Wow. Footage from my first Peter Gabriel show - and I think this was the performance that hooked me for life. Impossible to capture on film, probably, but *amazing* in real life. :)
You can't see it, but at the other end of each one of those menacing lights was a man dressed in black contolling the movement. This vid doesn't really give you the perspective of how it looked, but it was amazing!
Peter Gabriel, Miles Davis, Keb Mo, Matisyahu, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Umm kalthum, and other shamans past and present take us out into the deep water and show us ourselves as we could and should/shouldn't be. Peter is taking us into the world where moral choices are not easy or readily explained. To make this music you must be REAL in every sense of the word...
I saw this tour when I was a teen. It was back when music was charismatic, well crafted, and mysterious. It wasn't a show, it was a concert with Peter using his body to explain the music. No need for crazy lights or dancers, GREAT music makes your SPIRIT light up and dance. Music opens up new mystery worlds. "Shows" just give your eyes a "handjob"!
Why wasn't I old enough in 1987 to have been at a concert like this? I wasn't even a year old when this concert happened. Sigh.
BlueSilverStars 8 months ago
I was there too...unforgettable!
DebrasDilemma 1 year ago
@DebrasDilemma really???
andreapittaluga 1 month ago
Wow. Footage from my first Peter Gabriel show - and I think this was the performance that hooked me for life. Impossible to capture on film, probably, but *amazing* in real life. :)
pezpam 1 year ago
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pezpam 1 year ago
I remember thinking this is the begining of something brilliant...and i it morphed into u2's "Zoo TV"
seansarto 1 year ago
You can't see it, but at the other end of each one of those menacing lights was a man dressed in black contolling the movement. This vid doesn't really give you the perspective of how it looked, but it was amazing!
blahmfingblah 2 years ago
BLAHMGINGBLAH: Hi:) agreed. Live is always more intense.
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Satori1800 2 years ago
Holy smokes!!!! I was at this very show. The lights coming down and attacking him was incredible. Stills sends shivers down my spine. Thank you!
blahmfingblah 2 years ago
Peter Gabriel, Miles Davis, Keb Mo, Matisyahu, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Umm kalthum, and other shamans past and present take us out into the deep water and show us ourselves as we could and should/shouldn't be. Peter is taking us into the world where moral choices are not easy or readily explained. To make this music you must be REAL in every sense of the word...
puujisan 3 years ago
I saw this tour when I was a teen. It was back when music was charismatic, well crafted, and mysterious. It wasn't a show, it was a concert with Peter using his body to explain the music. No need for crazy lights or dancers, GREAT music makes your SPIRIT light up and dance. Music opens up new mystery worlds. "Shows" just give your eyes a "handjob"!
puujisan 3 years ago
about 2% of what it was like to be there.
gewyglop 3 years ago 5
more from this one please!
aclamwacker 3 years ago
magog! Bravo!
PeterMayer 3 years ago