If we're going by strictly a video resume, no one did it better than Peter Gabriel. Example is "Big Time". Not only a great song, from a great album, but also an excellent music video.

Mercy Street comes from one of my all-time favorite albums by Peter Gabriel, So. It is about the poet Anne Sexton, the title is taken from the name of her 1968 play 45 Mercy Street. Here is a cover performed by the incomparable Happy Rhodes. Her 4 octave vocal range goes from the highs of Kate Bush to the lowest of Annie Lennox.... MORE

Originally posted on September 22, 2006 One of the first cassette tapes I remember owning was Peter Gabriel’s “So”. My grandmother bought that tape and Genesis “Invisible Touch” for me. I had no clue about the connection between Peter Gabriel and Genesis at the time. They were both fairly popular at the time, and I loved their songs when I heard them on the radio. Besides being a great song, “In Your Eyes” brings a couple of things to mind. At a time when I w... MORE

On this week's edition of Six Degrees Traveler, we explore the influence that the great minimalist composers Philip Glass & Steve Reich have had on modern music. Featured artists include Pantha Du Prince, Eluvium, Clint Mansell, Tom Middleton, Peter Gabriel and many others. Philip Glass-Satyagraha (Act 3 Conclusion)
From Glass Cage: Piano Music by Philip Glass & John Cage
Philip Glass vs. The Beatles Beatlemania
From White Label
Phil... MORE

Even for Peter Gabriel, So was a breakthrough album, due in large part to his willingness to incorporate a variety of musical styles through collaboration with other artists. The most popular song from that album In Your Eyes, has become a concert staple for Gabriel. It features Youssou N'Dour, and the video below, shot in Geneva in 2005, is a reprise of that collaboration. Peter Gabriel is well known, and doesn't need any pointers from me. Youssou N'Dour, however... MORE

yes. yes i did get the peter gabriel secret world live dvd from the library. and yes, it is awesome. haha. thanks to brother august here, i had this little doozy shipped to my library where i rented and watched it over and over again. it came out, i believe in 1994, and filmed over two nights. i have his newest live dvd titled "growing up" and although the stakes were high, i believe the older "secret world" has just as many highlights as his latest masterpiece. if you a... MORE

In case you didn't know, these are the big boys who, for the most part, try to tell you what to listen to. Although independents account for 28 per cent of the market, the music industry today is still dominated by 'the Big Four' record companies. Universal Music Group Chairman and CEO Doug Morris presides over the largest record company in the world. Taken together, its labels such as Island, Polydor and Mercury account for a 25.5 per cent share in the globa... MORE

Peter Gabriel's work has alway been important to me. He achieves a depth of emotion, and a complexity of expression in a way that resonates with me. From Womad to Real World, his projects have an integrity of purpose that I really appreciate. From one of his largely unknown albums OVO , which was a soundtrack album for the "Millenium Dome" Show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Dome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Dome_Show Enjoy, it's hi... MORE

_Jeux Sans Frontières_ C'est Tout... Voila !

Peter Gabriel

Even after years of French... I think I was a senior in high school before I (along with my friends) figured it out... Anyone else struggle with the _translation_ ? I was LOST IN IT ;)... MORE

in regards to my last post... heres a clip from Say Anything...

i watched the Cameron Crowe classic, 'Say Anything' the other night... you know the movie, the famous picture of John Cusack holding up the boombox? (probably one of my favorite poster shots of all time) well the song he was playing was Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" i was negative 2 years old when it came out, so bare with me as im a new fan... but yeh ever since i heard that song, its turned me into the biggest Genesis/Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel fans of all time...... MORE

Some lyrics that I wanted to share with the community here and also you my friends at deviantART.
Enjoy!

PETER GABRIEL lyrics... MORE

The rain has begun here, and it got me a thinkin'. What is the allure of writing about water? Just think about how many songs you know deal with : rain, the sea, the ocean, rivers, drowning, Floods (ie. my favorite, Peter Gabriel's "Here Comes The Flood.")
I believe we all have a love for the life giving stuff, and reflect it in our art/music.
I'm gonna make up a water mix....any cool tunes you wanna throw my way?
1.Talking Heads : Take Me To the River... MORE