In an interview with PG , he states that Here Comes the Flood is the story of what happens when the entirety of the world's population becomes telepathic, and we can no longer lie to each other or keep secrets. Here is a snippet of that interview: "When I wrote this song [Here Comes The Flood] I had an obsession with short-wave radio and I was always amazed at the way in which the radio signals would become stronger as daylight faded. I felt as if psychic energy levels would also increase in the night. I had had an apocalyptic dream in which the psychic barriers which normally prevent us from seeing into each others' thoughts had been completely eroded producing a mental flood. Those that had been used to having their innermost thoughts exposed would handle this torrent and those inclined to concealment would drown in it." ('Peter Gabriel' by Armando Gallo, Omnibus Press, 1986.)
It makes sense that there was a "key" to understanding this song. I have always found remarkable the extent to which it draws my attention to the words, as though they have real meaning, but that meaning has always eluded me. Normally when I can't easily make sense of lyrics I just listen to them as sound and let the meaning of the words go, but this one somehow wants to be understood. That is hard to achieve in a song.
This night was my entry to that kind of music, that stilled my hunger - I was 16, in East Germany, living too far from the border to receive radio or TV broadcasts from the west. So a friend and I hitchhiked to Berlin. We had a short list of adresses, where people opened their flats for others to see Rockpalast, and we could stay at the first place we got to. Paul Butterfield was boring, so we went out to steal some 20 buckets of coal from a backyard in the neighbourhood to pay a bed. But then... PG lying on the stage "I will find out" (Moribund..) - "I need perspective" - an this song, which burned into my mind. The next years I saw Patti Smith, Joan Armatrading, The Police, Roger Chapman, Van Morrison and The Grateful Dead the same way. And PG was my first live concert - in Budapest 1987, exactly 9 years after this show.
For me, this is a song for anyone who lost everything. My brother and many others lost it all in Hurricane Katrina. But this song was a favorite of mine since it came out in 1976-77. Brilliant writing and singing.
One of my fave songs by Gabriel. Saw him do this when the album first came out…the very first show of the tour, with Robert Fripp sitting in on piano, introduced as “Dusty Roads.”
It's hard to say what my favorite PG Song is, but I do know, "Here Comes The Flood", is most likely what my neighbors will say it is. ^_^ And, I think the version that appears on Robert Fripp's Exposure Album is the one that gets the most spins. This version is pretty special.
Bonjour Peter Gabriel, j'aime beacoup tout votre travaill tout le long de votre carriere! Vous etes un tres tres grand musicien et votre voix et votre présence une mervaille. Je vous aime Peter Gabriel✌🎗💛🌼
today 27th feb 2023 - i so much would like to see him live again - in the moment no chance - i lost my job to 28th feb, cause corona tests stopped in MY residence for old people - i love his music !!!
The original recording is fabulous but, the re-recorded version on Robert Fripp's 1980 Album "Exposure" with that looped guitar tone beside Peter's haunting voice and piano, just knocks it out of the park! Actually, with all respect, anytime Mr. PG plays this, it's pretty darn special. One of the best songs, musically and lyrically.
"The jaded underworld was riding high the waves of steel hurled metal at the sky And as the nail sunk in the cloud The rain was warm and soaked the crowd"
Lyrics: When the night shows the signals grow on radios All the strange things they come and go, as early warnings Stranded starfish have no place to hide still waiting for the swollen Easter tide There's no point in direction we cannot even choose a side. I took the old track the hollow shoulder, across the waters On the tall cliffs they were getting older, sons and daughters The jaded underworld was riding high Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky and as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain was warm and soaked the crowd. Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent in any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry. When the flood calls You have no home, you have no walls In the thunder crash You're a thousand minds, within a flash Don't be afraid to cry at what you see The actors gone, there's only you and me And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what we used to be. Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent in any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
i was 6 years old when this concert happened. 32 years later i played this song on repeat while i cleared away the remnants of my 19 year old cat i had to put down the night before. it still brings a tear to my eye in a healing way almost 7 years after that day.
Thought the same thing! We have never experienced the strength of this storm, but are on the East Coast, where we take our share of hits and were living primarily at the coast, evacuated, our son in zone of rising rivers, forced evacuation in that part of the state where floods remained literally for months inland, tons of things lost, and never will forget the 21 or more people who died in N. C. Stay out of harms' way! Prayers to you, watching as the entire nation is!
I love this song so much. Though, after decades, I still prefer the first version on Robert Fripp's album, Exposure, he has made many recordings with carefully crafted arrangements that allow the full effect of this amazing ballad to come through. I like this one very much. What always impresses me is the way he hurls himself at the chorus. Just staggering.
Genial Solidarität seit über 100.000 Jahren bewährter Verhaltenskodex Jeder ist des anderen Insel. ==> um dem blankem Hans zu entkommen Nur gemeinsam sind wir stark. Komme was wolle. Ich bin deshalb in der Industrie Gewerkschaft Metall seit meiner Werkzeugmacher Lehre. ✌🏻.
Best rendition of the track. Just Gabriel's lead voc & piano, Levin on bass, Marotta on drums,, McGuiness on guit, Fast on synth with an exceptional tenor solo by Tim Capello. Almost just as magically there is Hair on All! :p
In the end it was mankind who bought upon the flood that he prophesised. Humans volunteered their islands willingly and without remorse. It's sad how in such a vastly illuminated world, so much has been rendered unseen. Love you Peter Gabriel. Xxxx
So Glad you are posting these 1 at a time! I can fit them in! (The whole show at this point would be hard to find the time. I'd seen your early NYC, Central Park shows live and I was totally absorbed in them! Tony took a photo of the audience at the end of one of the shows, and my former wife and I are pretty close up and are clearly visible in his release of the "Road Photos" book. I miss seeing you live so much. I'm 60 but on SS Disability these days, so concerts are few and far between now. I sure would go to any show of yours in a heartbeat though. I met your Anna in Cape Cod MA at a music and film fest and sat in a tent to watch "Growing Up" with her. I walked into the tent, nobody but her was inside. She say's, "Hi, Im Anna Gabriel, Would you like to see my film? You're late! Have a seat!" She was just as wonderful as her dad! I loved the film!
Wow Stephane! That's so very cool to hear! Things have not got less expensive either. I've now missed a few tours now myself, and it's an awful feeling. Anna was just the nicest person! It was just me and Anna up until near the end of the showing, someone else wandered in. but what was cool was a few times she stopped the film to give me more details! Love that girl ever since! Wish I could meet Peter!!!
Jimmer, first I know you are having a hard time, and I am so sorry. I have seen this friends in pain, disabilities, everyone though is different. I have experienced some of it myself, and know gratitude is the key as I know I am blessed with all of my abilities including my family, friends, many many great times doing crazy things including teaching aerobics, downhill skiing, so now it's basically my true love that is my P. T. as well, yoga and meditation, that have been a core in my life along with other things of course: travel, music, gardens, horses and dogs, cats and more--U r so blessed to have met his daughter! What a cool experience; one more story I have to add to the others that seem to be the way when there is always magic around his concerts. We lost a close friend and also a colleague of my husband's for many decades- they were even at our wedding, '81. I can't believe he is gone...6 months after stage 4 terminal cancer, diagnosis. He had a full family of love and friends to be present at his memorial and funeral, celebrated everything about him, memorialized him as a Vietnam vet, one who was haunted as they all are. He worked his a.. off, from college, which came after hospital when coming home and openly talked about what he could remember, when he was on the psych ward- he had joined at age 17~ he would hardly ever talk about the war that we all had wished would stop. He KNEW MUSIC. Peter was the TOP~ I feel really melancholy when I hear Peter as I learned what his music was and details of it, through him, our lost freind! When we got together ,the 4 of us, maybe kids playing inside, we were usually having red wine late into the night, and would often sit in near total darkness save for the candles and porch lights on our farm porch, talking about it, as well as our own losses in life, death, changes, re-birth, survival and ultimately deciding it's all good, it is where we are now-- I have strong Faith, and know he is in a good place, as he frequently has his presence known to one or more of us! I miss him every day. Concerts with Peter G. is our celebration of our friend, can't count how many between all of us, some w/ the guys taking our sons, some after his death,. On the 4th anniversary when we lost him, so a year or 2? ago, which was celebrated by traveling to U. K., in a college-town on his tour, Sheffield, to see an incredible, equally magical experience together so far. The concerts, wow, plus we had to re-visit Joe Walsh, the Eagles, who we saw with him! His brothers and sister sometimes came, some and his wife of course and his son ALWAYS was there despite a huge schedule, working on his degree into his early twenties. We all Grieve. The man is the greatest for turning me onto P. Gabriel, his words, only become better the more I see and listen. I imagine I will see him again, hopefully if it's in the plan of the Universe! Best and peace to you~
I always adored Peter's vocals. He was Genesis in my opinion and after he left, I lost all interest in the band. Looking back, despite their increasing popularity with ever increasing crap of music, the band needed Gabriel a lot more than the other way around. He was their creative center and without him, there was nothing left but fluff.
@@manco828 We'll have to disagree on that one. Couldn't stand the Phil Collins Genesis period. "Wind and Wuthering" was about the only one I could tolerate but after Hackett left, it was the final nail in the coffin for me.
One of the most underrated songs ever written. A true Masterpiece that still matures as good wine.
goes deep ok...one of my favorites ...some range in that voice...grew up on genesis
Not my favorite when I was young. We rediscover good songs (like this one) as we move forward in life. NOW, one of my favorites. Yes, a masterpiece!
In an interview with PG , he states that Here Comes the Flood is the story of what happens when the entirety of the world's population becomes telepathic, and we can no longer lie to each other or keep secrets.
Here is a snippet of that interview:
"When I wrote this song [Here Comes The Flood] I had an obsession with short-wave radio and I was always amazed at the way in which the radio signals would become stronger as daylight faded. I felt as if psychic energy levels would also increase in the night. I had had an apocalyptic dream in which the psychic barriers which normally prevent us from seeing into each others' thoughts had been completely eroded producing a mental flood. Those that had been used to having their innermost thoughts exposed would handle this torrent and those inclined to concealment would drown in it." ('Peter Gabriel' by Armando Gallo, Omnibus Press, 1986.)
SueSnellLives! Thank you from Brazil!
Wow that's very interesting! I'd like to think I'd be one of the survivors of that kind of flood...
It makes sense that there was a "key" to understanding this song. I have always found remarkable the extent to which it draws my attention to the words, as though they have real meaning, but that meaning has always eluded me. Normally when I can't easily make sense of lyrics I just listen to them as sound and let the meaning of the words go, but this one somehow wants to be understood. That is hard to achieve in a song.
So much of Gabriel’s work is inspired by his dreams.
One of my favourite PG songs of all time. Brilliant.
One of my favorite solo songs by Gabriel as well!
Dude, Chretien hasn't been PM for 14 years.....
See Peter in Montreal Forum last call men , my God !!! Here ... comes , see many people cry men , il est parti de Genesis
He looks so young.
But then, so did I in 1978.
I'm totally with you on that comment every version is fantastic
This night was my entry to that kind of music, that stilled my hunger - I was 16, in East Germany, living too far from the border to receive radio or TV broadcasts from the west. So a friend and I hitchhiked to Berlin. We had a short list of adresses, where people opened their flats for others to see Rockpalast, and we could stay at the first place we got to. Paul Butterfield was boring, so we went out to steal some 20 buckets of coal from a backyard in the neighbourhood to pay a bed. But then... PG lying on the stage "I will find out" (Moribund..) - "I need perspective" - an this song, which burned into my mind. The next years I saw Patti Smith, Joan Armatrading, The Police, Roger Chapman, Van Morrison and The Grateful Dead the same way. And PG was my first live concert - in Budapest 1987, exactly 9 years after this show.
For me, this is a song for anyone who lost everything. My brother and many others lost it all in Hurricane Katrina. But this song was a favorite of mine since it came out in 1976-77. Brilliant writing and singing.
Long time die hard fan, especially this song, but didn’t realize how old this song is, I was born in 75, unreal
One of my fave songs by Gabriel. Saw him do this when the album first came out…the very first show of the tour, with Robert Fripp sitting in on piano, introduced as “Dusty Roads.”
It's hard to say what my favorite PG Song is, but I do know, "Here Comes The Flood", is most likely what my neighbors will say it is. ^_^ And, I think the version that appears on Robert Fripp's Exposure Album is the one that gets the most spins. This version is pretty special.
On Exposure ? Really...just remember North Star right now...
Frippertronics add to the surrealism of the piano and PG's voice @@randomguestobserving6071
His voice on Exposure is just amazing .. best version .. rare people who know this Fripp album ..
If you've still vinyl my friend that spins ; much better than radio ... ?
Haha your neighbours...good to know Im not the only one
Bonjour Peter Gabriel, j'aime beacoup tout votre travaill tout le long de votre carriere! Vous etes un tres tres grand musicien et votre voix et votre présence une mervaille. Je vous aime Peter Gabriel✌🎗💛🌼
Chills every time I hear it. I love this man. Met him in the 80s. Fantastic human being.
It doesn’t matter what decade he sings this song. I just love it.
I’m 52 and I’m stunned , by this incredible , I’m scared , and in awe of life today
God, Peter's voice when he is down in the range of the verse is so fantastic and appealing.
His best song!!! Stranded starfish have no place to hide.
This is Pete!
Just brilliant ! The soul of Genesis forever.
Damn, this is a great version!
Amazing upload, Thank You!!!
I COME BACK over and over to get that stab in the heart when he sings Lord here come the flood 1:39
Gospel has soul at different times and places it seems.
today 27th feb 2023 - i so much would like to see him live again - in the moment no chance - i lost my job to 28th feb, cause corona tests stopped in MY residence for old people - i love his music !!!
i love the music of peter gabriel still today - 10.10.2020 - he was brilliant and keeps on !!!
Thanx Peter Gabriel cliamte change is real
Amazing the sound of his voice here and im listening him through the cellphone speaker...
ONE of my favourite tracks by P.G.!
"Drink Up Dreamers -- You're Running Dry"
--Peter Gabriel
Playing this song on piano usually makes me cry ... because of it's beauty .... and it's not the only one...
Julio del 1977 se edito en España. Ahora tengo 63 años, y todavía me sigue emocionando Peter Gabriel y su forma de ser
This is ths one of my favourite from PG!
Absolutely !!!
Wow. This is what I was looking for.
Un véritable Maître, PG est incontestablement un vrai génie créatif !!
I agree...
Masterpiece !
Un brano che mi emoziona sempre, fin da allora... Grazie Peter! :)
@Mon Ertov Reifidom Chiunque tu sia, apprezzo le tue parole! ;)
brilliant
This is one of the most beautiful renditions of one of the most beautiful and timely songs around. Thank you, Peter.
Wow! In the aftermath of Helene. Amazing!
The original recording is fabulous but, the re-recorded version on Robert Fripp's 1980 Album "Exposure" with that looped guitar tone beside Peter's haunting voice and piano, just knocks it out of the park! Actually, with all respect, anytime Mr. PG plays this, it's pretty darn special. One of the best songs, musically and lyrically.
David Rollo frippertronics sounds great on that version
The original recording has a bit too much Bob Ezrin for my taste. It's so powerful when it is stripped down like this.
... goodness this boys where so young and still so talented ... in their esrly twenties already have accomplishes THE LAMB LIS DOWN ON BROADWAY ...
...such and old voice at the age of 28...!!!
thank you
An absolute masterpiece
Great song. Great performance. Thanks for sharing.
My favorite song in the world.
Love this song :)
What an album and live band that was. Phenomenal songs on original themes - genius.
"The jaded underworld was riding high
the waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
And as the nail sunk in the cloud
The rain was warm and soaked the crowd"
Gorgeous song.
Happy birthday, master! ❤️
Magnifique 🤩
Danke Peter
Une des plus belles chansons de Peter Gabriel.. je l’écoutais en boucle... magie ! Sensibilité ! Puissance !
Tears me up. ♥️
Tears ( noun ), AND tears ( verb ).
That's totally the sax player from the Lost Boys. And I'm so glad that it is.
...thank you!...
That. Voice.
Beautiful. Such a timely message. Thank you xx
Wouah j'adore ce morceau
Sadly, this apocalyptic version of the world if coming true.
Espectacular !!! ídolo Peter !!!
My favorite
Thanks to the folk at Real World, whose links are always welcomed and entertaining.
Man, but I wish I could make such effortless, candid poetry out of dreams like PG did.
Que maravilla, el gran Peter Gabriel es único e irrepetible
Lyrics:
When the night shows
the signals grow on radios
All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There's no point in direction we cannot
even choose a side.
I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain
was warm and soaked the crowd.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn, they'll
use up what we used to be.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
Bette Midler did a cover of this song in her concert series called Art or Bust. It was recorded for HBO years and years ago.
Ti amo semplicemente
i was 6 years old when this concert happened. 32 years later i played this song on repeat while i cleared away the remnants of my 19 year old cat i had to put down the night before. it still brings a tear to my eye in a healing way almost 7 years after that day.
Big thanks to Kevin Sorbo as ‘Hercules’, giving us a tasty sax solo.
A little ominous since I am stuck in Houston right now, waiting for the waters to come.
Thought the same thing! We have never experienced the strength of this storm, but are on the East Coast, where we take our share of hits and were living primarily at the coast, evacuated, our son in zone of rising rivers, forced evacuation in that part of the state where floods remained literally for months inland, tons of things lost, and never will forget the 21 or more people who died in N. C. Stay out of harms' way! Prayers to you, watching as the entire nation is!
Be Safe! Best wishes!
That was SO SCARY!
I love this song so much. Though, after decades, I still prefer the first version on Robert Fripp's album, Exposure, he has made many recordings with carefully crafted arrangements that allow the full effect of this amazing ballad to come through. I like this one very much. What always impresses me is the way he hurls himself at the chorus. Just staggering.
Art pours out his veins.
me encanta este álbum!!
The past present and future work in seamless continuity
Maximum frisson!
Genial Solidarität seit über 100.000 Jahren bewährter Verhaltenskodex
Jeder ist des anderen Insel. ==> um dem blankem Hans zu entkommen
Nur gemeinsam sind wir stark. Komme was wolle. Ich bin deshalb in der
Industrie Gewerkschaft Metall seit meiner Werkzeugmacher Lehre. ✌🏻.
Muy Bueno ! Como Siempre .. !!!
Best rendition of the track. Just Gabriel's lead voc & piano, Levin on bass, Marotta on drums,, McGuiness on guit, Fast on synth with an exceptional tenor solo by Tim Capello. Almost just as magically there is Hair on All! :p
Peter, this song will be talked about after the day finally comes. Sadly, it seems to be drawing near.
Huh?
@@atlgator1928 LOL, you question this in 2021?
In the end it was mankind who bought upon the flood that he prophesised. Humans volunteered their islands willingly and without remorse. It's sad how in such a vastly illuminated world, so much has been rendered unseen. Love you Peter Gabriel. Xxxx
sicc!
signals grow ..come and go...om ra greets pg 1975....it is now remain true
So Glad you are posting these 1 at a time! I can fit them in! (The whole show at this point would be hard to find the time. I'd seen your early NYC, Central Park shows live and I was totally absorbed in them! Tony took a photo of the audience at the end of one of the shows, and my former wife and I are pretty close up and are clearly visible in his release of the "Road Photos" book. I miss seeing you live so much. I'm 60 but on SS Disability these days, so concerts are few and far between now. I sure would go to any show of yours in a heartbeat though. I met your Anna in Cape Cod MA at a music and film fest and sat in a tent to watch "Growing Up" with her. I walked into the tent, nobody but her was inside.
She say's, "Hi, Im Anna Gabriel, Would you like to see my film? You're late! Have a seat!"
She was just as wonderful as her dad! I loved the film!
Wow Stephane! That's so very cool to hear! Things have not got less expensive either. I've now missed a few tours now myself, and it's an awful feeling. Anna was just the nicest person! It was just me and Anna up until near the end of the showing, someone else wandered in. but what was cool was a few times she stopped the film to give me more details! Love that girl ever since! Wish I could meet Peter!!!
Jimmer, first I know you are having a hard time, and I am so sorry. I have seen this friends in pain, disabilities, everyone though is different. I have experienced some of it myself, and know gratitude is the key as I know I am blessed with all of my abilities including my family, friends, many many great times doing crazy things including teaching aerobics, downhill skiing, so now it's basically my true love that is my P. T. as well, yoga and meditation, that have been a core in my life along with other things of course: travel, music, gardens, horses and dogs, cats and more--U r so blessed to have met his daughter! What a cool experience; one more story I have to add to the others that seem to be the way when there is always magic around his concerts. We lost a close friend and also a colleague of my husband's for many decades- they were even at our wedding, '81. I can't believe he is gone...6 months after stage 4 terminal cancer, diagnosis. He had a full family of love and friends to be present at his memorial and funeral, celebrated everything about him, memorialized him as a Vietnam vet, one who was haunted as they all are.
He worked his a.. off, from college, which came after hospital when coming home and openly talked about what he could remember, when he was on the psych ward- he had joined at age 17~ he would hardly ever talk about the war that we all had wished would stop. He KNEW MUSIC. Peter was the TOP~ I feel really melancholy when I hear Peter as I learned what his music was and details of it, through him, our lost freind! When we got together ,the 4 of us, maybe kids playing inside, we were usually having red wine late into the night, and would often sit in near total darkness save for the candles and porch lights on our farm porch, talking about it, as well as our own losses in life, death, changes, re-birth, survival and ultimately deciding it's all good, it is where we are now-- I have strong Faith, and know he is in a good place, as he frequently has his presence known to one or more of us! I miss him every day. Concerts with Peter G. is our celebration of our friend, can't count how many between all of us, some w/ the guys taking our sons, some after his death,. On the 4th anniversary when we lost him, so a year or 2? ago, which was celebrated by traveling to U. K., in a college-town on his tour, Sheffield, to see an incredible, equally magical experience together so far. The concerts, wow, plus we had to re-visit Joe Walsh, the Eagles, who we saw with him! His brothers and sister sometimes came, some and his wife of course and his son ALWAYS was there despite a huge schedule, working on his degree into his early twenties. We all Grieve. The man is the greatest for turning me onto P. Gabriel, his words, only become better the more I see and listen. I imagine I will see him again, hopefully if it's in the plan of the Universe! Best and peace to you~
SONiC.....still ;))
Mercy street
😊
Brilliant. And what on earth is he wearing?
Worker's orange safety vest circa 1978. Most of the band wore them on the 78 tour.
Hallo You Tube hallo Peter:)
What’s behind Peter is Tony Levin’s Stick?
Jeeez he looks about 12yrs old here.
Полное видео
Is this for ....TEXAS
Who plays the saxophone ?
I always adored Peter's vocals. He was Genesis in my opinion and after he left, I lost all interest in the band. Looking back, despite their increasing popularity with ever increasing crap of music, the band needed Gabriel a lot more than the other way around. He was their creative center and without him, there was nothing left but fluff.
Duke, Abacab, Shapes were all great.
@@manco828 We'll have to disagree on that one. Couldn't stand the Phil Collins Genesis period. "Wind and Wuthering" was about the only one I could tolerate but after Hackett left, it was the final nail in the coffin for me.
@@Dana-wq5tp wanna fight?
@@manco828 (LOL)
@@Dana-wq5tp I'm a 10th Dan black belt.
Most of the views on this video are from me😅
LOL, you've got a LOT of competition, man.
この曲は今から40年前くらいの曲だから、この頃30代くらいかな？
I miss his long hair. I know it's the least important thing to comment on. But there it is.
gold mining....
God help Texas now, terrible situasion there. ⛰