turns out petey has been misleading when some have thought him to be "religious" in some lyrical content.Turns out after some not even scrupulous investigation that he's ben using Illuminati symbolism on the majority of his album covers and images.Don't think so?Look into it.There he is displaying the typical"one eyed crap" on most of the covers.Just like all the other scum bags that do the same thing recently.Like on THIS cover.What an ASSHOLE.
One of the first 2 CDs I bought- after wearing out my cassette recording of the album. Played repeatedly. One moment of enlightenment came when I listened to it on decent headphones instead of a shabby single speaker cassette player.
What strikes me about this song, is that despite its serious content, soundwise it is the only 'bright' spot in an otherwise dark, depressing, gloomy album. Kinda eases up the athmosphere of this one
I saw Gabriel at Hoffman Estates near Chicago on the "SO" tour, it was an outdoor event and it was raining. Early in the set he sang this song and when he sang "it's only water" he held his arms up and the rain immediately stopped. It was one of the coolest moments I have ever experienced at a show. I thought he was a god. Still think that.
Gabriel was definitely pushing the creative envelope with this album. With "So", I think he saw Phil's success and thought "Shit, I'd better write some hit singles". And he did...
@JanineRobin WITH ROBERT FRIPP,JERRY MAROTTA,TONY LEVIN,DAVID RHODES,PAUL WELLER,PHIL COLLINS,PETER HAMMILL,...HOW COULD YOU NOT HIT A HOME RUN!! WHY RADIO SHIES AWAY(AMERICAN) IS A MYSTERY;THANKS YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!
It's only water in a stranger's tears... you're not one of us... how can we be in, if there is no outside? -- Exceptional depiction of the insecure mind of prejudice.
guess he wanted a creative challenge to see if he could make good music without cymbals. i think he succeeded. king crimson recorded 1980's Discipline without any hi-hat in the songs. i think they did a good job too
@zwartepiet412 You are so right. I wish he'd turn up the guitars in his mixes sometimes. Too quiet and in the back of the mix on some of his past albums.
@zwartepiet412 "New wave"? Like 80s new wave? This kicks the crap out of anything coming from 2010! Yeah, It is certainly a NEW WAVE!
And a PG tune at that. Yay! You have all the tags available in your filing cabinets.
Pete, is one, swell guy. We had a late dinner, in early October after a Thursday night show, in NY city. He is very clever, yet a bit quiet in crowds. We sat in the 'smoking section', so that we were certain to be left alone. Charming man.
Well but this, the Talking Heads and The Police ARE from the eighties. From the cool part of them! Each decade has its cool and bad parts, and who cares about the bad ones when we can listen to great songs like this? :D
I love this album. I thought with this, The Talking Heads, The Police, that the 80's would be real cool. No sooner did I think that and they rammed Huey Lewis, Pat Benetar etc.
@PeterMayer Most likely, Neil Giraldo puts your guitar playing to shame. Instead of saying "these guys suck" how about you get positive and dazzle us with your knowing about why this song is good.
Can you tell us in what key it's written? What is the time signature? Can you suss out the instruments? Tell us about the drumming patterns?
@TruthAxe Hey jagoff! Where does it say it that I said it sucks? So before you write something fucking stupid, make sure YOU know what you're talking about. Yeah, the key is in E. Real tough. SUSS out the intruments? You mean drums without the cymbals, Larry Fast on synth, and overdubbed guitars? Woo..real tuff. Suss this bitch....
What liner notes are you talking about? And why bring up Pat Benetar when you are not a fan? Trolling obivously. You tried being clever by asking me what key "Not One Of Us" was in. OOooo real tough one. You're obviously someone who pretends he knows a lot about music, but in the end, you talk out your ass.
@TruthAxe oh I get it. I think I struck I nerve because I didn't like Pat Benatar? Big fucking deal. yeah, I prefered Gabriel, Talking Heads, The Police, King Crimson, etc.
I am not a fan of Pat Benetar. Yet, it's obvious when an assclown such as yourself gets up to commenting on YouTube.
The Talking Heads? They wore their musical instruments. Professionals were hired to record the songs in studio and to perform on stage for major tours.
can someone tell me the meaning of this song?
PekiShinoda 1 week ago
Robert Fripp: Guitar
afroeroticus 3 weeks ago
nice eye.......
echelonexcursions 1 month ago
i like it...
operalover67 2 months ago
così...
operalover67 3 months ago
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turns out petey has been misleading when some have thought him to be "religious" in some lyrical content.Turns out after some not even scrupulous investigation that he's ben using Illuminati symbolism on the majority of his album covers and images.Don't think so?Look into it.There he is displaying the typical"one eyed crap" on most of the covers.Just like all the other scum bags that do the same thing recently.Like on THIS cover.What an ASSHOLE.
strangecluesinfriday 3 months ago
One of the first 2 CDs I bought- after wearing out my cassette recording of the album. Played repeatedly. One moment of enlightenment came when I listened to it on decent headphones instead of a shabby single speaker cassette player.
Wow!
smegweevil 5 months ago
pt es el numero 11111111
oscar46147 6 months ago
You could understand: "You knock on a bus." haha
kujo839 7 months ago
What strikes me about this song, is that despite its serious content, soundwise it is the only 'bright' spot in an otherwise dark, depressing, gloomy album. Kinda eases up the athmosphere of this one
10squonk 8 months ago
I love the German version too, don't understand a word but it just works.
chickenlampbrent 9 months ago
does the very end of this (last few seconds) remind anyone else of the very end of I Don't Remember?
WestonAAFC 9 months ago
great album . great track
dave2806 11 months ago
I saw Gabriel at Hoffman Estates near Chicago on the "SO" tour, it was an outdoor event and it was raining. Early in the set he sang this song and when he sang "it's only water" he held his arms up and the rain immediately stopped. It was one of the coolest moments I have ever experienced at a show. I thought he was a god. Still think that.
BowedOak1 11 months ago 4
Gabriel,Iluminati,futurist,
JMRBAQ 1 year ago
@JMRBAQ Futurists are cool better than normal lying joe wanker pleb fools Gabriel a genius
DerVampyrEngel 6 months ago
thank you!
Corkskrew999 1 year ago
Gabriel was definitely pushing the creative envelope with this album. With "So", I think he saw Phil's success and thought "Shit, I'd better write some hit singles". And he did...
siasti 1 year ago
A man who was and still is -- way, way ahead of his time.
codlyman 1 year ago
The whole album is a fucking masterpiece
AFirmKickInThePants 1 year ago 24
Thanks for posting this one too. I like what you did with only using the album cover, but adding effects to it.
LordFancourt 1 year ago
Genious album cover. Hipgnosis at it's best.
WoodenLegCorrosion 1 year ago
Saw the tour in 83 amazing....wore the T shirt tll it fell apart.
Pentalpha5 1 year ago 2
This album is definitely in my top five of all time.
TravelerKM 1 year ago 3
@TravelerKM Along side London Calling!!!!
generationx1966 1 year ago
This is cool, but my fav will always be Shock The Monkey.
drnrg31 1 year ago
Funky bass!
durpadoo 1 year ago
I love Peter. I have 2 words about this album: Jerry Marotta!
pastol 1 year ago
If I could only have 10 albums to listen to this one would be on the list. Scary, funny, moving, brilliant.
OroborusFMA 1 year ago 5
Brilliant song! Great lyrics and great melody! Yes, I agree Peter was ahead of his time! Still is!
TheLourdes2009 1 year ago 8
The drumming on this is so fucking intense!
ThatBritGuy 1 year ago
@ThatBritGuy its Jerry Marotta on drums
tiny789 1 year ago
God, I'd forgotten how damn good this album was
JanineRobin 1 year ago
@JanineRobin WITH ROBERT FRIPP,JERRY MAROTTA,TONY LEVIN,DAVID RHODES,PAUL WELLER,PHIL COLLINS,PETER HAMMILL,...HOW COULD YOU NOT HIT A HOME RUN!! WHY RADIO SHIES AWAY(AMERICAN) IS A MYSTERY;THANKS YOUTUBE!!!!!!!!!!
ksjoyjespeace 1 year ago
@JanineRobin I'm ALWAYS forgetting. And then I work out how essential it is. I think it's just too potent and intense to listen to regularly.
horymski 1 year ago
to be or not to be---that is the question Sein oder Nicht-Sein---das ist hier die Frage (das ist die Zwtschgen!)
kujo839 1 year ago
Superb song. Love the arrangements here although going a bit astray towards the end.
ajittffcure 1 year ago
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GOD IS A LITTLE GIRL
cdgt1 2 years ago
peter gabriel is a true Artist with a capital sense of conscience he is brilliant!
doctorw2 2 years ago 4
It's only water in a stranger's tears... you're not one of us... how can we be in, if there is no outside? -- Exceptional depiction of the insecure mind of prejudice.
Voyeur399 2 years ago 3
classic new wave...best album, cover to cover must have. one of the most thought provokingalbums as well
zempke 2 years ago 3
How can we be in if there is no outside?
Tubernaut 2 years ago
@Tubernaut
You have to be outside first to understand in :)
BlueMeanieSulk 2 years ago 2
Or as Genesis sang on Carpet Crawlers, you gotta get in to get out.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
I am not one of you, or maybe you are one of me.
Malzarin 2 years ago
Thank you so much for this!!!
bloodystump3 2 years ago
Yep, it's PC. I believe this was the project where Peter told him, "No metal" as in "don't use any cymbals." End result is phenomenal!
ipykipyk 2 years ago
The lyrics are part of my personal religious belief system (i.e. What's Wrong With This Picture?)... There is no "them" there is only US.
InvisibleCollegeDO 2 years ago
Como suena ese bajo por dios .... Peter no tiene igual.
Maximo Peter !!
porrasbrand 2 years ago
id like to add i love the sound of the fretless bass
haymorgay 2 years ago
whats the deal / no cymbals on this whole album
haymorgay 2 years ago
guess he wanted a creative challenge to see if he could make good music without cymbals. i think he succeeded. king crimson recorded 1980's Discipline without any hi-hat in the songs. i think they did a good job too
zwartepiet412 2 years ago 2
i love elephant talk. thanks for bringing that to my attention, i did not know that. big fan of king crimson.
haymorgay 2 years ago
He did succeed. Working with PG must have rubbed off on Robert Fripp.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
this is my song fits my life so well
hEV6060842 2 years ago 4
dessention without opposing opinion is tyranny
zempke 2 years ago 2
Hey, guess what? We ARE the liberals!
dirtyratmiller 2 years ago 4
oh by the way thats Phil collins on the drums, Ive probably bought this album 5x over. I never get tired of the album... moody, philosophical, dark
zempke 2 years ago 3
There are actually two drummers on the track. Phil Collins + Jerry Marotta. The drum solo at the end is the high point of the track.
Iconoclastic8 2 years ago
is that really Phil on drums? i didn't realise that
AlexisCapri 2 years ago
Yes and Peter Gabriel provided background vocals on Phil Collins' Take Me Home.
Tubernaut 2 years ago
@AlexisCapri no, it's Jerry Marotta on this cut. Phil plays on "Intruder" and "No Self Control" where does a killer drum pattern.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
one of the best observations of human nature EVER!! psst, dont tell the liberals
zempke 2 years ago
yeah the words are brilliant and the music is classic new wave... probably pete's most guitar-oriented tune.. It's my favorite PG tune as well.
zwartepiet412 3 years ago 6
@zwartepiet412 Most guitar-oriented? Hmm. Try Exposure on Scratch.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
@zwartepiet412 You are so right. I wish he'd turn up the guitars in his mixes sometimes. Too quiet and in the back of the mix on some of his past albums.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@zwartepiet412 "New wave"? Like 80s new wave? This kicks the crap out of anything coming from 2010! Yeah, It is certainly a NEW WAVE!
And a PG tune at that. Yay! You have all the tags available in your filing cabinets.
Pete, is one, swell guy. We had a late dinner, in early October after a Thursday night show, in NY city. He is very clever, yet a bit quiet in crowds. We sat in the 'smoking section', so that we were certain to be left alone. Charming man.
bordercollieluv 1 year ago
The more I hear this, the more I think it's one of the best songs ever written. The second verse in particular, is genius.
welshuser 3 years ago 15
Holy Mackerel! are they still policing us? What the fu-?
dirtyratmiller 3 years ago
PG? This song should be rated 'R', at least!
dirtyratmiller 3 years ago
I love the way this song starts! It's one of my favorite PG songs ever!
PirateChrisdef 3 years ago 3
Well but this, the Talking Heads and The Police ARE from the eighties. From the cool part of them! Each decade has its cool and bad parts, and who cares about the bad ones when we can listen to great songs like this? :D
AFirmKickInThePants 3 years ago 2
i´m agree the best album from peter gabriel and the song "game without frontiers"
sergioahraza 3 years ago
I love this album. I thought with this, The Talking Heads, The Police, that the 80's would be real cool. No sooner did I think that and they rammed Huey Lewis, Pat Benetar etc.
PeterMayer 3 years ago 4
@PeterMayer Most likely, Neil Giraldo puts your guitar playing to shame. Instead of saying "these guys suck" how about you get positive and dazzle us with your knowing about why this song is good.
Can you tell us in what key it's written? What is the time signature? Can you suss out the instruments? Tell us about the drumming patterns?
And you fancy yourself a critic? LMFAO
TruthAxe 1 year ago
@TruthAxe Hey jagoff! Where does it say it that I said it sucks? So before you write something fucking stupid, make sure YOU know what you're talking about. Yeah, the key is in E. Real tough. SUSS out the intruments? You mean drums without the cymbals, Larry Fast on synth, and overdubbed guitars? Woo..real tuff. Suss this bitch....
PeterMayer 1 year ago
You amuse, PeterMayer. Again!
Anyone can read liner notes. What's it like going thru life suffering from musical ignorance?
Oh how you amuse.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
What liner notes are you talking about? And why bring up Pat Benetar when you are not a fan? Trolling obivously. You tried being clever by asking me what key "Not One Of Us" was in. OOooo real tough one. You're obviously someone who pretends he knows a lot about music, but in the end, you talk out your ass.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
@TruthAxe oh I get it. I think I struck I nerve because I didn't like Pat Benatar? Big fucking deal. yeah, I prefered Gabriel, Talking Heads, The Police, King Crimson, etc.
PeterMayer 1 year ago
You amuse, PeterMayer.
I am not a fan of Pat Benetar. Yet, it's obvious when an assclown such as yourself gets up to commenting on YouTube.
The Talking Heads? They wore their musical instruments. Professionals were hired to record the songs in studio and to perform on stage for major tours.
TruthAxe 1 year ago
Oh really? Which album and tour? All of them? The Heads never played as a band huh? Douch bag.
PeterMayer 1 year ago