{"id":89107,"date":"2012-05-18T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T15:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89107\/genesis-gabriel\/"},"modified":"2012-05-18T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T15:53:37","slug":"genesis-gabriel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/89107\/genesis-gabriel\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GENESIS OF GABRIEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The early Genesis material is far better than the wishy-washy commercial crap the band churned out in the eighties and nineties &#8211; in my humble opinion.\u00a0 Genesis was one of the best progressive rock bands of the seventies.\u00a0 Peter Gabriel was the lead vocalist and Phil Collins was on drums (where he belonged).\u00a0 Gabriel left the band in 1977, in order to pursue a solo career.\u00a0 He has been very successful (mainly in the eighties, with the albums up to and including the hugely popular So).\u00a0 He forged a very unique career path; dabbling in pop, rock, dance and world music.\u00a0 He has worked with many musicians with vastly different styles.\u00a0 He has always been keen to experiment with his music.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (1986)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9CD4_3wChM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Shaking The Tree was released in 1990.\u00a0 It contains all of Gabriel&#8217;s singles up to that point.\u00a0 He has released just four studio albums since then (excluding the soundtracks and collaborations).\u00a0 Secret World Live (a double-disc set) followed a successful tour of the 1992 album Us.\u00a0 For the remainder of the nineties, Gabriel mainly wrote songs for films.\u00a0 He also worked on his Ovo project.\u00a0 He released one of his best albums (Up) in 2002.\u00a0 An updated singles collection (Hit) appeared the following year.\u00a0 Scratch My Back (2010) includes cover versions of songs by David Bowie, Paul Simon and Talking Heads (among others).\u00a0 Gabriel already proved he didn&#8217;t need Phil Collins on drums.\u00a0 It seems he doesn&#8217;t need drums at all now!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Gabriel Growing up\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ts78Gg6RRHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Dave Gahan has released two solo albums.\u00a0 Paper Monsters (2003) was not a bad start.\u00a0 Hourglass was a step forward.\u00a0 With help from Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner (who has also worked with Depeche Mode over the past few years) Gahan created a more focused album, compared with his debut.\u00a0 Fans of Depeche Mode should enjoy it.\u00a0 Having gained confidence as a songwriter, Gahan wrote three songs for each of the last two Depeche Mode albums (Playing The Angel and Sounds Of The Universe).\u00a0 Prior to 2005, Martin Gore wrote all the songs (after the departure of Vince Clarke).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Gahan - Insoluble\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDmdMUw1jP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Goldfrapp is also signed to Mute.\u00a0 The debut album (Felt Mountain) is &#8216;trippy&#8217; and mellow.\u00a0 Despite its popularity, Goldfrapp changed direction on Black Cherry.\u00a0 It is an electro-pop album, influenced by glam-rock.\u00a0 Supernature is similar.\u00a0 It is basically a dance album.\u00a0 Seventh Tree is completely different.\u00a0 It is very laid-back (similar to Felt Mountain in parts).\u00a0 It has an organic feel.\u00a0 The synthesizers were dusted off again in 2010 though.\u00a0 Head First is a short album, packed with effervescent dance-pop songs.\u00a0 The Singles was released earlier this year.\u00a0 Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory are due to release album number six this year.\u00a0 Incidentally, Goldfrapp&#8217;s studio is situated near Peter Gabriel&#8217;s Real World studio.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goldfrapp - Utopia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OB5Qoy8JHdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Garbage released four albums, over a period of ten years (from 1995 to 2005).\u00a0 Absolute Garbage (2007) contains all of the singles plus an exclusive track (Tell Me Where It Hurts).\u00a0 The limited edition is worth finding.\u00a0 It features remixes by UNKLE, Massive Attack, Timo Maas and Felix Da Housecat &#8211; among many others.\u00a0 Garbage&#8217;s albums have been above-average at worst and awesome at best.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Garbage - You Look So Fine (HQ)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-kvXfNoTjsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Garbage drew attention early &#8211; especially with the singles Stupid Girl and Milk.\u00a0 The band pulled out all the stops on Version 2.0 (1998).\u00a0 It had just the right mixture of pop and rock &#8211; and it was dancefloor-friendly.\u00a0 It was an enormous success.\u00a0 Almost half of the songs were released as singles.\u00a0 On Beautiful Garbage, the pop factor was pushed a bit hard for a lot of fans (it even sounds like The Spice Girls at one point).\u00a0 However, Bleed Like Me was a return to the rock roots.\u00a0 Some critics referred to it as the best Garbage album.\u00a0 I disagree.\u00a0 I prefer the nineties output.\u00a0 The band has just released album number five (Not Your Kind Of People).\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard it yet.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&amp;apos;s All Over But The Crying - Garbage\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwS3_B4axn0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"4\">Further listening<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goldfrapp - Ride a White Horse [FK-EK Vocal Version]\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MUIiD4bPZgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter Gabriel - Deep Forest - While the Earth sleeps (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3qy23UIynU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s56ApzonfKM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early Genesis material is far better than the wishy-washy commercial crap the band churned out in the eighties and nineties &#8211; in my humble opinion.\u00a0 Genesis was one of the best progressive rock bands of the seventies.\u00a0 Peter Gabriel was the lead vocalist and Phil Collins was on drums (where he belonged).\u00a0 Gabriel left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5201,5203,5202,108,5200],"class_list":["post-89107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-dave-gahan","tag-garbage","tag-goldfrapp","tag-music-2","tag-peter-gabriel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}