it dosen't matter how he looks now but....his music....i love his music so much.....his album the last tamptation of christ is wonderful!!!!I AM POLISH....
I had a dream couple of days ago. I was standing in a record store and was looking through a a rack of CDs and i then i saw a new Peter Gabriel Album. It was a white cover and had black/purple scetches on it. I woke up before i could listen to it :(
It was so hard for me to write my last comment . P.G. is one of my great idol. In this times is so difficult to find island to survive ... but you help me to trust!
OMG. i just got on to peters web site and i'm not happy. scratch my back is full of cover songs. am i dreaming or is this true? what the "h e double tooth picks" are ya doing? we luv ya man and want a new album! p.s. all right, i'm o.k. now. we are all just looking forward to the next album!!!!!
o.k. somebody out there help me on this one. when did this come out? how new is this? sounds great! i've been waiting (haven't we all) for a new studio album for what seems forever. does anybody out there know?
I love his musik since he was with Genesis. His Soloalbums are music history till US. But UP was for me a great letdown :-( I have seen him at his SO, US and UP tours.
For me personally, the US-Concert in Stuttgart (Germany) was one magic experience with no doubt or inviolable !
At this concert i meet the REAL QI .
But by this i think he lost his soulmusic and to became an engineer. Perhaps he had digging to deep ...
I can't belive the people that are bashing Peter for producing another masterpiece. I suspect though that the video is just some random out of sync footage and has nothing to do with the actual recording.
I know haha...Tony aka the Immortal Bass God Stick Man xD haha I know theres many excellent bass players out there but hes easily my fav!
Ive been lucky enough to see him live with Peter once here in Dublin a coupla years ago in a lovely venue, Marlay Park, it was brilliant, epic! cheers..d
But compare it to the rest of todays 'music' and its far from "samey". Brilliant I'd say. His sound is constantly refershing so I don't see why it needs renewing.
they should grow the f**k up and tour together and do a true genesis reunion tour. it would be the biggest show ever almost like a lennon and McCartney tour would have been
i dunno but Genesis was , is , will be the greatest band of time, before peter gabriel left of course..Phil collins is so fuckin amazing now that he's solo but id prefer him on drums still...i miss genesis
I agree with AdipositasSuillus.Some sick bastards in my country prefer a dumb entertainment (like soap operas & psychosoccer) and f*** with enviroment.
I wanna 2 prefer hear artists like Kate Bush, Kraftwek,Peter Gabriel...And actors with social work like Angelina Jolie,Brad Pitt & Leonardo Dicaprio.
They are an inspiration & make think (and work in a local level) to build a better world.
Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
Somewhat true,Genesis were less progressive after Steve Hackett left.But it was also not always easy to tell Peter Gabriel left on the studio albumssorry.Hate that Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford always tuned out(and mixed down) who ever left after Anthony Phillips.Remember they always told us the truth in those concert interviews('Genesis are like a democracy,the majority rules').Peter's solo stuff has taken him places,I don't think he could have gone with a group.Thank god for Tony Levin
That's complete bullshit. Genesis have changed several times during their brilliant career, otherwise they would have died like so many other groups. Or in other words: If Genesis has been a joke since Steve left them it must have been a damn good joke.
What we mean is that the deeper, more serious band died after Peter left. (Though TotT & W&W were excellent efforts) They just went POP after that, a totally different band, should've had a different name...it was ok pop fluff, but NOT GENESIS.
And Then There Were Three is still one of my favourite albums. I think they stayed pretty true to Genesis until Collins got the big hit with Misunderstanding (On Duke). After that it became Phil's band - not Genesis.
Everyone is going to hate me for saying this but I think Hackett leaving made more difference than Gabriel leaving, although I am a huge Gabriel fan post Genesis.
I strongly agree. No one ever mentioned Steve, who had a vast influence on Genesis. Listen to his "todays" Music.. he's still a guitar genius und fine musician. Peter gave the art and his voice (Which could at first not realy discerned when he left) but Steve gave a lot of musical style.
The Difference is: Peter is quite in depth, a Mozart of our time while Steve, well... froze at the point beeing a guitar genius.
Genesis was a good pop band. I prefer their pop music over most other pop bands. But it still can't be compared to the musical brilliance and creativity that they had with Gabriel and Hackett. The skill set they showed through their music rapidly declined after Hackett left and i assume they did that on purpose, to become more famous and make more money. Since they became more popular with Collins, we Gabriel era fans are like a cult, But to be honest, i wouldnt want it any other way :)
Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
Excellente.....have any of you fellow followers of the Maestro taken my advice of 4 months ago and sampled the delights of the brill band ELBOW, and the uncanny similarities of Guy Garveys vocals???
Per your suggestion, I watched 3 videos by Elbow. Sorry to disappoint, but I found it nothing like The Master. See, it's not so much about the TONE of Peter's voice, as it is about how he USES his voice. Peter reaches deep down inside your soul, and raises up your pain, where it can be healed. His voice is the most emotionally evocative of anyone on the planet. The only singers who come close are Thom Yorke, Davey Havok, & Rob Halford, & they all have totally different voices...but they USE them
"...Listen to Wind and Wuthering and A Trick of the Tail, excellent Genesis Prog without Gabriel."
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"The music was probably at least 50% Banks in those days, he was the driving force. Though I think Gabriels melodies and lyrics completed it, you can't even say he was 100% of the band."
Sluf6 (today)
i think that gabriel, steve hackett and tony baks were de 66,66% of the band
It's interesting the way we label things .... who is to be called a musician?To be a musician means to really know an intrument and to know musical theory.The Beatles I think weren't exactly musicians,but they were great artists creative minds,geniuses in their own right,and were the avant garde in pop music. Also I could say that you dont have to be a musician to still have the capability of creating extraordinary music and musical concepts and to get where anybody has been capable of.
yes, Up was certainly one of his best. it sounded very contemporary, proving that Gabriel is still relevant long after his generational peers have got stuck in a creative rut. now if only he'd hurry up and release the follow-up - "I/O"!
How do you qualify success as a solo artist? If in terms of financial gains Phil did way better, If in terms of the artistic and conceptual terms Gabriel did better. But to be very honest I cponsider that the only relevant work Gabriel did was with So, the rest of it, no big deal. Phil didn't come close to the worst work of Gabriel. I rather prefer Genesis during the 70's and 80's than Gabriel at the exeption of So.
Listen to JohnLennon100- he has a point. Peter has developed technologies that many artists take for granted. On another note, as a songwriter, take a look at the variety. Many of Peter's songs are mathmatical wonders. Lyrically, many can be read from the last line to the first and still make sense (and art). In your eyes is a song that you can read from last line to first and it would still touch the millions that it did. I feel that Peter has evolved music/technology and would be just as happy
vraiment un grand dieu de la music malheureusement il n'y aurra rien de nouveau car ils ont tout inventer avec le sintétiseur on ne peut rien inventer d'autre car c'etait la base au moin peter gabriel fait de la VRAI music!!!
And please don't get me wrong, I still love Gabriel, he's one of my all time favorite composers and performers. In my top ten list of best ever albums "So" it's in third place only behind Lennon's Double Fantasy (omit Yoko's tracks please...)and The Beatles' Revolver. I've been listening to his music more than 20 years now and he's been one of my greatest inspirations.
Can i suggest to true open minded Gabriel followers that you sample the delights of the brilliant band ELBOW..some of the similarities with Guy Garvey's voice and the Maestro's are spookily uncanny, most notably in the tracks"Scattered Black and Whites" and "The Loneliness of a Tower crane driver"..listen, enjoy and experience that feeling of recognition!!!
Mr Lennon...try more than three decades, and the phrase "All shades of opinion feed an open mind", a phrase that you should be familiar with due to your "extensive" Gabriel knowledge!.So please allow others to have their interpretation, without the need for your seal of approval......
After listening Gabriel for more than 2 decades this song is nothing compared to his previous works, The Gabriel of Mercy Street, San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey, Red Rain, it's simply gone .... So to the people that say this is awesome they don't have a clue ....
Lennon100 I think this song perfectly fits into gabriel's style and you cant say he lost it cause he didnt want to stay in san jacinto, mercy street and red rain. Anytime he released an album he tried to do something different. Maybe his best "commercial" moment is with "So" album, but I think his best "artistic" moment is with "Up" album, which has been released after writing whole thing.
PAUB it's not about fitting a style, it's about reinventing himself and keeping his original edge,see David Bowie, Elton John, decades have passed and they still have it, they've lost it a bit, but is still there.Up was just a mix of really bad tracks and some decent ones but copies of his previous albums.I like Sky Blue but it was written in the same tone of Lovetown,it's a nice song nice lyrics but it's nothing innovative like he used to record.Now he's copying himself and very badly.
Up is not just a mix of really bad tracks the songs are genious. and how can you compare Elton john to Peter Gabriel wow.. look at the chords in elton john's song. its always the same thing. He still wrote a lot of great songs and hes one of my favourite. but he cannot be compared to gabriel. And how did you find out that sky blue looked like lovetown? the arrangement is completly different and even if the chords sometimes are similar, he wrote like more than 150 songs so two songs can be smilar
If the UP tracks are good or not it's a matter of taste, and I'm not arguing about that. They are really far from being geniuos ... About comparing Elton with Peter, you can compare them as artist but not as composers. Elton is a traditional pop music songwriter and he has more musical knowledge about musical composition than Gabriel could ever dream of. That really shows that you don't have a clue about real musical composition, harmony, tonal cadences, etc. Gabriel has a totally diff approach
Gabriel is a progressive artist, more interest in innovating and creating new concepts in music. He really gave percussion an importance that didn't exist before him. Also, in the eighties he heavily influenced the sound of pop music with these rythms ideas, a crossover between technology and tribal sound. Also, Gabriel is a strong lyricist which Elton is totally not. So it's difficult compare them because they have done their part in the history of music.
My former comment in comapring Elton and Peter was only in terms of keeping the artistic edge alive and not copying himself over and over. I'm a great admirer of both. I hope you learn to understand these things. That's the cool thing about youtube that you can learn form the people who knos better. Have fun with the Big Blue Project, or whatever you wnat to listen dear PAUB.
I think its more a matter of taste in general. I already know all youre saying, you just say it from a different point of view than mine . and by the way how can you say whos got more musical knowledge? you cant know that.
There are things that are related to taste, other that could be discuss objectively. When you talked about Elton's Chords it shows that you don't know about musical theory. Period. You don't know what I'm saying because otherwise you wouldn't have said what you said. You can tell a lot about people just by paying attention of what they say. You don't have the experience or the knowledge to discuss some themes. But you'll learn, and you're learning. Also I can tell that you're around your 15s ..
its not by looking the chords in a song that you know the knowledge of the artist. Im sure elton john can do a lot harder than what hes writing. but thats his music style. peter gabriel can also go a lot further than his solo songs. hes been in a progressive band. progressive music is a lot more complicated than his actual music and elton's music. but still you cant know whos got more knowledge you are not peter gabriel and you are not elton john.
You have to understand Gabriel's role in Genesis. The musical genius was 90% coming from the true musicians, Rutherford and Banks, and Collins, and Hackett, and Phillips. Gabriel was the main lyricist, he sometimes played a simple flute solo, and probably produced some melodies in some songs.Gabriel was never considered as a remarkable musician, but as a remarkable artist,with a very distinctive voice,with the ability to come up with new concepts in music, able to write very complex lyrics.
So peter gabriel is 10% of genesis? when he left the band genesis turned out to be completly different. more than a 10% difference. and from my opinion peter gabriel had a better solo career than phil collins.
Wow, it is really difficult to communicate these days ... a band it's not only music, his frontman is always a crucial part of a band. When I said tha Gabriel wrote the lyrics of most the songs doesn't make 10% of Genesis. When he left Genesis, he couldn't keep making progressive rock for obvious reasons. In turn he started producing a cross of pop music and art rock, intelligent rock or whatever is could be called.
But why? Why coulden't gabriel still making progressive rock for obvious reasons after leaving genesis, what obvious reasons do you mean? I personally belive thet gabriel was 100% genesis due to the fact that genesis changed totally when he left...
It seems a lot of people are really in need of enlightment ... the obviuos reason is that not everybody can make progressive rock, and anybody, including all these losers you see on MTV, can make pop music. You have to really master your isntruments and also have musical harmony knowledge, you have to be a musician for that. Gabriel is an artist, canceptualist, not a musician in the sense of the term. Like Lennon, Marley, Morrison, they had highly creative minds not confined to music only.
And Gabriel wasn't clearly 100% Genensis. Gabriel was a great frontman, a great lyricist, a great singer and performer, but he wasn't not even 30% of the music. The Music was Banks, Rutherford, Hackett, Collins ... It is so like that that Genesis got probably even more popular when Collins started as a the lead vocalist, and they made really great records after Gabriel.Collins also demosntrated to be a great singer too.
The music was probably at least 50% Banks in those days, he was the driving force. Though I think Gabriels melodies and lyrics completed it, you can't even say he was 100% of the band. Listen to Wind and Wuthering and A Trick of the Tail, excellent Genesis Prog without Gabriel.
and by the way im 18 years old, but ive been playing piano for more than 10 years. I know my theory and I know Elton john. Don't talk like you know everything cause what you say know is not objective. thats all I can say
I'm sorry, you say that the Gabriel of Mercy Street, Red Rain, San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey, etc. is gone, then you go on to say that his songs are getting to be too similar...so are you saying the problem is that his new work is too different in some way from his old stuff, or not different enough?
There's no problem, it's just my opinion and it seems that some people wants to argue with me about it. Ok again, I'm talking about the ability that some artists have to reinvent themselves, like Bowie and Elton. Gabriel showed a clear superiory in 1986 with So, with a never heard before sound and videos, but after that something happened, and he seemed more interested in soundtrack, teaming with middle esta and african artists, etc.If we don't change, innovate, evolve, etc. we just die.
Something will still be there to move me Cozy my own thing is always to inspire you, 1 that I love I dream beside,1 that I love is close as I can get, stimes I can't remember,Stimes I can´t forget.Whole thing will still come down without you,It's nothing to do with all of you, But my own thing is only to protect you Each night i bed my dreams take me over
Whole world still goes round without you over & over. Gabriel,touchs deep with this big blue ball
This song is AWESOME!!! Play it over and over, REALLY would love to see the video. Any1 got it????? I love the Big Blue Ball, but it needs to be uploaded here..... Love you Peter
God, he's used Tony Levin and David Rhodes for years!!! Levin is an awesome bassist. 'Course Peter looks evil with the bald head and goatee but it's a great look. Kinda like Sean Connery's young twin! lol.
Incredible song and well worth the wait. Big Blue Ball is pretty good too. The song I mean. I have the album and I'm listening to it every day. Can't wait until I/O next year.
he does sound like the same old , same old huh? we all know that great mans voice any old place, i am still in love with you peter gabriel, lets get married
all these responses and no one aknowledges karl wallinger here? c'mon, this project just smells of world party. i love karl and im glad he and peter got this wrapped up. brilliant!
When I heard this song for the 1st time, it said: Big Blue Ball - Whole Thing, and I said: no, this is Peter Gabriel's voice!! The unique and fantastic voice and performance!! Then I read about Big Blue Ball project!! Really incredible... this song is amazing, calls out for emotions and joy while listening..
The album BIG BLUE BALL will be released soon as Digital Download, CD and Coloured (blue) Vinyl!!! The new album will include songs feat. Natacha Atlas, Deep Forest and others! You can hear samples of all album tracks on BBB's official page! Here is the tracklisting: 1.Whole Thing 2.Habibe (feat. Natacha Atlas) 3.Shadow 4.Altus silva 5.Exit Through You 6.Everything Comes From You 7.Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8.Forest 9.Rivers 10.Jijy 11.Big Blue Ball
I wish! This isn't really "his" new album. He did this album with a bunch of really talented people. He said it was more of a live event in studio CD format. In fact, he only really sings on a couple of tracks. His real new album "I/O" will probly be out next year. Stupid waiting...
i cant stand this waiting, but blue ball will hold me over i guess. Orderd it on blue vinyl, along with UP on vinyl, so ive got my PG fix for a while.
The single WHOLE THING was released in the end of 2007 but only in iTunes Music Store USA (as I know), and when will the album be released - NOBODY KNOWS :(
Who ever you are, YOU ABSO-FLOGGING-LUTELY RULE BIG TIME!!! I've been waiting to hear this song in full for AGES!! I love you, man :D. Can't wait to get my hands on the album itself. In the meantime, this is greatly appreciated!!
back to your best team {peter}
work with your team they are great
SuperMitchell57 4 months ago
African beats
the whole world
still goes round
round and round you
SuperMitchell57 4 months ago
I like Peter's creativity. Each new work is great ever !
YPanzer 11 months ago
this video is not in sync with the words.
tatemae5460 1 year ago
@tatemae5460
of course!
i've made this video of NO WAY OUT and DARKNESS studio footages %B
ChagrinGauthier 1 year ago
I was 15 when I heard for the firt time his music.Amazing!!!!Blood of Eden.Love it!!!!
olsztyn44 1 year ago
Tony Levin looks like a new born.i love peter gabriel.His music is so magical and hot!!!!
olsztyn44 1 year ago
sorry no tony levin on new album im boycotting
mel101478 1 year ago
absolutely extraordinary... he is one of the best.
istersen 1 year ago
it dosen't matter how he looks now but....his music....i love his music so much.....his album the last tamptation of christ is wonderful!!!!I AM POLISH....
olsztyn44 1 year ago
"You're a robbing hood!"
PhilistineTheArtLuvr 1 year ago
He's so good now he just has to think the lyrics and they come out the PA.
RigoKellerColas 1 year ago
he still looks uncomfortable!!! go look at old footage of pete recording 'security'!!!
edwinthomasr 1 year ago
the NEW Peter Gabriel album "SCRATCH MY BACK" - out middle of February in Europe and Canada, beginning of March in the USA : )
Cimbarius 1 year ago 2
yeah, and i already have it :)
ChagrinGauthier 1 year ago
I had a dream couple of days ago. I was standing in a record store and was looking through a a rack of CDs and i then i saw a new Peter Gabriel Album. It was a white cover and had black/purple scetches on it. I woke up before i could listen to it :(
KRAFTWERK2K6 2 years ago
I had similar dreams about Phil Collins several times in an earlier life. (No comparisons, I was younger then.)
kaols72 1 year ago
dude, this represents the album you must make, of your own music. Trust me, Carl Jung himself would tell you the same.
VirgilDeuce 1 year ago
I used to deliver groceries to PG in Box, U.K. never got to meet him though.
dwilmer7 2 years ago
Bless the master! Love him...always did!
MandJfly 2 years ago 2
great song but i dont get the video
Dthorn912 2 years ago
@luieu2
i thank you so much for your mail!
It was so hard for me to write my last comment . P.G. is one of my great idol. In this times is so difficult to find island to survive ... but you help me to trust!
I belief: It's in your eyes!
Qi M
QiMful 2 years ago
sorry folks. just found out by watching cash cab. this song is from "big blue ball". still wan't a new peter studio album.
blkmanbat 2 years ago
OMG. i just got on to peters web site and i'm not happy. scratch my back is full of cover songs. am i dreaming or is this true? what the "h e double tooth picks" are ya doing? we luv ya man and want a new album! p.s. all right, i'm o.k. now. we are all just looking forward to the next album!!!!!
blkmanbat 2 years ago
o.k. somebody out there help me on this one. when did this come out? how new is this? sounds great! i've been waiting (haven't we all) for a new studio album for what seems forever. does anybody out there know?
blkmanbat 2 years ago
I love his musik since he was with Genesis. His Soloalbums are music history till US. But UP was for me a great letdown :-( I have seen him at his SO, US and UP tours.
For me personally, the US-Concert in Stuttgart (Germany) was one magic experience with no doubt or inviolable !
At this concert i meet the REAL QI .
But by this i think he lost his soulmusic and to became an engineer. Perhaps he had digging to deep ...
Je tiefer du gräbst, desto dunkler wird es!
QiMful 2 years ago
@QiMful i agree Up was a great let down but i love all the music befoe up .
luieu2 2 years ago
Tony Levin Autentico-buen musico.
vitorro1970 2 years ago
people!
be attentive!
I wrote in vidoe's info, that the video is HANDMADE, it's totally unofficial, I've made it by my own using the videos of Darkness and No Way Out
ChagrinGauthier 2 years ago
@ChagrinGauthier
Thank you for re-asserting that...
I felt like dying inside when I thought that Peter had lost thwe ability to use that incredible voice on que...
Seriously.. I love the man and all that he does, and Sting too...
How many puppies did these guys have to kick in a former life to be so ravaged by time? (My rant against the universe, pay no heed :)
pauldewitt77 1 year ago
I can't belive the people that are bashing Peter for producing another masterpiece. I suspect though that the video is just some random out of sync footage and has nothing to do with the actual recording.
ey2306 2 years ago
will there be a new album?
paulr2868 2 years ago
Hey you guys! This is a clip from the studio + The new song! That's why he don't sing into THE MIC! Not so hard to figure out... greets from sweden
Foffeffs 2 years ago 3
I hope he kicks Collins' ass in hell! That said, the song rules, the vid sucks. Sing into the mik, Peter
paulr2868 2 years ago
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beautiful song by a pretentious british asshole
paulr2868 2 years ago
Wow, amazing song.
aqualung76 2 years ago 2
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I LOVE THIS SONG !!!
thelakotafamily 2 years ago
I love Peter =D Nice to hear something new by him.
CREATIVERAIN 2 years ago 7
This is a Great & Different Music/Vid.
WHat a concept.
But it looks like the song is done and they are all listening while new drum tracks are being layed down.?
But I like how they're never at the mic kinda thing.
Cheers!!
raydar58 2 years ago
I think it is Dr Phil !!
dl3210 2 years ago
he's Tony Levin, great bass player.
jiddu1970 2 years ago 5
@jiddu1970 hes the one from planet x or dream theatre, right?
AleMayaOM 1 year ago
@AleMayaOM Not really, I'd rather say King Crimson and Yes.
jiddu1970 1 year ago
@jiddu1970 ahh! thanks:) good to know!
AleMayaOM 1 year ago
ur an ass no comparison
ananisnin 2 years ago
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74Charm 2 years ago
nooooooooooooooooo and he is 59
ananisnin 2 years ago
Do Love this song, thou he wrote it yrs ago. He's got it really down now. His voice is much better, and he seems more relaxed w/ this verson
MiKriya 2 years ago
Its the No Way Out video, but a very good song anyway. Peter Gabriel's voice is unique.
manrayyy333 2 years ago
actually, it's a mix of NO WAY OUT and DARKNESS videos from STILL GROWING UP bonus-dvd)))))))))
ChagrinGauthier 2 years ago
Rock on Peter. Lyrics, depth, soul and passion - the perfect combo to stay eclectic and underground
dpruett4 2 years ago
God , that guy has grown old.
IndifferentDrainage 2 years ago
Tony Levin does not seem to age.....ever.
rafalweb 2 years ago
I know haha...Tony aka the Immortal Bass God Stick Man xD haha I know theres many excellent bass players out there but hes easily my fav!
Ive been lucky enough to see him live with Peter once here in Dublin a coupla years ago in a lovely venue, Marlay Park, it was brilliant, epic! cheers..d
danieljonathanc 2 years ago
very samey,,come on pete new sound from you needed
tiedupsmurf 2 years ago
But compare it to the rest of todays 'music' and its far from "samey". Brilliant I'd say. His sound is constantly refershing so I don't see why it needs renewing.
PG doesn't owe you anything.
SparrowisSexy 2 years ago 3
Great....Thanks for the TIP....Greetings from AACHEN...Rael
raelbirth 2 years ago
they should grow the f**k up and tour together and do a true genesis reunion tour. it would be the biggest show ever almost like a lennon and McCartney tour would have been
rael8 2 years ago
But never was...and for a reason.
nicck 2 years ago
Wow, is it me... or is Peter Gabriel, getting more georgeous the older he gets????!!!
Lucky, LUCKY wife & beautiful children...
I can only hope, Prey & wish that i get to see this great man at his best, live on stage! XX Thanks Peter, you are amazzzzing! x
awanna3203 2 years ago
no he is so hot!!! I was with him in a dream and it was so beautiful.
ananisnin 2 years ago
i dunno but Genesis was , is , will be the greatest band of time, before peter gabriel left of course..Phil collins is so fuckin amazing now that he's solo but id prefer him on drums still...i miss genesis
GandhiLama 2 years ago 3
Adipositas was right. Peter has dazzled his fan for more than 30 years. His fan. This a point.
tomigavin 2 years ago
Hi
A genius stays a genius, no matter what age or hair on his head.
I loved this man 1975 and i love him today.
Tschüß
AdipositasSuillus 2 years ago 4
Greetings from Brazil.
I agree with AdipositasSuillus.Some sick bastards in my country prefer a dumb entertainment (like soap operas & psychosoccer) and f*** with enviroment.
I wanna 2 prefer hear artists like Kate Bush, Kraftwek,Peter Gabriel...And actors with social work like Angelina Jolie,Brad Pitt & Leonardo Dicaprio.
They are an inspiration & make think (and work in a local level) to build a better world.
TKS to read & Happy April Hollydays!
andremdesouza 2 years ago
Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
trevizons 2 years ago
I'm not Peter's output has only gotten better while Collins has plummeted
canvoodoo 2 years ago
Genesis died after Steve left...but you didn't notice.
dirckson 2 years ago
Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
trevizons 2 years ago
Somewhat true,Genesis were less progressive after Steve Hackett left.But it was also not always easy to tell Peter Gabriel left on the studio albumssorry.Hate that Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford always tuned out(and mixed down) who ever left after Anthony Phillips.Remember they always told us the truth in those concert interviews('Genesis are like a democracy,the majority rules').Peter's solo stuff has taken him places,I don't think he could have gone with a group.Thank god for Tony Levin
williestyle35 2 years ago 3
Again.. I strongly agree..
well.. "Then There Were Three" is a fine album which I like very much.
Not already so "Collinsified" like the later ones of Genesis.
Quadrophon2 2 years ago
Amazing as usual. Peter Gabriel is so good, what you expect is nothing short of genius; so in that sense; I am not amazed.
thomascrown559 2 years ago
Genesis died when Steve Hackett left, after that it was a joke!
dirckson 2 years ago
That's complete bullshit. Genesis have changed several times during their brilliant career, otherwise they would have died like so many other groups. Or in other words: If Genesis has been a joke since Steve left them it must have been a damn good joke.
metallica67 2 years ago
What we mean is that the deeper, more serious band died after Peter left. (Though TotT & W&W were excellent efforts) They just went POP after that, a totally different band, should've had a different name...it was ok pop fluff, but NOT GENESIS.
lealdragon 2 years ago
And Then There Were Three is still one of my favourite albums. I think they stayed pretty true to Genesis until Collins got the big hit with Misunderstanding (On Duke). After that it became Phil's band - not Genesis.
Everyone is going to hate me for saying this but I think Hackett leaving made more difference than Gabriel leaving, although I am a huge Gabriel fan post Genesis.
guitardude57 2 years ago
I strongly agree. No one ever mentioned Steve, who had a vast influence on Genesis. Listen to his "todays" Music.. he's still a guitar genius und fine musician. Peter gave the art and his voice (Which could at first not realy discerned when he left) but Steve gave a lot of musical style.
The Difference is: Peter is quite in depth, a Mozart of our time while Steve, well... froze at the point beeing a guitar genius.
Quadrophon2 2 years ago
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gabriel is cheesy now
GandhiLama 2 years ago
Genesis was a good pop band. I prefer their pop music over most other pop bands. But it still can't be compared to the musical brilliance and creativity that they had with Gabriel and Hackett. The skill set they showed through their music rapidly declined after Hackett left and i assume they did that on purpose, to become more famous and make more money. Since they became more popular with Collins, we Gabriel era fans are like a cult, But to be honest, i wouldnt want it any other way :)
TheCorrectAnswer56 2 years ago
amen
dpruett4 2 years ago
So very true
ananisnin 2 years ago
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Nice song, but it doesn't move me, Pete is still a great musician and composer though. If you are a Diehard Hackett-Gabriel Genesis fan and a deep admirer of that era this kind of music and even the post Hackett Genesis albums will be hard to fulfill your spiritual musical sense once you listened to those old masterpieces ... Yes, we're all pissed off because there is no Gabriel- Collins- Hackett- Banks-Rutherford reunion, and a new album of the five of them together ... Nah! Fuck them !
trevizons 2 years ago
A real musician with something to say.
Wolfiespeaks 2 years ago
Excellente.....have any of you fellow followers of the Maestro taken my advice of 4 months ago and sampled the delights of the brill band ELBOW, and the uncanny similarities of Guy Garveys vocals???
magikmultiplier 2 years ago
Per your suggestion, I watched 3 videos by Elbow. Sorry to disappoint, but I found it nothing like The Master. See, it's not so much about the TONE of Peter's voice, as it is about how he USES his voice. Peter reaches deep down inside your soul, and raises up your pain, where it can be healed. His voice is the most emotionally evocative of anyone on the planet. The only singers who come close are Thom Yorke, Davey Havok, & Rob Halford, & they all have totally different voices...but they USE them
lealdragon 2 years ago 4
Great track, great performance by some great musicians.
But tell me something, add an 's' to the end of 'Big Blue Ball' and tell me it doesn't put a 'whole' new spin on 'things'.
EuchridEucrow1 2 years ago
Peter is still himself
tomigavin 2 years ago
super goed peter gabriel .zijn er nog meer nieuwe songs uit ,en te vinden bij you toup
rosrosta 3 years ago
He still rocks. I own the Growing Up Concert DVD and it's one of the most amazing concerts I've ever watched.
tragicallyhip4ever 3 years ago
is that him with the beard? wow! its been a long time.. he still rocks that house.
leechdom 3 years ago
I love that he works with Tony Levin, two of my musical heroes.
xochi74 3 years ago
For me too !!
Tony Levin is my favorite bass player...
I didn't play on this "album"
Wejy 3 years ago
For me it's simple:
Gabriel Genesis era - One of the greatest bands ever, with some of the greatest albums ever, like The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
Collins Genesis era - A JOKE
wartimescientist 3 years ago
JohnyVirgil (hace 6 días)
"...Listen to Wind and Wuthering and A Trick of the Tail, excellent Genesis Prog without Gabriel."
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"The music was probably at least 50% Banks in those days, he was the driving force. Though I think Gabriels melodies and lyrics completed it, you can't even say he was 100% of the band."
Sluf6 (today)
i think that gabriel, steve hackett and tony baks were de 66,66% of the band
sluf6 3 years ago
Wow, he hit it again
DCF227 3 years ago
It's interesting the way we label things .... who is to be called a musician?To be a musician means to really know an intrument and to know musical theory.The Beatles I think weren't exactly musicians,but they were great artists creative minds,geniuses in their own right,and were the avant garde in pop music. Also I could say that you dont have to be a musician to still have the capability of creating extraordinary music and musical concepts and to get where anybody has been capable of.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Thanks!
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Not a bad song, but I wish Peter would lose the "African rhythms" a bit more.
He uses them too much and it makes a lot of his songs sound very similar.
I liked him best when he was with Genesis.
gordon777777 3 years ago 2
the only relevant work Gabriel did was So? Hogwash. Its actually one of his lesser albums. Peter Gabriel 3 was his best work.
gingerbreadface 3 years ago
Or Up, I know it wasn't received as well, but IMO it's the best work he ever did.
JohnyVirgil 3 years ago 2
in my opinion UP is one of the best albums ever
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
yes, Up was certainly one of his best. it sounded very contemporary, proving that Gabriel is still relevant long after his generational peers have got stuck in a creative rut. now if only he'd hurry up and release the follow-up - "I/O"!
gingerbreadface 3 years ago
How do you qualify success as a solo artist? If in terms of financial gains Phil did way better, If in terms of the artistic and conceptual terms Gabriel did better. But to be very honest I cponsider that the only relevant work Gabriel did was with So, the rest of it, no big deal. Phil didn't come close to the worst work of Gabriel. I rather prefer Genesis during the 70's and 80's than Gabriel at the exeption of So.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
i envy peter gabriel's rhythm section in every song i've ever heard him produce.
ScottishEyecon 3 years ago
Listen to JohnLennon100- he has a point. Peter has developed technologies that many artists take for granted. On another note, as a songwriter, take a look at the variety. Many of Peter's songs are mathmatical wonders. Lyrically, many can be read from the last line to the first and still make sense (and art). In your eyes is a song that you can read from last line to first and it would still touch the millions that it did. I feel that Peter has evolved music/technology and would be just as happy
minujk 3 years ago
It´s a beautiful song! I can´t believe that he´s playing in Argentina again!!!
I didn´t have the chance to see him live
...and he´s playing 3 days after my birthday
what a beautiful present!!!
I still can´t believe it!!!
Good Vibes to All of You!!!
patriciodandrea 3 years ago
Lovin It!
Dillboy 3 years ago
vraiment un grand dieu de la music malheureusement il n'y aurra rien de nouveau car ils ont tout inventer avec le sintétiseur on ne peut rien inventer d'autre car c'etait la base au moin peter gabriel fait de la VRAI music!!!
tekilerdefrance 3 years ago
Elton John,dont make me laugh.Not in the same class as Peter Gabriel.
royash723 3 years ago 2
And please don't get me wrong, I still love Gabriel, he's one of my all time favorite composers and performers. In my top ten list of best ever albums "So" it's in third place only behind Lennon's Double Fantasy (omit Yoko's tracks please...)and The Beatles' Revolver. I've been listening to his music more than 20 years now and he's been one of my greatest inspirations.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
robots...this is a poor fake...
aerobique 3 years ago
Can i suggest to true open minded Gabriel followers that you sample the delights of the brilliant band ELBOW..some of the similarities with Guy Garvey's voice and the Maestro's are spookily uncanny, most notably in the tracks"Scattered Black and Whites" and "The Loneliness of a Tower crane driver"..listen, enjoy and experience that feeling of recognition!!!
magikmultiplier 3 years ago
Mr Lennon...try more than three decades, and the phrase "All shades of opinion feed an open mind", a phrase that you should be familiar with due to your "extensive" Gabriel knowledge!.So please allow others to have their interpretation, without the need for your seal of approval......
magikmultiplier 3 years ago
After listening Gabriel for more than 2 decades this song is nothing compared to his previous works, The Gabriel of Mercy Street, San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey, Red Rain, it's simply gone .... So to the people that say this is awesome they don't have a clue ....
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Lennon100 I think this song perfectly fits into gabriel's style and you cant say he lost it cause he didnt want to stay in san jacinto, mercy street and red rain. Anytime he released an album he tried to do something different. Maybe his best "commercial" moment is with "So" album, but I think his best "artistic" moment is with "Up" album, which has been released after writing whole thing.
PAUB86 3 years ago
PAUB it's not about fitting a style, it's about reinventing himself and keeping his original edge,see David Bowie, Elton John, decades have passed and they still have it, they've lost it a bit, but is still there.Up was just a mix of really bad tracks and some decent ones but copies of his previous albums.I like Sky Blue but it was written in the same tone of Lovetown,it's a nice song nice lyrics but it's nothing innovative like he used to record.Now he's copying himself and very badly.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Up is not just a mix of really bad tracks the songs are genious. and how can you compare Elton john to Peter Gabriel wow.. look at the chords in elton john's song. its always the same thing. He still wrote a lot of great songs and hes one of my favourite. but he cannot be compared to gabriel. And how did you find out that sky blue looked like lovetown? the arrangement is completly different and even if the chords sometimes are similar, he wrote like more than 150 songs so two songs can be smilar
PAUB86 3 years ago
If the UP tracks are good or not it's a matter of taste, and I'm not arguing about that. They are really far from being geniuos ... About comparing Elton with Peter, you can compare them as artist but not as composers. Elton is a traditional pop music songwriter and he has more musical knowledge about musical composition than Gabriel could ever dream of. That really shows that you don't have a clue about real musical composition, harmony, tonal cadences, etc. Gabriel has a totally diff approach
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Gabriel is a progressive artist, more interest in innovating and creating new concepts in music. He really gave percussion an importance that didn't exist before him. Also, in the eighties he heavily influenced the sound of pop music with these rythms ideas, a crossover between technology and tribal sound. Also, Gabriel is a strong lyricist which Elton is totally not. So it's difficult compare them because they have done their part in the history of music.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
My former comment in comapring Elton and Peter was only in terms of keeping the artistic edge alive and not copying himself over and over. I'm a great admirer of both. I hope you learn to understand these things. That's the cool thing about youtube that you can learn form the people who knos better. Have fun with the Big Blue Project, or whatever you wnat to listen dear PAUB.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
I think its more a matter of taste in general. I already know all youre saying, you just say it from a different point of view than mine . and by the way how can you say whos got more musical knowledge? you cant know that.
PAUB86 3 years ago
There are things that are related to taste, other that could be discuss objectively. When you talked about Elton's Chords it shows that you don't know about musical theory. Period. You don't know what I'm saying because otherwise you wouldn't have said what you said. You can tell a lot about people just by paying attention of what they say. You don't have the experience or the knowledge to discuss some themes. But you'll learn, and you're learning. Also I can tell that you're around your 15s ..
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
its not by looking the chords in a song that you know the knowledge of the artist. Im sure elton john can do a lot harder than what hes writing. but thats his music style. peter gabriel can also go a lot further than his solo songs. hes been in a progressive band. progressive music is a lot more complicated than his actual music and elton's music. but still you cant know whos got more knowledge you are not peter gabriel and you are not elton john.
PAUB86 3 years ago
You have to understand Gabriel's role in Genesis. The musical genius was 90% coming from the true musicians, Rutherford and Banks, and Collins, and Hackett, and Phillips. Gabriel was the main lyricist, he sometimes played a simple flute solo, and probably produced some melodies in some songs.Gabriel was never considered as a remarkable musician, but as a remarkable artist,with a very distinctive voice,with the ability to come up with new concepts in music, able to write very complex lyrics.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
So peter gabriel is 10% of genesis? when he left the band genesis turned out to be completly different. more than a 10% difference. and from my opinion peter gabriel had a better solo career than phil collins.
AUP68 3 years ago
Wow, it is really difficult to communicate these days ... a band it's not only music, his frontman is always a crucial part of a band. When I said tha Gabriel wrote the lyrics of most the songs doesn't make 10% of Genesis. When he left Genesis, he couldn't keep making progressive rock for obvious reasons. In turn he started producing a cross of pop music and art rock, intelligent rock or whatever is could be called.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
But why? Why coulden't gabriel still making progressive rock for obvious reasons after leaving genesis, what obvious reasons do you mean? I personally belive thet gabriel was 100% genesis due to the fact that genesis changed totally when he left...
niclasarzt 3 years ago
It seems a lot of people are really in need of enlightment ... the obviuos reason is that not everybody can make progressive rock, and anybody, including all these losers you see on MTV, can make pop music. You have to really master your isntruments and also have musical harmony knowledge, you have to be a musician for that. Gabriel is an artist, canceptualist, not a musician in the sense of the term. Like Lennon, Marley, Morrison, they had highly creative minds not confined to music only.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
And Gabriel wasn't clearly 100% Genensis. Gabriel was a great frontman, a great lyricist, a great singer and performer, but he wasn't not even 30% of the music. The Music was Banks, Rutherford, Hackett, Collins ... It is so like that that Genesis got probably even more popular when Collins started as a the lead vocalist, and they made really great records after Gabriel.Collins also demosntrated to be a great singer too.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
The music was probably at least 50% Banks in those days, he was the driving force. Though I think Gabriels melodies and lyrics completed it, you can't even say he was 100% of the band. Listen to Wind and Wuthering and A Trick of the Tail, excellent Genesis Prog without Gabriel.
JohnyVirgil 3 years ago
and by the way im 18 years old, but ive been playing piano for more than 10 years. I know my theory and I know Elton john. Don't talk like you know everything cause what you say know is not objective. thats all I can say
PAUB86 3 years ago
I'm sorry, you say that the Gabriel of Mercy Street, Red Rain, San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey, etc. is gone, then you go on to say that his songs are getting to be too similar...so are you saying the problem is that his new work is too different in some way from his old stuff, or not different enough?
KenQing 3 years ago
There's no problem, it's just my opinion and it seems that some people wants to argue with me about it. Ok again, I'm talking about the ability that some artists have to reinvent themselves, like Bowie and Elton. Gabriel showed a clear superiory in 1986 with So, with a never heard before sound and videos, but after that something happened, and he seemed more interested in soundtrack, teaming with middle esta and african artists, etc.If we don't change, innovate, evolve, etc. we just die.
JohnLennon100 3 years ago
Peter is not able to make a bad song. This is AWSOME.
alcantara06 3 years ago 2
a wonderful song...
great!
Puschel 3 years ago
Peter rocks
Sussudio1984 3 years ago
Whole thing will still go on without you
Something will still be there to move me Cozy my own thing is always to inspire you, 1 that I love I dream beside,1 that I love is close as I can get, stimes I can't remember,Stimes I can´t forget.Whole thing will still come down without you,It's nothing to do with all of you, But my own thing is only to protect you Each night i bed my dreams take me over
Whole world still goes round without you over & over. Gabriel,touchs deep with this big blue ball
lilsomar 3 years ago
This song is AWESOME!!! Play it over and over, REALLY would love to see the video. Any1 got it????? I love the Big Blue Ball, but it needs to be uploaded here..... Love you Peter
MiKriya 3 years ago
there is no official vidoe for this song
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
This song deserves a shit load of play on the radio. A great, atmospheric pop song.
nicck 3 years ago 2
God, he's used Tony Levin and David Rhodes for years!!! Levin is an awesome bassist. 'Course Peter looks evil with the bald head and goatee but it's a great look. Kinda like Sean Connery's young twin! lol.
csunryder 3 years ago 2
young evil twin! They are awesome in concert if you ever get the chance
brucefetter 3 years ago
There's another version of this song on Andy White's 1996 Album "Teenage".
Not going to give preference to either version but its certainly worth a listen.
AGM155 3 years ago
Was it Peter who wrote this song?
nicck 3 years ago
Its listed on Andy White's album as a co-write between Andy White, Tim Finn, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinge, Geoffrey Oryema and Alexis.
AGM155 3 years ago
at Big Blue Ball CD its also listed as a co-write between Alexis Faku, Tim Finn, Peter Gabriel, Geoffrey Oryema, Karl
Wallinger and Andy White
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
just listen to it. its obvious that peter wrote this song. only him sounds like that.
PAUB86 3 years ago
Just checking!
nicck 3 years ago
Incredible song and well worth the wait. Big Blue Ball is pretty good too. The song I mean. I have the album and I'm listening to it every day. Can't wait until I/O next year.
csunryder 3 years ago
...are you sure that I/O will be released next year???
...i hope it will be so, but there is no official info about it :(
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
I hope soooooo.... and hopefully he would tour around Asia!!!
PunkCabaretDoll 3 years ago
Nice job fitting those pieces of an old video to the new music. Looks so real!!!!
xraydeb 3 years ago
he does sound like the same old , same old huh? we all know that great mans voice any old place, i am still in love with you peter gabriel, lets get married
jr200849 3 years ago
Peter Gabriel IS GOD
maxpippobianca 3 years ago 3
is that song new?
PAUB86 3 years ago
it was released in december-2007 like mp3-download and in june-2008 it was released on BIG BLUE BALL album
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
Peter wieder in bester Form!!!
LeBaguett 3 years ago
one word: perfect
danielnilssonmaki 3 years ago
all these responses and no one aknowledges karl wallinger here? c'mon, this project just smells of world party. i love karl and im glad he and peter got this wrapped up. brilliant!
lazymoon13 3 years ago
When I heard this song for the 1st time, it said: Big Blue Ball - Whole Thing, and I said: no, this is Peter Gabriel's voice!! The unique and fantastic voice and performance!! Then I read about Big Blue Ball project!! Really incredible... this song is amazing, calls out for emotions and joy while listening..
gagasimply 3 years ago
This song is so frickin awesome!!
andyb313 3 years ago
Has Tony Levin started Dyeing his Tash?????
onamoka 3 years ago
That old bastad!!!!!!! YES YES YES!!!! The old school returns to Waste the new crap!
471911 3 years ago
Big Blue Ball will be released as CD and mp3-download on 24th JUNE!!!
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
Yeah !
New album = NEW TOUR !?
Great song.
Djeeloyt 3 years ago
I wish! This isn't really "his" new album. He did this album with a bunch of really talented people. He said it was more of a live event in studio CD format. In fact, he only really sings on a couple of tracks. His real new album "I/O" will probly be out next year. Stupid waiting...
Cotygeek 3 years ago
i cant stand this waiting, but blue ball will hold me over i guess. Orderd it on blue vinyl, along with UP on vinyl, so ive got my PG fix for a while.
fortysicsand2 3 years ago
does anybody know where i can download this song?(i don't have iTunes)
sergioorteman 3 years ago
the album will be relased in this May, or at june!!!!!!!!! greattttttttttttt peter!!!
Alessandrox38 3 years ago
Great news!!!
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
WONDERFUL!!!!!
ERA ORA PETER!!!!
Alessandrox38 3 years ago
when is this coming out?
megavela 3 years ago
The single WHOLE THING was released in the end of 2007 but only in iTunes Music Store USA (as I know), and when will the album be released - NOBODY KNOWS :(
ChagrinGauthier 3 years ago
Who ever you are, YOU ABSO-FLOGGING-LUTELY RULE BIG TIME!!! I've been waiting to hear this song in full for AGES!! I love you, man :D. Can't wait to get my hands on the album itself. In the meantime, this is greatly appreciated!!
RaelWander 3 years ago