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The 11 Best Songs By Peter Gabriel

Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010 in Uncategorized

It was never my intention to do a posting on Peter Gabriel.  I like PG.  I was a big fan of So.  But he lost me recently when he spent a good decade trying to teach monkeys how to play music.  I swear.

I had no intention of even getting the new album.  Except that an album of covers, including modern takes on Bon Iver and Radiohead, peaked my curiousity.  So I “downloaded” the album.  I wasn’t going to buy it.  But I wanted to hear it.  And you know what…it’s good.  It’s not comeback worthy…but it’s strong enough to remind us why we thought he was great in the first place.  Because I liked the album so much, I felt compelled to do a posting for Pete.  Not only to look back at his unique career…but to tell people to go out and buy the album.  It’s worth it.  Now, I wasn’t planning to buy the album…but if this post gets one person to go out and buy it…then illegal downloading actually just increased his album sales.  How do you like them apples?  Or in Pete’s case, how do you like them bananas?

The 11 Best Songs By Peter Gabriel:

1. In Your Eyes (So)
2. Red Rain (So)
3. Solsbury Hill (Car)
4. Don’t Give Up (So)
5. Games Without Frontiers (Melt)
6. Steam (Us)
7. Animal Magic (Scratch)
8. That Voice Again (So)
9. Digging in the Dirt (Us)
11. Sledgehammer (So)

Buy Peter Gabriel’s new album of covers, Scratch My Back now!!

Bring on the comments

  1. X-Man says:

    The fact that “in your eyes” was all over the classic “Say Anything” has biased your rankings… If anything, you putting it as #1 gives your readers an opportunity to remember the classic line in the film, by the character Lloyd…when asked what he wants to do with his life, he responds “I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. ”

    I’d apply this to Gabriel’s work….Your list neglects the real “art” of Gabriels work and intentions…the reason why he left genesis….

    BTW, Don’t Give Up is a great song (for the time when it was released) because of Kate Bush’s amazing vocal tone. She carried Mr. Gabriel.

    This is all.

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