The San Jacinto Mountain range in California runs along Palm Springs, a very exclusive resort community. When Peter Gabriel did some climbing there, he spotted some ribbons that he thought were part of a Native American ritual, which gave him the impetus for the song.This song explores the contrast between the artificial world of Palm Springs and the Indian communities on the other side of the San Jacinto Mountains who have spiritual ties to the land. Gabriel told Uncut magazine April 2014 the song was written, "about the culture clash between Native America and present-day America."Gabriel was influenced by an Apache Indian he met when he was on tour in the American midwest. This man worked at the motel where the band was staying for the night. He and Gabriel started talking, and he casually explained that his apartment was on fire, and that he was worried about his cat. He had no way to get there, so Gabriel drove him. Gabriel was struck by how the man was only concerned for the cat (which was fine), not his material possessions. They spent most of the night talking, and the man explained the traditional Apache ritual he performed when he 14. Before he could be deemed a Brave, every boy goes with a Medicine Man into the mountains, where a rattlesnake is allowed to bite him. The Medicine Man leaves, and the boy must either find his way down the mountain or die. This story got Gabriel thinking about how many cultures had rituals where young men are forced to face death, which can teach courage and foster an appreciation for life. Beautiful video for an incredible song.... thank you.
Great video to a masterpiece of Peter Gabriel interpreted now in a symphonic version, Mixing the first version that has a minimalist Apache caracteristing story two extraordinary things Gabriel's music that brings all the baggage of modern music, theater, experimentation, the genius of one the greatest contemporary musicians, and the story testimony of the ancient wisdom of the Apache nation, the story picks up a spiritual experience, a potential initiate, San Jacinto Peak a sacred place on the Mount, where the Apaches made a ceremony possibly Yólkai Nalin to the goddess of death, equivalent to the Aztec Coatlicue, the Mexica a curious fact is depicted as the head of a rattlesnake, though the ceremony is to let the young teenager being bitten by a rattlesnake in the peak of the mountain, the shaman accompanying him will give you a antivenom which could also cause hallucinations and leaves it on the mountain to find the way back alone, or die. Gabriel rightly includes the story almost like I hear, the apache contransting her vision with modern thought, accompanying it musical landscapes described the fog, so apresion a moment between life and death and all the company of this nature is, whithout a doubt is a master piece certainly that deserves more attention.
Selected lyrics from the powerful "San Jacinto" song by Peter Gabriel...so deep for me...I'm trying to 'hold the line': "Something moving in, I taste it in my mouth and in my heart It feels like dying, slow, letting go of life... I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear San Jacinto, I hold the line San Jacinto, the poison bite and darkness take my sight, I hold the line And the tears roll down my swollen cheek, think I'm losing it, getting weaker I hold the line, I hold the line..."
Curiously, the Apache language included in this song do not appear in the published lyrics: San Jacinto is in Texas. It is the home of the northern branches of the Apache Nation. The song San Jacinto has the words in the chorus "hey now Wakan Tonka" the name of the great spirit in the Oglala Lakota language. The Apache words for "god" are Bik' ehgo' ihi' dan. I saw a clip from Mr. Gabriel's "live" San Jacinto and he mentions a conversation with an Apache who inspired him to write the song.
Gran video a una pieza maestra de Peter Gabriel interpretada ahora en una version sinfonica, mesclando la primera version que tiene caracteriscas minimalistas a un relato Apache dos cosas extraordinarias la musica de Gabriel que reune todo el bagaje de la musica moderna teatro, experimentacion el genio de uno de los mas grandes musicos contemporaneos, y el relato testimonio de la sabiduria ancestral del la nacion apache, el relato recoge una experiencia espiritual, a un posible iniciado, San Jacinto Peak un lugar sagrado de la Montaña, donde los apaches relizaban la ceremonia posiblemente a Yólkai Nalín la diosa de la muerte, la equivalente a la Cuatlicue mexica, un dato curioso los mexicas la representan como la cabeza de una serpiente de cascabel, bien la ceremonia consiste en dejar que al joven adolecente lo muerda una serpiente de cascabel, en el pico de la montaña, el chaman que lo acompaña le dara un antiveneno el cual podria tambien producir alucinaciones y lo deja en la montaña para que el encuentre el camino de regreso solo, o muera. Gabriel acertadamente incluye el relato casi como lo escucho, constrastando la vision apache con la del pensamiento moderno, acompañandolo de paisajes musicales que descrriben la niebla la apresion de un momento asi entre la vida y la muerte y la compañia de toda la naturaleza esta es sin duda una pieza mestra que merece mas atencion.
+RogueRotting360 Yeah I love those marimbas - maybe they were sampled on the Fairlight. There is plenty of Fairlight on PG4. Also I really love the Plays Live 1982 version, especially the marimbas at the start - so bright, so luminous. It's kind of Philip Glass / Steve Reich stuff, yeah? Maybe Schoenberg too.
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One song. Two masterpieces.
Nice treatment of one of his best songs... EVER!
The San Jacinto Mountain range in California runs along Palm Springs, a very
exclusive resort community.
When Peter Gabriel did some climbing there,
he spotted some ribbons that he thought were part of a Native American
ritual, which gave him the impetus for the song.This song explores the contrast between the artificial world of Palm Springs
and the Indian communities on the other side of the San Jacinto
Mountains who have spiritual ties to the land. Gabriel told Uncut magazine April 2014 the song was written, "about the culture clash between Native America and present-day America."Gabriel was influenced by an Apache Indian he met when he was on tour in the
American midwest.
This man worked at the motel where the band was
staying for the night. He and Gabriel started talking, and he casually
explained that his apartment was on fire, and that he was worried about
his cat. He had no way to get there, so Gabriel drove him.
Gabriel was struck by how the man was only concerned for the cat (which was
fine), not his material possessions. They spent most of the night
talking, and the man explained the traditional Apache ritual he
performed when he 14. Before he could be deemed a Brave, every boy goes
with a Medicine Man into the mountains, where a rattlesnake is allowed
to bite him. The Medicine Man leaves, and the boy must either find his
way down the mountain or die.
This story got Gabriel thinking about how many cultures had rituals where young men are forced to face death, which can teach courage and foster an appreciation for life.
Beautiful video for an incredible song.... thank you.
Great video to a masterpiece of Peter Gabriel interpreted now in a symphonic version, Mixing the first version that has a minimalist Apache caracteristing story two extraordinary things Gabriel's music that brings all the baggage of modern music, theater, experimentation, the genius of one the greatest contemporary musicians, and the story testimony of the ancient wisdom of the Apache nation, the story picks up a spiritual experience, a potential initiate, San Jacinto Peak a sacred place on the Mount, where the Apaches made a ceremony possibly Yólkai Nalin to the goddess of death, equivalent to the Aztec Coatlicue, the Mexica a curious fact is depicted as the head of a rattlesnake, though the ceremony is to let the young teenager being bitten by a rattlesnake in the peak of the mountain, the shaman accompanying him will give you a antivenom which could also cause hallucinations and leaves it on the mountain to find the way back alone, or die.
Gabriel rightly includes the story almost like I hear, the apache contransting her vision with modern thought, accompanying it musical landscapes described the fog, so apresion a moment between life and death and all the company of this nature is, whithout a doubt is a master piece certainly that deserves more attention.
Selected lyrics from the powerful "San Jacinto" song by Peter Gabriel...so deep for me...I'm trying to 'hold the line':
"Something moving in, I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying, slow, letting go of life...
I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto, I hold the line
San Jacinto, the poison bite and darkness take my sight, I hold the line
And the tears roll down my swollen cheek, think I'm losing it, getting weaker
I hold the line, I hold the line..."
Bello !!!!!! mi trasporta ogni volta che lo sento.
Fantastique musique qui inspire de nombreux musiciens...... très belle vidéo :)
PG was in Palm Springs area, which sits at the foot of 11000 ft. Mt. San Jacinto. This is the inspiration of San Jacinto reference.
Curiously, the Apache language included in this song do not appear in the published lyrics:
San Jacinto is in Texas. It is the home of the northern branches of the Apache Nation.
The song San Jacinto has the words in the chorus "hey now Wakan Tonka" the name of the great spirit in the Oglala Lakota language. The Apache words for "god" are
Bik' ehgo' ihi' dan. I saw a clip from Mr. Gabriel's "live" San Jacinto and he mentions a conversation with an Apache who inspired him to write the song.
Gran video a una pieza maestra de Peter Gabriel interpretada ahora en una version sinfonica, mesclando la primera version que tiene caracteriscas minimalistas a un relato Apache dos cosas extraordinarias la musica de Gabriel que reune todo el bagaje de la musica moderna teatro, experimentacion el genio de uno de los mas grandes musicos contemporaneos, y el relato testimonio de la sabiduria ancestral del la nacion apache, el relato recoge una experiencia espiritual, a un posible iniciado, San Jacinto Peak un lugar sagrado de la Montaña, donde los apaches relizaban la ceremonia posiblemente a Yólkai Nalín la diosa de la muerte, la equivalente a la Cuatlicue mexica, un dato curioso los mexicas la representan como la cabeza de una serpiente de cascabel, bien la ceremonia consiste en dejar que al joven adolecente lo muerda una serpiente de cascabel, en el pico de la montaña, el chaman que lo acompaña le dara un antiveneno el cual podria tambien producir alucinaciones y lo deja en la montaña para que el encuentre el camino de regreso solo, o muera.
Gabriel acertadamente incluye el relato casi como lo escucho, constrastando la vision apache con la del pensamiento moderno, acompañandolo de paisajes musicales que descrriben la niebla la apresion de un momento asi entre la vida y la muerte y la compañia de toda la naturaleza esta es sin duda una pieza mestra que merece mas atencion.
One of my favorite PG songs ever.... beautifully done! And if those shots aren't from Valley of Fire, where were they??
I believe they are near the Palm Springs Desert, but further out. There is another RUclips video where he discusses the inspiration for the song.
love it c:
Nothing beats those interlocking marimbas from the original. Too streamlined. Lacks edge.
+RogueRotting360 Yeah I love those marimbas - maybe they were sampled on the Fairlight. There is plenty of Fairlight on PG4. Also I really love the Plays Live 1982 version, especially the marimbas at the start - so bright, so luminous. It's kind of Philip Glass / Steve Reich stuff, yeah? Maybe Schoenberg too.
@@TheOmanJam - Glass and Reich for sure. Schoenberg, no way.
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anche io la penso come te... ;-) l'inciso originale non ha eguali,stesso discorso per il tour ovo GREAT SONG GREAT PETER
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