No CGI, No green screen, this was filmed. With a camera. Frame by frame, and his lips had to sync with the music the whole way through, this is next level dedication. I remember being blown away when this came out.
Peter won 19 awards for sledgehammer video and he swept at the Grammys. He filmed much of it under glass for about 21 hours to film it. He's a musical genius. 👍👏
Unfortunately, in modern times people more more have accepted and got too accustomed to mediocrity and lack of originality, it is almost an expectation now. I am a musician and when I learn songs from pre-early 2000's back to the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and on, there was so much variety and creativity and talent. Now one can learn 4 chords and know about 90% of the music today. Same chords, same progressions, same generic melodies, same boring song structures, the only difference between songs is the key it is in and the type of singing voice.
This video, when it came out, was so groundbreaking. Nobody had seen anything like it, because it was filmed and was basically stop-motion. MTV was like five years old and Peter Gabriel immediately elevated the art of the music video with Sledgehammer. He's still an amazing performer and creator. He's just amazing.
I'm a musician. I've met a lot of people, and whenever "What's one of the best music videos ever" comes up, I always say "Sledgehammer" and not a single person no matter what music in they're into has ever said no lol.
@@LadyHeathen82 Thriller/MJ. Take on Me. Hazard/Richard Marx. Scream/MJand Janet, Loverboy/Billy Ocean (maybe this should be in Most Strange/Unique with Centipede/Reebie Jackson and Torture/J5), Holiday Road/Lindsey B, Dead Man's Party/Oingo Boingo
Bro, I'm 66 years old and I get almost as much enjoyment watching you groove to it as I do hearing the songs of my youth again. Keep on with it brother!
@@steveramsey5391 haha, I clicked in just to make basically the same comment! One of the best sounds and parts for a bass line in the wide world of pop music. Just drives and pivots so damn well.
I still remember seeing this for the first time. It won lots of awards. We used to watch music videos like people watch Netflix. They were a real art form 'back in the day'.
For those of us who grew up with MTV in the 80's we sort of expected this type of artistry being expressed in videos. In retrospect I guess we just didn't realize how good we had it back then. Glad you enjoyed the video !
I don't think any of us realized just how special a time we were living in at the time. Those first 3-4 years on MTV was one of the most creative periods ever. You had a brand new format and artists were trying EVERYTHING. Every week there was something brand new, never seen before. I would come home from school in 8th grade, turn on MTV and it would stay on all evening until I went to bed. The 5 VJ's were like friends. The next day at school were would talk about any new videos that debuted the night before. We just took for granted it would always be that way.
Quit your job and just vibe out money earning it is not all that matters in life as long as you have all the basics and things to keep you interested money is an average device , yes its fun what you can spend money on things however earning it sucks badly
I think the internet is making everyone the same. In the old days things happened in little pockets. there were different 'scenes' in every big town across the UK and sometimes even in different parts of London. people aren't so cut off like they used to be which allowed trends, accents and slang to develop more autonomously
Paul and Jamal......So profound. The deal is.... is now you have the option to be lazy and not really learn how to play an instrument anymore. Bands like three dog night, Chicago, Doobie Brothers and so many more were playing every instrument. I don't expect everybody to understand the difficulty lvl these band had mastered from years of hard work and practice, until you do it yourself. Those songs from the bands that I listed above are so difficult it is unbelievable. 💝😇🎼🎶
Peter Gabriel is a great singer. He was the original singer for Genesis. This video holds the title of most played video of all time on MTV too! Check out Shock the Monkey by him as well, great tune!
Peter Gabriel was one of the founding members of Genesis. When he left, Phil Collins took over as lead. Peter has some great music. His song Biko is a stand out.
Peter Gabriel was "Genesis" before Phil Collins. He left the band for a solo career. Hence his writing "Solsbury Hill" . That and "Games without Frontiers" ...great songs!
Yes Peter Gabriel kicks ass. He has at least 10 songs worthy of a reaction. Big Time, Digging in the Dirt, In your eyes, Solsbury Hill, ..etc....just for a start.
"The Flood", "Don't Give Up", "Biko", "Games Without froniters"... Better be careful if you try to react to the Secret World Live version of In "Your Eyes" though. That one may cause serious emotional overload.
@@titovalasques If I'm not mistaken, this one is played on his MusicMan, not on a Stick. Still, un-freaking-believable. Remove the bass, the music is gone.
Reminds me a lot of clay-mation with the California raisins. I know this video won some awards, very original. In your Eyes is my favorite of his songs.
The live version from his '86 tour is incredible too... the video's crappy, but the sound is excellent and it's the only one i could find that has the complete performance... ruclips.net/video/3z_OZOS-upw/видео.html
I can't recall the guy's name who did the vids but he played off Peter's Musical Theater bent... I suppose Peter had to make some $$ and wrote killer pop cheese . But even those songs had weird time stamps and theatrical arrangements
The album this is off of "So" really helped me get through my teen years. "Don't Give Up" is still a really inspiring song for me as an adult. The whole album is a 10/10.
OH JAMAL !!!!!! TOU SIMPLY MUST DO A REACTION TO "IN YOUR EYES "....The one that hes on a circular stage with many musicians from all over....IT IS FABULOUS, DEEP, MYSTICAL AND ABOUT LOVE!!!!!!
In 1986!! I remember it so well because when I went into labor with my daughter, and I was put in a hospital room, my husband asked me what I wanted on the TV. "MTV!!!" was my answer to get my mind somplace else. And my daughter was born, as I watched "Sledgehammer". The 70's and 80's were life!
Man, I love how much you dig this. Great fact about “Sledgehammer”: The song was a last-minute idea for the record (So). He had completely finished the record and sent the band home, but then came up with the idea. He called the band back and SURPRISE, it became one of his biggest hits!
I had a friend record her So CD for me onto a tape. She put the extra song on for me too- Excellent Birds which I was hugely into since I love Laurie. It was a great surprise gift. Jamel, you should listen to the whole album start to finish. Amazing.
I went to the Atlanta secret world show. It wasn't an original tour date. The show was added to the tour after an overwhelming letter writing campaign demanding an atlanta show. That arena was electric that night. Top 5 live music experiences for me.
@@johnbindert7046 "Steam" is great... My dad had the Secret World albums that we would listen to on long car trips and my favorites were always "In Your Eyes" and "Shaking the Tree", but every song on there is a masterpiece... Mostly we shared a love for "Solsbury Hill" and "Come Talk To Me" with those beautiful bagpipes!
The great thing about these videos from the 80's is that the music video was still in its infancy as an art form and it was literally "anything goes" and creativity was through the roof. So many memorable videos from that era! As a teenager at the time I was fascinated with videos and how well they worked with the song. Some, like this one, fit the music so perfectly that 30-some years down the road you can't hear the song without the video playing in your head. This is truly a timeless classic.
I tlked to Peter about this video one day, he told me that his part took a whole week to do and he hat to get a seperate phone line installed in his office just answer calls aon who made the video! He is a really nice guy, the compasny I worked for designed his studio at Ford, near Bath in Somerset. The girls in the office would ask him for autographs and he would spend time chatting to anybody and everybody in the place. He would just hang around talking until he was due to go and consult with the architects about the design. They made a model of the new studio out of stiff card and you could lift of the roof and look inside to the details. He was in his VW Golf GTI waiting to turn onto the main road the day I talked to him about this video, he didn't bother moving until we had concluded the converstaion and then he said goodbye and we went our seperate ways. Nice guy. I knew the Ardmans studio in Bristol and watched them doing the Wallace and Gromit movie, an intensive, time consuming art. They did this video.
@@dozer30 yes it was, I went to their studio in Bristol and I was shown around by a woman Nick Park had asked to give me a tour, I only went to pick up a PA for a gig I was doing in some field in Somerset. I saw all the plasticine models and how they created these videos, amazing place and cool people. That was before Wallace and Gromit.
@@mikeschroeder8594 Granted, they're no Scatterbrain, but they had their moment. I only said that because they were forced to change the name of the band after the lawsuit, which I found to be stupid.
Check out his other hits: Red Rain, In your Eyes, Shock the Monkey. His deeper cuts: Biko, and Wallflower. And when you're ready, 1970's Genesis when he was the lead singer. Genesis with Gabriel was simply some of the most intricate and iconic progressive rock bands of their era! Thanks for the reaction!
‘Solsbury Hill’ was his first solo hit, and is loosely about his frame of mind leading up to leaving Genesis. Watch the video of it on his channel that is cut together from films of him playing it in concert over a span of 40 years... it’s 4 minutes of sheer joy. And the bass player (Tony Levin, a musical genius in his own right) doesn’t appear to age a day. Another great one, though PG didn’t write it, is “The Book of Love.” Deeply profound lyrics.
This video won a lot of awards and really lifted "the game" .. I remember going to work and this was on my tape walkman on the train ... used to get me so pumped .. thank you for reminding me .. nostalgia and good music .. heaven .. luv ya xx
I have to disagree. The albums So, Us , and UP are pretty darn good and go well past normal pop radio themes and sounds. The "Secret World" tour was very , very, good.
Peter Gabriel is incredible in all his work over the years, lyrically and musically. His performances are powerful, often sharing the stage with singers and musicians from around the world (see his Secret World Live tour, particularly In Your Eyes performance). Peter was a big fan of Nick Park and Aardman Animations, a British animation studio that did, among MANY other things, the Wallace and Grommet series, and he joined with them to create this amazing video. Look up how they created this video; it's even more mind-boggling than you think. And it won a ton of awards.
Brother... I feel your passion, love, and true appreciation for this timeless music. I feel fortunate that I grew up on this, but I still feel like I’m rediscovering it every time I listen to it. Thank you!
Great song, one of the most iconic songs not just of the 80’s but in pop music history. I would like to add that when people say they don’t make music like this anymore, you have to remember we’re listening to the best of the best. There was plenty of crap made back in the day as well (and that applies to whenever “back in the day” is for you). And so in another couple of decades we’ll be listening to the top, massive, hits of today and saying the same thing (“Uptown Funk”, anyone?). There’ll always be great music. Thanks, Jamal, for bringing the older stuff back for those of us who remember when it was new and for those of you for whom it’s new now.
"People have lost the passion they just look at what everyone else is doing" That's down to the record companies its all about the money. If there's a formula that works then they'll stick with it until it doesn't. Creativity doesn't enter into it. Its squeeze the artists till the money stops flowing dump them and move on. This is why so few artists nowadays survive the years
Imagine what is was like for us in the 80s seeing this for the first time. Talking about excitement and mind blowing. Peter Nd also The Cars were pioneers of video making like this. I knew this would flip you out just it did us. Great reaction, it didn't disappoint. Check out Shock The Monkey next. This is a great song as well. Killer beat to it. Thanks.
The thing about this song is it's just gospel music put through a 80's pop filter, and you can tell Peter Gabriel FELT it. That's why it's so damn powerful. Has one of the best outros of any song ever.
Are you kidding Peter Gabriel let loose on MTV, I'm sure they had to keep him restrained. This is such a direct extension of all his stage acts from His past live performances.
I remember when this came out in 1986, i had just left secondary school age 16 and this was the biggest thing to hit the UK charts for a LONG time, everybody i knew was talking about it. It's one of those songs that can instantly take you back to a different time in your life because of the impact it had on you the very first time you ever heard it.
"Runnin' Down a Dream" by the late great Tom Petty is another good song with a similarly quirky video, in its own way, for it. He also does an Alice in Wonderland inspired video for his song "Don't Come Around Here No More."
I love that my man here digs all types of music. This makes me really happy to see his joyful reaction to this, cause this is probably my fave video of the 80s for sheer creativity and WTF'ness
What I absolutely love about this video is it's authenticity. Back then there was no CGI so everything on screen was hand-made and after my 20th+ watch I'm still speechless and amazed by this work of art. 👌🔥
Another staple video is "Once in a lifetime" from Talking Heads Jamel. I was there when MTV began. Watched for hours. It is one of the best...like Sledgehammer!
I remember those days, too. MTV was on all day in my house, with a little smattering of the other new channel, The Weather Channel. Ha. Then I got orders overseas and didn't come back until 1993. What a shock that was :)
Peter Gabriel was years ahead of everyone to inovate music with production techniques and also in highlighting and exposing social injustice. Please check out these Peter Gabriel classics Biko Solsbury Hill Shock the Monkey Intruder San Jacinto Humdrum
This song is beast! It never gets old to me, I was born in ‘89 and have loved this song and video since I was a kid. To me it’s one of those tracks that always picks me up when I’m feeling down.
I remember seeing that in a “Making of Wallace and Gromit” mini documentary on the DVD I used to have; I never appreciated it at the time, but Gabriel (and Genesis) have always had some kind of musical influence in my life, even since I was little!
Peter is one of the greatest living musical artists today. He is a lyrical and musical genius both with Genesis and in his long solo career. Please do more. Try Biko, Love to be Loved. Washing of the Water, In Your Eyes, Darkness. The list is lonnnnnng!!! Love that you did Peter!
"We Are Finally HERE!" Didn't think we'd ever arrive. Next up: "Big Time" ruclips.net/video/PBAl9cchQac/видео.html , also off his landmark "So" album (My heaven will be a big heaven, and I will walk through the front door, yeah!). And the performance of "In Your Eyes" from "Secret World Live" ruclips.net/video/evN6DIGPIJM/видео.html is not to be missed.
@@rhyswilliams1998 Somewhat. In addition to the Land of Confusion video, there was a Spitting Image television special which featured numerous U.S. politicians and celebrities.
"I'm guessing this is the 80s, right?" Aye... this was stop-motion- not CGI. Every frame was taken as a photo and then it was all put together to make the video.
When we watched this in the 80's, we were sitting their with our mouth open. We can't believe one can make such wonderful things in a music video. It made it to MOMA even and was long on the lists of best MVs ever. (Think it still is) Nowadays we have teenagers who are doing such things at home. I like how you still have respect for what Peter Gabriel did. And his song is even good without the video. Please also check out Genesis' "Jesus he knows me"- this is fun too.
Love Peter Gabriel and LOVE this album. Next, Red Rain! Every song on So was awesome, but Red Rain is just amazing. Big Time is fun too. Don't Give Up is a duet with Kate Bush that will choke you up and bring tears to your eyes. In Your Eyes with Youssou N'Dour is also great. I saw this tour at my favorite venue ( Merriweather Post Pavillion - outdoors in Columbia MD). Youssou N'Dour and his band opened (they're from Senegal) and he was amazing! Then Peter and his band came on and played for about 2+ hours. He did the crowd-surfing thing with a wireless mic for Lay Your Hands on Me (must give his security guys ulcers!) that was unbelievable! Then for the encore, Youssou N'Dour and his entire band came back on stage and they played another hour plus with both bands (about 30 people). Best concert I ever saw, and I've seen a lot of concerts. Also, it would be worth your while to head to Wikipedia to read about this song and video. It was pretty groundbreaking at the time and won a lot of awards. Thanks and more Peter Gabriel please! Be well and stay safe. Peace from SF
+1 for Red Rain! Turn it up loud, The intro is amazing! Peter did some amazing performance art when I saw him do this song live. He laid curled up on the stage in total darkness and was "discovered" by some alien-looking "creatures" with glowing eyes. They recoiled in surprise as he began to awaken. And then an amazing Red Rain effect. Brilliant!
Famed Aardman Animation director Nick Park did the chickens. He also created Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, among other animation worth seeking out.
@Vincent Schmitt "Once in a Life Time" is their most famous and innovative video, though there's also "Psycho Killer," which is a forty year old song that inexplicably got a brand new video a couple years ago.
Vincent Schmitt their most pop albums are Little Creatures and True Stories, the earlier albuns are more experimental. The last one, Naked, is practically a world music album. Regarding videos, I recommend “Nothing but flowers”, “Once in a lifetime”, “And she was”, “Love for sale”, everything from the live album “Stop making sense”, mainly “Psycho Killer”. And, last but not least, “Wild wild life”, that contains scenes from David Byrne’s movie: “True Stories”.
I wonder if they allow people to react to their official videos? To watch live versions would still be good, just wouldn't be the same as getting the quirky visuals that went into the videos
No CGI, No green screen, this was filmed. With a camera. Frame by frame, and his lips had to sync with the music the whole way through, this is next level dedication. I remember being blown away when this came out.
Damn right! It also have not aged one bit too!
Yeah, man, I heard he had to lie under a glass-topped table for six hours while the animators made this film !
"So" was such an amazing album. "Red Rain", "Don't Give Up", "Big Time" and "in Your Eyes" and of course "Sledgehammer". All enduring songs.
@@mistofoles It was actually sixteen hours!
This is stop-motion
Peter won 19 awards for sledgehammer video and he swept at the Grammys. He filmed much of it under glass for about 21 hours to film it. He's a musical genius. 👍👏
"People have lost the passion in the craft. They just look, and kind of see what other people are doing, and they do that." So sad, but so true.
Gabriel is an original like David Bowie. Gabriel's best recording is "Solsbury Hill":
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Unfortunately, in modern times people more more have accepted and got too accustomed to mediocrity and lack of originality, it is almost an expectation now. I am a musician and when I learn songs from pre-early 2000's back to the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's and on, there was so much variety and creativity and talent. Now one can learn 4 chords and know about 90% of the music today. Same chords, same progressions, same generic melodies, same boring song structures, the only difference between songs is the key it is in and the type of singing voice.
This is Jamal's most insightful observation ever. Nailed it.
Those who step outside of the box machine are not rewarded, they are penalized. They all want to be Drake.
Also, I cannot wait until Autotune on every single freaking song goes out of style...
This video, when it came out, was so groundbreaking. Nobody had seen anything like it, because it was filmed and was basically stop-motion. MTV was like five years old and Peter Gabriel immediately elevated the art of the music video with Sledgehammer. He's still an amazing performer and creator. He's just amazing.
Peter Gabriel is one of the best performance artists ever.
Oh yes without a doubt.
you obviously haven't seen a lot
If you have not seen him in concert, please do so asap while he can still bring it. Sorry Peter but time gets us all and yet, you are still on top
Agreed. And his live shows were an experience.
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I'm a musician. I've met a lot of people, and whenever "What's one of the best music videos ever" comes up, I always say "Sledgehammer" and not a single person no matter what music in they're into has ever said no lol.
Rockit is a close second
I met him. He's really nice. 😀
@@LadyHeathen82 Thriller/MJ. Take on Me. Hazard/Richard Marx. Scream/MJand Janet, Loverboy/Billy Ocean (maybe this should be in Most Strange/Unique with Centipede/Reebie Jackson and Torture/J5), Holiday Road/Lindsey B, Dead Man's Party/Oingo Boingo
Bro, I'm 66 years old and I get almost as much enjoyment watching you groove to it as I do hearing the songs of my youth again. Keep on with it brother!
Jamal is amazing! His reactions, & his fresh perspectives are the best that I have seen. He makes it fun to watch.
Amen!
Is it just me, my friend that thinks that true, real music has no gender, no color, no age?
John, is your picture Howard the Duck?
I'm just happy all of this amazing music is still around and so readily available. It's a great time to be alive.
@@willlastnameguy8329 Yes, despite what american snowflakes say. :)
The bass player on this song, as well as the majority Peter's music, is Tony Levin. Hands down one of the greatest bassists ever.
This pocket groove is so massive
What he said!
@@steveramsey5391 haha, I clicked in just to make basically the same comment! One of the best sounds and parts for a bass line in the wide world of pop music. Just drives and pivots so damn well.
Absolutely GREAT bass, horns and background vocals! I love this song. Peter Gabriel was/is fantastic!
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I still remember seeing this for the first time. It won lots of awards. We used to watch music videos like people watch Netflix.
They were a real art form 'back in the day'.
Awesomely put!
YEAH! 4:30pm weekdays, glued to CITY-TV's "Toronto Rocks" with J.D. Roberts, long before becoming American newscaster John Roberts.
@@djhrecordhound4391 Then he ended up on MuchMusic for a while before heading south.
@@fosterapamela Thank you, I keep forgetting that part! We didn't have a subscription to Much in its earlier days 😊
For those of us who grew up with MTV in the 80's we sort of expected this type of artistry being expressed in videos. In retrospect I guess we just didn't realize how good we had it back then. Glad you enjoyed the video !
FACTS
Xoxxo Bob absolutely bang on target....We took it for granted.....✌🏻
I disagree. There were a lot of great, creative videos but the majority of them were pure crap that made no sense or were just generally horrible.
Glory days.....
One of the best produced and mixed songs in history. Peter Gabriel is a genius.
Oh heck yes, every single element pops in its moment. So well constructed, but it still flows organically
I don't think any of us realized just how special a time we were living in at the time. Those first 3-4 years on MTV was one of the most creative periods ever. You had a brand new format and artists were trying EVERYTHING. Every week there was something brand new, never seen before. I would come home from school in 8th grade, turn on MTV and it would stay on all evening until I went to bed. The 5 VJ's were like friends. The next day at school were would talk about any new videos that debuted the night before. We just took for granted it would always be that way.
"Music belongs to everyone, those who put labels on it are fools."
- Charlie Daniels
krusty The Clown absolutely as it’s an art....✌🏻
Yes.. absodanglutely! Love this comment!
Word!!!
Krusty u pie munching bastard
The krusty alarm clock i brought turned me left wing
What? THE Charlie Daniels?
The 80s will never be duplicated again....period
Here here
True.
I'm happy that I was born in 1970.
I know (born in ‘73 and I am still in love with this era).
WORD!❤
@@NickanMI was born in 70. Mostly I listen to 60s/70s but Gabriel was a standout on the 80s.
I didn’t realize how much I missed music until I stumbled across your reactions. Much love!
Quit your job and just vibe out money earning it is not all that matters in life as long as you have all the basics and things to keep you interested money is an average device , yes its fun what you can spend money on things however earning it sucks badly
I feel you. Sometimes you don't know how good you had it until it's gone
Me, too. Its taking me back to the 80's
👍 pour some sugar on me?
What did you miss, exactly??
Epic groove. Peter was so far down in the pocket that he fell out his own pants leg.
😂😂😂
I think you mean Tony.
This comment lmao 💯🤣🤣 FACTS
@@elmanitasdeplomo Him for sure too. But it was a group effort.
Peter is a very artistic musician.He loved to act out his songs in costume and theatrics. Was very misunderstood and talented.
Still alive, though.
I love his work in Genesis, especially The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway! I'm also a fan of Steve Hackett. :)
as a performance artist, I put him up there with Bowie
@@jenselinsky6734 Love Hackett. Those that haven't heard "Spectral Mornings", should.
It absolutely tickles me to death watching your reactions to music from my youth. Glad you enjoy it as much as we all did at the time.
lockandloadshari I’m the same.....It’s so funny and nice to see his face and we get to enjoy it all over again...💕
@@kensyskye8965 exactly, I haven't seen this video in years, it was great to see it again and Jamal's reaction just makes it even better
'People have lost the passion in the craft.' So true, Jamal.
I think the internet is making everyone the same. In the old days things happened in little pockets. there were different 'scenes' in every big town across the UK and sometimes even in different parts of London. people aren't so cut off like they used to be which allowed trends, accents and slang to develop more autonomously
Fuck that. Plenty of people still have the passion. Record companies just aren't as willing to take a chance on the outliers anymore.
Paul and Jamal......So profound. The deal is.... is now you have the option to be lazy and not really learn how to play an instrument anymore. Bands like three dog night, Chicago, Doobie Brothers and so many more were playing every instrument. I don't expect everybody to understand the difficulty lvl these band had mastered from years of hard work and practice, until you do it yourself. Those songs from the bands that I listed above are so difficult it is unbelievable. 💝😇🎼🎶
People still have the passion. We just have so many options these days, there is alot to weed through. People are creating amazing things still.
In the mainstream world, Yes. But passion still exists. Just have to look in the right places.
Sledgehammer is a great example of popular soul music of the 80s. That last two minutes is where it's at. Incredibly well made song
Peter Gabriel is a great singer. He was the original singer for Genesis. This video holds the title of most played video of all time on MTV too!
Check out Shock the Monkey by him as well, great tune!
Lojak And He was the least likely person you would have expected to put out an awesome Stax/Motown R&B funk joint!
Oh yeah, he never showed his face at first right?
Also awesome in Deutsch.
ruclips.net/video/6HYWk0LLbMo/видео.html
In Your Eyes: ruclips.net/video/VK7Z83UbwKM/видео.html (Live) with the lyrics: ruclips.net/video/2v5d3WHVQFY/видео.html
Second Shock The Monkey, my favorite PG song
"Shock The Monkey" is my favorite Peter Gabriel song. He's a true original. Thanks for posting.
Founding member of Genesis, old skool rocker.
Yes! You HAVE to listen to "Shock The Monkey"!! You'll LOVE it!! 💖
Peter Gabriel was one of the founding members of Genesis. When he left, Phil Collins took over as lead. Peter has some great music. His song Biko is a stand out.
Steve Biko is a stand UP and stand OUT MAN
Definitely a must react song.
Biko is one of my favorites!
This song was inescapable on release, and yet it NEVER got old for me. The whole album is an absolute treat.
Peter Gabriel was "Genesis" before Phil Collins. He left the band for a solo career. Hence his writing "Solsbury Hill" . That and "Games without Frontiers" ...great songs!
Solsbury Hill, a song that everybody has heard, but nobody can recall by name
master pieces
@@eddiedingle767 So true! I looked it up and immediately recognized it.
Yes Peter Gabriel kicks ass. He has at least 10 songs worthy of a reaction. Big Time, Digging in the Dirt, In your eyes, Solsbury Hill, ..etc....just for a start.
"The Flood", "Don't Give Up", "Biko", "Games Without froniters"...
Better be careful if you try to react to the Secret World Live version of In "Your Eyes" though. That one may cause serious emotional overload.
Don’t forget about “Steam”
"Biko"
Biko
Red Rain
When you got a minute listen to this on a stereo with good, deep bass and crank up the low end..... The bassist, Tony Levin, is killer...
Jon Tothej
Tony Levin pretty much lay the foundation to Peter Gabriel’s sound with his Chapman Stick. Solid!
He's a beast on bass
@@titovalasques If I'm not mistaken, this one is played on his MusicMan, not on a Stick. Still, un-freaking-believable. Remove the bass, the music is gone.
Reminds me a lot of clay-mation with the California raisins. I know this video won some awards, very original. In your Eyes is my favorite of his songs.
I've seen him in concert 4 times! And a wonderful time was had by all!
This video won numerous awards. Peter at his best.
"In your eyes". Or anything Peter Gabriel has made. My favorite artist.
I was thinking the same thing..
Me too! Especially his Live In Africa "In Your Eyes" with his daughter and Papa Wemba. MUST SEE! I loop it over and over.
The live version from his '86 tour is incredible too... the video's crappy, but the sound is excellent and it's the only one i could find that has the complete performance...
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I love that song 🎵
Peter Gabriel wasn’t messing around back then.
Great video. Damn he was handsome!
If you love Peter Gabriel check out Rick Beato’s analysis of In Your Eyes
Kerryn Simmons good idea man
Peter Gabriel never messed around. He was always 100% committed to his art
Big Time is even better!
7:10 “Because people have really lost passion for the craft..” On the nose my friend, on the nose :)
Amen.
That’s it. Nuff said
Absolutely, corporate trash nowadays no creativity
These days the stars are manufactured rather than the music. Talentless individuals are processed even if they can’t write, read or make music.
this statement towers above all else! A&R flushes the"music" to us
"digging in the Dirt", "Shock the Monkey", "Steam", "Solsbury Hill".....there are a few more classics
Steam is such a banger!
I can't recall the guy's name who did the vids but he played off Peter's Musical Theater bent... I suppose Peter had to make some $$ and wrote killer pop cheese . But even those songs had weird time stamps and theatrical arrangements
Big time is a great video,you should check that one out and steam.
Diggin' in the dirt...to find the places I've been hurt
Greg Webb are you from Collinsville?
The album this is off of "So" really helped me get through my teen years. "Don't Give Up" is still a really inspiring song for me as an adult. The whole album is a 10/10.
seconded.
first album i bought with my own money.
i never tire of this album.
peace (from the UK)
Thirded. Album is an absolute masterpiece start to finish.
Love that song
I played this album every day in my teens when it came out. I lived to hear this sound. Loved Peter Gabriel. Almost a religion.
One of the great albums in Rock-n-Roll history.
"In Your Eyes"....Peter Gabriel. Wonderful song.
OH JAMAL !!!!!! TOU SIMPLY MUST DO A REACTION TO "IN YOUR EYES "....The one that hes on a circular stage with many musicians from all over....IT IS FABULOUS, DEEP, MYSTICAL AND ABOUT LOVE!!!!!!
Digging in the Dirt & Solsbury Hill.
The Lamb Lies down on Broadway....the. whole. album.
Shaking the Trees!
I Art Laughing The live version is Salisbury Hill is electric!!!!
It was ranked number 2 the best video on MTV of the 80's.
only number 2? what could possibly rank higher
Take on Me by Aha is my guess.
If I had to guess, The Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"
@@Bossay6 Maybe Thriller?
Thriller was number one.
The greatest video of the 80s. Maybe of all time. This song is funk heaven.
In 1986!! I remember it so well because when I went into labor with my daughter, and I was put in a hospital room, my husband asked me what I wanted on the TV. "MTV!!!" was my answer to get my mind somplace else. And my daughter was born, as I watched "Sledgehammer". The 70's and 80's were life!
Man, I love how much you dig this.
Great fact about “Sledgehammer”: The song was a last-minute idea for the record (So). He had completely finished the record and sent the band home, but then came up with the idea. He called the band back and SURPRISE, it became one of his biggest hits!
I had a friend record her So CD for me onto a tape. She put the extra song on for me too- Excellent Birds which I was hugely into since I love Laurie. It was a great surprise gift. Jamel, you should listen to the whole album start to finish. Amazing.
Peter Gabriel - Solsburry Hill
Not that crazy of a music video but that’s an awesome song
Totally agree
My favorite post Genesis era Gabriel song. So good!
*Salisbury Hill 😁, yep, great song!
@@nickydenning6988 Solsbury Hill
I was going to suggest that one as well. That and In Your Eyes.
I bought this album in high school, when it came out and remember thinking the mix was superb. Tony Levin's bass work really brings the song to life.
Gabriel's the legendary ex lead singer of Genesis, turned legendary solo artist. Pls react to "Red Rain."
I agree!
don't forget about The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway!
You should check out Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" live from the Secret World tour... There are some amazing musicians featured in the concert.
The ending gives me chills and is AMAZING
Mt favorite from "Secret World Live" is "Steam" with the introduction. I have SWL in VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray.
I went to the Atlanta secret world show. It wasn't an original tour date. The show was added to the tour after an overwhelming letter writing campaign demanding an atlanta show. That arena was electric that night. Top 5 live music experiences for me.
Ben Boyer I’ve just posted the very same thing!! I absolutely love it!! Goosebumps every time ❤️
@@johnbindert7046 "Steam" is great... My dad had the Secret World albums that we would listen to on long car trips and my favorites were always "In Your Eyes" and "Shaking the Tree", but every song on there is a masterpiece... Mostly we shared a love for "Solsbury Hill" and "Come Talk To Me" with those beautiful bagpipes!
The great thing about these videos from the 80's is that the music video was still in its infancy as an art form and it was literally "anything goes" and creativity was through the roof. So many memorable videos from that era!
As a teenager at the time I was fascinated with videos and how well they worked with the song. Some, like this one, fit the music so perfectly that 30-some years down the road you can't hear the song without the video playing in your head.
This is truly a timeless classic.
This was Peter Gabriel's come back after going into recovery. He did awesome!
"Solsbury Hill" is the Peter Gabriel song you want to hear.
Finally someone didn't misspell it 😚
Nick an$ Biko
And count while you are hearing it! It is my favourite song in 7/4 meter!
Get your things I've come to take you home
In your eyes I am y o u r
I tlked to Peter about this video one day, he told me that his part took a whole week to do and he hat to get a seperate phone line installed in his office just answer calls aon who made the video! He is a really nice guy, the compasny I worked for designed his studio at Ford, near Bath in Somerset. The girls in the office would ask him for autographs and he would spend time chatting to anybody and everybody in the place. He would just hang around talking until he was due to go and consult with the architects about the design. They made a model of the new studio out of stiff card and you could lift of the roof and look inside to the details. He was in his VW Golf GTI waiting to turn onto the main road the day I talked to him about this video, he didn't bother moving until we had concluded the converstaion and then he said goodbye and we went our seperate ways. Nice guy. I knew the Ardmans studio in Bristol and watched them doing the Wallace and Gromit movie, an intensive, time consuming art. They did this video.
Great story! Thanks for sharing
Thanks. That was great. I remember when this came out. Everyone was talking about it. The video was so groundbreaking.
whispjohn wasn’t this video made by Aardman Animations? I love their stuff.
@@dozer30 yes it was, I went to their studio in Bristol and I was shown around by a woman Nick Park had asked to give me a tour, I only went to pick up a PA for a gig I was doing in some field in Somerset. I saw all the plasticine models and how they created these videos, amazing place and cool people. That was before Wallace and Gromit.
Robert Palmer "Simply Irresistible " he was the gentleman of Rock and roll. Do it do it do it :))))
This is one of the greatest things ever created. Sound... visuals... timeless perfection. Loved watching you discover this!
This was once rated as the greatest music video of all time.
It was wasn't it? I vaguely remember that on a VH1 show ir something
It remains so
"Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly
It's an out there video.
David Clark yes!
Hell yeah! Green Jello sucks! Electric Harley House of Love!
They'll always be Green Jello to me!!!
@@brettmarlar4154 Green Jello sucks! Hey! Wolf face! I'm your worst nightmare.
@@mikeschroeder8594 Granted, they're no Scatterbrain, but they had their moment. I only said that because they were forced to change the name of the band after the lawsuit, which I found to be stupid.
Check out his other hits: Red Rain, In your Eyes, Shock the Monkey. His deeper cuts: Biko, and Wallflower. And when you're ready, 1970's Genesis when he was the lead singer. Genesis with Gabriel was simply some of the most intricate and iconic progressive rock bands of their era! Thanks for the reaction!
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is the best concert I ever saw. And I have seen some great ones!!!
Biko!
@John Liller Solsbury Hill, my favourite of all time, lifts my spirits as soon as I hear the opening
Took it back with Biko
‘Solsbury Hill’ was his first solo hit, and is loosely about his frame of mind leading up to leaving Genesis. Watch the video of it on his channel that is cut together from films of him playing it in concert over a span of 40 years... it’s 4 minutes of sheer joy. And the bass player (Tony Levin, a musical genius in his own right) doesn’t appear to age a day. Another great one, though PG didn’t write it, is “The Book of Love.” Deeply profound lyrics.
This video won a lot of awards and really lifted "the game" .. I remember going to work and this was on my tape walkman on the train ... used to get me so pumped .. thank you for reminding me .. nostalgia and good music .. heaven .. luv ya xx
Peter gabriel was absolutely one of the greats and he reached his pinnacle with this album. A true artist.
I have to disagree. The albums So, Us , and UP are pretty darn good and go well past normal pop radio themes and sounds. The "Secret World" tour was very , very, good.
genesis selling england by the pound was his opus
Is!!
@Carlos Saraiva And he still did some great stuff after that, such as the opening theme to "Gangs of New York."
Peter Gabriel, “In Your Eyes” a must listen!
Absolutely - ruclips.net/video/JJmrWE1J5Hw/видео.html
The ending gives me chills to this day - on the live version.
@@willcooper7345 Paula Cole is awesome on "Secret World Live". When she sings on "Don't Give Up", it always gives me chills.
Hold's her boom box up
Gabriel Ramos the perfect love song, Peter Gabriel is pure genius
Peter Gabriel is incredible in all his work over the years, lyrically and musically. His performances are powerful, often sharing the stage with singers and musicians from around the world (see his Secret World Live tour, particularly In Your Eyes performance). Peter was a big fan of Nick Park and Aardman Animations, a British animation studio that did, among MANY other things, the Wallace and Grommet series, and he joined with them to create this amazing video. Look up how they created this video; it's even more mind-boggling than you think. And it won a ton of awards.
The man can do no wrong, musically.
I remember when this song was new in 1986. Talk about a smash hit and an instant classic! It's still one of my favorites after all of these years.
This video was so groundbreaking for its time! Everyone was talking about it.
"Big time" is another peter Gabriel classic from the eighties
Seconding the recommendation for Big Time
Love that vid!
Brother... I feel your passion, love, and true appreciation for this timeless music. I feel fortunate that I grew up on this, but I still feel like I’m rediscovering it every time I listen to it. Thank you!
Shout out to Tony Levin. His bass part on this song is legendary.
All of his bass, cello and Stick parts are legendary.
The bald man Jams.
The bass has a very walking groove under the melody
Tony Levin is great. This is a monster funk groove!
👌🏻
Saw him with yes
"Black Magic Woman" by Santana is another must just for the music alone and his guitar talents.
The original Fleetwood Mac version was pretty good as well.
@@BHK1978 I agree. Love Fleetwood Mac.
YASSSS!
"In Your Eyes", "Big Time", "Red Rain", "Shock The Monkey", "Digging In The Dirt", "Steam"...please do these!
*YOUR PROFILE PICTURE MAKES ME WANT TO SMACK THE DEMON OUT OF YOU.*
*~ HOLY SEE*
"Growing up" , "Darkness" or my all time favorite "Signal to Noise"
Yes please do "Big Time".
Yeah a big yes to all of those, fantastic songs.
Don't forget Biko, Come Talk To Me and Games Without Frontiers.
Great song, one of the most iconic songs not just of the 80’s but in pop music history.
I would like to add that when people say they don’t make music like this anymore, you have to remember we’re listening to the best of the best. There was plenty of crap made back in the day as well (and that applies to whenever “back in the day” is for you). And so in another couple of decades we’ll be listening to the top, massive, hits of today and saying the same thing (“Uptown Funk”, anyone?).
There’ll always be great music. Thanks, Jamal, for bringing the older stuff back for those of us who remember when it was new and for those of you for whom it’s new now.
"People have lost the passion they just look at what everyone else is doing" That's down to the record companies its all about the money. If there's a formula that works then they'll stick with it until it doesn't. Creativity doesn't enter into it. Its squeeze the artists till the money stops flowing dump them and move on. This is why so few artists nowadays survive the years
Must do "Shock the Monkey" by the same artist. Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Imagine what is was like for us in the 80s seeing this for the first time. Talking about excitement and mind blowing. Peter Nd also The Cars were pioneers of video making like this. I knew this would flip you out just it did us. Great reaction, it didn't disappoint. Check out Shock The Monkey next. This is a great song as well. Killer beat to it. Thanks.
low rider no shit. So much groundbreaking stuff in the 80s
The video for You Might Think!
@@iwantmyutube9040 yes thats the one that came to my mind. And Genisis, Land of Confusion.
The thing about this song is it's just gospel music put through a 80's pop filter, and you can tell Peter Gabriel FELT it. That's why it's so damn powerful. Has one of the best outros of any song ever.
Yes, the 80s WERE incredible!
Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love
Loooove that song
love the video more :)
Also, Simply Irresistible, by Robert Palmer
Love it
Plus, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
Are you kidding Peter Gabriel let loose on MTV, I'm sure they had to keep him restrained. This is such a direct extension of all his stage acts from His past live performances.
It’s unbelievable the amount of work went into putting all those still shots together for a video
I remember when this came out in 1986, i had just left secondary school age 16 and this was the biggest thing to hit the UK charts for a LONG time, everybody i knew was talking about it. It's one of those songs that can instantly take you back to a different time in your life because of the impact it had on you the very first time you ever heard it.
"Runnin' Down a Dream" by the late great Tom Petty is another good song with a similarly quirky video, in its own way, for it. He also does an Alice in Wonderland inspired video for his song "Don't Come Around Here No More."
That 'Alice in Wonderland' video was amazing. I remember when it was on MTV and would just sit and stare when it came on.
Robert Palmer--Simply Irrestible or Addicted to Love. If you love Peter Gabriel you’re going to love Robert Palmer songs.
These are fire
Simple Irresistible, i second that.
I love that my man here digs all types of music. This makes me really happy to see his joyful reaction to this, cause this is probably my fave video of the 80s for sheer creativity and WTF'ness
What I absolutely love about this video is it's authenticity. Back then there was no CGI so everything on screen was hand-made and after my 20th+ watch I'm still speechless and amazed by this work of art. 👌🔥
A beautiful song by Peter Gabriel is In Your Eyes. I know you'll love it.
Another staple video is "Once in a lifetime" from Talking Heads Jamel. I was there when MTV began. Watched for hours. It is one of the best...like Sledgehammer!
@Salem no I don't. Who did it?
I remember those days, too. MTV was on all day in my house, with a little smattering of the other new channel, The Weather Channel. Ha. Then I got orders overseas and didn't come back until 1993. What a shock that was :)
Peter Gabriel was years ahead of everyone to inovate music with production techniques and also in highlighting and exposing social injustice. Please check out these Peter Gabriel classics
Biko
Solsbury Hill
Shock the Monkey
Intruder
San Jacinto
Humdrum
This song is beast! It never gets old to me, I was born in ‘89 and have loved this song and video since I was a kid. To me it’s one of those tracks that always picks me up when I’m feeling down.
Same and same. This was one of my favorite videos as a kid
The guy who created Wallace and grommit was involved in this video.
Wensleydale, Grommit?
@Christopher Adams he did.
Really!? I didn’t know that! That is so cool! I remember seeing this on MTV and being blown away!
Oh my god, that makes so much sense!
I remember seeing that in a “Making of Wallace and Gromit” mini documentary on the DVD I used to have; I never appreciated it at the time, but Gabriel (and Genesis) have always had some kind of musical influence in my life, even since I was little!
Peter is one of the greatest living musical artists today. He is a lyrical and musical genius both with Genesis and in his long solo career. Please do more.
Try Biko, Love to be Loved. Washing of the Water, In Your Eyes, Darkness. The list is lonnnnnng!!!
Love that you did Peter!
"We Are Finally HERE!" Didn't think we'd ever arrive. Next up: "Big Time" ruclips.net/video/PBAl9cchQac/видео.html , also off his landmark "So" album (My heaven will be a big heaven, and I will walk through the front door, yeah!). And the performance of "In Your Eyes" from "Secret World Live" ruclips.net/video/evN6DIGPIJM/видео.html is not to be missed.
Seconded.
Another vote for In Your Eyes from Secret World Live, saw the show in Orlando in 93, one of the best shows ever.
That music makes us feel so good gets us in good moods
Bro I remember seeing this on MTV back in the day when they actually played music and videos !!!
Yes
lol I had not seen seen this in a long time. This is the greatest acid trip ever, set to music. Genius video.
Peter Gabriel "in your eyes " live secret world, amazing show give it a shot.
Yeah it’s true , when this first cane out I listen to this at work 400 trillion times a day when this first came out. Timeless
Iconic videos? "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer, followed up by "Simply Irresistable."
David Mercury Great songs. Simply Irresistible is amazing!
And after he does addicted to love he needs to do addicted to spuds!!
"Lost the passion in the craft." That is a sentiment that speaks to my soul and disappointment with modern music. I am now a subscriber.
Wow "Land Of Confusion" is STILL just as relevant today, I was hoping the message got through, but who knows! The official video is also a must see.
YES!
Double yes!
Were Americans aware of Spitting Image?
@@rhyswilliams1998 Somewhat. In addition to the Land of Confusion video, there was a Spitting Image television special which featured numerous U.S. politicians and celebrities.
Richard Moss cheers! I was young when it was on in UK so found it funny but didn’t really have much of a concept of life outside the UK.
Peter Gabriel was one of a kind. There's 80'x music, then there's Peter Gabriel's music. Can say the same for his videos.
"I'm guessing this is the 80s, right?"
Aye... this was stop-motion- not CGI.
Every frame was taken as a photo and then it was all put together to make the video.
The look on your face when the chickens started dancing, just made me laugh so hard! Love your channel!
That's the best part of the video too. LOL.
He should react to Shock the Monkey and Some Like it Hot.
I was waiting for that. That's honestly the whole reason I watched this one.
Those chickens where animated by the legend Nick Park, who makes the Wallace and Gromit aminations!
When we watched this in the 80's, we were sitting their with our mouth open. We can't believe one can make such wonderful things in a music video. It made it to MOMA even and was long on the lists of best MVs ever. (Think it still is) Nowadays we have teenagers who are doing such things at home. I like how you still have respect for what Peter Gabriel did. And his song is even good without the video. Please also check out Genesis' "Jesus he knows me"- this is fun too.
Love Peter Gabriel and LOVE this album. Next, Red Rain! Every song on So was awesome, but Red Rain is just amazing. Big Time is fun too. Don't Give Up is a duet with Kate Bush that will choke you up and bring tears to your eyes. In Your Eyes with Youssou N'Dour is also great. I saw this tour at my favorite venue ( Merriweather Post Pavillion - outdoors in Columbia MD). Youssou N'Dour and his band opened (they're from Senegal) and he was amazing! Then Peter and his band came on and played for about 2+ hours. He did the crowd-surfing thing with a wireless mic for Lay Your Hands on Me (must give his security guys ulcers!) that was unbelievable! Then for the encore, Youssou N'Dour and his entire band came back on stage and they played another hour plus with both bands (about 30 people). Best concert I ever saw, and I've seen a lot of concerts.
Also, it would be worth your while to head to Wikipedia to read about this song and video. It was pretty groundbreaking at the time and won a lot of awards.
Thanks and more Peter Gabriel please! Be well and stay safe.
Peace from SF
+1 for Red Rain! Turn it up loud, The intro is amazing! Peter did some amazing performance art when I saw him do this song live. He laid curled up on the stage in total darkness and was "discovered" by some alien-looking "creatures" with glowing eyes. They recoiled in surprise as he began to awaken. And then an amazing Red Rain effect. Brilliant!
My daughters always enjoyed the dancing chickens.
Famed Aardman Animation director Nick Park did the chickens. He also created Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, among other animation worth seeking out.
@@spongo Thanks. I did not know that.
Big fan of Nick Park.
In your eyes - secret world live tour. The pure joy of the musicians is something to behold in these crazy times.
The things he put himself through to create what he did was crazy. He was shocked repeatedly filming the end part. The man is crazy talented!!!
This song is fantastic.
Check out Talking Heads, David Byrne is a genius
@Vincent Schmitt "Once in a Life Time" is their most famous and innovative video, though there's also "Psycho Killer," which is a forty year old song that inexplicably got a brand new video a couple years ago.
@Vincent Schmitt And She Was is a good place to start.
Vincent Schmitt their most pop albums are Little Creatures and True Stories, the earlier albuns are more experimental. The last one, Naked, is practically a world music album. Regarding videos, I recommend “Nothing but flowers”, “Once in a lifetime”, “And she was”, “Love for sale”, everything from the live album “Stop making sense”, mainly “Psycho Killer”. And, last but not least, “Wild wild life”, that contains scenes from David Byrne’s movie: “True Stories”.
I wonder if they allow people to react to their official videos? To watch live versions would still be good, just wouldn't be the same as getting the quirky visuals that went into the videos
The live "Life During Wartime" from Stop Making Sense