Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" inSay Anything... Film Released: 1989 One of the most iconic gestures of love ever seen in any film had underachiever Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) trying to win the heart of class valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) by blasting Peter Gabriel out of his bo...
Hey everybody Besides Steve, my focus is on Peter when it comes to their solo stuff. I recently spent some time with his back catalogue and I found a couple of tracks that have those special Gabriel moments, when it send shivers down your spine. I am…
Peter Gabriel, "Solsbury Hill" (1977) The eagle who "flew out of the nest" was, of course, Gabriel himself – who cemented his move away from Genesis with an autobiographical tune that touched on his reasons for departing even as it provided solace for anyone who's ever struck out toward...
This finally become more intense after 3 minutes in when the vocals become louder and the guitar and hard piano chords take over. The guitar solo that comes later sounds more like it is improvised while the supporting instruments play repeating backup, but then it goes back into progressive ...
Back in the 70s part of takin' care of business for Bachman-Turner Overdrive meant performing underneath a large steel replica of the band's gear-shaped logo, with flashing lights -- a visual gimmick as heavy as the opening chords of "Not Fragile" or "Four Wheel Drive."...
chords. Contrasts between high and low registers accentuate the poet’s invocation of the earth and sky. A sequence of drooping suspensions perfectly mimics the effect of sleep upon the eyes. Throughout, a virtuosic use of chromaticism invokes not only the diaphanous quality of the scene being ...
the vinyl era, sequencing and arrangements, consuming art as it was intended, Negativland’s approach toward new material, sequencing, finishing work, Our Favorite Things DVD & Tim Maloney, the traps of being an artist, Peter Gabriel, It’s All In Your Head, Pastor Dick, Richard Lyons, ...
electronically controlled – that are tuned in a 22-note per octave system. This lends the cycling chords a deeply weird out-of-tuneness, and allows the harmonies to shift downwards in ways that our ears – attuned to Western equal temperament – can perceive but can’t quite pin down. ...
Sample:Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"(1986) Album: Derelicts of Dialect Producer: Stimulated Dummies Label: Def Jam/Columbia/SME Records It's tough to call "Sledgehammer" category-wise—Peter Gabriel's 1986 smash was clearly inspired by Stax-era R&B, and even used an Emu sampler to generate ...
Rumbling and seething bleak bassline, backed by tight drums, ominously pulses unremittingly throughout, penetrated by jittery piercing guitar chords that supremely whine, rip, radiate and collide, achingly echoing murky, angry, equally fragile and powerful, female vocals weighted by deep hopeless fear...