That's Paula Cole. Sinead O’Connor dropped out and she got the call, packed a bag and arrived in time for one rehearsal before the tour started. She made her name on this tour and never looked back. Well deserved.

In Your Eyes, was the very last song at Woodstock 94. Peter Gabriel took the stage at around 3am Monday morning. We had been building on site for a month, I had maybe 2 hrs sleep since Friday morning. The rain Saturday afternoon, kept me in the Stage Left Tower of the Main ( North) Stage 105ft in the air, keeping the roof system together. When Gabriel was ready to go on I thought I could relax, at last, but one of the followspot operators on top of the mix tower had passed out, so I was asked to run a spot for the performance. When I started through the crowd and the mud, the Security Guard accompanying me asked the crowd to let me through, and 10,000+ people made a path for me and applauded until I had climbed to the top of the mix tower! I can hardly believe it has been 29 years.

Peter Gabriel is a truly great and very unique artists of our time.

I'm going to agree with some of the other commenters that this is one of my all-time favorite concerts. Although I've only seen it on video - I never saw it live. The entire concert is worth watching. And the woman is Paula Cole - she had several hits back in the 90s. She has a great voice. And Stop Making Sense by Talking Heads is another fantastic concert movie that's worth checking out.

PS the amazing French drummer Manu Katche does so many great fills on this

Verdy this was one of the most entertaining concerts I've ever attended. This was an encore song from this concert The woman is Paula Cole from my home state of Massachusetts and her solo work is just as impressive.

@spiderbass65

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Mass as well!. Love Paula. Peace from the South shore.

@paulobrien9572

Жыл бұрын

@@spiderbass65 I'm from Scituate

@spiderbass65

Жыл бұрын

Hanson. Grew up in Pembroke. First saw Gabriel in '82 at the Orpheum.

@paulobrien9572

Жыл бұрын

@@spiderbass65 Saw this concert when it came to the Centrum or whatever it's called now

@davegaria8529

Жыл бұрын

I worked in a PG concert in Madrid as a photographer, supposedly It was going to be a sit concert, in the third song we were surrounded by people next to the stage....and It was an orchestra concert XD

An incredible group of musicians with Peter. Papa Wemba, Paula Cole...incredible musicianship Pure joy!

Super beautiful reaction to an epic performance

Its good that Genesis did a testimonial for Peter. He was broke and they helped him out which lead to his career improving. Years ago I worked for him, he's a good guy, bit weird but good.

The emotion you have for the songs you do in your second (third, maybe fourth?) language is crazy good.

That concert is almost a religious experience... especially this song... the lovely lady is the wonderful Paula Cole. Peter Gabriel's ensemble team are people he's toured with for decades... magnificent!

One of my all-time favorite concert films, right behind The Last Waltz and Stop Making Sense. A spiritual experience.

My new favorite reaction channel! I was born in 1959 so I grew up with all this music. Love your channel. From the US.

Peter Gabriel - Shaking the tree, is another amazing song from this show.

The woman with that great voice is Paula Cole. And if she gave you goosebumps in that performance, wait till you hear her in "Don't Give Up" in duo with Peter. It's another performance from the "Secret World Live" tour. Check it out, I guaranty you will love it.

@grahamhowes6904

Жыл бұрын

100% that is an incredible experience

@michaelsmeltz2363

Жыл бұрын

The first time I saw video of this performance was when the entire concert was broadcast on PBS. I think it was a fundraising drive. But it’s as amazing now as it was that first time. I would also recommend the videos of the songs Steam, Shaking the Tree, and I think they did Biko in that concert as well. But treat yourself and just watch the entire performance straight through. The visuals make the music even more emotionally appealing.

Loved your comment, "...pure happiness..." Perfectly stated. It's joyous. I've watched this hundreds of times. Tears every time. OH, to feel such love for someone. I wish, I wish ...

This performance will always get me back in the right frame of mind and mood when life gets rough

@tylewis2775

Жыл бұрын

Amen❤

Lighters because cell phones were not a thing yet lol. Do yourself the privilege and watch and or buy this concert video. Its one of the best I have ever seen. I have it on Bluray and watched it many times.

That entire concert is binge-worthy. Simply amazing.

Love your reactions. So sweet and honest. No theatrics or exaggerations. Thank you.

LOVE when he throws it Jean-Claude who is wearing spandex shorts and a tailcoat! Go Jean-Claude! Fashion iconoclast of the evening! Off to his wedding on a bicycle right after this I expect :)

listening to this song (and the album) now dor almost 30 years. Never gets boring or „enough“. Especially this song has a mix of happiness and sadness in it, like a longing. Which gets stronger, the older this and i get.

A powerful worship song.

The guitarist is playing a Steinberger Transtrem guitar. Edward Van Halen used an early prototype of the Steinberger to record a few songs on Van Halen's 5150 album. He brought it on tour too.

Yes young lady a pre cell phone concert. Us old timers carried a Bic lighter, whether we smoked or nit, to show the band we were pleased back in the day.

Thank you for your open and real soul happiness.. your soul feeling.. keep up the good work and please... please believe in yourselff. you're perfect!. more engine. more fuel, more influence than you will ever know! love your soul feeling!! God bless you - goosebumbs till we die..

great performance great reaction! i love your frenchness. i might sub

The woman's name is Paula Cole and she had a few hits of her own back in this time period. Her biggest song is called "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" if you want to check it out. Her other big song is "I Don't Wanna Wait" which was the theme song to the hit TV show "Dawson's Creek". Glad you watched this, as Peter is one of the all-time great performers, both as a solo artist and as the lead singer of 1970's era Genesis

@garyarnett1220

Жыл бұрын

And story is, Paula was only in town for a couple of days, and that short time brought us this.

@TheSadpunk0

Жыл бұрын

@@garyarnett1220 Well, when this was filmed she had just joined the tour a few days earlier in replacement of Sinead O'Connor who left after a few months of shows, but Paula continued performing on this tour for another 10 months or so. When I saw this show in 1993 in the US, Sinead was the female vocalist, but Paula played the WOMAD festival and the European and world tour legs

@garyarnett1220

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSadpunk0 I thought I remembered she had just joined the tour, but didn't know she stayed on so long, Thank you

@carlosjavierregidoriglesia3847

Жыл бұрын

I saw Paula When they played in Madrid. Awesome concert.

@karenbrown2135

Жыл бұрын

I remember that song back in the day. I loved it. Once in a while I would hear it.

Peter Gabriel is as much of a performance artist as he is a singer, composer and entertainer. He piuts his emotion into all of his works. This is why it is so much more fun with a ive performance than one on a recording.

God I pray I meet the right girl some day and she loves this music, the passion and love, pure heart, all Peters songs and art. Best concert ever right there, I saw the tour after, taking my mom to see him in october.

The important thing is, that it brought you happiness. 😎

Thanks Verdy for reacting to the video I requested, your a star!! The girl singer is Paula Cole who is a artist in her own right, you should check her out. Anyway thanks again!

I subscribed because you remind me of my daughter with how adorable you are.

always feel better after a peter gabriel performance 😄

Enjoy, it's just sooooo good. The talent we had in Gabriel and Collins in Genesis able to carve great solo careers as well.

I enjoyed watching this song play in your eyes, Verdy. Bravo!

Verdy great job with your reaction to the live performance of In Your Eyes from Peter Gabriel.

🇨🇦 One of my all time favourites !

One of the best DVD of all time , great reaction !! Saludos desde Buenos Aires

There is not one thing that is NOT beautiful about this. I listen to this song and immediately feel rejuvenated.

BTW: this song was used effectively in a a 1989 movie called "Say Anything". A love story, but more that captured so much of young people's lives when in Love changed them. I'd suggest as a movie. You can hear how THIS song made a scene and movie so memorable. The album this originated on is a great album as well. OK, I'll watch the reaction !! TY

David Lee Roth was once asked what made the music of the 80s so special. He said, "Music in the 80s just smiled."

My favorite love song, I been around since 1962 so I have heard a lot of songs, this version is actually on my play list so I hear it often. Heard it when it came out, long before it was used in the movie 'Say Anything'.

One of my favorite songs ever!

I was able to see this concert three times, once in the seventh row. (Unbelibal Vibe) I have been to many shows of his spanning many years. He always (Always) ends his shows with Biko. I am talking about the ones I have seen, "twelve" including Woodstock. If anyone here has seen him end a concert-more like a show, with any other song well let me know, and with what song? I almost met him, but I did share a moment. I was let to the stage with a rose that I tossed to him at the end of -In Your Eyes- twirling to his foot, I was five feet from him as he looked at me and said thank you as I said love you Peter. Great shows! Great man! His work with Amnesty International is unbelievable. He put thousands of video cameras from his own account into people's hands to record australites throughout the world.

A favorite. Like a religious experience

I’ve seen this video many times, and I had goosebumps when you did

Hey Verdy, "In your eyes"..............loved your reaction! Keep up this great channel. Thank you!

pure happiness....pure joy.....magnificent!

God I wish I’d been there live. What a celebration.

Love this version....always on my playlist. So uplifting!!! Peter is a genius song writer and musician.

@KindCountsDeb3773

29 күн бұрын

I thought you wrote "magician". Wouldn't be wrong if you had ! 💓💓😊😊☮☮

The look in your eyes as you react to Peter Gabriel is a treasure.

African music is so beautiful, so unique. I don’t know who the woman and the African man are. Of course, we know Peter Gabriel. He has always been unique. Even when he was the lead singer for the band Genesis. He is a gem for sure.

The electric violin is not only double necked, but on each there are 5 strings, rather than the usual 4 on a typical violin. And the guitar is called - a 'headless guitar'. That particular one is by a company called Steinberger. The strings are fixed at the head end, just beyond the nut, and tuning adjustments are made by small screws down at the bridge end.

THE BEST LOVE SONG EVER

This is how you do a live performance. Of course it's Peter Gabriel. He's always been known for this. So sorry I never got to see him live.

@michaeldransfield8775

Ай бұрын

There may still be tours. I wouldn't be surprised. The master bassist who tours with Peter, Tony Levin, is off on another project, but maybe after that.

@malingor7042

25 күн бұрын

@@michaeldransfield8775 he's just done a UK tour..

@stonedoummaynardjame

22 сағат бұрын

Sadly everything is recorded, nobody is singing or playing live. Gabriel is quite fake.

Music can overwhelm us so quickly and bring us to tears of wonderment and joy.

it's nice to see the young generation, you,been touch, i just realize it's been 30 years that i have seen this show, live in Montreal ,Canada... I really enjoy this moment. thank you so much!

This version of his best song is about as close to a religious experience you can have.

You Really Should React To The Peter Gabriel "So" Album,, Excellent From Beginning To End..Truth!!

Another cool song from this concert was Shaking The Tree. Paula Cole was the perfect touch to compliment the band. She only had a few weeks notice before she joined them.

Verdy love your channel! Thank you for sharing your time with us. 💞

I went backpacking in the Sierra Nevada mountains listening to this song and album when it first came out ("So", 1986) on the trail on my portable cassette player with ear buds. I will never forget it.

I suggest watching this once a week. Good for the soul

Verdy……….if you never listen to another thing I say…..you must “watch and react” to every song on this live album! Every song is a masterpiece. Their stage show, musicianship, and presentation is all top notch. This tour will change you forever. 😍

The Audience is fully invested in this

And in 2 days time he starts his world tour! and I will see him next month in Manchester. Beyond excited if he sings this :) I cannot wait

You should listen to Peter Gabriel when he was in Genesis back in his earlier days 👌. He's also got " Games Without Frontier " - " Biko " - " Solsbury Hill " and many others .

“Pure happiness.” So true.

I'm not crying, honest. 😊😂 A lot of memories for me connected to this song. Such a beautiful live version. I'm really enjoying watching your journey experiencing all sorts of wonderful music.

Beautiful. It makes me cry too

I had the good fortune to see this in Saratoga Springs, NY as part of the WOMAD festival.

You’re right: this music and performance is 100% about JOY. And LOVE. There is nothing else of importance. This was a legendary moment, a once in a lifetime tour NEVER to be repeated - nor forgotten by those who saw it. Can you imagine being there?! ❤ It makes this admonition undeniable: “Life’s too short. Buy the damn concert tickets.” 😀 Did you know it was Nietzsche (Nietzsche!)😮 who wrote. “Without love, there is no art.”

Make the time to sit and watch the whole concert - it's a brilliant experience.

Magic - a world, like you would want to see it.

This is my all time favorite song. It came out when I was in high school and it meant so much to me then and it still resonates with me today. Love you got to it. Hope you love it to.

Great song from Peter Gabriel. Loved your reaction Verdy 🥰 You should do his song Solsbury Hill, also from Peter the song Biko👍🏽

The lady with the killer pipes is Paula Cole, who had a few big hits of her own. Most notably 'I Don't Wanna Wait.'

Peter had always intended this song to be a closer. The only reason it didn’t originally close out the “So” album was because it literally wouldn’t fit in the inside grooves of a vinyl album. When it was originally remastered for CD he changed the order so it could be the last song.

Saw PG, this song is always an event. Love your reactions and reviews

It addition to Paula Cole, there's a lot of other talent there. Manu Katche on drums is a monster. Tony Levin on bass is one of the best out there who has played with a lot of folks, such as King Crimson. The violinist is a very well known Indian classical musician, who has played on Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel albums, and who could probably still play this stuff if you cut off both his arms. But he's probably having a blast being on the road with these guys. Peter Gabriel of course was lead singer for Genesis in their classic period and was ubiquitous in the late 80s and early 90s as a solo artist. This whole show is available on DVD/blu-ray, and it's awesome. Check out Paula's song Mississippi, which is really good.

One of my all-time favorite songs. One of the most rhythmic songs ever. This live performance sort of throws me off because you get so accustom to hearing the main recorded version.. but yes. awesome song.

Masterpiece

As others have said, one of the best live performances ever. The whole concert is incredible and goes beyond concert into performance art. Thanks for the review!

Just so you know, Peter Gabriel will be in Montreal and Quebec in early September 2023

Hi Viouslyerdy, As someone earlier mentioned, the duet between Peter and Paula Cole on Don't Give Up in this same concert is enough to make you cry...it is a legendary duet with Paula having equal time singing. The original version of Don't Give Up was with Peter and Kate Bush which is also fabulous. I think you might really enjoy both versions as you have great taste in female vocalists.

One of those occasions when a live version turns an already great song into something transcendental. - Like the Paris version of 'In The Air Tonight', the Alchemy version of 'Sultans Of Swing'. Peter is doing a tour in the summer and I'm fulfilling a lifetime ambition by seeing him at the O2 in London. Really hoping he does this one! I've seen Genesis and Steve Hackett, and Peter's going to be the last piece of the puzzle.

Such a great tune and album, also was the song playing during a classic moment in the iconic 80s move Say Anything with John Cusack, if you havent seen it I highly highly recommend it, great movie.

The guitar is a Steinberger...great reaction!

Beautiful isn't it? People loving people and celebrating life!

@KindCountsDeb3773

29 күн бұрын

music is such a uniting art.

C'est un vrai bonheur que de te voir découvrir et apprécier cette prestation légendaire de mon chanteur préféré! Paula Cole a vraiment un grand talent et elle est de loin la choriste avec qui Peter a travaillé dans le passé que je préfère! et ce n'est pas peu dire puisqu'il a quand même aussi travaillé avec Kate Bush et SInead O'connor!! J'espère que tu regarderas aussi d'autres vidéos de Gabriel.. Je serai au rendez-vous en tout cas! :-)

Irresistable... :)

Verdy, votre réaction a été pure émotion - merci

This song is a crazy good performance. And Paula my gosh, how she hits and holds that high note only to finish it higher is insanely out of this world. Not to take away from the rest but Wow! Goosebumps and chills for sure Verdy.

Ah girl you will love this.

Such a feel goody SONG

This was the theme song to a famous 80s movie w/ Jon Cusac…”Say something” I think it was called… Peter Gabriel use to be in a band w/ freakin Phil Collins called Genesis

I love Peter Gabriel and have seen him in concert many times. I’d love to see you react to more/different music of his as “In Your Eyes” is one of my least favorite songs of his… Maybe try something from, or the entire albums PG I (car), PGIII (melt), or PG IV (Security).

It was the encore so yes it was at the end of the concert. Saw this at the old Montreal Forum in 1994.

Merci - this was one of your Verdy Best videos! dans tes yeux. "Dat is pehaps true `appiness from everybody dere". could not have been said better - please try the video of peter gabriel covering David Bowies "Heroes" Live in Verona 2010 - it always sends a chill down my spine.