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(YouTube) Cool Turn your back on Peter Gabriel for more than a decade and he comes out with something wonderful like this cover of 'Book of Love'   (youtube.com) divider line 36
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notmtwain
2009-11-05 11:10:49 AM
That song has been out for five years already. It was on the sound track of a Richard Gere movie, "Shall we dance?"

You must mean that you personally turned your back on Gabriel. Have you heard that he used to front an English prog rock band that went on to great success, fame and fortune after he left?
 
Control_this
2009-11-05 11:35:59 AM
I listened to it but fell asleep so didn't watch the video.

Does he sing upside down on a bicycle inside a Moebius loop? Because that's really deep, when he does stuff like that to demonstrate gravity and stuff, man.
 
Beatle_Matt
2009-11-05 12:24:03 PM
notmtwain: Have you heard that he used to front an English prog rock band that went on to great success, fame and fortune after he left?

Was it Yes? Owner of a Lonely Heart was great...
 
veedeevadeevoodee [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 12:36:35 PM
jeffpedone.com
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 02:04:16 PM
Is it just me, or does his voice sound like hell these days?
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 02:39:50 PM
Awesome.

PETER GABRIEL THREAD!!!1!


Here's one of my favorites. (new window) I love to crank the bass on this song.
 
The 'Brew
2009-11-05 03:00:42 PM
Not only did Gabriel record this about 5 years ago, it already gained somewhat popularity by being played during the montage at the end of the last season of Scrubs. Absolutely beautiful song, never knew it was a cover. I'll check out the original now.
 
CarnySaur
2009-11-05 03:04:41 PM
I was hoping it was some really warped version of the 50's song. Damn.
 
douchebag/hater
2009-11-05 03:11:12 PM
CarnySaur 2009-11-05 03:04:41 PM
I was hoping it was some really warped version of the 50's song. Damn.

Heck, I would have settled for a NON-warped version of the 50s song.

This one? Meh.

But day-um, Pete gets a pass every time for having written
'In Your Eyes'.

Saw him once, back in the early 90s on the WOMAD tour. The song was 10 minutes of musical bliss, with 25,000 people singing along with him and Seanead O'Connor.
 
misterhowl
2009-11-05 03:25:47 PM
Less schlock and more rock, please, Peter. Something composed with a back-beat, not a conductor's baton.

Zzzzz....
 
FormlessOne
2009-11-05 03:38:40 PM
misterhowl: Less schlock and more rock, please, Peter. Something composed with a back-beat, not a conductor's baton.

Zzzzz....

Feh. There's more than enough manufactured music out there - give me composed music any day.
 
Ant
2009-11-05 03:52:16 PM
xanadian: Awesome.

PETER GABRIEL THREAD!!!1!

Here's one of my favorites. (new window) I love to crank the bass on this song.

I prefer the live version (new window)
 
Ant
2009-11-05 03:57:05 PM
Another great song: Moribund the Burgermeister (new window)
 
solcofn
2009-11-05 04:12:51 PM
Said it before...will say it again...His Secret World Live Tour in 93 was the best concert I've ever seen...tied with Pink Floyd in 95.

He is a great performer.

/I celebrate his entire collection
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 04:14:51 PM
Ant: Another great song: Moribund the Burgermeister (new window)

ooh. retro. Haven't listened to that song in a very long time.
 
Gulper Eel [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 04:25:01 PM
misterhowl: Less schlock and more rock, please, Peter.

Less racket and more Hackett.
 
misterhowl
2009-11-05 04:59:02 PM
Just to clarify, I'm a big PG fan but waiting 7 years for a new album is sorely disappointing - especially when it's a collection of sleepy, orchestral covers. His last album was truly brilliant and I've been hoping for another one like that for WAY too long now.
 
overmonk [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 05:30:43 PM
I really liked it. Made me feel introspective.
 
Bronson Gigabit
2009-11-05 06:05:36 PM
MY HEAD'S GETTING BIGGA
 
Lloyd Braun
2009-11-05 06:10:59 PM
Would've been better if it was The Monotones song Book Of Love. I can totally hear Peter Gabriel singing "I wonder, wonder, wonder who, who wrote the book of love".
 
BobtheFascist
2009-11-05 06:11:33 PM
xanadian: Awesome.


PETER GABRIEL THREAD!!!1!


Here's one of my favorites. (new window) I love to crank the bass on this song.

The live version of Red Rain on Secret World Live is one of my personal favorites when it comes to giving my subwoofers a workout.
 
JayUNCW
2009-11-05 06:20:44 PM
 
ThinWhiteDuck
2009-11-05 06:31:52 PM
No more miracles, loaves and fishes, been so busy with the washing of the dishes.
 
illusionofjoy
2009-11-05 07:05:44 PM
As much as I like Peter Gabriel, my vote still goes to the original Magnetic Fields version being superior.
 
xanadian [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 07:18:36 PM
JayUNCW: Best use of this song...

I think I got something in my eye. And, no, for a change, it's not some random dude's spooge. :-/
 
Nogale [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 07:36:19 PM
Ugh.

I clicked on the video thinking he'd covered "Who Wrote the Book of Love" as was unpleasantly surprised.
 
poot_rootbeer
2009-11-05 07:37:04 PM
illusionofjoy: As much as I like Peter Gabriel, my vote still goes to the original Magnetic Fields version being superior.

verbatim.
 
superbeerchan [TotalFark]
2009-11-05 08:47:04 PM
Still my favorite Peter Gabriel song.


jeux sans frontieres
 
Third_Uncle_Eno
2009-11-05 09:01:47 PM
here's a great non-officially-released song, live from his 1977 solo tour.

Link (new window)

and he could rock too... live at bottom line, 1978
here's a cover of "all the day and the night"
Link (new window)
 
deathon2legs
2009-11-05 09:18:24 PM
 
420greg
2009-11-05 09:57:09 PM
I went to see him live in the early 90's and I was pretty disappointed. 2 Hours of world music with like 30 people on stage. It was a train wreak.

No hits, no songs you had ever heard before.

Just sucked.
 
whatshisname
2009-11-05 10:35:20 PM
420greg: No hits, no songs you had ever heard before.

Sounds like heaven for some PG fans ;)

That sucks. Must have been a WOMAD concert? His tours to support his own albums are consistently amazing.
 
TeddyRooseveltsMustache
2009-11-05 10:53:27 PM
I thought this was lame, when I heard it in the Scrubs season 8 finale.
 
Soumac
2009-11-06 12:41:15 AM
deathon2legs: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush covering Roy Harper's "Another Day". (new window)

/you're welcome.

That was awesome. Great interpretation of the song.
 
MooHeiferGhandi
2009-11-06 01:55:51 AM
 
MightySlam
2009-11-06 01:25:35 PM
While I like Peter Gabriel, Mike Doughty's version is far superior.
 
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