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    Posted: July 16 2013 at 23:55
I love Peter Gabriel's solo stuff...probably even more than his stuff with Genesis. But I don't see a lot of discussion about it on the site. I would like to know you're 10 favorite solo Gabriel songs. Please don't hate me for being nosy Smile.Mine:
10. Shock the Monkey
9. With This Love
8. The Rhythm of the Heat
7. Digging In the Dirt
6. Sky Blue
5. Family snapshot
4. Red Rain
3. Mercy Street
2. Biko
1. Intruder
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I'll join in for the Angel Gabriel, though just 10 is hard:

1) Family Snapshot
2) Red Rain
3) Come Talk to me
4) Solsbury Hill
5) San Jacinto (Peter Plays Live)
6) On the Air
7) Humdrum
8) Blood of Eden
9) Moribund the Burgemeister
10) Rhythm of the Heat (Peter Plays Live)
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wallflower
Red Rain
San Jacinto (new blood version.)
Sledgehammer
Games with no frontiers
Darkness
Don't Give Up
The intruder
Mercy street
The last temptation of Christ ( just the whole album really. Sorry for cheating.)

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#1 - The Family and the Fishing Net

then in no specific order...

Moribund the Burgermeister
Games Without Frontiers
And Through the Wire
On the Air
Slowburn
Intruder
Humdrum
White Shadow
Here Comes the Flood
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1. Across The River (W.O.M.A.D. version with Stuart Copeland & Shankar)
2. The Tower That Ate People (long version)
3. Moribund The Burgermeister
4. White Shadow
5. The Rhythm of The Heat
6. Of These, Hope
7. Biko
8. Signal to Noise
9. Sledgehammer
10. Lay Your Hands on Me

11. Humdrum
12. I Have The Touch
13. Intruder
14. Strawberry Fields
15. Games Without Frontiers
16. Solsbury Hill
17. In Your Eyes
18. I Don't Remember
19. Here Comes The Flood
20. Mother of Violence

21. This Is The Picture (Excellent Birds)
22. Shosholoza
23. Excuse Me
24. Family Snapshot
25. Passion

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I'm a bit confused. Genesis is such a popular band on this site, and rightly so. But when it comes to their frontman, one of the most colorful stage performers, one of the most creative composers, one of the most innovative artists, and one of the most successful musical pioneers in the history of music....nobody has anything to say. Peter Gabriel and his music are a "one off" experience. There is nothing else like it. And the fact that he has had chart success only makes his story more astounding, because his music, when compared to other music on the charts, was some seriously weird crap!! 
Yet his albums get fairly mediocre ratings on here. The threads get largely ignored.  It doesn't affect my personal life or anything, but....I just don't don't get it.
Gabriel is an "other-worldly" experience...in a good way. His music has "progressed" more than anyone's. Surely that has to be as important and vital as someone singing about knights and playing in pointlessly convoluted time signatures.
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^ I don't either and i appreciate the post. 

I think people don't respond to his solo career because it isn't the archetype prog music he was making before. Unfortunately some people can only listen to that stuff or the music that emulates it to the point it's boring. 

1. In Your Eyes
2. Sledgehammer
3. No Self-Control
4. Sky Blue (I love the Live version more)
5. The Family and the Fishing Net
6. Signal To Noise
7. Here Comes the Flood (Again, live is better)
8. Red Rain
9. Mercy Street
10. Family Snapshot

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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:



I think people don't respond to his solo career because it isn't the archetype prog music he was making before. Unfortunately some people can only listen to that stuff or the music that emulates it to the point it's boring. 


I agree with the sentiment but do we really need to deride other prog fans? I mean, to 99% of the world everyone on this forum would be labelled a pretentious w**ker. Whether anyone prefers listening to Marillion or whoever over Peter Gabriel, then whatever, good for them.

My list would read (almost exclusively live versions of songs)

1. Downside Up
2. Secret World
3. In Your Eyes
4. Solsbury Hill
5. Shaking the Tree
6. Blood Eden
7. Red Rain
8. Across the River
9. Signal to Noise
10. More Than This
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1 Intruder
2 Here Comes the Flood (fripp exposure version)
3 Of These, Hope
4 Exposure
5 White Shadow
6 San Jacinto
7 Family Snapshot
8 Wallflower
9 Red Rain
10 Washing of the Water
 
 
 
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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probably something like

Solsbury Hill
Here Comes the Flood
On The Air
Biko
Lay Your Hands On Me
Wallflower
Don't Give Up
In Your Eyes
Strawberry Fields Forever
Intruder
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Originally posted by efoman2 efoman2 wrote:

I love Peter Gabriel's solo stuff...probably even more than his stuff with Genesis. But I don't see a lot of discussion about it on the site. I would like to know you're 10 favorite solo Gabriel songs. Please don't hate me for being nosy Smile.Mine:
10. Shock the Monkey
9. With This Love
8. The Rhythm of the Heat
7. Digging In the Dirt
6. Sky Blue
5. Family snapshot
4. Red Rain
3. Mercy Street
2. Biko
1. Intruder
Picking a top ten list is difficult, particularly when you admire his music so much, but here goes.
10)Across the river
9)More than this
8)Washing of the water
7)Exposure
6)A different drum
5)Wallflower
4)No self- control
3)Family snapshot
2)Here comes the flood
1)Slowburn.
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I've always found him hard work. I can cope with an album every 10 years on average. Interestingly I am the only prog reviewer to give his debut 5 stars which perhaps proves a point.

1 Solsbury Hill
2 Modern Love
3 Down The Dolce Vita
4 I Don't Remember
5 Steam
6 On The Air
7 No Self Control
8 Games Without Frontiers
9 Excuse Me
10 Moribund The Burgermeister
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Yes, thank you--Down the Dolce Vita !! It's not in my top 10, but close. I thought maybe I was crazy or something for liking it. Thank you for giving me hope for sanity. (My therapist will be shocked, though.) Confused
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:



14. Strawberry Fields
 
Good call to include this, I probably wouldn't have thought of it but it is a brilliant version. I can't imagine anyone else doing such a good job of singing SFF.
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Moribund The Burgermeister
Games Without Frontiers
Intruder
White Shadow
Solsbury Hill
Shock The Monkey
I Don't Remember
Exposure
I Have The Touch
Big Time
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Here's an even dozen:

Solsbury Hill
Here Comes The Flood
Down the Dolce Vita
Mother of Violence
No Self Control
Family Snapshot
Games Without Frontiers
San Jacinto
Wallflower
Don't Give Up
Mercy Street
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Here's an even dozen:

Mother of Violence

Good call, I forgot that one!
I wasn't too sure about PG2 when it first came out but have grown to love it over the years.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Here's an even dozen:

Mother of Violence

Good call, I forgot that one!
I wasn't too sure about PG2 when it first came out but have grown to love it over the years.


Not only my favorite from PG2, but one of Gabriel's best. Period.
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san jacinto
solesbury hill
intruder
biko
on the air
indigo
growing up
the tower that ate people
blood of eden
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Originally posted by efoman2 efoman2 wrote:

Yes, thank you--Down the Dolce Vita !! It's not in my top 10, but close. I thought maybe I was crazy or something for liking it. Thank you for giving me hope for sanity. (My therapist will be shocked, though.) Confused

Amazing track really. PG + The LSO. What is there not to like? I declare you to be as sane as me..

so don't sack your therapist just yetLOL
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