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  • This song is saving my life...

  • She has a nice voice, but she's no Kate Bush.

  • Paula Cole rules the world... we just don't know it yet.

  • I want to marry Paula Cole.

  • Девушка - посредственность. Рядом с Питером нельзя вставать рядом, если ты не уверен.

    У Кйт Буш когда-то получилось, но это не повод рисковать!

  • Paula Cole is my favorite singer for this song, the best version for me!!

  • Paula was a superb choice , sort of a self made gal with good woman undertones & really compliments Pete ... perfect choice at that time . Kate Bush's song "Running up That Hill" is a masterpiece . Kate to Peter was like Oleta Adams was to Roland in Tears for Fears ...must check out their "Woman in Chains" , an absolute great . Now that i think of it , Oleta would blow the socks off in this 'Don't Give Up " . Such great soul from out of England , what gifts of great song the Brits have done .

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  • This was my sisters words to me when I went through a bad divorce 13 yrs ago. always looked at me and sang don't give up. 3 yrs ago she passed away at 46 yrs old, and it was traumatic being there by her side as she lay in a coma. When I listen to this now I think of her and my eyes flood, I miss you Laurie... Such a beautiful song..

  • @tenaciousway Very sorry to hear of your loss. This song is inspirational on so many levels and your story made me cry. Hope you are coping with things ok.

  • Paula reaches the parts that no other Paula could ever reach

  • @longshot75 Paula is great no doubt....but the song was originally recorded with Kate Bush and she has an 11 octave voice....no lie....a piano only has 8

  • @randster64 sorry, but she doesn't. Nobody does. She is a brilliant artist and singer but an 11 octave voice? That would make her impossible to hear. She has a 4.4 octave voice.

  • This song simply shines in Paula´s voice

  • Out of all the artists who have sung this song with Peter, Paula does the second best rendition; the song as sung by Kate Bush has the essence of a lullaby, the quiet whisperings between a man and his wife going through the worst of times. Many say she does not have emotional impact in her singing, and to them I say they are not listening to her musicality. You can almost feel her voice tightening with pain, hardly able to speak the words needed to be said. Paula's great--but Kate is it!

  • I'm trying to think if there's 'bad' song on this DVD?

  • actually hypnotic.

  • This song has such a good vibe that it has always been an inspiration during challenging times through my life, of course I was never alone, thanks to a little help from my friends.

  • When I first bought the "Secret World Live" CD back in the early 90's I knew this was what gonna get her off the ground. Peter Gabriel knew Paula Cole was more than good enough to go Solo. And Peter Gabriel is is a musician master in his own right hands down. I didn't know her but boy was I captivated by her voice.

  • Pete Gabriels voice = pure gold.. Even when he sings slightly out of key it sounds so awesome.

  • when Paula cuts in for the first time?...with those falsetto's?....wrecks me every damn time...weep like a school girl...

  • Paula Cole has a beautiful voice... perfect for this song

  • She definitely sings it well. When I first heard it, I didn't think so much of it. Now it has become more lasting in my memory than Kate Bush' version, even though both renditions are good.

    As for Lady GaGa, why waste time talking about pure product when there is artistic work afoot? Thanks Paula, and I believe your talent earned the invitation onto Peter Gabriel's tour. He wasn't holding your hand up for nothing...

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  • I wish when someone hits the dislike button on a good song or video like this, the computer would piss on them, a lot of piss.

  • I can't even get thru this song with out my eyes welling up. It's beautiful...perfect....

  • I don't get it, how can 5 people dislike this. A genius and an angel sing together and it sounds amazing. Not to mention the performance is awesome.

  • Wow.

  • This song saved my life...

  • holy smoke what a voice

  • Love this Version of this classic great voice Paula

  • It's been a really lousy week. I needed to hear this.

  • I had no idea that Paula Cole's voice was that powerful.

  • Dearest God, this is good.

  • I much prefer this version of the song, female voice complements the coal mining heritage of this song....

  • Amazing!

  • Paula is so amazing. So much emotion, such a great voice.

  • yeh, but everyone is worse than kate bush

  • Times when people in the crowd held lighters, not bloody cell-phones.

  • Just can´t hold back tears!

  • Sick good.... Amazing...

  • Paula Cole is one of my favorite artists. I adore her.

  • How can you not love Paula Cole

  • I wont give up!!!!!!

  • @linvictory Never...you will find victory...

  • @lisa6815 Thanks Lisa!!!! we will find VICTORY!!!!

  • I can only right about this a few seconds because the tears get in my eyes!!

  • I love this version of that song, Peter Gabriels voice is unbeatable, so emotional. I love Paula as much as Kate Bush so I can never choose which one was better partner for him in this. As for the countless covers, I think only John Legend and Pink have done a great job and sound as amazing as the oryginal artists.

  • Saw this tour... awesome show. Paula is quite amazing.

    THEN I saw/heard original with Kate Bush... well, nuthin' against Paula...  but seriously. ;-)

  • dude this song fuck yes

  • Kate Bush way better

  • This song is VERY powerful!! Time and time again I have thought about leaving this place.... but then someone very special played this song for me, and well... here I am!! FABULOUS SONG!!

  • lindo!!!!

  • Paula is on facebook .. someone asked how to get a message to her !

  • i believe there's a place where we belong... :')

  • :Peter at his best, and Paula is amazing. This is just one of the best live joints of all time.

  • Peter Gabriel just gets better. Paula Cole did a good job, but there's no one like Kate.

  • we all wanna give up sometime. this song is dedicated to all those people. giving up is never really worth it. this song is especially for 2 very special people, for whatever reasons. they know.

  • As close to perfection as it is possible to go. Two wonderful voices with an incredible amount of soul.

  • it's good but it's better with the bush

  • peter is awesome and the whole band are faultless and i think im in love with paula cole

  • I'm shaking... So much beautiful...

  • Who the F... deslikes this? There is no music inside of you...

  • My favorite song of all time.

  • Wow.

  • Possibly the greatest female vocal performance I have ever heard. My God she has the voice of an angel. I would have goosebumps if I were Mr Gabriel singing on stage with her.....

  • @SHANE111171 what a wonderful concert this was, peter is a great showman and always surrounds himself with good musicians and singers. Add that to his songwriting mastery and you have one heck of a show!

  • @SHANE111171 I've been thinking the same ever since I saw and heard this song five years ago. The passage from minute 2:54 to 3:10 are thrilling

  • @SHANE111171 Better than opera, her singing is absolutely beautiful...

  • @SHANE111171 i agree Paula Cole is perfect!

  • One of the greatest lyrisists of all time.

  • Watching this video brought me to tears after I lost my job and couldn't transition. Only my lady got me through that.........and this video spoke to me :)

  • "Though I saw it all around, I never thought that I could be affected..."

  • It's not just Peter and Paula that make this. This is a peerless ensemble. Thanks! Peter Gabriel ... Vocals, harmonica Manu Katché ... Drums Tony Levin ... Bass David Rhodes ... Guitar Shenkar ... Violin ) Jean-Claude Naimro ... Keyboards Paula Cole ... Vocals Lévon Minassian ... Duduk
  • @arcarrjr i THINK TONY LEVIN IS A BASSIST RIGHT ?

  • Five people lost.

  • I love where Paula Cole goes with the melody. She really takes the song into a new stratosphere.

  • Wauwww, super wat een stem..!

  • Wauwww

  • Check out Pink and John Legend's version of this song, it is amazing!

  • This version craps all over the 'original', something I RARELY say. Paula's voice is MAGNIFICENT, perfect for this song. I have chills and goosebumps right now.

  • This version is NOT the one you will get if downloaded from Amazon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • nicht aufgeben auch wenn es manchmal schwer fällt

  • nicht aufgeben auch wenn es manchmal schwer fällt

  • I'm not going to say better or worse than Kate Bush. Just let me say, where has this version been all my life??

    Paula never played it safe, and was a true artist. Today, best we can hope for is Lady Gaga, her uninspired flat dancehall sound with an unflappable sense of style over substance. Paula never needed to wear a dress made of meat; she never had John Lennon's widow or any other political figures there to sing her deserved praises; she never bothered with marketing her name/likeness.

  • @philumber Oh..God..I completely agree with you..She deosn`t need any of that ...Only her voice and feelings..Nice !!

  • @philumber Gaga is a legit talent...as much as it pains me to say, she's the real deal

  • man Mr Gabriel has pipes of steel

  • I LOVE THIS VERSION TOO! Paula Cole is amazing and I am such a fan of the song, just as a basic song. It is such a perfect song. Peter is amazing LIVE and Paula is just as fabulous. I love her alternate takes and originality with her interpretation.  I was able to totally relax into enjoying it and ceased to make comparisons to any other performances. This is musical magic!

  • I'm faithful to Kate, but still...this woman is really good. Sensual, almost like Kate.

    Much better than Gaga version!

  • I like this song better with Paule Cole instead of Kate Bush.

  • @agentalbert innit, Kate is just too pretentious drama school for this song.

  • @agentalbert shes beautiful but it's kates im sorry

  • @agentalbert OOOOOOH really? both great, but Kate bush is such a transcendent singer, tough to decide

  • Does anyone have an idea how one might go about getting an eMail to Ms.Cole ?

    If so, please leave me a message here in my YT mail.

  • she can hardly climb up there...

  • what a combination for a great concert. one could only wish that they were there live. this is the next best thing .

  • Saw this tour in the Tacoma Dome... superb. Show was an amazing presentation... and the sound was flawless.

  • Wow, that was amazing. Wish I could've been there.

  • bellisima voce

  • Im on the edge right now. Good song.

  • he sounds kinda like phil collins in the beginning

  • I Was There....amazing, but i prefer the origina version with Kate Bush........

  • I was there.......amazing.

    Paula has an angelic voice, but i prefer Kate Bush

  • the bueaty thats paula cole

  • Accentuating Peter and Paula's vocals are Jean-Claude Naimro's beautiful keyboard work, especially the gospel-flavored piano. I still can't get over---after all these years and countless viewings of this concert---the incredible maturity and intelligence of the audience. Their polite and well-timed applause for the performances are signs of their astute appreciation of this sublime music. Peace:-)

  • they both nail this

  • any warm blooded individual could not help but be "smitten by this kitten", this clip would have blitzed Peter & Kate's performance if aired at the same period... (taking nothing away from Kate's brilliance') I was drenched in pheromones after this... encore...

  • Everyone wants to be Kate Bush trouble is she sang it first and it will never be improved on

  • this song is so perfect for these times, almost 25 yrs after he wrote it.

  • it's my song !! LOL :))

  • The best version ! Paula is great !

  • I love both, but prefer Paula Coles version.

  • A few years ago, I was struggling, at times I felt lost, an empty soul. I found this song, or it found me. Emotion such as this is songs is rare. I'm just an ordinary guy, but I wish I could explain to Peter and Paula just what an impact this song had on me.Daft, but I felt like they were singing it to me.Now with the darkness gone and my wife and two children and I so happy, I listen to this song and realise what a profound effect it had on me. Truly magnificent.

  • @msdf2107 I am where u are now my friend...Life and things get better..i trust my higher power...yet, i know how u felt....a new sunrise...a new day...hope u are feeling better...blessings to u!

  • I absolutely LOVE their voices together! I'm a long time Peter fan & saw him with Genesis in the old days several times and these two together are the bomb!

  • No one can touch Kate.

  • 5 users here must be deaf

  • Paula, where have you gone? This live is at first place in my top ten ... and Paula is (one of, ok) the reason why. Is the perfect companion to Peter: someone around him that he cannot touch, within a storm of feelings

  • Paula, where have you gone? This live is at first place in my top ten ... and Paula is (one of, ok) the reason why. Is the perfect companion to Peter: someone around him that he cannot touch, within a storm of feelings.

  • This is by far one of the best live performances of all time - period. The emotion that Paula Cole (who's best work by far is in this performance) is able to produce in her voice in responding to Gabriel is unbelievable. Look at Pete's reaction at the end of the song - he know's she nailed it. She literally blows Kate Bush away!

  • @64mikey1 Nobody blows Kate Bush away. It's Kate, and then everyone else. Paula is great though.

  • This concert is very nice!!

  • truly the anthem for the current economy

  • @rmherbert1957 Who's singing the "don't give up" part then?

  • while I love the duet with Kate Bush and I've listened to it more times than I can count ...this is definitely a better take on the piece ...

  • Paula's amazing fvoice opens this song even further!

  • This def rivals the original.... I even like Paula's vocals better.... I would have liked them to make this an official version by public demand at the time... this will have to do...

  • Die Version mit Kate Bush ist tief in meinem Kleinhirn verwurzelt. Aber auch das Duett mit Paula Cole hat diese subtile Art, einem den Tag in einer Art zu verschönen, die nicht von dieser Welt zu sein scheint. Paula: you are delicious!

  • Definitely the best version I've heard of this song. And yes her voice is fantastic in it.

  • Paula does a great job here.

  • i love you paula.man in ireland

  • man, peter used to be so hawt. no, wait - he still is!

  • Paula's very good....I still like the original version the best.

  • Peter Gabriel and Paula Cole  sings this song amazingly together. " A song that speaks to truth"

  • Magnificent version. The best one.

    This is the one recorded in Secret World Live, though may be other night.

    I used to hate this song (Kate Bush's version) till I found this one.

  • Magnificent! Much better than Kate Bush's or any other version.

    This is the version recorded in Secret World Live, though not sure if in this specific night.

  • She is like an angel!!! ... a guardian angel who inspires us and encourages...

  • Whatever happened to her?

  • @salvadore88

    She's currently finishing up a new album with tour to follow. She lives near me.

  • Gabriel makes this song. Such control from him

  • Paula nails it, well done.

  • increible paula cole!

  • world needs more kindness. but 'not beaten yet'

  • Thank you all for your kindness.

  • this is a good song when u have been on the edge, almost tipping over... another small piece of hope that one cant find in the darkness.....

  • @LilleLiz1 It's a good song when you've fallen over that edge and can't find your way back up nearly 2 years later. Peter has always been an enormous inspiration. Let's see what the next month brings. Don't give up.Thanks.

  • (LP) eye2eye LOVE how Paula's intention reflects upon my truth ~ this bring me a joy of deep characteristic sorrowful reflection indexing the entirety of it all in these images and vibrations ALL as my witness to wit: eye2eye know thru these eye2eye's spot-on there's a place where we all belong called Earth beloveds/zzz

  • i think it's better with kate.

  • i like kate more her singing more mystical .. different

  • Beautiful

  • Beautiful

  • Beautiful

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  • Every time I hear this song and Paula singing her part, tears uncontrollably gush from my eyes. What a beautiful performance.

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  • Every time I hear this song and Paula singing her part, tears uncontrollably gush from my eyes. What a beautiful performance.

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  • Poignant.

  • what a beautiful song....!!!!

  • You can almost hear the audience gasp when she starts to sing.

  • this is so ridiculously beautiful

  • Paula cole is one of the most beautiful women on the planet and you are a twat.

  • I disagree.

  • @Bag0fRats

    You're a fucking moron. I bet you think Pam Anderson is the ultimate woman.

    Paula is beautiful. She reminds me of a Native American princess or something. And anyone that can sing like that is an angel!

  • @giantrobot9000 Oh, I'm a moron because I have a different opinion then you do ? Seeing how my comment got you all upset like a little girl it's obvious you have a low pay job in a wharehouse or something. You drive a fork lift don't you Cletus ?

  • @Bag0fRats

    Thank you for clarifying my comment.

    Yes, you are a moron for writing something like that, and for not seeing the beauty of that woman.

    I'm hardly upset that someone said something stupid on Youtube. Believe me, you guys are a dime a dozen. It's easy to type out classless and crude comments like you did, and then argue about it in the comfort of your trailer. If the best you can add is some negative shit like that, then no one needs you around.

  • @Bag0fRats

    And even if I was a homeless bum with no money, I'd still have better taste than you.

  • @giantrobot9000 Seeing how you threw a whining temper tantrum babbling on and on (I didnt read, boring you know) I doubt it.

  • @Bag0fRats

    And we have a lame comeback from Mr. Emptyhead. Congrats, you've completed the Youtube Dickhead Comment and Rebuttal portion right on schedule!!!!

  • @giantrobot9000 so it's empty headed comments that bring you out of the woodwork.

  • She is so beautiful! Awesome

  • was peter scoring with paula, you think?

  • Paula kills it! Just perfect!

  • They left the planet long ago

    The elder race still learn and grow

    Their power grows with purpose strong

    To claim the home where they belong

    Home to tear the Temples down...

    Home to change!