Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel in 1080p HD

From Wikipedia:
"Solsbury Hill" is a song about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England. Gabriel wrote the song after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis, of which he had been the lead singer since its inception, explaining the reasons behind his departure. Despite the eloquence and purity of the vision atop Solsbury Hill, there may be some ambivalence of being free or going solo: "And liberty she pirouette when I think that I am free." It was his debut single. The single was a Top 20 hit in the UK and reached the Top 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song uses a 7/4 time signature for the vast majority of the song. The last two measures of each chorus are in 4/4.
Little Solsbury Hill (more commonly known as Solsbury Hill) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort. It is located above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England. The hill rises to 625 feet (191 m)above the River Avon which is just over 1 mile (2 km) to the south. It is within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It gives impressive views of the city of Bath and the surrounding area.
The hill was an Iron Age hill fort occupied between 300 BC and 100 BC, comprising a triangular area enclosed by a single univallate rampart, faced inside and out with well-built dry stone walls and infilled with rubble. The rampart was 20 feet (6 m) wide and the outer face was at least 12 feet (4 m) high. The top of the hill was cleared down to the bedrock, then substantial huts were built with wattle and daub on a timber-frame. After a period of occupation, some of the huts were burnt down, the rampart was overthrown, and the site was abandoned, never to be reoccupied. This event is probably part of the Belgic invasion of Britain in the early part of the 1st century BC.
The flattened top has several strip lynchet and field marker (mere) stones from the medieval period.
The hill is near the Fosse Way Roman Road as it descends Bannerdown hill into Batheaston on its way to Aquae Sulis.
Solsbury Hill is a possible location of the Battle of Mount Badon, fought between the Britons (under the legendary King Arthur) and the Saxons c. 496, mentioned by the chroniclers Gildas and Nennius.
There are three springs on the hill (Northwest, Northeast, and Southeast sides), and an old stream bed used to descend down the south side across what is now farm land.
Lyrics:
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
I had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom, boom
"Son," he said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."
Eey bog quill
To keeping silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home."
Eey back home
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes, but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," I said, "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home."

[@icantwithyoutoday7948]

My Dad died this morning and I have not stopped listening to this song. 💔❤️💔❤️

[@jamesnw2010]

Peace to your Dad, peace in your heart knowing you loved him.

[@trueStadia]

Understood. Be well

[@dkilloren]

I lost mine a few months ago and feel the same way. Love this song so much! Peace to you and your family.

[@JT-ht6fk]

This song could have easily been made today. Timeless.

[@RichardCristiani-n4v]

I'm not sure what you mean. I know in your heart you Love it.❤😊

[@chriswhitten7986]

Beautiful song,nice video,thanks! I need things like this to escape the sad and cruel reality of our world today. Please,GOD,help us all to live together peacefully!

[@vzqk50HD]

AMEN to that!

[@michellesmith5502]

Bought this in '77. 44 years later I've just found out where Solsbury Hill is. I was half a mile away on Christmas Day! Must climb up Solsbury Hill as soon as possible.

[@ShanFerguson]

One of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs and his good bye to Genisis

[@slyrett]

That whole first solo album was fare thee well to Phil and the boys.

[@pats4dawin106]

who dare thumbs down this!!!! this has such a uplifting feeling

[@derekowenjr3599]

Their soul may be so sick their spirit may not hear

[@mcooperclan]

And I guess something different for me as well. When I was a kid I felt lost. This song made me feel there was a place for me, 56 now and still feel that way :) TY PETER

[@dolphinman6157]

Gabriel has said of the song's meaning, "It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get ... It's about letting go."

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

Sometimes its not up to you what you lose. It just happens. You are left to pick up the pieces...

[@ms.mojo_risin]

Brian J. Carnevale 💔 PeaCe&ReSPeCt, Shelley

[@ms.mojo_risin]

Dolphin Man ☮️💟 PeaCe&ReSPeCt, Shelley

[@essboxxessboxx3993]

sad but true dolphin

[@shaunwild8797]

My funeral song.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

What a brilliant idea!

[@Neilzill]

mine too

[@pamg4071]

Remind me of the greatest joys on this earth, waiting on my first child to be ready to b born and then listening to this song on a high speed dash to the hospital to see my baby girl been born, greatest moment of my life 🙂🥰🙂🙂🙂

[@elma4250]

Another superb video, VZ. For myself, I connected with this piece in a different way. I had been listening to Peter Gabriel for years, and I was listening to this as I was driving to Georgia to pick my son up from basic training at Fort Benning. I cried and cried my eyes out because he was leaving for the Middle East after his leave. Peter Gabriel always draws on different visions, and a lot of it is inner-born rather than simple to dissect. Wherever it comes from, I thank Great Creator. What an artist..............

[@MRayner59]

Beautifully done. Brought a little cheer to an otherwise grey and miserable winter day. Thanks for that!

[@GailSandii]

Loved this from first time I heard it

[@RichardCristiani-n4v]

Eagle flew out of the night, he was something to observe, my heart going boom boom boom, beautiful

[@TheTolz0]

IMOP.....greatest song ever written!! Tugs at my emotions like no other. :)

[@pauldebouvre7976]

Never a spontaneous moment of clarity in a landscape of delusional confusion, but sometimes a sudden sense of direction that is the result of a slow, persistent intention that has been impeded by the erroneous implications of expectations. I like this song a lot.

[@garymigliacci2568]

Love, Love, Love....Thank you for your awesome music that I cherish all of my life.....

[@sanborns]

Steve Hunter's acoustic playing in this song will be remembered as some of the finest in this century. Mark my words into the next one ...

[@Dragonsfarm1]

Sounds like a friend of mine who had a Fae experience. I miss him...

[@billyf2943]

Best song by ever P.G. and he has alot of meaningful songs. Great song.

[@angelicalaws6627]

Loved this from first time I heard it The first album of Peter is awesome 😉

[@TheTibmeister]

2020 anyone remember from 1977?

[@richardwalkinshaw1060]

Every time I listen, I think of my pal

[@BILLYMARTINOs]

THE MASTER WINS AGAIN !!! GREAT JOB...

[@tonyromano6220]

Saw him live in Houston in the early 80s, what a show!

[@milagrosbeckwith2665]

who dare thumbs down this!!!! this has such a uplifting feeling Loved this from first time I heard it Great video and song !

[@shahabel1746]

Very nice video set to one of Peter Gabriel's finest. Well done! Loved this from first time I heard it The first album of Peter is awesome 😉 This will always remind me of the re-cut trailer of The Shining.

[@danielallao9550]

Loved this from first time I heard it This will always remind me of the re-cut trailer of The Shining.

[@69lucyfer]

Great video and song !

[@1805movie]

This will always remind me of the re-cut trailer of _The Shining_.

[@andreaphillips7595]

What???

[@jackiebayliss]

Classic.

[@ChrisBrengel]

Great song! vzqk50HD thanks for uploading! I spent a semester at the University of Lancaster and this was my favorite song at the time. I put the lyrics up on my door.

[@zettaj.drexler5890]

One of my favorite Peter Gabriel songs and his good bye to Genisis great song, i like your description under the video aswell. :)

[@zephythor8562]

Tx for your share and for all those informations ... I feel you did that video more for the song than for youself .. THANK YOU

[@Mr01081960]

The first album of Peter is awesome 😉

[@makissoflife]

Very nice video set to one of Peter Gabriel's finest. Well done!

[@domhowe2885]

SON HE SAID GRAB YOUR THINGS WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU HOME ❤❤❤

[@megjamieson3881]

Thank you for such interesting information, and a great sound to this amazing song

[@mike91539153]

great job

[@roberte.williams2290]

Great song and cool video

[@TheDeena123]

Great video and song ! This will always remind me of the re-cut trailer of The Shining.

[@angelocatania71]

great video and great song... thanks :D

[@ms.mojo_risin]

Kelly Preston Pure Of Heart ♥️ Rest In Peace Kelly Preston Travolta

[@tuc-dh4df]

This song is about the call we all wait for, some are called and go home....home.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Wish I was going Home.

[@user7272]

superb, song and vid...ty

[@Wolfwolveswolf]

PETER GABRIEL

[@globetwig4401]

Awesome.

[@l.mahanernest7376]

great song, i like your description under the video aswell. :) Great video and song !

[@josiespringfield4808]

Great song love the video

[@mattfurry3205]

He says in the song that none would believe the voice and that he would be ridiculed. I'd love to hear me

[@ethanxavier3598]

I think this song was made in 77 and just now finally got it

[@drlarrymitchell]

Give what you have for what you might lose.

[@texasgent4694]

Honestly this song reminds me so much of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, the line that sticks out to me the most is, "when illusions spin her net, I'm never where i want to be" that really seems to sum up Snakes entire existence never really being able to be free of the Patriots' Machinations until Mgs4

[@zatkie91]

Nice job!!

[@StaffordMagnus]

That bassline though...

[@fenrislyulf8861]

I would like nothing better than to go home. I have no idea where that is.

[@troublesomecorsair]

Never realized this song was in 7/4

[@MrUsermister]

... with exception of the bar before every instrumental chorus, for instance at 1:10 "Son",he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home"

[@kennethcannon6374]

it's about him leaving genises

[@RichardCristiani-n4v]

I hope everything one digs this tune as much as I do. I'm trying to figure out the key it's in and the acoustic. Please respond 😊

[@n.tire-lee9193]

This song was written by. I.M. Heer, Jr., (Mrs.) the founder and inventor of dogs. Heer, Jr. had met Peter's Gabriel and they formed a company named Hey! Tu Shiprito Patre! out of their garage in Patterson, NJ. This song is about post-modernism in the age of empirical data, with mustard. It has been used for several projects, including the pillaging of Isidore Mugwumps Nissbaum. Thanky, thanky...

[@markrobertson3015]

thank you sir, i have loved this song above most others since the 80s on a tank in west germany, i never knew anything about it I just used to think about someone coming to take me home, hahaha, thanks again!

[@krissypowers5541]

❤️❤️❤️❤️☮️🌸

[@Angels_surround_me747]

❤👍

[@essboxxessboxx3993]

😊😊💕🤝🏿🤝🏽🤝🏾🤝🏼🤝🏾🤝🏽🤝🏿🤝🤝🏻😊

[@edterrazas1376]

a former Genesis member.

[@bigbadchad6940]

BROOK

[@kyukyu5046]

who else come here because of finding dory?