Peter Gabriel - Whole Thing [new song + video]

[@starlitedelite1]

I will never get tired of this song. I have listened to it over and over and shared it everywhere, even if it is an older song. Something about the lyrics and music that shakes me to my very core! Keep up the awesome work Peter Gabriel!!💖💖

[@awanna3203]

Wow, is it me... or is Peter Gabriel, getting more georgeous the older he gets????!!! Lucky, LUCKY wife & beautiful children... I can only hope, Prey & wish that i get to see this great man at his best, live on stage! XX Thanks Peter, you are amazzzzing! x

[@dpruett4]

Rock on Peter. Lyrics, depth, soul and passion - the perfect combo to stay eclectic and underground

[@YPanzer]

I like Peter's creativity. Each new work is great ever !

[@DraganaNikoliceva]

When I heard this song for the 1st time, it said: Big Blue Ball - Whole Thing, and I said: no, this is Peter Gabriel's voice!! The unique and fantastic voice and performance!! Then I read about Big Blue Ball project!! Really incredible... this song is amazing, calls out for emotions and joy while listening..

[@lebaguett8495]

Peter wieder in bester Form!!!

[@alcantara06]

Peter is not able to make a bad song. This is AWSOME.

[@RaelWander]

Who ever you are, YOU ABSO-FLOGGING-LUTELY RULE BIG TIME!!! I've been waiting to hear this song in full for AGES!! I love you, man :D. Can't wait to get my hands on the album itself. In the meantime, this is greatly appreciated!!

[@istersen]

absolutely extraordinary... he is one of the best.

[@Tmuttgaming]

Wow, amazing song.

[@olsztyn44]

I was 15 when I heard for the firt time his music.Amazing!!!!Blood of Eden.Love it!!!!

[@Hemerash]

Yeah ! New album = NEW TOUR !? Great song.

[@nicck]

This song deserves a shit load of play on the radio. A great, atmospheric pop song.

[@cristinacapogrossi2603]

Grande Peter!

[@bellvardy6944]

love it obviously words from the heart, typically music with depth from the great man peter Gabriel. Thank you.

[@dannyclarke13]

I know haha...Tony aka the Immortal Bass God Stick Man xD haha I know theres many excellent bass players out there but hes easily my fav! Ive been lucky enough to see him live with Peter once here in Dublin a coupla years ago in a lovely venue, Marlay Park, it was brilliant, epic! cheers..d

[@pauldewitt77]

@ChagrinGauthier Thank you for re-asserting that... I felt like dying inside when I thought that Peter had lost thwe ability to use that incredible voice on que... Seriously.. I love the man and all that he does, and Sting too... How many puppies did these guys have to kick in a former life to be so ravaged by time? (My rant against the universe, pay no heed :)

[@angelocaruana1822]

Genioooooo

[@ChagrinGauthier]

Great news!!!

[@ETHAN539]

EXCELLENT !!!!!

[@TheTimananda]

love the old DanElectro guitar !!!

[@kimmallable]

Love Peter Gabriel's music...... awesome....

[@johnofett]

just re discovered this song and what a wonderful track it is too!!!...:)

[@blkmanbat]

OMG. i just got on to peters web site and i'm not happy. scratch my back is full of cover songs. am i dreaming or is this true? what the "h e double tooth picks" are ya doing? we luv ya man and want a new album! p.s. all right, i'm o.k. now. we are all just looking forward to the next album!!!!!

[@marpahela789]

Just love the guy, music music music

[@JohnLennon100]

And please don't get me wrong, I still love Gabriel, he's one of my all time favorite composers and performers. In my top ten list of best ever albums "So" it's in third place only behind Lennon's Double Fantasy (omit Yoko's tracks please...)and The Beatles' Revolver. I've been listening to his music more than 20 years now and he's been one of my greatest inspirations.

[@ChagrinGauthier]

at Big Blue Ball CD its also listed as a co-write between Alexis Faku, Tim Finn, Peter Gabriel, Geoffrey Oryema, Karl Wallinger and Andy White

[@LittleWitchaus]

I have always loved this song

[@lazymoon13]

all these responses and no one aknowledges karl wallinger here? c'mon, this project just smells of world party. i love karl and im glad he and peter got this wrapped up. brilliant!

[@JohnLennon100]

Thanks!

[@olsztyn44]

it dosen't matter how he looks now but....his music....i love his music so much.....his album the last tamptation of christ is wonderful!!!!I AM POLISH....

[@raelbirth]

Great....Thanks for the TIP....Greetings from AACHEN...Rael

[@olsztyn44]

Tony Levin looks like a new born.i love peter gabriel.His music is so magical and hot!!!!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

I had a dream couple of days ago. I was standing in a record store and was looking through a a rack of CDs and i then i saw a new Peter Gabriel Album. It was a white cover and had black/purple scetches on it. I woke up before i could listen to it :(

[@JohnLennon100]

My former comment in comapring Elton and Peter was only in terms of keeping the artistic edge alive and not copying himself over and over. I'm a great admirer of both. I hope you learn to understand these things. That's the cool thing about youtube that you can learn form the people who knos better. Have fun with the Big Blue Project, or whatever you wnat to listen dear PAUB.

[@JohnLennon100]

You have to understand Gabriel's role in Genesis. The musical genius was 90% coming from the true musicians, Rutherford and Banks, and Collins, and Hackett, and Phillips. Gabriel was the main lyricist, he sometimes played a simple flute solo, and probably produced some melodies in some songs.Gabriel was never considered as a remarkable musician, but as a remarkable artist,with a very distinctive voice,with the ability to come up with new concepts in music, able to write very complex lyrics.

[@gingerbreadface]

yes, Up was certainly one of his best. it sounded very contemporary, proving that Gabriel is still relevant long after his generational peers have got stuck in a creative rut. now if only he'd hurry up and release the follow-up - "I/O"!

[@JohnLennon100]

Gabriel is a progressive artist, more interest in innovating and creating new concepts in music. He really gave percussion an importance that didn't exist before him. Also, in the eighties he heavily influenced the sound of pop music with these rythms ideas, a crossover between technology and tribal sound. Also, Gabriel is a strong lyricist which Elton is totally not. So it's difficult compare them because they have done their part in the history of music.

[@brucefetter]

young evil twin! They are awesome in concert if you ever get the chance

[@lilsomar]

Whole thing will still go on without you Something will still be there to move me Cozy my own thing is always to inspire you, 1 that I love I dream beside,1 that I love is close as I can get, stimes I can't remember,Stimes I can´t forget.Whole thing will still come down without you,It's nothing to do with all of you, But my own thing is only to protect you Each night i bed my dreams take me over Whole world still goes round without you over & over. Gabriel,touchs deep with this big blue ball

[@juandiaz-er1vd]

PARA MI EL MEJOR.

[@Quadrophon2]

Again.. I strongly agree.. well.. "Then There Were Three" is a fine album which I like very much. Not already so "Collinsified" like the later ones of Genesis.

[@LindseyThePirate21]

I recognize Tony Levin and David Roades from his secret world live tour, which I adore. #Teenager that knows good music

[@raydar58]

This is a Great & Different Music/Vid. WHat a concept. But it looks like the song is done and they are all listening while new drum tracks are being layed down.? But I like how they're never at the mic kinda thing. Cheers!!

[@Quadrophon2]

I strongly agree. No one ever mentioned Steve, who had a vast influence on Genesis. Listen to his "todays" Music.. he's still a guitar genius und fine musician. Peter gave the art and his voice (Which could at first not realy discerned when he left) but Steve gave a lot of musical style. The Difference is: Peter is quite in depth, a Mozart of our time while Steve, well... froze at the point beeing a guitar genius.

[@JohnLennon100]

There's no problem, it's just my opinion and it seems that some people wants to argue with me about it. Ok again, I'm talking about the ability that some artists have to reinvent themselves, like Bowie and Elton. Gabriel showed a clear superiory in 1986 with So, with a never heard before sound and videos, but after that something happened, and he seemed more interested in soundtrack, teaming with middle esta and african artists, etc.If we don't change, innovate, evolve, etc. we just die.

[@virginiadobson7149]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ChagrinGauthier]

Big Blue Ball will be released as CD and mp3-download on 24th JUNE!!!

[@ChagrinGauthier]

in my opinion UP is one of the best albums ever

[@patriziabonini7077]

Bella bella

[@ChagrinGauthier]

actually, it's a mix of NO WAY OUT and DARKNESS videos from STILL GROWING UP bonus-dvd)))))))))

[@luieu2]

@QiMful i agree Up was a great let down but i love all the music befoe up .

[@JohnLennon100]

If the UP tracks are good or not it's a matter of taste, and I'm not arguing about that. They are really far from being geniuos ... About comparing Elton with Peter, you can compare them as artist but not as composers. Elton is a traditional pop music songwriter and he has more musical knowledge about musical composition than Gabriel could ever dream of. That really shows that you don't have a clue about real musical composition, harmony, tonal cadences, etc. Gabriel has a totally diff approach

[@ey2306]

I can't belive the people that are bashing Peter for producing another masterpiece. I suspect though that the video is just some random out of sync footage and has nothing to do with the actual recording.

[@EuchridEucrow1]

Great track, great performance by some great musicians. But tell me something, add an 's' to the end of 'Big Blue Ball' and tell me it doesn't put a 'whole' new spin on 'things'.

[@blkmanbat]

sorry folks. just found out by watching cash cab. this song is from "big blue ball". still wan't a new peter studio album.

[@energybengt]

having the visuals not synched with the music attracts one's attention ... the visuals tell a 'physical story' .

[@blkmanbat]

o.k. somebody out there help me on this one. when did this come out? how new is this? sounds great! i've been waiting (haven't we all) for a new studio album for what seems forever. does anybody out there know?

[@lealdragon]

Per your suggestion, I watched 3 videos by Elbow. Sorry to disappoint, but I found it nothing like The Master. See, it's not so much about the TONE of Peter's voice, as it is about how he USES his voice. Peter reaches deep down inside your soul, and raises up your pain, where it can be healed. His voice is the most emotionally evocative of anyone on the planet. The only singers who come close are Thom Yorke, Davey Havok, & Rob Halford, & they all have totally different voices...but they USE them

[@guitardude57]

And Then There Were Three is still one of my favourite albums. I think they stayed pretty true to Genesis until Collins got the big hit with Misunderstanding (On Duke). After that it became Phil's band - not Genesis. Everyone is going to hate me for saying this but I think Hackett leaving made more difference than Gabriel leaving, although I am a huge Gabriel fan post Genesis.

[@goesjem]

I am thier biggest fan and I definitely agree with you.

[@JohnLennon100]

It's interesting the way we label things .... who is to be called a musician?To be a musician means to really know an intrument and to know musical theory.The Beatles I think weren't exactly musicians,but they were great artists creative minds,geniuses in their own right,and were the avant garde in pop music. Also I could say that you dont have to be a musician to still have the capability of creating extraordinary music and musical concepts and to get where anybody has been capable of.

[@canvoodoo]

I'm not Peter's output has only gotten better while Collins has plummeted

[@ChagrinGauthier]

The single WHOLE THING was released in the end of 2007 but only in iTunes Music Store USA (as I know), and when will the album be released - NOBODY KNOWS :(

[@wuthering2]

this is not the Whole thing video.... it refers to Darkness!

[@ChagrinGauthier]

yeah, and i already have it :)

[@laurenlindauer-clark2891]

Like the song, but what's up with the video? Is Peter singing telepathically?

[@jonloomis683]

+Lauren Lindauer You might like the CD, "Big Blue Ball" produced by Peter - on which this song appears. He wrote, sang and compiled a few tunes - along with others from around the world, in his studio in the UK - at around the time of "Desert Storm" to emphasize the unity in diversity per cultures across the globe.

[@rsc-household3269]

yes, actually he does but he moves his lips when he does it usually.

[@AleMaya]

@jiddu1970 hes the one from planet x or dream theatre, right?

[@jiddu1970]

he's Tony Levin, great bass player.

[@ChagrinGauthier]

there is no official vidoe for this song

[@0077rokis]

that is what we listen...everyday....little bit philosophic...

[@SuperMitchell57]

back to your best team {peter} work with your team they are great

[@dpruett4]

amen

[@SuperMitchell57]

African beats the whole world still goes round round and round you

[@JohnLennon100]

Wow, it is really difficult to communicate these days ... a band it's not only music, his frontman is always a crucial part of a band. When I said tha Gabriel wrote the lyrics of most the songs doesn't make 10% of Genesis. When he left Genesis, he couldn't keep making progressive rock for obvious reasons. In turn he started producing a cross of pop music and art rock, intelligent rock or whatever is could be called.

[@ChagrinGauthier]

The album BIG BLUE BALL will be released soon as Digital Download, CD and Coloured (blue) Vinyl!!! The new album will include songs feat. Natacha Atlas, Deep Forest and others! You can hear samples of all album tracks on BBB's official page! Here is the tracklisting: 1.Whole Thing 2.Habibe (feat. Natacha Atlas) 3.Shadow 4.Altus silva 5.Exit Through You 6.Everything Comes From You 7.Burn You Up, Burn You Down 8.Forest 9.Rivers 10.Jijy 11.Big Blue Ball

[@lealdragon]

What we mean is that the deeper, more serious band died after Peter left. (Though TotT & W&W were excellent efforts) They just went POP after that, a totally different band, should've had a different name...it was ok pop fluff, but NOT GENESIS.

[@LosBerkos]

I don't understand, it seems to be a video of an unrelated recording session? Why?

[@Dthorn912]

great song but i dont get the video

[@ChagrinGauthier]

it was released in december-2007 like mp3-download and in june-2008 it was released on BIG BLUE BALL album

[@williestyle35]

Somewhat true,Genesis were less progressive after Steve Hackett left.But it was also not always easy to tell Peter Gabriel left on the studio albumssorry.Hate that Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford always tuned out(and mixed down) who ever left after Anthony Phillips.Remember they always told us the truth in those concert interviews('Genesis are like a democracy,the majority rules').Peter's solo stuff has taken him places,I don't think he could have gone with a group.Thank god for Tony Levin

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

Genesis was a good pop band. I prefer their pop music over most other pop bands. But it still can't be compared to the musical brilliance and creativity that they had with Gabriel and Hackett. The skill set they showed through their music rapidly declined after Hackett left and i assume they did that on purpose, to become more famous and make more money. Since they became more popular with Collins, we Gabriel era fans are like a cult, But to be honest, i wouldnt want it any other way :)

[@dwilmer7]

I used to deliver groceries to PG in Box, U.K. never got to meet him though.

[@nicck]

Just checking!

[@ChagrinGauthier]

...are you sure that I/O will be released next year??? ...i hope it will be so, but there is no official info about it :(

[@nicck]

Was it Peter who wrote this song?

[@TheNellamaria]

Arcangelo...

[@AleMaya]

@jiddu1970 ahh! thanks:) good to know!

[@dominicjames8559]

Why can't I hear Tori?! Man, I could've been an engineer! 🎚😹

[@ChagrinGauthier]

people! be attentive! I wrote in vidoe's info, that the video is HANDMADE, it's totally unofficial, I've made it by my own using the videos of Darkness and No Way Out

[@StitchMeAwkward]

But compare it to the rest of todays 'music' and its far from "samey". Brilliant I'd say. His sound is constantly refershing so I don't see why it needs renewing. PG doesn't owe you anything.

[@sluf6]

JohnyVirgil (hace 6 días) "...Listen to Wind and Wuthering and A Trick of the Tail, excellent Genesis Prog without Gabriel." ------------------------------------------- "The music was probably at least 50% Banks in those days, he was the driving force. Though I think Gabriels melodies and lyrics completed it, you can't even say he was 100% of the band." Sluf6 (today) i think that gabriel, steve hackett and tony baks were de 66,66% of the band

[@andremdesouza]

Greetings from Brazil. I agree with AdipositasSuillus.Some sick bastards in my country prefer a dumb entertainment (like soap operas & psychosoccer) and f*** with enviroment. I wanna 2 prefer hear artists like Kate Bush, Kraftwek,Peter Gabriel...And actors with social work like Angelina Jolie,Brad Pitt & Leonardo Dicaprio. They are an inspiration & make think (and work in a local level) to build a better world. TKS to read & Happy April Hollydays!

[@ChagrinGauthier]

@tatemae5460 of course! i've made this video of NO WAY OUT and DARKNESS studio footages %B

[@nicck]

But never was...and for a reason.

[@sandrakarbo8183]

traducir al español o portugues gracias

[@sandrakarbo8183]

alguien puede traducir esta cancion al español por favorrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........urgente!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MarielaPerez]

+Sandra Karbo Existe Google Traductor, puedes traducir al planeta entero... translate.google.co.ve/

[@JohnLennon100]

After listening Gabriel for more than 2 decades this song is nothing compared to his previous works, The Gabriel of Mercy Street, San Jacinto, Shock the Monkey, Red Rain, it's simply gone .... So to the people that say this is awesome they don't have a clue ....

[@jiddu1970]

@AleMayaOM Not really, I'd rather say King Crimson and Yes.

[@gingerbreadface]

the only relevant work Gabriel did was So? Hogwash. Its actually one of his lesser albums. Peter Gabriel 3 was his best work.

[@SFDestiny]

Fake video. I love the song, love the album it's on, Big Blue Ball. I actually love the song the video is from. This video is from promotional material before the release of Up, Live in the Big Room, probably More Than This and maybe No Way Out or the other songs they played. I even love the production techniques emerging at the time the tracks were laid down and later mixed. Digital FX allowed a previously impossibly dense mix. Listen to the guitar synth "shimmer" on the bridging section (around 1:19). Yes used similar gear to record and mix around this time. Hear The More We Live, especially the last pass of the verse at 3:22 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5K8aKeIi52Ebqs. Of course you will need full quality no compression source and reproduction and great cans to really hear the fantastic density of of the sonic space