Peter Gabriel on The South Bank Show 1982 (Making of Security/ PG4)

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Shown 31st October 1981, this South Bank show special focuses on the making and production of Peter Gabriel's 4th Album dubbed Security.
Sound and audio were cleaned up and enhanced for KZbin.
Kindly sourced from EppingForest DVD's
Original footage belongs to the copyright holder. This is used with the intent of Fair Use and without any monetary benefit. It is for the benefits of fans who missed this originally or have not seen it in many years.

[@corythompson7912]

There is something weirdly wholesome about watching Peter Gabriel try and fail multiple times to smash a television screen 😂

[@ivdragoslav]

Have you tried? I did back in the 1990; it was terribly hard even throwing big rocks at cinescopic tubes that eventually imploded after ten or so attempts.

[@jimdemetri8168]

Fairlight cost more than a house . Now you got more power in your smartphone.

[@ethanmalasky]

"You can see it's got a lot of strings. I don't even know how many." -- Tony Levin

[@virginiaviola5097]

There’s no contemporary male voice that can match him ( only Goyte has come remotely close)...he just has the most incredibly haunting, heart-wrenching, skin-tingling set of pipes. And writes thoughtful, intelligent, meaningful songs to boot. Hands down, if anyone were to ask who is my favourite male singer, it is, and has always been Peter Gabriel. He is unique.

[@midwestconcertvideo]

The funny part is that the lyrics always come last in his compositional process. The music gets composed, recorded and nearly finished before he pins the lyrics down. The best example of that is how the video for the song Sledgehammer actually featured lyrical elements that were in an earlier version.

[@virginiaviola5097]

@@midwestconcertvideo songwriting comes in many forms. Some people are poets first, others musicians… then there’s perfect partnerships like Bernie Taupin and Elton John. The lyrics came first and John wrote the perfect music for the words. I’m a musician and a poet, but I cannot put my words to music.. and lyrics are the first thing I listen for, they need to say something.

[@Andrew-ri5qo]

1st four albums are tremendous. As is Plays Live. After So I lost interest. Perhaps I should attempt his new album.

[@robert48719]

I Always thought phil Collins sounded pretty similar to him. Or Steve Winwood

[@robertabouchar4158]

The suitcase of cassette recordings is classic!

[@unclemick-synths]

Yes, way more fun than my folder full of mp3s recorded on my cellphone! They have no physical characteristics unlike tapes "oh yes, the BASF Chrome one with the red marker on it".

[@michaelmeza5395]

Goals

[@bustedfender]

Fair light, AMS, all the mystical new digital witchcraft stirred up in a magic cauldron. Vocals through a humble SM57.

[@sebastianward324]

I saw this when first broadcasted - At the time, couldn't afford to buy albums - Since then have seen him, met him and have all of his work. Genius and inspiration

[@MariaGaliotosTX]

How did you meet him?

[@sebastianward324]

@@MariaGaliotosTX A music friend of mine, who knew that I enjoyed PG's music, invited me to attend 'The School of Life Talk' - PG was being interviewed about his life in music. I met him at the start of the talk. Surreal on so many levels, not least it was 2016 - and he looked a lot different than this documentary.

[@thegoodguy44]

@@sebastianward324 Because it is so important how he looks? Smh.

[@mattbutler6742]

Totally agree- Melvyn Bragg is the best

[@autumnskyridge]

@@sebastianward324 I just watched that talk yesterday! How wonderful that you got to be there and meet him.

[@rhythmfield]

I used to wonder why Peter took five years to create new albums. Here, my questions are answered: he really went deep into the creative process, explored untrodden territory, was a completely independent thinker and still is, and he’s a perfectionist on top of all that. Quite simply, he took all the time he needed to come up with his desired result, and here it is, with that concert at the end of this fantastic TV show/documentary. I applaud the host and producers of the show, they put together such a valuable record of one of pop music‘s most fascinating figures.

[@ImprobableTodd]

I love seeing his creative process in crafting the backbone of songs without lyrics. Coming into structures with a percussionist's mindset opened so many doors for him.

[@hjjubnh]

Tony Levin without his mustache! I'd never thought I'd see that ! XD

[@marcfaur]

Yeah, I thought he was born with it.

[@amandaloebner8169]

TLev is ubercool

[@tonyhogard]

Marotta has enough for two.

[@yngvebalmsteen9174]

Haha, I thought the same thing! Has he been alive forever?

[@stellarocquie7957]

Same hairdresser, though, LOL.

[@magpieix]

Musical brilliance aside, Pater Gabriel (along with David Gilmour, Kate Bush, Thomas Dolby and Gary Numan) is so incredibly articulate and lucid that even just listing to him talk about his music is captivating.

[@mvellis3863]

Like Peter, Kate Bush is a bloody genius

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Gary who??

[@carlosalomar7877]

@@herbertvonzinderneuf8547 Numan!...(cars 1979)

[@carlosalomar7877]

Don't forget Brian Eno, David Byrne, David Sylvian, David Bowie, Robert Fripp. And the list goes on....

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

@@carlosalomar7877 Ah, the Bowie tribute act. I remember him now. David wrote Teenage Wildlife about him.

[@THEWONDERSTUFF1]

my 1st ever gig (he opened with san jacinto) at the age of 14 on the So tour..a musical innovator the likes we'll never see again

[@stevecross7028]

No one has ever sounded like him you instantly no it’s his voice different class.

[@martysmith7803]

I tend to agree, but Guy Garvey from Elbow sounds a bit like him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKnGq4mefJWiqZo

[@fviannaval]

He's definitely unique but I find that Phil Collins, Steve Winwood and Stevie Ray Vaughan have that same voice timbre and could do a decent Peter Gabriel if provoked.

[@ljgittingeriii3199]

@@fviannaval Nah, only Peter has that gorgeous rasp in his voice. PG, often imitated but never successfully!

[@rexel666]

One of the best albums, ever.

[@veroneek3176]

My god, what a genius.

[@beekay5914]

This is a colossal album, it towers above all else. Brilliant, genius. Deep, dark, mysterious. Peter Gabriel is so far beyond everybody else. And what a supporting cast!

[@ggghhjd]

This album was and is a work of absolute genius

[@Vicenza198]

My favourite Gabriel album. It was so ahead of its time, that is was terribly underrated.

[@katyalease]

His interviews are amazing. Such intellect and yet very soft-spoken and humble.

[@krisscanlon4051]

I always found him to be very relaxing and meditative. Such a humble quiet soul

[@bandfromtheband9445]

He is simply a human being. One of us!

[@davebellamy4867]

I love how this documentary shows the whole entire process of song formation and production, everything really. Gabriel standing there in his jacket doing the vocals for this genius music in a barn in the countryside, with the sun shining through a little window. It looks so lonely in there.

[@deepfocus888]

I don't think I'll ever get tired of watching this. You brought up some great points about this documentary!

[@wentzr]

@31:04 "Gabriel had amassed twenty-seven 16 minute tapes, over seven hours of material. There were now different versions of 18 possible songs several of which were running over 10 minutes" 18 songs? Security was released with EIGHT I would love to hear that extra material and the extended takes. This has always been my favorite album of all time, no question asked.

[@ImprobableTodd]

It's a shame that it isn't revered in the same way in prog rock circles. The uniqueness, the emotional edge, and the freedom are all pegging the meter. The lack of big solos shouldn't deny the album its significance in progressive rock's development.

[@wentzr]

@@ImprobableTodd PG has been snubbed since the beginning. His tenacity and persistence to keep doing his own thing is pure gold. Im fine being a superfan of the underdog. Explains how ive been a Chicago Bears fan for 50 years lol

[@vidsforsquids]

This album foreshadows “Passion” which is also a magnificent work!

[@goodingmusic]

yesss! one of the best ever

[@marcelopepinho]

Damn ...Peter was so good looking!!

[@DavidRamos-nz4bh]

I saw this tour and it was the best "live' entertainment I ever witnessed to this day. A good friend and I went and we became separated during the show.We met up after show and both agreed ..."that was intense" and we were lost in the music. Nothing like that has ever happened since and Gabriel stands alone at the top.

[@0patience4flz]

Security was my music. At the time...I was 18. 1987...Peter Gabriel...and my stereo system was immense...ecstasy..painting surrealistic oil paintings and drinking wine..

[@beekay5914]

Security was the best of several sublime albums. There is none better. A true genius, possessed by the muse.

[@bandfromtheband9445]

One of the most incredible artists/musicians to ever emerge out of the U.K. You should be proud of one of your most incredibly talented sons! Peter Gabriel is an exceptional human being!

[@christheghostwriter]

listening to him write songs like "I Have The Touch" and "San Jacinto" is a real treat

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Great film. Rhythm boxes, Yamaha CP70 piano, Fairlight! Total gadget geeks heaven!

[@martinsohnlein5591]

And a SM57.

[@katearmstrong2914]

One of the most intelligent men in music. i have so much respect for Peter and his awareness to music and things.It's incredibly beautiful and i can't thank him enough for the work he has produced. An absolute genius of the world. Gabriel seems so down to earth and normal, perfect!

[@McGillicuddy1]

Thanks for this man. I'm just discovering Peter Gabriel and early Genesis. The bloke's a genius, Years ahead of his time.

[@carlosalomar7877]

Join the club!....

[@carlosalomar7877]

Join the prog-rock club!....

[@nickdryad]

Brendan Maccatak McCartney I’ve been following Gabriel and Genesis since 1979 when was 17. I never tire of discovering are re discovering Gabriel. PG opened up a whole new world for me. Jung, Dylan Thomas, world music, African Drumming, The CMI, Roger Linn. All those people were pioneers. You’re gonna have a ball.

[@MickDunne100]

Yes... you're in for a treat!

[@ImprobableTodd]

Gabriel and Genesis changed my musical expectations forever, setting the bar very high for music that would capture emotion so eloquently.

[@tomski787]

That live performance of "Rhythm of the heat" - Wow! Talk about goosebumps! Still influenced by this guy so many years later.

[@ryanpatrick5042]

That program was so amazing. I had no idea this existed. It was interesting to see the process, then hearing the story behind "Jung in Africa", and watching the live performance, you can experience the transformation taking place. Unlike Jung, he embraces it and turns to the musicians. That version was incredible though!

[@user-tb2wz1tr8y]

Indeed. Always felt the same about that performance.

[@droz1000]

Anyone else think this album scares the life out of you? By the time you get to 'Wallflower' you're already in room 101.....he's good at that....

[@themadnessofcrum6971]

Hi Steve, I completely agree, those first 4 albums have that uneasy feeling about them, they make you think, perhaps too much maybe, the sign of a true artist.

[@morganbebell9003]

The rhythm has Control!!!

[@beefheart1410]

Melvyn Bragg was a great broadcaster. There's something going wrong with a culture when there is no longer a perceived need for weekly arts programming. Bring back the South Bank Show! It introduced me to a lot in the 80s when I was a young man living in a small town in the Northwest and thus geographically divorced from those urban areas where most things were happening.

[@gifthorse9779]

Beefheart1 there’s one I saw about Elbow. Too bad they don’t do it more often and probably not so in-depth

[@screwbags]

He still is a great broadcaster - presenting BBC Radio 4's In Our Time - www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/index.shtml

[@bucketofbarnacles]

@@screwbags Yes! In Our Time is a fantastic radio program.

[@Togidubnus]

Melvyn has since shown his broadcasting chops, but all he did on The South Bank Show was introduce films written and produced by other people. I would welcome a weekly arts show like SBS and maybe Sky Arts or some other subscription channel are doing so. It was always a bit of a risk, though: I didn't always find the artist they covered that particular week compelling. It's a bit like with Later... - I don't always like the acts they have on, but the show is always interesting.

[@ascending1965]

Not sure where you live but there have been multiple such shows on television in the UK. The problem with the arts is that it is very broad. Is pop music art? Yes it certainly is, but I do not believe it belongs on generic arts programmes. It is the most immediate and universal artform and the one that appeals more than any other along with dance at the most primal of levels to the highest of ones

[@mootbooxle]

That performance of The Rhythm of The Heat...That hit me so hard I teared up! Intense.

[@0patience4flz]

Pretty intense to read your comment as the video of that performance begins.

[@yyzca1234]

Yes the Peter Gabriel Plays Live concert at the bandshell in Toronto was amazing 👏

[@morganbebell9003]

I am too young for that show, but saw him at essentially the same venue - the Amplitheatre, in the early 2000s. So good live.

[@eltonmayo2027]

i was there

[@elporretaespacial]

10:21 an amazingly precise prediction from an amazing artist. I'm very thankful my dad showed me Peter Gabriel as a child; very inspiring character.

[@markacker3013]

Hearing San Jacinto still brings tears to my eyes today just as it did back in 1982. I never tire of PG4.

[@audioconflictmusic]

The reason why I love and respect Peter Gabriel is because of his complete awareness about music. I play and produce EDM music here in Chile and many of the people who are in the circuit do not seem to understand how important the solo career of Gabriel is for the music they play and enjoy. They usually look at me as if I'm some sort of a comedian when I say that they need to give Peter the corresponding props for bringing the concept of loop and sampling to a whole popular, yet technical & spiritual level. This documentary kinda shows my idea, and it shows the rest how important is the process of understanding the music you are producing. I love how he treats the idea of sampling as "stealing" (11:14), he is aware of it and respects the originality of its source just by suggesting such use of the word. I'll always love Peter Gabriel and all of the greatest artists that have contribute to the music that I love today. Thanks for the video it has been an amazing Sunday now that I'm watching it!

[@ccromwell3460]

I caught the stealing Can you imagine what mucic would be without stealing It is growing Not stealing Learning from whtat you have heard and making it your own I meant I heard Peter say that word I was surprised also.

[@audioconflictmusic]

Also a great way to look at it. Greetings from the distance !

[@johnni37]

+Audio Conflict Nevermind the fact that Peter invented the gated snare sound that would dominate the landscape of music production in the 80's.

[@mikekaraoke]

+johnni37 I wouldn't say all music had that gated snare sound in the 80's, Some did and some didn't

[@Reprodestruxion]

Y tb a Holger Czukay

[@Scotlanz]

Why in the Hell would anyone go to the bother of giving this a thumbs down? Must make them happy letting people know that they're unhappy. Dolts!

[@cortical1]

@MorbidManMusic Booo.

[@irena7777777]

Phil Collins fans have always been like that

[@cryptosecuritytools]

What an amazing voice. Still sends shivers down my spine so many years later

[@juliankenning]

The first gig I ever watched live was Gabriel when he toured that album. The show started with Rhythm of the Heat. My mind was sufficiently blown. I'm still happy this was the very firsts concert i attended.

[@haroldburrows4770]

U lucky shit u. He didnt play Atlanta till 91

[@robashton8606]

Yeah, that version of Rhythm Of The Heat was amazing, with the guys hammering away on drums like that. You could still hear that sample loop he was talking about during the interview in the live interpretation too.

[@AdvancedLiving]

I was around 13/14. It was at the Spectrum in Philly and I still have some decent photos of the show!

[@Graiskye]

shows how hard some artists work on their music. People think it is so easy, those lucky souls that 'make it' like Peter, work their asses off, every day day in day out, as soon as they stop they are forgotten. It takes a long time and a lot of hard work to get to the point of a Peter Gabriel, not too mention a shit load of raw talent and ambition. Great doc on the creative process of creating an album.

[@TheCorrectAnswer56]

He sure chose the right profession, didn't he?

[@MonsieurMosca]

I am thinking that today, we could probably make about six other albums with the material he rejected.

[@sliiiquo]

@@TheCorrectAnswer56 looks like an electrician. Sounds like an electrician!

[@franciscojoaquina877]

A pioneer of music in so many, many ways. Thank God for this man and his music. He opened doors within me I did not know existed.

[@geraberl]

One of the most interesting aspects for me from watching this was the realization that the entirety of his, then $100,000 electronic studio/workshop, can now easily be contained and carried around on any average modern day laptop.

[@SuperNevile]

+geraberl His latest "Real World Studios" look like "The Star Ship Enterprise"

[@SPAZZOID100]

geraberl not the same.

[@gifthorse9779]

And that’s not a bad thing! My favorite band Elbow uses it. Then even collaborate what skype, etc. excellent music

[@wackenthaljef]

Mmm,not all burt yes nearly,you are right.

[@carlosalomar7877]

Sign o' the times!...

[@zelly8163]

The four of greatest English music legends are Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, David Bowie and Peter Hammill. No matter how great I stopped listening to Bowie, Eno and Hammill back in the eighties. Where as Peter Gabriel has remained vital, relevant a true musical pioneer. Early Genesis were wonderful but once Peter left so did the magic. He reinvented himself with music and lyrics that show the modern generation that you must have depth in your soul if you want employ electronics in your music. Yet few people can sing like Peter Gabriel. Thanks for uploading it was a pleasure watching him bring such an amazing album to fruition.

[@davidbranin969]

I was the young snob who didn't like his early post Genesis stuff. Peter Plays Live won me over.

[@arnolddevries5178]

I wasn't mature or patient enough to appreciate it. Took me until my 30's to start enjoying it.

[@thepatchhead8422]

This is the way the "Classic Albums" DVD's should be presented

[@marileemaraugha6864]

Peter Gabriel is not of this World... HE'S OUTTA THIS WORLD 🌎...He just stopped in for a while trying to prepare us for Now!!! Hands ✋ across the Lands...he talks in Music 🎶 🥁🎸🎹🎷🎻🎺🥁🥁🎸🎵🎼 LOVE HUGS OUT HATE

[@MikeFowlerguitars]

Good God. Tony Levin on that Stick. 40 years ago. This was so great far ahead of its time.

[@conan5885]

Watching how some sounds came together, especially the samples in San Jacinto, almost bring tears to my eyes. Literally watching history.

[@JeffBoen]

I saw the Miami Vice episode "Evan" (best episode of the series IMO, also includes Jan Hammer's amazing eponymous titular track for that episode). Its opening scene slithered in with "Rhythm of the Heat" and I was rapt. I immediately went out and bought the album and my seventeen-year-old self was Blown. The. Fuck. Away. Such an amazing collection of tracks and sounds and rhythms. Anyone who doubts it is a philistine. :P

[@gotham61]

I was in a punk band that recorded a record with David Lord doing the engineering and mixing in 1978. We were the first non-classical artist he had recorded. Three years later by the time this was made he had clearly moved on.

[@martinsohnlein5591]

The 31 dislikes were pressed by blind people who also adore this kind of sounds.

[@TheMirolab]

Family and the Fishing Net.... played in the DARK..... LOUD....... Still scares the crap out of me!!... I love it.

[@tparker2095]

I would never be able to record with him, so many sounds and elements can be added into these songs. It would be heaven and hell at the same time, he is pure genius inside and out...

[@Richard_Jones]

Always my favourite episode of the South Bank Show. It was very influential on my own musical career, as in it told me "you'll never be this good, just give up!"

[@JamesKovacic]

Oh, how I wish I was alive in '82. Peter Gabriel released one of his all-time best albums (maybe his best) and had a one-off reunion with Genesis that I would've paid an arm and a leg to see. This documentary has really allowed me to better understand and appreciate Gabriel's techniques and methods of writing, performing, and recording, and he seems like a genuinely humble and nice person. And what a voice, too

[@genesisforever4146]

THE BEST ISN'T HE ( :JUST LIKE A GOD :) I wish he would write more 14 years is to long of a what. I was 19 when i saw this on the cbc in montreal and was so blow'n away by the way he was and is so creative. i think the (US) ALBUM is another of his BEST WORK real useing all he had in him and rythums,artist that were around him it's the best. AND WELL GENESIS IS NOT GENESIS UNLESS PETER IS THERE,THEIR JUST A BAND WHEN HE'S NOT THERE :)

[@casafilms]

Hi James, I was at Peter's reunion with Genesis. "Six of the Best" was the nickname. And it poured with rain all day in Milton Keynes :-)

[@FrankPCarpi]

His voice is extensively variegated. I love the sounds that he comes out with. He's definitely one of a kind.

[@almonious]

Yes, me too. PG went broke with that festival, and the guys from the big G came to help with a reunion.

[@silgen]

Didn't it just. I stood in the muddy field for 14 hours that day, somehow ended up coated with mud up to my chest. Wouldn't have missed it for the world :)

[@MuzixMaker]

Even more incredible is that Peter was all of 31 years old when making this masterpiece.

[@marypalmer00]

I LOVE security, it needs to be played at MAXIMUM possible (safe) volume! Gabriel is SO talented, he's a character! 😄 He assembles music with such care. He puts thought into it. So amazing. "Gabrielese" lmaooo. I'm 21 and so happy to discover him, my mom loved his music in her younger years

[@crismignone7]

PETER GENIUS GABRIEL

[@lisad2461]

Peter is the only artist that sparks my mind.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Lisa D u need to get out more.

[@djdonbentley2141]

People don't realize what a pioneer of music technology Gabriel was. He was able to take computer generated drum Beats and rythems and make them better than any real drum would sound, Or in many cases infuse both real drums and computer, and seamlessly integrate them, Amagine creating sounds Back then, that would form The basis on how most music is made today, I really love how he was sequensing advanced Beat progressions, ones so Advanced, you can't help but to be amazed it was made that long ago. People should respect P.G. More , in my opinion he was so much more than a musician.

[@TheOmanJam]

The performances at the end are some of the best I have ever seen from Gabriel. They are totally arresting. 43:10 _The Rhythm of the Heat_

[@WeCameToDance]

The closing perfomance has MUSIC in its veins!

[@enviousfred]

"And new technology, which is going to get very, very cheap and this facility will open up a new age of electronic skiffle..." basically foretold the future.

[@Velvet0Starship2013]

"basically foretold the future" ...little realizing what a disaster it would be!

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

Yeah! The early stages of electronic music did have soul attached to it! Now it’s just autotuned bollocks run by Simon Cowell!!!!

[@annother3350]

@@Velvet0Starship2013 Diasaster?! You guys are making yourselves sound old. There's some great new music if you avoid the mainstream

[@primitivo4604]

“…it might rely heavily on electronics, tapes. I can kind of envision one person with a lot of machines, tapes and electronics set up singing or speaking and using machines.” Jim Morrison 1969

[@franciscojoaquina877]

He was and is "the future"

[@jawoody9745]

Brilliant! The epitome of an artist working with his producer.

[@headfirstonly]

Thank you so much for posting this. I remember watching when it was broadcast. Tony Levin's Chapman Stick playing inspired me to take up the instrument too and I still play.

[@BobSiefken]

Getting to see a clean shaven Tony Levin is all I need from this doc.

[@zenpaganwarrior]

And, to hear that Chapman Stick, which in 1982 must have been gobsmacking, which it still is.

[@rexmundi1570]

Shows just how much effort goes into making a work of art. Even masterpieces take a long time and a lot of hard work to create. - Working on what later became 'Peter Gabriel 4'.

[@pearlydae]

Awww wish I had a father like Peter growing up.

[@MrGajo51]

Valerie Marie Recently went to a friends wedding reception in Bath. When taxi driver picked us up he asked if it was Peter Gabriels' daughters wedding we were going to (on that same evening). Apolgies to my mate.....but wish it was ;-)

[@Reprodestruxion]

Wendell G congrats to melanie and the lucky bugger

[@RationMinds78]

I was so bummed when this wasn't available due to copyright issues because it was an awesome behind the scenes look into the makings of this unique album that Peter Gabriel have created. Thank you so much for convincing KZbin et al to keep it back on. 🙂

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Throwing Larry Fast some love. "Phobos and Deimos go to Mars" - (Synergy) is a favorite song of mine from back in the day. Loved listening to Synergy and some of the other artists on the Audion label.

[@pokracuji]

Beautiful, natural and without stressing process of composing music. As it should be!

[@realraven2000]

6:17 - do you realize that PG has perfect pitch? He hits the drum pitch perfectly from memory.

[@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life]

I am very grateful that this video exists here on KZbin and I thank both The Genesis Archive and the South Bank Show for allowing me a window into the genius mind that is Peter Gabriel and his creative process especially with this album. His vision for music and where it was headed was very accurate and way ahead of his time. Security is without equal in my eyes and my absolute favorite album ever made by Mr. Gabriel or any other artist, living or dead. I first heard this album back in the summer of 1985 right after I graduated high school and a good friend introduced it to me. We played it multiple times every night in the car while we drove around for hours talking about life, girls, music, cars and what we planned to do with our future. Security takes me back to my teenage years which was a wonderful time in my life that I long for and miss very much. The songs in it move me to this day like no other songs ever have. The Rhythm of the Heat, San Jacinto, and Wallflower are my favorite songs on my favorite album. The Rhythm of the Heat activates something primordial inside me, some inner warrior. It is my power song and never fails to give me strength when I need it and raise my spirits. San Jacinto stirs up in me the love and admiration I feel for the Native American people. I connect with Wallflower because it speaks to me about the mental health issues that I have been struggling with since childhood. I was lucky to see Peter Gabriel live in concert during the tour for his album So which is another incredible album. The So concert was the best concert I have ever been to as Peter Gabriel puts everything he has, all of himself into his performance. Even though this video is from 1982 and long in the past I am still angry and upset that the ignorant music critics had negative things to say about the Security album which I consider to be a masterpiece.

[@conan5885]

I absolutely adore San Jacinto, one of my favorite PG songs. Apart from the musical side, i just love the story itself, and the "story" of how that story was told and came to life in the song. Peter is a fantastic storyteller, apart from everything else.

[@jeffbosch1697]

PG1 was very good, still aounds good to me after all these years. But PG3 and Security are just so powerful, imo the peak of his post-Genesis music. Getting to watch his creativity at work is a privilege.

[@darkvaper2010]

Wow this documentary is very inspiring..I'm a musician and this is the kind of experiment i would love to try..

[@bandfromtheband9445]

I would love to hear what you have been working on with your own ideas! Seriously!

[@darkvaper2010]

@@bandfromtheband9445 hello no problem I'm a beginner but improving fast..😊

[@darkvaper2010]

@@lucid_delirium976 yeah maybe but I've been one my whole life.

[@DavidAlejandroYT]

Still would love to hear something from a fellow musician!

[@Syfoll]

His voice has that blown drain pipe sound, a lot of white noise in it. Amazing voice

[@jaime57473]

Well that was mind blowing... 49 minutes flew by like it was 1.

[@patrickcrowther9195]

The fourth Peter Gabriel LP is a masterpiece. I’m not surprised critics couldn’t fathom it upon first hearing it.

[@itkojecockot]

Peter is one of those few artists who simply ignore all boundaries and limits in music..... he is literally like some crazy music scientist :D:D

[@Zodiffren]

I love the Fairlight/floppy disk moment ...

[@unclemick-synths]

Gotta love those 8" floppies! Terabyte capacities were science fiction back then. I never even filled the 120 MB hard drive on my Atari ST.

[@robertsyrett1992]

I love how open he is about borrowing from disparate musical sources and somehow makes them sound like part of his own style.

[@zebragit]

When he sings RotH at the beginning is amazing, made me heart miss a beat, very distinct and excellent voice!

[@smackyourfreckle]

TONY! DAVID! PETER! I feel like I just reunited with my long lost brothers :D they are all so wonderful !

[@steevidrums]

Even after all these years, that lift in "I Hold The Line" in San Jacinto... still gets me... golly!

[@haroldburrows4770]

Right, what a powerful song. Got to see him play live 2times and it was intense

[@marcelb7259]

And that, my friend, is the epitome of a true musician, a pure artist, a genius of its time. Technology serves the artist and not the other way around. Peter Gabriel is a gift to humanity and music culture. Thank for sharing this amazing video. Cheers from Canada.

[@soundchaser2061]

He is...the world's most interesting man

[@classiccapitalgolf7773]

Such an important record for me. It got me into PG's music and it is wonderful seeing how it was made. Thought he was slow back then but he was positively fast track compared to how he has been over the last 20 years. Still an inspirational artist whose influence I could hear in the 80's and still hear from time to time today.

[@TURBONERD]

"I think the naked sound of the voice is more emotive without lyrics." -- I think we often take for granted how readily available recording tools are available to us today. Having the ability to record humming, singing, mouth beats at literally any moment when inspiration sparks is one of the most incredible things.

[@themadnessofcrum6971]

This man is a completely different artist to anyone out there, such an original musician and man, which is very rare in the entertainment industry, the music that pours from him is flawless, beautiful, inspiring, an absolute gem of a man, and I am happy to say, my ears have been loving his music for 41 years of my life, never forget hearing Games Without Frontiers for the 1st time in 1980, and I still have that very same feeling when the 1st chords hit, an amazing man, totally amazing. Much love to you Mr. Gabriel for your words and music, you have changed and helped a lot of lives, me included.

[@OferEvenTsur]

The evolution of "I have the touch" is documented here: 29:32 31:37 Initial jammed version 39:28 The almost-finished song 41:40 first live performance of the song

[@therobbrownchannel5079]

Check out 15:00 as well.

[@tracystone6115]

Peter Gabriel has a wonderful gift!!!!

[@mercierjanice]

We are Blessed with technology to be able to access classic/old school Genesis

[@rhythmagination]

I'm a huge fan of Peter Gabriel (and Genesis), and also a fan of another musician who was "instrumental" to the making of "Security". Larry Fast. Larry was a synth tech and musician who literally fast-tracked Gabriel's use of synthesizers on this album. Remember "Total Eclipse of the Heart"? That was Larry on the synth. He also played synth for Kate Bush, Foreigner, and many others, and released his own series of albums under the name "Synergy" (his first album as Synergy, in 1975, was "Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra", which spent 18 weeks on the Billboard 200).

[@HotelAVJobs]

Love Larry. A personal acquaintance as well. Produced a record for my band.

[@AdvancedLiving]

Tony Levin without trademark ‘stache. A funky sight to behold.

[@parijatacharbonneau4090]

Every one of those songs touch me to the core. It takes courage to be truly creative, Peter Gabriel remained true to the music, remarquable 🙏

[@Auntvicki123]

I just finished watching this for the first time and I am so impressed by Peter Gabriel. He's just so unique, engaging, creative and talented. I've fallen in love with him all over again He is and will forever be my favorite artist. Thanks so much for posting.

[@MikeFowlerguitars]

That's where I'm at right now. I've not listened to any PG albums for nearly 30 years. Your comment has nailed it.

[@beekay5914]

Fascinating to see these brilliant songs being born. Gabriel is a genius.

[@pastorpierremayo5918]

Peter Gabriel is one of the masters of creative music. He is and will always be one of my favorite artist, not song writer or musician.... Artist!! Keep going Peter we need you to keep pushing the boundaries of music. Thank You.

[@charismapher]

Tony Levin. WOW he's so young. I didn't recognize him at all without the stache. But I knew damn well when I saw the Stick. 😎