85 Laure

Favorite Album: PG4/Security. EVERY song on the album [except "Shock the Monkey," which is "merely" (!!!) a great tune] resonates for me in an extremely powerful way, each for its own unique reason.
Favorite Song: "In Your Eyes." Always has been (well, since he wrote it), always will be. (This is probably the only PG-related "absolute" Iím comfortable statingóother than the fact that Iím forever a fan.) After that it gets difficult to near-impossible . . . a tie between six to eight other songs, and thatís only if I HAVE to choose . . .
Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: "The Lamb" . . . no contest at all. And believe it or not, itís "Trespass" after that.
Least Favorite Song: Iíve never really liked "Big Time." It was briefly supplanted as my least fave by "The Barry Williams Show," but seeing TBWS performed live gave me a new appreciation (actually, a first-time appreciation) of it.
Favorite Music Video: Is it cheating to say "PoV" in its entirety?
Favorite Tour: Secret World
Favorite CD ROM: Gotta say Xplora, since itís the only one I've seen so far (my computer is a Mac).
Best Hair Era: "So" era, or the slightly (I emphasize slightly!) longish hair soon after
Favorite Album Cover: So, then Ovo
Favorite Non-Album Song: Wow . . . umm . . . that changes a lot. At the moment itís probably either "Walk Through the Fire" or "No More (Apartheid)."
Favorite Collaboration: Long-term--Peter/Tony/David/Manu (or is that stating the obvious?). Specific track--PG and Shankar on "Open" (from Passion). VocallyóPG and Sinead OíConnor. Everything else aside, their voices blend stunningly. The Joy FactoróYoussou NíDour. Iíve never seen PG smile so much or so openly while performing with anyone else.
Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist: You know, before seeing PG last December I could have answered that. Really. Now, months later and still in the throes of post-concert obsession, my response is, "There are **other** artists???"
Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases: Dare I say "growing up"? Okay, okay, there have been enough digs at his album-crafting speed (or lack thereof) . . . Oh, seriously? Learning to play the tablas (North Indian hand drums) and loving it.
Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: An entire album of highly emotive Gabrielese (is there any other kind?) over a background of instrumental world music. In other words, "Passion" all over again but with PG vocalizing on *every* track, and a selection of musical "flavors" from many different cultures, not just Middle Eastern. (That was off the top of my head. Iím sure that as soon as I hit "send" Iíll think of something else. But Iíd love this.)

I Think the New Album Title Should Be: Um. In honor of PG being interviewed. :-)

 

86 dukeofdunbar

Favourate Album: "US"

Favourate Song: Solsbury Hill ("Secret World" version)

Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: "the Lamb"

Least Favourate Song: "Slow Water" (from "Birdy") or "Make Tommorow" (from "OVO")

Favourate Music Video: "Big Time"

Favourate Tour: I have to say "Secret World"

Favourate CD ROM: Like many it seems, i've yet to see any of them.

Best Hair Era: I liked the short hair thing, like in the videos for "Games" and "Shock".

Favourate Album Cover: I'll say "Up", cuz for the first few months i didn't even notice the faces in the water drops, or the face in the background, and when i finally did i was like, "whoa... cool".

Favourate Non-Album Song: I remember hearing a really cool tune over the end credits of "the Fifth Element" that I don't know the name of. I don't think it's actually a Gabriel song, he just guested on it.

Favourate Collaboration: Obviously this excludes people like Tony, Manu Katche, or Daniel Lanois... besides them, i'd say... The Blind Boys of Alabama!

Favourate Non-Gabriel Artist: Frank Zappa (i'm into everything)

Favourate Passtime Between Albums: Playing drums, guitar, keyboards and singing in several different bands. Also, i like recording my own home versions of Pete's songs.

Best Idea For A Collaboration: Radiohead

I Think The New Album Title Should Be: (self-titled)

Comments: I just have to say that Peter's last album and tour was so freakin' incredible, and it's just so great to see that at 52 he can still do it just as good as ever. He's everything i aspire to be as a songwriter, performer and overall person. Here's hoping he doesn't stop anytime soon.

 

Mike Karikas

 

Favorite Album: Can I list more than one? Since you can't answer I will: Us, Up, Ovo, and PG3.
Favorite Song: "In Your Eyes" - not the one that hooked me on PG, but my favorite to listen to live.
Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Least Favorite Song: It hurts me to think people can answer for this :(
Favorite Music Video: Solsbury Hill!
Favorite Tour: Growing Up Live
Favorite CD ROM: Don't have any. Xplora looks cool though.
Best Hair Era: Secret World Live
Favorite Album Cover: SCRATCH! (pg2)
Favorite Non-Album Song: Animal Nation
Favorite Collaboration: Peter Gabriel & Robbie Robertson, "Fallen Angel"
Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist: Sarah McLachlan, Sting, U2, etc.
Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases: Reading the Hill's humor section...
sleeping... watching Secret World Live again and again and again.
Best *Idea* For a Collaboration
I Think the New Album Title Should Be...: I like the "One Album called
Input, the next one Output." although its likely we'd see Input and then
never see Output... :\

Mario Suarez

Favorite Album: US, No wait, So, No wait, PG 1 Hmm I'd better say SWL because it has greats from each of those. ( non live albums; US is my favorite)

Favorite Song: said gimmie some STEAM !! followed by Signal to Noise

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: (I haven't listened to any but I've found that answering "The Lamb" will satisfy most genesis fans)

Least Favorite Song The Drop,

Favorite Music Video (I'd have to say my favorite long form video was SWL) but as for real videos....

Favorite Tour GRowing Up because I actualy made it to that tour

Favorite CD ROM sorry I've never played any

Best Hair Era SWL, cool goatee, still had hair, and actualy the start of male pattern baldness gave it a cool definition.

Favorite Album Cover US, (it took me a while to realize it was a woman)

Favorite Non-Album Song it used to be S2N but now that's on UP, so I'd have to say Nocturnals (once he puts that on I/O I'll say party man)

Favorite Collaboration Afro Celts "When You're Falling"

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist "The Blessing" "U2"

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases Well I discovered PG after SWL was released, so my past time for those 8 years was to explore his back catalog! Also I enjoy following movie gossip and rumors, watching movies, and being a big Superman fan.

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: PG guest starring on The Simpsons, Homer Singing along to Sledge, (I will be you're honey bee.....mmmmm honey)

I Think the New Album Title Should Be...Mozo

Comments: PG rocks!

MikeA

Favorite Album  Overall, it's US, although right now it's UP.  It seems they all take a turn at the top but US is there more than the rest.  PG1 is up there a lot, as is Passion.  Do you really expect me to pick just one?
Favorite Song Any PG favorite song list should begin and end with Secret World...the listener can decide which version begins and which ends, though.
Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album  Easy...the Lamb.
Least Favorite Song  This is probably hedging, but any version (not Live) of Biko other than the PG3 version.  I've heard a couple and don't like either. 
Favorite Music Video  My favorite is Sledgehammer solely because of the change it brought to music videos. 
Favorite Tour I've only been lucky enough to seem him twice: with the Amnesty tour in the late 80s and last year.  I enjoyed the one last year more.  I have to say, however, that having seen Secret World on DVD, that show would have been awesome to see in person. 
Favorite CD ROM Eve, it's the only one I've seen.
Best Hair Era I'm glad to seem him come over to the bald side...we need more folks like him...
Favorite Album Cover Passion
Favorite Non-Album Song I really like Fallen Angel and When You're Falling, if that one counts
Favorite Collaboration Have to go with Kate Bush here
Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist Cocteau Twins, Patrick O'Hearn, U2, Talking Heads, Tangerine Dream, Sinead Lohan, Spacecraft, David Gray, and most of the music played on musical starstreams
Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases I restore creeks and streams for a living and do my best to raise my kid the right way the rest of the time
Best *Idea* For a Collaboration Me, PG and all the Guinness we care to drink...
I Think the New Album Title Should Be...there have been lots of good suggestions but I think I/O is the best, especially if it's a two album set.
Comments:  drink up dreamers, you're running dry

 

Chris Ludlow

Hello From Halifax, Nova Scotia!
Here is my survey...please add me to the list of Golden Greats!
Favorite Album - Us. A brilliant album..
Favorite Song - Currently - More Than This - All Around: Secret World
Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album- The Lamb. .
Least Favorite Song - Excuse Me
Favorite Music Video - Sledgehammer / Digging in the Dirt (tie)
Favorite Tour - Up followed closely by Secret World
Favorite CD ROM - Eve
Best Hair Era - Secret World Live (with the Goatee)
Favorite Album Cover - Passion
Favorite Non-Album Song - Party Man from Virtuosity (close second: Lovetown)
Favorite Collaboration - Afro Celt Sound System - When You're Falling..
Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist - R.E.M
Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases - Growing a beard between album releases but I started looking like I was stranded on a desert isle - So I switched to listening to my PG collection daily while home brewing - I still have a lot of beer!
Best *Idea* For a Collaboration - PG with Michael Stipe (R.E.M) R.E.M. have performed a cover of Red Rain in concert (and it's a good version)
I Think the New Album Title Should Be... "If" (or "Or")
Comments: Even though Us is my favourite album, I also love Passion (I could listen to a Different Drum everyday). Up is also very close to becoming my fave.

 

KIRSTY

Favorite Album US

Favorite Song Washing of the water and Don't leaveDo I have to pick just one Buggererm okay if I was about to be hit by a meteorite and I had to pick 1 as my life depended on iterm Washing of the water

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album The lamb

Least Favorite Song Out out

Favorite Music Video Diggin In the Dirt

Favorite Tour Ive never had the chance to go to a real one, But I would have loved to have gone to the secret world tour.

Favorite CD ROM Hmmm nope

Best Hair Era The one inch look is grand on peter because it makes him look like an Ard nutwhen he clearly ain't one

Favorite Album Cover The one for Up is rather good, as I squint my eyes and try to see peters face behind the waterand LOOK he's in all of the dropletsahh

Favorite Non-Album Song People go naked apparantly. Lovetown baby

Favorite Collaboration Hmmm Hmmm Kate bush bless her.

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist Other artist? I don't unerstand?? Ive heard that Bowie fella is okay. I think he might do alright for himself.

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases Playing golf with small kittens just kidding why scanning the internet for PG stuff of course

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration Elbowcoz they love him you know.

I Think the New Album Title Should Be... IT

Comments: I chose Us as my very favourite album because it is his finest work ever, anyone who thinks differently is clearly WRONG. People are totally entitled to their opinion, but in this case I am right, so sorry. It also has feeling texture humour soul and is great to alienate your friends with.

christine

Favorite Album?  PG3.  No Self Control and Intruder are a great way to start an album, don't you think?

Favorite Song?  Mercy Street.  No Contest!

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album?  Selling England by the Pound

Least Favorite Song?  Shaking the Tree... ew.!

Favorite Music Video?  I like Shock The Monkey, very confusing but Peter looks cute in it.

Favorite Tour?  I've only been to the Growing Up tour, last year, because I'm only 22.  I almost wish I were older so I could have been to all the others!  I missed out!

Favorite CD ROM?  Hmm, don't know

Best Hair Era?  Oh, definitely the reverse mohawk.  Very chic.!

Favorite Album Cover?  I like the Up cover, and Secret World Live is racy.

Favorite Non-Album Song?  While the Earth Sleeps

Favorite Collaboration?  Again, While the Earth Sleeps, and Don't Leave Us

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist?  Radiohead and NIN

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases?  Biting my Nails

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration?  I think Thom Yorke and Peter should mix I Grieve

I Think the New Album Title Should Be...?  It's already called Up!

Comments:  I just have to thank Peter and his music for getting me through some really hard times in my life.