Peter Gabriel - Rockpalast 1978 (full show)

[bribartal]

This is so great, and is it just me or did that hour go by so quickly!

[ablueskyforisis1]

does anyone know the name of that ladder or where i can buy it???

[bagdalia]

Espetáculo!



[vizilo]

Amazig post! For far , the one that really impressed me as sound and video quality but... not the last , the rare track for Here comes the flood ... Thank you!

[Cimbarius]

peter gabriel 2 ("scratch"). . .a BRILLIANT album, but somehow sadly the most underrated.

[jcmorellana]

Thanks. Good post!

[MrHannover9696]

@Nigelxman:

You might hate the guitarist and - yes - he's not really sympathic.

But he's learned to play the guitar quite well.

By the way, Sid McGinnis plays in CBS orchestra in the Letterman show nowadays.

A brilliant concert footage, thanks to brainphreak!

[mlk22]

Solsbury Hill at 42:30. Let's not kid ourselves as to why we're looking at the clip

[tacomadc]

Dang that's fast!

[tacomadc]

Germans love progressive rock, and German artists definitely influenced UK and US artists in all phases of progressive rock!

[MarcoWriedt]

@tacomadc That´s perfectly said!!

[Nigelxman]

Hate this guitar player.

[travisrlel2]

@Nigelxman Hate this sax player.

[HafrsBonder]

@travisrlel2 That is Tina Turner's "CONAN" !!!!

[Nigelxman]

Peter's a trip.

[TheKlumpenkind]

Great!!!!! Thumbs up from Little Vader!!!

[ditchpig]

tony levin rocks!

[Menticknap]

"I dont remember" in the making. Just brilliant! Ive read about Peters' Gabrielese, but to hear him singing in his own unique language is just brill!

[Menticknap]

Brilliant. What a find. Slap bang in the middle of Punk - there was Gabriel doing his thing!

[TheBlackycat]

This is excellent. I saw the band 2 months later. Still have my ticket stub. It was a whopping $6.00. Oh how times have changed.

[Rfeynman1]

This Rocks and you Rock for posting it. Gabriel, especially when he was with Genesis, was/is one of the best frontmen ever.

[incubus442]

Wow! Great video! Thanks for posting it!!!!!!

[gibbothegreat]

@av8en: bang on about Fripp, and what's more he called himself Dusty Road for the whole tour...

[Thgruenthal]

I saw it live on German TV in 1978. Thanks for sharing, bringing up good memories. Can't wait for Peter's next Gig in Germany in May 2012 in Berlin :)

[av8en]

I believe this is the same show I saw in N.Y.C. approximately 1978 at the Bottom Line, a very small bar in Manhattan. The show was fantastic. I seem to recall Robert Fripp joined him, and stood behind one of the pillars on the stage that held up the building almost the whole show. I may be wrong about Fripp, but hey, it was 30+ years ago : )

Thanks for posting this blast from my past.

[stalkerJmC]

Thank you, thank you so much Brainphreak! A masterpiece! I clearly remember the concert. It was a Saturday at midnight. By chance I was at home. A complete surprise. Me, a fan of Pet ', I did not know he was at Rockpalast! And it was a new Peter Gabriel we found. Shaved hair: then, a revolution! But by reviewing this show, I've never seen him since, one thing is certain: his music spans the centuries and ages. Sir Gabriel thank you!

stalkerJmC, Lausanne

[DocLibertos]

Great share! Where did you get this?

[sunpowernatural]

Thanks for this. Didn't know it existed and I've followed PG since 1973! Saw "The Lamb" at the Shrine in L.A.

[BenMolen]

Rockpalast was a great thing in the seventies.An hour or more of quality live music on TV, every month or so. Many great bands and artists.I saw this live on TV when it was broadcasted. I think it was the NDR,because we could watch this in Holland as well I was a teenager, Genesis fan and so excited to see PG live on German TV. Time has passed so quickly. Humdrum was the highlight for me. Priceless footage of an era gone forever.

[GoliamNos]

@BenMolen it was the wdr from köln. great shows, yes. and every year one or two rocknights with two , three or four bands. a whole night of high-quality music. i seen there first time young patti smith, nils lofgren,mitch ryder, rory gallagher, ian hunter and mick ronson, thunderbyrds and and and. really a great time of livemusic in tv and for discover great bands...

[JYVESful]

Great great artist

Thanks for the show...

[ginbrandy]

Didn't know this existed. Fantastic. Wished there was something similar from the Security tour in 82 which I was at in Edinburgh

[DirkDienstag]

great. perfect songwriting @ perfomance. evergreen. thnks 4 posting.

[undenohr]

i knew that pg is talented.... but THIS is really an eye opener....

[ARGWalrus10]

so actual

[diegolambertucci]

Entre la música clásica y el punk rock o la energía de la pasión .

[alnetworks2010]

GREAT!!! GREAT!!! GREAT!!!

A very important file to be shared!!!!

I'll correct myself: An IMPRESCINDIBLE FILE to be shared!!!

You're a friend!!!

[quinnman1971]

WoW!!! 3 cheers fur the uploader...

[sickyboy68]

tKS FOR SHARING THIS !!!!

[spaceboy537]

Wow, I've never seen this and it looks and sounds great. Thanks so much for posting it!

[jtlampsu2]

Like the "torch" entrances ! lol was there no backstage their ?? Nice concert anyway, some good old stuff from PG.

[iade38]

Peter Gabriel -> Vocals/Piano

Tony Levin -> Bass/Backing Vocals

Jerry Marotta -> Drums/Backing Vocals

Larry Fast -> Keyboard

Timmy Capello -> Keyboard/Sax

Sid McGinnis -> Guitar/Backing Vocals

[busa1089]

saw in Berlin Deutchlandhalle in 78 took second billing to Zappa. Peter was miles ahead of Zappa. Stole the show! (mind you there were about 200 brit paras in the hall! lmao)

[init4datoons1]

Awesome, I saw this show in Toronto, (without Tim Cappelli) thanks for posting

[RoehrenFan]

This ist a show in the year, when I was 18. Genesis was the music of my new born interest. Great show, strong feelings - Peter solo, Peter in a team - always was present in my life since then. He and his men are culture.... and grandmasters of music, who will be named "Classic" in near future - like Beethoven, Mozart, Holst, Wagne, Debussy and other today........

[bostonpiano]

FYI Sid- the guitarist- has been in Paul Shaffer's band on Letterman for the past 25yrs or so... just now realizing he was in Gabriel's band WAY back when. wow

[kidneystoner88]

oh haha! performing I don't remember before the 3rd album even came out. great!

[kidneystoner88]

Holy Crap? He did Moribund LIVE? awesome. Whatever HAPPENED to those songs?

[Chrisdrumz]

This band is the prime example of the differences between studio musicians and homegrown(i.e. Banks,Collins,Rutherford,Hacke­tt,Phillips and Peter). These guys no doubt have the chops but they lack a certain warmth to their playing,

[OnReflectionCA]

@Chrisdrumz I agree for most of the band here, but Tony Levin is incredible on all levels.

[Chrisdrumz]

@OnReflectionCA They are ALL excellent players almost TOO good. They are so refined in their craft that it becomes very cold and technical.

[ksjoyjespeace]

@Chrisdrumz ? they sure look plenty warm and loose here !

[TheExcelsior1]

...and the lamb gets its neck wrung on Broadway

[josetangojavier]

Genial muy buen sonido para los años que han pasado....ya tenía ganas de ver esta actuación en condiciones...<<<muy buena.

[TheExcelsior1]

Sooperdooper!!

Cheers...

[mloaks]

who are the players?

[mloaks]

@mloaks never mind

[earinsound]

23:42 great solo

the keyboardist acts like he just got off tour with Foreigner

[minoliti]

thank you!

[justus888de]

great concert, thanx!!! but i`m glad gabriel got rid of the saxophone - it absolutely doesn`t fit in.

[andarleon]

Sheldon?!

[moco635]

amazing thkuVmch

[foxtrot1959]

Great upload! Thanks so much. It's the first time I can hear/see a live version of a song I love at most, and I judge to be shamefully underrated and forgotten, "Moribund the Burgermeister".

And there is "Modern love", too!

[fgunerius]

@foxtrot1959 I couldn't agree more. This is the first time I've seen a live version of Moribund the Burgermeister, and it's just fantastic :)

[roccotool]

"On The Air" could've been a hit if the radio stations had promoted it. Maybe they never heard it. Thanks for this trip, Brain.

[txdap]

I saw him at Kent State Ohio perform this tour kinda blew me away.

[upchuck69]

Wow he really punked up TLLDOB.

[twostikks1]

Wow, Brainphreak -- you're THE BEST for posting this! Consider it preserved.

[LeaveDenbyAlone]

Sounds like he didn't have set lyrics for I Don't Remember at the time.

[summer999ppp]

Good, but better with Genisis. And with hair and costumes!

[darcsaster]

Tony Levin...etc...

[darcsaster]

Tony Levin...wow...amazing..thanks for loading this...

[Ron502008]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Middlesexful]

why isn't there a dvd of it by now?

[adamtzsch]

Absolutely fantastic. What a man; what a band.

[ngiss1987]

Great stuff man!

I didn't see it before. Peter is by far my favourite artist.

Thanks a lot!

Good Luck!

[degree7]

Don't Remember was from his 1980 album.

I didn't know he had already written it by '78!

[vcwills]

@degree7 I know, I was totally surprised to hear Don't Remember! But it sounds as though more accurately, he had the chorus and the music of the eventual album version written at the time of this show--the lyrics in the verses in this version are totally different from the final version. What a treat, because I love it when we get to see songs in stages of transition.

[garysevern]

@vcwills and there is a much heavier version that was the B side of Games Without Frontiers.

[moseva]

thanks a lot for posting, we all owe you a beer mate

[junkieinformant]

@moseva

Make that a sixer.

So may great artists were on this show!

[MsBkirk]

The hi-vis jackets and gloves do make the band look as if they volunteer for Groundwork, pulling garbage out of gutters!

[nebegroj]

Absolutely brilliant. What musicians, what energy! I simply love the first two PG albums and have always thought that PG II has a dark, raw feeling to it. Not quite punk but totally in keeping with that late 70s feel. It's amazing how Gabriel moved from prog (which I like) to "art (dark, humorous, sexy) rock". Even "Waiting for the Big One", my least favourite from PG I is a treat to watch. The switches are great, and you can see the lads are having fun. Thank you very much for sharing this!

[Moosenutsonabun]

Great stuff!!!!!

[OutlawsOfRavenhurst]

You are SOOOOOOO awesome for uploading the whole thing!!! Thank you!!! Been looking for this whole performance for a while!!!

[Katharating]

@TinfangWarble yes, it is a radio. The 'Rockpalast' events were aired live at TV in mono because stereo TV didn't exist that time. At the same time they were aired in stereo at radio. So we, the viewers, turned off TV sound and listend to stereo radio sound while viewing (parallel w/o delay).

[burlpark333]

Peter was at a bike shop and saw the orange vests and thought they would be a good addition to the show.

[chinatree1]

Fantastic, thank you so much for posting!

[Cimbarius]

Peter Gabriel. . . ROCK ON !

Millions of music fans were watching this "Rockpalast Show" live in 1978 - the show was aired in Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Austria, Turkey and Yougoslavia.

[makissoflife]

Thanks for sharing...awesome!

[dansimsss]

Yes..amazing...thanks....



[GSmusic1]

thank u so much for sharing this amazing concert!!!!!