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I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

The Edge needs to stop using so many effects.

I personally hope Gabriel gets back with Genesis. After he left, it all went to hell.

Geddyhead: I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

The Edge needs to stop using so many effects.

I personally hope Gabriel gets back with Genesis. After he left, it all went to hell.

You need to stop using so many letters

Geddyhead: but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

This is how I know you're an idiot.

Meet Us at the Stick: This is how I know you're an idiot.

I don't know about all that, but I...

Well, I guess it's probably a leftover 80's child syndrome of some sort.

The Tools?

Nobono?

/all old guys are bald

Geddyhead: I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

No. Just...no.

Geddyhead: I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

The Edge needs to stop using so many effects.

I personally hope Gabriel gets back with Genesis. After he left, it all went to hell.

You're a 'tard. Stop influencing the record industry with your purchaces.

I would much rather hear PG and the Edge creating new music together (two of the more creative influences in popular music in the last thirty years) than seeing a full-on Genesis reunion, rehashing songs that sound like they belong in a time capsule.

PG's post-Genesis work less than stellar? WTF? I can list four superb contributions of his:

-Peter Gabriel
-Peter Gabriel
-Peter Gabriel

and of course, the brilliant "Peter Gabriel"

(and I love "Us", but I am not a huge fan of "that one with Sledgehammer on it)

As for the Edge and his effects, I would argue that he elevated use of a delay pedal to an art form. Mastering of technology is not that different than mastering an instrument, is it?

Geddyhead: ... Genesis. After he left, it all went to hell.

Well, this may be true ...

since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

... but WTF!? You are a completely brain dead, fully deaf, crazy person.

Meet Us at the Stick: This is how I know you're an diot.

QFT.

Marla Singer's Laundry: You're a 'tard. Stop influencing the record industry with your purchaces.

This too.


Really, Gabriel's real talent exploded when he left Genesis. His solo work is incredible, at least up to So. After that, a little less inspiring, but still better than anything Genesis produced, ever.

/saw him live in London in 88 or so - one of the best concerts evar.

Polonius_In_Drag: PG's post-Genesis work less than stellar? WTF? I can list four superb contributions of his:

-Peter Gabriel
-Peter Gabriel
-Peter Gabriel

and of course, the brilliant "Peter Gabriel"

Your forgot: Peter Gabriel (Plays Live). Fukcing incredible.

Geddyhead: I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

The Edge needs to stop using so many effects.

I personally hope Gabriel gets back with Genesis. After he left, it all went to hell.

Hey, maybe this is more your style, twerp:

So, is the Edge finally getting sick of Pope Bono?

Or, has Peter Gabriel suffered from so much Bono-envy that he's fulfilled his evil plan of stealing Bono's guitarist?

Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.


Yeah, noone really dug his solo stuff.

Sure, why not?

Geddyhead: Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

Are you on crack?

Geddyhead: Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

You don't know what you're talking about

And-1: Gabriel's real talent exploded when he left Genesis. His solo work is incredible, at least up to So. After that, a little less inspiring, but still better than anything Genesis produced, ever.

Let's not get carried away

Ant: And-1: Gabriel's real talent exploded when he left Genesis. His solo work is incredible, at least up to So. After that, a little less inspiring, but still better than anything Genesis produced, ever.

Let's not get carried away


"So" is one of the best releases of the 80s, easily. He has some of the most killer players anywhere on there, not the least of whom is one Tony Levin of King Crimson on bass and stick bass

you forgot "rich"

Less Edge, more Adrian Belew please.

/Levin, Gabriel, and Belew even?

Schock! - das tut dem Affen weh!

here's something i only just discovered on youtube yesterday. i love it!
Peter Gabriel:
"Why Don't We" live in Cleveland 1977
Link (new window)

[bonus: cool slideshow of pics]

Why this was not included on his solo debut or any other PG album i have no idea, but I think it's really great. almost sounds like PG-era Genesis, excpet a little bit poppier [in the way that some of the tunes on his debut were rockier or poppier than w/ Genesis]


can anyone else hear tiny bits of "family snapshot" in some bridge or verse in there, in the chords / vocal delivery of it?

Third_Uncle_Eno: can anyone else hear tiny bits of "family snapshot" in some bridge or verse in there, in the chords / vocal delivery of it?

I definitely hear a little bit of it in there (first time around 1:30). Good find.

Also, I would like to nominate "Mercy Street" as the most underrated song of the 1980s, and not just because it inspired the song responsible for my login.

Grey Street

i freakin love "mercy street". it sent chills down my spine the first time i heard it. maybe even brought a tear to my eye.

Geddyhead: I cannot see this ending particularly well.
Peter Gabriel was great in Genesis, but since then his solo work has been far less than stellar.

It's already been established that you, and your mistaken opinions, suck. But I just wanted to get in on the action, too.

BOO, sir. BOO!

What alarms me about Geddyhead is that he is somehow aware of Gabriel/Genesis but clueless to Gabriel's landmark first four solo records. "I","II","III" and "Security"

I would agree that "So" is maybe "less than stellar" but his soundtrack "Passion" is a total masterpiece.

Third_Uncle_Eno: i freakin love "mercy street".

Seconded. (Thirded?)

I just came to say how brilliant PG's solo work is, but you guys got that covered.

Never cared for Genesis.

/or U2

anybody who likes PG's first four solo albums should check out Peter Hammill's solo output from about 1974-1981, especially his late 70's releases.

Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd...the two best concerts I have ever seen.

craigdamage: but his soundtrack "Passion" is a total masterpiece

If this thread were titled, "Talkin' 'Bout Peter Gabriel's Solo Work," I would have come in to say this.

Stay Cool Babylon: craigdamage: but his soundtrack "Passion" is a total masterpiece

If this thread were titled, "Talkin' 'Bout Peter Gabriel's Solo Work," I would have come in to say this.

That's my go-to walk-in-the-park soundtrack.

craigdamage: but his soundtrack "Passion" is a total masterpiece


THIS

solcofn: Peter Gabriel and Pink Floyd...the two best concerts I have ever seen.

This- although it was Roger Waters I saw do DSotM and not Floyd. Still, between those two artists and their music, I'd say they are the two best shows I have seen.

There's always a lot of hub bub about Garbriel re-uniting with Genesis. But with all due respect to Genesis fans, I'd much rather listen to Peter's solo stuff.

"Hmmmm... Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, or The Edge. I think I'll go with The Edge!"

What is this, some kinda bizarro world?