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Parker 
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 23:46 |
Whats your favorite Peter Gabriel song (as a solo artist) and why.
For me it has to be Biko because its very intricate with many things going on like bagpipes in the background ,afican voices for the lower bass sound, and a very good melody.
-Parker
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Zac M
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 23:47 |
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Definitely Red Rain.....so much emotion in one song
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Zac M
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 23:48 |
ooooooo Im a senior member now yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Progger
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:04 |
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'Wallflower' Don't know if you would describe this song as a ballad or not but it certainly touches the softer side of my emotions! Can't remember which album it's on though?
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Parker
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:07 |
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On the album 'So'
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Parker
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:08 |
 Parker wrote:
On the album 'So' |
Nver mind I thought you were talking about Red Rain
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Hierophant
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:16 |
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Solsbury Hill without a doubt.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 01:24 |
I like Solsbury Hills because he's telling why he left Genesis especially in this parragraph but does it with great music:
To keeping silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
Biko because of the great sound, and many more.
Iván
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lucas
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 17:12 |
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have you guys heard PG's contribution to Robbie Robertson's song "fallen angel", he lended some of the best backing vocals I ever heard. This song features Manu Katche on drums and is close to songs like "In your eyes" or "that voice again".
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Tony R
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 17:17 |
BIKO.
The greatest political prog song ever. I feel like going out and making racists pay everytime I hear that song.And sometimes I do....
September '77
Port Elizabeth weather fine
It was business as usual
In police room 619
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead
When I try to sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead
You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja
-The man is dead
And the eyes of the world are
watching now
Inspirational and genuine.What a guy!
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Moogtron III
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 17:39 |
For me We Do What We're Told on So, because of the great way he translated the Stanley Milgram experiment, one of the most important psychological experiments, into fantastic music (and lyrics).
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transend
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 19:16 |
EASILY TWO songs, but can never pick between the two!
SIGNAL TO NOISE - from 'Growing up live'
MAKE TOMORROW - from 'Ovo'
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Scrambled_Eggs
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 21:37 |
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"Family Snapshot" for me. I like how it slowly builds up then crahes down to almost silence for the last minute of the song. Very nice use of the saxophone as well.
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And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I
don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime.
I never said I was frightened of dying.
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kingofbizzare
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 21:51 |
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Solsbury Hill
Signal To Noise
Sledgehammer
Games Without Frontiers
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Ricochet
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 01:26 |
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There are so many masterpiece songs...
For the moment I'll choose The Rhythm Of The Heat,because I picture it
as my last moments of living and the drums extrordinary finish as my
first moments of death...
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beterdedthnred4
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 01:54 |
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Wallflower: I never hear anything about it, but I love the song's great melody and emotional climax.
(Its on 4/security by the way)
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 01:58 |
I`m not a fan of every Gabriel`s solo album, but I like some of his songs:
-"Humdrum" (great arrangements and feeling), and "On the Air" (same) ("Plays Live" versions).
-"Here Comes the Flood" (an emotive song, very good arrangements), (PG 1977 album).
-"Games Without Frontiers" (good lyrics and video) (PG 1980 album).
-"Wallflower" (is it a love song? I don`t know; sung with feeling, good arrangements) (PG 1982 album).
-"In Your Eyes" (very good lyrics and arrangements), "Mercy Street" (Gabriel`s most emotive performance of a song, more on the "POV" concert video; great!), "Don`t Give Up" (great lyrics), "Sledgehammer" (funny) ("SO" album).
-"Steam" (a funny song, and the video too) ("US" album).
-"The Barry Wiliams Show" (a good critic to the fad of the "reality shows" on TV around the world; but the video has a lot of "blood") ("UP" album).
Edited by Guillermo
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Avatar: Photo of Solar Eclipse, Mexico City, July 1991. A great experience to see. Maybe once in a lifetime.
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 02:00 |
Solsbury Hill and Here Comes the Flood 
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Intruder
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 09:06 |
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Intruder!
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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chopper
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 13:33 |
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What about "Don't give up"? Great lyrics, fantastic singing and it has Kate Bush as well!
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