PETER GABRIEL (feat. KATE BUSH) FIRST TIME REACTION to Don't Give Up

[@grahamhowes6904]

Cited by Elton John as saving his life - he had been suicidal. It is deeply moving.

[@glenndespres5317]

This song hits. Heard it during a rough patch. Laid off from work, had a young son and a wife to support. All those feelings i couldn’t express were here in this song.

[@lou_bee]

Peter and Kate did a wonderful duet on a live Christmas special in 1979. The song was "Another Day." Worth checking out. Great performance.

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@damienyoung751]

It is indeed a brilliant song and duet

[@paulgatton1785]

Masterpiece of a song!! Always draws a tear.....and yes, the outro is supurb!

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@stpnwlf9]

Kate's voice is capable of carrying a story on it's own, but coupled with great lyrics (and both of them are fantastic lyricists, though this song is obviouly his) she enhances lyrics with her vocal expression and strengthens the story being told.

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@richardconnolly4835]

Don't wait to see him, look at what happened to Linda Ronstadt and Celine who can't sing any more.

[@andrewmadeloni7173]

Please check out for yourselves Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Tour". You'll be blown away...

[@J.Christ-man]

"Okay, who's cutting onions in here!?!?"

[@mvunit3]

Haha! "Salty Cracker" 😉

[@mikenichols3965]

It's jalapeño juice in my eye 😥

[@gavinkistner772]

"Drove the night toward my home, the place that I was born, on the lakeside. As daylight broke, I saw the earth: The trees had burned down to the ground." That verse breaks me. He's broken and sad, he goes back to his childhood home for comfort, and then finds out it's ruined. Everything is changed, and not for the better. There is no refuge for him there.

[@kph1034]

Peter Gabriel - What a voice Kate Bush - What a voice Together -wow 😊

[@MrGameControler]

Please see this comment....I saw Peter Gabriel this Tuesday in Antwerp and my god, it's probably the best concert I've been to. First of all, the man's voice is literally like 80-90% as good as on his albums 40 years ago. I went with my dad who is the actual Peter Gabriel fan while I'm just an admirer of ridiculous talent and only knew 3 of his biggest hits. When he started singing we just looked at eachother with a smile like "holy shit he's still this good?" Aside from his performance, Tony Levin and all the other extremely talented musicians were very good and the production, camera work and his cool "stage machines" (not just spots but really fun surprises I can't describe well) were fantastic. If you can see him, you absolutely should. I saw Rammstein last year btw who are quite different but also praised for live shows, Peter Gabriel was more memorable for me and I'm a Rammstein fan...

[@NicknLex]

We plan to go see him for sure, thank you for the boost though!! :))

[@Pulsar77]

"So Peter, do you have any ideas for the music video?" "Yes, I want to hug Kate for 6 minutes."

[@jimdolen225]

If this song doesn't get to you, you are dead inside!

[@wpollock1]

I actually like the live version on the “Secret World Tour”….I just prefer Paula Coles voice better - both are great.

[@RedSinter]

No matter the time...or the year...this song is viscerally emotional...timeless...

[@rk41gator]

That bass outro could go on forever! I believe Peter asked Dolly Parton first and she turned him down. But Kate is perfect. Love how the eclipse in the background follows emotions in the song.

[@leonh.kalayjian6556]

He just wanted to hug Dolly for 10 minutes

[@martinstewart5205]

Kate is much better for this

[@mjarve909]

Peter Gabrial made a joke along those lines saying hugging Kate for 6 minutes wasn't the worst thing he had been forced to do. But he did make sure his wife was at the video recording. It did not stop the press and there were several stories about their 'affair' to a point that Kate actually released a statement denying it. Interestingly a few years later Sinead O'Connor was quoted as saying that she admired Kate as the only Woman who flatly turned down Peter's advances.

[@rk41gator]

@@mjarve909 I had heard rumors about him and Kate after his wife left. Interesting. Kate 'turning him down' sounds in character.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

This is what you get when you put two of the best singers and artists of all time together and ask them to do a duet ...........:) Peace and Love

[@adammckee3496]

It's not the first time they played together. She sang on games Without Frontiers and No Self Control on Peter's 3rd album.

[@lorcazola]

In 1982 Peter Gabriel walked by me down the isle with a tiny little drum on his way to the stage. He was in full monkey makeup. Band started with "Rhythm of The Heat". When he got on the stage Peter Gabriel does that yoddle and then the Bell Tolls........then the Chorus of children. Sounds like I was in Africa.............screams "The Rhythm Has My Soul....the Rhythm of the Heat". More Chorus.".has My............Sooooouuullll" More African Drums......Goosebumps. That's how the concert started.

[@debrabrabenec]

Man!! I wish I had seen him that time! Security is my favorite PG album!

[@gregall2178]

You should definitely check out the Secret World tour video with Paula Cole.

[@stevegoebel5362]

Peter always brings something different. WOW. And kate Bush

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@chitownlee]

The So Album came out in 1986. This song was supposedly about The Great Depression era in America.

[@brettpeacock9116]

Given that both of them are from the UK, it's more likely the song is about the 1980's economic reforms under Margaret Thatcher , which almost blended Britain and caused mass unemplyment and skyrocketing crime.

[@SEANBANOG4]

Song gets me everytime....life can be tough get yourself a good partner.

[@mauriciodelarosa2449]

So beautiful and so sad. The So album is a diamond. 🙏🏽✌🏽♥️

[@richardconnolly4835]

This video captures the sentiment of the song with a simple loving embrace. To be that loved - it made me cry and I'm not overly sentimental. Sooo glad you finally got to it

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@Cotygeek]

Elton John says this is the song that made him want to get sober.

[@kolnidur_]

There is also a great, great collab between Peter Gabriel and Joni Mitchell, 'My Secret Place'. It's a very underrated song, check it out

[@JKonstage]

That’s a great deep cut!

[@anthonyzavarella8652]

N&L - Do yourself a favour and go see him live - he is brilliant and the production is outstanding !! Listen to Mercy Street - another brilliant track from this record. Cheers !

[@jimled50jl49]

My favourite track !!!

[@mmoura1104]

This song still holds a special place in my heart. He is awesome in concert. Live your life

[@davidrussell7105]

I believe the song is based on a period in British history, when Margaret Thatcher was PM and the government closed down multiple coal mines and there was mass unemployment. Whole towns and villages went from relative prosperity to poverty within months. And unemployed men in particular suffered from anxiety and depression. And many sadly committed suicide. Here Peter is enacting one of those men contemplating suicide, and the loving wife is trying to talk him out of it.

[@robertjewell9727]

Peter Gabriel was one of the best concerts I've ever seen so definitely go if you can. Also Peter does a great duet with Sinead O'Connor with The Blood of Eden and Kate does a moving duet with Elton John with Snowed in at Wheeler Street. Best wishes. Great reaction!

[@spikeysnack]

I love this song because it is an answer to the over masculine propaganda about how to work through hardships. In movies and tv the answer to hardship is violence, or "toughing it out emotionlessly" "ignoring the pain", or some macho BS. Peter and Kate reveal that the answer to getting through is vulnerability and honesty, and admitting you are struggling. The soothing female power of comfort and emotional support, hope, even love in the face of despair carries you through the dark times, the eclipse of the soul, into the resolution where the sun comes back again, even if you are still not whole, you have lived through it and come to the realization that your connections are the most important thing. The Great Depression after 1929 clear up to World War II was such a time in America and England as well, and they sort of captured that. In my time of darkness this song would have me crying openly. It still makes me misty. The only other song that has captured this emotion for me is Duran Duran's "Still Breathing", but even that is not as deliberately melancholy as this.

[@debrabrabenec]

Beautiful comment!❤️❤️

[@carlosjavierregidoriglesia3847]

Mercy Street es otra maravilla de este álbum. No perdáis la oportunidad de ir a verle en directo. No os arrepentiréis.

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@carlosjavierregidoriglesia3847]

@@jimled50jl49 thank you, I saw it. I won’t click

[@STILL-KICKIN]

You MUST react to his song “Come Talk To Me” from the Secret World Live Tour…. Simplistic but deeply moving video

[@richardhoyau936]

Un des plus beaux duos zvec deux grands artistes

[@lizmarch4000]

when this song/video came out I was too young to care and was probably just waiting for some other favorite video to come on after. Tonight I watch and listen with a different adult perspective. thanks for re-introducing it to me !

[@mjjones8216]

Kate Bush released her first album the kick inside which was a big hit in 1978 in England but The first time we heard kate sing with Peter Gabriel was on peters song games without frontiers Which was released in 1980 . but Kate’s voice was just a sample of her voice on peters track but Gabriel also sang with Kate on the one off kate bush show made by BBC TV . they sang a song called Another Day which you can see online as a video on u-tube ! 🇬🇧👋🏻

[@cjrutty]

I do enjoy your videos, but I suggest you spend a bit of time doing some research into the song/band before you record a video to at least know such basic information as when a song/album was released and who the members of a band were at the time a song/album was released. Such details are important.

[@brucedillinger9448]

Yes...DO GO SEE HIM! I saw Phil Collins back in 2019 in San Francisco. He was chair bound and his son played the drums. Phil still sounded great though. Wonderful show! ✌

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@carstenhorn5075]

So beautiful, so deep. One of the best duets and video clips I know

[@g.e.5723]

He recalled the "Thatcher Years". Layoffs, economic troubles for working folks, unemployment etc.

[@GaryParris]

two incredible artists on one song is just a pinnacle of music

[@richarddobson815]

This is one of THE great duets in modern music history. Two unique, singular talents combining to produce beautiful, emotional music. When this album was released I was in a similar situation to Peter's character in the song, and it gave me the strength and fortitude to keep on fighting for everything. I've lost count of the amount of times I have listened to this song in the last 37 years, but every time my eyes well up with tears. On a BBC documentary on Kate's career Elton John said that this song helped him finally get sober for life. You have recently done a Peter marathon Nick, but there are so many more that can be done; and we have to do some Kate reactions too! She is not just 80's, her career started in 1977, and her albums 'The Red Shoes' (1993) 'Aerial' (2005) and '50 Words for Snow' (2011) are mature works of art. No-one comes close to her, innovative, challenging but so rewarding. Thanks guys xx

[@mattperegrine873]

Last quarter I had my creative writing class write a short story inspired by the lyrics of "Don't Give Up". I called it the "Sad Story Challenge."

[@JKonstage]

I love that!

[@mattperegrine873]

@@JKonstage This quarter is "Mystery Madness." I've assigned them to write the "Tell Tale Heart" from the Scooby Doo point of view.

[@steveaga4683]

I saw Kate Bush at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1978. She had a couple of surprise guests on stage with her! Steve Harley of Cockley Rebel and...Peter Gabriel.

[@RockDocNeal]

Hey guys, I've loved this song since it was first released in the 80's. The live version of this song that was recorded in Italy during Peter Gabriel's 1993-1994 Secret World Live tour, with Paula Cole singing Kate Bush's part, is also phenomenal. (BTW, In Your Eyes is one of my favorite songs and the extended live version from the Secret World Live tour is unbelievable and almost like a spiritual experience).

[@jimled50jl49]

Hi Guys, I've not seen this video for many years. Really clever how they did it in one take from just one position, and timed it during a total eclipse. At the time music videos were used to great effect in promoting a song, and for many it was the first listen when they came on the tv. Artists could spend so much money on top notch videos, to get into the charts. Groups like Duran Duran and Ultravox spent fortunes with professionally filmed videos, almost like mini - movies. In fact Michael Jackson went one better with his music video for "Thriller". Incidentally Kate Bush did a fantastic mini-movie music video, with the song "Cloudbusting", which I first saw in a cinema before the main feature. It was totally unexpected, and to see Donald Sutherland in it, playing the part of Kate's father was brilliant. From watching that the first time, was enought to go and buy the album. So many singles and albums were bought due to these music videos. Have you ever seen the music video by, Ah Ha - "Take On Me" ? Soooo clever !!! Saw the video and bought the record the same week. Rock groups then got into the act, like Whitesnake, ZZ.Top, Van Halen & Iron Maiden. There was plenty of rock programmes on late at night. That's all gone now. I have so much recorded over those years, on vhs video. Glad I never threw them out, and I still have my vhs player connected in perfect working order. Really enjoyed seeing this one again after so long. Thankyou. Byeee Jim X

[@rmac8008]

You must go I’ve never missed a Gabriel tour (always epic) Flying from 🇨🇦to Verona Italy May 20 to see him again

[@g.e.5723]

Tony Levin talks "Don't Give Up" kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWfadnSwgLubjac

[@dav147]

Beautiful, please watch Peter singing Wallflower Live in London.

[@61hink]

One of my all time favorite Peter Gabriel songs - never heard that live version, will have to check it out.

[@dav147]

@@61hink 😪

[@debrabrabenec]

Love that song, from my favorite PG album!

[@richardwirt3193]

He wrote this song and it was about the Great depression in our country

[@ronnie6613]

Hi Nic and Lex, I would love You to react to Genesis Album, Calling All Stations, from 1997. Without Phil Collins on Vocals or Drums. Ray Wilson took over. The Title Track is a good place to start. This is a great Song. Love Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel. She duetted with Him on Games without Frontiers. Keep Rockin'🎸🎸 Keep Rockin'👍 RONNIE Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TimothySmiths]

Always makes me tear up, this song always strikes a nerve in me..But one of my favorite songs by them both.Peter's SO album is one of the best.

[@cabdriveruk]

The song was inspired by the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange, showing poverty-stricken Americans in Dust Bowl conditions. Gabriel saw Lange's images in a 1973 book titled In This Proud Land. He felt that a song based on this was wholly appropriate to difficult economic conditions in England under Margaret Thatcher. He composed lyrics about a man whose unemployment causes stress in his domestic relationship. The verses, sung by Gabriel, describe the man's feelings of isolation, loneliness and despair; the choruses, sung by Bush, offer words of hope and encouragement. Gabriel originally wrote the song from a reference point of American roots music and he approached country singer Dolly Parton to sing it with him. However, Parton turned it down, so his friend Kate Bush took her place

[@dalj4362]

Thanks for the backstory. Dolly Parton sure did miss out and I'm glad she did now. Kate and Peter are a perfect match for this song.

[@edjones3706]

Hi Nik and Lex! Great show on my favorite all time performer! My wife Laura and I, have tickets for PG in Buffalo, September 22! My 4th time. Thank you.

[@anthonycollins5305]

England's true King and Queen.

[@ElizasGrammy]

@NicknLex I know you don't normally listen to videos, but if you would give a listen to Peter Gabriel's "No Way Out" (Live), it's recorded live in the Big Room at Real World Studios and the process is incredible. The bass player is all over it and Peter Gabriel's daughter is in on the session. I know you'd love it.

[@robertwhite7234]

You should watch the Secret World live concert by Gabriel. Incredible.

[@Triplecenturies]

Peter Gabriel was my very first recorded music ever owned. At age 15 In 1980 I got a boombox - a dual speaker with cassette player for Christmas along with the equally requested (wish) cassette that Peter Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers came on - his 3rd album referred to as "Melt" due to the album not having a name and an image of Peter partially melted on the cover. Turns out Kate Bush is on vocals and sings the "Jeux sans frontières" lines of that song.

[@DexterD63]

Wow, didn’t know about Pete asking Dolly to sing on this but Did you know…that PG also recorded vocals for his 3rd and 4th albums in German?

[@irenesnyder1819]

SO is my favorite album of all time (Aja is second). We've seen Peter Gabriel (my favorite male musician) in concert four times, and each time was completely different and absolutely magical. Joni Mitchell (my favorite female musician/artist) collaborated with Peter on her album Chalkmark In a Rainstorm in 1988, and it is also glorious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2HXn2x7qJqCiLc

[@debrabrabenec]

Thanks, I'd never heard that song before- beautiful!

[@chrisgross2043]

I heard Peter say that he first asked Dolly Parton to do this with him but she turned him down

[@tjsherminator]

Did you notice the Solar Eclipse going on in the background. Happens so slowly it's easily missed

[@IAmInfinitus208]

Tony Levin's nappy bass sound really drives you here, you can't have this song without it! Do Mercy Street and That Voice Again next!

[@brian5154]

The Best of British..........

[@davidheiser2225]

My brother had a ticket to see Jeff Beck a few months ago. He didn't feel up for the long drive to get there so he didn't go. He regrets that decision now.

[@lamusiclover2264]

Notice in the background how during the song, that there is a full solar eclipse going on that is timed to complete exactly to the end of the song

[@chrisgross2043]

He puts on a great live show! Take advantage and see him while you can!

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@EL_Duderino68]

I think Lex was getting all the feels of the lyrics, no disrespect to Nick. You can just see when Lex looks across. :)

[@kennyott3797]

If you venture into more video, please try in your eyes live version. PG has a special way live vs studio that brings his songs to life.

[@hettdog]

I’m not sure women understand the pressure men put on themselves. Not looking for sympathy. Just saying.

[@mikebarts964]

Peter Gabriel originally offered this to Dolly Parton. She turned it down due to the fact that she had never heard of Peter Gabriel and Genesis. Don’t think this song would have worked with Dolly

[@bashab3098]

1986 , because In your eyes was my sing for my beautiful girl friend . And I was 20 .

[@debrabrabenec]

Loved this song from the moment it was released! My niece did a beautiful quartet dance number to it, when she studied dance in high school, that made me cry. The song came out the year she was born, so I was surprised that 15+ years later she was dancing to it! You just can't go wrong with either of these artists. They're both so talented and beautifully expressive. Loved your reactions! Thank you! 🎵❤️🎵 Debbie

[@juneseghni]

Bought this record for my then husband when it came out. He was unemployed during the 80s recession and it was hard for both of us. We're not together now but this brings back bittersweet memories.

[@jmpmusva]

your going to love this....I think this is his best singing.

[@scottsaunders5087]

Please react to this womens work by Kate Bush a very moving song

[@RicardoCamargo]

"You know it's never been easy" ...awesome dynamics riding over the bass line of Tony Levin, amazing and expressive voices. Also Beautiful lyrics it was a fresh breeze on the 80s

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!

[@j.k.1963]

It's time for you to dive into both their work. It will be true rabbithole experiences. This is something I genuinely wish for you. Love your heartfelt reaction.

[@tessjuel]

5:00 Oh yes, music videos can often be more distractions than additions to the music but this one was made by Lol Creme and that makes a huge difference.

[@annewoodard6803]

If you want the full immersion of Peter Gabriel, watch “The Secret World” concert. It’s epic. Sad to say he’s playing at awful venues in LA and Chicago this year, the two cities I can see him in. Bummer, I’ve seen him twice, Shock the Monkey tour and the So album tour a few years back. That was at the Hollywood Bowl. 😁❤️

[@Bobsherunkle]

Please take a look at The Sensual World by Kate. You will need to watch the video though!

[@bashab3098]

In your eyes from the secret world tour , in fact the secrets world tour live performance from Italy are a fantastic concert to watch even just your own entertainment.

[@kenhewitt7357]

Even better than this is them doing Roy Harpers amazing song Another day and do the video version it is total class.

[@JohnMacRae23]

Really doesn't get any better than these two, they are both sort of musical twins, both amazing songwriters and trailblazers. I've seen Peter live 5 times over the years, and trust me there is no better show.

[@chrisb.2178]

Everyone who had the chance to see him is blessed. Saw him three times myself and looking forward to number four.

[@mjarve909]

Having seen both I would just shade it to Kate in 2014 - the most emotional show I have ever been to.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

1986. You only missed it by six years.

[@chitownlee]

He's my age, 73.

[@alexhamilton4084]

The song reminds me of the early 1980s when i couldn’t get a job even though I was a skilled welder and also had a bus driver license. The sense of futility captured in this song.

[@scifimonkey3]

With two artists of this calibre it was almost bound to sound good but the song is so well written that it takes it to stellar level.

[@russellsearch7925]

Seeing as you love Peter so much and THAT voice, I highly recommend Mercy Street from his classic album So. I think you’ll absolutely love it.

[@dennyd4848]

You need to see him! His show will change you as a human being! I saw him in London in front of a 66 piece orchestra- and never regret it a moment! His new work is quite amazing too - worth a listen? 🤗🤔

[@jprph1]

I saw the SO tour and Peter Gabriel was amazing ! It was in the mid 80’s when I was going to college in Pittsburgh. I’m very glad you reacted to this song AND this video. Take care you two!

[@mcolford]

You gotta do more Kate Bush -- my pick would be Hounds of Love. A really amazing song and a beautiful allegory for love.

[@josephcote6120]

Something easy to overlook in the video: the sun in the background goes through a total eclipse matching the tone of the song. Sad at first but hopeful at the end.

[@ritaagostino3478]

i love that during the song the sun is slowly obliterated and the shines again. very inspiring for all of us.

[@rx7dude2006]

The Secret World live version with Paula Cole is better.

[@wrennature5645]

Hi both of you. I've just discovered your channel. I'm loving your knowledgeable reactions and have subscribed. I'm a big Kate Bush fan right from the beginning of her career in the late 70s. I'd love for you to listen to some of her early work. Some suggestions would be Moving and The Man with the Child in his eyes, both from her debut album The Kick Inside from 1978. Anything from The Dreaming album (1982) would be good. It's very 'out there'. Her most experimental album. A couple of suggestions from after Hounds of Love would be The Sensual World and Rocket's Tail both from the album The Sensual World (1989). From her 2005 album Aerial I'd suggest How to be Invisible and A Coral Room. From her latest Album 50 Words for Snow, I'd suggest Lake Tahoe and Among Angels. I hope you do listen to more Kate Bush. Thanks.

[@NicknLex]

Hi! Thank you for your kind words and support! We appreciate the insight and suggestions, welcome aboard! :)

[@lindascott6902]

Dolly Parton was originally invited to dig the female half of this duet

[@michaeldaley5831]

This song has saved people from taking there own lives.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

They are both musical giants. Together they are stunning.

[@jimled50jl49]

You have a Scammer in your reply ..Do NOT click link !!