Conference marvin::uk_music

    
    no answers to yer question, but I like Peter Gabriel as well...'SO'
    is a great album, really like it...gonna see him at Wembley Stadium
    on Friday 

    Wallsie

    
    Old Pete made an appearance at the WOMAD festival last weekend.
    He did the obligatory `Biko' number, but was redeemed when he did
    `Sledgehammer'.  He bought on a couple of guests to support him,
    namely Youssou N'Dour and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, both brilliant
    artistes.
    
    Anybody else go to the WOMAD festival?  Other performers worthy of
    mention were Michelle-Shocked, Blurt and the Orchestre Super Matimila
    featuring a witchdoctor from Tanzinia.  `Music is the most effective
    healing power' he said and well frankly I believe the guy.  but
    enough of this.  We don't want another note going down the crapper,
    eh?  Back to Pete the Gabe.
    
    	Lee.
    

    
    The great thing about "Biko" is that, although he sang it at Mandela,
    it was recorded many years ago (his 3rd album).  Probably one of
    the few artists to really mean it at the time.
    
    His soundtrack to "Birdy" is also very good ... atmospheric, even
    though he reworks some of the old songs.
    
    David.
    

    re .0
    
    Anne Sexton (1928-1974) was an American poet who had many breakdowns.
    Her psychiatrist reccomended to her to join a poetry workshop as
    a form of therapy after her first suicide attempt in 1956. She was
    in the process of writing a book when she died (suicide?) in 1974.
    One of the poems on that book was "45 Mercy Street". 
    
    Her poetry is not exactly light reading....but if the man dedicates
    a song to her she can't have been all bad in my book. 
    
    Wally (one of Gabriels angels)
    

    Re .4
    
    Well Wally I can see that you too bought the programme on the last
    Gabriel Tour!!

    re: .4,.5
    
    Thanks.

    Which is the song about the persom who had "electric shock" treatment?
    I thought that it was Mercy Street?
    
       Mike
    

    ?Shock the Monkey?

    No, it was a track from SO
    
    Mike

    re.7
    
    That was "We do what we're told" (Milgrams 67). this is about a series
    of experiments conducted by Milgram where people were asked to give
    electrical shocks to some-one who failed to perform certain tasks.
    
    In actuality an actor was used to simulate the pain from the shocks
    but the people who were "administering" the shocks did not know that
    and many of them continued on to give extremely strong shocks to
    the recipient......basically "Doing what they were told".
    
    Wally

    PG has penned another soundtrack, none other than "The Last Temptation
    of Christ".  From the clips I have seen, it's eerily moving music
    at which he excels.  That alone is worth the price of admission,
    if it's not banned for you folks in the UK.
    
    Gossip dept: I had heard he was planning a state-of-the-art theme
    park somewhere in England, but this was before the Amnesty stuff,
    which seems to take a lot of his time.  Also, something about an
    impending divorce and moving away from Bath?
    
    -Brian, envious_of_you_folks_who_will_see_him_at_Wembley
    

    re. 11
    
    He has had an interest for quiet a while in building a theme park.
    At one stage Australia was thought of as a place for it. It sounded
    very impressive like a real life dream whre you control what happens
    but I think this has been put on the long (getting longer) finger
    as he is so tied up otherwise at the moment.
    
    Is there any Peter Gabriel concerts planned in the UK in the near
    (or far!!) future? Other than his participation in the Wembley 
    Anti-Apartheid gig. 
    
    Wally who_has_yet_to_see_him_in_concert :-(
                   

    
    There are no gigs scheduled at the moment.
    
    David.
    

   Ah yes,  Mr Gabriel... the man who shaped my life.

   I can remember picking up PGII the month it came out, because of "D.I.Y".
   I've been hooked ever since.

   I had heard of Anne Sexton before "Mercy Street" appeared, and I heartily
   reccomend  her  books  to anyone... especially "The Death Notebooks". Her
   story  is  definately  tragic. She attempted suicide a number of times in
   her  life  (but  managed  to  plan  it  so  someone would find her), only
   succeeding by gassing herself in her garage.

   As for  "Shock  the Monkey", Gabriel himself stated that it was not about
   animal torture, shock treatment, waste disposal, telephone sanitizing, or
   any  of  the  other off-the-wall things people read into it... it was, in
   his words, "about jealousy".  Personally, I can't tell WHAT it's about.

   How available  are  Gabriel  bootlegs in the UK/Europe? I'm in Boston, MA
   and  we have 'em coming out our ears... well, at least, I do (brag brag).
   Anything out there 'cross the puddle? I've heard these weird rumours of a
   german bootleg of "Big Time" which is the original mix of the song before
   all  the HORRIBLE LOUSY overdubs were done in New York City... apparently
   it sounds not unlike "Intruder".

								/joe

    Peter Gabriel provides excellent vocals on the first track of the
    latest/first (?) Robbie Robertson Album. (As does Bono).
    
    
    
    				Jamie.

    Peter Gabriel is a genius..........!
    
    Does any one know if the Last Temptation Of Christ soundtrack is
    out in the U.S.???
    

    As a continuation of .16 does anyone know if the soundtrack
    of "The last temptation of Christ" 
    a) Is going to be released in UK/Ireland
    b) Will be allowed to be released and not receive the WRATH of the
       Censor ;-)
    
    If the answers to the above are Yes proceed to question c) for 6
    marks.
    
    c) When???
    
    While I am at it and to revive a flagging conference
    Any news of a new album or what he is up to. I know he has just
    completed the amnesty International tour ...any reviews???
    
    Wally
    

    Wally,
    by all accounts the AI tour was very good - however I have no idea
    what he's up to now.....
    
    Bob, also hoping to revive this note.
    

    Has anyone else seen the PG video called CV? It has 8 tracks, including
    Sledgehammer, Don't Give Up (2 versions), Shock the monkey and Bigtime.
    
    Very recommended!!
    
    Bob

    
    Pete is my hero, but as is the case of hero over-exposure, he has
    deflated me with the decay of his personal life (Roseanne, the bimbo),
    gee, you can't do that Pete !
    
    Can't wait for the new album (being mixed now ....), and wishing
    he would revive his desire to FILM/STAR in the LAMB ..... !!!
    
    Since the old Yes is reforming (Anderson, Howe, Wakeman, Bruford),
    can we start a rumor/request to get Pete, Phil, Tony, Steve and
    Mike back together for a little Supper's Ready, Battle of Epping
    Forest and Lamb action ?!
    
    - Andy
    

    Is Pete's _Passion_ CD out yet in the UK?

    John

    Yes, its out now.  anyone heard it?
    Mike

      I consider myself a hardcore Peter Gabriel fan (from _Trespass_ on),
      but I am rather disappointed in his latest release _Passion_. I missed
      his unique vocals and lyrics in this one. The mid-eastern sounds got
      a little tiring after awhile. There were a few tracks I liked but they
      were the more melodic ones. Perhaps I'll get to like it better but it
      doesn't have the impact other Gabriel songs have for me. 

      Gabriel fans should check out the latest issue of Musician magazine.
      The article has a lot of information on _Passion_, his new studio
      in Bath, and possible plans for a theme park at the 1992 Summer
      Olympics. There's even a picture of him with Arquette although
      the article doesn't give any details of his separation. Anybody
      else know what happened to his marriage? 

      Also interesting, he thought Genesis did themselves in from the
      Michelob commercial. Gabriel himself was offered 1 million from
      Michelob. 

                                            -Steve (in Littleton, MA)

    Whats the "Michelob commercial"?  What is/are Michelob?
    
    Confused of Basingstoke

     Michelob is one of the American MEGA-brews out of St. Louis, MO.

	  Someone else could probably fill you in on the jingle.

    Michelob got *big* stars such as Steve Winwood, Genesis and Eric
    Clapton to allow songs, which also did well as singles, to be used
    in their TV ads.                                       
    
    Eric Clapton's commercial showed him going into a dark, smokey
    bar, setting up and playing, while a young couple 'enjoy each 
    other's company' in the background.  Everyone's drinking Michelob
    and having a wonderful time ;-) The soundtrack for that is the new 
    version of After Midnight that was out last year.
    
    Its just another way for megastars to rake in the bucks without
    doing a blessed thing - kind of like Robert Palmer with his wenches
    doing the Pepsi commercial.

    Re: his divorce
        I heard that it all started with Rosanadana making overtures
    at live aid. She went to Greece to make a movie he was there or
    went there on her invite and his marriage deteriorated from there.
    I always knew she was a scuz. Now I know she's a home wrecking scuz,
    although Pete is probably thinking with the wrong head, evidenced
    by his move to African based music and politics!
    
    Al          

Anyone know who's playing bass for pg this tour ?

    You'll find the answer in musicians_uk the node is suburb.
    I was rtecently discussed.Whoever he is I really like his sound - it's
    very powerful and "driving" - adds a lot to his songs - he played with
    finger extenders that looked like hollow bamboo sticks.
    
    

well I was hoping it was going to be Tony Levin - my all time favourite bass 
player. First heard him in the 'new' King Crimson line up. He also plays a 
Chapman stick thing.

Thanks for the pointer, I'll check it out now.

Rob

searched for gabriel,levin,bass,etc.... but no joy. Anyway I have the tickets now
so I'll find out when I get there.

Rob

    David Rhodes, Tony Levin and Manu Katchke are all on the "Us" tour. I
    was at the gig in Dublin last Friday night. It was amazing and you are
    in for a treat... Do your friends a favour and persuade them to join
    you.

    Someone I know has set me a trivia question regarding Peter Gabriel.
    
    Solisbury Hill - where is it (if it exists at all) ?
    
    Hope someone out there can help.
    
    Andy.

re .35

It is near Bath, in England.

Balders

    Bath, of course, being an infamous nesting place for very large Eagles. 
    When I lived in Bath, I often had to keep the windows closed because of
    the buggers trying to get in to phone Peter Gabriel.  'Just wanna word
    with him, squawk', they'd say, 'We've changed out mind, he should
    become a part of the machinery again, and stop Phil bl**dy Collins
    ruining Genesis and making crap records'.
    
    At least, thats how I remember it...
    
    Mikef  

Put your analyst on danger money, Mikey!!! I'll give you 500-1 that no one
else in here will get that reference.

Balders

    re: .35
    
    I think you've got too many 'i's.  I remember it to be Solsbury Hill.

    OK so I cannot spell.
    
    Thanks for all your replies.
    
    Andy.

    If you wanna go to Solsbury hill...go soon...
    
    There is a celtic fort on the hill, which is currently home to about 30
    protesters.  They are protesting against the A36, which is being
    built/rebuilt around there, and which will destroy the fort and a huge
    chunk of the hill. 
    
    Mikef