Drummer reacts to "Mercy Street" / "Digging In The Dirt" (Live) / "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel

[@lindaulloa4786]

Love the album So. Red Rain is another great song from the album. Lots of great tunes on this album!

[@doriwiljt]

I was obsessed with Peter and this album when it came out in the 80s

[@robertkelsow-geall7395]

Very hard to find better voices in music than Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel. Perfection.

[@franckb8279]

Love Peter, love every thing he does, he's a humble and gentle genius. Mercy street is my favorite song from the album. Try San Jacinto from Secrer world live.

[@IvarMeijer]

'So' is a masterpiece, 'Mercy Street' is exactly how it should be and up there with my favorites.

[@johnnyfrederick01]

Mercy Street and Don’t Give Up….. Such memories of the late ‘80’s. A really bittersweet time for me. Just when I was separating from my family and coming out…. soon after getting sober.

[@genegarrett3372]

And the second and third were great as well. Yes Lee, MTV loved Peter; his songs were video gold

[@wanderer0617]

In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel's Secret World live performance is beautiful. A must! Unless you already have reacted to it :) Thanks for today's awesome lineup !

[@2407paul]

In Mercy Street, the line with: pulling out the papers... To me the most beautiful recorded moment ever.

[@richardgoddard37]

That's my favourite bit of any PG song.😊

[@danielmcbriel1192]

Digging in the dirt - I was sixteen at the time. I heard it on the radio and it was somehow different from what was usually playing. Then I saw the music video on MTV and I was caught up in Peter's world. And I never came back from there.

[@janewells5970]

The video is amazing! Obviously can’t be reproduced in concert! So Peter comes up with the eyeballs!!!

[@janewells5970]

We call him Uncle Peter at our house! ❤😂

[@danielmcbriel1192]

@@janewells5970 and uncle Tony?

[@theconstantflow]

Absolutely same thing for me! I was 14 and had never heard such a song before, so different, yes. Opened the door for me too.

[@janewells5970]

@@danielmcbriel1192 you betcha! And Uncle Eno!

[@Linda-y9h]

Mood music. Whatever mood you happen to be in, Peter's music only enhances it...sometimes that's good, sometimes it can break you down. I have hard memories from this album.

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Peter Gabriel did some amazing stuff

[@annewoodard6803]

Peter Gabriel once wore a flower headpiece performing with Genesis. He put the art in artists. “Don’t Give Up” was such a beautiful song, it didn’t need the bells and whistles.

[@Ethelred77]

A flower?!

[@richardgoddard37]

​@@Ethelred77a giant flower.

[@aleclewis9123]

​@@richardgoddard37 That's right, during the Willow Farm section for Supper's Ready. 😊

[@brossjackson]

Fun Tony Levin fact for "Don't Give Up". The particular muted bass sound on that track was obtained using diapers. Tony had a baby at the time and stored spare diapers in his bass bag, so when he was looking for something to mute the strings with ...

[@L33Reacts]

Are you serious 😅😂😂😂 well whatever works lol

[@olias056]

You should watch Don't Give UP LIVE from Secret world.. the ending is very positive sounding..

[@aleclewis9123]

Peter is a fantastic artist in his own right. His songwriting developed massively over the years, since he began his solo career in 1977. Don't Give Up is an absolutely beautiful tune. Even his old bandmate Phil loves it, so much so that he wished he'd written it. 😁 All his former bandmates support him. Tony Banks loves his third and fourth solo albums. 🙂 Mike wished he'd been able to come up with the riff for Solsbury Hill. 😁 Which he eventually played, once at a Steve Hackett charity gig with Peter and once at the 1982 Milton Keynes Genesis reunion gig, where in turn Peter played drums alongside Chester Thompson for Turn It On Again. 🙂

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

"So", "Us" mere mortals must keep "Digging In The Dirt" through life. But the truly resolute people, "Don't Give Up", till Gabriel blows his horn, and we ascend to sit in the "Mercy Seat" In Peace & Love.

[@leeshort1258]

I love all of three of these songs, and can't imagine thinking of "Mercy Street" and "Don't Give Up" as less than thrilling. Oh, well, not everyone has to love the same things. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into your comments, Fellow Lee.

[@rexrobertson2219]

mercy street is based on the poem of the same name by Anne Sexton

[@janewells5970]

It’s beautiful and such an honor to women from that era.

[@shellilawler1334]

Saw him during this tour, and remember this crazy performance. Visually the best concert I've ever been to.

[@L33Reacts]

I am eternally jealous you got to see this. Once in a lifetime kinda experience I’m guessing

[@genegarrett3372]

I usually don't care for a lot of Peter's songs, but this one has a great atmosphere.

[@Pcrimson1]

The two best vocalists from the 80s/90s, hands down. How can that be cheap? The video for "Digging in the Dirt" for the studio version is great too. And Mercy Street, I never get bored of it, unlike some of the hits from "So". Great choices!

[@mattleppard1964]

I love these - an artist who’s been dear to me for 40 years. That said, Don’t Give Up was so overplayed and on the TV all the time back then, I’m a little over it. The bass is always a treat, though. Saw him do Mercy Street live in 1986. The very end of that song really gets me ❤❤

[@tommonk7651]

Gabriel is a drummer; the drums and drummers on his songs are top notch. I think Manu Katche plays on much of his stuff. Guys is fantastic.... Those harmonies are awesome.... Tony Levin is so talented on bass. I'm a huge fan of So; In Your Eyes is gorgeous.... Don't Give Up is from So, for sure. I've listened the hell out of that album....

[@aleclewis9123]

That's true. He started off as a drummer in a couple of school bands, but then he graduated more and more into singing, writing and creating soundscapes. 🙂 When Phil came to audition for Genesis, Peter knew that as soon as he sat down on the stool, he was the one. And both of them have been close friends and each other's supporters ever since. He even came to the very last Genesis show in London as part of the audience. 🙂

[@2407paul]

I waiting for the time you do San Jacinto and the title song from Secret World Live

[@MattLathrum]

Gabriel wrote Digging in the Dirt during a period of personal introspection and therapy, following a divorce and a breakup with actress Rosanna Arquette. The lyrics talk about digging into the past to uncover and address emotional wounds (makes sense to show him "screaming" later in the song). Gabriel was also inspired by his research into the psychological makeup of murderers to better understand his own behaviors.

[@mikewoodrow5878]

PG was doing GoPros before anyone in the mainstream, lol. I saw this show on this tour and this song was a visual highlight, for sure.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

This side of Peter Gabriel always leaves me bent over head in hands

[@Alix777.]

Does it mean it bores you ?

[@leeannies-tears369]

I want to be Paula Cole when I get young... Lol you should hear her do "Don't Give Up".. Man...whole artistic concert most epic ive seen in all my years, "Secret World"!!! 🎶😁🤗

[@allisonreed7682]

Mercy Street is my favorite Peter Gabriel song! And Elbow, another group I hope you’ll dive into one day soon, does a proper cover of it.

[@richardgoddard37]

I concur

[@L33Reacts]

Maybe with more listens I will like it more. It was beautiful though.

[@allisonreed7682]

@@L33Reacts possibly so. Perhaps one day you’ll be able to listen to “So” in its entirety. That might give you additional context.

[@joeyblowey123456]

Mercy Street is my favorite song on SO

[@mikesisto]

Check out San Jacinto live from the same tour!

[@robertkelsow-geall7395]

Amazing tune, especially this version.

[@corawheeler9355]

Very different .. and wonderful

[@rk41gator]

A GREAT line up.

[@doriwiljt]

I saw the secret world tour when it came to Philly. Amazing show. I hope you do "Games Without Frontiers " from this show at some point.

[@annewoodard6803]

Watch the video for “Digging in the Dirt”. It’s even better. 😁

[@sydnoids1]

Games Without Frontiers, Salisbury Hill, In Your Eyes. Have to hit the iconic ones before the obscure

[@janewells5970]

Lee reacted to all of those in the last two weeks! Check out his reaction

[@EchoesDaBear]

Great reactions Lee!! The video for Don't Give Up, is the perfect example of 'less is more' - it didn't need a big production - why? Because the visual of the eclipse perfectly portrays the lyrics! His world is getting darker and darker - light is being extinguished, all the while she's telling him not to give up, he's loved, he's needed...then the eclipse ends, and there is light again! Brilliant in it's simplicity! The album 'So' has a great balance of up and down beat songs! Sledgehammer, Red Rain (which you should check), That Voice Again, In Your Eyes, Big Time are definitely on the up. Don't Give Up, Mercy Street are opposite. Digging In The Dirt is a fantastic tune! The video for that is bonkers! HIGHLY suggest Blood Of Eden from that same album (duet with Sinead O'Conner (RIP)). One thing that cannot be said of Gabriel - he's no one-trick pony! Always pushing the envelope in sound & composition. Embraces all the world music sounds! Cheers.

[@willoughby5150]

The song Family snapshot from the third album is my favourite. Told from the prospective of the gunman who shot JFK it’s disturbing emotional and beautiful

[@tinicum54]

OHNE FILTER EXTRA - ERIC BURDON & BRIAN AUGER BAND (1991) AMAZING

[@gablen23]

"This is based on the book of poems of the same name by Anne Sexton. An American mental patient, she wrote as a form of therapy. Gabriel was impressed that she wrote entirely for herself rather than an audience. Sexton made five suicide attempts, the fifth being successful: She died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1974." www.songfacts.com/facts/peter-gabriel/mercy-street

[@damonhines8187]

"Sounds nothing like anything else from him?" 😮 Rhythmically, sonically, compositionally, all in 'Mercy Street' virtually SCREAMED Peter Gabriel. Done 'Big Time' yet? Must. 😊

[@shellilawler1334]

Please watch the vid for Digging in the Dirt, even if it's only on your own time.

[@Oron-n5l]

"Mercy Street" is the best song on "So". The way that Peter Gabriel integrates Ann Sexton's poetry into his own is stunning, and where else will you find a Triangle solo instead of a guitar solo? (Umm, well, actually in Gabriel's own "Solsbury Hill", I guess.) I urge you to look up the video of Gabriel live in Athens, in 1987. Watch and react to two songs in a row: "No Self Control" followed immediately by "Mercy Street". Peter's theatrical versions are not merely a musician playing before an audience. They are transformations of his songs into experiences that will transform the audience, including you. Oh, and since you already like "Lay Your Hands on Me", watch how he performs it live, also in Athens 1987. BTW, after he released this song, a half dozen or more other musicians, some already famous, copied the title for their own songs, hoping that the aura would lend their tracks some power. Many other singers also copied Peter's performance "move", which you will see in this live show, but they all do it without the context that Peter gives his move, without the deep and meaningful background that "Lay Your Hands on Me" creates. Peter Gabriel, though, has been using this performance move since his Genesis days, to one degree or another. Good job, fellow. --OronOfMontreal

[@Ethelred77]

"HI THERE!" That is what i was hearing in my head at the end of Mercy street, haha. After So and Us Peter made another great album, Up. I hope you will get around to it.

[@Lwize]

The studio version of Digging has a dark, guttural bass line.

[@Beatlejamie]

I would not call “don’t give up” a cheap music video… I would call it art

[@79BlackRose]

Clearly he meant cheap to make. 🙄

[@Beatlejamie]

@@79BlackRose Clearly it wasn’t cheap to make as it was directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme who at the time were the best in the biz at the top of their game. The lighting, camera angles, and incredible choreographic timing are a work of art! It was done in one unedited take. Just because something is simple doesn’t mean it’s cheap… Clearly! 🙄

[@79BlackRose]

@@Beatlejamie We can agree to disagree.

[@courtneywallace871]

It’s PG, so of course it’s great, but personally, there are a ton of other songs I would love to see you do. I feel the video for Don’t Give Up is successful as it perfectly displays the emotions of the song. Need to check out his duet with Laurie Anderson, This Is the Picture (her version is called Excellent Birds).

[@genegarrett3372]

Gabriel was known for his album titles consisting of just a two-letter word. I assume he changed that when he ran out of two-letter words

[@midnightrambler7716]

You’re forgetting about his exclusive Canadian release “Eh?” 😂

[@debjorgo]

His newest album is i/o.

[@midnightrambler7716]

@@debjorgoI have the triple disc version of that! Bright-side and Dark-side mixes (CDs) and In-side mix (Blu Ray). It’s really good! Took him 20 years to make it!

[@debjorgo]

@@midnightrambler7716 I went with the two disc - Bright-side and Dark-side mixes. I rip everything and mostly just listen to music on my iPod in the car.

[@midnightrambler7716]

@@debjorgoSame. I rip all to a hard drive and then convert/load em on Apple Music for my phone. I have 15,000 songs (aka my entire CD collection) on there that have no need for streaming or an internet connection. Plus better sound! You’re not missing much without the BluRay. It has the bright-side and dark-side mixes in stereo and the in-side mix in Dolby Atmosphere. And each song just has a still photo for its duration. I bought the triple disc set from Amazon just because the price was briefly so good. Having been a fan of Gabriel from his Genesis days and throughout the duration of his solo career, my advancingly aged ears can’t discern a lot of difference from each mix, to be honest. But I’ve only listened to all 3 a couple of times! Side note: When ripping the 2 CDs all the wrong songs titles came up from some band I had never heard of. Had to manually change them all to the proper names. Apparently it’s a known metadata issue with the discs which doesn’t affect their sound.

[@lotusblossom7411]

I am not on patreon or the discord server but I do send you a couple paid requests every month and I certainly would be interested in taking over the spotlight artist of the month. I already have a couple ideas. Super love the channel spend time here every day!

[@L33Reacts]

Can you email me at [e-mail]

[@ripplesguy1036]

Dude, if you liked Mercy Street off the album then you gotta check out this live version from the tour which followed it. Simply stunning : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaTcpYN9jJlrZ6Msi=HTyI5-iP9e7C70MG