Pool Boy Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Peter Gabriel left Genesis mainly because he got tired of clashing so much with Tony Banks. He went on to do some pretty good things. "Humdrum" (1977) "Games Without Frontiers" (1980) "Wallflower" (1982) "San Jacino" (1982) This just scratches the surface....Still, I think the tension of Genesis made for something unusual. But I do love what Pete's done on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Thank you for posting this - I didn't realize Peter Gabriel was such a humanitarian, having done so many things, and having won so many different awards - not for his musicianship, but for his humanitarian efforts. The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates gave him the Man of Peace award in 2006 which is issued to only one person annually. He made The 2008 Time 100 for being one of the hundred most-influential people in the world. For those of us not familiar with the county of Surrey, you can see it's just to the southwest of London (it's the large area, very faintly shaded in pink, on this map): Some of the many famous people from Surrey include Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Laurence Olivier, and Alan Turing. Gabriel was born in the village of Chobham, which, if Surrey was a clock, would be at about 10:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Yeah he has done a lot of stuff. He almost went bankrupt back in 1982 when the World Music Festival (WOMAD I think) faltered. His old Genesis bandmates helped him out with a single charity concert that got him and the festival back in the black. And that was just the beginning of his work, humanitarian or otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 Another instant, iconic classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tweaked Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 I saw Peter Gabriel and the WOMAD tour circa 1994-ish at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (similar to Wolf Trap). It was the full WOMAD show followed by a Gabriel show. This was right around the time he released the Secret World Live album, with its killer version of In Your Eyes (featuring Paula Cole and Papa Wemba). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 "She's so POPular" It's a classic misheard lyric. It's actually "Jeux sans frontiers", of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 For the longest time, I thought it was “she’s...so funky, yeah!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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