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Spotlight On: Peter Gabriel
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Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real
All of the buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody's head
Mercy Street is the 6th as well as my personal favourite track off of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album, So. I've been listening to this album quite a lot since I found it at the record shop. It was pretty much his peak as far as commercial success goes, and I'd be really surprised if someone wasn't familiar with at least one song. I remember my dad had this cd, and it got played on occaison in the truck when we were younger. Sledghammer's probably the best known song, and the music video for it is really cool too, I'll post it at the end. Songs like In your Eyes and Big Time were also successfull, probably breaking the top 40 pop or what not. But what makes this album one of my all time favourites is the presence of darker songs like Mercy Street, the opening track, Red Rain, and the duet, Don't Give Up. Now I'm not about to give my opinion on the lyrics or what I think the meaning and messages of the songs are, I'm not gonna search them up on some site and copy what they were originally written about either. I have ears, so do you hopefully, and we both know what we like to hear, regardless of one person's interpretation. I'm writting about So because I enjoy it very much, and some songs are particularily significant because I associate certain times and places that I remember when I was listening to them. I'm sure everyone does that right? Associate memories with music that was playing at the moment. So maybe after reading this, you'll give some of these songs a listen, maybe look up the whole album, who knows maybe really enjoy it and add it to the soundtrack of your life.
anxiousLooking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real
All of the buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody's head
Mercy Street is the 6th as well as my personal favourite track off of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album, So. I've been listening to this album quite a lot since I found it at the record shop. It was pretty much his peak as far as commercial success goes, and I'd be really surprised if someone wasn't familiar with at least one song. I remember my dad had this cd, and it got played on occaison in the truck when we were younger. Sledghammer's probably the best known song, and the music video for it is really cool too, I'll post it at the end. Songs like In your Eyes and Big Time were also successfull, probably breaking the top 40 pop or what not. But what makes this album one of my all time favourites is the presence of darker songs like Mercy Street, the opening track, Red Rain, and the duet, Don't Give Up. Now I'm not about to give my opinion on the lyrics or what I think the meaning and messages of the songs are, I'm not gonna search them up on some site and copy what they were originally written about either. I have ears, so do you hopefully, and we both know what we like to hear, regardless of one person's interpretation. I'm writting about So because I enjoy it very much, and some songs are particularily significant because I associate certain times and places that I remember when I was listening to them. I'm sure everyone does that right? Associate memories with music that was playing at the moment. So maybe after reading this, you'll give some of these songs a listen, maybe look up the whole album, who knows maybe really enjoy it and add it to the soundtrack of your life.
