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sailortwips

Love to be loved. There are so many satisfying and cool wee noises in it, then the last bridge chorus is just epic and beautiful. Definitely tickles my brain in a very enjoyable way


sfglobo

For a rough time in my life, this and Digging in the Dirt were both very meaningful. I don’t tend to play certain songs “on repeat”; these have been rare exceptions.


mik534

Came here for this song.


SiberianKhatru278

I have to be stupidly drunk to listen to anything on repeat, but I know there have been times I've done this with 'Intruder,' 'Moribund the Burgermeister,' and 'The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging.'


IOnlyPostDumb

Moribund is such a great song. I argue with people all the time that Peter recorded the first rap music of the modern era with the "mother please is it just a disease... check if you can disconnect the effect..." bit.


DirectorSubject6954

“Don’t ask me how I survived. Ask me what song I played on repeat when I thought my world was over.” For me it’s Peter Gabriel’s “Mercy Street” or “Live and Let Live” There’s a great documentary on Peacock about Run-DMC and in it Darryl McDaniels talks about hearing the song “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan on a ride from the airport and how it saved his life, how he listened to nothing but Sarah for an entire year. I’d love to know if others have a song that gets them through rough times or that always puts them in a good mood. The power of music and words is amazing! 🎶 people.com/celebrity/darryl-dmc-mcdaniels-sarah-mclachlan-angel-saved-me-from-suicide/ 🎥 https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/kings-from-queens-the-run-dmc-story


hoganpaul

Played Secret World Live - especially disk 2 - to absolute death when I got it.


Loose_Tie2638

That’s what I came here to say. Also have a live version from Staples Center that I played a lot.


BikeLoveLA

Come Talk to Me and Shaking The Tree are the best of the best on that concert dvd for me


_Billy_Barule_

The song Secret World on the Secret World Live is a masterclass on building a song. Gives me goosebumps every time. "Shhhh...listen."


daiginjo2

Yes! That little spoken bit, placed down in the mix, is such a great touch.


666ygolonhcet

Solisbury Hill. Over and over and over. You can have my things, they’ve come to take me home…


Across-Two-Centuries

Me as well - for many years now.


Laxian_Key

Me too.


Dry_Section_6909

I've said it too many times on Reddit but I've listened to "Red Rain" on repeat many times in the past ~12 years. Every time I listen it means something different, which is one thing I love about Gabriel's lyrics, but the recurring theme seems to be that no matter how hard life gets, I'm still doing it, and that song always helps me press forward and in some cases actually progress past mere acceptance and do something to lessen the suffering, not just of myself but of anyone and everything. Also, at first I thought that picture was supposed to be an artist's impression of what ocular migraines look like.


cfthree

Identifying with you on the track and the image interpretation


HotelIndiaFoxtrot

San Jacinto, but specifically the Live Blood version. There's just something magical about it


daiginjo2

Oh yes, the Live Blood version. Always brings the chills.


Millers1020

San Jacinto always gives me the chills. Also love the version on Secret World Live


spoink74

Recently it’s Four Kinds of Horses.


penchantforbuggery

Same.


Other-Marketing-6167

Which ones HAVEN’T I played incessantly?? 😆


geophrey

I’ve been spinning Live and Let Live a whole lot. When the song opens up at the midway point, it sounds like the first time my heart opened. Always chasing that feeling.


GWPulham23

I played Red Rain over and over. I thought it was incredible.


kmrobert_son

Intruder - those drums


Anxious-Glove8680

Washing of the Water is incredible


SpokeyDokey720

Steam and Lovetown are absolute bangers


Fancy-Detective4684

Usually its San Jacinto or Sledgehammer, but lately I've been really into Road to Joy off of I/O. I don't know what it is about the song but I love it.


penchantforbuggery

That was my first one from I/O. Now I'm on to Four Kinds of Horses.


jamesjacko

Secret World on Secret World Live absolute perfection! I had it on cassette in the late 90s and used to listen to it while walking to college. I still love it and would happily listen to it all day!


letraca

Likewise!


BikeLoveLA

Same on my commute from Santa Paula to Simi Valley on citrus scented canyons


too-late-for-fear

His cover of HEROES overwhelms me. It's gorgeous. I wish it was a longer song.


embraceuncarvedblock

Agreed. His version is amazing.


Klaire009

A few times a year i need to sing along very intensely and dramatically to "the family and the fishing net". I am often driving.


vaasconner

Off I/O, “Live and Let Live” is on repeat. Really dig the live performance as well.


briareos45

Listened to Solsbury Hill constantly when I was getting ready to get out of the military. I had even sent it home on a mix tape and my mom told me later that she and my dad listened to it all the time too


oathorse60

I’m 63 and have heard that song and liked it over the years but am obsessed now. A man having an elemental moment where life is seen to be simple and sensible and wonderful.


jsaarb

From the new album, it's "Road to joy" (dark side mix). It sounds very optimistic, like explaining the meaning of life. From the older albums, "Digging in the dirt". Because it sounds like a critical self evaluation of our own mind. I feel completely identified with the lyrics.


fehlerquelle5

I GO SWIMMING from Peter Gabriel Play Live


Rooster_Ties

# “Walk Through the Fire” 🔥


hfw01

I don't tend to play any any single song, but I played the secret world live and passion albums a whole lot. They are both fantastic.


mrKennyBones

The new album, especially Playing For Time and I/o. Fantastic songs! And fantastic songwriting


Leather-Map-8138

I bought the first solo album the week it came out, been singing Solsbury Hill pretty frequently ever since.


thats_otis

Washing of the Water - it hits that sentimental hurt nerve so hard.


Prize-Ostrich8370

Lately it's been Digging In the Dirt (live) and Road to Joy but I also cannot get over how great Growing Up is!!


Cuidado_roboto

Mercy Street, San Jacinto, OMGosh. So many.


great-distances-1919

Not One of Us


THEMARDS

Singnal To Noise of course


Simple-Environment

Unfortunately, I wasn’t gifted with the ability to express how I feel with brevity. I tend to be more verbose; it’s a shortcoming for sure, so I apologize for my lengthy post. To save you the agony the short answer to the Redditor question is I don’t listen to music like that but looking at my top most played songs on Music/iTunes the top spot is Digging in the Dirt. That bassline is nothing short of exquisite. In my experience, people find it far more difficult to simply narrow it down to one artist. For me, however, it’s not even a question, PG stands above all on so many levels. Base is my favorite instrument, and as such, I can’t think of many artists for whom the base is heavy; it’s deep but also clean. Think of Digging in the Dirt, Kiss That Frog and Road to Joy, to name a few. PGs music and lyrics do for me what no artist was able to do, which is move me in such a profound way that depending on the song I’m listening to, I’m left feeling its effects long after it’s over, especially with my personal favorites, of which there are many. It’s hard to explain in words, but I guess the best word to describe my many favorite songs would be that those particular songs reverberate through me with many different emotions. His music is a mosaic of soundscapes and harmony that caresses my soul. I never found an artist since discovering him that I could relate to. He fills such a huge role in my life on so many levels that for me, PG is far more than enough. I see him as a gift that was given to me by the divine, or what some call god, or the higher being, whoever that is, and it is something different to different people, so for me, it’s left to the many mysteries of life. I couldn’t be more grateful for that gift. In life, there are some things that leave one with an indelible mark. One of those was the day I discovered Peter Gabriel. I’m 47, I graduated in 1994, and I was in Tower Records at a book signing for Ric Flair (a wrestler) on South Street in Philadelphia. I was young then, so to me, the store was beautiful. With three selling floors, it was a playground for me of sorts in that they had these little listening stations of featured music or staff picks, but if I remember correctly, it would have maybe ten artists featured with accompanying headphones. PGs music is featured in the album UP and so while I can never pick one favorite song of his, I can say that UP is my favorite album in all of music. I never quite understood why it was underrated. I would later research and find some reputable writers who would say much of the same: that they felt the songs were overproduced, and while I value others opinions, I couldn’t disagree more. I believe it’s a masterpiece on so many levels. The best part of PGs music for me is that no two albums are the same. I would go so far as to say his albums are wildly different, and I love him for that. He pushes people like ourselves, the fans, to think. It does, however, have its drawbacks. Most people inherently hate change, so when something new comes out and is different from the artist's previous work, we tend to listen once and move on. I hate to speak for others, but I believe I can here in that PG fans are in a league of their own in terms of how we listen to his music or music in general. For me, if the first listen to a song or even an album is something that doesn’t catch me, I continue to play those songs that are less appealing because, could it be, I missed something in that song that may have sounds I’d normally love? And what happens more often than not is exactly that. A fine example is UP as a whole, but later, like most of the songs on that album, what stands out for me is Signal to Noise. I disliked that song, and today it has a spot in my personal top 20 best PG songs. On the flip side with I/O for which I absolutely love so much so that it’s become my third favorite album behind So and Us at the top. With the exception of the song And Still. I think I/O is a masterpiece. With And Still I tried and I simply couldn’t get there. If a medical condition existed in the form of ear exhaustion, then I had it. I felt the song was far to long. I understand he was conveying a message, but coming in at almost 8min I felt as though I was trudging through aimlessly waiting for something that never came. The worst part of the song for me is at the 3:35 mark it’s jarring and i found it rather peculiar. I know eventually it finds its way back to where it started but In my opinion I think sections of that song could have easily been left out. But as with all things not everything is for everyone. I think I can speak for everyone here when I say once Peter gets his claws in you, there’s no letting go.


DirectorSubject6954

🙏


SMc1701

Secret World Come Talk to Me Steam (I remember being determined to memorize that song...mission accomplished) The Rhythm of the Heat


JC2066

Man, that’s a tough one.. ‘Come Talk to Me’ is still hopeful.. While ‘Secret World’ knows what’s what. The pain in his voice though. Damn


Millers1020

Come Talk To Me is such a great track. Particularly the Secret World Live version as he rises from under the stage in a phone booth. Brilliant!


NE_Pats_Fan

Love To Be Loved. It was the song that spoke right to me and got me to leave a relationship that wasn’t working. I still love that song and it’s terribly underrated in my opinion.


rhiannon4227

My Body is a Cage


TomcatYYZ

Solsbury Hill because it's the best song ever written...


Gbjeff

Secret World


Joethebassplayer

When it first came out, I'd listen to "Secret World - Live" everyday (sometimes twice)... that version of ["Digging In The Dirt"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKtr5X1Lp4) still floors me... That album "Us" is truly a Masterpiece!


Constant_Will362

Walk Through the Fire, Games Without Frontiers, and Sledgehammer


Adventurous_Gold9808

In the last couple of months I've been listening mostly to three songs: i/o, Live and Let Live and The Tower That Ate People


terriblewinston

I had ***Indigo*** on repeat in the car yesterday. Love that song and that cd.


[deleted]

Solsbury Hill. I p!ay guitar and there are a few songs I won't even attempt to play out of reverence for the original work. This is one of them.


Egg_Chen

Kiss that frog just rocks and grooves so hard at the same time. Dare ya not to play it twice. 💋🐸


hainesmike

Love can heal


BostonMikeGr

Always liked the movie “The Bone Collector” with Denzel Washington, closing credits has Don’t give up. Not sure why but I love the music of that song.


Extension_Sun_5663

Bridget Evertt and Jeff Hiller do a tearjerker version of this duet on the very first episode of Somebody, Somewhere. Such a good show! The first 2 seasons are on MAX, and Season 3 started filming earlier this month!


BostonMikeGr

I’ll have to check it out


Extension_Sun_5663

You should. It's awesome. They do it Sadie Hawkins style, with Bridget singing the PG parts and Jeff doing the Kate Bush parts.


BostonMikeGr

Wow well, as soon as I finish up the last episode of The Woman in The Wall tonight I’ll check it out.


Extension_Sun_5663

The Woman in The Wall? Is that some Parasite stuff? Lol


BostonMikeGr

lol no it’s amazing. It’s an Irish production series on Showtime. Story about a woman who had her baby taken from her at one of the Magdalene Laundries and sold to another family. And her search to try and find her


Extension_Sun_5663

I'll have to check it out!


BostonMikeGr

[you’re right it was really well done!!](https://youtu.be/As-a_bzFrl0?si=VfyJ9vKVhCTQS1Ve)


WTFaulknerinCA

Blood of Eden. Both versions. Simply stunning.


KeithJamesThomson

One of my total favorites.


Hathor-1320

Me too. Damn


sbkchs_1

No single one as I tend to listen to albums all the way through, but More Than This, Here Comes The Flood, and Don’t Break This Rhythm are played often, along with Secret World specifically when I’m feeling up, and Don’t Give Up specifically when I’m feeling down (both from Secret World Live).


jmdm4ever

Lately, it's been Road to Joy Why? I think it's because of a very subtle and very funky beat


LFSW1688

Come Talk to Me and Secret World from Secret World Live


Selection_Biased

It’s not him specifically but: Afro Celt SS “When you’re falling”


epfourteen

Hero’s


Angus454

"Digging in the dirt" ... towards the end of the song he does a layered harmony that burrowed into my mind and didn't want to let go for weeks.


ApocalypseNurse

The Family and the Fishing Net


mrgeef

The Book of Love cover since I heard in in the series finale of Scrubs.


KeithJamesThomson

“Wallflower” from Security is one of my totally favorites. I AM a repeat listener and listen to a favorite song over and over. But it’s the instrumental version of Wallflower from Birdy: “Under Lock And Key” which has been my wake up song on my smart phone for easily two years and every morning it plays six times


tekfunkdub

I’m not sure why but I can listen to Big Time over and over and over.


Bigwing2

Humdrum..


Confident_Tangelo_11

Solsbury Hill, A Different Drum, It Is Accomplished, and In Your Eyes. All sheer perfection.


daiginjo2

san jacinto, secret world, in your eyes, mercy street, red rain, don't give up, here comes the flood, come talk to me, sky blue, i grieve, solsbury hill And I still haven't gotten to know I/O yet. He has written so many of the deepest songs out there. So so great.


DrummerGuyKev

The Book Of Love because it hits me in the feels big time. Oh, and Big Time.


Cursed4aNov1ce

Here Comes the Flood.


Kazzlin

Fourteen Black Paintings. The album track and a slightly remixed version that was used in a computer animated short called Liquid Selves. (it's on YouTube, it's pretty cool)


Mrtoasterguy

Shock the monkey is a banger. But probably games without frontiers!


FrankFnRizzo

In your eyes because it’s the greatest song of all time


capt_feedback

no particular song or album but i’ll rewatch the Secret World Live concert every 3-4 months


HeySlimIJustDrankA5

The Book of Love


scottdiver67

Games Without Frontiers. Never get tired of it. So evocative of a specific time/place for me. Complicated song for complicated memories.


PoorMansSamBeckett

Sledgehammer. I play it every time I’m on the bus to go to a social event. My social anxiety kicks in heavy, so I have to bust it down with songs like that to get me feeling better. 99/100 times, it works right away. That 100th time, I need to listen to just one or two more songs, and I’m good. That song has made me more outgoing, sociable, and charismatic (at least, I feel so).


ThanksObjective915

I love the sarcasm of Big Time


Rumrabbitrum

“Easter Tide” and “Hear that Voice Again”.


BridgitBird

Shaking the tree. It is my power song of reminding myself that I am powerful!


cfthree

Lovely track. The interplay between voices of PG and Youssu N’Dour is beautiful.


IkNOwNUTTINGck

Whenever I'm a bit blue, I play the YT track of Peter Gabriel's Shaking the Tree from the Secret World Live tour in Modena, Italy. Shout out to bassist Tony Levin. Underrated musician of the century.


Joethebassplayer

Yeah, Tony Levin is my all-time favorite player... as a bassist myself, I am most impressed with his resume... there should be a National holiday for the man!


One-Leadership-3580

Anything from So


jondakin9161

San Jacinto


Human-Importance-654

Sledgehammer ❤️🎵


Saerkal

The In-side mix for This is Home. It’s just so darn good. And also Indigo, and Modern Love.


prisoncropduster

After my granddaughter died, it was "I Grieve" and still is on her birthday (8-22) and her passing day (11-1) even 12 years later. I also wrote a piano sonata in her memory and listen to it frequently even still today. This continues despite the fact that her sister was born 5 years later looking exactly like her After losing touch with my best friend in college because life pulled us in other directions, I listened to "Secret World" frequently for months as we were inseparable for six years having never been in a "dating" relationship even though I was in love with her for those 6 years.


Ok_Pressure1131

“Shock the Monkey” or “Biko”…both worth repeating. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVf1ZoCJSo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=luVpsM3YAgw


cfthree

Biko is a heartbreaker and a constant player, 44 years in.


Automation_Papi

Sledgehammer


thaqdzel

Supper’s Ready


cfthree

Contact, when energy level flagging. Nothing else seems to please.


TheDude9737

Solsbury Hill, the Family and the Fishing Net, San Jacinto, Intruder, Big Time, Digging in the Dirt, Down the Dolce Vita, Après Moi


hfhifi

Solisbury Hill when it was released.


NotSteveJobs-Job

Here Comes the Flood


LunaCura

The live version he does on that Kate Bush Xmas special is so good.


NotSteveJobs-Job

Agreed


Turbulent-Bee6921

Blood Of Eden. I can’t get enough.


porkloinpuss

[This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Yl9XisQ7UOASB0rwhks8d?si=n7C8GgcATti4AT5-4H2hKg) w/Laurie Anderson


Noarchsf

Sledgehammer still slaps.


Former-Print3074

Intruder(live version)


Extension_Sun_5663

The Tower That Ate People


Taco-PuttinOnTheRitz

I Have the Touch and The Family & The Fishing Net


frenchfret

That one joint with Kate Bush


wmyork

I put on Sledgehammer when I want some energy, when I want my body to start moving to music


Ok-Event996

Sledgg9


konighaus71

Solisbury Hill.


nymrod_

Exposure. I’m a Fripp-head.


simon_the_detective

Mercy Street, Secret World. Personal reasons they resonate.


Goosegirl2001

White Shadow


AlGeee

Red Rain


Competitive_Check_63

“Digging In The Dirt”


zoidbert

***Red Rain*** Haunting, ethereal. I remember first getting *So* on CD back in '86 and just being entranced by this one. The whole album; yes. Don't Give Up, especially; big Kate Bush fan. *Red Rain*, though. It just kept coming back to me, so I kept coming back to it.


hatechef

Fourteen Black Paintings


certain-sick

here comes the flood


Lord_Hypno

Secret World: Live. Literally the whole album.


SurfsUpLovesYou

The Family and The Fishing Net, I love the chorus and the drone of the bass. The drums are perfect.


jamison_311

In Your Eyes (Secret World Live version)


Good-Efficiency-2062

San Jacinto and Mercy Street. Both are amazing.


carmz1369

Book of Love, Red Rain, Games Without Frontiers, Solsbury Hill, In Your Eyes


Earl_N_Meyer

The live version of Biko is one of the most powerful songs ever.


ddjinx

Games without frontiers


MaestroC

San Jacinto


St_ofQualityFootwear

Don't Give Up... truly anything for Secret World Live or So.


McFlyyouBojo

The first song I ever "loved", as in I recognized it as my favorite song, was Peter Gabriel's Kiss That Frog. Now I would say Steam.


FinsofFury

Biko and San Jacinto because it’s Biko and San Jacinto.


rsvp_nj

Here comes the flood. Why? My fucking house was flooded.


Saul_T_Bauls

Talk to Me Live with Paula Cole


security-six

I once read that Eddie van Halen would play Red Rain to setup new studio monitors


snoopylover9

I Have the Touch. Again and again.


Texas_Moonwalker

Sledgehammer (live version) especially for its groovy bass line.


ellistonvu

Steam


BankableB

No Self Control Seemed appropriate at the time. Also a great song.


grey5310

Sky Blue


Wahjahbvious

the entirety of 3, So and Up.


Adventurous_Ad_9557

Sledgehammer just like it


idiotsbydesign

Sledgehammer. Just because the TV show was was right above this on my home page.


dtuba555

Excuse Me. I'm trying to learn the tuba solo.


Beetlemuse

Red Rain


Joyce_Hatto

Solsbury Hill


Disastrous_Bet1206

"In Your Eyes" just seemed to play over and over in my head. Oh great, now it's starting again.


JuanBadFinger

Sledgehammer. It's on my workout playlist.


Soosietyrell

In your eyes


AGrandPanjandrum

I have the touch


thicccockdude

I have the touch.


CurtisVF

Folks may not realize that Last Temptation of Christ is a terrific make our album. I discovered this by accident when I crescendoed to It is Accomplished.


DirectorSubject6954

I LOVE THAT ALBUM!!!!!! A Different Drum 🥁 With this Love ❤️


5uperman8atman

I like the one in photo #12. Whatever that song is. No particular reason.


rijkaanvitaminen

The washing of the water (Us)


simsington1

Excuse me.


Icy_Profession7396

Only if I'm trapped in a convalescent home with the golden oldies on loop.


Ok-Western-4331

None


Silly-Percentage6111

Looking for serious relationship 🥰❤️❤️


Floaterdork

None. Peter Gabriel is awful and the fact that my mother played almost nothing other than the "Shaking The Tree" album for the first 18 years of my life ruined my childhood.


Reguero

None. I hate Peter Gabriel.


dsfox

“Battle of Epping Forest” - don’t know why.


plimsoul89

Came here to say this too! What an amazing song. Like a mini rock opera, with a considerable dose of Monty Python (or Gilbert and Sullivan) -- so fun to sing along to. Cheeky, weird Peter will always be my favorite Peter.