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The Lost Chord 
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:51 |
How do we all feel about Peter Gabriels solo material?
I never thought it would happen, but i completely adore almost all of it. I cannot stop listening to "Us", and i love everything before it pretty well too.
I cant wait to get all of his Live DVDs, they all look amazing!
I usually dispise the "sound of the 80's"...the drumming sounds, guitars and synths annoy the life out of me...but when Gabriel is singing, for some reason, it works and I love every song  |
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rileydog22
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:53 |
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*cough*prog related*cough*
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FragileDT
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:55 |
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*cough*great music*cough*
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Floydian42
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 20:57 |
The guys a genius, Up ranks in one of my all time favorite albums ever! Also, if there's any one live DVD to get, it's Growing Up. I can't get enough of it! With So, the guy had a way of bringing Commercial elements to his music without loosing his fan base. His voice is constantly getting better, his shows are exciting, his band is always both skilled and tight. And too top it all off he's got plenty of Fresh ideas left to express.   (The only Negatives: Sometimes I'm embarrassed to like the guy who wrote Animal Nation and Kiss that Frog  ) What more is there to say?
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:00 |
Yeah! See thats what annoys me a little...some of it seems so commercial, but its still really great, you cant take the voice away from it!!
But really, some songs are just...awful.
I still love him
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FragileDT
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:37 |
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One likes to believe
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But glittering prizes
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:39 |
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One of the greats, a modern John Lennon. For live stuff 'Secret World Live' is a terrific recording.
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E-Dub
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:42 |
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Gabriel is the chameleon of progressive and/or progressive related music. You really can't tell what he's going to do next.
I've got everything from So to Up, but am starting to delve into the early stuff. Picked up PG 1 last summer. Need to work on getting the others.
In a nutshell, I think the man is pretty much a genius and very eclectic. A lot of variences with him. It's just too bad he's not participating with the Genesis reunion with Hackett. I think that would turn the music world upside down.
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:46 |
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The Whistler
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 21:46 |
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I own the album with "Steam," that's pretty sweet...it's also like a who's who of art rock (in case you've never looked at the "who worked on this album" bit).
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 22:03 |
PG 3: Melt is a masterpiece of progressive music.
At first I had no interest in his solo career. Then everyone was talking about 3...so I bought it...and my god...awesome.
4 isn't that bad either, but nothing compared to three. The only other one I have is Up and its pretty good as well.
I am also going to invest in some live DVDs soon.
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Atavachron
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Posted: March 04 2007 at 22:10 |
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let's not forget 'So' was one of the most mind-blowing albums, when listened to as a whole, in pop history.
Edited by Atavachron - March 04 2007 at 22:11
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 03:03 |
I like his solo work.
His first solo album is IMO the best (esspecially "Here comes the flood"and "Solisbury hills").
III (Biko, Games without frontiers) and IV album (Don't shut the monkey) are also very good.
US and SO are OK, but more rock-pop than prog.
I have also Gabriel's 4 concert DVD's, and DVD with collection of 22 TV spots.
1978 concert (with Levin) in Rockpalast is fantastic. Gabriel even plays drums on few songs. On bis they played "Lamb lies down on Broadway" 
Edited by pero - March 05 2007 at 03:06
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 04:14 |
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In the seventies, I completely identified with PG. I loved Genesis, and when his first solo album came out, I thought it was a masterpiece. But the third and fourth were even greater. PG going avant-garde, wow!
Then, at the end of the seventies, I twice saw him live. Each time he was unbearably arrogant, and the way he moved about on stage was incredibly clumsy. My idol turned out to have clay feet! When his solo albums got more commercial, I rather lost interest. Although I must admit there are a couple of fine tunes on each of them, there is a lot of irritating nonsense as well. For example, I can't bear 'Sledgehammer'. Everytime they're playing it in a shopping mall or so, I make straight for the exit.
More generally, I got fed up with the pathos in PG's voice as well. And to make things worse, it seems PG was closely involved in one of the greatest pseudo-cultural fiascos in recent British history: the Millenium Dome, one of Tony Blair's most reviled projects! Alas, how the mighty are fallen...
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 06:13 |
I have heard all the albums aside from 'Up'. My personal feelings are that he is best served by the 'Shaking The Tree' compilation- almost every song I love of his is there. His best separate albums for my money are the third one and 'Us'. I feel the majority of his albums have some highlights but are in the main, patchy imho.
I know what you mean about that 80s sound- I often physically recoil in horror at the production of the era more than any other; I saw a programme of 80s hits yesterday and all the songs had the same production, glossy keyboard fills, massive echo swamped production, cheap and nasty sounding syn drums- but I was listening to some of the material of 'So' the other day and that stands up better than a lot from the decade; arguably a lot more so than Genesis' 'Invisible Touch' does, for example.
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 06:15 |
I love all of his albums, especially So! 
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 06:38 |
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IV is the best for me.
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 17:10 |
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Peter Gabriel is as close as it gets to my having a hero in life! I
have pretty much bought every one of his albums as they have come out,
and aside from PG2 which is really pretty poor, everything else he has
done has been from commendable to truly outstanding. My favourite album
has to be PG4, for me the only one of his albums which feels like a
whole from beginning to end and without any flaws, his earlier releases
were let down by at least one below par song, and in the case of PG2,
over half the album!
Of his more recent work, Up is probably my favourite, although Passion,
the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's film "Jesus Christ" is awesome.
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Posted: March 05 2007 at 23:10 |
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Like Sinatra, he's got a lot of baggage that in no way affects the way I appreciate his music.
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Chicapah
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Posted: March 06 2007 at 10:02 |
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The man stands alone in a world full of copycats. Say what you will about him but his music is always challenging and innovative. And his "hits" were the result of the public finding him, not him writing something he thought would be a "chart-topper."
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