Peter Gabriel - Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Road to Joy is the sixth track to be released from Peter Gabriel's his forthcoming album i/o. This is the Bright-Side Mix, by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent.
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Written by Peter Gabriel and produced by Peter Gabriel and Brian Eno, Road to Joy features Soweto Gospel Choir, a string arrangement from John Metcalfe and contributions from a number of Gabriel’s current touring band; long-time collaborators Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar) and Manu Katché (drums) as well as two newer members Don E (bass keys), ‘he did the funkiest bass line that you can imagine’ and Josh Shpak (trumpet), ‘beautiful playing, a super musical guy.’ The song was recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive and British Grove, London and High Seas Studios, South Africa.
‘I'm working on a project which is partly a story focused around the brain and how we perceive things and this song connects to that. It deals with near-death experience and locked-in syndrome situations where people are unable to communicate or to move. It's an amazingly frustrating condition. There have been some great books and films about this subject, but at this point in our story the people looking after our hero manage to find a way to wake him up. So, it’s a lyric about coming back into your senses, back to life, back into the world.’
The song is one of the last tracks to emerge for the i/o record, but it has some DNA from an earlier project; ‘It was actually very late in the record that we got to this. There had been a song that musically I'd started, I think, around the OVO project called Pukka. It was very different to this, but it was actually the starting point for coming back to this song. I just felt there was a good groove there, and I wanted something else with rhythm and so we tried a few things when I was working with Brian Eno. The excitement and energy in the song was something that I was getting off on. I felt we didn't have enough of that for this record.’
As with previous full moon releases, Road to Joy comes with an artist of the month, and for this June release that artist is Ai Weiwei and his work ‘Middle Finger in Pink’.
‘I'm a big fan of Ai Weiwei, both as an artist, as a designer and as a human rights campaigner. He's an incredibly brave man and regularly risks the wrath of the Chinese government. But his work is exceptional, often political and quite extraordinary.
When I was hustling him, I think he had absolutely no idea who I was, so it was an uphill battle at first, but he was open to talking and we got to know each other and hang out a little bit.
I was delighted when he agreed to being a part of the i/o project and generously sent us three designs. He has this middle finger image that he uses a lot in his work, and it is often directed to those in power.
He's definitely been at the root end of power, as his father was before him. So that's an important symbol for him and I guess in the context of the story I am now working on, death is the dominant power, and the hero is coming back to life and raising his finger to death.’
Ai Weiwei: www.aiweiwei.com
Cover image: Middle Finger in Pink by Ai Weiwei
Lyrically this speaks to my emerging from 15 years of drug addiction (aged 50 - 65) and coming back to life and finding joy inside me on my road forward. I’ll be 70 in November and I feel more joy than ever!
Thank you Peter Gabriel for being such an inspiration to me from back since both you and I were in our 20s until this present moment ❤🙏🏻🕉️
Right there with you, bud
@Matthew same here. Road filled with...
Nice mate, nice... 🙂👍🏻🙏🏻👏🏻 Stay on that sober road to joy !!!
Awesome, may your road forward be filled with joy!
Well done, man--thanks for sharing your journey. Keep rockin' that joy--this is how it goes! :)
I/O is a perfect album. It's got pieces of sonic elements that Peter used on all of his previous records, and he comes off with this record in a way like saying "yeah, I'm 74 and I can still teach ANYONE how to make a perfect record, listen and learn". This song is another example of that. Another song of him having fun in a good way. There are a lot of soft and dreamy songs and suddenly he pulls this one out of this pocket and you remember another skill of PG: making a fun-rocking song.
Yeah, it is perfect album. I was blown away by the songs AND sound, two mixers (studio engineers) made excellent job at creating bright and dark side mixes, there is another version called In-Side mixes sounding very 3D. PG's standards are so high his 90's production often sound better than what they are doing today.
@@Signal_Glow agreed
agreed!!
@@michaelbroyer3918 What mixes do you prefer, bright, dark side, or both?
@@Signal_Glow to be honest I love both mixes
BRILLIANT! Has a "Kiss That Frog" vibe. Thanks Pete!!!
I got that from the way he uses the same rhythm with the opening lyrics...
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@@berlusconiarsch 😂
It was super great in Stockholm last Wednesday… now, even better! ☝🏽😝🖕🏾🥳✊🏽😎🌞👄
Heard the same!! 😊
"Road to Joy (Bright-Side Mix)" - Peter Gabriel, 2023.
Waking up, waking up, waking up… Waking up the road to joy
So as swollen skies Look for anchors, look for tides
Sharp sound swim around Soaking into the brittle ground
Been so many days, been held inside this body
Been so many days and there’s nothing to do
Been so many days and at the darkness
Been so many days, I've been waiting for you
Back in the world Waking up the road to joy
Love comes through the walls
Won’t slip wherever it falls
Life's form won't calm you down
Going in for another round
This is how it goes, I've been listening to the voices
This is how it goes, you were sure I was gone
This is how it goes in a state of meditation
This is how it goes, I've been waiting for you
Back in the world waking up the road to joy
Back in the world walking down the road to joy
Thе engine stops inside thе pause Fills the holes and cracks don't close
Young and old, girl and boy Dance around the world to joy
Picture sharpens in your head Opens up when it's been red
All the things he’s trained to see Come on, darling, come to me
Show your eyes, show your teeth That’s the way to build belief
Touch my hair, touch my knee You can wake up every part of me
Get the blood to flow in every nook and cranny
Get the blood to flow from my head to my toes
Get the blood to flow flowing all around me
Get the blood to flow with the life in my soul
Back in the world Walking down the road to joy
Just when you think it can’t get worse The mind reveals the universe
Opens up, but just to start It gives you straight just who you are
I'm more a dog, you're more a cat Then we get bod of that
Alive again all as snake Then we jump into the lake
Thank you for taking the time to do this, btw :)
Thanks for the lyrics!! ❤
Merci beaucoup 😊
Hello Clive,
Thanks for posting. Would you invite listeners to suggest corrections?
I can listen myself, bro.
Wow this sounds like the coolest song from 1986 in 2024.. I hope Peter Gabriel makes a lot more music. Amazing.
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For me, this song was one of the highlights of seeing him in concert. Seeing those rotating hands flipping the bird was just...A JOY 😂
Why would you find joy in such a vulgar display??
Oh, yes, indeed.
I think this has evolved out of "Kiss that Frog" ... I clearly hear a connection. Loving the whole album, bringing us Joy Peter Gabriel!
that's exactly what I thought 😂
Man, I didn’t know how much I needed this song! After becoming extremely tired of all of the “new” cut and paste music coming out these days, PG comes in and drops a nuke. This is a work of art. 💣💣💣
Like a breath of cool spring air
Really?? You haven‘t heard his 1992 song ‚Kiss that Frog‘ then…
Yeah, every album he makes is one of the best i ever heard. PG can't make one bad song.
Flying birds. Excellent birds. Watch them fly. There they go.
Falling snow. Excellent snow. Here it comes. Watch it fall.
Long words. Excellent words. I can hear them now.
This is the picture.
I'm sitting by the window. Watching the snow fall. I'm looking out.
And I'm moving. Turning in time. Jump up!
And I can land on my feet. Look out! This is the picture.
This is the picture. This is the picture. This is the picture.
It's wild to me how little his voice has changed since the 80s. If anything it sounds better and smoother.
This song is a sonic buffet and I'm all here for it. Just fantastic.
It was fantastic live last night in Boston!!
I think that this is my favorite of the songs that he's released so far. Love it, especially the chorus and Manu's great sound and groove on the kit!
It reminds me of a combination of "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" and "Sledgehammer".
@@DontrelleRoosevelt and Kiss That Frog
Hab ihn zūrich gesehen...einfach top😊
My musical hero, ❤
Somehow this sounds vaguely familiar - yet new - all at the same time, so how could I possibly not like it? It's PETER GABRIEL!!!!!
I was going to the grocery store and i was like wait!, that sounds like peter gabriel on the radio. My lady and i sat there and listened to the rest of the song in the car. 2 weeks later i searched for the song on the radio playlist.
It Sounds Familiar?!? - Cuz it's
"SLEDGE HAMMER" !!! - 2024 !!! - FACT !!!
(Like that's a "Bad Thing"?!? -LOL 🙂)
Because of fear and panic in front of large crowds, I had to sell my tickets for June 10th in Cologne. I've been listening to PG since 1977 (Born 66) and I'm really sad. But I'm happy for everyone who can enjoy this concert. Maybe next time :-(
Dudes still just casually dropping bangas
That song is unmistakably Peter Gabriel, but something new as well. It's like a 2023 child with a strong resemblance to an earlier generation; a grandchild who makes everyone remember what a hot mess grandma was in the 70's. Loved it. Every note, every word.
Alot of this album was written in the 1990s. He just didn't release the songs until now.
A touch of David Bowie
Love it 2 the moon and back so far my fav track from Io but panaticom has something special after repeat listening love U Peter can't wait till U tour Australia and maybe I may get to meet U again bless it be my friend Paul winegge X x
Do we have a date for the release of Io can't wait anymore paul
Peter nailed it again, of course with the insane input from Manu, Tony, David and the others.
He’s repeating himself again and again and again. He knows the art and the craft, he got the huge experience, the super production, the best of the musicians around him. But fundamentally there is nothing new under the sun…or the moon. The peak was reached with So. Afterwards inertia took the lead.
@@michelebravin2248 I agree with you, but the song is very good, particularly in terms of sound, arrangment and production :)
@@Omentum459 I agree that this is a great song. Btw, I personally think Passion and Us were his peak, not So like the other said. I’m just grateful the guy is releasing new material at his age and that he can still perform live for us all. :)
@@Omentum459 Let me clarify. If PG is not good in sound, arrangements and production …well, then it’s not PG 😉. PG is a very well experienced, and high quality delivering musician, but in terms of “creativity”, he’s done. Since So, which is his peak, in such regard. All done afterwards is the same matter just rearranged, reworked, mixed up, etc. Nothing really outstanding, creative-wise, to make me…wow, PG got to another stage. And this is fair enough. Creativity has a time span which doesn’t long forever. Some artists then try to dig it in the dirt -😌- as much and deeper than they can in order to find out some more left. When you reach the status of PG is even harder. Because the expectations all around are even bigger than ever. And the artist is somehow slave of his own status and cliché/ standard that he/she set up previously. Being myself a big admirer -no more a fan, gone are those years- of PG and his great attitude to deviate from the norm and to experiment somehow, I would have been much more pleased to see him trying to step up once more. He didn’t or could not make it, which again is fine to me and ill always have a good place for him in my personal list of beloved artists. Just to say, I rather listen to PG III again and again or So, to re-appreciate his art rather than listening to him attempting to … copy himself in a “creative” way. And the moltitudes wowing…ohhh he nailed it again. 😊
Absolute drivel. You need to listen with fresh ears. "SO" was in 86', nearly 40 years ago. You're saying his creativity stopped back then? You're obviously not hearing the new songs with an open mind. There's no "Sledgehammer" or Big time" here. Not even a " Don't give up"...and thats a great thing. He's moving forward, not back. These new songs are a revelation, a new era of PG "back in the world"
This is as good as anything he's ever done. I'm crying.
Damn, the old man can still land a punch!
You were the man when I was in High school to University and my early 20's (1980's). Now I'm 60, friends are passing away, life changes, retirement. Played this song after settling my estate probate of my deceased partner and the song made me smile again and look forward again after so much strife.
Oh, Toss up on Light(bright)/Dark, The dark stands for itself. Special Shout-out for WERS 88.9: Boston for playing all the singles from this upcoming release. Can't wait for the Vinyl. Thank you!
Amazing! Saw him perform it live! 🖕The middle finger represents flipping off death and embracing life! It’s all about context!
This one has classic 80s Gabriel written all over it. Fun song.
Absolutely kick ass track!
Max gives this tune 10 out of 10 stars for innovation and sonic depth.
A song with beautiful sounds and lyrics to wake up our souls. 💛 It is spring time and there are so many different voices outside in nature and new life is flowing. For the feeling of my heart this song is reflecting the joy of creation and love.
Thank you 🌷🍃
This started playing on my work radio station recently. I had to do a double take. Told my hubby about this song and he's like, I sent you a link to this song 9 months ago. 🫠
This song came to me and in a dark place and really made a difference in my days! Thankful😂
I did not like this song when it first dropped but I saw it live in LA on Friday and instantly changed my opinion. Also this mix of it is fantastic. Banger of a chorus from PG.
I was the same with Panopticom. Is was incredible live!
Dude. DUDE.
THE MELODY IS A PERFECT COUNTERPOINT TO ODE TO JOY.
The middle finger gives the impression Peter is flipping off the ones who said he was old, over the hill, washed up. It's also an incentive for US...ME...and YOU to give the finger to the entire world, just to declare our independence and say we're doing what we want, not what we're told to do or expected to do. Because that is definitely the road to joy.
Classic, but new Peter Gabriel...this takes me back to when I first stood in the NAAFI bar at RAF Brize Norton and the video of Sledgehammer was playing. Been a fan of this man ever since, cheers Peter !!
I have always considered Peter Gabriel like a lifetime brother of me
I could hear this song a 1000 times! Extraordinaire! Thank you Peter..🙏
Love it! “Kiss that frog 🐸 “ mixed with “Fame” 👨🎤
Hey, that's good. - I was gonna complain that its just "Kiss That Frog". - But, It's like, a pumped up version!
As David Bowie's "Fame" not irene Cara.
PG 2023. Love how this song maintains a "pulse" and a "heartbeat" throughout. With the joy end of it, just waiting to boil over.
I love this!!! Kiss That Frog and I Have the Touch vibes. Joyous!!
Inspiring prog art funk. Prime PG.
I heard this in His I/O tour yes, mr Gabriel someone's reads this. This played well at the American airlines center despite our unenthused crowd. This was my favorite played here it sounded even better in the aac.
This reminds me his best period around mids 90´s with the Secret World Live Tour. Paula Cole as a back singer and that monster musicians band chillin behind. Excelent song.
YES! This is amazing, what a fun and upbeat way to have my morning coffee! Love the energy and feel of this tune. Thank you Peter and crew!
Best artist ever and amazing human at that
Probably the most instantly likeable and commercially accessible tracks we've heard from Peter in decades. A hark back to the fun and funky singles from the 80s and 90s. Should've perhaps been one of the lead singles with a crazy video - plasticine and all! :)
Great song Peter! It’s amazing that your genius and art is still with us.
Oh my, he keeps on delivering, a great advert for us 70+ young people! ♥️😘
This is so good !! It has that fabulous Peter Gabriel oldskool vibe with a magnificant modern sound.. really digging this ! 😍👌🏼
This U2 fan have huge respect and love for Peter Gabriel.
Kann der bitte in allen Charts damit auf Platz 1 ? Das wäre unfassbar cool...ein 73-jähriger zeigt nochmal, wie man richtig geile Musik macht. So genial war er zuletzt auf SO drauf.
And the way it ends!!
What a great post covid tune. I love listening to it on a day off.
LOVE the middle finger mural for the video for this song.....says it all, really.
My favourite tune of I/O so far.
This is the best new one so far.
Headed to the AAC tonight to see the legend on stage!
👍👌 Ich freu mich so auf nächsten Samstag in Köln 🙋
Ich auch!
Great Stuff ! Reminds me of the good ol' eighties, early nineties stuff. Somehow, it also reminds me some Kate Bush's stuff, like "Rubberband Girl"... Oh, how I'd love those two do some collaboration one more time !!!!
Here again this morning, listening to this melodic feast for Breakfast!! #musicismedicine ❤
"Supper Is Ready" 👌💯❤️
Beutiul Peter!!!
J'adore Peter Gabriel c un sacré chanteur
This is the one for me! I am HOOKED!!!
this man could bring Eddie Van Halen to tears with his music.. You Betta recognize!
Master piece song 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍♥️ great great great Peter
thank you peter...
This song is a masterpiece. Just saw it live last night for the first time. Gives me goosebumps
thank you
I just heard this song and I thought it came out years ago brilliant Peter Gabriel
Thankyou again Mr Gabriel for putting voice to things i feel deeply but dont dare express. I think my fave music makes me feel "seen" "known" somehow. 49 n i got better speakers blaring in my ears.....im remembering my teenage self with big speakers on my bedroom floor one on each side of my head hahaha
This entire album truly is a work of art. The arrangement, mixing, everything is 100% on point. I hope this song specifically makes it into GTA 6. It would fit in so well, I bet.
After tomorrow, Birmingham, I'm ready !!!! 🥰
I prefer this Bright Side version.
A matter of preference. It is a great song. Love it!
Ahhhhh Yes........St. Peter in 2023!!! Lovin it!
Comme une madeleine saveur , ...tous ces petits sons !!!!, dont un qui m'évoque TALK TALK aussi, avec la frappe de MANU et les épices de B. ENO tant aimées sous BOWIE, juste un délice ! Monsieur P. GABRIEL nous régale toujours.
A real obscure gem! I’m super happy to catch it on the radio
I know what you mean that's how I Heard it awesome
I didn't think we would ever hear anything that from PG that harkened back to his pop style of So and US. I hope we have a bit more of this style with the other tunes that haven't been released yet.
One of his best tunes. Brilliant
Please Peter, don’t make us waiting 10 years more to have other new songs from U!!! “You’re simly the best”🙌
He works very slowly since the 1990s
He funks with the best of them
Wow!!! Peter Gabriel, this is amazing 👏. You are so talented. This song gives me Joy. Thank you so much, I always look foward to a full moon every month 🎉
This is what I want to hear on my radio every morning !
Great stuff and arrangement. PG at his best
That was hot! Appreciate the indepth commentary. Pete, you will never lose this admirer.
Cool song!
I love this one! It’s like a continuation of Kiss That Frog. Groovy
That was pretty cool 😎 🎶
Thta's really awesome Peter. Much love to you Brother
Non ci posso credere...finalmente musica sana per le mie orecchie..troppo umiliate negli ultimi tempi..Grazie Peter e mi fa'un gran piacere che leggo con orgoglio che c e della bella gente che la pensa come me...gustiamo sto sound ricostituente per le nostre anime❤
Yes, like a breath of fresh air
Something I love about this bright-side version is that the use of human voices and background noises is emphasized more, so it feels with this one like you really are "waking up" in your senses (sounds starting first). With the dark-side mix, your ears still feel "submerged" by the sounds. Love the listening experience of having two different mixes, two different stories!
This is so great, it's everything I liked in the 80s.
He played the song in Verona with a fantastic sound. Looking forward to see PG indoor in Hamburg.
When an Angel sings
Dance
Wonderful to hear some new PG music, he is truly a music genius and the world needs this right now...what a hooky chorus ! 👍
"Waking up the road to joy"!!// As a moon child, thanks Peter! Btw, I loved "the funkiest bass line'"!
This great song was on my 40 birthday setlist with Family and friends. I ❤️ it sooo much. Cant wait for the new Album. Please mr gabriel come to vienna 🇦🇹 we love you
Waking up the World , the ones that are still asleep.
LOVED THIS! Your talent shines as bright as ever and I am grateful for it! Gracias!!!
Now this is great music. Love this 80s vibe.
Peter Gabriel c'est un son et une voix inimitable 😘👌
Instantly felt the Kiss that Frog vibe, which I love. This is an absolute tune!
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING, BRILLIANT RELEASE FROM PETER ! RIGHT ON !
This song has a really cool retro vibe. If you told me this was an outtake from the "So" sessions, I'd probably believe you.
Simply fantastic! Great Peter! Thank you very much for your genius!❤