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I like a lot of his stuff... :)
take the latter part of this for example...

http://www.scottgunshell.com/Vids/15JulyAnd5Aug2006.wmv

and there's a song by Afro Celt Sound System featuring him in the IMAX dvd, Adrenline rush.

well shoot... if you can get past the monty python at the begining of this video... there are two of them here too... :)http://www.scottgunshell.com/Vids/20Aug2006-small.wmv

so I suppose you could say I like him a bit... :ph34r:
Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

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I several cds including his live album, a double cd - Rhythm of the Heat is still my favorite. Last time I saw him in concert, I got a little too hammered though - all I remember is he and his daughter (singing backup) riding around stage on the segues.
Because life is an adventure - it may not be the one you planned, but then it wouldn't be an adventure!

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i love his stuff as well... esp. the dramatic/melancholic stuff...

all of So is killer stuff, mercy street, don't give up, etc.

here comes the flood gives me chills as does family snapshot

the lyrics to digging in the dirt are just incredible

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

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Its not just his music thats incredible - his social work is too. He worked so hard with amnesty international in the mid 80s that he nearly went bankrupt - his friend in Genesis were the only ones that saved him, financially.

I went to his show in Boston a few years ago, for his UP tour. What a great show - he had the blind boys of alabama as an opening act and they even joined him on stage for Biko - it was incredible.

I became a fan of his in 1991 when I hear 'Games without Frontiers' on my way to the airport to go to CA. As soon as the flight landed I had to find a store that had the single (on cassette of course). I then went out and bought all of his stuff and then ventured into the older Genesis stuff (the newer stuff was crap, except for the last album, Calling all Stations, cause Phil Collins wasn't in it :D).

I always felt a type of connection to him as his daughter (who joined him on stage during this last tour) and I share the same birth year and similar birth stories (we were both preemies who weren't supposed to make it).

My favorite Peter Gabriel songs include:

Solsbury Hill
Big Time
Biko
Digging in The Dirt
Don't Give Up
Games Without Frontiers
Growing Up
I Don't Remember
In Your Eyes
Mercy Street
Red Rain (I think this is my favorite)
Shaking The Tree
Shock The Monkey
Sledgehammer
Steam
The Barry Williams Show
San Jacinto
Here comes the flood
Shock the Monkey
I have the touch


Ahh, so many more - I think I"ll bring all those Cds to work tomorrow B|


Jen
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Be sure to check out:

http://www.realworldremixed.com/

He's released "Shock the Monkey" to the public for remixing -- click on TOP TWENTY at the top of the page to listen to some of them...

He's always been ahead of the music industry when it comes to embracing new ideas, technology, and supporting worthwhile causes!

(Obviously, I'm a big fan of his -- saw him in concert in Germany for Secret World in '92 -- amazing)

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Not one mention of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway????? By far the BEST that he ever wrote. Gabriel (Rael?) is a genius. Love his post Genesis work but feel that his work with Genesis was by far his best. The Lamb Lies Down concert (1974) kicked ass (the blotter acid that we ate was pretty damn good too. Ahhh come on now, what do you suppose the Lamb was?)
Had to put the old LP on the turntable. In the Cage playing as I key and post
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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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I several cds including his live album, a double cd - Rhythm of the Heat is still my favorite. Last time I saw him in concert, I got a little too hammered though - all I remember is he and his daughter (singing backup) riding around stage on the segues.



Was that the 2004 concert where he was also bouncing around the stage in that giant hamster ball while singing "Growing Up"? I saw it late one night a few weeks ago on PBS.
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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I have been a Peter Gabriel fan since I first heard "Solsbury Hill" on CHOM-FM (Montreal) in about 1979. I bought his "Hit" compilation from 2003 sometime early last year - it's quite good, and brought back all of the tunes I have not listened to in so long from losing them to vinyl and cassette heaven.

I also love old Genesis, especially before the "And Then There Were Three . . ." album.
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Not one mention of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway????? By far the BEST that he ever wrote.



I was a little young when this came out, but fortunately I had older siblings. They would play that album numerous times. I loved it!B|

Chris



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One of my most memorable shows ever was Peter Gabriel at the Paramount Theater in Oakland in 1979 (right after his second solo album came out). Unbelievable performances, and one of the most artistic and well-rendered sets of effects I've ever seen (the whole stage was plexiglass lit from above AND below, with some very cool laser and lighting effects).

Shit, now I want to go home and listen to all my old Gabriel and Genesis records, but I don't have a record player anymore. >:( Damn technology! ;)
Doctor I ain't gonna die,
Just write me an alibi! ---- Lemmy/Slash

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His album "Passion" (the Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack) is one of my 3 desert island albums. Different from much of his other work but an absolute masterpiece. In fact I'm going to have to listen to it right now. Thanks for the reminder :)
-Dave


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I several cds including his live album, a double cd - Rhythm of the Heat is still my favorite. Last time I saw him in concert, I got a little too hammered though - all I remember is he and his daughter (singing backup) riding around stage on the segues.

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Was that the 2004 concert where he was also bouncing around the stage in that giant hamster ball while singing "Growing Up"? I saw it late one night a few weeks ago on PBS.



Yup. If I weren't so hammered, that might have stuck out more than the segues. ;)
Because life is an adventure - it may not be the one you planned, but then it wouldn't be an adventure!

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Was that the 2004 concert where he was also bouncing around the stage in that giant hamster ball while singing "Growing Up"? I saw it late one night a few weeks ago on PBS.



Yup. If I weren't so hammered, that might have stuck out more than the segues. ;)



Found the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh80jJNgRrY

Now I'm thinking...Anyone know the terminal velocity of a 12 foot hamster ball with a 185 pound man inside?
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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