The 80s was the last time a man who looked like your father could become a superstar

@j.b.9260

13 күн бұрын

Peter had been successful since his early twenties.

@Nerval-kg9sm

22 сағат бұрын

He was only 35, when he recorded this.

1986: Cool song 2024: Still a cool song

@debsy101games

Ай бұрын

I know you, already commented

@grimefighter8867

21 күн бұрын

You again?

@ehs1452

19 күн бұрын

Bro released the sequel

@amybahner6511

11 күн бұрын

I know that's right!!❤

@verityvinyl8540

4 күн бұрын

Peter Gabriel is pretty awesome, brother

Happy 74th Birthday Peter Brian Gabriel 02/13/1950 in Surry, England. A living legend in the progressive rock genre. From Garden Wall to Genesis to his solo albums. Musical perfection. Cheers Peter Brian and many more..

Peter Gabriel an underatted Musical genius ???

1986: Cool song 2022: Still a cool song

@notsure1969

2 жыл бұрын

Otherwise known as a "classic".

@Reesej0520

2 жыл бұрын

2006: The theme for WrestleMania 22

@flowerlandofjohn

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! How about some “fusion-drums” on this track. Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 kzread.infohIk9mcR6ok4?feature=share

@kathifinnegan9953

2 жыл бұрын

I so agree!

@dakotadrummer

2 жыл бұрын

1986: Cool Song 2006: Awesome at WrestleMania 22 2022: Still a cool Song including good Memories🤘🤘🤘🤘

This was the last thing my dad texted me before he passed away. Along with the link he said “Watch the video it’s coooool”. This video is so goofy and weird, just like my dad and just brings me to tears of happiness and sadness. Music has always been a big part of me and my dad’s relationship so I’m glad I have another song to remember him by. Thank you Peter Gabriel for adding another special memory for me.

@idsassi

4 жыл бұрын

RIP bro i hope one day i will share this song with my son too

@simonjohnson1381

4 жыл бұрын

Your dad had excellent taste

@Preppy-pink98

3 жыл бұрын

That is an awesome story😊

@nicolaupoceiro7570

3 жыл бұрын

@Kristin j.r. Kind of logical since that golden generation is dying away now...

@TerrenceCallahan

3 жыл бұрын

your dad knew what was up! This video is a masterpiece RIP to your pops

That bass is KICKING

😊😊😊🎉🎉..This song says it all about the mid 80's..Porsche's, Power Clothes, Stockmarket Wealth, 24 hour partying, everything just got bigger then and more exciting

@Zzyzzyzzs

5 күн бұрын

Greed certainly got bigger. There's a good reason the documentary on the 2008 financial crisis, Inside Job, used this as its intro song.

WrestleMania 22 Nostalgia 😭😭

My very favorite part of the song... "But, not me! I'm smarter than that... I worked it out. I've been stretching my mouth, to let those big words come right out."

@jonathanblount6437

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too

@marcoantoniorodriguesfaria355

2 жыл бұрын

Tá na Federal 😊👩‍✈️

@jojovaldez2766

2 жыл бұрын

I.ll.play.Big.Time.on.my.phone.sometimes

@dbsti3006

2 жыл бұрын

I liked before that "the place that I come from...is a small town. They think so small, they use small words." Then the part you mention. It creates a story. He was too big to be in a small town and was meant for something bigger and better. It's quite clever lyrics.

@shannoncasey7630

2 жыл бұрын

@@dbsti3006 YES! I definitely agree.

What a gem from the 80's I was born in 62 same date as him🕉️☮️🌹🥳💃🏻❤️‍🔥💯🤨😎🙏🏻🇫🇮

I think, as a bass player, one thing that does not get talked about with this song enough is the creativity in using both bass and bass synth in this instead of one or the other. Both can be used in harmony with each other to create different sounds, and there's many songs that I think can actually benefit from that approach of moving between them to create different textures like this song does.

@lachemoilcul

Жыл бұрын

Could you explain further for non musicians? I wasn't aware there were 2 types of bass in this song, how can they be distinguished?

@IAmInfinitus208

Жыл бұрын

​​​​​@@lachemoilcul Starting at 0:38 to 0:55, that's Tony Levin's actual bassline kicking in only for that solo. Drummer Jerry Marotta used his drumsticks to hit the strings while Tony fretted the notes. Everything else was purely synthesized before and after the solo, which is more artificial to the ears after enough repeated listenings since this was around the point synthesizers were now becoming more the norm. Edit (October 24, 2023): Just recently saw them on the Dallas performance for Peter's I/O tour this last Thursday. Tony stayed playing the main synth bass on keys and saved the funk fingers on his Stingray 5 only for the solo.

@josephdougherty3653

Жыл бұрын

Well said paully people who have never played a bass will not understand

@agustinenriquez-zs2de

Жыл бұрын

@@IAmInfinitus208 what gear was Levin using? a stick?

@IAmInfinitus208

Жыл бұрын

​​@@agustinenriquez-zs2de Very likely the Stingray. No way the drumstick method I've mentioned would work on the Stick given how small that spacing is, plus that's more for tapping so using the drumsticks might feel awkward to play.

Peter: I got a weird song Director: well I got a weird video. Fantastic.

@Republic_Of_Vicoria_Official

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Bomb from BFB

@guitarsinger7382

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha great one!!

@stuff31

3 жыл бұрын

Hit the nail on the head there.

@jswallet

3 жыл бұрын

Great comment! HAHA

@petergant8767

3 жыл бұрын

Two minds with but a single WEIRD thought!

w r e s t l e m a n i a 2 2 A real sardonic bass line; simply filthy. This song and video is perfect.

@iliketrains3495

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently it was recorded by hitting the strings with drumsticks, fun fact

@synthonaplinth5980

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Lanois' rhythm guitar work does not get enough credit on this track, it works perfectly with the bass line, be it synth or real.

@vergon6662

3 жыл бұрын

That bass line comes in thumpin' like a BIG BITCH!

@blakebrickermusic

3 жыл бұрын

There were two people playing one bass on that part. Tony levin was doing the fretting part (hitting the notes) and Jerry marotta (who was one of the drummers for Peter) was hitting the strings with his drumstick.

@blakebrickermusic

3 жыл бұрын

Also if I remember correctly, Stewart Copeland played drums on this song!

1980’s Peter Gabriel is the Doctor Who we never knew we needed.

I sorely miss the 80s. Can I please go back and just remain there?

@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet

2 ай бұрын

I would never want to go back!! Now is much more fun!!!

@michaelrandall9034

2 ай бұрын

@@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet You and I would not get along at all. Enjoy the Shit Show Nightmare! Orwell wasn’t even close to how smooth the strangulation would be. BTW, put your phone in a public toilet. That’s where it always belonged.

@declinedecline1485

29 күн бұрын

Hold up, wait a minute! I'm coming with!!!

@michaelrandall9034

28 күн бұрын

@@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet No it’s not and I would place a wager on it!!!!!!! It’s not even close unless you exist via that tiny screen of poor choices and misinformation.

@JackiePhillipsTheSocialPet

27 күн бұрын

​@@michaelrandall9034So, you sent your answer in via pigeon??

Best Wrestlemania song. I grew to like this song once I heard it as a Wrestlemania theme song in 2006. Ever since then I’ve been vibing to this song

@parisbeech2180

Жыл бұрын

Wrestlemania 22 baby

@mdh16off59

Жыл бұрын

Werstlmania 2016 too and 2012 and 2011

@mdh16off59

Жыл бұрын

​@@parisbeech2180 yeah

@RedWarrior081

Жыл бұрын

@@mdh16off59 the banners of course the Mcmahons, Triple H and Carlito lol

@christopherloyd8938

Жыл бұрын

​@@parisbeech2180 Definite facts my brother I have this wrestlemania 22 on vhs trying to put it on DVD. I'm getting it from my brother cause his copies better we ordered it.😎💯

1986: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉 2020: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉

@imnotcreative2214

4 жыл бұрын

It never gets old.

@paulguzman1634

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that in 2020 nobody can touch this kind of talented genius in music, but you are so right on!

@seeit360

4 жыл бұрын

Genius

@cdevidal

4 жыл бұрын

2086: Cool song 😎🎹🎸❤️🎤🎶🌟🎵🎉

@Gsmooth10455

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulguzman1634 best comment out of a lot of great comments.

Put this musicvideo on the wall in a museum

I remember watching this while high once. It really tripped me out BIG TIME!

Director: “how much weird stuff do you want in your video?” Peter Gabriel: “Yes, BIG TIME!”

@douglassher1710

4 жыл бұрын

Wow what an original line, did you come up with it or was it one of the other dozen commenters who's repeated it?

@vincentdorner7569

3 жыл бұрын

Asshole

this song is still fire to this day WrestleMania 22 was also good

@pottsie_era

2 жыл бұрын

hello people i'm back after nearly 6 months i'm only 19 and i would do anything to go back to relieve the 2000's.

@Prideoffreedom

2 жыл бұрын

@@pottsie_era fuck that......go back and live the ‘80s

@cagarber

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I loved WM22 where I first heard this

@Bklyn988

28 күн бұрын

You stole my comment bud, i was about to post that 😪😪

@pottsie_era

28 күн бұрын

@@Bklyn988 sorry bro

Probably one of the greatest music videos of all time Early early MTV

@crnkmnky

Жыл бұрын

Not _that_ early. The formula had been developing for five years. But artists like Peter Gabriel and Michael Jackson had perfected it by the mid-80s.

@tylerkeller8869

Жыл бұрын

@Scott Temple: The song itself i think I prefer over Sledgehammer. But the former is included in top 10 greatest videos lists constantly. Usually its in the top 3.

Back when music videos were art. This is actual art. The amount of talent required to create this video is mind boggling. This was before all the digital magic of today's computers. People were drawing and sketching and filming and doing this by hand with analog tools.

@calvinchapman5138

Жыл бұрын

Wherever I was in the house and the TV was tuned to MTV, as soon as I heard "HI, there," it was a full sprint to the den to catch this video.😎

@tomwatson9032

Жыл бұрын

@@calvinchapman5138 I always thought he was saying "Higher"!

@calvinchapman5138

Жыл бұрын

How many times has that happened to you! I have mistaken so many song lyrics, like Tower Of Power's So Very Hard To Go. When that song had radio play in the 70s, I heard "so very hot and cold." 🤣

@MRF1983

Жыл бұрын

Necessity is the mother of invention. The people making art/ music/ videos like this at the time had a necessary drive to realize what was inside of them, to make it take shape and form. Today, with the ease that technology grants to do that, few people making anything have anything worthwhile to say or show us that will last like this.

@iseeu-fp9po

Жыл бұрын

There's actually a lot of digital art in this video. Gabriel was a front runner with adapting to new technology in the 80's, I would say. This is a representation of early-days CGI, but it was there along with stop frame animation. Just take a look at Gabriel's "Steam", for example.

Peter Gabriel of Genesis not only "reinvented" himself as a solo artist in the 1980s-he transformed our world and broadened our pop horizons.

@PinkyakaAyannaj

2 жыл бұрын

💙🤍🙏🏽

@paullo796

2 жыл бұрын

Totally amazing artist, Phil Collins is another!

@kelechitv1637

2 жыл бұрын

no wonder why i got genesis vibes

@markperry2827

2 жыл бұрын

Peter was genesis and his solo career was more than his group career. The creativity left Genesis when he exited stage left.

@flowerlandofjohn

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a brilliant man! How about some “fusion-drums” on this track. Enjoy! ✌🏻🤩 kzread.infohIk9mcR6ok4?feature=share

i love these trippy music videos.....why cant music videos of today be cool like this? not to mention rock from the 80s and 90s seem far better then todays rock. not hating but bands like Fall Out Boy and One Republic? thats what we get for rock today:/

@jusky_

7 жыл бұрын

That's rock music now? Um I didn't even know.

That video rocks my world.

Peter Gabriel may just be the most creative person ever.

The whole album "So" is just on another level.

@the_katman2181

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. It's one of the best albums of the 80's. Produced by Daniel Lanois, which explains why it sounds so damn good.

@jefferyvogel3812

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely...

@Babycatcher_Jen

2 жыл бұрын

@@the_katman2181 Erasure's The Innocents is in that top five with it! Also, a transcendent album...the tops have to take one on a journey!🤗

@the_katman2181

2 жыл бұрын

@@Babycatcher_Jen Yes, that's a great one. Also Tears for Fears "Songs from the Big Chair", Depeche Mode "Music for the Masses", Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense", Paul Simon "Graceland". The 80's had such good albums.

@a1960g

2 жыл бұрын

@@the_katman2181 Love every single one you mentioned.

This song is such a deep biting commentary on fame, fortune, and the American dream, as a kid I had no idea.

@georgesawtooth2214

4 жыл бұрын

So Gabriel isn't a part that? It always amazes me how these performers bitch and moan about money, success, greed yet they are a huge part of that. And they use oil to get around.

@wpochert

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually more of a commentary on the dis-ingenuousness of almost everyone with fame, fortune, and political power.. up to and including Vatican. It's also a cautionary tale on what can happen to you as you move up the ladder. It's definitely NOT a shot at the ability to achieve.. I.E. the American dream

@wpochert

4 жыл бұрын

@@georgesawtooth2214 Gabriel is not so much speaking about money success and greed.. its more about the danger of what can happen to you along the way and once you are on top.

@bryangould1666

4 жыл бұрын

I think this song is where he came into his own ,commercially and artistically

@bryangould1666

4 жыл бұрын

The whole album has a clear crisp sound and a new sheen of consummate professionalism which really gives the songs a big boost

This being the theme for WrestleMania 22 in 2006 and it came out 10 years earlier, it could've easily been released in 2006 as a new song and been a hit, that's how ahead of it's time it was👍👍Peter Gabriel, I'm convinced for the "So" album he went into the future and came back

After all these decades, still one of my true favorites. I understood what was really being said even back then.

@markberryhill2715

Жыл бұрын

Do you remember when the eighties were referred to as "The Big Eighties",named so for this song?

@jonnyweiss6083

9 ай бұрын

Peter - I’m living with Lady from Stevie Ray Stiletto Band. 43 Albums. Jonny Weiss Music 🎶

@jonnyweiss6083

9 ай бұрын

I’m A FAN!

@shutterbug_713

7 ай бұрын

I like it LOUD!

@timetraveler2012

5 ай бұрын

Why is it a weird thing that you understood what was being said back then? Music is made for an audience and the audience for this song definitely wasn't decades in the future. Not that it can't be applicable now, but it would be weird if it only made sense now

Talking heads, Bowie, Peter Gabriel.. What amazing years we had then

@rick_terscale1111

3 жыл бұрын

@wrestlegamia productions Now we have nothing but COVID-19 (just a little REALITY, no joke, mmm-hmm!)

@enigmaisgayy9493

3 жыл бұрын

pg and david byrne are still alive though

@user-lt3yb4fm6q

3 жыл бұрын

+The Police.. 🙂

@TechnicJunglist

3 жыл бұрын

Gary Numan & Peter Murphy as well

@vrtk4870

3 жыл бұрын

tears for fears don’t forget them

the best ever WRESTLEMANIA soundtrack. *WRESTLEMANIA 22.GOES BIG TIME!!!!*

Just discovered my obsession with Mr. Gabriel. Cannot stop.

Peter Gabriel videos should not have a dislike button

@danielhall8943

5 жыл бұрын

least.we.know.who.the.ones.are.who.dont.use.big.words.

@brucekentnyc

5 жыл бұрын

Dont be alarmed its just a test of the Global emergency alarm system..

@ricardocerrillo1897

5 жыл бұрын

True that!

@mikey_suzefour

5 жыл бұрын

1,600 dummies so far hate this song...Why @Tracey Mills??

@CreatingwithWinglessAngel

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

"and I will pray to my big god as I kneel in my big church" PERFECT!!!

@bernardboka4277

4 ай бұрын

Perhaps the most human and humble line in the song, but completely wrong based on the narrator’s lyrics.

The name of the song says it all, Peter Gabriel's "Big Time", the official theme song of WrestleMania, two nights away!

So cool that both Peter and Genesis were at the top of their games at this point

@dogbeachiracing5998

2 ай бұрын

I had friends who were old school Genesis fans who would get annoyed with me when I would insist post- Genesis Gabriel was better, and post-Gabriel Genesis was as well. Can't say that about the Floyd now, can we?

Peter Gabriel -Big Time.The sound of 80's.

@nievesofficial

8 жыл бұрын

Nope, sorry, that title belongs to Sledgehammer. :)

@marilynpirozzi9425

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRobloxian09 P PG was an artist that stood out in the 80s, no matter if it was Big Time, Sledgehammer or Shock the Monkey.

@cheetahsurge

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRobloxian09 I would have to lean more towards Shock the Monkey, to be honest.

@dovkfir4660

8 жыл бұрын

Hgfcnvtt the same time hvvfhtu

@jaredmalan7278

8 жыл бұрын

+TheRobloxian09 I think Big Time symbolized the characteristics of the corporate, heady deals that was the epitome of Wall Street and in turn, shamelessly moving up with no regrets, while at the same time, characterized the 80s in a somewhat comical, yet non confrontational and familiar tone.

This feels like one of those songs that plays at the beginning of an 80s movie about Wall Street

@SD-ym1rt

3 жыл бұрын

It was used as the opening to a documentary about the 2008/9 financial crisis narrated by Matt Damon, so you're bang on the money!

@nathanaelcowan6430

3 жыл бұрын

Weekend at Bernie's!

@SLKR.M

3 жыл бұрын

Documentary / Movie name: Inside Job (2010). Its a documentary about the global economic crisis of 2008.

@mneisinger72

3 жыл бұрын

WTF?

@jonbaird8835

3 жыл бұрын

Love the bassline

This is my anthem from now on. Thank you Mr. Gabriel.

I don't remember how popular Peter Gabriel was, but I'm pretty sure he was underrated

The world will probably never see music like this again......

@gamer55551

5 жыл бұрын

Staffy78 and that sad

@iXnullified

5 жыл бұрын

Don't lose hope tho

@ignignxkt

5 жыл бұрын

Probably? Sorry, but society as a whole is going down the drain. We most certainly will never receive any type of culture or music like what we got back then ever again.

@skylartodd4207

5 жыл бұрын

@@ignignxkt Shut the fuck up already

@Daws867

5 жыл бұрын

@@skylartodd4207 Well...he is right.

A savage takedown of the culture of ego and excess. Bonus: It's danceable!

@movesky6696

4 жыл бұрын

all about the bonus make lot of money big

@SyndicateOperative

4 жыл бұрын

What's perfect is that it isn't even a "takedown", it just represents it. It's just the story of a guy reaching great success. It never specifies how its bad, or tries to show that it'll fail; it lets all of that show for itself. It had the guts to be impartial!

@clemsonbloke

4 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily a take down, it could also be said to be a celebration of excess and money. Anyone who says money is bad has never had any.

@SwordHandler222

4 жыл бұрын

How is achieving great success having having great confidence something bad? The song presents it entirely positively anyway, stop thinking all media has to have that same stupid message that material success is totally meaningless, it definitely is not.

@clemsonbloke

4 жыл бұрын

@@SwordHandler222 That is basically what I was saying. Liberals are the only ones who think it's bad.

Me at 11 years old: cool song Me at 47 years old: still a cool song.

@christinelyonsHACKEDLIVEFEEDNO

Жыл бұрын

No affiliate programs have no interest

@christinelyonsHACKEDLIVEFEEDNO

Жыл бұрын

Laymen terms are your fucd

@jesseregenauer630

Жыл бұрын

It is fucking ABSURD that utoob censors me from reading responses on these comments......

@a.taylor8294

11 ай бұрын

Same for me at 6 and at 42!!

@worsethanhitlerpt.2539

11 ай бұрын

The video was mind blowing when I was a kid

Mr. Gabriel, I am requesting a 4K remaster of this music video to be uploaded to KZread, if possible. This is one of my favorite music videos of all time, and it is one of the best examples of stop motion animation I’ve ever seen. Thanks!

Absolute perfection. I remember when the album came out, people were just dumbfounded at the sound. His tenor voice, so operatic, and below it that bass that just kept crushing your brain over and over. Then, when the video debuted, it was like a complete jaw-dropping event! They kept announcing the day and time on MTV. We could not wait. I was a freshman in college, and everybody I knew couldn't stop talking about it. Everything he did was a goddamned work of art.

@SCHPANNERMAN

5 жыл бұрын

i am loving your story....for me it was the Michel Jackson Thriller moment

@indiag89

5 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool. I love 80s music but I was born in 89 so I didn’t get to experience it when it was all new.

@SyndicateOperative

5 жыл бұрын

*cough* genesis

@MidnightSwinger

5 жыл бұрын

This is so thrilling to imagine. I was all of two years old, and I remember seeing the videos for this and Sledgehammer for the first time and being blown away, and sitting in front of the TV screaming. It really was something...

@robertbrunelle8076

5 жыл бұрын

mtv lol

The bass player should be in rock and roll hall off fame

@roland9625

5 жыл бұрын

Tony Levin is a legend!

@enriquer.o.3871

4 жыл бұрын

Soon he'll be. For sure.

@kitcarson2776

4 жыл бұрын

King Tony

@erikhendrickson59

4 жыл бұрын

Check out "Liquid Tension Experiment Live in NYC." Same bass player - he's absolute incredible!

@danielblackmon6122

4 жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Levin

Love Pete different than other artists 👍👍👍

1980's - People fleeing small towns for big city life 2020s - People fleeing big cities for small town life

The bass line doesn't get the credit it deserves.

@velox121

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that the trick was to take a bass guitar and hit the strings with drumsticks. These songs/videos are a huge accomplishment of a great team.

@SkullPrism

2 жыл бұрын

@@velox121 THEY DID WHAT? That's slapping to a whole nother level. Who did the bass on this track?

@NichOlsonSmooth

2 жыл бұрын

@@velox121 Really??? Oh man, I need to use that technique. You just opened up a new dimension. Lol

@steveunruh8650

2 жыл бұрын

@@SkullPrism The great Tony Levin

@alexmeyer5260

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveunruh8650 Tony Levin went to college in my hometown of Rochester, New York. He and legendary drummer Steve Gadd were classmates at the Eastman School of Music.

What a very cool song if you'd ask me!! I really love this song!!

When I saw Peter here in Vancouver he yelled: what time is it? and I shouted 'Big Time' from the audience. People stared at me blankly until the music started.....

2:50 Look closely at the arms and hands of the figure dancing on the bed. The animator's _actually_ sculpted the clay to look like smear frames in hand-drawn animation, to simulate motion blur. I've never seen this method applied in this way in stop-motion animation, It's really quite impressive!

@AgsmaJustAgsma

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed that the very first time I saw this music video. It's a really simple technique to pull off with plasticine, but it's extremely effective.

@5150Reaper

5 жыл бұрын

Truthseeker1995 clay figurines where poppin in the 80’s & early 90’s.

@AGhostintheHouse

5 жыл бұрын

I know Aardman Studios did the animation for Sledgehammer, I bet they animated this video too.

@AgsmaJustAgsma

5 жыл бұрын

@@AGhostintheHouse Aardman didn't produce this music video. It's from the same director, however.

@IdiotsAuthority

4 жыл бұрын

A Ghost in the House! I can stand to be corrected but I’m nearly certain that the superb Bruce Bickford was the animator on this. He did some great stuff with Frank Zappa in the 1970s too.

That stop-motion sequence from 0:21 to 0:54 is absolute genius

@dbsti3006

Жыл бұрын

So much larger than life. Lol.

@dalelerette206

Жыл бұрын

0:36 there something magical happening in the sound at this moment.

@thiagoferreiraruiz8897

Жыл бұрын

Stop motion 0:46 to 0:50 3D Graphic in 4D

@thiagoferreiraruiz8897

Жыл бұрын

​@@dalelerette206 4D Graphic is 1:19 to 1:24

@fredericriberdy

10 ай бұрын

It remind me the fragols rock

Here I am at 49, rediscovering the music of my childhood. I loved this man’s music and his talent before I was a teen. Now I have some life experience and listening to his music and singing his lyrics has become a mantra for me. I believe I have an understanding on his perspective on life, through his music, his lyrics and through reading about his life. I honestly believe he was trying to empower my generation. I feel empowered just listening to his music as an adult. Peter Gabriel - wildly talented artist, profound lyricist, humanitarian ❤

@MrLeovaras75

6 ай бұрын

I'm 48 myself, and remember this song like it was yesterday, but even then, I understood the meaning behind the words: Peter Gabriel was criticizing American society for being too materialistic.

@crankfotton

5 ай бұрын

We totally care

@blockstacker5614

4 ай бұрын

Thanks to my parents I grew up with a lot of this too

Whats creepy about peter Gabriel videos is that all these uncanny props actually exist or existed in the real world, not computer generated. THEY CAN TOUCH YOU.

@purpleraindrip1674

Жыл бұрын

That’s what’s so awesome about traditional animation. All of this had to be engineered and planned and it’s a little bit mind boggling trying to figure out how they did all these different twchniques

Over the years, I've grown to like this song more than "Sledgehammer"

@blomegoog

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gX6LrKdpqJq6ZLQ.html

@resplndnt

4 жыл бұрын

Sledgehammer doesn’t have that sweet bass line

@josephdolman

4 жыл бұрын

For me my favourite would be steam.

@shutterbug_713

4 жыл бұрын

Mine too, @@josephdolman! I love Steam!

@shutterbug_713

4 жыл бұрын

I like "Big Time" LOUD! Hence I have a Marshall amp to make it loud!

"Inside Job" opening credits. Badass song for a badass intro for a badass documentary

The quintessential 80's sound absolutely love it. Growing up in the 80's was awesome!

One of the favorite songs of my childhood I quite literally say "HI THERE" just about every day because of this beautiful song.

@shutterbug_713

7 ай бұрын

I like this song loud!

@user-vd5ko8tg8j

5 ай бұрын

Мне 59..Когда увидел в первый раз это видио-шок..И только сейчас задумался,как он прав в своём виденье мира и смысла жизни,простите за высокопарность..Обнимаю,тебя,дружище!!

@bernardboka4277

4 ай бұрын

Me too, as a physician. It feels right in the spirit of the times

@benhamilton1156

3 ай бұрын

Everytime I hear this song or see the vid, beginning n end, it still gives me chills even as a kid, n not in a good way. These days it doesn't bother me much, but the HI THERE still gives me heavy chills.

Peter Gabriel went to the director of this video and was like "i want it to look like it was made by that guy in your art class who doesn't know when to stop."

@aaronbarlow4376

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic considering it's 'stop motion'

@crinna

5 жыл бұрын

Best comment here

@kuliimjulischreiben

5 жыл бұрын

“Who doesn’t know when to stop” LOL I lost it 😂😂

@mikey_suzefour

5 жыл бұрын

Good point @lucario719.

@mrkremko1

5 жыл бұрын

Some the clay work looks like Bruce Bickford, who’s work is featured in “Baby Snakes”

One of the most brilliant satires on success/materialism and the American dream. Anyone who takes the lyrics seriously is clearly not aware of Gabriel's genius

@kurtboyer299

6 жыл бұрын

Was scrolling through to see if anyone has said this. Peter uses some sound-alike words with incredibly dark effect. Like "heaven" sounds like "hell" the second time he sings it. Or "So much stuff, I will own" is sung to sound like "So much stuff, all alone." Pretty creepy shit.

@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113

6 жыл бұрын

"A Snow White Pillow, etc." kind of gives it, away. Who am i kidding....it gives it away, Big Time. Sorry

@Gildedbutterfly1976

6 жыл бұрын

The American dream died after the 80s. 😂

@EveryDooDarnDiddlyDay

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the Bushes and the Clintons

@grandmagobet9829

5 жыл бұрын

james kovacic: anyone who uses the satanic symbol for their picture should not and cannot be taken seriously....

“The place where I come from is a small town, They think so small, they use small words, But not me! I’m smarter than that! I’ve worked it out, I’ll be stretching my mouth to let those big words come right out…” Love this song so much, especially the lyrics. I remember when this album came out, the videos for this and “Sledgehammer “ got so much airtime. Even at the age of 7, I could relate so much to the words of this song, and it’ll always be one of my favorites of the era.

@shenacameron

4 ай бұрын

TotLly cool especially when UT broke

Can we talk about the majesty of how well done these videos were without AI? 🤖 Great jam and video. 🙌🏻

Love how this song is actually deadly sarcastic and mocking without being totally obvious. Of course until you hear that it's really about Phil Collins and the direction he wanted to take Genesis.

@eddievhfan1984

10 жыл бұрын

I beg to differ. The band split wasn't as acrimonious (at least in the long term) as is commonly believed. At least Phil and Peter stayed good enough mates that Phil was willing to drum on PGIII (The Melt Album) pretty much for free when Peter didn't have a lot of funds at the time. R&B and World-influenced pop is just as much a far cry from '70s prog as the way Genesis went.

@rayjr62

10 жыл бұрын

Kyle Tekaucic I was under the impression that "Big Time" was a music "nod" to the soul and R & B artists Peter grew up listening to as a kid.

@eddievhfan1984

10 жыл бұрын

Well, so is Sledgehammer. LOL The song itself (or rather, its lyrics) is more of a satire on the yuppie culture of the 80s, with making money and making it big supreme above all.

@whyteyj

9 жыл бұрын

i liked the way they went....still love this track......noticed the illuminati sign in the vid

@coolcat6303

9 жыл бұрын

Man, you old school Genesis boys never give up do you? I highly doubt that this is a slam against Collins. I know you guys like to fantasize that Phil Chased Peter out of the band but that's simply not the truth. Gabriel left becuz he wanted to & he & Collins never disliked each other either. As a matter of fact, they are actually friends & have played/sang on each others albums a few times over the yrs. And even if this song is about shallowness & cocky celebs getting a big head once they become superstars, it still would never apply to Phil becuz he is widely regarded as one of the nicest & most down to earth celebrities out there.

I want to live in a Peter Gabriel video.......back then the music was as awesome as the video..... full of a imagination and ingenuity....

From 0:56 to 1:42. The lyrics. I feel that. I grew up in a small town outside of a small city (Baton Rouge). It was mundane to me, so I joined the military and got exposed to Chicago, Dubai, Manilla, Singapore, now reside in San Diego ever since. It opened me up to so many things. Expanded the vocabulary and experience above the small town lack of knowledge. However, it's important to remember your roots and never sneer down at where you came from nor your folks. They still look at you as a loved one no matter how much better you think you are.

@pamelqtaylor8335

2 ай бұрын

Hey there Louisiana fam. Daughter of Louisiana girl and first time my Yankee butt went to her hometown ( that was a block long; Main Street) I was shocked! 😂never forgot I feel you on the want to get out!

@dbsti3006

2 ай бұрын

@@pamelqtaylor8335 I want to go back though. Stuck in California. What part of Louisiana?

@pamelqtaylor8335

2 ай бұрын

@@dbsti3006 bastrop

2024 Still a great song!

Headphone song for sure. Almost 40 years later and this still blows away most mixes today.

@CriticalTechReviews

3 жыл бұрын

that guy who popularized loudness mastering should be in prison. I can't find his name now but he was engineering a lot of stuff in the mid 90s.

@wolfiethedog76

2 жыл бұрын

@@CriticalTechReviews Phil Spector....he is now dead....he was a weirdo and a half.

@princeofcupspoc9073

2 жыл бұрын

Headphones for people who have no idea what bass is. YEAH!

@mrsuns10

2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfiethedog76 he also killer someone

@tiborvisi7438

Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how it is having a great high-end stereo system with roughly 1200 Watts lol Headphones are very limited.

This was the intro song of The Inside Job. The best documentary ever.

@AntonioSoltysik

9 жыл бұрын

i have just watched it! definitely the very best documentary,but still some americans wouldn't belive it

@bigashtv5970

9 жыл бұрын

Yaragar Those people are still in charge of our country! It's just bad.

@Plazmax88

9 жыл бұрын

Ironically, this shows that the 80s was the best (music) and worst (economy (in the documentary)) decade!

@bigashtv5970

9 жыл бұрын

Plazmax88 Although The Inside Job focuses more on the US economy within the 2005-2009 period.

@Plazmax88

9 жыл бұрын

Dave Carter Yeah, I guess, but the 80s was when Reagan (USA) and Thatcher(UK) came to power and caused many short term profit driven changes

The Bass 🔥🔥🔥🔥

My ego’s getting bigger……… J/K I love Peter Gabriel and his work.

One of the best videos of the 80s.

@ALOISC1

10 жыл бұрын

One of the best of all time !

More talent in this 4 min video than the last decade of pop music. #80's💪

@HelloKittyFanMan.

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, knock it off; you're just old so you're used to it. How do ya figure?

@rickywright3894

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@HelloKittyFanMan.

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickywright3894: Not. You and Blues are just stuck in your old generation's decade because you're used to it. There's plenty of great music from this decade.

@HelloKittyFanMan.

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickywright3894: Just because some media came from your childhood and so you're used to it doesn't mean everything newer than that is trash. And merely discussing generations isn't proof that what you just said is true. Someone once told me at an OMD video to name _one_ band whose music is as good as OMDs, and here's what I told him: "Um... Coldplay. I'll name ya more than one. Um... Foster the People, Train, Charlie Puth, the Twentyone Pilots, "Bruno Mars," Daft Punk, Imagine Dragons, the Neon Trees, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber -- just KIDDING -- John Mayer, OneRepublic, P!nk, the Maroon 5, etc. I'm pretty sure other people can name several besides these too." Now obviously this is objective, but you evaluate these bands, and maybe some others from the last decade or so's worth of music, and tell me why you believe every single song from all these bands is "trash."

@HelloKittyFanMan.

5 жыл бұрын

@@rickywright3894: Wrong, that's not my goal. I don't come to these discussions just to troll people. But you and several others just try to say that some things are "trash" without backing yourselves up, because all you do is suffer from the "only my generation's stuff is good" syndrome. Give me one example from... oh, say... Cold Play, then, and specify why it's "trash," besides just some dumb reason like you grew up with these guys and not Cold Play.

What a brilliant artist ..just wow

1986: Cool song to hear. 2024 to 2030: This is still a good song for me.

i will pray to a BIG GOD when i kneel in the BIG CHURCH!!!!!

@Kiristovai

6 жыл бұрын

Woosh.

@js1459

6 жыл бұрын

God Church

Wrestlemania 22 was so fucking epic!!

@cadeguydon6043

8 жыл бұрын

+The Terminator heeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy

@sebastiancastellanos9527

8 жыл бұрын

Cade Looooooool xDDDDDDD how are you bro :3

@KingFireball7

8 жыл бұрын

Haha yes! My mate and I were pretty much dancing to this every time it was played during that event :P good times!

@sebastiancastellanos9527

8 жыл бұрын

Matt Leach Wrestling Not Just used to be cool back in these days!..It used to be badass ;)

@Hggyj-bu7bq

8 жыл бұрын

my first WrestleMania it was a fucking Big Time!

I remember as a teenager buying this cassette for 7.99 at Target. I was blown away and still love it now that I'm 51 years old!!!!!! 😊😊😊👍👍👍👍

Legend has it that this is DJT's daily affirmation each morning.

Back when music was not only original but the video clips were an art form.

@HelloKittyFanMan.

5 жыл бұрын

Um... a lot of music back then was covers and a lot of music today is original too. The videos from today are also an art form.

@AlexJones-rp3ld

3 жыл бұрын

@@HelloKittyFanMan. name some

@mirmir0003

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexJones-rp3ld mitski

@mirmir0003

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlexJones-rp3ld marina and the diamonds (her ancient dreams in a modern land has similliar. energy i guess? to this a little), jack seubert , a lot more that i can't list off the top of my head but yeah :0 you can find some artists that get creative if you dig a little

What can I possibly say? Peter Gabriel was a musical genius.

@simongoosen9525

9 ай бұрын

is

@polyscroll

6 ай бұрын

@@simongoosen9525 Yes, is. Thanks for the correction.

big, big time. . .oh yes

This is just a masterpiece!

When he points directly at the audience and says "look at my circumstance", what is he getting at? The claymation is craaaaaaaaaazzzeeee in this video.

@taylorjudge4506

8 жыл бұрын

it means big time isn't so big stay humble don't crash and burn

@katsuragi2373

7 жыл бұрын

I think the type of claymation used in this video is called "strata-Cut"

@indie3135

7 жыл бұрын

Madam Smellypits I know it's SO good!!

@sheerbeauty

7 жыл бұрын

I think it means the narrator came from very humble circumstances, so he feels justified in boasting of his success.

@emeraldkat2167

7 жыл бұрын

You just showed once again why Peter Gabriel is one of the only people I think I'd love to personally know. He's kinda nuts and yet oh so sane...

Still sounds as fresh as the day it was released.

@jaysonklein6018

Жыл бұрын

even now, still sounds fresh from the recording studio. Good media has a LONG shelf life!

1 of the songs i would listen to going to work

Классные песни у Питера Габриэля

extremely talented and shamefully overlooked in the "musical genius" category. should be held in higher regard.

Who needs drugs when you have Peter Gabriel music videos?

@gearandalthefirst7027

7 жыл бұрын

*gives all the likes to this comment*

@ToolahTheGreat

7 жыл бұрын

👍

@malcolmbrannen

7 жыл бұрын

Ms. Shaskin why are you askin'???

@pamillar7521

7 жыл бұрын

right on Ms R.

@stuartjambo8541

7 жыл бұрын

ill take both thanks

1:44 I LOVE that chord change

One of my all time favorite songs EVER

Wonder how many people realize just how hard it was to make this video? Stop motion clay motion. Computers we would laugh at today combining it all.... I’m just glad this cool song and video are immortalized on KZread. 😎

So is his best combination of his vintage prog rock roots with Peter's eccentric art rock with catchy pop hooks and brilliant songwriting

was mesmerized by peter gabriels videos and music as a kid in the 80s, rewatching them now as an adult i can understand the subliminals and whats being said. wild.

@MaryShmee

2 ай бұрын

Yep… I was 18 when this came out and loved it. It’s hard for me to watch now

Peter Gabriel é o rei dos clipes musicais.

when this album dropped and this song and sledgehammer dropped Peter Gabriel was arguably the biggest thing in pop. this song and the album it is on is one of the best in pop history

@sdovas

5 жыл бұрын

He wanted another video with the visual impact of "Sledgehammer " but didn't want to have to sit bolted in place and moved like a puppet this time around.

Peter Gabriel is brilliant. Way ahead of his time. He is one bad mo'fo.