Another great show Pete. I am a huge fan of Peter Gabriel. I was so lucky to see him live at Kent State with my future wife back in the late 70's after his second solo release.

Games Without Frontiers is Kate Bush singing in french "jeux sans frontières"

@RoachDoggggJR

3 жыл бұрын

To this day I thought she was saying "She's so far below" lol

@clinteastwood6875

3 жыл бұрын

People also used to think she was saying “She’s so popular”

@BrainiacFingers

3 жыл бұрын

"Jeux sans frontieres"was also the slogan for the international version of the 70s game show 'It's A Knockout". " Kissing baboons in the jungle. It's a Knockout".

@popculture70

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrainiacFingers Here come the Belgians!

@DavidLazarus

3 жыл бұрын

It must be double tracked because I swear that I hear Peter singing the French part too. Then again, I listen to the Sixteen Golden Greats version which I believe is a remix. I have "Melt", but haven't dusted it off for a while.

Pete when you said "what is the woman saying" she is saying "jeux sans frontières" (games without frontiers in French) BTW that woman Is Kate Bush who also did the duet you mentioned earlier. Don't Give Up.

@batuksri

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t give up. French or looking for hearing aid?

@maxthepupp

3 жыл бұрын

Kate Bush...good God, I saw her on SNL and immediately went out the next morning and bought her 2albums. Lion heart was already out to the best of my memory..wotta dish!

@SpotWorksLNC

3 жыл бұрын

I did not know that!

@zachary1966

3 жыл бұрын

...And to add; she's is a most talented pop/art pop artist in the whole world. She would definetly deserved more attention in this channel.

@MartyMurray

3 жыл бұрын

Same idea as what Beck did on "I'm A Loser," saying the title in Spanish, "Soy Un Perdador."

In summer '86 Peter and Genesis switched U.S. #1 position in the pop singles charts, what a moment for prog rock :)

My top 7 PG albums: 1. Up - Every track rewards on repeated listens, his most mature lyrics. Also the longest tracks of any of his solo albums. My 10 faves: Darkness (rocks), Growing Up (a real grower), Sky Blue (exquisite with choir), Don't Leave (great mood journey song), I Grieve (Levin bass), The Drop (short and stark), The Barry Williams Show (phenomenal parody, biting lyrics), My Head Sounds Like That (a marvelous mind journey song), More Than This (could have been a single), Signal To Noise (the tour de force on this amazing record) 2. II - Robert Fripp did a great job in production and songwriting contributions. Maybe his quirkiest album. My 7 faves: On The Air (great sonics), DIY (punk Gabriel), Mother Of Violence (great ballad), A Wonderful Day In A One Way World (quirk city), White Shadow (best song on the album, horns!), Indigo (nice downbeat song), Flotsam And Jetsam (a brilliant two minutes) 3. So - PG strikes multi-platinum! My 5 faves: Red Rain (his strongest opening track), Sledgehammer (legendary sexual metaphors), Don't Give Up (Kate Bush!), In Your Eyes (his commercial zenith), Big Time (fun!) 4. III - His most consistent album. Maintains the vibe all the way through. My 4 faves: Intruder (sinister), No Self Control (ominous), I Don't Remember (psychotic), Games Without Frontiers (multi-lingual fun) 5. IV - A tale of two sides. First side almost all high, second side drags after Monkey. My 4 faves: The Rhythm Of The Heat (drums!), San Jacinto (his most majestic song), I Have The Touch (catchy), Shock The Monkey (his pop breakthrough) 6. I - Could have been a Genesis album, but lacks the textures of his subsequent releases. My 3 faves: Solsbury Hill (great allegory), Humdrum (prog!), Here Comes The Flood (epic!) 7. Us - His dreariest album, and the highlights repeat past accomplishments. My 3 faves: Steam (Sledgehammer pt.2), Digging In The Dirt (by far the best song on the album), Kiss That Frog (Sledgehammer pt.3)

@Kinnakeeter

3 жыл бұрын

Digging In The Dirt is genius

@joshdeppe1274

4 ай бұрын

Listen to Us with headphones and man you will float to Come Talk To Me and Blood of Eden it takes you to another place (No drugs either lol)

@joshdeppe1274

4 ай бұрын

Ooo and Washing Of The Water amazing track

PG4 - Security for me ! Saw him live on that tour, Gabriel is one of the most charismatic/magnetic performer I ever saw live, up there with Rob Halford and Morrissey

@kenwhite8103

3 жыл бұрын

Normand, I totally agree with you about the Security tour. I saw that show here in Cleveland Ohio and I can honestly say that it ranks in my top five all time and I have seen hundreds of shows in my lifetime.

@tepidtooth8539

3 жыл бұрын

Man you got to see him do the stage fall, that must’ve been awesome

@nickavenoso7851

2 жыл бұрын

I love that album. The tour was great as well. I think my favorite is the Melt album. Just some incredible songs. Intruder, I Don’t Remember, Biko, etc.

@LarsBjerregaard

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenwhite8103 Yeah, it's the tour captured on the Plays Live album, incredible stuff. Saw the tour as well and it's in my top 3 concert experiences for sure.

I might've included his soundtrack albums, "Birdy" and especially "Passion" (from the last temptation of Christ). He is an amazing artist. Good recap, Pete.

@fogzax

3 жыл бұрын

OVO too is interesting although more of a collab I guess - Birdy is up there with my favourite PG albums

@gwts1171

3 жыл бұрын

Both really good, especially "Passion", in my opinion.

@franckgrandis4354

3 жыл бұрын

@@fogzax Ovo is a really good album. (Awesome album). Heard more of 3000 times since 2000 !!

Hi Pete, in the UK in the 70's we had a TV program called 'It's A Knock Out'. Basically human crazy golf with competitors in costumes and stuff doing obstacle courses. I guy called Stuart Hall used to commentate and spent most of it laughing his nuts off. The teams that won the UK heats went to play in 'European Finals' with other countries and the program was called "jeux sans frontières". You can check both out, plenty of clips on this channel. Believe that's where it came from 'Games without frontiers war without tears'..

I am a huge P G fan and have ranked my albums the following, 1 Melt, 2 So, 3 Security,, 4 Car, 5 Scratch, 6 Us, 7 Up. Such a great body of work from an outstanding talent, nice ranking Pete.

Thank you for this. Always wanted to know about Gabriel’s material in such a complete all encompassing definitive way.

Great show Pete. I've followed PG since 1970. So much brilliant work throughout the years. Your ranking is spot-on. Many thanks.

Melt is such a great album.

I was literally going to ask for this today. 🤙👏

So - what a remarkable album. One of my favorite vinyls.

Brilliant video thank you for sharing. Can’t argue with your ranking as you could put his albums in any order and it would be right as they are all outstanding.

The melt album will always be my fav , takes me back to 1980 living in a basement flat in Islington , london..my flat mates and me played that album to death and we even had the album poster up in the bathroom lol

Yeah!! I've been waiting for this one for ages! Here's my ranking 7- Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch) 6- Up 5- So 4- Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) 3- Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) 2- Us 1- Peter Gabriel 4 (Security) I absolutely love the top 5, really splitting hairs to separate them (except number 1)

@matthewrush-kw4cg

3 жыл бұрын

Great list!

Luv thee US record , saw that tour , still one of my top 10 concerts....just Great!

You rank them exactly how I do for the same reasons. Great video, sir. Appreciate your channel

Thanks. It Makes again a lot of fun. Greetings from Germany

Thank you Pete- I knew you would get to the highly talented Peter Gabriel eventually, I love them all but especially melt scratch and car!

The Melt album was such a landmark in so many ways....he was dropped from Atlantic because of this record.( they thought he had lost his mind)..it's his one and only on Mercury...Notice their are no cymbals on this record( no hi-hat...no crash...no ride...nada)...but most of all it was the birth of gated reverb on the drums(discovered by accident) that became the drum sound of the 80's...look up the history of gated reverb on youtube to get the full story....

Melt is my favorite but there all excellent a true masterful tunesmith and epic live performer. Keep these ranking episodes coming can’t get enough.

US is my favourite. Don't know why I love it so much but I think it's the topics and sound. It also gives me that warm feeling that only your favourite albums do.

Gotta go with "Melt" as my #1. WMMR in Philly was playing almost every track from this album and my 16 yr old self loved it. His first 4 albums have aged very well.

@barrypeirson3710

Жыл бұрын

Go Birds 🦅!

Great ranking Pete, I love PG solo discography also, especially the first records before So.

Thanks Sir, i discovered "Melt" after watching this video. I'm really really into it, Love It!❤️

My favorite PG solo album - the Melt album and then Security.

@celestepalm6949

3 жыл бұрын

I keep going back & forth b/w those 2 as my favorites. I just can't choose b/w them.

I’m so sad that we ALL get old. I wish we could keep PG young forever. What would we hear?!

Passion and So are very close number ones for me.

@ImprobableTodd

3 жыл бұрын

Security was groundbreaking and ominous in all the best ways.

Oh let’s go!! I was just looking for this video last night!!

I'm surprised you skipped over Passion for your listing. Peter & Rosanna Arquette were living in Big Sur and would occasionally come into the record store where I worked in Carmel. I asked him if he would sign the Passion album for me and he obliged. He held it in both hands, staring at it for a prolonged period, then looked up and apologized. He said it was the first time he had seen the finished artwork! It was always a thrill when they came in. He asked me for many, many recommendations and Rosanna turned me on the Indigo Girls.

Hey Pete, thanks for this one. I have always been a huge Gabriel fan and really enjoyed seeing your ranking. One other little historical note; when the "Melt" album was presented to his US label at the time, Atlantic Records, they thought that he had lost his mind or on heavy drugs and dropped him from label. It was originally released on Mercury Records and on later Geffen, which became his next "home".

Peter Gabriel could sing "Do You Know The Muffin Man?" and make it delightfully dangerous.

@DavidLazarus

3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe even Frank Zappa's Muffin Man. 😃

@DonHornsby

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! I can just imagine that!

Saw Peter live on the PG 3 tour . Very edgy. A sense of danger which was very exciting.. This atmosphere around his persona receded over time , but still a great artist , writer and vocalist

“Jeux sans frontières” Kate is singing “Games Without Frontiers” in French.

Great albums!

Oh MAN!!!! This was a tough one!!! I LOVE Melt, but I also love the dense production and soundscapes of US. 1. Security 2. So 3. Us 4. Melt 5. Scratch 6. Car 7. Up

Peter Gabriel first live album. Spectacular!!!!!

I believe it's Kate Bush on Games without frontiers who sings jeux sans frontieres,which is French for....Games without frontiers.

@drithligh

3 жыл бұрын

All of this is correct.

I'm glad you did this because I never got heavily into his solo stuff except the first Peter Gabriel and I want to. Your taste is very close to mine in rock so it will be a good kinda directory for me! 😁👍

Always admire Peter Gabriel's solo work as I love most of his stuff and Us is my main favourite album with his discography. An underrated album that's a classic and a favourite of all time

Enjoyed the video... I'm a big Peter Gabriel fan! I really need to give you some advice, though... You NEED to get the 2002 remasters of the early albums! They sound SO much better! Seriously... very much worth the investment.

He's grown on me threw the years. And threw the wire is my favorite song 🎵

Nice video I have heard about half of his albums. My favorite I heard is So. Great album with no filler. I will dig more into his catalog.

I agree with you Pete, my favourite is the third self-titled as well. There are no bad ones.

Passion - ethno-avantgarde musical masterpiece and most extreme spiritual journey. #1 for me. Cheers.

Great list Pete... "She's so funky yeah!!"

My sister and I used to call Sledgehammer the Dancing Chicken song, solely because of the music video. Absolute gem of a song and it's one of my all time favourites.

Leaving Genesis was a smart move, his solo catalog is glorious.

@clinteastwood6875

3 жыл бұрын

Not as good as Trespass up to the Lamb though for me…I say that as a huge Peter fan

@dawnthechaldean5377

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am so glad he left Genesis and gave us so much great music to love as a solo artist. Like a bird spreading his wings and taking flight.

@evankeal

3 жыл бұрын

Kids, what you gonna do?

@nectarinedreams7208

2 жыл бұрын

His Genesis is arguably more gorgeous, but that may be splitting hairs. Either way, I'm glad we have both.

Good show, Pete! It IS weird that you never did Peter Gabriel solo before since you are such a huge Genesis fan. I remember you did something on his best LIVE album which is divine that was a good show...maybe live album recommendations. You have so much going on with the channel, though. Congrats on the 20 MILLION views, too! We all know you put a lot of hours into this and deserve it. :-) Anyway....I would pick a tie for So and Us at number one. Depends on my mood. Then the first four in this order - 3,4,1,2. And the latest ones I would rank last. I honestly haven't listened to them as much as the other ones and should be ashamed of myself. Thanks again for this show!

Agree with the 1st place. Its a masterpiece album. One of the albums of my life.

The line 'jeux sans frontières' (trans: games without frontiers) is a reference to a Europe-wide game show that used to air on TV. A bit like the Eurovision song contest, but with countries competing in silly games instead of performing songs. The UK-only version of the programme was called 'It's a knockout' and Pete makes a direct reference to that in the song's lyrics.

Peter Gabriel had an excellent solo career after Genesis. It's hard to choose a favorite Peter Gabriel solo album but my favorites would be Melt, Security, So, Passion and Us.

Love the Gabriel debut and play it often. Saw him at the Tower in Philly on that tour. Fripp on guitar.. great band/show. Television opened.

Great choice of artist Pete. Great review

agree with your list - love the live album he did

My introduction to Peter's solo albums was "Security" and that remains my favourite album - the drums at the end of "The Rhythm of the Heat" are amazing - BUT they're all great albums as are "Passion" and "Birdy"

1. Security 2. Melt 3. So 4. Car 5. Scratch 6. Us 7. Up Passion would be #2 if soundtracks counted

7. So 6. Up 5. Us 4. "Security" 3. "Car" 2. "Scratch" 1. "Melt"

The 3rd Gabriel album (Melt) is so solid and perfect it holds up with the best Gabriel/Genesis era records. Masterpiece!

"Security' all day every day.

Same here with Games Without Frontiers. I was 16 and mesmerized by that song. And the video added to the mystery not knowing who Peter Gabriel was at the time.

@celestepalm6949

3 жыл бұрын

It was funny how PG made a new video of 'GWF' later. Guess he was kinda embarrassed by the unintentional ped-oh vibes of the original. It's a great biting, sarcastic video.

Passion is my number one, and OVO with the legendary Paul Buchanan also on vocals is non too shabby.

I love US so much. Ever since its release, has always been a top 10 album for me.

plus i saw this tour at the la forum and when he surfed the crowd during lay your hands on me i got to pass him we had pretty good floor seats

God bless, Pete!! Great choice. This is really after my own heart. ;) 1) SECURITY!!! Runner UP ....can one guess? ;)

The definitive versions of Secret World, Kiss That Frog, and Come Talk To Me are on the Secret World Live album.

I might swap out the first album and "Security" on the list, but it's a close call, mainly due to "Solsbury Hill", a song I personally connect with on so many levels. But there are so many great cuts on "Security" that I'm inclined to bump this up a bit. Agree with the other rankings, and particularly with "Melt" as Number One. But one of my favorite Gabriel songs is "The Tower That Ate People" which I first heard on his "Hit/Miss" recording (which also had "Burn You Up. Burn You Down" - another great song). Thanks for a fun video!

@LarsBjerregaard

2 жыл бұрын

"The Tower that Ate People" is a phenomenal and totally overlooked piece of his! I first heard it as the end song of the movie "Red Planet" and I thought...... waitaminute... and sure enough. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmuHxruvfsLFptY.html

I too have melt at #1. I love the early stuff

One of the most consistent discography. He´s been working on a new one since 1995, he said it would be released in 2004... He´s 71, I´m optimistic and say he´ll have it released before he´s 80. No pressure.. Very hard catalogue to rank. I think the top 5 are perfect all the way through, the bottom two mostly. 1. SO 2. III 3. IV 4.UP 5.Us 6.II 7. I

When I started to listen to PG solo career it was just after my love story with early Genesis and I was blown away by " Car" , that was not far away from the progressiveness I was still hoping he would retain. And I wasn t disappointed! from start to finish it s masterpiece , u got some rockers ( modern love) some blues ( waiting for a big one) some folk( solsbury ) , some prog ( moribumd, down the dolce vita) , and a bombastic rock epic ( here comes the flood). Fantastic. However as years passed and I dug a bit deeper in his catalogue I was more and more in love with all of his albums including side projects and live shows., and I must say that for me the Scratch album which is the most overlooked underapriciated and underrated PG album is my all time favourite ( with Us close second)...It is a strange album in his apparent simplicity , and direct approach, but when u pay attention to it closely it has several layers and each listening brings something new to the ears.It s like Fripp meets Randy Newmam meets Billy Joel , meets punk and mature pop. Very very consistent album with cool bittersweetnes to it.Melt is the one I had the most difficult time with after being enamoured with the two firsts.The no cymbals robotic drumming, and the cold wavish sound was a bit harsh to get used to. A bit depressing. To this day it s the PG album I have a love hate rekation with , and easily my least favourite. And by the way Pete, I swear today the song Wonderful day in a one way world popped in my head all day and I was wondering if you would deliver your appreciation of PG albumsany time soon..and here u are ! Unbelievable synchronicity! Great Vlog , as usual ! Keep up the good work! Cheers

My favourite PG album is the third one - the one that has Games Without Frontiers, Intruder, I Don't Remember, Lead a Normal Life and other songs. I even listened to the German version.

I’ve only heard the first 4 but I love them! Gonna have to check out the rest soon. 1. Melt 2. Car 3. Security 4. Scratch

I knew of Gabriel because of MTV but didnt start listening to more than what was on the radio until Us. I was a Genesis fan but didnt know he was ever in the band. So in the 90's i was growing up listening to both, discovering their 80's stuff, but i never went back into the 1970's for some reason, so i had no clue they were connected....i feel pretty dumb these days, since i watch Sea of Tranquility regularly. Anyway, i only know the last 4 albums but love them all. 1. Us 2. So. 3. Up 4. Security

I only know the hits...off to buy the albums now👍😁👍

Intruder is a noire masterpiece, Dire Straits’ Private Investigations is up there too.

Love all his stuff but for me the one I heard first (also from a college roommate) was us, and it still ranks as number one for me. Cool chill album with awesome bass and lyrics.

it was 'jeux sans frontières', french for games without frontiers

Self title 1980 album is great!

This Is how I would Rank them: 1) So 2) Us 3) Melt 4) Security 5) Car 6) Up 7) Scratch

@stevefleming8742

3 жыл бұрын

Swap 4 with 5 and that's my list.

@ilj1259

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevefleming8742 Yeah... all his albums are great but I kind of rank them by how many times I have listened to them.

A bit off topic but shout out for all of the great live Gabriel records: Back To Front Live In Vienna, Growing Up Live, Plays Live, Rare (Live), The Warm Up Tour - Summer 2007: 02.07.07 Brescia, Italy. It's really tough to say "I'm glad Gabriel left Genesis because the solo albums are so good". They are (mostly) but there's no telling where the band would've gone next, after all he left at age 25 & at his peak. Maybe Hackett would've stayed too or maybe not, or maybe Collins would've left to go solo & to become a lead singer (supposedly he never really seriously considered taking the mic full-time before Gabriel left - he had to be persuaded). Where the band had already taken the music by 1975 was amazing, especially considering their age. If that had continued then who knows what would've come next. I really like the Trick through Duke records too but it's just the "what if" of more Gabriel Genesis records, there was something really special about the early albums that they never really recaptured post-Gabriel

Up!

Jeux San Frontieres was a pan European crazy game show between different countries on tv at the time the song was released.

Hi Pete! i love these rankings. One question: being a fan of Deep Purple and Rainbow, have you ever thought in doing a ranking the solo albums by Glenn Hughes and/or Joe Lynn Turner? Thanks!

Great! Thank you! My ranking: 1. 4 2. 3 3. So 4. Us 5. 2 6. Up 7. 1

This was tough. I like all of these a lot, except for "Up". I originally had "Security" at #5, but it kept moving up the list. Needless to say, this could change at any time. Especially #3-5. 7) Up (the only thing more boring are his next two covers albums) 6) Us (I really like this and listened to it a lot when it came out) 5) Peter Gabriel 1/Car 4) Peter Gabriel 2/Scratch 3) Peter Gabriel 4/Security 2) So (I didn't expect this to be so high on my list, but... here we are) 1) Peter Gabriel 3/Melt (easy #1 for me. I could listen to "Intruder" and "Biko" on repeat for hours.) Thanks for the video, Pete!

Thanks for this review. My favourites are as follows: 1. Peter Gabriel (iv) Security 2. Up 3. Peter Gabriel (i) Car 4. So 5. Peter Gabriel (iii) Melt 6. Peter Gabriel (ii) Scratch 7. Us

"Passion " music from film is so trippy and strong .1989 .

also at the time Games Without Frontiers was a single here in the UK.. we used to have a programme on tv called It's a Knock Out ! ... which I wouldn't be surprised if Pete had in mind when writing the song 😎✌🏻

Melt is definitely my #1. It’s one of my favorite albums of all time. Every song is just incredible on it. I love most of Gabriel’s albums. Love your videos, Pete! This is my top 7: 1. Peter Gabriel III (Melt) 2. Peter Gabriel IV (Security) 3. Peter Gabriel 1 (The Car Album) 4. Us 5. So 6. Peter Gabriel II (Scratch) 7. Up

surprised and pleased you went with Peter's albums, I think he's very underrated my top is 1 Us 2 Up 3 PG1 4 PG4 5 So 6 PG3 7 PG2

Melt. The best Pete!!!

Seeing a lot of love for Security on here. Wallflower is my favourite PG song

I neglected to mention The Mahabharata soundtrack. However, that's actually performed by various artists on Peter's Real World label.

SO Is still my go to.

I think of all the Peter Gabriel SONGS, my absolute favorite is "Digging in the Dirt." I love both the official music video and the live version. Perhaps this song is the most "reflective" self-help song he ever did. I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out the imagery of the music video, and I think it's about how the tiny distractions that drove his father nuts (the fly) caused him to lash out at hit wife and family, creating the turmoil in his life that metastasized in his adulthood. Would love YOUR thoughts on this song! I think the rest of the album "Us" is hit or miss, but that one song is tops in my book.

Wow Pete I’m surprised that you have Up and don’t have Us!! I see it everywhere!! I know you live down in the Hudson Valley, do you know Darkside Records? I bet they’d have it!!

"Birdy" and "Passion",I would put those two on the top of the list.

I'm mostly a hard rock/metal fan but I have to say Peter Gabriel put on one of the best shows I've ever seen...I saw him in 1993 promoting the US album and even though the songs from US had different arrangements live than on their studio counterparts they sounded really awesome. My only disappointment was with the audience...most of the crowd sat in subdued silence until Solsbury Hill was played and of course everyone screamed and jumped around and had fun and then it was silence again until Sledgehammer was played and of course more silence from the crowd until In Your Eyes was played during the encore...I really hate when audiences only get into the show during the really popular songs. Actually saw that happen at an AC/DC show one year.

@celestepalm6949

3 жыл бұрын

You weren't at my US concert then. It was in L.A. & PG couldn't do his usual floating on the audience during 'Lay Your Hands on Me' because they would've torn him apart. Shame. Probably because the audience was filled with young former metalheads after the Hollywood hard rock crap started to die thanks in part to grunge.