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Peter Gabriel

Had enough of this
Out Out Out Out
I seen a crazy dog, crazy dog
in the flowers in the wood, crazy dog
I’ve seen a crazy dog, crazy dog
crash through flowers in the big wood
Do not know why it is that everywhere I go
I’m seeing tall trees, tall trees
They cover me
All around me
As they’re standing up all around me
with their big leaves, small leaves
They cover me
I’ve had enough
I want out out, out out

Gotta do something, can’t do nothing
Cause I know these people, they don’t know me at all
I want to hold you in my arms
I want out, I want out, out out
I want out, I want out, out out

When I’m home I look around me in a room
I see the white walls, stone walls, so solid
and in the lonely night, watch the disappearing light
on white walls, stone walls, swear they’re moving in

Gotta do something, can’t do nothing
cause I know these people, they don’t know me at all
I want to hold you in my arms, again
I want to hold you in my arms
I want out, I want out, out out
I want out, I want out, out out
out out out Hey Hey Hey out out
out out out Ho Ho Ho Ho…

Come out of the night
I want out, I want out
Come out of the shadow
Out of fear, out of fear and pain
Into the warming sun
Into the warming sun
I will be with you again, will be with you
Out of the shadow, out of fear and pain
I will be, I will be, I will be, I will be
I will be with you again
Out Out, out, out
Drain away the blood, out of darkness
Out of shadow, out of the night
Out of all the pain I’m going
Ho Ho Ho Ho, out out…
Out Out out out out Hey Hey…

Seb

1/5

Qu’est-ce que c’est indigeste ! Et en plus ce n’est même pas exhaustif alors que c’est censé l’être… Franchement, bon courage pour enchainer le 3 ou 4ème remix de Digging In The Dirt à la suite ! 🙂 Pour les fans extrêmes uniquement !

Tracklist

1 : Strawberry Fields Forever

2 : Slowburn (Extended Version)

3 : Perspective (Single Version)

4 : D.I.Y. (Re-recorded Single Version)

5 : Teddy Bear

6 : Mother of Violence (Single Mix)

7 : Solsbury Hill (Live at the Bottom Line)

8 : I Don’t Remember (Alternate Version)

9 : Biko (Remixed Version)

10 : Shosholoza

11 : Jetzt Kommt Die Flut

12 : Soft Dog

13 : Shock The Monkey (Instrumental)

14 : Across The River

15 : Kiss Of Life (Live)

16 : I Don’t Remember (Live Single Version)

17 : I Have The Touch (85 Remix)

18 : Sledgehammer (Dance Mix)

19 : Sledgehammer (Extended)

20 : Don’t Break This Rhythm (Full Version)

21 : In Your Eyes (Single Mix)

22 : In Your Eyes (Special Remix)

23 : Big Time (Extended Version)

24 : Curtains

25 : GA GA (I Go Swimming Instrumental)

26 : Walk Through The Fire (Single Mix)

27 : Biko (Live)

28 : Digging In The Dirt (Raw Stylus Mix)

29 : Digging In The Dirt (Instrumental)

30 : Quiet Steam

31 : Bashi-Bazouk

32 : Games Without Frontiers (Massive/DB Mix)

33 : Steam (Oh, Oh, Let Off Steam Mix)

34 : Steam (Oh, Oh, Let Off Steam Mix Dub)

35 : Mercy Street (William Orbit Mix)

36 : Blood Of Eden (Special Mix for Wim Wenders’ Until the End of the World)

37 : Digging In The Dirt (Rich E Mix)

38 : Kiss That Frog (Mindblender Mix)

39 : Shaking The Tree (Bottrill Remix)

40 : Summertime

41 : Suzanne

42 : I Have The Touch (Robbie Robertson Mix)

43 : In The Sun

44 : Shaking The Tree 97 (Jungle Version)

45 : I Grieve (City of Angels Version)

46 : The Tower That Ate People (Red Planet Remix)

47 : Animal Nation

48 : Signal to Noise (Gangs Of New York Version)

49 : More Than This (The Polyphonic Spree Mix)

50 : More Than This (Elbow Mix)

51 : My Head Sounds Like That (Röyksopp Remix)

52 : Sky Blue (Martyn Bennett Remix)

53 : Growing Up (Trent Reznor Remix)

54 : Growing Up (Stabilizer Remix)

55 : Growing Up (Tricky Instrumental Mix)

56 : Darkness (Engelspost Remix)

57 : Curtains (Broad Mix)

58 : Father, Son (Daniel Lanois & Richard Chappell Mix)

59 : Courage

60 : Courage (The Hexidecimal Mix)

61 : I’m Amazing

62 : The Veil

Infos générales

Compilation numérique streaming uniquement sortie en 2019. 

Seb

4/5

Encore une compilation qui pourrait être un nouvel album. Peter fait ses fonds de tiroir pour ressortir ses chansons utilisées dans des films. Il en manque bien sûr. Notamment Lovetown et Out Out qu’on aurait préféré à la place d’une nouvelle version de In Your Eyes… 

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A kind and steady heart can make a grey sky blue
And a task that seems impossible, is quite possible for you

A kind and steady heart, is sure to see you through
It may not seem like very much right now
It’ll do, it’ll do
When you find yourself in the middle of a storm
And you’re tired and cold and wet
And you’re looking for a place that’s cozy and warm
You’ll make it; you can never forget!

A kind and steady heart, can conquer doubt and fear
A little courage goes a long, long way
Gets you a little bit farther down the road each day
And before you know it, you’ll hear someone say
“That’ll do, Babe, that’ll do”

A kind and steady heart, is sure to see you through
A little courage goes a long, long way
Gets you a little bit farther down the road each day
And before you know it, you’ll hear someone say
“That’ll do, that’ll do, that’ll do, Babe, that’ll do

Did you think that your feet had been bound
By what gravity brings to the ground?
Did you feel you were tricked
By the future you picked?
Well, come on down

All these rules don’t apply
When you’re high in the sky
So come on down
Come on down

We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below

We’re coming down to the ground
To hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze

Did you think you’d escaped from routine
By changing the script and the scene?
Despite all you made of it
You’re always afraid of the change

You’ve got a lot on your chest
Well, you can come as my guest
So come on down
Come on down

We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below

We’re coming down to the ground
We’ll hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze

Like the fish in the ocean
We felt at home in the sea
We learned to live off the good land
We learned to climb up a tree

Then we got up on two legs
But we wanted to fly
Oh, when we messed up our homeland
And set sail for the sky

We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow upon the mountains
We got rivers down below

We’re coming down to the ground
We’ll hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze

We’re coming down
Comin’ down to earth
Like babies at birth
Comin’ down to earth
Redefine your priorities
These are extraordinary qualities

We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow upon the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below

We’re coming down to the ground
We’ll hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze

We’re coming down to the ground
There’s no better place to go
We’ve got snow upon the mountains
We’ve got rivers down below

We’re coming down to the ground
We’ll hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We send the seeds out in the breeze

Redefine your priorities
These are extraordinary qualities
To find on earth

Comin’ down, comin’ down
Comin’ down, comin’ down
Comin’ down, comin’ down
Comin’ down, comin’ down

So then, up upon this high wall
Looking at the street lights
All spread out like a banquet
Why is this room so silent?
Only when I’m moving
No direction chosen
Rolling over emotion
Guess I’m your party man.
p p party man, p p partyman
I’m your party man

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It’s full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing

But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything

The book of love has music in it
In fact that’s where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb

But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we’re all too young to know

But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings

And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

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It’s not the place that I grew up in
It’s not the body I was born with
They’re not the trees that I once played in
That now surround us, us in a prison

Every bird was born with feathers
Every wing was shaped to fly
We spin around ’til we stop all motion
Let the heart move ’til the earth can touch the sky

In my hunger deep in my bones
In a thousand deserted homes
Any time that you feel alone
I will find you where you are
Go where you are

In a garden behind the wall
Spinning coins and I watch them fall
Though I’ve lost all the wherewithal
I will find you where you are
Go where you are

I sing like the earth as you dance on my skin
Then memories release the future
So this living can begin

Not in the ship that charts the heavens
Not in the words that fall like hail stones
Not in the light you disappear in
I’ll be the mirror you can see through

Every bird was born with feathers
Every wing was shaped to fly
We spin around ’til we stop all motion
Let the heart move until the earth can touch the sky

In all the lines that churned your face
In a stretch that can open space
Any place that you leave a trace
I will find you where you are
Go where you are

In a city inside the wall
Where you watched all the embers fall
Though we’ve lost all the wherewithal
I will found you where you are

Go where you build this nest with lot of feathers
Build a world to bring back life
Build the place that holds the future
Can hold the future
For all who come when we are gone
When we are gonespeeee

Walk through the fire
Walk through the fire (walk through the fire)
Through the dust and ashes
While the building crashes
Walk through the flame (walk through the fire)
No trace of indecision
Lion keep his vision clear

Moving out
Across the water
The wet leaves quiver in the heat
Darkness heavy on my shoulder
Smell the smoke, sickly sweet
The body’s weak, the shadow’s strong

Walk through the fire (walk through the fire)
Through the dust and ashes
While the building crashes
Walk through the flame (walk through the fire)
Lion show no sign of fear

Walk through the fire (walk through the fire)
Through the dust and ashes
While the building crashes
Walk through the flame (walk through the fire)
No time for doubt or caution
Taken by the strong emotion
Walk through the fire (walk through the fire)
No trace of indecision
Lion hold his vision clear

(Walk, walk, walk)

Walk through the fire (walk through the fire)
Walking in the path of angel
Walk on down below, walk on down below
Walk on down below, walk on down below

Bol
Bol
Bol ke sach zinda hai
Bol

In terms of time’s heavy storm
Say what you have to say
History holds you time is blown
Say what you have to say

In a silence so strong that it makes you its own
Stand up and speak out

Let the crows call
Let the stones fall
Say what you have to say
Bol zubaan ab tak teri hai

When those rocks break
(Tera sutawaan)
When the dreams break
(Jism hai tera)
Let the words call from within
From within

It can come to strange you
Come to mould and change you
Let the words flow from your lips
Speak your truth now
It’s the only way out
You can be what you can be
Say what you have to say
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere
Bol ke lab azaad hai tere

Aazad hai tere
Wanna drag it and you are rattling inside
(Bol Zubaan ab tak teri hai)
Say what you have to say
(bol)
As so in life you can no longer hide
Say what you have to say
(bol)
Abandon your fear and you bring back your pride
(Aadam)
Stand up, speak out
Aadam bol
Aadam bol
Aaadam

(Tera sutwaan jism hai tera)
Let the crows call
(Tera sutwaan jism hai tera)
Let the stones fall
(Bol ke jaan ab tak teri hai)
Say what you have to say
(Bol ke jaan ab tak teri hai)
(Bol)
You speak your truth now
(Bol)
Its the only way out
(Bol ke lab aazad hai tere)
Let the words flow out of you
(Bol Zubaan ab tak teri hai)
Stand up, speak out
Bol ke sach zinda hai
I dream of birds, birds without wings
Children who grew up to be dangerous things
I was known as the postman, I worked through the night
I made my deliveries sink out of sight

We would wrap them, wrap them up
Anything to shut them up
Had to stitch them, stitch them up
See how they fly
See how they fly

We’d hold them in the center ’till we were all done
We’d turn up the music and have some fun
You’re on your way out, that’s what they were told
And we’d mock them and drug them, ’till our stupor took its hold

We would wrap them, wrap them up
Anything to shut them up
Had to stitch them, stitch them up
See how they fly
See how they fly

Fly out low, some way offshore
The sacking covers up their heads
Don’t want to look into their eyes
As I push them through the open door
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Infos générales

Sortie initiale pour le “Record Store Day” en avril 2019. 

Ressortie en streming puis dans le commerce en 2020.

Seb

4/5

À l’origine sortie uniquement en VHS et de façon tronquée, ce live est réédité une première fois lors de la sortie du coffret pour les 25 ans de So. Comme d’habitude avec Peter, il s’agit d’un enregistrement génial avec des versions fabuleuses, notamment pour Games Without Frontiers. Mon seul regret : Here Comes The Flood n’est pas jouée en entier… 

Tracklist

1 : This Is The Picture

2 : San Jacinto

3 : Shock The Monkey

4 : Family Snapshot

5 : Intruder

6 : Games Without Frontiers

7 : No Self Control

8 : Mercy Street

9 : The Family And The Fishing Net

10 : Don’t Give Up

11 : Solsbury Hill

12 : Lay Your Hands On Me

13 : Sledgehammer

14 : Here Comes The Flood

15 : In Your Eyes

16 : Biko

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Enregistré à Athènes sur la tournée So. 

Sortie en streaming en 2019.

Sortie en vinyle en 2020.

Seb

5/5

Certainement le meilleur live de Peter Gabriel. Son exceptionnel, ambiance incroyable. Cet album Live sort en “audio” près de 17 ans après le DVD de la même tournée. 

Tracklist

1 : Here Comes the Flood

2 : Darkness

3 : Red Rain

4 : Secret World

5 : Sky Blue

6 : Downside Up

7 : The Barry Williams Show

8 : More than This

9 : Mercy Street

10 : Digging in the Dirt

11 : Growing Up

12 : Animal Nation

13 : Solsbury Hill

14 : Sledgehammer

15 : Signal to Noise

16 : In Your Eyes

17 : Father, Son

Infos générales

Enregistré en Italie, à Milan les 8 et 9 mai 2003.

Première sortie en 2003 sous forme de DVD.

Sortie en streaming en 2019.

Sortie en vinyle en 2020.

Seb

5/5

Pour fêter les 25 ans (avec beaucoup de retard puisque Peter est TOUJOURS EN RETARD !) de So, Peter Gabriel a décidé de recréer la tournée de l’époque. Les musiciens d’alors sont rappelés (David Sancious et Manu Katché) au côté de ceux qui ne sont jamais partis (David Rhodes et Tony Levin). Petit à petit la Set list évolue pour intégrer des morceaux composés après So. Peter Gabriel intègre même deux inédits, donc un morceau pas fini (le premier du concert). À la fin du concert, juste avant les rappels, So est joué en intégralité et dans l’ordre. 

Concert géant, techniquement parfait, comme d’habitude avec Peter… 

Tracklist

1 : Daddy Long Legs

2 : Come Talk to Me

3 : Shock the Monkey

4 : Family Snapshot

5 : Digging in the Dirt

6 : Secret World

7 : The Family and the Fishing Net

8 : No Self Control

9 : Solsbury Hill

10 : Why Don’t You Show Yourself

11 : Red Rain

12 : Sledgehammer

13 : Don’t Give Up

14 : That Voice Again

15 : Mercy Street

16 : Big Time

17 : We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)

18 : This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)

19 : In Your Eyes

20 : The Tower That Ate People

21 : Biko

Infos générales

Enregistré les 21 et 22 octobre 2013 à Londres.

Sortie le 23 juin 2014.

Seb

5/5

Magnifique album live tiré de la tournée “sans guitare ni batterie” et avec un orchestre à la suite de Scratch My Back et New Blood. Interprétations nouvelles et toutes en douceur. Un live qui fait chaud au coeur. 

Tracklist

1 : Intruder (live)

2 : Wallflower (live)

3 : The Boy In The Bubble (live)

4 : Après Mois (live) 

5 : The Drop (live)

6 : Washing Of The Water (live)

7 : The Book Of Love (live)

8 : Darkness (live)

9 : The Power Of The Heat (live)

10 : Biko (live)

11 : San Jacinto (live)

12 : Digging In The Dirt (live)

13 : Signal To Noise (live)

14 : Downside Up (live)

15 : Mercy Street (live)

16 : The Rythm Of The Heat (live)

17 : Blood Of Eden (live)

18 : Red Rain (live)

19 : Solsbury Hill (live)

20 : In Your Eyes (live)

21 : Don’t Give Up (live)

22 : The Nest That Sailed The Sky (live)

 

 

Infos générales

Enregistré les 23 et 24 mars 2011.

Sortie le 24 avril 2012.

Seb

4/5

De très belles versions nouvelles de ces chansons, passées à la moulinette de Scratch My Back. Pas vraiment un nouvel album mais beaucoup de nouveautés à découvrir. Chaudement recommandé !

Tracklist

1 : The Rhythm of the Heat

2 : Downside Up

3 : San Jacinto

4 : Intruder

5 : Wallflower

6 : In Your Eyes

7 : Mercy Street

8 : Red Rain

9 : Darkness

10 : Don’t Give Up

11 : Digging in the Dirt

12 : The Nest That Sailed the Sky

13 : A Quiet Moment

14 : Solsbury Hill

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2011

Peter Gabriel : chant
The New Blood Orchestra
Ben Foster : direction de l’orchestre
Melanie Gabriel, Ane Brun, Tom Cawley : chant

Arrangé par John Metcalfe et Peter Gabriel
Orchestré par John Metcalfe
Produit par Peter Gabriel et John Metcalfe

Enregistré à Air Lyndhurst, aux Real World Studios et à Ladbrocke Temple
Ingénieur du son : Richard “Dickie” Chappell
Assisté de Scott Barnett et Mark Claydon.
Mixé par Richard Chappell et John Metcalfe
Masterisé par Tony Cousins à Metropolis.

Seb

4/5

Peter Gabriel a, avec cet album de reprises, décidé d’abandonner les guitares et la batterie et d’utiliser un grand orchestre symphonique. Il en résulte un choix artistique surprenant et la déstructuration totale des arrangements d’origine. En effet, même en connaissant les versions originelles, on a parfois du mal à reconnaître les morceaux que l’on connaît et que l’on aime. Le pire étant peut-être Street Spirit de Radiohead. L’album est lent, affreusement lent, même pour des chansons plutôt rythmées à l’origine comme The Boy In The Bubble. Et sombre, noir, lourd, plein de spleen. Et du coup long, peu varié et répétitif (The Power of the Heart et surtout My Body Is a Cage) ce qui fait que la digestion est rude. Néanmoins cela reste beau, très bien fait et puis c’est Peter qui chante. Quel dommage par contre, que la plus belle des reprises ne soit pas sur l’album mais seulement sur le cd bonus “Waterloo Sunset”… Bref, un projet artistique avec un cahier des charges respecté et poussé à son paroxysme. Rien que pour cela, ce disque mérite le détour.

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I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day
And you, you can be mean
And I, I’ll drink all the time
‘Cause we’re lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we’re lovers, and that is that
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d’you say?
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be Heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day
I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
We’re nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day
It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That’s dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don’t cry, baby, don’t cry
Don’t cry
It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That’s dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don’t cry baby, don’t cry
Don’t cry
It’s a turn-around jump shot
It’s everybody jump start
It’s every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art
Think of the boy in the bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That’s dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don’t cry baby, don’t cry
Don’t cry, don’t cry

I plant the kind of kiss
That wouldn’t wake a baby
On the self-same face
The wouldn’t let me sleep


And the street is singing with my feet
And the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller
All down to you dear, everything has changed

My sorry name has made it to graffiti
I was looking for someone to complete me
Not anymore dear, everything has changed
Everything has changed

You make the moon our mirrorball
The street’s an empty stage
The city’s sirens, violins, everything has changed
Everything has changed

So lift off love
So lift off love


We took the town to town last night
We kissed like we invented it
Now I know what every step is for

To lead me to your door
Know that while you sleep
Everything has changed

You make the moon a mirrorball
The street’s an empty stage
The city’s sirens, violins, everything has changed

So lift off love, lift off love
Lift off love, lift off love

I’m my mother’s only one
It’s enough
I wear my garment so it shows
Now you know


Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she’s the moon
She’s the moon

I am my mother on the wall
With us all
I move in water, shore to shore
Nothing’s more

Only love is all maroon
Lapping lakes like leary loons
Leaving rope burns, reddish ruse
Reddish ruse

Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she’s the moon

She’s the moon

She’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon
She’s the moon

Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He serves the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He dreams of days that he can still remember now
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never more
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
The dust in my head, the dust in my head
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
Come to drive them away, drive them away
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
The dust in my head, the dust in my head
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
Come to drive them away, drive them away
And Mojique buys his equipment in the market place
Mojique plants devices through the free trade zone
He feels the wind is lifting up his people
He calls the wind to guide him on his mission
He knows his friend the wind is always standing by
Mojique smells the wind that, that comes from far away
Mojique waits for news in a quiet place
He feels the presence of the wind beside him
He feels the power of the past behind him
He has the knowledge of the wind to guide him on
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
The dust in my head, the dust in my head
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
Come to drive them away, drive them away
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
The dust in my head, the dust in my head
The wind in my heart, the wind in my heart
Come to drive them away
You look for sun and I look for rain
We’re different people, we’re not the same
The power of the sun
I looked for treetops, you looked for caps
Above the water, where the waves snap back
I flew around the world to bring you back
Ah, the power of the heart
You looked at me and I looked at you
The sleeping heart was shining through,
The wispy cobwebs that we’re breathing through
The power of the heart
I looked at you and you looked at me
I thought of the past, you thought of what could be
I asked you once again to marry me
The power of the heart
Everybody says love makes the world go round
I hear a bubbling and I hear a sound
Of my heart beating and I turn around
And find you standing at the door
You know me I like to dream a lot
Of this and that and what is not
And finally I figured out what was what
It was the power of the heart
You and me we sweat and strain
The result is always the same
You think somehow we’re in a game
The power of the heart
The power of the heart
I think I’m dumb, I know you’re smart
The beating of a purebred heart
I say this to you and it’s not a lark
Marry me today
You know me I like to dream a lot
Of what there is and what there’s not
But mainly I dream of you a lot
The power of your heart
The power of the heart

My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

My body is a cage

That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

I’m standing on a stage
Of fear and self doubt
It’s a hollow play
But they’ll clap anyway

My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key

I’m living in an age
That calls darkness light
Though my language is dead

Still the shapes fill my head

I’m living in an age
Whose name I don’t know
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow

My body is a cage
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key
My body is a…

My body is a cage
We take what we’re given
Just because you’ve forgotten

 


That don’t mean you’re forgiven

I’m living in an age
That screams my name at night
But when I get to the doorway
There’s no one in sight

I’m living in an age
They laugh when I’m dancing with the one I love
But my mind holds the key

You’re standing next to me
My mind holds the key

Set my spirit free
Set my spirit free
Set my body free
Set my body free


Set my spirit free
Set my body free

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It’s full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that’s where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It’s full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we’re all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

Broken windows and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with gray
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today


Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
With frozen smiles to keep love away
Human kindness overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today

Lonely, lonely
Tin can at my feet
I think I’ll kick it down the street
That’s the way to treat a friend

Bright before me the signs implore me
Help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it’s going to rain today

I, oh, must go on standing
You can’t break that which isn’t yours
I, oh, must go on standing
I’m not my own, it’s not my choice
Be afraid of the lame
They’ll inherit your legs
Be afraid of the old
They’ll inherit your souls
Be afraid of the cold
They’ll inherit your blood
Apres moi, le deluge
After me comes the flood
I must go on standing
You can’t break that which isn’t yours
I, oh, must go on standing
I’m not my own, it’s not my choice
Be afraid of the lame
They’ll inherit your legs
Be afraid of the old
They’ll inherit your souls
Be afraid of the cold
They’ll inherit your blood
Apres moi, le deluge
After me comes the flood
Be afraid of the lame
They’ll inherit your legs
Be afraid of the old
They’ll inherit your souls
Be afraid of the cold
They’ll inherit your blood
Apres moi, le deluge
After me the flood

Sometimes I think that I know
What love’s all about
And when I see the light
I know I’ll be all right


I’ve got my friends in the world
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled

City of brotherly love
Place I call home
Don’t turn your back on me
I don’t want to be alone
Love lasts forever

Someone is talking to me
Calling my name
Tell me I’m not to blame
I will not be ashamed of love
Ashamed of love

Sometimes I think that I know

What love’s all about
And when I see the light
I know I’ll be all right, all right

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole


Fade out again
Fade out again

This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under

Fade out again
Fade out again

Cracked eggs, dead birds, scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we’ll one day swallow whole

Fade out again

Fade out again

Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night?
People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright
But I don’t need no friends

As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise

(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window
(Sha-la-la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset’s fine (Waterloo sunset’s fine)

Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don’t want to wander, I stay at home at night
But I don’t feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise

(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window

(Sha-la-la) But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset’s fine (Waterloo sunset’s fine)

Millions of people swarming like flies ’round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound
And they don’t need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset they are in paradise

Waterloo sunset’s fine
Waterloo sunset’s fine
Waterloo sunset’s fine

Infos générales

Sortie en février 2010

Seb

2/5

Un best of et un greatest hits. Assez décevant en fait. Pour découvrir Peter par le biais d’un best of Shaking The Tree est bien plus pertinent à mon avis. La liste des chansons est bonne, aucun doute la dessus, mais il y a peu de surprise. Le Cd de hits, fait double emploi avec Shaking the tree et le cd de Miss aurait pu être plus aventureux… Heureusement qu’il y a des choses pour relever le tout comme de nouvelles versions de No Self Control ou I Have The Touch, ou encore la version live de Downside Up et évidemment Burn You Up Burn You Down et Lovetown.

Tracklist

1 : Solsbury Hill

2 : Shock the Monkey

3 : Sledgehammer

4 : Don’t Give Up

5 : Games Without Frontiers

6 : Big Time

(Gabriel/Sparkes/Wallinger)

Straight as an arrow, you carry your intentions through the wind
Dogs all around you, but you’re going to get the message to your friend
At every rendezvous you keep on looking around
Nightime in the city and the rain keeps falling down

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Pilgrim knows the road to go – how many times we told you so
Burn you up we gonna burn you down, burn you up we gonna burn you down
With no rhyme or reason, no way to make it easy ‘till it’s done
Burn you up we gonna burn you down, burn you up we gonna burn you down
Saw you crossing to the other side of the street
Burn you up we gonna burn you down, burn you up we gonna burn you down
Should know better but you keep turning up the heat

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Make me feel this
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Make me feel it
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

When they lose you, they can’t use you to burn you up, burn you up
Burn you up we gonna burn you down,
Break me open I need someone to save me
Burn you up we gonna burn you down, burn you up we gonna burn you down
Make me feel it, make me feel

In the city and the rain is falling down
Burn you up we gonna burn you down, burn you up we gonna burn you down
You can make it happen with your eyes, your eyes alone

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Let me tell you how it all works out
Never thought we had so much time to loose
Just learning how to twist and shout
Doesn’t matter much which damn beat you use

Break me open – make me feel it
Break me open – make me feel it

You can make me feel it, you can make me, you can make me
You can make me feel it
You can make me feel it

8 : Growing Up

9 : Digging In The Dirt

10 : Blood Of Eden

11 : More Than This

12 : Biko

13 : Steam

14 : Red Rain

15 : Here Comes The Flood (acoustic)

16 : San Jacinto

17 : No Self-Control

18 : Cloudless

19 : The Rhythm of the Heat

20 : I Have the Touch

21 : I Grieve

22 : D.I.Y.

23 : A Different Drum

24 : The Drop

25 : The Tower That Ate People

People go naked,
and follow these trails,
someone before me,
lay down these rails,
and it’s loaded up too heavy,
this engine fails,
in Lovetown,

can’t seem to settle down,
and do the teeth still match the wounds ?
take a good look around,
in Lovetown.

This is Lovetown.

Looking in Lovetown.

Sometimes you’re troubled waters,
on which I pour my oil,
in each others shadow,
the roots reach into the soil,
pull these knots so tightly tied,
we cannot uncoil,
in Lovetown,

no place to settle down,
and do the teeth still match the wounds ?
take a good look around,
Lovetown.

This is Lovetown.

Looking in Lovetown.

Whose lonely lips,
will find these hidden scars ?
Who’s seen the kisses,
left in dim lit bars ?
Who’s out on the streets,
looking for love like ours ?
Whose looking in lovetown
Tonight ?

Have you got what you want ?
Did you get what you need ?
With what you did,
and what you saw,
Did you find,
you needed more ?

Have you got what you came for ?

Are you really sure ?
Are you really sure ?

Living in Lovetown,

Lovetown.

27 : Father, Son

28 : Signal To Noise

29 : Downside-Up (live)

30 : Washing Of The Water

Infos générales

Compilation

Sortie en novembre 2003

Singles:
Novembre 2003 – Burn You Up, Burn You Down

Seb

5/5

Up… Dix ans d’attente, et ca vallait le coup. Pas besoin d’y aller par quatre chemins : le disque est excellent. Les chansons sont délicieuses à souhait… Les mots me manquent un peu pour décrire la beauté de Darkness, Sky Blue, The Barry William Show ou encore ce qui est peut etre la plus belle chanson écrite par Peter : Darkness ! C’est beau, c’est mélodique, c’est sombre, c’est envoutant… du bonheur en digital !

Tracklist

(Gabriel)

I’m scared of swimming in the sea
dark shapes moving under me
every fear i swallow makes me small
inconsequential things occur
alarms are triggered
memories stir

it’s not the way it has to be

i’m afraid of what i do not know
i hate being undermined
i’m afraid i can be devil man
and i’m scared to be divine
don’t mess with me my fuse is short
beneath this skin these fragments caught

when i allow it to be
there’s no control over me
i have my fears
but they do not have me

walking through the undergrowth, to the house in the woods
the deeper I go, the darker it gets
i peer through the window
knock at the door
and the monster i was
so afraid of
lies curled up on the floor
is curled up on the floor just like a baby boy

i cry until i laugh

i’m afraid of being mothered
with my balls shut in the pen
i’m afraid of loving women
and i’m scared of loving men
flashbacks coming in every night
don’t tell me everything’s alright

when I allow it to be
it has no control over me
i own my fear
so it doesn’t own me

walking through the undergrowth, to the house in the woods
the deeper i go, the darker it gets
i peer through the window
knock at the door
and the monster i was
so afraid of
lies curled up on the floor
is curled up on the floor just like a baby boy

i cry until i laugh

folded in your fleshy purse
i am floating once again
while the muted sounds are pumping rhythm
all the walls close in on me
pressure’s building wave on wave
’til the water breaks – and outside i go, oh

one dot, that’s on or off, defines what is and what is not, one dot
two dot, a pair of eyes, a voice, a touch, complete surprise, two dot

growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

three dot, a trinity, a way to map the universe,
three dot
four dot, is what will make a square, a bed to build on, it’s all there,
four dot

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

all the slow clouds pass us by
make the Empire State look high
as you take me in your sea-stained sweetness
it spills, it tingles and it stings
all the pleasure that it brings
’til the door has let the outside inside here

well on the floor there’s a long wooden table
on the table there’s an open book
on the page there’s a detailed drawing
and on the drawing is the name i took

my ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown
my ghost likes to travel so deep into your space

growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live
growing up, growing up,
looking for a place to live

my ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside of your space
my ghost likes to travel
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside of your space
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside of your space
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside
my ghost likes to travel
moving inside of your space

the breathing stops, i don’t know when
in transition once again
such a struggle getting through these changes
and it all seems so absurd
to be flying like a bird
when i do not feel I’ve really landed here

lost my time lost my place in
sky blue
those two blue eyes light your face in
sky blue
i know how to fly, i know how to drown in
sky blue

warm wind blowing over the earth
sky blue
i sing through the land, the land sings through me
sky blue
reaching into the deepest shade of
sky blue

sky blue
so tired of all this travelling
so many miles away from home
i keep moving to be stable
free to wander, free to roam

train pulled out said my goodbyes
sky blue
back on the road alone with the sky
sky blue
there’s a presence here no one denies
sky blue

sky blue

sky blue
so tired of all this travelling
so many miles away from home
i keep moving to be stable
free to wander, free to roam

i can hear the same voice calling
crying out, from my heart
and that cry, what a cry
what a cry, it’s going to be
if i can stop to let it out, oh

saw a group of people forming
round a figure lying down
and someone runs to make a phone call
and the man kneels on the ground
the man kneels on the ground
there’s a tightening in my chest
i know that I’m drawn in
oh god let it not be – you

don’t leave us
don’t leave like this
don’t leave me here again
i’m not quitting on you
no one else
you’re not quitting on us
no running out

the colour in your shirt is darkening,
against the paleness of your skin
i remember how you held the goldfish
swimming around in a plastic bag
swimming around in a plastic bag

you held it up so high
in the bright lights of the fair
it slipped and fell
we looked everywhere

don’t leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm)
don’t leave like this (your heart is strong, you’re holding on)
don’t leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
i’m not quitting on you
there’s no one else
you’re not quitting on us
there’s no way out
no way out

don’t leave us
don’t leave like this
don’t leave me here again (i feel your pulse, i hold your hand)
i’m not quitting on you
there’s no one else
you’re not quitting on us
no running away – no way out

it was only one hour ago
it was all so different then
there’s nothing yet has really sunk in
looks like it always did
this flesh and bone
it’s just the way that you would tied in
now there’s no-one home

i grieve for you
you leave me
‘so hard to move on
still loving what’s gone
they say life carries on
carries on and on and on and on

the news that truly shocks is the empty empty page
while the final rattle rocks its empty empty cage
and i can’t handle this

i grieve for you
you leave me
let it out and move on
missing what’s gone
they say life carries on
they say life carries on and on and on

life carries on
in the people i meet
in everyone that’s out on the street
in all the dogs and cats
in the flies and rats
in the rot and the rust
in the ashes and the dust
life carries on and on and on and on
life carries on and on and on

it’s just the car that we ride in
a home we reside in
the face that we hide in
the way we are tied in
and life carries on and on and on and on
life carries on and on and on

did I dream this belief?
or did i believe this dream?
now i can find relief
i grieve

let’s go

one man at the window
one girl at the bar
saw that look of recognition
when they know just who you are
i seen you on the tv
i seen you on that show
you make the people crazy
and then you let them go

before the show we calm them
we sympathise, we care
and the hostile folk we keep apart
’til the red light says ‘on air’
did you see our leather lovers
all tied up to the chair
did you catch those child molesters
no one else goes there

what a show, the barry williams show
what a show,
dysfunctional excess
is all it took for my success
the greater pain that they endure
the more you know the show will scored
it’s showtime

got the reputation of a surgeon
‘cos they cannot feel the cut
it looks so very simple
but it really is an art
they call our studio ‘the hospital’
making money from the sick
we let people be themselves
there is no other trick

‘my lover stole my girlfriend’
‘i keep beating up my ex’
‘i want to kill my neighbour’
‘my daughter’s selling sex’
‘my s/m lover hurt me’
‘my girl became a man’
‘i love my daughter’s rapist
‘my life’s gone down the pan’

what a show, the barry williams show
the barry williams show
dysfunctional excess
is all it took for my success
and when the punches start to fly
the ratings always read so high
it’s showtime

‘that girl has got no scruples’
not a wrinkle on her face
you would not believe the plot she conceived
so they’d let her take my place
well, no man is an island
no man is a sea
but this display of emotion
is all but drowning me

what a show, oh what a show
on my show, the barry williams show
it’s my show
what a show
dysfunctional excess
is all it took for my success

the best tv you’ve ever seen
where people say the things that they really mean
i hear my name, i hear them roar
for the one more time i take the floor
just one more barry williams show
we’re gonna take you where you want to go
it’s showtime

come on down
come on down

the metal jangles as the key turns
unlock the door, wipe my feet clean
oh my head sounds like that

the oil is spitting in the saucepan
i squeeze this sponge and let the cat out
oh my head sounds like that
oh my head
oh oh oh
oh oh oh

the water’s dripping in the hallway
the guy next door, he knocks his wall down
oh my head sounds like that

the knife it scrapes across the burnt brown toast
the freight train rumbles pass my window
oh my head sounds like that
oh my head
oh oh oh
oh oh oh
oh oh oh

around the axis we all spin
to determine what’s left out and what’s left in
what’s left out and what’s left in
what’s left out and what’s left in
who’s left out and who’s left in
who’s left in

the moment’s come and go like water
i try to hold them but they’re fading
oh my head sounds like that
oh my head
oh oh oh

i woke up and the world outside was dark
all so quiet before the dawn
opened up the door and walked outside
the ground was cold

i walked until i couldn’t walk anymore
to a place i’d never been
there was something stirring in the air
in front of me, i could see

more than this
more than this
so much more than this
there is something else there
when all that you had has all gone
and more than this
i stand
feeling so connected
and i’m all there
right next to you

it started when i saw the ship go down
i saw them struggle in the sea
and suddenly the picture disappears
in front of me

now we’re busy making all our busy plans
on foundations built to last
but nothing fades as fast as the future
and nothing clings like the past, until we can see

more than this
more than this
so much more than this
there is something out there
more than this
it’s coming through
and more than this
i stand alone and so connected
and I’m all there
right next to you

oh then it’s alright
when with every day another bit falls away
oh but it’s still alright, alright, alright
and like words together we can make some sense

much more than this
way beyond imagination
much more than this
beyond the stars
with my head so full
so full of fractured pictures
and i’m all there
right next to you
so much more than this
there is something else there
when all that you had has all gone
and more than this
i’m alone
feeling so connected
and i’m all there right next to you

more than this
more than this
more than this

you know the way that things go
when what you fight for starts to fall
and in that fuzzy picture
he writing stands out on the wall
so clearly on the wall

send out the signals deep and loud

and in this place, can you reassure me
with a touch, a smile – while the cradle’s burning
all the while the world is turning to noise
oh the more that it’s surrounding us
the more that it destroys
turn up the signal
wipe out the noise

send out the signals deep and loud

man i’m losing sound and sight
of all those who can tell me wrong from right
when all things beautiful and bright
sink in the night
yet there’s still something in my heart
that can find a way
to make a start
to turn up the signal
wipe out the noise

wipe out the noise
wipe out the noise
you know that’s it
you know that’s it
receive and transmit
receive and transmit
receive and transmit
you know that’s it
you know that’s it
receive and transmit
you know that’s it
you know that’s it
receive and transmit

moving down the fuselage
toward the open door
catch you looking down outside
to see what lies ahead

one by one
you watch them fall
fall through cloud
one by one
you watch them fall
no idea where they’re going
but down

where they’ve gone
where they’ve gone

watching as the sun goes down
i sit inside this plane
notice how the city lights
are like the nerves inside the brain

one by one
they’re going out
you watch them dim

one by one

you watch them fall
and wonder where they’re falling to

Produit par Peter Gabriel
Mixé par Tchad Blake
Enregistrement et Ingénieur du son : Richard Chappel
Masterisé au Metropolis par Tony Cousins
Enregistré et mixé au Real World Studio, Box, Angleterre

Sorti en Septembre 2002

Singles :
Septembre 2002 – The Barry William Show/My Head Sounds Like That (remix)/Cloudless
Décembre 2002 – More Than This (Radio Edit)/More Than This (remix)(CD et DVD)
Mai 2003 – Growing up (Radio edit)/Growing up (album version et remix)(CD et DVD)

Seb

1/5

Honnêtement ? Je n’ai eu le courage de l’écouter qu’une seule fois ! Il ne se passe rien dans se disque et c’est soporifique à souhait… Il faudra que j’ai le courage de le réécouter un jour pour en dire plus…

Tracklist

1 : Jigalong

2 : Stealing the children

3 : Unlocking the door

4 : The tracker

5 : Running to the rain

6 : On the map

7 : A sense of home

8 : Go away mr evans

9 : Moodoo’s secret

10 : Gracie’s recapture

11 : Crossing the salt pan

12 : The return (Parts 1, 2 and 3)

13 : Ngankarrparni (Sky Blue – Reprise)

14 : The Rabbit-Proof Fence

15 : Cloudless

Infos générales

Produit par Peter Gabriel, Richard Evans et David Rhodes
Enregistré par Richard Evans
Masterisé à Metropolis par Tony Cousins
Sorti en Juin 2002