peter gabriel's music found me at a time when i was lost and struggling. his tunes reached into me in a way nothing else could. they soothed me when i felt alone and got me when no one else did. his music gave me a reason to fight, to keep on, and to trust in better times. even now, when i'm low, his melodies wrap me up, all warm and snug.
and guess what? soon, i'll see him live! i can't wait for that moment, to be in the same space, to maybe shake his hand. it's like a dream taking shape.
anyway, sending good vibes to all. cherish his music, friends. it's got true magic. 
That's awesome. I've never had a band that did that for me in the way you described. Bands that helped me through tough times just provided awesome music for me to obsess over to take my mind off things.
Had I fallen in love with Gabriel's music earlier, I could see maybe having a similar experience.
Genesis/Gabriel/Collins is special for my wife and I because we truly kind of fell in love with the music together about 10 years ago.
that's really beautiful, madman shepherd. it's amazing how music can impact people in such different ways. it's fantastic that you and your wife share a connection through genesis/gabriel/collins. i wish my ex-wife had appreciated gabriel in the same way, but unfortunately, she was more into midwestern emo. still, music has this uncanny ability to bring people together and create meaningful moments, sometimes.
My wife and I have very different tastes but there is some crossover. She likes Dream Theater, Ghost, and a variety of others and will come with me to shows. I made the mistake of bringing her to Dark Funeral and Venom Inc. which will not happen again.
With Genesis, I got Invisible Touch on a whim...I think because I had heard Disturbed's version of Land of Confusion and made me think of seeing the video on repeat in the 80s and liking the song I Can't Dance as a kid. I wasn't expecting to love Invisible Touch but I did. Slowly I got the rest of the albums and it was so cool to be able to tell my wife, "Hey, I finally got one of the Peter Gabriel era albums" and listening to it and discussing how bizarre it was, even a little off putting, and then humming a part we remembered and going back and listening to it until an obsession grew. I started reading biographies and telling her the stories behind the albums. She has a knack for hearing lyrics perfectly and remembering them and we would analyze what they meant. I guess I forgot to mention we used to go on looooooooooooooong road trips to Alaska, Newfoundland, and everywhere in between so we had a ton of material to fill the time.
We would even get in debates about which singer sang what better. For the record, I think Phil does I Know What I Like better and I even gotta say I almost like Ray Wilson's Carpet Crawlers better than the other two. Even though Phil is amazing on Supper's Ready, nothing can top Gabriel on that one.
When we finally got to see Genesis 2 years ago and from 10th row at that, it was pretty emotional. Sure Phil wasn't at his best but the rest of the band was still amazing. My son was a few months away from being born so technically we can say Genesis was his first concert!
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