Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street

[@kirra77]

1992, 16 years old....driving 10 hours alone through the North Carolina mountains to a funeral.........playing this album on a tape player again and again......a side ...b side....my solace, my only friend..........comfort in music was born that day.

[@jjraffa69]

This is a sad and serious song which I recently rediscovered. It has a new meaning for me as I am struggling through a divorce and trying to help my young sons with the transition. I miss my deceased father greatly, and hope I can be that same kind of father to my boys. My God, I cannot believe how much this song makes me cry.

[@josephraffa3129]

Update: I am now remarried with a three year old daughter, grateful for them both and for my sons, and in one of the happiest periods of my life.

[@reinaldoleopoldino6489]

Queria ter visto Peter Gabriel junto com Phil Collins na época do Gênesis. Dois monstros da música num grupo só. Deve ter sido um espetáculo maravilhoso pra quem viu.

[@kenbrome4615]

Recently I found out Peter wrote this song for Anne Sexton, her tragic haunted life and eventual suicide,Peter managed to write something of beauty,and of incredible imagery in his lyrics and video. He amazes me how compassionate and kind he is and how thought and emotionally provoking his art is. I almost cant grasp it in my head, but somehow my heart does ,................Thank You Peter.

[@MrRefract]

Ken Brome Indeed utterly brilliant, and utterly depressing.

[@marubrotzu]

+Rein Teder your words are tragically truth... I think the same... specially, when I hear I grieve,,,

[@MrJomakie]

Don't Give Up is about suicide too? or maybe both songs refer to Anne Sexton.

[@ronaldpledger4623]

Indeed,, you still can't figure him out. I don't try!

[@mjrsnafu]

Very well said Ken

[@daimon00000]

This is a brazilian rhythm called "baião'', played with the triangle 0:40, surdo and congas by the brazilian percussionist Djalma Corrêa.

[@lucassala1341]

Boa observação

[@mar-cio8585]

+Cauim Ferreira Grande Cauim! Parabéns pela observação!

[@retpolanne]

+Cauim Ferreira eu ouvi essa música pela primeira vez na Kiss FM e achei super estranho esse triangulo. Mas é legal pra caramba. Essa música me lembra muitas outras. Svarog do Akvarium (procure no Google, é uma banda russa muito boa), By This River e Julie With do Brian Eno.

[@pedrocaldart6108]

Foi feito um cover pelo Ritchie, cantor brasileiro, também essa música foi tema da mini novela "O Sorriso do Lagarto"

[@karenculver4266]

thank you

[@rasputinsdayoff]

I listened to this song constantly the week my son was born. Walking round deserted hospital grounds in the middle of the night while my partner was in labour. A place where people come to get fixed or are told mortality is breathing down their necks or in my son's case; the realisation of a new life, hopefully happy and full of great experiences for a long time to come.

[@MrBr8y]

My mom died last year of cancer. She was in a Hospice and it was located on Mercy Street. It was the first time I had heard this song and it still brings tears to my eyes.

[@Chadaki]

In the darkness of my small teenager room... listening to that song, looking at those images... it was like entering a cathedral and letting go of all the heavy loads and trouble i was wearing. Peter, you're a magician for that. Wonderful time.

[@andyeql]

A stunning piece of music. Timeless, one of my all time favourites. Up there with Brothers in Arms

[@ejflesher]

He has spent a lot of time studying world beat, real world beat, traveling and seeing and playing with indigenous peoples. That's why a good deal of his music is so primordial, you feel it in your soul. Love his work.

[@AfroSchmuck]

I'm glad so many people paid attention to this song. That's Peter Gabriel for you. He as the ablility to write something extremely personal, and yet it can relate to everybody.

[@Galeryn218]

I feel in peace when I listen to this song, like.. everything is gonna be ok.

[@odairjsantos5567]

me too. This song is priceless

[@davidmccluskey78]

gale

[@shadowkiller6015]

Ye not wrong it takes me away from all of life’s madness

[@crist9482]

Puts que viagem é essa, chega a doer o coração! Oh tempo bom!

[@vivianap.4066]

Absolutely haunting song. Powerful lyrics and so very touching. I play it over and over and everytime I can find something new. This is so Peter...

[@マルリン-i2y]

My heart is healed everytime I listen to this song.

[@FreakBrotherFred369]

Same here. ❤🎶

[@TylerGale]

Always loved this song, even as a child. Having my first child at the moment (still in mummy's tummy), and our baby kicks like crazy when this plays!

[@mkeller7881]

I listened to this on repeat when I was in labor with my daughter for 36 hours. You should being it to the hospital when you go, it's very meditative when you are in pain.

[@gregfinn3800]

such a beautiful song by a beautiful song writer .

[@selppir]

Me cuesta enormemente encontrar palabras suficientes para describir la admiración que guardo por el talento de este gran artista. Toda su trayectoria me parece admirable. El gran Peter.

[@apfff]

Halt and Catch Fire brought me here ❤️🙏🏻 Haven’t heard this song in years!

[@EphemeralProductions]

Apparently, this song is a homage to Anne Sexton, and taken from one of her plays from 1969, in some way. Peter apparently is admiring of her work.

[@eirienevenstar]

I remember disliking this when I was a little girl and avoided it up until this day. I finally got myself to listen to it again and have absolutely no idea why I disliked it in the first place. It's a great song!

[@dkerris]

There's a sadness to it. Children don't need sadness. As an adult you can learn to appreciate the bitter-sweet parts of life. If you liked this when you were young, then you were probably an old soul, and knew enough of the bitterness of life to no shy away from them. But that's just my opinion. May not apply to you. Enjoy.

[@eirienevenstar]

dkerris That's a wise opinion. I like it! I have always been told I was wiser than my peers. That's probably the reason said peers come to me for advice and empathy.

[@richardmartin2911]

no one has this sound but Gabriel. true music master

[@78yestor93]

PG an organic musical genius period

[@JoaoCarlos-nk4mo]

E a musica mais linda que ja ouvi

[@carlamarlene2927]

peter gabriel's songs are always so layered and feel so mystic

[@AloneArchitect]

What else can one say about Peter Gabriel other than he is CLASS personified. Such an amazing artist... such an amazing song...... It just touches the soul....

[@butfulmuzik]

Absolutely brilliant, one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs to pull those deepest feelings from our hearts. Peter Gabriel is an artist of integrity, humanity and a true understanding of what sits in our hearts. One of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs.

[@1qwasz12]

29 years and still as vivid & haunting as ever. My favorite Gabriel song.

[@kudjo24]

and i love it how everything is in black and white and dark symbolizing the struggles of depression and sad times, the song itself almost shines as a light of hope throughout the video

[@PaganKitty1]

Feeling lost, longing for a time when climbing in your fathers arms would make you feel safe and loved again. Things I long for everyday, if only I could hug him one last time....a perfect song for that lost feeling. I love this song, even if it is bittersweet.

[@120beers]

Timeless masterpiece.

[@sobr21azzaro]

this song is brilliant and kind of frightening. this song needs the suitable atmosphere. In Feb 07 I was in Norway, several hundred KMs north of Oslo, in the midst of nowhere. late night, I swichted on this tune, put on my wireless headphones and went for a walk. The temperatore was no more than -20C°, the street was dark, even darker were the huge forests. I went for a walk with a sight astonishing and the music indiscribable.

[@vanessavanessa1910]

Introduced this song to my son who died a month later. I still cry years later when I hear this song.

[@iandescolmassa]

dude I really cried with music after reading your comment I'm sorry for his mother.

[@eloisealice]

Peter Gabriel is the most important musician of the 20 century, and now. Amazing!!! He's created the label "Realworld", to make us know about the other music of the planet. This man is a over...

[@Cynna66]

It reminds me of when my grandfather died because my father would listen to it over and over.

[@EdwarCortez]

Tem um instrumento chamado triângulo. Usaram bem. Ficou espetacular. Essa música é uma das melhores na carreira solo do Peter Gabriel.

[@EphemeralProductions]

This song is sad and moving, when you match Anne's life and how it was for her, with the lyrics, music, and even the video. I think Peter did Anne a lot of justice with this and that she would be proud and extremely thankful.

[@sweetsahumery]

This song always comes to awaken wonderful memories from my childhood ❤

[@Awesomeosaurus91]

No cover will ever be able to capture the beauty of this song.

[@penfloyd]

Hauntingly Beautiful....It takes you somewhere else. I think back to the pain when my daughter had a 'stillbirth"....i played this song then.

[@AussieMark909]

Years ago I listened to this enough to learn the lyrics. I still love it, and can always just play it in my mind any time. Peter Gabriel's music is timeless.

[@tita960]

Essa música é perfeita!

[@GiCoGuitar]

Peter Gabriel is one of the most influential and genial musical artist, he knows how to get straight to hearts and brains...

[@schultzn1]

I remember I was 16 y.o. when I first saw the video to 'Shock the monkey' by Peter Gabriel. I'd never seen anything like it before; You have to remember this was 1984 and videos were still very new. By the time that he released 'So', I was already a huge fan. This was the first concert I ever attended at 18 y.o.

[@TheWolf1340]

I don't want to disturb xour happiness, but for me every Gabriel's song is a favorite! He is "the Voice" (sorry for the ones before) and his personality give me the opportunity to say that this Man of te 20th and 21st century, deserve to have a Nobel Price, if not for the Peace, for the Love of Mankind! Luv U Peter

[@EphemeralProductions]

I love how Tony Levin's bass playing adds an even more somber and menacing tone to this. It adds a LOT that wouldn't be there without it. Love this song.

[@ThreeBlindBumblebees]

It's nice to know that some people still appreciate 80's music. I love this song.

[@ktmggg]

"Corridors of pale green and gray." That line reminds me of the of St. Vincent's Hospital when my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I always think of him when I hear this song.

[@piotrbiernacki5137]

Jeden z najpiękniejszych utworów w historii muzyki rozrywkowej. Uwielbiam.

[@RetroJenny]

Amazing song.

[@kirra77]

@pbot2029 , Thank you so much. I was nervous, it was my first road trip 3 weeks after my 16th birthday. My father went to Vietnam at 18, my mother was on her own at 17. They let me drive myself on my first road trip to that funeral. After a few hours I felt so scared, so alone and I remembered the comfort that I found in this album. Like a familiar fragrance, this music always takes me to a good place, best wishes.

[@steelbanktrucker]

Takes me back to a place in the mid eighties that I would love to revisit for just one last time.

[@natalieanderson75]

Peter Gabriel is one artist who will stand the test of time

[@Baalfolketcom]

FANTASTIC but no words can describe what this tune means to me! Thank you Peter for all you Shine forth!

[@karinneka9360]

Wonderful song

[@johnnytheb26]

one of the most beautiful songs ever....Mercy Street,...in your daddies arms again.....begging for mercy.........

[@alefdasilvarocha]

Amei essa musica desde a primeira vez que eu a escutei.

[@HoldMusic607080]

Stupenda

[@spotswoodthenewt]

Dark, mysterious, somber...but still lovely and poignant. I never tire of this piece.

[@joelmasterfle]

Yo también, es mi canción favorita de Peter Gabriel, por las letras tan obscuras de sueño, el ambiente, la súper voz de Peter Gabriel, los sonidos misteriosos, la melancolía, la tan hermosa melodía. ¡Maravillosa!

[@Skuril12]

For the first time I listened to this song when I started my studies at university (next year it´ll be a quarter of century - damned!). Full of enthusiasm and love, full od compassion with all beings - this song was my first touch with Peter Gabriel and his music - it was like to find a lost twin. And still it takes...

[@modvs1]

'So' was my very first piece of vinyl, I think I was about 12/13yrs. Total brilliance!

[@sandpatch133]

You comment just gave me goosebumps and even gave me tears. May she rest in peace.

[@lleuquar]

Por isso que amo a série Halt And Catch Fire. Valeu por me apresentar essa música maravilhosa!!!

[@1AdLucem]

What a beautiful song. I'd never heard it before until yesterday....when I just played it over and over all day. My kind of music, deep and reflective.

[@FerranK68]

I read the Anne Sexton's poetry book "Live or dead"... This is so tender, wonderful and sad... I can understand that Mr. Gabriel wrotes a song about Her. His humanity and sensibility are excepctionals.

[@LStarFish65]

This song truly touches your heart and takes me back when looking at old photos of my youth...What a tear-jerker...I just love this song...

[@Majtegiusz]

No a to to po prostu jest odlot!!!! Usłyszałam to po raz pierwszy 25 lat temu.... u Marcina...... POLSKA pozdrawia!

[@latayabagley4189]

I love this song a lot as a child and now as an adult I have ADHD and Autism it was really calming listening to this song I'd keep asking my parents to play it again over and over in the car I would get really excited when it came on I would flap my arms hands and fingers and get really hyper I'm so glad I searched my memory as a child thanks for the video:)

[@muhammadibnalrahmanalrahim9776]

To me one the most beautiful song!.

[@patriciakedeni]

soul with no leak at the seams. words that support like bones. secret things in the warm velvet box... kissing mary's lips. haunting, poetic, timeless. thanks

[@gypsygirl731]

It sishard to describe in words about Peter Gabriels voice etc. I can only say at the end of my day or when I am sad, discouraged, chilling, wotever the case..I listen to him. I do not have a word to day as it is an experience a journey to appreciate and absorb Peter. His words are from truth of real life happenings to all of us somewhere. Very spiritual trip.

[@AleArgolo]

Os tocadores de triângulo colocavam as latas nas costas, como se fosse uma mochila, e saiam a tocar o instrumento, vendendo os cavacos pelas cidades. . Hoje, isso não existe mais. Triângulo, só em banda de forró tradicional, a famosa "pé de serra". . Genial constatar que um compositor como Peter Gabriel é aberto e antenado o suficiente para usar um instrumento musical como o triângulo em suas canções. O efeito nessa Mercy Street ficou sensacional.

[@MarieNoelleP]

Amazing... after one year, so many comments on deep feelings everyone has listening to this pure jewel... If needed go through oldest posts to get the meaning of it (surprising). God bless you Anne. God bless you Peter for giving us such a treasure. I don't remember a song brinking back more intimate and universal feelings: childhood and what it made us are such deep, complexe and crucial matters for the rest of our lives... Good luck everyone on your Mercy Street's journeys...

[@LStarFish65]

This song takes me back to memories that linger in my mind of my abusivechildhood years gone by...How I wish I could turn back the hands of time and have my childhood back again...

[@stevencraig1582]

There are so many greats from this unusual genius. Senseless to try to pick his best.

[@bobbennert1132]

+Steven Craig this album and the walleye song. they are the best. kate bush

[@Todabiny10]

In spite of the past and the history behind this song, its just so beatiful

[@nilzasilvacampos5236]

Adoro essa música ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@terradinessuno2033]

ogni canzone di PG è una storia fatta di sensazioni, sentimenti, poesia e fatti...

[@dread10ck]

Timeless, magical & haunting... Peter Gabriel is a genius.

[@AislinnWildrose]

This song deserves listening to over and over for beautiful sounds and lyrics rich in meaning -- thanks for sharing this great one!

[@boodleboy]

I love this song. Reminds me of my father and how much i miss him. Peter is the best.

[@rogerstan]

One of the most profound songs ever composed....

[@EphemeralProductions]

Peter, and Anne, are (or were, in Anne's case) artists that are very open and raw as artists & creative people, and I love that about them, and all other artists of any type that are like that. It helps me relate to them and moves me that much more. They inspire me, as a photographer, to be more open, explorative, and "unhiding" of the rawness of all of us and in life. Anne was great with that....

[@AleArgolo]

É redentor saber que existem sujeitos como Peter Gabriel, no sentido de ir além das convenções. Usa elementos musicais diferenciados para um artista europeu. Nesta canção é possível se ouvir o som de um triângulo, muito comum no nordeste brasileiro. No nordeste brasileiro, eu cheguei a alcançar a época dos vendedores de "cavaco", uma peculiar iguaria, deliciosa, parecida com biscoito, cuja textura lembrar muito a de um crepe, só que sem recheio. A massa é doce.

[@swarozyc777]

This song does not bring tears to me, but it relieves me everytime i am dying. Thx U Peter Gabriel.

[@jaimebini]

One of the most beautiful songs ever... Makes me remind of my youth... The first dreams, the first thoughts...

[@paulbuswell6566]

one of his best. I shut my eyes and i'm 16 again

[@okkifunkistokki]

This has always been one of the most beautifull songs i heard in my life. At the time of it's release my parents were in a nasty divorce so the "in your daddys arms" still strikes a nerve every single time i hear it. Amazingly beautifull!!

[@TheGonzagaJunior]

Once I read Fever Ray had a cover of this song, heard it and loved it. Came here to check the original and omg, so great, so gorgeous!!!! I'm in love with both versions :)

[@TheGonzagaJunior]

+Dayane Pereira nany yes, i am! Are you too?

[@pierugolamberti7728]

Personalmente non trovo parole per esprimere la bellezza di questo brano ....

[@hexenhuisje]

Gabriel is just awesome...one million stars for every word he sings..

[@drcid777]

Gabriel's last truly great song. Subtle, beautiful, amazing...

[@carolthejp]

This song remember my childhood in Brazil. I lived in northest region and this song played so much in some FM radio stations.In that time, I no speak anything about english, but the song touched me so, maybe because the presence of "triângulo", the instrument backs...

[@SuperLailasantos]

I love this song so much!I'm so happy because now I find her!Bring so much joy to my soul!!!

[@RitterALBANY]

espectacular, la canción, Peter único en su género. Pase grandes momentos con esta canción. gracias Pete

[@hughchandler]

One of my most favorite pieces of music ever, and believe me, Ive heard a hell of lot of music in my day. Wonderful song. So haunting.

[@AlejandroMS67]

His music was soulful and primordial since before his fascination with indigenous rhythms, it goes all the way back to his work with Genesis, even before Phil Collins joined.

[@camidiosa]

peter sos lo mas grande en esta tierra, este tema me transporta a otra dimension SOS UN MAESTRO!!!!!!!!

[@pet456bike]

No one will ever know how much it hurts untill it happens to them eh? God bless you my friend, heres hoping that the pain will lessen as time goes by.x