Peter Gabriel- Intruder (First Listen)

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Song Link: • Peter Gabriel - Intruder

[@Azabaxe80]

This song. This album. Man, where to start. I'm not a big fan of Gabriel Genesis. I'm a HUGE solo Gabriel fan, and it all started with this record. This is probably the most important record of the 80s for a whole bunch of both good and bad reasons. "World Music" stated here, Fairlight synth driven music started here, real heartfelt political music in the 80s started here, etc. Gabriel knows all about opening windows and doors.

[@harrisongilligan2501]

Actually a fun fact (someone else may have said this already) is that Peter Gabriel instructed the drummers in the album to not use cymbals. So it’s not only intruder that has no cymbals but actually he entire album. He did this to get a unique sound and to me it’s genius

[@manhattenman6075]

Favourite Peter Gabriel Album and it’s a killer the next song No Self Control is My favourite song off the album though. But Intruder the music fits well with the lyrics. One Fact Phil Collins is on drums on this and it’s the first song to use the gated drum snare. Other musicians on the album featured are Robert Fripp (King Crimson) Kate Bush, Tony Levin, Paul Weller, Larry Fast and loads others

[@shyshift]

No Self Control is my favorite PG song.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@shyshift Parental Guidance song...

[@jimhardiman3836]

Don’t forget Morris Pert from Brand X on percussion.

[@davidtaylorbfd]

Phil Collins plays drums on this track. The drum sound was unique at the time and Phil used the sound for In The Air Tonight.

[@bobholtzmann]

This is the first song ever to used the effect Gated Reverb - I recently saw it explained in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKndZ52Jnbxgaac

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

In addition, neither Collins nor Jerry Marotta (the other drummer on the album) used cymbals.

[@AlexAlex-dr9zc]

@@m.gideonhoyle409 True, there are no cymbals neither hi hat on this album and the following one as PG said they "conditionned the music" and replaced those with electronic sounds with synths, Lin drum or Fairlight CMI

[@bobcorbin3294]

@@AlexAlex-dr9zc it was at about this time that Robert Fripp took away Bill Bruford's Cymbals during the Discipline sessions.

[@IanHillan]

Oh, and riffing off Bob Corbin, King Crimson's Discipline album is amazing...and features Bill Bruford!

[@BigMacIain]

Still my favourite album from PG. Since you're starting with the first track, I'm hoping that you're going to do the whole album. There isn't a bad track on it. I first heard this in a late night record store in Nottingham. Family Snapshot was blaring out of the speakers and left with a copy under my arm

[@JustJP]

You never know🤷‍♂️

[@OronOfMontreal]

This, his 3rd album, and his 4th from 1982, are Gabriel's most challenging, dark and exciting albums. Also among the most important and influential records of the following two decades.

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

I also love that he doesn't say what he does in the end - he leaves his mark. Does he just take precious things, does he assault, does he murder? By not saying, it is so much more powerful.

[@compuspex]

This album is Gabriel's masterpiece as a solo. "Intruder" is a killer opening track. You mentioned Hipgnosis in an earlier video, don't remember which one. I believe Hipgnosis is responsible for the artwork on the first four Peter Gabriel albums. This one later was unofficially nicknamed Melt, to describe the cover. (First one was Car, second was Scratch, fourth was given the official title Security for U.S. release.) "I Don't Remember" and "Biko" are among the top 3 tracks along with "Intruder."

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

Love this album, especially: Family Snapshot Biko Start/I Don't Remember And Through the Wire Games Without Frontiers

[@edwardmeradith2419]

M. Gideon Hoyle “family snapshot” is an incredible song

[@craigchalloner153]

I'd love you to react to DARKNESS, which is the opening track from his "UP" album. So many good songs on there, but that is my favourite.

[@natewilliams1062]

PG is definitely daring us to listen. This is a confident opener. Especially for a 1980 album. NOONE was doing this back then. Well done

[@bobholtzmann]

I like how this song fits with my current reading list - I am finishing the first book of The Lord of the Rings, and it helps me to think of Gollum's sneakily trailing the Company of the Ring-Bearer.

[@natewilliams1062]

This is a crazy creepy song about paranoia when you commit to any relationship. I don't want anyone intruding. Apparently Peter feels the same.

[@arminreuter5151]

A piece of art. A surrealistic painting. The only beautiful thing in it is the tune he's whistling. But having said this, I like it. It shows, what you can do with music and how you can test and shift the boundaries. Great!

[@benrichardson7306]

My dad was a huge Peter Gabriel fan. This song gave me nightmares when I was a kid.

[@JustJP]

Oh I can imagine lol

[@ruipina5636]

you're getting a better understanding of the forces behind Genesis and why that first (well, second) line-up was so special...

[@JustJP]

I am I am

[@ruipina5636]

@@JustJP I know. Stay safe.

[@OronOfMontreal]

This is one of the most influential albums of the 1980s, along with "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" by Brian Eno and David Byrne, also from 1980. Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush are the most organic of musicians, in the sense proposed by Frank Lloyd Wright. They most closely follow Wright's tenet that "form and function are one".

[@brushuk]

i was obsessed with this album when it came out... i even bought the german version as well, just to hear slightly different versions..! (it was before the internet..) and no cymbals throughout.. :-)

[@CthulhuWaitsDreaming]

I agree with others that you should definitely react to his song No Self Control.

[@OronOfMontreal]

After listening to "No Self Control" from the album, you MUST view the Live in Athens video from 1987. It's on KZbin and it will blow you away. It is followed immediately by one Peter's all time great live performances: "Mercy Street", which sounds exactly like the album version. If it doesn't make you want to cry, then you just might not be human. But ONLY from the '87 Athens video.

[@merlinscat]

I went to see Peter live in about 1982 his drummer was sick so he announced the replacement for the evening some chap called Collins, we were all thrilled.

[@robertcartier5088]

oh, wow! Lucky!

[@floorticket]

Nice, where?

[@merlinscat]

@@floorticket Crystal Palace football ground south London it was PG 4 tour I'll never forget Shock the Monkey, with Peter swinging around the stage like a Monkey

[@peetee303]

@@merlinscat I was at that concert on that warm sunny day wow what a gig that was.

[@OronOfMontreal]

@@merlinscat I saw that tour in Ottawa. It was my 1st Gabriel concert and it blew my mind. The bass drums were beating a heartbeat with synthesized hunting sticks ticking onstage, as the band appeared among the highest seats in the arena and slowly paraded down, through the audience, toward the stage, their big drums strapped to their chests. Then Peter mounted a small platform, wailed out the beginning of "Rhythm of the Heat" and to the sound of that huge "gong/bell" a floodlight beamed upward from beneath Peter's feet. Now, in that arena, the white ceiling was fairly low, so the footlight cast Pete's shadow up against the ceiling, and with his arms outstretched, his giant shadow resembled an eagle-god swirling in the sky! I wasn't on drugs but I sure felt like I was!

[@PaulHilburger]

YES! I was going to request this song. Mindhunters season 2 series final FTW

[@JustJP]

I'm trying to be one step ahead 😄

[@jimbricker4982]

Great to see this, JP. Yeah, Peter Gabriel (or 3 or Melt) is not an easy listen due to how Peter musically approaches its themes of paranoia and injustice. As I've recommended before, you really ought to check out the next track, "No Self Control," where you have Kate Bush, Robert Fripp, and Phil Collins guesting; it also contains one of PC's best drum fills ever ("swarm of bees"). Like coming back to any work of art, PG3 is really worth visiting as a whole album listen. Just make sure to check out "Start" and "I Don't Remember" is one sitting.

[@JustJP]

Ty as always Jim

[@315Mikey]

Great review as always, Justin! Peter Gabriel is the rare musician who believes thar every artistic aspect of a song must be a certain way; what German composer Richard Wagner called "gesamkünstwerke" or "total work of art". It's one of the reasons be became disenchanted with the collaborative process of being in Genesis; which he addressed in the song "Solsbury Hill" as "feeling part of the machinery". Phil Collins plays drums on one other track on this album called "No Self Control" that I believe you would very much enjoy, as it contains a signature fill that could be mistaken for none other. His debut solo album is a must-listen; dare I say should be reviewed as you have "Trick" and "Foxtrot". I'll stop there before I end up on one of my attention-deficit missives......

[@natewilliams1062]

Peter might be my spirit animal. Thanks again for the react but...Peter is challenging in more ways than I'm comfortable admitting to. So...FUCK ME!

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Peter Gabriel's best album... and one of the Top 20 of all time. Kate Bush, Paul Weller (The Jam), Phil Collins drumming, Dave Gregory (XTC), Tony Levin (King Crimson)... what's not to like? BRILLIANT album. (Gabriel's taking away of Phil Collins' cymbals and the gated sound on this... kind of led the way to Collins' In The Air Tonight.)

[@AriadneJC]

Great song! You've inspired me to go listen to Peter's back catalogue, starting from PG1 and going forwards. Whoo-hoo! Good times ahead!

[@JustJP]

Enjoy!

[@natewilliams1062]

Weird yet relatable. Relationships get scary sometimes. This is a song about being possessive I think? And more importantly about insecurity in a relationship? Idk. It's a touchstone for me in terms of regulation. This song is cautionary. Be aware. DON'T BE THE INTRUDER

[@yes_head]

This was so ahead of its time for 1980. It still creeps me out. This kind of subject matter has been mined repeatedly by later prog bands, especially Marillion ("Uninvited Guest") and Steven Wilson ("Index").

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Peter Gabriel owns! Full concert Athens1987. Saw it Here in Sweden! Best version of Here comes THE flood. Lay your hands on me, best stage dive ever! Try out Pollunin dancing to HoziersTake me to church!

[@cesarjom]

still brings chills, one of Gabriel's best songs with dark elements common in many of his early work/albums.

[@JeromeDukes]

That was very enjoyable for my first listen. The mood set by the drums and spacing of other instruments felt ominous and eerie. This is one of those songs where the lyrics are important to get the full effect/intent of the song. I'll definitely give it another go and read along.

[@evandrocg5736]

I confess that I like more the recent albums of PG, like "Up"or "Ovo". Please react to "This Strange Engine", the song that made me fall in love with Marillion.

[@budmaynard5952]

Hey man - good to see you keeping safe and well! Nice reaction, love PG! This was a really good album: there's plenty more gems to mine there. His hit from this was Games Without Frontiers which is a great song, but also Biko about Steven Biko the South African anti-aparthied activist who was killed in police custody is a really moving song. I think your balance of choices to view and react to is good. Peace from SF

[@CourtneyVisser]

Very late to this video, but if you haven’t heard Gabriel’s New Blood version of this track, please do. Testament to how good the song and PG both are. Completely different arrangement - no drums, very orchestral, his voice has no fx on it. Bone chilling start to finish. New Blood should get WAY more recognition - it’s a masterpiece.

[@bobcarn]

Oh man. I love this album! A good song to check out from it is "Snapshot". It's.... intense. When you see where it goes, it's really, really intense. I don't know why I like this album so much. It's VERY dark. But it's so well done, I just love listening to it through.

[@michaelhernandez6446]

'Family Snapshot', and his later, 'Darkness', entertain the same Wounded Antagonist.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Sets a certain mood, dunnit? This is what I call "the drum sound that ruined the '80s." (From all the digital gated reverb imitators, not from this album.) Whole story on how this sound was created-several, actually. This third album is Gabriel's true masterpiece, when his experimental nature truly flowered (npi) and met digital sampling head on. Adventurous, uncompromising, scary, and at times, relentless. A true Art Rock album that managed two hit singles. I'd go through the whole thing. EDIT-also, his rule starting out was: no cymbals for the whole album. My own thought is that Peter knew that as an 8-bit sampler, the Fairlight (and drum machines) would be taking up a lot of the high end territory (which he was eager to explore), weak in the low end, and as someone who started out as a drummer, understood different elements (the marimba-like sequence in No Self Control) could drive the kinds of psychological horror songs he had in him at the time.

[@michaelhernandez6446]

Peter went full-on 'Primitive' via 'Intruder'. To 'Peter Gabriel 3's Origin-Story and subsequent Flavor,...Peter wrote, that for a brief time, he institutionalized himself in 79'. He is here breaching, to this theme, early within the album, seen through his, 'Lead a Normal Life',... literal Cries, a Post building Xylophone, leading to Peter's, -"It's nice here with a view of the trees Eating with a spoon? They don't give you knives?- Here to PG3, Peter is laying bare 'Psyche' itself. We journey to Peter's Journey of Exploration, to Discovery, and of a hopeful Reemergence. I was fortunate to see Peter and Band live in 78' and to here, 'Intruder', an opening Song in his 1980 - "China - Expect the Unexpected Tour". The Audience, and I, all quaked to what was laid before us. - Best Concert ever. A Soul expunging itself.

[@MyNameIsBucket]

Or, if you ask Peter himself, he'll tell you that cymbals hurt his ears.

[@gelsol]

@@MyNameIsBucket Fripp was super-anti-cymbals during this era, too.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@MyNameIsBucket They do hurt like a bitch live if the plane of their edge is aligned to your ears, so that makes total sense.

[@delllittle5692]

The most awesomeness of awesomeness. How frickin' great is this track and this album? One of the biggest door openings for me in the world of music and aural sensations. I forgot Larry Fast was on this recording.

[@davependragon1]

The amazing thing about this album is that the "Gated Drum sound" was achieved by complete accident when an overhead mic used for communicating with the sound engineer was picking up the drums and cutting off a ceartain frequency, leading to the "No Echo" drums Gabriel then used it on nearly all the tracks on this album and forbade the Drummers from using any cymbal at all. After this album the gated drum was used by many artists through the 80s. Most famously in "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins

[@davidlane1169]

Ole' Audiophile here, This song strongly demonstrates the power of performance level volume. It was in listening to Peter Gabriel that I began to question the limitations & restrictions of my sound system. By album four, it became painfully obvious, I needed better gear to accurately playback his music. Pete can spoil you that way.

[@nickmainguy3132]

saw him in1983 with david bowie. one of the best concerts i've ever seen . you should try and find the german version of this song . it's even more spooky

[@rosenfield10]

Great review. You get it, Justin. *Peter Gabriel - "A Different Drum"* *Peter Gabriel - "Mercy Street"*

[@Sir_Blobfish]

As I’ve said many times and also on your channel, Peter is my favorite individual artist. I mean artist too. I love everything he’s ever done. While Intruder isn’t my favorite song, this reaction was one of my favorites by you, Justin. I think you couldn’t have reacted better to it. His way of telling the story may change and alter, but that’s always the key. He is always telling a story. Genesis Trespass was my first vinyl. Peter Gabriel 1 was my first cassette. Peter Gabriel US was my first CD. I was born in 1977 as Peter’s first solo venture was released. So by the time I was old enough to purchase tix and attend my own concerts, Peter had gone on one of his infamous sabbaticals so I wasn’t sure if ever see him live. I would miss the next opportunity to see him during the US tour. So another sabbatical endured and I definitely never thought I’d see him. Then UP came out and I was able to see one of the most original and awe-struck performances still to this day. Was lucky enough to see him two more times and have been with my sisters for all three shows. It’s been amazing. If anyone ever had the time. Check out his Growing Up live concert film if you want to sit and smile for two hours while watching him “play” around the stage in ways you would never imagine. He was the first to play in a giant bubble and I believe the first to perform an a fire song (singing with his daughter) on an upside down harness track above the stage. “Upside Down” was the name of the song. The entire show is filled with spectacle and grace. All of his shows his entire career are like this. It goes all the way back to the Genesis genesis. Well done Justin. Long live Peter Gabriel.

[@ontherun9510]

Good review! I agree with Cadan below: No Self Control is very good. I love love love this album. In 1980, Peter and his band were opening the show with the drum sound of Intruder. The band was dispersed in the arena in the dark with flashlights going in all directions (like intruders) walking there way to the stage. The crowd was crazy trying to spot which one was Peter. Isolation is a recurrent theme on the album: Intruder, Not One of Us, Family Snapshot, And Through the Wire. Normality too: Lead a Normal Life, I Don't Remember, No Self Control and some Politics: Games Without Frontier and Biko. The effects is called gated reverb. Phil used it widely in his solo career and the 80's are filled with this influential drum sound. No cymbals is valid for the whole album. Strong Artistic decision made by PG.

[@arielquarante]

Hi there ! About the sound you can't identify : it is actually some screams (with overdrive probably). Do you recognise ? Its Kate Bush. I think it's obvious once one knows it. Thanks for this clever analyse, as always.

[@JustJP]

Wait really?! Omg that's awesome

[@bobholtzmann]

I'll have to listen for that - It makes sense - the Melt album also has Kate on "Games Without Frontiers"!

[@sidecardog5244]

Maybe he was stalking her. He just don’t give up.

[@arielquarante]

@@sidecardog5244 👍😷

[@sidecardog5244]

Stay safe Ariel. Wear a mask. Ps, is it true that they have hot baguette vending machines in 🇫🇷? Please export that to us.

[@harripalomaki8796]

Justin, as a callow youth I was floored by this song and the whole Peter Gabriel III album. Prog dude goes postpunk! The advent of drum gating! No cymbals! Slate grey cold war* terror and paranoia! Intruder, especially, still sounds startlingly original. *And yet, in retrospect, how peaceful and simple life actually was 40 years ago. Is this what they call irony?

[@MichaelSmith-su9cq]

I remember hearing this for the first time almost 40 years ago...it was like there was somebody in the room.

[@jerrypetrillo2903]

My most played Gabriel album : Games Without Frontiers , Family Snapshot , I Don’t Remember , Not One of Us and the hauntingly anthemic Biko I saw the tour and they opened the show marching thru the crowd to the stage ( no one expected that ) to the pulse pounding drum beat / chant of Biko ( wireless mics / instruments were cutting edge and Peter , Fripp , Levin had em - expect nothing less from Robert Fripp ). The studio recordings are audiophile quality , rivaled by few except jazz , classical acts , and also Steely Dan )

[@philipchambers4165]

Well now I know where a lot of the sound of 'Abacab' came from!

[@greenbluemonkey]

Fantastic! You always manage to pick a lot of the music from the time I began my musical awakening. A few great songs from that time, early eighties for Gabriel. "Biko" was a powerful song about the late Stephen Biko a young black activist tortured and murdered by the racist South African security forces back during apartheid in the 70's. That action in part began the international pressure on that country to change. Another great song, very subtle, and so finely crafted, is "Family Snapshot". About a political assassination from the point of view of the disturbed, broken shooter.

[@JustJP]

Haha I try! Ty

[@Thievius333]

From Gabriel's 3rd solo album, widely regarded to be his crowning achievement, his masterpiece. I tend to agree. This album is perfect. A bit off kilter, at times strange, at times moving, but it is definitely a work of art.

[@-davidolivares]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Fripp, Levin, Collins, Bush are on the album, great but, also David Rhodes was Peter’s main guitarist and it is his particular tone, along with David Lord’s production marks Gabriel’s albums of the time. Also see Across The River kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6K7iqSwhsiLgq8 , a song off of Music and Rhythm, a WOMAD benefit album. Also I see Morris Pert (percussion) of Brand X plays on 3 songs, and Dave Gregory (guitar) of XTC plays on two. This album/ 8-track was played heavily and purchased after seeing Peter’s Games Without Frontiers video on MTV. Intruder was a great moody jam played as a young me drove my cerulean blue ’64 Impala on long Texan country dirt roads. You can hear the whistling now... Anyway, I loved yer choice, as you can tell by my run on sentences. :) Really liked your analysis, esp. your xylophone comment. Never occurred to me. Now that you mention it, sounds very Hanna Barbara. Ha. The initial scraping sound can be made on guitar by pulling the strings against the fretboard, bridge and pickups. Everyone be safe, not just for you but your neighbors and families. Stay strong, we can do this. Peace and Music

[@spongo]

I was just thinking about Across the River. Some of my favorite Copeland playing.

[@-davidolivares]

Jordan Erdos True and L. Shankar’s beautiful double violin. Thx for the reinforcement.

[@spongo]

@@-davidolivares True true. He has that beautiful song Himalaya on the album as well.

[@-davidolivares]

Jordan Erdos I did not connect that with him but, yeah I hear his voice now... Himalaya... thanks. Think I’ll dig it out... wish it was on Spotify.

[@ChrisEchoes]

This drumsound was purely achieved by accident during a sound check in the studio by engineer Hugh Padgam. Phil Collins then ran with it and made it his signature.

[@PK1971PK]

Want to revise my previous comment a tad. I went to Spotify to have a relisten to the album. I still think "Biko" is the best cut--a majestic martyr's lament that could well have been maudlin in someone else's hands, and serves as a kind of Grand Finale for the album. But a very close second favorite of mine is "I Don't Remember"--ironic that I didn't remember how good the song is, lol--Tony Levin's Chapman stick really shines thru. I also really like "No Self Control", "Games Without Frontiers" and "Not One of Us"--in the latter Jerry Marotta has some nice drumming moments toward the end.

[@JustJP]

Seems theres a lot of good stuff on the album, may have to listen to more then

[@compuspex]

I just cited "Biko" and "I Don't Remember" along with "Intruder" as my three favorite tracks on the album.

[@jamessweet5341]

This, his greatest album, is chock full of these portraits of madness and cruelty. Peter's a fine person and share's his musical entre with many musicians around the world, but you gotta wonder from this album if there's something darker lurking back there.

[@rpraelsporcupine3112]

There’s darkness in all of us. Peter is a great human being, but also has a dark side, like everybody. He explored his own darkness in this album and also in Us, with songs like Digging in the Dirt. But so long as he keeps his darkness contained and takes advantage of it to create his art, this darkness is no danger to anyone. Not everybody know how to keep their darkness in check. He does.

[@sidecardog5244]

The dark version of Robbery Assault and Battery. IQs Road of Bones takes this theme up a notch.

[@dapablo2]

I still remember the joy of going to the record store on release day to purchase this album. Was a joy and still is, Biko supreme.

[@-R.Gray-]

Very creepy song which goes well with "No Self Control", which sort of explains the same mindset.

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

This was the intro song for his 1980 tour (oddly enough called "CHINA TOUR 1984", despite not touring in China and it only being 1980 at the time). The band entered from the back of the venue through the crowd wearing all black track suits with red LED lights on their chests, banging percussions to this song's beat. This is when Peter still played at small, intimate theaters. He was also one of the first to utilize the radio mic in live performances and during the whistling section at the end he would turn off all the lights and end up somewhere in the back of the audience and scream out "I AM THE INTRUDER!" I think this song is better live, as most Gabriel is.

[@arielquarante]

What a knowledge! I like (no joke) the live version on Plays Live. The one in Athens was also very good but the pace is really too much (for my taste). I can't decide on one point: what are the best endings? The scream or the whisper?

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

arielquarante I like the scream. It catches you off guard.

[@JustJP]

Haha I love it. That's so PG

[@michaelhernandez6446]

Black Cap Baron, that's right, he and Band did have those active rotating LED light rotating around the Suits insignias. At Chicago's 'Uptown Theater' 1980 Concert, he had uttered something clever to those lights being turned on. Another thing that struck me upon my Review/s of 'Intruder' here. Something still of the Zeitgeist to the theme Peter was here exploring, was the whistling at the End of 'Intruder', I would wager that Peter had been a Fan of Fritz Lang's, Peter Lorre Stared Movie, 'M', in this 1931 Masterpiece, here the Killer, Peter Lorre's character, was introduced by the musical cue "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1".

[@dana_brooke_27]

You must check out a Wonderful Day in a One-way World. I think you'll really like it

[@JustJP]

Ty Dana!

[@SunnnyDay]

Great song from my favorite Peter Gabriel album. Strong LP with many good tracks. Peter also made the LP entirely with German lyrics, I have a beautiful copy on vinyl. Lots of good recordings of his performances from this era. My brother saw a show from the 1980 tour featuring this song as the opening number...Peter entered the theater from behind the audience and stepped across the backs of the seats as he made his way to the stage, while the band played the opening notes of "Intruder"

[@Divedown_25]

Peter Gabriel’s solo albums are all genius. Maybe not all songs are 10.s but all on or above 7

[@josephparks1505]

My God, he's such an innovator

[@AQueryan]

It’s hard to go wrong with PG, JP. And a tip of the proverbial hat for offering up one hell of an insightful analysis on your part. Hey, btw, I’d love to see you react to ‘Moribund the Burgermeister’ the first track off of PG’s first self-titled solo album (“Car”), following leaving Genesis. BUT...might I suggest that you consider doing something somewhat unique with that particular song: Listening to it TWICE in the same reaction video. The first time WITHOUT having access to the lyrics, as it’s hard to make out some/much? of the words he’s singing, and the result is that it infuses MtB with an-at least, imo-cryptic quality giving the song an added air of mystery that I really, really responded to when I, myself, was first Introduced to this album. THEN, after offering your thoughts following that first listen, cue up a lyrics video of ‘Moribund’ and listen to it a second time, allowing you to fill in the blanks in the lyrics you couldn’t initially make out.the first time. It’s only a suggestion based on my own personal experience with this incredibly unique song, back when printed lyrics to every song weren’t universally, and immediately, available. And I STILL treasure the time I had with this song (weeks, months?) with its mystery still completely intact before I was finally able to gain access to the printed lyrics, which alas couldn’t help but rob this exquisite song of some-but not all of its mystery. NOTE: This is probably the longest comment I’ve EVER typed out in the comment section to a reaction video. So please take that as a compliment. 😄 Peace. (And stay safe.) 🙂

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

Agreed. Moribund The Bergermeister is a very unique song and fun to listen to.

[@JustJP]

Ty AQ! I'll consider it, sounds interesting 🙂

[@robw1571]

What version of the song is he using? It sounds so much cleaner than my album version.

[@rpraelsporcupine3112]

I’d like to know that too. I was wondering why nobody commented on that, but it sounds different from the version I know.

[@bigcanguy]

Family and the Fishing Net, I Can't Remember and Here Comes the Flood also highly recommended.

[@crismignone7]

Peter Genius Gabriel😍😍😍😍

[@neilhinks5734]

Yep, I'm happy Justin.. Great song off a great album Justin imho. ❤️ Song suggestion, Family snapshot.. His next album.. 4 is a gem. Played it yesterday. SAN JACINTO WOW Oh did you know Justin, I think Phil Collins layed drums on this album!! ♥️ Great review once again. Take care butty, from Wales

[@ericdupont1326]

next on Just JP's channel ==> Camel - Watching the Bobbins / Coming Of Age / Sasquatsch / Squigely Fair / Mother Road …….etc ….

[@thishappybreed6505]

I liked the xylophone break; reminded me of the percussion on 'Don't You Ever Wash that Thing?' (Zappa/Mothers, Roxy and Elsewhere), which has got to be one of the best live jams ever recorded.

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Less known: Van det Graaf generator: When she comes! Swedish band Fleshquartet: Dancing madly backwards. Symphony orchestra musicians, electrified with Singer from punk rock.

[@gelsol]

This is pretty much a perfect fusion of Genesis and King Crimson, at least in the 80s sense.

[@davidhanson6832]

I fully agree!

[@jimhardiman3836]

Adam Ant’s creepy uncle. No Self Control is another great Gabriel/Collins collaboration. My favorite PG album but it’s pretty dark. Also check out Here Comes The Flood from Robert Fripp’s solo album Exposure.

[@richardhines8622]

Watch (Growing Up). The Growing Up tour was beautiful. Pete had a friend whom he would bounce around ideas with who's degree was in psychology. Sorry, can’t think of his name now.

[@gunnerysgthartman9263]

Justin, how about The Allman Brothers - "Whipping Post". Really think you'll love it. By the way, like your reaction style. Keep up the good work

[@contractwork9437]

If you like this album... the producer “Rupert Hine” put out an album called “Immunity” ...they were both breathing the same zeitgeist of that time.

[@gillesalmy]

David Bowie "Moonage Daydream" from "Ziggy Stardust"

[@utubernow1]

Great hearing that song again. You can do that whole album, rt. Reaction Appreciated very much!!! Thanks.

[@natewilliams1062]

Dude. DUDE. dude. Crazy old song about how relationships work for people who think too much. I guess?

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

Just made the connection between middle instrumental part and Gentle Giant's An Inmates Lullaby on In A Glass House. Both stories of madness. I know both Gabriel and Giant members were interested in the works of R. D. Laing. Had to watch your video to make the connection, 40 years late!

[@adammckee3496]

Please do Start/I Don't Remember next. Keep them together, as that's how they were on the album.

[@MissAstorDancer]

The 'creaking" sound in the beginning, reminds me of a knife or some sharp object slowly cutting the window screen open. Also, given that there are other references to "therapy" or being in a "hospital" on this album****, I also am reminded that in some psychiatric traditions, when dreams are analysed, a house or building, and all aspects of the structure, both on the surface, and inside, represent "the self" or the mind/consciousness. That puts a whole other slant on the lyrics, and about the "intruder" always "leaving his mark". Creepy. *****edited because I left out the words "on this album" originally.

[@matsjakobsson1376]

Hi My man! Live Athens Here comes THE flood. Family Snapshot, Lay your hands on me. best stage dive ever!

[@josephparks1505]

Oops... I asked you to review this, and should have scrolled down through your reviews first... Love this song and love your work🙂

[@Pjaypt]

Great album, great music, great choice! His first five solo albuns are all very very good!

[@eileenflora]

How about some The The - Armageddon Days - (Are Here) - rpm 45

[@eileenflora]

Or any The The songs- particularly after the 80's ones (matt johnson and johnny marr are good albums)

[@Kevvinm]

Absolutely!

[@thewarmthofthesun1]

One of my favorites!

[@maga3733]

Every song on this album contains NO CYMBALS

[@johnhermann5301]

When you review ELP again, do Tarkus instead of Pebble, it’s far superior.

[@johnhermann5301]

I agree they are both great and different for what they are, but for what pebble is, there are some boring moments of very quite acoustic guitar and what not, and Tarkus never leaves me bored a second. Still love them both though.

[@JustJP]

Its unlikely I'd do Tarkus next, as I'm still inexperienced with ELP and I like to get some experience with a band before diving into their epics.

[@johnhermann5301]

JustJP that’s a good way to do it, I just normally find myself loving them because of their epics, it’s what originally catches my attention.

[@justintime42000]

JustJP I’d recommend “Lucky Man” and “Karn Evil 9.” The first is a ballad with one of the first big Moog synth solos and the second is an upbeat, high energy prog rocker. Neither is too long.

[@johnhermann5301]

Cathy Wood, are you okay? Lucky man is shit, it’s three or four chord versus and simple chorus written by Greg when he was 11. It was revolutionary for the moog, but still a boring af song. By far one of their worst.

[@lemming9984]

Loved the first four Gabriel albums - the second (despite muddy production) is his best.

[@michaelhernandez6446]

Mozo got me "at the Door" !

[@rogerwaters3165]

Not a bad song! You should check out Unravel by Bjork next it’s her best IMO.

[@davidpeters44]

Check out Primus' version of this, from their EP "Miscellaneous Debris."

[@kengregory6026]

dunno if its been mentioned yet.....PG decided he wanted no cymbals on this album from any of the drummers..he got his wish:)

[@stephenpesta1550]

Another great take JP. I don’t know the “genesis” behind “Intruder” but your take on it makes sense, plus I’m always disappointed to learn when the rock song villain back story is actually related to the IRS or some shady music exec.Haha! To answer the question about content, just keep mixing it up like you’ve been. I’m new here because the KZbin “reaction” video scene got a bit stale and meh. I’m looking for someone to actually have a clear opinion ... and to not say “DUDE” 117 times during a 6-minute track. You definitely can be proud of keeping many folks entertained during this rough patch.

[@JustJP]

Haha, ty Stephen! Glad you're enjoying it all dude!😂

[@stephenpesta1550]

JustJP two months later and I just got the Dude joke. Man, am I one slow 🐲 ...

[@JustJP]

@@stephenpesta1550 I'm here to play the long con😄

[@gelsol]

Oh, and if you want to ever zone out on Gabriel, you gotta tork one up for Passion, the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ. It is far superior to the movie, and has some really intense stuff.

[@sammarsh3679]

This song is a bit of a blueprint for a style that lasted for a while: kill the cymbals to let the high end on other things stand out. It's used throughout this album.. It's part of the approach of Rhythm and San Jacinto too. Red Rain marks the return of the cymbals with Stewart Copeland's hi-hat 6 years later. Fripp and Levin brought some of that to the 80's King Crimson, but Bill frequently rebelled :) That solo is by the perfect guy...Morris Pert had played with Phil's other band Brand X. You're probably right on the details... he's clearly going for a soundscape and trying to maximize his new Fairlight's capacity. He had the first proper sampler in the UK. Same thing Kate Bush used shortly after. She's on Games Without Frontiers and No Self Control from this album.

[@m.gideonhoyle409]

I always thought this song was a metaphor for socially unacceptable behavior from the view of the outsider.

[@Original_Lurke_fromthe_Unknown]

Fun Fact: Phil Collins got inspiration for the drums, for what became “in the air tonight” from this song.

[@Lwize]

Primus' did a Primusy but faithful cover of Intruder. Cymbal-free percussion was in vogue circa 1980. (I can't believe this is 40 years old already!)

[@michaelhernandez6446]

A nice Studio and Live version, 'Primus' recreated.

[@stephanevilleneuve9450]

Peter said: « Phil plays drums, no cymbals! And it works and sound good.

[@wadsmitter511]

Don't put this song on if you're trying to fall asleep

[@JustJP]

😴😱

[@masterofparsnips5327]

Great track from a great album with great musicians. Gabriel, Collins, Fripp and Levin from King Crimson, Kate Bush ..... what more could you ask for ??