.

[hibbing]

32. mine too

Hi,
I'll have to second that. I love this song, but always seems to make me a bit weepy.

Peace

[MorningGlow]

9. "Washing of the Water"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAzTFZaF330

Or, for a more upbeat choice, "Kiss that Frog."
:rofl:

LOVE Peter Gabriel. :loveya: Does a kickass concert, too.

[PassingFair]

"Big Time"

Although "Don't Give Up" is a BEAUTY!

[HopeHoops]

10. Well, technically it is Genesis (Gabriel lead)

The Lamia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMvDHpW8bBA

I'm afraid that's the best clip I could find. I saw The Musical Box do the ENTIRE Lamb tour including costumes and all of the three-screen slide show slides from the tour. It is the only tribute band with full support from all current and former members of Genesis. They're on a Trick of the Tail tour now - first post-Gabriel effort.

Gabriel is in the swirling silk cylinder - it was lowered from the ceiling and the effect was amazing in The Musical Box performance.

Whoever shot the film back in '74 must have been a little stoned and way too into the zoom.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

15. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway".............

or "The Carpet Crawlers"

Continuing the Genesis theme.......

[Doc_Technical]

11. Solsbury Hill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUFOaRLbO0g&feature=related

[eyepaddle]

16. That's mine for sure, as well.

I can never figure out if the song is is about liberation or abject failure and despair, can anyone help me out on this?

But having said that, I love that song.

[cemaphonic]

22. Probably a bit of both, but mostly the first.

As I understand it, the basic context of the song was him being relieved to be out of Genesis, which thanks to a grueling touring schedule and the normal sorts of band tensions had become pretty exhausting, plus he was dealing with personal stuff (his wife had a miscarriage IIRC) around the same time.

and yeah, it's a great song. Kind of funny that a song in an odd time signature would wind up being one of his less self-consciously arty songs.

[ThomCat]

25. That is my favorite of his songs too.

:)

I find myself singing that song to myself at odd, random moments. It's on of my earworms.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

13. Salsbury Hill

Can't really say why........... :shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. "Big Time" is pretty much awesome.

Then again, so is all of SO.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Here's another beauty: "Here Comes the Flood"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AjlCAFu6I&feature=related

[Bossy Monkey]

18. Biko n/t

[Left Is Write]

19. Solsbury Hill

[Beaverhausen]

20. Secret World

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?


hard to pick a fav though, but this chorus really gets to me.

[Mike 03]

21. "Rhythm of the Heat." I think it's simply incredible. If I could pick one album

though, it would be the score for "The Last Temptation of Christ."

[KitchenWitch]

23. Games Without Frontiers.

[Liberal Veteran]

33. Agreed.

[EastTennesseeDem]

42. +1

[Parche]

44. good call

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[blogslut]

24. I have the Touch

:)

[kentauros]

26. The entire soundtrack to "The Last Temptation of Christ"

I haven't listened to it in ages thanks to my only copy being on cassette tape and all of my machines are dead But, what's interesting is that the first cut (I think) is exactly the same as cut-1 (Hovern enkan) of the CD "The Music of Armenia - Duduk, vol. 3."

Still, so very hauntingly beautiful :D

[Mike 03]

29. Yes, it is stupendous. You might be happy to know it has been remastered and put on CD.

It is incredible, indeed.

Thank you for mentioning it.

[kentauros]

31. I noticed you had mentioned it only after I had posted.

Doh! :)

I think my cassette is a copy of the first issue of the CD, so I'll look for the remastered version. Thanks! :D

[Mike 03]

35. Thank you for mentioning it, and you will definitely like the remastered CD.

Thanks for posting.

[SoxFan]

27. Biko

There's a live version from the Conspiracy of Hope benefit with Thomas Dolby on keyboards that is remarkable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLg-8Jxi5aE

[denem]

34. Yep Biko.

Banned in ZA.

[nytemare]

37. Haunting song.

When I saw him in '93, Biko was the last song. The audience stayed for a half hour afterward singing, oh oh oooooooh oh! Brought chills to my spine.

[nytemare]

36. Best concert I have ever seen

Was him at the Cap Center in 1993. Wonderful. 3rd row.

That being said, I would have to say "Secret World", "I Grieve", "Wallflower" and "San Jacinto".

Hell, I love all his music.

On edit, I would also have to add Biko and Signal to Noise. RIP Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

[darkstar]

38. Here Comes the Flood

Powerful stuff. Studio version. Yeah.

[MrScorpio]

39. Shock The Monkey

[progressoid]

40. All of the above.

[keroro gunsou]

41. in no particular order

biko
in your eyes
that voice again
red rain
solsbury hill
games without frontiers
big time

[muriel_volestrangler]

43. Family Snapshot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp1j1R8jKyY

(though that live version sorely misses the sax that's no the studio one)

It certainly deserves a mention in the list of his best.

If you're going to include his Genesis songs - well, not always easy to know what was really his, since the official writing credits were just 'Genesis'; but everyone says he was responsible for all lyrics on 'Lamb Lies Down on Broadway', anyway, and "Supper's Ready" is generally credited to him lyrically too. So I'll say "Supper's Ready" - over 20 minutes of Genesis - how can you go wrong with that? :D

[InvisibleTouch]

45. Probably "Red Rain"...

...with an honorable mention to "Sledge Hammer."

I don't care for his Genesis work, but I do like some of his solo stuff.