Peter Gabriel "Here Comes the Flood" on Guitar Center Sessions

An exclusive clip of Peter Gabriel's performance of "Here Comes The Flood" from Guitar Center Sessions on DIRECTV. See the full episode premiering August 21st at 9pm ET/PT on DIRECTV channel 101 and in 3D on DIRECTV channel n|3D. Get a free MP3 download of this song by visiting www.guitarcenter.com/sessions

[@kelly2126]

Will never forget Oct.20,1978. Gabriel's tour supporting his first album after leaving Genesis. Front row center with Steve Zuidema and Brad Hayoz. Gabriel finishes his encore and leaves the stage. The three of us along with a smidgen of others continued to cheer and clap 20 minutes after house lights come on. With the bouncers threatening to remove us physically. Gabriel steps out of the wings to the front of the stage, directly in front of us. Takes a shallow bow towards us, and says "This is for you". Sits down at the Grand Piano and plays 'Here Comes the Flood' solo....💜

[@onedrinkbutnomore7647]

This is one of the best comments I have ever read on YT - Thank you.

[@arthurmee]

Great story. I saw Gabriel's concert in Cardiff, Wales in the same year. No special performance for us. I guess we gave up too soon. Gabriel often had something unexpected up his sleeve. Amazing.

[@krysb4725]

I wish I was there with you...

[@kelly2126]

@@krysb4725 Easily one of my most cherished memories from a live performer.

[@alanrosenbach]

And the next tour, after the second album, he played UCLA's Grand Ackerman ballroom. After the encore, the lights came on and everyone left but maybe fifty people. Roadies unplugging the equipment. Lights on. Stupid people yelling "More More More". As if Gabriel was going to come out because 50 idiots wouldn't leave. Yes, he came out. In a black leather biker jacket circa 1974. And played a song on the piano. The name of the song: "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." Glad I was 19 years old and dumb enough to stay after the show.

[@destrieterdestrieter3406]

HEY YOUNG PEOPLE...LISTEN TO THIS MAN...

[@luizantoniovieira9894]

The best one ever!

[@creamydistortion]

I was listening to Selling England by the Pound in the late 90's, when everyone else was listening to Koяn....

[@kfirie]

I am ok!?!? 😂

[@stevewaters5656]

I can't think of a thing this man has done that isn't brilliant.

[@bartrozema2796]

leaving Genesis?

[@jayverkuilen5535]

I don't know if he would have written a lot of what he did after he left, some of which is brilliant. Genesis did some good work after he left, but he was clearly going in a different direction.

[@guitardds]

Genesis had an Exodus and Lefiticus with a few Numbers of Dude-rotomy. Ok. ya that was lame.

[@alastairaardvark8213]

Genesis was crap after he left!!!

[@Phobero]

I can think of many - Out Out, I'm Amazing (ugh!), the tour with Sting (UGH!!!), the endless delay of the new album - but leaving Genesis is not one of them

[@derykmusic]

utterly stunning, one of the best songs ever written

[@johnworf]

You're wrong - it's the best song ever written 🙂

[@Versul1]

How about it's a wonderful song. There are so many wonderful songs if you have time to listen. I like to think of music as an art and not a sporting event.

[@exlibrisensemble]

One of the greatest musicians of our time. Long life to him.

[@gastonepuzzabbella9214]

My favourite musical genius of all times

[@czdesign]

If I were in that audience, I'd be a sobbing, incoherent mess. Favorite PG song ever. Love. Love.

[@ClassicalJams]

The best live performance ever by him. Honest, intimate, raw, right down to the core. Just a man and his piano. So very moving, powerful and beautiful. This is my favorite song of Peter's to begin with, but this more mature live performance now takes it right over the top for me. Artistry at its finest here :-)

[@ClassicalJams]

alba yabawbags Glad you enjoyed as much as I did! There are no more words to describe the raw beauty of this one!

[@jazztifiable]

yea

[@bfdmudk]

Fantastic, without a doubt. But the version of Kate Bush's Christmas Show is on par: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZmydqhvh5KpZsUm27s

[@python921]

Jackie Perks - Classical Jams Piano I agree with every word.......an already stunning song broken down to the basics and performed to perfection.

[@charlciegray4560]

This version of "Here Comes the Flood" is on Robert Fripp's 1979 album "Exposure". Peter Gabriel still performs it (not Robert Fripp) & it's always been my favorite version of this song. It's even better to hear tracks 14, 15, & 16 of that album together because they tie in to the song & are an awesome artistic statement on climate change.

[@HuguesLemoine]

My english master of music since a long time .... Love him ...

[@Querelle2008]

This song works the best with only piano. I saw him live playing it like this. Breathtaking!

[@SilviaAMaestri]

Meraviglioso, anche più di prima. Sempre.

[@sergiob924]

La sua voce è uno strumento aggiunto nella musica...

[@marils8452]

Sweet Jesus. He’s better than ever..

[@jdssurf]

He’s the greatest, simple. His entire band. Everything he’s ever done. Along with those he’s performed with.

[@bartkimmel3419]

pp

[@aileenri]

I've come back to this video several times now. Peter's performance here is so beautiful and devastatingly raw in a way that always makes me cry. Recently as I've achieved Remission from Cancer (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma), I've found so much of what he's recorded over the years to resonate with my emotions. I'm grateful for his music.

[@Heathaze813]

There are so many people that haven't discovered Peter's work with early Genesis. He is truly a wonderful musician with an amazing voice.

[@vocalpro]

Goddamn this is one of my favourite songs ever. The writing is like nothing we hear these days

[@budgetguitaristcom]

If I could pick one person to have dinner with, I'd pick Peter Gabriel. After all of these years, he's still my favorite singer and songwriter. I was lucky to see him twice (Security and So tours) and he was amazing... just like he is here.

[@lizab.stough9396]

He's on my list as well but mine is more of a "hang out with" list.

[@erictranvouez8592]

Cher Peter, j'ai choisi si peu de monde, qui m'accompagnent depuis si longtemps, dans cette vie. Il y a toi. Merci, tu es comme un frère avec lequel je chante.

[@gerrypocha175]

Age has not blunted his massive talent.

[@joshuawilk9533]

For me, a version of this masterpiece that strikes home like no other. Getting older, it’s a different kind of special.

[@denisewilkin4399]

My all time favourite song and singer, that voice could melt solid stone ❤️

[@kevbrowncanada]

This guy's voice is just incredible. Every bit as good as it was back in the days of Supper's Ready!

[@RobFieldFlorida]

English Progressive Rock was an explosion of creativity, and it's fascinating to listen to how its small community of performers moved on after the subgenre began to fade from public approval after 1975. Gabriel found a simpler, but sophisticated style that gave him plenty of room for artistic expression but retained his mass audience. His was one of the more successful transitions.

[@gmansshadow]

Peter is awesome. This song always bring tears to my eyes

[@spopsdado1799]

I am 51 now. my favourite track since I first heard PG at seventeen. Love it. stops me in my tracks every time I listen to it

[@johncollectsstamps]

My favourite song ever. Peter's voice has aged so well and it sounds better with the gravitas of age

[@skipm8029]

Right there with you - from Early 70's Genesis to solo to decades later, his music is one of my internal pleasures that's followed me for 45 years or so... thankfully, as it is healing in many ways.

[@2leighthurlow]

I'm 10years older and feel just the same. I saw him on the first four after leaving genesis. He done this from the 1st album and it was the stripped down version. Leicester De Montfort Hall. I came away so angry that I never see him with genesis. I got my chance some years later at a reunion no bowl. A genuis

[@johnworf]

@@johncollectsstamps me too

[@onetrickpony2236]

Listened to it over and over again at the age of 13 in my parents' car, somewhere in the south of France during a holiday with my dysfunctional family, totally lost and depressed about life itself. Did barely understand the lyrics at that time, but that didn't matter.

[@Ilmondodiart]

Gabriel has a unique voice that arrives directly to every heart in a moment... expecially when he sings only with a piano

[@gerrypocha175]

Jesus ! He can still hit those high notes!

[@sergeangelo7410]

tout ma jeunesse tant d emotion a reecouter ce morceau tant ecouté des nuits entiere

[@jacquesperrotte9599]

J’adore !!!!!!!!

[@Phobero]

Seriously: how the fuck can one dislike *this*?

[@farmaciapiroddibuggerrus.a3569]

Best rock singer all time

[@bopdogm9873]

here´s music from bottom of heart

[@birdboxbird]

Immer noch eines der schönsten Lieder, die je gesungen wurden.

[@nicolewagner5132]

I love this song so much.

[@AurasSparsas]

He's like the wine: it gets better year by year.

[@rickrisi]

Peter gets old but this song still young and alive to me...

[@danshaughnessy6559]

Like Like Like. I've been a fan of Peter Gabriel for years, since I was a kid. To this day its still a thrill to hear his vocal range on top of his talent

[@plap4983]

Genesis has never ever been the same without this genius ...

[@kayprinz7964]

Peter is an artist, who gathers, what he finds.

[@34hedgehog]

Still beautiful, still devastating in its simplicity. Dammit. Got something in my eye again.

[@wisemass]

Genius. His talent and voice, unlike some other aging Rock-Stars, still gives me tingles.

[@hampusljunggrenmusic978]

It's rare to find such great storytelling in music. A wonderful rendition of a wonderful song.

[@creamydistortion]

Like fine wine... His voice has mellowed while gaining complexity in the lower midrange...

[@steenkirkegaarderichsen9540]

Absolutly beautiful.

[@vincent15755]

i have not many words for this beautiful music,,,

[@marcorodriguez5806]

Peter Gabriel good memories i cry now listen to his music i grow up to his music 80s music was the best to me i am 44 years old

[@MrMagusperde]

I was 33 when he first sang this to me....Double my years - double the importance and poignancy of these lyrics in our pandemic....timeless beauty

[@scottdavidthompson8263]

I've been to Guitar Centers I don't know how many times, never run into Peter Gabriel playing a piano in any of them.

[@MacSnowball]

When we were driving back from our holiday earlier this year in June, this was playing on BBC Radio 2 at 3am. My parents were talking and laughing, my brother was sound asleep, and I had not realized how much I'd missed Norfolk. The stars were out, and the moon was full. Ir was a night I never do hope that I forget.

[@joejamesvella6690]

Legend!

[@Ososchoice]

Wow! He's like a modern day monk that has realized the truth behind suffering, tuned his instrument, and attained that look of a long staring wayfarer. When I first heard this song it resonated deeply within; and now, with Gabriel's growing tranquility the song carries beyond... beyond the deed within.

[@dvd11811]

PG = Pure Genius ... A fan once told him ... "Peter, you are God" ... His response ... "No. But I know him personally" ... !!!!

[@Auntvicki123]

He is always revelant. I absolutely love him. He is the best.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

He has the most soulful voice, and his songwriting has always been genius. I've been a fan since Foxtrot came out.

[@ljgittingeriii3199]

You need to go back and listen to Trespass and Nursery Cryme! Then again you probably already have, so never mind!

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

@@ljgittingeriii3199 Thanks for the rush to judgement, but I was listening to those records in the 70s, too. I just didn't discover Genesis until after Trespass (and From Genesis to Revelation) were released. So maybe stop being such an asshole.

[@peepee9036]

I was agreeing with you until I read your graceless response to LJ below. Whatever, PG is great to listen to, and I too found him because of Foxtrot.

[@Rainbow-yh6ov]

Supper’s Ready is beyond brilliant megasong . As is the whole Lamb Lies Down on Broadway album

[@tttm99]

@@Rainbow-yh6ov to my mind the name "Gabriel" never seemed more appropriate than when I first heard the end of Supper's Ready. Hair still stands up on the back of my neck wherever I hear it.

[@kevinpark9139]

Happy 70th Birthday, Peter! Fantastic performance of one of your finest compositions.

[@HQartmusic]

this man is the most brilliant musician alive, no doubt. He had been always two steps ahead of everyone, contemporary music owes so much to this incredible man, a real artist.

[@EHzNow]

Beautiful song.

[@hullaballoo9703]

The best rendition of this song. Close your eyes and be transported.

[@cjcar63]

I've heard Peter talk about the dream he once had that inspired this song. I suppose to each of us this song has a different meaning. And that's fine I suppose. To me, I always felt it was about the grieving process. I got the news recently that my eleven year old grandson, and 6 month old grand-daughter will be moving 1500 miles away in June. Words cannot express the pain I am feeling in my heart. My only solice comes from knowing that my troubles are trivial when compared with the great suffering that is going on in other places in the world today. I will miss them.

[@enzogalli5506]

Meravigliosa. Sublime. Grande Peter!!! ❤

[@circumnavigatore]

That song had and will always send shivers down my spine... Thanks Peter for that gem!

[@jeffleighliter5297]

My favorite of his solo work. 45 years old and it's better every time I hear it. I still listen to this song all the time. Just love it. Its a masterpeice.

[@jalemany1967]

Chills. One of my favourite but unsung songs.

[@loringlaverty4166]

Such a wonderful sound to Peter voice on this song. Magical

[@tttm99]

Here comes the flood... The threat of that giant cup?! Be it water, coffee, tip jar...whatever - I hope they filled it high. What a fantastic performance! Gabriel's work is incomparable.

[@jacquesperrotte9599]

Juste sublime ! Peter est immense

[@T.A.C.S.94]

unplugged this song has such a Lamb Lies down On Broadway feel to it.

[@TheMarkyMarx]

wrote in about the same time period, probably why

[@jamesh4357]

Best version of this song. Subdued, quiet and powerful. Masterpiece!

[@laurendejuliobell5823]

Beautiful and brilliant and heartbreaking and raw. Love, love, love. Thank you, Mr. Gabriel. Your talent, voice, music, heart, and humanity change the world daily. ❤

[@giovienna09]

what an awesome piano-version! my respect, "sir" peter gabriel!

[@kekeba1]

Masterpiece

[@mitt67]

Que dire de plus à part que Peter Gabriel est un immense artiste... merci

[@suzanneking4919]

Love this song. On the shortlist for desert island discs…. C’mon! We all do it.

[@TheodorusRex]

Beautiful. Gives me shivers.

[@Marco.romoli.lombardo]

GRANDE!!!!!

[@ralpharonni]

What a nice voice that boy has!

[@carlosdelapaz5845]

Magnifique 🙏🙏❤

[@mickmoorhouse9834]

Genius......

[@scottt9382]

Legend

[@9VDC]

This voice gives me chills... soo special, love it!

[@veciestlalucilaveciestlalu3157]

One of the best authors and musicians in the music golden era. Thank you from Argentina.

[@jvh2092]

Such a great performance, this gives me goosebumps every time I hear it

[@Olli-Moly]

I must be 40 years old, to see my first-Gabriel concert. I was so incredibly packed by the aura of this man. Thank you. For songs like this.

[@mglsite]

He is a freaking Nostradamus. He saw what the future was going to be 40 years ago, today there is no point in direction because you can not chose a side if it veers anyway off of the popular one.

[@williamjancha2812]

God gave him a true gift, and ability to spread The Light. :)

[@yurikostyk745]

Made me cry...

[@aburrage7697]

Peter is a gift from the Universe

[@marcorodriguez5806]

I love peter gabriel he's the best i get into his music alot

[@GuitarEncyclopedia]

What power this song has, it's unbelievable. I'm in tears, off course..

[@WildeyBlue]

Tears...tears of sheer joy. Thank you, old friend.

[@lsloan1189]

I remember hearing this 12 years ago for the first time. It gave me chills. It still takes my breath away.

[@chiccogussoni6814]

Thank you Mr. Gabriel......love and peace.

[@kreator7193]

!!!!!!!!!!! SUPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danmartinazzi]

Maestro!!

[@11pitter11]

Einer der absolut Größten seit vielen Jahrzehnten, was für ein wundervoller Künstler! Danke Peter!

[@marileneboschofsky1418]

Peter you are just the best

[@robarini]

My favorite rendition so far from him of The Flood. This song just grabs me and comes to life.

[@davidkinseth260]

Drink up indeed - I am running dry. Great version of an old friend.

[@Cybersib]

Wow. Just freaking amazing performance. Thank you Peter

[@Sitiruta]

This is pure GENIUS :-)

[@theImpalerman]

So elegantly simple, beautiful and moving!

[@drewsweetwood9396]

We all know this man is about as raw and genuine as you can find on this Earth. Straight up? This song was written at least 36 years previously and he means every word like it's coming right out right now. Why would we listen to something that wasn't? He just won't let me be nostalgic. Thanks Pete -- love love love !!!