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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #105 on: January 24, 2013, 06:13:57 AM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #106 on: January 24, 2013, 07:03:40 AM »

Car is absolutely incredible.

agreed and Here comes the flood is godlike

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #107 on: February 19, 2013, 05:49:31 PM »
I can't decide if I like Car better than So or not. So is too damn good.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #108 on: February 19, 2013, 10:00:48 PM »
Car is absolutely incredible.

AND underrated, comparatively speaking.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #109 on: February 23, 2013, 09:24:51 AM »
I'm surprised Gabriel doesn't get more love on these forums. Dude's a genius.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #110 on: February 23, 2013, 09:38:38 AM »
I'm surprised Gabriel doesn't get more love on these forums. Dude's a genius.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #111 on: February 23, 2013, 09:50:09 AM »
Yup.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #112 on: February 23, 2013, 09:54:51 AM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #113 on: February 23, 2013, 11:01:33 AM »
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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #114 on: February 23, 2013, 05:36:48 PM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #115 on: February 23, 2013, 05:43:26 PM »
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. 

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #116 on: February 23, 2013, 05:44:43 PM »
Up
IV
III
So
II
I
Us

Really though, everything is gold.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #117 on: February 23, 2013, 06:34:41 PM »
From the one's that I have

III
I
So
Up
Us

with Family Snapshot being my favorite PG song.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #118 on: February 23, 2013, 06:47:55 PM »
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)
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #119 on: February 24, 2013, 12:15:40 AM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #120 on: February 24, 2013, 03:38:54 AM »
Up
III
So
IV
II
I
Us

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

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #121 on: February 24, 2013, 07:12:59 AM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #122 on: February 24, 2013, 08:21:24 AM »
Consequence...KEYBOARD SOUND

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #123 on: February 24, 2013, 10:03:59 AM »
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.)

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #125 on: February 24, 2013, 09:33:25 PM »
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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #126 on: February 25, 2013, 12:55:13 AM »
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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #127 on: February 25, 2013, 10:55:07 AM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #128 on: March 11, 2013, 07:36:01 PM »
holy shit Red Rain is a fantastic song

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #129 on: March 12, 2013, 07:41:06 AM »
holy shit Red Rain is a fantastic song

indeed sir. i love the gritty way he sings that song.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #130 on: March 12, 2013, 06:11:52 PM »
yeah. though, it can sound a tad rough live.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #131 on: March 12, 2013, 06:59:47 PM »
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.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #132 on: June 17, 2013, 06:41:10 AM »
His daughter is pretty cute.


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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #133 on: June 17, 2013, 06:42:32 AM »
Oh yes. One of the highlights from the Growing Up Live DVD :zydar:

I revisited some songs yesterday. And yes, Here Comes The Flood still blows my mind.
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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #134 on: June 17, 2013, 06:46:01 AM »
Oh yes. One of the highlights from the Growing Up Live DVD :zydar:

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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #135 on: June 17, 2013, 07:58:22 AM »
His daughter is pretty cute.


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

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #136 on: June 17, 2013, 08:30:52 AM »
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

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #137 on: June 17, 2013, 09:43:13 AM »
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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #138 on: June 17, 2013, 10:16:48 AM »
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.

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Re: Peter Gabriel Appreciation Thread
« Reply #139 on: June 17, 2013, 11:44:04 AM »
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.
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