Peter Gabriel's song is an existential and spiritual allegory that explores the heartache and suffering that people experience throughout their lives. The red rain symbolizes the pain and trials that each individual endures in their lives, and the chorus speaks of the inevitability of that pain - it is coming down and there is nothing you can do to stop it. In the stanzas, the narrator stands on the edge of the "water" of this pain, unable to interact or do anything other than feel its power, like a storm that cannot be stopped or denied. The bridge is then about the letter actually finding the strength to face the rain and accept it, to understand that it is part of life and to trust it like a child. The final chorus prays for strength and acceptance in these times so that the narrator can emerge on the other side of the ordeal. It is an emotional and powerful track that addresses the dark side of life and encourages the listener to have hope and be resilient in the face of adversity. The song is a combination of multiple inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel had in which he was swimming in his backyard pool and drinking cold red wine. In another version of the dream, bottles shaped like people were seen falling off a cliff. Inside, a stream of red liquid oozed from the human-shaped bottles as they hit the ground upon impact, and was usually followed by a heavy downpour of the same red liquid. At the beginning of his solo career, Gabriel had an idea for a film that he called “Mozo.” In it, the villagers were punished for their sins with blood-red rain. “Red Rain” was supposed to be the theme song. This idea was eventually scrapped, although Mozo was mentioned in the song "On the Air" in Peter Gabriel (1978). “Down the Dolce Vita”, “Here Comes the Flood” and “Exposure” also refer to the Mozo story. The heavily percussive song features two notable American drummers: Police's Stewart Copeland played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound and was requested by Gabriel due to his mastery of the instrument, while the rest of the drumming was provided by Gabriel's regular drummer Jerry Marotta. A very well done pop song. It has a fantastic sound density and lots of sound collages...! Truly great from Sir Peter Gabriel. One of the best musicians. (Der Song von Peter Gabriel ist eine existenzielle und spirituelle Allegorie, die den Kummer und das Leid erforscht, das Menschen im Laufe ihres Lebens erfahren. Der rote Regen symbolisiert den Schmerz und die Prüfungen, die jeder Einzelne in seinem Leben erduldet, und der Refrain spricht von der Unvermeidlichkeit dieses Schmerzes - er kommt herunter und es gibt nichts, was man tun kann, um ihn aufzuhalten. In den Strophen steht der Erzähler am Rande des "Wassers" dieses Schmerzes, unfähig zu interagieren oder etwas anderes zu tun, als seine Macht zu spüren, wie ein Sturm, der nicht aufgehalten oder verleugnet werden kann. In der Bridge geht es dann darum, dass man tatsächlich die Kraft findet, sich dem Regen zu stellen und ihn zu akzeptieren, zu begreifen, dass er zum Leben gehört, und ihm zu vertrauen wie ein Kind. Im Schlusschor wird um Kraft und Akzeptanz in diesen Zeiten gebetet, damit der Erzähler auf der anderen Seite der Tortur wieder herauskommt. Es ist ein emotionaler und kraftvoller Track, der die dunklen Seiten des Lebens anspricht und den Hörer ermutigt, Hoffnung zu haben und im Angesicht der Not unverwüstlich zu sein. Das Lied ist eine Kombination aus mehreren Inspirationen. Der Text bezieht sich direkt auf einen wiederkehrenden Traum, den Gabriel hatte, in dem er in seinem Hinterhofpool schwamm und kalten Rotwein trank. In einer anderen Version des Traums waren Flaschen in Form von Menschen zu sehen, die von einer Klippe fielen. Darin sickerte ein Strom roter Flüssigkeit aus den menschenförmigen Flaschen, wenn sie beim Aufprall auf den Boden prallten, und es folgte normalerweise ein heftiger Regenguss derselben roten Flüssigkeit. Zu Beginn seiner Solokarriere hatte Gabriel eine Idee für einen Film, den er „Mozo“ nannte. Darin wurden die Dorfbewohner mit blutrotem Regen für ihre Sünden bestraft. „Red Rain“ sollte der Titelsong sein. Diese Idee wurde schließlich verworfen, obwohl Mozo in dem Lied „On the Air“ in Peter Gabriel (1978) erwähnt wurde. Auch „Down the Dolce Vita“, „Here Comes the Flood“ und „Exposure“ beziehen sich auf die Mozo-Geschichte. Der stark perkussive Song ist von zwei bemerkenswerten amerikanischen Schlagzeugern geprägt: Stewart Copeland (The Police) spielte die Hi-Hat für den regenähnlichen Hintergrundsound und wurde von Gabriel aufgrund seiner Beherrschung des Instruments angefordert, während der Rest des Schlagzeugspiels dies tat bereitgestellt von Gabriels Stammschlagzeuger Jerry Marotta. Ein sehr gut gemachter PopSong. Er hat eine fantastische Sounddichte und viele KlangKollagen...! Wirklich großartig von Sir Peter Gabriel. Einem der besten Musiker.)
Nope, it's about meeting a girl on a tour in the Bahammas and getting intimate while she was "cycling" and she suggested they go into the crystal blue beach at sunset during a light storm and as he looked down to the red glow of the sun hitting the blue water now also becoming red... But your story was pretty cute.
Songfacts: This was inspired by a recurring dream where Gabriel was swimming in a sea of red water. Gabriel explained to Mojo magazine September 2013: "'Red Rain' was written after a dream I'd had about the sea being parted by two walls. There were these glass-like figures that would screw themselves into each wall, fill up with red blood and then be lowered across the sand, as it were to the next wall, where they'd unload the blood on the other side. I used to have these extremely vivid dreams that scared the hell out of me." Gabriel explained: "If feelings of pain do not get brought out, not only do they fester and grow stronger but they manifest themselves in the external world." Hi-hat cymbals played by Stewart Copeland were combined with a Linn drum machine programmed by Chris Hughes to form a backing rhythm that simulates rain. Other personnel on the track are: Daniel Lanois - guitar David Rhodes - guitar, backing vocals Tony Levin - bass Jerry Marotta - drums Gabriel added piano and two different synthesizers: a Fairlight CMI and Prophet 5. At one point, Gabriel wanted this song to tell the story of Mozo, a character he developed who alters the lives of those he encounters - a very prog rock concept akin to his work in Genesis. Gabriel envisioned a movie or play based on the Mozo character, but it never happened. This was used in the TV series Miami Vice ("Stone's War" - 1986) and CSI: NY ("Dead Inside" - 2008). Daniel Lanois also co-produced the album with Gabriel. The pair had worked together on the soundtrack to the 1984 film Birdy, starring Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine. After So wrapped, Lanois moved on to co-produce U2's hit album The Joshua Tree. (Songfacts: Inspiriert wurde dies durch einen wiederkehrenden Traum, in dem Gabriel in einem Meer aus rotem Wasser schwamm. Gabriel erklärte dem Mojo-Magazin im September 2013: „‚Red Rain‘ wurde nach einem Traum geschrieben, den ich hatte, in dem es um das Meer ging, das durch zwei Wände geteilt wurde. Da waren diese glasähnlichen Figuren, die sich in jede Wand schraubten und sich mit Rot füllten.“ Blut und dann über den Sand abgesenkt, sozusagen zur nächsten Wand, wo sie das Blut auf der anderen Seite abladen würden. Ich hatte immer diese äußerst lebhaften Träume, die mir eine Heidenangst einjagten. Gabriel erklärte: „Wenn Schmerzgefühle nicht zum Ausdruck gebracht werden, eitern sie nicht nur und werden stärker, sondern manifestieren sich auch in der Außenwelt.“ Von Stewart Copeland gespielte Hi-Hat-Becken wurden mit einer von Chris Hughes programmierten Linn-Drum-Maschine kombiniert, um einen Hintergrundrhythmus zu bilden, der Regen simuliert. Weiteres Personal auf der Strecke sind: Daniel Lanois - Gitarre David Rhodes - Gitarre, Hintergrundgesang Tony Levin - Bass Jerry Marotta - Schlagzeug Gabriel fügte Klavier und zwei verschiedene Synthesizer hinzu: einen Fairlight CMI und einen Prophet 5. Einst wollte Gabriel, dass dieses Lied die Geschichte von Mozo erzählt, einer von ihm entwickelten Figur, die das Leben derer, denen er begegnet, verändert - ein sehr Prog-Rock-Konzept, das seiner Arbeit in Genesis ähnelt. Gabriel hatte sich einen Film oder ein Theaterstück vorgestellt, das auf der Mozo-Figur basiert, aber daraus wurde nie etwas. Dies wurde in den Fernsehserien Miami Vice („Stone’s War“ - 1986) und CSI: NY („Dead Inside“ - 2008) verwendet. Daniel Lanois war außerdem Co-Produzent des Albums mit Gabriel. Das Paar hatte gemeinsam am Soundtrack zum Film Birdy aus dem Jahr 1984 mit Nicolas Cage und Matthew Modine gearbeitet. Nachdem „So“ fertig war, übernahm Lanois die Co-Produktion des U2-Hitalbums „The Joshua Tree“.)
This was the first song I heard wearing headphones plugged into a CD player (Sony Discman). I was stunned by the opening bars of the cymbals, and it still gives me the same feeling now. I was 23 then.
So was I. I was amazed to find PG was a member of Genesis before Phil Collins became the lead singer. The contrast between Red Rain and Sledgehammer is still shocking.
I just turned 17, got my driver's permit, and I ran away from my dad's home. Never to return. Along with Joe Cocker's "Shelter Me", Tina Turner's " We Don't Need Another Hero", "One Of The Living", this song gave me the way to conjure enough courage to leave an abusive situation once and for all...
@@simonlayfield2513 You have to thank Stewart Copeland (the drummer of The Police), he's the one playing that mesmerizing hi-hat part. And ofc PG, because he understood that he needed Stewart to recreate that sound of "musical rain".
Peter Gabriel was one of the most artistic, progressive, unique and creative singers of the 80's. Between his unmistakable voice and the amazing depth of his songs. Listening to this today does not even sound outdated...amazing.
This was my brothers favorite song, he passed away in 1994. He would be 64. He was an intellect and loved Italy. Rest in peace David G. Campo. This concert with Peter Gabriel was one of his favorites.
I'm sure it's been years or not months that somebody has replied to you but I have to tell you my heart is broken for you but I also want to tell you I know how to heal my heart heart and it's with listening to things that bring you closer to the friends that you have lost just open your eyes and your ears and encapture the Wonder
So many 80s songs like this had texture, depth, creativity, and an ethereal quality that has never been reproduced in any other generation They created an atmosphere of darkness, mystery, comfort, and warmth all at once, all of them were so unique, the recording techniques, sound, and production of 80s songs were superior imo and still stand the test of time So many songs touched the heart and stirred emotions in a way no other musical generation has imo, what a special decade in music history, I really miss this time
SX196 ---excellent post--and I so agree--- I was 22 when this came out---couldn't get to the "record store" fast enough to buy it :) LOVE almost everything 80s though I love music from today as well but I am so glad I was old enough to appreciate these gems from the 80s--never gets old, never
sorry the eighties were nothing in comparison to the sixties or seventies Gabriel was a major phenomenon in all decades but aside from that as far as I'm concerned it was a poor decade for music
Also Jerry Marotta's fantastic drumming wiith Stewart Copeland's hi-hat, and the drum machine layer underneath... this song is a masterpiece. The whole album is. ❤🌧
This song takes me back to tough times in high school. I remember I was coming home from work, and I was crying my eyes out , and my parents were getting divorced, and this song came on, and I just sat in my car and cried and cried. The next day I went out and bought the cassette. I must've listened to it a million times. The bridge is so powerful and haunting as well.. ❤❤❤
That's because you are a pussy. Suck it up buttercup. My mother stabbed me, while I was sleeping. Glad I was born a man to punch her in the face. She had a lobotomy a week later
Да, парень, тебе пришлось весьма несладко. К сожалению, я тоже прошёл через эту историю. И также глубоко ранен до сих пор, хотя мне уже 48 лет. Это очень жестоко по отношению к детям. А эта песня мне напоминает ещё мой дом, когда все были в нём и даже вполне счастливы, и ничего не предвещало трагедии. Но ход времени неумолим.
Self detoxed off cocaine during the time this album was released. Listened to this album multiple times daily. Special song - Don't Give Up. Thank you Peter Gabriel!
August of 1991, New York State, a fairgrounds somewhere. The first Lollapalooza. The stage hands had just finished setting up for Jane’s Addiction, and out of nowhere it started pouring. A quick thinker in the back took out the tape that was playing through the speakers and put on this song. Almost ten thousand freaks and geeks, goths and punks, skaters and surfers, hardcores and hippies - and everyone in between - started singing and dancing to this song. Hearing it always brings back that moment.
I heard this song blasting from 2nd story dorm window in college. I thought "whoever it is, must be really cool?" I went over to see and instantly made a new friend.
I live in northern Wisconsin in the last 25 years I have lived here, crappy radio stations play the same classic rock songs over and over. We finally just got a decent one that play some different stuff like this, and just heard the song for the first time today in 2022. Loved it I’m glad I was able to find it. Good job 105.1 The GOAT. 🐐
Tell me about it...this song helped me get through 2019, a year of a rollercoaster of emotions for me. January: started dating for the first time ever March: first professional recording sessions with my band June: discovering ASMR for the first time which helped me through a lot of my struggles with anxiety July-August: got my first job ever, working part time at a grocery store September: nastiest breakup with that same person who I started dating that Jan. Was so emotional as it was my first ever relationship. That hurt so much, being a sensitive person. December: quit my first job thinking I can find another job soon, then COVID would hit three months later. 0:05 The soft, twinkly keyboard notes, synth swells and Stewart Copeland's hi-hat work serve as a reminder of the good times, whilst knowing you're entering the next stage of your journey. 0:21 Tony Levin's bass slide down just adds to the dramatic emotional aspect of the song for me, acknowledging built up anger and frustration. 0:30 The drum fill which marks Gabriel's entrance with the vocals and piano chords is a release of all of that pain. Emotional songs say so much. I totally relate to how you think this is so emotional...
@@peterknowles3198 I do love this song, It's as though life itself has turned to red rain with this pandemic! Stay safe my friend and don't take the jab
Every time I hear this song, I am always blown away by how skillfully and beautifully this song is crafted. Peter Gabriel has a gift of creating songs that portray what seem to be complex emotions or spaces in time. He truly is a musical artist.
Thank Chris Hughes. He was responsible for this, Everybody Wants to the Rule the World, Head Over Heels, Shout, Adam and the Ants 2nd and 3rd albums and more. Producers and writers don't get enough credit. Tracking them will give you more of your favorite music than tracking the artists actually.
I’m not sure there is a better produced song than this. The way everything comes together in a perfect storm, the crashing and splashing of drums with the rumbling of the bass, the cloudy synths and piano, with his increasingly desperate and throaty voice, is just stunning. Ive listened to this song about 1000 times and always get lost in it and find a new detail every time. Daniel Lanois knocked this one out of the park.
hay ocasiones que la vida no se muestra en su magnitud salvo con el correr del tiempo. Las mentes se entrampan en conclusiones de malos augurios y atrofian el cuerpo no asi la escencia del punto en controversia. Que la historia lo concluya!!!
Daniel Lanois really hit the mark with this tune. In the interview by Rick Beato, he tells the story about arranging the track like it was a rainstorm about to break loose.
Being a 10 years old boy, "Red Rain" turned me into a musician. Shall be sang at my funeral. I would love to play and meet Peter Gabriel as a bass player he turned me into. Can not be otherwise, thank You Peter.
Fun fact, Peter Weller says his best acting moment was during the coke factory bust scene in RoboCop, when he was listening to this song on a walkman while filming that scene
I didn't know that - so basically one of the most powerful scenes in one of the darkest and most iconic action movies in the 80s was shot while listening to one of the darkest and most beautiful songs EVER?
My god his voice. That grit he gets in the last chorus is unbelievable. I can't think of many voices with such gravitas in this period of popular music. Not to say there aren't any that stack up to him, but few. Very few.
Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch We touch, this place is so quiet, sensing that storm Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down There is no blood around, see no sign of pain Hay ay ay no pain Seeing no red at all, see no rain Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me Red rain Ohhhh Putting the pressure on much harder now To return again and again Just let the red rain splash you Let the rain fall on your skin I come to you defenses down With the trust of a child Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me And I can't watch any more No more denial It's so hard to lay down in all of this Red rain coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down I'm bathing in Red rain coming down Red rain is falling down Red rain is coming down all over me I'm begging you Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Over me in the red red sea Over me Over me Red rain
What an amazing production. The rhytm section with Jerry Marotta on drums and Tony Levin on bass is out of this world. Peter Gabriel stands out as one of the most talented artists of the last 50 years
of course) this is my youth) the clip is just fire) the song is very good) Peter Gabriel is a very good performer) I listen and still get high) such nostalgia)
Seeing as though the band he came out of had Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins, is it any surprise he’s as talented as he is?
Not only is this album a masterpiece , his videos too . That a look at the video sledgehammer . The graphics in that video are incredible , even in 2024 . Imagine , this is a video from the 80's
June 30th, 1986. My best friend, Jeff, RIP, and I were in Cincinnati to see the Grateful Dead. We had scored some LSD in the parking lot, and gone inside the ampitheater to wait for the show to start. It was a beautiful, sunny day. As I laid down on the grass, enjoying the sunshine, this music began playing on the PA system. I remember thinking, " cool, this must be Peter Gabriel's new album, coming out today. What a treat. It just doesn't get better than this!" Still an awesome memory to this day.
I remember watching this music video on DVD about several times when I was a teenager. It's one of my favourite Peter Gabriel songs of all time. I absolutely love that song. It never gets old and it will always be a timeless masterpiece. It's probably one of the best Peter Gabriel songs of all time. I still have that DVD 📀 called Peter Gabriel: Play The Videos (2004, Warner Music Vision which is now known as Warner Music Entertainment). Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
I first heard this track when I was a student developing an interest in composition and found Tony Levin’s bass playing simply mesmerizing. YEARS later, I had the pleasure of meeting him at a trade show where both of us were demonstrating instruments for the same manufacturer. Well, you can imagine what a thrill it was for me to see him give me a thumbs up during my performance segment. A great song performed and produced by great artists.
An album that has made thousands of people to want to become music producers…yet there is only one Peter Gabriel. Music of this quality is rare. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Masterpiece. This song is truly a storm, as soon as the bassline kicks in, the drums rumble, and then Gabriel's voice hits, it's like thunder and lightning and rain. And this video is just perfection, the way Peter's lit and the dancing, it's filled with so much despair and a sadness that can't be expressed through spoken words. Did I mention this is a masterpiece?
a) ABSOLUTELY. b) for "centering"...I put this in 🔂 LOOP Mode; allowing to take-me INTO the subliminal PLACE...that it's deep, rhythm and musicality - can DELIVER you.
Gabriel is such a great vocalist, what a distinctive tone he has. Then he casually brings lyrics of pure poetry to the table, and adds a little musical brilliance for good measure, the cheeky fucking genius!
Hace unos 34 años aprox... un profesor de apreciacion musical nos hizo analizar esta canción. Más compleja de lo que parece. Los arreglos son increibles, y su vibra es muy potente, transmite mucha emoción. Desde entonces me encanta.
This album is just in the stratosphere. I don’t know what it is that makes things come together for an artist like this, but whatever IT is, Peter had it in spades for “So.” It is probably my favorite record ever made. Love Peter.
Peter Weller said one of his favorite memories of his film career was filming the drug bust sequence. While filming the sequence, Weller was listening to Peter Gabriel's song "Red Rain" on his Walkman inside the RoboCop helmet as he exchanged gunfire with various bad guys.
Just saw this live this past Saturday at the united center in Chicago. There aren't many words to describe how good the show was. When this song came on as others have said when Tony's base and Manu's drums hit WOW! If you've never been around a grenade or bomb when it goes off (your very lucky) its the only thing that comes close to what I felt I was dead center sec 106 seat 10 and POW! This song live that night just indescribably incredible. I had the same feeling at his show at Poplar Creek back in 83' and every show in between' what an artist.
Somehow, Gabriel's solo work has transcended the era of music it also helped to define. You listen today and his soundscape, themes, expression are just as full, rich, and present as they were then. There is no defining or categorizing his music, it's not {rock}, it is not {symphonic}, it is not...it is him, iconoclastic.
All I know is that I had the privilege of seeing Genesis perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in Houston, Texas, in 1974. The performance left me and my good friend Mike totally abuzz. Of all concerts I have attended, I would have to say this was the singular best and most memorable concert of my life!!
I saw Peter and Genesis performing Lamb Lies Down on Broadway at Grand Valley College in West Michigan ---Never heard any of their music before ---just felt like going to a concert-----I was mesmerized! I bought up all their previous works and fell in love with Genesis and subsequently both Peter and Phil's solo endeavors ----BTW ---It was probably in my top three of best concerts of my life---perhaps even no 1
Blade Runner yes! It’s a shame they got replaced in Genesis by Ray Wilson of all people to sing on Calling All Stations back in 97’ Jesus Christ his voice is so dull ugh! 😑
This album was huge for me. I've loved it every since it was released. It is my favorite PG album ever, followed by Us. King Edward Van Halen famously stated this was the last commercial CD he ever bought. Speaking to Classic Rock in January 2022, Eddie’s son Wolfgang revealed that So held a special place in his father’s heart and that the song ‘Red Rain’ meant a lot to both of them. He said: “This is one of my favourite albums because it was one of my father’s favourite albums of all time. So I’ll never forget him coming up to me one night with these huge headphones and going, ‘Wolf, put these on.’ Then he put the headphones on my head and cranked the first song, ‘Red Rain’. It’s very hard to listen to now that my father is gone. But that album front to back is Peter Gabriel at his finest.”
As a white man with a black man boss, it kept me sane driving through Harlem selling booze to the liquor stores. I was known as the White Shadow . Because I drove 70 mph down Broadway 😂😊.
I am just another Avid music fan, but I'm convinced this is one of the most emotional and heartfelt vocals I've ever heard. This album So is one of the most completely satisfying albums I've ever listened to.
In a career littered with great songs, this could be his finest hour. Everything about it is perfect IMHO, the rhythm section especially so. The arrangements and production are so detailed, with lots of really nice touches that reward you every time you listen. I love that about some of the albums from this era.
I would rate this as a "decent" Peter Gabriel song, but not his finest work. I find it too repetitive to be in the same league as Sledgehammer, Steam, In Your Eyes, or songs of that calibre. He sets the bar very high, but Gabriel's best songs are (by not only my opinion but by majority consensus - in no particular order): - Sledgehammer - Steam - In Your Eyes - Solsbury Hill - Shock The Monkey - Big time
Saw Peter Gabriel with Sting at Summerfest this year. Sick show...2 bands and 12 great musicians playing great tunes from some of the best years in music. Awesome!
This album was released in the 80s. I saw it in Houston when I was 19, now I'm 55. It will forever be in the top 5 of my favorite concerts. I've seen so so many Hall Of Fame bands. Best part of being 55 lol. It was 1986 when I saw him. Maybe 87? Epic and unforgettable. I love Peter!!! ❤️
Lying on the bed, eyes closed ,listening with ear phones on at full volume, blasting my ear drums out, is the only way to listen to this song. Been doing this since 1986.
Man , I am lost for freaking words , when it comes to this man , he is beyond a musical genius. I am 34 and really grew up in the 90's , he is still awesome to me. A fantastic voice and a beautiful but sad song , LOVE IT SO !
Peter Gabriel's voice is perfect, no one can convey bleakness quite like him. The video helps convey the song theme too, refreshing( this didn't always happen). Great job.
Wonderful voice, wonderful arrangements and lyrics. This is just a terrific example of what REAL music is...love the drums too...so powerful it gives me chills.
Stewart Copeland's quintessential hi-hat-only work on this song is HUGELY worthy of note. I mean, seriously, what drummer gets hired JUST to play the hi-hat? Stewart Copeland, that's who! ;)
Brings a lump to my throat,my dad used to play this at the home I grew up in, I would be woken with music often on the wknds by my dad, talking heads Peter Gabriel, Floyd, usually,this song holds close to my heart as I can still hear my dad sing it, I miss them days, i miss him .I got his music tastes now lol
The entire album, “So”, was a masterpiece, start to finish
I challenge anyone to call anything on that album "filler."
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I agree so Is a masterpiece
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Peter Gabriel's song is an existential and spiritual allegory that explores the heartache and suffering that people experience throughout their lives. The red rain symbolizes the pain and trials that each individual endures in their lives, and the chorus speaks of the inevitability of that pain - it is coming down and there is nothing you can do to stop it. In the stanzas, the narrator stands on the edge of the "water" of this pain, unable to interact or do anything other than feel its power, like a storm that cannot be stopped or denied. The bridge is then about the letter actually finding the strength to face the rain and accept it, to understand that it is part of life and to trust it like a child. The final chorus prays for strength and acceptance in these times so that the narrator can emerge on the other side of the ordeal. It is an emotional and powerful track that addresses the dark side of life and encourages the listener to have hope and be resilient in the face of adversity.
The song is a combination of multiple inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel had in which he was swimming in his backyard pool and drinking cold red wine. In another version of the dream, bottles shaped like people were seen falling off a cliff. Inside, a stream of red liquid oozed from the human-shaped bottles as they hit the ground upon impact, and was usually followed by a heavy downpour of the same red liquid.
At the beginning of his solo career, Gabriel had an idea for a film that he called “Mozo.” In it, the villagers were punished for their sins with blood-red rain. “Red Rain” was supposed to be the theme song. This idea was eventually scrapped, although Mozo was mentioned in the song "On the Air" in Peter Gabriel (1978). “Down the Dolce Vita”, “Here Comes the Flood” and “Exposure” also refer to the Mozo story.
The heavily percussive song features two notable American drummers: Police's Stewart Copeland played the hi-hat for the rain-like background sound and was requested by Gabriel due to his mastery of the instrument, while the rest of the drumming was provided by Gabriel's regular drummer Jerry Marotta.
A very well done pop song. It has a fantastic sound density and lots of sound collages...!
Truly great from Sir Peter Gabriel. One of the best musicians.
(Der Song von Peter Gabriel ist eine existenzielle und spirituelle Allegorie, die den Kummer und das Leid erforscht, das Menschen im Laufe ihres Lebens erfahren. Der rote Regen symbolisiert den Schmerz und die Prüfungen, die jeder Einzelne in seinem Leben erduldet, und der Refrain spricht von der Unvermeidlichkeit dieses Schmerzes - er kommt herunter und es gibt nichts, was man tun kann, um ihn aufzuhalten. In den Strophen steht der Erzähler am Rande des "Wassers" dieses Schmerzes, unfähig zu interagieren oder etwas anderes zu tun, als seine Macht zu spüren, wie ein Sturm, der nicht aufgehalten oder verleugnet werden kann. In der Bridge geht es dann darum, dass man tatsächlich die Kraft findet, sich dem Regen zu stellen und ihn zu akzeptieren, zu begreifen, dass er zum Leben gehört, und ihm zu vertrauen wie ein Kind. Im Schlusschor wird um Kraft und Akzeptanz in diesen Zeiten gebetet, damit der Erzähler auf der anderen Seite der Tortur wieder herauskommt. Es ist ein emotionaler und kraftvoller Track, der die dunklen Seiten des Lebens anspricht und den Hörer ermutigt, Hoffnung zu haben und im Angesicht der Not unverwüstlich zu sein.
Das Lied ist eine Kombination aus mehreren Inspirationen. Der Text bezieht sich direkt auf einen wiederkehrenden Traum, den Gabriel hatte, in dem er in seinem Hinterhofpool schwamm und kalten Rotwein trank. In einer anderen Version des Traums waren Flaschen in Form von Menschen zu sehen, die von einer Klippe fielen. Darin sickerte ein Strom roter Flüssigkeit aus den menschenförmigen Flaschen, wenn sie beim Aufprall auf den Boden prallten, und es folgte normalerweise ein heftiger Regenguss derselben roten Flüssigkeit.
Zu Beginn seiner Solokarriere hatte Gabriel eine Idee für einen Film, den er „Mozo“ nannte. Darin wurden die Dorfbewohner mit blutrotem Regen für ihre Sünden bestraft. „Red Rain“ sollte der Titelsong sein. Diese Idee wurde schließlich verworfen, obwohl Mozo in dem Lied „On the Air“ in Peter Gabriel (1978) erwähnt wurde. Auch „Down the Dolce Vita“, „Here Comes the Flood“ und „Exposure“ beziehen sich auf die Mozo-Geschichte.
Der stark perkussive Song ist von zwei bemerkenswerten amerikanischen Schlagzeugern geprägt: Stewart Copeland (The Police) spielte die Hi-Hat für den regenähnlichen Hintergrundsound und wurde von Gabriel aufgrund seiner Beherrschung des Instruments angefordert, während der Rest des Schlagzeugspiels dies tat bereitgestellt von Gabriels Stammschlagzeuger Jerry Marotta.
Ein sehr gut gemachter PopSong. Er hat eine fantastische Sounddichte und viele KlangKollagen...!
Wirklich großartig von Sir Peter Gabriel. Einem der besten Musiker.)
Dude...that is quite the novel
Nope, it's about meeting a girl on a tour in the Bahammas and getting intimate while she was "cycling" and she suggested they go into the crystal blue beach at sunset during a light storm and as he looked down to the red glow of the sun hitting the blue water now also becoming red...
But your story was pretty cute.
Songfacts:
This was inspired by a recurring dream where Gabriel was swimming in a sea of red water. Gabriel explained to Mojo magazine September 2013: "'Red Rain' was written after a dream I'd had about the sea being parted by two walls. There were these glass-like figures that would screw themselves into each wall, fill up with red blood and then be lowered across the sand, as it were to the next wall, where they'd unload the blood on the other side. I used to have these extremely vivid dreams that scared the hell out of me."
Gabriel explained: "If feelings of pain do not get brought out, not only do they fester and grow stronger but they manifest themselves in the external world."
Hi-hat cymbals played by Stewart Copeland were combined with a Linn drum machine programmed by Chris Hughes to form a backing rhythm that simulates rain. Other personnel on the track are:
Daniel Lanois - guitar
David Rhodes - guitar, backing vocals
Tony Levin - bass
Jerry Marotta - drums
Gabriel added piano and two different synthesizers: a Fairlight CMI and Prophet 5.
At one point, Gabriel wanted this song to tell the story of Mozo, a character he developed who alters the lives of those he encounters - a very prog rock concept akin to his work in Genesis. Gabriel envisioned a movie or play based on the Mozo character, but it never happened.
This was used in the TV series Miami Vice ("Stone's War" - 1986) and CSI: NY ("Dead Inside" - 2008).
Daniel Lanois also co-produced the album with Gabriel. The pair had worked together on the soundtrack to the 1984 film Birdy, starring Nicolas Cage and Matthew Modine. After So wrapped, Lanois moved on to co-produce U2's hit album The Joshua Tree.
(Songfacts:
Inspiriert wurde dies durch einen wiederkehrenden Traum, in dem Gabriel in einem Meer aus rotem Wasser schwamm. Gabriel erklärte dem Mojo-Magazin im September 2013: „‚Red Rain‘ wurde nach einem Traum geschrieben, den ich hatte, in dem es um das Meer ging, das durch zwei Wände geteilt wurde. Da waren diese glasähnlichen Figuren, die sich in jede Wand schraubten und sich mit Rot füllten.“ Blut und dann über den Sand abgesenkt, sozusagen zur nächsten Wand, wo sie das Blut auf der anderen Seite abladen würden. Ich hatte immer diese äußerst lebhaften Träume, die mir eine Heidenangst einjagten.
Gabriel erklärte: „Wenn Schmerzgefühle nicht zum Ausdruck gebracht werden, eitern sie nicht nur und werden stärker, sondern manifestieren sich auch in der Außenwelt.“
Von Stewart Copeland gespielte Hi-Hat-Becken wurden mit einer von Chris Hughes programmierten Linn-Drum-Maschine kombiniert, um einen Hintergrundrhythmus zu bilden, der Regen simuliert. Weiteres Personal auf der Strecke sind:
Daniel Lanois - Gitarre
David Rhodes - Gitarre, Hintergrundgesang
Tony Levin - Bass
Jerry Marotta - Schlagzeug
Gabriel fügte Klavier und zwei verschiedene Synthesizer hinzu: einen Fairlight CMI und einen Prophet 5.
Einst wollte Gabriel, dass dieses Lied die Geschichte von Mozo erzählt, einer von ihm entwickelten Figur, die das Leben derer, denen er begegnet, verändert - ein sehr Prog-Rock-Konzept, das seiner Arbeit in Genesis ähnelt. Gabriel hatte sich einen Film oder ein Theaterstück vorgestellt, das auf der Mozo-Figur basiert, aber daraus wurde nie etwas.
Dies wurde in den Fernsehserien Miami Vice („Stone’s War“ - 1986) und CSI: NY („Dead Inside“ - 2008) verwendet.
Daniel Lanois war außerdem Co-Produzent des Albums mit Gabriel. Das Paar hatte gemeinsam am Soundtrack zum Film Birdy aus dem Jahr 1984 mit Nicolas Cage und Matthew Modine gearbeitet. Nachdem „So“ fertig war, übernahm Lanois die Co-Produktion des U2-Hitalbums „The Joshua Tree“.)
Possibly but I think its more to do with the Phoenix Phenomenon - which creates red rain and dust
Even peter didnt know about it
1986. I was 20. Peter Gabriel was 36. 35 years later this song remains an epic masterpiece. Thank you Peter Gabriel for sharing the genius. TIMELESS.
This was the first song I heard wearing headphones plugged into a CD player (Sony Discman). I was stunned by the opening bars of the cymbals, and it still gives me the same feeling now. I was 23 then.
So was I. I was amazed to find PG was a member of Genesis before Phil Collins became the lead singer. The contrast between Red Rain and Sledgehammer is still shocking.
I just turned 17, got my driver's permit, and I ran away from my dad's home. Never to return. Along with Joe Cocker's "Shelter Me", Tina Turner's " We Don't Need Another Hero", "One Of The Living", this song gave me the way to conjure enough courage to leave an abusive situation once and for all...
Im 21
@@simonlayfield2513 You have to thank Stewart Copeland (the drummer of The Police), he's the one playing that mesmerizing hi-hat part. And ofc PG, because he understood that he needed Stewart to recreate that sound of "musical rain".
Peter Gabriel was one of the most artistic, progressive, unique and creative singers of the 80's. Between his unmistakable voice and the amazing depth of his songs. Listening to this today does not even sound outdated...amazing.
what about 70s in Genesis ?
peter gabriel started Womadelaide - world music in Adelaide - in 1988, a lasting legacy to his skill and musical excellence.
Don't say Gabriel WAS. He still IS doing amazing work!!
Your words are the realy truth.
And than Phil took over
This was my brothers favorite song, he passed away in 1994. He would be 64. He was an intellect and loved Italy. Rest in peace David G. Campo. This concert with Peter Gabriel was one of his favorites.
I'm sure it's been years or not months that somebody has replied to you but I have to tell you my heart is broken for you but I also want to tell you I know how to heal my heart heart and it's with listening to things that bring you closer to the friends that you have lost just open your eyes and your ears and encapture the Wonder
The 1980's were just a golden era for Good Music. What we have right here - a Perfect Example.
Fully agree. I was lucky it happened in my mid 20s and early 30s when my music taste somehow taken its shape and still never changed.
You have no idea how it resonates from people of my age and that is 70 years old
So many 80s songs like this had texture, depth, creativity, and an ethereal quality that has never been reproduced in any other generation
They created an atmosphere of darkness, mystery, comfort, and warmth all at once, all of them were so unique, the recording techniques, sound, and production of 80s songs were superior imo and still stand the test of time
So many songs touched the heart and stirred emotions in a way no other musical generation has imo, what a special decade in music history, I really miss this time
nice car, looks like mine
SX196 ---excellent post--and I so agree--- I was 22 when this came out---couldn't get to the "record store" fast enough to buy it :) LOVE almost everything 80s though I love music from today as well but I am so glad I was old enough to appreciate these gems from the 80s--never gets old, never
sorry the eighties were nothing in comparison to the sixties or seventies Gabriel was a major phenomenon in all decades but aside from that as far as I'm concerned it was a poor decade for music
Well said and totally true. We are being dumbed down.
The 60's and 70's even had more depth and talent, many of whom blossomed and reached out even higher during the 80's.
Peter Gabriel’s voice and Tony Levin’s bass reach a magical synchronicity on this song. It’s simply incredible.
Hi I recommend a song called 'The Bond Villain' By Robert Nix
Also Jerry Marotta's fantastic drumming wiith Stewart Copeland's hi-hat, and the drum machine layer underneath... this song is a masterpiece. The whole album is. ❤🌧
Peters Stimme ist einzigartig!
His voice is both rough and gentle. It is an unbelievable performance.
This album kept me from leaping from a building in the early '90's. Thank you Peter Gabriel
That’s good that you didn’t jump, it wouldn’t just have stopped you but a lot of other people or rather affected
Kinda same story here too. Cheers
I hope that you are better now :)
@@tya8182 still around! Thanks 😊
Anakin Skywalker Anakin would know. The last time he jumped he lost a couple limbs.
This song takes me back to tough times in high school. I remember I was coming home from work, and I was crying my eyes out , and my parents were getting divorced, and this song came on, and I just sat in my car and cried and cried. The next day I went out and bought the cassette. I must've listened to it a million times. The bridge is so powerful and haunting as well.. ❤❤❤
Hope it gets better for you, chief.
Please be well.
@@garysuarez9614 thank you 🙏
That's because you are a pussy. Suck it up buttercup. My mother stabbed me, while I was sleeping. Glad I was born a man to punch her in the face. She had a lobotomy a week later
Да, парень, тебе пришлось весьма несладко.
К сожалению, я тоже прошёл через эту историю. И также глубоко ранен до сих пор, хотя мне уже 48 лет.
Это очень жестоко по отношению к детям.
А эта песня мне напоминает ещё мой дом, когда все были в нём и даже вполне счастливы, и ничего не предвещало трагедии.
Но ход времени неумолим.
Much love to you my friend
Self detoxed off cocaine during the time this album was released. Listened to this album multiple times daily. Special song - Don't Give Up. Thank you Peter Gabriel!
May God Rain His Blessings upon you and keep you safe, a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser " In Him all things are possible....."
Good job music can cure the soul
You are a Warrior.
Hell yeah! That shit is all an allusion. Good for you man. You don’t need that stuff nobody does.
Congratulations! Glad you're still here to speak of your experience.
Jesus, this song is incredible... A punch in the gut and a gentle caress at the same time. Why can't anybody make songs like this anymore?
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Because the illuminati completely control the music industry now and won't promote Christian songs. This one is about the blood of Jesus Christ.
@@robotpicnic6508 😂😂😂😂
Yah I know right?
"I come to you, defenses down, with a trust of a child."
Peter Gabriel man...wow.
I first heard "with the trust of a giant."
REAL LOVE feels this way
👍@@tallowyloch
That line always gives me chills
I introduced my two grown sons to the music of Peter Gabriel early in life. We all still listen to him on our road trips when we can get together.
August of 1991, New York State, a fairgrounds somewhere. The first Lollapalooza. The stage hands had just finished setting up for Jane’s Addiction, and out of nowhere it started pouring. A quick thinker in the back took out the tape that was playing through the speakers and put on this song. Almost ten thousand freaks and geeks, goths and punks, skaters and surfers, hardcores and hippies - and everyone in between - started singing and dancing to this song. Hearing it always brings back that moment.
Moments of beauty like that make enduring life's pain worth it.
@@michaelgilpin9096 not really
I was there!!
I wish you have that video bro to take all of us back to that year
It was at Saratoga Springs (SPAC), I was there.
Peter Gabriel, one of the most gifted individuals lyrically. No one compares to him...
..thats why The Genesis died for me when Gabriel left the band .... *
Favorite line is I come to you with defenses down with a trust of a child. It’s so powerful
❤❤ absolutely.
I heard this song blasting from 2nd story dorm window in college. I thought "whoever it is, must be really cool?" I went over to see and instantly made a new friend.
awesome!!!
You know it’s good when the neighbours hammer the window complaining and telling you to turn it up.
Superb lad !
I'm in a 2nd story dorm right now blasting this!
@@eliseventrieri3591 MY Friend!
This is not music. It´s art.
I first heard Peter Gabriel in 1987 and I am still deeply impressed today. Captivated.
It's NOT Art...........................,
It's an MASTERPIECE OF MUSIC!
It's both
Saw Peter in concert in Toronto in '87, same year I saw Bowie - only 2 concerts I went to that year. Brilliant
Sehr sehr stark!
I live in northern Wisconsin in the last 25 years I have lived here, crappy radio stations play the same classic rock songs over and over. We finally just got a decent one that play some different stuff like this, and just heard the song for the first time today in 2022. Loved it I’m glad I was able to find it. Good job 105.1 The GOAT. 🐐
More than a song, a piece of art.
More then just a song... a piece of Stewart Copeland trivia too ..
Stewart Copeland - Stewart Copeland - Stewart Copeland ... hi-hat
Don't forget Manu katche helped on some songs too
Yes. Plus Stewart Copeland playing too on this track.
Well, actually... all songs _are_ pieces of art already, so... no; this isn't more. Good song, though!
Can't say that about most modern music
It's 2021 and this is still one of the most emotional songs I know.
thank you
Tell me about it...this song helped me get through 2019, a year of a rollercoaster of emotions for me.
January: started dating for the first time ever
March: first professional recording sessions with my band
June: discovering ASMR for the first time which helped me through a lot of my struggles with anxiety
July-August: got my first job ever, working part time at a grocery store
September: nastiest breakup with that same person who I started dating that Jan. Was so emotional as it was my first ever relationship. That hurt so much, being a sensitive person.
December: quit my first job thinking I can find another job soon, then COVID would hit three months later.
0:05 The soft, twinkly keyboard notes, synth swells and Stewart Copeland's hi-hat work serve as a reminder of the good times, whilst knowing you're entering the next stage of your journey.
0:21 Tony Levin's bass slide down just adds to the dramatic emotional aspect of the song for me, acknowledging built up anger and frustration.
0:30 The drum fill which marks Gabriel's entrance with the vocals and piano chords is a release of all of that pain.
Emotional songs say so much. I totally relate to how you think this is so emotional...
I love this album, this song, and also Mercy Street!
Brought tears to my eyes last night
@@peterknowles3198 I do love this song, It's as though life itself has turned to red rain with this pandemic!
Stay safe my friend and don't take the jab
It is. I get goosebumps and tears and a choke in my throat.
It’s primarily Gabriel’s voice. You can’t help but feel pain and sadness.
This song symbolizes why I love the rain and Peter Gabriel’s music.
The bass in this is sick
My man Tony Levin. Never heard of a Chapman Stick until Tony...
@@RockandRollWoman Yeah, Tony is one of the masters of the Chapman Stick
Gabriel's voice actually got better as he got older. Brilliant album. Never get's mentioned as a classic,but for me, it's up there
He's a genius..... Ahead of his time. Only people like us see it and appreciate it. 👊
A different Peter Gabriel sound from his English folk music days with the Genesis. Moving with the changing times and emotions ❤ 👍
Every time I hear this song, I am always blown away by how skillfully and beautifully this song is crafted. Peter Gabriel has a gift of creating songs that portray what seem to be complex emotions or spaces in time. He truly is a musical artist.
Sarah Carter very true! He seems to be totally immersed in telling the story here.
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what the!!!
Thank Chris Hughes. He was responsible for this, Everybody Wants to the Rule the World, Head Over Heels, Shout, Adam and the Ants 2nd and 3rd albums and more. Producers and writers don't get enough credit. Tracking them will give you more of your favorite music than tracking the artists actually.
@@matmurk8536 Have you seen any good documentaries about him that you could recommend? I love learning things that are new to me.
I’m not sure there is a better produced song than this. The way everything comes together in a perfect storm, the crashing and splashing of drums with the rumbling of the bass, the cloudy synths and piano, with his increasingly desperate and throaty voice, is just stunning. Ive listened to this song about 1000 times and always get lost in it and find a new detail every time. Daniel Lanois knocked this one out of the park.
There isn't. And never ever will be... This is the greatest song ever written and performed in all history and future.
hay ocasiones que la vida no se muestra en su magnitud salvo con el correr del tiempo. Las mentes se entrampan en conclusiones de malos augurios y atrofian el cuerpo no asi la escencia del punto en controversia. Que la historia lo concluya!!!
Daniel Lanois really hit the mark with this tune. In the interview by Rick Beato, he tells the story about arranging the track like it was a rainstorm about to break loose.
The synths 😎🙌🏻
Masterpiece
Being a 10 years old boy, "Red Rain" turned me into a musician. Shall be sang at my funeral. I would love to play and meet Peter Gabriel as a bass player he turned me into. Can not be otherwise, thank You Peter.
Fun fact, Peter Weller says his best acting moment was during the coke factory bust scene in RoboCop, when he was listening to this song on a walkman while filming that scene
I just read this on imdb the other night!
Fascinating
I'm here because of Peter Weller xD
I didn't know that - so basically one of the most powerful scenes in one of the darkest and most iconic action movies in the 80s was shot while listening to one of the darkest and most beautiful songs EVER?
@@dethfilmsinc5047 that's what brought me here 😆
The opening song from the “So” album. 35 years later, it’s still one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time. Thank you, Peter Gabriel.
Check out “the struts” you will be a very happy person.
Hopefully I'll see him in Philly this year. He's one of my favorite musicians.
My god his voice. That grit he gets in the last chorus is unbelievable. I can't think of many voices with such gravitas in this period of popular music. Not to say there aren't any that stack up to him, but few. Very few.
1986, What a great year for music.
Howard Jones Peter Gabriel Bruce Hornsby Cindy Lauper Some great songs that year
Oh Yeah, Love all that music dude.@@davbo5515
And I shall never forget the music of the 80s 90s and early 2000s breathtaking
Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me
I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
We touch, this place is so quiet, sensing that storm
Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me
Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
There is no blood around, see no sign of pain
Hay ay ay no pain
Seeing no red at all, see no rain
Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me
Red rain
Ohhhh
Putting the pressure on much harder now
To return again and again
Just let the red rain splash you
Let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defenses down
With the trust of a child
Red rain is coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
Pouring down all over me
And I can't watch any more
No more denial
It's so hard to lay down in all of this
Red rain coming down
Red rain
Red rain is pouring down
I'm bathing in
Red rain coming down
Red rain is falling down
Red rain is coming down all over me
I'm begging you
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Over me in the red red sea
Over me
Over me
Red rain
tyTYty.. tlc..
Thanks you🖤👍🏻
these lyrics are not correct to the song
"I come to you defences down, with the trust of a child". A perfect line for love and surrender.
What an amazing production. The rhytm section with Jerry Marotta on drums and Tony Levin on bass is out of this world. Peter Gabriel stands out as one of the most talented artists of the last 50 years
I just learned that Stewart Copeland was on the high hat on this song, as well! Mind blown!
of course) this is my youth) the clip is just fire) the song is very good) Peter Gabriel is a very good performer) I listen and still get high) such nostalgia)
@@FreedomFromYouIn2006 Stewart Copeland also worked with Peter on "Across The River" (1982)
Seeing as though the band he came out of had Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, and Phil Collins, is it any surprise he’s as talented as he is?
Unfortunately, I don’t know anything other than “Re Drain” from "as one of the most talented".
Not only is this album a masterpiece , his videos too . That a look at the video sledgehammer . The graphics in that video are incredible , even in 2024 . Imagine , this is a video from the 80's
what a time to be alive when artists like Peter Gabriel were making music like this ❤
Arguably the greatest album of the '80's/ever. The stars aligned.
Togeher with Kate Bush's "The Hounds of Love"
@@cheeseandonions9558 Beat me to it! Totally agree, both masterpieces.
The Year 1986 was a Good Year for a lot of Albums. I’d Even say that Steve Winwood’s ‘Back in The High Life’ was a Great Album of that Year as well.
June 30th, 1986. My best friend, Jeff, RIP, and I were in Cincinnati to see the Grateful Dead. We had scored some LSD in the parking lot, and gone inside the ampitheater to wait for the show to start. It was a beautiful, sunny day. As I laid down on the grass, enjoying the sunshine, this music began playing on the PA system. I remember thinking, " cool, this must be Peter Gabriel's new album, coming out today. What a treat. It just doesn't get better than this!" Still an awesome memory to this day.
I remember watching this music video on DVD about several times when I was a teenager. It's one of my favourite Peter Gabriel songs of all time. I absolutely love that song. It never gets old and it will always be a timeless masterpiece. It's probably one of the best Peter Gabriel songs of all time.
I still have that DVD 📀 called Peter Gabriel: Play The Videos (2004, Warner Music Vision which is now known as Warner Music Entertainment).
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
I first heard this track when I was a student developing an interest in composition and found Tony Levin’s bass playing simply mesmerizing. YEARS later, I had the pleasure of meeting him at a trade show where both of us were demonstrating instruments for the same manufacturer. Well, you can imagine what a thrill it was for me to see him give me a thumbs up during my performance segment. A great song performed and produced by great artists.
His album So is a masterpiece!
Dominique Hoffman I agree with you, and one of my favourite Peter Gabriel albums of all time.
Dominique Hoffman masterpiece mate, amazing 👍👌
I had this cd back in the day
So, it is....!!!!
IMHO, 'So' is Peter Gabriel's best album and definitely one of the greatest albums of all time.
An album that has made thousands of people to want to become music producers…yet there is only one Peter Gabriel. Music of this quality is rare.
Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.
Питер Габриэл - это лучший из лучших. Гениальный певец, композитор, музыкант, и вообще классный чувак!
Как дженезис без Гэбриела так и наоборот, нравиться только избранные треки. А вот первые альбомы дженезиса до дыр заслушал.
@@objectdoom3248 The lamb lies down on Broadway? Да-да. знакомо))
@@MrHetfield1993 В том числе, но любимые это Foxtrot и Cryme nursery
What a way to open an album! This track is an absolute masterpiece.
im gonna tell my kids this is SLAYER - reign in blood
Masterpiece. This song is truly a storm, as soon as the bassline kicks in, the drums rumble, and then Gabriel's voice hits, it's like thunder and lightning and rain. And this video is just perfection, the way Peter's lit and the dancing, it's filled with so much despair and a sadness that can't be expressed through spoken words. Did I mention this is a masterpiece?
And Stewart Copeland’s intro
It's his version of Raining Blood
You can feel his pain,and sadness!
a) ABSOLUTELY.
b) for "centering"...I put this in 🔂 LOOP Mode; allowing to take-me INTO the subliminal PLACE...that it's deep, rhythm and musicality - can DELIVER you.
Gabriel is such a great vocalist, what a distinctive tone he has. Then he casually brings lyrics of pure poetry to the table, and adds a little musical brilliance for good measure, the cheeky fucking genius!
I agree. He's got a helluva voice. Brilliant man.
Petet gabriel is a genius
Hace unos 34 años aprox... un profesor de apreciacion musical nos hizo analizar esta canción. Más compleja de lo que parece. Los arreglos son increibles, y su vibra es muy potente, transmite mucha emoción. Desde entonces me encanta.
This song never gets old. It's got shelf life to the nth degree.
This album is just in the stratosphere. I don’t know what it is that makes things come together for an artist like this, but whatever IT is, Peter had it in spades for “So.” It is probably my favorite record ever made. Love Peter.
@@DoesntMatter123a I’d consider Zep and PG to be on the same level, and that is the highest level.
Peter Weller said one of his favorite memories of his film career was filming the drug bust sequence. While filming the sequence, Weller was listening to Peter Gabriel's song "Red Rain" on his Walkman inside the RoboCop helmet as he exchanged gunfire with various bad guys.
Peter Gabriels' music is actual art.
Just saw this live this past Saturday at the united center in Chicago. There aren't many words to describe how good the show was. When this song came on as others have said when Tony's base and Manu's drums hit WOW! If you've never been around a grenade or bomb when it goes off (your very lucky) its the only thing that comes close to what I felt I was dead center sec 106 seat 10 and POW! This song live that night just indescribably incredible. I had the same feeling at his show at Poplar Creek back in 83' and every show in between' what an artist.
There's nothing like timeless music.. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So is a freaking masterpiece....
Thundergod129 still waiting on that ()() plus goodies hotel room just saying
Somehow, Gabriel's solo work has transcended the era of music it also helped to define. You listen today and his soundscape, themes, expression are just as full, rich, and present as they were then. There is no defining or categorizing his music, it's not {rock}, it is not {symphonic}, it is not...it is him, iconoclastic.
Yes that's true all of of the former Genesis artist had truly great careers very talented musicians indeed
Can’t stop listening to this song he’s such a great artist.
Saw him in concert twice both great shows. Thank you Peter Gabriel
I love putting the Album "So" into my car's stereo and turn it up loud and then the first song to come on is this one! Oh god how much I love it!
I have a killer 80s song list!
I wish I Spotify had it!
i love turning up my radio on the 80's station until my ears bleed and tears come out of my eyes.
I love turning up my radio until my eyes bleed and tears come out of my ears. It has to be very loud to do that you know.
Totally agree! The whole album is perfect! This one is great for driving through the rain.
Peter Gabriel is one of the all time greats in rock. I love his voice. One great vocalist!!!
Eddy Redmond he’s also an amazing lyricist.
You can loose yourself in this song! Beautiful…..
Thirty five years later and still this song holds weight and power in it's telling. This song and album is still a masterpiece of vision and sound.
All I know is that I had the privilege of seeing Genesis perform The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in Houston, Texas, in 1974. The performance left me and my good friend Mike totally abuzz. Of all concerts I have attended, I would have to say this was the singular best and most memorable concert of my life!!
I saw Peter and Genesis performing Lamb Lies Down on Broadway at Grand Valley College in West Michigan ---Never heard any of their music before ---just felt like going to a concert-----I was mesmerized! I bought up all their previous works and fell in love with Genesis and subsequently both Peter and Phil's solo endeavors ----BTW ---It was probably in my top three of best concerts of my life---perhaps even no 1
One word...... AMAZING
Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins are excellent vocalists
Two of the best
Blade Runner yes! It’s a shame they got replaced in Genesis by Ray Wilson of all people to sing on Calling All Stations back in 97’ Jesus Christ his voice is so dull ugh! 😑
Both excellent in their own rights
Collins is shite imho
@@stevedelmonte5408 shut it
His voice is unreal awesome! This song gets in your soul and never lets go!
Yes, Peter Gabriel is a satanist, out for your soul.
Good intuition.!
This album was huge for me. I've loved it every since it was released. It is my favorite PG album ever, followed by Us.
King Edward Van Halen famously stated this was the last commercial CD he ever bought.
Speaking to Classic Rock in January 2022, Eddie’s son Wolfgang revealed that So held a special place in his father’s heart and that the song ‘Red Rain’ meant a lot to both of them.
He said: “This is one of my favourite albums because it was one of my father’s favourite albums of all time. So I’ll never forget him coming up to me one night with these huge headphones and going, ‘Wolf, put these on.’ Then he put the headphones on my head and cranked the first song, ‘Red Rain’. It’s very hard to listen to now that my father is gone. But that album front to back is Peter Gabriel at his finest.”
As a Black man this kept me sane while working in Alaska on the pipeline
Wow 👌🏿
Look after yourself buddy x
As a White man working on the pipelines of Angola, it would have kept me sane too.
God bless you man
As a white man with a black man boss, it kept me sane driving through Harlem selling booze to the liquor stores. I was known as the White Shadow . Because I drove 70 mph down Broadway 😂😊.
The "So" album and the consequential tour, were a masterpiece.
This man's music has moved my soul like no other. Peter Gabriel is by far in my top 5 of all times
Headphones are a must for this song...
Mike Rossi Oooooh yes!
With a lot of energy. This song rocks.
and 2 ears
I like to play it so my neighbours can also enjoy it.
.........or an Pair of 901 BOSE Speakers..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am just another Avid music fan, but I'm convinced this is one of the most emotional and heartfelt vocals I've ever heard. This album So is one of the most completely satisfying albums I've ever listened to.
The Best of the Best ______________ !!! _____________________ !!!
In a career littered with great songs, this could be his finest hour. Everything about it is perfect IMHO, the rhythm section especially so. The arrangements and production are so detailed, with lots of really nice touches that reward you every time you listen. I love that about some of the albums from this era.
Pretty much any track from his 1980 album is stronger and more original
I would rate this as a "decent" Peter Gabriel song, but not his finest work. I find it too repetitive to be in the same league as Sledgehammer, Steam, In Your Eyes, or songs of that calibre. He sets the bar very high, but Gabriel's best songs are (by not only my opinion but by majority consensus - in no particular order):
- Sledgehammer
- Steam
- In Your Eyes
- Solsbury Hill
- Shock The Monkey
- Big time
adam872
punkpoetry majority of who?
@@punkpoetry I love that album and the one that came after it, but this track is special for me.
Saw Peter Gabriel with Sting at Summerfest this year. Sick show...2 bands and 12 great musicians playing great tunes from some of the best years in music. Awesome!
Saw him in 1986 Amnesty Int'l show sharing the stage with U2, police (reunited), brian adams it was an amazing time.
Right there with ya at Giants Stadium (poor Yoko :-D)
I saw it as well, that was an incredible display of pure talent !
Saw it too in Toronto band was excellent and Peter still has power and mastery of one of the best and most unique voices in modern music 👍👍🎤🎸🎹🎼
Gabriel opened with this at Amnesty @ Giants Stadium. Never will forget it. Stole the show. Miles Davis was there too.
This album was released in the 80s. I saw it in Houston when I was 19, now I'm 55. It will forever be in the top 5 of my favorite concerts. I've seen so so many Hall Of Fame bands. Best part of being 55 lol. It was 1986 when I saw him. Maybe 87? Epic and unforgettable. I love Peter!!! ❤️
Lying on the bed, eyes closed ,listening with ear phones on at full volume, blasting my ear drums out, is the only way to listen to this song. Been doing this since 1986.
Literally doing that right now, changed my life
I did that in 1991 when I bought his So album, an album I still listen to it 30 years later.
wow,, a song that makes you cry and scream at the same time...
+Amelie You'se *r33l*, en francais!!!
Definitely a tear-jerker
Amelie I don’t think so somehow! 🙄🙄🙄
Masterpiece, absolutely brilliant love this song.
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Man , I am lost for freaking words , when it comes to this man , he is beyond a musical genius. I am 34 and really grew up in the 90's , he is still awesome to me. A fantastic voice and a beautiful but sad song , LOVE IT SO !
Peter Gabriel's voice is perfect, no one can convey bleakness quite like him. The video helps convey the song theme too, refreshing( this didn't always happen). Great job.
I really, really love his voice from Genesis to his solo's....
One of the greatest songs of all times.
One of the greatest songwriters of all times too.
Wonderful voice, wonderful arrangements and lyrics. This is just a terrific example of what REAL music is...love the drums too...so powerful it gives me chills.
Lauren Taft , if you like the drumming on this - try 'Wallflower' from his 4th album - or 'Intruder' from his 3rd.☺
Lauren Taft Yeah, the drums definitely add a lot of nice tension to the track.
tod4y Stewart Copeland is awesome!
Manu Katche played drums on this one, Stewart played on hi-hats ;)
Lauren Taft. So wonderful you too. 😍😍😍😍😍
One of the best songs ever written and my favorite of 25+ years.
Tony Levin and his funk bass rocks!
drummsticker love when he plays with The Almand Brothers
You know it! He's often overlooked but cannot be overappreciated.
plus Stewart Copeland on hi hats
God, his voice on this is just amazing
The arrangements in this song are breath taking. Truly a master's work of orchestration and sound mixing.
I'm so glad I grew up to this kind of music.
One of my favorite lines, "I come to you, defenses down, with the trust of a child."
Today's music can't hold a candle to music from the 80s. Real music, unlike the computers and drum machines of today.
Stewart Copeland's quintessential hi-hat-only work on this song is HUGELY worthy of note. I mean, seriously, what drummer gets hired JUST to play the hi-hat? Stewart Copeland, that's who! ;)
Stewart Copeland-
"Lead Hi-hat"
Yup! ;)
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I never knew until now that Stewart Copeland played drums on this song. Outstanding !
Amen. One of the most underrated drummers of all time.
One of the most perfect albums of all times!
So true...I love it on vinyl.... don't give up 🙏
So true, I have it on CD
I am 55 and i remember how our air was bad and we had smog is what they called it thank you Peter Keep fighting for us
This song is so so powerful, I used to cry listening to it. Love from Buenos Aires, AR.
Timeless masterpiece.
Brings a lump to my throat,my dad used to play this at the home I grew up in, I would be woken with music often on the wknds by my dad, talking heads Peter Gabriel, Floyd, usually,this song holds close to my heart as I can still hear my dad sing it, I miss them days, i miss him .I got his music tastes now lol
Peter is truly exceptional here .As always. And that's Stewart Copeland on drums and Jerry Marotta. A wonderfully emotional song.
Manu katche did the bottom parts of the drumming. No kidding.
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