I Love 'Don't Give Up' by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush - anyone else love this song??
Posted by StevenHW (Member # 509) on :
Yes, I do. Great great song! Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
A friend of mine gave me this song on a DVD, and it is one weird video. The song itself is OK, I like Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes alot better.
Posted by ValleyCat (Member # 1322) on :
What about the video to Sledgehammer? Talk about out there, but cool.
Posted by Lastdaysofrain (Member # 2542) on :
I love this song, it's one of only a few Peter Gabrial songs I actually like.
Posted by Nostalgic for the '80's (Member # 37454) on :
Peter Gabriel's iconic album "So" (1986) doesn't have one bad song on there; excellent tracks, including of course "Sledgehammer", "Mercy Street" (my favorite), "Big Time", "Don't Give Up", "In Your Eyes", "Red Rain", etc.
Circa 1990 a radio station where I used to live (East Coast) voted "So" as the best rock/pop album of the 1980's - hands down. I'm not sure I agree 100%, but it was an amazing album.
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
I saw Peter Gabriel in Toronto at the Rogers Dome circa July 1993. That was the single best pop/rock concert that I have ever seen anywhere--and I've seen a few in my lifetime. Every track of "So" is fantastic, but I'm really partial to "Don't Give Up," the classic "In Your Eyes," and "Red Rain." Beautiful album. Paula Cole, by the way, not yet a star herself, was his backup singer for "Don't Give Up." While she isn't in the same league as the amazing Kate Bush, she was very good. It was a really memorable concert with awesome staging. It was later released on VHS and laserdisc documenting the show in Venice, Italy, I believe. Gabriel, ever the showman, had the best exit of any artist I've ever seen. During the instrumental part of his encore, he opened up a large suitcase on stage. All the members of his band climbed into the suitcase (really they went into the suitcase and under the stage through a trapdoor). Gabriel then mightily lugged his now "heavy" suitcase to center stage where he looked up and in a flash of light, a flying saucer descended to pick him up. Now that's an exit!
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Posted by the young warrior (Member # 9554) on :
Terrific album from a very talented artist,i always liked the track That Voice Again on "So" - https://youtu.be/etvnUsZayFk
I could imagine how good he is live and I bet that was some concert Crash!
Posted by Crash (Member # 7484) on :
It's been over 23 years since I saw that concert, but it was unforgettable. Gabriel is a true genius.
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Every track of "So" is fantastic, but I'm really partial to "Don't Give Up," the classic "In Your Eyes," and "Red Rain." Beautiful album. Paula Cole, by the way, not yet a star herself, was his backup singer for "Don't Give Up." While she isn't in the same league as the amazing Kate Bush, she was very good. It was a really memorable concert with awesome staging. It was later released on VHS and laserdisc documenting the show in Venice, Italy, I believe. Gabriel, ever the showman, had the best exit of any artist I've ever seen. During the instrumental part of his encore, he opened up a large suitcase on stage. All the members of his band climbed into the suitcase (really they went into the suitcase and under the stage through a trapdoor). Gabriel then mightily lugged his now "heavy" suitcase to center stage where he looked up and in a flash of light, a flying saucer descended to pick him up. Now that's an exit!