Posts by willow

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Great question.

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I think too Baby Man, Wild, even the final version of White Ashes would never been on an album as for everything pre 2012

Obviously the fact some of these tracks never appeared even on the huge "Float" collection, makes me leave a small hope.

Maybe there's a track which will be the 13th full moon

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Path of fortune

I say this because I've already seen it appearing somewhere as title on https://genius.com/albums/Peter-gabriel/I-o for example. And they usually have released other titles before the official releasing, usually revealed truth.

But there are other stuff I'm wondering about. For example the track about aging he quotes often in the last years:

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So much

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About your assumption regarding the 13th full moon.

I know this title is being discussed bit has anybody really seen this in one of the videos? I checked this a couple of times and can't find the sequence.

Peter said anyway that there will be a surplus. So I won't be surprised in case he just continues ...

Back home and I am really impressed. Never ever would I have thought he'll do all (?) new songs from the new album and most of them are really good. as far as you can tell after one performance. I like that Peter is no more living in the past, he did enough shows and tours with legacy stuff. Now it's looking ahead again. Thanks!

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Yes, I hope they play Mercy Street, it's one of my all time PG favourites along with San Jacinto and Family Snapshot.

Also, regarding his last tour, Peter himself said they started to rehearse Supper's Ready for that tour , but it was abandoned.

I wonder why?

If this is his final tour (due to his age), is it such a long shot to think they may try it again given how highly he holds this (23 minute) song?

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I actually hope he will do somewthing else. As much as I love Mercy Street, I hope for the unexpected. And for a lot of new songs. He did revisit the past on previous tours a lot anyway.

14/15pts

Always likes this one, especially the way Peter sings the verses. The acoustic 2021/22 version was also good.

An incredible piece of hard work. Many thanks for it. I am already looking forward to the next parts.

Thanks!

It seems like this was a very relaxed conversation. Interesting also the statements about Sound Of Contact and the hints about the story of the album.

And of course it would be a nice story if Nic Collins will really be in the live band.

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I've listened and watched each video and just can't get into them. To me it's nothing like SOC. I like the edgy-ness of their sound, but it's too electronic for my tastes. It's sad we will never have another SOC album because the chemistry of those musicians together would have produced some great prog music.

I think it's quite good. I would not recommend to compare it too much with SoC.

In some places it does sound like "Porcupine Tree", in other places it's a bit too rough. But it also has wonderful melodies (Awaken, Beyond belief or My you!). I will certainly listen to it more often.

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12 from me

First thought was this is a 14 but when you compare this to some genesis classics it’s still a great track but nonetheless not quite as outstanding as others (Dukes Travels for example)

That's a nice description and I agree. 12 from me as well!

It's a good, interesting song. You can see it differently. However, I can't understand that his new songs are now being compared to the absolute classics of his work. Nobody can expect his new album to contain eleven songs in the style of "San Jacinto" or "Secret World". Also his great albums had a good mix of songs, which were also different in quality (or better: in the perception of the fans).

Let's be glad that he releases new songs again and form a (more or less) final judgment later. A few days after the release this is certainly not possible - especially, if you compare the song with his greatest classics, which have been around for 40+ years.

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The chorus is a good nod to the legendary "The Boxer".....I didn't that Peter love Simon & Garfunkel.....

once you have compared that, you cannot “unhear” that. Although it’s only the very first line in the chorus.

Would be interesting to hear those BBC sessions. But I don’t think there is enough interest for that, sadly.

It's a strange and unique release plan, if he sticks to the one-track-per-month-plan. For somebody like me, pretty old school, even stranger ... I prefer to have a single, then the complete album. Now it's all digital singles and an album at some point...

A nice little tune. Not bad for teenagers. Worth 8/15...

... and happy birthday, Ant!

(nice version of the song, by the way)

One of their finest

The ending seems a bit strange to me (and doesn't match the expectations after a very strong beginning, but it's 14 points from my side.

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When's the last time PG recorded anything uptempo?

He has not released a new album with original new songs in a decade, is let's just wait and see what he will offer.

That leaves me cold. In the end it won't change much. Don't think this will have an effect on releases.

At the moment I have tix for Krakow and also want to see him in Zurich. Two shows are enough for me this time.

I envy you ... saw NDV with Big Big Train a few years ago. Fantastic guy and a fantastic drummer! Enjoy the show(s). Looking forward to reading your reports here

I favor the unexpected, although I know he won't drop some usual suspects.

Wallflower would be nice, as well as Home sweet home.

Maybe some re-arranged tracks, what about a fast version of a ballad? Sky blue maybe?