Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

[AndrewMC6]

This video makes me twitchy...

[JimmySteller]

As good as ever. Love this song and this video.

[Sambo69d]

My lecturer was one of the 3 who helped create this video, honoured!

[isawyoupooping]

L0L...sperm..

[DaddyPims]

I think this was one of Nick Park's first animation jobs. Awesome song.

[TheWanderingFox]

@DaddyPims

It was Greg Boulton, and Peter Lord, who worked at Aardman :) Took them 6 days to make, surprisingly enough! One of them is my animation lecturer at university!

[2001roserose]

i saw the chicken hop out of the egg naked and i was like whaat the pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooo

[TheWorldAccordingToX]

Peter Gabriel > Phil Collins

[rizer912]

Touhou brought me here...

[ReclusiarchGrimaldus]

@rizer912 what

[flyingupfun]

Peter=talent

[joancrawfordcalling1]

I had no idea those were sperm and eggs when I was a kid... my memories have been sullied!

[kokerock]

Funk!!!

[jimihendrixfan2008]

LSD is a hell of a drug.

[jimbobhk2009]

@jimihendrixfan2008 i knew someone who drank a whole vial of it and now he's been sectioned to some funny farm, so yeah pretty accurate description

[climey]

Lady Gaga ain't got nothin on Peter Gabriel this shit she wears he was doin in the 60's she is a poser PG 4EVER

[myndirnotur]

peter gabriel had the best percussion.

[Amobb481]

Okay, the part with the dancing chickens is really freaking me out...

[mags031f]

chickens! CHICKENS!

[jasmineeelarae13]

somebody's got jungle fever...hahahah

[SilvaFox1302]

LoL I always used to wonder what the tadpole-y things at the start were, and then I learnt what they really were!!!

[MrCladious]

@SilvaFox1302 They were sperm...

[AntigaCoruja]

Maybe an inspiration from Dimensions of Dialogue?

When I think about Peter Gabriel one single word comes to my mind: ARTIST.

The guy is a true artist.

[Csvictory14]

This is the song I listen to at 3AM whilst playing Batman Arkham City

[MsAnnieTyler]

pssh i first saw this video in its entirety with my dad in the beginning he said "y'know what that is?" i said "uh, yeah..." he said "it's sperm!" i was like "umm, i'm 18 years old, no shit sherlock..."

[yethboth]

14,201 people are imagining either themselves or someone they know to be in this music video instead of Peter Gabriel. lol XD

[empreme]

This song hit number one on the day I was born. It was a pretty cool day. I remember.

[NESDragon20]

This is a catchy song, but it's the music video that makes it awesome. It must have taken Peter hours, if not days, to shoot the whole video. I gotta give him props for that.

[TheAlchemiist]

lol watch it when your tripping and you'll you trip

[MeesturFroggy]

If you could condense the entire 1980's into one video, this would be it.

[MrTraffik07]

Classic video & song.

[rappadapp]

that video's a hell of a mindfuck

furniture &chicken breakdancing?

but IT IS a great song. Thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

[petergabriel99]

Best video in the History.....

[flosthebos]

@petergabriel99 yeah man i know timecop was one of the best, sadly they dont make em like that anymore.

[yummybeefyboy]

I still love to listen to Peter's music

[OttoLund]

Nice :)

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[MsDboyy]

~  2012 ~

[dharmactcyu48]

song used by the slow mo guys in the sledgehammer week trailer... they're the reason Im watching this vid

[Babyfootish]

This is so weird - but I like it!

[apot35]

The movie "Rebound" brought me here :)

[Kingofgibraltar]

This is undoubtedly one of the defining music videos of the 1980's. Yes its old, yes its stop frame animation. Who cares. Nothing else at the time of its conception came anywhere close. enjoy what this is.Its a spectacle, its a marvel of the times and nothing has come close since...

[drbrontosaurus]

@Kingofgibraltar who was dissin on stop motion?

[carbonphiber]

@Kingofgibraltar fair enough. let's not ignore the fact that the song is absolutely superb as well.

[cglawrence]

still amazing. not just by music. but by all things

[12134546987]

i love this song .

[elekim17]

The guitar riff seems to be "Supertition", the whole song seems to be the Stevie Wonder's "Supertition". Anyway is a nice song.

[theautumnsnow]

WOW!! This was the #1 song the week I was born! That is crazy!

[Joprivi]

@theautumnsnow that's the same reason why im watching this video

[Surrender2daPHLOW]

this video is incredible

[FunOnABun1]

@Khazar 01 @terrylingwood This video will ALWAYS be a masterpiece.

[Gdev02]

this video was voted no1 video of all time by vh1 viewers. Its so awesome <3

[zx1400a7f]

I miss that long tailed remote controlled Fischer top loader! Thank You mom and dad for allowing us to stay up. Getting to stay up late for "Thriller" was the best!!!

[nanochii]

This was at the end of one of my old VCR video tapes for something random like Winnie the Pooh and as a kid I always waited right to the end so I could watch this music video.

(Although honestly, it used to creep me out a little bit)

Looking back on it now, yeah it still creeps me out slightly. Specially those chickens. :I

[TheGreenLizard]

I wish his Publisher would dig out the old Betamax tape of this video and properly restore it. All these old 240p rips from a VHS cassette posted on YouTube look atrocious.

[letsdance1978]

I love this video AND song!! He was the bomb back in the day!!!!This is still a very memorable video, and I like the words too!

[DisguiseDK]

This is the most played video on MTV ever!

[daalmightytabby]

This was #1 in US the week and year I was born. It's awesomely funny and I always loved it. Now I know why.

[leschampagnes1]

peter gabriel... the first member of the blue man group

[FishlipsMalone]

Stop motion 80's effects :) for that time what would u ask more!

[bossu3konn]

The difference between Thriller and this video : Thriller was the video that most influenced the next music videos, Peter Gabriel's one is out of time, it's a masterpiece by itself, it's unique.

[Docmarten90]

THIS SONG IS TEN TIMES BETTER THAN ANYTHING "POPULAR" TODAY. Justin, Katy Perry and the rest of the Autotune crowd can suck Peter Gabriel's big toe.

[JustWaIkAway]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEEEER! IN MY OFFICE NOW!

[HJAwk]

2:26 like  Soupe-Opera

[mrdbzfann]

Thumbs up if Wallace and Gromit brought you here :-)

[1stchoicemodern]

We need 419 condoms and a timemachine.

[Embembooshkin1]

@1stchoicemodern Brilliant :)

[Mr2010Jamie]

This has got to be the greatest music video ever. Even better than Thriller

[ginawinabean]

My childhood is just swarming back to me. I remember being scared of the end of this video.

[wristofkings]

The high water mark for music video creativity, and by 1987 no less.

With a few rare exceptions it was all downhill from here.

[aleksandarfriscic]

This video was ranged 2nd on i think mtv's top 100 music vieos of 70's 80's and 90's...i remember the 1st was imagine by john lennon and black hole sun was at good position too...

[TheSubliminalGenius]

Awesome song and some awesome work by Aardman!

[sparkybluefox]

This is a masterpiece of stop motion camera work! The song is classic 'awesome' Peter Gabrial!

[TheChucky4664]

god i hate peter gabriel

[TweekDash]

@TheChucky4664 Why the fuck are you watching his videos then?

[TheChucky4664]

@TweekDash i like the bit before he starts singing.

[knightofjustic]

@TheChucky4664 then why are you hear

[360spider06]

music videos will never be what they were

[screwmaster404]

I love dancing chickens

[jakobdixon69]

Im 16, and I can't understand how people my age can listen to the kind of music that is being released these days! you can't beat music from older generations.

[katieOO7]

@jakobdixon69 I knoooww!! I'm only 15 buutt, It just makes me so sad to see our peers listening to all that auto tuned shit.

[Lizzles711]

Fire arms!! Twiddle...

[GeneralOlde]

There are more ideas in this one music video than you'll find in ten music videos today. How far we've fallen!

[obito94]

*dentists, working on my teeth* Me - "MsjfSHjdy!!!" , dentist - "what is it?" , Me -"DRTHRTDFTJSHDRFXDY!!!!" , *takes the tools out of my mouth* , dentist - "you okay?" me - "PETER GABRIEL - SLEDGEHAMMER JUST CAME ON!!!" , dentist - "umm yes...yes it did o_o"

[Random247123]

I forgot how great a video this is! I never forgot how great the song is! So glad my parents brought me up on amazing music.

[lockex25]

80's > all. 'Nuff said.

[karowla]

Damn, this shit is groovy! The vid is trippy as fuck as well.

[lilacs91]

I love this song, but could someone give me a little info on the song? Like...what is it about exactly? I'm a little confused ><

[crystinruby]

So many cozy sensations right now.

[emilyyouknowitt]

peter gabriel rox!!!

[Yami02blue]

Sure it's called horrible by today's standards, but back when it was released it was the bomb!!!! That's no shit. Call it what you want, but in 1986 this video and tune turned everything on its ear.

And it's still bad ass.

[Tetsuoha]

year?



[Khazar01]

Ok, for all of those that think this video is bad......you obviously forgot that it was made in 1986 (probably long time before you were even born), and taken that into an account, what did you expect? High-tech CGI. Back in the 80's this video was a masterpiece. And the song itself is a masterpiece even today. But I guess too much of justin beaVer and those new kid "singers" can impact your intelligence in a negative matter

[terrylingwood]

@Khazar01 this video is STILL a masterpiece :-D

[Khazar01]

@terrylingwood Agreed :)

[irvinfernandez37]

@Khazar01 el que no vivió esta época no sabe que la riza de la música actual nació en los 80.. es la mejor época de la música

[Khazar01]

@irvinfernandez37 cierto que mi amigo, esos años fueron los años dorados respecto a la música

[DJMetalstone]

@Khazar01 This song allways stays legendary too me tho :)

[rotaryturbo07]

@Khazar01 This was actually the #1 single DURING the week that I was born, that's why I'm here now...I was curious as to what song it was. I do like the song, and I'm OK with stop motion animation and low quality effects. :)

[litl166]

@Khazar01

I agree with you 100%, when this first came out, I thought it was awesome...kids now-a-days appreciate nothing!

[davidasimpkins]

@Khazar01 i was in jr high when this came out

[rozasupreme]

@Khazar01 If I'm right... this was also the first Music Video MTV ever showed

[TheGreenLizard]

@rozasupreme Wrong! The first video MTV showed was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. Thankfully, video did not definitively kill the Radio Star.

[rozasupreme]

@TheGreenLizard Oh yeah >< I remember this being the first something. It's cause my dad said that yesterday and I even knew he was wrong... it just stuck in my head XD

[isis666ism]

@Khazar01 Love it.... always did....

[thatguycalledCrispin]

@Khazar01 lol u sound like my Dad

[Khazar01]

@thatguycalledCrispin Your Dad is a wise man :)

[rozasupreme]

@Khazar01

>Back in the 80's this video was a masterpiece

>was a masterpiece

>was

>WAS

Dude. It still is in my eyes

[Khazar01]

@rozasupreme agreed man, I said it was a masterpiece, but i never said it's not anymore :)

[FrostySharkSpain]

@Khazar01 I think it's more impressive to do these kind of things without nowadays tech that those epic battles made by computers on movies (copy/paste soldiers xD)

[AndrewMC6]

@Khazar01 Not to mention that most likely the effects were generated by computer, transferred to tape then mastered there

[xfgher]

i'm here because I love this song... don't care for any vid - but the music is really nice :)

[Schafer1969]

intro is horrid.

[DannyGloverIsAwesome]

This is retarded

[hueonpao]

this song is about peter gabriel's penis.

[roshbirdie]

@hueonpao

that's excellent.

[mbegin22]

the most played music video in the history of MTV

[Underwar1980]

2:16 il a un banane dans l'oreille XD

[strider119]

One of the best videos of all time.  A classic.

[israel02061965]

muito da hora essa musica,quando a ouso tem que ser bem alto o volume vlw !!!

[De3jayw0lfy]

somehow house brought me here. even tough I am too lazy to search weather this peter gabriel is the same one as the one singing my body is a cage. certainly sounds like it.

[i90sKnd]

Thumbs up:)! If yahoo's 10 worst video's Rebecca Black comparison brought you here.

[dgsdfkm]

racism at 3:36

[Khazar01]

@dgsdfkm wow, since when it became racism for some black women to show up on video?

[BleedThemBones]

its always nice when someone brings their blue sky back for you

[eddie100]

Multi media music video preat it's best.

[naturalmeatswinnipeg]

Peter you are one of the best old school artists. Every day I turn on sledgehammer listen and find happiness.

[katieOO7]

I wish my life was an 80's music video =)

[TheVerandaguy]

I've done a bit of complex CG work for videos, and lemme tell you, stop-motion looks much, much harder than working in most Maya/Blender projects.

[SivEdable]

@TheVerandaguy I guess it is, I dunno, but I wonder if someone else out there knows if the animators here have ever worked on Wallace and Grommet?  Stop animation seems to still be abundant here or here abouts...

[wandita1534]

I want to be your sledgehammer

why don't you call my name

oh let me be your sledgehammer ♪♪♪

[AlbertDVX]

ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF ANIMATION -NICK PARK

[ShiningTitan]

How cool is that

[ShiningTitan]

They're all green and shit

[ShiningTitan]

I like turtles

[felipeluiz12345]

Ultraje a Rigor >> Peter Gabriel

[jtmarriedman]

this was one of the best music videos on Mtv back in the DAY, sure do mis my HS days peter, tears for fears & steve winwood but linkin park is pretty good too

[erislaton]

I remember they played this during Saddam Husseins hanging.

[BeerSlayer863]

I can't believe there isn't a HHH tribute to this song. Fuck it, I'm making one.

[Flimance]

He looks somehow like Mel Gibson)

[bourlivak88]

@Flimance you must be fuckin blind then

[TheVerandaguy]

Also, dancing turkeys.

[TheVerandaguy]

Unquestionably stop motion at its best.

[kinenai]

WOW! The mushrooms i just bought are so good I didnt even have to eat them and Im seeing some weird shit.

[Musicismylife259]

Trippiest Video Ever...

[UndeniableNut]

DANCING CHICKEN! ;O

[KataarSolo]

quick, this guys takin a fit!! lol. quality. i love the old skool animation!

[blupouncch]

Growing up in the 80's I heard this song hundreds upon hundreds of times... and never did I begin to hear the, what now at 30, are ever so thinly veiled and nearly unending sexual innuendos... the innocence of childhood... Glad it's gone! This song is SOOOO much better now than when I was 8!

[chrona230]

LOL chicken



[superblol1]

thumbs up if u came here from yahoo news article "The Most Epically Awful Videos of 2011: Even Worse Than Rebecca Black"

:D

[LOLsensation]

@superblol1 still better than rebecca black....

[cymrutube3]

Turkey abuse

[Patriccio72]

Timeless. Inventive. Joyous.

God, the 80's were fun!

[Luvie1980]

Why can't people just enjoy the song/video instead of stating who or what brought them here? I remember this video when it was shown on MTV during the 80s. Man this generation is very lost!

[ProfDeth]

@Luvie1980 More than lost, their taste in so-called "music" seems to suck too. I mean c'mon...Lady GAGA? Gimme a break.

[fartmuffin1]

@Luvie1980 alright ya old curmudgeon

[DynamoDisaster]

After watching Ponponpon ... I feel like Im on a drug trip (and Im straight edge) ,.. I dunno which video was stranger o_O My mom told me to watch this ...

[ryo95482]

the reason im here is because i looked for it, the song kicks ass!

[15butcherj]

Great Song!

[xxJdcfcxx]

this songs shit without the video

[gloria1110]

genio.



[2gamesProductions]

this song is soooo bad

[JIPALIG]

@2gamesProductions you forgot the word ass. Lemme fix that for you. This song is bad ass!

[jordplunk]

dead island led me here.. well... one of the weapons did, anyway

[daveypryor]

This video was so far ahead of its time.

[sootyferrari65]

Ive known this song for years....I was surprised to see it make a comeback thanks to those slow guys

[tds168]

top délire et un génie de la musique

[SgtJak1665]

how did they make this video it looks like pictures and pictures that must of taken a very long time

[Csvictory14]

@SgtJak1665 Stopmotion

[TheSnowyDrake]

I love this song!!!

[bassbella69]

Slowmo guys over here!

[augamon]

Triple H's favourite song ;)

[AzurePrower]

God, this brings back memories.

This pretty much sums up how the late 80s, early 90s were like.

[blackbelt1123]

I have the weirdest boner right now...

[TheBJNews]

this= real music

[dumbbros]

Slowmo guys didn't bring me hear. XM radio DID!