Peter Gabriel - Intruder (Live In Athens 1987)

Peter Gabriel performing Intruder, from his third solo album, live at the Lycabettus theatre in Athens in October 1987.
On stage are PG, Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar), David Sancious (keyboards) and Manu Katché (drums).
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INTRUDER
I know something about opening windows and doors
I know how to move quietly - to creep across creaky wooden floors
I know where to find precious things in all your cupboards and drawers
Slipping the clippers
Slipping the clippers through the telephone wires
The sense of isolation inspires
Inspires me
I like to feel the suspense when I'm certain you know I am there
I like you lying awake, your bated breath charging the air
I like the touch and the smell of all the pretty dresses you wear
Intruder's happy in the dark
Intruder come
Intruder come and he leave his mark
leave his mark
I am the intruder.

[@texasbluegrass567]

In the US Peter is seen as the Sledgehammer guy to most people. He is so SO much more. I adore his early 80s work so much. He is a complete genius. Can't wait to see him in Houston this October. 😍

[@tj6217]

True fans in the US know this Gabriel . His best album in my opinion .

[@kenrau6634]

The concert was so good, had no idea it was the last show of the tour

[@BeatlesFan1975]

​@@tj6217yes, MELT is 100% his best album. I love SO also but "I don't remember" , "no Self control" & "games without frontiers" are better than any 3 songs

[@Sanman95]

I'm an American and I discovered Gabriel through his albums with Genesis

[@zinnia2980]

One of the greatest, innovative, creative and influential musicians of all time. A magnificent human rights campaigner too. Thank you 🌹

[@Snakefinger1000]

You've got that one right

[@hydro.pl.27]

Yeah I definitely won’t agree with that statement. I’ve heard 1,000s of musicians and I wouldn’t place him anywhere near the top of the list. Not even at spot 500.

[@Hawkwind77]

​@hydro.pl.27 obviously not a fan I reckon he's great I've heard a lot of bands live and some have been shite

[@cv507]

& an in äh in$piräthörR v v 1 $€zziön 3 §ingellce ? 4´11 -: - &a bläg Föxxäy... his sign student häve arriV€D - :-

[@davepowell7168]

Tony Blair?

[@amyhuber2697]

It's never too late to discover amazing music such as this.

[@harrynac6017]

Welcome to the club :)

[@19JAKEtheSNAKE99]

That whistling always gives me the chills. It's insane how he can perform this song to a packed stadium and still make you feel isolated. Genius

[@KatieWilliams1990x]

Such a shame that in this version the audience ruin the creepy atmosphere by clapping, that's why I prefer the version on 'Play's Live'...

[@gregvoloshen3065]

Peter, drenched in sweat, "acting out the lyrics" and portraying the story of this song, with no safety net. Perfect timing, choreographed live. Just like a Shakespearean performer would enact, in a live play! NO ONE compared to his live performances.

[@dwaterson21]

This is the definitive version of this song. The BPM jump gives it a blistering-fast pace, with Peter Gabriel acting out the lyrics perfectly, the breathing, THE WHISTLING. He made a sold-out crowd feel in danger. You hear this and you feel threatened. It's brilliant.

[@TheDreamingJune]

Peter is one of the few artists I consider a musical genius.

[@stuckinthepastproductions4329]

And an artist in the truest sense of the word.

[@CableWrestler]

I agree. I'd also like to throw Hendrix and Eno in the list too 🙂

[@fredriksvard2603]

@@CableWrestler prince was the genius of the 20th century

[@george_slipstream_atlantis]

Genius at work. This album is superb. And yes, I do have it on vinyl. Lol

[@tmcb2000]

Notice the dramatic choreography and cinematic production throughout, and at the end when he effortlessly gets the audience in rhythm before lighting them up in a flash. What a song! What a performance! There's nothing like it. Brilliant!

[@Regdor]

I can't believe he's still doing the Sledgehammer "dance" move! What a LEGEND!

[@thatASMRchick]

I wish I was born a decade or two earlier to have witnessed this

[@alvarosg7]

Same :( hopefully I'll catch him live this year though

[@iesus68]

I've seen PG live so many times. But THIS tour was Peter at his best. For vocal form, alchemy with musicians, setlist, tour production, blood and soul.

[@michelle-wj5hb]

you’re literally so lucky

[@bennydkelly]

Yeah, saw him in Rotterdam as a long term fan at that stage. No KZbin for hints of what was to come on the show. When he fell back when doing lay your hands on me I actually though he had fallen, mind blowing at the time. Would have loved to have seen him on the pg3 or especially the pg4 tour, but in hindsight revisiting the so tour, I was well, so lucky. Never gone on So, other than Mercy street. Seeing him on the i/o tour soon, bit disappointed with the set list really. Happy if I never hear sledgehammer, don't give up or even in your eyes again.. San Jacinto , wallflower, no self control.. Now you're talking, the real Rael

[@dwaterson21]

Its either this or Secret World for me, I cant decide where he was actually at his peak. I usually will say Live in Athens '87 though. He was on FIRE this entire tour.

[@edzts]

I was fortunate to see the So tour. Los Angeles, December 15th, 1987. Fabulous Forum One of the many incredible live shows from the genius Peter Gabriel and band.

[@22Purplemist]

I saw him in the UK twice, then I saw him a gain at Eden Project (can't remember the year but I do know it rained the whole gig!)

[@edzts]

@@22Purplemist Saw the 2012 Back to Front in Santa Barbara October 9 Same band lineup as So album. Fricking incredible The whole band is like the finest wine.

[@hEV6060842]

Jammy git I was only 3 months old

[@edzts]

@@hEV6060842 This undeserving wanker also was here kzbin.info/www/bejne/bILNi6qwp8aKibs

[@kevinokeefe5709]

When he started Genesis at the age of 16 where else do u go but UP! The cream always rises to a top- always. His solo records show his raw talent but his absolute peak was “The Lamb lies down on Broadway & “Selling England by the pound”- to get a glimpse of what I’m referring to LEARN all the lyrics to these masterpieces and put yourself at ages 23 & 24yo- then go shock the world with ur off the chain lyrics, his ability to produce & direct, as well as sing, and front this amazing new sound that cropped up around 50+ years ago. SO far ahead of his time and producing music decades ahead of the current culture. He exits Genesis with “Dance with the moonlight knight” & the timeless saga of Rael and his magnificent journey. I’ve been a follower and researcher of his outrageous talent and can’t say enough about him- A TRUE musical genius. While Phil & the boys we heading up the “POP TOP 10” & ruling the 1980’s with an endless string of #1 love songs including Disney sound tracks, Peter was winding down the century with “Signal to noise”- and thereby making all of my statements right on the $MONEY$-/and if u don’t know the lyrics & music to this song then that’s the reason you’re listening to “One More night”- in 1975 & 1976 Phil led a total prog jazz bad named “BRAND X”, with 25yo Phil blowing the minds of prog youth across the planet by demonstrating his total mastery on drums- Phil & the late great Jon Goodsall could bounce anything across the room and it would land on TOP! But after 50 long years his body began to fade on him and now his 21yo son plays the kit behind him! U can see the proud papa looking back at the newest circle of life! Have a great day off and enjoy this beautiful weather!! ~K.

[@kbrewski1]

Peter did not "start Genesis" at age 16. Don't falsify history. A shame Peter left to make the big solo $$ and no longer wanted to be part of the creative TEAM. Roger Waters did the same thing to Pink Floyd. Luckily, because PG had insisted on writing the entire Lamb album, great writers Banks, Rutherford and Steve Hackett had a big backlog of music to play, and out came Genesis' greatest album start to finish, the sizzling scorching Trick of the Tail. Awesome PROGRESSIVE album. Every tune a gem. The media wrote them off without Peter, and they just laughed while working on Dance on a Volcano, Ripples, and the iconic set closer jazz fusion masterpiece Los Endos. Followed up by another gem, Wind and Wuthering, and then the greatest Live album of the 70s, Seconds Out. But when Peter called, Phil was there to help on Melt, and created the Gated Reverb Effect drum sound that became iconic. In the Air Tonight I Don't Care Anymore Mama etc What a drummer, composer and singer!

[@andrerenault]

I didn't think this could be creepier than the record, but the whistling at the end sent shivers down my spine.

[@johnf8138]

Bought this album when I was in high school. I learned how to move quietly over creaky wooden floors. And those drums. Inspired me. Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey.

[@johnporteous422]

Saw him in Dundee University in 1980 on the Gabriel 3 tour. He started with this, singing as he walked through the crowd to reach the stage. He kept me fixated for the whole concert after that, what a performer!

[@hansgeorgschneider1583]

Same on me in Offenbach 1980

[@ismaelalcazar2758]

Thanks Peter Gabriel, You're The Best!!!!! 🎶

[@riccardomusiu510]

Hello Peter!! OMG! Amazing!! Masterpiece Song and concert, Pure Art!! Thank you so much dear Peter, the best!!! Happy day. Cheers 🙋🎧🎵🇮🇹

[@hughmungus3473]

Thank you

[@josejones7025]

Intruder comes intruder comes and he leaves his mark

[@josejones7025]

I saw this tour Peter G Is one of my idols. Love the way he acts out the song slipping the clippers thru the telephone wires

[@mad.magirus]

The last I AM THE INTRUDER makes me shivering

[@kirknelson407]

For me it’s the switch from first person to third person that seems so unnerving. He keeps saying “I like...I like....’ and then it’s “intruder come and he leave his mark.’ Like he has disassociated from himself. So creepy,

[@elisanathalieheine7671]

@@kirknelson407 totally. finely read!

[@sunntatekillers]

His voice never sounded better.

[@CarlosJAlvarez]

My idol during a LOT of years! First time I saw him in Barcelona, AI Concert, 1988. It was GREAT! I was living my military period (when it was obligatory in Spain). I took a train from Alicante to Barcelona. The International Ammnisty concert was great: Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Yousse Ndour, Tracey Chapman...But I was there just to see my PETER. No web a that time: with Genesis, always masked. In his LPs, no idea about his face. I enjoyed that moment at the best of my life.

[@MoonFree75]

Saw twice. Great live performer. Eclectic artist. Chapeau 🎶👍

[@krugmeister7301]

Wishing Dear Peter A WONDERFUL and BLESSED BIRTHDAY with Many Good Health and Cheers..🍷🍷👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎼🎵🎶🎹🎹😍😍🤗🍰🍰

[@DaveBrownBrutus]

A man who’s genius will always inspire me.

[@bones1893]

You can still hear the Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham influence in that drum loop. Still an amazing and timeless song...heck everything Peter does is timeless.

[@sloanlance]

Not only a Collins "influence". Phil WROTE that loop. See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZWqnqyah5xka7M

[@bones1893]

@@sloanlance Yup! This I know. I'm always cautious in posting this stuff.

[@davidpeterson4736]

Peter this is one of your best songs yet. Great cover!! Excellent writing. Greece 1987 I was 11 years old lol. Just discovering this great song now hah🤟👍

[@jbr2991]

Oh my!!! Amazing! Peter, thank you for releasing this. Goosebumps, as always at hearing this voice!!! 🙋❤

[@amangogna68]

Great song and amazing singer !

[@johnvaluk1401]

Thank you Thank you Thank you. !

[@andreistroe4140]

superb.

[@marileneboschofsky1418]

I love this man so much❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cintarocko1656]

He is Absolutely 💯 % the Best

[@SLB4523]

One of the rare genii.

[@RedPillMode]

I was in concert in Helsinki at this tour - 87. It was incredible. Intruder was not played, sadly 😊.

[@valealvarez76]

I love this track, I have the vinyl since I was a kid. God bless the good music 🎼

[@brucefindlay]

Awesome.....oh the memories !

[@ronzo1981]

Such an amazing performance, beautifully shot and the man himself, there he is, man of the hour

[@gedasbartusevicius7316]

Thank You so much for this Jewel

[@sergiob924]

One of Peter's many pearls

[@rubbytalentscout2369]

Woah! I really miss this type of show and your talent is so incredible

[@sergiob924]

Fantastic performance!!!

[@stefaniapartini5825]

Sì, veramente!!! Trovo bellissima "No Self Control". E' la rappresentazione di un incubo. La musica è ossessiva, Peter Gabriel si muove come un automa, fino a quando non si rotola a terra per sfuggite alle enormi lampade da scena, che lo inseguono per non lasciargli scampo...ed è bellissimo il suo grido liberatorio, quando riesce a rialzarsi in ginocchio! Eccezionali anche i musicisti, con l'eterno Tony Levine in testa!

[@lentewinrrett2033]

Desagarradora versión. En velez estalló en todos los sentidos. Una lluvia más allá de lo convencional. Perfecto.

[@Annastasia666]

Oh HELL YES! Happy Sunday Morning to ME 👏👏🤘🤘❤️ the man, the myth, the LEGEND

[@hughmungus3473]

Barack Obama?

[@Annastasia666]

@@hughmungus3473 well, sure, him too. But, as you well know, I was referring to Peter Gabriel.

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

don't know why I got this 2 days after it was posted, but thanks for the video mr. Gabriel! long time fan!

[@cynthiadesmond4906]

Saw the" So" tour in '87..also don't remember this song...a PG sound for sure..was an amazing..outdoor concert🤘🤩

[@cor2250]

Best concert , and youssou in the beginning was great to 🖤

[@minttrax]

what a talent, great show of musicmanship here... absolutely mesmerized!!!

[@joejackson356]

Unreal stuff right there. Perfect quality and sound for going back a ways!

[@paularivero1878]

I do love you, Peter😍😍

[@ThomasKelly669]

That’s just too good 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕊

[@LoveMyCats.]

Very nice voice!!

[@BenTvHowman]

Awesome, Hi from Australia

[@michaellim1624]

Good job

[@crispyrobot77]

Amazing album.

[@lorenapasquetti8627]

Grande Peter!!!🌺❤💞

[@sergiofrigo658]

Nell'87 vidi questo concerto in Italia 3 volte. Peccato no abbia suonato questo brano. A Bologna l'ho pure registrato e sono riuscito a dare la mano a Peter dopo essermi tuffato sulla copertura delle scale che scendevano nei camerini. Com'ero giovane e gasato😅😅😅

[@gr1th1n13]

I love how such a creepy and disturbing song, just sounds soooo gooood. 🎶 🎵 🎶 I love how over the years you have delved into this material to make it uncomfortable compulsory listening.

[@jbr2991]

Pete always, ALWAYS gives me goosebumps. Go to Genesis, "The Musical Box" around the 7:30-8:00 mark to the end of the song (I'm not sure of the exact time). MAJOR GOOSEBUMPS!!!!

[@jbr2991]

It's at the 7:10 mark.

[@franciscovalladolid1370]

🙃🙃🙃🥺😩😩🥳🥳🥳🤭

[@liviaalpalo195]

Gracias Peter por tantos años de arte y coherencia

[@NathanLJustice]

now that was bad ass

[@StephanGlatze]

❤️ Peter the Great ❤️

[@billfletcher7602]

Like it when he snaps his fingers to get the crowd back on beat. Lol

[@jdssurf]

I know how did the crowd get so fucked off, crazy lmao

[@eloisazamora6131]

Vous etes geniale! Usted me encanta, como musico y ser humano. J'adore votre travaill!✌🎗💛🌼🐰

[@mrt2mrt2]

creepy n brilliant

[@Zhirubestt]

the BEST!!!

[@cherylhepburn3820]

Waw awesome

[@sylviaharing8329]

Right one of those code sounds

[@cidafigueiredo0781]

Peter Gabriel, amo suas músicas e você sempre ♥️🌹👏👏🌹♥️

[@jasondrummond9451]

And he's a good actor, too.

[@digisam_music]

great music

[@thiagosousa2217]

Cadê os fãs brasileiros desse gênio?

[@e.d.e.neldondeeurekanatur]

Tamô Chegando e tem Máisssss

[@elmirgarciaramires7014]

Opa tô por aqui 💪🎼👊

[@marcosrosa5907]

Tô aqui também kkkk

[@elmirgarciaramires7014]

@@marcosrosa5907 kkkk ainda bem porra 😁😁😁

[@marileneboschofsky1418]

Aqui

[@keauxgeigh]

"That's great Phil, can you do that for 10 minutes?" hits record. That's what I remember Peter saying about recording the drum track. I just thought it was funny. Phil plays a simple beat, Peter thinks it sounds really cool and asks him to play it for 10 minutes so he could build a song around it.

[@paulmaxwell4934]

The drums on this one are a bit faster than the LP version - it doesn't sound as sinister :(

[@neplusultra4196]

I believe they created the gated drum sound of the 80’s. Peter gabriel wanted less cymbals on the album or something like that.

[@jeffreygrove]

@@neplusultra4196 The dictate was no cymbals ("no metal" percussion sounds, actually) and they accidentally discovered the gated reverb effect when Phil was working on the base rhythm for the song - drums through the talkback mic had a similar effect, so they rewired the recording console to create the effect. After that it was just a matter of using digital reverb units with a volume gate.

[@jimlassen9422]

@@jeffreygrove That was the listen mic (return talkback ... RTB) from the studio for the musicians to talk to the Control Room. I worked at Solid State Logic for 7 years and know this is what accidentally created the Phil Collins drum sound at Townhouse studios in London (now closed). The listen mic went into a compressor on the SSL and then straight into the stereo mix. Various consoles were then changed to access the listen mic/compressor sound to bring it back out again for extra processing (post compressor) and the rest is history!

[@jdssurf]

Best ever

[@intheblink]

This is a really cool version. I love the synth bass part. Just a touch fast for me... I like the slower, more methodical feel of the album track. Not a huge jump in BPM, but it changes the feel a lot for me.

[@tarekwayne9193]

Also... Big difference, singing an octave higher!

[@ninoseoane3883]

Genio

[@MrMoon-kr8qi]

Good times !!!

[@МихаилЗадорожный-я2о]

Молодой,красивый и безумно талантливый.Петя форевер.

[@robertoavila5024]

Te amo Peter Gabriel

[@dave-cripps]

Wow. That improved on the Melt original!

[@findlaymangan9174]

creepiest thing ever, I love Peter Gabriel. I just hope he doesn't murder me in the night.

[@baubojan4862]

Intruder come and he leave his mark, leave his mark

[@robertabattisti4445]

Immenso ❤

[@stefaniapartini5825]

Il concerto di Atene è una delle cose più belle realizzate da Peter Gabriel.

[@sergiob924]

Non basterebbero le dita di un'intera tribù per contare le performances fantastiche di Peter...

[@stefaniapartini5825]

@@sergiob924 Verissimo!!! Mi piace in modo particolare il concerto di Atene per la scelta dei brani e per l'atmosfera irreale che si respira sul palcoscenico...per non parlare poi della perfezione maniacale che contraddistingue tutte le performances di Peter Gabriel, grandissimo artista poliedrico che amo dai tempi dei Genesis !!!

[@sergiob924]

@@stefaniapartini5825Grazie per il tuo commento, posso semplicemente dire che ho visto per la prima volta Peter nel lontano 1973 al Palasport Ruffini di Torino rimanendone folgorato e da allora ad oggi non mi ha mai deluso. Il mio logo lo testimonia!!!

[@stefaniapartini5825]

@@sergiob924 Beato te che hai potuto vederlo in concerto!!! Sarei rimasta folgorata anch'io, proprio come te!!!

[@sergiob924]

@@stefaniapartini5825 Se può interessarti nel mio canale ho pubblicato dei video ripresi personalmente nel concerto del 2014 del tours Back To Front.

[@essboxx1473]

O.O different, for sure.

[@barnabex]

A master piece (but please slow down !) :)

[@AbieToiber]

Genio!

[@e.d.e.neldondeeurekanatur]

Peter for EVER España ContiGO

[@bearclaw007]

One artist I've wanted to, but still haven't seen live.

[@22Purplemist]

Do so at the soonest opportunity. He's amazing!

[@darrellshoub7527]

i recall the day this came out i was like ""finally a DARK POP SONG" ,,,,, Intruder ,, later and mea cupla by eno and byrne,,,, were my fave tracks when i was a teenager, ,,,, and Bowie's Cracked Actor,,,,and eno's Third Uncle ....and et al ,,,,,,oh and Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen Disloacted ...

[@gigikapp]

2022 i am here peter gabriel

[@kvn9]

A force to be reckoned with.✊😎 I reckon.

[@ericlamotte559]

♥♥♥

[@prasenjitdey4222]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@SLB4523]

Beautifully sinister.

[@billyjackoff]

HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY-EE!

[@neweramusic3721]

I was there ...

[@williamolson5728]

This song was the invention of the "Phil Collins drum sound"

[@kbrewski1]

GATED REVERB EFFECT

[@maccarobert9227]

🇧🇷✌🏼🇧🇷BRAZIL

[@MarcoFaragli]

PG R E A L G E N I U S