8 Sean MacGowan

ALBUM:PG III - for "Biko" alone.

SONG:Its between "Biko", "Wallflower" and "Family Snapshot"

GENESIS ERA ALBUM: "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"

LEAST FAVORITE SONG:"Exposure" but that was mainly Eno's fault wasn't it.

VIDEO: "Shock the Monkey"

TOUR: Not qualifed enough to answer - only saw him in 'The Playhouse', Edinburgh some 15-18 years ago and in 'The Point', Dublin when he was last here - good both times though.

CD-ROM: EVE-- I don't know anything about these things.

HAIR ERA: I'm too old to worry about that any more.

ALBUM COVER: PG I looks good but PG III still wins it for me

NON G ARTIST: Tori Amos or Kate Bush

COLLABORATION: The One World Album.

PASTIME BETWEEN RELEASES: Following Shelbourne FC, playing pool for the supporter's team (I'm their Captain!), drinking, reading anything on the WWII, watching my kids grow up.

IDEA FOR COLLABORATION: Some more stuff with Robbie Robertson - I thought they sounded great together.

NEW ALBUM TITLE: peter gabriel 

 

9 Caren

Favorite Album: I can only choose one? So was the album that really

introduced me to his genius. But, I would have to say the emotion and

just sheer heart-wrentching songs of Us, make it my favorite.

Favorite Song: Come Talk to Me

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Least Favorite Song: don't have one

Favorite Music Video: Unfortunately, where I live they don't show PG's

genius on tv, so I haven't seen any but Sledgehammer

Favorite Tour: Secret World

Favorite CD ROM: I only have EVE, so that wins by default

Best Hair Era: 1992, when he was on the cover of PAPER magazine. Absolute

perfection

Favorite Album Cover: Passion

Favorite Non-Album Song: I Grieve. It made me cry the first time I head it.

Favorite Collaboration: Paula Cole. She may not have the best voice in

the world, but she and PG blended so well together on the Secret World

Tour

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist: The Tragically Hip, Dave Matthews

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases: Reading lots of books for my

English degree. Working on my book.

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: I think he should ask me to sing back up

for him!!

I Think the New Album Title Should Be... About Time..

Comments: PG has been such an inspiration for so many people, me being

one of them. I can't believe how his creativity just keeps going and

going. He's the rare talent that doesn't get the full recognition he

deserves.

 

10 Ian

Favorite Album-US

Favorite Song -Washing of the Water

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album-Not Applicable

Least Favorite Song-Biko

Favorite Music Video-Ehh... 'Digging in the Dirt' I suppose

Favorite Tour-Does WOMAD count? And is the feminist

slant to the World of Music and Dance name

accidental or not?

Favorite CD ROM-Not Applicable

Best Hair Era -Cueball!

Favorite Album Cover-Passion

Favorite Non-Album Song-Gabriel's Cover of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne"

Favorite Collaboration-Youssou N'Dour

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist-Hendrix

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases-Completing my High School, Undergraduate, and Graduate Education

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration-Leonard Cohen. They could have a contest to see who will take longer to turn out their next album!

I Think the New Album Title Should Be...-"Yo"

 

11 Michelle

Favorite Album: ..... So

Favorite Song: at the moment, 'In Your Eyes'

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: um, Selling England By The Pound

Least Favorite Song: 'Don't Give Up'--but only 'cos I cannot stand Kate Bush

Favorite Music Video: 'Digging In The Dirt'

Favorite Tour: have yet to attend one... maybe someday though

Favorite CD ROM: I'll have to go with Eve

Best Hair Era: the eighties were good to him...

Favorite Album Cover: I prefer the simplicity of So

Favorite Non-Album Song: 'I Grieve' is worth 10 quid

Favorite Collaboration: Youssou N'dour

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist: Dave Matthews! He likes Peter too.

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases: John Cusack movies, DMB tours,

reading, drawing, writing, sleeping, hugging trees, going through

adolescence... yes, it's been quite awhile

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: Dave! (or me)

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

Comments: I saw Say Anything at a crucial point in my development... It

ruined me, now I have these things--these romantic expectations.

12Jazmo

Comments: I am going to give comments before my survey. Seeing as I am

on the 21st page I don't think anyone is reading anymore anyway. I am an

old time die hard PG fan he thinks he is the closest think to divinity.

I've seen every solo tour except the 3rd (went to California and sold

my ticket to his show in NY to a friend) and US (I don't know how I

missed that one). All my answers will be long-winded.

Favourite Album: Extremely tough choice. I'll go with a tie between his

first solo effort and US. The first one because of it's incredible

staying power over time and US because it packs a special emotional

punch. But all the albums are awesome including the second, which I see

way too many people panning on PG web sites.

 

Favourite Song: Totally impossible to answer. I tried narrowing it down

to a couple per album and then working from there but there are so many

great songs. I'll say Moribund the Burgermeister because it sets the

tone for the first album. It also used to be an excellent song at live

performances (2nd song on Pete's first two solo tours a the shows I went

to). But my runner-ups are:

Digging in the Dirt

Wallflower (if you don't think so re-listen to this gem LOUD)

I Don't Remember

Secret World

Mother of Violence

Mercy Street

Family Snapshot

I Have the Touch

And of course Solsbury Hill

 

Favourite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: Again, they are all great, but

let's just go with the Lamb. Foxtrot is right behind on the strength of

Supper's Ready alone.

 

Least Favourite Song: No such thing. I am bewildered at how many so

called PG fans had answers to this. I'm totally appalled that so many

people even offered lame excuses for their picks. So I have some

comments for some of you.

If you chose San Jacinto (which should be on my runner-ups list above).

You have obviously never seen this song performed live. You also don't

have any appreciation for the mental imagery that PG can transcend (this

song being one of the greatest examples of a picture drawn in music and

verse ever).

If you chose Excuse Me you just have no sense of humour and while it is

obvious you also never saw this done live, that doesn't even matter. The

first part of the answer covers you.

If you chose Waiting for the Big One you just have no feel of the blues

or good guitar work.

 

Favourite Music Video: I always liked Digging in the Dirt

 

Favourite Tour: They are all so good. I will put a tie between the first

and the Security (4th) tour. The first because it was Pete's first,

Robert Fripp and Steve Hunter were the two guitarists and Back in NYC

was the encore (at least at the Palladium in NYC). The 4th because that

tour brought that album to life for me. If you were a PG fan when that

album first came out you may remember how different it seemed the first

time you heard it. It was a good different (typical of Pete) all cool

sounds and textures. That tour was so awesome and it gave me a new ear

for that album. If there are any newbies out there, all I can say is if

you buy Security, play it loud because otherwise you miss a lot of the

depth and breadth of what is going on in those songs. Both these tours

also offered the opportunity to see Pete in small venues where he

created this sense of intimacy that can be lost with arena shows. From

what I can tell of Secret World from the VHS it was an awesome tour and

I really don't know how I missed it. But the tour for So, although it

was a great show, did not hold the same intimacy that the earlier shows

in small venues held. For one thing I wasn't very close to the stage as

I always had been before.

 

Favourite CD ROM: Don't have either and can't find them in my record

stores (online shopping here we come).

 

Best Hair Era: Aside from the Foxtrot era, I'll say the So style.

 

Favourite Album Cover: The 2nd (scratch)

 

Favourite Non-Album Song: Walk Through the Fire

 

Favourite Collaboration: He makes everyone who plays with him better. I

still enjoy Fripp/Gabriel collaborations.

 

Favourite Non-Gabriellian Artist: Dave Matthews, another artist who has

no bad songs and has a way of conjuring emotions and memories for me.

 

Favourite Pastime Between Album Releases: Playing Baseball, listening to

music (all kinds but especially PG)

 

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: Dave Matthews

 

I Think the New Album Title Should Be...Worth the Wait (I can't stand

waiting, but the albums are usually worth it.

 

Comments: If anyone wants to comment on my comments feel free to e-mail

me at jazmo2@aol.com. I understand some feeble minded people will use

that opportunity to try and take potshots but you won't bother me. I

hope that some real PG fans will use it to discuss things related to

Pete or Genesis and we can share some good memories of live shows or

what songs mean to us.

 

13 Robert Rakoczy

 

Favorite Album: US or Passion

 

Favorite Song: Mercy Street (the first song I heard

and song that made me fall in love with peter)

 

Favorite Gabriel-Era Genesis Album: The Lamb

 

Least Favorite Song: Bashi Bakouk and Have A Wonderful

Day in Our One Way World (sorry Sharon Rose :-)

 

Favorite Music Video: Digging in the Dirt

 

Favorite Tour: I was about 11 last time he came

around. became a fan a year later. Too bad.

 

Favorite CD ROM: EVE is the most amazing multimedia

thing i have EVER experienced in my life. It is just

so rich and deep. You could play this with the monitor

off and just listen and it is still powerful. And on

the other end you can play with the sound off and just

watch the rich, lush, earthy graphics for days.

(though we wouldn't wanna turn off PG's music.)

 

Best Hair Era: So..though I am appreciating the bald

thing

 

Favorite Album Cover: I love the cover of the

international release of OVO. (even if the pic is from

EVE)

 

Favorite Non-Album Song: Lovetown. No question.

 

Favorite Collaboration: Fripp and Gabriel doing Here

Comes the Flood

 

Favorite Non-Gabriellian Artist: Dave Matthews and

Joseph Arthur

 

Favorite Pastime Between Album Releases: Most of it is

spent frozen in a cryogenic chamber so time seems to

pass much faster than normal.

 

Best *Idea* For a Collaboration: I'll let him pick

 

I Think the New Album Title Should Be...

"." with no quotations. It appears to be the fastest

thing that can be printed so we can get the booklet

printed and his album out even faster.

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