Peter Gabriel is a visionary and a humanitarian, so many elements to this incredible artist. He started out as the lead singer of Genesis in their progressive rock era before embarking on a solo career. He helped bring world music into the mainstream and a lot of his songs touch a nerve because they deal with the human condition and spirituality.
Peter Gabriel was the lead singer for Genesis. He left the band in 1975 to pursue a solo career. “Solsbury Hill”was his first single! Check it out sometime 🎼 I also want you to react to his song “Shock the Monkey” 🔥
This is 1 person I would really love to see in concert. Its concerts are an outrageous production and as almost or more off the wall than this video but he doesn't lie. He would be worth the amount of money to pay to listen and see him😅😅
This is an absolutely brilliant song by a brilliant artist. You’re right, Peter was the singer of Genesis before Phil Collins took his place. If you ever listen to any Genesis, be sure to listen to Peter’s era, because it was superb. Peter has lots of amazing songs, but I particularly recommend that you watch the song “In Your Eyes” in the Secret World Live version. It’s like nothing you could ever expect.
Peter Gabreil is a great rabbit hole to go down. Songs you might like when he went out on his own include In Your Eyes, Diggin in the Dirt, Mercy Street, Don't Give Up, Love to Be Loved, Kiss That Frog. Enjoying your reactions - thanks!
This was a groundbreaking video - made in claymation (stop motion with modelling clay) by the same people who made Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. PG's a deep well. For more from this "80s funk" era, try "Big Time" and "Steam". But there's a lot that's fire - from his first solo single "Solsbury Hill" through early songs like "Here Comes the Flood", "DIY", "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", "Shock the Monkey" to later works like "In Your Eyes", "Shaking the Tree", "Digging In the Dirt", and "Blood of Eden" - he's just put out a new album, too! And yes, he was the original singer in Genesis.
Written by Peter Gabriel. He is the original singer. He treats this song as a tribute to Curtis Mayfield. Suggested video 📹: Peter Gabriel sings Big Time 🕑
Peter has serious fire. My favorite singles artist. Man is amazing. Super deep library and it doesn’t sound like anyone else. Try watching In Your Eyes from Secret World Live tour. You’ll love it.
You simply owe it to yourself to see a couple of this man's live performances. I'd recommend Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Secret World Live) or Solsbury Hill live DNA or probably any other live performances by him with 20 million views or more. His stuff is different. Some of it starts kinda slow. But the vocal quality he and a couple of the others on stage with him bring is top notch IMO. Plus the jumping around and riding bicycles around the stage and such really adds something too. His studio versions are quite good, but his live performances are even better.
I did a bit of research. It seems to me the easiest way to find the two live Peter Gabriel songs I recommend is to look for the version of "In Your Eyes" with 27 million views on TH-cam and "Solsbury Hill" with 24 million views. There are other live videos but they only have a fraction of the views and aren't the ones that I really liked. I'm not an expert on this guy by any stretch of the imagination, but I know and like maybe 5 of his songs and these have become my favorite versions of 2 of those. Course, just because I really liked them does not mean that everyone will.
Thank you. The guy is brilliant. I like him solo. Yes, he was good as lead singer of Genesis, but it was Phil Collins time with that band. Peter Gabriel is a wild bird; his alter ego persona, just like David Bowie. I wasn’t into that Genesis era.
This was when videos were great! Back then, everyone was trying to outdo each other. MJ's Thriller, this video, Van Halen's Jump and Hot for Teacher, Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime, Madonna's Living in the Material World, Herbie Hancock's Rocket, David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Aha's Take on Me....
Yeah BizMan Peter definitely has more fire to check out!!!!!! I will leave it at that and let everyone else tell you what to check out!!!! Great pull on a new artist!!!!! So says an OG3 in Austin TX!!!!! 😎🍸
I believe this is the #1 most played video during the era of music television. It was inescapable on the radio as well... for years Sometimes it would be playing on 3 different radio stations at the same time. Hard to overemphasize how big of a smash hit this was! Peter Gabriel is iconic, deep, and amazing. Try "In Your Eyes" next.
There was nothing like a Genesis concert when Peter Gabriel was fronting the band. I was lucky enough to have seen them three times in the early '70s. He really seemed to be not of this earth. There is an incredible video of a Genesis concert from Oct. '73 filmed at Shepperton Studios in London that's available on youtube for anyone who's curious.
Here's a funny Eddie Van Halen story. EVH bought 'So?' by PG. Apparently the last album he ever bought. I forget which exact song but the bass player, Tony Levin, who is a badass, had this double-time bass run. EVH and Tony finally meet up and EVH shows him his version, with EVH tapping into the stratosphere, but it still doesn't sound right. Tony lets EVH hang on it for a bit, try some more, and finally admits he was only doing the fretwork and the drummer was hitting the string with drumsticks. EVH almost duplicated 4 hands using 2. Tony was stunned how close EVH actually got.
Boy, did that video cause a stir when it came out all those decades ago. The technology was so dazzling people lost sight of the fact that it's a really good song, too.
This video won several awards. Peter Gabriel is a deep rabbit hole - his Secret World Tour has several great songs…”In Your Eyes”…”Shaking the Tree”…several fantastic singers & players joined him on the tour.
I'd forgotten about the dancing chickens! Only from Peter Gabriel. Check out Shock the Monkey and Your Eyes which has a great studio version and an awesome live video
I love how this video starts with inception (with the sperm at the intro) and ends with death...... in the chair at the end of the video he dies, becomes stardust and walks into the cosmos.
Yeah, Peter was lead singer, while Phil Collins was drummer. When Peter left the band to go solo, Phil took over the singing. I would like to second your previous commenter and suggest "Salisbury Hill" by Peter.
Peter's videos were always well produced, this came out at the height of music videos on MTV, he probably won some awards for this one. Please check out Shock the Monkey.
In all the time I've known this song I didn't know it was full of sexual innuendo till I read the comments 😅now I get it. Show me round your fruit cake , an I will be your honey bee, open up your fruit cake 😆🤣😂
Styles and his band did this song SO much justice! Peter has fire. Like Talking Heads, other reactors don't know what to make of him. But you? I'm certain you'll dig him.
BTW, every bit of imagery in the song is about sex. And yes, he brings the sledgehammer. Show for me, I’ll show for you… ‘show me yours and I’ll show you mine…’
Yess , to me was the final and of genesis , he was the first compositor, he have a long carrear as compositor he right four another singuer with hits you must see more resertch
One of the most visually and artistically vibrant videos of the MTV era. Peter Gabriel was the original Vocalist of Genesis, you are correct.. And see how much more you enjoy the video if you don't pause it, it still gets posted with no problems. Thank you.
Peter Gabriel was Genesis. The band was great. All of them are exceptional musicians. I've seen this Genesis without Gabriel and it was a good show. I've seen Peter multiple times. The first time was best. In a great theater. There was flash,
"Peter Gabriel - In Your eyes (Secret World Live)" this is a live performance. He's not only a great singer but a great performer. Not to mention a great human being.
One of the greatest songs and videos of the 80's. With the old style of stop-motion techniques and at the time groundbreaking computer graphics, the video was also one of the most expensive. Another you should check out is the song and video of Peter's is "Steam".
Sometimes it feels hard to believe. I mean I tell my kids exactly what he is saying. YOU ACTUALLY, REALISTICALLY, do anything you want. If you ever need a hand or a pep talk, OR if you need someone to help you get a mountain out of the way of your path, YOU CALL ME. I wish I had that for myself. He makes me almost feel confident and maybe believe I could do anything too. People need people. Me plus one other person could equate to the power of 5 people. IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET SOMEONE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU ANY DAY OR NIGHT, NO FAIL, you have a SLEDGEHAMMER. Life is hard. But it doesn’t have to be that bad if you have even one solid person!
There’s a very basic yet evidently complex message right here that he’s trying to get across: You have been given a life. You can do anything you want with it. No matter what you choose, it will be hard. CALL ME. I will show up. And when you’re trying really hard and just need a breath, I will clear your path for you . Depend on it. Like a sledgehammer, it’s undeniable. NO ONE CAN DO IT ALONE. And I will depend you too. THAT is what the song is saying. The chicken and the egg thing is funny. “Which came first? The chicken, or the egg?” The answer is, it doesn’t matter. Neither one of them can exist without the other. Kinda like people. 😉
Great song, nothing like it. And the video was groundbreaking and so creative. As others have noted, the song was all about his new sexual relationship with Rosanna Arquette (the actress). Lots of subtle ways of talking about it, the sperm under a microscope in the beginning, the "open up your fruitcake", the egg becoming the chicken and then multiplying (which came first, the chicken or the egg?), the "shed my skin" and "show for me and I'll show for you", etc.
This song is mostly about attraction. And sex. A lot of sex. He is just putting it very nicely. :) Besides that, it grooves. Deeply. Insanely actually. I love it!
THIS, is what real music sounds like. NO RAP, NO CURSING, NO B-words, NO N-words, NO H-words. No negative vibes.
Peter Gabriel is a visionary and a humanitarian, so many elements to this incredible artist. He started out as the lead singer of Genesis in their progressive rock era before embarking on a solo career. He helped bring world music into the mainstream and a lot of his songs touch a nerve because they deal with the human condition and spirituality.
Peter Gabriel was the lead singer for Genesis. He left the band in 1975 to pursue a solo career. “Solsbury Hill”was his first single! Check it out sometime 🎼 I also want you to react to his song “Shock the Monkey” 🔥
Yes to Shock the Monkey! I like Diggin in the Dirt too.
"Big Time" is his self-affirmation song about being a solo artist success.
Not One Of Us is an amazing sleeper song. True deep cut.
This is 1 person I would really love to see in concert. Its concerts are an outrageous production and as almost or more off the wall than this video but he doesn't lie. He would be worth the amount of money to pay to listen and see him😅😅
This is an absolutely brilliant song by a brilliant artist.
You’re right, Peter was the singer of Genesis before Phil Collins took his place. If you ever listen to any Genesis, be sure to listen to Peter’s era, because it was superb.
Peter has lots of amazing songs, but I particularly recommend that you watch the song “In Your Eyes” in the Secret World Live version. It’s like nothing you could ever expect.
We didn't know what the hell we were watching the first time we saw this too. This song got tons of airplay.
The video was super cutting-edge for its time. It won a bunch of awards.
It's a proprietary computer technology that they developed
Peter Gabriel is brilliant with a deep catalog
to dive into for sure 👍
This is one of the most famous videos from MTV, ever. Amazing song, extremely creative video...Peter Gabriel has had a long, iconic career.
not the first time this has been done.
Peter Gabreil is a great rabbit hole to go down. Songs you might like when he went out on his own include In Your Eyes, Diggin in the Dirt, Mercy Street, Don't Give Up, Love to Be Loved, Kiss That Frog. Enjoying your reactions - thanks!
This was a groundbreaking video - made in claymation (stop motion with modelling clay) by the same people who made Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. PG's a deep well. For more from this "80s funk" era, try "Big Time" and "Steam". But there's a lot that's fire - from his first solo single "Solsbury Hill" through early songs like "Here Comes the Flood", "DIY", "Games Without Frontiers", "I Don't Remember", "Shock the Monkey" to later works like "In Your Eyes", "Shaking the Tree", "Digging In the Dirt", and "Blood of Eden" - he's just put out a new album, too! And yes, he was the original singer in Genesis.
Zappa did this years before.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425Rankin Bass did it years before Zappa. Others did it years before Rankin Bass.
@@Hornsfan64 did he do it to music?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Yes, they did.
The sexual innuendo in this song is hilarious!
THE BEST VIDEO OF THE 80's🎼🎩🎸🎶🎶🎶☮️✌️
Most "suggestive" song to ever make it past the censors. The whole song is an innuendo.
What on earth is suggestive about ‘you can have a steam train if you just lay down your tracks’ ?? I don’t see it!!
Written by Peter Gabriel. He is the original singer.
He treats this song as a tribute to Curtis Mayfield.
Suggested video 📹: Peter Gabriel sings Big Time 🕑
Peter has serious fire. My favorite singles artist. Man is amazing. Super deep library and it doesn’t sound like anyone else. Try watching In Your Eyes from Secret World Live tour. You’ll love it.
Peter all the way..of course I am bias because I was there ..❤
You simply owe it to yourself to see a couple of this man's live performances. I'd recommend Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Secret World Live) or Solsbury Hill live DNA or probably any other live performances by him with 20 million views or more. His stuff is different. Some of it starts kinda slow. But the vocal quality he and a couple of the others on stage with him bring is top notch IMO. Plus the jumping around and riding bicycles around the stage and such really adds something too. His studio versions are quite good, but his live performances are even better.
I did a bit of research. It seems to me the easiest way to find the two live Peter Gabriel songs I recommend is to look for the version of "In Your Eyes" with 27 million views on TH-cam and "Solsbury Hill" with 24 million views. There are other live videos but they only have a fraction of the views and aren't the ones that I really liked. I'm not an expert on this guy by any stretch of the imagination, but I know and like maybe 5 of his songs and these have become my favorite versions of 2 of those. Course, just because I really liked them does not mean that everyone will.
Thank you. The guy is brilliant. I like him solo. Yes, he was good as lead singer of Genesis, but it was Phil Collins time with that band. Peter Gabriel is a wild bird; his alter ego persona, just like David Bowie. I wasn’t into that Genesis era.
Dam Cool Song ! Home Run For Peter Gabriel
This was when videos were great! Back then, everyone was trying to outdo each other. MJ's Thriller, this video, Van Halen's Jump and Hot for Teacher, Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime, Madonna's Living in the Material World, Herbie Hancock's Rocket, David Bowie's Ashes to Ashes, Aha's Take on Me....
that guy is a genius, lots of hits on is bag,my favorite song is(i go swimming,,, live)the perfect summer song,keep diggin biz,🌊🏊♀🏊♂
Yeah BizMan Peter definitely has more fire to check out!!!!!! I will leave it at that and let everyone else tell you what to check out!!!! Great pull on a new artist!!!!! So says an OG3 in Austin TX!!!!! 😎🍸
I believe this is the #1 most played video during the era of music television. It was inescapable on the radio as well... for years Sometimes it would be playing on 3 different radio stations at the same time. Hard to overemphasize how big of a smash hit this was! Peter Gabriel is iconic, deep, and amazing. Try "In Your Eyes" next.
There was nothing like a Genesis concert when Peter Gabriel was fronting the band. I was lucky enough to have seen them three times in the early '70s. He really seemed to be not of this earth. There is an incredible video of a Genesis concert from Oct. '73 filmed at Shepperton Studios in London that's available on youtube for anyone who's curious.
“In Your Eyes” from his Secret World Live concert is AMAZING.
Class, when you listen to this song, you must leave yr eyes open and watch this amazing video.
Here's a funny Eddie Van Halen story. EVH bought 'So?' by PG. Apparently the last album he ever bought. I forget which exact song but the bass player, Tony Levin, who is a badass, had this double-time bass run. EVH and Tony finally meet up and EVH shows him his version, with EVH tapping into the stratosphere, but it still doesn't sound right. Tony lets EVH hang on it for a bit, try some more, and finally admits he was only doing the fretwork and the drummer was hitting the string with drumsticks. EVH almost duplicated 4 hands using 2. Tony was stunned how close EVH actually got.
Sledgehammer was a #1 hit on the Pop Chart!😊
Still killing it Biz! Supertramp, now Peter Gabriel! You're digging into some fire rabbit holes, my man.
Boy, did that video cause a stir when it came out all those decades ago. The technology was so dazzling people lost sight of the fact that it's a really good song, too.
This video won several awards. Peter Gabriel is a deep rabbit hole - his Secret World Tour has several great songs…”In Your Eyes”…”Shaking the Tree”…several fantastic singers & players joined him on the tour.
Peter Gabriel was fire back in the day! You should check out "Big Time" next!
Love that song!
That is a great song. Another good one from him, is Shock the Monkey! I agree with you about the video. Seems ahead of it’s time!
The one of those songs - people didn't know what the song was exactly about until some time
You have to move when this comes on no matter where you are. Fabulous Peter Gabriel 🤩
Love love love
I'd forgotten about the dancing chickens! Only from Peter Gabriel. Check out Shock the Monkey and Your Eyes which has a great studio version and an awesome live video
thanks, Biz! this was a groundbreaking video at the time.. also, a great song.. lol
Oh, you have to do In Your Eyes! So beautiful!
This music video was huge back when MTV actually showed music videos. Also it's an amazing song and video!
Hahaha this joint is sooooo 🔥🔥🔥 Gentleman take note
Can't help but like it
Sarah McLachlan's all-time fav. I second the motion to check out his live performance of "In Your Eyes"; you may never be the same.
Love that one! 👍🏻
The video was great. One of the best ever
Classic video.
I love how this video starts with inception (with the sperm at the intro) and ends with death...... in the chair at the end of the video he dies, becomes stardust and walks into the cosmos.
Still the best music vid ever!
Anything from his acclaimed album “So”.
Games Without Frontiers, Shock the Monkey, lots of good ones, and Yeah, this song (and video) were huge!
Wow and WOW again
MTV Video Award Grammy gold platinum you name it he wonn it
Einer von den ganz großen
Love this song! Hadn’t seen the video for a long time. Spectacular! Thanks for the review! ☮️❤️😎
Yes he was a member
Yeah, Peter was lead singer, while Phil Collins was drummer. When Peter left the band to go solo, Phil took over the singing. I would like to second your previous commenter and suggest "Salisbury Hill" by Peter.
He was the singer for Genesis before Phil.
Great fun stuff.
FYI: Peter Gabriel was also in Genesis
Onestep of the greatest artist
Peter's videos were always well produced, this came out at the height of music videos on MTV, he probably won some awards for this one. Please check out Shock the Monkey.
In Your Eyes and Solsbury Hill are fantastic! Definitely check them out!
Must listen to In Your Eyes live version!😊
In all the time I've known this song I didn't know it was full of sexual innuendo till I read the comments 😅now I get it. Show me round your fruit cake , an I will be your honey bee, open up your fruit cake 😆🤣😂
Styles and his band did this song SO much justice! Peter has fire. Like Talking Heads, other reactors don't know what to make of him. But you? I'm certain you'll dig him.
Biz you should check out peter live a giant statim June 15th 1986. Amazing
BTW, every bit of imagery in the song is about sex. And yes, he brings the sledgehammer. Show for me, I’ll show for you… ‘show me yours and I’ll show you mine…’
Original music video of Peter's Higher Love is a banger.
With Chaka Khan !
Yess , to me was the final and of genesis , he was the first compositor, he have a long carrear as compositor he right four another singuer with hits you must see more resertch
I love this song.
Don't Give Up is stellar. Spoiler alert...it's emotional. 😎😎
Back when MTV was great to watch .
One of the most visually and artistically vibrant videos of the MTV era. Peter Gabriel was the original Vocalist of Genesis, you are correct.. And see how much more you enjoy the video if you don't pause it, it still gets posted with no problems. Thank you.
Peter Gabriel was Genesis. The band was great. All of them are exceptional musicians. I've seen this Genesis without Gabriel and it was a good show. I've seen Peter multiple times. The first time was best. In a great theater. There was flash,
Shock the Monkey. More sex 🤣 And Diggin in the Dirt are two other good PG songs.
"Peter Gabriel - In Your eyes (Secret World Live)" this is a live performance. He's not only a great singer but a great performer. Not to mention a great human being.
One of the greatest songs and videos of the 80's. With the old style of stop-motion techniques and at the time groundbreaking computer graphics, the video was also one of the most expensive. Another you should check out is the song and video of Peter's is "Steam".
Claymation comes to mind but I don't know. Check out in your eyes but not the live version you got to do the studio version
Check out Red Rain by Peter Gabriel.
Sometimes it feels hard to believe. I mean I tell my kids exactly what he is saying. YOU ACTUALLY, REALISTICALLY, do anything you want.
If you ever need a hand or a pep talk, OR if you need someone to help you get a mountain out of the way of your path, YOU CALL ME.
I wish I had that for myself. He makes me almost feel confident and maybe believe I could do anything too.
People need people. Me plus one other person could equate to the power of 5 people. IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET SOMEONE TO SHOW UP FOR YOU ANY DAY OR NIGHT, NO FAIL, you have a
SLEDGEHAMMER.
Life is hard. But it doesn’t have to be that bad if you have even one solid person!
There’s a very basic yet evidently complex message right here that he’s trying to get across:
You have been given a life. You can do anything you want with it. No matter what you choose, it will be hard. CALL ME. I will show up. And when you’re trying really hard and just need a breath, I will clear your path for you . Depend on it. Like a sledgehammer, it’s undeniable.
NO ONE CAN DO IT ALONE.
And I will depend you too.
THAT is what the song is saying.
The chicken and the egg thing is funny.
“Which came first? The chicken, or the egg?”
The answer is, it doesn’t matter. Neither one of them can exist without the other.
Kinda like people. 😉
Try "Big Time" another banger with a similar video :)
I'd almost think that this song is about sex.
For those of you who believe this was the first clay animation video you be wrong. Frank Zappa did this years before this.
Peter is so versatile and creative. My favorite video for many years was his "Shock the Monkey th-cam.com/video/CnVf1ZoCJSo/w-d-xo.html
You're the very best reactort o the music. What a shame that the visuals passed you by.
Great song, nothing like it. And the video was groundbreaking and so creative. As others have noted, the song was all about his new sexual relationship with Rosanna Arquette (the actress). Lots of subtle ways of talking about it, the sperm under a microscope in the beginning, the "open up your fruitcake", the egg becoming the chicken and then multiplying (which came first, the chicken or the egg?), the "shed my skin" and "show for me and I'll show for you", etc.
This song is mostly about attraction. And sex. A lot of sex. He is just putting it very nicely. :) Besides that, it grooves. Deeply. Insanely actually. I love it!
Do you sleep dude? ❤️
😂😂😂
Check out “steam” another PG classic video
Great song, all about sex😂
Biko
Isn't this fun?
Guess his pronoun is sledgehammer.
Probably should have gone without the video. 😂
It's a biz distracting.
Visionary...yea right .. awful.... just awful
hammering the fruit..,,,