Posts by Christophe L

Average length of the first 7 tracks are around 5 minutes. If total length is about 1 hour, that leaves room for 5 extra tracks, as planned.

We haven't got the deep dive from so much yet ? Will we get one ?

I get -much- more emotion from the dark side mix. This bright side mix is beautifully done, but I feel much more distance with the voice. It doesn't have the same impact.

In fact So much is the one that touches me the most deeply. The singing is perfect. An instant classic track.

With the shock of So much being such a strong and emotional song (I hadn't imagined it was that good from the snippets I heard on YT ), I think we are on the road for a -very- strong PG album.

One of his best ?

There are still so many good songs to come: Love can heal, Live and let live, And Still, this is home .

I'm so grateful for this whole I/O experience.

OK, I think this is the one that hits me most for the moment…

I love it !.

Beautiful melody, spars arrangement, some silence, great lyrics. The ghost of Leonard Cohen is not far.

It seems to be really beautiful !

A bit john Lennon from the little bit I could hear. It confirms the direction for this I/O project. Quite classical - and strong - songwriting.

I wonder why PG said the tour had been difficult at times ?

this is a song I'd like to hear. One of my all time favourite

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I agree but I am not sure he has finished this version. The guitar solo is also … well … Rutherfordish

Haha I've never been a fan of guitar solos !

The middle part has an interesting melody / harmony. Sounds a bit Genesis ?

And what I love most is all the end, with that super groovy whole band playing together. And that guitar ! It's so full of life ! It's probably a little long, but this freedom, the lack of precise structure suits the song theme quite well.

And it reminds me a bit of Talking Heads!

It sounds unfinished though. You can hear those 2 new parts were glued in. The sound is different.

But it's all natural, relaxed. I enjoy it.

It would be nice to have a proper mix of that more experimental version of I/O on the album

Dark side mix sound very different from the little bit I could hear. It sounds more dynamic and there are some v nice new elements.

Parts of the verses remind me now of PG3 ? !

After 6 Dark and Bright mixes, I find I like more often the dark mixes, except for the court (I love the Strings and Brass sounds of Bright mix) and PFT.

I like Tchad Blake's manipulations and ideas, his "extreme" side. Only downside, his mixes sound sometimes a bit "hard". Lots of high mediums. Probably because he uses lots of distortions.

Mark "Spike" Stent, is a bit "safe" in his balances and hides often important elements of PG's music, but his sound is marvellous.

Maybe they should mix together !

https://music.apple.com/nz/artist/peter-gabriel/115433 (direct click on the link won't work. If you want to listen to it, you need to copy and paste the link in your web browser)

Peter talked about this "other project" he is working on, about the brain. I wonder what that is ?

It seems there's some music involved, as some tracks come from that project...

I'm quite sure that he'll use the tour experience to rework slightly or remix some of the tracks that he thinks could be improved.

and I hope that after the dark and the bright mixes, we'll get the perfect "final mixes" for the album.

When I first heard it, I was a bit disappointed. I thought it was too familiar (Kiss that frog phrasing) or too simple in the chorus. But after a few listens, I like it !

I don't care anymore about the kiss that frog analogy (it's also much better) and find it enjoyable. The energy, the positive vibe is so nice !

There's something that reminds me the ambiance of Shaking the tree. I don't know what exacltly...

It's not my favorite of the new tracks , but it's a good one !

I think it will fit well on the album.

Well What a concert !

It is really such a beautiful show. Very, emotional, with so many great visual ideas (Darkness, Love can heal ! ), and his voice sounds as strong as 20 years ago. I loved every moment of it !

I discovered all those unreleased tracks. The most touching must be "and still". I never heard Peter singing so delicately on a song. waow ! I really look forward to hear the studio versions of all of them.

I Brough my 2 teenaged daughters with me. They loved the concert also !

I just have the impression that with the tickets costs, some of the biggest fans were more often at the rear of the place than at the first rows.

I hope He'll be back in Belgium next year

You think he'll make another European tour in 2024 to promote I/O ?

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Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Live (Back to Front Tour - London) - YouTube

After nine years from the Back To Front Tour Peter's voice has miracoluosly improved......

I think it sounds really good !

I had not noticed before that the song "What lies ahead" was co written by Isaac Gabriel.

https://petergabriel.com/news/what-lies-ahead/

he was still quite young as PG played that song many years ago...